Australian Pipeline Trust (APA) seeks to rely on section 1012DA of the Corporations Act 2001 (Act) and gives notice under section 1012DA(5)(e) of the Act of the following details:
1. on Thursday 5th August 2004 APA issued 24,500,000 fully paid ordinary APA units (Units) to a range of institutional and professional investors;
2. APA issued the Units without a Product Disclosure Statement for the Units being prepared;
3. as a disclosing entity, APA is subject to regular reporting and disclosure obligations;
4. as at the date of this notice, APA has complied with:
4.1 the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Act as they apply to APA; and
4.2 section 674 of the Act as it applies to APA; and
5. as at the date of this notice there is no information which is “excluded information” within the meaning of section 1012DA(7) of the Act which it is reasonable for a person considering, as a retail client, whether to acquire the Units, to expect to find in a Product Disclosure Statement.

Signed by
Australian Pipeline Limited
as responsible entity for
Australian Pipeline Trust by
J K McDonald
Managing Director