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FPH 2023 Notice of Annual Meeting and Voting Form

AGM6 July 2023FPHHealthcare

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STOCK EXCHANGE LISTINGS: NEW ZEALAND (FPH), AUSTRALIA (FPH)


2023 Notice of Annual Meeting and Voting Form


Auckland, New Zealand, 7 July 2023 - Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited (NZX:FPH,

ASX:FPH) has provided a copy of the Notice of Meeting for its 2023 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting,

which will be held in person at 15 Maurice Paykel Place, East Tāmaki, Auckland, New Zealand on

Tuesday, 29 August 2023 at 2.00pm (NZST) and online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/FPH23.


The attached Notice of Meeting and Voting Form will be mailed to shareholders who have not

provided the company’s share registrar with an email address. An electronic copy of these

documents is also available on the company’s website at www.fphcare.co.nz/asm.


About Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of products and

systems for use in acute and chronic respiratory care, surgery and the treatment of obstructive sleep

apnea. The company’s products are sold in over 120 countries worldwide. For more information

about the company, visit our website www.fphcare.com.


Media & Investor Contacts:


Hayden Brown

Head of Capital Markets and Investor

Relations

hayden.brown@fphcare.co.nz

+64 27 807 8073

Dan Adolph

Senior Communications and Investor Relations

Manager

daniel.adolph@fphcare.co.nz

+64 22 511 4050


Authorised by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited’s Company Secretary.

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Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited
NOTICE OF ANNUAL

SHAREHOLDERS’

MEETING 2023

The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation

Limited (NZBN 9429040719887 and

ABN 69098 026 281) (the Company) will be

held online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/FPH23

and in person at 15 Maurice Paykel Place,

East Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand

on Tuesday, 29 August 2023 commencing

at 2.00pm (NZST).

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 20231

IMPORTANT DATES

Record date for voting

entitlements for the Annual

Shareholders’ Meeting

5.00pm,

Friday 25 August 2023

(NZST)

Latest time for

receipt of postal votes

and proxies

2.00pm,

Friday 25 August 2023

(NZST)

Annual Shareholders’

Meeting

2.00pm,

Tuesday 29 August 2023

(NZST)

HOW TO GET TO

THE DANIELL BUILDING

AT 15 MAURICE PAYKEL

PLACE, EAST TAMAKI,

AUCKLAND

HIGHBROOK

DRIVE

DANIELL

BUILDING

PAYKEL


BUILDING

O’HARE


BUILDING

STEWART


BUILDING

MAURICE

PAYKEL PL

At the roundabout at the end

of Maurice Paykel Place, take

the second exit and follow the

signs to the Daniell Building.

Visitor parking is clearly marked

and is available outside the

Daniell Building reception.

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BUSINESS

A. CHAIR’S ADDRESS

B. MANAGING DIRECTOR AND

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REVIEW

C. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

To receive and consider the financial statements and

the auditor’s report for the year ended 31 March 2023

as contained in the Company’s 2023 annual report.

D. RESOLUTIONS

To consider and, if thought appropriate, pass the

following ordinary resolutions.

Re-Election of Director

(1) That Pip Greenwood, be re-elected as a Director

of the Company.

(See Explanatory Note 1)

Auditor’s Remuneration

(2) That the Directors be authorised to fix the fees

and expenses of PwC as the Company’s auditor.

(See Explanatory Note 2)

Directors’ Remuneration

(3) That the maximum aggregate annual

remuneration payable to non-executive

Directors be increased by NZ$295,000 from

NZ$1,455,000 to NZ$1,750,000 (plus GST as

appropriate).

(See Explanatory Note 3)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 20233
Long Term Variable Remuneration issued to the

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

(4) That approval be given for the issue of up

to 100,000 performance share rights to a

total value of $577,200 under the Fisher

& Paykel Healthcare 2022 Performance

Share Rights Plan to Lewis Gradon,

Managing Director and Chief Executive

Officer of the Company.

(5) That approval be given for the issue of

up to 190,000 options to a total value

of $577,200 under the Fisher & Paykel

Healthcare 2022 Share Option Plan to

Lewis Gradon, Managing Director and

Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

(See Explanatory Note 4)

SHAREHOLDER QUESTIONS

Consideration of any shareholder questions raised

during the meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors

SCOTT ST JOHN, CHAIR

7 JULY 2023

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PROCEDURAL NOTES

Persons entitled to vote

The persons who will be entitled to vote on the

resolutions at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting are

those persons who will be the shareholders of the

Company at 5.00pm on Friday, 25 August 2023 (NZST).

Casting a vote

The voting form enclosed with this notice allows you,

or your proxy, to vote either for or against, or abstain

from, each of the resolutions. Votes may be cast in any

one of the following ways:

Meeting attendance

Attending in person:

Shareholders present at the Annual Shareholders’

Meeting in person may cast their votes at the meeting.

Download the “LinkVote” App available at the App

Store or Google Play Store to vote at the meeting using

your Apple or Android phone. Further detailed

instructions will be provided on the day of the meeting.

Alternatively, if you prefer to vote using a paper card,

this option will be available.

Attending online:

To attend the meeting online please go to

www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/FPH23. Shareholders

attending online will be able to vote and ask

questions during the Annual Meeting. More

information regarding virtual attendance at the

Annual Meeting (including how to vote and ask

questions virtually during the Meeting) is available

in the Virtual Annual Meeting Online Portal Guide

available at https://bcast.linkinvestorservices.co.nz/

generic/docs/OnlinePortalGuide.pdf.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 20235
Online and postal voting prior to the meeting

Shareholders may directly cast a vote prior to the

meeting online at vote.linkmarketservices.com/FPH/

or by post by completing and lodging the enclosed

voting form with the share registrar, Link Market

Services Limited at PO Box 91976, Auckland 1142,

New Zealand, in accordance with the instructions

set out on the form. In either case the vote must reach

Link Market Services Limited not later than 48 business

hours before the time of the holding of the meeting

(i.e. before 2.00pm on Friday, 25 August 2023 (NZST)).

The Board has authorised Link Market Services to

receive and count postal votes.

Proxy

Shareholders may appoint a proxy to attend the

Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and vote in their place.

A body corporate which is a shareholder may appoint

a representative to attend on its behalf in the same

manner as that in which it could appoint a proxy.

A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.

A shareholder who wishes to do so may appoint the

Chair of the Meeting to act as proxy.

A proxy will vote as directed in the proxy form or, if

voting is left to the proxy’s discretion, then the proxy

will decide how to vote on the resolutions (subject

to the comments under “Voting Restrictions” below).

If the Chair is appointed as proxy and the voting is left

to his discretion, the Chair intends to vote in favour of

each of Resolutions (1), (2), (4) and (5). The Chair will

abstain from voting on any discretionary proxies in

respect of Resolution (3).

To appoint a proxy, go online to

vote.linkmarketservices.com/FPH/ or complete

and lodge the enclosed voting form with the share

registrar, Link Market Services Limited, in accordance

with the instructions set out on the form. In either case

the proxy must be received not later than 48 business

hours before the time of the holding of the meeting

(i.e. before 2.00pm on Friday, 25 August 2023 (NZST)).

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Voting Restrictions

The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour

of Resolution (3) by any Director of the Company and

any of his or her associated persons. The Company will

also disregard any votes cast in favour of Resolutions

(4) or (5) by Lewis Gradon and any of his associated

persons (in each case the term “associated persons”

is as defined in the NZX Listing Rules).

The Company need not disregard a vote cast in favour

of Resolutions (3), (4) or (5) if it is cast by any of the

above people as proxy for a person who is entitled to

vote, in accordance with an express direction on the

proxy form.

Resolutions

All the Resolutions contained in this Notice of

Meeting must be passed by an ordinary resolution

of shareholders, i.e. by a simple majority of the votes

of those shareholders entitled to vote and voting on

the resolution in person or by proxy.

NZX

This Notice of Meeting has been reviewed by

NZX Limited (NZX) in accordance with NZX Listing

Rule 7.1 and NZ RegCo has confirmed it does not

object to this Notice. NZX does not take any

responsibility for any statement in this Notice.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 20237

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EXPLANATORY NOTE 1 –

RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR

Under NZX Listing Rule 2.7, a Director must not hold

office (without re-election) past the third annual

meeting following the Director’s appointment or

three years, whichever is the longer.

Pip Greenwood is the Director retiring in 2023. Being

eligible, Pip Greenwood offers herself for re-election.

Pip Greenwood stands for re-election with the

support of the Board, having considered her tenure,

contribution to the Board, attendance, experience,

other commitments and positions, and

performance generally.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Pip Greenwood

Pip has been a Director of the Company since

June 2017. Pip is also chair of Westpac New Zealand

Limited, the chair elect of The a2 Milk Company

Limited and a trustee of the Auckland Writers Festival.

Pip has previously been a Director of Spark Limited

and Vulcan Steel Limited and has served as a member

of the New Zealand Takeovers Panel.

Pip Greenwood is considered by the Board to be an

independent Director.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 20239
EXPLANATORY NOTE 2 –

AUDITOR’S REMUNERATION

Under section 207T of the Companies Act 1993,

PwC is automatically reappointed as the auditor of the

Company, and this resolution authorises the Board to

fix the fees and expenses of the auditor in accordance

with section 207S of the Companies Act 1993.

EXPLANATORY NOTE 3 –

DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION

The Board reviews non-executive Director fees on

an annual basis to ensure they are appropriate

and thereby enable the Company to attract and

retain Directors who contribute to the successful

management of the Company and create value

for shareholders.

In March 2023, the Board engaged Mercer

Consulting (Australia) Pty Ltd (Mercer) to undertake

a benchmarking exercise in order to assess the

appropriateness of the fees being paid to Directors.

The Mercer report, which was completed in May 2023,

benchmarked the Company’s current fees against

NZX and ASX companies of a similar size and scale

to the Company. The report concluded that current

Board Chair fees and non-executive Director fees

are positioned at the 25th percentile of the selected

comparator group.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is a global leader in the

market for respiratory humidification products.

The Company has over 6,500 people in 53 countries,

manufacturing facilities in New Zealand, Mexico and

China and 99% of the Company’s revenue is generated

outside of New Zealand. Medical devices are highly

regulated and regulatory requirements are increasing

globally. These factors, together with the significant

growth of the Company since 2020, have resulted in

an increase in the complexity of matters for

consideration by the Board.

As a result, shareholders are being asked to approve

an increase in the total amount available for payment

of non-executive Directors’ fees by NZ$295,000 from

NZ$1,455,000 per annum to NZ$1,750,000 per annum

(plus GST as appropriate), being an increase of 20%.

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The Directors may determine the amount payable to

each non-executive Director within the maximum

aggregate amount being approved by shareholders.

For the voting exclusions applicable to this resolution,

please refer to Procedural Notes included in this

Notice of Meeting.

Current Director fees

Fees paid to the Company’s non-executive Directors

for the year ended 31 March 2023 totalled

NZ$1,389,949 (including an overseas Director

allowance paid in acknowledgement of travel, time

and local remuneration practices for the Company’s

Australian-based Directors). A breakdown of the fees

paid to Directors for Board and Committee

membership is set out on pages 14 and 15.

Shareholders last approved an increase in the total

annual remuneration for the Company’s non-executive

Directors in August 2020.

Since 2020:

• the base fee paid to a non-executive Director has

increased 7.6% or a compound annual growth rate

of 2.5%;

• the Company’s operating revenue has increased by

25%, at a compound annual growth rate of 8%, from

$1.26 billion for the year ended 31 March 2020 to

$1.58 billion for the year ended 31 March 2023;

• the Company’s net profit after tax has reduced from

$287.3 million for the year ended 31 March 2020

to $250.3 million for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Despite the pull forward of Hospital hardware sales

during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company has

continued to invest to advance its longer-term

growth opportunities while mitigating the additional

and transitory costs of meeting the global need for

treating patients during the pandemic; and

• the consumer price index in New Zealand and

Australia has increased 16.3%

1

and 15.9%

2


respectively over the same period.

1. https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/infoshare/ViewTable.aspx?pxID=0e2163af-

e53f-47ce-a9df-328470005dfe

2. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/

consumer-price-index-australia/latest-release#data-downloads

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 202311
Independent benchmarking report

The Board is conscious to ensure Directors’ fees are

set and managed in a manner which is fair, flexible and

transparent. The Company conducted a competitive

RFP process in late 2022/early 2023 to determine who

would be appointed to conduct the benchmarking

exercise. Criteria that were considered when

determining which consultant to appoint included

independence and industry experience.

Mercer was successful in this RFP process and were

appointed to conduct the benchmarking exercise

and provide an independent recommendation on

the appropriate level of non-executive Director fees.

Mercer maintain a significant database of Directors’

fees information in New Zealand and Australia.

Using this database, the Company’s current fees

were benchmarked against a comparator group,

made up of 19 listed entities from both the NZX

and ASX. All companies listed on the ASX and NZX

headquartered in either Australia or New Zealand

were initially considered. Mercer then filtered all of

these companies to include only companies classified

within the healthcare, communication services

and information technology sectors based on the

Global Industry Classification Standard. A market

capitalisation filter of 33% to 300% of the Company’s

6-month average market capitalisation was then

applied. This resulted in a comparator group consisting

of 9 companies that have a primary NZX listing and

10 companies that have a primary ASX listing.

A summary of the Mercer report, which includes

the benchmarking methodology, comparator group

constituents and non-executive Director fee

recommendations, is available on the Company’s

website (www.fphcare.co.nz/asm).

The Mercer report indicates that the Company’s

aggregate fee pool is currently positioned at the

25th percentile of the comparator group and

recommends an increase that would place the

aggregate fee pool at the median of the

comparator group.

For ease of reference, current fee data from the

comparator group and the Mercer recommendations

are summarised in the table on pages 14 and 15.

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Proposed increase to the Director fee pool

As a result of the benchmarking process conducted

by Mercer and the Board’s consultation with a number

of shareholders and shareholder representative bodies,

the Board has determined to propose an increase in

the total annual pool available for remunerating the

non-executive Directors in line with Mercer’s

recommendations. In doing so, the Board has

considered the experience and responsibility of the

Directors, the size and complexity of Fisher & Paykel

Healthcare’s operations, the level of governance and

consequent time commitment, relative to the

benchmarking advice from Mercer.

The proposed increase to the total aggregate pool

represents an increase of 20% over the three-year

period since the total Directors’ remuneration was

last approved by shareholders in 2020. Mercer’s

recommendation is that setting a fee pool with a

headroom of approximately 15%, rounded down to the

nearest $50,000, provides the Company with flexibility

to provide additional payment to Directors in instances

where they are asked to undertake additional duties

during special activities such as corporate actions

or transactions, requiring considerable additional

hours over and above the scope of typical Board

requirements. It also allows for future increases in

Director fees to address growth in the size of the

business. Mercer has analysed the fee pool headroom

for the NZX companies in the comparator group and

found that the average headroom was 13.6%, whereas

a fee pool headroom of 20% to 25% is more typical

for ASX-listed companies. It is not the intention of

the Board to use the fee pool to award significant

additional Director base fee increases without first

seeking shareholder approval.

Should the increase in the Director fee pool be

approved by shareholders at the annual shareholders’

meeting, then from 1 September 2023 to 31 March

2024, non-executive Directors’ fees would be as set

out in the table on pages 14 and 15. The Directors have

largely adopted the fee recommendations proposed

by Mercer, with two exceptions – in respect of the

Chair of the People & Remuneration Committee and

the Chair of the Quality, Safety & Regulatory

Committee.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 202313
The Directors propose a smaller increase in the fee

for the Chair of the People & Remuneration Committee

than recommended by Mercer. The Directors are of

the view that Australian-headquartered companies

in the comparator group are subject to additional

remuneration disclosure and reporting requirements,

which increases the median fees for that position in

the comparator group. The Directors are proposing

a fee reflective of the workload and responsibilities

of the Chair of the People & Remuneration Committee

for a New Zealand-headquartered business.

The Directors propose a larger increase in the fee

for the Chair of the Quality, Safety & Regulatory

Committee than recommended by Mercer to recognise

the workload and responsibilities of the Quality, Safety

& Regulatory Committee in the highly regulated

environment the Company operates in. Only a limited

number of companies in the comparator group

operate a similar committee.

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Annual Fee Structure

All numbers are provided in NZ$

(excluding GST) except where

stated otherwise

Current Fee

Levels

Comparator

Group Median

Mercer

Recommendations

2023 Annual

Meeting

Recommendation

Proposed New Fee

Levels

Increase% Increase

Base Fees

Chair$287,897$379,687

$324,000$324,000$36,10312.5%

Non-executive Director $137,222$168,000$144,000$144,000$6,7784.9%

Overseas Director Travel

Allowance

$23,844–$24,000$24,000$1560.7%

Audit and Risk Committee fees

Chair$34,978$40,265

$37,900$37,900$2,9228.4%

Member$18,950$21,862$18,950$18,950––

People and Remuneration Committee fees

Chair$26,906$36,043

$33,163$30,000$3,09411.5%

Member$18,950$17,139$18,950$18,950––

Quality, Safety and Regulatory Committee fees

Chair$25,249$27,000

$28,425$30,000$4,75118.8%

Member$18,950$13,555$18,950$18,950––

Totals

Total Non-executive Directors’

Fees (assuming 7 non-

executive Directors for a full

year & current committee

composition)

$1,421,494 –

–$1,509,500$88,0066.2%

Non-executive Directors’

Fee Pool

$1,455,000––$1,750,000$295,00020.3%

Unallocated Directors’

Fee Pool

$33,506––$240,500––

The non-executive Directors’ fee pool for shareholder

approval at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting is set

with reference to 7 non-executive Directors.

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Annual Fee Structure

All numbers are provided in NZ$

(excluding GST) except where

stated otherwise

Current Fee

Levels

Comparator

Group Median

Mercer

Recommendations

2023 Annual

Meeting

Recommendation

Proposed New Fee

Levels

Increase% Increase

Base Fees

Chair$287,897$379,687

$324,000$324,000$36,10312.5%

Non-executive Director $137,222$168,000$144,000$144,000$6,7784.9%

Overseas Director Travel

Allowance

$23,844–$24,000$24,000$1560.7%

Audit and Risk Committee fees

Chair$34,978$40,265

$37,900$37,900$2,9228.4%

Member$18,950$21,862$18,950$18,950––

People and Remuneration Committee fees

Chair$26,906$36,043

$33,163$30,000$3,09411.5%

Member$18,950$17,139$18,950$18,950––

Quality, Safety and Regulatory Committee fees

Chair$25,249$27,000

$28,425$30,000$4,75118.8%

Member$18,950$13,555$18,950$18,950––

Totals

Total Non-executive Directors’

Fees (assuming 7 non-

executive Directors for a full

year & current committee

composition)

$1,421,494 –

–$1,509,500$88,0066.2%

Non-executive Directors’

Fee Pool

$1,455,000––$1,750,000$295,00020.3%

Unallocated Directors’

Fee Pool

$33,506––$240,500––

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EXPLANATORY NOTE 4 - LONG TERM VARIABLE

REMUNERATION ISSUED TO THE MANAGING

DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Introduction

The Board believes that the issue of equity-based

long-term variable remuneration instruments (LTVR

Instruments) will provide appropriate alignment of

participating employees with the total shareholder

return of the Company. LTVR Instruments also assist

the Company to attract, motivate and retain key

employees in an environment where such employees

are in high demand, both within New Zealand and

internationally. LTVR Instruments will be issued to

employees as a long-term component of remuneration

provided to employees in accordance with the

Company’s remuneration policy.

The LTVR Instruments proposed to be issued to

Mr Gradon under NZX Listing Rule 4.6 do not require

shareholder approval of the issue, given Mr Gradon’s

participation has been determined by criteria applying

to employees generally under the Company’s LTVR

Plans. However, the Company has determined it will

seek shareholder approval for the issue, consistent

with its prior practice. If shareholders do not approve

the proposed issue of LTVR Instruments to Mr Gradon,

the Board will investigate alternative long-term

variable remuneration arrangements for Mr Gradon.

The Company currently operates the following

long-term variable remuneration arrangements (LTVR

Plans) under which LTVR Instruments will be issued to

select executives and senior managers:

• The Fisher & Paykel Healthcare 2022 Performance

Share Rights Plan (the 2022 Performance Share

Rights Plan), under which performance share rights

are issued. This was introduced as a replacement for

the 2019 Performance Share Rights Plan, which had

in-turn replaced the Performance Share Rights Plan

that was first introduced in 2012. Under the 2022

Performance Share Rights Plan, performance share

rights vest and become exercisable for ordinary

shares depending on the achievement of a

designated total shareholder return hurdle on

the third anniversary of the grant date.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 202317
• The Fisher & Paykel Healthcare 2022 Share Option

Plan (the 2022 Option Plan). This has been

introduced as a replacement for the 2019 Share

Option Plan, which had in-turn replaced the 2003

Share Option Plan. Under the 2022 Option Plan,

options vest and become exercisable for ordinary

shares depending on share price performance

relative to a cost of capital benchmark on the

third anniversary of the grant date.

Shareholder approval being sought

Shareholder approval is being sought:

• under Resolution (4), to issue up to 100,000

performance share rights to a total value of

$577,200 under the 2022 Performance Share Rights

Plan; and

• under Resolution (5), to issue up to 190,000

options to a total value of $577,200 under the 2022

Option Plan,

in each case to Lewis Gradon, the Managing

Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Mr Gradon is the only Director eligible to participate

in new grants under the LTVR Plans. The Company

intends to issue these LTVR Instruments to Mr Gradon

within one month of the date of the Annual

Shareholders’ Meeting.

Following the annual shareholders’ meeting, an

independent valuation will be obtained from KPMG to

determine the fair value of each performance share

right and option to be issued this year. The number

of instruments to be issued to employees is based on

a set dollar amount divided by the valuation of the

respective LTVR Instrument. A higher valuation would

likely result in less LTVR instruments being issued,

while a lower valuation would likely result in more

LTVR Instruments being issued this year.

The actual number of LTVR Instruments that will be

issued to Mr Gradon this year will be calculated once

the independent valuation is received following the

annual shareholders’ meeting. The number will be

calculated by dividing the total value as approved

by shareholders by the fair value of each instrument.

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The following tables compare the total value and

maximum number of LTVR Instruments proposed to

be issued to Mr Gradon this year against the total

maximum number approved last year, as well as the

actual total number and value of LTVR Instruments

issued to Mr Gradon last year.

Performance Share Rights

2022

Total Value Issued$555,000

Fair Value per PSR$9.78

Actual Number Issued56,749

Maximum Number Approved100,000

2023

Total Value Issued$577,200

Fair Value per PSRValuation conducted by

KPMG after ASM.

Maximum Number to be Issued100,000

Options

2022

Total Value Issued$555,000

Fair Value per Option$4.31

Actual Number Issued128,771

Maximum Number Approved190,000

2023

Total Value Issued$577,200

Fair Value per OptionValuation conducted by

KPMG after ASM.

Maximum Number to be Issued190,000

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 202319
LTVR Instruments Total

2022

Total Value Issued$1,110,000

Actual Number Issued185,520

Maximum Number Approved290,000

2023

Total Value to be Issued$1,154,400

Maximum Number to be Issued290,000

The Company also intends to issue, pursuant to NZX

Listing Rule 4.6, up to 2,210,000 LTVR Instruments in

aggregate, to approximately 675 selected executives,

senior managers and other employees of the Company

and its subsidiaries. Together with the maximum

number of LTVR Instruments proposed to be issued to

Mr Gradon, the Company therefore intends to issue no

more than a maximum aggregate of 2,500,000 LTVR

Instruments to employees, including Mr Gradon,

following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

The maximum aggregate number for which approval

is sought equates to the issue of LTVR Instruments to

acquire shares representing approximately 0.4% of the

total ordinary shares on issue. If all 2,500,000 LTVR

Instruments were exercised for shares, then

shareholders would be diluted by this percentage

amount. In 2022, the actual number of LTVR

Instruments issued was 1,481,291.

A summary of the key terms of the 2022 Performance

Share Rights Plan and 2022 Option Plan is set

out below.

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Key Terms of the 2022 Performance Share

Rights Plan

The key terms of the 2022 Performance Share Rights

Plan are:

• No amount is payable by a participant for the grant

of performance share rights.

• One share right gives the participant the potential

to exercise that performance share right for one

ordinary share in the Company at no cost.

• Whether (and how many) performance share rights

become exercisable will depend on the Company’s

gross total shareholder return (TSR) performance

compared to the performance of the Dow Jones

US Select Medical Equipment Total Return Index

in New Zealand dollars over the same period

(the Index return).

• The Company’s TSR will be calculated and

compared against the Index return on the third

anniversary of the grant of the performance share

rights (the PSR Performance Period).

• Performance share rights will only become

exercisable if the Company’s TSR over the PSR

Performance Period exceeds the Index return over

the same period, measured in absolute terms. If, at

the end of the PSR Performance Period, the

Company’s TSR performance over that period

exceeds the Index return over the same period

by less than 10%, measured in absolute terms, then

between 50% and 100% of the performance share

rights held by the participant, as determined on a

straight-line basis by the Board, become

exercisable. If the Company’s TSR over the PSR

Performance Period exceeds the Index return over

the same period by 10% or more, measured in

absolute terms, then all of the performance share

rights will become exercisable.

• At the end of the PSR Performance Period, the

Company will advise each participant whether any

of their performance share rights are exercisable

depending on the above methodology and, if they

are, the number of performance share rights that

are exercisable.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 202321
• Exercisable performance share rights may only be

exercised during the 20 business day period from

the date that the participant is notified that the

performance share rights have become exercisable

(excluding, at the Board’s discretion, any days when

trading restrictions apply to a participant) (the

Exercise Period). Any exercisable performance

share rights may be exercised by the participant

at any time during the Exercise Period and will be

deemed to be exercised at 4.59pm on the last day

of the Exercise Period if they have not been

exercised or surrendered by the participant before

that time.

• If no performance share rights are exercisable

because the Company’s TSR over the PSR

Performance Period has not exceeded the Index

return over the same period, the performance share

rights lapse.

• Unless otherwise determined by the Board, a

participant’s performance share rights will lapse on

the first to occur of the following events:

–the date of receipt by the Company of written

notice from the participant surrendering their

performance share rights;

–5.00pm on the last day of the Exercise Period in

respect of the PSR Performance Period;

–in the case of performance share rights held by a

participant who ceases to be employed because

of serious illness, accident, permanent

disablement, redundancy or death, the last date

of the Exercise Period; and

–in the case of performance share rights held by a

participant who ceases to be employed because

of any other reason, the day on which that

person ceases to be employed.

• Subject to any applicable Listing Rules, the Board is

given discretion to adjust the terms of any

performance share rights to achieve equivalent

treatment as between the participants in the 2022

Performance Share Rights Plan and the

shareholders in the event of a change in the capital

structure of the Company.

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• The Board is also given discretion to amend the

terms of the 2022 Performance Share Rights Plan,

or of performance share rights, in the case of a

takeover or other change of control transaction in

respect of the Company, so as to allow participants

to participate in the benefit of that transaction.

• The Company may amend the terms of the 2022

Performance Share Rights Plan, subject to the

consent of any adversely affected participant.

• Performance share rights are not transferable,

other than to certain persons associated with an

employee and approved by the Board, and do

not participate in dividends or other distributions

of the Company. Participants are not entitled to

participate in new issues of the underlying securities

(such as a rights issue or bonus issue) prior to

exercising the performance share rights.

• Performance share rights will not be quoted on

either the NZX Main Board or the ASX markets.

So long as the Company remains listed on the NZX

Main Board and/or the ASX markets, it is intended

that the shares issued on exercise of performance

share rights will be quoted on the NZX Main Board

and/or the ASX markets (as applicable).

• Ordinary shares issued or transferred on the

exercise of performance share rights will be fully

paid and rank equally with all other ordinary shares

in the Company except for dividends or other

entitlements in respect of which the record date

occurred prior to the date of issue or transfer of

the relevant shares.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 202323
Key Terms of the 2022 Option Plan

The key terms of the 2022 Option Plan are:

• No amount is payable for the grant of options.

• One option gives the participant the right to

subscribe at the exercise price for one ordinary

share in the Company.

• An option may be exercised only if, on the third

anniversary of the date of grant of an option, the

Company’s volume weighted average share price

on the NZX Main Board over the five business days

before that date, exceeds the “Escalated Price”

(described below) on that date.

• The share price will be weighed against the

Escalated Price on the third anniversary of the

date of grant of an option (“Grant Date”). If the

share price exceeds the Escalated Price at that

date, options may be exercised during a period

of 90 business days (excluding, at the Board’s

discretion, any days when trading restrictions

apply to a participant) (“Exercise Period”) after

the Company advises the option holder that the

options have become exercisable. If options have

become exercisable, the holder of those options

may exercise all or some of those options during

the Exercise Period, but any options of that holder

issued on the same Grant Date that are not

exercised will be cancelled.

• Unless otherwise determined by the Board, options

lapse on the holder ceasing to be employed by the

Company or a subsidiary. If an option holder ceases

to be employed by reason of serious illness,

accident, permanent disablement, redundancy,

or death the holder’s options remain in force

until the end of the Exercise Period.

• The exercise price of options is the Company’s

volume weighted average share price on the

NZX Main Board over the five business days

before the Grant Date.

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• The Escalated Price is determined as follows:

–At each anniversary of the Grant Date of an

option, a new “base price” will be calculated by:

›increasing the last calculated base price

(which, as at the first anniversary of the Grant

Date, will be the exercise price of the option)

by a percentage amount determined by the

Board to represent the Company’s cost of

capital; and

›reducing the resulting figure by the amount

of any dividend paid by the Company in the

12-month period immediately preceding

that anniversary.

–The Escalated Price on any particular

anniversary of the Grant Date will be the

base price determined as at that anniversary

of the Grant Date, determined in accordance

with the above.

• The Board is given discretion to adjust the terms

of any options (including the exercise price) to

achieve equivalent treatment as between the

participants in the 2022 Option Plan and the

shareholders in the event of a change in the

capital structure of the Company.

• The Board is also given discretion to amend the

terms of the 2022 Option Plan or any options in

the case of a takeover or other change of control

transaction in respect of the Company, so as to

allow option holders to participate in the benefit

of that transaction.

• The Company may amend the terms of the

2022 Option Plan, subject to the consent of

any adversely affected participant.

• Options are not transferable, other than to certain

persons associated with an employee, and do not

participate in dividends or other distributions

of the Company. Participants are not entitled

to participate in new issues of the underlying

securities (such as a rights issue or bonus issue)

prior to exercising the options.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 202325
• Options will not be quoted on either the NZX Main

Board or the ASX markets. So long as the Company

remains listed on the NZX Main Board and/or the

ASX markets, it is intended that the shares issued

on exercise of options will be quoted on the NZX

Main Board and/or the ASX markets (as applicable).

• Ordinary shares issued or transferred on the

exercise of options will be fully paid and rank

equally with all other ordinary shares in the

Company except for dividends or other

entitlements in respect of which the record

date occurred prior to the date of issue or

transfer of the relevant shares.

• The Cancellation Offer facility approved by

shareholders at the 2004 Annual Shareholders’

Meeting (which allows option holders to cancel

vested options in consideration for shares of a

value equal to the gain that the option holders

would receive if they exercised their options)

applies to the options granted under the

2022 Option Plan.

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Lodge your proxy:
Online: vote.linkmarketservices.com/FPH

Scan & Email: meetings@linkmarketservices.com

(Please use “FPH Proxy Form” as the subject for

easy identification)

Mail: Use the enclosed reply paid envelope or

address to:

Link Market Services

PO Box 91976, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

By hand:

Link Market Services

Level 30, PwC Tower

15 Customs Street West

Auckland, New Zealand

General Enquiries:

+64 9 375 5998 or email:

meetings@linkmarketservices.com

SCAN THIS QR CODE WITH YOUR

SMARTPHONE AND VOTE ONLINE

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited Annual Meeting Voting Form

The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited (NZBN 9429040719887 and

ABN 69 098 026 281) (the Company) will be held online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/FPH23 and in person at the

Company’s East Tamaki campus in the Daniell Building, 15 Maurice Paykel Place, East Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand

on Tuesday, 29 August 2023 commencing at 2.00pm (NZST). To attend online via the above link you will require your

Holder Number for verification purposes.

8 A proxy can be any person of your choice and does not have to

be a shareholder of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. If you wish you

can appoint the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy. The Chair

will vote in accordance with your instructions, or, failing your

instruction, in accordance with the terms set out in note 9 of

this Voting Form.

9 If you tick the box “discretion” on any resolution, you are

directing your proxy or representative to decide how to vote on

that resolution on your behalf. If you tick the “abstain” box on

any resolution, you are directing your proxy or representative not

to vote on that resolution. If you return this Voting Form without

a direction as to how to vote on any resolution, or if you tick

more than one box in relation to any resolution, the vote on

that resolution will be treated as “discretion” and your proxy will

exercise his/her discretion as to whether to vote and, if so, how.

The Chair intends to vote discretionary proxies in favour of

Resolutions 1, 2, 4 and 5. The Chair will abstain from voting on

any discretionary proxies in respect of Resolution 3.

10 This Voting Form must be signed by you or your attorney, duly

authorised in writing. In the case of a joint shareholding, this

form must be signed by each of the joint shareholders (or their

duly authorised attorney). In the case of a corporate shareholder,

this Voting Form must be signed by a Director or a duly

authorised officer acting under the express or implied authority

of the corporate shareholder, or an attorney duly authorised by

the corporate shareholder.

11 If this Voting Form is signed under a power of attorney, a

certificate of non-revocation must be completed and a copy

of the power of attorney certified by a Solicitor, Justice of the

Peace or Notary Public provided to Link Market Services Limited,

unless it has already been noted by the Company or Link Market

Services Limited.

General

12 The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of

Resolution 3 by any Director of the Company and any of his or

her associated persons. The Company will also disregard any

votes cast in favour of Resolutions 4 or 5 by Lewis Gradon and

any of his associated persons (in each case as that term is

defined in the NZX Listing Rules).

13 The Company need not disregard a vote cast in favour of

Resolutions 3, 4 or 5 by a person referred to in paragraph 12

if that vote is cast by that person as proxy for a person who

is entitled to vote, in accordance with an express direction on

the Voting Form.

NOTES

Attending the Meeting

1 If you propose to ATTEND the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in

person please bring this Voting Form to the meeting to assist with

your registration. All shareholders must register with Link Market

Services prior to entering the meeting room. If you wish to vote

using your mobile phone, please download the “LinkVote” App

prior to the meeting on the Apple Store or Google Play Store.

Shareholders who prefer to vote using a voting card will still be

able to do so.

2 Shareholders attending and participating in the Annual Meeting

virtually via www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/FPH23 will be able to vote

and ask questions during the Annual Meeting. More information

regarding virtual attendance at the Annual Meeting (including how

to vote and ask questions virtually during the Meeting) is available

in the Virtual Annual Meeting Online Portal Guide available at

https://bcast.linkinvestorservices.co.nz/generic/docs/

OnlinePortalGuide.pdf.

Postal Vote

3 If you are entitled to attend and vote at the Annual Shareholders’

Meeting you are entitled to vote by postal vote. The Company

Secretary has been authorised by the Board to receive and count

postal votes at the Annual Meeting.

4 You can cast your postal vote by one of the methods listed above

in the box headed “Lodge your Proxy”. If you return your postal

vote without indicating how you wish to vote, or your indication

on how to vote is unclear on any resolution, you will be deemed to

have abstained from voting on that resolution.

5 If you complete the postal vote section and also appoint a proxy

then your postal vote will be cast and your proxy appointment

will not be counted.

6 If this Voting Form is returned duly signed by a shareholder with

voting instructions completed, but without indicating that it is

a postal vote, and a proxy has not been appointed, it will be

deemed to be a postal vote.

Proxy Appointment

7 If you are a shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Annual

Shareholders’ Meeting you are entitled to appoint a proxy or,

in the case of a corporate shareholder, a representative to attend

and vote instead of you. A proxy may be appointed by completing

the Voting Form on-line, or the Voting Form may be completed

and mailed, delivered, or scanned and emailed in accordance with

the instructions above in the box headed “Lodge your Proxy”.

For your postal vote or proxy to be effective it must be lodged with Link Market Services by no later than 2.00pm,

Friday 25 August 2023 (NZST).

Go online to vote.linkmarketservices.com/FPH to cast your vote or appoint your proxy, or turn over to complete the form.

Section 2:
Voting instructions

This form is to be used to vote as follows on the following resolutions: Tick (

ü

) in box to record your vote

BusinessForAgainstAbstainDiscretion

1.To re-elect Pip Greenwood as a Director


2.To authorise the Directors to fix the fees and expenses of the auditor


3.To approve an increase in the maximum aggregate annual remuneration

payable to non-executive Directors


4.To approve the issue of performance share rights to Lewis Gradon


5.To approve the issue of options to Lewis Gradon


The resolutions above are stated in brief. Please refer to the Notice of Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2023 for the full text of the

resolutions and the explanatory notes.

Section 1:

Choose to vote by postal vote or appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf

Postal Voting

I wish to vote by postal vote (please tick the box). My voting intention is indicated in the resolution section below.

Appoint a Proxy to vote on your behalf

I/We being a shareholder(s) of

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited hereby appoint: at:

(full name of proxy) (email)

Or failing that person: at:

(full name of proxy) (email)

as my/our proxy to vote for me/us on my/our behalf as directed below, and on any other matters put to the Annual Shareholders’

Meeting of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited to be held at 2:00pm on Tuesday, 29 August 2023 (NZST), or at any

adjournment of that meeting. Unless otherwise instructed as below, my/our proxy may vote as he/she thinks fit.

If you wish, you may appoint the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy by entering “Chair of the Meeting” in the box above.

Sign:

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

Contact details

Signed this 2023

(Daytime phone number) (Date)

Signature/s

(All shareholders must sign)



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