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Market Release | 11 September 2024
Auckland Airport 2024 Annual Meeting
Investors are invited to join Auckland Airport’s 2024 Annual Shareholder’s Meeting, to be held at
10.00am on 17 October 2024 at Eden Park, 42 Reimers Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland.
Notice of Meeting and Proxy Form
Please see attached Auckland International Airport Limited’s Notice of Meeting and Proxy Form.
The Notice of Meeting and Proxy Form will be emailed to shareholders who have provided the
company’s share registrar with an email address and mailed in hard copy where the share
registrar does not have an email address. Electronic copies of the documents are also available on
the company’s website,
https://corporate.aucklandairport.co.nz/investors/annual-meeting.
Webcast link
The annual meeting will also be broadcast live on the internet via webcast link. To access the
webcast link, go to www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/aia24 and follow the instructions. You will need
your shareholder number found on your Proxy Form, for verification purposes.
The webcast will be archived and available on the Auckland Airport website following the event.
For more information about virtual attendance, including how to vote and ask questions, please
refer to the MUFG_VirtualMeetingGuide.pdf (linkinvestorservices.co.nz) Virtual Annual Meeting
Online Portal Guide, also attached to this announcement.
ENDS
For more information:
Investors:
Chief Financial Officer
Stewart Reynolds
+64 27 511 9632
stewart.reynolds@aucklandairport.co.nz
Media:
Head of Corporate Affairs
Libby Middlebrook
libby.middlebrook@aucklandairport.co.nz
+6421 989 908
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Notice is hereby given that the 2024 annual meeting of the
shareholders of Auckland International Airport Limited is to
be held at Eden Park, 42 Reimers Ave, Kingsland, Auckland
and online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/aia24 on
Thursday, 17 October 2024 commencing at 10.00 am.
Notice of Annual Meeting
Attending the meeting
Shareholders attending the Annual Meeting will be provided
a poll card at registration for voting purposes.
Other participation methods: Auckland International Airport
will enable shareholders to attend and participate in the Annual
Meeting without being physically present at the meeting, by
attending the meeting online.
Online participation: Shareholders can participate in the
Annual Meeting virtually using an online platform provided
by our share registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets at:
www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/aia24. Shareholders attending the
Annual Meeting virtually will be able to vote and ask questions.
Please note, if you will be participating online you will require
your shareholder number, found on your Proxy Form, for
verification purposes.
More information regarding online attendance at the Annual
Meeting (including how to vote and ask a question) is available
in the virtual meeting guide: https://bcast.linkinvestorservices.
co.nz/MUFG/MUFG_VirtualMeetingGuide.pdf
Explanatory notes
Proxy vote: A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the
meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead
of the shareholder. The proxy need not be a shareholder. The
Chair of the meeting is willing to act as proxy for any shareholder
who wishes to appoint the Chair for that purpose. If you appoint
the Chair and you do not indicate how the Chair should vote,
the Chair will vote in favour of the resolutions, unless the Chair is
specifically excluded from voting on a particular resolution.
To be effective, the proxy form must be received at the registered
office of the Company or by the share registrar of the Company,
MUFG Corporate Markets, Level 30, PwC Tower, 15 Customs
Street West, Auckland, New Zealand, by mail to PO Box 91976,
Auckland 1142, New Zealand, or by email not later than 48
hours before the start of the meeting in accordance with the
instructions on the proxy form.
A corporate shareholder may appoint a person to attend the
meeting as its representative in the same manner as it could
appoint a proxy.
Shareholder motions: The only matters being discussed and
voted on at the Meeting are the Resolutions contained in this
Notice of Meeting. No motions will be allowed from the floor.
Business
A. Chair’s Address
B. Chief Executive’s Address
C. Financial statements and reports: To receive and
consider the financial statements of the Company for the
year ended 30 June 2024 together with the directors’
and auditor’s reports to shareholders.
D. Ordinary Resolutions: To consider, and if thought
fit, to pass, the following ordinary resolutions (which
require the approval of a simple majority of the votes
of those shareholders entitled to vote and voting on
the resolution):
1. Election of Grant Devonport: That Grant Devonport,
who has been nominated by the Board to stand as
a director, be elected as a director of the Company
(see explanatory note).
2. Re-election of Mark Binns: That Mark Binns, who
retires and who is eligible for re-election, be re-elected
as a director of the Company (see explanatory note).
3. Re-election of Dean Hamilton: That Dean Hamilton,
who retires and who is eligible for re-election,
be re-elected as a director of the Company
(see explanatory note).
4. Re-election of Tania Simpson: That Tania Simpson,
who retires and who is eligible for re-election,
be re-elected as a director of the Company
(see explanatory note).
5. Auditor: That the directors be authorised to fix the
fees and expenses of the auditor.
E. Other business: To consider any other matters that may
lawfully be considered at the meeting.
By order of the Board.
Louise Martin, Company Secretary
11 September 2024
Thursday, 17 October 2024
commencing at 10.00am
To participate online please go to
www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/aia24
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Ordinary Resolution 1. Election of Director
Grant Devonport is standing for election as a director.
The Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote in
favour of the election of Grant Devonport. He is considered by
the Board to be an independent director.
A brief biographical note of Grant Devonport is set out below.
Biography
Grant Devonport is an experienced Chief Financial
Officer and transformational leader with over 25 years of
multinational experience.
He was recently the Chief Financial Officer of Australia Pacific
Airports Corporation which owns Melbourne Airport and
Launceston Airports, retiring at the end of January 2024.
He is currently a non-executive director of MOVE Logistics Group
Limited, and is the Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee at
MOVE Logistics Group.
Ordinary Resolution 2. Re-election of Director
Mark Binns is a director retiring in 2024. Mark Binns, being eligible
for re-election, offers himself for re-election.
The Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote in
favour of the re-election of Mark Binns. He is considered by the
Board to be an independent director.
A brief biographical note of Mark Binns is set out below:
Term of Office
Appointed as a director 31 October 2018
Board Committees
Infrastructure Development Committee (Chair)
People, Capability and Iwi Committee
Biography
Mark Binns was appointed as a director of the Company in 2018.
Mark is knowledgeable across various sectors, previously being
CEO at Meridian Energy Ltd from 2012 to 2017, during which he
prepared the company for New Zealand’s largest IPO, and the
Chief Executive of the infrastructure division of Fletcher Building
Limited, being involved in construction and heavy building
materials, during a career with the company over 22 years.
Mark brings governance experience being the Chair of Crown
Infrastructure Partners Limited and Hynds Limited. He is a
director of Mercury Energy Limited and is also a director of the
trustee company for the Fletcher Building Retirement Plan.
Ordinary Resolution 3. Re-election of Director
Dean Hamilton is a director retiring in 2024. Dean Hamilton,
being eligible for re-election, offers himself for re-election.
The Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote in
favour of the re-election of Dean Hamilton. He is considered by
the Board to be an independent director.
A brief biographical note of Dean Hamilton is set out below:
Term of Office
Appointed as a director 31 October 2018
Board Committees
Aeronautical Pricing Committee (adhoc Committee) (Chair)
Audit and Financial Risk Committee
Safety, Sustainability and Operational Risk Committee
Biography
Dean Hamilton was appointed as a director of the Company
in 2018.
Dean has significant CEO and financial markets experience,
most recently being the CEO of Silver Fern Farms Ltd where
he led the business through a period of significant change and
improvement in financial performance.
Dean has 12 years experience at Deutsche Bank working in
both Australia and New Zealand where he advised a wide
range of companies on M&A, capital management, corporate
restructuring and capital raising. Dean brings experience at
running a large organisation with a wide range of stakeholders as
well as a deep understanding in finance and capital markets.
Dean is the Chair of Fulton Hogan and Executive Chair of Ryman
Healthcare Limited. He is also a director of The Warehouse Group
Limited and Tappenden Holdings Limited.
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Mark Binns
Dean Hamilton
Grant Devonport
Ordinary Resolution 4. Re-election of Director
Tania Simpson is a director retiring in 2024. Tania Simpson,
being eligible for re-election, offers herself for re-election.
The Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote in
favour of the re-election of Tania Simpson. She is considered by
the Board to be an independent director.
A brief biographical note of Tania Simpson is set out below:
Term of Office
Appointed as a director 31 October 2018
Board Committees
People, Capability and Iwi Committee (Chair)
Safety, Sustainability and Operational Risk Committee
Biography
Tania Simpson was appointed as a director of the Company
in 2018.
Tania’s background includes 14 years as a director of Mighty
River Power from its beginning as a state owned enterprise
through to its successful listing in 2013.
Tania is known for her work within Māori communities. Her
experience includes time spent as a Māori Advisory Officer
for the Housing Corporation of NZ before moving into central
government as a Senior Policy Analyst on housing policies. She
has also helped negotiate agreements for Māori communities
and has worked on a number of Treaty claim and settlements.
Tania is the deputy chair of the Waitangi National Trust. She is
also a director of Tainui Group Holdings Ltd, Meridian Energy
Limited. Tui TopCo Limited (Waste Management NZ Limited) and
Ukaipo Limited. Tania is a member of the Waitangi Tribunal.
Ordinary Resolution 5. Auditors
Deloitte is automatically reappointed auditor under section
207T of the Companies Act 1993. This resolution authorises the
Board to fix the fees and expenses of the auditor as required by
section 207S of the Companies Act 1993.
How to get there
Directions to Eden Park from the Southern Motorway:
Take the Khyber Pass Road exit and continue until you reach
Symonds Street (750m).
Turn left onto Symonds Street (160m) keep right and continue
onto New North Road (500m).
Stay on New North Road (900m) then take a slight left onto
Sandringham Road (850m).
Turn left onto Reimers Ave (400m).
Entry and parking is available in Car Park P5 off Reimers
Avenue, please enter via Gate G.
The closest train station is Kingsland train station.
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Tania Simpson
Eden Park location
Eden Park
Kingsland train station
New North Rd
Walters Rd
Cricket Ave
Raleigh St
Bellwood Tce
Sandringham rd
Sandringham Rd
Reimers Ave
Car Park
T
G
P5
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PLEASE TURN OVER
The Annual Meeting of Auckland International Airport Limited
(Auckland Airport) will be held at 10:00am on Thursday 17 October
2024 at Eden Park, 42 Reimers Ave, Kingsland, Auckland. If you are
attending the meeting, please bring this form to assist with your
registration. If you are not attending the meeting but wish to be
represented by proxy, please complete and return this form (in
accordance with the lodgement instructions) to Auckland Airport’s
share registry, MUFG Corporate Markets (formerly Link Market
Services), by no later than 10:00am, Tuesday 15 October 2024. You
can also appoint your proxy and vote on the resolutions on the reverse
of this form online by going to vote.linkmarketservices.com/AIA or by
scanning the QR code above with your smartphone. Shareholders are
also able to attend the Annual Meeting online via the Virtual Meeting
platform at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/aia24. If you will be attending
online, you will require your Holder Number for verification purposes. If
you appoint a proxy, you will still be able to attend the meeting online
(however you will not be able to vote).
APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
A shareholder entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy
or, in the case of a corporate shareholder, a representative to attend
and vote instead of him/her and that proxy or representative need not
also be a shareholder. The Chair of the meeting is willing to act as
proxy for any shareholder who wishes to appoint him for that purpose.
If you appoint the Chair and you do not indicate how the Chair should
vote, the Chair will vote in favour of the resolutions.
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 resolution. If you
return this form without directing the proxy how to vote on any
particular matter, the proxy may vote as he/she thinks fit or abstain
from voting, unless specifically excluded from voting on a particular
resolution. If you make more than one election in respect of a resolution
your vote will be invalid on that resolution. If you expressly appoint the
Chair 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 will exercise your vote in favour of resolutions 1 to 5.
PROXY FORM/ADMISSION CARD
FOR AUCKLAND AIRPORT’S 2024 ANNUAL MEETING
ATTENDING THE MEETING
If you wish to vote in person, you should attend the Meeting. Please
bring this Proxy Form/Admission Card with you to the Meeting to
assist with your registration.
A corporation which is a Shareholder may appoint a representative
to attend the Meeting on its behalf in the same manner as it could
appoint a proxy. A proxy does not need to be a shareholder of
the Company.
SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROXY FORMS
INDIVIDUAL
This Proxy Form must be signed by the shareholder or his/her/its
attorney duly authorised in writing.
JOINT HOLDING
In the case of a joint shareholding, this Proxy Form must be signed by
each of the joint shareholders (or their duly authorised attorney).
POWER OF ATTORNEY
This Proxy Form and the power of attorney or other authority, if any,
under which it is signed, or a copy of that power or authority certified
by a Solicitor, Justice of the Peace or Notary Public must be deposited
or mailed to be received at the office of MUFG Pension & Market
Services (formerly Link Market Services Limited), in any manner
as per the instructions below, not later than 10:00am, Tuesday,
15 October 2024.
CORPORATE SHAREHOLDER
In the case of a corporate shareholder, this Proxy Form must be signed
by a director or a duly authorised officer acting under the express or
implied authority of the shareholder, or an attorney duly authorised by
the shareholder.
Go online to vote.linkmarketservices.com/AIA to appoint your
proxy or turn over to complete the Proxy Form
STEP 1: APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF
I/We being a shareholder(s) of Auckland International Airport Limited hereby appoint:
of
(FULL NAME) (E-MAIL ADDRESS)
Or
of
(FULL NAME) (E-MAIL ADDRESS)
as my/our proxy to vote for me/us on my/our behalf at the Annual Meeting of Auckland International Airport Limited to be held at 10:00am on
Thursday, 17 October 2024 and at any adjournment of that meeting and to vote on any resolutions to amend any of the resolutions, on any
resolution so amended, and on any other resolution proposed at the meeting (or any adjournment thereof). Unless otherwise instructed as above,
the proxy will vote as he/she thinks fit or abstain from voting on each such resolution. The proxy is appointed only in respect of the above meeting
or any adjournment thereof.
STEP 2: ITEMS OF BUSINESS – VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
Complete this part if you have appointed a proxy above and you want to direct the proxy as to how the proxy should vote.
Please note: For each resolution you must tick one box. If you mark the abstain box for an item, you are not voting or you are directing your
proxy not to vote on your behalf during a poll and your votes will not be counted computing the required majority, for that item.
ORDINARY BUSINESS
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following ordinary resolutions:
Tick (✓) in box to vote
FORAGAINSTABSTAINDISCRETION
1
Election of Grant Devonport
That Grant Devonport, who has been nominated by the Board to stand as a director,
be elected as a director of the Company.
2
Re-election of Mark Binns
That Mark Binns, who retires and who is eligible for re-election, be re-elected as a
director of the Company.
3
Re-election of Dean Hamilton
That Dean Hamilton, who retires and who is eligible for re-election be re-elected as a
director of the Company.
4
Re-election of Tania Simpson
That Tania Simpson, who retires and who is eligible for re-election be re-elected as a
director of the Company.
5
Auditor
That the directors be authorised to fix the fees and expenses of the auditor.
STEP 3: SHAREHOLDER QUESTIONS
Shareholders present at the Annual Meeting in person or via the virtual meeting platform will have the opportunity to ask
questions during the meeting. If you cannot attend but would like to ask a question, you can submit a question online by going to
vote.linkmarketservices.com/AIA and completing the online validation process or complete the question section below and return it to
MUFG Corporate Markets (formerly Link Market Services). Questions will need to be submitted by 10:00am, Tuesday, 15 October 2024.
The Board will address and answer questions during the meeting. Auckland Airport reserves the right not to address any questions that it
is not required to address and, in the Board’s opinion, are not reasonable to address in the context of an Annual Meeting.
QUESTION:
STEP 4: 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
Contact Daytime Telephone Date 2024
ELECTRONIC INVESTOR COMMUNICATIONS
If you received the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Form by mail and wish to receive your future investor communications by email please
provide your email address below.
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTMENT & VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
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Virtual
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You will need one of the
following to vote
If you’re an investor, you can find your
CSN/Holder Number on most investor
communications from us.
If you’re a proxy, your proxy number will be
sent to your email address one to two days
before the meeting.
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Your CSN/
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if you are an
investor
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Your proxy
number if you
are an appointed
proxy
OR
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Choose the meeting you want to watch from
the list and click the View Meeting button.
Register using your full name, mobile number,
email address, and participant type.
Read and accept the terms and conditions
before clicking on the Register and Watch
Meeting button.
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If the webcast doesn’t start, press the play
button and check the volume on your device
is turned up. The meeting slides will be cycled
through while the webcast plays.
At the bottom are buttons for Get a Voting
Card, Ask a Question and a list of documents
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the Get a Voting Card button
If you’re an investor, you will need to enter
your CSN/Holder Number.
If you’re an appointed proxy, you will need to
enter the proxy number in the Proxy Details
section, then click the Submit Details and
Vote button.
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tell us how you want to vote
You may need to use the scroll bar on the right
side of the voting card to see all resolutions.
Choose either Full Vote or Partial Vote using
the tabs. Click on either the For, Against, or
Abstain voting buttons. For a Partial Vote,
enter a number of votes—the total number of
votes you have are shown.
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before the countdown timer
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to the bottom of the box and click on the
Submit Vote or Submit Partial Vote button.
You can close your voting card without
submitting your vote while voting is open.
Any votes you have already made are saved.
The voting card will be under the webcast
with a Not yet submitted message below.
You can edit your votes while voting is open
by clicking on Edit Card. This will re-open the
voting card with any previous votes made.
At the end of the meeting, a red bar with a
five-minute countdown timer will appear at
the top of the website advising the remaining
time to submit your voting cards. Once voting
has been closed, your vote can’t be changed.
Submit your vote
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corporate representatives can
ask questions
If you have not registered a voting card,
you will be asked to enter your CSN/Holder
Number or proxy number before you can ask
a question.
Click on the Ask a Question button either at
the top or bottom of the page.
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for your question
Type your question in the Question box, and click
on the Submit Question button.
After submitting, click the View Questions button
to see your questions (only visible to you).
If your question has been answered and you want
to reply, submit another question.
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