What did The a2 Milk Company Limited announce?

The a2 Milk Company Limited (NZX: ATM) filed “Capital Change Notice” with NZX on 20 August 2026, as a capital change announcement.

From the announcement:“Updated as at February 2025 Notice of issue of Ordinary Shares This notice is given under NZX Listing Rules 3.13.1 and 3.15.2 and relates to the vesting and automatic exercise of performance rights and the issue of fully paid Ordinary Shares under ATM’s Long Term Incentive Plan (LTI Plan).”
When was it filed?
20 August 2026
Where is the original?
NZX announcement
The a2 Milk Company Limited logo

Capital Change Notice

Capital Change20 August 2026ATMConsumer Staples

Capital Change Notice

Updated as at February 2025


Notice of issue of Ordinary Shares


This notice is given under NZX Listing Rules 3.13.1 and 3.15.2 and relates to the vesting and

automatic exercise of performance rights and the issue of fully paid Ordinary Shares under ATM’s

Long Term Incentive Plan (LTI Plan).


Section 1: Issuer information

Name of issuer The a2 Milk Company Limited

NZX ticker code ATM

Class of financial product Ordinary Shares

ISIN (If unknown, check on NZX website) NZATME0002S8

Currency NZD

Section 2: Capital change details

Number issued/acquired/redeemed 2,629,656 Ordinary Shares

Nominal value (if any) Not applicable

Issue/acquisition/redemption price per security NZ$8.28

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Nature of the payment (for example, cash or other

consideration)

Cash

Amount paid up (if not in full) Not applicable

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)

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0.36% of the total number of Ordinary

Shares on issue at the date of this notice.

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)

Not applicable

Reason for issue/acquisition/redemption and

specific authority for issue/acquisition/redemption/

(the reason for change must be identified here)

Ordinary Shares issued to a2 ESS

Holdings Pty Limited on behalf of certain

employees as a result of performance

rights vesting and being automatically

exercised in connection with ATM’s LTI

Plan, as authorised by Board Resolutions.

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.

728,055,850 Ordinary Shares.

There is no Treasury Stock.

In the case of an acquisition of shares, whether

those shares are to be held as treasury stock

N/A


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Calculated by converting the issue price from AUD to NZD using an AUD/NZD exchange rate of 0.8280 as at 19 August 2026.


2

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

Specific authority for the issue, acquisition, or
redemption, including a reference to the rule

pursuant to which the issue, acquisition, or

redemption is made

Board Resolutions and Listing Rule

4.9.1(b).

Terms or details of the issue, acquisition, or

redemption (for example: restrictions, escrow

arrangements)

All Ordinary Shares issued rank equally

with the existing Ordinary Shares.

Date of issue/acquisition/redemption

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20 August 2026

Section 4: Authority for this announcement and contact person

Name of person


authorised to make this

announcement

Kate Tidbury, Chief Legal Officer &

Company Secretary

Contact person for this announcement Kate Tidbury

Contact phone number +64 27 444 2701

Contact email address Kate.Tidbury@a2milk.com

Date of release through MAP


20 August 2026



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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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NZX Code: ATM
ASX Code: A2M



The a2 Milk Company Limited

www.thea2milkcompany.com


20 August 2026

NZX/ASX Market Release


Notice under section 80(1)(b) of the Companies Act 1993 (NZ)


The a2 Milk Company Limited (NZX: ATM, ASX: A2M) (“ATM”) has provided for the purposes of its Long Term

Incentive Plan and Employee Share Plans (the “Plans”) funding which constitutes financial assistance under

section 76 of the Companies Act 1993 (NZ). Particulars of that funding are:

(a) the funding was provided to a2 ESS Holdings Pty Limited (Trustee), a wholly-owned subsidiary of

a2MC, as trustee of the a2MC Group Employee Share Trust;

(b) the funding was provided to enable the Trustee to subscribe for up to 2,629,656 ordinary shares

to be issued by a2MC to be available to deliver to Plan participants on vesting of performance

rights under the Plan;

(c) the consideration paid by the Trustee per share was NZ$8.28 per share;

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(d) the funding was received by the Trustee, which will not be the beneficial owner of the shares.

The Trustee will hold the shares for the purposes of the a2MC Group Employee Share Trust

including allocation to participants in the Plan (and for the benefit of those participants); and

(e) the total aggregate amount of the funding by a2MC, NZ$19,257,097, and, for completeness by

its Australian subsidiary, NZ$2,504,828, was paid to the Trustee in cash as a non-repayable

grant.

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Authorised for release by:

Kate Tidbury

Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary

The a2 Milk Company Limited


1

Calculated by converting the issue price from AUD to NZD using an AUD/NZD exchange rate of 0.8280 as at 19 August 2026.

2

Calculated by converting the relevant amounts from AUD to NZD using an AUD/NZD exchange rate of 0.8280 as at 19 August 2026.

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Announcement Summary

Entity name

THE A2 MILK COMPANY LIMITED

Announcement Type

New announcement

Date of this announcement

Thursday August 20, 2026

The +securities to be quoted are:

Total number of +securities to be quoted

ASX +security

codeSecurity description

Number of +securities to

be quotedIssue date

A2MORDINARY FULLY PAID2,629,65620/08/2026

Refer to next page for full details of the announcement

+Securities issued, transferred or re-classified as a result of options being exercised or other +convertible securities being

converted

Appendix 2A - Application for quotation of securities
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Part 1 - Entity and announcement details

1.1 Name of entity

THE A2 MILK COMPANY 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

158331965

1.3 ASX issuer code

A2M

1.4 The announcement is

1.5 Date of this announcement

20/8/2026

New announcement

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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:

Additional +securities in a class that is already quoted on ASX ("existing class")

+Securities issued, transferred or re-classified as a result of options being exercised or other +convertible securities being

converted

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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

Existing +securities converting into additional +securities in an existing class

FROM (Existing Class)

ASX +security code and description

A2MAD : PERFORMANCE RIGHT

TO (Existing Class)

ASX +security code and description

A2M : ORDINARY FULLY PAID

Please state the number of options

that were exercised or other

+convertible securities that were

converted

2,629,656

The first date the options were

exercised or other +convertible

securities were converted

20/8/2026

The last date the options were

exercised or other +convertible

securities were converted

20/8/2026

Is this all of the options or other +convertible securities on issue of that type (ie have all of those options now been

exercised or have all of those convertible securities now been converted)?

The right of the holder of the options or other +convertible securities to receive the +underlying securities is being

satisfied by:

The underlying +securities being received by the holder are:

Were the options being exercised or other +convertible securities being converted issued under an +employee

incentive scheme?

Are any of the options being exercised or other +convertible securities being converted held by +key management

personnel (KMP) or an +associate?

Provide details of the KMP or +associates who are exercising options or converting convertible securities

Name of KMPName of registered holder

Number of options being exercised

or other +convertible securities

being converted

David Landt BortolussiDMZSK Super Pty Ltd

690,066

Xiao LiPacific Custodians Pty Limited

362,741

David MuscatDavid Muscat

172,605

Issue date

20/8/2026

Will the +securities to be quoted rank equally in all respects from their issue date with the existing issued

+securities in that class?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Intended to be, but are not yet, quoted by ASX

An issue of new +securities

No

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Issue details

Number of +securities to be quoted

2,629,656

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 8.28000000

Any other information the entity wishes to provide about the +securities to be quoted

The cash consideration was paid by the trustee of a2MC Group Employee Share Trust from contributions made by The a2

Milk Company Limited and one of its Australian subsidiaries.

An additional 50,513 performance rights have been exercised through the transfer of 50,513 fully paid ordinary shares

previously acquired on-market, as reflected in an Appendix 3G to be lodged after this Appendix 2A.

Yes

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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

A2M : ORDINARY FULLY PAID728,055,850

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

A2MAD : PERFORMANCE RIGHT3,576,884

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