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EBOS Group Limited. NZBN 9429031998840
Level 7, 737 Bourke Street, Docklands, Victoria 3008, Australia. PO Box 7300, Melbourne, Victoria 8004, Australia.

Phone: +61 3 9918 5555, Fax: +61 3 9918 5599.

www.ebosgroup.com






4 March 2019

NZX/ASX Code: EBO






DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN


On 20 February 2019, EBOS Group Limited (EBOS) announced that the dividend reinvestment

plan (DRP) will apply in respect of the interim dividend for the half year ended 31 December

2018.


For investors’ information, please find attached a copy of the DRP rules dated 26 August

2014.


If you wish to participate in the DRP or change your existing participation election please

contact EBOS’ share registry, Computershare, for a participation notice at the details below:


Email: DRP@computershare.co.nz

Telephone: +64 9 488 8777

Fax: +64 9 488 8787


Alternatively please log on to www.investorcentre.com/nz to update your participation

election.


If you have not previously elected to participate in the plan and do not wish to participate in

the DRP for the upcoming dividend no action is required.


Participation notices must be received by Computershare no later than 5p.m. NZ time on 18

March 2019.





Janelle Cain

General Counsel

EBOS Group Limited


DIVIDEND
REINVESTMENT

PLAN OFFER

26 AUGUST 2014

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1. INTRODUCTION

This document (“Offer Document”) contains the terms and

conditions of the EBOS Group Limited (“EBOS”) Dividend

Reinvestment Plan (“the Plan”). Under the Plan, holders of

ordinary shares in EBOS (“Shareholders”) may elect to reinvest

the net proceeds of cash dividends payable or credited on all

or some of their ordinary shares in EBOS held at any given time

(“Shares”) to acquire further fully paid ordinary shares in EBOS

(“Additional Shares”).

This document is important. Shareholders are advised to

exercise caution in relation to the offer contained in this

Offer Document. If you do not understand it, or are in any

doubt as to how to act, you should contact your solicitor,

accountant or financial adviser.

Further information about EBOS, including its current dividend

policy, can be found in the Investor Information section of its

website at www.ebosgroup.com.

WARNING: The contents of this Offer Document have not been

reviewed, approved or registered by any regulatory authority in

any jurisdiction outside New Zealand and Australia.

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2.3 Ability to Exclude Overseas Shareholders

a) Overseas Shareholders

Subject to clause 2.3(c), EBOS may, in its absolute discretion,

elect not to offer participation under the Plan to Shareholders

whose address is outside New Zealand or Australia if EBOS

considers that to do so would be unduly onerous. The EBOS

Board may, in its sole discretion, amend this policy at any time.

b) Warranty

Any person residing outside New Zealand and Australia who

participates in the Plan through a New Zealand or Australian

resident nominee will be deemed to represent and warrant to

EBOS that they can lawfully participate through their nominee.

EBOS accepts no responsibility for determining whether

a Shareholder is able to participate in the Plan under laws

applicable outside of New Zealand or Australia.

c) Zuellig may participate

For so long as it remains a shareholder, Sybos Holdings Pte

Limited (“Zuellig”) and its related bodies corporate are entitled

to participate in the Plan at a rate which would enable them

to maintain the same aggregate percentage Shareholding as

they held immediately prior to any issue of Additional Shares

pursuant to the Plan.

2.4 Exclusion where Liens over Shares

Any Shares over which EBOS has a lien in accordance with

EBOS’ Constitution or other requirements of law will not be

eligible to participate in the Plan.

2. THE OFFER

2.1 Offer to All Shareholders

Subject to clauses 2.3 and 2.4, EBOS offers to all Shareholders

the right to elect to participate in the Plan.

2.2 Available Options

Shareholders may elect to participate in the Plan by exercising

one of the following options:

a) Full Participation

If you elect full participation, participation in the Plan will apply

to all of your Shares registered in your name from time to time.

b) Partial Participation

If you elect partial participation, only the number or percentage

of Shares nominated by you will participate in the Plan. If you

hold less than the nominated number of Shares, then the Plan

will apply to such lesser number of Shares.

c) Non Participation

If you do not wish to participate and you wish to receive all

dividends in cash, you are not required to do anything.

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3. METHOD OF

PARTICIPATION

3.1 Participation Notice

To participate in the Plan a Shareholder must:

a) complete a participation notice in a form provided by EBOS

from time to time (“the Participation Notice”) in accordance

with the instructions on that notice; and

b) forward the completed Participation Notice to EBOS’ share

registrar by post or fax at:

Computershare Investor Services Limited

Private Bag 92119

Auckland 1142

Fax: +64 9 488 8787

or such other person or address as EBOS may determine

or by electronic means specified by EBOS from time to time.

3.2 Copies of Participation Notice

Shareholders who subsequently decide that they would like

to participate in the Plan or wish to vary the level of their

participation can request a Participation Notice from the

EBOS share registrar at the address above or by contacting

the registrar at:

Telephone: +64 9 488 8777

Facsimile: +64 9 488 8787

Email: enquiry@computershare.co.nz

3.3 Full participation unless stated otherwise

If the Participation Notice does not indicate the degree of

participation, it will be deemed to be an application for full

participation if it is otherwise correctly completed and signed.

3.4 Participation effective from first Record Date

a) The record date for determining entitlements under the

Plan is 5:00pm on the date fixed by EBOS for determining

entitlements to a dividend (“Record Date”).

b) The last date for receipt of a Participation Notice for a

particular dividend is the first business day (being a day the

NZX Main Board is open for trading) after the relevant Record

Date or such later date as may be set by the Board and advised

to the market (“Election Date”).

c) Participation will be effective as to net proceeds of cash

dividends payable or credited from the first Record Date after

receipt by the EBOS share registrar of a properly completed

Participation Notice or, if your Participation Notice is received

after a Record Date but before 5pm on an Election Date, from

the Record Date immediately preceding that Election Date.

3.5 Participation is personal

A Participation Notice will not attach to the Shares in respect of

which it has been given, but will be personal to the Shareholder

giving it.

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4. ADDITIONAL SHARE

ENTITLEMENT

4.1 Formula for Calculation of Additional Shares

a) The number of Additional Shares to be issued to a

Shareholder who has elected to participate in the Plan

(“a Participant”) in return for reinvesting the net proceeds

of a cash dividend will be calculated in accordance with

the following formula:

N = (PS x D) + B

P

Where:

N is the number of Additional Shares which the Participant

will receive;

PS is the number of Shares in respect of which an

election to participate in the Plan has been made by

the Participant at the Record Date (as determined in

accordance with clause 3.4) (“Participating Shares”);

D is the net proceeds per Share (expressed in cents and

fractions of cents, including any supplementary dividends

in respect of Participating Shares payable to non-resident

Shareholders but excluding any tax credits and after

deduction of any resident and non-resident withholding

(or other) taxes, if any) of cash dividends paid or credited

on that Share by EBOS and which would otherwise

have been paid to the holder of that Share in cash if the

Shareholder had not elected to participate in the Plan;

B is the amount, if any, held to the order of the Participant

under the Plan in accordance with clause 4.1(e) below as

a result of rounding entitlements to Additional Shares when

the Plan last operated.

P is the volume weighted average sale price in

New Zealand dollars (expressed in cents and fractions

of cents) for a Share calculated on all price setting trades

of Shares which took place through the NZX Main Board

over a period of 5 trading days immediately following the

Record Date. If no sales of Shares occur during those

5 trading days, then the volume weighted average sale

price will be deemed to be the sale price for a Share on

the first price setting trade of Shares which took place after

such trading days as determined by NZX Limited (“NZX”).

b) Any volume weighted average sale price so determined may

be reasonably adjusted by EBOS to allow for any bonus issue

or dividend or other distribution expectation. If, in the opinion

of the Board, any exceptional or unusual circumstances have

artificially affected the volume weighted average sale price

so determined, EBOS may make such adjustment to that sale

price as it considers reasonable. The determination of the price

of the Additional Shares by the Board, or by some other person

nominated by the Board, will be binding on all Shareholders

with Participating Shares.

c) The Board may from time to time in its sole and absolute

discretion discount the sale price. In such a case the formula

set out above shall be amended to be:

N = (PS x D) + B

P x (1-A)

Where A is the percentage discount.

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d) Where the number of Additional Shares calculated in

accordance with the preceding provisions is not a whole

number, then the number of Additional Shares a Participant

receives will be rounded down to the nearest whole number

of Shares.

e) Any net proceeds per Share as described in the definition

of “D” in clause 4.1(a) above which are not applied to acquire

a part of a Share because of clause 4.1(d) above, shall be held

to the order of the Participant and applied under the Plan on the

Participant’s behalf the next time the Plan operates.

f) Should the Participant:

(i) terminate or cease his or her participation in the Plan,

under clauses 8.3(b) or 8.4 of this Plan; or

(ii) cease to be a shareholder of EBOS,

any amount above NZ$2.00, which at the time is held to the

order of the Participant under clause 4.1(e) above, will be paid

in cash to the Participant (or his or her successor in the event

of cessation of participation due to the Participant’s death) on

the next dividend payment date. Amounts of NZ$2.00 or less

which are held to the order of the Participant at that time shall

be forfeited.

4.2 Share Price Information Publicly Available

EBOS will ensure that, at the time the price for the Additional

Shares is set under clause 4.1, it will have no information that

is not publicly available that would, or would be likely to, have

a material adverse affect on the realisable price of the Shares

if it was publicly available.

4.3 Compliance with laws, listing rules and constitution

a) The Plan will not operate in relation to a dividend to the

extent that the allotment or issue of Additional Shares under

the Plan would breach any applicable law, any applicable listing

rules (“Listing Rules”) or any provision of EBOS’ Constitution.

b) If and to the extent that the Plan does not operate for such

reason in respect of a Participant’s Participating Shares, the

relevant dividend on the Participating Shares will, until such

time as the issue is resolved, be paid or distributed in the

same manner as to Shareholders not participating in the Plan.

5. OPERATION OF THE PLAN

5.1 Direction to apply dividend proceeds

By accepting this offer, each Participant directs EBOS to apply

the net proceeds of every cash dividend to which the Plan

applies payable or credited on the Participating Shares held

by the Participant on the relevant dividend’s Record Date

as payment for the Additional Shares to be issued to the

Participant, in accordance with the Plan.

Such direction shall continue until the Participant or EBOS

terminates the Participant’s participation in the Plan in

accordance with these terms and conditions and shall not

apply during any period which EBOS suspends the Plan

or after EBOS has terminated the plan.

Notice of termination of, or variation in, participation in the Plan

must be received prior to 5pm on the relevant Election Date

(New Zealand time) to be effective for a particular dividend.

5.2 Issue of Additional Shares

EBOS will, on the day that a Participant would otherwise

have been paid a dividend, issue the Additional Shares

to that Participant in accordance with clause 4.

5.3 Terms of Issue and Ranking of Additional Shares

Additional Shares issued to Participants under the Plan will be

issued on the terms set out in this Plan, and subject to the rights

of termination, suspension and modification set out in clause

8, will not be issued on any other terms and will all be subject

to the same rights as each other. The Additional Shares issued

to Participants under the Plan will, from the date of issue, rank

equally in all respects with each other and with all other Shares

of EBOS on issue as at that date.

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6. SOURCE OF

ADDITIONAL SHARES

Additional Shares to be acquired by Participants under the Plan

may, at the Board’s discretion, be:

a) new Shares issued by EBOS;

b) existing Shares acquired by EBOS or a nominee or agent

of EBOS and transferred to Participants; or

c) any combination of (a) and (b) above.

7. STATEMENT

TO PARTICIPANTS

Subject to clauses 2.3 and 2.4, EBOS will send to each

Participant within five business days after each issue of

Additional Shares pursuant to the Plan, a statement detailing

in respect of that Participant:

a) the number of the Participating Shares of the Participant

as at the relevant Record Date;

b) the amount of the cash dividend reinvested in respect of

Participating Shares, and the amount paid in respect of Shares

not nominated for participation in the Plan (if applicable);

c) the amount of any tax deductions or withholding taxes

in respect of the cash dividend;

d) the issue price and number of Additional Shares issued

under the Plan;

e) advice as to the amount of any imputation or other taxation

credit in respect of the cash dividend; and

f) such other matters required by law with respect to

dividends and/or reinvestment.

8. TERMINATION,

SUSPENSION AND

MODIFICATION

8.1 The Board’s discretion

The Board of EBOS may, in its sole discretion, at any time:

a) terminate, suspend or modify the Plan. If the Plan is

modified, then a Participation Notice will be deemed to be

a Participation Notice under the Plan as modified unless

that Participation Notice is withdrawn by the Participant in

accordance with clause 8.3; or

b) resolve that participation will not apply to the whole

or part of any dividend and that the applicable part will

be paid in cash; or

c) resolve that in the event of the subdivision, consolidation

or reclassification of the Shares into one or more new classes

of shares, that a Participation Notice will be deemed to be

a Participation Notice in respect of the shares as subdivided,

consolidated or reclassified unless such Participation Notice

is subsequently changed or withdrawn by the Participant; or

d) resolve that a Participation Notice will cease to be of any

effect; or

e) determine that Additional Shares will be issued at

a discount to the market price of Shares, in accordance

with clause 4.1.

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8.2 Notice

a) Notice of any termination, modification or suspension

of the Plan under clause 8.1(a) will be given to you.

b) Notwithstanding clause 8.2(a), EBOS may at any time,

without the need of any notice:

(i) terminate, modify or suspend the Plan to comply with

the Listing Rules, any applicable law, or any provision of

EBOS’ constitution; and

(ii) make minor amendments to the Plan where such

amendments are of an administrative or procedural nature.

8.3 Variation or Termination by a Participant

A Participant may at any time:

a) increase or decrease the number or percentage of

Participating Shares by completing and sending a new

Participation Notice to the EBOS share registrar; or

b) terminate the Participant’s participation in the Plan by

written notice to that effect to the EBOS share registrar.

Such variation or termination will take effect from the first

Record Date after receipt by the EBOS share registrar of the

new Participation Notice or the written termination notice, as the

case may be. However, if the new Participation Notice or written

termination notice is received after a Record Date but before

5pm on the Election Date, such variation or termination will take

effect from the Record Date immediately preceding that Election

Date. Written notice of the variation or termination should be

sent to the EBOS share registrar at the address above.

8.4 Death of Participant

If a Participant dies, participation by that Participant will cease

from the first Record Date after receipt by the EBOS share

registrar of a notice of death in a form acceptable to EBOS.

However, if the notice of death is received after a Record

Date but before 5pm on an Election Date, participation by

that Participant will cease from the Record Date immediately

preceding that Election Date. Death of one of two or more joint

Participants will not automatically terminate participation.

9. REDUCTION OR

TERMINATION OF

PARTICIPATION WHERE

NO NOTICE GIVEN

9.1 Dispositions where Partial Participation

Where a Participant in respect of some but not all of its Shares,

disposes of some of its Shares then, unless the Participant

notifies EBOS otherwise in writing:

a) the Shares disposed of will be the Participant’s non-

participating Shares; and

b) if the number of Shares disposed of is greater than the

number of the Participant’s Shares not nominated for participation

in the Plan, the Participant will be deemed to have terminated

its participation in the Plan in respect of all remaining Shares

held by that Participant from the date EBOS registers a transfer

of those Shares.

9.2 Partial Dispositions where Full Participation

If a Participant with full participation disposes of part of its holding

of Shares without first giving the EBOS share registrar written

notice terminating the Participant’s participation in the Plan, the

Participant will be deemed to have terminated its participation

in the Plan with respect to the Shares disposed of by it from

the date EBOS registers a transfer of those Shares.

9.3 Dispositions of all Shares

If a Participant disposes of all of its holding of Shares without

first giving the EBOS share registrar written notice terminating

the Participant’s participation in the Plan, the Participant will

be deemed to have terminated its participation in the Plan

from the date EBOS registers a transfer of those Shares.

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10. TAXATION

For New Zealand and Australian tax purposes, shareholders

who reinvest the net proceeds of their cash dividends to

acquire further Shares via participation in the Plan should be

treated in the same way as if they had not participated. This

means that Shareholders who participate in the Plan should

derive dividend income of the same amount that they would

have derived had they not participated. The taxation summary

above is based on New Zealand and Australian taxation laws

as at the date of this Offer Document and is, of necessity,

general. It does not take into account the circumstances of

individual Shareholders and the specific tax consequences to

them of participation or non-participation in the Plan, which

may vary considerably. Shareholders (both New Zealand and

non-resident Shareholders) should not rely on this general

summary but should seek their own tax advice. EBOS does not

accept any responsibility for the financial or taxation effects of a

Shareholder’s participation or non-participation in the Plan.

11. COSTS

There are no charges for participation or withdrawal from

the Plan. No brokerage costs will be incurred on the issue

of Additional Shares.

12. STOCK EXCHANGE

LISTING

The Plan is subject to the Listing Rules and in the event

of any inconsistency between the Plan and the Listing Rules,

the Listing Rules will apply.

13. INFORMATION

FOR AUSTRALIAN

SHAREHOLDERS

The offer of Additional Shares under the Plan does not require

disclosure for the purposes of section 706 of the Corporations

Act 2001 (Cth.)

Australian resident Shareholders should note that EBOS

is not licensed to provide financial product advice in relation

to the Additional Shares offered under the Plan, and this

Offer Document does not constitute financial product advice.

Shareholders should contact their professional advisers

if they have questions about how the Plan will apply to them.

There is no cooling-off regime that applies in respect of the

issue of Shares under the Plan.

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14. GOVERNING LAW

This Offer Document and the Plan, and its operation,

will be governed by the laws of New Zealand.

15. OTHER INFORMATION

A copy of EBOS’ most recent Annual Report, and financial

statements are available to Shareholders free of charge by

writing to:

The Company Secretary

EBOS Group Limited

108 Wrights Road

P O Box 411

Christchurch

or an electronic copy can be downloaded from EBOS’ website

www.ebosgroup.com.

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