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

6 May 2010 8:33 am

SPT 06/05/2010 SSH

REL: 0833 HRS Spotless Group Limited

SSH: SPT: SSH Notice (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: 3 May 2010 To: New Zealand Stock Exchange And: Spotless Group Limited Date this disclosure made: 5 May 2010 Date last disclosure made: 19 February 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: 26,658,031 (b) total in class: 259,309,656 (c) total percentage held in class: 10.280%

For last 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%

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: 26,658,031 (b) percentage held in class: 10.280% (c) current registered holder(s) of securities: See below

Registered holder of securities Class and number of securities Percentage Held ?% JP Morgan Chase Ltd Ordinary - 2,601,613 1.004 BNP Baribas Ordinary - 740,358 0.286 JP Morgan Chase Ltd Ordinary - 1,507,587 0.582 State Street Australia Ltd Ordinary - 956,117 0.369 State Street Australia Ltd Ordinary - 870,311 0.336 JP Morgan Chase Ltd Ordinary - 295,775 0.114 State Street Australia Ltd Ordinary - 191,021 0.074 National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 7,762,532 2.996 Citibank Pty Ltd Ordinary - 934,357 0.361 JP Morgan Chase Ltd Ordinary - 4,813,607 1.858 National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 3,708,956 1.431 National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 281,298 0.109 National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 237,393 0.092 National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 697,420 0.269 National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 117,535 0.045 National Australia Bank Ltd Ordinary - 192,100 0.074 HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Ltd Ordinary - 750,051 0.289

(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.

Annexure 'A' to Disclosure of movement of 1% or more in substantial holding or change in nature of relevant interest or both dated 5 May 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 Kramer Alte Mainzer Gasse 37 D-60311 Frankfurt am Main Germany

Annexure 'B' to Disclosure of movement of 1% or more in substantial holding or change in nature of relevant interest or both

dated 5 May 2010 by Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co

Transaction Date Nature of Transaction Name of Substantial Security Holder Consideration NZD Number of Securities 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 40,531.15 9,999 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 11,846.06 2,923 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 23,582.73 5,819 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 12,478.30 3,079 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 4,616.04 1,139 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 2,277.62 562 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 112,041.20 27,646 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 14,557.33 3,592 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 67,980.14 16,774 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 43,708.46 10,785 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 3,473.17 857 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 11,785.28 2,908 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 25,990.03 6,413 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 4,368.81 1,078 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 7,157.08 1,766 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 11,173.32 2,757 3/4/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 12,555.27 3,098 3/10/10 Buy Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 75,905.12 18,661 3/11/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 145,287.87 36,455 3/12/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 479,851.25 119,758 3/23/10 Buy Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 24,634.83 6,639 4/6/10 Buy Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 1,180,795.02 318,021 4/12/10 Buy Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 44,071.68 11,780 4/12/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 818,650.94 215,867 4/15/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 447,071.17 119,340 4/30/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 3,085,160.40 856,989 5/3/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 1,465,601.30 406,443 5/3/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 4,305,693.10 1,194,062 5/3/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 725,626.67 201,232 5/3/10 Sell Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co and its Associates Listed in Annexure A 1,185,976.56 328,897 End CA:00194566 For:SPT Type:SSH Time:2010-05-06:08:33:09

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