COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED. — M&A Activity 2005

Jun 13, 2005

MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

14 June 2005

COMPUTERSHARE OBTAINS FINAL REGULATORY APPROVAL FOR EQUISERVE ACQUISITION-COMPLETION PENDING

Computershare Limited (ASX:CPU) announces that it has received regulatory approval from the final US government agency required for it to complete its acquisition of EquiServe. The company expects all pre-closing obligations of the parties to be satisfied and for closing to occur in the immediate future and certainly by the end of June 2005.

For further details please contact:

Dudley Chamberlain Head of Investor Relations Computershare Limited Tel: + 61 3 9415 5087 Mobile: +61 417 374 316

About Computershare Limited (CPU)

Computershare (ASX: CPU) is the world's leading financial services and technology provider to the global securities industry in its provision of services and solutions to listed companies, investors, employees, exchanges and other financial institutions.

With a unique range of integrated services. Computershare provides specialised records management for company share registers and employee share and stock option plans, document design and communication, strategic investor relations and market intelligence, and a variety of sophisticated trading technologies for financial markets.

Computershare is the largest and only provider of global shareholder and employee management services—administering more than 70 million shareholder accounts for over 13,000 corporations across twenty-one countries on five continents. Founded in Australia in 1978, Computershare today employs almost 8,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.computershare.com