VIL
13/06/2014 16:14
SSH
REL: 1614 HRS Veritas Investments Limited
SSH: VIL: SSH Notice - Westpac Banking Corporation
Disclosure of movement of 1% or more in substantial holding or change in
nature of relevant interest or both
Sections 23 and 24, Securities Markets Act 1988
Relevant event being disclosed: movement of 1% or more in substantial holding
in Veritas Investments Limited (NZX Code: VIL)
Date of relevant event: 10 June 2014
To: NZX Limited
And: Veritas Investments Limited
Date this disclosure made: 13 June 2014
Date last disclosure made: 13 March 2014
Substantial security holder(s) giving disclosure
Name(s): Westpac Banking Corporation (including the related body corporate
specified in the Annexure)
Contact details:
Tim Hartin
Group Company Secretary
Phone: (+61 2) 8219 8990
Summary of substantial holding to which disclosure relates
Class of listed voting securities: ordinary shares
Summary for: Westpac Banking Corporation (including the related body
corporate specified in the Annexure)
For this disclosure,--
(a) total number held in class: 2,460,878
(b) total in class: 37,342,332
(c) total percentage held in class: 6.59%
For last disclosure,--
(a) total number held in class: 2,088,776
(b) total in class: 37,342,332
(c) total percentage held in class: 5.59%
Details of transactions and events giving rise to relevant event
Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure under the
instructions to this form: Refer Annexure
Details of relevant interests in substantial holding after relevant event
Details for: Westpac Banking Corporation (including the related body
corporate specified in the Annexure)
Nature of relevant interest(s): Relevant interest by virtue of the entity
specified in the Annexure (being related body corporates of Westpac Banking
Corporation) acquiring Veritas Investments Limited shares on behalf of funds
managed by the related body corporate, or in respect of which the related
body corporate acts as responsible entity.
For that relevant interest,--
(a) number held in class: 2,460,878
(b) percentage held in class: 6.59%
(c) current registered holder(s) of securities: Westpac Banking
Corporation (including the related body corporate specified in the Annexure)
(d) registered holder(s) of securities once transfers registered: Westpac
Banking Corporation (including the related body corporate specified in the
Annexure)
Additional information
Nature of connection between substantial security holders: Not Applicable
Address(es) of substantial security holder(s):
Westpac Banking Corporation, Level 20, Westpac Place, 275 Kent Street,
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
BT Funds Management (NZ) Limited, 16 Takutai Square, Auckland 1010, New
Zealand
Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required
to give, a disclosure under the Act in relation to the securities to which
this disclosure relates: Not Applicable
Declaration
I, Tim Hartin, declare 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:00251585 For:VIL Type:SSH Time:2014-06-13 16:14:57