Admission to Official List

Babcock&Brown Public Ptnrships Ltd 09 November 2006 9 November 2006 Not for publication, release or distribution in whole or in part in Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States Babcock & Brown Public Partnerships Limited Admission to Official List and Commencement of Unconditional Dealings on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange The Board of Babcock & Brown Public Partnerships Limited (BBPP), the global public infrastructure fund, is pleased to announce that its ordinary shares have been admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. Unconditional dealings in BBPP's ordinary shares will commence at 8.00am today. The Company's shares will trade under the ticker symbol BBPP.L. The Company successfully completed an oversubscribed Placing and Offer for Subscription for 300 million ordinary shares. BBPP's investment adviser is Babcock & Brown Investment Management Limited (BBIML), which has extensive infrastructure origination and investment management skills. BBPP will target a growing yield (initially 5.25 per cent per annum on the Issue Price of 100 pence in its first full financial year) and offers investors the prospect of capital growth (targeting an IRR on the Issue Price of 8 to 9 per cent per annum over the longer term) UBS Investment Bank acted as sponsor and sole placing agent for the Issue. For further information, please contact: Babcock & Brown Anthony Kennaway +44 (0)20 7203 7232 UBS Limited Steven Wirth +44 (0)20 7567 8000 Financial Dynamics Giles Sanderson +44 (0)20 7831 3113 Jon Simmons This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or to acquire securities of the Company or an inducement to enter into investment activity. UBS acted as sponsor and sole placing agent for the Issue. UBS acted exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the Placing and the Offer. UBS will not be responsible to anyone other than the BBPP for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients nor for providing advice in relation to the acquisition or the Placing or the Offer or any other matter referred to in this announcement. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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