Notices to Creditors

APTA HEALTHCARE (BIRMINGHAM) LIMITED

Pursuant to Rule 11.2 of the Insolvency Rules 1986, notice is hereby given that the last date for proving debts against the above-named Company, which is being voluntarily wound up, is 12 January 2004, by which date claims must be sent to the undersigned, Andrew Hosking of Grant Thornton, Grant Thornton House, Melton Street, Euston Square, London NW1 2EP, the Joint Liquidator of the Company. Notice is further given that the Joint Liquidators intend to declare a Final Dividend within 4 months of the last date for proving. A Hosking, Joint Liquidator 11 December 2003.