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AGM24 November 2017KMDConsumer Discretionary

Annual
General

Meeting

November 2017

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Agenda: 2017 Annual General Meeting

»Chairman’s address

»Chief Executive Officer’s address

»Ordinary business

»Item 1: Financial Statements

»Item 2: Election of Directors

»Item 3: Auditors’ Remuneration

»Item 4: Grant of performance rights to Xavier Simonet

»Item 5: General business

»Other business

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Chairman’s address

CEO’s address

CEO’s address
»FY17 result summary

»Strategy update

»Trading update and outlook

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4.6%

Sales

$445.3m

AU 6.9%

NZ 3.6%

Same Store Sales

+5.5%

12.0%

EBIT

$ 57. 0 m

13.5%

Net Profit After Tax

$38.0m

18.2%

Dividend

13cps

$29.9m

Net Debt

$6.9m

CEO’s address: FY17 result summary

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“Design great, innovative, distinctive

and sustainable quality products”

“Be customer-centric in

everything we do”

GROWTH STRATEGIES

Continuous improvement

»Brand and customer

»Store optimisation

»Pricing and promotion

»Omni-channel

»Cost efficiency

Growth initiatives

»International

»Marketplaces

»Store network expansion

CEO’s address: Strategy update

CEO’s address: Brand and customer
Brand elevation

»Brand distinctiveness through product design and innovation

»Focus on our expertise in adventure travel

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Customer centricity

»Enhance the customer service experience and staff product knowledge

»Inspire our customers and engage with our Summit Club members with

a focus on social media and digital

»Summit Club 1.7m active members (+8.2% year on year)

»30% increase in social media reach year on year

CEO’s address: Store optimisation
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Store upgrades completed Q1:

»Chadstone (Melbourne)

»Robina (Gold Coast)

»Cottesloe (Perth)

»Albury (NSW)

»Tower Junction (Chch)

»Hamilton (NZ)

»Northlands (Chchnext week)

Key FY18 activity:

»FY18: c.15 refurbishments

and 5 relocations scheduled

»Visual merchandising and

space allocation refinement

»Lighting upgrades continue

throughout the store

network

66

72

87

100

110

114

116

38

42

44

45

46

47

47

104

114

131

145

156

161

163

FY11FY12FY13FY14FY15FY16FY17

AUNZTotal

Store Rollout History

CEO’s address: Omni channel
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Offer a customer journey which is channel and device agnostic – customers choose how to transact

4.1%

5.1%

6.2%

6.9%

7.5%

FY13FY14FY15FY16FY17

Online % of Sales

»FY17 key achievements:

»AU/NZ responsive website launched, integrating content and commerce, and

boosting mobile conversion

»International direct to consumer responsive website launched

»FY18 further capability enhancements:

»Australian distribution centre automation now delivering improved customer service

levels, increased capacity in peak periods, and supply chain cost efficiencies

»Online re-platform to enable both click & collect and distributed order management

»Amazon entry into Australia another channel to market

CEO’s address: International update
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International Wholesale

»GO Outdoors (UK) expanding product range and store

distribution for European summer following positive sell

through to date

»Sportscheck and Otto (Germany) wholesale trials underway

with expanded distribution in Sportscheckfor European

summer

Marketplaces

»Tmall Global targeted at Mainland China is now live

»Otto marketplace (Germany) showing good growth

CEO’s address: Sustainability
Our goal:

Australasian

industry

leadership in

sustainability

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For more information:

Kathmandu’s 2017 Sustainability Report

Increasingly

important in

customer purchase

decisions

CEO’s address: Trading pattern
»Three major promotions a large portion of our annual trading (c. 60% of annual sales), in order of size:

»Winter

»Christmas

»Autumn

»First quarter is a small portion of total year turnover - it contains no major promotions

»Operating costs are weighted slightly more to the second half-year

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Last Year Sales mix across the year

17%28%55%

Q1 – no major

promotions

Q2 - includes Christmas Sale and

January Clearance

Includes Autumn and Winter Sales

FIRST HALF-YEARSECOND HALF-YEAR

CEO’s address: Trading update and outlook
FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS

A reset of clearance inventory c. 40% lower at end of FY17 resulting in:

»Gross margin 240 bps (2.4%) higher YOY

»Lower inventory handling costs

»Strong working capital position

»Improved first quarter EBIT

AFTER 16 FULL WEEKS ENDED 19 NOVEMBER 2017

»Total sales +0.6% vs pcp at constant exchange rates

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»Group same store sales decreased by -1.6% (constant exchange rates)

»Same store sales by country: Australia +2.9%, New Zealand -10.3%

»Low clearance stock was a significant driver of the lower sales growth, especially in New Zealand

OUTLOOK 1H FY18

»First half profit expected to be above last year

»Highly dependant on the success of our Christmas and January promotions

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1.At actual exchange rates +3.6% due to NZD depreciation YOY. Average conversion rates year-to-date NZD/AUD 0.912 (FY17 0.951) andNZD/GBP 0.545 (FY17 0.565)

Resolutions: Items 1 to 5

Item 1: Financial Statements
To receive and consider the Financial Report of the Company for the year ended 31 July 2017

together with the Directors’ and Auditor’s reports

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Item 2: Election of Directors
To elect Directors of the Company, each election to be voted on separately:

a)“That Mr. John Harvey who retires by rotation in accordance with Article 4.4 of the Company’s Constitution and

NZX Main Board Listing Rule 3.3.11 and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of

the Company.”

b)"That Mr. Philip Bowman, having been appointed by the Board as a Director on 2 October 2017 and holding office

only until the next Annual Meeting, is now eligible for election in accordance with Article 4.3 of the Company’s

Constitution and, being eligible, offers himself for election, be elected as a Director of the Company.”

c)"That, Mr. Brent Scrimshaw, having been appointed by the Board as a Director on 2 October 2017 and holding office

only until the next Annual Meeting, is now eligible for election in accordance with Article 4.3 of the Company’s

Constitution and, being eligible, offers himself for election, be elected as a Director of the Company.”

Proxies:

In respect of this item of business, the following proxies have been received:

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2 (a)2(b)2(C)

In favour102,070,637102,178,569102,153,843

Against155,35245,04878,876

Open/Undecided54,16754,16754,167

The Chairman of the meeting intends voting the open and undirected proxies in favour of the resolution

Item 3: Auditors’ Remuneration
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To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

“To record that PricewaterhouseCoopers continue in office as the Company’s auditors and to authorise the

Directors to fix the remuneration of PricewaterhouseCoopers for the ensuing year.”

Proxies:

In respect of this item of business, the following proxies have been received:

In favour102,139,328

Against85,225

Open/Undecided55,667

The Chairman intends voting the open and undirected proxies in favour of the resolution

Item 4: Grant of performance rights to Xavier Simonet
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To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution of the Company:

“That, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, and for all other purposes, approval is hereby given for the grant

to Xavier Simonet, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, of a number of performance rights up to a value

of A$568,050, calculated in accordance with the formula and terms described in the Explanatory Statement which

forms part of this Notice of Meeting.”

Proxies:

In respect of this item of business, the following proxies have been received:

In favour101,883,449

Against325,999

Open/Undecided47,869

In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 14.11.1, the Company will disregard any votes cast on Item 4 by Xavier Simonet or

any of his associates (Mr Simonet being the only director of the Company eligible to participate in the Kathmandu

Holdings Limited Long Term Incentive Plan). However, the Company need not disregard a vote if:

(a)it is cast by a person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the proxy

form; or

(b)it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a

direction on the proxy form to vote as the proxy decides.

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