TITHERINGTONS LIMITED

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above-named Company, convened and held at Grant Thornton UK LLP, Heron House, Albert Square, Manchester M60 8GT, on Thursday 14 July 2005, at 10.30 am, the following Resolutions were passed as an Extraordinary Resolution and an Ordinary Resolution respectively: “That it has been proved to the satisfaction of the Meeting that the Company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that the Company be wound up voluntarily, and that Leslie Ross, of Grant Thornton UK LLP, Heron House, Albert Square, Manchester M60 8GT, be appointed Liquidator of the Company for the purposes of the voluntary winding-up.” H Sharma, Chairman