THE 3i RESEARCH TRUST

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company, duly convened, and held at 91 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8XP, on 30 August 2002, the following Special Resolution was duly passed: “That the Company be wound up voluntarily, and that William Richard Tacon of Ernst & Young, One Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2DB be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.” A W W Brierley, Chairman