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Sydney, Australia ? 22 September, 2011 ? Eastern Star Gas (ASX:ESG; OTCQX:ESGLY) announces
that the Federal Court of Australia has today approved the convening of a meeting of ESG
shareholders to consider and vote on a proposal by Santos Ltd (?Santos?) to acquire all the issued
ordinary shares of ESG not already held by Santos and TRUenergy Investments Pty Limited
(?TRUenergy?) through a Scheme of Arrangement (?the Proposal? or ?the Scheme?). Concurrent
to the Scheme, Santos also proposes to acquire all ESG shares held by TRUenergy (?TRU
Acquisition?).
The Scheme will be considered at the Scheme Meeting to be held at 10 am on 28 October 2011 at
the Grand Ballroom No 2, Shangri La Hotel, 176 Cumberland Street, the Rocks, Sydney, New South
Wales.
The TRU Acquisition will be considered at a general meeting of ESG shareholders to be held at 11
am (or as soon thereafter as the Scheme Meeting is concluded or adjourned) on 28 October 2011
at the Grand Ballroom No 2, Shangri La Hotel, 176 Cumberland Street, the Rocks, Sydney, New
South Wales.
Information relating to the Scheme of Arrangement, including the notice convening the Scheme
Meeting, general meeting and an Independent Expert?s Report, will be included in a Scheme
Booklet which will be mailed to ESG shareholders next week following registration of the Scheme
Booklet with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and lodgement with the ASX.
A further announcement attaching the Scheme Booklet will be released by ESG following ASIC
registration.