Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding
Section 276, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
To NZX Limited
and
To a2 Milk Company Ltd
Date this disclosure made: 4 August 2017
Date on which substantial holding began: 2 August 2017
Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure
Full name(s): Macquarie Group Limited
Summary of substantial holding
Class of quoted voting products: a2 Milk Company Ltd Ordinary Shares
Summary for Macquarie Group Limited
For this disclosure,--
(a) total number held in class: 38,039,690
Macquarie Bank Limited - 32,845,079
Macquarie Investment Management Australia Limited - 5,169,056
Macquarie Funds Management Hong Kong Limited - 24,262
Macquarie Life Limited - 100
MQ Specialist Investment Management Limited - 1,193
(b) total in class: 726,988,067
(c) total percentage held in class: 5.23%
Details of transactions and events giving rise to substantial holding
Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure: refer
attached
Additional information
Address(es) of substantial product holder(s): Level 6, 50 Martin Place,
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000.
Contact details: Janice Fung, +61 2 8232 8949
Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required
to give, a disclosure under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 in
relation to the financial products to which this disclosure relates: N/A
Certification
I, Dennis Leong, certify 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.
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