ENGINEERING CLEAN ENERGY

8 APRIL 2021

ASX: EGR

Appendix 3C: Buy-Back and Cancellation

of Plan Shares

EcoGraf Limited (ACN 117 330 757) ("EcoGraf" or the "Company") (ASX: EGR) advises that it is undertaking an employee share scheme buy-back and cancellation of 5,750,000 shares (Plan Shares) issued on 8 July 2015 and 22 December 2017.

In accordance with the terms of the Company's employee and director share plans, the Plan Shares were issued to directors and former directors at market prices1 by means of non-cash five year loan, but as the Company's share price at the time of loan expiry was less than the issue price of the Plan Shares, the loan repayment condition for release was not satisfied and the directors' and former directors' entitlement to the Plan Shares ceased2.

As a result, the Company may elect to either sell or buy-back and cancel these Plan Shares. Given the Company's strong capital position following successful completion of the recent $54.6 million institutional placement announced to the ASX on 12 February 2021, the Company considers that a buy-back and cancellation is the most effective means to deal with the Plan Shares. There is no cash outlay for the buy-back and once completed, the Plan Shares will be cancelled.

An Appendix 3C is attached and details of the relevant Plan Shares are provided below:

Plan Participant

Date of Issue

No. of Plan Shares

Issue Price per Plan Share

Non-Cash Loan

Andrew Spinks

8 July 2015

1,250,000

17.36 cents

$217,000

John Conidi

8 July 2015

1,250,000

17.36 cents

$217,000

Grant Pierce

8 July 2015

1,250,000

17.36 cents

$217,000

Christoph Frey

22 December 2017

2,000,000

15.09 cents

$301,800

Note 1: The issue price of the Plan Shares was the volume weighted average price of the Company's shares during the 5 trading days immediately prior to the date an offer of Plan Shares was accepted by the participant.

Note 2: Refer Appendix 3Ys for Messrs Spinks and Conidi lodged with ASX on 10 July 2020.

This announcement is authorised for release by Andrew Spinks, Managing Director.

For further information, please contact:

INVESTORS

Andrew Spinks

Managing Director

  1. +61 8 6424 9002

EcoGraf Limited

ABN: 15 117 330 757

Managing Director

18 Richardson Street

E: info@ecograf.com.au

Andrew Spinks

West Perth WA 6005

www.ecograf.com.au

T: +61 8 6424 9002

About EcoGraf

Founded on a commitment to innovation and sustainability, EcoGraf is building a vertically integrated business to produce high purity graphite for the lithium-ion battery market.

The new state-of-the-art processing facility in Western Australia will manufacture spherical graphite products for export to Asia, Europe and North America using a superior, environmentally responsible purification technology to provide customers with sustainably produced, high performance battery anode graphite. In time the battery graphite production base will be expanded to include additional facilities in Europe and North America to support the global transition to clean, renewable energy in the coming decade.

In addition, the Company's breakthrough recovery of graphite from recycled batteries using its EcoGraf™ process will enable the reduction of battery waste and the use of recycled graphite to lower battery production costs and improve battery lifecycle efficiency.

To complement the battery graphite operations, EcoGraf is also developing the TanzGraphite natural flake graphite business, commencing with the Epanko Graphite Project, which will supply additional feedstock for the spherical graphite processing facilities and provide customers with a long term supply of high quality graphite products for industrial applications such as refractories, recarburisers and lubricants.

EcoGraf, a unique vertically integrated graphite business, positioned for the future of clean energy.

A video fly-through of the new West Australian facility is available online at the following link:

https://www.ecograf.com.au/#home-video

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Appendix 3C

Announcement of buy-back

(except minimum holding buy-back)

Rule 3.8A

Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.

Introduced 1/9/99. Origin: Appendix 7B. Amended 13/3/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/01/10

Name of entity

EcoGraf Limited

ABN/ARSN

15 117 330 757

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Information about buy-back

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Type of buy-back

Employee share scheme buy-back

  1. +Class of shares/units which is the subject of the buy-back(eg, ordinary/preference)
  2. Voting rights (eg, one for one)
  3. Fully paid/partly paid (and if partly paid, details of how much has been paid and how much is outstanding)

Fully paid ordinary shares

One-for-one

Fully paid

  1. Number of shares/units in the 454,983,459
    +class on issue
  2. Whether shareholder/unitholder Shareholder approval is not required approval is required for buy-back

7

Reason for buy-back

Buy-back and cancellation of 5,750,000

shares (Plan Shares) issued on 8 July 2015

and 22 December 2017 in accordance with the

terms of the Company's employee and director

share plans.

  • See chapter 19 for defined terms. 11/01/2010 Appendix 3C Page 1

8 Any other information material Not applicable to a shareholder's/unitholder's

decision whether to accept the offer (eg, details of any proposed takeover bid)

On-marketbuy-back

  1. Name of broker who will act on the company's behalf
  2. Deleted 30/9/2001.
  3. If the company/trust intends to buy back a maximum number of shares - that number

Note: This requires a figure to be included, not a percentage.

Not applicable

Not applicable

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If the

company/trust

intends

to

Not applicable

buy back shares/units within a

period of time - that period of

time;

if

the company/trust

intends that the buy-back be of

unlimited

duration

- that

intention

13

If the

company/trust

intends

to

Not applicable

buy

back

shares/units

if

conditions are met - those

conditions

Employee share scheme buy-back

14

Number of shares proposed to be

5,750,000

bought back

15

Price to be offered for shares

Nil cash consideration.

Once the buy-back is completed, the Plan

Shares will be cancelled.

Selective buy-back

  1. Name of person or description of class of person whose shares are proposed to be bought back
  2. Number of shares proposed to be bought back
  3. Price to be offered for shares

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Equal access scheme

  1. Percentage of shares proposed to be bought back
  2. Total number of shares proposed to be bought back if all offers are accepted
  3. Price to be offered for shares
  4. +Record date for participation in offer

Cross reference: Appendix 7A, clause 9.

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Compliance statement

1. The company is in compliance with all Corporations Act requirements relevant to this buy-back.

or, for trusts only:

  1. The trust is in compliance with all requirements of the Corporations Act as modified by Class Order 07/422, and of the trust's constitution, relevant to this buy-back.
  2. There is no information that the listing rules require to be disclosed that has not already been disclosed, or is not contained in, or attached to, this form.
  • See chapter 19 for defined terms. 11/01/2010 Appendix 3C Page 3

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