Mainfreight to Appoint New Directors

MAINFREIGHT LIMITED

Mainfreight Lane | off Saleyards Road | Otahuhu 1062 | New Zealand
Tel +64 9 259 5500 | Fax +64 9 270 7400
PO Box 14-038 | Panmure | Auckland 1741 | New Zealand
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26 January 2024

MFT: MAINFREIGHT TO APPOINT NEW DIRECTORS

Mainfreight Limited is pleased to advise that Annie Steel and Hayley Buckley will join the
Company as Non-Executive Directors from 1 March 2024.

“We have been searching for the appropriate individuals to join the Mainfreight Board of
Directors for some time”, Mainfreight’s Chairman, Bruce Plested, advised. “We are
delighted that Annie and Hayley have accepted these appointments, and we look forward to
the energy and skills they will bring to their roles”.

Hayley Buckley is a corporate partner for Wynn Williams, including Chair of the Wynn
Williams Board, and has had significant experience across commercial law capital markets,
mergers and acquisitions, and private equity funded management buy-outs. Hayley has
both national (NZ) and international (London, USA) corporate legal experience across a
number of business sectors. Hayley is a member of the NZ Institute of Directors, is an
Alumnae of the Harvard Business School (2019) and has been admitted to the High Court
of New Zealand and the Supreme Court of England and Wales. Hayley’s commercial
acumen, energy, and work ethic will be of great assistance to the Mainfreight team.

Annie Steel is also a corporate lawyer and has had considerable experience across
complex and challenging corporate transactions and strategic advisory engagements.
Annie is a partner of Harmos Horton Lusk and has been involved in a number of domestic
and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and equity capital
markets transactions. Annie is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand
and has a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), a Bachelor of Arts (French and Chinese). Annie’s
energy and commercial expertise, along with her trilingual background will be welcomed by
the Mainfreight team.

Hayley and Annie will stand for election at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders
on 25 July 2024.


Don Braid
Group Managing Director
Mainfreight Limited
2 Railway Lane, Otahuhu, Auckland 1062
PO Box 14038, Panmure, Auckland 1741
Email: don@mainfreight.com
+64 274 961 637