The Southern Cross Assurance Company Limited (in liquidation) Public Notice of Appointment of Liquidators The Companies Act 1955 On 5th day of February 1996, it was resolved by special resolution, pursuant to section 211 of the Companies Act 1955, that The Southern Cross Assurance Company Limited be liquidated and that Kerry Thomas Stotter and Graeme George McDonald, chartered accountants of Auckland, be appointed jointly and severally as liquidators for the purpose. The liquidation commenced on the 5th day of February 1996. Creditors and shareholders may make direct inquiries to us during normal business hours at the address and telephone number stated below. The directors have resolved that the company will be able to pay its debts. Pursuant to section 213 (8) of the Companies Act 1955, a copy of the resolution has been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, the liquidator of the above-named company which is being liquidated, does hereby fix the 8th day of March 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 the distribution made before the priority of their claim is established. KERRY T. STOTTER, Joint Liquidator. Address of Joint Liquidators: KPMG Centre, Tenth Floor, 9 Princes Street (P.O. Box 1584), Auckland. Telephone: (09) 367 5800. Facsimile: (09) 367 5875. Officer for Inquiries: Trevor Avent. Telephone: (09) 367 5914. Important Note: The above non-trading subsidiary company is being wound up as part of the restructuring of the General Accident Group of Companies and the liquidation does not affect the current trading operations of other companies within the group.