EFFEM INVESTMENTS LIMITED

(formerly 254th Shelf Investment Company Limited) The above-named Company has been placed into a solvent liquidation process. Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Rule 4.106 of the Insolvency Rules 1986, that Richard Victor Yerburgh Setchim and Ian Christopher Oakley-Smith, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Plumtree Court, London EC4A 4HT, were appointed Joint Liquidators of the above-named Company on 19th December 2000 by the Members. In order to formerly establish the claims of Creditors against the Company, notice is also hereby given that the Creditors of the Company are required, on or before 14th February 2001, 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 Richard Victor Yerburgh Setchim and Ian Christopher Oakley-Smith, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Plumtree Court, London EC4A 4HT, 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. R. V. Y. Setchim and I. C. Oakley-Smith, Joint Liquidators Note .  This notice is purely formal. The Company is solvent and all known Creditors will be, or have already been, paid. 11th January 2001.