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SKS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LIMITED Capital/Financing Update 2014

May 25, 2014

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Capital/Financing Update

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STOKES TO RAISE $2.55M TO EXPAND HIGH VALUE TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS

NON-RENOUNCEABLE FULLY UNDERWRITTEN 1:4 RIGHTS ISSUE OF UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES

Melbourne 26 May 2014: Stokes Limited (ASX:SKS) is pleased to announce a nonrenounceable rights issue offering shareholders whose registered addresses are within Australia and New Zealand ( Eligible Shareholders ) the opportunity to subscribe for a 3 year, 10% pa convertible note ( Convertible Note ) for every four fully paid ordinary shares held in the Company as at 7.00pm on Monday 2 June 2014 at a price of $0.35 each to raise approximately $2.55 million ( Rights Issue ).

The offering is fully underwritten by JM Financial Group Ltd.

Proceeds from the Rights Issue will be used to fund the expansion of the Stokes Technologies Division, for general working capital purposes and to retire debt associated with recent expansion and sales activities.

Stokes Managing Director Mr Con Scrinis commented as follows “During the 2013 calendar year the Company undertook and completed the restructuring of its appliance parts, services and manufacturing divisions. Recently Stokes established a new Technologies Division to diversify revenue streams and expand its sales of innovative technologies products & services.

The Stokes Technologies Division currently consists of Audiovisual and Lighting Solutions for the commercial and industrial markets.

The Company will exploit the extensive experience and history of the Stokes board and senior management team in successful company building. Con Scrinis was the founder of Moonlighting Pty Ltd, a leading manufacturer and distributor of commercial and industrial lighting products in Australia. Greg and Peter Jinks were the founders of KLM Group Ltd, which was a leading electrical contractor that housed an audiovisual division. The expertise and industry relationships of the Stokes leadership team enable expansion into new and related high value added products.

The Stokes Technologies division now employs ten staff, has assembled a comprehensive range of products and with recent significant contract wins and a pipeline of projects underway this division is shaping as a future growth engine of Stokes.”

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Offer Summary

Type of Offer Type of Offer Type of Offer Non renounceable rights issue Non renounceable rights issue Non renounceable rights issue Non renounceable rights issue Non renounceable rights issue Non renounceable rights issue Non renounceable rights issue Non renounceable rights issue Non renounceable rights issue Non renounceable rights issue
Is ue Ratio 1 Co nvertible N ote for ev ry 4 Shares h ld
Is sue Price $03 5 per Conv ertible Not e
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KeCo y terms o f Inte rest paym ent: 10% p.a fixed coup on paya ble quarterly in
tibl Nt 30 J 30 S b 31
nvere oes arre rs on une, ep emer,
Dece mber and 31 arch ea ch year.
Com mencing 30 Se ptembe r 2014.
Mat urity: 30 J une 2017 (unle ss conv erted earlier by
the h older)
Con vertibility: Conv ertible into ord inary sh ares at the
di ti f th hl d h Itt
scr eon o e o er on ac neres
Paym ent Date. Co nversion is on a 1:1
basis (subject to ad justmen t for certain
dilti d th itl tti
u nary an o r capa ransacons).
In ad dition uon co nversio the
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Com pany will issue 1 $0.35 2019 option
for e very 2 Shares i ssued.
Ran king: Unse cured and ran king equ ally with other
unse cured creditor but ah ad of
shar eholders
Liqu idity: Conv ertible Notes w ill be lis ted on ASX.
Record Date
Monday 2 June 2014
New ConvertibleNotes issued Approximately 7,287,820 convertible notes are to be issued(subject to rounding)
Funds Raised Approximately $2.55M before costs
Underwriter JM Financial Group Ltd ACN 007 364 132

Shareholder Approval of the Rights Issue is not required. The Rights Issue is being made pursuant to a Prospectus which will be lodged with ASIC today.

The Company will despatch the Prospectus to Eligible Shareholders on or about 5 June 2014 setting out the terms of the Rights Issue together with a personalised Entitlement and Acceptance Form, with instructions on how Eligible Shareholders may accept their entitlement.

The Directors, Messrs. Con Scrinis, Greg Jinks and Peter Jinks have advised that they will all take up their respective full entitlements under the Rights Issue in respect of all shares held by them (directly and indirectly).

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EVENT DATE
Announcement of Rights Issue and lodgement of 26 May 2014
Prospectus and Appendix 3B
Notice sent to Eligible Shareholders containing 28 May 2014
information required by Appendix 3B
“Ex” Date 29 May 2014
Record Date to determine Entitlements under the 2 June 2014
Offer
Rights Issue Opening Date 3 June 2014
Prospectus and Entitlement and Acceptance 5 June 2014
Forms Despatched to Eligible Shareholders
Final date and time for receipt of acceptance 17 June 2014
and payment in full (Closing Date)* 5:00pm
Securities quoted on a deferred settlement basis 18 June 2014
Notification to ASX of under subscriptions 19 June 2014
Issue Date 23 June 2014
Convertible Notes expected to commence trading 24 June 2014
on normal settlement basis*

These dates are subject to change and are indicative only. Stokes Limited reserves the right to amend this time table including, subject to the Corporations Act and listing rules, to extend the closing date. The Directors may extend the Closing date by giving at least 3 Business Days notice to ASX prior to the Closing Date. The date that the new shares are expected to commence trading on the ASX may vary with any change to the Closing date.

Con Scrinis Managing Director

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