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ASX Additional Information

Additional information required by the Australian Stock Exchange Ltd. and not shown elsewhere in this report is as follows:

Shareholders as at
31 August 2005

Issued Shares and Holders

There were 12,693 holders of ordinary shares in Coates Hire Limited as at 31 August 2005. The number of ordinary shares on issue was 211,591,621. The number of shareholders holding less than a marketable parcel of ordinary shares was 196.

Distribution of Shareholders

Size of Holding

Number of Shareholders

%

Number of Shares Held

%
 

1 – 1,000

2,251

17.73

1,389,665

0.66

1,001 – 5,000

6,645

52.35

18,362,130

8.68

5,001 – 10,000

2,193

17.28

16,093,711

7.61

10,001 – 100,000

1,496

11.79

32,841,467

15.52

100,001 – and over

108

0.85

142,904,648

67.53

12,693

100.00

211,591,621

100.00

Voting Rights

The voting rights attaching to the shares are that each registered holder of shares present in person (or by proxy, attorney or representative) at a meeting of shareholders has one vote on a vote taken by a show of hands, and one vote for every fully paid share held taken on a poll. The names of substantial shareholders who have notified the Company in accordance with Section 671B of the Corporations Act 2001 are:

Substantial Shareholders

Company

Number of Shares

AMP Limited

17,707,639

Elph Pty Ltd

13,445,531

Barclays Global Investors Australia

13,017,962


Unmarketable Parcels

 

Minimum parcel size

Holders

Units

Minimum $500.00 parcel at $4.72 per unit

106

196

7,377


Twenty Largest Shareholders as at 31 August 2005


Name

Number of Shares

%

J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited

23,146,133

10.94

WESTPAC Custodian Nominees Limited

16,540,207

7.82

Elph Pty Ltd

13,445,207

6.35

ANZ Nominees Limited (Cash Income A/C)

11,591,265

5.48

National Nominees Limited

10,222,111

4.83

AMP Life Limited

7,595,450

3.59

Cogent Nominees Pty Limited

4,210,292

1.99

Queensland Investment Corporation

3,814,599

1.80

Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited

3,693,537

1.75

Allied Equipment PTY LTD (Allied Equipment Unit A/C)

3,676,470

1.74

Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited (CFS Future Leaders Fund A/C)

3,606,145

1.70

Warbont Nominees Pty Limited (Unpaid Entrepot A/C)

3,414,916

1.61

Cogent Nominees Pty Limited (SMP Accounts)

3,071,712

1.45

Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited (CFSIL CFS WS Small Comp A/C)

2,290,601

1.08

Argo Investments Limited

1,716,962

0.81

CPU Share Plans Pty Ltd (PSP)

1,697,042

0.80

Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited (CFSIL CWLTHBOFF Super A/C)

1,046,511

0.49

Health Super Pty Ltd

1,022,276

0.48

PSS Board

1,021,087

0.48

UBS Nominees Pty Ltd (Prime Broking A/C)

950,999

0.45

Totals

117,773,891

55.66


Major ASX Releases


September 2004 through August 2005


ASX Releases 2004

22 September

Statutory Accounts for 30 June 2004

29 September

Annual Report 2004

29 September

Notice of Annual General Meeting

13 October

Dividend Reinvestment Plan – Appendix 3B

21 October

Acquisition of Everyday Hire in Cobar

21 October

Broker & Analyst Presentation

29 October

Chairman’s Address & MD Presentation – AGM

29 October

Long term Director Retires – Otto Cornelius

29 October

Results of AGM

  3 November

Coates joins Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Team

23 November

Coates widens debt funding – US Institutional Placement

  6 December

Questionnaire to Shareholders & Investment Market

22 December

Acquisition of Booths Hire


ASX Releases 2005

  7 January

Coates contributes to Indonesian tsunami disaster relief

21 February

Acquisition of Plant 4 Hire

28 February

Half Year Results to 31 December 2004 – Media Release

28 February

Broker & Analyst Presentation – Half Year Results

  2 March

Shareholder News – Half Year Results 2004/05

11 March

Acquisitions of Western Access & Hi-Tower

18 April

Broker and Analyst Presentation

18 April

Coates improves access to East Melbourne with Lilydale acquisition

28 April

Broker and Analyst Presentation (PDF File)

28 April

Coates steps up presence in mining sector with Allied acquisition

  6 July

Shareholder Letter – Completion of Allied and Key Events for Coates (PDF File)

22 August

Pro-rata Renounceable Rights Offer

22 August

Shareholder News – 2005 Results

22 August

Broker and Analyst Presentation

22 August

Media Release – 2005 Results

22 August

Preliminary Final Report – Appendix 4E and Statutory Account

23 August

Coates extends coastal NSW network with Billabong Hire acquisition


Glossary of terms

ASX

Australian Stock Exchange

DRP

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

EBIT

Earnings before Interest and Tax

EBITDA

Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, Amortisation and significant items

EPS

Earnings per share

NPAT

Net Profit after Tax

PP&E

Property, plant and equipment

ROTA

Return on total assets

Coates Concise Annual Report 2005