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Page 1 ACN 120 394 194 BT Tower, Level 22, 1 Market Street Sydney NSW 2000 Phone: (02) 8263 6601 www.ilh.com.au ASX code - IAW 28 November 2012 ILH LEGAL FIRMS TO COMBINE UNDER NATIONAL BRAND “ROCKWELL OLIVIER” Integrated Legal Holdings Limited (“ILH” or “the Company”) has announced that the Company’s legal services businesses of Argyle Lawyers (Sydney), Rockwell Bates (Melbourne) and Talbot Olivier (Perth) will combine under the national trading name Rockwell Olivier. The transition to Rockwell Olivier is expected to be completed in March 2013. In August 2012, the Company had announced as the next stage of its strategic development an anticipated move towards more consistent branding across member firms, designed to accelerate collaboration across the Group and achieve synergies generally. ILH Managing Director Graeme Fowler said: “We have a unique strategic opportunity through Rockwell Olivier to bring our member firms together under one brand and strategy to provide our clients with an enriched service offering, provide our employees with enhanced prospects, and provide the Company’s shareholders with the potential for increased revenue growth and cost efficiency.” “Rockwell Olivier is more than a name change; it’s a desire to combine into a national law firm that is an improved version of the individual firms”. Background The ILH strategy is to acquire legal services businesses and support these businesses to grow, improve performance and achieve revenue synergies through collaboration. ILH has two divisions – Legal Services and Law Central (an internet based legal document and information service). As an aggregation, the Legal Services division has until now operated with multiple brands, marketing strategies, websites, and with essentially individual firm business strategies. Whilst this has served well to date, the ILH strategy anticipated achieving a more effective business model once the timing was right. In this regard, Rockwell Olivier is a significant strategic development. The Company anticipates significant synergies being available under this strategy, including revenue growth opportunities resulting from a national approach and a consistent client and marketing strategy, as well as cost synergies from the streamlining of brands, websites, and marketing.

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ACN 120 394 194

BT Tower, Level 22, 1 Market Street Sydney NSW 2000 Phone: (02) 8263 6601 www.ilh.com.au ASX code - IAW

28 November 2012

ILH LEGAL FIRMS TO COMBINE UNDER NATIONAL BRAND “ROCKWELL OLIVIER”

Integrated Legal Holdings Limited (“ILH” or “the Company”) has announced that the Company’s legal services businesses of Argyle Lawyers (Sydney), Rockwell Bates (Melbourne) and Talbot Olivier (Perth) will combine under the national trading name Rockwell Olivier. The transition to Rockwell Olivier is expected to be completed in March 2013. In August 2012, the Company had announced as the next stage of its strategic development an anticipated move towards more consistent branding across member firms, designed to accelerate collaboration across the Group and achieve synergies generally. ILH Managing Director Graeme Fowler said: “We have a unique strategic opportunity through Rockwell Olivier to bring our member firms together under one brand and strategy to provide our clients with an enriched service offering, provide our employees with enhanced prospects, and provide the Company’s shareholders with the potential for increased revenue growth and cost efficiency.” “Rockwell Olivier is more than a name change; it’s a desire to combine into a national law firm that is an improved version of the individual firms”. Background The ILH strategy is to acquire legal services businesses and support these businesses to grow, improve performance and achieve revenue synergies through collaboration. ILH has two divisions – Legal Services and Law Central (an internet based legal document and information service). As an aggregation, the Legal Services division has until now operated with multiple brands, marketing strategies, websites, and with essentially individual firm business strategies. Whilst this has served well to date, the ILH strategy anticipated achieving a more effective business model once the timing was right. In this regard, Rockwell Olivier is a significant strategic development. The Company anticipates significant synergies being available under this strategy, including revenue growth opportunities resulting from a national approach and a consistent client and marketing strategy, as well as cost synergies from the streamlining of brands, websites, and marketing.

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Comment Mr Fowler said: “We are building an exciting and vibrant legal business with strong growth potential through our positioning in growth markets and segments in Australia and the Asia/Pacific region. ILH has strong future growth prospects and the development of Rockwell Olivier is another important step in the implementation of the Company’s strategic plan”. Sydney 28 November 2012 Graeme Fowler Managing Director – ILH Mobile: 0419 746 618