NOTICE: PROCLAMATION FOR COMMENCEMENT OF SECTIONS 7, 8 AND 9 OF THE CORPORATE LAWS AMENDMENT ACT, 2002 Dear CIPRO Customer, Please take note of the proclamation published on 10 November 2006 in Government Gazette 29366 providing for sections 7, 8 and 9 of the Corporate Laws Amendment Act, 2002 to come into operation on 1 April 2007. Such sections provide inter alia for lodgement of annual returns to the Registrar of Close Corporations by close corporations. The contents of the proclamation is published on the CIPRO website - follow the next steps: Step 1 - go to index and click on "News and events" Step 2 - move over to "News and Notices" and left click Step 3 - left click on "Notices from Companies Section" Step 4(a) - left click on "Proclamation - commencement of sections 7, 8 and 9 of the Corporate Laws Amendment Act, 2002" Step 4(b) - left click on "Corporate Laws Amendment, 2002" in order to take note of contents of sections 7, 8 and 9 of such Amendment Act to which the Proclamation refers Sincerely CIPRO Management