Announcement PDF ASX Release 18 February 2026 Receipt of $2.54 Million Research & Development Tax Incentive Rebate Spenda Limited (“the Company”) is pleased to announce the receipt of a $2.54 million research & development (R&D) tax incentive rebate from the ATO today. The rebate relates to R&D activities carried out by the Company during the 2024–2025 financial year. This funding reflects the federal government’s strong support for research and development and reinforces the Company’s commitment in advancing its technical innovation. This announcement has been authorised by the Company Secretary. - ENDS – About Spenda Spenda Limited (ASX:SPX) is an integrated business platform that enables businesses across the supply chain to sell better and get paid faster. Spenda is both a software solutions provider and a payment processor, delivering the essential infrastructure to streamline processes before, during and after the payment event. Spenda’s payments solution has three components – Software, Payments & Lending – and enables end-to-end e- invoicing integration, rapid ordering, digital trust and automated reconciliation. Spenda creates an industry standard operating environment (SOE) that enables the effective and seamless transfer of data from multiple, disparate software systems in one standardised technology solution. Spenda combines five vendors into one solution with end-to-end software integration as well as ledger-to-ledger integration to improve operational efficiency for all trading parties in the supply chain. Spenda captures transactions and payments through the value chain, generating layered revenue streams from SaaS, both B2B and B2C payments and B2B supply chain finance. Spenda’s ability to analyse and understand payment flows throughout these networks enables the Company to offer customised financing solutions to clients, in order to improve their working capital efficiency and cash utilisation throughout their operations. Investor Enquiries Please email: investors@spenda.co