EV RESOURCES LTD — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Oct 10, 2013

ASX Form 603

Form 603 Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of initial substantial shareholder

To Company Name/Scheme SOUTH EAST ASIA RESOURCES LIMITED

ACN

009 144 503

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Name The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“GSGI”) on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries (“Goldman Sachs Group”) including its significant subsidiaries listed in Annexure A (“Significant Subsidiaries”) and Goldman Sachs Holdings ANZ Pty Limited and its subsidiaries (“Goldman Sachs Australia Group”).

ACN/ARSN (if applicable) Not applicable

The holder became a 8 October 2013 substantial holder on

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	Number of securities	Persons’ votes	Voting power5.75%
Ordinary Fully Paid Shares	13,700,000	13,700,000

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	Class and number of securities	Class and number of securities
GSGI	GSGI has a relevant interest in these ordinary	13,700,000	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
	fully paid shares by virtue of section 608(3) of the
	Corporations Act 2001.
Goldman Sachs International	Prime Brokerage with power to control the	13,700,000	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
(“GSI”)	exercise of the power to dispose of shares
	pursuant to a Prime Brokerage Agreement (See
	Annexure B)

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 relevantinterest	Registered holder of securities		Person entitled to beregistered as holder	Class	and number of securities
GSI	HSBC Custody NomineesAustralia Limited	GSI		13,700,000	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares

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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 relevantInterest	Date of Acquisition	Number of Securities	Total Consideration
GSI	30/9/2013	13,700,000	Prime Brokerage Agreement
GSI	8/10/2013	7,136,210	Prime Brokerage Agreement

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
N/A	N/A

7. Addresses

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

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

Signature

Print name Michael Corwin Capacity Authorised Person (signing under power of attorney in accordance with section 52 of the Corporations Act) Sign here Date 10 October 2013

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Annexure A

Significant Subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

The following are significant subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. as of December 31, 2012 and the states or jurisdictions in which they are organized. Indentation indicates the principal parent of each subsidiary. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. owns, directly or indirectly, at least 99% of the voting securities of substantially all of the subsidiaries included below. 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 the year covered by this report, a “significant subsidiary” as that term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

Signature

print name Michael Corwin capacity Authorised Person (signing under power of attorney in accordance with section 52 of the Corporations Act) sign here date 10 October 2013

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Annexure B

This is Annexure B referred to in the Form 603: Notice of Initial Substantial Holder issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The following is description of the Prime Brokerage Agreement referenced in the accompanying Form 603:

Type ofagreement	PrimeBrokerageAgreement (“PBA”)
Parties to agreement	Goldman Sachs International (“GSI”); Pacific Alliance InvestmentManagement Limited; Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity FundL.P.(together,the “Lender”)
Transfer date	8 October 2013
Holder of voting rights	The current registered legal owner of the referenced voting shares isGSI.
Are there any restrictions onvoting rights? Yes/noIfyes, detail	Not to our knowledge
Scheduled return date (if any)	N/A
Does the borrower have theright to return early? Yes/noIfyes, detail	No
Does the lender have the rightto recall early? Yes/noIfyes, detail	Yes, Clause 4.6 of the PBA allow the Lender to call for the redeliveryof the Equivalent Collateral (as defined in the PBA) upon request.
Will the securities be returnedon settlement? Yes/noIfyes,detail anyexceptions	Yes, the PBA allows the Lender to return Equivalent Collateral (asthat term is defined in the PBA) rather than the relevant securities.

A copy of the agreements will be provided to South East Asia Resources Limited or the Australian Securities and Investments Commission upon request.

Signature

print namesign here	Michael Corwin(signing under power of attorneyin accordance with section 52 ofthe Corporations Act)capacityAuthorised Person
	date10 October 2013