WHITEHAVEN COAL LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Sep 2, 2015

Corporations Law Section 671B

Form 604

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme

Whitehaven Coal Limited

ACN/ARSN

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Name Prudential Plc Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited Prudential Pensions Limited Prudential Assurance Company Limited M&G Group Limited M&G Limited ACN/ARSN (if applicable) There was a change in the 01 September 2015 interests of the substantial holder on The previous notice was given 21 August 2015 to the company on The previous notice was dated 21 August 2015

2. Previous and present voting power

The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate(2) had a relevant interest (3) in when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows:

	Class of Security (4) Previous Notice	Class of Security (4) Previous Notice				Present Notice	Present Notice
		Person’s votes	Voting Power (5)			Person’s votes		Voting Power (5)
	NPV Shares	92,878,535	9.05%			103,825,406		10.11%
	Changes in relevant interests
	culars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities									of
	pany or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give				a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme are as f
	Date of	Person whose relevant interest		Nature of	Consideration		Class	and number	Person’s votes
	change	changed		change (6)	given in relation to		of securities		affected
					change (7)		affected
		Prudential Plc
		Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited		PLEASE SEE ANNEX 1 (Below)
		Prudential Pensions Limited
		Prudential Assurance Company
		Limited
		M&G Group Limited
		M&G Limited

3. Changes in relevant interests

Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of the company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme are as follows:

4. Present relevant interests

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Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows:

Registeredholderofsecurities	Person entitled to be registered as holder (8)	Class and number of securities
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	Prudential Assurance Company Limited	47,915,780
EASTSPRING INV ASIA PACIFIC EQ	Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited	13,303,270
EASTSPRING INV ASIAN DYNAMIC	Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited	4,800,696
EASTSPRING INVESTMENTS – DEVELOPED ASIA EQUITY	Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited	21,815,752
EASTSPRING INV WORLD VALUE AP	Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited	82,995
PMAN APxJ DYNAMIC EQUITY SUB- FUND	Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited	9,982,387
EASTSPRING INV ASIAPAC EQ MY	Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited	232,298
State Street Noms Ltd A/C GMIW PRUPACIFICMARKETSTRUST	Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited	4,711,550
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC	Prudential Pensions Limited	33,534
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL PM	Prudential Pensions Limited	947,144

5. Changes in association

The persons who have been associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

Name and CAN/ARSN (if applicable) Nature of association

6. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:

Name	Address
Prudential PLC	LaurencePountneyHill,London EC4R0HH,England
Prudential Assurance Company Limited	Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England
Prudential Pensions Limited	Laurence PountneyHill, London EC4R 0HH, England
M&G Limited	Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England
M&G GroupLimited	Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4R 0HH, England
State Street Nominees Ltd	20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HJ, England
Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited	10 Marina Boulevard #32-01, Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 2, Singapore 018983

Signature
	Owen Smith	Date:02 September 2015
sign here
print name	Owen Smith	capacityNotifiables Administrator

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DIRECTIONS

(1)	If there are a number of substantial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporation and its related corporations, or the manager and trustee of an
	equity trust), the names could be included in an annexure to the form. If the relevant interests of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may be referred to
	throughout the form as a specifically named group if the membership of each group, with the names and addresses of members is clearly set out in paragraph 7 of the
	form.
(2)	See the definition of “associate” in section 9 of the Corporations Law.
(3)	See the definition of “relevant interest” in sections 608 and 671B(7) of the Corporations Law.
(4)	The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes.
(5)	The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme (if any) that the person or an associate has a relevant
	interest in.
(6)	The person’s votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100.
(7)	Include details of:
	(a) any relevant agreement or other circumstances by which the relevant interest was acquired. If subsection 671B(4) applies, a copy of any document setting out
	the terms of any relevant agreement, and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contract, scheme or arrangement, must accompany
	this form, together with a written statement certifying this contract, scheme or arrangement; and
	(b) any qualification of the power of a person to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voting powers or disposal of the securities to
	which the relevant interest relates (indicating clearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies).
	See the definition of “relevant agreement” in section 9 of the Corporations Law.
(8)	If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person (eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) write “unknown”.
(9)	Details of the consideration must include any and all benefits, money and other, that any person from whom a relevant interest was acquired has, or may, become
	entitled to receive in relation to that acquisition. Details must be included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Details must be
	included of any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial holder or its associate in relation to the acquisitions, even if they are not paid directly to the person from whom
	the relevant interest was acquired.

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Annex 1: Transactions – 20 August 2015– 01 September 2015

Holder of relevant interest	Date of Acquisition	Transaction Type	Class and number of securities	Consideration (9) Cash
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20-Aug-15	Purchase	43,130	51,027
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20-Aug-15	Purchase	23,963	28,350
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20-Aug-15	Purchase	63,948	75,682
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20-Aug-15	Purchase	44,900	53,121
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20-Aug-15	Purchase	1,091,423	1,298,985
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20-Aug-15	Purchase	15,000	17,746
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	20-Aug-15	Purchase	39,682	46,947
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	21-Aug-15	Purchase	7,184	8,330
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	21-Aug-15	Purchase	8,497	9,858
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	21-Aug-15	Purchase	100,000	116,058
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	21-Aug-15	Purchase	66,187	76,637
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	21-Aug-15	Purchase	127,262	147,685
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	21-Aug-15	Purchase	1,619,848	1,906,803
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	21-Aug-15	Purchase	21,191	24,562
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	21-Aug-15	Purchase	99,910	115,734
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	21-Aug-15	Purchase	36,737	42,636
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	27-Aug-15	Purchase	50,649	57,389
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	27-Aug-15	Purchase	1,757,391	2,000,037
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	27-Aug-15	Purchase	23,084	26,075

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PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	27-Aug-15	Purchase	42,831	48,599
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	27-Aug-15	Purchase	18,599	21,074
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	27-Aug-15	Purchase	10,020	11,353
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	27-Aug-15	Purchase	37,747	42,539
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	27-Aug-15	Purchase	37,036	42,009
EASTSPRING INV ASIA PACIFIC EQ ALAPEF	28-Aug-15	Purchase	125,633	146,526
EASTSPRING INV ASIA PACIFIC EQ ALAPEF	28-Aug-15	Purchase	828,138	971,240
STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIW	28-Aug-15	Purchase	449,663	525,491
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	28-Aug-15	Purchase	2,364,661	2,778,821
EASTSPRING INV ASIA PACIFIC EQ ALAPEF	31-Aug-15	Purchase	422,860	488,742
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	31-Aug-15	Purchase	140,040	161,883
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	31-Aug-15	Purchase	22,225	25,692
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	31-Aug-15	Purchase	1,207,432	1,396,248

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