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## Directors’ Report Schedule 2 for the financial year ended 31 March 2014 

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## Auditor’s Independence Declaration 

As lead auditor for the audit of Macquarie Group Limited for the year ended 31 March 2014, I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, there have been: 

a) no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in relation to the audit; and 

b) no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit. 

This declaration is in respect of Macquarie Group Limited and the entities it controlled during the period. 

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Sydney 2 May 2014 

Liability is limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. 

