Amended Trust Deed
1 July 2019
AMENDED TRUST DEED
FSF Management Company Limited, as Manager of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund (FSF), is pleased to
advise that FSF’s Trust Deed has been amended in conjunction with its transition to the NZX Listing Rules
dated 1 January 2019, with effect from 1 July 2019.
A copy of the Deed of Amendment and Restatement of the FSF Trust Deed is attached to this
announcement, and a copy is also available at www.fonterra.com
-ENDS-
Andrew Cordner
Company Secretary - Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund
FSF Management Company Ltd (Australian Registered Business Number 190 539 935, incorporated in New Zealand) is the
Manager of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund
taf@fonterra.com
Phone +64 9 374 9000
Private Bag 92032, Auckland, 1142 New Zealand; Fonterra Centre, 109 Fanshawe Street, Auckland, 1010
New Zealand
www.fonterra.com
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FONTERRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LIMITED
FSF MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
THE NEW ZEALAND GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY LIMITED
DEED OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
OF FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS FUND
TRUST DEED FOR NZX LISTING RULE
TRANSITION
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PARTIES
FONTERRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LIMITED ("Fonterra")
FSF MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED ("Manager)
THE NEW ZEALAND GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY LIMITED ("Supervisor")
INTRODUCTION
A. The parties are parties to the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund ("Fund") Unit Trust Deed
("Trust Deed") dated 23 October 2012 (as amended).
B.
The parties wish to amend the Trust Deed on the terms set out in this deed to reflect
the NZX Listing Rules dated 1 January 2019 in conjunction with the transition of the
Fund to those rules with the Manager treated as an issuer of equity securities.
C. The Supervisor considers that the amendments:
(a) are desirable in order to comply with the updated requirements of the NZX
Listing Rules, and do not have a material adverse effect on Unit Holders;
and
(b) may therefore be made by agreement between the parties in accordance
with clause 33.1(a) of the Trust Deed.
COVENANTS
1. With effect on and from 1 July 2019 (being the date the Fund transitions to the NZX
Listing Rules dated 1 January 2019):
(a) the Trust Deed is amended and restated in the form set out in the
Schedule; and
(b) all references in each other agreement to the Trust Deed will be references
to the Trust Deed as amended by this deed.
2.
This deed does not create a new contract in place of the Trust Deed but varies the
Trust Deed. The Trust Deed, as varied by this deed, shall remain in full force and
effect.
3. This deed shall be governed by and construed in accordance with New Zealand
law.
4.
This deed may be signed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Any party may enter into this deed by
signing any such counterpart.
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SIGNED AS A DEED
FONTERRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP
LIMITED by:
and witnessed by:
Signature o authorised signatory
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Name of authorised signatory
Jacqueline Marie Floyd
Solicitor
Auckland
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Occupation
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FSF MANAGEMENT COMPANY
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Signed for and on behalf of
THE NEW
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COMPANY LIJ ED
by:
Authorise. Sig atory
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Print Name
Authorised Signatory
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Print Name
In the presence of:
Witness Signature
WITNESS TO BOTH SIGNATURES
Full Name:
Debra Gail Morton
Print Name
Residential Address: Auckland
Occupation: Corporate Trusts Administrator
Fignature:
Witness Occupation
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Place of residence
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SCHEDULE
Amended and Restated Fonterra Shareholders Fund Trust Deed
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FSF MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
Manager
THE NEW ZEALAND GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY LIMITED
Supervisor
FONTERRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LIMITED
Fonterra
FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS' FUND TRUST DEED
(as amended and restated)
CONTENTS
1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
2
2.
COMPLIANCE WITH AND INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN LISTING RULES
9
3.
CONSTITUTION OF THE TRUST FUND
11
4. UNITS
11
5.
ACQUISITION OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS
13
6. MAXIMUM HOLDING
14
7. ISSUE OF UNITS
16
8. ISSUE PRICE
17
9.
REDEMPTION OF UNITS
18
10.
RESTRICTIONS ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
19
11.
ALTERATION OF RIGHTS OF UNIT HOLDERS
19
12.
FORFEITURE AND LIEN
19
13. INVESTMENTS
21
14.
DISTRIBUTIONS
23
15.
RIGHTS, BENEFITS AND ENTITLEMENTS ARISING FROM SHARES
23
16. REGISTERS
25
17.
CERTIFICATES, SUBDIVISION, CONSOLIDATION
27
18. PAYMENT
28
19.
TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF UNITS
29
20.
TAKEOVER PROVISIONS
31
21.
ENFORCEMENT OF ACQUISITION RESTRICTIONS
31
22.
COMPULSORY ACQUISITION PROVISIONS
33
23.
HOLDING BY BARE TRUSTEE
36
24. REMUNERATION OF SUPERVISOR
36
25.
REMOVAL AND RETIREMENT OF Supervisor
36
26.
REMUNERATION OF MANAGER
37
27.
REMOVAL AND RETIREMENT OF MANAGER
37
28. BORROWING AND SECURITY
39
29.
ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND Financial statements
39
30. AUDITOR
41
31. MEETINGS OF UNIT HOLDERS
41
32. NOTICES
43
33. AMENDMENTS TO DEED
45
34.
SUPERVISOR'S AND MANAGER'S LIABILITIES AND INDEMNITIES
45
35.
SUPERVISOR'S POWERS AND COVENANTS
49
36.
MANAGER'S POWERS, DUTIES AND COVENANTS
49
37. TAXATION
50
38. TERMINATION
54
39. GOVERNING LAW
56
40. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
56
41. TAXATION LIABILITY
57
SCHEDULE 1 : MEETINGS OF UNIT HOLDERS
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DEED made 23 October 2012, as amended and restated with effect from 1 November 2016 and
as amended and restated with effect from 1 July 2019
PARTIES
FSF MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED ("Manager")
THE NEW ZEALAND GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY LIMITED ("Supervisor")
FONTERRA CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LIMITED ("Fonterra")
INTRODUCTION
A.
Fonterra's Constitution provides for an "authorised fund" and that its primary purpose is
to facilitate:
(a)
liquidity in relation to the trading of Shares; and
(b) the ability of Fonterra Shareholders to exchange some or all of their rights or
interests in Shares for securities issued by an "authorised fund", and vice
versa,
subject always to the rights, powers and limitations contained in Fonterra's Constitution.
B. The Manager established an "authorised fund" for the purpose referred to in Introduction
A whereby persons may acquire interests in Shares on 23 October 2012. To that end:
(a)
the Authorised Investments are Cash and Economic Rights and all
Distributions and Benefits which arise from such Economic Rights and from
such investments;
(b) subject to paragraph (c) the Trust is a passive investment vehicle which does
not actively trade in Shares or Economic Rights, nor undertake any other
trading activity; and
(c)
if a Permitted Person (or a person on the Permitted Person's behalf, including
through a settlement system):
(
transfers or issues a Share to the Custodian with the Custodian to
hold, or holding, such Share in accordance with the Custody Trust
Deed on behalf of the Supervisor for the benefit of the Trust, then,
subject to the terms of this Deed, the Manager must issue one Unit to
the Transferor in consideration for each such Share so transferred or
issued; and
(ii) wishes to redeem a Unit then, subject to the terms of this Deed, the
Manager must redeem that Unit and contemporaneously direct the
Custodian to transfer to that person one Share for the Unit redeemed.
C. The Supervisor has agreed to act as trustee of the Trust for the benefit of Unit Holders
on the terms and conditions set out in this Deed.
D.
Fonterra, the Manager and the Supervisor have agreed to record the terms and
conditions under which the Trust is constituted and administered in this Deed.
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IT IS AGREED
as follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1
Definitions: In this Deed, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Acquisition Notice" has the meaning given to it in clause 22.1.
"Affected Units" means any Unit which is determined to be treated as such pursuant to
clause 6.5 or clause 6.6.
"Assets" means, in relation to the Trust, all the real or personal property, rights and
assets of the Trust.
"Associate" has the meaning given to it in clause 1.5.
"ASX" means ASX Limited (ABN 98 008 624 691) or the financial market operated by
ASX Limited, as the context requires.
"ASX Listing Rules" means the listing rules of ASX and any other rules of ASX which
are applicable while the Trust is admitted to the Official List of ASX, each as amended or
replaced from time to time, except to the extent of any express written waiver by ASX.
"ASX Settlement" means ASX Settlement Pty Ltd (ABN 49 008 504 532).
"ASX Settlement Operating Rules" means operating rules of ASX Settlement or of any
relevant organisation which is an alternative or successor to, or replacement of, ASX
Settlement or of any applicable CS facility licensee.
"Attributed PIE Income" has the same meaning as in section YA 1 of the Tax Act.
"Attributed PIE Loss" has the same meaning as in section YA 1 of the Tax Act.
"Attribution Period" has the same meaning as in section YA 1 of the Tax Act.
"Auditor" means the qualified auditor of the Trust Fund from time to time appointed
pursuant to clause 30.
"Authorised Fund Contract" means the agreement between the Manager, the
Supervisor, the Custodian and Fonterra dated 25 October 2012 entitled "Fonterra
Shareholders' Fund Authorised Fund Contract", as amended and restated effective on
and from the date that the Trust becomes a "registered scheme" under the FMCA.
"Authorised Investments" means:
(a)
Economic Rights;
(b) Distributions;
(c) Benefits;
(d)
Cash; and
(e) any investment, asset, right, interest, estate or property of any nature
whatsoever arising directly or indirectly from any of the items set out in
paragraphs (a) to (d) above but not including Shares.
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"Benefits" means:
(a) any benefits, entitlements and rights which arise from the Economic Rights or
from Distributions; and
(b)
benefits, entitlements and rights which arise from the items referred to in
paragraph (a) and the items referred to in this paragraph (b),
excluding Shares, Economic Rights and Distributions.
"Calculation Period"
has the same meaning as in section YA 1 of the Tax Act.
"Cash"
includes, where payment is referred to as being made in cash, payment by
cheque or electronic transfer.
"CHESS Holding" has the same meaning as in the ASX Settlement Operating Rules.
"Claim" includes any liability, chose in action, action, suit, proceeding, claim, demand,
cost, charge and expense of any nature, however and whenever arising.
"Companies Act" means the Companies Act 1993.
"Corporations Act"
means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the Corporations
Regulations.
"CS facility licensee" means a person who holds a licence under the Corporations Act
that authorises the person to operate a clearing and settlement facility.
"Custodian"
means the trustee of the Fonterra Economic Rights Trust constituted by
the Custody Trust Deed (and includes any person nominated to hold Shares on behalf
of such trustee).
"Custody Trust Deed" means the trust deed entitled "Custody Trust Deed for the
Fonterra Economic Rights Trust" settled by Fonterra dated 25 October 2012.
"Deed" means this trust deed.
"Distribution"
has the meaning ascribed to that term in section 2(1) of the Companies
Act as it applies to Shares.
"Economic Rights"
has the meaning given to it in the Custody Trust Deed.
"Extraordinary Resolution"
means a resolution passed at a meeting duly convened and
held in accordance with the provisions contained in Schedule 1 and carried by a majority
consisting of not less than three-fourths of the votes given on a poll.
"Financial Year"
means the period which is from time to time adopted as the financial
year of Fonterra provided that the first financial year will be the period commencing on
the date of this Deed and ending on the same day as the end of Fonterra's financial year
next following the date of this Deed.
"FMCA"
means the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 and (unless the context
requires otherwise) includes any regulations made under that enactment, including the
Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014.
"FMCA Resolution"
means a resolution approved by Unit Holders holding Units with a
combined value of not less than 75% of the value of Units held by those persons who
are entitled to vote and who vote on the question.
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"Fonterra"
means Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited.
"Fonterra Custodian" means any person who Fonterra has advised the Manager has
been engaged by Fonterra to hold or deal with any Shares or rights or interests in
Shares and is a "Custodian" for the purposes of Fonterra's Constitution (as that term is
defined in Fonterra's Constitution), which person may be the Custodian.
"Fonterra Farmer Custodian Trust" means the trust created by deed between
Fonterra, the Custodian and the three initial trustees of that trust and constituted by trust
deed dated 25 October 2012.
"Fonterra Shareholder" means:
(a)
a person whose name is entered into the share register of Fonterra as the
holder of Shares; and
(b)
a person whose application to become a person referred to in paragraph (a)
has been accepted in writing by Fonterra in accordance with Fonterra's
Constitution.
"Fonterra Shareholders Market" or "FSM"
means any exchange or trading facility
selected by Fonterra (from time to time) which provides a facility for the trading of
Shares among Permitted Persons.
"Fonterra Unit" means the Unit having the rights set out in clause 4.5 for so long as it
has such rights in accordance with clause 4.5(g).
"Fonterra Unit Holder" means the person recorded in the Register as holder of the
Fonterra Unit, being initially the trustees from time to time of the Fonterra Farmer
Custodian Trust and thereafter any transferee in accordance with clause 4.5(b)(i) or
consented to by Fonterra in accordance with clause 4.5(b)(ii).
"Fonterra's Constitution" means the constitution of Fonterra in effect from time to time.
"Foreign Investment PIE" has the same meaning as in section YA 1 of the Tax Act.
"Holding Adjustment" has the same meaning as in the ASX Settlement Operating Rules.
"Independent Director" has the meaning given in the Listing Rules.
"Interest Group",
in relation to any action or proposal affecting rights attached to Units,
means a group of holders of Units:
(a)
whose affected rights are identical; and
(b)
whose rights are affected by the action or proposal in the same way;
and who comprise holders of Units of one or more Classes, except where action is taken
in relation to some holders of Units in a Class and not others, or a proposal expressly
distinguishes between some holders of Units in a Class and other holders of Units in that
Class, in which case the holders of Units in that Class may fall into two or more interest
groups.
"Investment"
means any investment, asset, right, interest, estate or property of any
nature then forming part of the Assets of the Trust including all Economic Rights but
excluding, for clarity, any ability to exercise or direct the exercise of any right to vote
attached to any Share the subject of an Economic Right except as provided for in clause
15.3.
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"Investor Class" has the same meaning as in section YA 1 of the Tax Act.
"Investor's Percentage" has the same meaning as in section HM 50(4)(c) of the Tax
Act.
"Issuer Sponsored Holding"
has the meaning given to that term in the ASX Settlement
Operating Rules.
"Listing Rules"
means the NZX Listing Rules in force from time to time.
"Manager"
means the person appointed as manager of the Trust in accordance with this
Deed from time to time, being at the date of this Deed, FSF Management Company
Limited.
"Minimum Number" means a Minimum Holding of Units as defined in, and determined
in accordance with, the Listing Rules.
"Month" means a calendar month.
"Net Income" has the meaning given to it in section HM 35 of the Tax Act.
"Net Loss"
has the meaning given to it in section HM 35 of the Tax Act.
"Notified Foreign Investor"
has the same meaning as in section YA 1 of the Tax Act.
"Notified Investor Rate" has the same meaning as in section YA 1 of the Tax Act.
"NZX" means NZX Limited and includes its successors and assigns and, as the context
permits, includes any duly authorised delegate of NZX.
"NZX Main Board"
means the main board financial product market operated by NZX.
"NZX Participant Rules" means the participant rules applying to the FSM and the NZX
Main Board.
"Office"
means the registered office from time to time of the Manager.
"Official List"
means the official list of entities that ASX has admitted and not removed.
"Ordinary Resolution"
means a resolution that is approved by a simple majority of the
votes of those Unit Holders entitled to vote and voting on the resolution in question.
"Percentage"
has the same meaning as in section HM 36(3)(a) of the Tax Act.
"Permitted Person" means:
(a) a Fonterra Shareholder;
(b) the Fonterra Custodian on behalf of a Registered Volume Provider; or
(c)
Fonterra.
"person"
includes an individual, trust, partnership, firm, association, company,
government or government agency or department, municipal or local authority and any
body of persons or entity (whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether or not
having a separate legal personality).
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"Personal Representative" means:
(a)
in relation to a deceased individual Unit Holder, the executor, administrator or
trustee of the estate of that Unit Holder;
(b)
in relation to a bankrupt individual Unit Holder, the assignee in bankruptcy of
that Unit Holder;
(c)
in relation to any other individual Unit Holder, a person appointed or deemed to
have been appointed to administer property under the Protection of Personal
and Property Rights Act 1988, a manager appointed or deemed to have been
appointed thereunder, and a donee of an enduring power of attorney complying
with that Act; and
(d)
includes any equivalent or analogous person under the laws of any relevant
jurisdiction.
"Portfolio Investment Entity"
or "PIE" means a portfolio investment entity as defined in
Section YA 1 of the Tax Act.
"Proxy"
means an entity that is a proxy in accordance with section HM 33 of the Tax
Act.
"Register" means a register referred to in clause 16.1.
"Registered Volume Provider"
or "RVP" means a person appointed, engaged or
authorised under clause 6.1 of Fonterra's Constitution to provide services intended to
enhance the operation and liquidity of the FSM and/or any market for securities issued
by the Trust and such other related services as Fonterra may from time to time require.
"Registrar"
means the person appointed pursuant to clause 16.2.
"Relevant Person"
has the meaning given to it in clause 34.3(f).
"Ruling"
means any decision or determination by NZX as to the meaning or
interpretation or application of Listing Rules and includes any ruling, waiver or
revocation of a waiver given pursuant to Listing Rules 9.5, 9.6 or 9.7.
"Security Interest"
means a security interest (as defined in the Personal Property
Securities Act 1999) provided however that where Economic Rights are to be disposed
of by the Manager, any security interest arising solely by the Custodian holding Shares
in accordance with the Custody Trust Deed will be ignored.
"Share" means a co-operative share issued, or to be issued, by Fonterra.
"Shareholding Deed"
means the deed entered into between the shareholder of the
Manager, the Manager and Fonterra dated on or about the date of this Deed.
"Statement"
means a statement issued by the Registrar specifying the number of Units
held by a Unit Holder and containing any other matters required by the Listing Rules and
the FMCA.
"Supervisor" means the trustee and supervisor for the time being of the Trust, being
initially The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited.
"Supplementary Dividend" has the meaning given to it in section YA 1 of the Tax Act.
"TAA"
means the Tax Administration Act 1994.
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"Tax" or "Taxes"
includes any tax, levy, charge, deduction, withholding or duty of any
nature (including goods and services tax, stamp or transaction duties) imposed at any
time (and whether or not in New Zealand):
(a) payable now or at any time in the future; or
(b) required to be remitted to, or imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed
by, any revenue or similar authority,
and includes any interest, expense, fine, penalty or any other charge in relation to such
amounts.
"Tax Act" means the Income Tax Act 2007.
"Taxable Income" is calculated in accordance with section HM 35 of the Tax Act.
"Tax Liability" is calculated in accordance with section HM 47 of the Tax Act.
"Tax Loss" is calculated in accordance with section HM 35 of the Tax Act.
"Trading Day" means the hours the FSM and NZX Main Board are open for Trading on
any day as determined from time to time by the market operator of those markets in
accordance with the NZX Participant Rules.
"Transferor" means the Permitted Person (or person on the Permitted Person's behalf,
including through a settlement system) who transfers or issues a Share to the Custodian
to be held in accordance with the Custody Trust Deed.
"Trust"
means the trust constituted by this Deed known as the "Fonterra Shareholders'
Fund".
"Trust Fund"
means the trust fund described in clause 3.3.
"Unit" means an undivided part or share in the beneficial interest in the Trust Fund.
"Unit Holder"
means the person for the time being entered in the Register as the holder
of a Unit and includes persons jointly entered in the Register as the holder of a Unit.
"Valuer" means an independent qualified valuer appointed by the Manager from a panel
of valuers approved by the Supervisor.
"Voting Rights"
means a currently exercisable right to cast a vote at a meeting of the
Unit Holders, not being a right to vote that is exercisable only in one or more of the
following circumstances:
(a) during a period in which a payment or distribution (or part of a payment or
distribution) in respect of the Unit that confers the voting right is in arrears or
some other default exists;
(b) on a proposal that affects rights attached to the Unit;
(c) on a proposal to wind up the Trust; and
(d) in respect of a special, immaterial, or remote matter that is inconsequential to
control of the Trust.
"Voucher"
means the certificate or instrument referred to in clause 3.4 of Fonterra's
Constitution provided to a Fonterra Shareholder in accordance with clause 5.3.
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"Withdrawal Notice" has the meaning given to it in clause 9.1.
"Working Day" has the meaning given to that term in section 2(1) of the Companies Act
but includes any day which is not a "Working Day" in accordance with section 2(1) of the
Companies Act but is a Trading Day.
1.2 Interpretation: In this Deed, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Words importing the singular number include the plural, and vice versa, and
the masculine gender includes the feminine or neuter genders and vice versa.
(b) Reference to a statute or regulation (including any section or clause thereof)
includes all amendments to that statute or regulation, whether by subsequent
statute or otherwise, and a statute or regulation passed in substitution for the
statute or regulation referred to or incorporating any of its provisions. Where
reference is to a section which is in bill form and not enacted at the time this
deed is made, reference to that section will have application when the relevant
legislation has been enacted.
(c) References to an agreement or deed includes that agreement or deed as
amended, supplemented, replaced, assigned or novated from time to time.
(d) Headings have been inserted in this Deed for guidance only and shall not be
deemed to form any part of the context.
(e) Where under or pursuant to this Deed or anything done under this Deed the
day on or by which any act, matter or thing is to be done is not a Working Day,
such act, matter or thing shall be done on the following Working Day.
(f)
A reference to this Deed includes any schedule to this Deed and any
supplemental deed.
(9)
"including" and similar words do not imply any limitation.
(h) References to clauses, sub-clauses, paragraphs and schedules are to clauses,
sub-clauses, paragraphs of and schedules to this Deed.
1.3
Construction: In the construction of this Deed, notwithstanding any provision of this
Deed, Units are not to be treated as liabilities for any purpose under this Deed.
1.4
Meaning of "Interest": In this Deed a person has an Interest in a Unit if that person has
a Relevant Interest in that Unit, with the term "Relevant Interest" having the meaning set
out in sections 235, 236, 237 and 238 of the FMCA on the basis that references to
"product" or "financial product" is a reference to "Unit".
1.5
Meaning of "Associate": In clauses 4.5(c) and 6.1, a person is an "Associate" of
another person if:
(a)
they are acting jointly or in concert; or
(b)
they are both, directly or indirectly, under the control of the same person.
1.6 Definitions in the Listing Rules:
Words and expressions in this Deed which commence
with initial capital letters and are not defined in this Deed but are defined in the Listing
Rules have the respective meanings given to them by the Listing Rules.
1.7 Authorised Fund Contract & Custody Trust Deed: The Trust is established pursuant to
the Authorised Fund Contract and the Custody Trust Deed. In giving effect to the powers
and obligations of the Manager, Fonterra and the Supervisor under this Deed, the
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Manager, Fonterra and the Supervisor are bound to comply with their respective
obligations under, and are subject to certain limitations and restrictions imposed by, the
Authorised Fund Contract and the Custody Trust Deed. Accordingly, the powers and
obligations of the Manager, Fonterra and the Supervisor under this Deed and with respect
to the Trust generally must be given effect and construed subject to, and are limited by,
such obligations, limitations and restrictions and each Unit Holder is deemed to
acknowledge that each of the Manager, Fonterra and the Supervisor is subject to such
obligations, limitations and restrictions.
1.8 Acts of Fonterra: If:
(a)
Fonterra is prohibited by law to undertake or otherwise do any act, matter or
thing, including determining anything, for or in connection with the affairs of the
Trust or the Trust Fund (each, a
"Prohibited Event"), which by this Deed
Fonterra is permitted to undertake or otherwise do, then Fonterra will not
undertake or otherwise do that Prohibited Event and such Prohibited Event will
be undertaken or otherwise done by or on behalf of the Manager unless this
Deed or the law prescribes to the contrary; and
(b)
this Deed provides that both Fonterra and the Manager shall or may undertake
or otherwise do any act, matter or thing, including determining anything, for or
in connection with the affairs of the Trust or the Trust Fund then, unless the
relevant item is one that both are to undertake or otherwise do, or unless
otherwise agreed between Fonterra and the Manager and subject to clause
1.8(a), Fonterra will undertake or otherwise do that act, matter or thing,
including making the determination and the Manager will not undertake or
otherwise do that act, matter or thing.
2.
COMPLIANCE WITH AND INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN LISTING RULES
2.1 Compliance: For so long as any Units are Listed:
(a)
the Manager in its capacity as manager of the Trust and the Supervisor in its
capacity as trustee and supervisor of the Trust, shall comply with the Listing
Rules subject to:
( )
the requirements of the FMCA and any other applicable legislative or
regulatory requirements; and
(ii)
the terms of any Ruling given from time to time by NZX; and
(b) there shall be deemed to be incorporated into this Deed the provisions set out in
Listing Rule 2.20.1 (as they may be modified by any Ruling relevant to the Trust)
and those provisions shall have the same effect as though they were set out in
this Deed; and
(c) a provision of this Deed shall be of no effect to the extent it is inconsistent with
any applicable Listing Rule modified by any Ruling relevant to the Trust, and in
those circumstances the applicable Listing Rule shall prevail.
2.2 Validity:
Failure to comply with any of the Listing Rules, or failure to comply with a clause
of this Deed corresponding with a provision of the Listing Rules, shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of any transaction, contract, action or other matter whatsoever (including
the proceedings of, or voting at, any meeting) done or entered into by, or affecting, the
Manager, the Supervisor or the Trust provided that:
(a) a party to a transaction or contract who knew of the failure to comply with the
Listing Rules or a clause of this Deed corresponding with a provision of the
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Listing Rules, as the case may be, is not entitled to enforce that transaction or
contract; and
(b)
this provision shall not affect the rights of any Unit Holder against the Manager
arising from failure to comply with the Listing Rules or a clause of this Deed
corresponding with a provision of the Listing Rules.
2.3 Rulings:
Subject to clause 4.5, if NZX has given a Ruling in relation to the Trust
authorising any act or omission which, in the absence of that Ruling, would be in
contravention of the Listing Rules or this Deed (including any provision incorporated in
accordance with clause 2.1(b)), that act or omission is deemed to be authorised by the
Listing Rules and by this Deed notwithstanding such contravention or inconsistency.
2.4 References:
A reference in this Deed to a specific Listing Rule includes that Listing Rule
as it may be amended from time to time and any Listing Rule which may be substituted for
that Listing Rule.
2.5 ASX Listing Rules: Subject to clause 2.6, while the Trust is admitted to the Official List
of ASX:
(a) notwithstanding anything contained in this Deed (other than clause 2.6), if the
ASX Listing Rules prohibit an act being done, the act must not be done;
(b) nothing in this Deed prevents an act being done that the ASX Listing Rules
require to be done;
(c) if the ASX Listing Rules require an act to be done or not to be done, authority is
given for that act to be done or not to be done (as the case may be);
(d) if the ASX Listing Rules require this Deed to contain a provision and it does not
contain such a provision, this Deed is deemed to contain that provision;
(e) if the ASX Listing Rules require this Deed not to contain a provision and it
contains such a provision, this Deed is deemed not to contain that provision; and
(f)
if any provision of this Deed is or becomes inconsistent with the ASX Listing
Rules, this Deed is deemed not to contain that provision to the extent of the
inconsistency.
2.6
Inconsistency between Listing Rules and ASX Listing Rules: For so long as any
Units are listed on NZX Main Board and while the Trust is admitted to the Official List of
ASX:
(a) this Deed is not required to be consistent with the ASX Listing Rules to the
extent that the ASX Listing Rules are inconsistent with the Listing Rules (as
modified by any Ruling relevant to the Trust); and
(b) to the extent that the Listing Rules (as modified by any Ruling relevant to the
Trust) are inconsistent with the ASX Listing Rules in a way that affects or is
relevant to the operation of a provision of this Deed, the Listing Rules (as
modified by any Ruling relevant to the Trust) prevail to the extent of the
inconsistency,
and in each case, to the extent required to give effect to anything in this clause 2.6, the
requirements of clause 2.5 do not apply.
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3. CONSTITUTION OF THE TRUST FUND
3.1
Supervisor: The Supervisor is hereby appointed as the trustee and supervisor of the
Trust, and agrees to act as trustee for the Unit Holders and to hold the Trust Fund in
trust for the Unit Holders, upon and subject to the terms and conditions contained or
implied in this Deed.
3.2
Manager: The Manager is hereby appointed as the manager of the Trust, and agrees to
act as manager of the Trust, upon and subject to the terms and conditions contained or
implied in this Deed.
3.3 Trust Fund: The Trust Fund shall consist of all the Assets for the time being held by or
on behalf of the Supervisor upon the trust in clause 3.1.
3.4 Name of Trust:
The Trust is known, as at the date of this Deed, as the "Fonterra
Shareholders' Fund". The name of the Trust may be changed to such other name as
the Supervisor and the Manager may from time to time agree.
3.5 Nominee: The Supervisor is entitled in accordance with section 156 of the FMCA to
nominate a person in which shall be vested any of the Assets. The Supervisor shall,
without prejudice to its liability under section 156(5) of the FMCA, cause any such
nominated person to comply with the covenants and obligations on the part of the
Supervisor expressed or implied in this Deed to the extent that the same are applicable
to such nominated person as a consequence of any of the Assets being vested in it.
3.6 Contrary intention:
The Authorised Investments of the Trust shall constitute a contrary
intention for the purposes of sections 2(5), 2(5A) and 130 of the Trustee Act 1956.
4.
UNITS
4.1 Units:
(a) The beneficial interest in the Trust Fund shall be divided into Units. Subject to:
(i)
clause 4.1(c); and
(ii) the rights attaching to unpaid or partly paid Units and other Units with
special or restricted rights,
each Unit shall confer an equal interest in the Trust Fund.
(b)
No Unit shall confer any interest in any particular part of the Trust Fund, and,
subject to clauses 7.5, 9.1 and 15.1(h), no Unit Holder shall be entitled to
require the transfer to that Unit Holder of any of the Assets.
(c) Unless the Manager directs otherwise, Units shall not confer any interest in
interest income of the Trust. Units shall not confer any interest in monies paid
to the Supervisor or the Manager to meet their fees or to reimburse either of
those parties for (or any advance payment in respect of) any expenses,
liabilities, losses and costs incurred by them respectively in or about acting as
Supervisor or Manager (as the case may be) under this Deed. In all cases, all
interest income and such monies will be applied by the Manager to meet the
fees and expenses, liabilities, losses and costs incurred by the Manager or the
Supervisor in or about acting as Manager or Supervisor (as the case may be).
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4.2
No interference by Unit Holder: Subject to the rights of the Unit Holders created by
this Deed or by law, no Unit Holder shall be entitled to:
(a)
interfere with or question the exercise or non-exercise by the Manager,
Fonterra or the Supervisor of any of the trusts, powers, authorities or
discretions conferred upon them or any of them by this Deed or in respect of
the Trust Fund or any part or parts thereof; or
(b)
by virtue of holding Units, attend meetings whether of shareholders or
otherwise or vote or take part in or consent to any action concerning any
property or corporation in which the Trust holds an interest.
4.3 Benefit and binding effect:
Except where expressly provided to the contrary in this
Deed or where the context does not so permit, all the benefits and provisions (including
those benefits and provisions which are expressed to enure for the benefit of and bind
Unit Holders of any Class or Classes) contained in this Deed enure for the benefit of and
bind each Unit Holder of the relevant Class or Classes.
4.4
Quotation: The Manager shall apply to NZX for quotation of the Units of any Class.
4.5 Fonterra Unit:
The following rights and limitations shall attach to the Fonterra Unit:
(a)
the Fonterra Unit may be held only by, and shall be registered in the name of,
the Fonterra Unit Holder;
(b) upon any transfer of the Fonterra Unit, other than from (i) a retiring trustee of
the Fonterra Farmer Custodian Trust to a new trustee in accordance with the
trust deed constituting the Fonterra Farmer Custodian Trust, or (ii) with the
prior written consent of Fonterra, the Fonterra Unit shall thereupon convert to a
Unit with the same rights and limitations as, and rank equally with, all other
Units, there shall cease to be a Fonterra Unit, and all references to the
Fonterra Unit and the Fonterra Unit Holder in this Deed shall cease to have any
application;
(c) notwithstanding any provision of this Deed to the contrary, no provision of this
Deed may be amended, removed or altered in effect, without the prior written
consent of the Fonterra Unit Holder, if such amendment, removal or alteration
would change:
( )
the governance structure of the board of directors of the Manager
including:
(aa) the number of members of the board of directors elected by
Unit Holders, the manner of their election and their
subsequent appointment; and
(bb) the number of members of the board of directors appointed
by Fonterra and the manner of their appointment;
(ii) the scope and role of the Trust Fund; or
(iii) the obligation of the Trust to facilitate the exchange of a Share for a
Unit or a Unit for a Share; or
(iv)
the limit of 15% on the number of Units that can be held by any
person and their Associates (other than Fonterra); or
(v)
the terms of the Fonterra Unit;
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(d)
notwithstanding any provision of this Deed to the contrary, except with the prior
written consent of the Fonterra Unit Holder, no act, or omission to act, that
contravenes or fails to comply with clause 4.5(c) shall be valid or effective,
whether or not the act or omission is that of the Manager, Supervisor or Unit
Holders and whether or not the act or omission has been approved by an
Extraordinary Resolution or an FMCA Resolution;
(e)
for the avoidance of doubt, each of the matters referred to in clause 4.5(c) is
deemed to be an action which affects the rights attached to the Fonterra Unit
and accordingly is not effective without the approval of the Fonterra Unit
Holder;
the Fonterra Unit Holder shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend any
meeting of Unit Holders or any meeting of any Class of Unit Holders, and to
speak on any matter relating to rights attaching to the Fonterra Unit;
(g)
should an Acquisition Notice be given pursuant to clause 22.1 specifying that
the Majority Holder intends to acquire all Affected Securities held by the
Remaining Holders, the Fonterra Unit shall thereupon convert into a Unit with
the same rights and limitations as, and rank equally with, all other Units, there
shall cease to be a Fonterra Unit, and all references to the Fonterra Unit and
the Fonterra Unit Holder in this Deed shall cease to have any application; and
(h)
the Fonterra Unit will otherwise have the same rights as any other Unit issued
by the Trust.
4.6
No Unit with comparable rights:
Notwithstanding any provision of this Deed to the
contrary, no Unit or any other security may be issued by the Trust, or subsequently
altered, so that it:
(a)
has the same rights as those attached to the Fonterra Unit; or
(b)
ranks equally with the Fonterra Unit for the purposes of any provision of this
Deed which requires that the consent of the Fonterra Unit Holder be obtained.
4.7
Separate Interest Group: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed, the
Fonterra Unit Holder shall, for the purposes of this Deed, in relation to any of the matters
referred to in clause 4.5(c), constitute a separate Interest Group.
4.8
Fonterra Unit Holder Consent:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed, the
rights attached to the Fonterra Unit under clause 4.5 shall not be altered without the
consent in writing of the Fonterra Unit Holder.
5.
ACQUISITION OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS
5.1
Acquisition: Upon the Fonterra Custodian advising the Manager that it holds new
Economic Rights, the Manager shall either:
(a)
issue one Unit in respect of each such new Economic Rights; or
(b)
pay such Cash sum in respect of each such new Economic Rights as is
received by the Manager for the issue of Units for Cash (with one Unit being
issued in respect of each such new Economic Right),
to the relevant Transferor. Cash may only be paid to the Transferor if the Transferor has
agreed to accept Cash prior to the transfer of the relevant Shares to the Fonterra
Custodian.
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5.2 Compliance with all requirements:
The Manager and Fonterra shall each ensure that
the Trust is always able to issue Units in compliance with this Deed, the Listing Rules
and all applicable laws including the requirements of the FMCA, so as to comply with
clause 5.1.
5.3
Vouchers:
Upon a Fonterra Shareholder (or a person on a Fonterra Shareholder's
behalf, including through a settlement system, but excluding the RVP or the Fonterra
Custodian on the RVP's behalf) transferring a Share to the Fonterra Custodian in
respect of which the Fonterra Custodian advises the Manager that it holds the Economic
Rights in accordance with clause 5.1, and subject to the issue of the Voucher being in
accordance with the policy set by Fonterra in respect of Vouchers pursuant to clause
3.4(a) of Fonterra's Constitution and advised to the Manager from time to time, the
Manager or Fonterra will send, or direct the Registrar or other person appointed by the
Manager to send, a Voucher to that Fonterra Shareholder. The Manager or Fonterra will
record, or procure the recording, of such sending of each Voucher in a register kept for
that purpose. Vouchers will be removed from the Register when a Voucher is cancelled
by Fonterra and notification of such cancellation is received by the Manager (or any
party maintaining the register of Vouchers on the Manager's behalf). Vouchers may not
be transferred except in accordance with any policy set by Fonterra and advised to the
Manager from time to time. The Supervisor has no obligations in relation to Vouchers,
including no obligations in relation to their issue, compliance with the policy set by
Fonterra in respect of Vouchers pursuant to clause 3.4(a) of Fonterra's Constitution,
recording their issue, or cancellation, or compliance with any policy set by Fonterra in
relation to the transfer of Vouchers.
6. MAXIMUM HOLDING
6.1
Limitation on Ownership:
No person (together with their Associates), other than
Fonterra, may hold or have an Interest in more than 15% of the lesser of:
(a)
the total number of Units on issue for the time being; or
(b)
the total Voting Rights for the time being.
6.2
Declaration Required on Request:
Fonterra may at any time or times, by notice in
writing, require the registered holder of any Units to lodge with Fonterra within 5 Working
Days of the date on which the notice is given to the holder, a statutory declaration (or
other disclosure required by Fonterra) stating:
(a)
whether or not any other person has an Interest in any Unit registered in the
name of that holder; and
(b)
if so, in respect of each such person, the name and address of that person, the
number of Units concerned and the nature of that Interest.
6.3 Protection of Trust:
The provisions of clauses 6.4 to 6.14 inclusive shall apply if
Fonterra determines, after consultation with the Manager, either that a person has not
complied with clause 6.1 or that it is necessary to establish whether any person has
failed to comply with clause 6.1.
6.4
Registered Holders to Lodge Statutory Declaration:
After a determination referred to
in clause 6.3, if Fonterra considers it necessary or desirable to do so it may, by notice in
writing, require the registered holder or holders of any Units to lodge with Fonterra within
5 Working Days of the date on which the notice is given to the holder, a statutory
declaration (or other disclosure required by Fonterra) giving such information as
Fonterra may reasonably require for the purposes of determining whether to exercise its
powers under this clause 6.
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6.5
Units Treated as Affected Units:
Where the registered holder of any Units does not
comply with clause 6.2 or 6.4, or Fonterra in its discretion considers that any declaration
or disclosure required by clause 6.2 or 6.4 or other information reveals that any person
holds or has an Interest in any Units in contravention of clause 6.1, or Fonterra does not
believe that any declaration or disclosure (even if honestly made or given) is accurate,
Fonterra may determine that all or any of the Units registered in the name of the
registered holder of Units referred to in this clause, or any other Unit Holder who holds
Units in which Fonterra considers a person has an Interest in contravention of clause
6.1, shall be treated as Affected Units, and immediately after making any such
determination shall give a notice to that effect to the relevant Unit Holder, with a copy to
the Manager and the Supervisor.
6.6
Notice of Affected Units to Registered Holder: Within seven days of receiving the
notice from Fonterra referred to in clause 6.5, the holder may make representations to
Fonterra as to why any such Units should not be treated as Affected Units. If any
representation is received by Fonterra and, after taking into consideration any such
representation, Fonterra in its discretion determines that such Units shall continue to be
treated as Affected Units, it shall immediately give notice to that effect to the registered
holder of the Units, with a copy to the Manager and the Supervisor.
6.7
Determination as to Voting or Sale:
At the time when, or at any time after, Fonterra
determines under clause 6.5 or 6.6 that any Units are to be treated as Affected Units
and before that determination is withdrawn, Fonterra may determine either or both of the
following:
(a)
that clause 6.8 applies to the Units during such period (which may be
unlimited) as Fonterra determines; and
(b) that clause 6.9 applies to the Units,
and Fonterra shall immediately give notice of the determination to the registered holder
of the Units (such notice may be combined with any notice given under clause 6.5 or 6.6
and may also include content so as to comply with Rule 5.12.2 of the ASX Settlement
Operating Rules) with a copy to the Manager and the Supervisor.
6.8
Holders of Affected Units Cannot vote: A registered holder of Affected Units to whom
a notice under clause 6.7 stating that this clause 6.8 applies to those Units has been
delivered shall not (unless the notice is withdrawn) be entitled to vote in respect of those
Units at any meeting of Unit Holders or at any meeting of the holders of Units in an
Interest Group. This voting restriction shall be without prejudice to the right of any such
registered holder to attend any meeting referred to in this clause 6.8.
6.9
Disposal of Affected Units: A registered holder of Affected Units to whom a notice
under clause 6.7 stating that this clause 6.9 applies to those Units has been delivered
shall, within three Months (or such longer period as Fonterra may determine) of the date
of that notice, ensure that either the Affected Units or its Interest therein is or are
disposed of so that the Affected Units are not Affected Units and if, after three Months
(or such longer period as aforesaid), Fonterra is not satisfied that a suitable disposal has
been made, Fonterra may arrange for the sale of the Affected Units on behalf of the
registered holder at the best price reasonably obtainable at the relevant time, based
upon advice obtained by it for the purpose, so that they are no longer capable of being
treated as Affected Units. For this purpose, the registered holder shall be deemed to
have irrevocably appointed, and does hereby appoint, Fonterra as its agent and its
attorney, in each case with full authority to act on its behalf in relation to the sale of the
Affected Units and to sign all documents relating to such sale and transfer of the
Affected Units and the Manager may register a transfer of the Affected Units so sold,
whether or not the transfer has been properly completed and whether or not it is
accompanied by the certificates (if any) for the Affected Units. For the purposes of the
sale and of Rule 5.12 of the ASX Settlement Operating Rules where Fonterra has given
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a notice that complies with Rule 5.12.2 of the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, Fonterra
may, after the expiration of the time specified in the notice, initiate a Holding Adjustment
to move all Units held by the registered holder of the Affected Units from that CHESS
Holding to an Issuer Sponsored Holding or a certificated holding and effect a transfer to
give effect to the sale of the relevant number of Units held by the registered holder. The
person to whom such Units are transferred shall not be bound to see to the application
of the purchase money, nor shall his, her or its title to the Units be affected by any
irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale of those Units. The net
proceeds of sale shall be held on trust by the Supervisor for and paid (together with
interest at such rate as the Manager deems appropriate) to the former registered holder
on surrender of the certificate (if any) for the Affected Units or as soon as practicable if
no certificate for the Affected Units has been issued.
6.10 Identifying Affected Units:
In deciding which Units are to be treated as Affected Units
for the purposes of clause 6.5 or clause 6.6, Fonterra shall have regard to such criteria
as it may, in its discretion, consider appropriate and equitable.
6.11
Withdrawal or Amendment of Determination: If the Manager considers that any
determination made under clause 6.5, 6.6 or 6.7 should be withdrawn or amended, it
may do so with the prior written consent of Fonterra, and shall give notice of the
withdrawal or amendment to the registered holder of the Units concerned and a copy to
the Supervisor.
6.12 Absence of Notice Does Not Invalidate:
Fonterra shall not be obliged to give any
notice required under this clause 6 to any person if it does not know either the identity or
address of the person. The absence of such a notice in such circumstances, and any
accidental error in, or failure to give, any notice to any person to whom notice is required
to be given under this clause 6, shall not prevent the implementation of or invalidate any
procedure under this clause 6.
6.13 Decisions Final, Conclusive and Binding:
Any resolution or determination of, or
decision or declaration or exercise of any discretion or power by, Fonterra under or
pursuant to this clause 6, or by the chairman of any meeting under paragraph 6.8 of
Schedule 1, shall be final and conclusive; and any disposal or transfer made, or other
things done pursuant to this clause 6, shall be conclusive and binding on all persons
concerned and shall not be open to challenge, whether as to its validity or otherwise on
any ground whatsoever.
6.14
Certificate Conclusive: A certificate signed by Fonterra that a power of sale under this
clause 6 has arisen and is exercisable by Fonterra, or that a Unit has been duly
transferred under this clause 6 on the date stated therein, shall be conclusive evidence
of the facts stated therein.
6.15 Fonterra Unit: Nothing in this clause 6 applies to the Fonterra Unit.
6.16 Interest held by the Manager: When determining the total number of Interests in Units
held or controlled by the Manager, there shall be excluded any Interests arising solely as
a result of any powers or rights or control conferred on the Manager by this Deed solely
when acting in the capacity of Manager.
7. ISSUE OF UNITS
7.1 Issue of new Units: Subject to the terms of this Deed and any applicable provisions of
the Listing Rules, the Manager may make offers, invite subscriptions or applications for
Units, may issue rights or options to subscribe for Units, and may issue Units of any
Class, upon and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Deed and
otherwise in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the Manager shall
from time to time determine.
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7.2 Statutory compliance: The Manager shall, in making offers and in issuing Units in
terms of clause 7.1, comply with all applicable laws, including the relevant provisions of
the FMCA, the Listing Rules, the rules relating to Portfolio Investment Entities in the Tax
Act and the TAA and, where relevant, the laws of any other jurisdiction.
7.3 Underwritten offers: Any proposed issue of Units may in the Manager's discretion be
underwritten. The Manager shall have power to:
(a) appoint such persons as the Manager believes are appropriate, including
underwriters, organising brokers and brokers in respect of any issue of Units and
enter into agreements to give effect to such appointments on such terms and
conditions as the Manager may determine; and
(b) pay out of the Trust Fund such management fees, underwriting fees, brokerage
or other similar fees as the Manager may agree with any such underwriters,
organising brokers, brokers or others.
7.4 Redeemable Units:
Without limiting clause 9, the Manager may issue Units which are
redeemable.
7.5 HM 48 Adjustment: The Supervisor or the Manager may, at any time, cancel or
redeem Units for no consideration, or such consideration that the Supervisor or the
Manager determines in its absolute discretion, to comply with section HM 48 of the Tax
Act or otherwise satisfy any Tax Liability of the Trust relating to the relevant Unit Holder.
Should the Supervisor or the Manager cancel or redeem any Units pursuant to this
clause 7.5, the Manager shall direct the Fonterra Custodian to contemporaneously sell a
corresponding number of Economic Rights. The proceeds from the disposal of the
Economic Rights will be used to meet the Tax Liability of the Trust relating to the
relevant Unit Holder where Units have been cancelled, and any balance after meeting
that Tax Liability will be paid to the relevant Unit Holder.
7.6 Manager may refuse application:
Subject to clauses 5.1 and 13.3, the Manager may
in its absolute discretion accept or refuse an application for Units in whole or in part
without reason, and may limit the size of the Trust in its discretion.
7.7 Portfolio Investment Entity: Without limiting clause 7.6 or clause 7.8, the Manager
may refuse any application for Units in a Trust where to do otherwise would cause, or
threaten to cause, the Trust to become ineligible to be a PIE or a Foreign Investment
PIE.
7.8 Maximum number:
There is no maximum number of Units which may be issued
provided that at no time shall the number of Units on issue exceed or be less than the
number of Economic Rights which comprise Investments.
8. ISSUE PRICE
8.1 Issue Price: The price at which issues of Units may be made shall be determined by
the Manager in accordance with the Authorised Fund Contract provided that:
(a)
in respect of the first issue after the establishment of the Trust, the issue price
shall be determined in the manner set out in the Authorised Fund Contract and
the registered prospectus relating to the issue; and
(b)
in respect of issues made to Permitted Persons (or a person on the Permitted
Person's behalf, including through a settlement system), the issue price may
be satisfied by the transfer or issue to the Custodian of one fully paid Share
where the Custodian holds the Economic Rights arising from the Share so
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transferred or issued to it for the Supervisor pursuant to the Custody Trust
Deed.
8.2 Subscription moneys:
All subscription moneys received by the Manager upon an
issue of Units shall become subject to the trusts created by this Deed upon receipt by
the Manager. The Manager shall in accordance with section 87 of the FMCA (and
regulation 49 of the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014) pay all moneys so
received into a separate bank account or accounts that is, or are, the property of the
Supervisor (or a nominee of the Supervisor) promptly (and in any event within seven
days) following receipt thereof. If the Manager decides to reject any application for Units
(in whole or in part), it shall forthwith return, or direct the Supervisor to return, the
subscription moneys (or the relevant portion thereof) to the applicant without any interest
thereon.
8.3 Issue to a Fonterra Shareholder:
Where a Unit is issued to or on behalf of a Fonterra
Shareholder, including through a settlement system, with the issue price satisfied by the
transfer by or on behalf of that Fonterra Shareholder to the Fonterra Custodian of
Shares, then such Units must not be retained by or on behalf of that Fonterra
Shareholder but must be used to settle a sale contract previously entered into on the
NZX Main Board or the ASX in relation to the sale of Units. To the maximum extent
permitted by the FMCA, the Supervisor has no obligations in relation to monitoring or
enforcement of compliance with this clause.
9. REDEMPTION OF UNITS
9.1 Withdrawal Notice:
Subject to clause 9.2, if any Unit Holder wishes some or all of his,
her or its Units to be redeemed, that Unit Holder shall give notice in writing or in such
other manner as may be prescribed by the Manager from time to time
("Withdrawal
Notice")
to the Manager or a person nominated by the Manager (which may be
Fonterra) to that effect. Such Withdrawal Notice shall specify the number of Units in
respect of which the Unit Holder desires to effect redemption and, except in the case of
Fonterra or the RVP, may not be revoked by the Unit Holder by whom it has been given.
Except in the case of Fonterra or the RVP unless this is specifically set out in the
Withdrawal Notice, if a Withdrawal Notice is given in respect of all Units held by a Unit
Holder, it shall be deemed to apply also to all additional Units (if any) that may be issued
to or acquired by the Unit Holder prior to the date of the redemption.
9.2 Restrictions on redemption:
(a)
No Withdrawal Notice may be given by, or on behalf of, a Unit Holder unless
such Unit Holder is:
(i)
a Fonterra Shareholder;
(ii) a Registered Volume Provider; or
(Hi) Fonterra.
(b) The Manager may refuse to redeem Units where to do so would cause, or
threaten to cause, the Trust to become ineligible to be a PIE or a Foreign
Investment PIE.
(c)
The Manager may refuse to redeem Units where to do so would result in any
limit or threshold from time to time applicable under Fonterra's Constitution, this
Deed (except clause 6.1) or any relevant legislation being exceeded or
otherwise not complied with.
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9.3
Redemption: Subject to clauses 9.1 and 9.2, the Manager shall procure that within one
Working Day of receipt of a Withdrawal Notice, or within such other period as the
Manager determines, the number of Units specified in that Withdrawal Notice are
redeemed by the Supervisor and shall direct that the Fonterra Custodian transfer to the
holder of those Units (or to the Fonterra Custodian if the Withdrawal Notice was given by
a Registered Volume Provider pursuant to clause 9.2(a)(ii)) one Share for each Unit so
redeemed.
9.4
No other right of redemption: Except as set out in clauses 7.5, 9.1 and 15.1(h), there
is no right to otherwise redeem any Units nor may Units be redeemed for Cash or any
other consideration. For the avoidance of doubt, the Fonterra Unit may not in any
circumstances be redeemed without the consent of the Fonterra Unit Holder.
9.5 Nature of obligation:
For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the generality of
clause 34.1, it is declared that the obligations of the Manager and the Supervisor
pursuant to clause 9.3 are not personal obligations of the Manager or the Supervisor,
but is an obligation of the nature referred to in clause 34.1.
9.6 Cancellation of Units:
Units redeemed pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall
cease to exist, and shall be deemed to be cancelled, from the date on which the
redemption is recorded in the Register by, or on behalf of, the Manager, but this does
not restrict the creation and issue of new Units.
10.
RESTRICTIONS ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
10.1 Compliance with Listing Rules:
The Manager and Fonterra shall not cause the Trust
to give financial assistance for the purpose of, or in connection with, the purchase of
Units issued, or to be issued, by the Trust unless the giving of that assistance complies
with any applicable Listing Rules.
11. ALTERATION OF RIGHTS OF UNIT HOLDERS
11.1 Comply with Listing Rules: The Manager and Fonterra shall, before taking action
affecting the rights attached to any Unit, comply with the provisions of all applicable
Listing Rules.
11.2 Issue of further Units:
Subject to clause 4.6 and for the purposes of clause 11.1, the
issue of further Units which rank equally with, or in priority to, any existing Units, whether
as to voting rights, distributions, the payment of interest or otherwise, is deemed not to
be an action affecting the rights attaching to those existing Units.
12. FORFEITURE AND LIEN
12.1 Default: If a Unit Holder (other than the Fonterra Unit Holder in respect of the Fonterra
Unit) fails to pay any call or instalment of a call on the due date for payment, the
Manager may, at any time during such time as any part of the call or instalment remains
unpaid, serve a notice on the Unit Holder requiring payment of so much of the call or
instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued and all
expenses that may have been incurred by the Manager, the Supervisor or the Trust by
reason of such non-payment.
12.2 Notification:
The notice shall name a further day (not earlier than 10 Working Days
from the date of service of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the
notice is to be made, and shall state that in the event of non-payment at or before the
time appointed the Units in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be
forfeited.
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12.3 Forfeiture:
If the requirements of any such notice are not complied with, any Unit in
respect of which the notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before the
payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the
Manager to that effect. Such forfeiture shall include all distributions declared in respect
of the forfeited Units and not actually paid before the forfeiture.
12.4
Notice of forfeiture: When any Unit has been so forfeited, notice of the resolution shall
be given to the Unit Holder in whose name the Unit stood immediately prior to the
forfeiture or to the Personal Representatives of that Unit Holder. An entry of the
forfeiture, with the date thereof, shall be made in the Register.
12.5 Sale:
A forfeited Unit may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such
manner as the Manager thinks fit. At any time before a sale or disposition the forfeiture
may be cancelled on such terms as the Manager thinks fit.
12.6 Remain liable for payment:
A person whose Units have been forfeited shall cease to
be a Unit Holder in respect of the forfeited Units, but shall, notwithstanding such
forfeiture, remain liable to pay all money which, at the date of forfeiture, was payable by
such person in respect of the Units. Such liability shall cease if and when the Manager
or the Trust receives payment in full of all such money.
12.7 Lien: The Supervisor shall have a first and paramount lien upon every Unit registered in
the name of any Unit Holder (whether solely or jointly with others but other than the
Fonterra Unit Holder in respect of the Fonterra Unit) and upon the proceeds of sale for
any unpaid calls or instalments owing in respect of such Unit, any interest payable on
such amounts, and for such amounts (if any) as the Supervisor or the Manager may be
called upon to pay under any statute or legislative enactment in respect of Units of a
deceased or other Unit Holder, whether the period for the payment, fulfilment or
discharge shall have actually arrived or not. Such lien shall extend to all Distributions
from time to time declared in respect of the relevant Unit. Unless otherwise determined
by the Manager, the registration of a transfer of Units shall operate as a waiver of the
Supervisor's lien, if any, on such Units.
12.8 Sale of Units subject to a lien:
The Supervisor may (at the direction of the Manager)
sell, in such manner as it thinks fit, any Units on which it has a lien. No sale shall be
made unless a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, nor until the
expiration of 10 Working Days after notice in writing, stating and demanding payment of
such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable, has
been given by the Manager to the Unit Holder, or any Personal Representative.
12.9 Proceeds of sale:
The net proceeds of the sale of any forfeited Unit which is sold
within 12 Months of the date of forfeiture, or of Units sold for the purpose of enforcing a
lien, shall be applied by the Manager in or towards satisfaction of any unpaid calls,
instalments, interest, and expenses. The residue, if any, shall be paid by the Manager
to the former Unit Holder, or any Personal Representative.
12.10 Certificate:
A certificate signed by the Manager that the power of sale has arisen and is
exercisable by the Manager or the Supervisor (as the case may be) under this Deed, or
that a Unit has been duly forfeited, shall be conclusive evidence of those matters.
12.11 Procedure to transfer:
For giving effect to any such sale after forfeiture, or for
enforcing a lien, the Manager or the Supervisor may authorise any person to transfer
any Unit sold to the purchaser. The purchaser shall be registered as the Unit Holder in
respect of the Units comprised in any such transfer, and the purchaser shall not be
bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall the purchaser's title to
the Units be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale.
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13. INVESTMENTS
13.1
Managers power of investment:
Subject to the provisions of this Deed, the Manager
shall have absolute and uncontrolled discretion as to the investment and expenditure of
any sums forming part of the Trust Fund and as to the purchase, sale, transfer,
exchange or alteration of any Investments from time to time. The Manager alone shall
be entitled from time to time to cause to be effected any transactions which it may
consider to be in the interests of Unit Holders. The Supervisor shall from time to time (to
the extent of the Trust Fund held by it) effect and pay for such Investments or
purchases, sales, transfers, exchanges or alterations of Investments as may properly be
directed in writing by the Manager, and shall do all things necessary on its part to give
effect to any such direction.
13.2
Authorised Investments:
The Trust Fund shall be invested only in Authorised
Investments.
13.3
Continuous ability to acquire Economic Rights:
Notwithstanding clause 13.1, the
Manager and the Supervisor must not take or omit to take any action which would
prevent the ability to continually acquire Economic Rights as referred to in clause 5.1
and the Manager must enter into arrangements with the Fonterra Custodian for the
Fonterra Custodian to continuously offer to purchase Shares during the periods the FSM
is open for trading (subject always to complying with the limits and thresholds from time
to time applicable under Fonterra's Constitution, this Deed and any relevant legislation)
with the Fonterra Custodian holding Economic Rights in respect of each such Share
acquired on trust for the Supervisor in accordance with the terms of the Custody Trust
Deed.
13.4 Registration of Investments:
Any Investments shall, as soon as reasonably
practicable after receipt of the necessary documents by the Supervisor, be registered (if
registrable in nature) in the name of the Supervisor (or any nominee appointed under
clause 3.5) and be held in safe custody by the Supervisor (or any nominee appointed
under clause 3.5), or by some person selected by the Supervisor in accordance with
clause 34.3(g), and shall remain so registered and held until the same shall be sold or
disposed of pursuant to the provisions of this Deed. Economic Rights are not registrable
and will be held by the Custodian pursuant to the Custody Trust Deed.
13.5
Passive Investment:
As is set out in Introduction B.(b), the Trust is to be a passive
investment vehicle which must not actively trade in Shares or Economic Rights, nor
undertake any other trading activity, but this does not limit any of the rights and
obligations set out in this Deed, in particular clauses 5.1,9 and 13.3.
13.6
No interference with the trust property held under the Custody Trust Deed:
Neither the Manager nor the Supervisor will, at any time:
(a)
call for, demand or seek, directly or indirectly, by any means, the transfer of
any part of the trust property held pursuant to the Custody Trust Deed
(including but not limited to legal title to any Shares forming part of such trust
property) to itself or any other person who is not a Permitted Person;
(b)
do anything or take any step which has the purpose or effect of transferring, or
otherwise vesting, legal title, or any rights or interests, in any Shares forming
part of the trust property held pursuant to the Custody Trust Deed, to the
Supervisor or any other person who is not a Permitted Person; or
(c)
otherwise interfere in, or take any step or do anything which affects, the holding
of the trust property held pursuant to the Custody Trust Deed,
but nothing in this clause affects the operation of clauses 9.3 or 15.1.
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13.7 Restrictions:
Neither the Manager nor the Supervisor will:
(a)
except in the case that any of the exceptions in the Custody Trust Deed apply,
obtain a judgment for the payment of money or damages by the Custodian in
its personal capacity;
(b)
issue any demand under section 289 of the Companies Act (or any analogous
provision under any law) against the Custodian;
(c)
apply for the liquidation or dissolution of the Custodian;
(d)
levy or enforce any distress or other execution to, or on, or against any asset
of, or held by, the Custodian;
(e)
apply for the appointment by a Court of a receiver or manager to any of the
assets of, or held by, the Custodian from time to time;
(f)
exercise or seek to exercise any set off or counterclaim against the Custodian
in the performance of its duties under the Custody Trust Deed;
(g)
appoint, or agree to the appointment of, any administrator (or person having a
similar function) to, or in respect of, the Custodian;
(h)
take any step which would lead to a recommendation being made supporting
the appointment of a statutory manager in respect of the Custodian; or
( )
propose or approve any proposal for a compromise under Part XV of the
Companies Act (or any analogous provision under any other legislation having
substantially similar effect) in respect of the Custodian, or take any
proceedings for any of the above,
and each such party waives its rights to make those applications or to take those
proceedings.
13.8 Supervisor to consider interests of Unit Holders:
Notwithstanding clause 13.1, the
Supervisor shall not act on the direction of the Manager to acquire or dispose of any
Investment of the Trust if, in the opinion of the Supervisor, conveyed in writing to the
Manager, the proposed acquisition or disposition is manifestly not in the interests of Unit
Holders or is in breach of this Deed, any rule of law or any enactment. The Supervisor
shall not be liable to the Unit Holders, Fonterra or the Manager for so refusing to act on
any direction.
13.9 Basis for valuation:
If under this Deed or the FMCA a valuation of the Trust Fund is
required, the value of each Asset shall be determined as follows:
(a)
in the case of Cash, its face value;
(b)
in the case of Economic Rights where there has been a sale of Units on the
NZX Main Board in the five Trading Days ending on the date of the valuation,
based on the volume weighted average sale price of the Units quoted on the
NZX Main Board at the time of valuation based on all price-setting trades of
Units which take place through the NZX Main Board on the five Trading Days
ending on the date of the valuation; or
(c) otherwise, the amount agreed upon between the Manager and the Supervisor
as the estimated market value after taking account of the most recent material
sales, valuation, and other information that the Manager and the Supervisor
consider to be appropriate or, failing such agreement, the fair market value
determined by a Valuer.
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13.10 Record-keeping and reconciliation: The Manager:
(a)
acknowledges that the Supervisor has delegated to it the record-keeping
obligations in respect of any part of the Trust Fund which is not otherwise
subject to a custody/custodial services agreement between the Supervisor and
any third party; and
(b)
undertakes to the Supervisor that it will, in respect of the part of the Trust Fund
to which the delegation in (a) above applies:
(I)
keep, or ensure that there are kept, records that meet the
requirements of section 158(1) and (2) of the FMCA and in a manner
that meets the requirements of section 158(3) of the FMCA;
(ii)
provide the information (to the extent it has that information, or has
access to it from a third party) that the custodian needs to provide
confirmations under section 159(1) of the FMCA;
(iii)
take adequate steps, or ensure that adequate steps are taken, to
enable the Supervisor (or any wholly owned subsidiary of the
Supervisor) to meet its obligations under regulation 86 of the Financial
Markets Conduct Regulations 2014; and
(iv) cooperate with the Supervisor (or any wholly owned subsidiary of the
Supervisor) in relation to all assurance engagements undertaken
under regulation 87 of the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations
2014.
14. DISTRIBUTIONS
14.1
Unclaimed money: If any distribution or any other payment of money to any Unit Holder
or former Unit Holder at that Unit Holder's address shown in the Register or in accordance
with that Unit Holder's payment instructions is returned or otherwise unclaimed, the
distribution or money payable shall be retained by the Supervisor and held for such Unit
Holder without liability to invest the same or pay interest on any such money payable. Any
distribution or amount payable remaining unclaimed for six years or longer shall be dealt
with by the Manager and the Supervisor in accordance with the Unclaimed Money Act
1971.
15. RIGHTS, BENEFITS AND ENTITLEMENTS ARISING FROM SHARES
15.1
Provision of benefits to unit holders: In respect of Economic Rights and Distributions
and other Benefits which arise from Economic Rights held as Assets:
(a) upon receipt of a Cash dividend or other Cash Benefits (other than a
Supplementary Dividend) paid by Fonterra, this will be distributed to Unit
Holders who were recorded in the Register at the same time and on the same
record date as applied by Fonterra to determine the entitlement to the cash
dividend or other cash Benefits. The amount to be paid or transferred to each
such Unit Holder in respect of each Unit held by that Unit Holder as at that
time, will be equal to the amount Fonterra paid or transferred per Share
adjusted to take into account any Tax Liability of the Trust relating to the Unit
Holder or any adjustments in accordance with section HM 48 of the Tax Act,
and less any non-resident withholding tax deducted in respect of the Unit
Holder in accordance with subpart RF of the Tax Act pursuant to section HM
44B of the Tax Act and less any sum authorised in accordance with an
Extraordinary Resolution pursuant to paragraph 11.1(b)(viii) of Schedule 1;
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(b) upon receipt of any Supplementary Dividend paid by Fonterra, this will be
distributed to the Unit Holders that entitled Fonterra to apply section LP 2 of the
Tax Act and receive a tax credit for the Supplementary Dividend;
(c)
upon receipt of any imputation credits attached to a dividend paid by Fonterra,
the amount of imputation credits attributable to each Unit Holder will be
determined in accordance with section HM 50 of the Tax Act;
(d)
upon the Fonterra Custodian receiving any Shares issued by Fonterra as a
bonus issue in respect of Shares the subject of Economic Rights (which will
then in turn be the subject of Economic Rights), the Manager will issue bonus
Units to Unit Holders who were recorded in the Register at the same time and
on the same record date as was applied by Fonterra to determine the
entitlement to the bonus issue of the Shares. The number of Units to be issued
to each such Unit Holder in respect of each Unit held by that Unit Holder as at
that time, will be the same number as Fonterra issued per Share as its bonus
issue;
(e) if Fonterra gives holders of Shares, including Shares held by the Fonterra
Custodian the subject of Economic Rights, the Right to acquire further Shares,
then the Manager will give to Unit Holders who were recorded in the Register
at the same time and on the same record date as applied by Fonterra to
determine the entitlement to the Right, the Right to acquire further Units so that
all directions (and appropriate subscription proceeds) are received in sufficient
time for the Manager to instruct the Fonterra Custodian how to deal with the
Rights received from Fonterra in respect of the Shares the subject of Economic
Rights and to meet any payment obligations in respect of the Fonterra Rights.
Upon the issue of Shares to the Fonterra Custodian pursuant to the exercise of
the Fonterra Rights by the Fonterra Custodian and such Shares being the
subject of Economic Rights, the corresponding number of Units will be issued
to persons who exercised the Rights issued by the Trust;
(f)
if Fonterra gives holders of Shares, including Shares held by the Fonterra
Custodian the subject of Economic Rights, the Right to acquire securities other
than Shares (and other than a security Convertible to a Share) then the
Manager will give to Unit Holders who were recorded on the Register at the
same time and on the same record date as applied by Fonterra to determine
the entitlement to that Right, the Right to acquire those securities to be issued
by Fonterra;
(g)
if Fonterra gives holders of Shares, including Shares held by the Fonterra
Custodian the subject of Economic Rights, the Right to acquire a security
Convertible to a Share, then the Manager will direct the Fonterra Custodian to
dispose of such Right at the best price reasonably obtainable at the relevant
time, based on advice obtained by the Manager for that purpose, and, upon
receipt of the sale proceeds from the Fonterra Custodian, this will be
distributed to Unit Holders who were recorded on the Register at the same time
and on the same day as was applied by Fonterra to determine the entitlement
to the Right; and
(h) if Fonterra or a third party makes an offer to acquire Shares held by the
Fonterra Custodian which are the subject of Economic Rights, the Manager will
seek a direction from each Unit Holder whether or not to accept such offer
(being for the Manager to direct the Fonterra Custodian to accept the offer and
for the Manager to redeem one Unit for each Share which are the subject of
Economic Rights transferred pursuant to that offer). Should any such offer be
accepted by Unit Holders, the amount to be paid to the relevant Unit Holders
who duly elected to accept the offer (in proportion to the number of Units each
such Unit Holder elected be redeemed) will be the consideration received
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adjusted to take into account any Tax Liability of the Trust relating to the Unit
Holder, any non-resident withholding tax deducted in accordance with section
HM 44B of the Tax Act or any adjustments in accordance with section HM 48
of the Tax Act and, contemporaneously with the transfer of the Shares
pursuant to the offer, Units held by those Unit Holders who duly accepted the
offer will be redeemed for that consideration. None of the Manager, the
Supervisor or Fonterra has any liability to a Unit Holder if the Manager is
unable to seek a direction from each Unit Holder whether or not to accept the
offer. If no direction is received from a Unit Holder, then the Manager will not
accept the offer for the number of Shares equal to the number of Units held by
the Unit Holder who does not give the direction.
15.2 Voting in relation to Shares: The Manager, Supervisor and each Unit Holder is not
entitled to, and will not, request or require the Fonterra Custodian to:
(a) subject to clause 15.3, cast any votes attached to or arising from the Shares
the subject of the Economic Rights and held by the Fonterra Custodian,
including, directly or indirectly, appointing, or procuring the Fonterra Custodian
to appoint, any proxy or representative to cast any vote attached to such
Shares, and acknowledge that any purported or attempted exercise of any
such vote shall be of no effect; or
(b) requisition or join in requisitioning any meeting of shareholders of Fonterra; or
(c) propose or join with any other party in proposing any matter for discussion or
resolution at any meeting of shareholders of Fonterra; or
(d) attend or speak at any meeting of shareholders of Fonterra (unless invited to
do so by Fonterra);
and Unit Holders are deemed to acknowledge that neither the Manager nor the
Supervisor is entitled to exercise such powers. Any request, direction or instruction
received by the Manager or the Supervisor from any person in respect of the exercise of
any voting right in relation to any Shares must, except as set out in clause 15.3, be
ignored and not given effect to and the Manager and the Supervisor shall not be liable
on any basis in respect of any failure or refusal by either of them to give effect to any
such request, direction or instruction.
15.3 Interest Group: Where any Shares the subject of Economic Rights are the subject of
an interest group and are entitled to be voted (or entitle the Fonterra Custodian to a
vote) at a meeting of that interest group, in accordance with Fonterra's Constitution, the
Manager will be entitled to instruct the Fonterra Custodian how to vote in that situation
(in accordance with a contractual right granted to the Manager by the Fonterra
Custodian, as the right to instruct the Fonterra Custodian how to vote in that situation is
not property of the Trust).
15.4 Deductions from income: No deductions from the income of the Trust shall be made
by the Manager or the Supervisor except to the extent permitted by this Deed, by law, or
approved by Unit Holders including pursuant to paragraph 11.1(b)(viii) of Schedule 1.
16. REGISTERS
16.1 Manager to maintain register: The Manager shall keep and maintain, and Fonterra
shall assist the Manager to maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, an up to date
Register of Unit Holders in New Zealand and shall comply with all of the provisions of
the FMCA and the Listing Rules in respect of that register.
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16.2 Manager may appoint Registrar: The Manager may, from time to time, appoint a
Registrar acceptable to the Supervisor to keep and maintain the Register on the
Manager's behalf upon such terms and conditions as the Manager thinks fit, and shall
have the power to remove such Registrar at any time.
16.3 Contents of Register: There shall be entered in the Register:
(a) the names and addresses of the Unit Holders;
(b) the Inland Revenue tax number and Notified Investor Rate of each Unit Holder
or whether the Unit Holder is a Notified Foreign Investor (as applicable);
(c) the number of Units held by each Unit Holder;
(d) the date on which the name of every person was entered in the Register as a
Unit Holder;
(e) the date on which any person ceased to be a Unit Holder;
(f)
such details as the Manager considers are necessary or desirable for the Trust
to comply with, and to enable the Manager to administer the Trust in
accordance with, all relevant PIE and Foreign Investment PIE requirements
under the Tax Act; and
(g)
such other information as may be required by, or is necessary or desirable for
the purposes of, the FMCA and other applicable laws.
16.4 Registration of joint holders: Joint holders of Units shall be jointly and severally liable in
respect of all payments required to be made in respect of the relevant Units. All joint
holders will be required to provide their Inland Revenue tax number, Notified Investor
Rate or election to be a Notified Foreign Investor and any other information required by
the Tax Act to the Manager for registration. On the death of any joint holder, the
survivor or survivors will be the only persons recognised by the Manager and the
Supervisor as having title to the Unit, but the Manager and the Supervisor may require
such evidence of death as they may deem fit. Only the person whose name stands first
in the Register as one of the joint holders of any Unit shall be entitled to delivery of any
notice, cheque or other communication from the Manager or the Supervisor, and any
notice, cheque or other communication given to any such person shall be deemed to have
been given to all the joint holders of Units. The joint holder whose name stands first in
the Register will be the joint holder with the highest Notified Investor Rate, however, with
the consent of all joint holders of the relevant Units, the Manager may amend the name of
the person standing first in the Register.
16.5
Audit of Register: The Manager shall cause the Register to be audited in accordance
with the FMCA (and also at the request of the Supervisor), including, for the avoidance
of doubt, through a collective audit under regulation 110 of the Financial Markets
Conduct Regulations 2014.
16.6
Notification of change of details: Any change of name or address of any Unit Holder
shall be notified by such Unit Holder in writing to the Manager who shall alter, or cause
to be altered, the Register accordingly.
16.7 Inspection of Register:
The Manager, the Supervisor, the Auditor, Fonterra and any
representative of them, and any Unit Holder, shall be entitled to inspect the Register free
of charge at any time during normal working hours.
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16.8 Status of Register:
Each of the Manager, Fonterra and the Supervisor shall be
entitled:
(a) to rely absolutely on the Register as being correct;
(b)
(but not required) for all purposes to treat a person whom it believes to be the
person entered on the Register as the holder of any Units as the legal and
beneficial owner of those Units; and
(c) (but not required) to effect transfers, redemptions or other dealings of any
nature with Units on the basis of the information recorded in the Register
relating to those Units.
16.9 Evidence required by Manager/Supervisor/Fonterra: Notwithstanding clause 16.8,
each of the Manager, Fonterra and the Supervisor shall be entitled, at its absolute
discretion, before giving effect to any transfer, redemption or other dealing with any
Units to require the production to the Manager, Fonterra or the Supervisor of evidence
satisfactory to it in its discretion that the person seeking to effect such dealing is the
person named in the Register as the holder of the Units in question.
16.10 Other interests in Units:
Except as required by law or this Deed, neither the Manager,
Fonterra nor the Supervisor shall be bound to see to the performance of any trust
(express, implied or constructive) or of any charge, pledge, or equity to which any of the
Units or any interest therein are or may be subject, or to recognise any person as having
any interest in any Unit, except for the person recorded in the Register as the Unit
Holder, and no notice of any trust, charge, pledge or equity shall be entered upon the
Register.
16.11 Splitting of Interests: The Manager:
(a)
may in its discretion, if so requested by a Unit Holder or a transferee of Units;
and
(b) shall, if so requested by a Unit Holder who produces satisfactory evidence that
Units held by that Unit Holder are held as a bare trustee or nominee and two or
more other persons are separate beneficial owners of parcels of those Units or
have other separate Interests in parcels of those Units,
arrange to register the Units held by that Unit Holder or transferee in two or more
separately identifiable parcels. Each of the Manager, Fonterra and the Supervisor may
thereafter, so long as it considers convenient or appropriate, communicate with that Unit
Holder, make distributions and otherwise act, as if the separate registered parcels were
each held by different Unit Holders.
17 CERTIFICATES, SUBDIVISION, CONSOLIDATION
17.1 No certificates: Subject to compliance with any requirements of the Listing Rules and
law, the issue of certificates by the Trust is not required, and no Unit Holder shall be
entitled to a certificate.
17.2 Issuing of statements: A Statement shall be issued by the Registrar when required by
the FMCA and, subject to the Listing Rules, upon request by the Unit Holder and upon
payment of any fee prescribed from time to time by the Manager or by law.
17.3 Evidence of security: Except as may be required by law, a Statement shall not be a
document of title nor negotiable, nor shall it be prima facie evidence of a Unit Holder's
interest in the Trust Fund.
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17.4 No obligation to issue in respect of certain units: The Registrar shall not be obliged
to issue a Statement in connection with Units redeemed or transferred before the date of
issue of the Statement.
17.5 Statement may form part of other document: Without limitation, a Statement may be
issued with, or form part of, any other document including a form of transfer or a notice
of distribution.
17.6 Consolidation and subdivision of units: The Manager shall, contemporaneously with
such an action by Fonterra at any time, by notice in writing to the Unit Holders and the
Supervisor, cause all of the Units in existence at the Fonterra record date of the relevant
action to be consolidated or subdivided so that, following such consolidation or
subdivision, the number of Shares the subject of Economic Rights is equal to the
number of Units on issue. Each such notice shall:
(a) specify the date on which such consolidation or subdivision is to take place
(being the same date as the consolidation or subdivision by Fonterra is to take
place); and
(b) specify the ratio which the number of Units in existence after the consolidation
or subdivision will bear to the number of Units in existence before the
consolidation or subdivision.
17.7 Cancellation of Statements: Subject to the Listing Rules, the Manager may make
such arrangements as it deems appropriate following a consolidation or subdivision for
the cancellation of existing Statements and the issue of new Statements.
18. PAYMENT
18.1 Payment: A Unit Holder may elect to have any moneys payable to that Unit Holder
pursuant to this Deed made by:
(a) post; or
(b) payment to a nominated account with a bank.
18.2 Unit Holder's instructions: Payment shall be effected when, in compliance with the
Unit Holder's instructions, the Supervisor or the Manager on behalf of the Supervisor:
(a)
posts a cheque to the address of the Unit Holder shown in the Register; or
(b)
deposits the payment:
(I)
with the Manager's bank; or
(ii) with a branch of the nominated bank (the choice being the
Manager's),
for transmission to the nominated account.
In the absence of an election, the Manager shall effect payment by posting a cheque to
the address of the Unit Holder shown in the Register.
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19. TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF UNITS
19.1 Right to transfer:
Subject to such of the restrictions of this Deed as may be applicable
and subject to clause 19.3, any Unit Holder may transfer all or any of the Units held by
that Unit Holder:
(a)
by an "authorised transaction"
(as that term is defined in section 372(3) of
the FMCA) or a "licensed market transaction"
(as that term is defined in
section 373(3) of the FMCA) by an instrument of transfer complying with the
provisions of the FMCA;
(b) under a system of transfer approved under section 376 of the FMCA or
pursuant to a "designated settlement system" within the meaning set out in
section 156M of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989, which is
applicable to the Trust;
(c)
under any other transfer system which operates in relation to the trading of
securities on any stock exchange either inside or outside New Zealand on
which Units are listed and which is applicable to the Trust; or
(d) under an instrument of transfer in such form and execution satisfactory to the
Registrar, and in compliance with any applicable law and any other reasonable
requirements the Supervisor or the Manager may from time to time prescribe.
19.2 Method of transfer: A Unit which is disposed of in a transaction which complies with the
requirements of a system of transfer authorised under clause 19.1(b) or clause 19.1(c)
may be transferred in accordance with the requirements of that system. Where an
instrument of transfer executed by a transferor outside New Zealand would have
complied with the provisions of the FMCA if it had been executed in New Zealand, it
may nevertheless be registered by the Manager if it is executed in a manner acceptable
to the Manager or the Registrar.
19.3
Settlement System: The Manager and Fonterra shall arrange for the inclusion of Units
in the settlement system adopted by NZX and by ASX. On being satisfied that the
provisions of this clause 19.3 and all statutory provisions have been complied with, and
subject to clauses 16.9 and 19.4, the Manager or Fonterra will register, or cause to be
registered, any transfer of Units in the Register.
19.4 Manager may decline to register: Without limiting clause 20.3, the Manager may
decline to register any transfer if:
(a) the Manager or the Supervisor has a lien on any or all of the Units the subject of
the transfer; or
(b) the instrument of transfer is not accompanied by such evidence as the Manager
or the Supervisor may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to
make the transfer; or
(c) registration of the transfer would result in the Trust becoming ineligible as a
Portfolio Investment Entity or Foreign Investment PIE, or would operate to
threaten any such eligibility; or
(d) the registration of the transfer would result in a breach of clause 6.1(a) (or
increase any Interest in breach of clause 6.1(a)).
19.5 When transfer effective: The transferor of a Unit shall be deemed to remain the holder
of the Unit until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect thereof.
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19.6 Notice concerning Minimum Holding: Fonterra or the Manager may at any time give
notice to any Unit Holder holding less than the Minimum Number of Units that such Unit
Holder's holding is less than the Minimum Number and that the provisions of clause 19.7
shall apply (and such notice may also include content so as to comply with Rule 5.12.2 of
the ASX Settlement Operating Rules).
19.7 Sale if hold less than a Minimum Holding: A Unit Holder upon whom notice has been
served under clause 19.6 shall ensure that within three Months (or such longer period as
the Manager may determine) after receiving the notice, the relevant Units are disposed of
or further Units are acquired to bring the relevant holding to the Minimum Number. If, after
such period, Fonterra and the Manager are not satisfied that suitable arrangements have
been made for the disposition or acquisition of further Units, the Manager may arrange for
the sale of the relevant Units on behalf of the Unit Holder, through the NZX Main Board, at
the best price reasonably obtainable at the relevant time. For this purpose, the Unit
Holder shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed and authorised the Manager to act
on behalf of such Unit Holder in relation to the sale of the relevant Units, and to sign all
documents relating to such sale and transfer as may be required to give effect to it. For
the purposes of the sale and of Rule 5.12 of the ASX Settlement Operating Rules,
where the Manager has given a notice that complies with Rule 5.12.2 of the ASX
Settlement Operating Rules, the Manager may, after the expiration of the time specified
in the notice, initiate a Holding Adjustment to move the relevant Units from that CHESS
Holding to an Issuer Sponsored Holding or to take any other action the Manager
considers necessary or desirable to effect the sale. The person to whom such Units are
transferred shall not be bound to see the application of the purchase money, nor shall
his, her or its title to the Units be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the
proceedings relating to the sale of those Units. The net proceeds of sale shall be held on
trust by the Supervisor for, and paid (together with interest at such rate as the Manager
deems appropriate) to, the Unit Holder on receipt of payment relating to the relevant Units.
19.8 Manager may return instruments of transfer: All instruments of transfer which have
been registered may be retained by the Manager. If the Manager, pursuant to the powers
contained in this Deed, refuses to register a transfer, the Manager shall promptly send to
the transferor and proposed transferee notice of the refusal and shall return the transfer
instrument to the transferee together with such documents of title which may have been
left with the transfer.
19.9 Transmission on death of Unit Holder: If a Unit Holder dies, the survivor, if the
deceased was a joint Unit Holder, or the executors or administrators of the deceased
Unit Holder, shall be the only persons recognised by the Manager, Fonterra or the
Supervisor as having any title to or interest in the Units of the deceased Unit Holder, but
nothing in this clause 19.9 shall release the estate of a deceased joint Unit Holder from
any liability in respect of any Unit or constitute a release of any lien which the Manager
or the Supervisor may have in respect of any Unit.
19.10 Claimants to prove entitlement: Any person becoming entitled to any Units in
consequence of the death or bankruptcy of any Unit Holder may, upon producing such
evidence as the Manager shall consider sufficient to establish that person's entitlement to
such Units, be registered as the Unit Holder of such Units or, subject to the provisions as
to transfer contained in this clause 19, may transfer such Units.
19.11 Rights of Personal Representatives: A Personal Representative of a Unit Holder:
(a) is entitled to exercise all rights (including without limitation the rights to receive
distributions, to attend meetings and to vote), and is subject to all limitations,
attached to the Units held by that Unit Holder; and
(b)
is entitled to be registered as holder of those Units, but such registration shall
not operate as a release of any rights (including any lien) to which the Manager
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or the Supervisor was entitled prior to registration of the Personal
Representative pursuant to this paragraph (b).
Where a Unit is subject to the control of two or more persons as Personal
Representatives, they shall be deemed to be joint holders of the Unit.
20. TAKEOVER PROVISIONS
20.1 Rulings binding:
If NZX gives any Ruling in respect of the matters dealt with by
clauses 20, 21, 22 or 23, or any matter dealt with by Appendix 3 of the Listing Rules,
that Ruling is binding on the Manager, Fonterra, the Supervisor and all Unit Holders, and
shall take effect as if that Ruling were itself incorporated in this Deed.
20.2
Takeovers Code:
If a takeovers code is in force under the Takeovers Act 1993 that is
applicable to the Trust then subject to:
(a) any applicable provisions of that code;
(b)
the Manager first obtaining the approval of NZX and complying with any
condition of that approval; and
(c) such conditions as NZX may from time to time impose,
the whole of clauses 20, 21, 22 and 23, or such part or parts thereof as may be
determined by NZX, shall cease to apply and shall be deemed to be cancelled with
effect from the date upon which that code becomes applicable to the Trust, except that
they shall nevertheless continue to apply in respect of any prior non-compliance.
20.3 Minority Veto Provisions:
Without limiting clause 2.1(b), paragraph 1.4 of Appendix 3
of the Listing Rules is deemed to be incorporated in this Trust Deed (as may be modified
by any Ruling relevant to the Trust) and those provisions have the same effect as
though they were set out in this Deed.
20.4 No derogation from clause 6.1:
Nothing in clauses 20 to 23 (both inclusive) affects
clause 6.1, with only Fonterra able to hold or have an Interest in more than 15% of the
lesser of:
(a)
the total number of Units on issue for the time being; or
(b)
the total Voting Rights for the time being.
21.
ENFORCEMENT OF ACQUISITION RESTRICTIONS
21.1 Acquisition in breach of restrictions:
If a person acquires an Interest in breach of
clause 20.3 (not being a breach committed only by the Manager acting in its capacity as
such or by Fonterra exercising any power of disposal under clause 6):
(a)
no Vote may be cast in respect of the Defaulter's Units on a poll (and any Vote
cast shall be disregarded) while the Default is unremedied;
(b)
the Defaulter's Units may be sold by the Manager in accordance with clause
21.2 but this power may not be exercised:
(i)
until one month after the Manager has given notice to the Defaulter
(and if the Defaulter is not the registered holder of the Defaulter's
Units, to the registered holder) of its intention to exercise this power;
and
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(ii)
if, during that month the Defaulter has remedied the Default (if
capable of being remedied), or has transferred the Defaulter's Interest
in the Defaulter's Units to a person who is not a Defaulter.
21.2
Exercise of power of sale:
If the power of sale specified in cause 21.1(b) becomes
exercisable and is exercised:
(a)
the Manager shall arrange for the sale of the Defaulter's Units through NZX or
in some other manner approved by NZX;
(b)
each holder of Defaulter's Units is deemed to have authorised the Manager to
act on behalf of that holder in relation to the sale of the relevant Units, and to
sign all documents relating to such sale which may be required to give effect
thereto;
(c)
the net proceeds of sale shall be accounted for to the holder of the relevant
Defaulter's Units and shall be held on trust by the Supervisor for, and paid
(after deduction of amounts referred to in sub-clause (d)) to, holders of the
relevant Units upon entry of the transfer relating to the relevant Units in the
Register; and
(d)
the Manager may deduct from the proceeds of sale any costs of sale and any
costs to the Manager of determining whether a person is a Defaulter and
exercising powers permitted by this clause 21, and any amounts which the
Manager may choose to pay to members of any Affected Group acting
pursuant to clause 21.4, in reimbursement of expenses incurred by those
members.
21.3
Power of sale and transfer of title not to be questioned:
No purchaser or other
person dealing with the Manager shall be concerned to enquire whether the power of
sale specified in clause 21.1(b) has become properly exercisable, or as to the propriety
or regularity of a sale made in purported exercise of that power, or as to the application
of the proceeds of sale received by the Manager. The receipt of the Manager is a good
discharge to the purchaser for the purchase price, and no question may be raised as to
the title of the purchaser to Units sold in purported exercise of the power of sale
specified in clause 21.1(b).
21.4
Resolution of Affected Group directing sale:
The Manager shall, if so directed by a
resolution of an Affected Group (passed by a simple majority of Votes), exercise the
power referred to in clause 21.1(b), if that power has become exercisable. The holders
of 5% or more of the Units of an Affected Group may, by notice to the Manager, require
the Manager to convene a meeting of the Affected Group for the purpose of considering
such a resolution.
21.5
Manager not to be held liable:
To the maximum extent permitted by the FMCA,
neither the Manager nor any director or employee of the Manager, (nor the Supervisor
or any director or employee of the Supervisor) shall be under any liability whatsoever to
any Defaulter, any holder of Defaulter's Units, or any person whom the Manager
believes to be a Defaulter or holder of Defaulter's Units, for or in connection with the
exercise or purported exercise by the Manager of the powers specified in this clause 21.
21.6
Remedy for breach of restrictions on acquisitions:
The sole remedy of a Unit Holder
or any other person in respect of a breach or alleged breach of clause 20.3 shall be to
exercise, or require the Manager to exercise, the powers referred to in clause 21.1.
Without limiting the preceding sentence, no person is entitled to seek any injunction or
other remedy to prevent a transaction alleged to be in breach of clause 20.3. Nothing in
this clause affects the remedies of a Unit Holder against the Manager in respect of a
breach of clauses 20.3, 21 or 22 by the Manager.
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21.7 Determination as to Defaulter's Units:
The Manager shall use reasonable
endeavours to ascertain for the purposes of clause 21.1(a) whether any Units are
Defaulter's Units and accordingly whether a holder of those Units is entitled to Vote. If
any Unit Holder, or NZX, alleges that any Units are Defaulter's Units, the Manager shall
properly consider and investigate that allegation. The ruling of the chairperson of any
meeting as to whether any person is or is not entitled to Vote at that meeting pursuant to
clause 21.1(a) shall, for the purposes of proceedings at that meeting, be conclusive, and
the proceedings of, or any resolution passed at, any meeting shall not be impugned by
reason of a breach of clause 21.1(a), but this provision shall not prejudice any action
which any person may have against any Unit Holder by reason of that holder having
cast a Vote at any meeting in breach of clause 21.1(a).
21.8 Rulings: NZX (an "Arbiter")
may, for the purposes of making a Ruling as to whether
any person is a Defaulter, give notice to any person who the Arbiter believes may be a
Defaulter. The notice shall:
(a)
set out in general terms the grounds on which the Arbiter believes that person
to be a Defaulter; and
(b)
require that person, within a reasonable time specified in the notice, to produce
evidence to rebut the Arbiter's belief that that person is a Defaulter.
If the person to whom the notice is given fails within the time specified in the notice to
provide to the Arbiter evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Arbiter that that person is
not a Defaulter, then the Arbiter shall be entitled to assume without further evidence that
that person is a Defaulter, and to make a Ruling to that effect.
21.9 Definition:
For the purposes of this clause 21, the term
"Defaulter's Units" means all
or any Units in which the Defaulter has an Interest, as determined by the Manager.
22. COMPULSORY ACQUISITION PROVISIONS
22.1
Acquisition Notice:
If a person or a group of Associated Persons acquires beneficial
ownership of 90% or more of a Class of Quoted Units, that person or group of persons
(the
"Majority Holder") shall, within 20 Business Days after that circumstance arises,
give notice (an
"Acquisition Notice") to all other holders (the "Remaining Holders")
of
Units of that Class
("Affected Securities") and at the same time to the Manager and
NZX.
22.2
Contents of Acquisition Notice: The Acquisition Notice shall specify:
(a)
that the Majority Holder has beneficial ownership of 90% or more of the
Affected Securities;
(b)
either:
(i)
that the Majority Holder intends to acquire all Affected Securities held
by the Remaining Holders; or
(ii)
that any Remaining Holder may require the Majority Holder to acquire
the Affected Securities held by that Remaining Holder by giving notice
to that effect to the Majority Holder within one month after the date of
the Acquisition Notice; and
(c)
the consideration which the Majority Holder is prepared to provide for Affected
Securities.
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22.3 Entitlements and obligations of Majority Holder:
Upon giving an Acquisition Notice,
the Majority Holder shall be entitled and bound:
(a) if the Acquisition Notice contains the statement in clause 22.2(b)(i), to acquire
all Affected Securities held by the Remaining Holders; or
(b) if the Acquisition Notice contains the statement in clause 22.2(b)(ii), to acquire
all Affected Securities held by Remaining Holders in respect of which the
holder, within one month after the date of the Acquisition Notice, gives notice
requiring the Majority Holder to acquire.
22.4 Consideration for Affected Securities:
The consideration to be provided for Affected
Securities which the Majority Holder is entitled and bound to acquire shall be determined
as follows:
(a) The Acquisition Notice shall specify the consideration which the Majority Holder
is prepared to provide. The Majority Holder shall, before giving the Acquisition
Notice, provide to the Manager, the Supervisor and NZX a report from an
independent, appropriately qualified person who has been previously approved
by NZX ("Expert")
confirming that, for the purposes of this clause 22, that
consideration is fair to the Remaining Holders, using the same criteria set out
in clause 22.4(c)(v).
(b) If, within 10 Business Days after the date of the Acquisition Notice, the
Manager receives written objections to the consideration specified in the
Acquisition Notice from the holders of 10% or more of the Affected Securities
held by the Remaining Holders, then the Manager shall forthwith notify the
Majority Holder and NZX of that fact and the consideration shall then be
determined in accordance with clauses 22.4(c) and 22.4(d). If such objections
are not received, the consideration shall be as specified in the Acquisition
Notice.
(c) If objections of the nature referred to in clause 22.4(b) are received by the
Manager, the consideration shall be fixed by a person who shall:
(i)
be appointed by the Disinterested Directors (as defined in Listing Rule
4.5.9), if any, and otherwise by all the directors of the Manager after
consultation with the Supervisor and after approval by NZX;
(ii)
be a different person from the person referred to in clause 22.4(a);
(iii)
be directed to provide a decision within 20 Business Days after being
appointed;
(iv)
act as an expert and not as an arbitrator; and
(v)
be directed to determine the consideration on the basis that it is fair to
the Remaining Holders and is the pro-rated value of the Affected
Securities based on the value of the Trust as a whole and the rights
and obligations attached to those Affected Securities without taking
into account any strategic or hold out value of the Affected Securities
or any other factors relating to the Remaining Holders, the Majority
Holder, their respective holdings of Units or the relative extent of
those holdings.
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(d) If the consideration determined by the person appointed in accordance with
clause 22.4(c) ("Second Expert"):
is less than, or the same as, the consideration specified in the
Acquisition Notice, the fee and expenses of the Second Expert shall
be borne by the Remaining Holders who made the objections referred
to in clause 22.4(b) and the Majority Holder shall deduct that amount
from the consideration payable by the Majority Holder to the
objectors, in proportion to their holdings (and may, if the consideration
is not cash, deduct and sell sufficient of that consideration to produce
sufficient cash); or
(ii) is more than the consideration specified in the Acquisition Notice, the
fee and expenses of the Second Expert shall be borne by the Majority
Holder.
22.5 Payment of consideration: The Majority Holder shall pay or provide the consideration
to each Remaining Holder within 12 Business Days after the Majority Holder becomes
bound to acquire the Affected Securities of that Remaining Holder, or if the
consideration is required to be determined in terms of clause 22.4(c), within two
Business Days after it has been so determined.
22.6 Payment of consideration where holder cannot be located: If any holder of Affected
Securities which are to be acquired cannot be located by the Majority Holder, the
Majority Holder shall pay or provide the consideration due to that holder to the
Supervisor. The Supervisor shall hold that consideration upon trust for that holder for a
period of five years from the date of its receipt by the Supervisor. If that consideration is
not claimed by that holder within that period, it may be forfeited by the Supervisor for the
benefit of the Trust. The Supervisor shall nevertheless, at any time after such forfeiture,
annul the forfeiture and pay or provide the consideration to a claimant who produces
satisfactory evidence of entitlement.
22.7 Transfer and registration of Affected Securities: Upon payment or provision by the
Majority Holder of the consideration for Affected Securities in accordance with clauses
22.5 and 22.6, the Manager shall forthwith execute on behalf of all the holders of those
Affected Securities transfers of those Affected Securities in favour of the Majority Holder
or its nominee, and shall cause the name of the Majority Holder or its nominee to be
entered in the Register in respect of those Affected Securities. If the Manager fails to
execute any such transfer, the Majority Holder may do so.
22.8
Failure to issue notice or acquire Securities: If a Majority Holder fails to give an
Acquisition Notice when required to do so by this clause 22, or, after having become
bound to acquire the Affected Securities of Remaining Holders in accordance with the
provisions of this clause 22, fails to do so, then the provisions of clauses 21.1 to 21.5
and 21.7 shall apply with the following modifications:
(a)
the Affected Securities held by the Majority Holder shall be deemed to be
Defaulter's Securities;
(b)
the failure to comply with this clause 22 shall be deemed to be a Default; and
(c)
the Remaining Holders shall be deemed to be an Affected Group.
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23. HOLDING BY BARE TRUSTEE
23.1 Interest held for Beneficial Owners:
For all purposes of clauses clause 20.3, 21 and
22 and notwithstanding anything in those clauses:
(a)
the Transfer of Units, or of any interest in Units, to a bare trustee shall be
deemed to be a Transfer to the person or persons for whom that bare trustee
holds those Units or that interest as trustee ("Beneficial Owners");
(b)
Units, or any interest in Units, held by a bare trustee shall be deemed to be
held by the Beneficial Owners; and
(c)
a trustee may be a bare trustee notwithstanding that the trustee is entitled as a
trustee to be remunerated out of the income or property of the relevant trust.
23.2 Effect of holding as bare trustee:
Without limiting clause 23.1:
(a) a bare trustee and a Beneficial Owner shall not, by reason solely of their
relationship as bare trustee and Beneficial Owner, be Associated Persons;
(b) a bare trustee of Units shall not, solely by reason of its position as bare trustee
for the Beneficial Owner, have a Interest in those Units; and
(c)
a Beneficial Owner of Units shall not have a Interest in the Units of another
Beneficial Owner solely because the same bare trustee acts as trustee for both
of those Beneficial Owners.
23.3 Defaulter's Units held by bare trustee:
In the event of a Default, if any Units held by a
person as a bare trustee on behalf of different Beneficial Owners include any Defaulter's
Units:
(a)
the bare trustee shall, on request by the Manager, Fonterra or NZX, provide to
the Manager, Fonterra and NZX details of the Beneficial Owners of those
Defaulter's Units; and
(b)
the Manager may at any time, and shall upon request by the bare trustee or
any Beneficial Owner, take appropriate steps to ensure that those Defaulter's
Units are separately designated in the Register recording those Units.
24. REMUNERATION OF SUPERVISOR
24.1
Remuneration of Supervisor: The Supervisor shall be paid by Fonterra, by way of
remuneration for its service as Supervisor, the fees agreed from time to time between
Fonterra and the Supervisor.
24.2
GST: The Supervisor is entitled to receive from Fonterra, in addition to the fees referred
to in clause 24.1, any goods and services tax or duty or similar tax or duty payable in
respect of such fees.
25.
REMOVAL AND RETIREMENT OF SUPERVISOR
25.1 Removal of Supervisor from office:
The Supervisor shall cease to hold office as
supervisor if the Supervisor is removed pursuant to the FMCA.
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25.2 Retirement of Supervisor: The Supervisor may retire at any time without assigning
any reason provided that it has given not less than 90 days' notice in writing to the
Manager of its intention so to do and either:
(a) all functions and duties of the position have been performed; or
(b) the Manager has appointed a new Supervisor who holds a licence under the
Financial Markets Supervisors Act 2011 that covers Units in the Trust and the
new Supervisor has accepted such appointment and all of the Assets of the
Trust Fund have been transferred from the Supervisor (if the Supervisor holds
any such Assets) to the new Supervisor; or
(c) the High Court consents.
25.3
Appointment of new Supervisor: The power of appointing a new Supervisor (in place
of a Supervisor which has retired pursuant to clause 25.2 or been removed from office
pursuant to clause 25.1) shall be vested in the Manager. No person shall be appointed
as a new Supervisor unless:
(a) qualified to act as such pursuant to the Financial Markets Supervisors Act 2011
in respect of interests that covers Units in the Trust;
(b) such person has been approved by Fonterra; and
(c)
all of the Assets of the Trust Fund have been transferred from the Supervisor
(if the Supervisor holds any such Assets) to the new Supervisor.
If the Manager fails or refuses to appoint a new Supervisor, Fonterra will have the right
to appoint the new Supervisor.
25.4 Transition: Following the resignation or termination of the appointment of the
Supervisor pursuant to this clause 25, the Supervisor will ensure that for a period of 90
days after the appointment of the new Supervisor the prior Supervisor will assist its
successor in the transition to Supervisor to the extent reasonably required. The retiring
Supervisor will be entitled to charge Fonterra fees, and recover such costs and
expenses from Fonterra as it may reasonably incur, in relation to providing such
assistance. The Supervisor shall also be entitled to all fees from Fonterra accrued to the
date upon which it ceases to hold office.
26. REMUNERATION OF MANAGER
26.1 Remuneration of Manager: The Manager shall not be entitled, in respect of its
services, to any fees.
27. REMOVAL AND RETIREMENT OF MANAGER
27.1
Characteristics of a Manager: No person may be appointed as the Manager (including
as a temporary Manager pursuant to clause 27.6) unless:
(a) that person has entered into, and remains a party to, a deed agreeing to be
bound by the terms of the Authorised Fund Contract applicable to the party
described therein as "the Manager";
(b)
its shareholder (or shareholders) has entered into, and remains a party to, a
deed agreeing to be bound by the terms of the Shareholding Deed (with the
Shareholding Deed amended so that it applies to the person to be appointed as
the Manager);
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(c)
that person's appointment has been approved by Fonterra by written notice to
the Supervisor; and
(d) the person's constitution provides for its board of directors to consist of five
directors, three to be elected by Unit Holders in accordance with clause 31.8 and
two to be appointed and removed by Fonterra by notice.
27.2
Removal of Manager from office:
The Manager shall cease to hold office as Manager of
the Trust if:
(a) the Manager is removed from that office by the High Court pursuant to section
209 of the FMCA on the application of the Supervisor, any Unit Holder, or the
Financial Markets Authority; or
(b) the Manager is removed by written direction of the Supervisor after the
Supervisor certifies in writing pursuant to section 185(1)(a) of the FMCA that it is
in the best interests of Unit Holders that the Manager should cease to hold office;
or
(c)
the Unit Holders pass an FMCA Resolution directing that the Manager should
cease to hold office; or
(d)
the Manager is removed from office by the Supervisor on any of the grounds
specified in clause 27.3; or
(e) the Manager ceases to be qualified to be appointed the Manager in
accordance with clause 27.1.
27.3 Entitlement to remove the Manager:
The Supervisor shall be entitled to remove the
Manager if:
(a)
the Manager is materially in breach of its obligations under this Deed; or
(b) the Manager fails to carry out its duties to the satisfaction of the Supervisor; or
(c) the Manager is wound up, liquidated or subject to statutory management (except
for the purposes of an amalgamation or reconstruction while solvent) or a
receiver, receiver and manager or administrator is appointed in respect of the
Manager; or
(d)
the Manager breaches the Authorised Fund Contract and Fonterra gives a notice
to the Supervisor requiring the Supervisor to remove the Manager from office as
Manager; or
(e)
the shareholder of the Manager breaches the deed referred to in clause 27.1(b)
and Fonterra gives a notice to the Supervisor requiring the Supervisor to remove
the Manager from office as Manager.
27.4 Effect of Manager ceasing to hold office:
Subject to clause 27.8 and 27.9 (to the extent
permitted by the FMCA), if the Manager ceases to hold office, the Manager shall
immediately desist from all activities related to the Trust. For the avoidance of doubt, for
the purposes of section 185(4) of the FMCA, the Supervisor agrees to the Manager acting
as required by clauses 27.8 and 27.9.
27.5 Retirement of Manager:
The Manager may retire as manager of the Trust at any time
without assigning any reason upon giving six Months' notice in writing to the Supervisor
of its intention to do so (or such lesser period as the Supervisor may agree to). No such
retirement shall take effect until a new Manager has been appointed and has executed
the deed referred to in clause 27.8(a), agreed to accede to the Authorised Fund Contract
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pursuant to clause 27.8(b) and its shareholder(s) has entered into the agreement
referred to in clause 27.8(c).
27.6 Temporary Manager: The Supervisor shall have power in accordance with section 186
of the FMCA to appoint a company qualified pursuant to clause 27.1 and sections
127(1)(c) and (e) of the FMCA, as a temporary Manager of the Trust in place of a
Manager which has retired pursuant to clause 27.5 or been removed from office
pursuant to clause 27.2 or 27.3.
27.7 Appointment of new Manager: The Supervisor shall, upon a vacancy in the office of
the Manager occurring, summon a meeting of Unit Holders and shall take such steps as
that meeting or any subsequent meeting of Unit Holders may require to secure the
appointment as Manager of the Trust of the temporary manager appointed pursuant to
clause 27.6, or some other company qualified pursuant to clause 27.1 and sections
127(1)(c) and (e) of the FMCA, and in each case approved by the Supervisor.
27.8 Execution of deed by new Manager: Any temporary Manager appointed pursuant to
clause 27.6 and any new Manager appointed pursuant to clause 27.7, shall, upon such
appointment:
(a) execute a deed in such form as the Supervisor may require whereby the new
Manager undertakes to the Supervisor, Fonterra and Unit Holders to be bound
by all covenants on the part of the Manager from the date of such appointment;
and
(b) execute a deed agreeing to be bound by the Authorised Fund Contract in place
of the previous Manager; and
(c) procure that its shareholder enters into an agreement (in a manner acceptable
to the Supervisor) for the purposes of clause 27.1(b).
From such date that both deeds and the agreement are so executed by all parties
thereto, the then current Manager shall be absolved and released from all covenants
under this Deed (except in respect of any prior breach) and the new Manager shall
thereafter exercise all the powers, and enjoy and exercise all the rights, and shall be
subject to all the duties and obligations, of the Manager in all respects as if such new
Manager had been originally named as a party to this Deed.
27.9 Transition: Following the resignation or termination of the appointment of the Manager
pursuant to this clause 27 the Manager will ensure that for a period of 90 days after the
appointment of the new Manager the prior Manager will assist its successor in the
transition to Manager.
28. BORROWING AND SECURITY
28.1 Borrowing: The Supervisor shall have no power to borrow in respect of the Trust and
the Manager may not direct the Supervisor to borrow in respect of the Trust.
28.2 Security: Neither the Supervisor nor the Manager shall have any power to grant any
security to any person over any part or parts of the Trust Fund (including any Assets).
29.
ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
29.1 Accounting Records: The Manager shall keep or cause to be kept true and proper
accounts of all sums of money received and expended by or on behalf of the Trust and
the matters in respect of which such receipt and expenditure takes place, and of the
issue and cancellation of Units, and of all other matters for which accounts should
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properly be kept. The Supervisor shall provide to the Manager from time to time any
information held by the Supervisor and requested by the Manager as being necessary
for this purpose.
29.2 Financial Statements: The Manager shall cause to be prepared annual financial
statements in respect of the Trust for each Financial Year in accordance with Part 7 of
the FMCA and any other applicable law.
29.3
Audit of financial statements: The annual financial statements prepared in
accordance with clause 29.2 shall be audited by the Auditor who shall report to the
Manager and the Supervisor:
(a)
in respect of the state of affairs of the Trust as at the end of the period to which
the financial statements relate and of the results of the Trust for such period,
the Auditor shall refer to its audit opinion issued in respect of the annual
financial statements for such period and confirm that the Auditor has no
matters to report to the Supervisor, or otherwise give particulars of any such
matters;
(b)
in the performance of their duties as auditors of the annual financial statements
of the Fund, whether in examining such financial statements, and the
accounting records, the Auditor has obtained any knowledge of any material
breach or default in the fulfilment of the terms, covenants, provisions or
conditions of this Deed by the Supervisor, Fonterra or the Manager and, if so,
particulars of each such default;
or such other information as agreed between the Auditor, the Manager and the
Supervisor from time to time.
29.4 Information required for audit: In carrying out that person's duties the Auditor shall be
entitled to require from the Manager and the Supervisor such information, explanations,
documents, certificates and accounts as the Auditor may consider necessary, and the
Manager or the Supervisor (as the case may be) shall forthwith provide the same to the
Auditor.
29.5 Accounts and Auditor's report to be provided to Unit Holders: The Manager shall
(if, and to the extent, required by the FMCA) forward to each person referred to in the
next sentence a copy of the annual financial statements of the Trust Fund for that
Financial Year, together, in the case of the annual accounts, with the Auditor's report
thereon. Such financial statements and audit report shall be sent to the Supervisor and
each person who is a Unit Holder on a date determined by the Manager after the date
such financial statements are signed.
29.6 Filing: The Manager shall in accordance with section 461H of the FMCA cause to be
filed with the Registrar of Financial Service Providers the statements and documents
required to be filed pursuant to that section.
29.7 Portfolio Investment Entity: The Manager shall, within the time prescribed by and
otherwise in accordance with the TAA:
(a) provide all information and issue all notices required to be provided or issued
by a Portfolio Investment Entity to a Unit Holder; and
(b) cause to be filed with the Commissioner (as defined in the TAA) all returns,
statements and other documents required to be filed by a Portfolio Investment
Entity.
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30. AUDITOR
30.1 Auditor: Subject to clause 30.5, notwithstanding the subsequent provisions of this
clause 30, the auditor of the Trust shall be the same auditor as is the auditor of Fonterra
unless that auditor declines to be the auditor of the Trust or Fonterra agrees or requires
that the Trust have an auditor different from the auditor of Fonterra.
30.2 Appointment of Auditor: Should the auditor of Fonterra decline to be the auditor of the
Trust or Fonterra agrees or requires that the Trust have an auditor different from the
auditor of Fonterra, then the Manager and Fonterra shall, after consultation with the
Supervisor, appoint the auditor of the Trust.
30.3 Auditor: An Auditor may also be auditor of the Manager, Fonterra or the Supervisor.
An Auditor shall not be an officer or servant (or the partner of any officer or servant) of
the Manager, Fonterra or of the Supervisor.
30.4 Auditor's remuneration: The remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the
Manager.
30.5 Removal or retirement of Auditor: The Auditor may at any time be removed from
office by the Manager with the approval of Fonterra and the Supervisor, or by the
Supervisor. An Auditor may retire upon the expiration of not less than 90 days' notice in
writing to the Supervisor, Fonterra and the Manager.
30.6 New Auditor: Any vacancy in the office of an auditor occurring under clause 30.5 shall
be filled in accordance with clause 30.2.
30.7
Compliance with FMCA auditor requirements:
The Manager must comply with the
requirements in the FMCA relating to the appointment of the Auditor and the Auditor's
obligation to report to the Supervisor.
31. MEETINGS OF UNIT HOLDERS
31.1
Request for meeting:
The Manager shall summon a meeting of the Unit Holders upon
the request in writing of the Supervisor or of a Unit Holder or Unit Holders holding not
less than five percent of the value of the Units at the date of such request.
31.2 Manager may convene meeting: The Manager:
(a) shall convene an annual meeting of Unit Holders to be held not less than six
Months after the end of each Financial Year and not later than 15 Months after
the previous annual meeting;
(b) may at any time of its own volition convene a meeting of the Unit Holders;
(c) shall convene any meeting requested pursuant to clause 31.1 for a date falling
no later than 60 Working Days from the date of receipt of the request, provided
that if the annual meeting to be held under sub-clause (a) will be held within 90
Working Days of the date of receipt of the request, then the meeting may be
deferred by the Manager so as to be held on the same day as that annual
meeting or any date prior to it; and
(d) shall include, in or with any notice convening a meeting, a statement from
either or both of the Manager and the Supervisor if either wishes to do so.
31.3 Attendance:
Unit Holders of all Classes are entitled to attend meetings of Unit Holders
and to receive copies of all notices, reports and financial statements issued generally to
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Unit Holders entitled to vote at meetings of Unit Holders but are not entitled to vote at
any such meeting unless the terms of the relevant Units so provide.
31.4 Meeting procedure:
All meetings of Unit Holders shall be convened and held in
accordance with the provisions set out in Schedule 1, and (to the extent permitted by the
FMCA) the provisions of Schedule 11 to the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations
2014 are hereby expressly excluded.
31.5 Resolution directing Supervisor:
The Unit Holders shall, by means of a FMCA
Resolution passed at a meeting of Unit Holders, have the power to give such directions
to the Supervisor as they think proper concerning the Trust, being directions that are
consistent with the provisions of this Deed and the FMCA and any direction given by the
Financial Markets Authority under the Financial Markets Supervisors Act 2011.
31.6 Supervisor acting under direction:
Where any direction is given to the Supervisor
pursuant to clause 31.5 in respect of any matter, the Supervisor may comply with the
direction, and shall not be liable to any Unit Holder or the Manager for anything done or
omitted by it by reason of its following the direction. The Supervisor may also at its
discretion in accordance with section 210 of the FMCA apply to the High Court for
directions in respect of the matter and the directions and orders so given shall be final.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Supervisor
is not required to act on any direction given unless it is first satisfied that all costs, losses
and expenses which it may incur in so acting will be paid to the Supervisor.
31.7 Interest group meeting:
A meeting of the Unit Holders in an Interest Group may be
called by the Manager or the Supervisor at any time, and shall be called on the written
request of a holder or holders of Units holding together not less than 5% of the value of
the Units of the relevant Interest Group. All the provisions of this Deed relating to
meetings of Unit Holders apply, with all necessary modifications, to a meeting of an
Interest Group except that:
(a)
the necessary quorum is two or more Unit Holders in the group present in
person or by proxy, attorney or authorised representative, or, if there is only
one Unit Holder in the group, that Unit Holder present in person or by proxy,
attorney or authorised representative;
(b)
if the Manager so elects, one meeting may be held of Unit Holders constituting
more than one group, so long as voting at that meeting is by way of a poll, and
proper arrangements are made to distinguish between the votes of members of
each group; and
(c) any Unit Holder in the group, present in person or by proxy, attorney or
authorised representative, may demand a poll.
31.8
Independent directors: The Unit Holders will have the ability to appoint three directors
to the board of the Manager ("Elected Directors") in accordance with the following
provisions:
(a) an Elected Director must not hold office (without re-election) past the third
annual meeting following the Elected Director's appointment or 3 years,
whichever is longer, provided that at the time of the annual meeting of the Trust
in each year at least one of the Elected Directors shall retire from office.
Subject to clause 31.8(j), the Elected Director to retire shall be that person who
has been longest in office as between Elected Directors since he or she was
last appointed or deemed appointed. If two or more Elected Directors have
been in office for the same period of time the Elected Director to retire shall be
determined by agreement between the Elected Directors or, failing agreement,
by lot;
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(b) a retiring Elected Director is eligible for reappointment;
(c) Unit Holders and the Manager shall each have the right to nominate persons
for appointment as Elected Directors at the annual meetings of the Trust. A
Unit Holder or the Manager may give written notice to the board of the
Manager of a person or persons that they would like to nominate to be
appointed as an Elected Director ("Nomination Notice"). This procedure is
not required of a Director retiring by rotation and seeking reappointment;
(d) the Manager will give notice of the period for nominations with the closing date
for nominations being announced by notice to NZX at least 10 Working Days
prior to the Closing Date;
if a nominee agrees to stand for election, that nominee shall provide brief
biographical details of his or her experience and the nominee must be an
Independent Director;
a Nomination Notice and biographical details must be received by the board of
the Manager not less than two months before the date of the annual meeting
(or such later time as the Manager, in its discretion accepts) (in each case, the
"Closing Date"), accompanied by a consent in writing of that person to the
nomination;
(g)
notice of every valid nomination received by the board of the Manager from a
Unit Holder or the Manager before the closing date for nominations, and of any
retiring Elected Director seeking reappointment, shall be sent to all persons
entitled to attend the annual meeting of the Trust together with, or as part of,
the notice of the annual meeting of the Trust;
(h) the Unit Holders shall vote on the nominees and any retiring Elected Director
seeking reappointment and the candidate receiving the most votes of Unit
Holders at the annual meeting of the Trust will be elected as one of the Elected
Directors of the Manager or, if there is more than one vacancy, the candidates
with the most votes will be so elected. If there is only one candidate for
election, including if that candidate is a retiring Elected Director seeking re-
appointment, the candidate will be elected or re-elected (as the case may be) if
they receive more votes in favour of their appointment than opposed to their
appointment;
(i)
the Unit Holders may remove any Elected Directors appointed by Unit Holders
by an Ordinary Resolution; and
(i)
in the event that an Elected Director retires during the year, the Board may
appoint a person that it is satisfied is an Independent Director to fill the casual
vacancy, until the next annual meeting following the Director's appointment.
That person is then eligible for election.
32. NOTICES
32.1 Requirements for notices:
Any notice to be given to any Unit Holder shall be in writing
and may be given either personally or by sending it by post to the address of the Unit
Holder shown in the Register or by sending it to the email address designated by the
Unit Holder for the purpose of receiving those notices by electronic means. A notice
may be given to the joint holders of a Unit by giving the notice to the joint holder first
named in a Register in respect of the Unit. Where a notice is sent:
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(a)
by post, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly
addressing, pre-paying and posting a letter containing the notice, and to have
been effected on the Working Day following the day of posting; and
(b) by email during a Working Day between 8.30am and 5.30pm, it will be deemed
to have been served upon completion of an error-free transmission from the
sender's information system. Where a notice is sent other than between
8.30am and 5.30pm on a Working Day by an error-free transmission from the
sender's information system it will be deemed to have been served at 8.30am
on the next Working Day.
32.2 Notice to deceased Unit Holder: Any notice delivered at or posted to the registered
address or sent by email to the email address designated by the Unit Holder,
notwithstanding that such Unit Holder be then deceased and whether or not the
Supervisor or the Manager or Fonterra have notice of that Unit Holder's death, be
deemed to have been duly served and such service shall be deemed a sufficient service
on the executors and administrators of the deceased Unit Holder and all persons (if any)
registered as joint holders with that deceased Unit Holder in respect of the Units
concerned.
32.3
Where no New Zealand address: If any Unit Holder has no registered address within
New Zealand and has not supplied to the Manager an address within New Zealand or
designated an email address for the giving of notices, but has supplied an address
outside New Zealand, then any notice to be given to such Unit Holder shall be posted to
such Unit Holder at such address and shall be deemed to have been received by such
Unit Holder 24 hours after the time of posting.
32.4 Where no address for service supplied: If any Unit Holder has no registered address
and has not supplied to the Manager an address for the giving of notices, or if any two
notices posted to a Unit Holder are returned to the Manager on consecutive occasions,
then, notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Deed, until the Unit Holder
shall give notice in writing to the Manager of some other address, the address of the Unit
Holder for all purposes of this Deed shall be deemed to be the Office.
32.5
Period of notice: Subject to the FMCA, where a given number of days' notice or notice
extending over any other period is required to be given, either the day of service or the
day upon which the notice will expire (but not both) shall be reckoned in the number of
days or other period.
32.6
Transferees bound by notices sent to the transferor: Every person who, by
operation of law, transfer, or by any other means whatsoever, shall become entitled to
any Units, shall be bound by every notice which, prior to his or her or its name and
address being entered in the Register in respect of such Units, shall have been duly
given to the person from whom he, she or it derives his, her or its title to such Units.
32.7
Requirements for notices to Manager or Supervisor: Any notice, communication or
information required by this Deed to be given to the Supervisor by the Manager, or to the
Manager by the Supervisor, shall be in writing and be signed by a duly authorised officer
of the party giving the notice.
32.8 Electronic distribution:
If and when permitted by law and the Listing Rules, information
referred to in clauses 29.5 and 31.3 is not required to be sent to a Unit Holder, provided
the information is made available to Unit Holders electronically in the manner prescribed
by law or the applicable Listing Rules, and subject to such other conditions as may be
prescribed by law or applicable Listing Rules.
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33.
AMENDMENTS TO DEED
33.1 Amendments:
Subject to clause 4.5, the Supervisor, Fonterra and the Manager may at
any time make any amendment to, or replacement of, this Deed (by means of a deed
executed by the Supervisor, Fonterra and the Manager) if:
(a)
the Supervisor is satisfied that the amendment or replacement does not have a
material adverse effect on Unit Holders; or
(b)
the amendment or replacement is approved by an FMCA Resolution of Unit
Holders (or contingent upon such approval),
and the Supervisor certifies to that effect and certifies, or obtains a certificate from a
lawyer, that the governing document, as amended or replaced, will comply with sections
135 to 137 of the FMCA on the basis set out in the certificate.
34. SUPERVISOR'S AND MANAGER'S LIABILITIES AND INDEMNITIES
34.1
Supervisor and Manager acting on behalf of Trust Fund: The Supervisor and the
Manager, in incurring any debts, liabilities or obligations, or in taking or omitting any
other action for or in connection with the affairs of the Trust or the Trust Fund, are each,
and shall each be deemed to be, acting for and on behalf of the Trust and not in their
own respective capacities. Neither the Supervisor nor the Manager shall be under any
personal liability, nor shall resort be had to their private property, for the satisfaction of
any obligation or claim arising out of or in connection with any contract or other
obligation of the Trust, and the Trust Fund only shall be liable or subject to levy or
execution.
34.2
Liability for breach of trust or default: The Supervisor, Fonterra and the Manager shall
each be liable to the Trust Fund for any loss arising out of wilful default or wilful breach of
trust but subject thereto none of Fonterra or (to the maximum extent permitted by the
FMCA) the Supervisor or the Manager shall be liable to the Trust or to any Unit Holder for
any act or omission or be subject to any liability whatsoever at law or in equity in
connection with the affairs of the Trust or as a result of acting as Supervisor or Manager
(as the case may be) under this Deed or, in the case of Fonterra, undertaking, or not
undertaking, any matter under this Deed.
34.3 Specific powers and indemnities: Without prejudice to the generality of clause 34.1
(and, in the case of the Supervisor and the Manager, to the maximum extent permitted
by the FMCA):
(a)
the Supervisor shall not be responsible for any loss incurred as a result of any
act, deceit, neglect, mistake or default of the Manager, Fonterra or any agent of
the Manager or Fonterra nor shall the Supervisor be responsible to check any
information, document, form or list supplied to it by the Manager or Fonterra;
(b)
the Manager shall not be responsible for any loss incurred as a result of any
act, deceit, neglect, mistake or default of the Supervisor, Fonterra or any agent
of the Supervisor or Fonterra nor shall the Manager be responsible to check
any information, document, form or list supplied to it by the Supervisor or
Fonterra;
(c) the Supervisor, Fonterra and the Manager may each act upon the opinion or
advice of, or upon statements of or information obtained from, any valuer,
solicitor, barrister, banker, accountant, stockbroker or other person believed by
the Supervisor, Fonterra or the Manager to be expert in relation to the matters
on which that person is consulted and none of the Supervisor, Fonterra or the
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Manager shall be liable for anything done or suffered by it in good faith in
reliance upon such opinion, advice, statements or information;
(d) whenever any certificate, notice, direction or other communication is to be
given by the Manager or Fonterra to the Supervisor, the Supervisor may accept
as sufficient evidence thereof a document signed on behalf of the Manager or
Fonterra by any director, officer or responsible employee of the Manager or
Fonterra, or by any other person or persons appearing to be authorised by the
Manager or Fonterra and the Supervisor shall not be bound to enquire as to
validity of, or authority for, such action or document and shall not be liable for
anything done or suffered by it in good faith in reliance upon such certificate,
notice, direction or communication;
(e) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Deed, the Manager, Fonterra
and the Supervisor shall, as regard all the trusts, powers, authorities and
discretions vested in each of them by this Deed, have absolute and
uncontrolled discretion as to their exercise whether in relation to the manner or
as to the mode of or time for their exercise;
(f)
the Supervisor, Fonterra, the Manager or any of their Related Companies,
shareholders, officers or associates (each in this sub-clause (f) called "Relevant
Persons") may hold Units (and, subject to the FMCA, exercise all rights as a
Unit Holder) and act in any representative or other capacity for a Unit Holder. In
particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any Relevant
Person may so act on its own account or as executor, administrator, trustee,
receiver, or attorney or agent or in any other fiduciary, vicarious or other
professional capacity for a Unit Holder. The acting in any such capacity shall not
be deemed a breach of any of the obligations arising out of any fiduciary
relationship created by this Deed or imposed or implied by law and no Relevant
Person shall be liable to account to any Unit Holder for so acting or any
payments received in connection with so acting;
(g)
the Supervisor shall be at liberty to deposit all documents evidencing any
Investments, or evidencing title to any Investments, with any person
considered by the Supervisor to be of good repute, and the Supervisor shall
not be responsible for any loss incurred by the Trust Fund as a result of any
such documents being held by any such person;
(h) none of the Supervisor, Fonterra or the Manager shall incur any liability to
anyone in respect of any failure to perform or do any act or thing which, by
reason of any provisions of any present or future law, Listing Rule or
ordinance, rule, regulation or by-law made pursuant thereto or of any decree,
order or judgment of any competent court, the Supervisor, Fonterra or the
Manager shall be hindered, prevented or forbidden from so doing or
performing;
(i)
none of the Supervisor, Fonterra or the Manager shall be liable to account to
any Unit Holder or otherwise for any payments made by the Supervisor,
Fonterra or the Manager in good faith to any fiscal authority for Taxes in
respect of the Trust or in respect of Unit Holders or upon any certificates or
with respect to any transaction under this Deed notwithstanding that any such
payment need not have been made;
(i)
except in respect of any fraud or wilful default on the part of the Supervisor,
Fonterra or the Manager, in no event shall the Supervisor, Fonterra or the
Manager, as the case may be, be bound to make any payment to Unit Holders
except out of funds held by it for that purpose under the provisions of this
Deed;
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(k) the Supervisor shall be entitled to rely on the Manager and Fonterra as to the
validity of any signature on any transfer, form of application or other instrument
so long as the Supervisor has no reason to believe that such signature is not
genuine; and
(I)
the Supervisor, Fonterra and the Manager shall not be liable to each other or
any Unit Holder by reason of having accepted as valid or not having rejected
any certificate purporting to be such and subsequently found to be forged or
not authentic.
34.4 No exemption from liability: No provision of clauses 34.1 to 34.3 shall have the effect of
exempting the Supervisor or Manager or any director or officer of the Supervisor or
Manager from, or indemnifying any such person against, any liability for breach of trust
where the requisite degree of care and diligence has not been shown, having regard to
the provisions of the FMCA and this Deed and the powers, authorities and discretions
conferred hereby.
34.5 Proper and efficient manner:
The Manager shall use its best endeavours to ensure that
the Trust is carried on in a proper and efficient manner.
34.6 Provision of books and information:
The Manager and Fonterra shall (as the case may
be):
(a)
make available upon demand to the Supervisor for inspection the whole of the
Manager's books and papers, and all books and papers of the Manager and
Fonterra relating to the Trust;
(b)
give to the Supervisor such information as the Supervisor requires with respect
to all matters relating to the Trust or to any business of the Manager, or to any
property of the Manager (whether acquired before or after the date of this Deed)
or otherwise relating to the affairs of the Manager or the Trust; and
(c) notify the Supervisor as soon as practicable after a document has been filed on
the offer register or the scheme register (as those terms are defined in the
Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014) in respect of the Trust.
34.7 Certificates to the Supervisor: The Manager and Fonterra each covenants with the
Supervisor that it will within one Month after the end of each financial quarter of the Trust
and within three Months after the end of each Financial Year, or within such further time
as the Supervisor may in writing permit, provide to the Supervisor a certificate signed by
the chairman of the Manager (or in their absence, another director) and by a duly
authorised officer of Fonterra, in such form and with such qualifications (if any) as the
Supervisor may in its discretion approve, stating to the best of their knowledge and belief
after having made all due enquiry, whether or not since the date as at which the last such
certificate was given, or, in the case of the first such certificate, since the date of this
Deed:
(a) any matters have in their opinion occurred to affect adversely the interests of
Unit Holders, and if so giving particulars thereof;
(b) all amounts due and payable to the Unit Holders (whether by way of
redemption or otherwise) have been paid;
(c) the Register has been duly maintained in accordance with the Deed and the
requirements of the FMCA;
(d)
the Manager and Fonterra have duly observed and performed their obligations
under this Deed, all relevant legislation and (if applicable), any offer documents
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for the Trust prepared for the purposes of the FMCA or Securities Act 1978
("offer documents");
(e) no material contingent liabilities have been incurred by the Trust Fund (or,
where material contingent liabilities have been incurred by the Trust Fund,
details thereof) and no contingent liability has matured or is likely to mature
within the succeeding 12 Months which will materially affect the Trust Fund;
(f)
the Assets of the Trust Fund at all times have been invested in accordance
with the representations contained in the offer documents and in accordance
with this Deed;
(g)
the number of Units on issue as at 5.00 pm on the date to which the certificate
relates;
(h) all moneys intended for the Trust Fund have been applied appropriately;
all Assets are held by the Supervisor or its nominee;
(i)
all fees have been calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Deed;
(k) proper accounting standards and internal control procedures have been
maintained and there have not been any significant departures from such
standards and procedures (or, where such standards and/or procedures have
not been maintained or where there have been such departures, particulars
relating to those departures or non-maintenance of such standards and/or
procedures);
(I) the Manager has taken all reasonable steps to comply fully with the Tax Act
and the TAA during the period and that the Trust's Tax Liability or liability under
Subpart RF of the Tax Act has been paid by the due date;
(m)
the Trust has met the PIE eligibility requirements (applicable to the Trust) for
the period, and that reasonable measures were in place to monitor and
manage any potential breaches of the PIE eligibility criteria;
(n) the Manager has taken all reasonable steps to allocate income, expenses,
losses, tax credits and rebates to Unit Holders, calculate Tax Liability or liability
under Subpart RF of the Tax Act, and adjust Unit Holders' interests in
accordance with the Tax Act;
(o) the Manager has not breached any "issuer obligation" (as defined in the
FMCA) or the Listing Rules;
there has been no breach of the Authorised Fund Contract or the Custody
Trust Deed;
(q)
the current offer documents (if any) do not contain any statement that is false,
misleading or deceptive or which is likely to mislead or deceive, and otherwise
comply with the FMCA; and
(r) the Manager has ensured that all filings on the offer register and the scheme
register (as those terms are defined in the Financial Markets Conduct
Regulations 2014) in respect of the Trust required under the FMCA have been
made.
34.8 Maintain the Listing: Subject to any Extraordinary Resolution to the contrary passed at a
meeting of Unit Holders duly convened and held, the Manager shall use its best
endeavours to maintain the quotation of the Units on the NZX Main Board.
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34.9 Offering Documents:
The Manager and Fonterra will each be responsible to ensure that
all offer documents relating to the issue of Units comply with all relevant legislation and
will, prior to release, provide a copy of each such offer document to the Supervisor for
review.
35. SUPERVISOR'S POWERS AND COVENANTS
35.1 Supervisor's powers:
The Supervisor shall have the power to settle and complete all
transactions in respect of the Trust. Subject to the provisions in this Deed and the
FMCA and the powers, rights and discretions given to the Manager by the FMCA and
this Deed, the Supervisor shall have all powers, authorities, and discretions which it
could exercise if it were the absolute and beneficial owner of the Trust Fund and all the
powers, authorities, and discretions necessary to enable it to carry out the purposes of
the Trust or otherwise to perform and comply with the obligations and duties under this
Deed.
35.2 Limited Investment Policy: The Supervisor acknowledges and relies upon the
intention of this Deed that the only transactions intended to be entered into on behalf of
the Trust are as set out in the Introduction to this Deed and in this Deed and the
Supervisor is directed to act in accordance with this intention. Accordingly the wider
powers of investment under section 13A of the Trustee Act 1956 and any provisions of
law which impose obligations on the Supervisor in respect of the diversification of
investments shall not apply to this Deed or the Trust and to the extent that any
provisions in this Deed expressly or impliedly impose any obligation on the Supervisor in
respect of such investments the Supervisor is not, and will not be, required to exercise
any care, diligence and skill that a prudent person might otherwise exercise in
monitoring the performance of the Authorised Investments.
35.3 Waivers and applications to Court:
The Supervisor may whenever it thinks expedient in
the interests of Unit Holders exercise any of the following powers:
(a) to waive at any time, and on any terms or conditions, any breach or anticipated
breach of the covenants or obligations binding on the Manager or Fonterra
under this Deed where such waiver will not, in the opinion of the Supervisor, be
prejudicial to the interests of the Unit Holders; and
(b)
to apply to the court for directions in relation to any questions, or assent to and
approve of, or oppose, any application to the court made by or at the instance
of the Manager, Fonterra or any Unit Holder.
35.4 Legal proceedings by Supervisor:
The Supervisor may bring legal proceedings:
(a) to obtain or recover any money that is payable to the Supervisor or any
Investments that are to be vested in the Supervisor in accordance with the
provisions of this Deed;
(b)
for damages against any person arising out of any loss suffered by any Unit
Holder or Unit Holders which the Supervisor or the Manager considers is
recoverable; or
(c) to secure compliance with the provisions of this Deed and the terms of any
offering document relating to the Trust.
36. MANAGER'S POWERS, DUTIES AND COVENANTS
36.1 Manager to manage Trust:
The Trust shall be managed by the Manager with full and
complete power of management including, subject to the terms of this Deed and the
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FMCA, the power to take all steps which the Manager considers necessary or desirable
in relation to the Trust (with full power to delegate to its officers and employees and to
Fonterra and its officers and employees, or any of them all acts, matters and things
whether or not requiring or involving the Manager's judgment or discretion) and the
Manager and Fonterra each hereby agrees to carry out and perform the duties and
obligations on its part herein contained. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to
prevent the Manager, Fonterra and the Supervisor in conjunction or the Manager,
Fonterra or the Supervisor separately from establishing or acting as manager or trustee
for trusts whether of a nature similar to or different from the trusts of this Deed.
36.2 Appointment of attorney or agent: Without in any way affecting the generality of the
foregoing, the Manager may in carrying out and performing the duties and obligations on
its part which are herein contained:
(a)
by power of attorney appoint any person in any part of the world to be attorney
or agent of the Manager for such purposes and with such powers, authorities
and discretions (not exceeding those vested in the Manager) as it thinks fit with
power for the attorney or agent to sub-delegate any such powers, authorities or
discretions; and
(b)
appoint any person in any part of the world to be an agent, sub-manager,
administration manager or investment manager in respect of the Trust or the
Investments or any part thereof, and confer upon and delegate to such person
all or any of the powers, authorities or discretions of the Manager under this
Deed or in respect of the Trust (including power for such person to sub-
delegate). Any such appointment shall be upon such terms as the Manager
may in its discretion determine, and the Manager may enter into agreements or
deeds on such terms as it determines recording the terms of any such
appointment. For the purpose of this clause, if Fonterra may act as the agent
of the Manager in accordance with the Authorised Fund Contract, Fonterra is
hereby deemed to be appointed the agent of the Manager and may act in that
capacity without anything further being required to effect the appointment.
The Manager shall at all times remain liable for the exercise or performance of the
powers or duties conferred or imposed on the Manager by the FMCA or by this Deed
(but not to the extent that Fonterra exercises such powers in its own right and not as
agent for the Manager) and the Manager shall at all times remain liable and responsible
for the acts and omissions of any person appointed pursuant to this clause 36.2. The
Manager will notify the Supervisor and Fonterra of any agent or attorney appointed by
the Manager pursuant to this clause, other than the appointment of Fonterra as
described above.
36.3 FMCA:
Should the Manager be able at any time to request the Financial Markets
Authority (or its successor) to direct that the registration of the Trust be cancelled under
any legislation, the Manager will not do so except in accordance with an Extraordinary
Resolution passed in accordance with paragraph 11.1 of Schedule 1 and after approval
of the Fonterra Unit Holder in accordance with clause 4.5(c)(ii).
37. TAXATION
37.1 PIE powers:
The Manager and Fonterra have the following powers and discretions:
(a) to elect, and do all things necessary to elect, for the Trust:
(i)
to be a PIE, including a Foreign Investment PIE, for tax purposes;
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(ii) to calculate and pay its Tax Liability in relation to any amount in
accordance with the Subpart RF of the Tax Act pursuant to section
HM 44B of the Tax Act; and
(iii) to make voluntary payments of tax in accordance with section HM 45
of the Tax Act;
(b) to notify Fonterra, in accordance with section HM 55FB of the Tax Act, of the
Unit Holders that are non-resident and meet the requirements of section
LP 2(1)(a) of the Tax Act;
(c)
to determine, on such basis as the Manager thinks appropriate in its complete
discretion, Classes of Unit Holders applying the definition of Investor Class in
section YA 1 of the Tax Act;
(d) to determine the Attribution Period and the Calculation Period for the Trust in
accordance with sections HM 34 and YA 1 of the Tax Act;
(e) to determine, on such bases as the Manager thinks appropriate in its complete
discretion, the assessable income (for tax purposes) of the Trust for an
Attribution Period and to allocate (in such manner and on such basis as the
Manager considers appropriate in its complete discretion) such income to each
Investor Class for that Attribution Period, for the purposes of section HM 35 of
the Tax Act (as modified by section HM 35C);
(f)
to determine, on such basis as the Manager thinks appropriate in its complete
discretion, the deductions incurred in deriving the assessable income allocated
to a Investor Class for an Attribution Period, for the purposes of section HM 35
of the Tax Act (as modified by section HM 35C);
(g)
to determine, on such basis as the Manager thinks appropriate in its complete
discretion, the Net Income or the Net Loss, as the case may be, for each
Investor Class for an Attribution Period for the purposes of section HM 35 of
the Tax Act (as modified by section HM 35C);
(h) to determine, on such basis as the Manager thinks appropriate in its complete
discretion, the Taxable Income or the Tax Loss, as the case may be, for each
Investor Class for an Attribution Period, for the purposes of section HM 35 of
the Tax Act (as modified by section HM 35C) ;
(i)
to determine each Unit Holder's Investor's Percentage and Percentage for any
period, based on what that Unit Holder's proportionate interest in any
distribution by the Trust to Unit Holders would be in that period, if such a
distribution were to be made;
(i)
to determine, on such basis as the Manager thinks appropriate in its complete
discretion, the Trust's Tax Liability or tax credit, as the case may be, for the
applicable Calculation Period, for the purposes of section HM 47 of the Tax Act
or the Trust's liability in relation to any amount in accordance with Subpart RF
of the Tax Act pursuant to section HM 44B of the Tax Act;
(k) to elect (taking into account such factors as the Manager considers relevant in
its complete discretion) whether the Trust determines its Tax Liability pursuant
to sections HM 42, HM 43 or HM 44 of the Tax Act, and to make any elections
required to give effect to such determination, provided that the Manager will not
elect to use section HM 44 if it would jeopardise the Trust's election to be a
Foreign Investment PIE;
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(I)
to retain any amount to which a Unit Holder otherwise would be entitled if that
amount is required to be paid to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue pursuant
to section HM 43(4) of the Tax Act;
(m)
to determine, on such basis as the Manager considers appropriate in its
complete discretion, the amounts of any tax credits under section LS 1 of the
Tax Act available to the Trust by virtue of sections HM 47(5) or HM 55 of the
Tax Act;
(n) to determine, on such basis as the Manager considers appropriate in its
complete discretion, the amount of any tax credit referred to in paragraph (m)
that is attributable to a Unit Holder and to make available to the Unit Holder the
benefit of that tax credit in such manner as the Manager considers appropriate
in its complete discretion;
(o) to determine, on such basis as the Manager considers appropriate in its
complete discretion, the amount of any credits against income tax payable by
the Trust that are available to the Trust by virtue of sections HM 49 to HM 55 of
the Tax Act;
to determine, on such basis as the Manager considers appropriate in its
complete discretion, the amount of any tax credit referred to in section HM
50(1) of the Tax Act that is available to be allocated to an Attribution Period
and allocating (in such manner and on such basis as the Manager considers
appropriate in its complete discretion), such tax credit to that Attribution Period
in accordance with section HM 50 of the Tax Act;
(a)
to determine, on such basis as the Manager considers appropriate in its
complete discretion, the amount of Tax paid or payable by the Trust that is
attributable to a Unit Holder and to reduce the amount of any distribution
otherwise payable to the Unit Holder by the amount of such Tax;
(r) to make any other elections or exercise any options as to the method of
calculation, allocation, attribution or payment of tax as it thinks fit having regard
to the interests of Unit Holders generally and the requirements of the Tax Act,
including whether to pay non-resident withholding tax in accordance with
subpart RF of the Tax Act pursuant to section HM 44B or make voluntary
payments of tax in accordance with section HM 45;
(s) to carry out any other tax calculations, allocations or attributions required by
the Tax Act;
(t) to adjust a Unit Holder's Unit holding by cancelling or issuing Units as the
Manager considers necessary or desirable in its complete discretion, whether
in accordance with section HM 48 of the Tax Act or otherwise to the extent
permitted by law, at any time (including immediately prior to the repurchase,
redemption or switch of the Unit Holder's Units), having regard to the effect of:
(i)
the Unit Holder's Notified Investor Rate; and
(ii) the Unit Holder's Attributed PIE Income, Attributed PIE Loss and
allocated tax credits as adjusted for any expenses and any other
amount required by the Tax Act from time to time which the Manager
determines it is appropriate to charge on a Unit Holder specific basis,
on the Trust's Tax Liability and the amount of any tax credit under sections HM
49 to HM 55 of the Tax Act;
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(u)
to elect to offset tax liabilities and refunds in respect of more than one Unit
Holder and make such adjustments as the Manager thinks fit in its complete
discretion to the extent permitted by the Tax Act;
(v)
to allocate the costs associated with being a PIE between Unit Holders on such
basis as the Manager thinks appropriate (to the extent practical) in its complete
discretion;
(w)
to take all steps as the Manager considers necessary or desirable to ensure
the Trust is eligible or continues to be eligible as a PIE (or a Foreign
Investment PIE), or otherwise to comply with the requirements of the Tax Act
relating to PIEs (and Foreign Investment PIEs), including (in the Manager's
complete discretion):
(i)
rejecting applications for or transfers of Units;
(ii)
treating Units issued or transferred to a Unit Holder as void (ab initio
or from such other date as the Manager may decide in its complete
discretion) and to the extent that the parties cannot legally achieve
this outcome, then the Unit Holder acknowledges that any Units
issued or transferred which exceed the investor interest size
requirement prescribed in section HM 15(1) of the Tax Act, shall be
deemed to be held by that Unit Holder on trust for the Manager and
the Manager shall, subject to clause 6, have full powers of direction in
relation to those Units including when, how and to whom they shall be
disposed of;
(x)
to require that before accepting an application that the applicant provides their
IRD Number, Notified Investor Rate or notification that they wish to be treated
as a Notified Foreign Investor (as applicable) and any other information
required by the Tax Act, and that at any time a Unit Holder must confirm such
details on request from the Manager;
(y)
to disclose any information, including issuing any statements and providing any
information to Unit Holders as required by the Tax Act or the TAA and in
respect of their tax position in relation to the Trust, and providing any
information (including personal information) to the Inland Revenue Department
or any other person where the Manager considers it reasonably necessary or
desirable to do so in order to administer the Trust's taxation obligations; and
(z)
to take all steps and do all things as the Manager thinks necessary or desirable
in its complete discretion to transition the Trust to and from being a PIE (or a
Foreign Investment PIE) or to administer the Trust as a PIE (or a Foreign
Investment PIE).
37.2
Proxy: The Manager shall have the power to enter into any contractual or
administrative arrangements with a Proxy for the purposes of ensuring that:
(a)
the Proxy meets its responsibilities under section HM 33(3) of the Tax Act; and
(b)
the application of the PIE tax regime to the Unit Holders is managed efficiently,
on a timely basis and so as to generate accurate outcomes for the Unit Holders
with respect to the allocation of income, losses, tax credits and rebates to Unit
Holders and the payment of tax on behalf of Unit Holders; and
(c)
the Manager can require the Proxy to take such steps as are necessary to
ensure that a Trust continues to be eligible to be a PIE.
37.3 Role of Proxy:
Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Deed:
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(a)
the Proxy must comply, in respect of the Trust, with the obligations imposed on
a Proxy under section HM 33 of the Tax Act;
(b)
to the extent permitted by law none of the Trust, the Manager or the Supervisor
shall have any obligation or liability of any nature:
(i)
for any Tax Liability or other tax in respect of income allocated to the
Proxy; or
(ii)
for any matter for which the Proxy is responsible under paragraph (a)
above; and
(c)
neither the Manager nor the Supervisor shall have any liability or obligation to
Unit Holders or the Proxy in connection with the Proxy's failure to comply with,
or any action or inaction of the Proxy in respect of, its obligations under
paragraph (a) above.
37.4
Provision of Information:
The Manager may request any Unit Holder to provide
information to the Manager to enable the Manager to determine whether the Trust
continues to meet the PIE eligibility requirements and, in particular, the Manager may
request any Unit Holder to:
(a)
provide details of Units held by any person associated with Subpart YB of the
Tax Act (including any person whom Units are held by a Proxy) where the
person holds 5% or more of the Units in the Trust; and
(b) confirm that the Unit Holder either is or is eligible to be a PIE.
If the Manager requests a Unit Holder to provide information to the Manager pursuant to
this clause, the Unit Holder shall supply such information within 30 days of the request.
38.
TERMINATION
38.1
Period of the Trust:
The Trust commences on the date of this Deed and will continue
until whichever of the following dates occurs first (the
"Date of Termination"):
(a)
the date falling eighty years from the date of this Deed (the period so specified
being the perpetuity period for the purposes of section 6 of the Perpetuities Act
1964) or, if the Perpetuities Act 1964 is amended, such later date as may be
permitted by the Perpetuities Act 1964. If section 6 of the Perpetuities Act
1964 is repealed and not substituted with a perpetuity period, this clause
38.1(a) will cease to apply as from the date of repeal; or
(b)
all Economic Rights or Shares the subject of Economic Rights are disposed of
in accordance with clauses 38.2, 38.3 or 38.4.
38.2 Breach of the Authorised Fund Contract by Manager:
Should Fonterra have
terminated the Authorised Fund Contract pursuant to clause 19.3(b) of the Authorised
Fund Contract and have given a notice in writing to the Manager pursuant to clause
19.3(c) of the Authorised Fund Contract electing (at its sole discretion) to require the
Manager:
(a)
to transfer to Fonterra or to such person as Fonterra may nominate all of the
Economic Rights which are at that time held by the Fonterra Custodian for the
Supervisor; or
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(b)
to instruct the Fonterra Custodian to transfer to Fonterra or to such person as
Fonterra may nominate all of the Shares in respect of which Economic Rights
are held,
then clause 38.5 will apply and the consideration for the transfer of such rights or Shares
shall be the payment to the Supervisor of an amount determined in accordance with
clause 19.3 of the Authorised Fund Contract.
38.3
Breach of the Authorised Fund Contract by Fonterra:
Should the Manager have
terminated the Authorised Fund Contract pursuant to clause 19.4(a) of the Authorised
Fund Contract and have given a notice in writing to Fonterra pursuant to clause 19.4(b)
of the Authorised Fund Contract for Fonterra to acquire, or procure that some other
person acquires, all of:
(a)
the Economic Rights which are at that time held by the Fonterra Custodian for
the Supervisor; or
(b)
the Shares in respect of which Economic Rights are held by the Fonterra
Custodian for the Supervisor,
then, upon Fonterra advising the Manager and the Supervisor of the proposed
completion of such acquisition in accordance with clause 19.4(b) of the Authorised Fund
Contract, clause 38.5 will apply and the consideration for the transfer of such Economic
Rights or Share shall be the payment by Fonterra (or a person procured by Fonterra) to
the Supervisor of an amount determined in accordance with clause 19.4 of the
Authorised Fund Contract.
38.4
Termination by resolution of Unit Holders:
If Unit Holders pass an Extraordinary
Resolution pursuant to paragraph 11(b)(vii) of Schedule 1:
(a)
and clause 19.5 of the Authorised Fund Contract applies and if Fonterra gives
a notice to the Manager pursuant to clause 19.5(g) of the Authorised Fund
Contract that it wishes to acquire the Economic Rights which are at that time
held by the Fonterra Custodian for the Supervisor or the Shares in respect of
which Economic Rights are held by the Fonterra Custodian for the Supervisor,
then clause 38.5 shall apply and the consideration payable to the Supervisor
for the acquisition of such Economic Rights or Shares will be an amount
determined in accordance with clause 19.5 of the Authorised Fund Contract;
and
(b)
no person (including any Unit Holder, the Supervisor or the Manager or their
successors or assigns) may seek any order for the winding up of the Trust (or
other similar remedy or order) on the grounds that the Extraordinary Resolution
pursuant to paragraph 11(b)(vii) of Schedule 1 has been passed, it being
acknowledged that this Trust will continue notwithstanding such a resolution
has been passed, with the consequences of that resolution being solely as set
out in clause 38.4(a). For the avoidance of doubt, this clause 38.4(b) applies
notwithstanding the consequences which may arise for Fonterra under the
Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 as a result of such a resolution having
been passed.
38.5
Continuation and settlement procedure:
Where this clause applies as specified in
clauses 38.2, 38.3 or 38.4 then:
(a)
the Trust will continue in accordance with this Trust Deed until the disposal of
the Shares in respect of which Economic Rights are held by the Fonterra
Custodian for the Supervisor or the Economic Rights which are at that time
held by the Fonterra Custodian for the Supervisor (as the case may be) takes
place. Thereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed, the
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obligations of the Manager and the Supervisor under clauses 5 and 9 will
cease and obligations of the Manager under clauses 38.6, 38.7, 38.8, 38.9 and
38.10 shall apply;
(b)
the Economic Rights or the Shares the subject of the Economic Rights (as the
case may be) will be transferred free of all Security Interests and together with
all rights and other benefits arising from the time Fonterra gave its notice
requiring the disposal; and
(c)
the sale and purchase will occur as provided for in the Authorised Fund
Contract.
38.6 Realisation of Investments:
Immediately after the date Fonterra purchases, or a
nominee purchases, the Economic Rights or the Shares the subject of the Economic
Rights (as the case may be) in accordance with clause 38.2, 38.3 or 38.4, or the Date of
Termination arises under clause 38.1(a), the Supervisor must sell and realise the
remaining Assets as soon as reasonably practicable.
38.7 Retentions by Supervisor:
The Supervisor is entitled to retain out of the proceeds of
realisation of the Assets such amount that the Supervisor considers necessary or
appropriate to meet all claims and liabilities (including for this purpose contingent
liabilities) in connection with the Trust Fund or arising out of the liquidation of the Trust
including the fees of any agents, solicitors, bankers, accountants, auditors or other
persons (including the Manager) whom the Supervisor may employ in connection with
the winding up of the Trust.
38.8 Application of Realisation:
Subject to the retention of any moneys as provided in
clause 38.7, the net proceeds of realisation of Assets shall be applied by the Supervisor
as follows:
(a)
first, in payment or retention of all costs, charges, expenses and liabilities
incurred and payments made by or on behalf of the Supervisor or the Manager
and payable from the Trust Fund; and
(b)
secondly, in payment to the Unit Holders pro rata to the number of Units held
by them or as otherwise specified in the terms of issue of any Unit.
38.9 Interim Distributions:
If in the opinion of the Supervisor it is expedient to do so, the
Supervisor may make interim payments or distributions on account of the moneys to be
distributed in accordance with clause 38.8.
38.10 Receipts:
Each distribution can be made only against delivery to the Supervisor of such
form of receipt and discharge as may be required by the Supervisor.
39. GOVERNING LAW
39.1 New Zealand law:
This Deed shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the law of New Zealand.
40. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
40.1
Limitation of liability of Unit Holders:
Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Deed or any rule of law, subject to clause 41, no Unit Holder shall be or become
personally liable in respect of any debt or liability of the Trust Fund, and:
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(a) no Unit Holder shall in any circumstances be liable to indemnify the Supervisor
or the Manager in respect of any debt or liability incurred in respect of the Trust
Fund;
(b) nothing in this Deed or in the relationship between the Unit Holders shall be
deemed to create a partnership amongst Unit Holders; and
(c) neither the Supervisor nor the Manager shall be or act as agent for the Unit
Holders, and neither shall have power to incur liabilities on behalf of any Unit
Holder or pledge the credit of any Unit Holder.
41. TAXATION LIABILITY
41.1 Interpretation: In this clause:
"Relevant Tax Person" means a past or present Unit Holder and that Unit Holder's
personal representatives or successors.
"Taxation Amount" means, in relation to a Relevant Tax Person:
(a) any Tax payable by or on account of that person or in respect of that person's
Units, including the Tax Liability of the Trust to the extent it is attributable to
that person, to the extent that such Tax has not already been the subject of an
adjustment, including in accordance with section HM 48 of the Tax Act
(whether the payment of such Tax is required by law, or at the election of the
Trust); and
(b) any withholding tax or similar amounts required to be (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, where an election has been made in accordance with
section HM 44B) withheld or deducted by the Manager or the Supervisor in
respect of a Relevant Tax Person, for or on account of Tax.
41.2
Deduction of tax: The Supervisor or Manager may deduct or require to be deducted
from any amount otherwise payable to or to be applied in respect of a Relevant Tax
Person an amount equal to the Taxation Amount of that Relevant Tax Person where
such amount is payable or anticipated to become payable by the Supervisor or the
Manager or from the Trust Fund.
41.3
Application of amounts deducted: Amounts deducted under clause 41.2 shall be
applied in:
(a) payment of the Taxation Amount to the person or authority entitled thereto; or
(b)
reimbursement of the Supervisor or the Manager for any corresponding
amount paid from their own funds; and
any balance shall be refunded to the Relevant Tax Person.
41.4 Indemnification: To the maximum extent permitted by the FMCA, each Relevant Tax
Person shall indemnify the Supervisor and the Manager in respect of any Taxation
Amount paid or payable by the Manager or the Supervisor in respect of a Relevant Tax
Person.
41.5 Interest: Any Taxation Amounts paid on behalf of or otherwise in relation to a Relevant
Tax Person may, at the discretion of the Manager, carry interest calculated on a daily
basis at a rate determined by the Manager and such interest shall be paid on demand
by the Relevant Tax Person to the Supervisor or the Manager as the case requires.
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SCHEDULE 1: MEETINGS OF UNIT HOLDERS
1.
MEETINGS
1.1
Location: A meeting of the Unit Holders shall be held at such time and in such place in
New Zealand as the Manager determines and, if the Manager so determines,
participation in the meeting may include participation by means of audio, audio and
visual, or electronic communication.
1.2 Right to speak: Any director, officer or solicitor of the Supervisor, and any other person
authorised in that behalf by the Supervisor, and any director, officer or solicitor of the
Manager, and any other person authorised in that behalf by the Manager, may attend
any meeting and all such persons shall have the right to speak at the meeting.
1.3
Regulation of procedure:
Subject to the provisions of the FMCA, and except as
otherwise provided in this Deed, the Manager may regulate the procedure at meetings
of Unit Holders.
2.
NOTICE OF MEETINGS
2.1 Written notice:
(a) Notice of every meeting shall be given in the manner provided in this Deed to
every Unit Holder entitled to receive notice of the meeting on a date
determined by the Manager.
(b) A copy of the notice and any other communication related to the meeting to be
sent to Unit Holders shall be sent to the Supervisor, the Manager and the
Auditor.
(c) Subject to clause 2.3(c), the notice must be sent at least 14 days before the
meeting.
(d) The accidental omission to give notice to, or the non-receipt of notice by, any
person entitled thereto shall not invalidate proceedings at any meeting.
2.2 Contents of notice: A notice of meeting shall state the time and place of the meeting,
and:
(a) the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting in sufficient detail to
enable a Unit Holder to form a reasoned judgment in relation to it;
(b) the text of any Extraordinary Resolution or FMCA Resolution to be submitted to
the meeting; and
(c) that a Unit Holder entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to
appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of the Unit Holder and that a proxy
need not be a Unit Holder.
2.3 FMCA Resolution to be proposed: If an FMCA Resolution is to be submitted at the
meeting, then:
(a) a draft of the proposed notice of meeting (including any explanatory
memorandum under clause 2.5) must be given to the Supervisor at least 10
working days before the notice of meeting is given in accordance with this
Deed (or a lesser period where that lesser period is approved by the
Supervisor);
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(b)
the notice of the meeting must be accompanied by a document containing the
Supervisor's comments on the proposed FMCA Resolution (but only if the
Supervisor has provided those comments in writing to the Manager at least 5
working days before the notice of meeting is given in accordance with this
Deed, or any lesser period approved by the Manager); and
(c)
the notice of meeting must be sent at least 15 working days before the
meeting.
2.4 Waiver of irregularity:
(a) An irregularity in a notice of a meeting is waived if:
(i)
all the Unit Holders entitled to attend and vote at the meeting attend
the meeting without protest as to the irregularity, or if all such Unit
Holders agree to the waiver; or
(ii)
the Supervisor indicates at the meeting that the Supervisor is satisfied
that the irregularity has not resulted in and is unlikely to result in any
material prejudice to the Unit Holders.
(b)
The accidental omission to give notice of meeting to, or the failure to receive
notice of a meeting by, a Unit Holder does not invalidate the proceedings at
that meeting.
2.5
Notice of meeting to approve related party benefit: If an FMCA Resolution is to be
submitted to the meeting, for the purposes of section 173(3)(b) or 173(4)(c) of the
FMCA, to approve a transaction or series of transactions that provides for a related party
benefit to be given, the notice of the meeting must contain an explanatory memorandum
that sets out the following:
(a)
if the monetary value of the related party benefit can be quantified, the nature
and monetary value of that benefit;
(b)
if the monetary value of the related party benefit cannot be quantified, the
nature and extent of that benefit;
(c) the related party or parties to whom the related party benefit is proposed to be
given; and
(d)
all other information that is known to the Manager that Unit Holders would
reasonably require to decide whether it is in the Unit Holders' best interest to
pass the proposed resolution.
3.
QUORUM
3.1 Quorum:
(a)
No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless the requisite quorum is
present at the commencement of business.
(b)
The quorum for meetings at which no FMCA Resolution is to be submitted shall
be not less than five Unit Holders present in person or by proxy or by attorney
or by authorised representative. A Unit Holder (or proxy, attorney or authorised
representative) participating by means of audio, audio and visual, or electronic
communication, is present at the meeting and forms part of the quorum
provided that the Unit Holder, proxy, attorney or authorised representative
complies with any conditions imposed by the Manager in relation to the identity
of the Unit Holder, proxy, attorney or authorised representative and that
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person's approval or authentication (including electronic authentication) of the
information communicated by electronic means. The Chairman's decision as
to compliance or non-compliance with any condition will be final.
(c)
If within half an hour from the time appointed for a meeting a quorum is not
present, the meeting, if convened upon the request of Unit Holders, shall be
dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to such day and time not
being less than five Working Days thereafter, and to such place, as may be
appointed by the chairman of the meeting ("Chairman").
At such adjourned
meeting the Unit Holders present in person or by proxy or by attorney or by
authorised representative and entitled to vote, whatever the number of Units
held by them, shall be a quorum.
(d)
As concerns meetings at which an FMCA Resolution is to be proposed, the
provisions of clause 5 of Schedule 11 to the Financial Markets Conduct
Regulations 2014 are to apply, and the provisions in clauses 3.1(a) to 3.1(c) in
this Schedule are not to apply.
4. CHAIRMAN
4.1 Chairman:
The chairman of the board of directors of the Manager shall preside as
Chairman at every meeting of Unit Holders or Class or Interest Group unless:
(a)
there is no chairman of the board of directors of the Manager or they are not
available, in which event the Chairman will be any other director of the
Manager determined by the Manager; or
(b)
the Supervisor advises the Manager that, in respect of any particular meeting,
the Supervisor has determined that it is appropriate that some other person
nominated by the Supervisor be the Chairman of that meeting, in which event
the person so nominated will be the Chairman.
5.
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS
5.1 Adjournment:
(a)
The Chairman may with the consent of any meeting at which a quorum is
present, and shall if so directed by the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time
to time and from place to place.
(b) No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting except business
which might have been lawfully transacted at the meeting from which the
adjournment took place.
(c)
Notice of any adjourned meeting, if it is adjourned for less than 20 Working
Days, is not required to be given. In any other case notice shall be given in the
same manner as of an original meeting.
5.2
Adjournment or dissolution of disorderly meeting:
If a meeting becomes so unruly,
disorderly or inordinately protracted that in the opinion of the Chairman the business of the
meeting cannot be conducted in a proper and orderly manner, the Chairman,
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Deed and without the
consent of the meeting, may, in his or her sole and absolute discretion and without giving
any reason therefor, either adjourn or dissolve the meeting.
5.3
Completion of unfinished business if meeting dissolved: If a meeting is dissolved
by the Chairman pursuant to paragraph 5.2 of this schedule, the Chairman may direct
that any other item of uncompleted business, which in his or her opinion requires to be
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voted upon, be put to the vote by a poll without further discussion, in accordance with
paragraph 10.1 of this schedule.
6.
VOTING RIGHTS
6.1
Persons entitled to vote: The only persons entitled to vote in person or by proxy or by
attorney or by authorised representative shall be the Unit Holders registered in the
Register at a date determined by the Manager not more than two Working Days before
the date of the meeting (or if an adjourned meeting, at the date the first meeting was first
due to be held). A Unit Holder may exercise the right to vote either in person, by proxy,
by attorney or by authorised representative.
6.2 Number of votes:
Subject to paragraphs 6.6 to 6.8 (both inclusive) of this schedule, and
to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any Unit on a poll every Unit
Holder present in person or by proxy, attorney or authorised representative has, in respect
of each Unit held by that Unit Holder, one vote.
6.3
Vote of protected persons: A Unit Holder who is of unsound mind, or in respect of
whom an order has been made by any court having appropriate jurisdiction, may vote in
respect of any Units held by that Unit Holder, by his or her committee, manager or other
person of a similar nature appointed by that court, voting in person or by proxy or attorney.
6.4 Chairman's casting vote:
The Chairman of a meeting of Unit Holders is not entitled to a
casting vote.
6.5
Joint Unit Holders: Where two or more persons are registered as joint Unit Holders, the
vote of the person named first in the Register and voting on a matter must be accepted to
the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders.
6.6
No vote when amount owing on Unit or on part Units: A Unit Holder is not entitled to
vote at any meeting of Unit Holders in respect of any Unit if any amount is due and
payable on that Unit by the Unit Holder to the Trust.
6.7
Listing Rules: For so long as any Units are quoted on the NZX Main Board, no Unit
Holder shall be entitled to vote in favour of any resolution in respect of which such person
is prohibited from voting by the Listing Rules.
6.8 Clause 6 prevails: Nothing in this schedule permits a person to vote in respect of
Affected Units as set out in clause 6.8 of this deed.
6.9
Manager and associated persons: The Manager and its associated persons (as that
term is defined in section 12(1) of the FMCA) may not vote on a resolution of Unit Holders
where prohibited from doing so under section 163 of the FMCA.
7. PROXIES
7.1 Right to appoint:
A Unit Holder may appoint a proxy to vote on behalf of the Unit
Holder at a meeting of Unit Holders. A Unit Holder may appoint more than one proxy,
provided that not more than one proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a
particular Unit held by the Unit Holder. The proxy is entitled to attend and be heard at
the meeting as if the proxy were the Unit Holder.
7.2 Notice of appointment:
A proxy shall be appointed by written notice signed by or, in
the case of an electronic notice, sent by the appointing Unit Holder, and the notice shall
state whether the appointment is for a particular meeting or for a specified term. Subject
to any applicable Listing Rules, an instrument of proxy shall be in such form as the
Manager shall stipulate from time to time.
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7.3 Proxy form to be sent with notice of meeting: The Manager shall send a form of
notice of appointment of proxy to every Unit Holder entitled to attend and vote at a
meeting, with the notice convening the meeting.
7.4 Proxy form must not name proxy:
The Manager shall not issue any form of notice of
appointment with a proxy named in it, either by name or by reference to an office which
that proxy holds, but the Manager may indicate in a footnote that certain persons or
officers are willing to act as a proxy if a Unit Holder desires to appoint them or any of
them.
7.5 Receipt of proxy form:
No appointment of a proxy is effective in relation to a meeting
unless a copy of the notice of appointment is received by the Manager at the Office, or
at such address as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting, not
later than 48 hours before the start of the meeting.
7.6 Validity of proxy vote:
A vote given in accordance with the terms of a notice of
appointment of a proxy is valid notwithstanding the previous death or mental disorder of
the principal, or the revocation of the appointment or of the authority under which the
notice of appointment was executed, or the transfer of the Unit in respect of which the
proxy is appointed, if no written notification of such death, mental disorder, revocation, or
transfer is received by the Manager at the Office before the commencement of the
meeting or adjourned meeting for which the proxy is appointed.
7.7
Manager may waive requirements: The Manager may waive any of the requirements of
paragraphs 7.2 and 7.5 of this schedule.
8. POWER OF ATTORNEY
8.1
Power of Attorney:
Any Unit Holder may by power of attorney appoint an attorney
(who need not be a Unit Holder) to vote and act on that Unit Holder's behalf at any
meeting and such power of attorney or proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Manager
shall, (unless such power of attorney or such proof has previously been produced to the
Manager) not later than 48 hours before the time of holding the meeting at which the
attorney proposes to vote, be produced for inspection at such place as the Manager
may in the notice convening the meeting direct, or (if no such place is appointed) then at
the Office. Such attorney if so empowered may appoint a proxy for the Unit Holder
granting the power of attorney.
9.
REPRESENTATIVE OF COMPANY
9.1 Representative:
(a) A person authorised pursuant to a resolution of the directors or other governing
body of a corporation which is a Unit Holder to act for it as its representative at
any meeting shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of that
corporation as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Unit
Holder. A person so authorised is in this schedule referred to as an
"authorised representative".
(b) An authorised representative shall be required to produce for inspection, at
such place as the Manager may in the notice convening the meeting direct, or
(if no such place is appointed) then at the Office, evidence of the authorised
representative's appointment at any time not later than 48 hours before the
time appointed for the holding of the meeting at which the authorised
representative proposes to vote.
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10. PROCEDURE
10.1 Voting procedure:
(a) A resolution put to the vote of a meeting shall be decided by a poll. :
(b) A poll shall be taken in such manner as the Chairman may direct, and the
result of such poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting.
(c) A poll on the election of a Chairman or on a question of adjournment shall be
taken forthwith. Any other poll shall be taken either immediately or at such
time (not being more than 10 Working Days from the date of the meeting) and
place as the Chairman may direct. The result of such poll shall be deemed to
be the resolution of the meeting. No notice need be given of a poll not taken
immediately.
(d)
A poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any
business other than the question on which the poll has been taken.
(e) On a poll, votes may be given either personally or by proxy or by attorney or by
authorised representative. On a poll, a person entitled to more than one vote
need not use all that person's votes or cast all the votes that person uses in the
same way.
11. RESOLUTIONS
11.1 Resolutions:
(a) When a particular majority is not required by this Deed or by law, any matter
arising at any meeting of Unit Holders shall be determined by Ordinary
Resolution.
(b) Subject to clause 4.5 of this Deed and paragraph 12.1 of this schedule, a
meeting of Unit Holders shall have the following powers exercisable by
Extraordinary Resolution:
(i)
power to sanction the exchange of Units for, or the conversion of
Units into, shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock or other
obligations or securities of any company, trust, fund or scheme, or
other person, formed or to be formed;
i) power to sanction any alteration, release, modification, waiver,
variation or compromise or any arrangement in respect of the rights of
the Unit Holders howsoever such rights shall arise;
(iii) power to give any sanction, assent, release or waiver of any breach or
default by the Manager, Fonterra or the Supervisor under any of the
provisions of this Deed;
(iv) subject to the FMCA, power to discharge, release or exonerate the
Manager, Fonterra or the Supervisor from all liability in respect of any
act or omission for which the Manager, Fonterra or the Supervisor has
or may become responsible under this Deed;
(v) power to give directions to the Supervisor as to the appointment of a
new Manager in accordance with clause 27.7 who fulfils the criteria
specified in clause 27.1;
(vi)
subject to clause 38.4, power to terminate the Trust; and
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(vii) power to sanction any proposal by the Manager to:
(aa) investigate whether the Manager or the Supervisor or the
Fonterra Custodian has the right to exercise or enforce rights
or any Claim; and / or
(bb) exercise or enforce the rights or Claim referred to in
paragraph 11.1(b)(viii)(aa) of this schedule; and
(cc) fund the matters referred to in paragraphs 11.1(b)(viii)(aa)
and / or (bb) of this schedule, including by deducting the
costs from any distributions payable to Unit Holders.
(c) Subject to clause 4.5 of this Deed and paragraph 12.1 of this schedule, in
addition to the other rights set out in this Deed, a meeting of Unit Holders shall
have the power, exercisable by FMCA Resolution, to assent to any alteration or
modification of, or variation or addition to, the provisions contained in this Deed
or other agreement or deed, or the conditions attaching to the Units, and to
authorise the Manager and Supervisor to concur in and execute any
supplemental trust deed or other document embodying any such alteration,
modification, variation or addition.
12. EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION BINDS ALL UNIT HOLDERS
12.1 Binding: An Extraordinary Resolution passed exercising a power set out in paragraph
11.1(b) of this schedule, and an FMCA Resolution exercising the power set out in
paragraph 11.1(c) of this schedule, at a meeting duly convened and held in accordance
with these provisions shall be binding upon all Unit Holders whether present or not
present at the meeting and each of those Unit Holders and the Supervisor and the
Manager shall be bound to give effect thereto accordingly and the passing of any such
resolution shall as between the Manager, the Supervisor and those Unit Holders be
conclusive evidence that the circumstances justify the passing thereof, the intention
being that it shall rest with the meeting to determine without appeal whether or not the
circumstances justify the passing of such resolution provided that:
(a)
a resolution which affects the rights or powers granted to Fonterra pursuant to
this Deed shall not be of effect unless Fonterra so agrees; and
(b)
no variation may be made to clauses 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 or 4.8 of this Deed unless
the Fonterra Unit Holder so agrees.
13.
MINUTES TO BE KEPT
13.1
Minutes: Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting shall be made by
the Manager or if the Manager shall not be present at any meeting by some person
appointed by the Chairman of such meeting, and duly entered in books from time to time
provided for that purpose by the Manager and any such minutes as aforesaid if
purporting to be signed by the Chairman of the meeting at which such resolutions were
passed or proceedings had or by the Chairman of the next succeeding meeting of Unit
Holders shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated and until the contrary
is proved every such meeting in respect of the proceedings of which minutes have been
made shall be deemed to have been duly held and convened and all resolutions duly
passed.
14. UNIT HOLDER PROPOSALS
14.1 (a) A Unit Holder may give written notice to the Manager of a matter the Unit
Holder proposes to raise for discussion or resolution at the next meeting of Unit
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Holders convened under clause 31 of this Deed and at which the Unit Holder is
entitled to vote.
(b) If the written notice given under sub-paragraph (a) is received by the Manager
more than 25 Working Days before the last day on which notice of the relevant
meeting of Unit Holders is required to be given by the Manager, the Manager
must, at the expense of the Trust, give notice of the Unit Holder proposal and
the text of any proposed resolution to all Unit Holders entitled to receive notice
of the meeting.
(c) If the written notice given under sub-paragraph (a) is received by the Manager
not less than 10 Working Days and not more than 25 Working Days before the
last day on which notice of the relevant meeting of Unit Holders is required to
be given by the Manager, the Manager must, at the expense of the Unit Holder,
give notice of the Unit Holder proposal and the text of any proposed resolution
to all Unit Holders entitled to receive notice of the meeting.
(d) If the written notice given under sub-paragraph (a) is received by the Manager
less than 10 Working Days before the last day on which notice of the relevant
meeting of Unit Holders is required to be given by the Manager, the Manager
need only give notice of the Unit Holder proposal and the text of any proposed
resolution to all Unit Holders entitled to receive notice of the meeting if it
considers that it is practicable to do so, and in that case, it shall do so, but at
the expense of the Unit Holder.
(e) If the proposal includes a resolution, or the Manager intends that Unit Holders
may vote on the proposal by proxy, the Manager must give the proposing Unit
Holder the right to include in or with the notice given by the Manager a
statement (which together with the text of the resolution does not exceed 1,000
words) prepared by the proposing Unit Holder in support of the proposal,
together with the name and address of the proposing Unit Holder. The
Manager may include a response from any of the Manager, Fonterra and the
Supervisor.
(f)
The Manager is not required to include in or with a notice given by the
Manager:
(i)
any part of a statement prepared by a Unit Holder that the Manager
and the Supervisor consider to be defamatory (within the meaning of
the Defamation Act 1992), frivolous, or vexatious; or
(i )
any part of a proposal or resolution prepared by a Unit Holder that the
Manager and the Supervisor consider to be defamatory (within the
meaning of the Defamation Act 1992).
(g)
Where the costs of giving notice of the Unit Holder proposal and the text of any
proposed resolution are required to be met by the proposing Unit Holder:
(I)
the proposing Unit Holder must, as a precondition to the Manager's
obligations under this paragraph 14, on receiving written notice from
the Manager to do so, deposit with the Supervisor such amount as the
Manager (with the prior approval of the Supervisor) considers to be a
reasonable pre-estimate of the costs which may be incurred by the
Manager or the Supervisor in relation to giving notice of the Unit
Holder proposal and the text of any proposed resolution; and
(ii)
the Manager shall, promptly following the meeting, provide the Unit
Holder with a statement of the actual costs incurred by the Manager
or the Supervisor in relation to giving notice of the Unit Holder
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proposal and the text of any proposed resolution and the requesting
Unit Holder shall promptly pay all such costs. The amount deposited
pursuant to this sub-paragraph (g) shall be set off against the actual
costs incurred, but without prejudice to the liability of the Unit Holder
for any deficit after such set-off. If the amount deposited exceeds the
actual costs incurred, then any such surplus shall be promptly
refunded to the original payer(s). In the absence of a manifest error,
any statement from the Manager (which has been approved by the
Supervisor) setting out the actual costs incurred shall be conclusive
evidence as to the relevant costs.
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