Capital Change Notice Relating to DRP

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

27 March 2024
Meridian Energy Limited provides the attached Capital Change Notice pursuant to NZX listing rule
3.13.1. This Notice relates to the issue of 1,886,988 ordinary shares under Meridian Energy’s Dividend
Reinvestment Plan (DRP), dated 25 August 2021, in respect of the 2024 Interim Ordinary Dividend.


ENDS
Jason Woolley
General Counsel and 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

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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 1,886,988
Nominal value (if any) N/A
Issue/acquisition/redemption price per security $5.7624
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

0.0729%
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 31
December 2023
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.
2,588,594,444
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 27 February 2024

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
26 March 2024
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

27 March 2024




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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Appendix 2A - Application for quotation of securities
Appendix 2A - Application for quotation of securities
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Announcement Summary
Entity name
MERIDIAN ENERGY LIMITED
Announcement Type
New announcement
Date of this announcement
Wednesday March 27, 2024
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
924,28826/03/2024
Refer to next page for full details of the announcement
+Securities issued under a +dividend or distribution plan

Appendix 2A - Application for quotation of securities
Appendix 2A - 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
27/3/2024
New announcement

Appendix 2A - Application for quotation of securities
Appendix 2A - Application for quotation of securities
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Part 2 - Type of Issue
2.1 The +securities to be quoted are:
2.2 The +class of +securities to be quoted is:
2.3b.1 Date of Appendix 3A.1 lodged with ASX in relation to the underlying +dividend or distribution
22/3/2024
Additional +securities in a class that is already quoted on ASX ("existing class")
+Securities issued under a +dividend or distribution plan

Appendix 2A - Application for quotation of securities
Appendix 2A - Application for quotation of securities
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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
26/3/2024
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
924,288
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 5.76240000
Any other information the entity wishes to provide about the +securities to be quoted
Yes
Yes

Appendix 2A - Application for quotation of securities
Appendix 2A - 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:
The figures in parts 4.1 and 4.2 below are automatically generated and may not reflect the entity's current issued capital if
other Appendix 2A, Appendix 3G or Appendix 3H forms are 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 NZX1,266,998,857
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 STOCK1,865,008
MEZAI : ORDINARY FULLY PAID1,320,632,887
MEZAJ : PERFORMANCE SHARE RIGHTS2,226,405

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Appendix 3G - Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of unquoted equity securities
Appendix 3G - 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
Wednesday March 27, 2024
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 PAID962,70026/03/2024
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

Appendix 3G - Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of unquoted equity securities
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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
27/3/2024
New announcement

Appendix 3G - Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of unquoted equity securities
Appendix 3G - Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of unquoted equity securities
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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
22/3/2024
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

Appendix 3G - Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of unquoted equity securities
Appendix 3G - Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of unquoted equity securities
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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
26/3/2024
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
962,700
Yes

Appendix 3G - Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of unquoted equity securities
Appendix 3G - Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of unquoted equity securities
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Part 4 - +Securities on issue
Following the issue, conversion or payment up of the +securities the subject of this notification, the +securities of
the entity will comprise:
The figures in parts 4.1 and 4.2 below are automatically generated and may not reflect the entity's current issued capital if
other Appendix 2A, Appendix 3G or Appendix 3H forms are currently with ASX for processing.
4.1 Quoted +securities (Total number of each +class of +securities issued and quoted on ASX)
ASX +security code and description
Total number of
+securities on issue
MEZ : ORDINARY FULLY PAID FOREIGN EXEMPT NZX1,266,074,569
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 STOCK1,865,008
MEZAI : ORDINARY FULLY PAID1,321,595,587
MEZAJ : PERFORMANCE SHARE RIGHTS2,226,405