PRORAPID LIMITED

Notice is hereby given that in order to formally establish the claims of Creditors against the Company, the Creditors of the Company are required, on or before 15th April 1999, to send in writing their names and addresses and the particulars of their debts or claims, and the names and addresses of their Solicitors (if any), to David James Waterhouse and David Noel Wilson, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, 89 Sandyford Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1PL, the Joint Liquidators of the said Company. If so required by notice in writing from the said Joint Liquidators, such Creditors, either personally or by their Solicitors, shall attend at such time and place as shall be specified by the Joint Liquidators to prove their debts and claims. In default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved. A proof of debt is a document stating the amount of the Creditor’s claim and (subject to Rule 4.76 of the Insolvency Rules 1986) may be in any form. D. J. Waterhouse and D. N. Wilson, Joint Liquidators Note: This notice is purely formal. The Company is solvent and all known Creditors will be, or have already been, paid. 16th March 1999.