Notice of Meeting & Proxy/Voting Form
Notice of Meeting
Annual Shareholders Meeting 2024
Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given to all Shareholders that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Freightways Group
Limited (Freightways) will be held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 at 10.00am.
Freightways expects to offer shareholders the ability to attend the Annual Meeting virtually through the
Computershare Meeting Services web platform, as well as in-person at:
Venue: Hyundai Marine Sports Centre
8/10 Tamaki Drive, Orakei
Auckland 1071
Time: 10am (seated)
Room: Te Kawau Meeting Room
Your CSN/Securityholder Number can be found on your Proxy/Voting Form for verification purposes.
Further details on how to participate virtually are provided in the Virtual Meeting Guide available at
www.computershare.com/vm-guide-nz. Shareholders are encouraged to review this Guide prior to the
Annual Meeting. If you have any questions or need assistance with the online process, please contact
Computershare on +64 9 488 8777 between 8.30am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.
KEY DATES:
• Latest time for receipt of proxy forms: Monday 21 October 2024, 10.00am
• Annual Shareholders Meeting: Wednesday 23 October 2024, 10.00am
Business
a. Chairman’s Review
b. Chief Executive Officer’s Review and Trading Update
c. Resolutions
To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following ordinary resolutions:
1. That Mark Cairns be re-elected as a director of Freightways.
2. That Abigail Foote be re-elected as a director of Freightways.
3. That Fiona Oliver be re-elected as a director of Freightways.
4. That the directors are authorised to fix the Auditors’ remuneration.
By Order of the Board
Stephan Deschamps
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
4 October 2024
Proxies and Representatives
Shareholders may exercise their right to vote at the meeting either by being present in person or by
appointing a proxy to attend and vote in their place. A proxy need not be a shareholder of Freightways. A
body corporate shareholder may appoint a representative to attend the meeting on its behalf. A combined
admission card and proxy form is enclosed with this notice. If you wish to vote by proxy, you may either visit
www.investorvote.co.nz to lodge your proxy or by completing and signing the proxy form and sending it to
Freightways’ share registrar, Computershare Investor Services Limited. The proxy form will only be effective
if it is received by Freightways’ share registrar no later than 10.00am Monday, 21 October 2024, being 48
hours prior to the commencement of the meeting. A reply-paid envelope is enclosed if mailing the proxy
form from within New Zealand.
Explanatory Notes
All references to the "Listing Rules" are references to the NZX Listing Rules, dated 24 May 2024.
RESOLUTIONS ON RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Shareholders should note the average tenure on the Board among the current directors is less than 5 years,
following the retirement of two directors of long tenure (including the previous Board Chair) in 2021, the
appointment of three directors during 2021 and 2022 and the resignation of Mark Rushworth during 2024.
Resolution 1: Re-election of Director
That Mark Cairns be re-elected a director of the Company.
Mark Cairns is retiring by rotation and offers himself for re-election.
The Board has determined that Mark is an independent director and
unanimously recommends that shareholders vote in favour of his re-
election.
Mark was appointed a director in April 2021. He was Chief Executive of
Port of Tauranga, New Zealand’s largest and most successful port,
from 2005 until his retirement in June 2021 to pursue a full-time
governance career. Mark was previously Chief Executive of Toll Owens
Limited and Owens Cargo Company Limited. Mark has extensive
experience in logistics, infrastructure, contracting and significant
exposure to capital markets. Mark is also a director of Auckland
International Airport Limited.
Mark Cairns
BE(Hons), BBS, MMGT,
FEngNZ, CFInstD
Resolution 2: Re-election of Director
Resolution 3: Re-election of Director
That Abigail Foote be re-elected a director of the Company.
Abigail (Abby) Foote is retiring by rotation and offers herself for re-
election. The Board has determined that Abby is an independent
director and unanimously recommends that shareholders vote in
favour of her re-election.
Abby was appointed a director in June 2018. She is a professional
director with over 15 years’ governance experience, including publicly
listed and Crown companies. With qualifications in both law and
accounting, Abby’s executive career covered both disciplines focused
on strategy, corporate finance, treasury and commercial transactions.
Abby has governance experience across a wide range of areas
including strategic development and implementation; governance of
significant transactions; stakeholder engagement; audit and risk;
health and safety; and ESG governance.
Abby is currently a director of KMD Brands Limited. Previous
governance roles have included Z Energy; Transpower New Zealand;
the New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA);
Christchurch City Holdings Limited; and TVNZ.
Abigail Foote
LLB (Hons), BCA, CF Inst D,
INFINZ (cert)
That Fiona Oliver be re-elected a director of the Company.
Fiona Oliver is retiring by rotation and offers herself for re-election. The
Board has determined that Fiona is an independent director and
unanimously recommends that shareholders vote in favour of her re-
election.
Fiona was appointed a Director in July 2021. She is a professional
director, holding governance roles across a range of business sectors
including infrastructure, retirement villages, technology, and financial
services. She is a director of Summerset Group Limited, Gentrack
Group Limited, Clarus (previously the First Gas Group), Listed
Investment Vehicles Marlin Global, Barramundi and Kingfish and
Wynyard Group Limited (in liquidation) and the New Zealand
Superannuation Fund. Fiona’s executive career was in financial
services in New Zealand and overseas. In New Zealand, she managed
BT Funds Management, Westpac’s investment arm, and AMP’s Wealth
Management division. In Sydney and London, Fiona managed the Risk
and Operations function of AMP’s global private capital division. Fiona
has also practised as a senior corporate solicitor in New Zealand and
overseas, specialising in mergers and acquisitions.
Fiona Oliver
LLB, BA, CF Inst D
Resolution 4: Auditors
That the directors are authorised to fix the Auditors’ remuneration.
The present auditors of the Company are PricewaterhouseCoopers. Under the Companies Act 1993 they will
continue in office.
Meeting Venue: Hyundai Marine Sports Centre
Meeting Information:
Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Time: 10am (seated)
Venue: Hyundai Marine Sports Centre
8/10 Tamaki Drive, Orakei
Auckland 1071
Room: Te Kawau Meeting Room
Parking: Plenty of parking will be available.
Please refer to the image on the right
for reference.
After the meeting, we welcome all Shareholders
present to join us for morning tea.
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Go online to lodge your proxy or turn over to complete the form
Your secure access information
Control Number: CSN/Shareholder Number:
PLEASE NOTE: You will need your CSN/Shareholder Number and postcode or country of residence (if outside New Zealand) to
securely access InvestorVote and then follow the prompts to appoint your proxy and exercise your vote online.
Lodge your proxy online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
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Proxy/Voting Form
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Lodge your proxy
Online
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By Mail
Computershare Investor Services Limited
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Freightways Group Limited
How to Vote on Items of Business
All your shares will be voted in accordance with your directions.
Casting your vote
You may cast your vote in one of the two ways described below. You may
abstain from voting on the resolutions.
(a)Attending and voting in person or virtually:
You can attend the meeting virtually through the Computershare Meeting
Platform https://meetnow.global/nz. Select the Freightways meeting and click
‘JOIN MEETING NOW’ Further information is provided in the Virtual Meeting Guide
available at www.computershare.com/vm-guide-nz. If you attend in person you
should bring your proxy/voting form or your CSN/Shareholder Number to assist
with registration at the meeting.
(b) Appointing a proxy:
You may appoint a proxy to attend the meeting and vote on your behalf. Visit
www.investorvote.co.nz to lodge your proxy, or, complete step 1 and step 2 on
the reverse of this proxy/voting form, sign where indicated and return to
Computershare in the reply paid envelope provided.
Attending the Physical Meeting
Bring this form to assist registration. A corporate shareholder may appoint
a representative to attend the meeting by completing the form overleaf and
returning it to Computershare by no later than 10:00am Monday 21 October
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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, all of the shareholders should
sign.
Power of Attorney
If this Proxy Form has been signed under a power of attorney, a copy of the
power of attorney (unless already deposited with the Company) and a signed
certificate of non-revocation of the power of attorney must be produced to the
Company with this Proxy Form.
Companies
This form should be signed by a Director jointly with another Director, or a
Sole Director can sign alone. Please sign in the appropriate place and indicate
the office held.
Note: The proxy holder does not need to be a shareholder of the Company. If you
appoint a Director as your proxy, then any undirected proxies granted to the
Director will be voted in favour of the resolutions except that Directors standing
for election or re-election will abstain from voting discretionary proxies in
respect of their own appointment. A body corporate which is a shareholder may
appoint a representative to attend the meeting on its behalf in the same manner
as that in which it can appoint a proxy.
If you do not name a person as your proxy (but have otherwise completed the
proxy form in full) or your named proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chair
will be appointed your proxy and will vote in accordance with your express
direction, and any undirected votes will (subject to any restriction(s) set out in
the NZX Listing Rules) be voted in accordance with the Chair's discretion.
Against
Proxy
DiscretionForAbstain
STEP 1
Annual Meeting of Freightways Group Limited to be held in
the Te Kawau Room, at the Hyundai Marine Sports Centre,
8/10 Tamaki Drive, Orakei, Auckland on Wednes
day, 23
October 2024 at 10:00am
ATTENDANCE SLIP
or Sole Director/Director or Director (if more than one)
Contact Name Contact Daytime Telephone Date
Business
To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following ordinary resolutions:
Please note: For each resolution below you must tick one box. If a box relating to a resolution is not ticked, the vote on that resolution
will be invalid.
Items of Business - Voting Instructions/Ballot Paper
as my/our proxy to vote for me/us on my/our behalf in accordance with the following directions at the Annual Meeting of Freightways Group Limited to be
held in the Te Kawau Room, at the Hyundai Marine Sports Centre, 8/10 Tamaki Drive, Orakei, Auckland on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 at 10:00am
and at any adjournment of that meeting.
of
of
Appoint a Proxy to Vote on Your Behalf
SIGN
STEP 2
Proxy/Voting Form
Shareholder 1 Shareholder 2 Shareholder 3
CSN/Shareholder Number:
Number of Shares:
I/We being a shareholder/s of Freightways Group Limited
hereby appoint
or failing him/her
1.That Mark Cairns be re-elected as a director of Freightways.
2.That Abigail Foote be re-elected as a director of Freightways.
3.That Fiona Oliver be re-elected as a director of Freightways.
4.That the directors are authorised to fix the Auditors’ remuneration.
Signature of Shareholder(s) This section must be completed.
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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):and (Email):
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