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

19 Feb 2010 5:00 pm

SPT 19/02/2010 SSH

REL: 1700 HRS Spotless Group Limited

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

Disclosure of movement of 1% or more in substantial holding or change in nature of relevant interest or both Sections 23 and 24, Securities Markets Act 1988

Relevant event being disclosed: Movement of 1% or more in substantial holding

Date of relevant event: 17 February 2010

To: New Zealand Stock Exchange And: Spotless Group Limited

Date this disclosure made: 19 February 2010 Date last 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: Apnavi Saddington (Company Secretary) + 61 2 8274 1400 apnavi.saddington@lazard.com

Summary of substantial holding to which disclosure relates Class of listed voting securities: Ordinary shares in Spotless Group Limited (SPT)

Summary for: Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co For this disclosure,-- (a) total number held in class: 29,883,168 (b) total in class: 259,126,131 (c) total percentage held in class: 11.532%

For last 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 transactions and events giving rise to relevant event Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure under the instructions to this form: [specify details required by the instructions to this form] See Annexure B Details of relevant interests in substantial holding after relevant event

Details for: Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co Nature of relevant interest(s): 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.

For that relevant interest,-- (a) number held in class: 29,883,168 (b) percentage held in class: 11.532% (c) current registered holder(s) of securities: (See below Attached)

(d) registered holder(s) of securities once transfers registered: N/A

Additional information Nature of connection between substantial security holders: Related bodies corporate of Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co. See Annexure A 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. End CA:00191427 For:SPT Type:SSH Time:2010-02-19:17:00:21

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