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TOWER LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2025
Jan 23, 2025
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Capital/Financing Update
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24 January 2025
Issue of unlisted share rights under Tower's Long Term Incentive Plan
Please see attached Capital Change Notice pursuant to NZX listing rule 3.13.1. This notice relates to the issue of share rights in respect of 1,206,987 ordinary shares to employees. The share rights are being issued pursuant to the Tower Limited Long Term Incentive Plan.
This announcement is authorised by Michael Stiassny, Chair.
For media enquiries, please contact:
Emily Davies Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability +64 21 815 149 [email protected]
For investor enquiries, please contact:
James Silcock Head of Strategy, Planning and Investor Relations +64 22 395 9327 [email protected]
Tower Limited 136 Fanshawe Street, PO Box 90347, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Freephone: 0800 808 808 Calling from overseas: +64 9 369 2000 tower.co.nz
Classification: Highly Sensitive
Template Capital Change Notice
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Updated as at June 2023
Please do not amend or delete individual rows. As this template relates to prescribed content, changes to content should only be made where it is clearly indicated that this is permitted, otherwise, if an Issuer considers a particular element does not apply, mark the row as N/A, Any other changes to this prescribed form must first be approved by NZX as required under NZX Listing Rule 3.26.1.
Section 1: Issuer information
| Name of issuer | Tower Limited |
|---|---|
| NZX ticker code | TWR |
| Class of financial product | Unquoted Share Rights (Share |
| Rights) | |
| ISIN (If unknown, check on NZX website) | N/A |
| Currency | NZ$ |
| Section 2: Capital change details | |
| Number issued/acquired/redeemed | 1,206,987 |
| Nominal value (if any) | N/A |
| Issue/acquisition/redemption price per security | Share Rights are issued for nil |
| cash consideration | |
| Nature of the payment (for example, cash or other | N/A |
| consideration) | |
| Amount paid up (if not in full) | N/A |
| Percentage of total class of Financial Productsissued/acquired/redeemed/ (calculated on the number of | 27.36% |
| Financial Products of the Class, excluding any Treasury Stock, | |
| in existence)1 | |
| For an issue of Convertible Financial Products or Options, the | Each Share Right converts on |
| principal terms of Conversion (for example the Conversion | a 1:1 basis for nil cash |
| price and Conversion date and the ranking of the Financial | consideration into fully paid |
| Product in relation to other Classes of Financial Product) or the | ordinary shares, subject to the |
| Option (for example, the exercise price and exercise date) | performance of Tower |
| Limited’s Total Shareholder | |
| Return relative to that of the | |
| entities comprising the NZX50 | |
| index over a 3 year vesting | |
| period ending 11 December | |
| 2027, provided that Tower | |
| Limited’s Total Shareholder | |
| Return is positive. Share | |
| Rights are not transferrable | |
| and may not be encumbered, | |
| nor do they confer any voting | |
| or distribution rights, rights of | |
| ownership (beneficial or legal) | |
| in any existing shares, or any | |
| other right incidental to or |
1 The percentage is to be calculated immediately before the issue, acquisition, redemption or Conversion.
| arising out of the ownership ofshares. | arising out of the ownership ofshares. |
|---|---|
| Reason for issue/acquisition/redemption and specific authorityfor issue/acquisition/redemption/ (the reason for change mustbe identified here)The issue of Share Rightsunder Tower’s Long TermIncentive Plan to incentiviseand retain employees. | |
| Total number of Financial Products of the Class after theissue/acquisition/redemption/Conversion (excluding TreasuryStock) and the total number of Financial Products of the Classheld as Treasury Stock after the issue/acquisition/redemption.5,618,567 | |
| In the case of an acquisition of shares, whether those sharesare to be held as treasury stockN/A | |
| Specific authority for the issue, acquisition, or redemption,including a reference to the rule pursuant to which the issue,acquisition, or redemption is madeResolution of the Board andListing Rules 4.6.1 and4.9.1(b) | |
| Terms or details of the issue, acquisition, or redemption (forexample: restrictions, escrow arrangements) | No cash consideration ispayable by the participants onthe grant of the Share Rightsor on the delivery of sharesfollowing vesting of ShareRights. Vesting of ShareRights is subject to theperformance of TowerLimited’s Total ShareholderReturn as noted above, andcontinued employment. |
| Date of issue/acquisition/redemption2 | 24 January 2025 |
| Section 3: Authority for this announcement and contact person | |
| Name of person authorised to make this announcement | Michael Stiassny |
| Contact person for this announcement | Tania Pearson |
| Contact phone number | 021 900 104 |
| Contact email address | [email protected] |
| Date of release through MAP | 24 January 2025 |
2 Continuous issuers using this form in reliance on Rule 3.13.2, please indicate the period during which the relevant issue/acquisition/redemptions were made (for example, 1 January 2019 to 31 January 2019).