SPH Notice - FirstCape Group Limited

Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding

Section 276, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013



To NZX Limited

and

To The A2 Milk Company Limited (ATM)
Date this disclosure made: 28 March 2025
Date on which substantial holding
began:
27 March 2025


Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure
Full name(s):
FirstCape Group Limited


Summary of substantial holding
Class of quoted voting
products:
Ordinary Shares (Shares)
Summary for:
FirstCape Group Limited
For this
disclosure -
(a) total number held in
class:
36,223,574

(b) total in class: 724,019,118

(c) total percentage held
in class:
5.003%

Details of relevant interests:

Nature of relevant interest(s):
Relevant interest in Shares that its wholly-owned subsidiary
Harbour Asset Management Limited (Harbour) has a relevant
interest in. Harbour has the power to exercise (or control the
exercise of) rights to vote attached to, and power to acquire or
dispose of (or control the acquisition or disposal of), Shares
under investment powers contained in trust deeds or investment
management agreements with clients, including BNZ
Investments Limited (see below). FirstCape Group Limited has
those powers and controls indirectly, as the ultimate owner of
Harbour.
Number held in class:
31,104,702
Percentage held in class:
4.296%
Current registered holder of
financial products:
For on market purchases: Unknown
For on market sales: Various nominees or custodians for and on
behalf of Harbour Asset Management Limited
Registered holder of financial
products once transfer is
registered:
For on market purchases: Various nominees or custodians for
and on behalf of Harbour Asset Management Limited
For on market sales: Unknown

Nature of relevant interest(s):
Relevant interest in Shares that its wholly-owned subsidiary BNZ
Investments Services Limited (BNZIL) has a relevant interest in.
BNZIL has a beneficial ownership interest in these shares, which
are managed by Harbour under an investment management
agreement, so are also included in Harbour’s interest referred to
above.
Number held in class:
8,840,792
Percentage held in class:
1.221%
Current registered holder of
financial products:
For on market purchases: Unknown
For on market sales: Various nominees or custodians for and on
behalf of Harbour Asset Management Limited
Registered holder of financial
products once transfer is
registered:
For on market purchases: Various nominees or custodians for
and on behalf of Harbour Asset Management Limited
For on market sales: Unknown

Nature of relevant interest(s):
Relevant interest in Shares that its wholly-owned subsidiary
JBWere (NZ) Pty Limited has a relevant interest in. JBWere
(NZ) Pty Limited has the power to exercise (or control the
exercise of) rights to vote attached to, and power to acquire
or dispose of (or control the acquisition or disposal of),
Shares under the terms of investment management
agreements with clients (who are the beneficial owners of
the Shares). FirstCape Group Limited has those powers
and controls indirectly, as the ultimate owner of JBWere
(NZ) Pty Limited.
Number held in class:
3,881,475
Percentage held in class:
0.536%
Current registered holder of
financial products:
For on-market purchases: Unknown
For on-market sales: JBWere (NZ) Nominees Limited
Registered holder of financial
products once transfer is
registered:
For on-market purchases: JBWere (NZ) Nominees Limited
For on-market sales: Unkown

Nature of relevant interest(s):
Relevant interest in Shares that its wholly-owned subsidiary
Jarden Wealth Limited has a relevant interest in. Jarden
Wealth Limited has the power to exercise (or control the
exercise of) rights to vote attached to, and power to acquire
or dispose of (or control the acquisition or disposal of),
Shares under the terms of investment management
agreements with clients (who are the beneficial owners of
the Shares). FirstCape Group Limited has those powers
and controls indirectly, as the ultimate owner of Jarden
Wealth Limited.
Number held in class:
1,237,397
Percentage held in class:
0.171%
Current registered holder of
financial products:
For on-market purchases: Unknown
For on-market sales: FNZ Custodians Limited
Registered holder of financial
products once transfer is
registered:
For on-market purchases: FNZ Custodians Limited
For on-market sales: Unknown

Details of transactions and events giving rise to substantial holding:

The transactions/events giving rise to this disclosure obligation are on-market buy/sell trades
and off market transfers by FirstCape Group Limited since 27/11/2024 until 27/03/2025, as
summarised in the table below.

Details for: Harbour (including
BNZ Investment
Services Limited)
BNZ Investment
Services Limited
(included in
Harbour’s
figures)
JBWere
(NZ)
Nominees
Limited
Jarden
Wealth
Limited
On-market
purchases –
number of
shares
5,898,304 1,223,970 125,936 128,045
On-market
purchases –
gross
consideration
$46,129,696.01 $9,445,051.26 $952,640.53 $1,012,303.40
On-market
sales –
number of
shares
6,276,826 711,973 28,919 155,951
On-market
sales – gross
consideration
$48,649,990.60 $5,247,933.46 $86,124.58 $1,264,302.35
Net Shares
transferred
into DIMS
service
N/A N/A N/A 37,020

Additional information
Address of substantial product
holder:
Level 21, 171 Featherston Street, Wellington
Contact details:
Madeleine Pumphrey
M +64 27 376 8309
Madeleine.pumphrey@jbwere.co.nz



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: None.

Certification

I, Madeleine Pumphrey, 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.