Brambles New issue announcement
2008-12-02 15:05:00+10:00
Brambles [ASX:BXB] has announced details of a Buy Back, Dividend or New Issue. The notice entitled 'Appendix 3B' was published on Tuesday 02 December 2008. Brambles has issued similar announcements 178 times before, most recently about 0 minutes ago on Monday 01 December 2008. [Notice Type: Share Buyback, Special Dividend, Issue, or Capital Return]

Appendix 3B
Tuesday 02 Dec 2008

Brambles Limited
ABN 89 118 896 021

Level 40 Gateway 1 Macquarie Place Sydney NSW 2000 Australia GPO Box 4173 Sydney NSW 2001 Tel +61 2 9256 5222 Fax +61 2 9256 5299 www.brambles.com

2 December 2008

The Manager-Listings Australian Stock Exchange Limited Exchange Centre 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

via electronic lodgement

Dear Madam ISSUE OF SHARES PURSUANT TO EXERCISE OF OPTIONS/AWARDS We wish to advise that 12,318 ordinary shares in Brambles Limited have been issued as a consequence of the exercise of performance share awards under the various Brambles Employee Share Plans. Attached is the Form of Application for Official Quotation of Additional Securities.

Yours faithfully BRAMBLES LIMITED

Robert Gerrard Company Secretary

Appendix 3B New issue announcement
Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B
New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement
Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.
Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003.

Name of entity

BRAMBLES LIMITED
ABN

89 118 896 021 We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues
You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

1

+Class

of +securities issued or to be

Ordinary Fully Paid Shares

issued

2

Number of +securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued

12,318

3

Principal terms of the +securities (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid +securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if +convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion)

N/A

{OWB 00012195}

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. 1/1/2003 Appendix 3B Page 1

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4

Do the +securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing +class of quoted +securities? If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state: • the date from which they do • the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment • the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

Yes

5

Issue price or consideration

12,318 @ $6.76 per share

6

Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets)

Issued pursuant to the terms of the various Brambles Employee Share Plans.

7

Dates of entering +securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates

2 December 2008

8

Number Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX 1,384,671,357 (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)

+Class Ordinary fully paid shares

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. 1/1/2003 Appendix 3B Page 2

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Number 9 of all Number and +securities not quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)
+class

+Class

7,045,174

Employee options and performance share awards with respect to BXB shares, with various exercise and expiry dates

10

Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests)

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue
11 Is security required? holder approval

12

Is the issue renounceable or nonrenounceable? Ratio in which the +securities will be offered
+Class

13

14

of +securities to which the offer relates to determine

15

+Record

date entitlements

16

Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements? Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions

17

18

Names of countries in which the entity has +security holders who will not be sent new issue documents
Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7.

19

Closing date for receipt acceptances or renunciations

of

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. 1/1/2003 Appendix 3B Page 3

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20

Names of any underwriters

21

Amount of any underwriting fee or commission Names of any brokers to the issue

22

23

Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of +security holders If the issue is contingent on +security holders’ approval, the date of the meeting Date entitlement and acceptance form and prospectus or Product Disclosure Statement will be sent to persons entitled If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option holders Date rights trading will begin (if applicable) Date rights trading will end (if applicable)

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

How do +security holders sell their entitlements in full through a broker? How do +security holders sell part of their entitlements through a broker and accept for the balance?

31

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms. 1/1/2003 Appendix 3B Page 4