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Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Voting Form

AGM21 August 2023AFCFinancials

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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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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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