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Annual Meeting 2022

AGM26 October 2022SKLIndustrials

ANNUAL
SHAREHOLDERS

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Directors and Executives
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Liz Coutts

Independent Chair of the Board (Retiring)

Joined the Board in May 2002

Chair of the Board

John Strowger

Independent Director

Joined the Board in March 2015

Chair of the Health & Safety Committee

David Cushing

Independent Director

Joined the Board in August 2017

Alan Isaac

Independent Director

Joined the Board in August 2016

Chair of the Audit Committee

Rachel Farrant

Independent Director

Joined the Board in May 2022

Chair of the Sustainability Committee

Paul Shearer

Independent Director

Joined the Board in August 2020

David Mair

Director | CEO

Joined the Board in November 2006

Appointed CEO in August 2011

Graham Leaming

CFO

Appointed in December 2012

Meeting Agenda
•Address from the Chair, Liz Coutts

•Address from the CEO, David Mair

•Resolutions

•Re-election of David Mair

•Election of Rachel Farrant

•Remuneration of the Auditors

•General Business

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Address from the Chair
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Liz Coutts

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Global Business
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Manufacturing and distribution sites in New Zealand,

Australia, China, Italy, UK and the USA

76% of revenue is from sales outside of

New Zealand

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CAGR 6%

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NPAT ($m)

CAGR 13%

Strong Financial Performance

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Development and Growth
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Address from the CEO
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David Mair

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Industrial Division
Revenue up 16% and EBIT up 20% on pcp

•Second consecutive record result

•FY22 EBIT up 87% on FY20

•Potable water and wastewater

•Increased sales of gaskets, seals and vacuum systems into potable water and

wastewater applications (most notably in the US)

•Growth from high performance foam applications

•Ultralon U-DEK® sales up significantly in the US, NZ, Australia and Europe

•Acquisition of Talbot Advanced Technologies

•Contribution from Talbot over the 10 months since acquisition in line with expectations

•Growth from DEKS roofing and sealing products

•Growth in all markets with improved execution and market share gains

•Lower NZD compared to pcp impacted translation of offshore earnings

•85% of Industrial division revenue is from international markets

•Revenue up 15% and EBIT up 18% on constant currency basis

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NZ$ MillionFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

Revenue151.5157.1157.9177.4206.4

EBIT20.822.920.932.739.1

EBIT %13.714.613.218.418.9

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Agri Division
Revenue up 8% and EBIT up 10% on record pcp

•International Dairy sales growth

•Strong growth in North American and New Zealand markets

•Significant operational gains in last two years at Wigram site

•Strong demand continues to drive Footwear sales

•New Zealand domestic market continues to drive revenue growth

•Pink Band Gumboot promotion with BCFNZ doubled in volume in FY22

•Lower NZD compared to pcp impacted translation of offshore earnings

•58% of Agri division revenue is from international markets

•Revenue up 7% and EBIT up 10% on constant currency basis

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NZ$ MillionFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

Revenue89.088.893.6102.2110.5

EBIT22.822.825.430.533.6

EBIT %25.625.727.129.830.4

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Questions
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Liz Coutts | Chair

Resolutions
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Liz Coutts | Chair

Resolution 1
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Re-election of David Mair

Resolution 2
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Election of Rachel Farrant

Resolution 3
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Remuneration of the Auditors

General Business
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Liz Coutts | Chair

Acknowledgement of Liz Coutts
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Liz Coutts ONZM

•Association and contribution to Skellerup since 1998

•Foundation director at SkellmaxIPO in May 2002

•Appointed Chair of the Audit Committee at IPO and Chair

of the Board in January 2017

•Appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for

services to governance in June 2016

•Retires today after 21 years’ service to Skellerup as a listed

company

•Skellerup in a robust financial position with a track record

of strong earnings and excellent prospects for growth

Skellerup over the last 20 years
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IPO 19 June 2002 with market capitalisation of $115 million

Year ended 30 June 2003

Revenue $96.2 million, NPAT $12.6 million, 466 employees, market cap of $112 million

55% of revenue generated from NZ

Acquisitions and divestments to shape the Group into the global business it is today

Rebuild of Christchurch dairy rubberware design, manufacturing and distribution facility

Opened in November 2016

Year ended 30 June 2022

Revenue $316.8 million, NPAT $47.8 million, 869 employees, market cap of $1.03 billion

76% of revenue derived from International markets

Total dividends paid of $309.5 million with a track record of strong dividend growth

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Skellerup Holdings Limited
Annual Shareholders Meeting 26 October 2022

Chair’s Address


Good afternoon and welcome to Skellerup’s 2022 Annual Meeting. As last year’s Annual Meeting

was conducted virtually, it is a real pleasure to be back standing before you, our loyal shareholders.

It is a huge privilege and honour to Chair Skellerup, a true New Zealand iconic company, so it is with

pride tinged with sadness that I make my last address to you as Skellerup Chair. I retire from my role

with Skellerup in great heart, and with another record result to sign off on. I feel a real sense of

satisfaction with Skellerup’s performance during my time as Chair. I have been involved with

Skellerup for 25 years having been on the Board of Skellerup’s predecessor Viking Pacific, and a

founding director of Skellmax when Skellerup listed on the NZX.

Skellerup has been transformed over that time, starting as a New Zealand based manufacturing and

exporting company primarily supporting the agricultural industry, to today, an international

company with manufacturing based not only in New Zealand, but now the UK, Italy, China and

Vietnam plus converting and distribution operations in Australia, the US, and Europe supporting a

diverse range of industries.

It has been an incredible journey to be involved in the rebuild of the Agri manufacturing facility

relocated to Wigram following the Christchurch earthquakes and to successfully grow the business

by investing in acquisitions, product development, new technologies and supporting our people.

Now, after chairing the Board since 2017, I consider it is healthy for new leadership to take Skellerup

forward.

Much has changed since even a year ago, when our businesses were still heavily affected by COVID-

19 and its globally disruptive effects. The resilience of our business model and strategy have been

thoroughly tested, particularly during these past two years, and its success has seen us continue to

deliver substantial growth in earnings and returns to our shareholders.





Over the past seven years, Skellerup’s revenue has increased by 50 per cent and NPAT by 133 per

cent. These are excellent outcomes but there’s no resting on our laurels. It’s important we continue

to invest in our new products, technology, and people to provide the platform to keep delivering

growing and sustainable shareholder returns in the years ahead.

It is therefore with pleasure that Skellerup reported another record year. Net profit after tax (NPAT)

was $47.8 million, a 19 per cent improvement on the prior year which was also a record result.

Growth was robust across both Agri and Industrial Divisions.

The Directors were delighted to recognise this with a final dividend, imputed to 50 per cent, of 13.0

cents per share, which took the full year dividend to 20.5 cents per share, a 21 per cent increase on

the prior year. The final dividend was paid on 14 October 2022.

At Skellerup, our leadership has been strong, evidenced by Chief Executive David Mair being

awarded the Deloitte Top 200 CEO of the Year for 2021. Our Chief Financial officer Graham Leaming

was acknowledged as a finalist for CFO of the Year, and Skellerup also a finalist for Company of the

year.

David was also awarded the 2022 overall leadership award by the Institute of Finance Professionals

New Zealand in May of this year.

But these acknowledgements are really a tribute to the entire Skellerup team. We thank all our

people for their performance this past year. We are grateful for their dedication and contributions.

They have been through a tough time, and we are very proud of their resilience and commitment. I

would also like to acknowledge the service of Simon O’Connor of Ernst & Young who has been the

Audit Engagement Partner for the past 5 years. As required Simon has now stepped down and I

welcome Susan Jones as the Audit Engagement Partner from FY23. Today, Simon is with us and

Susan is in Christchurch, visiting our Wigram facility.

As David said in the Annual Report, Skellerup has over its 110-year history built a reputation as a

good employer. That reputational capital is an important ingredient to our success, and we

reciprocate by investing in our staff’s development, to grow future leaders, remunerating them

fairly, and by keeping them safe. I’m proud that every Skellerup site has an active Health and Safety

Committee, reporting monthly to the CEO, with the Board having oversight of the Committees with

their activities also reported to the Board.

Your Board is focused on enduring long-term success, as befits Skellerup’s history. We have been

part of the New Zealand story for a long time. Naturally challenges over such a long period change;





however, building and leading a sustainable business that can adapt to changing circumstances is a

constant.

One of those changes we’re now facing is climate change. Skellerup recognises the impact climate

change is having on the world. In June 2022, we formed a Sustainability Committee to oversee and

measure Skellerup’s sustainability initiatives.

This adds impetus to our existing sustainability lens, evidenced by investments we have made over

the last six years to reduce our emissions and water usage at key sites across our geographies.

Recently we consolidated three Auckland facilities onto a single site in Otahuhu, which will enable us

to realise improved commercial, employee and environmental benefits now and in the years ahead.

We have also implemented the ESG World Platform, to provide shareholders and stakeholders the

opportunity to review Skellerup’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance against

the range of frameworks in place throughout the world.

Skellerup is a global business, and our Board has a diverse range of skills, knowledge and governance

experience to deal with the complexities that accompany an international business.

In May 2022, Rachel Farrant a partner at BDO Wellington Ltd, joined as an Independent Director.

Rachel brings a strong financial focus to the Board and experience across a range of sectors,

including construction, technology, finance and property.

While COVID-19 has until recently hampered the Board’s ability to get out across our network of

businesses, we have nevertheless been active in visiting our domestic operations to learn from the

coal face the issues facing our businesses and workforce.

We are pleased to reward shareholders after another record result in FY22. Skellerup, as befits its

history, is in it for the long haul as a future-oriented and solution-focused business. And in line with

our well-tested strategy, we’ll continue to focus on working closely with key customers to provide

engineered products used in a range of critical applications and to look for investment opportunities

that create synergies to fuel our ongoing growth.

We are very optimistic about Skellerup’s future growth prospects and look forward to bolstering

capacity to meet the opportunities. Thank you for your ongoing support and trust in the Board,

executives, and employees of Skellerup. Looking to the future, I believe you will be in good hands

with experienced Board members and lead by John Strowger.

Thank you all for your loyalty and I’d like to close by wishing Skellerup and its shareholders

continued success well into the future.

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Skellerup Holdings Limited
Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2022

CEO’s Address


Thank you, Liz

Skellerup has delivered another record year: the latest in an unbroken chain of performance

excellence by our people across all parts of Skellerup’s global businesses.

Trust & Loyalty

I have been reflecting on our sustained success, so I’d like to begin by talking about trust.

The essence of building trust is in valuing long-term relationships. It is about being consistent. It

takes a lot of effort and can be easily destroyed by one slip. Over time, a reciprocal trusting

relationship that brings benefits to both parties is built. Loyalty is developed.

Our purpose consists of five long-term relationships: our customers, our suppliers, our people, our

shareholders and the wider community involving those people.

Working closely with customers to define and solve their problems has been an unwavering focus of

Skellerup’s, our chief purpose. Without customers, there is no business. It is a dynamic interaction

that takes place between our deep material expertise, strong product and tool design capability, and

proven manufacturing process knowledge.

But it is that dynamic interaction that has been the enduring key to building trust and loyalty with

our customers, as has our ability to solve difficult supply problems for them, accentuated during the

disruptions of the past two years.

In the same way we strive to be the best supplier to our customers, we also seek to be the best

customer for our suppliers. We are demanding but fair, and over time we have established high

performing networks with suppliers.

Trust also underpins the relationships with our people. Skellerup has since its very inception treated

its workforce as an extension of family. Over time, this has built a reservoir of trust, or reputational

capital.





I see loyalty as a reciprocal process, so we work hard to develop our people, broaden their skills, and

provide opportunities for their career development.

Allied to developing our people and their sharing in our successes, Skellerup is deeply committed to

keeping them safe. The protection and safety of our people and others from accidental harm in our

workplaces is our highest priority. We are proud that once again this year there have been no

serious harm injuries.

Safety is also reinforced through our commitment to maintaining a high standard of ethics in how

we operate and do business. We ensure Skellerup’s leaders work closely with their team to review

and discuss the behaviours outlined in our Code of Ethics, including ensuring our suppliers and

partners operate in accordance with our standards.

Taken together, being a good employer engenders reciprocal trust and loyalty and helps to create

the stable workforce necessary to ensure consistency of performance.

A final word on trust. I believe building reputational capital with our customers, suppliers,

workforce, and out in the community underpins our value proposition to shareholders. We have an

effective Board that gets to the essence of business decisions quickly, enabling management to

execute our strategy quickly. This is key to improving our performance and enables shareholders to

have confidence in us.

I can see a lot of loyal shareholders in the audience today – thank you.

Industrial Division

Skellerup’s Industrial Division designs and manufactures products that often combine multiple

materials such as rubber, plastic and metals to perform in a wide range of applications.

Our Industrial Division develops products for predominantly Original Equipment Manufacturing

customers, with 85 per cent of its revenue generated from international markets. From our technical

salespeople to our engineers and chemists, we work closely with our customers, and their

customers, to develop and deliver reliable products that meet their needs.

Interacting dynamically in collaboration with our customers to help define and solve their problems

and designing products that perform is a consistent thread across the Division’s businesses.

Results from our Industrial Division reached another record, with sales of $206.4 million, up 16 per

cent from 2021, and earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of $39.1 million, also a record, and up 20

per cent on FY21.





Revenue growth was driven by strong demand for gaskets, seals and vacuum systems into potable

water and wastewater applications, most particularly in the US market. Our acquisition of Talbot

Technologies at the end of August 2021 is bearing fruit, with expanded technical and production

capability enabling future revenue growth.

We also saw strong sales of high-performance foam products across most of our market

geographies. While sales growth has driven strong performance, we have also made efficiency gains,

such as the consolidation of three of our businesses into a foam group, located on one site at Savill

Link in South Auckland. Operational efficiencies have been gained, along with improved storage and

distribution from a single site.

Additionally, the consolidation also saw a reduction of intercompany freight costs and time, as well

as health and safety and sustainability gains through better social distancing space, LED lights and

solar panelling on the roof of this facility.

Agri Division

Skellerup’s Agri Division is focused on, and a global leader in, dairy rubberware design and

manufacture. We also design and manufacture rubber footwear for farming and specialty

applications including fire, forestry and electricity sectors.

Agri Division’s sales were a record $110.5 million, up eight per cent on FY21. EBIT was $33.6 million,

also a record and up 10 per cent on the prior year. Fifty-eight per cent of Agri Division’s revenue was

generated from international markets.

Sales revenue was fuelled by increased sales of food grade dairy rubberware in the US and NZ

markets, and increased sales of rubber footwear, most notably in NZ.

Skellerup is the second largest manufacturer of food-grade dairy rubberware in the world. Our

products are critical to the supply of fresh milk and milk products. While dairy faced a challenging

period in getting products to international markets, our adaptive capability, in sourcing different

materials, and finding ways to get products to customers underscores the skill and diligence of our

people. FY22 reinforced the value of our customer focus as in challenging conditions we’ve

continued to innovate new products and embed strong relationship that will help fuel future growth.

Agri Division continued to see improved operating performance, with greater process

standardisation to meet increased demands and revenue from the same capability. Productivity

gains at our large New Zealand and China manufacturing facilities helped to offset some of the

significant impact of raw material prices and freight costs.





Skellerup is committed to continuous process improvement which improves processes and offers

training to selected employees.

Solution-focused and Future Oriented

While we are proud of Skellerup’s performance this year, we are always focused on the future. We

learn from our successes but are continually seeking the next process improvement, the next quality

acquisition, and looking to develop new products and expand markets.

The business environment will remain challenging in the short-to-medium term, so we are also

turning our minds to pricing strategy and structures to ensure we have a good understanding of

costs and that products are priced fairly for market conditions so as to continue to provide value for

our customers.

Staying close to our customers and providing them with solutions remains the main driver of our

performance going forward.

We will strive to ensure Skellerup’s consistency of performance, and continually seek to standardize

processes to deliver on our promise of continuous improvement and building resilience across our

businesses.

We will also continue to build trust capital with our people and support them, focussing on retaining,

developing, and attracting the quality staff Skellerup needs as labour markets stay competitive.

Building an adaptable, highly skilled and resilient workforce is central to our future growth

ambitions.

I’d like to end by thanking you, our shareholders, for your loyalty. It fuels our drive to keep Skellerup

performing to reward your trust in us.

To close, I noted that earlier today we provided guidance on our expected result for FY23. Our Q1

results are in line with a very strong comparative period. Markets are uncertain but we expect to

report another record year with FY23 net profit after tax in the range of $48 million to $52 million.

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