RHYMER INVESTMENTS

Rhymer Investments Ltd. maintains interests in property and small to medium-sized businesses in the UK and overseas. The company brings financial, strategic and entrepreneurial leverage to growing businesses that usually lack one or more of these key ingredients.

Rhymer's continuing success is based on its philosophy of:

• Seeking out businesses with a strong potential for growth and a committed and able management
• Being prepared to invest in businesses at an early stage of their development
• Acquiring a controlling interest in each business and then returning shares to the vendor as agreed performance targets are met, thus giving the vendor a growing stake in the business
• Focusing on pioneering businesses that have either outstripped the competition in their market sector or are first into a market or a technology. (In every case, Rhymer devotes sufficient time to understanding both the market and the technology before making an investment.)
• Ensuring management teams are highly qualified in terms of professional discipline and experience and exhibit enthusiasm and entrepreneurial flair

Rhymer's current list of interests include:

• Property investment and development
• Aviation services
• Construction
• Niche manufacturing businesses
• Waste management, recycling and recycling technology