Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Voting Form
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to securely access InvestorVote and then follow the prompts to appoint your proxy and exercise your vote online.
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Proxy/Voting Form
How to Vote on Items of Business
All your securities will be voted in accordance with your directions.
Appointment of Proxy
Watching the Meeting on Zoom does not constitute being present at the Meeting,
and, accordingly, Shareholders cannot vote via Zoom – if you wish to vote,
please vote by proxy in accordance with the instructions on page 4 of this Notice.
If you wish to vote on the date, you can email your Shareholder details
CSN/Securityholder Number, your registered name and address and your voting
intentions for each Resolution or scan your proxy/voting form to
accounts@afcnz.com by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, 22 September 2023.
Voting on your holding
Direct your proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item
of business. If you do not mark a box your proxy may vote as they choose. If you
mark more than one box on an item your vote will be invalid on that item.
Attending the Meeting
Please refer to the enclosed Notice of Meeting for details on accessing the
meeting.
Signing Instructions for Postal Forms
Individual
Where the holding is in one name, the securityholder must sign.
Joint Holding
Where the holding is in more than one name, all of the securityholders
should sign.
Power of Attorney
If this Proxy Form has been signed under a power of attorney, a copy of the
power of attorney (unless already deposited with the Company) and a signed
certificate of non-revocation of the power of attorney must be produced to the
Company with this Proxy Form.
Companies
This form should be signed by a Director jointly with another Director, or a
Sole Director can also sign alone. Please sign in the appropriate place and
indicate the office held.
Comments & Questions
If you have any comments or questions for the company, please write them
on a separate sheet of paper and return with this form or by email to
accounts@afcnz.com.
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For your proxy to be effective it must be received by 2:00 pm (New Zealand Time) Wednesday, 20 September 2023.
ZOOM ANNUAL MEETING
AFC Group Holdings Limited (the Company) gives you notice that the annual meeting of shareholders will be held online via Zoom link
commencing at 2:00pm on Friday, 22 September 2023. Shareholders can watch the proceedings using the below access details.
Topic: AFC AGM 2023. Date: Friday, 22 September 2023 Time: 02:00 pm Auckland, Wellington.
Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYufu2qqD4oHdbXMTRGamvC0yb_RbRhBV8o.
Meeting ID: 823 9426 5272.
AFC Group Holdings Limited
Proxy/Voting Form
Appoint a Proxy to Vote on Your Behalf
STEP 1
hereby appointof
or failing him/herof
as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions at the Annual General Meeting of
AFC Group Holdings Limited to be held via Zoom on Friday, 22 September 2023 commencing at 2.00 pm (New Zealand Time) and at any adjournment of
that meeting.
I/We being a securityholder/s of AFC Group Holdings Limited
Items of Business - Voting Instructions
STEP 2
Please note: If you mark the Abstain box for an item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf and your votes will not be counted in
computing the required majority.
Signature of Securityholder(s) This section must be completed.
SIGN
or Sole Director/Director
Securityholder 1Securityholder 2Securityholder 3
Contact Name Contact Daytime Telephone Date
Ordinary Business
1.
That the Annual Report be received.
2.
That the directors of the Company be authorised to fix the remuneration of the auditors of the Company for the ensuing year.
3.
That Jianfeng (David) Chen be appointed as an independent director of the Company.
For
Against
Abstain
Proxy
Discretion
or Director (if more than one)
If your proxy is not the Chairman of the Meeting or any other director of the Company, please ensure that you provide their contact details
(phone and email address).
Proxy contact Details (Phone): and (Email):
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AFC GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Listed on the NZX: AFC)
Level 15, Tower Two, 205 Queen Street, Auckland CBD
Ph: +64 (09) 930-0245
Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Voting Form
Further to AFC Group Holdings Limited (AFC) announcement of 7
th
August 2023,
AFC gives you notice that the annual meeting of shareholders will be held online via
Zoom link commencing at 2:00 pm on 22 September 2023. Attached is a copy of the
Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Voting Form.
Shareholders can watch the proceedings via the Zoom link from the below information.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Sep 22, 2023, 02:00 PM Auckland, Wellington
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYufu2qqD4oHdbXMTRGamvC0yb_Rb
RhBV8o
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about
joining the meeting.
Meeting ID: 823 9426 5272
The Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2023 has been mailed to those
shareholders not registered to receive communications electronically. The Annual
Report is also available on AFC’s website at www.afcnz.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Hao Long
CFO
21 August 2023
For Further Information
Please contact Mr Howard Long
howard.long@afcnz.com
+64- 21- 244-8000
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AFC GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Listed on the NZX: AFC)
Suite A, Level 15, Tower II
205 Queen Street
Auckland
Ph: +64 (09) 930-0245
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
22 September 2023
AFC Group Holdings Limited (the Company) gives you notice that the annual
meeting of shareholders will be held online via Zoom link commencing at 2:00
pm on 22 September 2023.
Shareholders can watch the proceedings via Zoom link from the below
information.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Sep 22, 2023, 02:00 PM Auckland, Wellington
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYufu2qqD4oHdbXMTRGamvC0y
b_RbRhBV8o
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information
about joining the meeting.
Watching the Meeting on Zoom does not constitute being present at the Meeting,
and, accordingly, Shareholders cannot vote via Zoom – if you wish to vote,
please vote by proxy in accordance with the instructions on page 3 of this Notice.
If you wish to vote on the date, you can email your Shareholder details
CSN/Securityholder Number, your registered name and address and your
voting intentions for each Resolution or scan your proxy/voting form to
accounts@afcnz.com by 3:00 p.m. on Friday 22 September 2023.
Shareholders who cannot attend may also submit questions for the Board or
management by email to accounts@afcnz.com by 5.00 p.m. on Thursday 21
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September 2023. Questions will be grouped where possible and answered in
General Business. Questions asked via the Zoom tool will not be addressed.
The Explanatory Notes which accompany this Notice of Meeting set out the
details of the transactions which are the subject of the resolutions and the
approval required for each resolution by the shareholders of the Company
pursuant to the NZX Listing Rules, the Companies Act 1993 and the constitution
of the Company.
The business of the meeting will be:
1. Chairman’s Introduction
2. Apologies
3. Resolution 1: Annual Report
To receive and consider the Annual Report, including the audit report and
financial statements, for the year ended 31 March 2023.
“That the Annual Report be received.”
4. Resolution 2: Fixing the Fees and Expenses of the auditor
To record that shareholders the automatic reappointment of the Auditor,
William Buck, and authorise the directors to fix the fees and expenses of
the auditor for the financial year ending 31 March 2024 pursuant to
section 200 of the Companies Act 1993 and to consider, and if thought
fit, to pass the following ordinary resolution
“ That the directors of the Company be authorised to fix the fees
and expenses of William Buck Audit (NZ) Limited as the
Company’s auditor.”
5. Resolution 3: Appointment of Director
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following ordinary resolution:
“That Jianfeng (David) Chen be appointed as an independent
director of the Company.”
6. General Business
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Attending the Meeting
AFC Group Holdings Limited advises that it will not offer shareholders the ability
to attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in person. Shareholders will be able
to attend the meeting, which is to be held on Friday 22 September 2023,
through a virtual meeting platform only.
Explanatory Notes
Explanatory notes on Resolution 2 and 3 accompany this Notice of Meeting.
Ordinary Resolution
An ordinary resolution means a resolution passed by a simple majority of votes
of shareholders of the Company entitled to vote and voting.
Directors’ Recommendation
The Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of the
Resolutions 1 to 3.
Proxies and Representatives
Shareholders may exercise their right to vote at the meeting either by email or
by appointing a proxy to attend and vote in their place. A proxy need not be a
shareholder of the Company. The Chairman of the meeting is willing to act as
proxy for any shareholder who may wish to appoint him for that purpose. The
Chairman intends to vote any discretionary proxies, that he receives, in favour
of the resolutions. A body corporate shareholder may appoint a representative
to attend the meeting on its behalf. A proxy form is enclosed with this notice.
If you wish to vote by proxy you must complete the form and produce it to the
Company by delivering it to the Company’s Share Registrar, Computershare
Investor Services Ltd, Level 2, 159 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, Auckland or by
posting it to The Share Registrar, AFC Group Holdings Limited, c/o
Computershare Investor Services Ltd, Private Bag 92119, Auckland 1142, New
Zealand (in each case), so as to be received no later than 48 hours before the
meeting is due to begin (i.e. before 2:00 pm on 20 September 2023).
By order of the Board
Hao Long
CFO
18 August 2023
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
Resolution 2 - Fixing the Fees and Expense of the auditor
William Buck Audit (NZ) Limited is automatically reappointed at the Meeting as
the auditor of the Company under section 207T of the Companies Act. Section
207S of the Companies Act provides that, if the auditor is appointed at a
meeting of the Company, the fees and expenses of the auditor must be fixed
by the Company at the Meeting or in the manner that the Company determines
at the Meeting. Resolution 2 accordingly authorises the Directors to fix the fees
and expenses of the auditor for the financial year ending 31 March 2024.
Resolution 3 - Appointment of Director
Jianfeng (David) Chen was appointed as a Director by the Board on 25 October
2022, prior to AGM. In accordance with the Listing Rules, David retires as a
Director at the Meeting but, being eligible, offers himself for election as a
Director at the Meeting. The Board unanimously supports David’s election and
considers him to be an independent Director.
Jianfeng (David) Chen
Independent Director
Jianfeng Chen (David) is a citizen of Australia. He has more than 25 years of
commercial and international trade experience in Australia, New Zealand and
China. David has previously held a variety of executive positions at various
companies. After joining AFC, David will focus on promoting the Longview
Estate White Diamond Wine.
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