ALS LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Jun 4, 2013

Corporations Law Section 671B

Form 604

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

ToCompany Name/Scheme	ALS Limited
ACN/ARSN
1. Details of substantial holder	(1)
Name	M&G Investment Funds (1)
	M&G Investment Management Limited
	M&G Limited
	M&G Group Limited
	M&G Securities Limited
	Jackson National Asset Management PLC
	Prudential plc
ACN/ARSN (if applicable)
There was a change in the	03 June 2013
interests
The previous notice was given	19 March 2013
to the company on
The previous notice was dated	19 March 2013

2. Previous and present voting power

The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate(2) had a relevant interest (3) in when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows:

	Class of Security (4) Previous Notice	Class of Security (4) Previous Notice				Present Notice
		Person’s votes	Voting Power (5)			Person’s votes		Voting Power (5)
	NPV Shares 17,194,295		5.00%			21,107,979		6.14%
3.	Changes in relevant interests
Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest					of	the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of				the
company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice								to the company or scheme are as follows:
	Date of	Person whose relevant interest changed		Nature	Consideration		Class and number of		Person’s
	change			of	given in relation to		securities affected		votes
				change	change (7)				affected
				(6)
		M&G Investment Funds (1)
		M&G Investment Management Limited M&G Limited		PLEASE SEE ANNEX 1 (Below)
		M&G Group Limited
		M&G Securities Limited
		Jackson National Asset Management
		PLC
		Prudential plc

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4. Details of present registered holders

The persons registered as holders of the securities referred to in paragraph 3 above are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest	Registered holder of securities	Person entitled to be registered as holder (8)	Nature of relevant interest	Class and number of securities
M&G Investment Funds(1) M&G Investment Management Limited, M&G Limited, M&G Group Limited M&G Securities Limited Prudential plc	State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMBS	State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMBS	Power to exercise or control the exercise of, a right to vote attached to the securities Power to dispose of, or control the exercise of a power to dispose of, the securities	1,960,000
M&G Investment Management Limited, M&G Limited, M&G Group Limited M&G Securities Limited Prudential plc	State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMG6	State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMG6	Power to exercise or control the exercise of, a right to vote attached to the securities Power to dispose of, or control the exercise of a power to dispose of, the securities	19,091,477
Jackson National Asset Management Plc, Prudential Plc	Jackson National Asset Management	Jackson National Asset Management	Power to exercise or control the exercise of, a right to vote attached to the securities Power to dispose of, or control the exercise of a power to dispose of, the securities	56,502

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5. Changes in association

The persons who have been associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

Name and CAN/ARSN (if applicable)

Nature of association

M&G Investment Funds (1)

An Open Ended Investment Company (Separate Legal Entity, not within the Prudential plc group of companies), the assets are managed by M&G Investment Management Limited, which is a wholely owned subsidiary of Prudential Plc, as are M&G Limited and M&G Group Limited and as such these companies are included within this notice. Since the previous notice there has been no change in overall ownership structure of the assets.

6. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:

Name Address M&G Investment Funds(1) Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England M&G Investment Management Limited Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England M&G Limited Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England M&G Group Limited Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England M&G Securities Limited Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England Prudential plc Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England State Street Nominees Limited 20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HJ, England Jackson National Asset Management LLC 1 Corporate Way, Michigan, USA  Signature print name James Todd capacityNotifiables Administrator sign here James Todd date04 June 2013	Name	Address
	M&G Investment Funds(1)	Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England
	M&G Investment Management Limited	Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England
	M&G Limited	Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England
	M&G Group Limited	Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England
	M&G Securities Limited	Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England
	Prudential plc	Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England
	State Street Nominees Limited	20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HJ, England
	Jackson National Asset Management LLC	1 Corporate Way, Michigan, USA

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DIRECTIONS

• (1) If there are a number of substantial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporation and its related corporations, or the manager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be included in an annexure to the form. If the relevant interests of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may be referred to throughout the form as a specifically named group if the membership of each group, with the names and addresses of members is clearly set out in paragraph 7 of the form.

• (2) See the definition of “associate” in section 9 of the Corporations Law.

• (3) See the definition of “relevant interest” in sections 608 and 671B(7) of the Corporations Law.

• (4) The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes.

• (5) The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme (if any) that the person or an associate has a relevant interest in.

• (6) The person’s votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100.

• (7) Include details of:

• (a) any relevant agreement or other circumstances by which the relevant interest was acquired. If subsection 671B(4) applies, a copy of any document setting out the terms of any relevant agreement, and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contract, scheme or arrangement, must accompany this form, together with a written statement certifying this contract, scheme or arrangement; and

• (b) any qualification of the power of a person to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voting powers or disposal of the securities to which the relevant interest relates (indicating clearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies).

See the definition of “relevant agreement” in section 9 of the Corporations Law.

• (8) If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person (eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) write “unknown”.

• (9) Details of the consideration must include any and all benefits, money and other, that any person from whom a relevant interest was acquired has, or may, become entitled to receive in relation to that acquisition. Details must be included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Details must be included of any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial holder or its associate in relation to the acquisitions, even if they are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant interest was acquired.

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Annex 1: Transactions – 29 May 2013 – 03 June 2013

Holder of relevant interest	Date of acquisition	Consideration (9)	Consideration (9)	Class and number of securities
		Cash	Non-cash	OrdNPV
M&G Investment Management Limited, M&G Limited, M&G Group Limited M&G Securities Limited Prudential plc M&G Global Dividend Fund(GLOD)	29-MAY-2013 30-MAY-2013 31-MAY-2013 03-JUN-2013	7,319,328 219,644 219,959 8,664,686		750,000 22,179 21,999 869,574

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