notice-of-a-substantial-shareholders-interest

SGX Filings 21^st Oct, 2009

Part I

Date of notice to issuer

12/10/2009

Name of Substantial Shareholder

WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLP

Notice Type

Notice of a New Substantial Shareholder’s interest.

Part II

Date of change of Interest

09/10/2009

Name of Registered Holder

see footnotes below

Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest

Open Market Purchase

A series of transactions

Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder

No. of Shares held before the change	99,441,890
As a percentage of issued share capital	4.99 %
No. of Shares which are subject of this notice	2,067,000
As a percentage of issued share capital	0.10 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received	0
No. of Shares held after the change	101,508,890
As a percentage of issued share capital	5.09 %

Part III – Not Required

Part IV

Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest :

	Direct	Deemed
No. of shares held before the change	0	99,441,890
As a percentage of issued share capital	0 %	4.99 %
No. of shares held after the change	0	101,508,890
As a percentage of issued share capital	0 %	5.09 %
Footnotes	Wellington Management Company, LLP (“Wellington Management”) is registered as an investment adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and acts as a discretionary investment manager on behalf of various separate accounts (the “Accounts”) that hold shares of Olam International Limited (the “Company”). The Accounts do not act as a group nor do they act in concert with respect to the interest in shares. Wellington Management acquired the interests in shares for the Accounts in its capacity as discretionary investment manager to, and solely for the benefit of, the Accounts, and the interests were acquired solely for investment purposes. The shares are registered in the name of the Accounts or the Accounts’ custodians or nominees according to their respective holdings. Further information concerning the details of the Registered Holder will be furnished separately