3I GROUP PLC

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 10 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, that on 21 January 2007, 3i Group Plc assigned the whole of its interest in The First HSBC Enterprise Fund for the North East to Sir David Robert Macgowan Chapman Bt. of The Hawthorns, Marsden Road, Cleadon, Sunderland SR6 7RA. Principal place of business of The First HSBC Enterprise Fund for the North East, is at 3 Earls Court, Fifth Avenue Business Park, Team Valley, Gateshead NE11 0HF.

Given for and on behalf of NEL Funds Managers Limited, acting as the Manager of The First HSBC Enterprise Fund for the North East