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Ri MACKENZIE in a CHANGING WORLD Investments CONFIDENCE ri MACKENZIE IN A CHANGING WORLD Investments Compliance Department Mackenzie Financial Corporation 180 Queen Street West Toronto, ON M5V 3K1 Direct: 416-967-2000 (ext 4773) Fax: 416-922-7062 FAX COVER SHEET TO: ASX COMPANY: Market Announcements Office, Australian Securities Exchange FAX #: +61 2 9347 0005 FROM: Karl Mendonca (kamendon@ mackenzieinvestments.com) DATE: January 16, 2020 Number of pages (including cover page): 13 MESSAGE: Substantial Shareholder Disclosure If you do not receive all pages, please email [email protected] THIS IS A CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION. This fax is intended for use only by the addressee and may contain privileged or confidential information. It should not be read or distributed to any other person. If you have received this fax in error, please notify us immediately by calling our office (collect if necessary) so that we can make arrangements for the return of this fax at our expense. Thank you for your cooperation and assistance. 604 Page 1 of 3 15 July 2001 Form 604 Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B Notice of change of interests of substantial holder To Company Name/Scheme Beston Global Food Company Limited ACN/ARSN 603 023 383 1. Details of substantial holder (1) Mackenzie Financial Corporation, Mackenzie Investments Asia Ltd., IGM Name Financial Inc., Power Corp of Canada, The Desmarais Family Residuary Trust and their respective associated entities listed in Annexure C. ACN/ARSN (if applicable) There was a change in the interests of the substantial holder on 01/16/2020 The previous notice was given to the company on 12/05/2019 The previous notice was dated 12/05/2019 2. Previous and present voting power The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows: Class of securities (4) Previous notice Present notice Person's votes Voting power(5) Person's votes Voting power (5) Ordinary 6.439% 5.412% 3. Changes in relevant interests Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of the company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme are as follows: Date of Person whose Nature of change (6) Consideration given Class and number Person's votes change relevant interest in relation to change of securities affected changed (7) affected 01/16/2020 See Annexure B 4. Present relevant interests Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows: Holder of Registered holder Person entitled to be Nature of relevant Class and number Person's votes relevant interest of securities registered as holder interest (6) of securities (8) I.G. CIBC through Ordinary Investment CIBC Mellon n/a see Annexure A shares 4.645% Management, Global 20,590,253 Limited Custody Mackenzie State Street Ordinary Investments Bank and n/a See Annexure A shares .767% Asia Ltd. Trust 3,400,000 604 Page 2 of 3 15 July 2001 Company 5. Changes in association The persons who have become associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows: Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable) Nature of association N/A 6. Addresses The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows: Name Address I.G. Investment 477 Portage Avenue, 16th Floor, Management, Limited Winnipeg MB R3B 3H5 Mackenzie Investments Suite 1011-12, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queens Way, Admiralty, Asia Ltd. Hong Kong, China Signature Compliance Officer, print name Karl Mendonca capacity Mackenzie Financial Corporation sign here date 01/16/2020 DIRECTIONS (1) If there are a number of substantial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporation and its related corporations, or the manager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be included in an annexure to the form. If the relevant interests of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may be referred to throughout the form as a specifically named group if the membership of each group, with the names and addresses of members is clearly set out in paragraph 6 of the form. (2) See the definition of "associate" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001. (3) See the definition of "relevant interest" in sections 608 and 6718(7) of the Corporations Act 2001. (4) The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes. (5) The person's votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100. (6) Include details of: (a) any relevant agreement or other circumstances because of which the change in relevant interest occurred. If subsection 671 B(4) applies, a copy of any document setting out the terms of any relevant agreement, and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contract, scheme or arrangement, must accompany this form, together with a written statement certifying this contract, scheme or arrangement; and (b) any qualification of the power of a person to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voting powers or disposal of the securities to which the relevant interest relates (indicating clearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies). See the definition of "relevant agreement" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001. (7) Details of the consideration must include any and all benefits, money and other, that any person from whom a relevant interest was acquired has, or may, become entitled to receive in relation to that acquisition. Details must be included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Details must be included of any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial holder or its associate in relation to the acquisitions, even if they are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant interest was acquired. (8) If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person (eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) write 604 Page 3 of 3 15 July 2001 "unknown". (9) Give details, if appropriate, of the present association and any change in that association since the last substantial holding notice. Annexure A This is Annexure A referred to in the form 604 Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder in relation to Beston Global Food Company Limited (ACN 603 023 383). Signed by me and dated January 16, 2020. Karl Mendonca Compliance Officer, Mackenzie Financial Corporation Appendix A - Details of Relevant Interest Number of Holder of relevant interest Nature of relevant interest securities Class Relevant interest under sec 608(1)(b) and 608(1)(c) of the I.G. Investment Management, Ltd. in Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) as a result of having both voting and respect to the following funds/accounts: disposition control of the shares in the funds/accounts. 1.16 Mackenzie Pan Asian Equity Fund (formerly Investors Pan Asian Equity Fund) 20,590,253 ordinary Relevant interest under sec 608(1)(b) and 608(1)(c) of the Mackenzie Investments Asia Limited in Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) as a result of having both voting and respect to the following fund/account: disposition control of the shares in the funds/accounts. 1.Civil Service Superannuation Board 3,400,000 ordinary Annexure B This is Annexure B referred to in the form 604 Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder in relation to Beston Global Food Company Limited (ACN 603 023 383). Signed by me and dated January 16, 2020. Karl Mendonca Compliance Officer, Mackenzie Financial Corporation Appendix B - Consideration Date of Acquisition (Eastern Time Consideration Number of Holder of relevant interest Trade Date) (per share) securities Class Cash ($AUD) Buy/Sell I.G. Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited MANI 2020-01-16 0.0851 Sell 1,100,000 ordinary I.G. Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited MANI 2020-01-15 0.0845 Sell 349,792 ordinary I.G. Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited MANI 2020-01-14 0.0872 Sell 900,000 ordinary I.G. Investment Management(Hong Kong) Limited MANI 2020-01-13 0.0903 Sell 615,000 ordinary I.G. Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited MANI 2020-01-03 0.0902 Sell 430,390 ordinary I.G. Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited MANI 2019-12-16 0.0828 Sell 400,000 ordinary I.G. Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited MANI 2019-12-12 0.0804 Sell 244,528 ordinary I.G. Investment Management(Hong Kong) Limited MANI 2019-12-10 0.08 Sell 513,227 ordinary Annexure C This is Annexure C of 7 pages referred to in the form 604 Notice of change of interests of substantial holder in relation to Beston Global Food Co Ltd (ACN 603 023 383). Signed by me and dated January 16, 2020. Karl Mendonca Compliance Officer, Mackenzie Financial Corporation Pansolo Holding Inc. Power Corporation of Canada 9808655 Canada Inc. Sagard SAS (France) Square Victoria Real Estate Inc. 7 Saint-Jacques GP Inc. 7 Saint-Jacques LP SVRE Management Inc. Square Victoria Communications Group Inc. 3121011 Canada Inc. Power Corporation International Victoria Square Ventures Inc. 152245 Canada Inc. Power Pacific Investment Management Inc. Power Corporation of Canada Inc. (Delaware) 171263 Canada Inc.
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