Hi , this is your opportunity to share in Fortescue’s success

The SSSP allows eligible Fortescue employees to purchase shares monthly from their pre-tax salary.

Fortescue offers the SSSP shares as a simple way for employees to become a Fortescue shareholder and share in its future success.

You are eligible to participate if you are:

• a permanent full time or permanent part-time employee of Fortescue who was employed at the start of the invitation period;
• a fixed term employee of Fortescue where your term of employment is for a period of twelve months or more and was employed at the start of the invitation period;
• still an employee as at the Acquisition Date;
• an Australian resident for tax purposes.

In schemes where the tax is deferred, the taxing point (deferred taxing point) is the earliest of:

• when restrictions on the sale or exercise are lifted;
• 15 years after the shares or rights were acquired.

You will be subject to income tax at your marginal tax rate on the value of the Shares at this time.  If you sell your shares within 30 days of this deferred taxing point then income tax will be payable on the sale proceeds instead and there will be no further tax (ie Capital Gains Tax) in respect to those shares.

• The shares are purchased on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).   
• The price used to calculate the number of shares you will be allocated will be based on the purchase price each month. 
• Any funds remaining from the purchase will be added to the next month’s purchase.

Eligible employees will receive an invitation via email at the commencement of the offer period from Link Market Services. To accept the offer, follow the instructions provided in the invitation to the Link Investor Centre offer page.

If you are already participating and do not wish to change your annual amount or your non-disposal period, you do not need to do anything. Your contributions will continue.

You can only make changes to the annual amount being deducted by accepting the online offer on the Investor Centre during the two offer periods each year:

• 1 June – 30 June
• 1 December – 31 December

You can only make changes to the non-disposal period for future purchases by accepting the online offer on the Investor Centre during the two offer periods during each year:

• 1 June – 30 June
• 1 December – 31 December

Participation in the SSSP is voluntary.

You can stop your contributions at any time by sending an email including your full name, address and employee ID to payroll@fortescue.com.

If you cease employment with Fortescue, all your shares held in the SSSP will be transferred to you. You can then sell, transfer, or continue to hold them. Your income tax liability will arise at the point your salary sacrifice shares are released from holding.

As a condition of being able to defer the income tax on the Shares, there are disposal restrictions while the shares remain in the Plan.

As with any share investment, owning Shares carries some risk, including:

• if the Share price falls or Fortescue makes a loss, dividends may not be paid or maintained
• the market price of the Shares may fall, depending on factors such as Fortescue’s performance, the performance of the economy and general financial conditions, and therefore the value of your investment in the Plan may decrease.

There are no guaranteed returns under the Plan. Therefore, you are strongly encouraged to seek independent financial advice before deciding whether or not to participate in the Plan.

If you have queries or require more information about this offer, please contact Link on:

• Phone: 1300 733 136 from 7:30am to 7:30pm Monday to Friday (AEDT)
• Email: fortescue@linkmarketservices.com.au

If you have queries or require more information about the plan, please contact Rem and Ben on:

• Phone: 08 6218 8440
• Email: remandben@fortescue.com