Meetings of Creditors

BENSON GROUP LIMITEDNotice is hereby given, pursuant to section 98 of the Insolvency Act 1986, that a Meeting of Creditors of the above-named Company will be held at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Plumtree Court, London EC4A 4HT, on 6 January 2005, at 10.30 am, for the purposes mentioned in sections 99 to 101 of the said Act. A list of the names and addresses of the Company’s Creditors may be inspected, free of charge, between 10.00 am and 5.00 pm at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Plumtree Court, London EC4A 4HT, on the two business days preceding the date of the Meeting. Creditors wishing to vote at the Meeting must (unless they are individual Creditors attending in person) ensure their proxies are received at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Plumtree Court, London EC4A 4HT, no later than 12.00 noon on the business day preceding the date of the Meeting. By Order of the Board. J Nugent, Director 20 December 2004.(040)