Listing Particulars

RNS Number:8540A
B Spires Limited
06 September 2002


FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES

PUBLICATION DATE:            6th September 2002

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the following 
securities to be admitted to the Official List.

DETAILS OF ISSUE:            EUR27,950,000 Amortising Secured Notes due 2039

ISSUER:                      B SPIRES Limited

INCORPORATED IN:             Cayman Islands

GUARANTOR:                   N/A

INCORPORATED IN:             N/A

Particulars relating to the issue may be obtained during usual business hours 
for fourteen days from the date of this formal notice from:

Merrill Lynch International        Clifford Chance Limited Liability Partnership
Merrill Lynch Financial Centre     200 Aldersgate Street
2 King Edward Street               London EC1A 4JJ
London EC1A 1HQ

        JPMorgan Chase Bank
        Trinity Tower
        9 Thomas More Street
        London E1W 19

In addition, a copy of the Particulars is available for inspection at the
Document Viewing Facility at the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North
Colonnade, London E14 5HS.

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