COLES GROUP LIMITED. — Major Shareholding Notification 2018

Dec 4, 2018

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ASX Release

5 December 2018

20 LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS AND DISTRIBUTION OF SHAREHOLDERS

In accordance with the undertakings given by Coles Group Limited (ASX:COL) ( Coles ) to ASX in relation to the listing of Coles, attached is a statement of the 20 largest shareholders of Coles and a statement of the distribution of shareholders of Coles each as at 28 November 2018.

Yours sincerely

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Daniella Pereira Company Secretary Coles Group Limited

Coles Group Limited ABN 11 004 089 936 800 Toorak Road Hawthorn East Victoria 3123 Australia PO Box 2000 Glen Iris Victoria 3146 Australia Telephone +61 3 9829 5111 www.colesgroup.com.au

Statement of the 20 largest shareholders as at 28 November 2018

Rank	Investor	Balance held	% issued capital
1	HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES	262,138,462
	(AUSTRALIA) LIMITED		19.65%
2	WESFARMERS RETAIL HOLDINGS PTY	200,089,454
	LTD		15.00%
3	J P MORGAN NOMINEES AUSTRALIA	173,538,455
	PTY LIMITED		13.01%
4	CITICORP NOMINEES PTY LIMITED	62,227,376	4.66%
5	NATIONAL NOMINEES LIMITED	30,846,953	2.31%
6	BNP PARIBAS NOMINEES PTY LTD	17,449,698
	<AGENCY LENDING DRP A/C>		1.31%
7	BNP PARIBAS NOMS PTY LTD	10,604,742
			0.80%
8	HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES	8,721,896
	(AUSTRALIA) LIMITED
	<NT-COMNWLTH SUPER CORP A/C>		0.65%
9	CITICORP NOMINEES PTY LIMITED	7,881,110
	<COLONIAL FIRST STATE INV A/C>		0.59%
10	AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATION	6,722,500
	INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED		0.50%
11	ARGO INVESTMENTS LIMITED	5,040,027	0.38%

Rank	Investor	Balance held	% issued capital
12	HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES	2,857,145
	(AUSTRALIA) LIMITED		0.21%
13	MILTON CORPORATION LIMITED	2,856,375	0.21%
14	BAINPRO NOMINEES PTY LIMITED	2,802,634	0.21%
15	IOOF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	2,510,649
	LIMITED
	<IPS SUPER A/C>		0.19%
16	AMP LIFE LIMITED	2,121,607	0.16%
17	UBS NOMINEES PTY LTD	1,943,047	0.15%
18	MERRILL LYNCH (AUSTRALIA)	1,847,279
	NOMINEES PTY LIMITED
	<EQUITY FINANCE A/C>		0.14%
19	NAVIGATOR AUSTRALIA LTD	1,812,465
	<MLC INVESTMENT SETT A/C>		0.14%
20	NETWEALTH INVESTMENTS LIMITED	1,765,184
	<WRAP SERVICES A/C>		0.13%
Total	held by first 20	805,777,058	60.40%
Total	held by remaining shareholders	528,152,638	0.13%
Total	issued capital	1,333,929,696	100.00%

Distribution of shareholders statement as at 28 November 2018

Class	Ranges	Investors	Securities	% issued capital
Ord	1 to 1,000	420,947	131,989,175	9.89%
Ord	1,001 to 5,000	89,489	184,999,682	13.87%
Ord	5,001 to 10,000	9,759	67,529,660	5.06%
Ord	10,001 to 100,000	4,945	100,300,423	7.52%
Ord	100,001 and over	159	849,110,756	63.66%
Ord	Total	525,299	1,333,929,696	100.00%