GROWTHPOINT PROPERTIES AUSTRALIA — Capital/Financing Update 2013

Dec 10, 2013

Appendix 3B New issue announcement

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.

Introduced 01/07/96 Origin: Appendix 5 Amended 01/07/98, 01/09/99, 01/07/00, 30/09/01, 11/03/02, 01/01/03, 24/10/05, 01/08/12, 04/03/13

Name of entity

Growthpoint Properties Australia Limited / Growthpoint Properties Australia Trust

ABN

ABN 33 124 093 901 / ARSN 120 121 002

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

1 +Class of +securities issued or to Ordinary shares and units (Stapled be issued Securities) 2 Number of[+] securities issued or 40,830,314 Stapled Securities to be issued to be issued (if known) or under a Rights Offer and 56,574 Stapled maximum number which may Securities to be issued under Growthpoint be issued Properties Australia Limited’s Employee Incentive Scheme. 3 Principal terms of the For the Rights Offer, same terms as existing +securities (e.g. if options, Stapled Securities (except for distributions – exercise price and expiry date; if see below) partly paid +securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if For the Employee Incentive Scheme, same +convertible securities, the terms as existing Stapled Securities conversion price and dates for conversion)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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4 Do the+securities rank equally in all respects from the+issue date with an existing+class of quoted+securities? If the additional+securities do not rank equally, please state:  the date from which they do  the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment  the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment 5 Issue price or consideration 6 Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets) 6a Is the entity an+eligible entity that has obtained security holder approval under rule 7.1A? If Yes, complete sections 6b – 6h in relation to the+securities the subject of this Appendix 3B, and comply with section 6i 6b The date the security holder resolution under rule 7.1A was passed	New Stapled Securities issued under the Rights Offer will only be entitled to a pro rata share of any distribution for the half year ending 31 December 2013, based on the period those securities are on issue during the period for which the distribution is paid. From the commencement of trading on 23 December 2013 (the distribution ‘ex’ date) the New Stapled Securities will rank equally with existing Stapled Securities for distributions and in all other respects. New Stapled Securities issued under the Employee Incentive Scheme will rank equally with existing quoted Stapled Securities.
	$2.45 per New Stapled Security issued under the Rights Offer. Nil per Stapled Security issued under the Employee Incentive Scheme.
	The net proceeds of the Rights Offer will be used to partly fund the acquisition of industrial properties and for capital management initiatives. The allotment of Stapled Securities pursuant to the Employee Incentive Scheme are issued as a result of exercised Performance Rights Issued to employees participating in the Employee Incentive Scheme.
	No.
	n/a

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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6c Number of+securities issued without security holder approval under rule 7.1 6d Number of+securities issued with security holder approval under rule 7.1A 6e Number of+securities issued with security holder approval under rule 7.3, or another specific security holder approval (specify date of meeting) 6f Number of+securities issued under an exception in rule 7.2 6g If+securities issued under rule 7.1A, was issue price at least 75% of 15 day VWAP as calculated under rule 7.1A.3? Include the +issue date and both values. Include the source of the VWAP calculation. 6h If+securities were issued under rule 7.1A for non-cash consideration, state date on which valuation of consideration was released to ASX Market Announcements 6i Calculate the entity’s remaining issue capacity under rule 7.1 and rule 7.1A – complete Annexure 1 and release to ASX Market Announcements 7 +Issue dates Note: The issue date may be prescribed by ASX (refer to the definition of issue date in rule 19.12). For example, the issue date for a pro rata entitlement issue must comply with the applicable timetable in Appendix 7A. Cross reference: item 33 of Appendix 3B.	n/a	n/a
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	Wednesday, 11 December (for Stapled Securities issued under the Rights Offer and under the Employee Incentive Scheme)
	Number	~~+~~Class

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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8 Number and +class of all 475,705,269 Ordinary fully paid +securities quoted on ASX Stapled Securities ( including the +securities in section 2 if applicable)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Number +Class 9 Number and +class of all Nil +securities not quoted on ASX ( including the +securities in section 2 if applicable) 10 Dividend policy (in the case of a See above at section 4 of Part 1 trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)

Part 2 - Pro rata issue

11 Is security holder approval required? 12 Is the issue renounceable or non- renounceable? 13 Ratio in which the+securities will be offered 14 +Class of+securities to which the offer relates 15 +Record date to determine entitlements 16 Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements? 17 Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions 18 Names of countries in which the entity has security holders who will not be sent new offer documents Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7.	No
	Renounceable
	1 New Stapled Security for every 10.15 New Stapled Securities held on the Record Date
	Ordinary fully paid Stapled Securities
	7.00pm (AEDT) on Friday, 8 November 2013
	No
	In determining Entitlements, any fractional entitlements will be rounded up to the nearest whole number of Stapled Securities.
	All countries, except Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other jurisdictions in which it is decided to make offers.

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations

Applications closed at 5.00pm (AEDT) on Friday, 29 November 2013

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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20 Names of any underwriters 21 Amount of any underwriting fee or commission 22 Names of any brokers to the issue 23 Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue 24 Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of security holders 25 If the issue is contingent on security holders’ approval, the date of the meeting 26 Date entitlement and acceptance form and offer documents will be sent to persons entitled 27 If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option holders 28 Date rights trading will begin (if applicable) 29 Date rights trading will end (if applicable) 30 How do security holders sell	Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited
	For the Rights Issue: 2.5% of the Rights Offer Underwritten Amount (being 100% of the Stapled Securities offered under the Rights Offer at the Offer Price) less the Growthpoint SA Entitlement Amount (being Growthpoint SA’s 66.4% entitlement to Stapled Securities offered under the Rights Offer at the Offer Price).
	n/a
	n/a
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	Tuesday, 12 November 2013
	n/a
	Friday, 1 November 2013
	Friday, 22 November 2013
	See the section of the Offer Booklet

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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their entitlements in full through entitled ‘How to Apply’ a broker? 31 How do security holders sell part See the section of the Offer Booklet of their entitlements through a entitled ‘How to Apply’ broker and accept for the balance?

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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• 32 How do security holders dispose of their entitlements (except by sale through a broker)?

See the section of the Offer Booklet entitled ‘How to apply’

33 +Issue date

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Part 3 - Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

• 34 Type of[+] securities ( tick one )

• (a) +Securities described in Part 1

(b)[All other ][+][securities ]

Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a)

Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents

• 35 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional[+] securities, and the number and percentage of additional[+] securities held by those holders

• 36 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories

• 1 - 1,000

• 1,001 - 5,000

• 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 and over

• 37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional[+] securities

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38 Number of[+] securities for which +quotation is sought 39 +Class of +securities for which quotation is sought 40 Do the[+] securities rank equally in all respects from the[+] issue date with an existing[+] class of quoted +securities? If the additional[+] securities do not rank equally, please state:  the date from which they do  the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment  the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment 41 Reason for request for quotation now Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period (if issued upon conversion of another[+] security, clearly identify that other[+] security)

Number +Class 42 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX ( including the[+] securities in clause 38)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Quotation agreement

• 1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX’s absolute discretion. ASX may quote the[+] securities on any conditions it decides.

• 2 We warrant the following to ASX.

• The issue of the[+] securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not for an illegal purpose.

• There is no reason why those[+] securities should not be granted +quotation.

• An offer of the[+] securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the Corporations Act.

Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be able to give this warranty

• Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any applications received by us in relation to any[+] securities to be quoted and that no-one has any right to return any[+] securities to be quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the +securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• 3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the warranties in this agreement.

• 4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any information or document is not available now, we will give it to ASX before +quotation of the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.

Sign here:

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Date: 11 December 2013

Company secretary

Print name: Aaron Hockly

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• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Appendix 3B – Annexure 1

Calculation of placement capacity under rule 7.1 and rule 7.1A for eligible entities

Introduced 01/08/12 Amended 04/03/13

Part 1

Rule 7.1 – Issues exceeding 15% of capital

Step 1: Calculate “A”, the base figure from which the placement capacity is calculated

Insert number of fully paid[+] ordinary securities on issue 12 months before the + issue date or date of agreement to issue

Add the following:

• Number of fully paid[+] ordinary securities issued in that 12 month period under an exception in rule 7.2

• Number of fully paid[+] ordinary securities issued in that 12 month period with shareholder approval

• Number of partly paid[+] ordinary securities that became fully paid in that 12 month period

Note:

• Include only ordinary securities here – other classes of equity securities cannot be added

• Include here (if applicable) the securities the subject of the Appendix 3B to which this form is annexed

• It may be useful to set out issues of securities on different dates as separate line items

Subtract the number of fully paid[+] ordinary securities cancelled during that 12 month period

• “A”

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Step 2: Calculate 15% of “A”

• “B” 0.15 [Note: this value cannot be changed]

• Multiply “A” by 0.15 Step 3: Calculate “C”, the amount of placement capacity under rule 7.1 that has already been used Insert number of[+] equity securities issued or agreed to be issued in that 12 month period not counting those issued: • Under an exception in rule 7.2 • Under rule 7.1A • With security holder approval under rule 7.1 or rule 7.4

• Note: • This applies to equity securities, unless specifically excluded – not just ordinary securities

• • Include here (if applicable) the securities the subject of the Appendix 3B to which this form is annexed

• • It may be useful to set out issues of securities on different dates as separate line items

• “C”

Step 4: Subtract “C” from [“A” x “B”] to calculate remaining placement capacity under rule 7.1 “A” x 0.15 Note: number must be same as shown in Step 2 Subtract “C” Note: number must be same as shown in Step 3 Total [“A” x 0.15] – “C” [Note: this is the remaining placement capacity under rule 7.1]

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Part 2

Rule 7.1A – Additional placement capacity for eligible entities

Step 1: Calculate “A”, the base figure from which the placement capacity is calculated

“A” Note: number must be same as shown in Step 1 of Part 1

Step 2: Calculate 10% of “A”

“D”

0.10

Note: this value cannot be changed

Multiply “A” by 0.10

Step 3: Calculate “E”, the amount of placement capacity under rule 7.1A that has already been used

Insert number of[+] equity securities issued or agreed to be issued in that 12 month period under rule 7.1A

Notes:

• This applies to equity securities – not just ordinary securities

• Include here – if applicable – the securities the subject of the Appendix 3B to which this form is annexed

• Do not include equity securities issued under rule 7.1 (they must be dealt with in Part 1), or for which specific security holder approval has been obtained

• It may be useful to set out issues of securities on different dates as separate line items

• “E”

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Step 4: Subtract “E” from [“A” x “D”] to calculate remaining placement capacity under rule 7.1A “A” x 0.10 Note: number must be same as shown in Step 2 Subtract “E” Note: number must be same as shown in Step 3 Total [“A” x 0.10] – “E” Note: this is the remaining placement capacity under rule 7.1A

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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