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INDEX ANNOUNCEMENT

S&P Indices Announces March 2012 Quarterly Rebalance of the S&P/ASX Indices

March 2, 2012 – S&P Indices announced today the changes in the S&P/ASX indices, effective after the close of trading on March 16, 2012 as a result of the March quarterly review. At the review, the entire S&P/ASX index suite is rebalanced, including the All Ordinaries.

S&P Indices is aware of the pending acquisition of Charter Hall Office REIT (ASX: CQO) by the consortium led by Reco Ambrosia Pte Ltd and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board of Canada. Due to the effective date of the scheme aligning with that of the rebalance, indicative replacements are being announced for the S&P/ASX indices pending the necessary approvals of the scheme of arrangement. Should the scheme be approved, Charter Hall Office REIT (ASX: CQO) will be removed from the S&P/ASX indices at the cash offer price and replaced as per the below.

S&P/ASX 20 – No change.

S&P/ASX 50 – No change.

S&P/ASX 100 Index – March 16, 2012 After Market Close Action Code Company Addition CRF Centro Retail Addition BPT Limited Addition* ABC Brighton Limited Removal TSE Transfield Services Limited Removal GFF Goodman Fielder Limited

S&P/ASX 200 Index – March 16, 2012 After Market Close Action Code Company Addition CRF Centro Retail Australia Addition EVN Limited Addition* SUL Limited Removal KZL Kagara Limited Removal WEC White Energy Company Limited

S&P/ASX 300 Index – March 16, 2012 After Market Close Action Code Company For personal use only use personal For Addition ABU Abm Resources NL Addition AZH Azimuth Resources Limited Addition BRU Buru Energy Limited Addition CLR Carabella Resources Limited Addition DLS Drillsearch Energy Limited Addition GOR Gold Road Resources Limited

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Addition HGO Hillgrove Resources Limited Addition KRL Kangaroo Resources Limited Addition MIO Miclyn Express Offshore Limited Addition NEN Neon Energy Limited Addition NMG Noble Mineral Resources Limited Addition NST Northern Star Resources Ltd Addition NXT Nextdc Limited Addition ORL OrotonGroup Limited Addition PEM Perilya Limited Addition PIR Papillon Resources Limited Addition POH Phosphagenics Limited Addition RED Red 5 Limited Addition SXY Senex Energy Limited Addition TAM Tanami Gold NL Addition TXN Texon Petroleum Ltd Addition WEB Limited Addition* RFE Red Fork Energy Limited Removal ASB Limited Removal BRM Brockman Resources Limited Removal CIF Challenger Infrastructure Fund Removal CLO Clough Limited Removal CNX Carbon Energy Limited Removal CVN Carnarvon Petroleum Limited Removal ELD Removal HST Hastie Group Limited Removal OKN Oakton Limited Removal PLA Platinum Australia Limited Removal REA REA Group Ltd Removal SGN STW Communications Group Limited Removal SKE Skilled Group Limited Removal SRQ Straits Resources Limited

All Ordinaries Index – March 16, 2012 After Market Close Addition Code Company Addition ABU Abm Resources NL Addition AEU Australian Education Trust Addition AGI Ainsworth Game Technology Limited Addition AKP Audio Pixels Holdings Limited Addition AOH Altona Mining Limited Addition AQZ Alliance Aviation Services Limited Addition AUC Ausgold Limited

For personal use only use personal For Addition AYN Alcyone Resources Ltd Addition AZH Azimuth Resources Limited Addition BCI BC Iron Limited Addition BGA Limited Addition BGG Blackgold International Holdings Limited Addition BNO Bionomics Limited Addition BPA Brookfield Prime Property Fund

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Addition BRU Buru Energy Limited Addition BSE Base Resources Limited Addition CAS Crusader Resources Limited Addition CCU Cobar Consolidated Resources Limited Addition CJO Cerro Resources NL Addition CKA Cokal Limited Addition CKF Limited Addition CLR Carabella Resources Limited Addition CTD Corporate Travel Management Limited Addition CVC CVC Limited Addition DMG Dragon Mountain Gold Limited Addition DRM Doray Minerals Limited Addition EGN Engenco Limited Addition EGO Empire Oil & Gas NL Addition EPX Ethane Pipeline Income Fund Addition FND Finders Resources Limited Addition GCS Global Construction Services Limited Addition GNG Gr Engineering Services Limited Addition GOR Gold Road Resources Limited Addition GZL Gazal Corporation Limited Addition HSN Hansen Technologies Limited Addition IPP Iproperty Group Limited Addition MEL Metgasco Limited Addition MTE Metrocoal Limited Addition MYE Mastermyne Group Limited Addition NEN Neon Energy Limited Addition NST Northern Star Resources Ltd Addition NWT Newsat Limited Addition NXT Nextdc Limited Addition PAY Payce Consolidated Limited Addition PEA Pacific Energy Limited Addition PGI Panterra Gold Limited Addition PIR Papillon Resources Limited Addition POH Phosphagenics Limited Addition RCI Rocklands Richfield Limited Addition RFE Red Fork Energy Limited Addition RQL Resource Equipment Ltd Addition RWH Royal Wolf Holdings Limited Addition SFW Sfg Australia Limited Addition SMR Stanmore Coal Limited Addition TBR Tribune Resources Limited Addition TME Group Limited

For personal use only use personal For Addition TXN Texon Petroleum Ltd Addition VOR Voyager Resources Limited Addition WDS WDS Limited Addition YTC YTC Resources Limited Addition* PNR Pacific Niugini Limited Removal AGS Alliance Resources Limited Removal BKY Berkeley Resources Limited

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Removal BMN Bannerman Resources Limited Removal CCC Continental Coal Limited Removal CHN Chalice Gold Mines Limited Removal CVN Carnarvon Petroleum Limited Removal CXM Centrex Metals Limited Removal ESV Eservglobal Limited Removal EXS Exco Resources Limited Removal GDY Geodynamics Limited Removal GWR Golden West Resources Limited Removal HIN Heartware International, Inc Removal IPD Impedimed Limited Removal IXR Imx Resources Limited Removal LNG Liquefied Natural Gas Limited Removal MCO Morning Star Gold N.L. Removal MEO MEO Australia Limited Removal NDO Nido Petroleum Limited Removal NYO Nyota Minerals Limited Removal OCP Oceania Capital Partners Limited Removal PEN Peninsula Energy Limited Removal PGA Photon Group Limited Removal PLA Platinum Australia Limited Removal PLV Pluton Resources Limited Removal PPX PaperlinX Limited Removal RHI Red Hill Iron Limited Removal SHV Select Harvests Limited Removal SIH Sihayo Gold Limited Removal SLP Sylvania Platinum Limited Removal SSM Service Stream Limited Removal TLM Talisman Mining Limited Removal TOE Toro Energy Limited Removal UBI Universal Biosensors Inc. Removal WPG WPG Resources Ltd

S&P/ASX All Australian 50 Index – No Change.

S&P/ASX All Australian 200 Index – March 16, 2012 After Market Close Action Code Company Addition CRF Centro Retail Australia Addition EVN Evolution Mining Limited Addition* SUL Super Retail Group Limited

For personal use only use personal For Removal ALK Alkane Resources Limited Removal KZL Kagara Ltd

*Subject to approval of the acquisition of Charter Hall Office REIT (ASX: CQO) by scheme of arrangement.

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