Dragon Securities - Mercury Global Ltd. - Cheoy Lee Asset Management Asia - Harmon Bauer International Inc. - First China Corporate Management Group - Global Medical Financing

The Swedish Finansinspektionen has warned that Dragon Securities, a company claiming to have its registered office in Tokyo, Mercury Global Ltd., claiming to have its registered office in the Bahamas, Cheoy Lee Asset Management Asia, claiming to have registered offices in Hong Kong and San Francisco, Harmon Bauer International Inc., claiming to have its registered office in New York, First China Corporate Management Group, claiming to have registered offices in London and China, and Global Medical Financing, claiming to have its registered office in Singapore, are providing investment services, including by means of distance communication techniques, without the required authorization.

The Authority further warned that Dragon Securities does not feature in the list of companies authorized by the Financial Services Agency of Tokyo, and neither Mercury Global nor Global Medical Financing have been authorized in the Bahamas or Singapore respectively.

(In Consob Informa n. 37/2005 - 19 September 2005)