MERRILL LYNCH ASSET ALLOCATOR PLC

At an adjourned Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company, held on Wednesday 22 November 2006, the following Resolution was duly passed as a Special Resolution of the Company: “That the Company be wound up voluntarily and Patrick Joseph Brazzill and Margaret Elizabeth Mills (the “Liquidators”) of Ernst & Young LLP, 1 More London Place, London SE1 2AF, be and they are hereby appointed Liquidators of the Company with power to act jointly and severally for the purpose of winding-up the affairs and distributing the assets of the Company in accordance with the Scheme.” M Mason, Chairman