2018 Annual Meeting results

NZX Code: ATM
ASX Code: A2M


20 November 2018
NZX/ASX Market Release

2018 Annual Meeting Results

The a2 Milk Company Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that all resolutions put to the annual
meeting of shareholders were passed. These were:

1. That Ernst & Young be re-appointed as Auditors of the Company and that the Directors of the Company
be authorised to fix the Auditor’s remuneration for the ensuing year.
2. That Jayne Hrdlicka, who was appointed a Director of the Company by the Board during the year, and
who will retire at the meeting in accordance with the Company’s constitution, be elected as a Director of
the Company.
3. That Peter Hinton, who will retire at the meeting by rotation in accordance with the Company’s
constitution, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.
4. That Warwick Every-Burns, who will retire at the meeting by rotation in accordance with the Company’s
constitution, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.
5. That the maximum total annual remuneration pool able to be paid to non-executive Directors in their
capacity as Directors of the Company and its subsidiaries be increased by NZ$415,000 from NZ$950,000
to a maximum of NZ$1,365,000, to be paid and allocated amongst current and any potential new
Directors (other than the Managing Director) over time as the Board considers appropriate and, for this
purpose, “non-executive Director” includes the Chair in his capacity as a Director of the Company and its
subsidiaries.

Please find attached a copy of the statistics in respect of each of the above resolutions.

For further information contact:
The a2 Milk Company Limited
David Hearn
Chairman
+61 2 9697 7000

ANNUAL MEETING
Tuesday, 20 November, 2018
THE A2 MILK COMPANY LIMITED
Resolution
Votes
For
Votes
Against
Votes
Discretionary
For Against Abstain **
Manner in which the security holder directed the proxy vote
(as at proxy close):
Manner in which votes were cast in person or by proxy
on a poll (where applicable)
Votes
Abstain
RESULT OF ANNUAL MEETING
423,508,687 1,049,511 954,072 529,936
THAT THE DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY BE
AUTHORISED TO FIX THE FEES AND EXPENSES OF
THE COMPANY'S AUDITOR, ERNST & YOUNG, FOR
THE ENSUING YEAR.
1
960,072
0.25%
1,062,913
99.75%
432,016,155
408,550,825 16,371,925 599,757 519,699
THAT JAYNE HRDLICKA, WHO WAS APPOINTED A
DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY BY THE BOARD
DURING THE YEAR, AND WHO WILL RETIRE AT THE
MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPANY'S
CONSTITUTION, BE ELECTED AS A DIRECTOR OF THE
COMPANY.
2
660,632
4.21%
18,250,016
95.79%
415,128,492
340,543,139 84,299,184 655,709 544,192
THAT PETER HINTON, WHO WILL RETIRE AT THE
MEETING BY ROTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
COMPANY'S CONSTITUTION, BE RE-ELECTED AS A
DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY.
3
1,310,919
19.52%
84,470,877
80.48%
348,257,362
409,277,784 15,505,342 715,349 543,731
THAT WARWICK EVERY-BURNS, WHO WILL RETIRE
AT THE MEETING BY ROTATION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE COMPANY'S CONSTITUTION, BE
RE-ELECTED AS A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY.
4
817,440
3.62%
15,662,544
96.38%
417,559,156
274,234,109 130,588,011 471,032 246,677
THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REMUNERATION
PAYABLE PER ANNUM TO NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY BE INCREASED BY
NZ$415,000 FROM NZ$950,000 TO NZ$1,365,000, TO BE
PAID AND ALLOCATED AMONGST THE
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AS THE BOARD
CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE.
5
722,709
32.59%
134,267,727
67.41%
277,721,327
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** - Note that votes relating to a person who abstains on an item are not counted in determining whether or not the required majority of votes were cast for or against that item