GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2020

Jun 4, 2020

604 page 1/2 15 July 2001

Form604

Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme – Genetic Technologies Limited ACN/ ARSN 009 212 328

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Name The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ( BNYMC ) and each Group Entity listed in Annexure A ( Group Entity ), (together BNYMC Group )

There was a change in the interests of the Substantial holder on 03 June 2020 The previous notice was given to the company on 29 May 2020 The previous notice was dated 28 May 2020

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:

Classof securities(4)	Previous notice		Present notice
	Person's votes	Votingpower (5)	Person's votes	Votingpower (5)
Ordinary shares	4,828,103,311	64.26%	4,752,957,511*	63.26%*

• See Note 1 in Annexure C

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 Person whose Nature of Consideration Class and Person's votes change relevant interest change(6) giveninrelation number of affected changed tochange(7) securities affected See Annexure B

4. Present relevant interests

Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows:

Holder ofrelevantinterest	Registeredholder ofsecurities	Personentitled toberegistered	Nature ofrelevantinterest (6)	Class andnumber ofsecurities	Person's votes
See Annexure C

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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
BNYMC and each Group Entity	Each Group Entity is an associate of BNYMC pursuant to section 12(2)(a) of
	the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) as each entity is directly or indirectly
	owned and controlled by BNYMC.

6. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this formare as follows:

Name	Address
The Bank of New York Mellon	240 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10286 USA
Corporation
Each Group Entity	240 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10286 USA

Signature

print name Andrew Weiser capacity[Attorney‐In‐Fact ]

sign here Date 04 June 2020

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Annexure A

This is Annexure A of 1 page referred to in Form 604 Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder given by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and its related bodies corporate

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is the ultimate parent company of a corporate group comprised of a large number of operating and holding companies. Details of the entities directly owned and controlled by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation are listed below.

• The Bank of New York Mellon

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Changes in relevant interest	Person's votesaffected	(3,600,000)	(38,965,800)	(15,000,000)	(17,580,000)	Capacity ‐ Attorney ‐ In ‐ FactSign HereDate ‐ 04 June 2020Print Name ‐ Andrew Weiser
	Class and number ofsecurities affected(Ordinary Shares)	(3,600,000)	(38,965,800)	(15,000,000)	(17,580,000)
	Consideration given inrelation to change	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Nature of Change	Transfer Out of Securities	Transfer Out of Securities	Transfer Out of Securities	Transfer Out of Securities
	Person whose relevant interestchanged	The Bank of New York Mellon	The Bank of New York Mellon	The Bank of New York Mellon	The Bank of New York Mellon
	Date of change	29‐May‐20	1‐Jun‐20	2‐Jun‐20	3‐Jun‐20

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Annexure C

This is Annexure C of 1 pages referred to in Form 604 Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder given by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and its related bodies corporate

Present relevant interests

Holder of relevant interest Nature of relevant interest Class and number of securities The Bank of New York Remote Interest Held Under Deposit Agreement 4,752,957,511 Mellon ( BNYM ) Relevant interest under section 608(1)(c) of the ordinary shares Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) arising from BNYM having the limited power to dispose of, or control the exercise of a power to dispose of, securities deposited with or held by BNYM (or its custodian or agent) in its capacity as depositary administering an ADR program for Genetic Technologies Limited (Company) under the Deposit Agreement dated January 14, 2002 between the Company, holders of American depositary receipts (ADRs) and BNYM (Deposit Agreement). [*See Note 1 below]. BNYMC Group (other Relevant interest under section 608(3)(a) and/or 4,752,957,511 section 608(3)(b) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) than BNYM) being a relevant interest held through a body ordinary shares corporate (namely BNYM) in which the voting power of each other entity in the BNYMC Group is above 20%, or that each other entity in the BNYMC Group controls. [*See Note 1 and Note 2 below]

NOTES:

• *Note 1: Of the total of 4,752,957,511 securities in which the BNYMC Group has a relevant interest, BNYM has a relevant interest in 4,752,957,511 securities as depositary for Genetic Technologies Limited ADR program administered under the Deposit Agreement. BNYM's relevant interest in these securities arises as a result of the Deposit Agreement containing rights for BNYM to dispose of securities held under the ADR program in limited circumstances. Under the Deposit Agreement, ADR holders retain their rights to dispose of those securities and to give voting instructions for the exercise of voting rights attached to the securities. BNYMC Group's power to vote or dispose of these securities is qualified accordingly.

• *Note 2: Each Group Entity is a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of BNYMC, the ultimate parent company. Other than BNYM in respect of 4,752,957,511 securities (of which BNYM's power to only dispose of 4,752,957,511 securities is limited – see Note 1), none of the BNYMC Group entities are entitled to be registered as holder of the securities and their power to vote or dispose of the securities is qualified accordingly.

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