ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED — Share Issue/Capital Change 2010

Nov 17, 2010

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To Company Announcements Office Company ASX Limited From Helen Hardy Subject APPENDIX 3B NOTICE	1300 135 638
	Date 18 November 2010
	Pages 8

Please find attached an Appendix 3B notice.

Regards Helen Hardy Company Secretary 02 8345 5023 – helen.hardy@originenergy.com.au

Origin Energy Limited ACN 000 051 696 • Level 45 Australia Square, 264-278 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000 GPO Box 5376, Sydney NSW 2001 • Telephone (02) 8345 5000 • Facsimile (02) 9252 1566 • www.originenergy.com.au

Appendix 3B New issue announcement

4Rule 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 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003.

Name of entity

ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED

ABN

30 000 051 696

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 be issued 2 Number of+securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued 3 Principal terms of the+securities (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid +securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if +convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion)	Ordinary Fully Paid Shares
	8,000
	Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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4 Do the[+] securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment Yes 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 Nil 6 Purpose of the issue Issued as a result of the exercise of (If issued as consideration for the Performance Share Rights issued acquisition of assets, clearly identify pursuant to the rules of the Origin those assets) Energy Senior Executive Performance Share Rights Plan. 7 Dates of entering[+] securities into 17 November 2010 uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates Number +Class 8 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX 884,477,012 Ordinary ( including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Number +Class 9 Number and +class of all +securities not quoted on ASX 8,047,243 Options ( including the securities in clause 2 if applicable) 2,320,357 Performance Share Rights 10 Dividend policy (in the case of a All Shares Participate Equally trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)

Part 2 - Bonus issue or 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 issue documents Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7. 19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations 20 Names of any underwriters	N/A
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• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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 prospectus or Product Disclosure Statement 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 their entitlements_in full_through a broker? 31 How do+security holders sell_part_ of their entitlements through a broker and accept for the balance? 32 How do+security holders dispose of their entitlements (except by sale through a broker)? 33 +Despatch date	N/A
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• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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 setting out the number of holders in the categories[+][securities are ][+][equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional ] 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 date of allotment 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) 42 Number and+class of all+securities quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 38)
	Number	+Class

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Quotation agreement

• 1 +Qu o tation of o u r additiona l[+] securities i s in ASX’s absolute di s cretion. A S X may quo t e the[+] secur i ties on any c onditions it decides.

• 2 We warrant the f ollowing to ASX.

• The iss u e of the[+] se c urities to be quoted co m plies with t h e law and is not for an illeg a l purpose.

• There i s no reason w hy those[+] s e curities sho u ld not be g r anted[+] quot a tion.

• • An offer of the[+] se c urities for s ale within 1 2 months a f ter their is s ue will not req u ire disclos u re under s e ction 707( 3 ) or sectio n 1012C(6) of the Corpor a tions Act.

Note: An en t ity may need to ob t ain appropriate wa r ranties from subscribers for the secur i ties in order to be a ble to give this warrant y

• Section 724 or secti o n 1016E o f the Corpor a tions Act d o es not appl y to any applicat i ons received by us in r elation to a n y[+] securiti e s to be quo t ed and that no - one has any right to r eturn any [+] securities t o be quote d under sections 737, 738 o r 1016F of the Corpor a tions Act a t the time t hat we request t hat the[+] sec u rities be quoted.

• We wa r rant that if confirmati o n is requir e d under se c tion 1017F of the Corpor a tions Act i n relation t o the[+] secur i ties to be q uoted, it h a s been provide d at the time that we req u est that the [+] securities b e quoted.

• If we a r e a trust, w e warrant t hat no per s on has the right to ret u rn the +securit i es to be qu o ted under s e ction 1019 B of the Cor p orations A c t at the time th a t we request that the[+] se c urities be q u oted.

• 3 We will indem n ify ASX t o the fullest extent per m itted by la w in respect of any clai m , action or expense arising from or c onnected w ith any brea c h of the wa r ranties in t h is agreeme n t.

• 4 We give ASX the inform a tion and d o cuments r e quired by t his form. If any info r mation or d ocument no t available n o w, will giv e it to ASX b efore[+] quot a tion of the [+] securities b e gins. We a cknowledge that ASX i s relying on t he informat i on and doc u ments. We warrant tha t they are (will be) true a n d complete.

Sign here: D ate: 18 November 2 010 Com p any Secret a ry

Print name: Hele n Hardy

• See chapter 1 9 for defined terms.

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