AUSTAL LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Mar 9, 2015

Form 604

Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name ~~/Scheme~~ Austal Limited ~~ACN/ARSN~~ ABN 73 009 250 266

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Name Allan Gray Australia Pty Ltd ( Allan Gray Australia ) 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 6 March 2015 The previous notice was given to the company on 29 October 2014 The previous notice was dated 29 October 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	61,528,612	17.75%	56,968,476	16.42%

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			Address
The Group			C/- Allan GrayAustralia,Level 2 Challis House,4 Martin Place Sydney ,NSW 2000
Signature
print name	Eugene Tan		Company Secretary
sign here			date 10 March 2015
		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.

Austal Limited

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

Printname	EugeneTan	Company Secretary
Sign here		Date 10 March 2015

Table 1 – Related bodies corporate

The following entities are associates of Allan Gray Australia Pty Ltd (AGA) and each other by virtue of being related bodies corporate. Orbis Holdings Limited Orbis Mansfield Street Properties Ltd

Orbis Mansfield Street Properties Ltd Orbis Investment Management (BVI) Limited (OIMLBVI) Orbis Investment Advisory Pty Limited Allan Gray (Holdings) Pty Ltd Orbis Investment Advisory (Hong Kong) Limited Orbis Client Services (Canada) Limited Orbis Holdings (UK) Limited Orbis Investment Management (Europe) LLP Orbis Investment Management (Luxembourg) S.A

Orbis World Limited Orbis Investment Management Limited (OIML) Orbis Asset Management Limited (OAML) Orbis Administration Limited Orbis Investment Research Limited Orbis Investment Management (MIS) Limited Triple Blue Holdings Limited Pictet Overseas Trust Corporation and Pictet Trustee Company SA

Table 2 - Funds

An entity within the Group acts as investment manager for some or all of the assets in the following funds.

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 Australian Equities Pensions and Charities Fund	AGA	SMWA	ANZ Nominees Ltd as SMWA’s custodian	Warakirri Asset Management Pty Ltd SMWA’s trustee
4.	Ibbotson Australian Shares High Alpha Trust	AGA	SMIA	JP Morgan Nominees Australia Ltd as SMIA’s custodian	Ibbotson Associates Australia Ltd SMIA’s trustee
5.	Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund	AGA	SMCB	NAB Custodial Services as SMCB’s custodian	United Super Pty Ltd as SMCB’s trustee
6.	HESTA Superannuation Fund	AGA	SMHT	JP Morgan Nominees Australia Ltd as SMIA’s custodian	H.E.S.T. Australia Ltd as SMHT’s trustee
7.	Hostplus Superannuation Fund	AGA	SMHP	Citibank N.A., Sydney Branch as SMHP’s custodian	Host Plus Pty ltd as SMHP’s trustee
8.	Russell Australian Opportunities Fund	AGA	SMRI	State Street Australia Ltd as SMRI’s custodian	Russell Investment Management Ltd as SMRI’s responsible entity
9.	Catholic Superannuation Fund	AGA	SMCS	NAB Custodial Services as custodian for SMCS	CSF Pty Ltd as SMCS’s trustee
10.	Qantas Superannuation Plan	AGA	SMQS	JP Morgan Nominees Australia Ltd as SMQS’s custodian	Qantas Superannuation Ltd as SMQS’s trustee
11.	Maritime Super	AGA	SMMS	NAB Custodial Services as custodian for SMMS	Maritime Super Pty Ltd as SMMS’s trustee
12.	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
13.	REST Superannuation Fund	AGA	SMRT	State Street Australia Ltd as SMRT’s custodian	Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd as SMRT’s trustee
14.	Government Employees Superannuation Board	AGA	SMGB	NAB Custodial Services as SMGB’s custodian	Government Employees Superannuation Board
15.	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
16.	Orbis Global Equity Fund Limited	OIML	OGEF	Citigroup Fund Services Canada, Inc (Citi Canada)as OGEF’s custodian	OGEF
17.	Orbis Optimal SA Fund Limited	OIML	OSAP	Citi Canada as OSAP’s custodian	OSAP
18.	Institutional Global EquityFund	OIML	IGEF	Citi Canada as IGEF’s custodian	IGEF
19.	Orbis Optimal LP	OAML	OOLP	Citi Canada as OOLP’s custodian	OOLP
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

No	Fund name	Manager	Code	Registered holder	Persons entitled to be registered holder
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
28 Oct 14 to 26 Feb 15	SMCB	Buy and Sell	-135,606	-$ 187,248
29 Oct 14 to 26 Feb 15	SMCS	Buy and Sell	-481,596	-$ 667,915
28 Oct 14 to 20 Jan 15	SMEF	Sell	-440,881	-$ 638,082
29 Oct 14 to 26 Feb 15	SMGB	Buy and Sell	-93,338	-$ 127,061
29 Oct 14 to 26 Feb 15	SMHP	Buy and Sell	-121,172	-$ 168,771
29 Oct 14 to 26 Feb 15	SMHT	Buy and Sell	107,278	$ 166,559
12 Dec 14 to 06 Mar 15	SMIA	Buy and Sell	-22,144	-$ 29,275
29 Oct 14 to 26 Feb 15	SMMS	Buy and Sell	37,399	$ 57,502
29 Oct 14 to 26 Feb 15	SMNG	Buy and Sell	-238,268	-$ 337,756
28 Oct 14 to 06 Mar 15	SMQS	Buy and Sell*	-2,895,202	-$ 4,367,590
15 Dec 14 to 05 Mar 15	SMRI	Buy and Sell	-254,880	-$ 390,151
28 Oct 14 to 05 Mar 15	SMRT	Buy and Sell	80,538	$ 124,016
04 Nov 14 to 26 Feb 15	SMSF	Buy and Sell	-107,087	-$ 143,921
07 Jan 15 to 26 Feb 15	SMWA	Buy and Sell	4,823	$ 6,429
	Total		-4,560,136	-$ 6,703,264

All trades on market unless otherwise indicated. *Includes on market transactions and ceasing of association

Table 4 – Present relevant interest

Reference Code	Total no of securities
SMCB	8,151,280
SMCS	3,383,064
SMEF	13,747,029
SMGB	4,738,136
SMHP	5,237,811
SMHT	6,922,403
SMIA	1,169,960
SMMS	2,280,075
SMNG	1,455,204
SMRI	837,755
SMRT	8,201,049
SMSF	714,640
SMWA	130,070
Total	56,968,476