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REL: 0830 HRS Meridian Energy Limited

SSH: MEL: SSH Notice - The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Disclosure of ceasing to have substantial holding
Section 279, 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 Meridian Energy Ltd. (MEL)

Date this disclosure made: 13 July 2015
Date last disclosure made: 9 July 2015
Date on which substantial holding ceased: 10 July 2015

Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure
Full name(s): The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Summary of previous substantial holding
Class of quoted voting products: Ordinary Shares
Summary for The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, parent holding company
of: The Bank of New York Mellon, Newton Investment Management Limited, Mellon
Capital Management Corporation and The Dreyfus Corporation
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is comprised of a large number of
operating and holding companies.  The entities identified herein are
subsidiaries of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation [as ultimate parent]
that have shareholdings in the issuer.  All group companies have a relevant
interest by virtue of the fact that they are related group companies,
however, other than listed herein, they have no actual shareholding in the
issuer, nor do they participate in investment or voting decisions.

For last disclosure,--
(a) total number held in class: 130,743,396
(b) total in class: 2,563,000,000
(c) total percentage held in class: 5.10%
For current holding after ceasing to have substantial holding,--
(a) total number held in class: 127,771,960
(b) total in class: 2,563,000,000
(c) total percentage held in class: 4.99%

Details of transactions and events giving rise to ceasing of substantial
holding
Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure:
For this disclosure,--
(a)  Date of relevant event: 10 July 2015
(b)  Nature of the transaction or event: Disposal of Ordinary Shares
(c)  Number of shares disposed: 636,436 Ordinary Shares
(d)  Consideration received for disposal of shares: 2.1487 NZD per share

Additional information
Address(es) of substantial product holder(s): One Wall Street, New York, New
York 10286 USA
Contact details:
Andrew Weiser
[email protected]
Tel: +1-516-338-3752
Nature of connection between substantial product holders: The Bank of New
York Mellon Corporation is the ultimate parent of the above named
subsidiaries, and is submitting this disclosure on an aggregated basis
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
Disclosure has effect for purposes of directors' and senior managers'
disclosure
[Name] is also a [specify either director or senior manager] of [name of
listed issuer].  This disclosure also constitutes disclosure for the purposes
of the directors' and senior managers' disclosure obligations. N/A

Certification
I, Andrew Weiser, 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:00266954 For:MEL    Type:SSH        Time:2015-07-14 08:30:08