Redemption or Purchase of Own Shares out of Capital

-0.08500251.516314EC2N 2DB2006-04-042006-04-11EC2N2DBCompanies Act 1985The City and County of the City of LondonTSO (The Stationery Office), St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1PD, 01603 622211, customer.services@tso.co.uk57953481481
DB WILLOW (UK) LIMITED

(Company Number 4706705) Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 175 of the Companies Act 1985 (the “Act”), that: 1. DB Willow (UK) Limited (the “Company”) has approved a payment out of capital for the purpose of redeeming all its outstanding preference shares of US$1 each; 2. The amount of the permissible capital payment for the preference shares in question is US$875,000,000 and the Resolution approving the payment out of capital was passed on 4 April 2006; 3. The Statutory Declaration of the Directors and Auditors’ report, required by section 173 of the Act, are available for inspection at the Company’s registered office at Winchester House, 1 Great Winchester Street, London EC2N 2DB; and 4. Any Creditor of the Company may, at any time within the 5 weeks immediately following 4 April 2006, apply to the Court under section 176 of the Act for an Order prohibiting the payment. Slaughter and May, Solicitors to the Company