Capital Change Notice

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Stock Exchange Listings NZX (MEL) ASX (MEZ)
Capital Change Notice

15 November 2023
Meridian Energy Limited provides the attached capital change notice pursuant to NZX Listing Rule
3.13.1. This notice relates to the acquisition of 8,082 ordinary shares in connection with the FY24 LTI
share buyback announced on 30 October 2023.

ENDS
Jason Woolley
Company Secretary
Meridian Energy Limited

For investor relations queries, please contact:
Owen Hackston
Investor Relations Manager
021 246 4772
For media queries, please contact:
Philip Clark
Head of Communications
027 838 5710

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 8,082
Nominal value (if any) N/A
Issue/acquisition/redemption price per security NZD $5.0111
Nature of the payment (for example, cash or other
consideration)
Cash
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

0.0003%
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)
Under the Meridian Energy Limited
long term incentive scheme (Scheme),
approved by the Meridian Board on 23
August 2019, Meridian issues to
participants of the Scheme rights to
acquire ordinary shares in the
Company (Share Rights). Meridian will
meet its obligations under the Scheme
by acquiring its own shares on-
market, holding these shares as
treasury stock for the three-year
performance period, and transferring
the shares to the participants of the
Scheme if the Shares Rights vest and
the participants exercise their Share
Rights. The acquisition of Meridian
shares was approved by the Meridian
Board on 11 October 2023

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

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.
2,586,816,374 Ordinary Shares
(excluding Treasury Stock)
1,756,090 Ordinary Shares held as
Treasury Stock
In the case of an acquisition of shares, whether those
shares are to be held as treasury stock
Yes
Specific authority for the issue, acquisition, or
redemption, including a reference to the rule pursuant
to which the issue, acquisition, or redemption is made
Meridian Energy Limited Board
resolution for the purposes of Listing
Rule 4.14.1, dated 11 October 2023.
Terms or details of the issue, acquisition, or redemption
(for example: restrictions, escrow arrangements)
N/A
Date of issue/acquisition/redemption
2
14 November 2023
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 21 309 962
Contact email address Jason.Woolley@meridianenergy.co.nz
Date of release through MAP

15 November 2023




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).