AMP LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2009

Dec 21, 2009

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Date: 22nd December 2009

The Manager Listings Department Australian Stock Exchange Limited

No. of Pages (incl.): 3

NOTICE OF INITIAL SUBSTANTIAL HOLDER

Dear Sir/Madam,

Pursuant to Section 671B of the Corporations Law, AMP Limited discloses a substantial holding in Thorn Group Limited.

The enclosed ASIC Form 603 discloses all required details.

Yours faithfully,

Glen Moran Head of Corporate Actions BNP Paribas Securities Services Phone: 02 9222 0091

BNP PARIBAS FUND SERVICES AUSTRALASIA PTY LTD Level 6 60 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia PO BOX R209 Royal Exchange NSW 1225 Australia Tel: +61 2 9222 0000 - Fax: +61 2 9222 0255

ABN 71 002 655 674

Form 603 Corporations Law Section 671B Notice of Initial Substantial Holder

To: Thorn Group Limited

ACN/ARSN: 072 507 147

1. Details of substantial holder

Name: AMP Limited (ACN 079 354 519) and its related bodies corporate.

The holder became a substantial holder on 18th December 2009

2. Details of 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 had a relevant interest on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

Class of securities Number of Securities Persons’ votes Voting power Fully Paid Ordinary 6,536,548 6,536,548 5.08%

3. Details of relevant interests

The nature of relevant interest the substantial holder or an associate had in the following voting securities on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest	Nature of relevant interests	Class and number of securities	Person's votes affected
AMP Capital Investors Limited as Responsible Entity of the Future Directions Australian Smaller Companies Fund	AMP Capital Investors Limited is a controlled body corporate of AMP Limited within the meaning of Section 608(3) of the Corporations Law	Fully Paid Ordinary: 4,880,817	4,880,817
AMP Capital Investors Limited as Future Directions Australian Small Companies Fund	AMP Capital Investors Limited is a controlled body corporate of AMP Limited within the meaning of Section 608(3) of the Corporations Law	Fully Paid Ordinary: 1,624,831	1,624,831
AMP Capital Investors Limited in it's capacity as Responsible Entity of the Future Directions US Small Companies Fund (Axa Asia Ex-Japan)	AMP Capital Investors Limited is a controlled body corporate of AMP Limited within the meaning of Section 608(3) of the Corporations Law	Fully Paid Ordinary: 30,900	30,900

Total: 6,536,548

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	Class and number of securities	Person’s votes affected
AMP Capital Investors Limited as Responsible Entity of the Future Directions Australian Smaller Companies Fund	Cogent Nominees Pty Limited	AMP Capital Investors Limited	Fully Paid Ordinary: 4,880,817	4,880,817
AMP Capital Investors Limited in it's capacity as Responsible Entity of the Future Directions US Small Companies Fund (Axa Asia Ex-Japan)	Cogent Nominees Pty Limited	AMP Capital Investors Limited	Fully Paid Ordinary: 30,900	30,900
AMP Capital Investors Limited as Future Directions Australian Small Companies Fund	Cogent Nominees Pty Limited	AMP Capital Investors Limited	Fully Paid Ordinary: 1,624,831	1,624,831
Total: 6,536,548

5. Consideration

The consideration paid for each relevant interest referred to in paragraph 3 above, and acquired in the four months prior to the day that the substantial holder became a substantial holder is as follows:

Holder of relevant interest	Date of acquisition	Consideration	Class and number of securities
AMP Capitial Investors Limited	1-Sep-2009 to 17-Dec- 2009	$4,854,865.43	Fully Paid Ordinary 6,825,229

6. Associates

The reasons the persons named in paragraph 3 above are associates of the substantial holder are as follows:

Name and ACN (if applicable) Nature of association

AMP Life Limited (ACN 079 Related bodies corporate of AMP Limited under Part 1.2 of the Corporations Law. 300 379) AMP Capital Investors Limited Related bodies corporate of AMP Limited under Part 1.2 of the Corporations Law. (ACN 001 777 591)

7. Addresses

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

Name AMP Capital Investors Limited Cogent Nominees Pty Limited

Address Level 22, 33 Alfred Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Level 6, 60 Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW 2000

This Initial Substantial Holder Notice (ASIC Form 603) comprises 2 page/s in total.