XPON TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LIMITED — Director's Dealing 2021

Dec 15, 2021

Appendix 3X Initial Director’s Interest Notice

Rule 3.19A.1

Appendix 3X

Initial Director’s Interest Notice

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 30/9/2001.

Name of entity:	XPON Technologies Group Limited
ABN:	37 365 810 258

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.1 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

Name of Director	Matthew Forman
Date of appointment	27 August 2019

Part 1 - Director’s relevant interests in securities of which the director is the registered holder In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (i) of the definition of “notifiable interest of a director” should be disclosed in this part.

Number & class of securities

Nil

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Part 2 – Director’s relevant interests in securities of which the director is not the registered holder

In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Name of holder & nature of interest Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant interest.	Number & class of Securities
Black Oak Ventures Pty Ltd ACN 159 394 840 (Black Oak Ventures) as trustee for the MABL Family Trust –  Matthew Forman is the sole director, the company secretary, and sole shareholder of Black Oak Ventures.  Matthew Forman is also a beneficiary of the MABL Family Trust.	104,288,320 fully paid ordinary shares*
	3,972,220 options* issued on 1 July 2021 and expiring 2 July 2031, comprising:  3,472,220 options exercisable at a price of $0.11 from 1 July 2023; and  500,000 options exercisable at a price of $0.11 upon satisfaction of certain performance conditions (as disclosed in section 10.13 of the XPON prospectus dated 15 November 2021).
Legal Toolbox Pty Ltd ACN 124 472 000 as trustee for the Smidge Digital Unit Trust –  The trustee of the Black Oak Superannuation Fund (of which Matthew Forman is a beneficiary) holds an interest in 2.78% of the units in the Smidge Digital Unit Trust and therefore has an indirect interest in XPON shares held by the trustee of the Smidge Digital Unit Trust. Matthew Forman does not hold an interest in Legal Toolbox Pty Ltd (the trustee entity) and does not control the investment decisions of Legal Toolbox Pty Ltd with respect to the Smidge Digital Unit Trust.	7,024,245 fully paid ordinary shares**

• All subject to escrow for 24 months from official quotation.

• ** Total XPON shares held by the trustee of the Smidge Digital Unit Trust.

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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Part 3 – Director’s interests in contracts

Note: In the case of a company, interests which come within paragraph (ii) of the definition of “notifiable interest of a director” should be disclosed in this part.

Detail of contract	-
Nature of interest	-
Name of registered holder (if issued securities)	-
No. and class of securities to which interest relates	-

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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