Conversion of Securities

Oryx International Growth Fund Ld 02 July 2004 THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt as to the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other professional adviser authorised under the Financial Services Act 1986. If you have sold or transferred all your Warrant Holding of Oryx International Growth Fund Limited ('the Company'), please forward this document immediately to the purchaser or transferee or to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through or by whom the sale or transfer was affected for delivery to the purchaser or transferee. In accordance with normal practice, the Directors express no opinion as to the merits of exercising the rights conferred by the Warrants. They have, however, approved the form of this document for the purposes of reminding Warrant Holders of their exercise rights and reminding them of the exercise period and the applicable exercise rate. ORYX INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND LIMITED (Incorporated in Guernsey, Registered Number 28917) (An investment company within the meaning of section 266 of the Companies Act 1985) 2nd July 2004 Registered Office Arnold House St. Julian's Avenue St. Peter Port Guernsey GY1 3NF To the warrant holders of the company Dear Warrant Holders, REMINDER OF WARRANT RIGHTS I am writing to remind you that you have the right on or before 31st August 2004 to subscribe in cash for one share of 50p in the capital of the Company at a price of £1. To the extent that you do not exercise your Warrant Rights on this occasion they will lapse. FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF CONVERSION Example of relative capital values Value of Warrants 64.5p Value of one Ordinary Share 163.5p The above example is based on the middle market quotations for Warrants and Ordinary Shares as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily List on 1st July 2004 (being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this document). Relative income entitlements The Warrants yield no income and no dividend has been paid in respect of the Ordinary Shares, however, it should not be assumed that any particular rate of dividend will or will not be paid in future years. Relative market prices The following table shows the closing middle market quotations for Warrants and Ordinary Shares, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, on the first dealing day of each month from 1 January 2004 to 1 July 2004 (inclusive). Warrants Price Ordinary Share Price (per £100 nominal) (per share) 1 January 2004 48.5p 151.0p 1 February 2004 50.0p 151.0p 1 March 2004 54.5p 151.0p 1 April 2004 62.0p 161.0p 1 May 2004 64.5p 161.0p 1 June 2004 64.5p 163.5p 1 July 2004 64.5p 163.5p TAXATION On the basis of present legislation you would not incur any liability to UK capital gains tax by reason only of exercising your Conversion Rights; such a liability may, however, arise if you nominate some other person to receive, or you subsequently dispose of, all or some of the Ordinary Shares arising on conversion. No stamp duty reserve tax or stamp duty will be payable on the exercise of Conversion Rights. If you are in any doubt concerning your tax position, you should consult your professional adviser before taking action. PROCEDURE FOR EXERCISE OF CONVERSION RIGHTS If you wish to exercise your right to convert all or part of your holding of Warrants into Ordinary Shares on or before 31st August 2004, you should complete the notice of conversion endorsed on the certificate relating to the Warrants to be converted and forward it to the Company's registrars; Management International (Guernsey) Limited, Shareholder Services Department, P. O. Box 208, Arnold House, St. Julian's Avenue, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 3NF as soon as possible and in any event so that it is received not later than 31st August 2004. A notice of conversion, once given, may not be withdrawn without the consent in writing of the Directors of the Company. If your Warrant certificate(s) is/are damaged, defaced, lost, stolen or destroyed, it/they may be replaced on application to the Company's registrars, Management International (Guernsey) Limited, at the above address with such conditions as to evidence and indemnity as the directors may require and, in the case of defacement, the surrender of the defaced Warrant certificate(s). If you wish all or any of the Ordinary Shares to be issued on conversion to be registered in a name or names other than your own, you should make application to the Company's registrars, Management International (Guernsey) Limited, at the address shown above for a form or forms of nomination and send it/them with your Warrant certificate(s) in accordance with the instructions given above. If you wish all or any of the Ordinary Shares to be issued on conversion to be held in uncertificated form, you should contact the Company's registrars, Management International (Guernsey) Limited, at the address shown above. Ordinary Shares arising on conversion will rank pari passu in all respects with the Ordinary Shares in issue on 31st August 2004. Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Exercise Rights to be admitted to the Official List. Ordinary Shares arising on conversion shall be allotted to the holders of the Warrants exercised not later than 14 days after, and with effect from, the Exercise Date and certificates in respect of such shares shall be issued not later than 42 days after the relevant Exercise Date together with (if appropriate) separate certificates for any balance of Warrants not exercised. Pending the issue of such certificate(s) transfers will be certified against the register. The purpose of this letter is solely to remind you of your right to exercise your Warrants to obtain Ordinary Shares. It is not intended in any way to convey a recommendation to you to exercise any such right or to refrain from doing so. If you are in any doubt as to whether or not to exercise your Warrants, you should consult your professional adviser. Yours faithfully, Management International (Guernsey) Limited, Company Secretary. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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