We enclose Corporations Act 2001 Form 604, Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder, lodged today with the Australian Securities Exchange.
Yours faithfully
I.D. Bloodworth Company Secretary
Holder of relevant interest
Registered holder of securities
Person entitled to be registered as holder (8)
Nature of relevant interest (6)
Class and number of securities
Person's votes
WHSP
WHSP
WHSP
Direct Holding
68,172,570
Ordinary Shares
68,172,570
Date of change
Person whose relevant interest changed
Nature of change (6)
Consideration given in relation to change (7)
Class and number of securities affected
Person's votes affected
Various
Additional Shares Issued
Dilution of Interest
N/A
Ordinary Shares
N/A
02-11-2015
Additional Shares Issued
Dilution of Interest
N/A
Ordinary Shares
N/A
Class of securities (4)
Previous notice
Present notice
Person's votes
Voting power (5)
Person's votes
Voting power (5)
Ordinary Shares
68,172,570
17.71%
68,172,570
15.81%
Form 604
Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B
Notice of change of interests of substantial holder
To Company Name/Scheme ACN/ARSN
1. Details of substantial holder(1)
Name
ACN/ARSN (if applicable)
Quickstep Holdings Limited
ACN 096 268 156
Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company Limited (WHSP)
ACN 000 002 728
There was a change in the interests of the
substantial holder on 02 / 11 / 15
The previous notice was given to the company
on 24 / 09 / 13
The previous notice was dated 24 / 09 / 13
Previous and present voting power
Changes in relevant interests
Present relevant interests
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 when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows:
Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of the company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice to the company are as follows:
Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows:
Name
Address
WHSP
1st Floor, 160 Pitt Street Mall, Sydney NSW 2000
Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable)
Nature of association
Changes in association
Addresses
The persons who have become associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:
The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:
Signature
print name Ian David Bloodworth capacity Company Secretary
sign here
date 30 / 11 / 2015
DIRECTIONS
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 included 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 6 of the form.
See the definition of 'associate' in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.
See the definition of 'relevant interest' in sections 608 and 671B(7) of the Corporations Act 2001.
The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes.
The person's votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100.
Include details of:
any relevant agreement or other circumstances because of which the change in relevant interest occurred. If subsection 671B(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
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 clearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies).
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 included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Details must be included of any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial 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.
If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identify of the person (eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) write 'unknown'.
Give details, if appropriate, of the present association and any change in that association since the last substantial holding notice.
See the definition of 'relevant agreement' in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.
Quickstep Holdings Limited is an Australia-based company, which is a global manufacturer of composite solutions for the defense and commercial aerospace and advanced industry sectors. The Company operates through three segments: Aerostructures, Aftermarket, and Applied Composites. The Aerostructures segment is involved in manufacturing of aerospace composites products. The Aftermarket segment is responsible for maintenance, repair, and overhaul services. The Applied Composites segment provides advanced composite-based engineering and manufacturing services. The Company is also involved in the activities, such as production of parts for Northrop Grumman for the Joint Strike Fighter Project; production of C-130J wing flaps for Lockheed Martin; production of parts for the Joint Strike Fighter vertical tails for BAE Systems and Marand Precision Engineering; manufacturing and development of parts using Qure Technology, and maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft.