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SPH Notice – Crown BP Holdings, LLC

Substantial Holder Notice6 September 2023BPGInformation Technology

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Disclosure of movement of 1% or more in substantial holding

or change in nature of relevant interest, or both

Sections 277 and 278, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

To NZX Limited

and

To Black Pearl Group Limited

Relevant event being disclosed: a movement of 1% or more in the substantial holding.

Date of relevant event: 6 September 2023

Date this disclosure made: 6 September 2023

Date last disclosure made: 26 June 2023

Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure

Full name(s): Crown BP Holdings, LLC

Summary of substantial holding

Class of quoted voting products: Ordinary shares in Black Pearl Group Limited (NZX code:

BPG)

Summary for Crown BP Holdings, LLC

For this disclosure,—

(a) total number held in class: 6,937,917

(b) total in class: 44,970,165

(c) total percentage held in class: 15.428%

For last disclosure,—

(a) total number held in class: 3,098,129

(b) total in class: 39,820,853

(c) total percentage held in class: 7.780%


Summary for Ohana Farm LLC

For this disclosure,—

(a) total number held in class: 387,024

(b) total in class: 44,970,165

(c) total percentage held in class: 0.861%


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For last disclosure,—

(a) total number held in class: 387,024

(b) total in class: 39,820,853

(c) total percentage held in class: 0.972%

Details of transactions and events giving rise to relevant event

Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure for Crown BP Holdings, LLC:

• The date of the transaction or event: 5 September 2023

• The nature of the transaction or event: Issuance of BPG Shares in accordance with

the Equity Conversion Agreement entered into by BPG and Crown BP Holdings, LLC

and as approved by shareholders under NZX Listing Rules 4.2.1 and 5.2.1 on 4

September 2023.

• The name of any other party or parties to the transaction or event: Black Pearl

Group Limited as issuer.

• The consideration, expressed in New Zealand dollars, paid or received for the

acquisition, disposal, or change in nature of the relevant interest: The total debt

(including interest accrued at 1% per annum) converted under the Equity

Conversion Agreement is $2,419,066.67 (as at 6 September 2023) at a conversion

rate of $0.63 per share.

• The number of financial products to which the transaction or event related:

3,839,788 ordinary shares.

Details after relevant event

Details for Crown BP Holdings, LLC

Nature of relevant interest(s): Registered holder and beneficial owner of financial products.

No relevant agreement document needs to be attached under regulation 139 of the

Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014.

For that relevant interest,—

(a) number held in class: 6,937,917

(b) percentage held in class: 15.428%

(c) current registered holder(s): Crown BP Holdings, LLC

(d) registered holder(s) once transfers are registered: N/A

Details for Ohana Farm LLC

Nature of relevant interest(s): Registered holder and beneficial owner of financial products.

No relevant agreement document needs to be attached under regulation 139 of the

Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014.


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For that relevant interest,—

(a) number held in class: 387,024

(b) percentage held in class: 0.861%

(c) current registered holder(s): Ohana Farm LLC

(d) registered holder(s) once transfers are registered: N/A


Additional information

Address(es) of substantial product holder(s): 1305 W AUTO Drive, Tempe, Arizona, 85284,

USA


Contact details: C/o Timothy Crown, 001 (602) 396 5220, tim@azcrown.com


Name of any other person believed to have given, or believed to be required to give, a

disclosure under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 in relation to the financial

products to which this disclosure relates: N/A


Disclosure has effect for purposes of directors’ and senior managers’ disclosure

Timothy Crown is also a director of Black Pearl Group Limited and has the power to control

the exercise of a right to vote attached to, and the power to control the disposal of, the

ordinary shares in Black Pearl Group Limited held by Crown BP Holdings, LLC by virtue of

being a member of Crown BP Holdings, LLC’s manager Anchor Management, LLC. This

disclosure also constitutes disclosure for the purposes of the directors’ and senior

managers’ disclosure obligations.

Certification

I, Timothy Crown, certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information

contained in this disclosure is correct and that I am duly authorised to make this disclosure

by all persons for whom it is made.

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