SPH Notice - Salt Funds Management Limited

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Disclosure of beginning to have substantial holding
Section 276, Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
Note: This form must be completed in accordance with the instructions at the end of the
form.
To NZX Limited
and
To NZME Limited– NZM
Date this disclosure made:04/08/2026
Date on which substantial holding began:03/08/2026
Substantial product holder(s) giving disclosure

Full name(s): Salt Funds Management Limited, Pathfinder Asset Management Limited and
Octagon Asset Management Limited
Summary of substantial holding
Class of quoted voting products: NZME Limited Ordinary Shares
Summary for Salt Funds Management Limited
For this disclosure,—
(a) total number held in class: 10,544,036
(b) total in class: 188,181,619
(c) total percentage held in class: 5.603%
Details of relevant interests

Details for Salt Funds Management Limited
Nature of relevant interest(s): Investment Manager
For that relevant interest,—
(a) number held in class: 10,544,036
(b) percentage held in class: 5.603%
(c) current registered holder(s):
(d) registered holder(s) once transfers are registered: See Annexure 1

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Details of transactions and events giving rise to substantial holding
Details of the transactions or other events requiring disclosure:
Transaction Type Period Shares/Units Consideration
SPH Wealth Holdings
Ltd purchase of
Octagon Asset
Management Ltd
3.08.2026 1,948,047

Additional information
Address of substantial product holder: Level 37, PWC Tower 15 Customs Street West,
Auckland 1050
Contact details:
Claire MacRae, Telephone +64 9 967 7276, Email: Claire.macrae@saltfunds.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: Not applicable
Certification
I, Claire MacRae 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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ANNEXURE 1
SUBSTANTIAL SECURITY HOLDER NOTICE FROM SALT FUNDS MANAGEMENT LTD
DATED 04 August 2026
Name of type of shares NZME Limited Ordinary Shares
Percentage held 5.603%

Registered holder:
Apex Investment Administration (NZ) Limited
(as custodian for Salt Investment Funds Ltd)
Holding: 8,131,236 (4.321%)
Registered holder:
BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd (as sub-custodian
for the Pathfinder Managed Investment Scheme
and Pathfinder KiwiSaver Plan)
Holding: 464,753 (0.247%)
Registered holder:
BNP Paribas Nominees (NZ) Limited (as sub-
custodian for the Octagon Investment Funds
scheme
Holding: 1,948,047 (1.04%)