APA GROUP — Delisting Announcement 2009

Sep 29, 2009

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Standard & Poor’s to Remove Lion Nathan Limited from S&P/ASX Indices

SYDNEY, Sept. 30, 2009 - Standard & Poor’s Index Services Australia today announced that it will remove Lion Nathan Limited (ASX: LNN) from all S&P/ASX indices. The removal of Lion Nathan Limited is subject to court approval of a proposed scheme of arrangement under which the company will be taken over by Kirin Holdings Company.

Assuming the scheme receives court approval, Standard & Poor’s Index Services will remove Lion Nathan Limited from the S&P/ASX indices after the close of business on Oct. 7, 2009.

Lion Nathan Limited will be replaced by APA Group (ASX: APA) in the S&P/ASX 100. Cudeco Limited (ASX: CDU) will be added to the S&P/ASX 200 and the S&P/ASX All Australian 200 as a result of the vacancy created by the removal of Lion Nathan Limited. These changes will be made effective after the close of business on Oct. 7, 2009.

S&P/ASX 100
ADDITION
CODE	NAME
APA	APA GROUP
REMOVAL
CODE	NAME
LNN	LION NATHAN LIMITED
S&P/ASX 200
ADDITION
CODE	NAME
CDU	CUDECO LIMITED
REMOVAL
CODE	NAME
LNN	LION NATHAN LIMITED

S&P/ASX All	Australian 200
ADDITION
CODE	NAME
CDU	CUDECO LIMITED
REMOVAL
CODE	NAME
LNN	LION NATHAN LIMITED

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For more information contact:

Jesse Stewart, Index Services Sharon Beach, Media +61 2-9255-9874 +61 3-9631-2152