Origin Energy Daily share buy-back notice Daily Share Buyback Report
2008-12-02 07:31:00+10:00
Origin Energy [ASX:ORG] has announced details of a Buy Back, Dividend or New Issue. The notice entitled 'Appendix 3E Daily Share Buyback Report' was published on Tuesday 02 December 2008. Origin Energy has issued similar announcements 87 times before, most recently about 0 minutes ago on Monday 01 December 2008. [Notice Type: Share Buyback, Special Dividend, Issue, or Capital Return]

Appendix 3E Daily Share Buyback Report
Tuesday 02 Dec 2008

To Company From Subject

Company Announcements Office ASX Limited Bill Hundy APPENDIX 3E

Facsimile Date Pages

1300 135 638 2 December 2008 3

This Transmittal is confidential. If you have received this document in error, please contact Origin Energy immediately.

Please find attached a completed Appendix 3E – Daily share buy-back notice. Regards

Bill Hundy Company Secretary
02 8345 5467 – bill.hundy@originenergy.com.au

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Origin Energy Limited ACN 000 051 696 • Level 45 Australia Square, 264-278 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000 GPO Box 5376, Sydney NSW 2001 • Telephone (02) 8345 5000 • Facsimile (02) 9252 1566 • www.originenergy.com.au

Appendix 3E Daily share buy-back notice
Rule 3.8A

Appendix 3E
Daily share buy-back notice (except minimum holding buy-back and selective buy-back)
Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.
Introduced 1/9/99. Origin: rule 3.6, Appendix 7C. Amended 30/9/2001.

Name of Entity

ABN

ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED

30 000 051 696

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Information about buy-back
1 Type of buy-back

On-market

2

Date Appendix 3C was given to ASX

8 September 2008

Total of all shares bought back, or in relation to which acceptances have been received, before, and on, previous day Before previous day
3 Number of shares bought back or if buy-back is an equal access scheme, in relation to which acceptances have been received Total consideration paid or payable for the shares

Previous day
370,729

5,696,681

4

$92,044,881

$5,824,597

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. 30/09/2001 Appendix 3E Page 1

Appendix 3E Daily share buy-back notice

Before previous day
5 If buy-back is an on-market buy-back

Previous day

highest price paid: date:

$16.99 13-Nov-08 $15.24 21-Nov-08

highest price paid:

$16.02

lowest price paid: date:

lowest price paid:

$15.46

highest price allowed under rule 7.33:

$16.7244

Participation by directors
6
Deleted 30/9/2001.

How many shares may still be bought back?
7 If the company has disclosed an intention to buy back a maximum number of shares - the remaining number of shares to be bought back

The number of shares to an aggregate cost of A$1,177,130,521

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

2.

Sign here:

…………………………………… (Company Secretary) William Hundy

Date:

02 December 2008

Print name:

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. Appendix 3E Page 2 30/09/2001