Disclosure of movement of 1% or more in substantial holding
or change in nature of relevant interest, or both
Sections 277 and 278, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
To NZX Limited
and
To The a2 Milk Company Limited (ATM)
Relevant event being disclosed: Disclosure of Movement of 1% or more
Date of relevant event: 10 August 2017
Date this disclosure made: 14 August 2017
Date last disclosure made: 16 May 2017
Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure
Full name(s): Challenger Limited (ACN 106 842 371) and its entities listed in
Annexure 3.
Summary of substantial holding
Class of quoted voting products: Fully and partly paid ordinary shares in ATM
NZX
Summary for Challenger Limited and its entities.
For this disclosure,--
(a) total number held in class: 47,913,799
(b) total in class: 726,988,067
(c) total percentage held in class: 6.59%
For last disclosure,--
(a) total number held in class: 56,271,983
(b) total in class: 726,988,067
(c) total percentage held in class: 7.74%
Details of transactions and events giving rise to relevant event
Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure: Purchased
and sold as set out more fully in Annexure 2.
Details after relevant event
Details for Challenger Limited and its entities.
Nature of relevant interest(s): Challenger Limited is the ultimate holding
company of certain subsidiaries that are responsible entities of registered
managed investment schemes that have a relevant interest and subsidiaries
that have a non-controlling interest in certain boutique investment managers.
The boutique investment managers have a relevant interest in the products by
virtue of investment management agreements. A relevant agreement need not be
attached under regulation 139.
For that relevant interest: --
(a) number held in class: 47,913,799
(b) percentage held in class: 6.59%
(c) current registered holder(s): See Annexure 1
(d) registered holder(s) once transfers are registered: N/A
For a derivative relevant interest, also--
(a) type of derivative: N/A
(b) details of derivative: N/A
(c) parties to the derivative: N/A
(d) if the substantial product holder is not a party to the derivative, the
nature of the relevant interest in the derivative: N/A
Additional information
Address(es) of substantial product holder(s): Level 2, 5 Martin Place, Sydney
NSW
Australia 2000
Contact details: Andrew Brown, Company Secretary, Challenger Limited.
Email abrown@challenger.com.au; Telephone +612 9994 7268
Certification
I, Andrew John Brown, 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.
End CA:00305478 For:ATM Type:SHINTR Time:2017-08-15 08:30:33