KMD Brands Receives Substantial Holder Disclosure from FirstCape and Harbour Asset Management

Sonal Goyal

10 November 2026 03:26 PM AEDT

KMD Brands Receives Substantial Holder Disclosure from FirstCape and Harbour Asset Management

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KMD Brands Limited (ASX:KMD) has received a substantial product holder disclosure from FirstCape Group Limited and Harbour Asset Management Limited, filed on 10 November 2026 and relating to a relevant event dated 9 November 2026, disclosing a movement of 1% or more in their respective holdings of KMD Brands ordinary shares.

Key Points

FirstCape Group Limited now holds 5,471,062 ordinary shares in KMD Brands, representing 7.601% of the class, down from 9.152% at the last disclosure on 29 April 2026.
Harbour Asset Management Limited now holds 5,276,670 ordinary shares, representing 7.331% of the class, down from 8.948% at the last disclosure.
The transactions giving rise to the disclosure include on-market purchases, on-market sales, off-market transfers, and net transfers into discretionary investment management services (DIMS) since 29 April 2026.
The total number of ordinary shares in the class is disclosed as 71,976,827 at the time of this disclosure.

FirstCape Group Limited Shareholding Details

According to the filing, FirstCape Group Limited held 5,471,062 ordinary shares in KMD Brands as at the relevant event date of 9 November 2026, equating to 7.601% of the total class of 71,976,827 ordinary shares. At the previous disclosure dated 29 April 2026, FirstCape held 164,686,466 shares, representing 9.152% of a then-total class of 1,799,415,022 shares. The disclosure was made under Sections 277 and 278 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 and was submitted to both NZX Limited and KMD Brands Limited.

Harbour Asset Management Transactions Since Previous Disclosure

The filing discloses that Harbour Asset Management Limited, including BNZ Investment Services Limited, conducted on-market purchases of 15,329,078 shares for gross consideration of $12,605,802.44, and on-market sales of 170,438,738 shares for gross consideration of $13,613,373.25. A net off-market transfer out of 625,593 shares was also recorded. Following these transactions, Harbour holds 5,276,670 ordinary shares, representing 7.331% of the class, compared with 8.948% at the time of the previous disclosure when it held 161,011,923 shares.

JBWere (NZ) Limited Position After Relevant Event

The filing also discloses details for JBWere (NZ) Limited, which conducted on-market purchases of 2,631,074 shares for gross consideration of $244,082.93, on-market sales of 2,634,618 shares for gross consideration of $629,739.51, and a net transfer into DIMS of 3,476,607 shares. Following the relevant event, JBWere (NZ) Limited holds 194,392 shares in KMD Brands, representing 0.270% of the class. The disclosure was certified by Conor Moynihan and states that no other person is believed to have given, or be required to give, a disclosure in relation to the financial products covered.

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