Seeka Provides Notice of Meeting – ASM
NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
2018
Dear Shareholder,
As an important part of the Seeka group, we hope you can attend our 2018 Annual Shareholders
Meeting.
Seeka Limited’s 2018 Annual Shareholders Meeting will be held Friday 27 April 2018 from 2:30pm
at Seeka360, 34 Young Road, Paengaroa 3186, New Zealand.
We look forward to seeing you. If you can’t however make it please remember to complete and
submit the enclosed Proxy Form so that it reaches our share registrar, Link Market Services Limited,
by 2:30pm on 26 April.
For shareholders attending the Annual Meeting, please bring the enclosed Proxy Form to assist with
your registration.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Seeka Limited ("Seeka") will be held at
Seeka360, 34 Young Road, Paengaroa, on Friday, 27 April 2018 commencing at 2.30pm.
Ordinary business
The business of the Meeting is:
1. Annual Report and Accounts
"To receive, consider and adopt the Annual Report of Seeka and the Financial Statements for the year ended
31 December 2017 together with the Auditor’s Report thereon."
2. Directors
To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as ordinary resolutions:
a. "To re-elect Peter Ratahi Cross as a Director."
b. "To re-elect Ashley Waugh as a Director."
Explanatory note to these ordinary resolutions
Profiles of each candidate standing for election are enclosed.
In accordance with clause 24.1(j) of Seeka's constitution, Peter Ratahi Cross and Ashley Waugh retire by
rotation and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
The Board supports and recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of the election of Peter Ratahi Cross
and Ashley Waugh.
No other nominations were received.
3. Directors' Remuneration
To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:
"That the pool of funds available for the remuneration of directors be increased by an amount of $50,000 per
annum, from a maximum of $400,000 per annum to $450,000 in each financial year payable to all directors
taken together, effective 1 January 2018."
Explanatory note to this resolution is on page 7.
4. Appointment and Remuneration of Auditors
"To record the re-appointment of PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) as auditor of the Company, and to authorise
the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor for the coming year."
General business
To consider any other matter that may be properly brought before the Meeting.
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Voting and proxies
The Chairman advises that, pursuant to Seeka’s constitution, he will call for voting on all resolutions to be by
way of a poll, meaning that each Shareholder has one vote for each share held.
Resolutions 1, 2a, 2b, 3 and 4 are ordinary resolutions and must be passed by a simple majority of the votes of
those Shareholders entitled to vote and voting on the resolutions.
Every Shareholder, or that Shareholder’s proxy or representative, is entitled to attend the Meeting and vote.
Any Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting may appoint a proxy to attend and vote on that
Shareholder’s behalf. The proxy need not be a Shareholder. You may appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as
your proxy. If you appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy and do not direct the Chairman how
to vote in the proxy form, the Chairman will vote discretionary votes in favour of Resolutions 1, 2a, 2b and 4.
The Chairman is excluded from acting as discretionary proxy on Resolution 3 but may act as your proxy under
your express directions.
A corporation that is a Shareholder may appoint a person as its representative to attend the meeting and vote
on its behalf, in the same manner as that in which it could appoint a proxy.
A proxy form accompanies this Notice of Meeting. If you are unable to attend the Meeting in person, please
complete the Proxy Form and return it in the reply-paid envelope provided to (Link Market Services, PO Box
91976, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142) or fax to 09 375 5990 or scan and email to
meetings@linkmarketservices.co.nz (please put the words “Seeka Proxy Form” in the subject line for easy
identification) to arrive no later than 2.30pm on Thursday 26 April 2018.
Alternatively, you may lodge your proxy online. Go to
https://investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/SEK.
Initial information including your CSN / Holder number and FIN (authorisation code) will be required to
successfully validate your holding online before shareholding information and voting pages are displayed.
A Shareholder will be taken to have signed the Proxy Form by lodging it in accordance with the instructions on
the website.
The appointment of a proxy or representative does not preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting at
the Meeting.
Directors of Seeka and Associated Persons (as defined in the NZX Main Board Listing Rules) of a Director are
not entitled to vote on Resolution 3.
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Independence of Directors for Listing Rule Purposes
NZX Main Board Listing Rule 3.3.5 requires Seeka to specify in this Notice of Meeting the Board’s view of
whether or not a nominee would qualify as an Independent Director under the NZX Main Board Listing Rules.
Generally, a Director will be considered to be independent for the purposes of the NZX Main Board Listing
Rules if the Director has no direct or indirect interest or relationship that could reasonably influence, in a
material way, the Director's decisions in relation to Seeka.
The NZX Main Board Listing Rules provide guidance as to the criteria for determining whether a Director can
be considered independent. Broadly, a Director will not be independent if the Director, in the Board’s view:
• Has a shareholding in excess of 5% of Seeka’s total shareholding; or
• Is an associated person of a shareholder with more than 5% of Seeka’s total shareholding; or
• Income derived by the Director from Seeka or associated companies (excluding Directors' fees and
dividends) is more than 10% of the Director's total income.
For the purposes of the NZX Main Board Listing Rules, in the Board’s view:
• If Peter Ratahi Cross is elected as Director, he would not qualify as an Independent Director.
• If Ashley Waugh is elected as Director, he would qualify as an Independent Director.
By order of the Board
S T McKinstry,
Secretary
27 March 2018
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CANDIDATE PROFILE
Peter Ratahi (Ratahi) Cross
Non-executive Director
Member Remuneration Committee
Appointed 1 March 2016
Ratahi is the chairman of several trust boards throughout the eastern areas of the North Island. He chairs Te
Awanui Huka Pak Limited and Ngai Tukairangi Trust, the largest Maori kiwifruit grower in New Zealand. The
trust operates orchards on the Matapihi Peninsula at Mount Maunganui, and in 2017 purchased 60 hectares
of SunGold orchards in the Hawke’s Bay.
Ratahi has a background in natural science specialising in native flora and fauna. He also lectures in Maori
history for several tribes he belongs to.
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CANDIDATE PROFILE
Ashley Waugh
Independent, non-executive Director
Chair Audit and Risk Committee
Appointed 21 May 2014
Ashley has experience in the fresh food industry having worked within the Australasian Fast Moving
Consumer Goods (FMCG) markets for more than 30 years. He also holds global experience in the FMCG,
foodservice and ingredients markets.
Ashley was the chief executive officer of Australian dairy foods and juice giant National Foods until its merger
with Lion Nathan in 2009. His prior business experience was with the New Zealand Dairy Board and Ford
Motor Company.
He currently serves on the board of Colonial Motor Company, and Fonterra Group as a farmer elected
director, and chaired Moa, New Zealand’s largest craft brewer, until retiring in December 2017.
Ashley chairs Seeka’s Audit and Risk Committee.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE — DIRECTOR REMUNERATION
New Zealand director fees are normally based on the key factors that define a business, including financial
size, international reach, industry segment, ownership structure, organisational performance and Board
performance.
Seeka directors are remunerated by fixed fees drawn from the annual pool of director fees as approved by
shareholders. Each director’s fee is then set according to expected time commitments and responsibilities as
determined by the Board. Seeka directors receive no equity-based remuneration, and receive no performance
or retirement benefits.
Seeka’s director remuneration policy is to set the annual pool available for director fees at a mid-range point,
relative to the market, rather than using the top-end range, with the Chairman using professional advice and
market information to review director remuneration within a two-year period. Approval from shareholders
to increase director remuneration was last sought April 2015 when the pool limit was set at $400,000 per
annum.
The Chairman uses PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to provide market data on director fees. PwC offer an
independent consulting service to assess and recommend director remuneration in New Zealand. In their
November 2017 Directors’ Fees Report, PwC surveyed 113 organisations (51% NZX-listed companies, 49%
private or state-owned organisations) to form one of the largest databases of comparative information.
Along with their 2017 Directors’ Fees Report, PwC provided an independent report to the Chairman that
benchmarked Seeka’s directors’ fees to 18 NZX-listed companies with comparable market capitalisation.
Considering the relevant factors, including business performance, increased complexity and scale of
operations, increased regulatory risk and obligations, and ongoing governance requirements, the Board
considered PwC’s 2017 survey and independent benchmarking report and recommend an increase to the pool
available to pay director fees from $400,000 to $450,000.
If approved, the Board proposes to allocate the pool as detailed in the following table. The increase would
apply from 1 January 2018.
Pool allocation overview
2017 actuals2018 proposal
Annual pool of director fees
Requires Shareholder approval
$ 400,000$ 450,000
Individual allocations
As determined by the Board
Chairman
$ 90,000$ 100,000
Chair Audit and Risk Committee
$ 60,000$ 67,500
Directors - Non Executive
$ 50,000$ 56,500
Total allocation
$ 400,000$ 450,000
LOCATION OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
Seeka360
34 Young Road, Paengaroa 3186, New Zealand
Friday, 27 April 2018 commencing at 2.30pm
Please bring the enclosed Proxy Form to assist with your registration.
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P.O. Box 47
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info@seeka.co.nz
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