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RNS Number : 4447E

South32 Limited

18 October 2018

Rule 3.8A

Appendix 3D

Changes relating to buy-back

(except minimum holding buy-back)

Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.

Introduced 1/9/99. Origin: Appendix 7B. Amended 13/3/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/01/10

 
Name of entity     ABN/ARSN 
South32 Limited    84 093 732 597 
 

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

 
 1   Date that an Appendix      15 February 2018 
      3C or the last Appendix 
      3D was given to ASX 
 

Information about the change

Complete each item for which there has been a change and items 9 and 10.

 
                                                         Column 1                              Column 2 
                                                          (Details announced                    (Details of change 
                                                          to market in Appendix                 to buy-back proposals) 
                                                          3C or last Appendix 
                                                          3D) 
     On-market buy-back 
 2   Name of broker who will                J.P. Morgan Securities                Morgan Stanley 
      act on the company's                   Australia Limited                     Australia Securities 
      behalf                                                                       Limited 
 
 3   Deleted 30/9/2001. 
 
 4                If the company/trust      Up to that number                     No change. 
                  intends to buy back        of shares for 
                  a maximum number of        which the total 
                  shares/units - that        buy-back consideration 
                  number                     paid or payable 
                  Note: This requires        is up to US$845 
                  a figure to be             million.The Company reserves 
                  included,                  the right to suspend 
                  not a percentage. The      or terminate the 
                  reference to a maximum     buy-back at any 
                  number is to the total     time. 
                  number including 
                  shares/units 
                  already bought back 
                  and shares/units 
                  remaining 
                  to be bought back. If 
                  the total has not 
                  changed, 
                  the item does not need 
                  to be completed. 
                                                         Column 1                              Column 2 
                                                          (Details announced                    (Details of change 
                                                          to market in Appendix                 to buy-back proposals) 
                                                          3C or last Appendix 
                                                          3D) 
                                                                                 ------------------------------------- 
 
 5   If the company/trust                   Up to the number                                   No change. 
      intends to buy back                    of shares with                                     Refer Appendix 
      a maximum number of                    an aggregate buy-back                              3E dated 12 October 
      shares/units - the number              consideration                                      2018 for details 
      remaining to be bought                 of US$539,804,358.                                 of shares which 
      back                                                                                      may still be bought 
                                                                                                back. 
 
 6   If the company/trust                   The Company intends                   No change. 
      intends to buy-back                    to buy-back shares 
      shares/units within                    in the period 
      a period of time - that                11 April 2017 
      period of time; if the                 to 10 April 2019 
      company/trust intends                  (inclusive) or 
      that the buy-back be                   earlier if US$845 
      of unlimited duration                  million worth 
      - that intention                       of shares are 
                                             bought back prior 
                                             to that date.The Company reserves 
                                             the right to suspend 
                                             or terminate the 
                                             buy-back at any 
                                             time. 
 
 7   If the company/trust                   Not applicable                        Not applicable 
      intends to buy back 
      shares/units if conditions 
      are met - those conditions 
 

All buy-backs

 
 8    Any other change                            Not applicable    Not applicable 
 
 9    Reason for change                                        Change of broker. 
 
 10   Any other information                                    None 
       material to a shareholder's/unitholder's 
       decision whether to 
       accept the offer (eg, 
       details of any proposed 
       takeover bid) 
 

Compliance statement

1. The company is in compliance with all Corporations Act requirements relevant to this buy-back.

or, for trusts only:

1. The trust is in compliance with all requirements of the Corporations Act as modified by Class Order 07/422, and of the trust's constitution, relevant to this buy-back.

2. There is no information that the listing rules require to be disclosed that has not already been disclosed, or is not contained in, or attached to, this form.

Sign here: ............................................................ Date: 18 October 2018

(Director/Company secretary)

   Print name:              Melanie Williams 

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