DJ SMITH (SHIPPING) LIMITED

Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with section 146 of the Insolvency Act 1986, a Meeting of Creditors of the above-named Company will be held at the offices of Ernst & Young, Cloth Hall Court, PO Box 61, 14 King Street, Leeds LS1 2JN, on 20th February 2001, at 11 a.m. for the purposes provided in the said section. A Creditor entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him. J. D. Newell, Joint Liquidator