SGH LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2012

Aug 27, 2012

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Seven Group Holdings Limited (SGH) appoints Chief Operating Officer

28 August 2012 – Peter Gammell, the Chief Executive Officer of Seven Group Holdings, today announced the appointment of Ryan Stokes as Chief Operating Officer. Mr Stokes is currently an Executive Director on the board of Seven Group Holdings.

Mr Gammell said: “Ryan’s appointment formalises the key role he has been undertaking for Seven Group Holdings as our industrial services businesses have expanded over the past twelve months. He is making a significant contribution to our Group and I am looking forward to him joining our key executive team and his continuing involvement in our business operations across the WesTrac Group and our investments in media.”

Mr Stokes is the Chief Executive Officer of Australian Capital Equity Pty Limited and is an Executive Director of Seven Group Holdings and WesTrac, and director of Seven West Media, Consolidated Media Holdings, Yahoo!7 and Iron Ore Holdings. He is also Chairman of the National Library of Australia.

SGH

SGH is a holding company with interests in industrial services, media and investments.

In industrial services, WesTrac Group is the sole authorised Caterpillar dealer in Western Australia and New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia, and in North Eastern China territories. WesTrac Group is one of Caterpillar's top five dealers globally (by sales value). SGH also owns AllightSykes, a supplier of lighting towers, generators and pumps, and has a 45 per cent shareholding in Coates Hire, Australia’s largest equipment hire business.

In media, SGH has a 33.2 per cent shareholding (and holds convertible preference shares with a face value of $250 million) in Seven West Media, Australia’s largest multiple platform media company, including Seven Network, West Australian Newspapers, Pacific Magazines and Yahoo!7. SGH also has a 25.3 per cent investment in Consolidated Media Holdings (which has a 50 per cent shareholding in Fox Sports and a 25 per cent interest in Foxtel), and an 11 per cent interest in Prime Media Group.