GATEHOUSE BOOKS LIMITEDTHE GATEHOUSE PUBLISHING CHARITY LIMITEDNotice is hereby given, pursuant to section 98 of the Insolvency Act 1986, that a Meeting of the Creditors of the above-named Companies will be held at PKF (UK) LLP, Sovereign House, Queen Street, Manchester M2 5HR, on 24 August 2005, at 3.45 pm, for the purposes mentioned in sections 99 to 101 of the said Act. Resolutions to be considered at the Meetings may include a Resolution specifying the terms on which the Liquidator is to be remunerated. The Meetings may receive information about, or be called upon to approve, the costs of preparing the statement of affairs and convening the Meeting and general assistance provided to the Companies and their Directors in the period prior to liquidation. Creditors wishing to vote at the Meetings must lodge their proxy, together with a full statement of account at the registered office, Sovereign House, Queen Street, Manchester M2 5HR, not later than 12.00 noon on 23 August 2005. For the purposes of voting, a secured Creditor is required (unless he surrenders his security), to lodge at Sovereign House, Queen Street, Manchester M2 5HR, before the Meetings, a statement giving particulars of his security, the date when it was given and the value at which it is assessed. Notice is further given that a list of the names and addresses of the Companies’ Creditors may be inspected, free of charge, at Sovereign House, Queen Street, Manchester M2 5HR, between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm on the two business days preceding the date of the Meeting stated above. By Order of the Board. S Batt, Director(295)