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NZME pleads guilty to charge re sale of magnets on GrabOne

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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT


7 March 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


NZME pleads guilty to Fair Trading Act charge about sale of magnets on GrabOne


AUCKLAND, 7 March 2023: Further to the market release dated 16 December 2022, NZME

Limited (NZX: NZM, ASX: NZM) (“NZME”) advises that its subsidiary, NZME Advisory Limited

(formerly called GrabOne Limited), has today pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court to

one charge brought by the Commerce Commission of breaching section 31(5) of the Fair

Trading Act 1986 by supplying unsafe magnet sets via GrabOne, between October 2020 and

September 2021. NZME divested the GrabOne business and assets in October 2021.


As previously announced, NZME has fully cooperated with the Commerce Commission

investigation into the matter, including undertaking a voluntary product recall process, which

was completed in July 2022.


Penalties for the charge to which NZME Advisory Limited has pleaded guilty will be

determined in due course. As previously notified, based on the maximum penalties available

under law for the charges and the insurance policies that NZME holds, these proceedings

are not expected to have a material effect on the financial position or profitability of NZME.



ENDS


For further information please contact:

Kelly Gunn

GM Communications – NZME

+64 27 213 5625

Kelly.gunn@nzme.co.nz

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