COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED. — Capital/Financing Update 2013

Feb 27, 2013

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Computershare Limited

MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

ABN 71 005 485 825 Yarra Falls, 452 Johnston Street Abbotsford Victoria 3067 Australia PO Box 103 Abbotsford Victoria 3067 Australia Telephone 61 3 9415 5000 Facsimile 61 3 9473 2500 www.computershare.com

Date:	28 February 2013
To:	Australian Securities Exchange
Subject:	Intent to acquire Morgan Stanley’s EMEA-based Global Stock PlanBusiness

Computershare Limited (ASX:CPU) has today agreed terms for the acquisition of the EMEA-based portion of Morgan Stanley’s Global Stock Plan Services business (“GSPS EMEA”). The acquisition is expected to complete in May 2013. GSPS EMEA is a leading European based employee share plans provider with revenues of approximately US$22m.

The cash consideration is US$48.5 million. The acquisition will be funded by cash and existing debt facilities and is expected to be immediately Management EPS accretive.

GSPS EMEA provides recordkeeping, administration and trade execution services for corporate stock and option-based compensation plans to a range of EMEA based corporations, including 18% of the DJ-Stoxx 50 and 10% of the FTSE-100. The business operates from London and Barcelona and administers around 235,000 employee participant accounts across Europe and the US. The acquisition will enhance Computershare’s position as the market leader in the European employee plans administration market.

Stuart Crosby, Computershare’s President and CEO said: “The business we are planning to acquire has an excellent franchise. The opportunity could not have come at a better time for us, as the very successful integration of the HBOS EES business we acquired in 2010 comes to an end. It gives us another opportunity to add to shareholder value and to show how well we can integrate plans businesses using our proprietary software systems. We are very confident that we will enhance the service our new clients and their employees experience.”

The integration of GSPS EMEA will be overseen by Martyn Drake in his role as Managing Director of Computershare’s UK Employee Share Plan business. The integration team will include senior staff from both Computershare and GSPS EMEA.

For further information contact:

Mr Darren Murphy Head of Treasury and Investor Relations Ph +61-3-9415-5102 darren.murphy@computershare.com.au

About Computershare Limited (CPU)

Computershare (ASX:CPU) is a global market leader in transfer agency and share registration, employee equity plans, proxy solicitation and stakeholder communications. We also specialise in corporate trust, mortgage, bankruptcy, class action, utility and tax voucher administration, and a range of other diversified financial and governance services.

Founded in 1978, Computershare is renowned for its expertise in high integrity data management, high volume transaction processing and reconciliations, payments and stakeholder engagement. Many of the world’s leading organisations use us to streamline and maximise the value of relationships with their investors, employees, creditors and customers.

Computershare is represented in all major financial markets and has over 12,000 employees worldwide.

For more information, visit www.computershare.com