BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH BANKS HOLDINGS LIMITED

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above-named Company, duly convened, and held at York House, 199 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7UT, on 17th July 1998, the subjoined Special Resolution was duly passed:   “That the Company be wound up voluntarily, and that Gareth Howard Hughes, of Ernst & Young, 1 Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EU, be and hereby is appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.” I. Crosthwaite, Chairman