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Dear Shareholder,
We would be very pleased if you would attend Seeka Limited’s 2021 Annual Shareholders Meeting on

Friday, 16 April 2021 commencing at 2:30pm, either at the meeting venue at Seeka360, 34 Young Road,

Paengaroa 3189, New Zealand, or online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/sek21.

If it is impracticable or not permitted to hold a physical meeting due to Government restrictions on

gatherings, the meeting will proceed online and you will only be able to attend via the virtual meeting portal

www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/sek21.

Any cancellation of the physical meeting will be posted on Seeka’s website www.seeka.co.nz/investors,

announced to the NZX and where possible shareholders will be notified by email.

In case you can't attend, please remember to complete and submit the enclosed Proxy Form so that it

reaches our share registrar, Link Market Services Limited, by 2:30pm on Wednesday, 14 April 2021.

For shareholders attending the Annual Meeting at Seeka360, please bring the enclosed Proxy Form to assist

with your registration.

2021

NOTICE OF ANNUAL

SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING 2021

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Seeka Limited ("Seeka") will commence at 2:30pm on

Friday, 16 April 2021. Shareholders can attend the physical meeting at Seeka360, 34 Young Road, Paengaroa, or attend online at

www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/sek21.

If it is impracticable or not permitted to hold a physical meeting due to Government restrictions on gatherings, the meeting will

proceed online and you will only be able to attend via the virtual meeting portal www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/sek21.

Ordinary business

The business of the Meeting is:

A: Annual Report and Accounts

"To receive the Annual Report of Seeka and the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 together with the

Auditor’s Report thereon."

B: Resolutions

1. Director election – Peter Ratahi Cross

To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:

"To re-elect Peter Ratahi Cross as a Director."

The explanatory note to this ordinary resolution, including a profile for the candidate standing for election, is on page 3.

2. Director election – Ashley Waugh

To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:

"To re-elect Ashley Waugh as a Director."

The explanatory note to this ordinary resolution, including a profile for the candidate standing for election, is on page 3.

3. Directors' Remuneration

To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:

"That the pool of funds available for the remuneration of directors be increased by an amount of $80,000 per annum, from a maximum of

$450,000 per annum to a maximum of $530,000 in each financial year payable to all directors taken together, effective 1 January 2021."

The explanatory note to this resolution is on page 4.

4. Appointment and Remuneration of Auditors

To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:

"To record the re-appointment of PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) as auditor of the Company, and to authorise the Directors to fix the

remuneration and expenses of the auditor for the coming year."

The explanatory note to this resolution is on page 5.

5. Approval of Issue of new Ordinary Shares in relation to acquisition of OPAC by Amalgamation

To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:

"That Seeka issue up to 7,042,574 new fully paid ordinary shares of Seeka, at the issue price, and for the consideration, described in the

explanatory note pursuant to the Amalgamation Proposal described in the explanatory note and accompanying the Notice of Meeting."

The explanatory note to this resolution is on page 5.

C: General business

To consider any other matter that may be properly brought before the Meeting.

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Voting and proxies

The persons who will be entitled to vote at the Meeting are

those persons who are registered on Seeka’s share register

as holding fully paid ordinary shares in Seeka on Wednesday,

14 April 2021 at 5:00pm. The Chair advises that, pursuant to

Seeka’s constitution, he will call for voting on all resolutions to

be by way of a poll, meaning that each Shareholder has one

vote for each share held.

All the Resolutions are ordinary resolutions and must be

passed by a simple majority of the votes of those Shareholders

entitled to vote and voting on the Resolutions.

Every Shareholder, or that Shareholder’s proxy or

representative, is entitled to attend the Meeting, either at the

venue (subject to the limitations noted earlier) or online, and

vote.

Any Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting

may appoint a proxy to attend and vote on that Shareholder’s

behalf. The proxy need not be a Shareholder. You may appoint

the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy. If you appoint the

Chair of the Meeting as your proxy and do not direct the Chair

how to vote in the proxy form, the Chair will vote discretionary

proxies in favour of Resolutions 1, 2, 4 and 5.

In accordance with NZX Listing Rule 6.3.1, any director and

any person who is an Associated Person (as that term is

defined in the NZX Listing Rules) of a director may not vote

on Resolution 3. If you appoint any such person as your proxy,

including the Chair, that person will only be able to vote on

Resolution 3 in accordance with your express instructions, as

set out in your proxy form.

A corporation that is a Shareholder may appoint a person as

its representative to attend the meeting and vote on its behalf,

in the same manner as that in which it could appoint a proxy.

A proxy form accompanies this Notice of Meeting. If you

are unable to attend the Meeting in person or online, please

complete the Proxy Form and return it in the reply-paid

envelope provided to (Link Market Services, PO Box 91976,

Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142) or fax to 09 375 5990

or scan and email to meetings@linkmarketservices.co.nz (please

put the words “Seeka Proxy Form” in the subject line for easy

identification) to arrive no later than 2:30pm on Wednesday,

14 April 2021.

Alternatively, you may lodge your proxy online. Go to https://

investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/SEK.

Initial information including your CSN / Holder number and

FIN (authorisation code) will be required to successfully

validate your holding online before shareholding information

and voting pages are displayed.

A Shareholder will be taken to have signed the Proxy Form by

lodging it in accordance with the instructions on the website.

The appointment of a proxy or representative does not

preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting at the

Meeting.

Independence of Directors

The Board has considered whether the directors seeking

re-election (Peter Ratahi Cross and Ashley Waugh) qualify

as independent directors under the NZX Listing Rules (the

"Rules"), and Seeka's Board Charter.

Under the Rules, the Board must determine and identify

whether the directors seeking re-election qualify as

independent directors. In making its determination, the Board

has had regard to the non-exhaustive factors described in

recommendation 2.4 of the NZX Corporate Governance Code

(see www.nzx.com/regulation/nzx-rules-guidance/corporate-

governance-code).

In addition, under Seeka's Board Charter, a director is deemed

to be non-independent if he or she:

– is, or is associated (directly or indirectly) with, a

shareholder holding 5% or more of the shares on

issue in the Company and is as a result likely to derive

a substantial portion of his or her income from that

relationship; or

– is an executive of the Company.

For the purposes of the Rules and Seeka's Board Charter, in the

Board's view:

– if Peter Ratahi Cross is re-elected as a director, he will

not qualify as an independent director;

– if Ashley Waugh is re-elected as a director, he will qualify

as an independent director.

The re-election of the above Directors is consistent with

the Board’s policy of Director Tenure as set out in the Board

Charter.

Forward-looking statements

This Notice of Meeting and the explanatory notes contain

certain statements that relate to the future. Such statements

are not a guarantee of future performance and involve known

and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other

important factors, many of which are beyond the control of the

Company and which may cause actual results, performance or

achievements of the Company to differ materially from those

expressed or implied by such statements.

NZ RegCo Non-Objection

NZ RegCo has reviewed this Notice of Meeting and the

explanatory notes under Listing Rule 7.1 and confirmed it has

no objection to this Notice of Meeting or the explanatory

notes.

By order of the Board

S T McKinstry

Secretary

30 March 2021

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

RESOLUTIONS 1 AND 2: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

In accordance with clause 23.1(i) of Seeka's Constitution, Peter Ratahi Cross and Ashley Waugh retire by rotation and, being

eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Profiles of each candidate standing for re-election are set out below.

The Board supports and recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of the election of Peter Ratahi Cross and Ashley Waugh.

No other nominations were received.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Ashley Waugh

BBS

Independent, non-executive Director

Chair Audit and Risk Committee

Appointed 21 May 2014

Ashley has experience in the fresh food industry having worked within the

Australasian Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) markets for more

than 30 years. He also has global experience in the FMCG, foodservice and

ingredients markets.

Ashley was the chief executive officer of Australian dairy foods and juice

giant National Foods until its merger with Lion Nathan in 2009. His prior

business experience was with the New Zealand Dairy Board and Ford

Motor Company.

He currently serves on the board of Colonial Motor Company and has

governance experience in both New Zealand and Australia. Ashley has

extensive agribusiness experience and, along with his wife, owns a dairy

farm near Te Awamutu in the Waikato.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Peter Ratahi (Ratahi) Cross

Non-executive Director

Member Remuneration Committee

Appointed 1 March 2016

Ratahi is the chairman of several trust boards throughout the eastern

areas of the North Island. He chairs Te Awanui Huka Pak Limited and Ngai

Tukairangi Trust, the largest Māori kiwifruit grower in New Zealand. The

trust operates orchards on the Matapihi Peninsula at Mount Maunganui,

and in the Hawke’s Bay, which supply Seeka.

Ratahi has a background in natural science specialising in native flora and

fauna. He also lectures in Māori history for several tribes he belongs to.

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RESOLUTION 3: DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION

In March 2020, prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Seeka issued a notice of meeting for its 2020 Annual Shareholder

Meeting. That Notice of Meeting included a resolution to increase Directors’ remuneration. Following the onset of the Covid-19

pandemic, Seeka withdrew the first 2020 Notice of Meeting and issued a new Notice of Meeting for an online meeting. Having

reflected on the economic circumstances at the time, the Seeka Board elected not to include a resolution to increase Directors’

remuneration in the second Notice of Meeting for the 2020 Annual Shareholders Meeting as Seeka focussed on continuity of

operations following the advent of Covid-19. That same resolution is now being included in this Notice of Meeting.

New Zealand director fees are normally based on the key factors that define a business, including financial size, international

reach, industry segment, ownership structure, organisational performance and Board performance.

Seeka directors are remunerated by fixed fees drawn from the annual pool of director fees as approved by shareholders. Each

director’s fee is then set according to expected time commitments and responsibilities as determined by the Board. Seeka

directors receive no equity-based remuneration, and receive no performance or retirement benefits.

Seeka’s director remuneration policy is to set the annual pool available for director fees at a mid-range point, relative to the

market, rather than using the top-end range, with the Chair using professional advice and market information to review director

remuneration within a two-year period. Approval from shareholders to increase director remuneration was last sought April 2018

when the pool limit was set at a maximum of $450,000 per annum.

No pro-rata fee increase has been made between annual shareholder meetings for director appointments as permitted by the

company's constitution.

Seeka engaged Strategic Pay Limited to review Seeka's director remuneration in January 2020. Strategic Pay is an independent

remuneration consultancy that undertakes annual director fees surveys, and used the key metrics of market capitalisation,

revenue, assets, and market sector (agribusiness), to benchmark Seeka within their database of listed public companies and

more than 200 New Zealand private sector businesses.

To see Strategic Pay's full report visit www.seeka.co.nz/Annualshareholdermeeting2021.

The Board considered Strategic Pay's recommendations, and took into account Seeka's performance, growth in complexity, scale

of operations, regulatory risks and obligations, and recommends that the pool available to pay director fees be increased by

$80,000 from a maximum of $450,000 per annum to a maximum of $530,000 per annum.

If approved, the Board proposes to allocate the pool as detailed in the following table, effective from 1 January 2021.

NumberCurrent pool2021 proposalIncrease

Annual pool of director fees

$ 450,000$ 530,00017.8%

Individual allocations as determined by the Board

Chair

1$ 100,000$ 125,000

1

25.0%

Chair Audit and Risk Committee

1$ 67,500$ 77,50014.8%

Directors - Non Executive

5$ 56,500$ 62,50010.6%

New Director - Succession Planning

-$ 15,000

Total allocation

7$ 450,000$ 530,00017.8%

As part of the Board's succession planning, the proposed pool has a $15,000 provisional fee for the Board to appoint a new

director prior to the 2022 annual shareholder meeting. If the Board makes an appointment, at the 2022 annual shareholder

meeting the new director would stand for election, and if successful a sitting director would retire with the number of directors

reverting to seven, as provided for under Seeka's constitution.

1. Consistent with Strategic Pay's advice that New Zealand chair fees are typically twice the base director fee.

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Background information

The following table summarises medium benchmarking data provided by Strategic Pay from their survey of director and chair

fees.

Strategic Pay key metricsSeeka FY19Survey rangeSurvey sampleDirector fees Chair fees

Market capitalisation

$ 148m$ 75m - $ 225m14$ 70,000$ 125,000

Revenue

$ 237m$ 190m - $ 290m13$ 80,000$ 145,000

Assets

$ 368m $ 300m - $ 500m13$ 63,560$ 117,000

Industry

AgribusinessN/A8$ 50,000$ 102,500

Private sector companies

N/A200$ 60,460-

Seeka Board proposal April 2021

$ 62,500$ 125,000

The following table summarises the growth in Seeka's business over the two-year period from April 2018 when

director remuneration was last reviewed, to January 2020 when Strategic Pay reviewed director fees and made their

recommendation. It also summarises growth to include the 2020 financial year.

Seeka key business metricsFY17 $000sFY19 $000sIncrease on FY17FY20 $000sIncrease on FY17

Market capitalisation - 31 December

$ 102,675$ 147,73343.9%$ 156,62752.5%

Revenue

$ 186,814$ 236,86826.8%$ 251,45734.6%

Total assets

2

$ 249,598$ 368,24647.5%$ 375,42650.4%

2. NZ IFRS16 Leases was implemented FY19, with the FY17 total assets value restated as if the standard had always applied. Excluding the right-of-use

lease assets, total assets at 31 December 2019 would be $323m, an increase of 45.6% on FY17 total assets of $222m before restatement of IFRS 16.

RESOLUTION 4: APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS

PricewaterhouseCoopers is automatically reappointed as auditor of the Company under section 207T of the Companies Act

1993. This Resolution authorises the Board to fix the fees and expenses of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company’s auditor

for the coming financial year ending 31 December 2021.

RESOLUTION 5: ISSUE OF NEW SEEKA SHARES IN RELATION TO

ACQUISITION OF OPAC BY AMALGAMATION

Acquisition of OPAC

On 25 March 2021 Seeka announced the entry into of an Amalgamation Implementation Agreement with Opotiki Packing and

Cool Storage Limited (“O PAC”) the leading regional integrated kiwifruit business in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. In accordance

with this agreement, Seeka intends to acquire the business of OPAC through the amalgamation of OPAC with a wholly owned

subsidiary of Seeka, Seeka Eastern Star Limited (“Seeka Sub”), under Part XIII of the Companies Act 1993 (“Amalgamation”)

if all conditions to the Amalgamation (as set out in the Amalgamation Proposal attached as the Appendix to this Notice of

Meeting) are satisfied or where possible waived. If the Amalgamation proceeds, Seeka Sub will continue as the amalgamated

(surviving) company.

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The acquisition of OPAC is strategically important to the Company and consistent with Seeka’s strategic goal to grow our

foundation kiwifruit business. The acquisition increases Seeka’s market share by approximately 5%

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and adds fruit supply from

new geographic regions in the Eastern Bay of Plenty kiwifruit growing region to Seeka’s operations, an area where the Company

is already experiencing growth through new orchard developments. Once fully integrated, the combined Company will have the

capability to grow and handle fruit in all of New Zealand’s major kiwifruit growing regions.

The transaction is expected to be accretive to shareholders once the combined business is fully integrated. Seeka expects to

generate material efficiencies, synergy benefits and cost savings for the benefit of all stakeholders as a result of this acquisition,

including, but not limited to, benefits in logistics and supply chain, structure and resourcing, packaging, electricity, back office and

governance aspects of the combined business. There is potential for the OPAC business to be further supported, optimised and

benefit from the scale and operational capabilities of Seeka. In addition, OPAC has a network of orchard managers growing fruit

and optimising orchard production that will complement Seeka’s own orcharding business. Further details about OPAC and the

OPAC business can be found on OPAC’s website at www.opac.co.nz.

OPAC’s facilities having recently undergone major coolstore and machinery upgrades. The plant is modern and in good condition.

Once the business is fully amalgamated and integrated the Board is confident that Seeka will experience earnings growth.

The acquisition price values the net assets of OPAC at $33.94m, assuming all OPAC shareholders vote in favour of the

Amalgamation, based on an enterprise value of OPAC of $59 million, less net bank debt obligations of approximately $25.06m.

The acquisition price is intended to be settled by issuing the OPAC shareholders with 1.4833 Seeka shares for each OPAC Share

held by them. It is possible that some OPAC shareholders will be paid $6.02 per OPAC Share in cash if they vote against the

Amalgamation and exercise their “minority buyout rights” under the Companies Act 1993. Seeka and OPAC intend for OPAC

to purchase any such OPAC Shares prior to the effective date of the Amalgamation, however if an OPAC shareholder has

exercised its minority buyout rights but remains on the register as at 5:00 p.m. on 3 May 2021, then, subject to section 112A of

the Companies Act, Seeka will pay those OPAC Shareholders $6.02 per OPAC Share held as consideration for the cancellation of

their OPAC Shares instead of issuing Seeka Shares to such OPAC Shareholders. Seeka expects to have sufficient available funds

to provide for any payments to be made by Seeka.

Terms of the Amalgamation

The Amalgamation Implementation Agreement sets out the full terms and conditions of the Amalgamation. The Amalgamation

Proposal included in the Appendix to this Notice of Meeting ("Amalgamation Proposal"), summarises certain key terms and

conditions of the Amalgamation, including the condition that Seeka shareholders approve, by ordinary resolution, the issue of

new ordinary shares in Seeka to existing shareholders of OPAC ("OPAC Shareholders") as consideration for the cancellation of

all the shares in OPAC ("OPAC Shares"). Seeka and OPAC have agreed to interim period covenants and termination rights that

are customary for transactions of this nature.

Resolution 5 authorises the issue of up to 7,042,574 new ordinary shares in Seeka to OPAC Shareholders under the

Amalgamation. If the resolution is passed and all conditions in the Amalgamation Implementation Agreement, as set out in the

Amalgamation Proposal (including the approval of the Amalgamation Proposal by OPAC Shareholders) are satisfied or where

possible waived:

– the Amalgamation will proceed;

– Seeka will issue up to 7,042,574 new Seeka Shares on or about 4 May 2021 (the effective date for the Amalgamation

(“Effective Date”)) to OPAC Shareholders recorded in the OPAC share register as at 3 May 2021 (the “Record Date”) in

accordance with the terms of the Amalgamation Proposal as summarised in the below table;

– all OPAC Shares will be cancelled;

– Seeka Sub will amalgamate with and acquire the OPAC business; and

– OPAC shareholders will become shareholders of Seeka (other than any who exercise their minority buyout rights under the

Companies Act 1993).

The Amalgamation itself does not require the approval of Seeka shareholders; however, if Resolution 5 is not passed, the

Amalgamation will not proceed, Seeka Sub will not amalgamate with or acquire the business of OPAC and no new Seeka Shares

will be issued.

Resolution 5 is an ordinary resolution required by NZX Listing Rule 4.1 and must be passed by a simple majority of the votes of

those Shareholders entitled to vote and voting on the Resolution. The issue of new Seeka Shares will be made in reliance on the

exclusion in clause 19 of Schedule 1 to the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.

1. Calculated by reference to Seeka ‘s and OPAC’s estimated combined post-harvest packing volume compared to the estimated industry volume and historic

market share analysis based on 2019 harvest data showing Seeka’s market share at approximately 20% and OPAC’s market share at approximately 5%.

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Summary of the Key Terms of the share issue

Number of new Seeka

Shares to be issued

Up to 7,042,574 new Seeka Shares, representing approximately 21.75% of the total number

of shares currently on issue (after the issue of Seeka Shares under the application of the

Company’s dividend reinvestment plan to the dividend paid on 30 March 2021). If all 7,042,574

new Seeka Shares are issued, there will be 39,430,166 total Seeka Shares on issue on the

Effective Date.

The total number of Seeka Shares to be issued:

– to each OPAC Shareholder is 1.4833 Seeka Shares for each OPAC Share held by an OPAC

Shareholder, with all fractions of Seeka Shares to be rounded up to the nearest whole

number; and

– will be determined by whether any OPAC Shareholders exercise their minority buyout

rights under the Companies Act 1993 after voting against the Amalgamation. Those OPAC

Shareholders would be paid cash for their OPAC Shares in accordance with the Companies

Act 1993, with the intention that they are paid $6.02 for each OPAC Share held by them,

being the net assets per OPAC Share of OPAC and its related companies as shown in the

audited financial statements of OPAC and its related companies for the financial year

ended 31 December 2020.

Seeka expects to have sufficient available funds to provide for any payments to be made by

Seeka.

If all 7,042,574 new Seeka Shares are issued, the holdings of existing Seeka shareholders (other

than OPAC Shareholders who receive Seeka Shares that are also Seeka Shareholders) could be

diluted by up to 17.86%. Please consult your professional adviser for further information on how

the proposed issue affects your specific shareholding in Seeka.

Purpose of Resolution 5

and the Amalgamation

The purpose of Resolution 5 is to authorise the issue of new Seeka Shares to OPAC Shareholders

as consideration for the cancellation of those OPAC Shareholders’ OPAC Shares under the

Amalgamation so that the Amalgamation can occur.

The purpose of the Amalgamation is for Seeka Sub to amalgamate with and acquire the

business of OPAC.

Issue Price and

consideration for the issue

The issue price for each new Seeka Share is $4.82 per new Seeka Share, being the volume

weighted average price of Seeka Shares traded on the NZX Main Board over the 10 business

days ended 24 March 2021.

The issue price for the new Seeka Shares is to be satisfied by each OPAC Shareholder by way of

cancellation of that OPAC Shareholder’s OPAC Shares on the basis of 1.4833 Seeka Shares for

each OPAC Share cancelled, with all fractions of Seeka Shares to be rounded up to the nearest

whole number.

Are recipients of the new

Seeka Shares Directors

of Seeka or Associated

Persons of Seeka or a

Director of Seeka?

No recipient of new Seeka Shares is a Director of Seeka or an Associated Person (as that term is

defined in the NZX Listing Rules) of Seeka or a Director of Seeka.

When will Seeka Shares be

issued

If the conditions set out in the Amalgamation Proposal (included in the Appendix to this Notice

of Meeting) are satisfied or where possible waived, the new Seeka Shares will be issued on the

Effective Date.

Terms of Shares The Seeka Shares will be fully paid ordinary shares in Seeka which will have all of the rights

(including voting and dividend rights) of, and rank equally in all respects with, the existing fully

paid ordinary shares in Seeka.

Seeka will take any necessary steps to ensure that the new Seeka Shares are, immediately after

the issue, quoted.

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APPENDIX – AMALGAMATION PROPOSAL

AMALGAMATION PROPOSAL

This document describes the terms of a proposal under

Part XIII of the Companies Act 1993 ("Act") to amalgamate

Opotiki Packing and Cool Storage Limited ("OPAC") and

Seeka Eastern Star Limited ("Seeka Sub") (a wholly-owned

subsidiary of Seeka Limited ("Seeka")), with Seeka Sub as

the amalgamated (surviving) company in the amalgamation

("Amalgamation").

This document contains the details required by section 220(1)

of the Act, and is expected to be filed with the New Zealand

Companies Office, together with the other documents

required to give effect to the Amalgamation under section 223

of the Act.

1. Name: The name of the amalgamated company will

be Seeka Eastern Star Limited (the "Amalgamated

Company").

2. Registered Office: The registered office of the

Amalgamated Company is 34 Young Road, Paengaroa, Te

Puke 3189.

3. Directors: Details of the directors of the Amalgamated

Company after the Amalgamation will be:

Director's Full NameDirector's Residential Address

Michael Gilbert Franks62 Sixth Avenue, Tauranga 3110

Stuart Thomas

McKinstry

23a Rita Street, Mount

Maunganui 3116

4. Address for service: The Amalgamated Company’s

address for service is 34 Young Road, Paengaroa, Te Puke

3189.

5. Final share structure: Upon Amalgamation, the

Amalgamated Company will be a wholly-owned

subsidiary of Seeka with 100 ordinary shares, and those

shares will have the rights, privileges, limitations and

conditions set out in section 36 of the Act.

6. Ultimate holding company:

(a) There is no ultimate holding company of OPAC.

(b) The ultimate holding Company of Seeka Sub is Seeka.

(c) Upon Amalgamation, the ultimate holding company of

the Amalgamated Company will be Seeka.

7. No conversion: Upon Amalgamation, all of the shares

in OPAC will be cancelled and will not be converted into

shares in the Amalgamated Company. The consideration

given to OPAC shareholders for cancellation of their

shares in OPAC is described in paragraph 8 below.

8. Consideration for cancellation of OPAC shares: As

consideration for the cancellation of OPAC's shares:

(a) Upon the Amalgamation becoming effective in

accordance with the Act each OPAC Share will be

cancelled and Seeka will:

(i) issue to each person who was registered on

OPAC’s share register as a OPAC Shareholder on

the Record Date that has not given OPAC written

notice under section 111 of the Act requiring

OPAC to repurchase their OPAC Shares after

the passing of a special resolution to approve

the Amalgamation, 1.4833 Seeka Shares for

each OPAC Share held by the applicable OPAC

Shareholder on the Record Date; or

(ii) subject to the provisions of section 112A of the

Act, pay to each person who was registered on

OPAC’s share register as a OPAC Shareholder

on the Record Date that has given OPAC written

notice under section 111 of the Act requiring

OPAC to repurchase their OPAC Shares after

the passing of a special resolution to approve

the Amalgamation, $6.02 for each OPAC Share

held by the applicable OPAC Shareholder on the

Record Date, being the net assets per OPAC Share

of OPAC and its Related Companies as shown in

the audited financial statements of OPAC and its

Related Companies for the financial year ended 31

December 2020.

(b) All fractions of a Seeka Shares will be rounded up to

the next whole number of Seeka Shares.

(c) For the avoidance of doubt, the maximum number

of Seeka Shares to be issued by Seeka to the OPAC

Shareholders in consideration for the cancellation

of their respective OPAC Shares pursuant to the

Amalgamation shall not exceed 7,042,574 Seeka

Shares, provided that such maximum number shall

decrease proportionately with any reduction in the

number of OPAC Shares on issue.

(d) Seeka will take any necessary steps to ensure that the

Seeka Shares are, immediately after the issue, quoted.

9. Basis of issue: The Seeka Shares issued on Amalgamation

to holders of OPAC Shares will:

(a) be issued pursuant to clause 19 of Schedule 1 to the

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013, the Financial

Markets Conduct Regulations 2014, and all applicable

laws; and

(b) on issue, be on the same terms, and shall rank equally

with, all other ordinary shares on issue in Seeka; and

(c) be quoted on the NZX under ticker code SEK.

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10. Other payments: Other than as set out above, or except

in accordance with sections 110 to 113 of the Act, the

Amalgamation does not involve the making of any

payment to a shareholder or director of either OPAC or

Seeka Sub.

11. Arrangements to complete Amalgamation: The

arrangements necessary to complete the Amalgamation

and to provide for the subsequent management and

operation of the Amalgamated Company are as follows:

(a) The boards of directors of Seeka Sub and OPAC

will consider, and if thought fit pass, the resolutions

required under section 221(1) of the Act and the

directors who vote in favour of those resolutions will

give the certificates required under section 221(2) of

the Act.

(b) The boards of directors of OPAC and Seeka Sub have,

at the date of this Amalgamation Proposal, given

notice of the proposed Amalgamation to the secured

creditors of OPAC and Seeka Sub, and public notice

of the proposed Amalgamation in accordance with

section 221(4) of the Act.

(c) OPAC Shareholders will be asked to approve the

Amalgamation Proposal by Special Resolution,

including a special resolution of each interest group,

in accordance with section 221(5) of the Act, at a

meeting scheduled to take place on 13 April 2021.

(d) Seeka, as shareholder of Seeka Sub, will be asked to

approve the Amalgamation by a Special Resolution in

writing.

(e) Seeka shareholders will be asked to approve the issue

of new Seeka Shares under the Amalgamation by

ordinary resolution in accordance with NZX Listing

Rule 4.1, at a meeting scheduled to take place on 16

April 2021.

(f) If the necessary special resolutions of OPAC are

passed then, after the expiry of the period of 20

working days from the date when public notice of the

Amalgamation has been given and the Amalgamation

Proposal has been sent to secured creditors, and

provided that, the Conditions have been satisfied or

waived, a copy of the Amalgamation Proposal, will be

delivered to the Registrar of Companies together with

the necessary directors’ certificates of OPAC, and the

other documents referred to in section 223 of the Act.

Following receipt of those documents, the Registrar of

Companies will issue a certificate of amalgamation in

accordance with section 224 of the Act.

(g) The Amalgamation is conditional on the conditions set

out in Appendix A either being satisfied or waived, by

no later than 5:00 p.m. on 3 May 2021 (or such earlier

date specified in the Appendix) in accordance with the

Amalgamation Implementation Agreement between

Seeka and OPAC dated 25 March 2021.

12. Subsequent Management and Operations: Following the

Amalgamation becoming effective:

(a) Seeka Sub currently intends to operate its business on

substantially the same basis as OPAC was operated

prior to the Amalgamation;

(b) the Amalgamated Company will satisfy OPAC's

obligations under the OPAC Supply Commitments.

13. Amalgamation Date: The Amalgamation is intended to

take effect at 12:01 a.m. on 4 May 2021. Accordingly the

Amalgamation Date will be 4 May 2021 or, if the date

the documents required to be filed with the Registrar of

Companies under section 223 of the Act is a later date,

the date the Registrar of Companies receives and registers

those documents.

14. Glossary: In this document unless the context otherwise

requires:

"Act" means the Companies Act 1993.

"Amalgamation" means the amalgamation of OPAC and

Seeka Sub under Part XIII of the Act, in which Seeka Sub

will be the amalgamated (surviving) company.

"Conditions" means the conditions to the Amalgamation

set out in Appendix A.

"Major Growers" means each grower estimated by OPAC

(in consultation with Seeka) to be supplying more than

75,000 trays of kiwifruit to OPAC in the 2021 season.

"Material Adverse Change" means, in respect of a

Company, a matter relating to that Company and its

Related Companies, taken as a whole, that occurs after the

date of this Agreement, and which:

(a) causes or is likely to cause an adverse change of:

(i) more than 10% of EBITDA of that Company and

its related Companies in FY21, by comparison

to EBITDA of that Company and its related

Companies as set out in the financial statements

for FY20; or

(ii) more than 5% of the value of the Gross Tangible

Assets of that Company and its Related

Companies, when compared to the value of the

Gross Tangible Assets of that Company and its

Related Companies as set out in the balance sheet

for FY20; or

(b) is the entry into a COVID-19 Alert Level that results

in a lockdown that materially hinders the operation of

OPAC or Seeka as a business; or

(c) is the appointment of a liquidator, administrator or

receiver (or any similar person to any of the foregoing)

of that Company or over the whole or a substantial

part of the property or assets of that Company; or

(d) is the entry by that Company into a compromise or

arrangement with any of its creditors; or

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(e) the calling of a meeting to consider a resolution

to liquidate that Company (other than where that

resolution is frivolous or cannot reasonably be

considered to be likely to lead to the actual winding

up of that Company), or the making of an application

or order for the liquidation or dissolution of that

Company which order has not been set aside within

ten (10) Working Days; or

(f) is that Company ceasing or threatening to cease to

carry on business; or

(g) results in that Company being or becoming unable to

pay its debts when they fall due in the ordinary course

of business; or

(h) is the appointment of a statutory manager to that

Company under the Corporations (Investigation and

Management) Act 1989, or that Company is declared

at risk under that legislation; or

(i) in respect of Seeka, a change in the price of Seeka

Shares quoted on the NZX Main Board between the

period commencing on the date of this Agreement and

ending on the day before the Effective Date of more

than 15% from a price of $4.82.

"OPAC" means Opotiki Packing and Cool Storage Limited.

"OPAC Share" means any share in OPAC.

"OPAC Shareholder" means the holder of a OPAC Share on

the Record Date.

"Record Date" means 5:00 p.m. on 3 May 2021.

“Related Company” has the meaning given to that term in

the Act.

"Seeka" means Seeka Limited.

"Seeka Share" means an ordinary share in Seeka ranking

equally with all other ordinary shares in Seeka.

"Seeka Sub" means Seeka Eastern Star Limited, which is a

wholly owned subsidiary of Seeka.

"Seeka Supply Commitment Agreement" means a

commitment to supply Seeka (or Seeka Sub) in respect of

each of the 2022 and 2023 supply seasons.

15. United Kingdom Securities Law

(a) Neither this Amalgamation Proposal nor any other

document relating to the Amalgamation has been

delivered for approval to the Financial Conduct

Authority in the United Kingdom and no prospectus

(within the meaning of section 85 of the Financial

Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended

("FSMA")) has been published or is intended to be

published in respect of the Seeka Shares.

(b) This Amalgamation Proposal does not constitute an

offer of transferable securities to the public within

the meaning of the UK Prospectus Regulation or the

FSMA. Accordingly, this Amalgamation Proposal does

not constitute a prospectus for the purposes of the UK

Prospectus Regulation or the FSMA.

(c) Any invitation or inducement to engage in investment

activity (within the meaning of section 21 FSMA)

received in connection with the issue or sale of the

Seeka Shares has only been communicated or caused

to be communicated and will only be communicated

or caused to be communicated in the United Kingdom

in circumstances in which section 21(1) FSMA does

not apply to OPAC.

(d) In the United Kingdom, this Amalgamation Proposal is

being distributed only to, and is directed at, persons (i)

who fall within Article 43 (members of certain bodies

corporate) of the Financial Services and Markets Act

2000 (Financial Promotions) Order 2005, or (ii) to

whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated

(together "relevant persons"). The investments to

which this document relates are available only to, and

any invitation, offer or agreement to purchase will be

engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person

who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on

this Amalgamation Proposal.

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APPENDIX A

Conditions

1. All necessary shareholder approvals (including any

requisite approvals of interest groups) being obtained

from the OPAC Shareholders by 13 April 2021, including

a special resolution of OPAC Shareholders required

pursuant to section 221(5) and section 106(1)(c) of the

Act.

2. All necessary shareholder approvals being obtained from

the shareholders of Seeka by 16 April 2021, comprising

an ordinary resolution of shareholders in Seeka required

pursuant to Rule 4.1 of the Listing Rules.

3. Seeka receiving Seeka Supply Commitment Agreements

signed by OPAC growers before the Effective Date, such

that:

(a) Major Growers supplying at least 80% of the total

kiwifruit volume (calculated by tray) from all Major

Growers (such volume as estimated by OPAC in

consultation with Seeka); and

(b) in aggregate OPAC growers supplying at least 80% of

the total estimated kiwifruit volume by tray,

have committed to supply Seeka (or Seeka Sub) in the

2022 and 2023 supply seasons.

4. Immediately prior to the Effective Date, the absence of

a Court order being made under section 226 of the Act

directing that the Amalgamation is modified or not given

effect to.

5. Seeka finalising documentation with Westpac Banking

Corporation and Westpac New Zealand Limited in relation

to the funding of Seeka Sub from the Effective Date to

repay all of OPAC’s indebtedness to ASB Bank Limited,

Cooperative Rabobank U.A and Rabobank New Zealand

Limited, and the conditions to such documentation being

satisfied or waived by the Effective Date.

6. OPAC not having received valid written notices from

shareholders who together hold a number of OPAC

Shares that exceeds five per cent (5%) of the aggregate

number of OPAC Shares on issue as at 25 March 2021

under section 111 of the Act after the passing of a special

resolution to approve the Amalgamation but prior to the

latest date provided for in section 111 of the Act, requiring

OPAC to repurchase their shares.

7. All Permits being obtained that are required to enable

Seeka Sub to have the full use and benefit of OPAC’s

business following Amalgamation by the Effective Date.

8. Immediately prior to the Effective Date, the absence of a

Material Adverse Change having occurred.

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