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Updated Distribution Reinvestment Plan Document

NZX Compliance14 January 2020FSFConsumer Staples

14 JANUARY 2020


FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND (FSF) UPDATED DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN

DOCUMENT



FSF Management Company Limited, as manager of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund (“Fund”) advises

that the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan offer document dated December 2014, as amended with

effect from September 2017, has been further amended with effect from January 2020. These changes

reflect:


• the new NZX Listing Rule 4.8.2 that requires the last date to elect to participate in a distribution

reinvestment plan to be at least one business day after the record date; and

• additional tidy-up amendments.


A copy of the updated Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund Distribution Reinvestment Plan Offer Document is

attached. This document will be available on the Fonterra website www.fonterra.com later today.


Simon Till

Director Capital Markets


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For further information contact:

Simon Till

Director Capital Markets

Phone: +64 21 777 807

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FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN A
DISTRIBUTION

REINVESTMENT

PLAN

RECEIVE UNITS IN LIEU

OF A CASH DISTRIBUTION

CONTENTS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

OVERVIEW1

YOUR OPTIONS 2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 4

TERMS AND CONDITIONS 6

This is an important document.

You should read this document

before making any decisions. If you

have any questions in relation to

anything contained in this Offer

Document, you should contact your

broker, financial, investment or other

professional advisor.

Offer Document dated

December 2014 (as

amended September 2017

an d further amended

January 2020)

January 2020)

FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN 1
OVERVIEW

The DRP provides a straightforward,

hands-off approach to increasing

your unit holding over time, free from

brokerage charges.

If you decide to participate in the

DRP now, then you will receive units

instead of all or part of the future cash

distributions you would otherwise

receive for as long as you choose. If you

do not want to participate right now

you do not need to take any action –

you can choose to participate at a later

stage when it suits.

THE FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’

FUND (THE FUND) DISTRIBUTION

REINVESTMENT PLAN (DRP)

ALLOWS YOU TO RECEIVE UNITS

IN LIEU OF ALL OR PART OF YOUR

CASH DISTRIBUTION.

2 FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN
YOUR OPTIONS

YOUR OPTIONS TO PARTICIPATE

If you wish to participate in the DRP, the

following options are available to you:

Full Participation – All of your units

(and therefore all the distributions

payable on your units) will be included

in the DRP – including any future units

purchased by you or issued

to you; or

Partial Participation – Only the

number of units chosen by you (and

therefore the distributions paid on

those units) will be included in

the DRP.

H

OW TO JOIN, CHANGE

YOUR PARTICIPATION LEVEL OR

WITHDRAW

I

f you would like to join, change your

participation level or withdraw from the

DRP you can complete an application by:

•Filling in th

e application form with

this booklet and returning it to the

Registrar, Computershare Investor

Services Limited in New Zealand

or Computershare

Investor

Services Pty Limited in Australia; or

•Electing the

DRP online by visiting

C

omputershare’s website at

www.investorcent

re.com/nz.

O

nce you’ve signed up, you

automatically participate at the selected

le

vel for each distribution payment until

you choose to stop or amend your

p

articipation. If you apply to join,

change your participation level or

withdraw from the DRP, that application

w

ill be effective as to distributions

payable on a Record Date, provided

y

our application is received by the

Registrar on or before 6.00pm

(N

ew Zealand time) on the first

Bu

siness Day after that Record Date.

Any application received after 6.00pm

(New Zealand time) on the first

Bu siness Day after a Record Date for a

distribution will be effective only from

the next following distribution.

FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN 3
PRICE YOU WILL PAY FOR UNITS

As a result of the relationship

between the Fund and Fonterra,

the price paid for units you receive

under the DRP (referred to in this

Offer Document as the “Strike

Price”) will be the price payable by

Fonterra shareholders to acquire

additional Fonterra shares under

Fonterra’s dividend reinvestment

plan (“Fonterra DRP”).

T

he Strike Price may include a discount,

if determined by the Fonterra Board

in relation to the Fonterra DRP for the

co rresponding Fonterra dividend.

T

he rules that apply to the Fonterra

DRP provide that the Strike Price will

ordinarily be calculated based on the

prices at which units in the Fund are

t

raded on the NZX Main Board, on the

first five Business Days commencing

on, and including the relevant ex-

distribution date. The ex-distribution

date is generally the Business Day

b

efore the Record Date.

For more details on how the Stri

ke Price

is calculated or other factors

that may

influence the price, refer to section 6 of

the enclosed Terms and Conditions.

4 FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN
ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION

ELIGIBILITY

All unit holders who have an address in

New Zealand or Australia are eligible to

participate in the DRP. You may need

to keep in mind whether participating

in the DRP could result in you holding

more units than the 15% maximum

permitted unit holding under the

Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund Trust Deed.

STATEMENTS WILL BE SENT

TO YOU

If you elect to participate in the DRP,

details of your entitlement and the

number of units issued to you under the

DRP will be sent to you by the Registrar.

This will be done after each distribution

payment either by mail, or electronically

if you have provided your email address.

UNITS RANK EQUALLY

Units issued under the DRP will rank

equally with all existing units and may

be sold at any time.

TAX

For New Zealand tax purposes, you

should be treated in the same way as

if you had not participated. This means

that you will derive a distribution of

the same amount that you would have

derived if you had not participated

(i.e. you will be treated as receiving a

distribution from the Fund which is

then applied to purchase or subscribe

for additional units).

The cash amount applied to the

DRP will be the net amount of your

distribution on participating units after

an amount to satisfy any portfolio

investment entity (or withholding) tax

liability in relation to you has been

deducted (where applicable).

FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN 5
T

his is a general tax summary.

It does not take into account the

c

ircumstances of individual unit

holders and the specific tax details of

participation or non-participation in

the DRP, which may vary considerably.

Y

ou should not rely on this genera l

summary and should seek your own

tax advice.

I

f you have any specific tax related

questions in relation to the DRP, please

contact your financial advisor.

DIVIDEND POLICY

Information about Fonterra’s current

d

ividend policy can be found in the

Dividend tab of the Financial section

of its website at www.fonterra.com/

nz/en/investors/

dividends

6 FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN
TERMS AND

CONDITIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

The Manager has approved the adoption of

a Distribution Reinvestment Plan (DRP). By

applying to participate you acknowledge that

you have read and agreed to these Terms

and Conditions.

In the event of any inconsistency between

these Terms and Conditions and anything else

contained in this Offer Document, the Terms

and Conditions will prevail.

2. THE OFFER

a) The Manager offers you the opportunity to

participate in the DRP, subject to paragraph

2(c).

b) You may elect to participate by exercising

one of the following options:

i. Full participation: If you elect full

participation, participation in the DRP

will apply to all Units registered in

your name.

ii. Partial participation: If you elect

partial participation, only the number of

Units nominated by you will be eligible

for participation in the DRP. If you hold

less than the nominated number of

Units, then the DRP will apply to that

lesser number of Units.

If you do not wish to participate and you wish

to receive all of your distributions in cash you

do not need to do anything.

c) The Manager may, at its discretion,

elect not to offer participation in the

DRP to Unit holders whose address is

outside New Zealand or Australia, if the

Manager considers that to do so would

risk breaching the laws of any other

jurisdiction. As at the date of this Offer

Document, the DRP is only available to

Unit holders who have an address in New

Zealand and Australia. However, the board

of the Manager may amend this at any

time, in its sole discretion.

If you do not reside in New Zealand or Australia

and you participate in the DRP through a

nominee resident in New Zealand or Australia

you will be deemed to represent and warrant to

the Manager that you can lawfully participate

under laws applicable outside of New Zealand

and Australia.

d) You must ensure that when participating

you comply with all laws and with the Trust

Deed. You are responsible for ensuring, for

example, that your participation will not

result in you exceeding the Unit holding

limitation.

FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN 7
3. METHOD OF PARTICIPATION

You can submit a notice of participation

(“Notice”) by:

a) completing the enclosed application

form and returning it to the Registrar

using a reply paid envelope or the contact

information set out on the form; or

b) completing the application online

on the Registrar’s website at

www.investorcentre.com/nz.

In addition:

a)Pa

rticipation will be effective as to

distributions payable on a Record Date,

provided your notice is received by the

Registrar on or before 6.00pm (New

Zealand time) on t

he first Business Day

after that Record Date. Any notice received

after 6.00pm (New Zealand time) on the

first Business Da

y after a Record Date for a

distribution will be effective only from the

next following distribution.

b)If your Notice does not indicate the desired

degree of particip

ation, it will be deemed to

be an application

for full participation.

4. SOURCE OF UNITS

Units to be acquired under the DRP will be New

Units issued by the Manager.

5. OPERATION OF THE DRP

a) Each Participant in the DRP is deemed to

have directed the Manager to apply the

net proceeds of every cash distribution, if

any, that is available for payment on your

Participating Units at the relevant Record

Date, as payment for the Units to be issued

under the DRP. The number of Units to be

received by Participants will be determined

in accordance with section 6 of these

Terms and Conditions.

b) The Manager will issue new Units to the

Participant on the day that a Participant

would have been paid a cash distribution

on its Participating Units, .

c) Units acquired by Participants rank equally

in all respects with all other fully paid Units.

d) Units acquired by a Participant will be

registered in the name of the Participant

on the Unit register.

8 FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN
6. UNIT ENTITLEMENT

a) The number of Units to be received

by a Participant under the DRP will be

calculated using the following formula:

AU =

U x D

C

Where:

AU: is the number of additional Units to

be received.

U: is the number of Participating Units at the

relevant Record Date.

D: is the net payment, including any tax

refunds and after deduction of any amount

to satisfy any portfolio investment entity (or

withholding) tax liability in relation to the

Participant, expressed in cents per Unit, which

would have been payable if the Participant had

not participated in the DRP.

C: is, in respect of a distribution for which this

DRP operates, the price at which Fonterra

Shares are to be acquired under the Fonterra

DRP operating in relation to Fonterra Shares in

relation to the corresponding dividend payable

on those Shares, as determined in accordance

with the terms and conditions applicable to the

Fonterra DRP (“Strike Price”).

The price at which Fonterra Shares are to be

acquired under the dividend reinvestment plan

operating in relation to Fonterra Shares is the

average of the individual daily volume weighted

average sale prices expressed in cents, for

Units in the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund.

It is calculated on all price-setting trades of

Units which take place through the NZX Main

Board on each of the first five Business Days,

or any other period as may be determined by

the Board and announced on the Fonterra

Shareholders’ Market on the date a dividend

is declared, commencing on (and including)

the ex-dividend date (less a discount (if any)

at the discretion of the Board). The price so

determined being the Strike Price. The Strike

Price may be varied at the discretion of the

Board as set out below.

b) If no sales of Units on the NZX Main Board

occur during the period specified above,

then the Strike Price will be deemed to be

the sale price for a Unit on the first sale

on the NZX Main Board which took place

after this period.

c) Any Strike Price determined under

paragraphs 6(a) or 6(b) may be reasonably

adjusted by the Board to allow for any

bonus issue or dividend expectation. In

addition, if, in the opinion of the Board,

any exceptional or unusual circumstances

have artificially affected the Strike Price

so determined or if having regard to

comparable individual daily volume

weighted average sale prices of Units

on the ASX would result in a materially

different determination of that Strike Price,

the Board may make such adjustment to

that Strike Price as it considers reasonable.

The Strike Price may also be reduced by

any discount determined by the Board, as

contemplated in paragraph 11(a)(iii) of the

offer document prepared in connection

with the Fonterra DRP.

d) The Board may at its discretion determine

that Shares issued under the Fonterra

dividend reinvestment plan, and therefore

the Units issued under this DRP, may be

issued at a discount to the Strike Price.

FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN 9
Any discount will be announced by the

Manager via the NZX Main Board and the

ASX no later than 10 Business Days prior to

the relevant record date (being 5.00pm on

the date fixed by the Board for determining

entitlements to a dividend).

e) Where the number of Units calculated in

accordance with the preceding formula

is not a whole number the number of

Units to be acquired by the Participant

will be the nearest whole number. If that

number is 0.5, then the number of Units

will be rounded up to the next whole

number. Where the number of Units to be

received is rounded down, the Participant

will not receive any cash amount as a

result of such rounding and no cash

amount will be retained on behalf of

the Participant to be applied to the next

distribution reinvestment.

f) At the time the price for the Units is set

under this paragraph 6, the Manager will

ensure that it has no information that is

not publicly available and that would, or

would be likely to, have a material adverse

effect on the realisable price of Units if the

information were publicly available.

7. STATEMENTS TO PARTICIPANTS

The Registrar will provide a statement to each

Participant following each distribution payment

date, detailing each Participant’s:

a) Number of Participating Units at the

relevant Record Date;

b) Amount of cash distribution reinvested and

the amount of the cash distribution paid

on non-Participating Units, if applicable;

c) The amount of any taxation deductions;

d) The number of additional Units received

under the DRP;

e) Advice as to the amount of any taxation

credits; and

f) Other matters as are required by law

with respect to distributions and/or

their reinvestment.

8. VARIATION OR TERMINATION

OF PARTICIPATION

A Participant may, at any time, give notice to

the Registrar to increase, decrease or terminate

their participation in the DRP. Any alteration

or termination will take effect immediately

upon receipt of the notice by the Registrar,

provided that any notice received after

6.00pm (New Zealand time) on the first

Business Day after the Record Date

for a

distribution will be effective only from the next

following distribution.

10 FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN
9. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION

OF PARTICIPATION WHERE NO

NOTICE IS GIVEN

Where a Participant with partial participation

disposes of part of their Unit holding then,

unless they advise the Manager otherwise

in writing:

a) The Units disposed of will be deemed to be

the Participant’s non-Participating Units.

b) If the number of Units disposed of is

more than the number of the Participant’s

non-Participating Units, the balance will be

attributed to Participating Units.

10. TERMINATION, SUSPENSION

AND MODIFICATION OF

THE DRP

a) The Manager may at its discretion:

i. Terminate or modify the DRP. If the

DRP is modified, then participation

under the DRP will continue until it is

changed or withdrawn.

ii. Suspend the operation of the DRP

so that it will not apply to the whole

or part of any distributions and that

the distribution or the balance of the

distribution will be paid in cash.

iii. Reject an application or determine

that an application will cease to be of

any effect.

b) Where any termination, suspension or

modification is made to the DRP pursuant

to this paragraph 10, notice of such

suspension, modification or termination

will be given to all Participants by way of

announcements on the NZX Main Board

and ASX.

c) Where notice of any modification or

termination is given, it will not be made

during the period commencing on a date

21 days before a Record Date for the

purposes of determining entitlements to

a distribution, and ending on the date of

payment of that distribution.

d) Notwithstanding paragraphs 10(b) and

10(c), the Manager may at any time,

without the need for any notice:

i. Modify or terminate the DRP to

comply with any applicable law, the

NZSX Listing Rules, the ASX Rules,

any provision of the Trust Deed, to

facilitate compliance with the Fonterra

DRP, or as required to ensure that

Fonterra, in providing a corresponding

dividend reinvestment plan to holders

of Fonterra Shares, complies with the

obligations imposed on it by law, the

FSM Rules or Fonterra’s Constitution;

and

ii. Make minor amendments to the

DRP where such amendments are

of an administrative, procedural or

clarifying nature.

FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN 11
11. QUOTATION

The Fund will apply for quotation of the

additional Units which may be issued under the

DRP on the NZX Main Board and the official list

of the ASX. It is expected that such additional

Units will be quoted on the NZX Main Board

and ASX on the completion of allotment

procedures. However, neither NZX Main Board

nor ASX accept responsibility for any statement

in this Offer Document.

12. INFORMATION FOR

AUSTRALIAN UNIT HOLDERS

The offer of Units under the DRP does not

need disclosure for the purposes of Part 7.9 of

the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Accordingly,

this Offer Document does not constitute a

product disclosure statement for the purposes

of the Corporations Act and will not be lodged

with the Australian Securities and Investments

Commission (“ASIC”).

Australian resident Unit holders should note

that the Manager is not licensed to provide

financial product advice in relation to the

Units offered under the DRP. There is no

cooling-off regime that applies in respect of

the acquisition of Units offered under the

DRP. This Offer Document does not take into

account Unit holders’ personal objectives,

financial situations or needs. Unit holders

should consider obtaining their own financial

product advice in relation to the offer from an

independent person who is licensed by ASIC to

give such advice.

13. GOVERNING LAW

This Offer Document and the DRP, and its

operation, will be governed by the laws of

New Zealand.

14. INTERPRETATION

In this Offer Document, unless the context

otherwise requires, or specifically stated

otherwise:

a) Headings are to be ignored in construing

this Offer Document;

b) The singular includes the plural and vice

versa;

c) One gender includes the other genders;

d) References to times of day or dates are to

New Zealand times and dates; and

e) References to money are to

New Zealand dollars.

12 FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN
15. AVAILABLE INFORMATION

The Fund’s most recent annual report and

financial statements (and the auditor’s report

on those financial statements) are available

online at www.fonterra.com. Printed copies are

also available to every Unit holder free of charge

from the Manager on request by contacting the

Registrar at the following addresses:

New Zealand

Computershare Investor Services Limited

Private Bag 92 119

Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Level 2, 159 Hurstmere Road

Takapuna, Auckland 0622, NZ

Tel: +64 9 488 8777

Fax: +64 9 488 8787

Email: enquiry@computershare.co.nz

Australia

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited

GPO Box 3329, Melbourne

VIC 8060, Australia

Tel: 1 800 501 366 (within Australia)

Tel: +61 3 9415 4083 (outside Australia)

Fax +61 3 9473 2009

DEFINITIONS

The following words have these meanings

in this Offer Document:

ASX: ASX Limited or the financial market

operated by ASX Limited.

ASX Rules: The listing rules that apply to

the ASX.

Board: Fonterra’s board of directors.

Business Day: A day on which the Fonterra

Shareholders’ Market is open for trading.

Constitution: The constitution of Fonterra.

DRP: The distribution reinvestment plan

established in relation to Units, as described

in this Offer Document.

Fonterra DRP: Fonterra’s dividend reinvestment

plan established in relation to Shares.

Fonterra or Co-operative: Fonterra Co-operative

Group Limited.

Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund or Fund: The

Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund, established under

the Trust Deed.

Fonterra Shareholders’ Market: The securities

market operated by NZX and known as the

Fonterra Shareholders’ Market.

FSM Rules: The listing rules of the Fonterra

Shareholders’ Market.

Manager: FSF Management Company Limited,

as manager of the Fund.

NZSX Listing Rules: The listing rules that apply

to the NZX Main Board.

NZX: NZX Limited.

NZX Main Board: The main board equity

securities market operated by NZX.

Offer Document: This offer document, prepared
in connection with the DRP.

Participant: A

Unit holder who has validly

elected to participate in the DRP.

Participating Units: The Units held by a

Participant on a Record Date of which that

Participant has elected to participate in

the DRP.

Record Date: 5.00pm on the date fixed by

the Manager for determining entitlements to a

distribution.

Registrar: The Unit registrar, being, as at the

date of this Offer Document, Computershare

Investor Services Limited in New Zealand or

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited

in Australia.

Share: A co-operative share in Fon

terra.

Strike Price: Has the mean

ing given to that term

in section 6 of these Terms and Conditions.

Terms and Conditions: The terms and conditions

that apply to this DRP, as set out in this

Offer Document.

Trust Deed: The t

rust deed dated 23 October

2012 constituting the Fonterra Shareholders’

Fund, as amended and restated with effect

from 1

July 2019.

Unit: A unit in

the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund.

14 FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN
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