Issue of New Shares

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NZAX Release 31 March 2017

Issue of New Shares
Cooks Global Foods Limited (NZAX:CGF) has established a new employee share scheme (ESS) and
has today issued 2,000,000 unpaid ordinary shares (Unpaid Shares) to CGF Employee Share Trust
Limited (Nominee).

The Nominee is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and will hold the Unpaid Shares on trust
for CGF and its employees subject to the terms of the ESS offers. While the Unpaid Shares remain
unpaid they will confer no voting rights.

The total number of Unpaid Shares equates to ~0.5% of all shares on issue for CGF. The maximum
amount permitted under NZAX Listing Rule 7.3.6 is 5% of all shares on issue.

1,781,268 of the Unpaid Shares have today been allocated to eligible employees of CGF and have
been issued at $0.128 per share, in accordance with CGF’s terms of issue for the current employee
share scheme offer.

The issue price for the remaining 218,732 Unpaid Shares will be determined from time to time by the
board when further employee share scheme allocations are made to eligible employees at the
discretion of the board.

CGF has today also issued 1,929,712 shares under its private placement capacity to CGF’s eligible
franchisees, at an issue price of $0.128 per share. The share issue is aimed at incentivising
franchisees, and aligning their interests with the parent company (CGF).

Full particulars of the share issues are set out below.

For and on behalf of the Board

Keith Jackson
Chairman

Class of Security
Ordinary shares
ISIN:
NZCFGE0001S7
Number issued
(a) 218,732
(b) 1,781,268
(c) 1,929,712
Issue price
(a) To be determined by the board
(b) $0.128 per share
(c) $0.128 per share
Payment in cash
(a) Unpaid
(b) No
(c) No
Fully paid
(a) No

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(b) No
(c) Yes
Percentage of class
0.952%
Purpose of the issue
(a) Employee Share Scheme Pool
(b) Employee Share Scheme allocation to eligible
employees
(c) Private Placements to eligible Franchisees’
Authority for the issue
(a) NZAX Listing Rule 7.3.6, Board Resolutions
(b) NZAX Listing Rule 7.3.6, Board Resolutions
(c) NZAX Listing Rule 7.3.5, Board Resolutions
Date of issue
31 March 2017
Total number of ordinary shares on
issue following allotments
416,595,863

About Cooks Global Foods
Cooks Global Foods operates in world markets and is listed on the NZAX market operated by NZX
Limited in New Zealand under the code CGF. It owns the intellectual property and master franchising
rights to Esquires Coffee Houses worldwide excluding New Zealand and Australia. Cooks currently
operates or franchises Esquires Coffee Houses in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Middle
East, Indonesia, and China. Related businesses within the group include New Zealand-based supply
companies Progressive Processors and Scarborough Fair. For more information visit:
www.cooksglobalfoods.com