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ASPEN GROUP Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Oct 21, 2014

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Major Shareholding Notification

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Form 604

Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name/ ~~Scheme~~ Aspen Group Ltd ACN/ARSN ABN 50 004 160 927

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Name Allan Gray Australia Pty Ltd ( Allan Gray Australia - formerly known as Orbis Investment Management (Australia) Pty Ltd) and its related bodies corporate as set out in Table 1 of Annexure A (together the Group ), as investment manager for the funds or investment mandates listed at Table 2 of Annexure A ACN/ ~~ARSN~~ (if applicable) 112 316 168 (ACN of Allan Gray Australia)

There was a change in the interests of the substantial holder on 20 October 2014 The previous notice was given to the company on 13 March 2014 The previous notice was dated 13 March 2014

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 securities (4) Previous notice Present notice
Person’s votes Voting power(5) Person’s votes Voting power(5)
Ordinary shares 23,458,853 19.56% 23,741,695 20.98%*

*The increase in voting power is due to the company cancelling 1,801,423 ordinary shares

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 change Person whose relevant
interest changed
Nature of
change (6)
Consideration
given in relation
to change (7)
Class and number of
securities affected
Person’s votes
affected
See Annexure A, Tables 2
and 3

4. Present relevant interests

Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest Registered holder of
securities
Person entitled to be
registered as holder (8)
Nature of relevant
interest (6)
Class and number
of securities
Person’s
votes
See Annexure A,Tables 2 and 4

5. Changes in association

The persons who have become 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 ACN/ARSN (if applicable) Nature of association
See Annexure A,Tables 1 and 2

6. Addresses

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

Name Name Address
The Group C/- Allan GrayAustralia,Level 2 Challis House,4 Martin Place Sydney ,NSW 2000
Signature
print name
Simon Marais
sign here
date 22 October 2014

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 6 of the form.

(2) See the definition of “associate” in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.

(3) See the definition of “relevant interest” in sections 608 and 671B(7) of the Corporations Act 2001. (4) The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes. (5) The person’s votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100. (6) Include details of:

(a) any relevant agreement or other circumstances because of which the change in relevant interest occurred. 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 Act 2001.

(7) 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.

(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) Give details, if appropriate, of the present association and any change in that association since the last substantial holding notice.

Aspen Group Ltd

THIS IS ANNEXURE A OF 2 PAGES REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE FORM 604

Printname Simon Marais Director
Sign here Date: 22 October
2014
Table 1 – Related bodies corporate

The following entities are associates of Allan Gray Australia and each other by virtue of being related bodies corporate. Orbis Holdings Limited Orbis Mansfield Street Properties Ltd Orbis World Limited Orbis Investment Management (BVI) Limited (OIMLBVI) Orbis Investment Management Limited (OIML) Orbis Investment Advisory Pty Limited Orbis Asset Management Limited (OAML) Allan Gray (Holdings) Pty Ltd Orbis Administration Limited Orbis Investment Advisory (Hong Kong) Limited Orbis Investment Research Limited Orbis Client Services (Canada) Limited Orbis Investment Management (MIS) Limited Orbis Holdings (UK) Limited Triple Blue Holdings Limited Orbis Investment Management (Europe) LLP Pictet Overseas Trust Corporation and Pictet Trustee Company SA Orbis Investment Management (Luxembourg) S.A

Table 2 - Funds

Table 2 - Funds
Anentitywithinthe Group acts asi nvestmentmanager fors ome orallofthe assetsinthefollowingfunds.
No Fund name Manager Code Registered holder Persons entitled to be registered
holder
1. Allan Gray Australia Equity Fund AGA SMEF Citibank N.A., Sydney Branch as SMEF’s custodian Equity Trustees Limited as SMEF’s
responsible entity
2. Allan Gray Australia Opportunity Fund AGA SMSF Citibank N.A., Sydney Branch as SMSF’s custodian Equity Trustees Limited as SMSF’s
responsible entity
3. Warakirri Endeavour Fund AGA SMWK ANZ Nominees Ltd as SMWK’s custodian Warakirri Asset Management Pty Ltd as
SMWK’s trustee
4. Warakirri Australian Equities Pensions
and Charities Fund
AGA SMWA ANZ Nominees Ltd as SMWA’s custodian Warakirri Asset Management Pty Ltd
SMWA’s trustee
5. Warakirri Charities and Pensions Fund AGA SMWE ANZ Nominees Ltd as SMWE’s custodian Warakirri Asset Management Pty Ltd
SMWE’s trustee
6. Ibbotson Australian Shares High Alpha
Trust
AGA SMIA JP Morgan Nominees Australia Ltd as SMIA’s
custodian
Ibbotson Associates Australia Ltd
SMIA’s trustee
7. Construction and Building Unions
Superannuation Fund
AGA SMCB NAB Custodial Services as SMCB’s custodian United Super Pty Ltd as SMCB’s trustee
8. HESTA Superannuation Fund AGA SMHT JP Morgan Nominees Australia Ltd as SMIA’s
custodian
H.E.S.T. Australia Ltd as SMHT’s
trustee
9. Hostplus Superannuation Fund AGA SMHP Citibank N.A., SydneyBranch as SMHP’s custodian Host Plus Ptyltd as SMHP’s trustee
10. Russell Australian Opportunities Fund AGA SMRI State Street Australia Ltd as SMRI’s custodian Russell Investment Management Ltd as
SMRI’s responsible entity
11. Catholic Superannuation Fund AGA SMCS NAB Custodial Services as custodian for SMCS CSF PtyLtd as SMCS’s trustee
12. Qantas Superannuation Plan AGA SMQS JP Morgan Nominees Australia Ltd as SMQS’s
custodian
Qantas Superannuation Ltd as SMQS’s
trustee
13. Maritime Super AGA SMMS NAB Custodial Services as custodian for SMMS Maritime Super Pty Ltd as SMMS’s
trustee
14. Non-Government Schools
Superannuation Fund
AGA SMNG State Street Australia Ltd as SMNG’s custodian Non-Government Schools
Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd as
SMNG’s trustee
15. REST Superannuation Fund AGA SMRT State Street Australia Ltd as SMRT’s custodian Retail Employees Superannuation Pty
Ltd as SMRT’s trustee
16. Government Employees
Superannuation Board
AGA SMGB NAB Custodial Services as SMGB’s custodian Government Employees
Superannuation Board
17. Orbis Global Equity Fund (Australia
Registered)
OIML GAPL Citibank N.A., Hong Kong Branch, as GAPL’s
custodian
Equity Trustees Limited as GAPL’s
responsible entity
18. Orbis Global Equity Fund Limited OIML OGEF Citigroup Fund Services Canada, Inc (Citi Canada)
as OGEF’s custodian
OGEF
19. Orbis Optimal SA Fund Limited OIML OSAP Citi Canada as OSAP’s custodian OSAP
20. Orbis International EquityLP OAML IELP Citi Canada as IELP’s custodian IELP
21. Orbis SICAV – Global Equity Fund OIML SGPL Citibank International plc (Luxembourg Branch) (Citi
Lux)as SGPL’s custodian
SGPL
22. Orbis SICAV – Asia- Ex Japan Fund OIMLBVI XJPL Citi Lux as XJPL’s custodian XJPL
23. Orbis SICAV – Global Balanced Fund OIML GBSA Citi Lux as GBSA’s custodian GBSA
24. Orbis SICAV – International Equity OIML SNPL Citi Lux as SNPL’s custodian SNPL
25. Orbis OEIC Global EquityFund OIML UKGE Citi Lux as UKGE’s custodian UKGE

Table 3 – Change in relevant interest

Trade Date Reference Code Action No of security Consideration
14 Mar 14 to 03 Jun 14 SMGB Buy 282,842 $ 354,556
Total 282,842 $ 354,556

All trades on market unless otherwise indicated

Table 4 – Present relevant interest

Reference Code Total no of securities
SMCB 3,373,200
SMCS 1,576,071
SMEF 5,007,682
SMGB 1,857,797
SMHP 2,396,183
SMHT 2,725,038
SMIA 604,533
SMMS 1,147,099
SMNG 1,240,797
SMQS 1,214,386
SMRI 500,062
SMRT 1,462,469
SMSF 310,883
SMWA 296,916
SMWK 28,579
Total 23,741,695