Please be informed that from time to time fraudsters will try to pass themselves off as Close Summit Trust Company SA or other associated or subsidiary company of the Close Brothers Group. Such frauds may involve email communications purporting to come from Close Summit Trust Company SA or other associated or subsidiary company of the Close Brothers Group, or referring potential victims to a website purporting to belong to the Close Brothers Group or an associated or subsidiary company.

If you have any doubts at all about the authenticity of any persons purporting to represent the Close Brothers Group or an associated or subsidiary company, we recommend that you thoroughly check out their credentials. A full list of the Close Brothers Group operating subsidiaries and associated companies and their contact details is available at http://www. closebrothers.co.uk. Alternatively, you can contact the regulatory authorities in the country of jurisdiction.

You may also wish to refer to the "Warnings and Alerts" page of the Financial Service Authority website in the United Kingdom for details of the latest known frauds. Please follow the link below:

http://www.fsa.gov.uk/consumer/01_WARNINGS