Laura Ashley (NZ) Limited Notice of Application for Removal From the Register Laura Ashley (NZ) Limited, a duly incorporated company having its registered office at Coopers & Lybrand Tower, 2329 Albert Street, Auckland, hereby gives notice of an application to the Registrar of Companies for removal from the Register, pursuant to section 293 (1) (d) of the Companies Act 1955, on the grounds that it has ceased to carry on business, has fully discharged its liabilities to all its known creditors and has distributed its surplus assets in accordance with its memorandum and articles of association and with the Companies Act 1955. The date by which an objection to the removal, under section 296 of the Companies Act 1955, must be delivered to the Registrar is 13 May 1996 Dated this 12th day of April 1996. D. LAVELLE, Director. (Note: This company is dormant, and its removal from the Registrar will not affect marketing and distribution operations of products bearing its trade name, or marketed and distributed by the New Zealand agents for the shareholders in the company.)