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ikeGPS 2019 Notice of Meeting

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Notice of Annual Shareholders Meeting

ikeGPS Group Limited (‘the Company’)


















For Immediate Release

Date: August 19, 2019


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1. Notice

We hereby invite you to join us for the annual shareholders meeting which will be held at The Lady

Norwood Room Sofitel Hotel, 11 Bolton Street, Wellington, on Friday 6 September 2019, at 2pm (New

Zealand Standard Time).

2. Items of business

The business of the meeting will be:

The Chairman’s introduction

Address to shareholders

Shareholder discussion

Financial Statements

• To receive and consider the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31

March 2019, together with the auditor’s report on such financial statements, both as

contained in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report.

Resolutions:

The shareholders of the Company are requested to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following

ordinary resolutions:

• Auditors Remuneration: That the directors are authorised to fix the auditor’s remuneration.

• Election of Mr Bill Morrow: That Mr Bill Morrow, appointed by the Board as a director effective 20

December 2018 and who retires and is eligible for election, is elected as a director of ikeGPS Group

Limited.

• Re-election of Mr Glenn Milnes: That Mr Glenn Milnes, who retires by rotation and is eligible for re-

election, is re-elected as a director of ikeGPS Group Limited.


The shareholders of the Company are requested to consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following

special resolution:

• Adoption of new Constitution of the Company: That the existing Constitution of the Company be

revoked and a new Constitution in the form tabled at the meeting, and referred to in the explanatory

notes, be adopted by the Company.

3. Explanatory Notes

Each of the above resolutions is explained further in the explanatory notes set out in the following

pages.


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4. Further information

Please also refer to the “Important Information” section below which contains details regarding

voting entitlements, voting in person and by proxy, and voting restrictions.


By order of the Board of ikeGPS Group Limited




Rick Christie

Chairman

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Explanatory notes

Resolution 1: Approval of Board fixing remuneration of auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers is automatically reappointed as ikeGPS’s auditor under section 207T of the

Companies Act 1993. Section 207S of the Companies Act 1993 details the basis on how the fees and

expenses of the auditor shall be set. In order to provide flexibility, your directors recommend that

they be authorised to determine the fees and expenses of the auditors.

The Board unanimously supports fixing the fees and expenses of the auditor.


Resolution 2: Approval of appointment of director

In accordance with NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1, any director appointed by the Board during the year must

retire from office at the next annual meeting but is eligible for election at that meeting. Mr Bill

Morrow, being a director who was appointed by the Board during the year, retires from office. Being

eligible, Mr Bill Morrow has offered himself for election.

The Board considers that Mr Bill Morrow will be an independent director for the purposes of the NZX

Listing Rules if elected to the Board.

• Mr. Bill Morrow joins IKE most recently from nbn co., where he was its Chief Executive Officer

leading the development and deployment of the Australian government’s National Broadband

Network during which time it connected 6.5 million homes and businesses to the network and

grew annualised revenue from $60 million to $2 billion.

Bill brings global business experience from positions across the communications, fibre and electric

utility markets, and has extensive operating experience deploying distribution network infrastructure.

Bill’s past roles include:

• CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in San Francisco, U.S.A, one the largest investor-owned electric

utilities in North America,

• CEO of Vodafone Europe,

• President of Vodafone KK Japan,

• CEO of Clearwire Corporation, in Seattle, U.S.A.,

• CEO of Vodafone Hutchison Australia.

Bill also has considerable governance experience. Among other directorships he served as a non-

executive board member for eight years at Broadcom Inc, one of the world’s largest semi-conductor

companies and as a non-executive board member at Openwave Inc, a pioneer of the Mobile Internet.

The Board unanimously supports the election of Mr Morrow.


Resolution 3: Re-election of director

In accordance with NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1, a director must not hold office (without re-election) past

the third annual meeting following that director’s appointment or 3 years, whichever is longer.


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Accordingly, Mr Glenn Milnes is required to retire (having held office since 2014 as the managing

director of the Company). Being eligible, Mr Glenn Milnes has offered himself for re-election.

As Mr Glenn Milnes is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, he will not be an independent

director for the purposes of the NZX Listing Rules if re-elected to the Board.

• Mr. Glenn Milnes has been the managing director of IKEGPS Group since 2013.Prior to leading

ikeGPS he held senior executive, strategy and corporate development positions with No8

Ventures and Cable & Wireless International.

The Board unanimously supports the re-election of Mr Glenn Milnes.


Resolution 4: Amendment to the Constitution of the Company (Special Resolution)

The former NZX Main board & Debt Market Listing Rules (dated 1 October 2017) have been replaced

by updated NZX Listing Rules (dated 1 January 2019) (“New Listing Rules”). ikeGPS transitioned to

the new NZX Listing Rules on 1 July 2019. As part of its transition to the New Listing Rules, ikeGPS

is required to adopt a constitution which complies with the New Listing Rules at its 2019 Annual

Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly, ikeGPS has prepared an amended constitution (“New

Constitution”), which contains the changes required to comply with the New Listing Rules. ikeGPS is

also taking this opportunity to remove unnecessary repetition of sections of the Companies Act 1993

that ikeGPS must comply with (whether or not such section are repeated in the constitution).

A copy of the proposed New Constitution, together with a marked-up copy showing the differences

between the New Constitution and the existing constitution, may be viewed on ikeGPS’ website at:

https://ike4.ikegps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ikeGPS_Group_Limited_-

_New_Constitution_NZX_LRs_Transition-Final.docx. Copies are also available at ikeGPS’ registered

office at Level 1, 42 Adelaide Road, Mt Cook, Wellington 6021, New Zealand.

Shareholders are being asked to approve the revocation of ikeGPS’ existing constitution and the

adoption of the New Constitution as ikeGPS’ constitution with effect from the close of the 2019

Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

A summary of the key substantive changes in the proposed New Constitution is set out below:

1. Rotation and election of directors: Clause 26 has been amended to reflect the new director

rotation requirements in the New Listing Rules. The New Listing Rules now provide that a

director must not hold office (without re-election) past the third annual meeting following

that director’s appointment or three years (whichever is longer). Previously, the NZX Listing

Rules required one third of directors to retire from office at each annual meeting.

2. Composition of Board: Clause 24 has been amended to provide that ikeGPS must comply

with the minimum board composition requirements in the New Listing Rules. The New

Listing Rules require ikeGPS to have, at minimum, three directors, two directors ordinarily

resident in New Zealand and two independent directors. ikeGPS currently complies with all

of these requirements.

3. “Managing director” clauses removed: Clauses 39 to 42 of the existing constitution have been

deleted as they related to a “managing director”, a concept which has been removed from

the New Listing Rules.

4. Voting by poll: Clause 10 of the Second Schedule to the New Constitution has been included

to reflect that the New Listing Rules require voting at a meeting of shareholders to be

conducted by poll.


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5. Compulsory sale of less than minimum holdings: Clause 14 has been amended to update the

procedure allowing for the sale of share parcels of less than a “minimum holding” (being

parcels of shares worth less than $1,000) so as to provide for those shares to be sold on

market (including through a broker on behalf of ikeGPS) rather than through NZX or in some

other manner approved by NZX.

6. Second Schedule: The Second Schedule (proceedings at meetings of shareholders) of the

existing constitution unnecessarily repeats many of the mandatory sections of the

Companies Act 1993 which ikeGPS must comply with in relation to meetings of

shareholders. To simplify the constitution, those mandatory provisions have been removed

from the Second Schedule of the New Constitution.

7. Fourth Schedule: The Fourth Schedule of the existing constitution has been deleted as it is

no longer relevant. The clauses in that Schedule prevented certain pre-IPO ikeGPS

shareholders from transferring their ikeGPS shares during the period commencing on 23

July 2014 and ending on 29 May 2015. As that period has now lapsed, the Fourth Schedule

may be deleted.

8. Other changes: various less significant wording changes (such as replacing references to

“securities” with “Shares”, as appropriate) have been made to reflect the provisions of the

New Listing Rules, or otherwise simplify or modernise the New Constitution (for example, by

removing the ability for notices to be sent to directors via facsimile).

Pursuant to the Companies Act 1993, the proposed amendments must be approved by a special

resolution of shareholders. As the amendments to the Constitution do not impose or remove a

restriction on the activities of the Company or affect the rights attaching to shares, the shareholder

minority buy-out rights under the Companies Act 1993 do not apply.

Chapman Tripp has provided an opinion to NZX that it considers that these amendments comply

with the Listing Rules.


IMPORTANT INFORMATION


Voting

Voting on all the resolutions will be by way of a poll of the Company’s shareholders entitled to vote

and voting.

Voting entitlements for the Annual Shareholders Meeting will be determined as at 2:00pm (New

Zealand Standard Time) on Wednesday 4 September 2019. Registered ikeGPS shareholders at that

time will be the only persons entitled to vote at the Annual Shareholders Meeting, and only the

ikeGPS shares registered in those ikeGPS shareholders' names at that time may be voted at the

Annual Meeting.

1. Voting in person

If you are entitled to vote and wish to do so in person, you should attend the Annual Shareholders

Meeting. Please bring your Proxy Form with you to the meeting.

A corporation may appoint a person to attend the meeting as its representative in the same manner

in which it would appoint a proxy.


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2. Voting by proxy

An ikeGPS shareholder who is entitled to vote at the Annual Shareholders Meeting is entitled to

appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of the shareholder. A proxy need not be a shareholder.

If you appoint a proxy you may either direct your proxy how to vote for you or you may give the proxy

discretion to vote as he or she sees fit. If you wish to give your proxy discretion then you should

make the appropriate election, either online or on the Proxy Form, to grant your proxy that discretion.

You will be deemed to have given your proxy discretion if you do not make an election in relation to

any of resolutions 1 to 4

The Chairman of the Meeting or any other director is willing to act as proxy for any shareholder who

appoints him or her for that purpose. If, in appointing your proxy, you do not name a person as your

proxy (either online or in the Proxy Form), or your named proxy does not attend the meeting, the

Chairman of the Meeting will be your proxy and may vote only in accordance with your express

direction.

Where the Chairman of the Meeting or any other director is appointed as a discretionary proxy, the

Chairman and all other directors intend to vote in favour of all resolutions.

A Proxy Form accompanies this Notice of Annual Meeting.

If you do not propose to attend the Annual Meeting but wish to be represented by proxy, you can

appoint a proxy online by going to http://vote.linkmarketservices.com/IKE

Alternatively, you can complete the Proxy Form and either:

• Scan and Email your proxy to meetings@linkmarketservices.com;

• Return the Proxy Form by mail to Link Market Services, using the freepost envelope enclosed; or

• Fax the Proxy Form to +64 (9) 375-5990.

The online proxy appointments must be lodged with, and the completed Proxy Forms received by,

Link Market Services Limited no later than 2pm (New Zealand Standard Time), Wednesday 4th

September 2019.

Where a Proxy Form is completed for a company, it must be signed by a duly authorised officer or

attorney.

Persons who sign on behalf of a company must be acting with the company’s express or implied

authority.

Where a Proxy Form is signed by an attorney, a copy of the power of attorney under which it was

signed, if not previously provided to Link Market Services Limited, together with a signed certificate

of non-revocation of the power of attorney must accompany the Proxy Form.


Resolutions

Resolutions 1 to 3 are proposed as ordinary resolutions and, to be passed, require approval by a

simple majority of votes of shareholders who are entitled to vote on the resolutions and who exercise

their right to vote. Resolution 4 is proposed as a special resolution and, to be passed, requires

approval by a majority of 75% of votes of shareholders who are entitled to vote on the resolution and

who exercise their right to vote.


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Listing Rule References

In this Notice of Meeting, all reference to the Listing Rules are reference to the NZX Listing Rules.


Annual Report

The 2019 Annual Report is available on the ikeGPS website.

Please go to: http://ike4.ikegps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ikeGPS-2019-Annual-Report.pdf


Further Information

If you have any questions, or for more information, please contact our share registry, Link Market

Services, on

+64 (9) 375-5998.

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APPOINTMENT OF PROXY

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

proxy. The Chairman of the meeting or any other director is

willing to act as proxy for any shareholder who appoints him

or her for that purpose. If, in appointing your proxy, you do

not name a person as your proxy (either online or on this

Proxy Form), or your named proxy does not attend the

meeting, the Chairman of the meeting will be your proxy and

may vote only in accordance with your express direction.

Voting of your holding

Direct your proxy how to vote by making the appropriate

election, either online or on this Proxy Form, in respect of

each item of business (resolutions 1 to 4). If you do not make

an election in respect of a resolution your proxy may vote as

they choose.

If you make more than one election in respect of a resolution

your vote will be invalid on that resolution.

Appointing the Chairman of the meeting or a director as your proxy

If you expressly appoint the Chairman of the meeting or any

other director as your proxy and elect to give them

discretion on how to vote on a resolution, you acknowledge

that they may exercise your vote (unless a voting restriction

applies) even if they have an interest in the outcome of that

resolution. The Chairman of the meeting and the directors

intend to vote all discretionary proxies in favour of

resolutions 1 to 4.

ATTENDING THE MEETING

If you wish to vote in person, you should attend the meeting.

Please bring this Proxy Form with you to the meeting to assist

with your registration.

A corporation may appoint a person to attend the meeting as

its representative in the same manner in which it would

appoint a proxy.

SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROXY FORMS

Individual

Where the holding is in one name, the security holder must

sign.

Joint holding

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

security holders should sign.

Power of Attorney

If this Proxy Form has been signed by an attorney, a copy of

the power of attorney under which it was signed (if not

previously provided to the Registrar), and a signed certificate

of non-revocation of the power of attorney must accompany

this Proxy Form.

Company

This Proxy Form must be signed by a duly authorised officer

or attorney. Persons who sign on behalf of a company must

be acting with the company’s express or implied authority.


Go online to http://vote.linkmarketservices.com/IKE to appoint and give directions to your proxy or turn over to complete the form.

PROXY FORM FOR THE 2019 ANNUAL

MEETING

The Annual Shareholders Meeting of ikeGPS Group

Limited (“ikeGPS Group Limited”) will be held at the The

Lady Norwood Room Sofitel hotel, 11 Bolton Street,

Wellington, on Friday 6 September 2019 at 2pm (New

Zealand Standard Time). For your proxy to be effective it

must be received by 2pm (New Zealand Standard Time),

Wednesday 4 September 2019.

PROXY/CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE FORM

STEP 1: APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF

I/We being a shareholder/s of ikeGPS Group Limited


Hereby appoint of


or failing him/her of


as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions (or

if no directions have been given, the proxy will vote as he/she sees fit, subject to any applicable restrictions in the NZX Main

Board Listing Rules) at the The Lady Norwood Room Sofitel hotel, 11 Bolton Street, Wellington, on Friday 6 September 2019 at

2pm (New Zealand Standard Time) and at any adjournment of that meeting. If you wish, you may appoint as your proxy ‘The

Chairman of the Meeting’ or any other director.

STEP 2: ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

Please note: If you mark the Abstain box for an item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf the poll during

the meeting and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority.


To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following ordinary resolutions:


Item 1 That the directors are authorized to fix the auditor’s remuneration

Item 2 That Mr Bill Morrow, appointed by the Board as a director effective

20 December 2018 and who retires and is eligible for election, is elected as

a director of ikeGPS Group Limited.


Item 3 That Mr Glenn Milnes, who retires by rotation and is eligible for re-election,

Is re-elected as director of ikeGPS Group Limited.


The shareholders of the Company are requested to consider and, if thought fit,

to pass the following special resolution:


Item 4 That the existing Constitution of the Company be revoked and a new

Constitution in the form tabled at the meeting, and referred to in the explanatory

notes, be adopted by the Company.




STEP 3: SHAREHOLDER QUESTIONS

Shareholders present at the Annual Shareholders Meeting will have the opportunity to ask questions during the meeting. If

you cannot attend the Annual Shareholders Meeting but would like to ask a question you can submit a question online by

going to http://vote.linkmarketservices.com/IKE and completing the online validation process or complete the question

section below and return to Link Market Services in the reply paid envelope enclosed. Questions will need to be submitted by

Wednesday 4 September 2019. The Board will address and answer questions at the Annual Shareholders Meeting.


SIGN: SIGNATURE OF SECURITY HOLDER(S) This section must be completed.


Security holder1 Security holder2 Security holder3

or duly authorised officer or attorney or duly authorised officer or attorney or duly authorised officer or attorney


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