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2020 Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund Notice of Meeting

AGM8 October 2020FSFConsumer Staples

2020
Notice of

Annual Meeting

Notice is given that the 2020 Annual Meeting of unit holders of the

Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund will be held

MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2020

Commencing at 10am

(New Zealand Time)

The 2020 Annual Meeting will only go ahead in person if Auckland is

at COVID-19 alert level 1 on 9 November 2020.

If Auckland is at COVID-19 alert level 2 or above on 9 November 2020,

the Annual Meeting will move to being a virtual meeting only.

If this occurs, we will provide unit holders with as much notice as

is reasonably practicable via the NZX. Details of how to attend the

Annual Meeting virtually are set out in the Virtual Meeting Guide.

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Notice of

Annual

Meeting

When

Monday 9 November 2020

Commencing at 10am

(New Zealand Time)

Items of Business

A. Welcome and Introduction

B. Address by the Chairman of the Manager of the

Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund

C. Address by the Chair-elect of

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

D. Address by Chief Executive Officer of

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

E. Unit holder discussion

F. Address by nominated director for election to the

Manager of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund

G. Resolution:

Unit holders will be asked to consider and, if thought

appropriate, to pass the following ordinary resolution:

1. To elect Mary-Jane Daly as a director of the Manager

of the Fund.

In accordance with the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund

Trust Deed, the resolution above is to be considered as

an ordinary resolution and is required to be passed by a

simple majority of the votes of those unit holders entitled

to vote and voting at the Annual Meeting.

Ms Daly is an ‘Independent Director’ for the purpose of the

NZX Listing Rules.

H. Address by retiring director of the Manager of the

Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund

Explanatory Note

Further detail on Ms Daly is set out in the Explanatory Note

on page 4.

ATTENDANCE

All unit holders are entitled to attend and vote at the Annual

Meeting or to appoint a proxy or representative to attend

and vote on their behalf.

Questions

Unit holders may submit questions to the Board of the

Manager ahead of the Annual Meeting. Questions should be

relevant to matters at the Annual Meeting, including matters

arising from the financial statements or general questions

regarding the performance of the Fund or Fonterra.

The Manager has a discretion on which questions will be

addressed at the Annual Meeting.

Please submit questions by email to Investor.Relations@

fonterra.com. Please write ‘Questions from Unit Holders’ in

the subject line of the email.

There will also be an opportunity for unit holders and proxy

holders to ask questions at the Annual Meeting.

Where

Fonterra’s Auckland Office

109 Fanshawe Street, Auckland Central

And online virtually through web platform

web.lumiagm.com or by downloading Lumi AGM,

free from the App Store or Google Play Store.

Important Dates

These dates are given in New Zealand time.

Friday 6 November 2020, 5pm

Record Date for voting entitlements for the Annual Meeting

Saturday 7 November 2020, 10am

Latest time for receipt of Proxy/Voting forms or for online proxy

appointments

Monday 9 November 2020, 10am

Annual Meeting

PROXIES

A proxy need not be a unit holder, and may be appointed by

completing the form accompanying this Notice of Annual

Meeting or online at www.investorvote.co.nz.

The appointment of a proxy or representative does not

preclude a unit holder from attending and voting at the

Annual Meeting.

You may appoint the Chair of the Annual Meeting or any

other director of the Fund as your proxy.

If you do not name a person as your proxy or your named

proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chair will be

appointed your proxy and will vote in accordance with your

express direction, and any undirected votes will (subject to

any restriction(s) set out in the NZX Listing Rules) be voted

in accordance with the Chair’s discretion.

ANDREW CORDNER

Company Secretary

Auckland, New Zealand

9 October 2020

FSF Management Company Ltd (Australian Registered Business Number 190 539 935,

incorporated in New Zealand) is the Manager of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund.

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Letter

from the

Chairman

Dear Unit Holders

On behalf of the Board of Directors I am pleased to

invite you to the eighth Annual Meeting of unit holders

of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund, commencing at

10am NZT on Monday 9 November 2020 at Fonterra’s

offices, 109 Fanshawe Street, Auckland Central and online

virtually through the web platform web.lumiagm.com or by

downloading the Lumi AGM app (available at the App Store

or Google Play Store).

At the Annual Meeting, the Fund Board will be joined by

Peter McBride, Chair-elect of Fonterra, and Miles Hurrell,

Chief Executive Officer of Fonterra. I will present an overview

of the eighth year of the Fund and Peter and Miles will

discuss Fonterra’s performance over the past year. Unit

holders will also have the opportunity to ask questions about

the operations and management of Fonterra.

Unit holders will be asked to vote for the election of

Mary-Jane Daly as an Independent Director.

Ms Daly has been nominated by the Board to replace

Pip Dunphy who is retiring by rotation as an Independent

Director on the date of the Annual Meeting and has advised

that she will not be seeking re-election.

Biographical details for Ms Daly are included in the

Explanatory Note on the next page.

The Board unanimously recommends that unit holders elect

Ms Daly as an Independent Director.

If you cannot attend the meeting and wish to appoint a proxy

to vote on your behalf, you may direct your proxy to vote

for or against the resolution, to abstain from voting, or to

exercise their discretion as to how to vote.

If you appoint the Chair or any other director as proxy to

exercise their discretion on how to vote, they will cast your

proxy vote in favour of the election of Ms Daly.

If you would like to appoint a proxy, complete and lodge

the enclosed Proxy/Voting form (either by post or fax) with

Computershare Investor Services. Alternatively, you can

appoint a proxy online by going to www.investorvote.co.nz.

– you will need your CSN holder number and postcode (or

country of residence if outside New Zealand) to do this. If

you receive multiple Proxy/Voting forms, please complete

one Proxy/Voting form in respect of each unit holding.

All Proxy/Voting forms need to reach Computershare by

10am NZT on Saturday 7 November 2020.

For those unit holders who are attending the Annual

Meeting, please bring the enclosed Proxy/Voting form,

or your CSN holder number with you to assist with

your registration.

You are invited to join the Fund Board and Fonterra senior

management for light refreshments at the conclusion of the

Annual Meeting.

I look forward to seeing you then.

JOHN SHEWAN

CHAIRMAN

FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND

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Explanatory

Note

The Board of the Manager of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund has statutory responsibilities for the activities of the Manager

and the Fund, including monitoring the compliance with regulatory requirements and ensuring that unit holders’ interests are

managed and protected in accordance with the constituent documents that relate to the Fund. Directors have no role in the

governance or operation of Fonterra.

Skills required of a director on the Board of the Manager include governance experience, preferably of a listed entity, financial

and capital markets knowledge, an understanding of co-operatives, and risk management experience.

The following profile has been provided by Ms Daly.

Resolution: Election of Director

Ms Daly has a strong background in banking and finance

in a variety of roles both in New Zealand and the

United Kingdom. She is Chair of the Earthquake Commission,

and an Independent Director of Kiwibank Limited,

Kiwi Property Group Limited and Auckland Transport.

Previous governance roles have included Cigna Life

Insurance New Zealand, Onepath Life, Airways Corporation

and the NZ Green Building Council.

Ms Daly’s last corporate executive role was Executive General

Manager at State Insurance. Prior to this appointment she

was Chief Financial Officer for IAG NZ and before joining

IAG, she spent four years with Fonterra as Group Treasurer

and Risk Manager. Her earlier career was spent with BNZ,

National Australia Bank, and Toronto-Dominion Bank.

MARY-JANE DALY

Ms Daly holds an MBA from City University in London, a BCom from

Canterbury University and is a Fellow of INFINZ, a Fellow of the

Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Fellow of the Institute

of Directors New Zealand

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2017

NOTICE OF

ANNUAL

MEETING

FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2017

Commencing at 10am

(New Zealand time)

VOTING ENTITLEMENTS

Unit holders that will be entitled

to vote on the resolutions at the

Annual Meeting are those who

are unit holders of Fonterra

Shareholders’ Fund at 5pm NZT

on Monday 30 October 2017.

VOTING PROCESS

To vote, unit holders can either:

ATTEND IN PERSON

If you wish to attend the Annual

Meeting please bring the enclosed

Proxy/Voting form, or your

CSN holder number with you

to the meeting.

APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE

If you do not propose to attend the

Annual Meeting, you can appoint a

proxy to attend the meeting and vote

on your behalf. The Chairman of the

meeting or any other director of the

Fund is willing to act as a proxy for

any unit holder who wishes to appoint

him or her for that purpose. To do this,

enter ‘the Chairman’ or the name of

your proxy in the space provided on

the Proxy/Voting form (further details

are provided on the form).

To appoint a proxy, you need to do

one of the following:

ONLINE

Lodge your proxy online by going

to www.investorvote.co.nz. You will

need your CSN Holder number and

postcode (or country of residence

if outside New Zealand).

If you do not have your CSN holder

number, please contact Computershare

at enquiry@computershare.co.nz

or +64 9 488 8777 (international).

FAX

You can fax your Proxy/Voting form

to +64 9 488 8787.

MAIL

Return the Proxy/Voting form by mail

to the Share Registrar, Computershare

Investor Services Limited, Private

Bag 92119, Auckland 1142, using the

Freepost envelope provided.

For your proxy to be effective it

must be received by 10am NZT on

Wednesday 1 November 2017.

WEBCAST

The Annual Meeting will be webcast

online. To view the webcast, go to

www.fonterra.com/investor

The addresses of the manager of the

Fund and the supervisor are as follows:

FSF MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

109 Fanshawe Street, Auckland 1010,

New Zealand

Attention: Company Secretary

GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY LIMITED

Level 6, 191 Queen Street, Auckland

1010, New Zealand

Attention: Relationship Manager

Corporate Trusts

PROCEDURAL NOTES

MEETING VENUE

Fonterra’s Auckland Office

ADDRESS

109 Fanshawe Street,

Auckland Central, New Zealand

PARKING

Parking is available at public car

parks in the vicinity of the venue

including Wilson Parking at

136 Fanshawe Street, and Viaduct

car park on Sturdee Street.

FANSHAWE STREET

FANSHAWE STREET

VICTORIA PARK

HALSEY STREET

VICTORIA STREET

VICTORIA STREET

FRANKLIN ROAD

HALSEY STREET

VICTORIA STREET WEST

DALDY STREET

GAUNT STREET

PACKENHAM STREET W

WELLESLEY STREET W

NELSON STREET

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Procedural Notes

Voting Entitlements

Unit holders that will be entitled to vote on the resolution

at the Annual Meeting are those who are unit holders of

the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund at 5pm NZT on Friday

6 November 2020.

The Fund is holding a hybrid annual meeting this year to

allow shareholders who are unable to attend in person to

have the opportunity to attend online through the web

platform web.lumiagm.com or by downloading the Lumi

AGM App from the App Store or Google Play Store for free.

By using the web platform or the App, you will be able to

watch the Annual Meeting and vote and ask questions online

using your smartphone, tablet or desktop device.

Please refer to the enclosed Virtual Meeting Guide for

more information.

Voting Process

Voting will be conducted by a poll. To vote, unit holders

can either:

ATTEND IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY

If you wish to attend the Annual Meeting please bring the

enclosed Proxy/Voting form, or your CSN holder number

with you to the meeting or participate virtually via the web

platform web.lumiagm.com or by downloading Lumi AGM

from the App Store or Google Play Store for free.

APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE

If you do not propose to attend the Annual Meeting, you

can appoint a proxy to attend the meeting and vote on your

behalf. The Chair of the meeting or any other director of

the Fund is willing to act as a proxy for any unit holder who

wishes to appoint him or her for that purpose. To do this,

enter ‘the Chair’ or the name of your proxy in the space

provided on the Proxy/Voting form (further details are

provided on the form).

If you appoint the Chair or any other director as proxy to

exercise their discretion on how to vote, they will cast your

proxy vote in favour of the election of Ms Daly.

To appoint a proxy, you need to do one of the following:

ONLINE

Lodge your proxy online by going www.investorvote.co.nz.

You will need your CSN holder number and postcode (or

country of residence if outside New Zealand).

If you do not have your CSN holder number, please contact

Computershare at enquiry@computershare.co.nz or

+64 9 488 8777 (international).

FAX

You can fax your Proxy/Voting form to +64 9 488 8787.

MAIL

Return the Proxy/Voting form by mail to the Share Registrar,

Computershare Investor Services Limited, Private Bag 92119,

Auckland 1142, using the Freepost envelope provided.

For your proxy appointment to be effective it must be

received by 10am NZT on Saturday 7 November 2020.

The addresses of the manager of the Fund and the supervisor

are as follows:

FSF MANAGEMENT

COMPANY LIMITED

109 Fanshawe Street, Auckland

1010, New Zealand

Attention: Company Secretary

GUARDIAN TRUST

COMPANY LIMITED

Level 6, 191 Queen Street,

Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Attention: Relationship Manager

Corporate Trusts

MEETING VENUE

Fonterra’s Auckland Office

ADDRESS

109 Fanshawe Street, Auckland Central, New Zealand

PARKING

Parking is available at public car parks in the vicinity of the

venue including the Viaduct car park on Sturdee Street.

72-100

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Your secure access information
Control Number:

PLEASE NOTE:

www.investorvote.co.nz

Fonterra Shareholders' Fund

Smartphone?

Scan the QR code to vote now.

Online

www.investorvote.co.nz

By Mail

Computershare Investor Services Limited

Private Bag 92119, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

By Fax

+64 9 488 8787

corporateactions@computershare.co.nz

For all enquiries contact

+64 9 488 8777

Lodge your proxy

Proxy/Voting Form

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

CSN/Securityholder Number:

You will need your CSN/Securityholder Number and postcode or country of residence (if outside New Zealand) to

securely access InvestorVote and then follow the prompts to appoint your proxy and exercise your vote online.

For your proxy appointment to be effective it must be received by 10am Saturday 7 November 2020

Turn over to complete the form to vote

How to Vote on Items of Business

All your units will be voted in accordance with your directions.

Appointment of Proxy

If you do not plan to attend the meeting, you may appoint a proxy. The Chair of

the Meeting, or any other director, is willing to act as proxy for any unit holder

who wishes to appoint him or her for that purpose. To do this, enter 'the Chair'

or the name of your proxy in the space allocated in 'Step 1'of this form.

Alternatively you can appoint a proxy online at

www.investorvote.co.nz

Voting of your holding

Direct your proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item

of business. If you do not mark a box your proxy may vote as they choose. If you

mark more than one box on an item your vote will be invalid on that item.

Attending

and voting in person or virtually

The Manager of the Fund encourages all unit holders to attend the Annual

Meeting or vote virtually via the online web platform web.lumiagm.com or by

downloading Lumi AGM from the App Store or Google Play Store for free. If you

attend in person you should bring your proxy/voting form or your CSN/

Securityholder Number to assist with registration at the meeting.

Signing Instructions for Postal Forms

Individual

Where the holding is in one name, the unit holder must sign.

Joint Holding

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

sign.

Power of Attorney

If this Proxy Form has been signed under a power of attorney, a copy of the

power of attorney (unless already deposited with the Manager) and a signed

certificate of non-revocation of the power of attorney must be produced to the

Manager with this Proxy Form.

Companies

This form should be signed by a Director jointly with another Director, or a

Sole Director can sign alone. Please sign in the appropriate place and indicate

the office held.

Comments & Questions

If you have any comments or questions for the Manager, please write them on

a separate sheet of paper and return with this form.

STEP 1
ATTENDANCE SLIP

SIGN

Contact Name Contact Daytime Telephone Date

STEP 2

hereby appointof

or failing him/her

of

Proxy/Corporate Representative Form

Appoint a Proxy to Vote on Your Behalf

I/We being a unit holder/s of theFonterra Shareholders' Fund

as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions at the Annual Meeting of Fonterra Shareholders'

Fund to be held at Fonterra’s Auckland Office, 109 Fanshawe Street, Central Auckland on Monday 9 November 2020 at 10am (New Zealand time) and at any

adjournment of that meeting.

Please note: If you mark the Abstain box for an item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf and your votes will not be counted in

computing the required majority. If you do not mark a box your proxy may vote as they choose.

Items of Business - Voting Instructions/Ballot Paper

Signature of unit holder(s) This section must be completed.

Unit holder 1

or Sole Director/Director

Unit holder 2

or Director (if more than one)

Unit holder 3

Annual Meeting of Fonterra Shareholders' Fund to be held at

Fonterra’s Auckland Office, 109 Fanshawe Street, Central

Auckland on Monday 9 November 2020 at 10am (New Zealand

time)

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Want to receive your communications quickly? Elect electronic communications by providing your email address below

Email Address

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Proxy

Discretion

1. To elect Mary-Jane Daly as a director of the Manager of the Fund.

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STEP 1
Open Lumi AGM and enter the

Meeting ID shown in top right

corner

STEP 2

Enter your username (CSN/Holder

Number) and password (postode

or country code for overseas

residents)

STEP 3

When the poll is opened,

click and select your

desired voting direction

Virtual meetings are accessible on both desktop and mobile devices. In order to participate remotely you will need to either:

>Visit web.lumiagm.com on your desktop or mobile device. Ensure that your browser is compatible —

Lumi AGM supports the

latest


versions of Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer

, Edge and Firefox; or

>Download Lumi AGM from the App Store or Google Play Store for free




search for

Lumi AGM.

If you have any questions, or need assistance with the online process, please contact Computershare on +64 9 488 8777 between

8.30am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday (New Zealand time).

Unit holders are encouraged to download the app prior to the Annual Meeting if you will be using a mobile device.

VOTING AT A GLANCE

VIRTUAL MEETING GUIDE

NEW ZEALAND RESIDENTS

Username (CSN or Holder number) and

password (postcode).

APPOINTED PROXIES

A username and password will be

provided prior to the meeting.

If you have not received your username

and password, please contact

Computershare on +64 9 488 8777

between 8.30am and 5.00pm Monday

to Friday (New Zealand time).

MEETING ID

380-776-293

LOGGING IN

To log in, you must have the following information (which can be found on your Voting and Proxy Form) or you can log in as a guest if

you are not a unit holder in the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund. Please note, if you have logged in as a guest you will not be able to ask

any questions or vote.

R

e

mote entry to the Annual Meeting will open at 9.30AM NZT

on Monday

9 November 2020

, with the mee

ting commencing

at 10.00AM NZT.

OVERSEAS RESIDENTS

Username (CSN or Holder Number);

and Password (three-character ISO3

country code) e.g. AUS is the ISO3 code

for Australia.

You can find a full list at

www.computershare.com/iso3

USING LUMI AGM
ACCESSING THE VIRTUAL MEETING

Once you have downloaded Lumi AGM

or entered web.lumiagm.com into your

internet browser, you’ll be prompted

to enter the Meeting ID and accept the

terms and conditions.

You will then be required to enter your:

>username (CSN or Holder number);

>password (postcode, or country code

for overseas residents)

NAVIGATING LUMI AGM

When successfully authenticated, the

info screen will display.

You can view meeting information, ask

questions and watch the webcast.

If you would like to watch the webcast,

press the broadcast icon at the

bottom of the screen.

NAVIGATING LUMI AGM - DESKTOP

When successfully authenticated, the

info screen will display.

You can view meeting information, ask

questions and watch the webcast.

If you would like to watch the webcast,

press the ► button to start the

webcast.

WATCHING THE WEBCAST

To watch the webcast, click the black

broadcast bar on screen and push

the ► button to start the webcast.

The video and/or slides will appear

shortly after (dependent on the speed

of your internet connection).

ASKING QUESTIONS

Any unit holder or appointed proxy/

representative attending the meeting is

eligible to ask questions. If you would

like to ask a question, select then

type and submit your question. It will

be sent to the board for an answer.

Please note that not all questions may

be able to be answered during the

meeting. In this case, questions will be

followed up by email after the meeting.

VOTING IN LUMI AGM

Once the poll has been opened, will

appear on the navigation bar at the

bottom of the screen—from here, the

resolution and voting choices will be

displayed.

To vote, simply select your voting

direction from the options shown on

screen. To change your vote, simply

select another direction—you can cancel

your vote by clicking ‘Cancel’.

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