ARDIDEN LTD — Capital/Financing Update 2020

Jul 14, 2020

Proposed issue of securities

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Announcement Summary

Entity name ARDIDEN LTD

Announcement Type

New announcement

Date of this announcement

Wednesday July 15, 2020

The Proposed issue is:

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A placement or other type of issue

Total number of +securities proposed to be issued for a placement or other type of issue

Maximum Number of ASX +Security Code +Security Description +securities to be issued ADV ORDINARY FULLY PAID 291,666,666

Proposed +issue date

Tuesday July 21, 2020

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Part 1 - Entity and announcement details

1.1 Name of +Entity

ARDIDEN LTD

We (the entity named above) give ASX the following information about a proposed issue of +securities and, if ASX agrees to +quote any of the +securities (including any rights) on a +deferred settlement basis, we agree to the matters set out in Appendix 3B of the ASX Listing Rules.

1.2 Registered Number Type

ABN

Registration Number

82110884252

1.3 ASX issuer code

ADV

1.4 The announcement is

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New announcement

1.5 Date of this announcement

Wednesday July 15, 2020

1.6 The Proposed issue is:

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A placement or other type of issue

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Part 7 - Details of proposed placement or other issue

Part 7A - Conditions

7A.1 - Are any of the following approvals required for the placement or other type of issue? +Security holder approval Court approval Lodgement of court order with +ASIC ACCC approval FIRB approval Another approval/condition external to the entity Yes

7A.1a Conditions

Approval/Condition Date for determination Is the date estimated or ** Approval actual? received/condition met? +Security holder approval Wednesday August 26, 2020 Estimated No

Comments

The issue of 8,333,333 shares to directors (Listing Rule 10.11.1 party) under the placement will be subject to shareholder approval.

Part 7B - Issue details

Is the proposed security a 'New class' (+securities in a class that is not yet quoted or recorded by ASX) or an 'Existing class' (additional securities in a class that is already quoted or recorded by ASX)? Existing class

Will the proposed issue of this +security include an offer of attaching +securities? No

Details of +securities proposed to be issued

ASX +Security Code and Description

ADV : ORDINARY FULLY PAID

Maximum Number of +securities proposed to be issued

291,666,666

Purpose of the issue

Issued in respect of capital raising announced 15 July 2020.

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Offer price details for retail security holders

In what currency is the cash What is the issue price per consideration being paid? +security? AUD - Australian Dollar AUD 0.01200

Will these +securities rank equally in all respects from their issue date with the existing issued +securities in that class? Yes

Oversubscription & Scale back details

May a scale back be applied to this event? No

Part 7C - Timetable

7C.1 Proposed +issue date

Tuesday July 21, 2020

Part 7D - Listing Rule requirements

7D.1 Has the entity obtained, or is it obtaining, +security holder approval for the issue under listing rule 7.1? No

7D.1b Are any of the +securities proposed to be issued without +security holder approval using the entity's 15% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1? Yes

7D.1b ( i ) How many +securities are proposed to be issued without security holder approval using the entity's 15% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1?

153,532,033

7D.1c Are any of the +securities proposed to be issued without +security holder approval using the entity's additional 10% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1A (if applicable)? Yes

7D.1c ( i ) How many +securities are proposed to be issued without +security holder approval using the entity's additional 10% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1A?

129,801,300

7D.1c ( ii ) Please explain why the entity has chosen to do a placement rather than a +pro rata issue or an offer under a +security purchase plan in which existing ordinary +security holders would have been eligible to participate

The Company chose to do a placement as it was considered to be the most efficient and cost effective mechanism for raising funds at this point in time.

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7D.2 Is a party referred to in listing rule 10.11.1 participating in the proposed issue? Yes

7D.3 Will any of the +securities to be issued be +restricted securities for the purposes of the listing rules? No

7D.4 Will any of the +securities to be issued be subject to +voluntary escrow? No

Part 7E - Fees and expenses

7E.1 Will there be a lead manager or broker to the proposed issue? Yes

7E.1a Who is the lead manager/broker?

Bell Potter Securities Limited.

7E.1b What fee, commission or other consideration is payable to them for acting as lead manager/broker?

There is 6% capital raising fee to be paid to Bell Potter, and 32.5m options to be issued to Bell Potter (each with an exercise price of $0.018 and expiry date of 4 years from the date of issue) for nil cash consideration.

7E.2 Is the proposed issue to be underwritten? No

7E.4 Details of any other material fees or costs to be incurred by the entity in connection with the proposed issue n/a

Part 7F - Further Information

7F.1 Will the entity be changing its dividend/distribution policy if the proposed issue proceeds? No

7F.2 Any other information the entity wishes to provide about the proposed issue

In total 291,666,666 fully paid ordinary shares will be issued for the Placement, under both listing rules 7.1A and 7.1, and subject to shareholder approval.

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