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Notice of Annual Meeting

AGM18 April 2024VGLInformation Technology

Notice of
Annual Meeting

of Shareholders

2024

Items of Business
• Chair’s introduction and address

• CEO’s address

• Resolutions

• General business and shareholder discussion

RESOLUTIONS

To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following ordinary resolutions:

Resolution 1

That the Board is authorised to fix the fees and expenses of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor

for the ensuing year.

Resolution 2

That Susan Peterson be re-elected as a Director of Vista Group.

Resolution 3

That Murray Holdaway be re-elected as a Director of Vista Group.

Resolution 4

That Claudia Batten be re-elected as a Director of Vista Group.

All Resolutions have the unanimous support of the Board.

Further information relating to these Resolutions is set out in the Explanatory Notes

accompanying this Notice of Meeting. Please read and consider the Resolutions together with

the Explanatory Notes.

By order of the Board of Directors.

Susan Peterson

Chair of the Board

Vista Group International Limited

19

th

April 2024

Notice of 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Dear Shareholders,

Notice is given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Vista Group International

Limited (Vista Group) will be held at Link Market Services’ offices at Level 30, PwC

Tower, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland and online at virtualmeeting.co.nz/vgl24 on

Tuesday, 21 May 2024 commencing at 3:00pm.

Explanatory Notes
RESOLUTION 2, 3 AND 4: RE-

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

In accordance with NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1,

Susan Peterson, Murray Holdaway and

Claudia Batten all retire by rotation and, each

being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.

The Board (other than Susan Peterson, Murray

Holdaway and Claudia Batten with respect of

their own positions) unanimously recommends

that you vote in favour of the re-election of

Susan Peterson, Murray Holdaway and

Claudia Batten as Directors. The Board

supports their re-election as it considers their

respective experience and skill sets contribute

to the overall mix of functional and strategic

competencies required by Vista Group.

For the purposes of the NZX Listing Rules, in

the Board’s view:

• if Susan Peterson is re-elected as Director,

she will qualify as an Independent Director;

• if Murray Holdaway is re-elected as

Director, he will not qualify as an

Independent Director; and

• if Claudia Batten is re-elected as Director,

she will qualify as an Independent Director.

RESOLUTION 1: APPOINTMENT

OF AUDITORS AND AUDITORS’

REMUNERATION

Pursuant to section 207T of the Companies

Act 1993, PricewaterhouseCoopers is

automatically re-appointed as Vista Group’s

auditors at the Annual Meeting. Shareholders

are being asked to resolve that the Board

be authorised to fix the remuneration of

PricewaterhouseCoopers as Vista Group’s

auditors for the 2024 financial year.

Brief biographical details of each of Susan Peterson,
Murray Holdaway and Claudia Batten are set out below:

SUSAN PETERSON

Susan is an experienced business leader with a particular

interest in helping companies to drive growth through technology,

innovation and organisational culture.

Susan has been a director of Vista Group since 3 June 2014

and was appointed as Chair on 1 January 2021. Susan is an

Independent Director of Xero, Mercury and Arvida Group. She

is also a Board member of Craigs Investment Partners and

Global Women. Susan was previously an Independent Director of

Property for Industry, Trustpower and ASB Bank and has been a

finalist in the Westpac New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.

MURRAY HOLDAWAY

Murray is the co-founder and product visionary of Vista Cinema.

Murray was the CEO of Vista Group from its IPO in 2014 until

2018.

Prior to Vista, Murray was a founder of Madison Systems, a joint

venture partner in Vista Cinema when it was formed in 1996.

Murray has over 20 years’ experience in building innovative

software for the film industry.

CLAUDIA BATTEN

Claudia is a founding member of two highly successful

entrepreneurial ventures. She was a founding member of US

company Massive Inc, a network for advertising in video games,

acquired by Microsoft in 2016, and a co-founder of Victor

& Spoils, the first advertising agency built on crowdsourcing

principles, acquired by Havas Worldwide in 2011.

Claudia has significant public company governance experience,

including as the current Chair of NZX and ASX listed digital travel

company Serko, and an Independent Director of Air New Zealand.

Claudia is a strong supporter of New Zealand start-ups as an

active mentor and adviser. In 2018, Claudia was recognised in the

NZ Hi-Tech Hall of Fame as a ‘Flying Kiwi’.

Important information
Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Shareholders will be able to attend and

participate in the Annual Meeting in person at

Link Market Services’ offices located at Level

30, PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street West,

Auckland, and virtually via an online platform

at virtualmeeting.co.nz/vgl24.

Shareholders attending and participating in

the Annual Meeting in person will be able to

ask questions during the meeting. A proxy

form is enclosed with this Notice of Meeting

which allows you to vote on the resolutions

notified in this Notice of Meeting. Please bring

this form with you to the meeting, as the

barcode will assist with your registration.

Shareholders attending and participating

in the Annual Meeting virtually via the

online platform will be able to vote and

ask questions during the meeting. More

information regarding virtual attendance

at the Annual Meeting (including how to

vote and ask questions virtually during the

meeting) is available in the Virtual Annual

Meeting Online Portal Guide available at

bcast.linkinvestorservices.co.nz/generic/docs/

OnlinePortalGuide.pdf.

Voting And Proxies

Shareholders may vote in person at the

Annual Meeting, cast an online or postal

vote, or appoint a proxy to attend the Annual

Meeting and vote in their place. Shareholders

should also refer to the enclosed voting/proxy

form for further details in relation to voting.

A body corporate which is a Shareholder

may appoint a representative to attend on its

behalf in the same manner as that in which it

could appoint a proxy.

A proxy need not be a Shareholder of Vista

Group. A Shareholder who wishes to do so

may appoint the Chair of the Meeting to act

as proxy.

A proxy will vote as directed in the voting/

proxy form or, if voting is left to the proxy’s

discretion, then the proxy will decide how

to vote on the Resolutions. If the Chair or

another Director is appointed as proxy and

the voting is left to the Director’s discretion,

each Director intends to vote in favour of the

Resolutions.

To cast a postal or online vote, or appoint a

proxy, go online to vote.linkmarketservices.

com/VGL or complete and lodge the enclosed

voting/proxy form with the share registrar,

Link Market Services Limited, in accordance

with the instructions set out on the form. In

either case the online appointment or vote, or

completed form, must be received not later

than 48 hours before the time of the holding

of the meeting (i.e. before 3:00pm (New

Zealand time) on Sunday, 19 May 2024).

Voting Restrictions

No Voting Restrictions (as defined in the NZX

Listing Rules) apply to the Resolutions.

NZX Register Holders

You will need to enter your CSN/Holder

Number and Authorisation Code (FIN) to

securely complete your online vote or proxy

appointment.

ASX Register Holders

You will need to enter your Holder Number

and postcode to securely complete your

online vote or proxy appointment.

If you wish to mail the voting/proxy form then
please send it to our share registrar, Link

Market Services Limited, using the postal

address stated on the form. Alternatively, you

can scan and email the completed voting/

proxy form to meetings@linkmarketservices.

com (please use “Vista Group Proxy” as the

subject of your email). The completed voting/

proxy form must be received by the share

registrar no later than 3:00pm (New Zealand

time) on Sunday, 19 May 2024. Any voting/

proxy form received after that time will not be

valid for the Annual Meeting.

Voting

Voting on all of the Resolutions will be by way

of poll, meaning that each shareholder of

Vista Group has one vote for each ordinary

share in Vista Group held by that shareholder.

Voting entitlements for the meeting will be

determined as at 5:00pm on Friday, 17 May

2024. Registered shareholders at that time

will be the only persons entitled to vote at the

meeting (in person, online or by postal vote

or proxy) and only the shares registered in

those shareholders’ names at that time may

be voted at the Annual Meeting. Vista Group’s

share registrar, Link Market Services Limited,

has been authorised by the Board to receive

and count postal votes at the meeting.

All of the Resolutions are ordinary resolutions

and must be passed by a simple majority of

the votes of those Shareholders entitled to

vote and voting on those Resolutions.

More Information

If you have any questions, or require any

further information, please contact Vista

Group’s General Counsel and Company

Secretary, Kelvin Preston, on +64 9 984 4570.

Directions and parking
How to get to the Annual Meeting

Directions

P w C Tower

The venue for the Annual Meeting is located in the PwC Tower which is part of the Commercial

Bay precinct in the Auckland CBD. On arrival in the SkyLobby via the entry on Customs Street

West, please select the lift to Level 30 to access the meeting venue at Link Market Services’

offices. The PwC Tower is easily accessed from Britomart and the ferry terminal if you are

arriving on public transport. There are also public carparking options available, including the

Downtown carpark (closest) and Britomart carpark (short walk).

Vista Group International Limited
Shed 12, City Works Depot

90 Wellesley St West

Auckland 1010

New Zealand

+64 9 984 4570

info@vistagroup.co.nz

vistagroup.co

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Go online to vote.linkmarketservices.com/VGL to vote or give directions to your proxy or turn over to complete the form.
LODGE YOUR PROXY / POSTAL VOTE














VOTING / PROXY FORM FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING

The Annual Meeting of Vista Group International Limited (Vista Group) will be held at the offices of Link Market Services, Level 30, PwC Tower,

15 Customs Street West, Auckland and online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/vgl24 on Tuesday, 21 May 2024 at 3:00pm (New Zealand time). Vista

Group will hold its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in person and online. If you attend online, you will require your Holder Number for

verification purposes.

POSTAL VOTE (DIRECT VOTE)

If you do not plan to attend the Annual Meeting, you may vote by postal

vote. Vista Group’s share registrar, Link Market Services Limited, has

been authorised by the Board to receive and count postal votes at the

meeting. Vote by making the appropriate election, either online or on

this form, in respect of each item of business. If you make more than one

election in respect of a resolution your vote will be invalid for that

resolution. If you return your postal vote without indicating on any

resolution how you wish to vote, you will be deemed to have abstained

from voting on that resolution. If you complete the postal vote section

and also appoint a proxy, then your postal vote will be cast and your

proxy appointment will not be counted, but your proxy may still attend

the meeting on your behalf. If this form is returned duly signed by a

shareholder with voting instructions completed but without indicating

that it is a postal vote or proxy has been appointed, it will be deemed to

be a postal vote.

APPOINTMENT OF PROXY

Any shareholder who is entitled to attend and vote at the meeting may

appoint a proxy (or representative in the case of a corporate

shareholder) to attend and vote in their place. A proxy need not be a

shareholder of Vista Group. If you return this form or appoint a proxy

online without directing the proxy how to vote on any particular

resolution, you will be deemed to have given your proxy discretion as to

whether and how to vote on that resolution.

Appointing the Chair of the meeting or a Director as your proxy

The Chair of the meeting or any other Director is willing to act as proxy

for any shareholders who appoints her or him for that purpose. In making

such an appointment you acknowledge that they may exercise your vote

even if they have an interest in the outcome of that Resolution. If the

Chair or a Director is appointed as proxy and the voting is left to her or

his discretion, the Chair or Director intends to vote in favour of the

Resolution.

Voting Restrictions

No Voting Restrictions (as defined in the NZX Listing Rules) apply to the

Resolution.



ATTENDING THE MEETING

The 2024 Annual Meeting will be held in person and online. If you

propose to attend the Annual Meeting in person, please bring this

Admission Card/Proxy Form intact to the meeting, the barcode is

required for registration at the meeting. Shareholders can attend the

online Annual Meeting at

www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/vgl24.

SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROXY FORMS

Individual

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

Joint holding

Where the holding is in more than one name, either joint

shareholder (or their duly authorised attorney) may sign.

Power of Attorney

If this Proxy Form has been signed by an attorney, a copy of the

power of attorney under which it was signed must accompany this

Proxy Form.

Company

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.

RETURNING YOUR FORM

Completed Voting/Proxy Forms must be received at the office of

Vista Group’s share registrar, Link Market Services Limited, no later

than 3:00pm (NZ time) on Sunday, 19 May 2024. Any Voting/Proxy

Form received after that time will not be valid for the Annual

Meeting.

ONLINE PROXY AND POSTAL VOTING (DIRECT VOTE)

To cast an online postal vote or appoint a proxy online please go to

vote.linkmarketservices.com/VGL

Holders on the New Zealand Register will require their CSN/Holder

Number and FIN to vote online.

Holders on the Australian Register will require their Holder

Number and postcode to vote online.

Online proxy appointments or online postal votes (direct votes) must

be lodged no later than 3:00pm (NZ time) on Sunday, 19 May 2024.

Online

vote.linkmarketservices.com/VGL

Scan & Email

meetings@linkmarketservices.com


Deliver in person Fax

Link Market Services Limited

Level 30, PwC Tower,

15 Customs Street West

Auckland 1010

Mail

Link Market Services Limited

PO Box 91976

Auckland 1142

New Zealand

General enquiries

+64 9 375 5998

vista@linkmarketservices.co.nz


SCAN THIS QR CODE WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE AND VOTE ONLINE







Holder Number:



VOTING / PROXY FORM

STEP 1: CHOOSE TO VOTE BY POSTAL VOTE OR APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF

POSTAL VOTING

I wish to vote by postal vote (please tick the box).

My voting intention is indicated in the resolution section below.

APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF

I/We being a shareholder/s of Vista Group International Limited

hereby appoint of

name email address

or failing him/her of

name email address

as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions (or if no directions have

been given, the proxy will vote as he/she sees fit, subject to any applicable restrictions in the NZX Listing Rules and the ASX Listing Rules) at the

Annual Meeting of Vista Group International Limited to be held at the offices of Link Market Services, Level 30, PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street

West, Auckland and online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/vgl24 on Tuesday, 21 May 2024 at 3:00pm (New Zealand time) and at any adjournment

of that meeting. If you wish, you may appoint as your proxy ‘The Chair of the Meeting’ or any other Director.



STEP 2: ITEMS OF BUSINESS – POSTAL VOTE/PROXY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

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. Proxy discretion is not applicable when voting by postal vote.


Tick () in box to vote

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

For


Against


Proxy

Discretion


Abstain

Resolution 1 That the Board is authorised to fix the fees and

expenses of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor

for the ensuing year.






Resolution 2 That Susan Peterson be re-elected as a Director of

Vista Group.




Resolution 3 That Murray Holdaway be re-elected as a Director

of Vista Group.




Resolution 4 That Claudia Batten be re-elected as a Director of

Vista Group.





STEP 3: SIGN - SIGNATURE OF SHAREHOLDER(S) This section must be completed.

Shareholder 1 Shareholder 2 Shareholder 3




Contact Name ___Daytime Telephone __________Date ___


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