4fae493a-3a96-41d9-bd56-12b9aacd17f8.pdf


Form 603


Corporations Act 2001

Section 6718


Notice of initial substantial holder



To Company Name/Scheme ___M'-'E=T""C"'"A'-=SH L'T"'"=D-


ACN/ARSN


112 073 480


  1. Details of substantial holder (1)


    Name JPMorgan Chase & Co. and i ts affiliates

    ACN (if applicable) NA The holder became a substantial holder on 1 2/January/2016

  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 or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:


    Class of securities (4)

    Number of securities

    Persons' votes (5)


    Voting power (6)


    Ordinary


    46 899 111


    46 899 111


    5.05%


  3. Details of relevant interests


    The nature of the relevant Interest the substantial holder or an associate had in the following voting securities on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:


    Holder of relevant interest Natureof relevant interest (6) aass and number of securities


    Holder of securities subject to an

    J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp obligation to return under a securities

    lending agreement


    Purchase and sales of shares in its

    J.P. Morgan Securities pie capacity as Principal/Proprietary


    2,906,200

    (Ordinary)


    8

    (Ordinary)


    Holder of securities subject to an

    J.P. Morgan Securities pie obligation to return under a securities

    lending agreement


    7,636,273

    (Ordinary)


    (Ordinary)

    J.P. Morgan Securities Holder of securities subject to an 35,635,150 Australia Limited obligation to return under a securities

    lending agreement


    J.P. Morgan Securities Purchase and sales of shares In its 653,076

    Australia Limited capacity as Principal/Proprietary (Ordinary)


    GLAS Branch - London - J.P. Purchase and sales of shares in its 68,404

    MorganWhitefriarsInc. capacity as Principal/Proprietary (Ordinary)


  4. Details of present registered holders


The persons registered as holders of the securities referred to in paragraph 3 above are as follows :



Holder of relevant i nterest


J.P. Morgan Oearing Corp


Registered holder of securities


Person entitled to be registered as holder (8)


Class and number of securities


Citicorp Nominees

pty Limited


Citicorp Nominees pty Limited


2,890,000

(Ordinary)


J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp


16,200

(Ordinary)

J.P. Morgan

Clearing Corp

J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp


J.P. Morgan Securities pie


DCC Melbourne


DCC Melbourne


7,196,273

(Ordinary)


J.P. Morgan Securities pie


DCC Melbourne


J.P. Morgan Securities pie


8

(Ordinary)


J.P. Morgan Securities pie


J.P. Morgan Securities pie


J.P. Morgan Securities pie


440,000

(Ordinary)


J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited


ECAP nominees


J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited


1

(Ordinary)


J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited


NEW ECONOMY NOMINEE


J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited


282,400

(Ordinary)


J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited


ECAP nominees


ECAP nominees


35,635,150

(Ordinary)


J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited


Ecapital Nominees

pty Ltd


J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited


361,111

(Ordinary)


J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited

J.P. Morgan Securities Australia

Limited


J .P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited


9,564

(Ordinary)


GLAS Branch - London - J.P. Morgan Whitefriars nc.

GLAS Branch - London - J.P. Morgan Whitefriars

Inc.


GLAS Branch - London - J.P. Morgan Whitefriars Inc.


68,404

(Ordinary)


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

Date of acquisition

Consideration (9)

Class and number of securities

Cash

Non-cash


See Aooendix


  1. Associates


    The reasons the persons named in paragraph 3 above are associates of the substantial holder are as follows:


    Name and ACN (if applicable)

    Nature of association

    J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp

    Subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    J.P. Morgan Securities pie

    Subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited

    Subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    GLAS Branch - London - J.P. Morgan Whitefriars nc.

    Subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co.


  2. Addresses


The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:


Name

Address


JPMorgan Chase & Co.


270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, NY, NY, 10017, United States

J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp

c/o CT Corporation , 1209 Orange Street ,Wilmington ,Delaware, United States

J.P. Morgan Securities pie

25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5JP,London, E14 5JP, England

J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited

Level 18,85 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

GLAS Branch - London - J.P. Morgan WhitefriarsInc.

Corporation Trust Centre, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801 United States


Signature


Print name Lim Siewmay capacity JPMorgan Chase Bank,N.A.


Sign here date 14/January/2016


(1) If there are a number of substantial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporation and its related corporations, or the manager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be induded in an annexure to the form. If the relevant interests of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may be referred to throughout the form as a specifically named group if the membership of each group,with the names and addresses of members is clearly set out in paragraph 7 of the form.


  1. See the definition of "associate" in section 9 of the Corporations Law.


  2. See the definition of "relevant interest" in sections 608 and 6718(7) of the Corporations Law.


(4) The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate dasses.


(5) The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme (if any) that the person or an associate has a relevant interest in.


  1. The person's votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100.


  2. Include details of:


    1. any relevant agreement or other circumstances by which the relevant interest was acquired.If subsection 6718(4) applies, a copy of any document setting out the terms of any relevant agreement, and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contract, scheme or arrangement, must accompany this form, together with a written statement certifying this contract,scheme or arrangement; and


    2. any qualification of the power of a person to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voting

      powers or disposal of the securities to which the relevant interest relates (indicating dearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies).


    3. If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person (eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) write "unknown".


    4. Details of the consideration must include any and all benefits, money and other, that any person from whom a relevant interest was acquired has, or may, become entitled to receive In relation to that acquisition. Details must be induded even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Detafls must be included of any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial


    5. holder or its associate In relation to the acquisitions,even if they are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant interest was acquired.

    Metcash Limited issued this content on 2016-01-15 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 2016-01-14 22:29:01 UTC

    Original Document: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/external.file?t=2&item=o8hHt16027g9XhJTr8+weNRYaV9bFc2rMd0Q/AXw4zsuTkAlPmvbzCHTHyC4vMY8AWTic3vZqdD8HqwPbBrWYRTYBfAzFufQnmln09qbIcW5RH8gF5IwaUfRmLFNjcDZwRlJXqt4ugiDdD+QStvRJA==&cb=635884060601407003