General Announcement::Settlement of Leighton shares under HOCHTIEF Offer

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Announcement Title: General Announcement
Date &Time of Broadcast: 08-May-2014 14:51:33
Status: New
Announcement Sub Title: Settlement of Leighton shares under HOCHTIEF Offer
Announcement Reference: SG140508OTHRDNEF
Submitted By (Co./ Ind. Name): Vanessa Rees
Designation: Group Company Secretary
Description (Please provide a detailed description of the event in the box below): Leighton Holdings Limited (Leighton) notes that any shares in Leighton acquired on ASX from close of trading Tuesday 6 May 2014 on normal T+3 settlement terms will not settle before 7.00pm (AEST) on 9 May 2014, being the close of HOCHTIEF Australia Holdings Limited's (HOCHTIEF) proportional takeover offer (Offer).

In accordance with the terms of the Offer, and as set out in the Target's Statement dated 10 April 2014, we understand that a shareholder's Controlling Participant will not be able to initiate acceptance of the Offer through CHESS in respect of those shares before the close of the Offer and HOCHTIEF will not be able to process an acceptance form in relation to those shares.

A shareholder's Controlling Participant should be able to accept the Offer through CHESS in respect of shares acquired on settlement terms that settle before the close of the Offer.

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