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Cooks Coffee Company Limited

Rights Issue Offer Document




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Apply online at https://cookscoffeecompany.capitalraise.co.nz by 5:00pm (New Zealand time) on 28 October 2022




Dated 14 October 2022



IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Apply online at https://cookscoffeecompany.capitalraise.co.nz

by 5:00pm (New Zealand time) on 28 October 2022.

General information

This document has been prepared by Cooks Coffee Company

Limited (Cooks) in connection with a 1 for 6.367 renounceable

rights offer of new ordinary shares to Eligible Shareholders. The

Offer is made under the exclusion in clause 19 of Schedule 1 of the

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (the FMCA).

This document is not a product disclosure statement for the

purposes of the FMCA and does not contain all of the information

that an investor would find in a product disclosure statement, or

which may be required in order to make an informed investment

decision about the Offer or Cooks.

Additional information available

Cooks is subject to continuous disclosure obligations under the

NZX Main Board Listing Rules. Further information relating to the

Rights Offer can also be found in Cooks’ recent market

announcements, and most recent financial statements, which can

be accessed online at www.nzx.com under the ticker code CCC.

Cooks may, during the period of the Offer, make additional

releases to the NZX. To the maximum extent permitted by law, no

release by Cooks to the NZX will permit an applicant to withdraw

any previously submitted application without Cooks’ prior consent.

We encourage you to read this document and to seek investment

advice from a suitably qualified professional adviser before you

consider investing.

Offering restrictions

No action has been taken to permit a public offering of the New

Shares in any jurisdiction outside New Zealand, Australia, the

United Kingdom, or Ireland. The Offer may also be made and

accepted in such other places where a shareholder satisfies Cooks

that the Offer can lawfully be made and accepted. However,

shareholders in the United States are not eligible to participate in

the Rights Offer. Similarly, shareholders (including trustees,

Custodians and nominees) who hold Shares on behalf of persons

in the United States, or are acting for the account or benefit of

persons in the United States, are not eligible to participate in the

Rights Offer on behalf of those persons.

The distribution of this document (including an electronic copy) in

a jurisdiction outside the Offer Jurisdictions may be restricted by

law and persons who come into possession of it (including

nominees, trustees or custodians) should seek advice on and

observe any such restrictions.

No person may subscribe for, purchase, offer, sell, distribute or

deliver New Shares, or be in possession of, or distribute to any

other person, any offering material or any documents in

connection with the New Shares, in any jurisdiction unless in

compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Without

limiting the foregoing, this document may not be sent to or

distributed in the United States.

This document does not constitute an offer to sell, or the

solicitation of an offer to buy, any Shares in the United States. The

Shares to be offered and sold under this Offer have not been, and

will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as

amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any

state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be

offered or sold in the United States or to any person acting for the

account or benefit of a person in the United States except in

accordance with an available exemption from, or in a transaction

not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities

Act and any other applicable securities laws.

No Guarantee

There is no guarantee that the Offer will proceed nor any

guarantees about the future performance of Cooks or any return

on any investment made under this document.

Decision to participate in the Offer

The information in this document does not constitute financial

product advice or a recommendation to acquire New Shares. This

document has been prepared without taking into account the

investment objectives, financial, or taxation situation or particular

needs of any applicant or investor.

Forward Looking Statements

This document contains certain statements that relate to the

future. Such forward looking statements are not a guarantee of

future performance and involve known and unknown risks,

uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, many of which are

beyond the control of Cooks and which may cause the actual

results, performance or achievements of Cooks to differ materially

from those expressed or implied by such statements.

Under no circumstances should you regard the inclusion of forward

looking statements in this document as a guarantee of future

performance.

The statements, although made in good faith, involve known and

unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, many of which are

beyond Cooks’ control.

Privacy

Any personal information provided by Eligible Shareholders online

will be held by Cooks and/or Link at the addresses set out in the

Directory. This information will be used for the purposes of

administering your investment in Cooks and will be disclosed to

third parties only with your consent or if required by law. Under

the Privacy Act 2020 (New Zealand), you have the right to access

and correct any personal information held about you.

Dividend Policy

The directors have adopted a policy that there will be no dividend

payments or other distributions made for the foreseeable future.

Instead, any surplus funds will be used to fund immediate and

future growth opportunities.

Enquiries

Enquiries about the Offer can be directed to an NZX Firm or your

financial or legal adviser. If you have any questions about your

entitlement, or how to apply online, please contact Link.

Times

All references to time in this document are to New Zealand time.

Defined terms

Capitalised terms used in this document have the specific meaning

given to them in the Glossary at the back of this document or in

the relevant section of this document.



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14 October 2022

Dear shareholders

Cooks Coffee Company rights issue

On behalf of the directors of Cooks Coffee Company Limited (“Cooks”), we are pleased to offer eligible

shareholders the opportunity to participate in our renounceable rights issue at an issue price of NZ$0.36 per

share (or £0.18 per share). The Rights will not be quoted and cannot be traded on the NZX Main Board.

As announced on 15 August 2022, Cooks intends to dual list on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market in

London (“AQSE Growth Market”). Being such a predominantly UK and Ireland focused group, it makes sense for

us to dual list the Company in London and the Aquis Growth Market is ideally suited to our needs. We see

considerable opportunities for growth in the UK, and when investors taste our coffee and experience what we

offer, we are sure they will agree.

Cooks is undertaking this capital raise with the objective of using the proceeds to:

 accelerate the opening of new stores, expand its offering, and bring greater value to customers and

shareholders;

 use the capital from the fundraising to progress its plans for an expanded digital

marketing capability and for general working capital purposes, with the aim of expanding our client

base and improving our overall product offering; and

 seek to acquire dynamic brands with a unique offering and will focus on targeting well-run firms with

strong sustainability credentials who can provide synergies with Cooks’ existing Esquires and Triple

Two brands.

The AGM presentation released by Cooks on 27 September 2022 sets out Cooks’ growth plans in further detail,

and is available at www.nzx.com under the ticker code “CCC”.

Eligible shareholders are entitled to take up 1 New Share for every 6.367 Existing Shares held, and to apply for

additional shares at that price. Eligible shareholders have until 5:00pm (New Zealand time) on 28 October

2022 to apply at the following link: https://cookscoffeecompany.capitalraise.co.nz

In parallel to the rights issue, the directors plan to make a private placement to new investors in the United

Kingdom and New Zealand at the same price as the shares offered in the rights issue. While Cooks is seeking to

raise NZ$3 million (£1.5m) through the rights issue and associated placement, Cooks reserves the right to

accept oversubscriptions in the placement or rights issue.

Before making your investment decision, I encourage you to read this document and information released by

Cooks to NZX available at www.nzx.com under the ticker code “CCC”, such as the full year result released in

May 2022, the annual report released in June 2022, and the AGM presentation released in September 2022. If

you are in doubt as to what you should do, you should consult your financial or professional adviser or a NZX

Broker.

Best Regards

Keith Jackson

Executive Chairman

Cooks Coffee Company Limited



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KEY TERMS OF THE OFFER

The Offer A pro-rata renounceable rights issue of 1 New Share for

every 6.367 Existing Shares held on the Record Date

Eligible Shareholder Shareholders with registered addresses in the Offer

Jurisdictions on the Record Date

Issue price NZD0.36 (or £0.18) per New Share

Offer Size The Company is targeting to raise up to $3 million (£1.5

million) through the Offer or through placement of the

shortfall in acceptances of the Offer. In the event the

Company receives subscriptions for more than $3 million

(£1.5 million), it reserves the right to issue additional Shares.

Oversubscriptions If you accept your entitlement in full, you may apply for any

number of Additional New Shares pursuant to the

Oversubscription Facility

Shares currently on issue 53,059,493 Shares currently on issue, with 51,726,160

Shares quoted on the NZX Main Board

Maximum number of New Shares being offered 8,333,333 New Shares

When to apply Applications must be received by 5.00pm (New Zealand

time) on the Closing Date (28 October 2022, unless

extended).

How to apply Application may be made online at

https://cookscoffeecompany.capitalraise.co.nz


To complete an online application, you will be required to

enter your CSN/Holder number and an entitlement number.

Payment for applications made online must be made by

direct debit or for holders outside New Zealand by direct

credit. Alternatively Eligible Shareholders due any debt

from the Company may offer to set-off some or all of their

subscription obligation against some or all of the debt due

to them by notice in writing to the Company.

While participation in the Offer is optional, if Eligible Shareholders choose not to take up the Offer their

shareholdings will be diluted.

IMPORTANT DATES

Announcement of the Offer 7 October 2022

Record Date for determining eligibility 5.00pm on 17 October 2022

Opening Date and mailing/emailing of Offer documentation 18 October 2022

Closing Date (last day for online applications with payment),

unless extended

5.00pm on 28 October 2022

Allotment and issue of New Shares 2 November 2022

Quotation of New Shares 2 November 2022

Statements despatched 2 November 2022

These dates are subject to change and are indicative only. All references to dates and time are to New Zealand time.

Cooks reserves the right to amend this timetable (including by extending the Closing Date) subject to applicable laws

and rules of the NZX Main Board. Cooks reserves the right to withdraw the Offer and issue New Shares at any time

before the Issue Date in its absolute discretion.



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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1 The Offer

The Offer is an offer of New Shares in Cooks to Eligible

Shareholders under a pro-rata renounceable rights

issue. Under the Offer, Eligible Shareholders are

entitled to subscribe for 1 New Share for every 6.367

Existing Shares held on the Record Date (with any

fractional entitlements rounded up) and may apply for

Additional New Shares pursuant to the

Oversubscription Facility.

The New Shares are of the same class as (and rank

equally with) Cooks’ Existing Shares which are quoted

on the NZX Main Board. Cooks will take any necessary

steps to ensure that the New Shares are, immediately

after the issue, quoted. The maximum number of New

Shares being offered under the Offer is 8,333,333.

The Rights will not be quoted and cannot be traded on

the NZX Main Board.

2 Issue Price

The Issue Price is NZ$0.36 (or £0.18) per New Share.

The Issue Price must be paid in full in New Zealand

dollars or pounds sterling on application online at

https://cookscoffeecompany.capitalraise.co.nz by

5:00pm on 28 October 2022.

Cooks may accept late applications and application

monies, but has no obligation to do so. Cooks may

accept or reject (at its discretion) any online application

which it considers is not completed correctly, and may

correct any errors or omissions on any online

application.

If an Eligible Shareholder fails to accept any New Shares

and pay the associated application monies by the

Closing Date (5.00pm on 28 October 2022, unless

extended), their Rights will lapse.

As required by the Listing Rules, if Cooks receives,

before the Closing Date, a renunciation and an

acceptance in respect of the same Right(s), the

renunciation shall be given priority to the acceptance.

Application monies received will be held in a trust

account with the registry Link Market Services Limited

until the corresponding New Shares are allotted or the

application monies are refunded. Interest earned on

the application monies will be for the benefit, and

remain the property, of Cooks and will be retained by

Cooks whether or not the issue of New Shares takes

place. Any refunds of application monies will be made

within 5 Business Days of the issue of New Shares (or

such earlier date that the decision not to proceed with

the Offer is made).

3 Eligibility

The Offer is only open to Eligible Shareholders, being

those persons with registered addresses in the Offer

Jurisdictions (or as Cooks may otherwise determine in

compliance with applicable laws), who are registered as

Shareholders at the Record Date.

4 Oversubscription Facility

Eligible Shareholders who accept their full Entitlement

may also apply for Additional New Shares (in excess of

their Entitlement) at the Issue Price pursuant to the

Oversubscription Facility. Applicants may apply for any

number of Additional New Shares, but there is no

guarantee that applicants will be allocated any or all of

the Additional New Shares for which they apply.

No applicant for Additional New Shares will be allocated

any greater number of Additional New Shares than the

number for which they have applied and paid.

Cooks may scale the Oversubscription Facility

applications in such manner as the directors consider

equitable and in the interests of Cooks. The directors’

decision on scaling will be final.

5 Opening and Closing Dates

The Offer will open for receipt of acceptances on 18

October 2022 (the “Opening Date”). The last day for

receipt of applications made online with payment is

5.00pm on 28 October 2022, unless extended (the

“Closing Date”), subject to Cooks varying those dates in

accordance with the NZX Main Board Listing Rules.

6 Issue of New Shares

New Shares are expected to be allotted and issued on 2

November 2022 (the “Issue Date”).

In the event that the Offer is extended, Cooks reserves

the right to issue New Shares on or about 2 November

2022, and weekly thereafter as any further applications

are received, until the date up to 5 business days after

any extended closing date.

Statements for New Shares will be issued and mailed in

accordance with the Listing Rules.

7 Terms and Ranking of New Shares

New Shares allotted and issued will be fully paid and will

be the same class as (and rank equally in all respects

with) other Shares on issue that are quoted on the NZX

Main Board on the Issue Date.

The New Shares will give the holder the right to one

vote on a resolution at a meeting of shareholders

(subject to any restrictions in Cooks’ constitution or the

Listing Rules), the rights to dividends authorised by the

Board and the right to a proportionate share in any

distribution of surplus assets of Cooks on any

liquidation.

8 Partial acceptance

If you are an Eligible Shareholder, you are not required

to subscribe for all of the New Shares to which you

would be entitled under the Offer. You may subscribe

for a proportion of your New Shares or allow your

Entitlement to lapse.



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9 Minimum amount raised

There is no minimum amount that must be raised for

the Offer to proceed.

10 Stock exchange Quotations

The New Shares have been accepted for quotation by

NZX and will be quoted upon completion of allotment

procedures. The NZX Main Board is a licensed market

operated by NZX, which is a licensed market operator

regulated under the FMCA.

NZX accepts no responsibility for any statement in this

Offer document.

As announced on 15 August 2022, Cooks intends to dual

list on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market (“AQSE

Growth Market”) under the ticker code “COOK”.

Assuming that Cooks’ application to list its Shares on

the AQSE Growth Market is approved and becomes

effective, New Shares may also become tradable

through that market.

11 No Rights trading

The Rights will not be quoted on the NZX Main Board

and accordingly there will be no established market for

Rights. If you wish to sell your rights privately to a buyer

you identify, you should contact Link (see Directory) to

request a Security Renunciation Form.

12 Compliance with Takeovers Code

To enable compliance with the Takeovers Code, to the

extent permitted by all applicable laws, Shareholders

may give an instruction to Cooks in writing to reclassify

some of their existing Shares or some of the New Shares

issued to them as non-voting shares having the same

terms as unlisted non-voting shares (being shares

having the same right as ordinary shares except that

they will not be quoted, will not carry any voting rights,

and may be reclassified as ordinary shares by notice in

writing to Cooks).

13 NZX Listing Rules

The issue of New Shares under the Offer is being

undertaken under Listing Rule 4.3.1(a) (Pro-rata issue)

and 4.4 (Rules applicable to pro-rata issues).

In addition, the directors plan to place the shortfall in

the rights issue with new investors at the same price as

this rights issue in accordance with Listing Rule 4.4.

14 Amendments to the Offer and waiver of compliance

Notwithstanding any other term or condition of the

Offer, Cooks may, at its discretion:

 make non-material modifications to the Offer on

such terms and conditions it thinks fit (in which

event applications for Shares under the Offer will

remain binding on the applicant notwithstanding

such modification and irrespective of whether an

application was received by the Link before or after

such modification is made); and/or

 suspend or terminate the Offer at any time prior to

the issue of the Shares under the Offer (including by

reviewing the timetable for the Offer). If the Offer

is terminated, application monies will be refunded

to applicants without interest within 5 business

days of termination.

Cooks reserves the right to waive compliance with any

provision of these terms and conditions.

Cooks will notify NZX of any waiver, amendment,

variation, suspension, withdrawal or termination of the

Offer.

15 Governing Law

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and

construed in accordance with the laws of New Zealand.



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GLOSSARY

“Additional New Shares” means New Shares which an

applicant applies for over and above their Entitlement

under the Oversubscription Facility.

“Business Day” has the meaning given to that term in

the Listing Rules.

“Closing Date” means 5.00pm on 28 October 2022

(unless extended beforehand by notice in writing to

NZX).

“Cooks” means Cooks Coffee Company Limited

(New Zealand company number 2089337).

“Eligible Shareholder” means a Shareholder of Cooks

with a registered address in the Offer Jurisdictions, as

at the Record Date.

“Entitlement” means the number of Rights to which

Eligible Shareholders are entitled.

“Existing Share” means a fully paid share in Cooks on

issue on the Record Date.

“Issue Date” means 2 November 2022.

“Issue Price” means NZ$0.36 (£0.18) per New Share.

“Link” means Link Market Services Limited.

“Listing Rules” means the NZX listing rules, as amended

from time to time and for so long as Cooks is listed by

NZX.

“New Share” means an ordinary share in Cooks offered

under the Offer of the same class as (and ranking

equally in all respects with) Cooks’ quoted Existing

Shares at the time of the issue of the New Shares.

“NZX” means NZX Limited.

“NZX Main Board” means the main board equity

security market operated by NZX.

“NZX Firm” means any entity designated as an NZX Firm

under the Participant Rules of NZX.

“Offer” means the offer to subscribe for New Shares to

Eligible Shareholders as at the Record Date, pursuant to

this document.

“Offer Jurisdictions” means New Zealand, Australia,

the United Kingdom, Ireland, and such other places

where a shareholder satisfies Cooks that the Offer can

lawfully be made and accepted. However, shareholders

in the United States are not eligible to participate in the

Rights Offer. Similarly, shareholders (including trustees,

Custodians and nominees) who hold Shares on behalf

of persons in the United States, or are acting for the

account or benefit of persons in the United States, are

not eligible to participate in the Rights Offer on behalf

of those persons.

“Opening Date” means 18 October 2022.

“Oversubscription Facility” means the facility that

entitles an Eligible Shareholder who accepts their

Entitlement in full to also apply for additional New

Shares.

“Record Date” means 5.00pm on 17 October 2022.

“Right” means the renounceable right to subscribe for

one New Share at the Issue Price, issued pursuant to the

Offer.

“Share” means one ordinary fully paid share in Cooks.

“Shareholder” means a registered holder of Shares on

issue.



























All references to time are to New Zealand time,

references to currency are to New Zealand dollars, and

any references to legislation are references to New

Zealand legislation, unless stated or defined otherwise.



DIRECTORY

Apply online at

https://cookscoffeecompany.capitalraise.co.nz

by 5:00pm (NZ time) 28 October 2022.


ENQUIRIES

Enquiries about this Offer should be directed to an NZX

Firm or your financial or legal adviser.


ISSUER

Registered Office:

VCFO, Level 1

96 St Georges Bay Road

Parnell

Auckland, 1052

New Zealand

Telephone: +64 9 367 9472

Website: www.cookscoffeecompany.com


DIRECTORS

Keith Jackson, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer

Michael Ambrose, Independent Director

Paul Elliott, Independent Director

Michael Hutcheson, Independent Director

Peihuan Wang, Independent Director



If you have any queries about your Entitlements please

contact Link Market Services Limited.


SHARE REGISTRAR

Link Market Services Limited

Level 30, PwC Tower

15 Customs Street West

Auckland 1010

New Zealand


PO Box 91976

Auckland 1142

New Zealand


Telephone: +64 9 375 5998

Email: applications@linkmarketservices.com

Website: www.linkmarketservices.co.nz


LAWYERS

Chapman Tripp

Level 34, PwC Tower

15 Customs Street West

Auckland 1010

New Zealand

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