1AMENDMENT OF 1937 INDENTURE

1 AMENDMENT OF 1937 INDENTURE The 1937 Indenture is amended by: (a) inserting the following clauses after clause 17 of the 1937 Indenture: "18 Transfer of rights and obligations (a) The Company may, with the consent of the State, transfer its rights and obligations under this Indenture and under one or more mineral or other leases or other proprietary rights referred to in, or granted pursuant to, this Indenture (the "Leases") to a person or body corporate (the "Assignee") by the Company, the State and the Assignee executing a deed of assignment and assumption substantially in the form of the deed set out in Schedule C to this Indenture. If such a deed of assignment and assumption is executed by the Company, the State and the Assignee, the Company and the State will, in accordance with the provisions of the deed of assignment and assumption, be released from their obligations and liabilities to each other under this Indenture and the Leases. (b) The State will not withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed transfer of rights and obligations under this Indenture, or its execution of a deed of assignment and assumption, if the proposed Assignee is: (ii) a company which is within a group of companies to which the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla have been, or are to be, transferred as part of an integrated group of steel businesses which have processing plant and equipment which (including any processing plant and equipment at Whyalla) has design capacity which is capable of processing most of the raw steel output from the steel works. (c) In all other cases, the State will not unreasonably withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed transfer of rights and obligations under this Indenture, or its execution of a deed of assignment and assumption, provided that the State is satisfied: (ii) with such proposed Assignee's plans to secure the continued viability of the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla. (d) If, pursuant to paragraph 18(a), The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited transfers its obligations under this Indenture and any Leases to a company which is a subsidiary of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, then, if the company fails to perform such obligations whilst it is a subsidiary of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, and notwithstanding anything in paragraph 18(a) or in the relevant deed of assignment and assumption, The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited will be liable for such failure as if the transfer had not occurred.