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AoFrio Annual Shareholders Meeting

AGM28 April 2023AOFFinancials

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A: 78 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632, New Zealand

PO Box: 302-533 North Harbour, Auckland 0751, New Zealand


Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Notice is hereby given that the 2023 Annual Meeting of shareholders of AoFrio Limited (the “Company”)

will be held on


Wednesday, 24 May 2023 commencing at 3:15 pm.


Join us in person or online at:


Physical: Toroa Room, Level 2, PwC Tower, 15 Customs St West, Auckland CBD

Online: https://meetnow.global/nz


The venue will be open for registrations at 2.45pm.


For online attendance, please refer to the Virtual Meeting Guide or the Virtual Meeting Participation

instructions in the Procedural Notes and Other Information section of this Notice of Meeting.




Important dates and times


Vote-eligibility date for voting entitlements for the Annual Meeting:

Friday 19 May 2023, close of trading.


Last time for receipt of voting / proxy voting forms:

Monday 22 May 2023, 3.15pm



















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PO Box: 302-533 North Harbour, Auckland 0751, New Zealand


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® is a registered Trademark of AoFrio Ltd.


Order of Business



A. Chairman’s Address

B. Chief Executive Officer’s Address

C. Shareholder questions

D. Ordinary Resolutions

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

Resolution 1 - Re-election of Gottfried Pausch


That Gottfried Pausch be re-elected as a Director of the Company.

Resolution 2 - Auditor’s Remuneration

That the Directors of the Company be authorised to fix the fees and expenses of the auditor.


E. General Business

To consider such other business as may lawfully be raised at the meeting.


Light refreshments will be available upon the conclusion of the formal part of the Annual Meeting


Please read the Explanatory Notes and the Procedural Notes and Other Information for further

information in relation to Resolutions 1 and 2.


On behalf of the Board





Howard Milliner

Company Secretary

28 April 2023








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Explanatory Notes


Resolution 1 – Re-election of Gottfried Pausch

NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1 requires that the Company’s Directors must not hold office without re-election past

the third Annual Meeting of shareholders following their appointment or three years, whichever is longer.

Having been last elected in 2020, Chairman Gottfried Pausch will retire from office at this year’s Annual

Meeting. Being eligible, he offers himself for re-election as a Director of the Company.


A note from Gottfried:


“Our history is in motors, and we’re delivering the world’s leading IoT ecosystem to the global bottle

cooler market. But the company has further opportunities. Looking ahead the company will push into

new markets, focusing on ice cream, food service, beer, and medical refrigeration markets to start.


Over the last two years the board focused on finding a new CEO, supporting him to build a strong

management team and to formulate a new strategy for continued growth. Now, we are taking the next

step in our journey, bringing on new talent with fresh ideas to the board table.


After almost 10 years on the board and trending towards achieving our 2018 objective of $100

million annual sales by 2023, I’ve decided that AoFrio will be best served by a new chairperson

and the process for identifying suitable candidates has started.


This is to announce my intention to step down from the AoFrio Board when a suitable

replacement is found.


I look forward to seeing how the business grows in years to come, but for now am focused on my

duties as chair through until the end of my tenure.”


Gottfried Pausch.

A brief biography of Gottfried Pausch is provided below.




After almost 10 years on the AoFrio Board, Gottfried Pausch’s skills

in global business development and strategy formation have helped

underpin AoFrio’s long-term growth strategy.


Gottfried has had a long-running career in engineering, infrastructure,

and technology previously with Siemens, Actronic Technologies,

AuCom Electronics, Invert Robotics and the Icehouse.


Alongside his role at AoFrio, Gottfried is also the Managing Director

of Blackhawk.io, independent director at McKay and Ward Chandler

and is a member of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and

Employment initiative - Science for Technological Innovation,

National Science Challenge Board.


The Board has determined that Mr. Pausch is an Independent Director as defined in the NZX Listing







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Rules.


Resolution 2 – Auditor’s Remuneration

Deloitte is the existing auditor of the Company and is automatically re-appointed by virtue of section

207T of the New Zealand Companies Act 1993. The proposed ordinary resolution is required to

authorise the Directors of the Company to fix the auditor’s remuneration for the purposes of section

207S of the New Zealand Companies Act 1993.


The Board of AoFrio Limited confirms its support for both resolutions and recommends that you

vote in favour at the meeting.









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PO Box: 302-533 North Harbour, Auckland 0751, New Zealand


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® is a registered Trademark of AoFrio Ltd.


Procedural Notes and Other Information


Hybrid meeting

All shareholders will have the option to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting either in person or,

alternatively, online via an internet connection using a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone.


If the Board determines a physical meeting is inappropriate in the circumstances (for example due to COVID-19

concerns), the Company may, in its sole discretion, elect to hold the Annual Meeting as a virtual only meeting.


Details of how to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting virtually are set out below.


Persons entitled to vote

Voting entitlements will be determined at the close of trading on Friday 19 May 2023. Registered shareholders at

that time will be the only persons entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and only the shares registered in those

shareholders’ names at that time may be voted at the meeting.


Requisite majority

Each of the Resolutions will be passed if approved by an ordinary resolution at the Annual Meeting. An ordinary

resolution is a resolution approved by a simple majority of the votes of those shareholders entitled to vote and

voting on the resolution (directly or by proxy or representative (in each case, through the means described below)).

Each Resolution is a separate resolution to be voted on separately by shareholders. Accordingly, each Resolution

may be approved regardless of the outcome of the vote on any other Resolution.


Proxies and corporate representatives


Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting may appoint a proxy to attend and vote on their

behalf. A corporation may appoint a person to attend the meeting as its representative in the same manner as it

may appoint a proxy. If a shareholder wishes to appoint a proxy (or in the case of a corporate shareholder, a

representative), the shareholder must make that appointment online by visiting www.investorvote.co.nz or by

completing and returning the Voting and Proxy Form accompanying this Notice of Meeting.


The Voting and Proxy Form must be completed (if online), or returned, by no later than Monday 22 May at 3.15pm.


A proxy need not be a shareholder. For example, shareholders may appoint the Chairman of the Board or another

person (such as the chairman of the Annual Meeting) to act as their proxy. It is intended that the Chairman of the

Board be the Chairman of the Annual Meeting.


The Chairman of the meeting, or any other Director of AoFrio, is willing to act as a proxy on behalf of shareholders

who wish to appoint them for that purpose. The Chairman of the meeting and Directors who act as proxies on

behalf of shareholders intend to vote any proxy discretion given to them in favour of the resolutions, provided that

Gottfried Pausch will abstain from voting any discretionary proxies given to him relating to his own re-election.


If your proxy is not the Chairman of the meeting or a Director of AoFrio, and they intend to join the meeting virtually,

please ensure that you provide their contact details in the space provided on the Proxy and Voting Form.


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

to vote as he/she sees fit. If you wish to give your proxy discretion, then you must mark the appropriate boxes on

the Voting and Proxy Form. If you do not tick any box for a particular resolution then your proxy may vote as they

choose, as if you had selected ‘Proxy Discretion’.


If, in appointing your proxy, you do not name a person to be your proxy, the Chairman of the Annual Meeting will

be your proxy and will vote in accordance with your express directions.


If additional matters are raised during the Annual Meeting which require a shareholder vote, your proxy will be







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entitled to vote on these additional matters as your proxy thinks fit.


Shareholders may revoke their proxies by giving written notice of revocation to the Company in the manner set out

below no later than Monday 22 May at 3.15pm.


Voting


Voting on the resolutions to be put before the Annual Shareholder Meeting will be conducted by way of poll. As a

shareholder you may cast your vote in one of three ways:


(a) you may attend the meeting in person and vote, or you may participate virtually and vote at the meeting via

an online platform https://meetnow.global/nz; or


(b) you may appoint a proxy or (in the case of a corporate shareholder) a representative to attend the meeting in

person and vote in your place or to participate virtually and vote at the meeting in your place via an online

platform https://meetnow.global/nz; or


(c) you may cast a postal vote by lodging your postal vote or proxy online, by mail or by scan and email to one

of the addresses below.


If you (or your proxy on your behalf) vote online you (or they) will be required to enter your CSN Securityholder

number and postcode/ country of residence and the secure access control number that is located on the front of

your Proxy and Voting Form or follow the prompts in the email you receive from the share registrar, Computershare

Investor Services Limited.


If a Shareholder wishes to cast a postal vote, the Voting and Proxy Form must be completed and received by

AoFrio no later than Monday 22 May at 3.15pm. AoFrio’s Company Secretary has been authorised by the Board

of AoFrio to receive and count postal votes at the Annual Meeting.


Details of how to participate in the Annual Meeting virtually are set out below.


The addresses for the purpose of lodging the Voting and Proxy Form are as follows:


Lodge your postal vote or proxy


Online

www.investorvote.co.nz


By Mail

Computershare Investor Services Limited

Private Bag 92119, Auckland 1142, New Zealand


By Scan and email to

corporateactions@computershare.co.nz

For all enquiries contact


+64 9 488 8777

corporateactions@computershare.co.nz


If you are attending in person, please bring the enclosed Proxy and Voting Form to the Annual Meeting to assist

with your registration.







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A: 78 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632, New Zealand

PO Box: 302-533 North Harbour, Auckland 0751, New Zealand


P: + 64 9 477 4500 E: investor-relations@aofrio.com

® is a registered Trademark of AoFrio Ltd.








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A: 78 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632, New Zealand

PO Box: 302-533 North Harbour, Auckland 0751, New Zealand


P: + 64 9 477 4500 E: investor-relations@aofrio.com

® is a registered Trademark of AoFrio Ltd.



Virtual meeting participation


Shareholders can attend the meeting virtually through the Computershare Meeting Platform

https://meetnow.global/nz. To access the meeting, select ‘New Zealand’ from the drop-down box, click ‘Go’ under

the AoFrio meeting and then click ‘JOIN MEETING NOW’. By using the meeting platform, you will be able to watch

the meeting, vote and ask questions online using your smartphone, tablet, or desktop device. Please refer to the

accompanying Virtual Meeting Guide for more information.


You will need the latest version of Chrome, Safari, Edge, or Firefox to access the meeting. Please ensure your

browser is compatible.


Shareholders may vote on the resolutions to be put to the Annual Meeting, and ask questions, by using their own

computers or mobile devices through the online participation portal, as described in the accompanying Virtual

Meeting Guide.


Shareholders may also send questions in advance of the meeting to investor-relations@aofrio.com. The main

themes will be aggregated and responded to at the meeting, provided that the Company reserves the right not to

address questions that, in the Chairman’s opinion, are not reasonable or appropriate in the context of an Annual

Meeting, or any written question in advance of the meeting that was not received by the close of business on Friday

19 May 2023.


Details of how to participate in the Annual Meeting virtually are provided in the Virtual Meeting Guide accompanying

this Notice of Meeting. Shareholders are encouraged to review the Virtual Meeting Guide prior to the meeting.


If you have any questions, or need assistance with the online process, please contact Computershare on

+64 9 488 8777 between 8.30am and 5.00pm (NZST) Monday to Friday or by email to corporateactions@

computershare.co.nz.




























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A: 78 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632, New Zealand

PO Box: 302-533 North Harbour, Auckland 0751, New Zealand


P: + 64 9 477 4500 E: investor-relations@aofrio.com

® is a registered Trademark of AoFrio Ltd.

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