Capital Change Notice

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Stock Exchange Listings NZX (MEL) ASX (MEZ)
Capital Change Notice

26 November 2021
Meridian Energy Limited provides the attached capital change notice pursuant to NZX Listing
Rule 3.13.1. This notice relates to the acquisition of 118,384 ordinary shares in connection
with the FY22 LTI share buyback announced on 17 November 2021.

ENDS
Jason Woolley
Company Secretary
Meridian Energy Limited

For investor relations queries, please contact:
Owen Hackston
Investor Relations Manager
021 246 4772
For media queries, please contact:
Polly Atkins
External Communications Manager
021 174 1715

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Capital Change Notice
Updated as at 8 May 2019



Section 1: Issuer information
Name of issuer Meridian Energy Limited
NZX ticker code MEL
Class of financial product Ordinary shares
ISIN (If unknown, check on NZX website) NZMELE0002S7
Currency n/a
Section 2: Capital change details
Number issued/acquired/redeemed 118,384
Nominal value (if any) N/A
Issue/acquisition/redemption price per security NZD 4.7487
Nature of the payment (for example, cash or other
consideration)
Cash
Amount paid up (if not in full) N/A
Percentage of total class of Financial Products
issued/acquired/redeemed/ (calculated on the number
of Financial Products of the Class, excluding any
Treasury Stock, in existence)
1

0.0046%
For an issue of Convertible Financial Products or
Options, the principal terms of Conversion (for
example the Conversion price and Conversion date
and the ranking of the Financial Product in relation to
other Classes of Financial Product) or the Option (for
example, the exercise price and exercise date)
N/A
Reason for issue/acquisition/redemption and specific
authority for issue/acquisition/redemption/ (the reason
for change must be identified here)
Under the Meridian Energy Limited
long term incentive scheme (Scheme),
approved by the Meridian Board on
August 2019, Meridian issues to
participants of the Scheme rights to
acquire ordinary shares in the
Company (Share Rights). Meridian will
meet its obligations under the Scheme
by acquiring its own shares on-market,
holding these shares as treasury stock
for the three-year performance period,
and transferring the shares to the
participants of the Scheme if the
Shares Rights vest and the
participants exercise their Share
Rights. The acquisition of Meridian
shares was approved by the Meridian
Board on 5 October 2021.
Total number of Financial Products of the Class after
the issue/acquisition/redemption/Conversion
Total Ordinary Shares (excluding

1
The percentage is to be calculated immediately before the issue, acquisition, redemption or Conversion.

(excluding Treasury Stock) and the total number of
Financial Products of the Class held as Treasury Stock
after the issue/acquisition/redemption.
treasury stock): 2,575,095,888
Treasury stock held after acquisition:
1,304,226
In the case of an acquisition of shares, whether those
shares are to be held as treasury stock
Yes
Specific authority for the issue, acquisition, or
redemption, including a reference to the rule pursuant
to which the issue, acquisition, or redemption is made
Meridian Energy Limited Board
resolution for the purposes of Listing
Rule 4.14.1, dated 5 October 2021.
Terms or details of the issue, acquisition, or
redemption (for example: restrictions, escrow
arrangements)
N/A
Date of issue/acquisition/redemption
2
25 November 2021
Section 3: Authority for this announcement and contact person
Name of person

authorised to make this
announcement
Jason Woolley
Contact person for this announcement Jason Woolley
Contact phone number +64 4 381 1206
Contact email address generalcounsel@meridianenergy.co.nz
Date of release through MAP 26 November 2021




2
Continuous issuers using this form in reliance on Rule 3.13.2, please indicate the period during which the relevant
issue/acquisition/redemptions were made (for example, 1 January 2019 to 31 January 2019).