YNZ Stat Man Limited (in liquidation) Public Notice of Appointment of Liquidator The Companies Act 1955 On the 28th day of June 1996, it was resolved by special resolution, pursuant to section 211 of the Companies Act 1955, that YNZ Stat Man Limited be liquidated and that Kerry Thomas Stotter and Bruce Graham Stowell, chartered accountants of Auckland, be appointed jointly and severally as liquidators for the purpose. The liquidation commenced on the 28th day of June 1996. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, the liquidator of the above-named company, which is being liquidated, does hereby fix the 2nd day of August 1996, as the day on or before which the creditors of the company are to make their claims, and to establish any priority their claims may have, under section 286 of the Companies Act 1955, or to be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before their claims are made, or excluded from objecting to any distribution made before the priority of their claim is established. Creditors and shareholders may make direct inquiries to us during normal business hours at the address and telephone number stated below. K. T. STOTTER, Joint and Several Liquidator. Address of Joint Liquidators: KPMG, Tenth Floor, 9 Princes Street (P.O. Box 1584), Auckland. Telephone: (09) 367 5997. Facsimile: (09) 367 5875. Officer for Inquiries: Peter Hohepa. Explanatory Note: The above-named company is a subsidiary of Equiticorp Trading Limited (in liquidation) and is part of the Equiticorp Group of Companies that have been subject to statutory management since 1989. The above-named company ceased to be subject to statutory management on the 27th day of June 1996 by Order in Council. The company is now being liquidated to enable a distribution to be made to unsecured creditors before it is removed from the Register of Companies.