Form 603

Corporations Act 2001

Section 671B

Notice of initial substantial shareholder

To Company Name/Scheme

VOCUS GROUP LIMITED

ACN

ACN 084 115 499

1. Details of substantial holder

Name

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GSGI") on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries ("Goldman Sachs Group") including its significant subsidiaries listed in Annexure A ("Significant Subsidiaries") and Goldman Sachs Holdings ANZ Pty Limited and its subsidiaries ("Goldman Sachs Australia Group")

ACN/ARSN (if applicable)Not applicableThe holder became a substantial holder on

17 March 2021

2. Details of voting power

The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

Class of securities

Number of securities

Persons' votes

Voting power

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

31,185,490

31,185,490

5.02%

3. Details of relevant interests

The nature of the relevant interest the substantial holder had in the following voting securities on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest

Nature of relevant interest

Class and number of securities

GSGI

GSGI has a relevant interest in fully paid ordinary shares by virtue of section 608(3) of the Corporations Act 2001.

31,185,490

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. ("GSAMLP")

GSAMLP has a relevant interest in fully paid ordinary shares in its capacity as investment manager for a range of client portfolios.

49,642

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

Goldman Sachs Financial Markets Pty Ltd ("GAUS")

GAUS beneficially owns fully paid ordinary shares.

25,815,241

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

Goldman Sachs International ("GSI")

GSI beneficially owns fully paid ordinary shares.

3,178,530

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

Goldman Sachs Australia Pty Ltd ("GSA")

GSA beneficially owns fully paid ordinary shares.

2,142,077

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

4. Details of present registered holders

The persons registered as holders of the securities referred to in paragraph 3 above are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest

Registered holder of securities

Person entitled to be registered as holder

Class and number of securities

GSAMLP

Bank of New York Mellon

Various Clients

49,642

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

GAUS

HSBC Custody Nominees Australia Limited

GAUS

25,815,241

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

GSI

HSBC Custody Nominees Australia Limited

GSI

3,178,530

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

GSA

HSBC Custody Nominees Australia Limited

GSA

2,142,077

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

5. Consideration

The consideration paid for each relevant interest referred to in paragraph 3 above, and acquired in the four months prior to the day that the substantial holder became a substantial holder is as follows:

Holder of Relevant Interest

Date of Acquisition

Consideration

Class and number of securities

Please refer to Annexure B.

6. Associates

The reasons the persons named in paragraph 3 above are associates of the substantial holder are as follows:

Name and ACN (if applicable)

Nature of association

N/A

N/A

7. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:

Name

Address

GSGI

Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington DE 19801, USA

Goldman Sachs Australia Group

All care of Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000, Australia

GSAMLP

Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington DE 19801, USA

GAUS

Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia

GSI

Plumtree Court, 25 Shoe Lane, London EC4A 4AU, United Kingdom

GSA

Level 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia

HSBC Custody Nominees Australia Limited

GPO Box 5302, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia

Bank of New York Mellon

One Wall Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10286

Signature

Print nameRegina Chan

(signing under power of attorney in accordance with section 52 of the Corporations Act)

CapacityAuthorised PersonSign here

Date

19 March 2021

Annexure A

(This is Annexure A of two (2) pages referred to in Form 603, Notice of initial substantial shareholder)

Significant Subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

The following are significant subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. as of December 31, 2020 and the states or jurisdictions in which they are organized. Each subsidiary is indented beneath its principal parent. The Goldman Sachs Group,

Inc. owns, directly or indirectly, at least 99% of the voting securities of substantially all of the subsidiaries included below. The names of particular subsidiaries have been omitted because, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, they would not constitute, as of the end of the year covered by this report, a "significant subsidiary" as that term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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