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REECE LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2018

May 28, 2018

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Capital/Financing Update

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Appendix 3B New issue announcement

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.

Introduced 01/07/96 Origin: Appendix 5 Amended 01/07/98, 01/09/99, 01/07/00, 30/09/01, 11/03/02, 01/01/03, 24/10/05, 01/08/12, 04/03/13

Name of entity

Reece Limited ( Reece )

ABN

49 004 313 133

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

1
+Class of+securities issued or to
be issued
2
Number of+securities issued or
to be issued (if known) or
maximum number which may
be issued
Fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of
Reece (each, aShare).
37,875,132 new Shares will be issued on 30
May 2018 pursuant to the retail component
(theRetail Entitlement Offer) of the pro
rata
accelerated
non-renounceable
entitlement offer announced by Reece on 7
May 2018 (theEntitlement Offer).
This will bring the total number of new
Shares issued under the Entitlement Offer
and institutional placement announced by
Reece on 7 May 2018 (thePlacement) to
62,822,855new Shares.
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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3 Principal terms of the The new Shares to be issued under the +securities (e.g. if options, Retail Entitlement Offer, and issued under exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid +securities, the the institutional component of the Entitlement Offer ( Institutional amount outstanding and due Entitlement Offer ) and the Placement, dates for payment; if +convertible securities, the will be on the same terms as existing Shares conversion price and dates for on issue. conversion)

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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4 Do the[+] securities rank equally Yes, the new Shares to be issued under the in all respects from the[+] issue Retail Entitlement Offer, and issued under date with an existing[+] class of the Institutional Entitlement Offer and the quoted[+] securities? Placement, will be on the same terms as If the additional[+] securities do existing Shares on issue and will rank equally in all respects with those existing not rank equally, please state:  the date from which they do Shares from the date of issue of the new  the extent to which they Shares. participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment  the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment 5 Issue price or consideration $9.30 per new Share under the Entitlement Offer. $10.20 per new Share under the Placement.

5 Issue price or consideration 6 Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets)

As described in the ASX Announcement and Investor Presentation lodged with the ASX on 7 May 2018, the proceeds received from the issue will be used to partly fund the acquisition of MORSCO Inc by Reece.

6a Is the entity an[+] eligible entity No. that has obtained security holder approval under rule 7.1A? If Yes, complete sections 6b – 6h in relation to the[+] securities the subject of this Appendix 3B , and comply with section 6i 6b The date the security holder Not applicable. resolution under rule 7.1A was passed 6c Number of[+] securities issued Not applicable. without security holder approval under rule 7.1

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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6d
Number of+securities issued
with security holder approval
under rule 7.1A
6e
Number of+securities issued
with security holder approval
under rule 7.3, or another
specific security holder approval
(specify date of meeting)
6f
Number of+securities issued
under an exception in rule 7.2
6g
If+securities issued under rule
7.1A, was issue price at least 75%
of 15 day VWAP as calculated
under rule 7.1A.3? Include the
+issue date and both values.
Include the source of the VWAP
calculation.
6h
If+securities were issued under
rule
7.1A
for
non-cash
consideration, state date on
which
valuation
of
consideration was released to
ASX Market Announcements
6i
Calculate the entity’s remaining
issue capacity under rule 7.1 and
rule 7.1A – complete Annexure 1
and release to ASX Market
Announcements
7
+Issue dates
Note: The issue date may be prescribed by
ASX (refer to the definition of issue date in
rule 19.12). For example, the issue date for a
pro rata entitlement issue must comply with
the applicable timetable in Appendix 7A.
Cross reference: item 33 of Appendix 3B.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.

Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
The proposed issue date for new Shares to
be issued under the Retail Entitlement Offer
is 30 May 2018.
The issue date for new Shares issued under
the Institutional Entitlement Offer and the
Placement was 17 May 2018.
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Number +Class 8 Number and +class of all After completion of Shares +securities quoted on ASX the Retail ( including the +securities in Entitlement Offer section 2 if applicable) there will be 560,822,855 Shares on issue.

Number +Class 9 Number and +class of all N/A N/A +securities not quoted on ASX ( including the +securities in section 2 if applicable) 10 Dividend policy (in the case of a Shares to be issued under the Retail trust, distribution policy) on the Entitlement Offer, and issued under the increased capital (interests) Institutional Entitlement Offer and Placement, will have the same dividend rights as existing Shares.

Part 2 - Pro rata issue

11 Is security holder approval No. required? 12 Is the issue renounceable or nonNon-renounceable. renounceable? 13 Ratio in which the[+] securities 1 new Share for every 11 Shares held at the will be offered Record Date for the Entitlement Offer. 14 +Class of +securities to which the Shares. offer relates 15 +Record date to determine 7pm (AEST) 9 May 2018. entitlements 16 Will holdings on different No. registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements?

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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17
Policy for deciding entitlements
in relation to fractions
18
Names of countries in which the
entity has security holders who
will not be sent new offer
documents
Note: Security holders must be told how their
entitlements are to be dealt with.
Cross reference: rule 7.7.
19
Closing
date
for
receipt
of
acceptances or renunciations
Where fractions arose in the calculation of
shareholders'
entitlements
under
the
Entitlement Offer, they were rounded up
to the nearest whole number of new
Shares.
For the Institutional Entitlement Offer, all
countries
other
than
Australia,
New
Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and the
United Kingdom.
For the Retail Entitlement Offer, all
countries other than Australia and New
Zealand.
The Institutional Entitlement Offer closed
at 9.00am (AEST) on 8 May 2018.
The Retail Entitlement Offer closed at
5.00pm(AEST)on 23May2018.
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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20
Names of any underwriters
21
Amount of any underwriting fee
or commission
22
Names of any brokers to the
issue
23
Fee or commission payable to the
broker to the issue
24
Amount of any handling fee
payable to brokers who lodge
acceptances or renunciations on
behalf of security holders
25
If the issue is contingent on
security holders’ approval, the
date of the meeting
26
Date entitlement and acceptance
form and offer documents will be
sent to persons entitled
27
If the entity has issued options,
and the terms entitle option
holders
to
participate
on
exercise, the date on which
notices will be sent to option
holders
28
Date rights trading will begin (if
applicable)
J.P. Morgan Australia Limited (ABN 52 002
888 011)
An underwriting fee of 1.50% of:

the proceeds under the Entitlement
Offer (less the dollar amount to be
sub-underwritten
by
the
Wilson
family); and

$139,000,004.10 of the proceeds under
the Placement,
and a management and selling fee of 0.19%
of the sum of the proceeds under the
Entitlement Offer and $139,000,004.10 of
theproceeds under the Placement.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
No
prospectus,
product
disclosure
statement or other disclosure document
was
issued
in
connection
with
the
Entitlement Offer. A Retail Entitlement
Offer
Booklet
and
Entitlement
and
Acceptance Form were sent to eligible
retail shareholders in connection with the
Retail Entitlement Offer on 14May2018.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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29
Date rights trading will end (if
applicable)
30
How do security holders sell
their entitlements_in full_through
a broker?
31
How do security holders sell_part_
of their entitlements through a
broker
and
accept
for
the
balance?
32
How do security holders dispose
of their entitlements (except by
sale through a broker)?
33
+Issue date
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
The issue date for the new Shares issued
under the Institutional Entitlement Offer
and Placement was 17 May 2018.
The proposed issue date for the new Shares
to be issued under the Retail Entitlement
Offer is30 May2018.
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Part 3 - Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

  • 34 Type of[+] securities ( tick one )

  • (a)  +Securities described in Part 1

  • (b)[All other ][+][securities ]

Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a)

Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents

  • 35 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional[+] securities, and the number and percentage of additional[+] securities held by those holders

  • 36 If the[+] securities are[+] equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories 1 - 1,000

  • 1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 and over

  • 37 A copy of any trust deed for the additional[+] securities

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38 Number of[+] securities for which Not applicable. +quotation is sought 39 +Class of +securities for which Not applicable. quotation is sought 40 Do the[+] securities rank equally in Not applicable. all respects from the[+] issue date with an existing[+] class of quoted +securities? If the additional[+] securities do not rank equally, please state:  the date from which they do  the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment  the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment 41 Reason for request for quotation Not applicable. now Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period (if issued upon conversion of another[+] security, clearly identify that other[+] security) Number +Class 42 Number and +class of all Not applicable. Not applicable. +securities quoted on ASX ( including the[+] securities in clause 38)

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Quotation agreement

  • 1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX’s absolute discretion. ASX may quote the[+] securities on any conditions it decides.

  • 2 We warrant the following to ASX.

  • The issue of the[+] securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not for an illegal purpose.

  • There is no reason why those[+] securities should not be granted +quotation.

  • An offer of the[+] securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the Corporations Act.

Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be able to give this warranty

  • Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any applications received by us in relation to any[+] securities to be quoted and that no-one has any right to return any[+] securities to be quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

  • If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the +securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

  • 3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the warranties in this agreement.

  • 4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any information or document is not available now, we will give it to ASX before +quotation of the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.

Sign here: ............................................................ ( ~~Director/~~ Company secretary)

Date: 29 May 2018

Print name: Gavin Street

== == == == ==

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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