1

August 2001

JUNE 2001

FULL YEAR RESULTS

2

KEY PROFIT & LOSS INDICATORS

0 Total Revenue up 85 % to A$754.3m

0 EBITDA up 65% to A$151.6m*

0 Operating Profit before Tax up 45% to $90.9m*

0 NPAT up 44% to A$54.9m*

0 Etrade pre-tax writedown A$21.3m

* before non-recurring items

3

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT0 Gearing on a debt to capital basis - 33%

0 Current ratio - 1.30 times

0 Debtors days have fallen from 87 to 75 days

(includes WIP), generating +A$15m cash

4

$0.000$0.020$0.040$0.060$0.080$0.100$0.120

1999 2000 2001

EPS

KEY INDICATORS

* before non recurring items

*

5

KEY INDICATORS

$0

$50,000

$100,000

$150,000

1999 2000 2001

Sales Revenue per employee

6

KEY INDICATORS

0

20

40

60

80

100

1999 2000 2001

Working Capital Management

Receivable daysPayable days

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CONSOLIDATED RESULTSFULL YEAR COMPARISONS

147.0

302.8

408.4

754.3

338.9

415.4

31.2 56.291.7

151.6

71.9 79.7

Jun-98 Jun-99 Jun-00 Jun-01 HY Dec-00 HY Jun-01

Revenue

EBITDA

EBITDA numbers are before non recurring items

A$m

8

Revenue contribution by business sector *

85%

6% 5% 3% 1%

CIS CTS CDS Plan Analytics

Revenue

* External Revenues only

9

Revenue contribution by location *

30%

24%21%

18%

3% 1% 2% 1%

UK Aus Can US SA HK Ire NZ

Revenue

* External Revenues only

10

Holders per employee by location

29,764

21,020 19,38316,589

11,521 9,9777,753 6,441

NZ Ire Aus UK US SA HK Can

Holders per emp

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REGISTRY OPERATIONSTOTAL SHAREHOLDER ACCOUNTS

As at30 Jun 2001

As at31 Dec 2000

As at30 Jun 2000

Australia 11.8m 12.4m 10.9m

United Kingdom 27.9m 20.0m 17.9m

USA 5.2m 5.5m 4.0m

Canada 6.7m 6.3m 6.0m

Ireland 1.6m 1.6m 1.1m

South Africa 3.0m 3.1m 3.1m

New Zealand 2.2m 2.2m 2.4m

Hong Kong 1.1m 1.2m .5m

CTS Bureau 9.4m 9.6m 8.0m

TOTAL 68.9m 61.9m 53.9m

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– Successfully integrated the National Call centre

– Will consolidate BT Registries operations in the next few months

GLOBAL INVESTOR SERVICESAUSTRALIA

50.8

74.189.4

101.4

50.6 50.8

9.5 11.8 17.8 13.0 6.9 6.1

Jun-98 Jun-99 Jun-00 Jun--01 HY Dec-00 HY Jun-01

A$mRevenueEBITDA

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– Earnings enhanced by Eircom/Vodafone transaction

– Recently received approval from Irish Central Bank to provide nominee, trustee & share dealing services

GLOBAL INVESTOR SERVICESIRELAND

3.1

9.911.0

4.2

6.8

0.51.9 1.8

0.21.6

Jun-99 Jun-00 Jun-01 HY Dec-00 HY Jun-01

A$m

RevenueEBITDA

14

– Continues to deliver excellent margins

– Will benefit from BT Registries acquisition

GLOBAL INVESTOR SERVICESNEW ZEALAND

10.111.0 11.3 11.5

5.6 5.9

3.6 3.9 4.15.1

2.3 2.8

Jun-98 Jun-99 Jun-00 Jun-01 HY Dec-00 HY Jun-01

A$m

RevenueEBITDA

15

– STRATE has adversely affected existing business

– Recently won the Telkom privatisation tender

GLOBAL INVESTOR SERVICESSOUTH AFRICA

8.5

27.1 25.6

13.2 12.4

1.9

9.9

4.6 3.41.2

Jun-99 Jun-00 Jun-01 HY Dec-00 HY Jun-01

A$m

RevenueEBITDA

16

GLOBAL INVESTOR SERVICESUNITED KINGDOM– Earnings have slowed in the second half FY01 following

less corporate activity

59.8

163.9 157.1

208.6

103.9

6.4 17.6 27.754.2

31.0 23.2

104.7

Jun-98 Jun-99 Jun-00 Jun-01 HY Dec-00 HY Jun-01

A$m

RevenueEBITDA

17

– This business continues to deliver increasing margins on improving sales results

– Migration to SCRIP imminent

GLOBAL INVESTOR SERVICESHONG KONG

23.3

30.5

10.014.7

Jun-00 Jun-01

A$mRevenueEBITDA

*Consolidated from March 2001

*

18

– Sales and margins continued to grow throughout the second half of FY2001

GLOBAL INVESTOR SERVICESCANADA - Half Year Comparison

66.0

95.3

161.3

10.422.6 33.0

HY Dec-00 HY Jun-01 FY Jun-01

A$m

RevenueEBITDA

19

– Key focus has been on improving the cost structure to enhance operating margins

52.0

79.9

131.9

-3.4

3.5 0.1

HY Dec-00 HY Jun-01 FY Jun-01

A$m

RevenueEBITDA

GLOBAL INVESTOR SERVICESUNITED STATES - Half Year Comparison

20

20.0

40.3 44.0

84.3

11.8 14.1 15.4

29.5

HY Jun-00 HY Dec-00 HY Jun-01 FY Jun-01

A$m

RevenueEBITDA

– Responsible for global development initiatives and group technology costs

COMPUTERSHARE TECHNOLOGY SERVICESCTS GROUP - Half Year Comparison

Internal revenue accounts for 49% in FY01

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COMPUTERSHARE DOCUMENT SERVICES

56.665.5

6.5 8.4

Jun-00 Jun-01

RevenueEBITDA

0 Established operations are gradually improving margins whilst expansion into Nth America is expected to reap benefits in FY03

Internal revenue accounts for 42% in FY01

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0 Acquired Employee Stock Purchase Plan business from Merrill Lynch in December

0 Acquired CityWatch to access equities coverage in the UK market in December

0 Moved to 100% interest in Computershare Document Services (CDS) in January

0 Moved to 100% interest in Central Registration Hong Kong in March

0 Acquired Financial Data Concepts (FDC) in the US to complete Analytics global coverage in April

MAJOR ACTIVITIES LAST 12 MONTHS

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0 Acquired RPC Planmanagers in Australia as part of the employee plan global strategy in April

0 Signed our largest ASTS transaction with ICAP plc (formerly Garban Intercapital) in June

MAJOR ACTIVITIES LAST 12 MONTHS