Annual Shareholder Meeting Voting Results

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Annual Shareholder Meeting Voting Results
26 October 2017
At the Meridian Energy Annual Shareholder Meeting held today in Wellington, all resolutions were decided by
poll and the details of the number of votes case in person or by proxy were:

Resolutions For Against Total Votes Abstain
1 That Mark Verbiest, who was
appointed as a Director of the
Company by the Board on 24 March
2017, retires and is eligible for
election, be elected as a Director of
the Company.
1,887,277,519
(99.95%)
894,322
(0.05%)
1,888,171,841 1,299,867
2 That Mary Devine, who retires by
rotation and is eligible for re-election,
be re-elected as a Director of
the Company.
1,887,679,306
(99.98%)
449,933
(0.02%)
1,888,129,239 1,342,469
3 That Stephen Reindler, who retires
by rotation and is eligible for re-
election, be re-elected as a Director
of the Company.
1,887,291,866
(99.96%)
751,319
(0.04%)
1,888,043,185 1,428,523

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Resolutions For Against Total Votes Abstain
4 Shareholder proposal: That Meridian
investigate other areas of business
that reduce CO₂ emissions that
Meridian can be involved in due to
forecast climate change.
28,619,914
(1.52%)
1,858,601,546
(98.48%)
1,887,221,460 2,250,248
5 Shareholder proposal: That Meridian
lobby the New Zealand Government
to support the use of debt-free
money to make climate change
financially viable, rather than using
the proceeds from tax or debt to
private bankers, to reduce CO₂
emissions in the environment.
21,516,468
(1.14%)
1,866,149,861
(98.86%)
1,887,666,329 1,805,379

The Board of Meridian has determined that all Directors are Independent Directors (as defined in the NZX
Listing Rules).
ENDS
Mark Binns
Chief Executive
Meridian Energy Limited

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