AUSTAL LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Feb 28, 2016

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Form 604

Corporations Law

Section 671B

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme Austal Limited (ASB)

ACN/ARSN

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Name Renaissance Smaller Companies Pty Ltd ACN/ARSN (if applicable) 103 874 102

There was a change in the interests of the substantial holder on

25/02/2016

The previous notice was given to the company on

The previous notice was dated

27/01/2016 22/01/2016

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	Previous notice	Present notice	Present notice
	Person's votes	Voting power (5)	Person's votes	Voting power (5)
FPO	17,521,530	5.04%	21,046,376	6.05%
	*BASED ON ISSUEDCAPITAL OF347,666,150 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 ofchange	Person whoserelevant interestchanged	Nature ofchange (6)	Considerationgiven in relation tochange (7)	Class andnumber ofsecuritiesaffected	Person's votesaffected
23/01/2016 –25/02/2016	Renaissance SmallerCompanies Pty Ltd	Acquisition of3,524,846 units	Consideration foracquisition$ 4,348,264.02	Acquisition of3,524,846 units	Acquisition of3,524,846 units

4. Present relevant interests

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

Holder ofrelevantinterest	Registered holder ofsecurities	Person entitled tobe registered asholder (8)	Nature ofrelevantinterest (6)	Class andnumber ofsecurities	Person's votes
SeeSchedule1

5. Changes in association

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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 Not Applicable The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows: Name Address Renaissance Smaller Companies Level 23, 56 Pitt St Sydney NSW 2000 Pty Ltd

6. Addresses

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

Signature

print name David Fleming

sign here

capacity Director date

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 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 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 Law .

• (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.

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Schedule 1 - Renaissance Smaller Companies Pty Ltd change in substantial holding for Austal Limited (ASB)

Details of relevant interests

Holder of relevant interest	Nature of relevant interest	Class and number of securities
Renaissance Smaller Companies Pty Ltd	Power to (or to control) exercise voteand/or dispose of the securities asdiscretionary investment managers oradvisers of superannuation funds, pooledsuperannuation trusts, managed investmentschemes and investment managementagreements.	Fully paid ordinary shares21,046,376

Details of present registered holders

Holder of relevant interest	Registered holder of securities	Persons entitled to be a registeredholder	Class and number of securities
Renaissance Smaller Companies Pty Ltd	JP Morgan Nominees Australia Ltd	JP Morgan Nominees Australia Ltd	2,210,785FPO
Renaissance Smaller Companies Pty Ltd	National Nominees Ltd	National Nominees Ltd	7,708,141FPO
Renaissance Smaller Companies Pty Ltd	RBC Global Services Australia Pty Ltd	RBC Global Services Australia Pty Ltd	2,502,657FPO
Renaissance Smaller Companies Pty Ltd	Northern Trust	Northern Trust	1,790,691FPO
Renaissance Smaller Companies Pty Ltd	State Street Australia Limited	State Street Australia Limited	6,834,102FPO
Tayon Pty Ltd	Tayon Pty Ltd	Tayon Pty Ltd	-FPO
Farr Pty Ltd	Farr Pty Ltd	Farr Pty Ltd	-FPO