APPEN LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2020

Dec 6, 2020

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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

07 December 2020

Disclosure Notice under Subsection 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act

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 07 December 2020, Appen issued 681,468 new fully paid ordinary shares pursuant to the acquisition of Leapforce, Inc. and Raterlabs, Inc. and 8,134 new fully paid ordinary shares as a result of performance rights vesting under section 708 of the Corporations Act.

2. The 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.

• 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.

1. 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.

The release of this announcement was authorised by the board.

Please contact for more information:

Kevin Levine (CFO) klevine@appen.com +612 9468 6300

Carl Middlehurst (Company Secretary, VP and General Counsel) cmiddlehurst@appen.com +612 9468 6300

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