Lead Manager

SECTION 9
DEFINITIONS AND GLOSSARY
Term
Eligible Institutional
Investor
Eligible Retail Investor
Employee Trusts
EPS
Executives
Definition
An investor to whom offers or invitations in respect of securities can be made
without the need for a lodged prospectus (or other formality, other than a
formality which the Company is willing to comply with), including in Australia
persons to whom offers or invitations in respect of securities can be made without
the need for a lodged prospectus under section 708 of the Corporations Act
An Australian resident retail client of a Broker
The Australian Employee Trust and the Non-Australian Employee Trust
established to provide Executives with equity in the Group
Earnings per Share
Employees of Babcock & Brown
Executive Committee The Committee described in Section 4.2
Executive Stakeholders
Expiry Date
Exposure Period
Financial Information
Forecast(s)
Employees of Babcock & Brown who are also equity or phantom equity holders
in Babcock & Brown (either directly or in conjunction with their associated
entities)
The date which is 13 months after the Prospectus Date
The waiting period specified in section 727(3) of the Corporations Act,
being a minimum period of seven days after the lodgement of this Prospectus
with ASIC during which an Application must not be accepted, subject to any
extension by ASIC
The restated, pro-forma and forecast information relating to Babcock & Brown
Group contained in Section 5
Directors’ financial forecasts for each of the years ending 31 December 2004 and
31 December 2005, either individually or combined where the context requires
Forecast Financial Financial information relating to the year(s) ending 31 December 2004
Information and/or 2005
Forecast Period
Foundation Investor(s)
Foundation Offer
Foundation Offer
Closing Date
GE
GECAS
GPG
Group
The period relating to the years ending 31 December 2004 and
31 December 2005
Parties selected by Babcock & Brown
The Offer outlined in Section 2.8 of this Prospectus
Tuesday 28 September, unless altered
General Electric Company, a publicly traded company listed on the New York
Stock Exchange
GE Capital Aviation Services or GECAS, a unit of the General Electric Company
Guinness Peat Group Plc, a publicly traded company listed on the London,
Australian and New Zealand Stock Exchanges
Babcock & Brown Limited ABN 53 108 614 955 and its consolidated entities
and operations
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