MEARS INCORPORATED CAPITAL LIMITED

Notice is hereby given that by a Special Resolution of the above Company passed on 17th June 1999, the payment of £246,500 was authorised out of the capital of the Company in respect of the purchase by the Company of 246,500 Ordinary Shares of £1 each from the shareholders. The amount of the permissible capital payment was £246,500. The statutory declaration of the auditor’s report dated 17th June 1999, are available for inspection at Latham House, 16 Minories, London EC3N 1AX, the registered office of the Company. Any Creditor of the Company may apply to the High Court pursuant to section 176 of the Companies Act 1985, within 5 weeks immediately following the date of the aforementioned Resolution, 17th June 1999, for an Order prohibiting the payment. A. A. Barrow, Director