Cooks Coffee issues shares, expands into India with new franchise

Cooks Coffee Company Limited announced the issue of 1,680,672 new ordinary shares at NZD 0.20 per share, totaling 2.616% of the class. This capital change, effective July 21, 2025, is primarily connected with the company's entry into a master franchise agreement in India. Post-issue, the company will have 65,919,342 quoted ordinary shares and 500,000 unquoted non-voting shares.

The Nikau Trust, whose trustees include Graeme Keith Jackson, Patricia Frances Jackson, and Phillip Mack Picot, reclassified 458,000 of its non-voting shares as quoted ordinary shares on August 26, 2025. This reclassification increased the Nikau Trust's total holdings in Cooks Coffee to 13,275,345 shares, representing 19.999% of the class. The trust continues to hold 42,000 non-voting shares.

Graeme Keith Jackson, a director and senior manager of Cooks Coffee Company Limited, made this disclosure.