APA GROUP — Major Shareholding Notification 2012

Oct 3, 2012

605 page 1/2 15 July 2001

Form 605

Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of ceasing to be a substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme APA Group ACN/ARSN 091 344 704 (ARSN 091 678 778, 115 585 441)

1. Details of substantial holder(1)

Name BlackRock Group

ACN/ARSN (if applicable)

The holder ceased to be a substantial holder on 25 / / 09 12 The previous notice was given to the company on 07 / / 06 12 The previous notice was dated 17 / / 05 12

2. Changes in relevant interests

Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest (2) of the substantial holder or an associate (3) 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 ofchange	Person whoserelevant interestchanged	Nature ofchange (4)	Considerationgiven in relationto change(5)	Class (6) andnumber ofsecuritiesaffected	Person's votesaffected
	See Annexure A

3. Changes in association

The persons who have become associates (3) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (7) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable) Nature of association

4. Addresses

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

Name	Address
See Annexure B

Signature

print name Belinda Plotkin capacity Company Secretary sign here date 04 / 10 / 12

Annexure A

This is Annexure A of (1) page referred to in form 605 Notice of ceasing to be a substantial shareholder

04-Oct-12 Belinda Plotkin, Company Secretary Date

2. Changes in relevant interests

APA Group (APA)

Date of Change	Person whoserelevant interestchangedNature ofchange (4)Considerationgiven in relationto change (5)(AUD)Person's votesaffectedClass (6) and number ofsecurities affected
18 May 2012 to25 Sep 2012	BlackRock GroupPurchases38,426,503ord7,742,4737,742,473
	BlackRock GroupSales41,488,993ord8,533,8808,533,880
	BlackRock GroupCollateral -transfer inN/Aord1,573,2331,573,233
	BlackRock GroupCollateral -transfer outN/Aord566,607566,607

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Annexure B

This is Annexure B of 2 pages referred to in form 605 Notice of ceasing to be a substantial shareholder

04-Oct-12

Belinda Plotkin, Company Secretary

4. Addresses

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

Name	Address
BlackRock (Luxembourg) SA	6d Route de Treves
	Senningerberg, L-2633
	Luxembourg
BlackRock Advisors, LLC	100 Bellevue Parkway
	Wilmington, DE 19809
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.	40 E. 52nd Street
	New York, NY 10022
BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.	Rembrandt Tower, 17th floor
	Amstelplein Amsterdam Netherlands
BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd	12 Throgmorton Avenue
	London EC2N 2DL UK
BlackRock International Ltd.	40 Torphichen Street
	Edinburgh EH3 8JB
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd	12 Throgmorton Avenue
	London EC2N 2DL UK
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited	161 Bay Street, Suite 2500
	Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC	1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540
BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited	JP Morgan House
	International Fiancial Services Centre
	Dublin 1 IRELAND
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd.	Murray House, 1 Royal Mint Court
	London, EC3N 4HH, UK
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited	16/F, 2 Queen’s Road
	Cheung Kong Center Hong Kong
BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd.	Sapia Tower, 1-7-12 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku,
	Tokyo, 100-0005 Japan
BlackRock Life Limited	12 Throgmorton Avenue
	London EC2N 2DL UK
BlackRock Investment Management (Aust) Ltd	Level 19, 120 Collins St
(ACN 006 165 975)	Melbourne Australia

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Name	Address
BlackRock Asset Management Australia Limited (ACN	Level 43, Grosvenor Place
001 804 566)	225 George Street
	Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
BlackRock Fund Advisors	400 Howard Street
	San Francisco, CA, 94105

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Schedule

Schedule
Type of agreement:	Global Master Securities Lending Agreement
Parties to agreement:	Party A - Citigroup Global Markets Limited
	Party B - HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Asia) Limited
Transfer date:	18 May 2012 to 25 Sep 2012
Holder of voting rights:	Registered Owner
Are there any restrictions on voting rights?	No
If yes, detail
Scheduled return date (if any):	Not applicable
Does the borrower have the right to return	Yes
early?
If yes, detail
Does the lender have the right to recall	Yes
early?
If yes, detail	At notice
Will the securities be returned on	Yes
settlement?
If yes, detail any exceptions

A copy of these agreements will be provided to APA Group or the Australian Securities and Investments Commission upon request.

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