SUNCORP GROUP LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2009

Jan 19, 2009

Suncorp-Metway Ltd ABN 66 010 831 722

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Corporate Secretary’s Office Suncorp Centre 36 Wickham Terrace BRISBANE QLD 4000

GPO Box 1453 (FI006) Brisbane QLD 4001

Direct Line: (07) 3835 5214 Direct Fax: (07) 3836 1190

20 January 2009

Company Announcements Office Australian Stock Exchange Level 4, Exchange Centre 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

Section 259C (2) Announcement

In accordance with the terms of an exemption granted by the ASIC pursuant to Section 259C(2) of the Corporations Act 2001, Suncorp-Metway Ltd, ABN 66 010 831 722 (“the Company”) gives notice of the aggregated number and percentage of voting shares in the Company (“SUN shares”) in respect of which:

• the Company’s controlled entities have the power to control voting or disposal; and

• the Company or any of its controlled entities have, to their knowledge, an economic exposure arising from derivatives which any of them hold.

DETAILS:

RELEVANT DATE:	19 January 2009
Controlled entity with power to control voting or	Suncorp Metway Investment Management Limited
disposal of SUN shares:	Suncorp Portfolio Services Limited
	NZ Guardian Trust Company Ltd
Number of SUN shares held by controlled entity:	1,463,816
Total issued SUN shares:	1,013,349,638
Percentage of issued SUN shares:	0.14%
Company or controlled entity with economic exposure to SUN shares from derivatives:	None
Change in number of SUN shares held by controlled entity since previous Notice:	Increase of 3000

DATE OF PREVIOUS NOTICE:

6 January 2009

C R Chuter Corporate Secretary