Shareholders Update: Equity Trustees takeover

On 21 February 2013, Equity Trustees Limited (“Equity Trustees”) announced its intention to make an off-market takeover offer for all the issued shares in The Trust Company Limited (the “Offer”).

As a shareholder you will have received a bidder’s statement from Equity Trustees, you can also read it here . The Trust Company Board has reviewed the Equity Trustees Offer in detail and will outline its formal recommendation in The Trust Company’s target’s statement, which will be sent to you shortly.

The Board believes that the Offer materially undervalues the Company and advises shareholders to TAKE NO ACTION until they have had an opportunity to read the target’s statement.

Your Board will continue to keep you updated on developments as they occur. In the meantime, if you have any queries in relation to the Equity Trustees Offer, please contact our Shareholder Information Line on 1800 505 206 (Toll Free) or +612 8256 3354 (callers outside Australia).

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We are committed to a progressive dividend policy with a payout ratio of at least 80% of net profit after tax. This is consistent with our strategic goal of delivering increased dividends to our shareholders.

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Key Dates

28 February 2013 – End of The Trust Company Financial Year

April 2013 – Annual Results and Final Dividend Announcement

May 2013 – Annual Report and Notice of Annual General Meeting mailed to Shareholders

May 2013 – Payment of Final Dividend

July 2013 – Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

31 August 2013 – Half Year End

October 2013 – Half Year Results and Interim Dividend Announcement

Dividends

Dividend	Payment Date	Rate	Franking	VWAP^	DRP issue price*
Final	21/05/2007	24 cents	Fully franked	N/A	N/A
Special	21/05/2007	15 cents	Unfranked	N/A	N/A
Interim	26/11/2007	24 cents	Fully franked	N/A	N/A
Final	26/05/2008	30 cents	Fully franked	N/A	N/A
Special	11/07/2008	$1.00	Franked to 70%	N/A	N/A
Interim	28/11/2008	20 cents	Fully franked	$6.5985	$6.43
Final	20/05/2009	22 cents	Fully franked	N/A	N/A
Interim	12/11/2009	17.2 cents	Fully franked	N/A	N/A
Final	25/05/2010	16 cents	Fully franked	N/A	N/A
Interim	11/11/2010	17 cents	Fully franked	N/A	N/A
Final	16/05/2011	18 cents	Fully franked	N/A	N/A
Interim	14/12/2011	17 cents	Fully franked	N/A	N/A
Final	24/05/2012	18 cents	Fully franked	$4.98	N/A
Interim	8/11/2012	12 cents	Fully franked	$5.28	N/A

^ The VWAP is the volume weighted average market price of shares sold on and after the book’s closing date over a designated period in accordance with clause 7 of the DRP.On 18 October 2011 The Board announced the reinstatement of the dividend reinvestment plan (DRP) in relation to the interim dividend to be paid on 14 December 2011. The DRP terms and conditions are available in the Downloads tab.

* The Board announced on October 2011 that a discount of 5.0% will apply to the price of shares acquired under the DRP for the interim dividend to be paid on 14 December 2011.

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