CSL New issue announcement
2008-12-01 13:10:00+10:00
CSL [ASX:CSL] has announced details of a Buy Back, Dividend or New Issue. The notice entitled 'Appendix 3B' was published on Monday 01 December 2008. CSL has issued similar announcements 108 times before, most recently about 0 minutes ago on Friday 28 November 2008. [Notice Type: Share Buyback, Special Dividend, Issue, or Capital Return]

Appendix 3B
Monday 01 Dec 2008

Appendix 3B New issue announcement
Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B
New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and 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, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.

Name of entity

CSL Limited
ABN

99 051 588 348 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

Ordinary shares.

issued

2

Number of +securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued

12,000

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)

Fully paid ordinary shares.

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. 24/10/2005 Appendix 3B Page 1

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4

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, 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

Yes.

5

Issue price or consideration

SESOP II – 12,000 shares at an issue price of $4.06 = $48,760.00.

6

Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets)

Issued to employees under SESOP II upon exercise of Options granted. The SESOP II was adopted at the 2007 Annual General Meeting.

7

Dates of entering +securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates

1 December 2008

8

Number and of +securities quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)

+class

Number all 602,882,205

+Class

Ordinary shares

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. Appendix 3B Page 2 24/10/2005

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9

Number and of +securities not quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)

+class

Number all 93,440

+Class

Options to subscribe for ordinary shares issued under CSL’s Senior Executive Share Option Plan (SESOP II). Performance Rights granted under CSL’s Performance Rights Plan. Performance Options granted under CSL’s Performance Rights Plan.

2,098,610

2,572,255

10

Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)

CSL’s present dividend policy is not changed as a result of the increase in its issued capital.

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue
11 Is security required? holder approval

Not applicable.

12

Is the issue renounceable or nonrenounceable? Ratio in which the +securities will be offered of +securities to which the offer relates
+Record +Class

Not applicable.

13

Not applicable.

14

Not applicable.

15

date

to

determine

Not applicable.

entitlements 16 Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements? Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions

Not applicable.

17

Not applicable.

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. 24/10/2005 Appendix 3B Page 3

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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.

Not applicable.

19

Closing date for receipt acceptances or renunciations Names of any underwriters

of

Not applicable.

20

Not applicable.

21

Amount of any underwriting fee or commission Names of any brokers to the issue

Not applicable.

22

Not applicable.

23

Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of +security holders If the issue is contingent on +security holders’ approval, the date of the meeting Date entitlement and acceptance form and prospectus or Product Disclosure Statement will be sent to persons entitled 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 Date rights trading will begin (if applicable) Date rights trading will end (if applicable)

Not applicable.

24

Not applicable.

25

Not applicable.

26

Not applicable.

27

Not applicable.

28

Not applicable.

29

Not applicable.

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. Appendix 3B Page 4 24/10/2005

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How do +security holders sell their entitlements in full through a broker? How do +security holders sell part of their entitlements through a broker and accept for the balance? How do +security holders dispose of their entitlements (except by sale through a broker)?
+Despatch

Not applicable.

31

Not applicable.

32

Not applicable.

33

date

Not applicable.

Part 3 - Quotation of securities
You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

34

Type of securities (tick one) √ Securities described in Part 1

(a)

(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 ...