SGH LIMITED — M&A Activity 2011

Oct 19, 2011

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National Hire Group Limited (ABN 61 076 688 938) 12 Hoskins Road Landsdale WA 6065 Phone: (08) 9302 0000 Fax: (08) 9302 0001 Website: www.nationalhire.com.au

ASX Announcement

20 October 2011

NATIONAL HIRE GROUP LIMITED ("NHR") SUPPLEMENTARY TARGET’S STATEMENT

As required by section 647(3) of the Corporations Act, attached is a copy of the First Supplementary Target's Statement dated 20 October 2011 and served today by National Hire Group Limited (ASX:NHR) on Seven (National) Pty Limited ( Seven ). This document supplements NHR's Target's Statement dated 18 October 2011 in response to Seven's Bidder Statement dated 4 October 2011.

Gayle McGarry Company Secretary

About National Hire

National Hire Group Limited owns equipment sales and support businesses which operates under the name Allight, Sykes and Primax and a 46.1% interest in Coates Group Holdings Pty Ltd which owns the Coates Hire business.

Allight manufactures, assembles, sells and supports mobile lighting and power generation equipment and distributes Perkins engines, FG Wilson power generation sets and Rotair compressors. Sykes and Primax manufacture, sell and support dewatering solutions globally.

Coates Hire is the largest rental business in Australia and is one of the largest rental businesses globally. Coates Hire has been hiring equipment to the mining construction and event management sectors for more than a century, and today has a network of over 200 branches across Australia.