J. Aron & Company

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR GAS SHIPPERS’ LICENCE UNDER SECTION 7A(2) OF THE GAS ACT 1986

J. Aron & Company whose principal office is situated at 85 Board Steet, New York, New York 10004, U.S.A., hereby gives notice that it has made an application to the Director General of Gas Supply for a gas shipper licence under section 7A(2) of the Gas Act 1986, authorising the licensee to arrange with any public gas transporter for gas to be introduced into, conveyed by means of, or taken out of a pipeline system operated by that transporter. Company Secretary, J. Aron & Company (U.K.), for and on behalf of J. Aron & Company, Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB. 9th August 2000.