In the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) Companies Court.  No 248 of 2005 In the Matter of INDEPENDENT EQUITY RESEARCH LTD (Company No 05079114) and in the Matter of the Insolvency Act 1986 A Petition to wind up the above-named Company of Vantis Business Recovery, Judd House, East Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1HG, presented on 14 January 2005 by Paul Backhouse, of Saddlers, Mark Cross, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 3PE and David Chapman, of 22 Keepier Wharf, 12 Narrow Street, London E14 8DH, claiming to be a Creditor of the Company, will be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL, on 2 March 2005, at 1030 hours (or as soon thereafter as the Petition can be heard). Any person intending to appear on the hearing of the Petition (whether to support or oppose it) must give notice of intention to do so to the Petitioner or its Solicitor in accordance with Rule 4.16 by 1600 hours on 1 March 2005. The Petitioner’s Solicitor is CooperBurnett, Napier House, 14-16 Mount Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1EE. 1 February 2005.