ELLIOTT BERESFORD & SON LIMITED

(“the Company”) (Registered in England No 461048) Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 175 of the Companies Act 1985 (the ‘Act’), that: 1.  the Company has approved a payment out of capital for the purpose of purchasing its own shares; 2.  the amount of the permissible capital payment for the shares in question is £175,000 and the Resolution approving the payment out of capital was passed on 9 January 2003; 3.  the Statutory Declaration of the Director’s and the Auditor’s report, required by section 173 of the Act, are available for inspection at the Company’s registered office at Davian Works, Storforth Lane, Chesterfield; and 4.  any Creditor of the Company may, at any time within the 5 weeks immediately following 9 January 2003, apply to the Court, under section 176 of the Act, for an Order prohibiting the payment. Shorts, Auditors to the Company