In the Stoke-on-Trent County Court.  No. 51 of 1999 In the Matter of CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS LIMITED and in the Matter of the Insolvency Act 1986 A Petition to wind up the above-named Company of Oriel Works, Hill Crest Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 2AA, presented on 29th November 1999 by Sampson Seals & Gaskets Limited, of Maritime Close, Medway City Estate, Rochester, Kent ME32 4DJ, claiming to be a Creditor of the Company, will be heard at Stoke-on-Trent County Court, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, on 12th January 2000, at 1030 hours (or as soon thereafter as the Petition can be heard). Any person intending to appear on the hearing of the Petition (whether to support or oppose it) must give notice of intention to do so to the Petitioner or its Solicitor in accordance with Rule 4.16 by 1600 hours on 11th January 2000. The Petitioner’s Solicitors are Kent Jones and Done, Churchill House, Regent Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3RQ. 23rd December 1999.