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POT Notice of Annual Meeting 29 October 2021

AGM7 September 2021POTIndustrials

NOTICE OF 2021 ANNUAL MEETING
Notice is given that the Annual Meeting of shareholders of Port of Tauranga Limited will be held on Friday 29

October 2021 commencing at 1.00pm.

COVID-19 IMPLICATIONS

Due to the current uncertainties relating to public health restrictions associated with Covid-19, the Company may elect

to hold this Annual Meeting as an online meeting only, depending on the Covid-19 Alert Levels in place on the day of

the meeting. The Company will provide shareholders with as much notice as is reasonably practical, by way of an

announcement to New Zealand Stock Exchange, if the physical meeting is not to proceed.

In the instance where a physical meeting takes place, it will be held at Trustpower Baypark, 81 Truman Lane, Mount

Maunganui.Shareholders will also be able to attend the meeting online, vote and ask questions at

www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/pot21.

BUSINESS AND AGENDA OF THE MEETING:

CHAIR’S ADDRESS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S ADDRESS

RECEIVE AND CONSIDER ANNUAL REPORT

To receive and consider the Annual Report of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2021, including the audit

report and financial statements.

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

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

1Re-election of Directors

The Directors advise that:

Ms Julia Cecile Hoare, Ms Alison Moira Andrew and Sir Robert Arnold McLeod KNZM will retire at the

meeting, and being eligible offer themselves for re-election. Accordingly, it is proposed to consider, and if

thought fit, to:

(a) re-elect Ms Julia Cecile Hoare;

(b) re-elect Ms Alison Moira Andrew; and

(c) re-elect Sir Robert Arnold McLeod KNZM

as Directors of the Company, in each case by separate ordinary resolution of the shareholders (refer to

Explanatory Note 1).

2Directors’ Remuneration

That the Directors’ fees pool be increased by $100,000, from $780,000 to $880,000 per annum, with the

aggregate amount payable to all Directors of the Company for their services as Directors of the Company, to

be divided amongst the Directors as the Board may determine (refer to Explanatory Note 2).

3Auditors

To record the reappointment of the Auditor-General as Auditor of the Company pursuant to section 19 of the

Port Companies Act 1988 and to authorise Directors to fix the Auditor’s remuneration for the ensuing year.

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GENERAL BUSINESS AND SHAREHOLDER QUESTIONS

Questions for the Annual Meeting:

Shareholders are invited to submit written questions prior to the Annual Meeting. Questions can be submitted

online by going to https://investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/POT and completing the online validation

process. Alternatively, shareholders can complete the question section on the Proxy Form and return to Link Market

Services. Questions will need to be submitted before Wednesday 27 October 2021. The Board will address and

answer questions at the Annual Meeting.

By order of the Board

Simon Kebbell

COMPANY SECRETARY

NOTE:

The resolutions required for agenda item numbers 1 to 3 are ordinary resolutions. An ordinary resolution requires at

least 50% of the votes of shareholders entitled to vote and voting on the resolution to be cast in favour of the resolution.

Voting will be conducted by poll, in accordance with NZX Listing Rule 6.1.1.

Except for the restrictions set out at 2 - Directors’ Remuneration in the Explanatory Notes, there are no voting restrictions

on any shareholders to prevent them from exercising their vote on any resolutions being considered at the Annual

Meeting.

PROXIES: A shareholder entitled to attend and vote, may appoint a proxy or, in the case of a corporate shareholder,

a representative, to attend and vote on his/her behalf. The proxy or representative you appoint need not necessarily

be a shareholder of the Company. A form of appointment is enclosed. Address for proxies: Link Market Services

Limited, PO Box 91976, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. A proxy and the power of attorney or

other authority, if any, under which it is signed, or a copy of that power or authority certified by a Notary Public, must

be deposited or mailed to be received at the address specified above not later than 1.00pm on Wednesday 27

October 2021.

Shareholders are also able to vote electronically as per theattached “Voting Instructions for Shareholders”.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

1Re-election of Directors

Under the NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1, a Director must not hold office past the later of three years and the third

annual meeting after their appointment without being re-elected by shareholders. The Directors to retire, being

Ms Julia Cecile Hoare, Ms Alison Moira Andrew and Sir Robert Arnold McLeod KNZM, are required to retire

from office at the Annual Meeting. All three of these Directors are eligible and are therefore offering themselves

for re-election at the Annual Meeting with the unanimous support of the Board.

The Board has determined that Ms Julia Cecile Hoare and Ms Alison Moira Andrew are considered

independent as defined in the NZX Listing Rules.

Details of the three Directors are available on our website:http://www.port-tauranga.co.nz/about-port-of-

tauranga/board-directors/.

2Directors’ Remuneration

In accordance with the NZX Listing Rules 2.11.1 and 2.11.2, the Company is seeking the approval of

shareholders to increase the authorised monetary sum per annum available for payment of Directors’ fees by

$100,000, in aggregate, to a pool of $880,000 for all the Directors. This represents an increase of 12.8% to the

current pool.

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The Company currently has approval to pay a maximum of $780,000 in aggregate to Directors for their

remuneration as Directors, which is being paid as set out in the table below. The Board last reviewed Directors’

remuneration in 2019. Since then, the regulatory landscape in which Port of Tauranga Limited operates has

continued to change, with increased regulatory risk and obligations resulting in increased demand on Directors’

time and broadening their scope of responsibilities in monitoring and assessing legal and regulatory

compliance.

The Company engaged Ernst & Young Limited (EY) to provide benchmark data, for a comparator group

consisting of New Zealand companies of a similar size or business operations to Port of Tauranga Limited, for

the roles of Chair, Committee Chairs, Committee Members and Directors. The Board reviewed the EY report

and, based on a comparison of the Company’s Directors’ fees to the market data, consider the increases to

the Directors’ remuneration set out in the table below are appropriate to attract and retain high performing

Directors.

A summary of the EY report is available at the Investor Centre athttp://www.port-

tauranga.co.nz/investors/financial-information/.

OfficeCurrent

Remuneration

$

Proposed

Remuneration

$

Amount Of

Increase

$

No. Of Persons

Holding Office

Chair168,480180,00011,5201

Directors88,40092,0003,6006

Audit Committee Chair15,60020,0004,4001

Audit Committee Member7,80011,7503,9503

Remuneration Committee Chair10,40015,0004,6001

Remuneration Committee Member5,2007,6252,4254

Pool available for additional

responsibilities and one-off projects

10,92047,25036,330

$780,000$880,000$100,000

The Company will, as required by the NZX Listing Rules, disregard any votes cast on this resolution by any

Director, and any Associated Person of that Director, (as defined in the NZX Listing Rules) where that Director

is intended to receive a payment or benefit from the approved remuneration pool, except where the vote is

cast by a Director (or one of their Associated Persons) as proxy for a shareholder who is entitled to vote and

that Director (or Associated Person) votes in accordance with express instructions to vote for or against a

particular resolution on the Proxy Form.

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PORT OF TAURANGA LIMITED’S ANNUAL MEETING

FRIDAY 29 OCTOBER 2021

Voting Instructions for Shareholders

Shareholders can vote in the following ways:

1Attend the meeting in person– bring your Proxy Form to the meeting as the barcode is required to assist with

your registration. Shareholders who wish to vote using their mobile phone during the meeting can download the

LinkVote App from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. The LinkVote App is available for download prior to

the Meeting.

2Attend the meeting online– shareholders can attend the Meeting virtually via the online platform at

www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/pot21 . You will require your CSN/Holder Number for verification purposes. More

information regarding online attendance at the Meeting (including how to vote and ask questions during the

Meeting) is available in the Virtual Annual Meeting Online Portal Guide, which is available at

www.linkissuers.co.nz/virtualmeeting.

3Appoint a person as your proxy– complete the Proxy Form including how you wish them to vote and mail back

to our registry, Link Market Services Limited (Link) before 1.00pm Wednesday 27 October 2021. Your appointed

proxy will receive the voting paper upon registration at the meeting.

4Electronic proxy appointments– to appoint your proxy electronically you need go to the website of our registry,

https://investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/POT and follow the prompts to complete your proxy

appointment. You will be required to enter your CSN/Holder Number and Authorisation Code (FIN). Electronic

voting will close at 1.00pm on Wednesday 27 October 2021.

Each method of voting and the way to use the form enclosed with this Notice of Meeting are explained in detail

below. Please read this section carefully. Choose only one voting option.

Full details on how to return your Proxy Form/s to the registry is available at the end of this section.

1 IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND AND VOTE DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING:

Attendance in person

If you wish toattend the meeting, you must register at the registration desk prior to entering the meeting.

The registration and poll will be managed by our registry, Link.

Please bring your Proxy Form with you to the meeting to present at the registration desk as thebarcode on

your form is required to assist with your registration.

Upon registration you will receive a separate voting card to complete and mark the way you wish to vote at the time

that each poll is put to the meeting by the Chairperson. Once the voting is completed, Link will collect your voting

cards from you. Shareholders who wish to vote using their mobile phone during the meeting can download the

LinkVote App from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. The LinkVote App is available for download prior to

the Meeting.

Attendance online

If you wish toattend the meeting online,please go towww.virtualmeeting.co.nz/pot21 . You will require your

CSN/Holder Number for verification purposes. More information regarding online attendance at the Meeting

(including how to vote and ask questions during the Meeting) is available in the Virtual Annual Meeting Online Portal

Guide, which is available atwww.linkissuers.co.nz/virtualmeeting.

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2 IF YOU WISH TO APPOINT A PROXY TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF:

(a) Appointing a Proxy by Mail

If you wish to appoint another person as your proxy, you will need to complete your enclosed Proxy Form.

Please read the information on your Proxy Form carefully. Insert the name of the person you wish to appoint

in the area provided. Complete the voting boxes by indicating on the Proxy Form how you wish the proxy to

vote.

If you return the Proxy Form without indicating how you wish to vote, your proxy will vote as s/he sees fit or

abstain from voting.

Please advise your proxy that s/he must register at the registration desk prior to entering the meeting room

to obtain the necessary voting papers to vote on your behalf.

The Proxy/Representative Form must be completed, signed and received by Link, no later than 1.00pm

Wednesday 27 October 2021.

(b) Appointing a Proxy Electronically

You can appoint your proxy electronically. To appoint your proxy electronically you need to go to the website

of our registry,https://investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/POT and follow the prompts. You will

be required to enter your CSN/Holder Number and Authorisation Code (FIN).

You will be required to select or enter the name of the person who you wish to nominate as your proxy in the

required field and specify how you wish your proxy to vote on your behalf.

Please advise your proxy that s/he must register at the registration desk prior to entering the meeting room

to obtain the necessary voting papers to vote on your behalf.

Electronic proxy appointments and voting will close at 1.00pm on Wednesday 27 October 2021.

YOU CAN RETURN YOUR PROXY FORM TO OUR REGISTRY, LINK, IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

▪mail it to Link in the reply-paid envelope provided, or

▪address it to Link Market Services Limited, PO Box 91976, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, New Zealand, or

▪deliver it to Link Market Services Limited, Level 30, PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland, or

▪scan and email it tomeetings@linkmarketservices.co.nz (please put the words“POT Proxy Form” in the subject

line for easy identification), or

▪vote onlineas per the instructions in the section above.

The Proxy Form must be received by Link no later than 1.00pm Wednesday 27 October 2021, which is 48 hours prior

to the meeting, to be valid.

If you have any questions regarding the voting, please contact the Link helpline on (phone) 09 375 5998.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL SHAREHOLDERS / PROXY HOLDERS / VISITORS OR ANY

OTHER PERSON(S) WHO WISH TO ATTEND PORT OF TAURANGA LIMITED’S ANNUAL

MEETING, MUST REGISTER AT THE REGISTRATION DESK PRIOR TO ENTERING THE

MEETING ROOM.

PLEASE CHOOSE ONLY ONE VOTING OPTION.

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LODGE YOUR PROXY
Online:

https://investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/POT

Scan & email:Mail:

meetings@linkmarketservices.co.nzUse the enclosed reply paid

envelope or address to:

Deliver:Link Market Services Limited

Link Market Services LimitedPO Box 91976

Level 30, PwC TowerVictoria Street West

15 Customs Street W est, Auckland 1010Auckland 1142

Scan this QR code with your smartphone and vote online

General Enquiries

+64 9 375 5998 |enquires@linkmarketservices.co.nz

PROXY FORM/ADMISSION CARD FOR PORT OF TAURANGA LIMITED’S 2021 ANNUAL MEETING

The 2021 Annual Meeting of shareholders of Port of Tauranga Limited will be held at Trustpower Baypark, 81 Truman Lane, Mount Maunganui, on Friday

29 October 2021, commencing at 1.00pm.

Shareholders are also able to attend the Annual Meeting online via the Link Market Services Virtual Annual Meeting platform at

www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/pot21. If you will be attending online, you will require your CSN/Holder Number for verification purposes.

If you will not attend the Meeting but wish to be represented by proxy, please complete and return this form (in accordance with the lodgement instructions

above) to Port of Tauranga’s share registry, Link Market Services Limited,by no later than 1.00pm, Wednesday 27 October 2021. You can also appoint

your proxy and vote on the resolutions on the reverse of this form online by going tohttps://investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/POT or by

scanning the QR code above with your smartphone.

Appointment of proxy

The “Chair of the Meeting” is willing to act as proxy for any shareholder who wishes to appoint him/her for that purpose. If you wish, you may appoint the

“Chair of the Meeting” as your proxy. To do so, please write “Chair of the Meeting” in the section marked “full name of proxy”. The Chair will vote according

to your instructions. If the Chair is not instructed how to vote, he will vote as he thinks fit or abstain from voting. If you do not appoint a proxy your Proxy

Form will be invalid. A shareholder entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy or, in the case of a corporate shareholder, a representative to

attend and vote instead of him/her and that proxy or representative need not also be a shareholder.

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. If you return

this form without directing the proxy how to vote on any particular matter, the proxy may vote as he/she thinks fit or abstain from voting.

Attending the Meeting

If you wish to vote in person, you should attend the Meeting.Please bring this form with you to the Meeting to assist with your registration. A

corporation may appoint a person to attend and vote at the Meeting as its representative in the same manner as that in which it could appoint a proxy.

That person need not also be a shareholder. If you wish to vote using your mobile phone, please download the LinkVote App prior to the meeting on the

Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Shareholders who prefer to vote using a voting card will still be able to do so. Shareholders are also able to attend

the Annual Meeting online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/pot20. If you will be attending online, you will require your CSN/Holder Number for verification

purposes.More information regarding virtual attendance at the Meeting (including how to vote and ask questions virtually during the Meeting) is available

in the Virtual Annual Meeting Online Portal Guide, which is available at www.linkissuers.co.nz/virtualmeeting.

Signing instructions for Proxy Forms

Individual

Where the holding is in one name, this Proxy Form must be signed by the shareholder or his/her/its attorney duly authorised in writing.

Joint Holding

Where the holding is in more than one name, this Proxy Form must be signed by each of the joint shareholders (or their duly authorised attorney).

Power of Attorney

This Proxy Form and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed, or a copy of that power or authority certified by a Notary

Public must be deposited or mailed to be received at the office of Link Market Services Limited, in any manner as per the instructions above,not later

than 1.00pm on Wednesday 27 October 2021.

Corporate Shareholder

In the case of a corporate shareholder, this Proxy Form must be signed by a director or a duly authorised officer acting under the express or implied

authority of the shareholder, or an attorney duly authorised by the shareholder.

PROXY/CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE FORM
STEP 1: APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF

I/W e being a shareholder(s) of Port of Tauranga Limited

appoint__________________________________________of _________________________________________________

(full name of proxy)(email address)

or failing that person__________________________________________of _________________________________________________

(full name of proxy)(email address)

as my/our proxy to vote for me/us on my/our behalf at the Annual Meeting of the Company to be held on Friday 29 October 2021, at 1.00pm and

at any adjournment of that meeting.

STEP 2: ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

Complete this part if you have appointed a proxy above and you want to direct the proxy as to how the proxy should vote.

Please note: For each resolution you must tick one box. If you mark the abstain box for an item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf

on a show of hands or a poll and your votes will not be counted computing the required majority, for that item.

ORDINARY BUSINESS

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

Tick (

) in box to vote

ForAgainstAbstainDiscretion

1Re-election of Directors

(a) That Ms Julia Cecile Hoare be re-elected as a Director.



(b) That Ms Alison Moira Andrew be re-elected as a Director.



(c) That Sir Robert Arnold McLeod KNZM be re-elected as a Director.



2Directors’ Remuneration

That the Directors’ fees pool be increased by $100,000, from $780,000 to

$880,000 per annum, with the aggregate amount payable to all Directors of the

Company for their services as Directors of the Company, to be divided amongst

the Directors as the Board may determine.



3Auditors

To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors for the ensuing

year.



and to vote on any resolutions to amend any of the resolutions, on any resolution so amended, and on any other resolution proposed at the meeting (or

any adjournment thereof). Unless otherwise instructed as above, the proxy will vote to abstain from voting on each such resolution. The proxy is appointed

only in respect of the above meeting or any adjournment thereof.

STEP 3: SHAREHOLDER QUESTIONS

Shareholders present at the Annual Meeting (either in person or via the Virtual Annual Meeting) will have the opportunity to ask questions during the

meeting. If you cannot attend the Annual Meeting but would like to ask a question, you can submit a question online by going to

https://investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/POT and completing the online validation process or complete the question section below and return

to Link Market Services. Questions will need to be submitted by 1.00pm on W ednesday 27 October 2021. The Board will address and answer questions

at the Annual Meeting.

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

Security Holder 1 Security Holder 2Security Holder 3

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

Contact Name ___________________________________________ Contact Daytime Telephone _______________________ Date ______________

Electronic Investor Communications: If you received the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Form by mail and wish to receive your future investor

communications by email please provide your email address below.

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