Notice of meeting and proxy form
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PROXY FORM/ADMISSION CARD FOR BLIS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2023 ANNUAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Blis Technologies Limited (the Company) will be held at the Dunedin Public Art
Gallery, Auditorium, 30 The Octagon, Dunedin on Thursday, 17 August 2023, commencing at 9:00am. If you will attend the Meeting, please bring
this form to assist with y
our registration. If you will not attend the Meeting but wish to be represented by proxy, please complete and return this form
(in accordance with the lodgement instructions above) to Blis Technologies Limited share registry, Link Market Services, by no later than 9:00am,
Tuesday 15 August 2023. Shareholders are also able to attend the Annual Meeting online via the Link Market Services Virtual Annual
Meeting platform at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/blt23. If you will be attending online, you will require your Holder Number for verification purposes.
Appointment of proxy
All shareholders are entitled to attend and vote at the meeting or to appoint a proxy and vote in their place, unless specifically excluded, in the case of a
corporate shareholder, a representative to attend and vote instead of him/her and that proxy or representative need not also be a shareholder. If you wish,
you may appoint “The Chair of the Meeting” as your proxy or as alternative to your named proxy. The Chair of the Meeting intends to vote all discretionary
proxies in favour of the relevant resolution.
Voting of your holding
Direct your proxy how to vote by making the appropriate election, either online or on this Proxy Form, in respect of each resolution. If you return this form
without directing the proxy how to vote on any particular matter, the proxy may vote as he/she thinks fit or abstain from voting. If you make more than one
election in respect of a resolution your vote will be invalid on that resolution. If this Proxy Form is returned duly signed by a Shareholder with voting
instructions included, but without specifying a person that is appointed as proxy, the Chairperson is deemed to be the proxy for the purpose of that form,
but only to vote to the extent of the voting instructions provided.
Attending the meeting
If you wish to vote i n person, you should attend the Meeting. Please bring this Proxy Form/Admission Card with you to the Meeting to assist with
your registration.
A corporation which is a Shareholder may appoint a representative to attend the Meeting on its behalf in the same manner as it could appoint a proxy. A
proxy
does not need to be a shareholder of the Company.
Signing instructions for proxy forms
Individual
This Proxy Form must be signed by the shareholder or his/her/its attorney duly authorised in writing.
Joint Holding
In the case of a joint shareholding, this Proxy Form may be signed by either, or on behalf of, t he joint shareholder (or their duly authorised attorney).
Power of Attorney
This Proxy Form and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed, or a copy of that power or authority certified by a Solicitor,
Justice of the Peace or Notary Public must be received at the office of Link Market Services Limited, in any manner as per the instructions below
Corporate Shareholder
In the case of a corporate shareholder, this Proxy Form must be signed by a director or a duly authorised officer acting under the express or implied
authority of the shareholder, or an attorney duly authorised by the shareholder.
Go online to https://investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/BLT to appoint your proxy
PROXY/CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE FORM
STEP 1: APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF
I/We being a shareholder(s) of Blis Technologies Limited hereby appoint:
________________________________________________________of ______________________________________________________
(full name of proxy) (full address)
Or
________________________________________________________of ______________________________________________________
(full name of proxy) (full address)
as my/our proxy to vote for me/us on my/our behalf at the Annual Meeting of the Company to be held on Thursday 17 August 2023 and at
any adjournment of that meeting and to vote on any resolutions to amend any of the resolutions, on any resolution so amended, and on any
other resolution proposed at the meeting (or any adjournment thereof). Unless otherwise instructed as above, the proxy will vote on each resolution as
he/she sees fit, or may abstain from voting. The proxy is appointed only in respect of the above meeting or any adjournment thereof.
STEP 2
: ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
Complete this part if you have appointed a proxy above and you
want to direct the proxy as to how the proxy should vote.
Please note: For each resolution you must tick one box. If you mark the abstain box for an item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf
during a poll and your votes will not be counted computing the required majority, for that item.
BUSINESS
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following ordinary resolutions:
Tick () in box to vote
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS For Against Abstain Discretion
1.That Dr Jörn Andreas be elected as a director of the Company.
2.That the Directors be authorised to fix the remuneration of the auditors for the ensuing year.
STEP 3: SHAREHOLDER QUESTIONS
Shareholders present at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting (either in person or via the virtual meeting platform at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/blt23 will
have the opportunity to ask questions during the Meeting. If you cannot attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting but would like to ask a question, you
can submit a question online by going to https://investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/BLT and completing the online validation process or
complete the question section below and return to Link Market Services. Questions will need to be submitted by 9:00am on Tuesday 15 Augus
t 2023.
The Board will address and answer questions at the Annual Meeting.
STEP 4: SIGN: SIGNATURE OF SHAREHOLDER(S)
This section must be completed
Shareholder 1 Shareholder 2 Shareholder 3
or duly authorised officer or attorney or duly authorised officer or attorney or duly authorised officer or attorney
Contact Name ___________________________________________ Contact Daytime Telephone _______________________ Date ____________
Electronic Investor Communications: If you received the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Form by mail and wish to receive your future investor
communications by email please provide your email address below.
Question:
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Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of shareholders of
Blis Technologies Limited (Company) will be held at the Dunedin
Public Art Gallery, Auditorium, 30 The Octagon, Dunedin, and
online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/blt23, on Thursday 17 August
2023 commencing at 9:00am (registrations will open at 8:30am).
NOTICE OF
MEETING
2023
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
BLIS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
BUSINESS
The business of the Meeting will be:
1.Chair’s Address
Amelia (Aimee) McCammon (Acting Chair)
2.Chief Executive Officer’s Address
Brian Watson
3.Election of Dr Jörn Andreas as a director
(Resolution 1)
To consider, and if thought fit, pass the
following Ordinary Resolution:
“That Dr Jörn Andreas be elected as a
Director of the Company.”
See Explanatory Notes
4.Auditors (Resolution 2)
To record that Deloitte are reappointed as
auditors of the Company in accordance with
section 207T of the Companies Act 1993 and
if thought fit, to pass the following Ordinary
Resolution:
“That the Directors be authorised to fix the
remuneration of the auditors for the ensuing
year.”
5.
Other business
To consider any other ordinary business
which may properly be brought before the
Meeting.
VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING
Shareholders will be able to attend the Meeting in person, or,
alternatively, will be able to attend and participate at the Meeting
virtually via an online platform provided by the Company’s share
registrar, Link Market Services at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/blt23.
Shareholders attending and participating in the Meeting virtually via
the online platform will be able to vote and ask questions during the
Meeting.
More information regarding virtual attendance at the Meeting
(including how to vote and ask questions virtually during the Meeting)
is available in the Virtual Annual Meeting Online Portal Guide,
which is available at https://bcast.linkinvestorservices.co.nz/BLT/
VMOnlineGuideBLT.pdf
P
ROXIES
All shareholders are entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting or to
appoint a proxy to attend and vote in their place.
A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. Enclosed with this
notice of Meeting is a proxy/corporate representative form. If you wish,
you may appoint “The Chair of the Meeting” as your proxy or as an
alternative to your named proxy. The Chair of the Meeting intends to
vote all discretionary proxies in favour of the relevant resolution.
For the appointment of a proxy to be valid, the form must be lodged at
the Company’s Share Registry, Link Market Services, by any of the
methods specified on the proxy form (being online, by scanning and
emailing, post or delivery), to be received no later than 48 hours before
the start of the Meeting (that is, by 9:00am on Tuesday 15 August
2023
). Postal voting is not permitted.
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES
A body corporate which is a shareholder may appoint a person to
attend the Meeting on its behalf in the same manner as that in which it
could appoint a proxy. The form to appoint a proxy/corporate
representative must be signed on behalf of the body corporate by a
person acting under the body corporate’s express or implied authority.
V
OTING
Resolutions 1 and 2 are ordinary resolutions (Ordinary Resolutions).
In order for them to be passed, they require the affirmative vote of
a simple majority, being more than 50% of the votes cast by those
shareholders entitled to vote and who vote in person or by proxy.
By order of the Board of Directors
Amelia McCammon (Acting Chair)
17 July 2023
EXPLANATORY NOTES
In these explanatory notes, references to ‘Listing Rules’ are
to the NZX Listing Rules.
1.ROTATION OF DIRECTORS
1.1 The Listing Rules state that Directors must not hold
office (without re-election) past the third annual
Meeting following the Director’s appointment, or three
years, whichever is longer.
1.2 Accordingly, Mr Tony Balfour retires by rotation at this
Meeting and, as previously announced, has decided
not to seek re-election. As such, he will retire from the
Board at the Meeting. The Board thanks Tony for his
outstanding contribution to the Board over the last
three years.
1.3
All other Directors have been elected (or re-elected) at
the two most recent annual Meetings so will continue
to hold office.
2. RESOLUTION 1
Election of Dr Jörn Andreas
2.1 Dr Jörn Andreas is a Board
Member of Probi AB and was
appointed by the Board in
accordance with clause 11.2
(b) of the constitution on 1
January 2023.
2.3
Under the Listing Rules, any Director appointed by
the Board during the year shall hold of
fice until the
commencement of the next annual meeting, when they
will cease to hold office and, being eligible, may put
themselves forward for election at that meeting.
2.4 Accordingly, Dr Jörn Andreas ceases to hold office
at the Meeting and offers himself for election by
shareholders.
2.5
Further details in relation to Dr Jörn Andreas are set
out below
. These details will also be available on the
Company’s website: www.blis.co.nz/pages/corporate-
governance.
Dr Jörn Andreas
2.6
Dr Jörn Andreas is currently President Scent & Care
and Member of the Executive Board of Symrise AG ,
a leading supplier of the fragrance cosmetic industry
.
Dr Jörn Andreas leads the Scent & Care division from
Holzminden, Germany, with the goal of expanding
Symrise’s position in cosmetic ingredients.
2.7
Dr Jörn Andreas joined the Board of Blis Technologies
Limited in January 2023. Prior to joining Symrise AG,
Dr Jörn Andreas worked with The Boston Consulting
Group and Bayer AG.
2.8 He received a PhD in Economic Sciences from Karlsruhe
Institute of T
echnology, Germany.
2.9
The Board has determined that Dr Jörn Andreas is not
an Independent Director due to his role as Director
of Probi, which is a substantial product holder of Blis
T
echnologies Limited.
2.10 The Board supports his election as a Director.
www.blis.co.nz
Physical Address
Blis Technologies Limited
Ground Floor
442 Moray Place
Dunedin 9016
Postal Address
PO Box 2208
Dunedin 9044
New Zealand
Email
info@blis.co.nz
Telephone
+64 3 474 0988
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Corporate Markets
Before you begin
Ensure your browser is compatible.
Check your current browser by going to
the website: whatismybrowser.com
Supported browsers are:
To attend and vote you must have your
securityholder number and postcode.
Appointed Proxy: Your proxy number will
be provided by Link before the meeting.
Please make sure you have this
information before proceeding.
Virtual Meeting
Online Guide
•Chrome – Version 44 & 45 and after
•Firefox – 40.0.2 and after
•Safari – OS X v10.9 & OS X v10.10 and after
•Internet Explorer – 11
and up
•Edge – 92.0 and up
Virtual Meeting Online Guide
Step 2
Log in to the portal using your full name, mobile
number, email address, and participant type.
Please read and accept the terms and conditions
before clicking on the blue ‘Register and Watch
Meeting’ button.
Note: If you close your browser, your session will
expire and you will need to re-register. If using the
same email address, you can request a link to be
emailed to you to log back in.
1. Get a Voti
ng Card
To register to vote – click on the
‘Get a Voting Card’ button.
This will bring up a box which looks like this.
If you are an individual or joint securityholder you
will need to register and provide validation by entering your
securityholder number and postcode.
If you are an appointed Proxy, please enter the
Proxy Number issued by Link in the PROXY DETAILS section.
Then click the ‘SUBMIT DETAILS AND VOTE’ button.
Once you have registered, your voting card will appear with
all of the resolutions to be voted on by securityholders at
the Meeting (as set out in the Notice of Meeting). You may
need to use the scroll bar on the right hand side of the
voting card to view all resolutions.
Securityholders and proxies can either submit a
Full Vote or Partial Vote.
Step 1
Open your web browser and go to
https://www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/blt23
Link Group Virtual Meeting Online Guide • 2
•A live webcast of the Meeting starts automatically
once the meeting has commenced. The meeting slides
will be transitioned throughout the webcast. If the
webcast does not start automatically please press the
play button and ensure the audio on your computer or
device is turned on.
•At the bottom – buttons for ‘Get a Voting Card’,
‘Ask a Question’ and a list of company documents to
download
Link Group Virtual Meeting Online Guide • 3
Full Votes
To submit a full vote on a resolution ensure you are in the
‘Full Vote’ tab. Place your vote by clicking on the ‘For’, ‘Against’, or
‘Abstain’ voting buttons.
Partial Votes
To submit a partial vote on a resolution ensure you are in the
‘Partial Vote’ tab. You can enter the number of votes (for any or all)
resolution/s. The total amount of votes that you are entitled to vote for
will be listed under each resolution. When you enter the number
of votes it will automatically tally how many votes you have left.
Note: If you are submitting a partial vote and do not use all of your entitled votes, the un-
voted portion will be submitted as No Instruction and therefore will not be counted.
Once you have finished voting on the resolutions scroll down to
the bottom of the box and click on the ‘Submit Vote’ or
‘Submit Partial Vote’ button.
Note: You can close your voting card without submitting your vote at any time while voting remains open. Any votes you
have already made will be saved for the next time you open up the voting card. The voting card will appear on
the bottom left corner of the webpage. The message ‘Not yet submitted’ will appear at the bottom of the page.
You can edit your voting card at any point while voting is open by clicking on ‘Edit Card’. This will reopen the voting card
with any previous votes made.
At the conclusion of the Meeting a red bar with a countdown timer will appear at the top of the Webcast and Slide
windows advising the remaining voting time. Please make any changes and submit your voting cards.
Once voting has been closed all submitted voting cards cannot be changed.
The ‘Ask a Question’ box will then pop up with
two sections for completion.
In the ‘Regarding’ section click on the drop down arrow and
select the category/resolution for your question.
Click in the ‘Question’ section and type your question and
click on ‘Submit’.
A
‘View Questions’ box will appear where you can view
your questions at any point. Only you can see the
questions you have asked.
If your question has been answered and you would like to
exercise your right of reply, you can submit another
question.
Contact us
New Zealand
T 0800 200 220
E meetings@linkmarketservices.co.nz
Note that not all questions are guaranteed to be
answered during the Meeting, but we will do our
best to address your concerns.
3. Downloads
View relevant documentation in the
Downloads section.
4. Voting closing
Voting will end 5 minutes after the
close of the Meeting.
At the conclusion of the Meeting a red bar with a
countdown timer will appear at the top of the Webcast
and Slide screens advising the remaining voting time. If
you have not submitted your vote, you should do so now.
Virtual Meeting Online Guide continued
2. How to ask a question
Note:
Only verified Securityholders, Proxyholders and
Corporate Representatives are eligible to ask questions.
If you have yet to obtain a voting card, you will
be prompted to enter your security holder
number or proxy details before you can ask a
question. To ask a question, click on the ‘Ask a
Question’ button either at the top or bottom
of the webpage.
Link Group Virtual Meeting Online Guide • 4
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