COCHLEAR LIMITED — AGM Information 2010

Sep 15, 2010

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Lodge your vote:

• By Mail: Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited GPO Box 242 Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia

Alternatively you can fax your form to (within Australia) 1800 783 447 (outside Australia) +61 3 9473 2555

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For all enquiries call:

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Voting Form

For your vote to be effective it must be received by 10:00am (AEST) on Sunday 17 October 2010

How to Vote on Items of Business

All your securities will be voted in accordance with your directions.

Vote Directly

Voting 100% of your holding: Mark either the For, Against or Abstain box opposite each item of business. Your vote will be invalid on an item if you do not mark any box OR you mark more than one box for that item.

Voting a portion of your holding: Indicate a portion of your voting rights by inserting the number of securities you wish to vote in the For, Against or Abstain box or boxes. The sum of the votes cast must not exceed your voting entitlement.

Appointment of Proxy

Voting 100% of your holding: Direct your proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item of business. If you do not mark a box your proxy may vote as they choose. If you mark more than one box on an item your vote will be invalid on that item.

Voting a portion of your holding: Indicate a portion of your voting rights by inserting the percentage or number of securities you wish to vote in the For, Against or Abstain box or boxes. The sum of the votes cast must not exceed your voting entitlement or 100%.

Appointing a second proxy: You are entitled to appoint up to two proxies to attend the meeting and vote on a poll. If you appoint two proxies you must specify the percentage of votes or number of securities for each proxy, otherwise each proxy may exercise half of the votes. When appointing a second proxy write both names and the percentage of votes or number of securities for each in Step 1 overleaf.

Signing Instructions

Individual: Where the holding is in one name, the securityholder must sign.

Joint Holding: Where the holding is in more than one name, all of the securityholders should sign.

Power of Attorney: If you have not already lodged the Power of Attorney with the registry, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.

Companies: Where the company has a Sole Director who is also the Sole Company Secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A of the Corporations Act 2001) does not have a Company Secretary, a Sole Director can also sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or a Company Secretary. Please sign in the appropriate place to indicate the office held.

Attending the Meeting

Bring this form to assist registration. If a representative of a corporate securityholder or proxy is to attend the meeting you will need to provide the appropriate “Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative” prior to admission. A form of the certificate may be obtained from Computershare or online at www.computershare.com.

Comments & Questions: If you have any comments or questions for the company, please write them on a separate sheet of paper and return with this form.

Turn over to complete the form è

A proxy need not be a securityholder of the Company.

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Please mark to indicate your directions

STEP 1 Indicate Who your Vote will be Cast Select one option only

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At the Annual General Meeting of Cochlear Limited (the Company) to be held at the Menzies Sydney Hotel, Australia Ballroom, 14 Carrington Street, Sydney NSW 2000 on Tuesday, 19 October 2010 at 10.00am (AEST) and at any adjournment of that meeting, I/We being member/s of Cochlear Limited direct the following:

1. Vote Directly

2. Appoint a Proxy to Vote on Your Behalf: I/We hereby appoint PLEASE NOTE: Leave this box blank if you have selected Record my/our votes strictly in accordance with directions the Chairman OR the Chairman of the Meeting. Do not insert your own in Step 2. OR of the Meeting name(s).

PLEASE NOTE: A Direct Vote will or failing the individual or body corporate named, or if no individual or body corporate is named, the take priority over the appointment Chairman of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in of a Proxy. For a valid Direct Vote to accordance with the following directions (or if no directions have been given, as the proxy sees fit). be recorded you must mark FOR, AGAINST, or ABSTAIN on each item.

Important for Item 4: If the Chairman of the Meeting is your proxy and you have not directed him/her how to vote on Item 4 below, please mark the box in this section. If you do not mark this box and you have not directed your proxy how to vote, the Chairman of the Meeting will not cast your votes on Item 4 and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority if a poll is called on this Item. The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of Item 4 of business.

I/We acknowledge that the Chairman of the Meeting may exercise my proxy even if he/she has an interest in the outcome of that Item and that votes cast by him/her, other than as proxy holder, would be disregarded because of that interest.

PLEASE NOTE: If you mark the Abstain box for an item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority.

STEP 2 Items of Business

Ordinary Business

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1. To receive and consider the Financial Report, Directors Report and Auditor’s Report in respect of the year ended 30 June 2010.

2. 2.1 That the Remuneration Report be adopted.

3. 3.1 To re-elect Mr Donal O’Dwyer as a director of the Company.

4. 3.2 To re-elect Prof Edward Byrne, AO as a director of the Company.

5. 3.3 To elect Mrs Yasmin Allen as a director of the Company.

Special Business

1. Approval of issue, allocation or transfer of securities to the CEO/President, Dr Christopher Roberts under the Cochlear Executive Long Term Incentive Plan.

The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each item of business.

SIGN Signature of Securityholder(s) This section must be completed. Individual or Securityholder 1 Securityholder 2 Securityholder 3 Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary Director Director/Company Secretary Contact Contact Daytime / / Name Telephone Date

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