IPD GROUP LTD - Governance Information 2024

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ABN 12 111 178 351

43 Newton Road, Wetherill Park, NSW 2164 PO Box 6422, Wetherill Park, NSW 1851

Tel: 02 9645 0777

Amended Trading Policy

27 March 2024

In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 12.10, IPD Group Limited (“ IPD ” or “the Company ”) advises that it has amended its Trading Policy with effect from 26 March 2024.

A copy of the amended policy is attached and is also available on the Corporate Governance Section of IPD’s Website at https://ipdgroup.com.au/investors/corporate-governance/.

Should you have any queries, please visit our website https://ipdgroup.com.au/ or contact us directly at [email protected].

The release has been authorised by the IPD Group Limited Board of Directors.

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About IPD

As a provider of electrical solutions in energy management and automation, IPD is dedicated to enhancing electrical infrastructure. The company focuses on energy efficiency, automation, and secure connectivity, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of people. Committed to innovation, IPD plays a pivotal role in the electrification and decarbonisation of the economy, paving the way for a cleaner, interconnected tomorrow.

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Trading Policy

IPD Group Ltd (ACN 111 178 351) (Company) Adopted by the Board on 14 September 2023 (amended on 26 March 2024)

IPD Group Limited ABN 12 111 178 351

HEAD OFFICE

43 Newton Road, Wetherill Park, NSW, 2164 PO Box 6422, Wetherill Park, NSW, 1851 Tel: (02) 9645 0777 Fax: (02) 9645 1608

CUSTOMER SERVICE, SALES & TECHNICAL SUPPORT Tel: 1300 556 601 Fax: 1300 550 187 www.ipd.com.au

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1. Purpose and scope

1.1 Which trading?

Company securities

This policy summarises the law prohibiting insider trading and sets out the Company’s trading policy on buying and selling Company securities.

Securities of other entities

The prohibition on insider trading also applies to the securities of other entities if you possess Inside Information about those entities.

The Company Secretary may also extend this policy by specifying that Designated Persons are restricted from dealing in the securities of other specified entities with which the Company may have a relationship.

Terms used in this policy are defined in the glossary in Schedule 1.

1.2 Who does this policy apply to?

This policy applies to:

Who?	Which Sections?
Everyone– including all employees, contractors,	Section 2 (Insider trading prohibition) and
family and associates	Section 7 (Confidentiality)
Designated Persons(ie all directors, officers, and other key	The whole Trading Policy
management personnel (KMP) of the Company and senior
management of the Company, and any other person designated
by the Company Secretary)
Associates of Designated Persons(ie family and closely	See Section 1.3
connected persons and entities) – see the glossary for more
information

1.3 Associates

This policy also applies to Associates of Designated Persons, except that Sections 5.1 to 5.3 regarding prior notification, confirmation and notification of dealing apply as appropriate to the circumstances. If relevant, a Designated Person must:

(a) inform their Associates about this policy; and
(b) communicate on behalf of their Associates with the Notification Officer for the purposes of this policy.

If you are in doubt as to whether a person is an Associate and the application of this policy to them, you should contact the Company Secretary who will make a determination on the issue.

2. Insider Trading Prohibition – Corporations Act

2.1 What is the Insider Trading Prohibition?

Under the Corporations Act, if you have Inside Information (as defined in Section 2.2 below) relating to the Company it is illegal for you to:

(a) deal in (that is, apply for, acquire or dispose of) Company securities or enter into an agreement to do so; or
(b) procure another person to apply for, acquire or dispose of Company securities or enter into an agreement to do so; or
(c) directly or indirectly communicate, or cause to be communicated, that information to any other person if you know, or ought reasonably to know, that the person would or would be likely to use the information to engage in the activities specified in paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

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Options are included

It is also illegal to apply for, grant, exercise or transfer an option over Company securities if you have Inside Information relating to the Company.

Other organisations’ securities

It is also illegal to trade in the securities of other entities if you have Inside Information about those entities. This includes suppliers, contractors and customers.

Any capacity

It does not matter how or in what capacity you become aware of the Inside Information. It does not have to be obtained from the Company to constitute Inside Information.

No giving “tips”

You cannot avoid the Insider Trading Prohibition by arranging for a family member or friend to deal in Company securities, nor may you give “tips” concerning Inside Information relating to the Company to others.

WARNING: The Insider Trading Prohibition applies to everyone (not just Designated Persons) and applies at all times.

2.2 What is insider trading

“Inside Information” is information relating to the Company which is not generally available but, if the information were generally available, would be likely to have a material effect on the price or value of Company securities. Inside Information can include matters of speculation or supposition and matters relating to intentions or likely intentions of a person.

Information is regarded as being likely to have a material effect if it would, or would be likely to, influence persons who commonly invest in securities or other traded financial products in deciding whether or not to deal in Company securities.

Examples of Inside Information could be:

(a) the financial performance of the Company;
(b) changes in the Company’s actual or anticipated financial condition or business performance;
(c) changes in the capital structure of the Company, including proposals to raise additional equity or increase debt;
(d) proposed changes in the nature of the business of the Company;
(e) drilling results, mining exploration results, production figures etc;
(f) an event which could have a material impact (either positively or negatively) on profits (for example, a significant safety or environmental incident);
(g) changes to the Board of Directors or significant changes in Key Management Personnel;
(h) an undisclosed significant change in the Company’s market share;
(i) likely or actual entry into, or loss of, a material contract;
(j) material acquisitions or sales of assets by the Company;
(k) a proposed dividend or other distribution or a change in dividend policy; or
(l) a material claim against the Company or other unexpected liability.

2.3 When is information generally available?

Information is generally available if:

(a) it consists of readily observable matter or deductions;
(b) it has been brought to the attention of investors through an announcement to ASX or otherwise similarly brought to the attention of investors who commonly invest in securities, and a reasonable period has elapsed since it was announced or brought to investors’ attention; or
(c) it consists of deductions, conclusions or inferences made or drawn from information referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above.

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Examples of possible readily observable matters are:

(a) a change in legislation which will affect the Company’s ability to make certain types of investments; or
(b) a severe downturn in global securities markets.

2.4 Penalties

As well as reputational damage for both you and the Company, if you break the insider trading laws, you may be subjected to serious legal consequences including:

(a) criminal penalties for a conviction include heavy fines and imprisonment;
(b) civil liability – you can be sued by another party or the Company for loss they suffer as a result of your illegal trading;
(c) civil penalty provisions – the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) may seek civil penalties against you and may even seek a court order that you be disqualified from managing a corporation; and
(d) disciplinary action including dismissal – if you breach the law, this policy, or both, we will regard it as serious misconduct which may lead to disciplinary action including dismissal.

3. No dealing in Prohibited Periods

3.1 Prohibited Periods

Subject to the Insider Trading Prohibition and the requirements of this policy, Designated Persons must not deal in Company securities:

(a) during any the following blackout periods without prior approval (see Section 5):
(i) the period each year from the close of trading at the end of the full financial year until 10.00am on the next trading day following the date of announcement to ASX of the preliminary final statement or full year results;
(ii) the period each year from the close of trading at the end of the half financial year on 31 December until 10.00am on the next trading day following the date of announcement of half-yearly results;
(iii) within 24 hours after the release of market sensitive information under ASX Listing Rule 3.1; and
(iv) at any other times as the Board of Directors prohibits from time to time, (each, a Prohibited Period).

4. Further restrictions

4.1 Margin lending

Designated Persons must not enter into agreements that provide lenders with rights over their interests in securities of the Company without first seeking and obtaining prior written clearance from the Chair.

Any Designated Officer who enters into a margin loan or other financing arrangements over Company Securities:

(a) should ensure that they have sufficient available cash or other acceptable collateral to meet margin calls, including during a period of extreme sudden market downturn;
(b) must on each anniversary of the approval provided under clause 4.1, disclose their margin loan or other financing arrangement to the Chair; and
(c) must inform the Chair immediately if the following circumstances apply;
circumstances have arisen in which the relevant financier is entitled or is likely to become entitled to exercise a right under the margin loan or other financing arrangement to demand payment; and
the Employee, Designated Officer or their Associate expects that the demand will not be able to be satisfied without the disposal of Company Securities and if so, the number of the Company Securities likely to be disposed.

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4.2 No short term or speculative trading or short selling

The Company encourages Designated Persons to be long term investors in the Company.

Designated Persons must not engage in short term or speculative trading in Company securities or in derivative or other financial products issued over or in respect of Company securities. Short term means in less than a 6-month period.

Designated Persons must not engage in short selling of Company securities.

4.3 No hedging

Subject to the law, Designated Persons and their closely related parties (as defined in the Corporations Act) must not:

(a) enter into transactions or arrangements with anyone which could have the effect of limiting the exposure of the member to risk relating to an element of the member’s remuneration that:
(i) has not vested in the member; or
(ii) has vested in the member but remains subject to a holding lock; or
(b) deal at any time in financial products over or in respect of Company securities, except for the type of dealing permitted by law or under this policy.

Examples of prohibited arrangements include:

(a) a put option on incentive remuneration;
(b) a short position on shares that forms part of the incentive remuneration. A short position is a position in relation to shares in a listed company where the quantity of the shares that a person has is less than the quantity of the shares that the person has an obligation to deliver; and
(c) an income protection insurance contract in which the insurable risk event affects the financial value of remuneration or equity or an equity-related instrument for the key management personnel.

Examples of arrangements that are not prohibited:

(a) an income protection insurance contract in which the insurable risk event is death, incapacity or illness of any of the Key Management Personnel; and
(b) a foreign currency risk arrangement.

5. Clearance procedures

5.1 Prior notification

If a Designated Person proposes to deal in Company securities (including entering into an agreement to deal) during a Prohibited Period, they must first provide (using the appropriate Company form) both:

(a) written notice of their intention to the Company Secretary and the notification officer listed below (unless otherwise notified to the relevant Designated Person); and

Designated Persons and other employees	Notification Officer
Chairperson of the Board	[Chief Executive Officer/Chairperson of the
	Audit & Risk Committee]
Other Directors (including the Chief Executive	[The Chairperson of the Board]
Officer and alternate Directors)
Key Management Personnel	[Chief Executive Officer/Chairperson/Company
	Secretary]
Other Company Employees	[Chief Executive Officer/Company Secretary]

(b) confirmation that they are not in possession of Inside Information.

The relevant Notification Officer may appoint a delegate to act on his or her behalf if temporarily unavailable.

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5.2 Confirmation

Before dealing in Company securities, the Designated Person must receive a confirmation from the Notification Officer.

A confirmation expires 10 days from its date, unless it specifies a different expiry date.

A confirmation confirms that the proposed dealing by the Designed Person is within the terms of the Trading Policy but does not otherwise constitute approval or endorsement by the Company or the Notification Officer for the proposed dealing.

Even if confirmation is granted, a Designated Person remains personally responsible for their own investment decisions and assessing whether the Insider Trading Prohibition applies to them.

5.3 Notice of dealing

In addition to providing advance notice under Section 5.1, Directors must confirm in writing to the relevant Notification Officer, within 2 business days from when the dealing in Company securities has occurred, the number of Company securities affected and the relevant parties to the dealing.

6. Exceptions

6.1 Permitted dealings

Certain types of dealing are excluded from the operation of Section 3 of this policy and may be undertaken at any time (subject to the Insider Trading Prohibition). They are listed in Schedule 2 and are permitted primarily on the basis that the trading is passive, restrictive, outside of the individual’s control or there is no underlying change in beneficial owner.

6.2 Exceptional circumstances

If there are exceptional circumstances of the kind listed in Schedule 3, a Designated Person may request, and the Notification Officer may give, prior confirmation for the Designated Person to:

(a) deal in Company securities during a Prohibited Period; or
(b) dispose of Company securities even if otherwise prohibited under Section 4, except if this would breach the Insider Trading Prohibition – see Section 2.

7. Confidential Information

You must treat all sensitive, non-public information (Confidential Information) about the Company as confidential and belonging to the Company. Take whatever steps are reasonably necessary to keep Confidential Information from being disclosed (except as authorised or legally required). This means:

(a) you must avoid inadvertent or indirect disclosure of Confidential Information;
(b) you must be careful that your conversations are not overheard in elevators, aeroplanes or other public places;
(c) even within the Company, Confidential Information should be distributed to or discussed with others only on a need-to-know basis, and those people must be told that the information is confidential;
(d) you must not disclose Confidential Information to others (including family members, relatives, business or social acquaintances) except as authorised or legally required; and
(e) you must not leave Confidential Information on conference tables, desks or otherwise unguarded.

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8. Notifying interests and updating registers

The Company, its Directors and Company Secretary will comply with requirements regarding notifying Directors’ interests and updating Company registers including:

(a) disclosure obligations under the ASX Listing Rules (such as under ASX Listing Rules 3.1 and 3.19A);
(b) notifying ASIC of a substantial shareholding or change to that holding (under section 671B of the Corporations Act);
(c) for notifications, requests and clearances under this policy; and
(d) for Directors’ material personal interests and standing notices (under Chapter 2D Division 2 of the Corporations Act).

9. Awareness and training

The Company Secretary will instigate induction and on-going training, and set up appropriate processes, to promote compliance with this policy.

10. Obtaining further advice

If you do not understand any aspect of this trading policy, or are uncertain whether it applies to you or your family or other Associates, please contact the Company Secretary. You may wish to obtain your own legal or financial advice before dealing in Company securities.

11. Review and publication of this policy

The Board will review this policy from time to time so that it remains relevant to the needs of the Company. This policy may be amended by resolution of the Board.

This policy is available on the Company’s website. Key features are also published in:

(a) the annual report or a link given to the governance section of the Company’s website; and
(b) in the Appendix 4G form to be lodged with ASX at the same time as the annual report.

Schedule 1 – Glossary

Unless the contrary intention appears, these meanings apply in the Trading Policy:

Term	Definition
ASIC	Australian Securities & Investments Commission.
Associate	Associates of a Designated Person include their closely connected persons and entities,
	ie their family members, trusts, companies, nominees and other persons over whom a
	Designated Person has, or may be expected to have, investment control or influence.
	See Section 1.3.
ASX	ASX Limited or Australian Securities Exchange, as the context requires.
Clearance	means the process referred to in Section 5.
Procedures
Company	IPD Group Ltd (ACN 111 178 351).
Confidential	has the meaning given in Section 7.
Information
Corporations Act	Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
“deal” or “trade”	includes to take part in any transaction associated with buying, selling, acquiring, disposing
	of, converting or agreeing to do any of these things.

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Term	Definition
Designated Person	has the meaning given in Section 1.3.
Inside Information	has the meaning given in section 1042A of the Corporations Act as summarised in
	Section 2.2.
Insider Trading	means the prohibitions in section 1043A of the Corporations Act on trading or dealing with
Prohibition	Inside Information as summarised in Section 2.
Key Management	means persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the
Personnel	activities of an entity, directly or indirectly, including all executive and non-executive directors
	(see Accounting Standard AASB 124).
Notification Officer	the relevant person specified in Section 5.1 to whom notice should be given.
Prohibited period	has the meaning given in Section 3.

Schedule 2 – Permitted dealings

In accordance with Section 6.1, the following types of dealing are excluded from the operation of Section 3 of this policy and may be undertaken at any time (except if this would breach the Insider Trading Prohibition – see Section 2):

(a) (superannuation) transfers of securities which are already held in a superannuation fund or other saving scheme in which the Designated Person is a beneficiary;
(b) (third parties) an investment in, or trading in units of, a fund or other scheme (other than a scheme only investing in Company securities) where the assets of the fund or other scheme are invested at the discretion of a third party;
(c) (other trustees) where a Designated Person is a trustee, trading in Company securities by the respective trust provided the Designated Person is not a beneficiary of the trust and any decision to trade during a Prohibited Period is taken by the other trustees or by the investment managers independently of the Designated Person;
(d) (takeover) undertakings to accept, or the acceptance of, a takeover offer;
(e) (rights offers, SPPs and DRPs and buy-backs) trading under an offer or invitation made to all or most of the security holders, such as a rights issue, a security purchase plan, a dividend or distribution reinvestment plan and an equal access buy-back, where the plan that determines the timing and structure of the offer has been approved by the Company’s Board. This includes decisions relating to whether or not to take up the entitlements and the sale of entitlements required to provide for the take up of the balance of entitlements under a renounceable pro rata issue;
(f) (lender disposal) a disposal of Company securities that is the result of a secured lender exercising their rights;
(g) (incentive scheme) the exercise (but not the sale of securities following exercise) of an option or right under an employee incentive scheme, or the conversion of a convertible security, where the final date for the exercise of the option or right, or the conversion of the security, falls during a Prohibited Period and the Company has been in an exceptionally long Prohibited Period or the Company has had a number of consecutive Prohibited Periods and the Designated Person could not reasonably have been expected to exercise it at a time when free to do so; and
(h) (trading plan) trading under a non-discretionary trading plan for which prior written clearance has been provided in accordance with procedures set out in this policy and where:
(i) the Designated Person did not enter into the plan or amend the plan during a Prohibited Period; and
(ii) the trading plan does not permit the Designated Person to exercise any influence or discretion over how, when, or whether to trade.

However, this policy does not allow the Designated Person to cancel the trading plan or cancel or otherwise vary the terms of their participation in the trading plan during a Prohibited Period other than in exceptional circumstances.

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Schedule 3 – Exceptional circumstances

Request

In accordance with Section 6.2 and using the relevant Company form, a Designated Person may request, and the Notification Officer may give, prior confirmation for the Designated Person to:

(a) deal in Company securities during a Prohibited Period; or
(b) dispose of Company securities even if otherwise prohibited under Section 4,

if there are exceptional circumstances (except if this would breach the Insider Trading Prohibition – see Section 2).

Examples of exceptional circumstances are:

(a) severe financial hardship, eg a pressing financial commitment that cannot be satisfied otherwise than by selling the relevant Company securities;
(b) requirements under a court order or court enforceable undertakings or other legal or regulatory requirements (eg a family law settlement); or
(c) other exceptional circumstances as determined by the Chairperson (or Chief Executive Officer where the Chairperson is involved).

A liability to pay tax does not normally constitute severe financial difficulty.

If the Notification Officer has any doubt in making a determination of exceptional circumstances, they should exercise the discretion with caution.

The requirements of Sections 5.1 to 5.3 must be complied with regarding prior notification, confirmation and notification of dealing.

IPD Group Limited HEAD OFFICE ABN 12 111 178 351 43 Newton Road, Wetherill Park, NSW, 2164 PO Box 6422, Wetherill Park, NSW, 1851 Tel: (02) 9645 0777 Fax: (02) 9645 1608