SSH: SPT: SSH (Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co)

22 Jan 2010 4:01 pm

SPT 22/01/2010 SSH

REL: 1601 HRS Spotless Group Limited

SSH: SPT: SSH (Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co)

Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding Section 22, Securities Markets Act 1988

To: NZX And: Spotless Group Limited

Date this disclosure made: 22 January 2010 Substantial security holder(s) giving disclosure

Name(s): Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its related bodies corporate listed in Annexure A. Contact details: Name: Apnavi Saddington (Company Secretary) + 61 2 8274 1400 apnavi.saddington@lazard.com

Date on which substantial security holder(s) began to have substantial holding: 18 January 2010 as a result of the dual listing of Spotless Group Limited. Total percentage held is based on the most recent Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder lodged by Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co with the Australian Securities Exchange on 29 June 2009.

Summary of substantial holding to which disclosure relates Class of listed voting securities: Ordinary Shares in Spotless Group Limited Summary for: Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co. For this disclosure,-- (a) total number held in class: 28,871,679 (b) total in class: 218,990,000 (c) total percentage held in class: 13.184% Details of relevant interests currently in substantial holding

Details for: Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co. Nature of relevant interest(s): Holder of relevant interest Registered holder of securities Class and number of securities Percentage Held ?% Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co JP Morgan Chase Ltd Ordinary - 2,557,540 1.168 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co BNP Baribas Ordinary - 1,420,649 0.649 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co BNP Baribas Ordinary - 729,481 0.333 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 355,914 0.163 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co JP Morgan Chase Ltd Ordinary - 1,358,889 0.621 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co State Street Australia Ltd Ordinary - 1,056,997 0.483 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co A JP Morgan Chase Ltd Ordinary - 583,840 0.267 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co State Street Australia Ltd Ordinary - 163,037 0.074 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 7,974,192 3.641 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co Citibank Pty Ltd Ordinary - 922,101 0.421 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 957,507 0.437 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co JP Morgan Chase Ltd Ordinary - 2,895,382 1.322 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 3,211,566 1.466 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 210,086 0.096 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 841,607 0.384 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 1,833,025 0.837 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 365,509 0.167 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 613,301 0.280 Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Ltd Ordinary - 821,056 0.375

Details for: Related bodies corporates of Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co. See Annexure A Nature of relevant interest(s): See Annexure A Details of transactions and events giving rise to person beginning to have substantial holding

Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure under the instructions to this form: Dual Listing of Spotless Group Limited on the NZX commencing 18 January 2010. Additional information

Nature of connection between substantial security holders: Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co is the fund manager and has the power to acquire or dispose of, or to control the acquisition or disposition of, the security pursuant to an investment management contract.

Address(es) of substantial security holder(s): c/o Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co Level 39, Gateway Building, 1 Macquarie Place, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required to give, a disclosure under the Act in relation to the securities to which this disclosure relates: N/A

Declaration I, Apnavi Saddington (Company Secretary), declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information contained in this disclosure is correct and that I am duly authorised to make this disclosure by all persons for whom it is made.

Annexure 'A' to Disclosure of beginning to have a substantial holding dated 22 January 2010 by Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co

Details of related bodies corporate. These related bodies corporate are deemed to have the same relevant interests as Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co.

Name of entity

Address Lazard Asset Management LLC (US) 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York NY 10020 USA

Lazard Asset Management Limited, London 50 Stratton Street London W1J 8LL United Kingdom

Lazard Japan Asset Management KK ATT Annex 7th Floor, 2-11-7 Akasaka Minato-Ku Tokyo 107-00752 Japan

LAMP Administration Pty Ltd Level 39, Gateway, 1 Macquarie Place Sydney NSW Australia

Lazard Pty Ltd Level 44, Gateway, 1 Macquarie Place Sydney NSW Australia

LCW Private Equity Pty Ltd Level 44, Gateway, 1 Macquarie Place Sydney NSW Australia

Lazard Korea Asset Management Co Ltd 10F Seoul Finance Center, Taepyeongno-1ga, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-768 Korea

Lazard Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd Level 8, Two Exchange Square Central. HK Hong Kong

Lazard Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH z. Hd. Herrn Werner Kr?mer Alte Mainzer Gasse 37 D-60311 Frankfurt am Main Germany End CA:00190430 For:SPT Type:SSH Time:2010-01-22:16:01:06

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