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Notice of Annual Meeting

AGM9 April 2019PFIReal Estate

ANNUAL MEETING
Property

for

Industry

Limited

Notice of

2019

Annual Meeting

of shareholders

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the annual meeting

of the shareholders of Property for Industry Limited

(PFI, the Company) will be held at the

Level 4 Lounge, South Stand, Eden Park, Gate P5,

Reimers Ave, Mount Eden, Auckland 1024

on Wednesday 8 May 2019 commencing at 11.00am.

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Resolution 1:
That Susan Peterson, who

retires and is eligible for election,

be elected as a Director of

the Company.

Resolution 2:

That the Directors are authorised

to fix the fees and expenses of the

auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Auckland.

Resolution 3:

That the Directors be authorised

to fix the remuneration of the

Directors of the Company

from the close of this meeting

as per the table shown in the

Explanatory Notes.

By order of the Board of Directors.

Anthony Beverley

Chairman

AGENDA

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02

03

04

BOARD AND

MANAGEMENT TEAM

PRESENTATIONS

SHAREHOLDER

DISCUSSION

FINANCIAL

STATEMENTS

ORDINARY

RESOLUTIONS

To receive the financial

statements for the year ended

31 December 2018 together

with the report of the auditors.

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SPECIAL

RESOLUTION

Resolution 4:

That the existing constitution of

the Company is revoked and the

constitution referred to in the

Explanatory Notes is adopted as

the constitution of the Company,

with effect from the close of

this meeting.

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GENERAL

BUSINESS

The Board of PFI invites

attendees to join them for

light refreshments at the

end of the meeting.

The Board recommends that you vote in favour of each of the

above resolutions.

The Board recommends that you vote in favour of the special resolution.

EXPLANATORY NOTES
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

RE-ELECTION OF

SUSAN PETERSON

The NZX Listing Rules state

Directors must not hold office

(without re-election) past the

third annual meeting following

the Director’s appointment, or

three years, whichever is longer.

Accordingly, Susan Peterson is

required to retire at this meeting.

Susan, being eligible, offers

herself for re-election, and the

Board unanimously supports

her re-election.

Having had regard to the factors

described in the NZX Corporate

Governance Code that may

impact Director independence,

the Board considers that Susan

Peterson will be an Independent

Director.

Susan is an Independent

Director of ASB Bank Limited,

Trustpower Limited, Vista Group

International Limited and Xero

Limited. Susan is also a Trustee

on the Board of Global Women,

a Tribunal Member of the NZ

Markets Disciplinary Tribunal

and a past Ministerial Appointee

to The National Advisory Council

for the Employment of Women.

Susan’s management career

included a variety of executive

roles at ANZ.

Susan chairs PFI’s Audit and

Risk Committee and is a member

of PFI’s Nomination and

Remuneration Committee.

AUDITOR FEES

AND EXPENSES

Section 207T of the

Companies Act 1993 provides

that a company’s auditor is

automatically reappointed

unless the shareholders resolve

to appoint a replacement

auditor or there is some other

reason for the auditor not to

be reappointed. The Company

wishes PricewaterhouseCoopers

to continue as the auditor

of the Company, and

PricewaterhouseCoopers has

indicated its willingness to

continue in office.

Section 207S of the Companies

Act 1993 provides that the fees

and expenses of the auditor

are to be fixed in such manner

as the company determines at

the annual meeting. The Board

recommends that, consistent

with usual practice, the auditor’s

fees and expenses be fixed by

the Directors.

DIRECTOR

FEES

The proposed resolution is to

change the structure of Director

fees from a total Director fee

pool cap (currently $430,000 per

annum – as set in 2016) to a per

Director rate. This allows full

transparency of fees and enables

the Board to proactively advance

succession planning.

The Board comprises four

Independent Directors, as well as

an Executive Director who will

transition to a Non-Executive

Director role on 1 July 2019.

Given length of tenure and

indicative retirement dates, a

further Independent Director(s)

may be appointed to ensure

appropriate cross over of skills

and knowledge.

In setting the proposed rates,

the Board commissioned an

independent benchmarking

review of both the structure of

payments and the current level

of Directors’ fees by Strategic

Pay. A summary of Strategic

Pay’s report, together with their

attestation of independence,

is available on PFI’s website at

https://www.propertyforindustry.

co.nz/investor-centre/annual-

meeting/.

RESOLUTION 01.RESOLUTION 02.RESOLUTION 03.

$ PLUS GST (IF ANY)
POSITION PROPOSEDCURRENT

Chair160,000120,000

Independent Director82,50070,000

Non-Executive Director82,50070,000

Audit and Risk Committee Chair15,00010,000

Nomination and Remuneration Committee Chair10,000None

Hourly rates for abnormal and particularly time intensive

projects or transactions outside the scope of typical

Board work

350 per hourPreviously a pool

of $20,000

THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE AND RATES ARE SET OUT IN THE TABLE BELOW:

PROPOSED STRUCTURE

he proposed structure and
rates are in line with Strategic

Pay’s recommendations. The

changes result in total Director

fees (not including ad hoc

fees) for the current Directors

of $515,000 per annum. This

represents an overall increase of

$85,000 or 19.8% as compared

to the current fee pool, which

was approved by shareholders in

2016. A significant portion of the

increase is the result of aligning

Chair remuneration to the typical

market ratio of approximately

two times Director fees, to reflect

the appropriate premium for the

additional responsibilities and

workload of the Chair.

If resolution 3 is approved by

shareholders then this will

abolish the current total Director

fee pool cap and the set rates

above will apply from the close

of this meeting. Going forward

the rates would be reviewed

every second year by the Board

in advance of the Annual

Meeting with any adjustment

put to shareholders for approval.

Voting Restrictions

In accordance with NZX Listing

Rule 2.11.1, the fees payable to

Directors must be approved by

an ordinary resolution of the

shareholders of the Company.

In accordance with NZX Listing

Rule 6.3.1, no Director who is

intended to receive payment of

these fees or their Associated

Persons (as defined under the

NZX Listing Rules) can vote on

such resolutions, unless casting

votes under an expressly directed

proxy of a person who is not

disqualified from voting.

Special Resolution

Resolution 4: That the existing

constitution of the Company is

revoked and the constitution

referred to in the Explanatory

Notes is adopted as the

constitution of the Company,

with effect from the close of

this meeting.

This special resolution seeks

shareholder approval to revoke

PFI’s current constitution and

adopt an updated constitution

(Updated Constitution).

The changes in the Updated

Constitution from PFI’s current

constitution are largely due to

PFI’s transition to the new NZX

Listing Rules on 1 May 2019, to

incorporate the NZX Listing

Rules by reference as opposed

to repeating many of the NZX

Listing Rules in full, and to remove

unnecessary repetition of sections

of the Companies Act 1993 that

PFI must comply with. In addition

to the changes to simplify the form

of the constitution, the Updated

Constitution reflects the following

key changes to the substance of

the constitution:

a) amending the procedure

allowing for the sale of share

parcels of less than a minimum

holding so as to provide for

those shares to be sold on

market (including through

a broker on behalf of PFI),

rather than through NZX

or in some other manner

approved by NZX;

b) including an express statement

that PFI shall comply with

the updated minimum Board

composition and rotation

requirements of the NZX

Listing Rules;

c) removing the clauses in

respect of Managing Directors

as these are no longer

consistent with the NZX

Listing Rules; and

d) removing all mandatory

shareholder meeting

requirements included in

Schedule 1 of the current

constitution to avoid repetition

of the NZX Listing Rules and

the Companies Act 1993.

If any of the provisions of the

Updated Constitution are

inconsistent with the NZX Listing

Rules, the NZX Listing Rules (as

amended by any waiver or ruling

granted to PFI) will prevail. A

copy of the NZX Listing Rules is

available at www.nzx.com.

A copy of the Updated

Constitution is available for

inspection at PFI’s registered

office, Shed 24, Prince’s Wharf,

147 Quay Street, Auckland

1010, New Zealand, and on

PFI’s website at https://www.

propertyforindustry.co.nz/

investor-centre/annual-meeting/.

The Updated Constitution does

not impose or remove a restriction

on the activities of PFI, and

accordingly no shareholder buy-out

rights arise under section 110 of the

Companies Act 1993.

The Board unanimously

recommends shareholders vote in

favour of revoking PFI’s current

constitution and adopting the

Updated Constitution.

Voting
Voting at the annual meeting

shall be decided by a poll of PFI

shareholders entitled to vote

and voting. Set out below are

details on voting matters for

the annual meeting.

A Voting/Proxy Form for use at

the annual meeting is enclosed

with this notice of meeting,

which you should bring to the

meeting as it also constitutes

your voting paper.

Entitlement to Vote

Every PFI shareholder whose

name is registered in the share

register as at 5.00pm on Monday

6 May 2019 and who is present

at the meeting in person or

by proxy or in the case of a

body corporate shareholder,

by representative, can vote

in respect of Resolutions 1

through 4 and shall have one

vote in respect of every fully

paid PFI share held by that PFI

shareholder at that time.

How you can vote?

PFI shareholders can vote in any

one of the following ways:

• in person;

• by appointing a proxy online at

www.investorvote.co.nz;

• by appointing a proxy using

the enclosed form; or

• by representative (if the

shareholder is a body

corporate).

Proxies and Corporate

Representatives

Any shareholder who is entitled

to vote at the annual meeting

may appoint a proxy (or in the

case of a corporate shareholder,

PROCEDURAL NOTES

a representative) to attend and
vote in your place. A proxy or

representative need not be a

shareholder of the Company.

You may direct your proxy or

representative to vote, or give

your proxy or representative a

discretion to vote how he/she

sees fit. If you wish to give your

proxy or representative such

discretion you should mark the

box accordingly. If you do not

mark any box then your direction

is to abstain.

A Voting/Proxy Form is attached

to this notice of meeting. If

you wish to appoint a proxy to

vote on your behalf, you must

complete the Voting/Proxy Form

and produce it to the Company

so as to be received (either by

post, fax or online) no later than

11.00am on Monday 6 May 2019.

Alternatively, shareholders can

appoint a proxy online at www.

investorvote.co.nz in accordance

with the instructions set out in

the enclosed Voting/Proxy Form.

The Chairman of the Company

is willing to act as proxy. If you

appoint the Chairman as proxy

but do not direct him how to

vote on any particular matter,

then the Chairman intends

to vote in favour of each of

the resolutions (other than

Resolution 3). If, in appointing

a proxy, you have inadvertently

not named someone to be your

proxy but otherwise completed

the Voting/Proxy Form in full,

or your named proxy does not

attend the meeting, the Chairman

will be your proxy and will

vote in accordance with your

express direction.

Required Votes

Resolutions 1 through 3 are

ordinary resolutions that each

require a simple majority of

more than 50% of the valid votes

cast at the annual meeting.

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If you have any questions, or for

more information, please contact

PFI’s Chief Finance and

Operating Officer,

Craig Peirce on +64 9 303 9651

or email

peirce@propertyforindustry.co.nz

MORE INFORMATION

Resolution 4 is a special

resolution that requires 75%

or more of the valid votes cast

at the annual meeting.

Shareholder Questions

Shareholders present at

the meeting will have the

opportunity to ask questions

during the meeting.

In addition, shareholders have

the opportunity to ask questions

in advance of the meeting. If you

would like to ask a question please

either email your question to

info@propertyforindustry.co.nz

with ‘Annual Meeting Question’

in the subject line, or post your

question to the Chief Finance

and Operating Officer, Property

for Industry Limited, PO Box

1147, Shortland Street, Auckland

1140. Please include your name

and shareholder number. During

the meeting, the Board intends

to answer as many of the most

frequently asked questions as

is reasonably practicable. All

questions should be received by

PFI by 5.00pm on 24 April 2019.

Motions will not be allowed from

the floor.

Presentations

The presentations from the

annual meeting will be released

to the NZX and published on

the Company website at https://

www.propertyforindustry.co.nz/

investor-centre/annual-meeting/

prior to, or during, the meeting.

A summary of the meeting and

the results of voting will be

released to the NZX as soon as

practicable following the close

of the annual meeting.

Level 4 Lounge,
South Stand,

Eden Park,

Gate P5,

Reimers Ave,

Mount Eden,

Auckland

ENTRY AND

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Reimers Ave

Wednesday

8 May

2019

11.00am

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Property for Industry Limited

Shed 24, Prince’s Wharf

147 Quay Street

PO Box 1147

Shortland Street

Auckland 1140

Phone: +64 (9) 303 9450

Facsimile: +64 (9) 303 9657

www.propertyforindustry.co.nz

LOCATION

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Voting/Proxy Form: Property for Industry Limited Annual Meeting, 11am on 8 May 2019

Voting

Voting at the meeting shall be decided by a poll of PFI shareholders entitled to vote and voting.

Set out below are details on voting matters for the annual meeting. This Voting/Proxy Form

can be used at the annual meeting as your voting paper.

Every PFI shareholder whose name is registered in the share register as at 5.00pm on

6 May 2019 and who is present at the meeting in person or by proxy or in the case

of a body corporate shareholder, by representative, can vote in respect of Resolutions 1

through 4 and shall have one vote in respect of every fully paid PFI share held by that PFI

shareholder at that time.

Resolutions 1 through 3 are ordinary resolutions that each require a simple majority of more

than 50% of the valid votes cast at the meeting.

Resolution 4 is a special resolution that requires 75% or more of the valid votes cast at the

annual meeting.

How to Vote

Attending the Meeting

If you propose TO ATTEND the meeting, please bring this Voting/Proxy Form intact to the meeting.

Appointment of Proxy

If you DO NOT propose to attend the meeting but wish to be represented by a proxy, please

complete and sign this Voting/Proxy Form. The Voting/Proxy Form must be deposited with

Property for Industry Limited in any way as indicated above, so as to be received by no later than

11.00am on 6 May 2019. A proxy or representative need not be a shareholder of the Company. If

you direct your proxy how to vote, the person you appoint as your proxy will be entitled to attend

the meeting to represent your interests. Should the shareholder/s wish to direct the proxy how

to vote, the boxes overleaf should be completed. If you mark the “Proxy Discretion” box for any

resolution, you are directing your proxy to vote as he or she thinks fit. In the case of resolution 3, any

Director who is intended to receive payment of the remuneration to be approved under this

resolution and their Associated Persons (as defined under the Listing Rules) will not cast any

votes that arise from any undirected proxy that they hold.

If you wish, you may appoint the Chairman of the meeting as your proxy. To appoint the

Chairman enter “the Chairman” as your proxy in the space allocated in “Step 1” of this form.

If you appoint the Chairman but do not direct him how to vote on any particular matter, then

the Chairman intends to vote in favour of each of the resolutions (other than resolution 3). If, in

appointing a proxy, you have inadvertently not named someone to be your proxy but otherwise

completed the Voting/Proxy Form in full, or your named proxy does not attend the meeting, the

Chairman will be your proxy and will vote in accordance with your express direction.

Signing Instructions for Postal Forms

Individual

Where a shareholder is an individual, this Voting/Proxy Form must be signed by the shareholder

or his or her duly authorised attorney.

Companies

Where a shareholder is a company, this Voting/Proxy Form must be signed by a director or a

duly authorised attorney or officer.

Trusts

Where a shareholder is a trust, this Voting/Proxy Form should be signed as above by at least

one trustee in accordance with the relevant trust deed (using the rules for an individual or a

company, depending upon whether the trustee is an individual or a company).

Partnerships

Where a shareholder is a partnership, this Voting/Proxy Form should be signed as above by at

least one partner in accordance with the rules governing the partnership (using the rules for an

individual or a company, depending upon whether the partner is an individual or a company).

Joint Shareholders

At least one joint shareholder should sign this Voting/Proxy Form (on behalf of all joint

shareholders). In the case of joint shareholders, if the shareholders appoint different voting

proxies, the vote of the proxy appointed by the first named joint shareholder will be counted.

Seniority shall be determined by the order in which names stand in Property for Industry

Limited’s share register.

Power of Attorney

If this Voting/Proxy Form is completed by an attorney, the power of attorney or a certified copy

must, if not previously produced to Property for Industry Limited, accompany the Voting/Proxy

Form together with a completed certificate of non-revocation of authority.

Body Corporate

A body corporate shareholder may appoint a representative on its behalf in the same manner

as if it were appointing a proxy, provided that the Chairman of the meeting, the Board, or the

persons checking the entitlement of people to attend a meeting, shall waive any time limit for

prior notice in respect of a corporation in favour of a person who at a meeting can produce

reasonable evidence of their authority to represent the corporation.

Appoint your proxy

Online

www.investorvote.co.nz

By Mail

Computershare Investor Services Limited

Private Bag 92119, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

By Fax

+64 9 488 8787

For all enquiries contact

+64 9 488 8777

corporateactions@computershare.co.nz

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

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Scan the QR code to appoint your proxy now.

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For your vote to be effective by proxy, the Voting/Proxy Form must be received by 11.00am on Monday, 6 May 2019

Proxy/Corporate Representative Form
Appoint a Proxy to Vote on Your Behalf

STEP 1

hereby appointof

or failing him/herof

as my/our Proxy to exercise my/our vote in accordance with my/our directions at the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of Property for Industry Limited to be held at

the Level 4 Lounge, South Stand, Eden Park, Gate P5, Reimers Ave, Mount Eden, Auckland 1024 on 8 May 2019 commencing at 11.00am and at any adjournment

of that meeting, and to vote as my/our proxy thinks fit on any resolution to amend the resolution, on the resolution so amended and on any other resolution proposed at the

meeting (or any adjournment) so as to give effect to my/our intention as set out below where possible.

I/We being a shareholder/s of Property for Industry Limited

Items of Business - Voting Instructions/Ballot Paper

STEP 2

Please note: Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy may vote or abstain from voting as he or she thinks fit.

Signature of Shareholder(s) This section must be completed.

SIGN

or director or duly authorised officer or attorney

Shareholder1Shareholder2Shareholder3

Contact Name Contact Daytime Telephone Date

ATTENDANCE SLIP

Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of Property for

Industry Limited to be held at the Level 4 Lounge, South

Stand, Eden Park, Gate P5, Reimers Ave, Mount Eden,

Auckland 1024 on 8 May 2019 commencing at 11.00am.

Resolutions: Annual Meeting

1. That Susan Peterson, who retires and is eligible for election, be elected as a Director of the Company.

2. That the Directors are authorised to fix the fees and expenses of the auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers Auckland.

3. That the Directors be authorised to fix the remuneration of the Directors of the Company from the close of this meeting as

per the table shown in the Explanatory Notes.

4.

That the existing constitution of the Company is revoked and the constitution referred to in the Explanatory Notes is adopted

as the constitution of the Company, with effect from the close of this meeting.

For

Against

Abstain

Proxy

Discretion

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