Placement cleansing notice

Kathmandu Holdings Limited
223 Tuam Street, Christchurch 8011 249 Park Street, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205
PO Box 1234, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand PO Box 984, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia
Phone: +64 3 373 6110 Fax: +64 3 373 6116 Phone: +61 3 9267 9999 Fax: +61 3 9267 9933
kathmandu.co.nz kathmandu.com.au
20 March 2018

NZX Limited
Level 1, NZX Centre
11 Cable Street
Wellington
ASX Limited
20 Bridge Street
Sydney NSW 2000
1. NOTICE PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 20(1)(a) OF SCHEDULE 8 TO THE FINANCIAL
MARKETS CONDUCT REGULATIONS 2014: PLACEMENT OFFER
1 Kathmandu Holdings Limited (Kathmandu) has announced that it will undertake a
placement of new fully paid ordinary shares of the same class as already quoted on the
NZX Main Board of NZX Limited and the Australian Securities Exchange operated by
ASX Limited (the Placement).
2 Pursuant to clause 20(1)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations
2014 (FMC Regulations), and the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMCA),
Kathmandu states that:
2.1 Kathmandu is making the Placement in reliance upon the exclusion in clause 19
of Schedule 1 to the FMCA and is giving this notice under clause 20(1)(a) of
Schedule 8 to the FMC Regulations.
2.2 As at the date of this notice, Kathmandu is in compliance with the continuous
disclosure obligations that apply to it in relation to ordinary shares in
Kathmandu. There is no information that is “excluded information” as defined in
clause 20(5) of Schedule 8 to the FMC Regulations.
2.3 As at the date of the notice, Kathmandu is in compliance with its financial
reporting obligations.
2.4 The Placement is not expected to have any material effect or consequence on the
control of Kathmandu.
3 A separate notice will be given under s 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
following allotment of the Placement shares.

Yours faithfully




Reuben Casey
Company Secretary
Kathmandu Holdings Limited