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FWL Notice of 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

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Foley Wines Limited Page 1 Notice of Annual Meeting

10 October 2022


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Foley Wines

Limited will be held at:


Venue: Shed 5, Queens Wharf, Wellington.


Time: Thursday, 17 November 2022, commencing at 10.30am.


AGENDA:


The agenda for the meeting is as follows:


1. Chairman’s Introduction


2. Chief Executive’s Presentation


3. 2022 Financial Report


4. Shareholder Questions


5. Ordinary Resolutions:

To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following ordinary resolutions, requiring a simple

majority of votes by those shareholders entitled to vote and voting:


5.1 Auditor (note 1):

Resolution 1: That the Board be authorised to determine the auditor’s fees and expenses for

the 2023 financial year.


5.2 Election of Directors (note 2):

5.2.1 Resolution 2: To re-elect William P Foley II as a Director of Foley Wines Limited;

5.2.2 Resolution 3: To re-elect Anthony Anselmi as a Director of Foley Wines Limited.

5.2.3 Resolution 4: To re-elect Mark Turnbull as a Director of Foley Wines Limited.

5.2.4 Resolution 5: To re-elect Grant Graham as a Director of Foley Wines Limited.


6. General Business: To consider any other business that may be properly brought before the

meeting.


All resolutions to be put to the meeting are discussed in the Explanatory Notes attached.


PROXIES

➢ A Voting/Proxy form is attached for your use. Refer to the Final Section on the Notes for

instructions for completing the Voting/Proxy form. Please deliver the completed proxy to the

Company by 10.30 am on Tuesday 15 November 2022.


For administrative and venue confirmation purposes, we would appreciate if you could please RSVP

by Friday 28 October 2022 to Cathy on 03 572 8200 or email admin@foleywines.co.nz. Thank you.


With the easing of restrictions on visitors to New Zealand at this stage Bill Foley is planning to be

present at the meeting and will be hosting a lunch event at Shed 5 following the meeting. Any

shareholders who are interested in attending the lunch event can obtain further details by emailing

marketing@foleywines.co.nz.


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NOTES TO THE AGENDA


Note 1 – Auditor: Resolution 1


Deloitte Limited (Deloitte) is the current auditor of Foley Wines Limited. The Companies Act 1993

provides that a company’s auditor is automatically reappointed unless the shareholders resolve to

appoint a replacement auditor, or there is another reason for the auditor not to be reappointed.


Section 207S of the Companies Act 1993 further provides that the auditors’ fees and expenses must

be fixed by the Company, or in the manner that the Company determines at a shareholders’ meeting.


Shareholders are being asked to resolve that the Board is authorised to fix the fees and expenses of

Deloitte for the current year.


Note 2 - Election of Directors: Resolutions 2-5


Mark Turnbull (Mark) and Grant Graham (Grant) retire by rotation in accordance with NZX

Listing Rule 2.7.1.


In accordance with clause 10.9 of the Company’s Constitution Bill Foley and Tony Anselmi, being

Non-executive directors who has served longer than nine years, are subject to annual re-election.


Bill, Tony, Mark and Grant have confirmed that they are available for re-election.


Biographies:


William P Foley II (Chairman)


William P Foley II (Bill) was appointed to the Board in September 2012. Mr. Foley has served as

the Executive Chairman of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF) since October 2006 and,

prior to that, as Chairman of the Board of FNF since 1984. Mr. Foley also served as Chief Executive

Officer of FNF from 1984 until May 2007 and as President of FNF from 1984 until December 1994.

Mr. Foley serves as a Senior Managing Director of Trasimene Capital. Mr. Foley also served as the

Chairman of Foley Trasimene I from May 2020 until April 2021 and was previously Executive

Chairman of Foley Trasimene I from March 2020 until May 2020. Following the merger of Foley

Trasimene I with Alight Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ALIT) in July 2021, Bill joined the Alight Board of

Directors as the Chairman. Mr. Foley also served as the Chairman of Foley Trasimene II from July

2020 and served on the board of directors of Paysafe Limited (NYSE: PSFE) until March 1, 2022.

Bill served as a Director of Austerlitz I from December 2020 until April 2021, Austerlitz II from

January 2021 until April 2021 and served as a Director of Trebia from February 2020 until April

2021. Following the merger of Trebia with System1, Inc. (NYSE: SST) in January 2022 Bill joined

the combined board. He has served on the board of Jena Acquisition Corp and Friedland Acquisition

Corp since June 2021. Mr. Foley has served as the Chairman of Cannae Holdings (NYSE: CNNE)

since July 2017. Mr. Foley also serves as the Chairman of Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB), which

is a Cannae Holdings portfolio company. Within the past five-years, Mr. Foley served as the co-

Executive Chairman of FGL Holdings from April 2016 to June 2020, and as a director of Ceridian

from September 2013 to August 2019. Mr. Foley also serves on the board of directors of the Foley

Family Charitable Foundation and the Folded Flag Charitable Foundation.


Some additional positions Mr. Foley holds include Chairman of Glacier Restaurant Group, LLC, the

largest restaurant business headquartered in Montana, Chairman of the Foley Entertainment Group,

which was formed in 2021 and features a variety of properties including the NHL’s Vegas Golden

Knights, the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights, the IFL’s Vegas Knight Hawks, The Dollar Loan

Center, the Hotel Les Mars, Hotel Californian, Black Walnut Inn & Vineyard and Whitefish

Mountain Resort, Developer of the Rock Creek Cattle Company, a 30,000-acre working Montana

ranch, featuring diverse homesteads, a well-appointed lodge for recreation and dining, and an

exceptional golf course designed by Tom Doak that has been named among America’s top 100 golf

courses by Golf Digest



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Mr. Foley also is Chairman and CEO of Foley Family Wines Holdings, Inc., which is the holding

company of numerous vineyards and wineries located in the U.S. and in New Zealand. Mr Foley,

also is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Black Knight Sports and

Entertainment LLC, which is the private company that owns the Vegas Golden Knights, a National

Hockey League


Mr. Foley's qualifications to serve on the Board include his 30 plus years as a director and executive

officer of FNF, his experience as a board member and executive officer of public and private

companies in a wide variety of industries, and his strong track record of building and maintaining

shareholder value and successfully negotiating and implementing mergers and acquisitions.


Anthony Anselmi O.B.E. (Non-Executive Independent Director)


Anthony Anselmi (Tony) was appointed to the Board in September 2012 and is a member of the

Audit and Risk Committee. Tony’s business career began in footwear retail in his late teens, and

today the family-owned business of which Tony is a director owns and operates retail stores

throughout New Zealand and in the State of Victoria, Australia. Tony developed a manufacturing

plant in TeKuiti which supplied footwear to retailer throughout New Zealand. The land containing

the factory buildings is now being redeveloped by Tony, into a new housing precinct. Tony has had

considerable experience in farmland development and dry stock and dairy farming. Tony was a

director of the State-Owned Enterprise Forestry Corporation until it was sold by the Government

and Inframax a Local Authority Trading Enterprise. He was for a period Chairman of the New

Zealand Footwear Manufacturers Federation and the King Country Regional Development Council.


Tony has invested with Bill Foley in Foley Holdings New Zealand since 2009.


Tony has advised that he is also a Director of the following entities:

Overland Footwear Company Limited

Overland Group Australia Limited

Fabia Overland Holdings Company Limited

Fabia Products Limited

New Zealand Abalone Limited

William & Monica Anselmi Memorial Family Trust Company Limited


Tony Anselmi is an Independent Director in accordance with the NZX Listing Rules.


Mark Turnbull (CEO and Executive Director)


Mark was appointed was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company in

September 2012.


Mark's career started as an accountant with Ernst and Young, then for the next 18 years was

Managing Partner of the brand consultancy Designworks. Mark was Chairman of the New Zealand

Wine Fund when it was acquired by Foley Family Wines in 2009. In 2011, Mark had a sabbatical

year and attended London Business School where he completed a Masters of Science in Leadership

and Strategy with Distinction. Mark is a Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants

Australia and New Zealand.


Mark has advised that he is a Director of the following companies that are not part of the Foley

Wines Limited group of companies:

AMT Equities Limited

Foley Holdings New Zealand Limited

WWFS Wine Shop Limited

Wharekauhau Country Estate Limited

Chateau Wellington 2013 Limited

Nourish Group Limited and all of its subsidiary companies

Lighthouse Distillery Limited


As Mark is an employee of the Company, he is not an Independent Director in accordance with the

NZX Listing Rules.


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Grant Graham (Non-Executive Independent Director)


Grant Graham was appointed to the Board with effect from 1 February 2019 and as Chair of the

Board Audit and Risk Committee. Grant is a Partner at advisory and investment firm Calibre

Partners with a strong background in corporate finance and advisory in valuation, restructuring and

as an expert witness.


Over 20 years, Grant has written numerous Independent Advisors’ reports for listed company

activity subject to NZX listing rules and the New Zealand Takeovers’ Code. In the process, he has

gained an enviable reputation for the quality of these reports, his clear and concise communication

style, and pragmatic advice.


Grant has a Bachelor of Commerce and is a Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants

Australia New Zealand (CAANZ) holding a Certificate of Public Practice and CAANZ Accredited

Insolvency Practitioner status. Grant is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand.


Grant has advised that he holds the following positions in other entities:

Phoenix Metal Recyclers – Chair

Anglican Trust Board – Chair

Calibre Partners – Chair

Blues Rugby – Director

Halberg Foundation – Trustee

Auckland Grammar School – Trustee


Grant Graham is an Independent Director in accordance with the NZX Listing Rules.


Nominations for Directors closed at 5.00 pm on Friday 23 September 2022.


No further Nominations were received.


Important Information: General Note Applicable to All Resolutions requiring Votes at the

Annual Meeting


Pursuant to 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 10.30 am on

Tuesday 15 November 2022, being a day not more than 20 working days before the meeting, shall be

entitled to exercise the right to vote at the meeting either in person or by appointing a proxy to attend

and vote instead of that shareholder.


Voting will be conducted by way of a poll.


You may vote

1. By Attending. You should bring the Voting/Proxy Form (included with this Notice) with you

since voting will be by way of a poll.

2. By Proxy. If you do not plan to attend, you can appoint a proxy to vote for you.


A Voting/Proxy Form is included with this Notice of Annual Meeting which allows you to vote either

for, against, or abstain from, the resolutions notified in this Notice of Meeting.


Any shareholder of the Company, who is entitled to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting, is entitled

to appoint a proxy to attend the meeting and vote on his or her behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder

of the Company.


If you appoint a proxy, you may either direct your proxy how to vote for you, or you may give the proxy

discretion to vote as he or she sees fit. If you wish to give your proxy discretion then you should make

the appropriate election on the Proxy Form, to grant your proxy that discretion.


You will be deemed to have given your proxy discretion if you do not make an election in relation to

any of resolutions 1 to 5.


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The Chairman of the meeting is willing to act as proxy for any shareholder who appoints him or her for

that purpose.


The Chair of the meeting and the Directors intend to vote all undirected proxies in favour of the

resolutions. The Chairman and any Directors appointed as proxy will vote any discretionary proxies in

favour of resolutions 1 to 5.


If your named proxy does not attend the meeting, or if the proxy is not named but the proxy form is

otherwise completed, the Chairman of the meeting will act as your proxy and may only vote in

accordance with your express instruction.


To be valid, a completed Voting/Proxy Form must be returned by no later than 10.30 am on

Tuesday 15 November 2022. Any Voting/Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the

Annual Meeting.



You may return your completed Voting/Proxy Form by:

• Delivering it in person to FWL Head Office, 13 Waihopai Valley Road, Blenheim;

• Scan and email (please use “FWL Proxy” as the subject of your email) to

admin@foleywines.co.nz;

• Return the Voting/Proxy Form by mail to Foley Wines Ltd, Attn: Jane Trought, PO Box 67,

Renwick 7243, New Zealand.; or

• Fax the Voting/Proxy Form to: +64 3 572 8211.



By Order of the Board of Directors




Jane Trought

Chief Financial Officer

Foley Wines Limited

10 October 2022.


Foley Wines Limited, 13 Waihopai Valley Road, RD6 Blenheim 7276, Marlborough, New Zealand.

PO Box 67, Renwick 7243, New Zealand.

p. +64.3.572.8200 f. +64.3.572.8211 e. admin@foleywines.co.nz w. www.foleywines.co.nz


VOTING/PROXY FORM


[Shareholder Mailing Name] CSN/Shareholder No: [CSN]

[Address]

[Address]

[Address] No Shares: [Holding]



To: Foley Wines Limited

PO Box 67

Renwick 7243


I/We <SHAREHOLDER FULL NAME>

of <ADDRESS>

being a shareholder of Foley Wines Limited


HEREBY APPOINT ________________________________________________

[print name of proxy]


of ______________________________________________________________


or failing him/her ___________________________ of ______________________


as my/our proxy to vote on my/our behalf as directed below and on any other matter to be put to the

Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held on Thursday 17 November 2022

commencing at 10.30 am and at any adjournment thereof.


I/we direct my/our proxy to vote in the following manner:


Vote with a tick


Ordinary Resolution: For Against Abstain Discretion


1. Auditors (note 1):

“THAT the Board be authorised to determine the auditor’s fees and expenses for the 2023 financial

year.”


2. Directors Elections (note 2):

“TO re-elect William P Foley II as a Director of Foley Wines Limited.”




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Vote with a tick


Ordinary Resolution: For Against Abstain Discretion


3. Directors Elections (note 2):

“TO re-elect Anthony Anselmi as a Director of Foley Wines Limited.”


4. Directors Elections (note 2):

“TO re-elect Mark Turnbull as a Director of Foley Wines Limited.”


5. Directors Elections (note 2):

“TO re-elect Grant Graham as a Director of Foley Wines Limited.”





Signed this ______________ day of _______________________ 2022.





_________________________ ________________________

Signature of Shareholder Signature of Shareholder


All co-shareholders must sign.



Please use the CSN recorded on this form to Register for the meeting if you are attending via the online

platform. Instructions and further details on how to participate in the virtual Annual Meeting will be available

on the Company’s website at www.foleywines.co.nz, under the Investor Information Annual Meeting

Documents section.


If you are unable to attend the meeting and wish to vote, please return the completed form to the Foley Wines

Limited Head Office located at 13 Waihopai Valley Rd, RD6, Blenheim, by post to Foley Wines Limited, PO

Box 67, Renwick 7243, email to admin@foleywines.co.nz, or fax to 03 5728211 by 10.30am Tuesday 15

November 2022.


Please note: To be valid, a completed Proxy Form must be received at the address noted above by no later than

10.30am Tuesday 15 November 2022, being 48 hours prior to the commencement of the meeting. Any Proxy Form

received after that time will not be valid for the meeting.


There are no voting restrictions on resolutions 1 to 5. If your named proxy does not attend the meeting, or if the proxy

is not named but the proxy form is otherwise completed, the Chairman of the meeting will act as your proxy and may

only vote in accordance with your express instruction.

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