APPEN LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2019

Mar 17, 2019

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Appen Limited Level 6, 9 Help Street Chatswood, NSW 2067 Tel + 61 2 9468 6300 Fax + 61 2 9468 6311 www.appen.com.au https://www.linkedin.com/company/appen

ASX ANNOUNCEMENT

18 March 2019

DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION UNDER SUBSECTION 708A(5)(e) OF THE CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 (CTH)

Appen Limited ACN 138 878 298 ( Appen ) (ASX:APX) today gives this notice in accordance with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ( Corporations Act ).

1. On the date of this notice, Appen issued 13,255,814 new fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of Appen ( Placement Shares ) to exempt investors under section 708 of the Corporations Act pursuant to a placement, the results of which were announced to the ASX on 12 March 2019.

2. The Placement Shares were issued without disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Corporations Act.

3. As a disclosing entity, Appen is subject to regular reporting and disclosure obligations.

4. As at the date of this notice, Appen has complied with:

   • (i) the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act as they apply to Appen; and

   • (ii) section 674 of the Corporations Act as it applies to Appen.

5. As at the date of this notice, there is no excluded information of the type referred to in sections 708A(7) or 708A(8) of the Corporations Act.

Appen also intends to rely on this notice in relation to the offer and issue of shares under a Share Purchase Plan to be made in accordance with ASIC Class Order [CO 09/425], which was announced to ASX on 11 March 2019.

Please contact for more information:

Kevin Levine (CFO) klevine@appen.com +612 9468 6322.

Carl Middlehurst (Company Secretary, VP and General Counsel) cmiddlehurst@appen.com +612 9468 6322