This notice is given by Origin Energy Limited (ABN 30 000 051 696) (Origin) (ASX Code: ORG).

Origin announces today that it has issued:

• 9,509,308 fully paid ordinary shares at a price of A$12.74 per share to participants in the DRP for the 2011 final dividend; and
• 11,079,346 fully paid ordinary shares at a price of A$13.0697 per share to Merrill Lynch International (Australia) Limited as underwriter of the DRP for the 2011 final dividend (Underwritten Shares).

Origin states that:

1. the Underwritten Shares were issued without disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Corporation Act 2001 (Cth) (Act);
2. this notice is being given in accordance with section 708A(5)(e) of the Act;
3. as at the date of this notice, Origin has complied with:
   a.  the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Act as they apply to
        Origin; and
   b.  section 674 of the Act; and
4. as at the date of this notice, there is no information that is 'excluded information' within the meaning of subsections 708A(7) and 708A(8) of the Act.

An Appendix 3B in relation to the issue of the shares was lodged today.

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