AST New Zealand Limited Notice of Intention to Remove the Company From the Register Notice is hereby given that an application to remove AST New Zealand Limited (``the company'') from the New Zealand Register will be made to the Registrar of Companies pursuant to section 318 (1) (d) of the Companies Act 1993, on the grounds that the company has ceased to carry on business, has discharged in full its liabilities to all its known creditors and has distributed its surplus assets in accordance with its constitution and the Companies Act 1993. Any objection, under section 321 of the Companies Act 1993, to the removal of the company from the Register must be delivered to the Registrar, no later than the 17th day of December 1999. Dated this 11th day of November 1999. AARON LLOYDD, Russell McVeagh McKenzie Bartleet & Co.