CSL Ltd. — Major Shareholding Notification 2009

Oct 19, 2009

19 October 2009

BY FAX - ORIGINAL IN POST (61 3 9389 1434)

CSL Limited 45 Poplar Road Parkville Victoria, Australia 3052

Re: Notice of Change in Interests of Substantial Shareholder under Section 671B

Company Secretary:

Enclosed is a Notice of Change in Interests of Substantial Shareholder under Section 671B dated 16 October 2009. Please note that a copy of this report has been sent to the Australian Stock Exchange.

Neither the Capital Group Companies, Inc. nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company for its own account. Rather, the shares reported on Form 604 are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies that make up the Capital Group Companies, Inc.

For the purpose of this Notice, an outstanding share balance of 580,787,151 shares was used to calculate the percentage of holdings of the relevant share capital. We believe this outstanding share balance is current; however, if this number is not accurate, please contact us as soon as possible so that we may make the necessary revisions to this Notice.

Should you have questions or require additional information, please contact Gina Martinez or Vivien Tan at (213) 615-0469, or send a fax message to (213) 486-9698. Alternatively, you may contact us via e-mail at GRGroup@capgroup.com.

Regards,

Gina Martinez Compliance Manager

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Form 604

Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme CSL Limited ACN/ARSN 1. Details of substantial holder(1) Name The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ACN/ARSN (if applicable) n/a There was a change in the interests of the substantial holder on 16 October 2009 The previous notice was given to the company on 14 September 2009 The previous notice was dated 11 September 2009

The shares reported were owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of 1 investment management company (Capital Research and Management Company) which is a direct or indirect subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc., 333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071.

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'svotes	Voting power(5)	Person'svotes	Voting power(5)
Ordinary Shares {OR Stapled Securities}	32,199,306 shares	5.4346%	37,791,043 shares	6.5069%

The shares being reported under this section are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of 1 investment management company (Capital Research and Management Company) which is a direct or indirect subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc., 333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071.

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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
14 Sept 09 Through 16 Oct 09	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.	Acquisition	Average price of 33.7204 AUD	5,591,737Ordinary Shares	5,591,737

See Annexure A dated 11 September 2009

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
		none
See Annexure A dated 16 October 2009 (copy attached)

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
N/A	N/A

6. Addresses

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

Name	Address
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.	333 South Hope Street, 55 ~~th~~Floor LosAngeles, CA90071

Signature

print name: Walter R. Burkley Capacity: Senior Counsel sign here ______ date 19 October 2009

Annexure “A”

This is the Annexure of 1 page marked Annexure “A” referred to in Form 604 signed by this corporation dated 16 October 2009.

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

By: ________ Walter R. Burkley Senior Counsel

Australia Annexure

CSL Limited

16 October 2009

CG Investment Management Company Capital Research and Management Company GRAND TOTAL	Account Number 11000005 11000007 11000010 11000016 11000034 11000073 11000077 11000813		Number of Shares 4,000,000 9,957,765 2,940,000 19,373,235 550,000 250,000 540,043 180,000 37,791,043 37,791,043	% Held
				6.51%

Nominee List

CSL Limited

16 October 2009

Nominee Name

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Chase Manhattan Bank Australia Limited
Level 36 World Trade Centre
Jamison Street
Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia
11000005 4,000,000
11000007 9,957,765
11000016 19,373,235
Total Shares: 33,331,000
DBS Nominees Pte. Ltd.
6 Shenton Way
Singapore
0106
11000073 250,000
Total Shares: 250,000
JP Morgan Chase Bank
11000034 550,000
Total Shares: 550,000
Westpac Custodian Nominees
50 Pitt Street, 8th Floor
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia
11000010 2,940,000
11000077 540,043
11000813 180,000
Total Shares: 3,660,043
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