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DGL 2023 Notice of Annual Meeting and Agenda

AGM5 November 2023DGLConsumer Staples

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED • NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Notice is given that the 2023 Annual Meeting of Delegat

Group Limited will be held as a hybrid meeting on

Thursday 23 November 2023, commencing at 2.00pm.

The Company has made the decision to hold a hybrid

Annual Meeting. All shareholders will have the

opportunity to attend in person and/or participate

in the 2023 Annual Meeting online through the

Computershare Meeting Services web platform


https://meetnow.global/nz.

By using the web platform, you will be able to watch

the Annual Meeting and vote and ask questions online

using your smartphone, tablet or desktop device.

Instructions and further details on how to participate

in the virtual Annual Meeting will be made available on

the Group’s website at www.delegat.com, under the

Investor Relations Annual Meeting section.

The Delegat Board and management look forward to

welcoming you to the Annual Meeting.

Location Map

Great Northern Meeting Room, Level 1, Ellerslie Stand,

Ellerslie Event Centre, Ellerslie Racecourse, 100 Ascot

Avenue, Remuera, Auckland. Refer to map on last page

“How to get to Ellerslie Event Centre”.

Business and Agenda of the Meeting

A. CHAIR’S ADDRESS

B. MANAGING DIRECTOR’S ADDRESS

C. FINANCIAL REPORTS AND STATEMENTS

To receive and consider the Consolidated Financial

Statements of Delegat Group and Reports of the Directors

and of the Auditor for the year ended 30 June 2023 as

contained in the Company’s 2023 Annual Report.

D. RESOLUTIONS

Shareholders will be asked to consider and, if thought

appropriate, to pass the following resolutions:

1. Re-election of Jakov (Jim) Delegat as Director:

Jim Delegat retires in accordance with the provisions

of the constitution of the Company and, being eligible,

offers himself for re-election. A profile for Jim Delegat is

included in the Explanatory Notes.

2. Re-election of Phillipa Muir as Director:

Phillipa Muir retires in accordance with the provisions

of the constitution of the Company and, being eligible,

offers herself for re-election. A profile for Phillipa Muir is

included in the Explanatory Notes.

3. Auditor’s remuneration:


The meeting will be asked to consider by ordinary

resolution:

To record the automatic reappointment of the Auditor,

Deloitte, and to authorise the directors to fix the auditor’s

remuneration for the ensuing year. Further information is

included in the Explanatory Notes.

These resolutions are to be considered as ordinary

resolutions and, to be passed, require the approval

of more than 50% of the votes of those shareholders

entitled to vote and voting on the resolution, pursuant

to section 105(2) of the Companies Act 1993.


For further information on the resolutions, please see

the Explanatory Notes.

E. GENERAL BUSINESS AND SHAREHOLDERS’

QUESTIONS

Consideration of any Shareholder questions raised

during the meeting.

On behalf of the Delegat Board,

GRAEME LORD

Chair

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DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED • NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Procedural Notes

The Company has made the decision to hold a hybrid

Annual Meeting. All shareholders will have the

opportunity to attend in person and/or participate

in the 2023 Annual Meeting online through the

Computershare Meeting Services web platform.

By using the web platform, you will be able to watch the

Annual Meeting and vote and ask questions online using

your smartphone, tablet or desktop device. Please

refer to the enclosed Virtual Meeting Guide for more

information.

SHAREHOLDERS ENTITLED TO ATTEND

AND VOTE:

Under section 125 of the Companies Act 1993, the Board

has determined that, for the purposes of voting at the

Annual Meeting, only those registered shareholders of

the Company as at 5.00pm on Tuesday 21 November

2023 (New Zealand time), being a day not more than 20

working days before the meeting, shall be entitled to

exercise the right to vote at the meeting. Voting will be

by way of a poll.

There are no restrictions on any shareholder or group

of shareholders to prevent them from exercising their

vote on any of the resolutions being considered at the

meeting.

CASTING YOUR VOTE.

You may cast your vote in the following ways:

(a) Personally – You can participate and cast your vote

at the meeting in person or online.

• If you propose to attend the meeting in person please

bring your Voting/Proxy Form to the meeting as the

barcode will assist with your registration and the

Voting/ Proxy Form will be used to vote. If you do not

have your Voting/Proxy Form please identify yourself

at the Computershare registration desk on arrival to

be registered and issued with a Ballot Paper to vote.

• If you propose to attend the meeting online

you can do so via the Computershare Meeting

Platform https://meetnow.global/nz. To access

the meeting, click ‘Go’ under the Delegat Group

Limited meeting and then click ‘Join Meeting Now’.

Select ‘Shareholder’ on the login screen and enter

your CSN/Securityholder Number and post code

(or country of residence if outside of New Zealand).

Please also refer to the attached Online Meeting

Guide for more information.

(b) Postal – You can cast a postal vote instead of

attending the meeting or appointing a proxy.

PROXIES AND CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

All shareholders are entitled to attend and vote at the

Annual Meeting or to appoint a proxy or representative

(in the case of a corporate shareholder), to attend and

vote on their behalf. The appointment of a proxy or

representative does not preclude a shareholder from

attending and voting at the virtual Annual Meeting in

place of the proxy or representative. A proxy need not

be a shareholder of the Company. You may, if you wish,

appoint ‘The Chair of the Meeting’ as your proxy by

filling in the proxy form to that effect.

A proxy form, with which you can appoint a proxy,

is enclosed with this Notice of Meeting. The Chair

will vote according to your instructions. If the Chair

is not instructed how to vote, he will vote in favour

of resolutions 1 to 3. The chair intends to vote all

discretionary proxies given to him in favour of

resolutions 1 to 3.

If, in appointing your proxy, you do not name a person to

be your proxy, or your named proxy does not attend the

virtual Annual Meeting, the Chair of the Annual Meeting

will be your proxy and may only vote in accordance with

your express direction.

RETURN OF PROXY FORMS

Proxy Forms must be received at the office of the

Company’s share registrar, Computershare Investor

Services Limited, Private Bag 92119, Victoria Street

West, Auckland 1142, no later than 2.00pm on Tuesday

21 November 2023.

Results of the voting will be posted on the Company’s

website following the conclusion of the Annual Meeting

and finalisation of the voting results.

The Company’s 2023 external auditor, Deloitte, will be

available at our Annual Shareholder Meeting to answer

questions from Shareholders relevant to the external

audit.

ATTENDING THE MEETING ONLINE

All shareholders will have the opportunity to attend and

participate in the 2023 Annual Meeting online virtually

through the Computershare Meeting Services web

platform https://meetnow.global/nz (using a computer,

laptop, tablet or smartphone).

Audio will stream through the selected device, so

shareholders will need to ensure that they have

the volume control on their headphones or device

turned up. Shareholders will be able to the view the

presentations, vote on the resolutions to be put to

shareholders and submit questions, by using their

own computers or mobile devices. Shareholders will

still be able to appoint a proxy to vote for them as they

otherwise would, by following the instructions on the

proxy form and this Notice of Annual Meeting. Details

on how to participate ‘virtually’ are provided in the

accompanying Virtual Meeting Guide with instructions

for accessing the virtual meeting.

SHAREHOLDER QUESTIONS

Shareholders will have the opportunity to ask questions

during the meeting in person or via the Computershare

Meeting Platform from their desktop or mobile devices

(refer to the attached Online Meeting Guide for more

information). Shareholders may also submit questions

in advance of the meeting to www.investorvote.co.nz or

by using the Voting/Proxy Form. The Company reserves

the right not to address questions that, in the Chair’s

opinion, are not reasonable in the context of an annual

shareholders’ meeting.

DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED • NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Explanatory Notes

A: ORDINARY BUSINESS

EXPLANATORY NOTE 1

Chair and Managing Director’s Reports

The Chair and Managing Director will each give a

presentation on the financial year ended 30 June

2023. Events occurring after 30 June 2023 will also be

discussed.

EXPLANATORY NOTE 2

Election of Directors

Under NZX Main Board Listing Rule 2.7.1, and in

accordance with the Company’s Constitution, all

directors must not hold office (without re-election) past

the third annual meeting of shareholders following the

director’s appointment, or three years, whichever is


the longer.

Biographical details for the directors proposed to be


re-elected by rotation are set out below:

Jakov (Jim) Delegat and Phillipa Muir are subject to

rotation under the NZX Listing Rules and retire by

rotation at this Annual Meeting.

The Board has determined that Phillipa Muir is an

Independent director (as defined by the NZX Listing

rules).

Biographical details for the directors proposed to be

re-elected by rotation are set out below:

Jim Delegat is a Non-Executive Director of the Delegat

Group Limited and has been on the Board since the

company listed in 2006. The Group continues to

benefit from Jim’s experience and expertise that he

has given the company for more than 35 years. He

has been involved in the New Zealand wine industry

all his working life and is thoroughly experienced

in every aspect of the business. Jim is one of only a

handful of second generation family wine producers in

the country. Active in industry affairs, Jim has been a

Director of both the Wine Institute of New Zealand and

New Zealand Winegrowers, having previously served

on the Board of the Wine Institute of New Zealand for

more than 13 years. Jim Delegat was awarded Visionary

Leader at the Deloitte Top 200 Awards 2022. He is a

member of the Institute of Directors.

Phillipa Muir is a Non-Executive Director of Delegat

Group Limited and joined the Board in 2020. Phillipa

is currently also Chair of Fletcher Building’s Employee

Education Fund, a senior partner and Chair of law

firm Simpson Grierson, a Trustee of Sweet Louise

Foundation and Chair of Aukland Grammar School’s

Headmaster’s Council. Phillipa was awarded the

Excellence in Governance Award at the NZ Women in

Governance Awards in 2018 and has held a number

of previous governance roles. She is a member of the

Institute of Directors.

Both directors standing for re-election do so with the

support of the Board.

EXPLANATORY NOTE 3

Appointment and Remuneration of Auditor

Section 207T of the Companies Act 1993 provides that a

company’s auditor is automatically reappointed unless

there is a resolution or other reason for the auditor not

to be reappointed. The Company wishes Deloitte to

continue as the Company’s auditor, and Deloitte has

indicated its willingness to do so.

Section 207S of the Companies Act 1993 provides that

the fees and expenses of Deloitte as auditor are to be

fixed by the Company at the Annual Meeting or in such

a manner as the Company determines at the Annual

Meeting. The Board proposes that, consistent with past

practice, the auditor’s fees and expenses should be

fixed by the directors.

DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED • NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
HOW TO GET TO ELLERSLIE EVENT CENTRE

Novotel / Ibis

Exit 433

Exit 433

Ascot Central

Southern Motorway

Manukau / South

Auckland City / North

Green Lane East

Ellerslie

Racecourse Dr

Ascot Ave

Ascot Ave

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Entrance

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For your proxy to be effective it must be received by 2.00pm (New Zealand time) Tuesday 21 November 2023
DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED (DELEGAT)

ANNUAL MEETING PROXY/VOTING FORM

Lodge your proxy

Online

www.investorvote.co.nz

By Mail

Computershare Investor Services Limited

Private Bag 92119 Auckland 1142 New Zealand

For all enquiries contact

+64 9 488 8777


corporateactions@computershare.co.nz

How to Vote on Items of Business

All your shares will be voted in accordance with your directions.

Appointment of Proxy

If you do not plan to attend the meeting, you may appoint a proxy. To do this, enter the name

of your proxy in the space allocated in ‘Step 1’ of this form. You must name a proxy for your

appointment to be valid.

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, except for a director (or associated

person of a director) who will abstain from voting any undirected proxy on the resolutions. If you

mark more than one box on an item of business your vote will be invalid on that item.

Appointing the Chair or any other director as your proxy

The Chair of the meeting virtually, or any other Delegat director, is willing to act as proxy for any

shareholder who wishes to appoint her or him to vote on their behalf. To appoint the Chair of

the meeting or a director as your proxy enter ‘the Chair’ or the name of the director you wish to

appoint in the space allocated in ‘Step 1’ of this form.

If, in appointing a proxy, you have inadvertently not named someone to be your proxy, or your

named proxy does not attend the virtual meeting, the Chair of the meeting will be your proxy

and will vote in accordance with your express direction.

Attending the Meeting Virtually

If you propose to attend the meeting virtually, please read the enclosed Virtual Meeting Guide

prior to the meeting. You can participate in the meeting virtually through the web platform

https://meetnow.global/nz and entering the meeting. You will be able to view presentations,

ask questions and cast your vote from your own computer, mobile or similar device. For any

assistance with the process, please contact Computershare on +64 9 488 8777 between

8.30am-5.00pm Monday to Friday.

All shareholders will have the opportunity to attend and participate in the 2023 Annual Meeting either in person at the Great Northern Meeting Room, Level

1, Ellerslie Stand, Ellerslie Events Centre, Ellerslie Racecourse, 100 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland (refer to Notice of Annual Meeting for Location Map) or

online via an internet connection (using a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone). The virtual meeting will be accessible on both desktop and mobile devices.

Please refer to the Virtual Meeting Guide 2023 that accompanies this Proxy/Voting Form.

Signing Instructions for Postal Proxies

Individual

Where the holding is in one name, the shareholder must sign

this form.

Joint Holding

At least one joint shareholder should sign this form (on behalf of

all joint shareholders). If different joint shareholders purport to

appoint different proxies, the vote of the proxy appointed by the

first named joint shareholder will prevail.

Power of Attorney

If this Proxy Form has been signed under a power of attorney, a

certified copy of the power of attorney and a signed certificate

of non-revocation of the power of attorney must accompany this

Proxy Form.

Companies

This Proxy Form must be signed by a duly authorised officer or

attorney. Persons who sign on behalf of a company must be

acting with the company’s express or implied authority.

Comments & Questions

If you have any comments or questions for Delegat, please write

them on a separate sheet of paper and return them with this

form, or email murray.annabell@delegat.com

Go online or turn over to complete the form

smartphone?

Scan the QR code to vote now.

HYBRID MEETING

Your secure access information

Control Number: 103405 CSN/Shareholder Number:

PLEASE NOTE: You will need your CSN/Shareholder Number and New Zealand Postcode/Country of Residence to appoint a proxy online.

www.investorvote.co.nz

Lodge your proxy online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:

DELEGAT GROUP LIMITED • PROXY FORM/VOTING PAPER
Proxy/Corporate Representative Form

STEP 1 Appoint a Proxy to Vote on Your Behalf

I/We being a shareholder/s of Delegat Group Limited

appoint of

or failing him/her of

as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions at Delegat’s Annual Meeting of shareholders

to be held in person at the Great Northern Meeting Room, Level 1, Ellerslie Stand, Ellerslie Events Centre, (refer to Notice of Annual Meeting for Location Map) and

online at https://meetnow.global/nz on Thursday, 23 November 2023 at 2:00pm (New Zealand time) and at any adjournment of that meeting.

STEP 2 Items of Business – Voting Instructions

Please note: If you mark abstain 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. If you do not mark a box your proxy may vote as they choose, except for a director (or associated person of a director) who will abstain from voting any

undirected proxy on the resolutions.

Resolutions

Re-election of Directors

ForAgainstAbstain

Proxy

Discretion

Item 1That Jakov (Jim) Delegat be re-elected as a Delegat Director.

Item 2That Phillipa Muir be re-elected as a Delegat Director.

Auditor Fees and Expenses

Item 3That the Board of Delegat Group Limited be authorised to fix the fees

and expenses of Deloitte as auditor.

If your proxy is not the Chair of the Meeting or any other director of the Company, please ensure that you provide their contact details (phone and email address).

If this information is not provided, we cannot guarantee remote admission to the virtual meeting for your proxy.

Proxy contact Details (Phone): (Email):

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

Shareholder 1 Shareholder 2 (if applicable) Shareholder 3 (if applicable)


Individual/Authorised officer or attorney Individual/Authorised officer or attorney Individual/Authorised officer or attorney

Contact Name Contact Daytime Telephone Date

CSN/Shareholder Number:

Number of shares:

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Attending the meeting online
Our online meeting provides you the opportunity to

participate online using your smartphone, tablet or computer.

If you choose to attend online you will be able to view a live

webcast of the meeting, ask questions and submit your

votes in real time.

You will need the latest version of Chrome, Safari or

Edge. Please ensure your browser is compatible.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN VIRTUAL/HYBRID MEETINGS

Visit https://meetnow.global/nz

When successfully authenticated, the home screen

will be displayed. You can watch the webcast, vote,

ask questions, and view meeting materials in the

documents folder. The image highlighted blue

indicates the page you have active.

The webcast will appear and begin automatically

once the meeting has started.

Voting

Resolutions will be put forward once voting is

declared open by the Chair. Once the voting has

opened, the resolution and voting options will appear.

To vote, simply select your voting direction from the

options shown on screen. You can vote for all

resolutions at once or by each resolution.

Your vote has been cast when the green tick appears.

To change your vote, select ‘Change Your Vote’.

Q&A

Any eligible shareholder/proxy attending the meeting

remotely is eligible to ask a question.

Select the Q&A tab and type your question into the

box at the bottom of the screen and press 'Send'.

Navigation

Access

Access the online meeting at

https://meetnow.global/nz, and select the required

meeting. Click 'JOIN MEETING NOW'.

If you are a shareholder:

Select 'Shareholder' on the login screen and enter

your CSN/Holder Number and Post Code. If you are

outside New Zealand, simply select your country

from the drop down box instead of the post code.

Accept the Terms and Conditions and click Continue.

If you are a guest:

Select Guest on the login screen. As a guest, you will

be prompted to complete all the relevant fields

including title, first name, last name and email

address.

Please note, guests will not be able to ask questions

or vote at the meeting.

If you are a proxy holder:

You will receive an email invitation the day before the

meeting to access the online meeting. Click on the

link in the invitation to access the meeting.

Contact

If you have any issues accessing the website please

call +64 9 488 8700.

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