EDEN INNOVATIONS LTD — Major Shareholding Notification 2007

Jul 26, 2007

Form 603

Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of initial substantial holder

∏o Companv	––
Name/Scheme	EDEN ENERGY LTD ---
ARSN	109 200 900

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Name	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries ('GSGI'), I being the bodies corporate listed in Annexure A
ACN (if applicable)	Not applicable

The holder became a substantial holder on : 18 July 2007

2. Details of 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 on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

Class of securities (4)	Number of securities	Persons' votes (5)	Voting power(6)
Fully paid ordinary shares	8,242,282	8.242.282	5.20%

3. Details of relevant interests

The nature of the relevant interest the substantial holder had in the following voting securities on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest	Nature of relevant interest (7)	Class and number of securities
GSGI	GSGI has relevant interest in the holdings detailed below by virtue of section 608(3) of the Corporation Act, 2001	8,242,282 ordinary units fully paid
Goldman Sachs International ("GSI")	Power to control voting and disposal of securities	8,242,282 ordinary units fully paid

4. Details of present registered holders

The persons registered as holders of the securities referred to in paragraph 3 above are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest	Reqistered holder of 1 Person entitled to be securities	registered as holder	Class and number of securities
lGSI	IHSBC Custodv	lGSI	8,242,282 ordinary
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5. Consideration

The consideration paid for each relevant interest referred to in paragraph 3 above, and acquired in the four months prior to the day that the substantial holder became a substantial holder is as follows:

Holder of Relevant Sinterest Date of Ac	Date of Acquisition	Number of ordinary fully paid Voting shares	BETWEEN THE REAL PROPERTY OF STATISTICS Consideration (AUD)
l GSI	18 Jul 2007	2.000.000	\$0.60

6. Associates

The reasons the persons named in paragraph 3 above are associates of the substantial holder are as follows:

Name and ACN (if applicable)	Nature of association
Not applicable	Not applicable

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7. Addresses

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

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GSGI	Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington DE 19801, USA
GSI	Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, United Kingdom
HSBC Custody Nominees Australia Limited	GPO Box 5302, Sydney NSW 2001

Signature	Evelyn Yu (signing under Power of Attorney in
Print name	accordance with section 52A of the Corporation Act)	Capacity	Authorized Person
			26 July 2007
Sign here		Date

Annexure A

Significant Subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

The following are significant subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. as of November 24, 2006 and the states or jurisdictions in which they are organized. Indentation indicates the principal parent of each subsidiary. Except as otherwise specified, in each case The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. owns, directly or indirectly, at least 99% of the voting securities of each subsidiary. The names of particular subsidiaries have been omitted because, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, they would not constitute, as of the end of 2005, a "significant subsidiary" as that term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Name	State or Jurisdiction of Entity
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	Delaware
Goldman, Sachs & Co.	New York
Goldman Sachs (Asia) Finance Holdings L.L.C.	Delaware
Goldman Sachs (Asia) Finance	Mauritius
Shiga (Delaware) LLC	Delaware
Kiri (Delaware) L.L.C.	Delaware
GS Power Holdings LLC	Delaware
Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.	Delaware
Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.)	United Kingdom
Scadbury UK Limited	United Kingdom
Scadbury II Assets Limited	Cayman Islands
Killingholme Generation Limited	United Kingdom
Killingholme Power Limited	United Kingdom
GS Killinghome Cayman Investments Ltd.	Cayman Islands
Goldman Sachs International Bank	United Kingdom
Goldman Sachs Holdings (U.K.)	United Kingdom
Goldman Sachs International	United Kingdom
Goldman Sachs Asset Management International	United Kingdom
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company	New York
GS Financial Services L.P. (Del)	Delaware
Chiltern Trust	Isle of Jersey
Laffitte Participation 10 (1)	France
Laffitte Participation 12	France
GS Longport Investment Corporation	Delaware
GS Oceanside Investments LLC	Delaware
GS Global Funding, Inc.	Delaware
GSGF Investments Inc. (1)	Delaware
Forres LLC	Delaware
Ellon LLC	Delaware
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.	Delaware
William Street Equity LLC	Delaware
William Street Funding Corporation	Delaware
GSFS Investments I Corp.	Delaware
GS Capital Funding, Inc. (1)	Delaware
GS Capital Fund (UK) II Limited	United Kingdom
GS Capital Funding (Cayman) Limited	Cayman Islands
Goldman Sachs Investments (Mauritius) I Limited	Mauritius
GS Asian Venture (Delaware) L.L.C.	Delaware
Hull Trading Asia Limited	Hong Kong
Goldman Sachs LLC	Mauritius
JLQLLC	Cayman Islands
Normandy Funding Corp.	Delaware
Rhys Trus	Isle of Jersey
Sapien Limited	Isle of Jersey
Sargasso Limited	Isle of Jersey
GS Capital Opportunities LLC	Delaware
GS Financing Opportunities LLC	Delaware
GS Strategic Investments Japan LLC	Delaware
GS Diversified Investments Limited	Delaware
Wyndham Investments I Limited	Cayman Islands
Wyndham Investments II Limited (1)	Cayman Islands
ACP Partnership Services	Cayman Islands
Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.	British Virgin Islands
Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.	Japan
Goldman Sachs Japan Holdings, Ltd.	Japan

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J. Aron Holdings, L.P. J. Aron & Company Goldman Sachs Foreign Exchange (Singapore) Pte. J. Aron & Company (Singapore) Pte. Goldman Sachs (Asia) Securities Limited Goldman Sachs Asset Management L.P. Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co., Ltd. Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies LLC GSEM (DEL) Inc. GSEM (DEL) Holdings, L.P. GSEM Bermuda Holdings, L.P. GSEM (DEL) LLC GS Equity Markets, L.P. (Bermuda) Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Holding Company Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. Goldman, Sachs & Co.oHG MLQ Investors, L.P. Minato Debt Collection K.K. Goldman Sachs Realty Japan Ltd. GSCP (DEL) Inc. Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. Goldman Sachs Financial Markets, L.P. MTGLO Investors, L.P. ELQ Investors, LTD GS European Opportunities Investment Fund B.V.⁽¹⁾ GS European Strategic Investment Group B.V.⁽¹⁾ Matterhorn Acquisition Ltd.⁽¹⁾ SSIG SPF ONE LQ, LLC GS Mehetia LLC Mehetia Holdings Inc. Mehetia Inc. SLK LLC Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, L.P. Spear, Leeds & Kellogg Specialists LLC GS European Performance Fund Limited Goldman Sachs Bank USA Holdings LLC Goldman Sachs Bank USA Commonwealth Annuity And Life Insurance Company GSSM Holding II LLC GSSM Holding II Corp. Special Situations Investing Group, Inc. GS Hull Holding, Inc. The Hull Group, L.L.C. SLK-Hull Derivatives LLC Goldman Sachs Canada Inc. Goldman Sachs Holdings (Netherlands) B.V. Goldman Sachs Mitsui Marine Derivative Products, L.P.⁽¹⁾ State or Jurisdiction of Entity Delaware New York Singapore Singapore Hong Kong Delaware Japan Delaware Delaware Delaware Bermuda Delaware Bermuda Cayman Islands Delaware Germany Delaware Japan Japan Delaware Bermuda Delaware Delaware United Kingdom Netherlands Netherlands United Kingdom Delaware Delaware Delaware Delaware New York New York New York Ireland Delaware Utah Massachusetts Delaware Delaware Delaware Delaware Illinois Delaware Ontario Netherlands Delaware

(1) These entities are partially owned by third-party investors.