BARCLAYS AMARILLO INVESTMENTS LIMITED

(Registered in England: No 4317223) Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 175 of the Companies Act 1985 (the “Act”), that: 1. Barclays Amarillo Investments Limited has approved a payment out of capital for the purpose of acquiring its own shares by purchase. 2. The amount of the permissible capital payment for the shares in question is ’88,279,669,000 (eighty-eight billion, two hundred and seventy-nine million, six hundred and sixty-nine thousand Yen) and the Resolution approving the payment of capital was passed on 23 March 2004. 3. The statutory declaration of the Directors and the Auditors’ report required by section 173 of the Act are available for inspection at the Company’s registered office at 54 Lombard Street, London EC3P 3AH. 4. Any Creditor of the Company may, at any time within the 5 weeks immediately following 23 March 2004, apply to the Court under section 176 of the Act for an Order prohibiting the payment. Slaughter and May, Solicitors to the Company