APA GROUP — M&A Activity 2012

Oct 2, 2012

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3 October 2012

The Manager Company Announcements Office Australian Securities Exchange 4[th] Floor, 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

Electronic Lodgement

Dear Sir/Madam

APT Pipelines Limited – Notice of new date for giving notice of status of conditions

In accordance with section 630(2) of the Corporations Act, please find attached a notice of new date for giving notice of status of conditions.

This document relates to APT Pipelines Limited’s bidder’s statement dated 15 December 2011 (as supplemented) for all the stapled securities in Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (each stapled security comprising one unit in each of HDUF Epic Trust (ARSN 109 770 961), HDUF Finance Trust (ARSN 109 770 765), and HDUF Further Investments Trust (ARSN 109 897 921)).

A copy of the attached notice will be given to Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund later today.

Yours faithfully

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Mark Knapman Company Secretary

APT PIPELINES LIMITED (ABN 89 009 666 700) (A COMPANY WHOLLY OWNED BY AUSTRALIAN PIPELINE TRUST (ARSN 091 678 778)) (“BIDDER”)

NOTICE OF NEW DATE FOR GIVING NOTICE OF STATUS OF CONDITIONS

TO: Hastings Funds Management Limited (ABN 27 058 693 388) in its capacity as responsible entity of the Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund

AND TO:

ASX Limited (“ASX”)

The Bidder gives notice under section 630(2) of the Corporations Act that the date for giving notice of status of the conditions set out in Section 10 of the Bidder’s Statement pursuant to section 630(3) of the Corporations Act has been postponed by operation of section 630(2) of the Corporations Act.

The new date for giving a notice on the status of those conditions is 18 October 2012.

As at the date of this notice:

• in notices waiving offer conditions dated 19 March 2012, 15 May 2012, 20 July 2012, 27 August 2012 and 27 September 2012 the conditions in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r) and (s) of Section 10 of the Bidder’s Statement have been waived and, accordingly, the Offer is now free of those conditions; and

• so far as the Bidder knows, none of the other conditions of the Offer set out in Section 10 of the Bidder’s Statement have been fulfilled or waived and, accordingly, the Offer remains subject to those conditions.

Unless the context requires otherwise, defined terms in the Bidder’s Statement have the same meaning in this notice.

This notice is dated 3 October 2012.

Signed on behalf of APT Pipelines Limited (ABN 89 009 666 700).

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John Fletcher Robert Wright
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