Jameson West Associates

The Swedish Finansinspektionen has warned that Jameson West Associates, a company claiming to have its registered office in Scotland, is offering shares of a German company, Bayer AG, without the required authorization. It further warned that Jameson West Associates has not been authorized by the UK's Financial Services Authority and that the website jamesonwest.com, through which the company operates, is registered in San Diego.

(In Consob Informa n. 33/2005 - 16 August 2005)