AUB GROUP LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2008

Jan 28, 2008

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Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141

Group Secretariat Level 20, 275 Kent Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Telephone: (61 2) 8253 0390 Facsimile: (61 2) 8253 1215

29 January 2008

Company Announcements Platform Australian Stock Exchange Limited 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

Dear Sir/Madam

Substantial Shareholder Notice

In accordance with section 671B(3) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), we attach our Notice of Change of Substantial Shareholder (Form 604) in respect of AUSTBROKERS HOLDINGS LIMITED.

Yours faithfully

Richard Willcock Company Secretary

Form 604

Corporations Law Section 671B Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme ACN/ARSN ABN 60 000 000 715

AUSTBROKERS HOLDINGS LIMITED

1. Details of substantial holder(1)

Name WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION GROUP (WBC)

ACN/ARSN (if applicable) ABN 33 007 457 141

There was a change in the interests of the substantial holder on 24/01/2008 The previous notice was given to the company on 21/12/2007 The previous notice was dated 19/12/2007

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 in the company or scheme, are as follows:

Class of securities (4)	Previous Notice	Previous Notice	Present Notice	Present Notice
	Person’s votes	VotingPower	Person’s votes	VotingPower(5)
ORDINARY SHARES	3,079,987	6.14%	3,756,092	7.49%

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
24/01/2008	WBC & its Associates Westpac Financial Services Group Limited (WFSG), BT Investment Management No.2 Limited, BT Investment ManagementLimited	See Schedule	See Schedule	See Schedule	See Schedule

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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	Nature of relevant interest (6)	Number of securities
BT Investment Management No.2 Limited	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited	BT Investment Management No.2 Limited is the manager of various superannuation funds, institutional investor portfolios and unit trusts and, in that capacity, can exercise the power to vote or dispose of the shares.	683,982
BT Investment Management Limited	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited National Nominees Limited National Australian Custodian Services Australia and New Zealand Banking GroupLimited	BT Investment Management Limited is the RE and fund manager of various superannuation funds, institutional investor portfolios and unit trusts and, in that capacity, can exercise the power to vote or dispose of the shares.	3,072,110

5. Changes in association

The persons who have become associates (2) of, or ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable)	Nature of association
BT Investment Management Limited	New Responsible Entity or Investment Manager within WBC.
6. Addresses The addresses ofpersons named in this form are as follows:
Name	Address
Westpac Banking Corporation (WBC)	Level 20, Westpac Place, 275 Kent St, Sydney NSW2000
Westpac Financial Services Group Limited (WFSG)	Level 20, Westpac Place, 275 Kent St, Sydney NSW2000
BT Investment Management No.2 Limited	Level 20, Westpac Place, 275 Kent Street, Sydney NSW2000
BT Investment Management Limited	Level 15, Chifley Square, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW2000
AUSTBROKERS HOLDINGS LIMITED	Level 21 , 111 Pacific Highway , North Sydney , NSW, Australia, 2060 Ph: (02) 9935 2222 Fax: (02) 9954 1724

Signature

print name

Richard Willcock capacity Company Secretary

sign here

date 29/01/2008

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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 6of the form.

• (2) See the definition of “associate” in section 9 of the Corporations Law.

• (3) See the definition of “relevant interest” in sections 608 and 671B(7) of the Corporations Law.

• (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 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 with 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).

• (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 mus 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 changes in that association since the last substantial holding notice.

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SCHEDULE

PART 1 – TRANSACTION HISTORY

Sales & Purchases for the period : 19/12/2007 to 24/01/2008 SECURITY: AUB

BT Investment Management Limited	BT Investment Management Limited
Date	Registered Company	Quantity	Value
19/12/2007	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited	1,340	5,762
20/12/2007	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited	2,880	12,624
8/01/2008	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited	760	3,344
10/01/2008	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited	370	1,628
11/01/2008	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited	420	1,848
14/01/2008	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited	560	2,438
24/01/2008	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited	124	494
24/01/2008	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited	3,107	12,366
	Total	9,561	40,504
Date	Registered Company	Quantity	Value
19/12/2007	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	7,240	31,132
19/12/2007	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	9,130	39,259
19/12/2007	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	46,860	201,498
20/12/2007	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	102,050	447,336
20/12/2007	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	19,700	86,355
20/12/2007	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	15,590	68,339
8/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	4,080	17,952
8/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	4,830	21,252
8/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	28,671	126,152
10/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	14,122	62,135
10/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	2,390	10,516
10/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	1,990	8,756
11/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	2,340	10,296
11/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	2,970	13,068
11/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	16,560	72,864
14/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	19,302	84,039
14/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	3,740	16,284
14/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	3,000	13,062
24/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	673	2,679
24/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	16,820	66,944
24/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	834	3,319
24/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	20,839	82,939
24/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	115,443	459,463
24/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	4,618	18,380
	Total	463,792	1,964,018
Date	Registered Company	Quantity	Value
19/12/2007	National Australian Custodian Services	5,630	24,209
19/12/2007	National Australian Custodian Services	2,310	9,933
19/12/2007	National Australian Custodian Services	12,440	53,492
20/12/2007	National Australian Custodian Services	26,820	117,565
20/12/2007	National Australian Custodian Services	4,980	21,830
20/12/2007	National Australian Custodian Services	12,170	53,347

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8/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	3,080	13,552
8/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	1,290	5,676
8/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	6,990	30,756
10/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	3,530	15,532
10/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	660	2,904
10/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	1,610	7,084
11/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	1,850	8,140
11/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	760	3,344
11/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	4,090	17,996
14/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	5,190	22,597
14/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	960	4,180
14/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	2,360	10,275
24/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	506	2,014
24/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	12,655	50,367
24/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	5,173	20,589
24/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	207	824
24/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	27,987	111,388
24/01/2008	National Australian Custodian Services	1,119	4,454
	Total	144,367	612,047
Date	Registered Company	Quantity	Value
19/12/2007	National Nominees Limited	4,840	20,812
20/12/2007	National Nominees Limited	10,520	46,114
8/01/2008	National Nominees Limited	2,720	11,968
10/01/2008	National Nominees Limited	1,390	6,116
11/01/2008	National Nominees Limited	1,600	7,040
14/01/2008	National Nominees Limited	2,030	8,838
24/01/2008	National Nominees Limited	437	1,739
24/01/2008	National Nominees Limited	10,929	43,497
	Total	34,466	146,125
	BT Investment Management Limited TOTAL :	652,186	2,762,694
BT Investment Management No.2 Limited
Date	Registered Company	Quantity	Value
19/12/2007	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	20,210	86,903
20/12/2007	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	44,800	196,381
8/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	10,670	46,948
10/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	5,670	24,947
11/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	6,440	28,336
14/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	7,600	33,090
24/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	37,047	147,447
24/01/2008	HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited.	1,482	5,898
	Total	133,919	569,950
	BT Investment Management No.2 Limited TOTAL :	133,919	569,950

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