Capital Change Notice Relating to DRP

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Capital Change Notice Relating to DRP

11 April 2022
Meridian Energy Limited provides the attached Capital Change Notice pursuant to NZX listing rule
3.13.1. This Notice relates to the issue of 2,468,897 ordinary shares under Meridian Energy’s
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP), dated 25 August 2021, in respect of the 2022 Interim Ordinary
Dividend.


ENDS
Neal Barclay
Chief Executive
Meridian Energy Limited


For investor relations queries, please contact:
Owen Hackston
Investor Relations Manager
021 246 4772
For media queries, please contact:
Rheilli Uluilelata
External Communications Advisor
022 589 1052

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Capital Change Notice

Updated as at 17 October 2021


Section 1: Issuer information
Name of issuer Meridian Energy Limited
NZX ticker code MEL
Class of financial product Ordinary Shares
ISIN (If unknown, check on NZX website) NZMELE0002S7
Currency NZD
Section 2: Capital change details
Number issued/acquired/redeemed 2,468,897
Nominal value (if any) N/A
Issue/acquisition/redemption price per security $5.0950
Nature of the payment (for example, cash or other
consideration)
Cash, pursuant to the Dividend
Reinvestment Plan dated 25 August
2021
Amount paid up (if not in full) N/A
Percentage of total class of Financial Products
issued/acquired/redeemed/ (calculated on the number
of Financial Products of the Class, excluding any
Treasury Stock, in existence)
1

0.0959%
For an issue of Convertible Financial Products or
Options, the principal terms of Conversion (for
example the Conversion price and Conversion date
and the ranking of the Financial Product in relation to
other Classes of Financial Product) or the Option (for
example, the exercise price and exercise date)
N/A
Reason for issue/acquisition/redemption and specific
authority for issue/acquisition/redemption/ (the reason
for change must be identified here)
Shares were issued pursuant to the
Dividend Reinvestment Plan dated 25
August 2021 in respect of the interim
dividend for the period ended 30
December 2021
Total number of Financial Products of the Class after
the issue/acquisition/redemption/Conversion
(excluding Treasury Stock) and the total number of
Financial Products of the Class held as Treasury Stock
after the issue/acquisition/redemption.
2,577,564,785
In the case of an acquisition of shares, whether those
shares are to be held as treasury stock
N/A
Specific authority for the issue, acquisition, or
redemption, including a reference to the rule pursuant
to which the issue, acquisition, or redemption is made
Dividend Reinvestment Plan dated 25
August 2021 and Board resolution
dated 23 February 2022

1
The percentage is to be calculated immediately before the issue, acquisition, redemption or Conversion.

Terms or details of the issue, acquisition, or
redemption (for example: restrictions, escrow
arrangements)
The shares were issued pursuant to
the terms of the Dividend
Reinvestment Plan dated 25 August
2021
Date of issue/acquisition/redemption
2
8 April 2022
Section 3: Authority for this announcement and contact person
Name of person

authorised to make this
announcement
Jason Woolley
Contact person for this announcement Jason Woolley
Contact phone number +64 4 381 1206
Contact email address generalcounsel@meridianenergy.co.nz
Date of release through MAP

11 April 2022




2
Continuous issuers using this form in reliance on Rule 3.13.2, please indicate the period during which the relevant
issue/acquisition/redemptions were made (for example, 1 January 2019 to 31 January 2019).

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Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted Equity Securities
Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted
Equity Securities
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Announcement Summary
Entity name
MERIDIAN ENERGY LIMITED
Date of this announcement
Monday April 11, 2022
The +securities the subject of this notification are:
Total number of +securities to be issued/transferred
ASX +security
codeSecurity description
Total number of
+securities to be
issued/transferredIssue date
MEZAIORDINARY FULLY PAID1,259,57708/04/2022
Refer to next page for full details of the announcement
+Securities issued under a +dividend or distribution plan that are not quoted, and are not intended to be quoted, on ASX

Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted Equity Securities
Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted
Equity Securities
2 / 5
Part 1 - Entity and announcement details
1.1 Name of entity
MERIDIAN ENERGY LIMITED
We (the entity named above) give notice of the issue, conversion or payment up of the following unquoted +securities.
1.2 Registered number type
ARBN
Registration number
151800396
1.3 ASX issuer code
MEZ
1.4 The announcement is
1.5 Date of this announcement
11/4/2022
New announcement

Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted Equity Securities
Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted
Equity Securities
3 / 5
Part 2 - Issue details
2.1 The +securities the subject of this notification are:
2.2a This notification is given in relation to an issue of +securities in a class which is not quoted on ASX and
which:
2.3b.1 Date of Appendix 3A.1 lodged with ASX in relation to the underlying +dividend or distribution
30/3/2022
has an existing ASX security code ("existing class")
+Securities issued under a +dividend or distribution plan that are not quoted, and are not intended to be quoted, on ASX

Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted Equity Securities
Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted
Equity Securities
4 / 5
Part 3B - number and type of +securities the subject of this notification (existing class) where issue has not previously been notified to
ASX in an Appendix 3B
Additional +securities in an existing class issued under a +dividend or distribution plan
ASX +security code and description
MEZAI : ORDINARY FULLY PAID
Date the +securities the subject of this notification were issued
8/4/2022
Will these +securities rank equally in all respects from their issue date with the existing issued
+securities in that class
Any other information the entity wishes to provide about the +securities the subject of this notification
Issue details
Number of +securities
1,259,577
Yes

Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted Equity Securities
Notification of Issue, Conversion or Payment up of Unquoted
Equity Securities
5 / 5
Part 4 - +Securities on issue
Following the issue, conversion or payment up of the +securities the subject of this application, the +securities of
the entity will comprise:
(A discrepancy in these figures compared to your own may be due to a matter of timing if there is more than one
application for quotation/issuance currently with ASX for processing.)
4.1 Quoted +Securities (Total number of each +class of +securities quoted)
ASX +security code and description
Total number of
+securities on issue
MEZ : ORDINARY FULLY PAID FOREIGN EXEMPT NZX1,260,673,070
4.2 Unquoted +Securities (Total number of each +class of +securities issued but not quoted on ASX)
ASX +security code and description
Total number of
+securities on issue
MEZAK : TREASURY STOCK1,304,226
MEZAI : ORDINARY FULLY PAID1,315,682,395
MEZAJ : PERFORMANCE SHARE RIGHTS885,842

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Application for quotation of +securities
Application for quotation of +securities
1 / 5
Announcement Summary
Entity name
MERIDIAN ENERGY LIMITED
Announcement Type
New announcement
Date of this announcement
Monday April 11, 2022
The +securities to be quoted are:
Total number of +securities to be quoted
ASX +security
codeSecurity description
Number of +securities to
be quotedIssue date
MEZORDINARY FULLY PAID FOREIGN EXEMPT
NZX
1,209,32008/04/2022
Refer to next page for full details of the announcement
+Securities issued under a +dividend or distribution plan

Application for quotation of +securities
Application for quotation of +securities
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Part 1 - Entity and announcement details
1.1 Name of entity
MERIDIAN ENERGY LIMITED
We (the entity named above) apply for +quotation of the following +securities and agree to the matters set out in Appendix
2A of the ASX Listing Rules.
1.2 Registered number type
ARBN
Registration number
151800396
1.3 ASX issuer code
MEZ
1.4 The announcement is
1.5 Date of this announcement
11/4/2022
New announcement

Application for quotation of +securities
Application for quotation of +securities
3 / 5
Part 2 - Type of Issue
2.1 The +securities to be quoted are:
2.2 The +securities to be quoted are:
2.3b.1 Date of Appendix 3A.1 lodged with ASX in relation to the underlying +dividend or distribution
30/3/2022
Additional +securities in a class that is already quoted on ASX ("existing class")
+Securities issued under a +dividend or distribution plan

Application for quotation of +securities
Application for quotation of +securities
4 / 5
Part 3B - number and type of +securities to be quoted (existing class) where issue has not previously been notified to ASX in an
Appendix 3B
Additional +securities to be quoted in an existing class issued under a +dividend or distribution plan
ASX +security code and description
MEZ : ORDINARY FULLY PAID FOREIGN EXEMPT NZX
Issue date
8/4/2022
Will the +securities to be quoted rank equally in all respects from their issue date with the
existing issued +securities in that class?
Issue details
Number of +securities to be quoted
1,209,320
Are the +securities being issued for a cash consideration?
In what currency is the cash consideration being paid?
NZD - New Zealand Dollar
What is the issue price per +security?
NZD 5.09500000
Any other information the entity wishes to provide about the +securities to be quoted
Yes
Yes

Application for quotation of +securities
Application for quotation of +securities
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Part 4 - Issued capital following quotation
Following the quotation of the +securities the subject of this application, the issued capital of the entity will
comprise:
(A discrepancy in these figures compared to your own may be due to a matter of timing if there is more than one
application for quotation/issuance currently with ASX for processing.)
4.1 Quoted +securities (total number of each +class of +securities quoted on ASX following the +quotation of the
+securities subject of this application)
ASX +security code and description
Total number of
+securities on issue
MEZ : ORDINARY FULLY PAID FOREIGN EXEMPT NZX1,261,882,390
4.2 Unquoted +securities (total number of each +class of +securities issued but not quoted on ASX)
ASX +security code and description
Total number of
+securities on issue
MEZAK : TREASURY STOCK1,304,226
MEZAI : ORDINARY FULLY PAID1,314,422,818
MEZAJ : PERFORMANCE SHARE RIGHTS885,842