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DGL – 2021 Notice of Annual Meeting and Agenda

AGM11 November 2021DGLConsumer Staples

Notice is given that the 2021 Annual Meeting of Delegat
Group Limited will be held as a virtual meeting on

Tuesday 7 December 2021, commencing at 2.00pm.

Given the ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic,

particularly in relation to the lockdown restrictions in

Auckland persisting, and the requirement for


social distancing and restrictions on mass gatherings,

a decision has been made that this year’s

Annual Meeting will be held virtually through the

Computershare Meeting Services web platform

https://meetnow.global/nz.

All shareholders will have the opportunity to attend and

participate in the Annual Meeting online via an internet

connection using a computer, laptop or smartphone.

Instructions and further details on how to participate

in the virtual Annual Meeting will be made available on

the Group’s website at www.delegat.com, under the

Investor Relations Annual Meeting section.

The Delegat Board and management look forward to

welcoming you to the Annual Meeting.

Business and Agenda of the Meeting

A. EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS

B. ACTING MANAGING DIRECTOR’S ADDRESS

C. FINANCIAL REPORTS AND STATEMENTS

To receive and consider the Consolidated Financial

Statements of Delegat Group and Reports of the

Directors and of the Auditor for the year ended


30 June 2021 as contained in the Company’s 2021

Annual Report.

D. RESOLUTIONS

Shareholders will be asked to consider and, if thought

appropriate, to pass the following resolutions:

1. Re-election of Rose Delegat as Director:

Rose Delegat retires in accordance with the provisions

of the constitution of the Company and, being eligible,

offers herself for re-election.

2. Re-election of Dr Alan Jackson as Director:

Dr Alan Jackson retires in accordance with the provisions

of the constitution of the Company and, being eligible,

offers himself for re-election.

3. Director’s remuneration:

The meeting will be asked to consider by ordinary

resolution:

Pursuant to NZX Listed Rule 2.11.1, the total

remuneration for non-executive directors to be increased

by $95,000, from $400,000 to $495,000 per annum.

4. Auditor’s remuneration:

The meeting will be asked to consider by ordinary

resolution:

To record the automatic reappointment of the Auditor,

Deloitte, and to authorise the directors to fix the auditor’s

remuneration for the ensuing year.

These resolutions are to be considered as ordinary

resolutions and, to be passed, require the approval

of more than 50% of the votes of those shareholders

entitled to vote and voting on the resolution, pursuant

to section 105(2) of the Companies Act 1993. For

further information on the resolutions, please see the

Explanatory Notes.

E. GENERAL BUSINESS AND SHAREHOLDERS’

QUESTIONS

Consideration of any Shareholder questions raised

during the meeting.

On behalf of the Delegat Board

JIM DELEGAT

Executive Chairman

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED • NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Procedural Notes
Due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Company has

made the decision to hold a virtual Annual Meeting. All

shareholders will have the opportunity to attend and

participate in the 2021 Annual Meeting online through

the Computershare Meeting Services web platform.

By using the web platform, 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.

SHAREHOLDERS ENTITLED TO ATTEND

AND VOTE

Under section 125 of the Companies Act 1993, the Board

has determined that, for the purposes of voting at the

Annual Meeting, only those registered shareholders

of the Company as at 5.00pm on Friday 26 November

2021 (New Zealand time), being a day not more than 20

working days before the meeting, shall be entitled to

exercise the right to vote at the meeting. Voting will be

by way of a poll.

There are no restrictions on any shareholder or group

of shareholders to prevent them from exercising their

vote on any of the resolutions being considered at the

meeting.

Shareholders wishing to vote on the day of the Annual

Meeting will be able to do so via the Annual Meeting

virtual application.

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

All shareholders are entitled to attend and vote at the

Annual Meeting or to appoint a proxy or representative

(in the case of a corporate shareholder), to attend and

vote on their behalf. The appointment of a proxy or

representative does not preclude a shareholder from

attending and voting at the virtual Annual Meeting in

place of the proxy or representative. A proxy need not

be a shareholder of the Company. You may, if you wish,

appoint ‘The Chairman of the Meeting’ as your proxy by

filling in the proxy form to that effect.

A proxy form, with which you can appoint a proxy, is

enclosed with this Notice of Meeting. The Chairman

will vote according to your instructions. If the

Chairman is not instructed how to vote, he will vote

in favour of resolutions 1 to 4. The chair intends to

vote all discretionary proxies given to him in favour of

resolutions 1 to 4.

If, in appointing your proxy, you do not name a person to

be your proxy, or your named proxy does not attend the

virtual Annual Meeting, the Chair of the Annual Meeting

will be your proxy and may only vote in accordance with

your express direction.

RETURN OF PROXY FORMS

Proxy Forms must be received at the office of the

Company’s share registrar, Computershare Investor

Services Limited, Private Bag 92119, Victoria Street

West, Auckland 1142, no later than 2.00pm on Sunday


5 December 2021.

Results of the voting will be posted on the Company’s

website following the conclusion of the Annual Meeting

and finalisation of the voting results.

The Company’s 2021 external auditor, Deloitte, will be

available at our Annual Shareholder Meeting to answer

questions from Shareholders relevant to the external

audit.

VIRTUAL MEETING

Following the success of last year’s online only meeting

and due to the uncertainty of alert level changes,

the Company has made the decision to again hold a

virtual Annual Meeting. All shareholders will have the

opportunity to attend and participate in the 2021


Annual Meeting online virtually through the

Computershare Meeting Services web platform


https://meetnow.global/nz

(using a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone).

Audio will stream through the selected devise, so

shareholders will need to ensure that they have

the volume control on their headphones or device

turned up. Shareholders will be able to the view the

presentations, vote on the resolutions to be put to

shareholders and submit questions, by using their

own computers or mobile devises. Shareholders will

still be able to appoint a proxy to vote for them as they

otherwise would, by following the instructions on the

proxy form and this Notice of Annual Meeting. Details

on how to participate ‘virtually’ are provided in the

accompanying Virtual Meeting Guide with instructions

for accessing the virtual meeting.

Explanatory Notes

A: ORDINARY BUSINESS

EXPLANATORY NOTE 1

Executive Chairman and Acting Managing Director’s

Reports

The Executive Chairman and Acting Managing Director

will each give a presentation on the financial year ended

30 June 2021. Events occurring after 30 June 2021 will

also be discussed.

EXPLANATORY NOTE 2

Re-election of Directors

Under NZX Main Board Listing Rule 2.7.1, and in

accordance with the Company’s Constitution, all

directors must not hold office (without re-election) past

the third annual meeting of shareholders following the

director’s appointment, or three years, whichever is the

longer.

Rose Delegat and Dr Alan Jackson are subject to

rotation under the NZX Listing Rules and retire by

rotation at this Annual Meeting.

The Board has determined that Dr Alan Jackson is an

Independent director (as defined by the NZX Listing

rules).

Biographical details for the directors proposed to be


re-elected by rotation are set out below.

DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED • NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Rose is a Non-Executive Director of Delegat Group
Limited and has been on the Board since the Company

listed in 2006. The Group continues to benefit from

Rose’s experience and the expertise that she has given

to the Company for more than 35 years. Rose was

responsible for initiating the Group’s drive into export

markets in the 1980s and was the inaugural Chairperson

(1987-1990) of the special United Kingdom Exporting

Group, part of Wine Institute of New Zealand. Rose is a

member of the Institute of Directors.

Dr Alan Jackson is a Non-Executive Director of Delegat

Group Limited and has been on the Board since 2012.

Alan was, until 2009, Chairman Australasia, Senior

Vice President and Director of The Boston Consulting

Group and served six years on the Global Executive

Committee. He has been an international management

consultant since 1987 with The Boston Consulting

Group and has proven experience at the most senior

levels of international and government business. Alan

has worked across a range of industries internationally,

including consumer goods companies, supermarkets

and retailers, in addition to industrial and resource

companies. Alan headed The Boston Consulting

Group’s Consumer Goods and Retail practice in

Australasia and Asia Pacific. Alan is a Fellow of the

Institution of Professional Engineers and a Chartered

Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.

Both directors standing for re-election do so with the

support of the Board.

EXPLANATORY NOTE 3

Director’s Fees

This resolution is to put to shareholders in accordance

with NZX Listing Rule 2.11.1 and relates to the maximum

aggregate fees payable to all non-executive directors.

At present the maximum fee pool for non-executive

directors is set at $400,000 per annum, as approved by

shareholders at the Company’s 2016 annual meeting.

The Delegat Board is recommending an increase in

that fee pool by $95,000 (being an increase of 24%)

to $495,000 per annum. The Board considers that

this will permit the payment of remuneration to non-

executive directors reflective of market rates whilst also

representing a fair and reasonable compensation for

the responsibilities which they assume.

Being one of New Zealand largest producer and

exporter of branded finished wine, it is important that

Delegat attract and retains directors with the skills,

strategic planning and diversity of thinking to govern

the business with the objective of creating shareholder

value. In order to do so, remuneration levels must not

only be fair and reasonable but also competitive with

the market for non-executive roles.

The Board’s recommendation has had regard to an

analysis of comparison data (refer to table 3) of similar

NZX listed companies with similar market capitalisation

and international operations. This analysis has then

been measured against the August 2021 Institute of

Directors (IoD) published Directors Fee report (refer to

table 2).

The Board’s recommended payment for the non-

executive chairman of $180,000 represents the

median payment reflected in the market capitalisation

comparison whilst the increase in non-executive

director remuneration of $20,000 to $95,000 closely

aligns with the conclusions reached from both the

comparative capitalisation analysis and the IoD fees

report.

In summary, Delegat’s Board is seeking the approval of

shareholders to increase the fee pool for non-executive

directors which it considers are fair and reasonable for

the following reasons:

• the attraction and retention of Directors with

attributes to create shareholder value;

• to accommodate the appointment and remuneration

of the Independent Chair as previously announced

from February 2022;

• to align Director remuneration with the market

taking into account non-executive directors fees, of

comparable sized listed companies; and

• to reflect the increasing workload of Directors

having regard to the number of hours spent by the

Board in preparation for and attendance at meetings

and the complexity of compliance and regulation

requirements being considered at those meetings.

The increase proposed is broken down as follows:

Table 1: Board fees

Board Role 30-Jun-21 Proposed Amount of

Increase

Independent Chair n/a $180,000 $180,000

Independent Director $75,000 $95,000 $20,000

Non-executive Director $75,000 $95,000 $20,000

Chair of Audit & Risk Committee $10,000 $15,000 $5,000

Chair or Remuneration Committee $10,000 $15,000 $5,000

Director Fee Pool $400,000 $495,000 $95,000

DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED • NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Table 2: Lower Quartile, Median and Upper Quartile Fees for Non-Executive Directors
Institute of Directors (IoD) Director Fees report - August 2021

Non-Executive Directors Lower Median Upper

Quartile Fees Quartile

By market cap - > $1,000M $89,040 $95,000 $114,000

Fees for Committee Chair (all Companies) Lower Median Upper

Quartile Fees Quartile

Audit & Risk $6,375 $12,000 $20,000

Remuneration $5,811 $10,200 $19,452

Table 3: Director Fees of NZX Companies with comparable market capitalisation

Company

Market

Capitalisation

1

($m)

Base

Fee

ARCARC

Chair

Rem

Rem

Chair

Board

Chair

Precinct Properties $2,600 $91,170 $7,500 $15,000 $5,000 $10,000 $182,340

Freightways $2,146 $105,000 $20,000 $15,000 $185,000

Z Energy $ 1,878 $ 97,000 $ 10,000 $ 20,000 $ 10,000 $ 20,000 $ 185,000

Air New Zealand $ 1,847 $ 100,000 $ 20,000 $ 40,000 $ 10,000 $ 20,000 $ 270,000

Property For Industry $ 1,478 $ 90,000 $ 15,000 $ 10,000 $ 170,000

Warehouse

2

$ 1,398 $ 87,000 $ 10,000 $ 27,500 $ 6,600 $ 25,000 $ 182,600

Heartland $ 1,374 $ 100,000 $ 15,000 $15,000 $ 150,000

Argosy $ 1,313 $ 92,500 $ 12,000 $ 20,000 $ 6,000 $ 12,500 $ 160,000

Arvida $ 1,251 $ 90,000 $ 12,000 $8,000 $ 165,000

Kathmandu $ 1,113 $ 131,333 $237,980

Oceania Healthcare $ 988 $ 90,000 $ 20,000 $ 7,500 $ 180,000

Synlait $ 787 $ 88,900 $ 15,250 $ 12,000 $ 178,000

Median $ 91,835 $ 20,000 $ 12,500 $ 181,170

1.

Market Capitalisation as at 1 November 2021

2.

Warehouse Non Executive Director Fees as per Notice of Meeting dated 27 October 2021

Company

Market

Capitalisation

1

($m)

Base

Fee

ARCARC

Chair

Rem

Rem

Chair

Board

Chair

Delegat $ 1,471 $75,000 $10,000 $10,000

Delegat: Proposed $ 95,000 $15,000 $15,000 $180,000

DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED • NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

EXPLANATORY NOTE 4

Appointment and Remuneration of Auditor

Section 207T of the Companies Act 1993 provides that a

company’s auditor is automatically reappointed unless

there is a resolution or other reason for the auditor not

to be reappointed. The Company wishes Deloitte to

continue as the Company’s auditor, and Deloitte has

indicated its willingness to do so.

Section 207S of the Companies Act 1993 provides that

the fees and expenses of Deloitte as auditor are to be

fixed by the Company at the Annual Meeting or in such

a manner as the Company determines at the Annual

Meeting. The Board proposes that, consistent with past

practice, the auditor’s fees and expenses should be

fixed by the directors.

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For your proxy to be effective it must be received by 2.00pm (New Zealand time) Sunday 5 December 2021
DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED (DELEGAT)

ANNUAL MEETING PROXY/VOTING FORM

Lodge your proxy

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By Mail

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By Fax

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For all enquiries contact

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How to Vote on Items of Business

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

Appointment of Proxy

If you do not plan to attend the virtual meeting, you may appoint a proxy. To do this, enter the

name of your proxy in the space allocated in ‘Step 1’ of this form. You must name a proxy for

your appointment to be valid.

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, except for a director (or associated

person of a director) who will abstain from voting any undirected proxy on the resolutions. If you

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

Appointing the Chair or any other director as your proxy

The Chair of the meeting, or any other Delegat director, is willing to act as proxy for any

shareholder who wishes to appoint her or him to vote on their behalf. To appoint the Chair of

the meeting or a director as your proxy enter ‘the Chair’ or the name of the director you wish to

appoint in the space allocated in ‘Step 1’ of this form.

If, in appointing a proxy, you have inadvertently not named someone to be your proxy, or your

named proxy does not attend the virtual meeting, the Chair of the meeting will be your proxy

and will vote in accordance with your express direction.

Attending the Meeting Virtually

If you propose to attend the meeting, please read the enclosed Virtual Meeting Guide

prior to the meeting. You can participate in the meeting virtually through the web platform

https://meetnow.global/nz and entering the meeting. You will be able to view presentations,

ask questions and cast your vote from your own computer, mobile or similar device. For any

assistance with the process, please contact Computershare on +64 9 488 8777 between

8.30am-5.00pm Monday to Friday.

Due to the ongoing public health restrictions relating to the spread of Covid-19, Delegat will hold its Annual Meeting as a virtual annual meeting. All

shareholders will have the opportunity to attend and participate in the 2021 Annual Meeting via an internet connection (using a computer, laptop, tablet or

smartphone). The virtual meeting will be accessible on both desktop and mobile devices.

Please refer to the Virtual Meeting Guide 2021 that accompanies this Proxy/Voting Form.

Signing Instructions for Postal Proxies

Individual

Where the holding is in one name, the shareholder must sign

this form.

Joint Holding

At least one joint shareholder should sign this form (on behalf of

all joint shareholders). If different joint shareholders purport to

appoint different proxies, the vote of the proxy appointed by the

first named joint shareholder will prevail.

Power of Attorney

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

certified copy of the power of attorney and a signed certificate

of non-revocation of the power of attorney must accompany this

Proxy Form.

Companies

This Proxy Form must be signed by a duly authorised officer or

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

acting with the company’s express or implied authority.

Comments & Questions

If you have any comments or questions for Delegat, please write

them on a separate sheet of paper and return them with this

form, or email murray.annabell@delegat.com

Go online or turn over to complete the form

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VIRTUAL MEETING

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Proxy/Corporate Representative Form

STEP 1 Appoint a Proxy to Vote on Your Behalf

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

appoint of

or failing him/her of

as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions at Delegat’s Annual Meeting of shareholders

to be held virtually at https://meetnow.global/nz on Tuesday, 7 December 2021 at 2:00pm (New Zealand time) and at any adjournment of that meeting.

STEP 2 Items of Business – Voting Instructions

Please note: If you mark abstain 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, except for a director (or associated person of a director) who will abstain from voting any

undirected proxy on the resolutions.

Resolutions

Re-election of Directors

ForAgainstAbstain

Proxy

Discretion

Item 1That Rose Delegat be re-elected as a Delegat director.

Item 2That Dr Alan Jackson be re-elected as a Delegat director.

Directors’ Fees

Item 3That the total annual director fee pool be increased by $95,000 to $495,000.

Auditor Fees and Expenses

Item 4That the Board of Delegat Group Limited be authorised to fix the fees and expenses

of Deloitte as auditor.

If your proxy is not the Chairman of the Meeting or any other director of the Company, please ensure that you provide their contact details (phone and email address).

If this information is not provided, we cannot guarantee remote admission to the virtual meeting for your proxy.

Proxy contact Details (Phone): (Email):

SIGN Signature of Shareholder(s) This section must be completed.

Shareholder 1 Shareholder 2 (if applicable) Shareholder 3 (if applicable)


Individual/Authorised officer or attorney Individual/Authorised officer or attorney Individual/Authorised officer or attorney

Contact Name Contact Daytime Telephone Date

CSN/Shareholder Number:

Number of shares:

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Attending the meeting online
Our online meeting provides you the opportunity to

participate online using your smartphone, tablet or computer.

If you choose to attend online you will be able to view a live

webcast of the meeting, ask

questions and submit your

votes in real time.

You will need the latest version of Chrome, Safari,

Edge or F irefox. Please ensure your browser is

compatible.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN VIRTUAL/HYBRID MEETINGS

Visit https://meetnow.global

When successfully authenticated, the home screen

will be displayed. You can watch the webcast, vote,

ask questions, and view meeting materials in the

documents folder. The image highlighted blue

indicates the page you have active.

The webcast will appear and begin automatically

once the meeting has started.

Voting

Resolutions will be put forward once voting is

declared open by the Chair. Once the voting has

opened, the resolution and voting options will appear.

To vote, simply select your voting direction from the

options shown on screen. You can vote for all

resolutions at once or by each resolution.

Your vote has been cast when the green tick appears.

To change your vote, select ‘Change Your Vote’.

Q&A

Any eligible shareholder/proxy attending the meeting

r

emotely is eligible to ask a question.

S

elect the Q&A tab and type your question into the

box at the bottom of the screen and press 'Send'.

Navigation

Access

Access the online meeting at

https://meetnow.global, select New Zealand from the

drop down and select the required meeting. Click

'JOIN MEETING NOW'.

If you are a shareholder:

Select 'Shareholder' on the login screen and enter

your CSN/Holder Number and Post Code. If you are

outside New Zealand, simply select your country from

the drop down box instead of the post code. Accept

the Terms and Conditions and click Continue.

If you are a guest:

Select Guest on the login screen. As a guest, you will

be prompted to complete all the relevant fields

including title, first name, last name and email

address.

Please note, guests will not be able to ask questions

or vote at the meeting.

If you are a proxy holder:

You will receive an email invitation the day before the

meeting to access the online meeting. Click on the

link in the invitation to access the meeting.

Contact

If y

ou have any issues accessing the website please

call +64 9 488 8700.

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