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REL: 1639 HRS The a2 Milk Company Limited
SSH: ATM: SSH Notice - Regal Funds Management Pty Ltd
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
and
To The A2 Milk Company Limited
Date this disclosure made: 5 February 2016
Date on which substantial holding began: 17 November 2015
Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure
Full name(s): Regal Funds Management Pty Ltd
Summary of substantial holding
Class of quoted voting products: Ordinary Shares, ISIN: NZATME0002S8
Summary for Regal Funds Management Pty Ltd
For this disclosure,--
(a) total number held in class: 37,085,241
(b) total in class: 703,560,065
(c) total percentage held in class: 5.271%
Details of relevant interests
Details for Regal Funds Management Pty Ltd
Nature of relevant interest(s): Relevant interest by virtue of Regal Funds
Management Pty Limited having the power to acquire or dispose of financial
products in its capacity as trustee and manager of the Atlantic Absolute
Return Fund, Zambezi Absolute Return Fund, Tasman Market Neutral Fund, Amazon
Market Neutral Fund, Regal Australian Long Short Equity Fund, Regal
Australian Long Short Geared Equity Fund, Regal Australian Small Companies
Fund and Regal Asian Quantitative Fund.
For that relevant interest,--
(a) number held in class: 19,833,234
(b) percentage held in class: 2.818%
(c) current registered holder(s):
Atlantic Absolute Return Fund (0.32%), (Custodian - UBS Nominees Pty Ltd)
Atlantic Absolute Return Fund (0.39%), (Custodian - Credit Suisse Securities
Europe Ltd)
Atlantic Absolute Return Fund (0.34%), (Custodian - Merrill Lynch (Aus)
Nominees Pty Ltd)
Zambezi Absolute Return Fund (0.06%), (Custodian - Merrill Lynch (Aus)
Nominees Pty Ltd)
Tasman Market Neutral Fund (0.27%), (Custodian - UBS Nominees Pty Ltd)
Tasman Market Neutral Fund (0.08%), (Custodian - Credit Suisse Securities
Europe Ltd)
Tasman Market Neutral Fund (0.22%), (Custodian - Merrill Lynch (Aus) Nominees
Pty Ltd)
Tasman Market Neutral Fund (0.39%), (Custodian - HSBC Custody Nominees
(Australia) Limited A/C 2)
Amazon Market Neutral Fund (0.19%), (Custodian - HSBC Custody Nominees
(Australia) Limited A/C 2)
Regal Australian Long Short Equity Fund (0.05%), (Custodian - UBS Nominees
Pty Ltd)
Regal Australian Long Short Equity Fund (0.07%), (Custodian - Credit Suisse
Securities Europe Ltd)
Regal Australian Long Short Equity Fund (0.04%), (Custodian - Merrill Lynch
(Aus) Nominees Pty Ltd)
Regal Australian Long Short Geared Equity Fund (0.16%), (Custodian - UBS
Nominees Pty Ltd)
Regal Australian Small Companies Fund (0.26%), (Custodian - UBS Nominees Pty
Ltd)
Regal Asian Quantitative Fund (0.001%), (Custodian - UBS Nominees Pty Ltd)
Details of relevant interests
Details for Regal Funds Management Pty Limited
Nature of relevant interest(s): derivative relevant interest over quoted
underlying.
For that relevant interest,--
(a) number held in class: 17,252,007
(b) percentage held in class: 2.453%
(c) current registered holder(s):
Zambezi Absolute Return Fund (0.35%), (UBS AG, Australia Branch)
Zambezi Absolute Return Fund (0.45%), (Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd)
Zambezi Absolute Return Fund (0.29%), (Merrill Lynch International Limited)
Amazon Market Neutral Fund (0.44%), (UBS AG, Australia Branch)
Amazon Market Neutral Fund (0.13%), (Credit Suisse Securities Europe Ltd)
Amazon Market Neutral Fund (0.36%), (Merrill Lynch International Limited)
Amazon Market Neutral Fund (0.44%), (Custodian - Morgan Stanley & Co Intl
Plc)
Regal Asian Pearl Fund (0.003%), (Custodian - UBS AG, Australia Branch)
For a derivative relevant interest, also--
(a) type of derivative: Cash Settled Swap Agreement
(b) details of derivative: (refer attached)
(c) parties to the derivative: UBS AG (Australia Branch), Credit Suisse
Securities Europe Ltd, Merrill Lynch International Limited, Morgan Stanley &
Co Intl Plc, Zambezi Absolute Return Fund, Amazon Market Neutral Fund and
Regal Asian Pearl Fund
(d) if the substantial product holder is not a party to the derivative, the
nature of the relevant interest in the derivative: Power to control the
acquisition or disposal of the financial product under an agreement.
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): Regal Funds Management Pty Ltd
Level 47, 1 Macquarie Place, NSW, 2000, Sydney, Australia
Contact details: Regal Funds Management Pty Ltd
Ph: +61 2 8197 4333
Email: [email protected]
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, Philip King 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:00277316 For:ATM Type:SSH Time:2016-02-05 16:39:16
