OLAM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED: NOTICE OF A DIRECTOR'S (INCLUDING A DIRECTOR WHO IS A SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER) INTEREST AND CHANGE IN INTEREST

Notice of Interest/Change in Interest
* Asterisks denote mandatory information
Name of Announcer *	OLAM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Company Registration No.	199504676H
Announcement submitted on behalf of	OLAM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Announcement is submitted with respect to *	OLAM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Announcement is submitted by *	Neelamani Muthukumar
Designation *	Senior Vice President, Head - Corporate Affairs
Date & Time of Broacast	02-Mar-2012 17:18:48
Announcement No.	00072
Price Sensitivity	No

>> Announcement Details

The details of the announcement start here ...

>> Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer *	02/03/2012
2. Name of Director *	Robert Tomlin
3. Please tick one or more appropriate box(es): *
- Notice of a Director's (including a director who is a substantial shareholder) Interest and Change in Interest. [Please complete Part II and IV]

>> Part II
1. Date of change of Interest	01/03/2012
2. Name of Registered Holder	Robert Michael Tomlin / Monica Villegas Tomlin
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	# Others
# Please specify details	Purchase of the S$275,000,000 7% Perpetual Capital Securities issued by Olam International Limited.
4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder
No. of Shares held before the change	0
As a percentage of issued share capital	0 %
No. of Shares which are subject of this notice	365,000
As a percentage of issued share capital	0.13 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received	250,000
No. of Shares held after the change	365,000
As a percentage of issued share capital

>> Part III
1. Date of change of [Select Option]
2. The change in the percentage level	From % to %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	[Select Option]
# Please specify details
4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions

>> Part IV
1. Holdings of Director, including direct and deemed interest:
	Direct	Deemed
No. of shares held before the change	0	0
As a percentage of issued share capital	0 %	0 %
No. of shares held after the change	365,000	0
As a percentage of issued share capital	0.13 %	0 %

Footnotes

(1) This notification concerns the purchase of the S$275,000,000 7% Perpetual Capital Securities ("Capital Securities"). Where reference is made to shares, it shall refer to Capital Securities issued. (2) Where reference is made to the no. of shares, the number stated should be regarded as S$ currency. (3) The percentage of issued share capital shown above is calculated based on the issue size of the Capital Securities. (4) The Capital Securities is issued in denominations of S$250,000 and in higher integral multiples of S$1,000 in excess thereof.