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MEGAPORT LIMITED Board/Management Information 2021

May 18, 2021

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Board/Management Information

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ASX RELEASE

Board Update

Brisbane, AUSTRALIA, 19 May 2021. Megaport Limited ( ASX:MP1 ), a leading global Network as a Service (NaaS) provider, is pleased to announce that Ms Melinda Snowden will be appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director from 1 June 2021. Ms Snowden brings extensive finance experience to the Board, and will replace Mr Jay Adelson as Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee effective 1 June 2021. Mr Adelson will remain on the committee.

Ms Snowden has more than 20 years of experience in financial services including as an investment banker with Grant Samuel, Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs in Australia and New York. She is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of WAM Leaders Limited (ASX: WLE) and Sandon Capital Investments Limited (ASX: SNC). Ms Snowden is also a Council member of Newington College, Our Ark Mutual Limited, and an advisory board member of Yarno, a SaaS compliance training and education provider. Ms Snowden has also served as a Non-Executive Director of Mercer Investments (Australia) Limited, Kennards Self Storage Pty Limited, SANE Australia and MLC Limited plus a number of its associated boards.

Megaport Chairman, Bevan Slattery, commented, “I am thrilled to have Melinda join the Megaport Board and look forward to her contribution in helping the company during its next phase of growth. Melinda’s significant experience and leadership in investment banking, finance and corporate governance will be of great value as we continue our expansion worldwide.”

With Ms Snowden’s appointment, as well as the Board appointments of Ms Naomi Seddon and Ms Glo Gordon, 40% of all Board directors and 50% of the Board’s Non-Executive Directors will be women. Mr Slattery said, “At Megaport we’re committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive company culture of excellence that represents the many backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of the global community we serve. Melinda’s appointment is part of our commitment to build an exceptional team of people, with the best skills, that best represents our shareholders and community”.

Megaport is also forming a new advisory board to focus on diversity and inclusion initiatives, reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Mr Vincent English. The initial members of the advisory board will be Ms Seddon, Ms Snowden, and Ms Gordon.

Mr Slattery will step down from the Audit & Risk Committee from 1 June 2021, and Mr Mike Klayko, who joined the Board in March, will be appointed a member of the Innovation Committee as of 1 June 2021.

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Celia Pheasant Company Secretary Megaport Limited

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About Megaport

Megaport is the global leading provider of Elastic Interconnection services. Using Software Defined Networking (SDN), the Company’s global platform enables customers to rapidly connect their network to other services across the Megaport Network. Services can be directly controlled by customers via mobile devices, their computer, or our open API. Megaport connects more than 2,100 customers in over 740 enabled data centres globally. Megaport is an Alibaba Cloud Technology Partner, AWS Technology Partner, AWS Networking Competency Partner, Cloudflare Network Interconnect Partner, Google Cloud Interconnect Partner, IBM Direct Link Cloud Exchange provider, Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Partner, Nutanix Direct Connect Partner, Oracle Cloud Partner, Rackspace RackConnect Partner, Salesforce Express Connect Partner, and SAP PartnerEdge Open Ecosystem Partner.

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Megaport Limited

Level 3, 825 Ann Street Fortitude Valley, QLD 4006 Australia

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