New Substantial Holder for Tabcorp
2008-11-21 15:46:00+10:00
Tabcorp [ASX:TAH] has announced that a new organisation is becoming a Substantial Holder in the company for the first time. The organization has acquired 26,947,198 ordinary shares giving it voting power of 5.05%. Tabcorp has issued similar announcements four times before, most recently about 0 minutes ago on Friday 08 August 2008. The announcement 'Form 603 - Becoming a substantial holder' was issued to the ASX on Friday 21 November 2008. [Notice Type: Substantial Holding Notice - Initial]

Form 603 - Becoming a substantial holder
Friday 21 Nov 2008

Form 603
Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of initial substantial holder
To ACN/ARSN Tabcorp Holdings Limited (TAH) 063 780 709

1. Details of substantial holder Name ABN Barclays Group lodged by Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited 33 001 804 566 (Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited)

The holder became a substantial holder on 17 November 2008 2. Details of voting power The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder an associate had a relevant interest on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows: Class of securities Ordinary 3. Details of relevant interests The nature of the relevant interest the substantial holder had in the following voting securities on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows: Holder of relevant interest Barclays Group Nature of relevant interest Fund Manager – see Annexure A Class and number securities Ordinary 26,947,198 of Number of securities 26,947,198 Person’s votes 26,947,198 Voting power 5.05%

4. Details of present registered holders The persons registered as holder of the securities referred to in paragraph 3 above are as follows: Holder of relevant interest Barclays Group 5. Consideration The consideration paid for each relevant interest referred to in paragraph 3 above, and acquired in the four months prior to the day that the substantial holder became a substantial holder is as follows: Holder of relevant interest Barclays Group 6. Addresses The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows: Name Barclays Global Investors Australia Limited Signature Address Level 43, 225 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Date of acquisition Past 4 months Consideration Cash/Non-cash Average price $7.461 Class and number of securities Ordinary 26,947,198 Registered holder of securities JP Morgan & other custodians – see Annexure A Class and number of securities Ordinary 26,947,198

_____________________________________ Company Secretary Barclays Global Investors Australia

21 November 2008 Date

Barclays Global Investors Australia

Form 603 page 1 of 2

This is “Annexure A” of 1 page referred to in Form 603 Notice of initial substantial holder
Relevant interest in Tabcorp Holdings Limited (TAH) held by members of the Barclays Group. The list of Barclays entities and their respective holdings are as follows: ASX CODE STOCK NAME COMPANY TAH Tabcorp Holdings Limited Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd TAH Tabcorp Holdings Limited Barclays Global Investors Ltd TAH Tabcorp Holdings Limited Barclays Bank PLC TAH TAH TAH TAH TAH TAH TAH TAH Tabcorp Holdings Limited Tabcorp Holdings Limited Tabcorp Holdings Limited Tabcorp Holdings Limited Tabcorp Holdings Limited Tabcorp Holdings Limited Tabcorp Holdings Limited Tabcorp Holdings Limited

HOLDING

%

904,927 1,654,212 125,000 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 1,982,646 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 189,684 Barclays Global Investors (Deutschland) AG 241,456 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 5,282,388 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 4,947,182 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 597,272 Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 71,487 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 10,950,944 26,947,198

0.17 0.31 0.02 0.37 0.04 0.05 0.99 0.93 0.11 0.01 2.05 5.05

The JP Morgan Chase Bank Inc. and various other custodians (Custodians) hold shares in TAH as custodian and for which the Barclays Group are either: • • the responsible entity or trustee of investment schemes (Funds); or pooled investment products such as registered managed

the investment manager of Portfolios held for a number of institutional investors. The institutional investors are generally superannuation funds regulated under the Superannuation Industry Supervision Act 1993.

The holding of shares in TAH was acquired as part of the wide portfolio of Australian shares and units acquired for the Funds and the Portfolios. The members of the Barclays Group and the Custodians may hold relevant interests due to the capacity of these entities to dispose of the shares in TAH. Each investor in a Fund owns an undivided interest in the Fund’s assets, no client directly owns any asset of the Fund. The unitholding of each Fund varies from time to time as clients enter and withdraw from the Funds. The various institutional investors with portfolios delegate the management of the portfolios to the members of the Barclays Group.

_____________________________________ Company Secretary Barclays Global Investors Australia

21 November 2008 Date

Barclays Global Investors Australia

Form 603 page 2 of 2