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Notice of Meeting 2024

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On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am pleased to invite
you to the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of

Accordant Group Limited (AGL) which will be held both in

person, at MUFG Pension and Market Services (formerly

Link Market Services) in Auckland, and online via live

webcast, on Friday 30 August 2024 at 10:00am (NZT).

Attendance in person:

MUFG Pension and Market Services (formerly Link

Market Services), Level 30, PwC Tower, 15 Customs

Street, Auckland, New Zealand


Attendance online:

www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/agl24


When: Friday 30 August at 10:00am (NZT)

Shareholders attending the meeting – both in person and

online – will be able to vote and ask questions at the meeting.

Shareholders can also pre-submit questions either online at

https://investorcentre.linkgroup.nz/voting/AGL or using the

enclosed proxy form. Questions will need to be submitted by

10:00am (New Zealand time) on Wednesday, 28 August

2024.

If you cannot attend the Annual Meeting, I encourage you to

complete and lodge the proxy form in accordance with the

instructions on the back of that form so that it reaches MUFG

Pension and Market Services by 10:00am (New Zealand time)

on Wednesday, 28 August 2024.

ITEMS OF BUSINESS:

1. Chairman’s Introduction.

2. To note the consolidated financial statements for the

year ended 31 March 2024.

3. CEO Report and Update.

4. Resolutions (see Explanatory Notes below):

 Director Elections (Ordinary Resolutions)

In compliance with the rotation requirements of

Listing Rule 2.7.1; one director is due for re-election

in 2024:

4.1 Simon Bennett retires as a Director by

rotation and being eligible offers himself for

re-election. Accordingly, the meeting is

asked to consider, and if thought fit, to:

o That Simon Bennett is re-elected

as a Director of the Company.

4.2 Bella Takiari-Brame In accordance with

Listing Rule 2.7.1 Bella Takiari-Brame, who

was appointed to the Board by the

Directors on 1 January 2024 is required to

retire from office at this meeting. She

offers herself for election by shareholders.

Accordingly the meeting is asked to

consider and, if thought fit, to:

o That Bella Takiari-Brame is

elected as a Director of the

Company.


Notice of Annual

Meeting of

Shareholders

 Auditors’ Fees (Ordinary Resolution)
To authorise the Directors to fix the fees and

expenses of the auditors for the year.


5. To note that the Directors anticipate issuing Restricted

Shares to key staff pursuant to a Staff Share Incentive

Scheme; and may redeem and cancel existing shares

issued under the 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Schemes,

if staff holding shares resign from the Group during the

year.

6. General Business.

The Board recommends you vote in favour of all resolutions.

You will also find enclosed a disclosure document in respect

of the provision of financial assistance and the acquisition of

restricted shares issued by the Company in connection with

the Company's restricted share schemes. This disclosure

document is required under the Companies Act 1993 and is

provided to you for your information. You are not required to

take any action in relation to it.


VOTING BY PROXY

A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the meeting may

appoint a proxy to attend and vote on that shareholder's

behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.

To appoint a proxy, a shareholder should complete and sign

the proxy form included with the notice of meeting, return it to

the office of the Company's Share Registrar.

Alternatively, proxy votes can be lodged online by viewing the

MUFG Corporate Markets (formerly Link Market Services)

website: https://investorcentre.linkgroup.nz/voting/AGL You

will be required to enter your CSN/Holder number and

Authorisation Code (FIN) to securely access the website, and

then follow the prompts to appoint your proxy and exercise

your vote.

For a proxy form to be valid, it must be received (either by

post or online, as outlined above) no later than 10:00am (NZ

time) on Wednesday, 28 August 2024. If the form is sent by

post, it must be received by that time at the offices of the

Company’s Share Registrar, MUFG Pension and Market

Services, PO Box 91976, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142

or Level 30, PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street, Auckland, New

Zealand

We hope that you are able to attend the meeting.


For the Board,



Simon Bennett

Chairman

2 August 2024


EXPLANATORY NOTES

Election of Directors

Simon Bennett biography:

Simon has been a director of several businesses and is on

the Board of Trustees for the Ice Foundation (a charitable

trust which owns business incubator The Icehouse). Simon

was appointed CEO of Madison in 2011 and, following AWF

Group’s acquisition of Madison in 2013, became Group’s

Chief Executive in 2015 – a role that he held until moving onto

the Board in 2021. Simon joined the board of Metro

Performance Glass in December last year. He is a member of

the Institute of Directors.


Bella Takiari-Brame biography:

Bella joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1

January 2024. She brings global experience in oil and gas

and has led national and regional initiatives in energy and

economic development. Bella is a Fellow Chartered

Accountant and Chartered Member of the Institute of

Directors. She holds a Masters in Management Studies with

Distinction from Waikato University. Bella, who has Iwi

affiliations to Waikato-Maniapoto, is passionate about

empowering communities through infrastructure, wellbeing,

and workforce development at a regional level. She holds

Governance roles in Iwi, Commercial and Crown entities.


Auditors’ Fees

Deloitte Limited are the current auditors to Accordant Group

Limited and will be automatically reappointed under section

207T of the Companies Act 1993. The purpose of the

resolution is to authorise the Board under the Act to fix the

fees and expenses of the auditor.

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LODGE YOUR PROXY FORM
Online: https://investorcentre.linkgroup.nz/voting/AGL


Scan & Email: meetings@linkmarketservices.com (Please use

“AGL Proxy Form” as the subject for easy identification).


Mail:


Use the enclosed reply-paid

envelope or address to:

MUFG Corporate Markets

PO Box 91976, Auckland

1142, New Zealand.

By hand:

MUFG Corporate Markets

Level 30, PwC Tower

15 Customs Street West,

Auckland, 1010

New Zealand.



SCAN THIS QR CODE WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE AND

VOTE ONLINE



General Enquiries

+64 9 375 5998 or

email: enquiries@linkmarketservices.com





PROXY FORM FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING


The Annual Meeting of Accordant Group Limited will be held both in person, at MUFG Corporate Markets (formerly Link Market Services)

in Auckland, and online via live webcast on Friday, 30 August 2024 at 10:00am (NZ time). For your proxy to be effective it must be

received by 10:00am (New Zealand time), Wednesday, 28 August 2024.


To facilitate wide attendance, Accordant Group Limited (“AGL”) invites Shareholders to join the Annual Meeting in person at MUFG

Corporate Markets (formerly Link Market Services), Level 30, PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street, Auckland, New Zealand and online at

www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/agl24.


APPOINTMENT OF PROXY


If you DO NOT plan to attend the meeting, you may appoint

a proxy. The proxy need not be a shareholder or Director

but the Chairman of the meeting or any other Director is

willing to act as proxy for any shareholder who appoints him

or her for that purpose. If, in appointing your proxy, you do

not name a person as your proxy, or your named proxy does

not attend the meeting, the Chairman of the meeting will be

your proxy and may vote only in accordance with your

express direction.


VOTING OF YOUR HOLDING


Direct your proxy how to vote by making the appropriate

election, either online or on this Proxy Form, in respect of each

item of business (resolutions 1 to 3). If you do not make an

election in respect of a resolution your proxy may vote as they

choose.

If you make more than one election in respect of a resolution

your vote will be invalid on that resolution.


PROXY DISCRETION


If you expressly appoint the Chairman of the meeting or any

other Director as your proxy and elect to give them

discretion on how to vote on a resolution, you acknowledge

that they may exercise your vote even if they have an

interest in the outcome of that resolution.

The Chairman of the meeting and the Directors intend to

vote all discretionary proxies in favour of all resolutions.




ATTENDING THE MEETING

If you wish to vote in person you should attend the meeting. If

you will attend the Meeting online, you will require your

CSN/Holder Number for verification purposes.


SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROXY FORMS


Individual


Where the holding is in one name, the security holder must sign.


Joint holding


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

shareholders (or their duly authorised attorney) may sign.


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.


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 (if not previously

provided to the Registrar), and a signed certificate of non-

revocation of the power of attorney must accompany this Proxy

Form.




PROXY/CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE FORM


STEP 1: APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF


I / WE being a shareholder(s) of Accordant Group Limited


hereby appoint e-mail


or failing him/her e-mail


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 Main Board Listing Rules, at the Annual Meeting

of Accordant Group Limited to be held on 30 August 2024 at 10:00am (NZ time) and at any adjournment of that meeting.




STEP 2: ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

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


Tick () in box to vote


For Against Abstain Discretion

1.

That Simon Bennett is re-elected as a Director of the Company.

   

2.

That Bella Takiari-Brame is elected as a Director of the Company.

   

3.

To authorise the Directors to fix the fees and expenses of the auditors for the

year.

   




STEP 3: SHAREHOLDER QUESTIONS


Shareholders present at the Annual Meeting will have the opportunity to ask questions during the meeting. If you cannot attend the Annual Meeting

but would like to ask a question you can submit a question online by going to https://investorcentre.linkgroup.nz/voting/AGL and completing the

online validation process OR complete the question section below and return to MUFG Corporate Markets in the reply paid envelope enclosed.

Questions will need to be submitted by Wednesday, 28 August 2024. The Board will address and answer questions at the Annual Meeting.







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


Shareholder 1 Shareholder 2 Shareholder 3




or duly authorised officer or attorney or duly authorised officer or attorney or duly authorised officer or attorney



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Restricted Share Scheme
ACCORDANT GROUP LIMITED

("Company")


DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE GIVING OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND THE

ACQUISITION OF SHARES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMPANY'S RESTRICTED SHARE SCHEMES

(Section 61(5) and 78(5) of the Companies Act 1993)



TO: ALL SHAREHOLDERS



INTRODUCTION

This document is provided to all shareholders in accordance with the requirements of section 61(5) and

78(5) of the Companies Act 1993. It sets out details of the intention of the Company to give financial

assistance in connection with the AWF Madison Group and Accordant Group Restricted Share Schemes

(being the 2018, 2020 and 2021 Schemes), “the Schemes" respectively and the intention of the

Company to acquire shares issued under the:

(a) Accordant Group 2021 Restricted Share Scheme (“2022 Scheme”); and/or

(b) Accordant Group 2021 Restricted Share Scheme (“2021 Scheme”); and/or

(c) Accordant Group 2020 Restricted Share Scheme (“2020 Scheme”); and/or

(d) Accordant Group 2018 Restricted Share Scheme (“2018 Scheme”); and/or

(together, the "Schemes").

This document is provided to you for your information. You are not required to take any action in

relation to it.


THE SCHEMES

The Schemes were established with the intention of incentivising and encouraging senior management

to commit, to excel and to remain with the Accordant Group.

Under the Schemes, participants are entitled to receive restricted shares in the Company ("Restricted

Shares"). The Company provides participants in the Schemes with an interest free loan to fund the

subscription price for their Restricted Shares. Such loans are considered financial assistance for the

purposes of the Companies Act 1993.

Such loans are to be secured by a mortgage in favour of the Company over the Restricted Shares issued

to the relevant participant. The loan must be repaid in full before the participant's Restricted Shares are

reclassified as ordinary shares in the Company.

A participant in the Schemes cannot sell or otherwise dispose of his or her Restricted Shares unless such

shares are reclassified as ordinary shares in the Company and all amounts outstanding under the

participant's loan are repaid in full.

It is a condition of each of the Schemes that, in order for a holder's Restricted Shares to be reclassified

as ordinary shares, the holder has to remain in continuous employment with the Company until a

specified date (the "Qualification Date"). If this condition is not satisfied the Company has an option to

redeem the Restricted Shares issued to the relevant participant for a redemption price equal to the

issue price of those shares. The Company also has an option to redeem a participant's Restricted Shares

for the same redemption price where this condition is satisfied but the relevant participant has not

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repaid his or her loan within a prescribed time period. The proceeds from any redemption must be

applied in repayment in full of the relevant participant's loan.


FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Restricted Shares may be issued under the Scheme in the next 12 months.

Accordingly, the Company is likely to provide financial assistance within the next 12 months to

participants in the Schemes in the form of interest free loans equal to the aggregate subscription price

of the Restricted Shares to be issued to the relevant participant.

At this time, the Company is unable to determine the precise amount of any additional loans to be

made within the next 12 months as it is dependent upon, among other things, the level of participation

by eligible employees, the number of Restricted Shares to be issued, and the price at which the

Restricted Shares are issued. However, the total amount of the loans will not exceed $1,400,000.


ACQUISITION OF RESTRICTED SHARES

Inevitably, over the next 12 months some participants of the Schemes will cease to be employees within

the Group before the Qualification Date for Restricted Shares held by them and in such circumstances

the Company may wish to exercise its option to acquire Restricted Shares held by such participants.

The Company may elect to acquire such Restricted Shares by redeeming them or by buying them back.

Each method of acquiring shares has the same effect.

The consideration for the Restricted Shares subject to any acquisition will be equal to the issue price of

the Restricted Shares in question. The proceeds from the acquisition of any Restricted Shares will be

applied by the Company in repayment in full of the loans made to the relevant participants of the

Schemes in respect of the Restricted Shares acquired.

Any Restricted Shares acquired will be cancelled immediately upon acquisition.

At this time, the Company is unable to determine the precise number of Restricted Shares that may be

acquired within the next 12 months as it is dependent on which (if any) participants of the Schemes

cease to be employees within the Group before the Qualification Date for Restricted Shares held by

them and the number of Restricted Shares held by any such participants. However, the maximum

number of Restricted Shares that could be acquired is the number of Restricted Shares on issue at the

date of this disclosure document together with the number of Restricted Shares that may be issued

over the next 12 months. For information purposes, the number of Restricted Shares on Issue as at the

date of this disclosure document and the price that would be paid by the Company for such Restricted

Shares if they were acquired is set out in the table below. If any new Restricted Shares are issued by the

Company, a notice of their issue would be made available from NZX Limited’s website www.agl.com

under stock code AGL. It is highly unlikely that the maximum number of Restricted Shares that could be

acquired by the Company would be acquired by the Company in the next 12 months.



Class of Restricted

Shares

Current Number on

Issue Acquisition Price per Share

H shares 2019 Grant 129,800 $ 1.90

H shares 2020 Grant 31,200 $ 1.85

K shares 2022 Grant 354,000 $ 1.90


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SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS

Section 78(7) of the Companies Act 1993 confers on shareholders and the Company certain rights to

apply to the court to restrain the proposed financial assistance being given.

Section 61(8) of the Companies Act 1993 confers on shareholders and the Company certain rights to

apply to the court to restrain the acquisition of the Restricted Shares.

OTHER INFORMATION

The Board will suspend the giving of any financial assistance in connection with the issue of Restricted

Shares and/or the acquisition of any Restricted Shares if:

(a) it is no longer satisfied that the Company will satisfy the solvency test set out in the

Companies Act after the giving of any financial assistance or the acquisition of any Restricted

Shares; or

(b) the Board ceases to be satisfied that:

(i) the giving of the financial assistance is of benefit to the shareholders not receiving

the assistance;

(ii) the terms and conditions under which the assistance is given are fair and

reasonable to those shareholders not receiving the assistance;

(iii) the acquisition is of benefit to the remaining shareholders; or

(iv) the terms of the acquisition and the consideration offered for the Restricted Shares

are fair and reasonable to the remaining shareholders.

The text of the board resolutions authorising the Company to provide the financial assistance and the

reasons for the directors' conclusions as required by section 79 of the Companies Act 1993 is set out in

Schedule 1 to this disclosure document. The financial assistance may be given by the Company not less

than 10 working days and not more than 12 months after this disclosure document has been sent to all

shareholders.

The text of the board resolutions authorising the Company to acquire Restricted Shares, the reasons for

the directors' conclusions in relation to these resolutions and the nature and the extent of any relevant

interest the directors of the Company have in the Restricted Shares subject to the acquisition as

required by section 62 of the Companies Act 1993 are set out in Schedule 2 to this disclosure document.

The acquisition of any Restricted Shares may take place not less than 10 working days and not more

than 12 months after this disclosure document has been sent to all shareholders. If you have any

questions regarding this disclosure document, please contact the Company's Chief Financial Officer on

(09) 526 8797 or email rod.hyde@accordant.nz

SIGNED:

__________________________________________

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors


DATED: 02 August 2024


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SCHEDULE 1

TEXT OF BOARD RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 29 SEPTEMBER 2022

The text of the board resolution authorising the Company to provide the financial assistance

pursuant to section 78(1) of the Companies Act 1993 is as follows:

That the giving of the financial assistance is of benefit to those shareholders not

receiving the assistance.

That the terms and conditions under which the financial assistance is given are fair

and reasonable to those shareholders not receiving the assistance.

The reasons for the directors' conclusions in relation to the above resolutions were as follows:

(a) the issue of the Restricted Shares will align management incentives to the

benefit of all shareholders;

(b) the Restricted Shares will be issued for a fair market value;

(c) the financial assistance to be given is temporary and the amounts loaned are

secured and are required to be repaid.

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SCHEDULE 2

TEXT OF BOARD RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 29 SEPTEMBER 2022

The text of the board resolution authorising the Company to acquire the Restricted Shares

pursuant to section 61 of the Companies Act 1993 is as follows:

That the acquisition of the Restricted Shares is of benefit to the Company's remaining

shareholders.

That the terms of the acquisition and the consideration offered for the Restricted

Shares are fair and reasonable to the Company's remaining shareholders.


The reasons for the directors' conclusions in relation to the above resolutions were as follows:

(a) The acquisition of any Restricted Shares will be undertaken in accordance with

the terms of the relevant scheme.

(b) The ability of the Company to acquire or redeem shares from participants who

have ceased to be employed by the Company on the relevant date is a key

aspect of the Schemes which increases the alignment of interests between

participating senior staff and shareholders.

(c) The consideration for the acquisition of any Restricted Shares is equal to the

issue price of the relevant Restricted Shares as is specified in the terms of issue

of those Restricted Shares and will be used to repay the loans made by the

Company in respect of those Restricted Shares as is provided for in the terms of

the relevant scheme.

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RELEVANT INTEREST OF DIRECTORS IN THE RESTRICTED SHARES


Under the Companies Act 1993, this disclosure document is required to set out the nature and

extent of any relevant interest any director of the Company has in any Restricted Shares

proposed to be acquired. It is not expected that any Restricted Shares will be acquired from

directors over the next 12 months. However, the directors of the Company have the following

relevant interests in the Restricted Shares which could be acquired if the relevant director

ceased to be a director of the Company before the Qualification Date for the relevant Restricted

Shares held by that director:


Director Number of Restricted

Shares

Nature of Relevant Interest

Simon Bennett 810,000 Legal Owner

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