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Notice of Meeting (Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund)

AGM11 October 2018FSFConsumer Staples

2018
NOTICE OF

ANNUAL

MEETING

MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2018

Commencing at 10am

(New Zealand time)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING 2018
NOTICE

OF ANNUAL

MEETING

Notice is hereby given that

the 2018 Annual Meeting of

unit holders of the Fonterra

Shareholders’ Fund will be held

WHEN

Monday 12 November 2018

Commencing at 10am

(New Zealand time)

ITEMS OF BUSINESS

A.Welcome and Introduction

B.Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund

Manager’s Chairman’s Address

C.Address by the Chairman

of Fonterra Co-operative

Group Ltd

D.Address by Chief Executive Officer

of Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd

E.Unit holder discussion

F.Resolution:

Unit holders will be asked

to consider and, if thought

appropriate, to pass the following

ordinary resolution:

1

.To elect retiring director

John Shewan as a director of the

Manager of the Fund.

John Shewan retires by rotation

from office at the Annual Meeting

and, being eligible, offers himself for

re-election. The resolution above

is to be considered as an ordinary

resolution and is required to be

passed by a simple majority of the

votes of those unit holders entitled

to vote and voting on the resolution.

John Shewan is an ‘Independent

Director’ for the purpose of the NZX

Main Board Listing Rules.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

An Explanatory Note on the director

offering himself for election is set out

on the following page.

ATTENDANCE

All unit holders are entitled to

attend and vote at the Annual

Meeting or to appoint a proxy

or representative to attend and

vote on their behalf.

PROXIES

A proxy need not be a unit

holder, and may be appointed

by completing the form

accompanying this Notice

of Annual Meeting or online

at www.investorvote.co.nz.

The appointment of a proxy or

representative does not preclude a

unit holder from attending

and voting at the Annual Meeting.

You may appoint the Chairman of

the Annual Meeting or any other

director of the Fund as your proxy.

ANDREW CORDNER

Company Secretary

Auckland, New Zealand

12 October 2018

FSF Management Company Ltd (Australian

Registered Business Number 190 539 935,

incorporated in New Zealand) is the Manager

of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund.

QUESTIONS

Unit holders may submit questions

to the Board of the Manager ahead

of the Annual Meeting. Questions

should be relevant to matters at the

Annual Meeting, including matters

arising from the financial statements

or general questions regarding the

performance of the Fund or Fonterra.

The Manager has a discretion on which

questions will be addressed at the

Annual Meeting.

Please submit questions by email to

Investor.Relations@fonterra.com.

Please write ‘Questions from

Unit Holders’ in the subject line of

the email.

There will also be an opportunity for

unit holders and proxy holders to ask

questions at the Annual Meeting.

WHERE

Fonterra’s Auckland Office

109 Fanshawe Street

Auckland Central

IMPORTANT DATES

These dates are given in

New Zealand time.

Friday 9 November 2018, 5pm

Record Date for voting entitlements

for the Annual Meeting

Saturday 10 November 2018, 10am

Latest time for receipt of Proxy/Voting

forms or for online proxy appointments

Monday 12 November 2018, 10am

Annual Meeting

LETTER FROM
THE CHAIRMAN

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

DEAR UNIT HOLDERS

On behalf of the Board of Directors

I am pleased to invite you to the

sixth Annual Meeting of unit holders

of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund,

commencing at 10am NZT on Monday

12 November 2018 at Fonterra’s offices,

109 Fanshawe Street, Auckland Central.

At the Annual Meeting, the Fund Board

will be joined by John Monaghan,

Chairman of Fonterra, and

Miles Hurrell, Chief Executive Officer

of Fonterra. I will present an overview

of the sixth year of the Fund and

John and Miles will discuss Fonterra’s

performance over the past year. Unit

holders will also have the opportunity

to ask questions about the operations

and management of Fonterra.

At the meeting, unit holders will be

asked to vote for my re-election

as a director. I was originally appointed

to the Board of the Manager

by Fonterra when the fund was

established. By rotation, I will stand

down as an Independent Director and

stand for re-election. More details are

in the sidebar to the right.

If you cannot attend the meeting and

wish to appoint a proxy to vote on your

behalf, you may direct your proxy to

vote for or against the resolution, to

abstain from voting, or to exercise their

discretion as to how to vote.

If you would like to appoint a proxy,

complete and lodge the enclosed

Proxy/Voting form (either by post

or fax) with Computershare Investor

Services. Alternatively, you can appoint

a proxy online by going to www.

investorvote.co.nz – you will need your

CSN holder number and postcode

(or country of residence if outside

New Zealand) to do this. If you receive

multiple Proxy/Voting forms, please

complete one Proxy/Voting form in

respect of each unit holding.

All Proxy/Voting forms need to reach

Computershare by 10am NZT

on Saturday 10 November 2018.

For those unit holders who are

attending the Annual Meeting, please

bring the enclosed Proxy/Voting form,

or your CSN holder number with you

to assist with your registration.

You are invited to join the Fund Board

and Fonterra senior management for

light refreshments at the conclusion of

the Annual Meeting.

I look forward to seeing you then.

JOHN SHEWAN

CHAIRMAN

FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND

RESOLUTION 1:

ELECTION OF DIRECTOR

JOHN SHEWAN

CNZM BCA (Hons)

FCA Independent Director appointed

by unit holders

John Shewan was appointed chairman

of the FSF board in November 2012.

He is an independent director, and in

addition to FSF currently serves on

the boards of Munich Reinsurance

Australasia, China Construction Bank

and the Wellington Regional Stadium

Trust, which he chairs. He is also an

Adjunct Professor in the Business

School at Victoria University.

PROCEDURAL NOTES
VOTING ENTITLEMENTS

Unit holders that will be entitled

to vote on the resolutions at the

Annual Meeting are those who

are unit holders of Fonterra

Shareholders’ Fund at 5pm NZT

on Friday 9 November 2018.

VOTING PROCESS

To vote, unit holders can either:

ATTEND IN PERSON

If you wish to attend the Annual

Meeting please bring the enclosed

Proxy/Voting form, or your CSN holder

number with you to the meeting.

APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE

If you do not propose to attend the

Annual Meeting, you can appoint a

proxy to attend the meeting and vote

on your behalf. The Chairman of the

meeting or any other director of the

Fund is willing to act as a proxy for

any unit holder who wishes to appoint

him or her for that purpose. To do this,

enter ‘the Chairman’ or the name of

your proxy in the space provided on

the Proxy/Voting form (further details

are provided on the form).

To appoint a proxy, you need to do one

of the following:

ONLINE

Lodge your proxy online by going

to www.investorvote.co.nz. You will

need your CSN Holder number and

postcode (or country of residence

if outside New Zealand).

If you do not have your CSN holder

number, please contact Computershare

at enquiry@computershare.co.nz

or +64 9 488 8777 (international).

FAX

You can fax your Proxy/Voting form to

+64 9 488 8787.

MAIL

Return the Proxy/Voting form by mail

to the Share Registrar, Computershare

Investor Services Limited, Private

Bag 92119, Auckland 1142, using the

Freepost envelope provided.

For your proxy to be effective it

must be received by 10am NZT on

Saturday 10 November 2018.

WEBCAST

The Annual Meeting will be webcast

online. To view the webcast, go to

www.fonterra.com/investor

The addresses of the manager of the

Fund and the supervisor are as follows:

FSF MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

109 Fanshawe Street, Auckland 1010,

New Zealand

Attention: Company Secretary

GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY LIMITED

Level 6, 191 Queen Street, Auckland

1010, New Zealand

Attention: Relationship Manager

Corporate Trusts

MEETING VENUE

Fonterra’s Auckland Office

ADDRESS

109 Fanshawe Street,

Auckland Central, New Zealand

PARKING

Parking is available at public car

parks in the vicinity of the venue

including Wilson Parking at

24 Daldy Street, and Viaduct car

park on Sturdee Street.

24 DALDY ST

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By Mail

Computershare Investor Services Limited

Private Bag 92119, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

By Fax

+64 9 488 8787

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For all enquiries contact

+64 9 488 8777

Lodge your proxy

Proxy/Voting Form

Lodge your proxy online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:

CSN/Securityholder Number:

You will need your CSN/Securityholder Number and postcode or country of residence (if outside New Zealand) to

securely access InvestorVote and then follow the prompts to appoint your proxy and exercise your vote online.

For your proxy to be effective it must be received by 10am Saturday 10 November 2018

Turn over to complete the form to vote

How to Vote on Items of Business

All your units will be voted in accordance with your directions.

Appointment of Proxy

If you do not plan to attend the meeting, you may appoint a proxy. The

Chairman of the Meeting, or any other director, is willing to act as proxy for any

unit holder who wishes to appoint him or her for that purpose. To do this, enter

'the Chairman' or the name of your proxy in the space allocated in 'Step 1'of

this form. Alternatively you can appoint a proxy online at

www.investorvote.co.nz

Voting of your holding

Direct your proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item

of business. If you do not mark a box your proxy may vote as they choose. If you

mark more than one box on an item your vote will be invalid on that item.

Attending the Meeting

Bring this form to assist registration. If a representative of a corporate

securityholder or proxy is to attend the meeting you may need to provide

evidence of your authorisation to act prior to admission.

Signing Instructions for Postal Forms

Individual

Where the holding is in one name, the unit holder must sign.

Joint Holding

Where the holding is in more than one name, all of the unit holders should

sign.

Power of Attorney

If this Proxy Form has been signed under a power of attorney, a copy of the

power of attorney (unless already deposited with the Company) and a signed

certificate of non-revocation of the power of attorney must be produced to the

Company with this Proxy Form.

Companies

This form should be signed by a Director jointly with another Director, or a

Sole Director can sign alone. Please sign in the appropriate place and indicate

the office held.

Comments & Questions

If you have any comments or questions for the company, please write them on

a separate sheet of paper and return with this form.



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STEP 2

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Proxy/Corporate Representative Form

Appoint a Proxy to Vote on Your Behalf

I/We being a unit holder/s of Fonterra Shareholders' Fund

as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions at the Annual Meeting of Fonterra Shareholders'

Fund to be held at Fonterra’s Auckland Office, 109 Fanshawe Street, Central Auckland on Monday 12 November 2018 at 10am (New Zealand time) and at any

adjournment of that meeting.

Please note: If you mark the Abstain box for an item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or a poll and your

votes will not be counted in computing the required majority. If you do not mark a box your proxy may vote as they choose.

Items of Business - Voting Instructions/Ballot Paper (if a Poll is called)

Signature of unit holder(s) This section must be completed.

Unit holder 1

or Sole Director/Director

Unit holder 2

or Director (if more than one)

Unit holder 3

Annual Meeting of Fonterra Shareholders' Fund to be held at

Fonterra’s Auckland Office, 109 Fanshawe Street, Central

Auckland on Monday 12 November 2018 at 10am (New Zealand

time)

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