20 December 2013
Company Announcements Office
ASX Limited
20 Bridge St
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Dear Sirs
NEPTUNE MARINE SERVICES LTD (ASX: NMS) APPENDIX 3B - APPLICATION FOR QUOTATION
Neptune Marine Services Ltd
ABN 76 105 665 843
Level 16, 140 St Georges Terrace
Perth, Western Australia, 6000
PO Box 7729, Cloisters Square, 6850
P +61 8 9424 1111
F +61 8 9424 1110
E info@neptunems.com
We enclose an Appendix 3B to apply for quotation of 5,613,942 fully paid ordinary shares that are currently unquoted under ASX Code NMSAJ (Shares).
The Shares were issued in 2007 and were originally under escrow. The Company should have but (due to an administrative error) did not lodge an application for quotation of these securities when the restriction period ended.
The Company confirms that its total issued share capital remains at 1,849,505,508 fully paid ordinary shares.
Yours faithfully
John Louden
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Appendix 3BRule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5
New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreementInformation or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.
Introduced 01/07/96 Origin: Appendix 5 Amended 01/07/98, 01/09/99, 01/07/00, 30/09/01, 11/03/02, 01/01/03, 24/10/05, 01/08/12,
04/03/13
Name of entity
Neptune Marine Services LtdABN
76 105 665 843We (the entity) give ASX the following information.
Part 1 - All issuesYou must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).
Questions 1 to 10 Not applicable - no new issue.
Request for quotation of existing shares
following end of escrow period.
Refer Part 3 below.
Part 2 - Pro rata issueQuestions 11 to 33 Not applicable.
Part 3 - Quotation of securitiesYou need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities
34 Type of +securities
(tick one)
(a) +Securities described in Part 1
(b) All other +securities
Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid,
employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities
Entities that have ticked box 34(a) Additional securities forming a new class of securitiesTick to indicate you are providing the information or documents
35 If the +securities are +equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional +securities, and the number and percentage of additional +securities
held by those holders
36 If the +securities are +equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional
+securities setting out the number of holders in the categories
1 - 1,000
1,001 - 5,000
5,001 - 10,000
10,001 - 100,000
100,001 and over
37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional +securities
Entities that have ticked box 34(b)38 Number of +securities for which
+quotation is sought
5,613,942
39 +Class of +securities for which quotation is sought
Fully paid ordinary shares
(already issued but unquoted, code NMSAJ)
40 Do the +securities rank equally in all respects from the +issue date with an existing +class of quoted
+securities?
If the additional +securities do not rank equally, please state: