Investor alert: Paterson & Co., Ltd.

Paterson & Co., Ltd. is not authorised by Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) and therefore Paterson & Co., Ltd. is not entitled to provide financial services.

Paterson & Co., Ltd. has a website (www.patersoncoltd.com) using the following address: 6-3 Sumiyoshicho, Tokyo 194-0292, Japan.

Paterson & Co., Ltd.’s representatives contact investors in Sweden by telephone and offer to buy their holdings in American OTC-companies.