20 December 2013

Australian Securities Exchange Attention: ASX Market Announcements BY ELECTRONIC LODGEMENT

Dear Sir/Madam,

Brickworks Limited

ABN. 17 000 028 526
738 - 780 Wallgrove Road
Horsley Park NSW 2175
PO Box 6550
Wetherill Park NSW 1851

Tel +61 2 9830 7800

Fax +61 2 9620 1328

info@brickworks.com.au www.brickworks.com.au

Form 603 Notice of initial substantial holder - Quickstep Holdings Limited (ASX: QHL)

Please find attached is a substantial shareholder notice for Quickstep Holdings Limited. This notice is to confirm the technical relevant interest that Brickworks has in the company as a result of its shareholding in Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co Limited.

Yours faithfully, BRICKWORKS LIMITED

IAIN THOMPSON COMPANY SECRETARY


Form 603 Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B Notice of initial substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme Quickstep Holdings Limited

ACN/ARSN 096 268 156

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Name BRICKWORKS LIMITED and its subsidiaries
ACN/ARSN (if applicable) 000 028 526
The holder became a substantial holder on [See Note 1 below]

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

68,172,570

68,172,570

17.71%

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

Brickworks Limited

[See Note 1 below]

Ordinary Shares

68,172,570

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

Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Limited

Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Limited

Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Limited

Ordinary Shares

68,172,570

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 Note 1 below]

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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

Not applicable

7. Addresses

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

Name

Address

Brickworks Limited

738-780 Wallgrove Road

Horsley Park NSW 2175

Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Limited

Level 1, 160 Pitt Street Mall

Sydney NSW 2000

Signature

print name Iain Thompson Capacity Company Secretary

sign here date 20/12/2013

NOTE

(1) The relevant interest that Brickworks Limited holds in Quickstep Holdings Limited ("Company") arises by virtue of the operation of the provisions of section
608(3)(a) of the Corporations Act. That section provides that a person will be deemed to hold a relevant interest in any securities that a body corporate has a relevant interest in where the person's voting power in that body corporate is above 20%. Brickworks has voting power in Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Limited ("WHSP") of 42.715%. As such, Brickworks is deemed to have a relevant interest in securities held by WHSP in the Company. Brickworks has had voting power in WHSP above 20% since 1972. For further details of the relevant interest of WHSP in the Company see the Notices of Substantial Shareholder lodged by WHSP.
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