144 Shareholding  Information The following information is provided regarding the Issued Capital of AGL as at 15 August 2012: 1. The Issued Capital consisted of 545,861,083 fully-paid ordinary shares. 2. There were 113,635 holders of these ordinary shares. 3. There were 2,466 holders of less than a marketable parcel of 33 shares. 4. The distribution of holders was: 5.  The location of holders was: TWENTY LARGEST HOLDERS AS AT 15 AUGUST 2012 FULLY-PAID  ORDINARY SHARES % OF TOTAL  ISSUED SHARES HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited 80,032,127 14.66 J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited 67,167,157 12.31 National Nominees Limited 62,789,100 11.50 Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 24,069,817 4.41 Cogent Nominees Pty Limited 15,363,646 2.82 Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited 5,083,157 0.93 Bond Street Custodians Limited  4,894,766 0.90 RBC Dexia Investor Services Australia Nominees Pty Limited 3,943,332 0.72 AMP Life Limited 3,176,225 0.58 Argo Investments Limited 3,159,316 0.58 BT Portfolio Services Limited (WA) 2,942,949 0.54 UBS Wealth Management Australia Nominees Pty Ltd 2,836,819 0.52 Questor Financial Services Limited 2,800,113 0.51 Custodial Services Limited 2,783,102 0.51 Perpetual Trustee Company Limited  2,769,469 0.51 Milton Corporation Limited 2,306,876 0.42 Avanteos Investments Limited 1,716,552 0.32 Navigator Australia Limited 1,577,159 0.29 CS Third Nominees Pty Ltd 1,334,488 0.24 Gwynvill Investments Pty Limited 1,263,150 0.23 292,009,320 53.50 LOCATION NO. OF HOLDERS % NO. OF SHARES % Australia 109,935 96.74 536,113,140 98.22 Hong Kong 50 0.04 132,246 0.02 New Zealand 2,670 2.35 8,607,154 1.58 United Kingdom 338 0.30 393,644 0.07 USA and Canada 475 0.42 399,088 0.07 Others 167 0.15 215,811 0.04 113,635 100 545,861,083 100 CLASS OF HOLDER NO. OF HOLDERS % NO. OF SHARES % Individuals 84,654 74.50 157,129,245 28.79 Companies and other 28,981 25.50 388,731,838 71.21 113,635 100 545,861,083 100 DISTRIBUTION NO. OF HOLDERS % 1–1,000  55,037 48.43 1,001–5,000  48,773 42.92 5,001–10,000  6,473 5.70 10,001–100,000  3,244 2.85 100,001 and over 108 0.10  113,635 100 6.  The class of holders was: 7.  The twenty largest holders held 53.50% of the Issued Capital: