MACQUARIE INTERNATIONALE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

(Registered in England No 4957256)

PROPOSED PAYMENT OUT OF CAPITAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 171 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 175 of the Companies Act 1985 (the “Act”) that: (a) Macquarie Internationale Investments Limited (the “Company”) has by a Written Resolution passed on 21 February 2005, approved a payment out of capital for the purpose of acquiring 350,000,000 Ordinary Shares of £1 each in its own share capital; (b) the permissible capital payment (as defined in section 171 of the Act) for such shares is £350,000,000; (c) the Statutory Declaration of the Company’s Directors and the Report of the Company’s Auditors required by section 173 of the Act in respect of such payment out of capital are available for inspection by any Member or Creditor of the Company at the Company’s registered office at Level 30 Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9HD, during business hours on any day (except a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) up to and including 28 March 2005; and (d) any Creditor of the Company may at any time up to and including 28 March 2005, apply to the Court under section 176 of the said Act for an Order prohibiting such payment out of capital. J Craig, Director 21 February 2005.