Issue of Shares
23 February 2010 - 6:00PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMBXB
RNS Number : 5271H
Brambles Limited
23 February 2010
Brambles Limited
Company Number: 118 896 021
23 February 2010
ISSUE OF SHARES PURSUANT TO EXERCISE OF OPTIONS/AWARDS
We wish to advise that 10,278 ordinary shares in Brambles Limited have been
issued as a consequence of the exercise of performance awards under the various
Brambles Employee Share Plans. Attached is the Form of Application for Official
Quotation of Additional Securities.
Robert Gerrard
Company Secretary
Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5
Appendix 3B
New issue announcement, application for quotation and additional securities
agreement.
Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as
available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may
be made public.
Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 01/09/99, 01/07/2000,
30/9/2001, 11/03/2002, 01/01/2003, 24/10/2005
Name of entity
BRAMBLES LIMITED
ABN
89 118 896 021
We (the entity) give ASX the following information.
Part 1 - All issues
You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough
space).
1 +Class of +securities issued or to be issued
Fully paid ordinary shares
2 Number of +securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number
which may be issued
10,278
3 Principal terms of the +securities (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry
date; if partly paid +securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for
payment; if +convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for
conversion)
N/A
4 Do the +securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment
with an existing +class of quoted +securities?
YES
If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state:
· the date from which they do
N/A
· the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the
case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment
N/A
· the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to
the next dividend, distribution or interest payment
N/A
5 Issue price or consideration
10,278 @ 0.00 per share
6 Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of
assets, clearly identify those assets)
Issued as a consequence of the exercise of performance awards under the various
Brambles Employee Share Plans
7 Dates of entering +securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of
certificates
23 February 2010
8 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (including the securities
in clause 2 if applicable)
Number
1,412,442,518
Class
Fully paid ordinary shares
9 Number and +class of all +securities not quoted on ASX (including the
securities in clause 2 if applicable)
Number
9,593,517
+Class
Employee options and performance share awards with respect to Brambles Limited
shares, with various exercise and expiry dates.
10 Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the
increased capital (interests)
As for all quoted ordinary shares
Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue
11 Is security holder approval required?
12 Is the issue renounceable or non-renounceable?
13 Ratio in which the +securities will be offered
14 +Class of +securities to which the offer relates
15 +Record date to determine entitlements
16 Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for
calculating entitlements?
17 Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions
18 Names of countries in which the entity has +security holders who will not be
sent new issue documents Note: Security holders must be told how their
entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7.
19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations
20 Names of any underwriters
21 Amount of any underwriting fee or commission
22 Names of any brokers to the issue
23 Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue
24 Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or
renunciations on behalf of +security holders
25 If the issue is contingent on +security holders' approval, the date of the
meeting
26 Date entitlement and acceptance form and prospectus or Product Disclosure
Statement will be sent to persons entitled
27 If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to
participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option
holders
28 Date rights trading will begin (if applicable)
29 Date rights trading will end (if applicable)
30 How do +security holders sell their entitlements in full through a broker?
31 How do +security holders sell part of their entitlements through a broker and
accept for the balance?
32 How do +security holders dispose of their entitlements (except by sale
through a broker)?
33 +Despatch date
Part 3 - Quotation of securities
You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of
securities
34 Type of securities
(a) X Securities described in Part 1
(b) All other securities
Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid
securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when
restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible
securities
Entities that have ticked box 34(a)
Additional securities forming a new class of securities
Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents
35 If the +securities are +equity securities, the names of the 20 largest
holders of the additional +securities, and the number and percentage of
additional +securities held by those holders
36 If the +securities are +equity securities, a distribution schedule of the
additional +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories
1 - 1,000
1,001 - 5,000
5,001 - 10,000
10,001 - 100,000
100,001 and over
37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional +securities
Entities that have ticked box 34(b)
38 Number of securities for which +quotation is sought
39 Class of +securities for which quotation is sought
40 Do the +securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment
with an existing class of quoted securities?
If the additional +securities do not rank equally, please state:
· the date from which they do
· the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the
case of a trust, interest payment distribution) or interest payment
· the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to
the next dividend, distribution or interest payment
41 Reason for request for quotation now
Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period (if
issued upon conversion of another security, clearly identify that other security
42 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (including the securities
in clause 38)
Quotation agreement
1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX's absolute discretion. ASX
may quote the +securities on any conditions it decides.
2 We warrant the following to ASX.
· The issue of the +securities to be quoted complies with the law and is
not for an illegal purpose.
· There is no reason why those +securities should not be granted
quotation.
· An offer of the +securities for sale within 12 months after their issue
will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the
Corporations Act.
Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for
the securities in order to be able to give this warranty
· Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to
any or applications received by us in relation to any +securities to be quoted
and that no-one has any right to return any +securities to be quoted under
sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request
that the securities be quoted.
· If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return
the +securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the
time request that the securities be quoted.
3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any
claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the
warranties in this agreement.
4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any
information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before +quotation
of the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information
and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.
+------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Signed | Date: 23 February 2010 |
+------------------------------+------------------------------+
Print name Robert Gerrard
Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Robert Gerrard 61 2 9256 5271
+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.
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