REPUBLIC NEW YORK HOLDINGS (UK)

Notice is hereby given in accordance with section 94 of the Insolvency Act 1986, that a Final General Meeting of the above-named Company will be held at Athene Place, 66 Shoe Lane, London EC4A 3WA, on 21 February 2007, at 10.00 am, to consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following Resolutions, as Ordinary Resolutions and as an Extraordinary Resolution respectively: “That the remuneration of the Joint Liquidators be approved, that the Joint Liquidators’ statement of account for the period of the liquidation be approved, and that the books, account and documents of the Company and of the Joint Liquidators be disposed of as the Joint Liquidators see fit, subject to any legal requirements governing the period of retention.” A Member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the above Meeting may appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him or her. A proxy need not be a Member of the Company. Proxies must be lodged at the offices of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Athene Place, 66 Shoe Lane, London EC4A 3WA, no later than 12.00 noon on 20 February 2007. N J Dargan, Joint Liquidator 16 January 2007.