603 Page 1 of 2 15 July 2001

Form 603

Corporations Act 2001

Section 671B

Notice of initial substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme

ACN/ARSN

Melbana Energy Limited 066 447 952

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Name

Cadence Asset Management Entities and Esselmont Pty Limited

ACN/ARSN (if applicable)

The holder became a substantial holder on

21/12 /2017

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

Person's votes (5)

Voting power (6)

ORDINARY SHARES

120,612,082

120,612,082

7.24%

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

Nature of relevant interest (7)

Class and number of securities

Cadence Asset Management Entities

Portfolio of investments and, in respect of Cadence Asset Management Pty Limited, manages this portfolio and so has a relevant interest in these shares in their portfolio under section 608(1)(b) or (c)

of the Corporations Act.

94,031,725

Esselmont Pty Limited as trustee for The Esselmont Trust

Portfolio of investments

26,580,357

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 interest

Registered holder of securities

Person entitled to be registered as holder (8)

Class and number of securities

Cadence Asset Management Entities

National Nominees Limited

Cadence Asset Management Pty Limited as trustee for Cadence Capital Fund

808,551

Cadence Asset Management Entities

National Nominees Limited

Cadence Capital Limited

93,223,174

Esselmont Pty Limited as trustee for The Esselmont Trust

Esselmont Pty Limited as trustee for The Esselmont Trust

Esselmont Pty Limited as trustee for The Esselmont Trust

26,580,357

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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

Cadence Asset Management Entities

17th Aug 2017 to 21st December 2017

$1,083,182

94,031,725

Esselmont Pty Limited as trustee for The Esselmont Trust

17th Aug 2017 to 21st December 2017

$294,375

26,580,357

6. Associates

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

Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable)

Nature of association

7. Addresses

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

Name

Address

Cadence Asset Management Pty Limited

Level 11, 131 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Cadence Asset Management Pty Limited as trustee for Cadence Capital Fund

Level 11, 131 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Cadence Capital Limited

Level 11, 131 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Esselmont Pty Limited as trustee for The Esselmont Trust

PO Box H163, Australia Square, NSW, 1215

Signature

print name

Wayne Davies

sign here

capacity

Company Secretary

date

9/1/2018

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