ATM
21/12/2015 16:52
SSH
NOT PRICE SENSITIVE
REL: 1652 HRS The a2 Milk Company Limited
SSH: ATM: SSH Notice - Harbour Asset Management Limited
Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding
Section 276, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
Note: This form must be completed in accordance with the instructions at the
end of the form.
To NZX Limited
and
To The A2 Milk Company Limited
Date this disclosure made: 21 December 2015
Date on which substantial holding began: 18 December 2015
Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure
Full name(s): Harbour Asset Management Limited
Summary of substantial holding
Class of quoted voting products: Ordinary shares
Summary for: Harbour Asset Management Limited
For this disclosure - (a) total number held in class: 37,766,223
(b) total in class: 723,300,065
(c) total percentage held in class: 5.221%
Details of relevant interests
Details for: Harbour Asset Management Limited
Nature of relevant interest(s): As fund manager, the power to
exercise a right to vote attached to, and power to acquire or dispose of, the
products, under powers of investment contained in investment management
contracts with clients (the beneficial owners of the products).
For that relevant interest - number held in class: 37,766,223
percentage held in class: 5.221%
current registered holder of financial products: 34,766,223 -
various nominee companies on behalf of clients as beneficial owners.
3,000,000 - unknown.
registered holder of financial products once transfer is registered:
Various nominee companies on behalf of clients as beneficial owners.
No relevant agreement needs to be attached under regulation 139.
Details of transactions and events giving rise to relevant event
Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure: On 17
December 2015, as part of normal on-market trading activity under
discretionary investment management mandates, Harbour Asset Management
Limited had a relevant interest in 34,766,223 (4.94%) ATM shares.
On 18 December 2015, Harbour Asset Management Limited purchased 3,000,000 ATM
shares (for a total consideration of $4,140,000) as a result of normal
on-market trading activity, increasing its holding to 37,766,223 (5.221%).
Additional information
Address(es) of substantial product holder(s): Level 16, 171 Featherston
Street, Wellington
Contact details: Helen Stevens, + 64 4 474 4430,
[email protected]
Nature of connection between substantial product holders: First NZ
Capital Group Limited, First NZ Capital Securities Limited and Harbour Asset
Management Limited are related bodies corporate.
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: None
Certification
I, Helen Stevens, 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:00275523 For:ATM Type:SSH Time:2015-12-21 16:52:19
