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Australia & New Zealand Banking Grp - Opes Prime Disclosure
Australia & New Zealand Banking Grp
09 May 2008
Company Secretary's Office
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
14/100 Queen Street
MELBOURNE VIC 3000
www.anz.com
9 May 2008
Company Announcements
Australian Securities Exchange
Level 4
20 Bridge Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Disclosure regarding shareholdings in various ASX listed entities
Reference is made to previous announcements made by Australia and New Zealand
Banking Group Limited (ANZ) regarding its interests in various ASX listed
entities arising under transactions entered into pursuant to Australian Master
Securities Lending Agreements with Opes Prime Stockbroking Limited and Leveraged
Capital Pty Ltd (the Opes Prime AMSLAs).
The attached schedule contains updated information regarding ANZ's interests in
the ASX listed entities identified in previous announcements arising in
connection with the Opes Prime AMSLAs, as at close of trading on 8 May 2008.
The interests identified in the schedule may include shares which have been sold
by the ANZ Group (as part of the Disposal Programme referred to in earlier
announcements) pursuant to transactions which had not settled as at close of
trading on 8 May 2008.
Yours faithfully
John Priestley
Company Secretary
For media enquiries contact: For ANZ shareholder enquiries contact:
Paul Edwards
Head of Corporate Communications ANZ Investor Relations
Tel: +61-3-9273 6955 or +61-409-655 550 Tel: +613-9273 6466
Email: paul.edwards@anz.com Email: investor.relations@anz.com
Schedule
+------+------------------+------------------------+------------+-------------------+
| ASX |ASX listed entity | Number of shares in |Total number| Percentage of |
| code | |respect of which ANZ has| of issued | ordinary shares* |
| | |an interest as a result | ordinary | |
| | |of transactions entered |shares as at| |
| | | into pursuant to the | 8 May 2008 | |
| | | Opes Prime AMSLAs* | (based on | |
| | | | publicly | |
| | | | available | |
| | | |information)| |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| | |As at close|As at close | | As at | As at |
| | |of trading | of trading | |close of |close of |
| | | on 8 May |on previous | | trading | trading |
| | | 2008 |trading day | |on 8 May | on |
| | | | | | 2008 |previous |
| | | | | | | trading |
| | | | | | | day |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| ACR | ACRUX |10,208,832 | 10,233,032 |159,299,216 | 6.409% | 6.424% |
| | LIMITED-ORDINARY | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| AGI | AINSWORTH |19,323,982 | 19,350,982 |278,942,304 | 6.928% | 6.937% |
| | GAME-ORDINARY | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| ATG |AUSTIN GROUP -ORD |27,854,653 | 27,854,653 | 62,182,019 | 44.795% | 44.795% |
| | SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| BOE | BOSS ENERGY | 9,643,927 | 9,643,927 | 61,586,854 | 15.659% | 15.659% |
| | LTD-ORD SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| BPG | BYTE POWER GRP |38,659,231 | 38,659,231 |384,126,442 | 10.064% | 10.064% |
| | LTD-ORD | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| BPO | BIOPROSPECT |118,478,421|121,003,851 |487,040,944 | 24.326% | 24.845% |
| | LTD-ORDINARY | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| BYI | BEYOND | 5,988,653 | 5,988,653 | 59,711,968 | 10.029% | 10.029% |
| | INTERNAT-ORD SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| DVM | DVM | 2,704,908 | 2,704,908 | 27,410,107 | 9.868% | 9.868% |
| |INTERNATIONAL-ORDS| | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| EBT | EBET LIMITED-ORD |53,445,674 | 53,445,674 |217,806,111 | 24.538% | 24.538% |
| | SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| ELY |EARLY LEARNING-ORD| 2,413,215 | 2,420,915 | 44,000,000 | 5.485% | 5.502% |
| | SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| FAS |FAIRSTAR RESOURCES|32,615,798 | 33,036,968 |352,605,750 | 9.250% | 9.369% |
| | -ORD | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| GNI | GLOBAL NICKEL | 1,985,946 | 1,985,946 | 26,660,001 | 7.449% | 7.449% |
| | IN-ORD SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| HFC | HAWK RESOURCES - | 3,128,253 | 3,128,253 | 33,637,501 | 9.300% | 9.300% |
| | ORD SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| LLA | LIVING AND |12,868,462 | 12,868,462 |181,011,251 | 7.109% | 7.109% |
| | LEISURE-ORD | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| MVU | MATRIXVIEW | 9,363,050 | 9,363,050 |126,874,815 | 7.380% | 7.380% |
| | LIMI-ORDINARY | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| MXL | MXL |62,829,358 | 62,829,358 |780,903,649 | 8.046% | 8.046% |
| | LIMITED-ORDINARY | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| NOC | NORTHERN CREST |18,569,853 | 18,569,853 |116,074,781 | 15.998% | 15.998% |
| | INV-ORDS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| PRO | PROPHECY | 3,651,090 | 3,651,090 | 45,116,955 | 8.093% | 8.093% |
| | INTERN-ORD SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| PWR | POWERLAN |17,455,085 | 17,455,085 | 82,527,355 | 21.151% | 21.151% |
| | LIMITE-ORD SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| QXQ |Q LIMITED-ORD SHS |74,162,014 |116,162,014 |848,445,835 | 8.741% | 13.691% |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| RCO | ROYALCO | 7,158,250 | 7,185,899 | 56,411,200 | 12.689% | 12.738% |
| | RESOURCES-ORD SH | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| SEA | SUNDANCE |20,414,780 | 20,550,891 |184,905,793 | 11.041% | 11.114% |
| | ENERGY-ORDINARY | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| SLA | SOLAGRAN |55,822,662 | 55,884,162 |131,816,545 | 42.349% | 42.395% |
| | LTD-ORDINARY | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
|SLACF | SOLAGRAN-DEF DEL | 9,828,258 | 9,828,258 | 48,174,108 | 20.402% | 20.402% |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| TAN |TANDOU LIMITED-ORD| 9,635,660 | 9,635,660 | 88,126,107 | 10.934% | 10.934% |
| | SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| TMX | TERRAIN MINERALS | 5,470,278 | 5,470,278 | 77,319,748 | 7.075% | 7.075% |
| | LTD-ORD | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| TNG | TNG LIMITED |13,969,377 | 14,140,125 |192,683,314 | 7.250% | 7.339% |
| | -ORDINARY | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
| WWH# | WATER WHEEL HOL | 7,087,000 | 7,087,000 | 17,139,223 | 41.350% | 41.350% |
| | -ORD SHS | | | | | |
+------+------------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+---------+
* This may include shares which have been sold by the ANZ Group pursuant to
transactions which were not due to have settled as at end of trading on the
relevant trading date.
#ANZ and Freemont Pty Ltd have entered into an agreement pursuant to which ANZ
will transfer these shares to Freemont Pty Ltd. The agreement is conditional
upon Freemont Pty Ltd obtaining an exemption from ASIC to permit it to acquire
the shares, or confirmation being obtained from ASIC that such an exemption is
not required.
The schedule attached to yesterday's announcement identified ANZ as having an
interest in excess of 5% of the total issued voting shares in Aequs Capital
Limited (AQE) arising in connection with the Opes Prime AMSLAs. As a result of
the settlement of sale transactions in respect of shares in that company, ANZ no
longer has an interest in the company arising in connection with the Opes Prime
AMSLAs in excess of 5%. Accordingly, that company has been omitted from this
schedule.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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