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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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