In the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland (Chancery Division) In the Matter of FIRST ACTIVE PLC and in the Matter of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 To Her Majesty’s Court of Justice in Northern Ireland Notice is hereby given that on 22 November 2005, Mr Justice Weir, sitting in the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland pronounced in the Petition of First Active plc an Order inter alia: (i) that the Banking Business Transfer Scheme set out in the Appendix to the Petition for the transfer of the banking business of First Active plc (the “Transferor”) to Ulster Bank Limited (the “Transferee”) (the “Scheme”) be and is sanctioned by the Honourable Court, pursuant to section 111 of the said Act; (ii) that that part of the undertaking property and liabilities of First Active plc comprising the transferred business as defined by the said Scheme as “the business” be transferred to Ulster Bank Limited with effect from such time or times as provided for in the Scheme; (iii) that First Active plc be and is thereby authorised; (a) to deliver to Ulster Bank Limited all such particulars as it possesses in relation to the deposits forming part of the transferred Business; (b) to transfer to Ulster Bank Limited all such files, records and other data as it possesses in relation to the holders of those deposits; (iv) that Ulster Bank Limited be and is thereby authorised to make use of all such particulars, files, records and other data; (v) that any legal proceedings pending by or on behalf of or against First Active plc on the effective date which relate to the transferred business be continued by or on behalf of or against Ulster Bank Limited; (vi) that Ulster Bank Limited do, within ten days from the making of the Order or such longer period as the Financial Services Authority may permit, deposit two certified copies of the Order with the Financial Services Authority; (vii) that the Transferor advertise the Order once in each of the Edinburgh Gazette, London Gazette, Belfast Gazette, Iris Oifigiuil and in each of The Times, Financial Times, Irish Times and Belfast Telegraph newspapers; (viii) that the Transferor do have liberty to apply. That on 22 February 2006, as permitted by the Financial Services Authority, two certified copies of the said Order were deposited with the Financial Services Authority. and that pursuant to the terms of the Scheme, and the Order, the transfer of the business from First Active plc to Ulster Bank Limited has taken place with effect from 31 December 2005. L’Estrange & Brett, Solicitors, Arnott House, 12-16 Bridge Street, Belfast BT1 1LS.