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16 October 2024

ASX Market Announcements Office

ASX Limited

Exchange Centre

20 Bridge Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Dear Officer

RE: Downer EDI Limited 2024 – Notice of Annual General Meeting and Proxy Form

Please find attached the following documents:

•Notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM); and

•Sample Proxy Form.

Downer will hold its AGM at 11:00am (Sydney time) on Wednesday, 20 November 2024.

The Notice of Meeting includes detailed information about how shareholders can participate in the

AGM.

Yours sincerely,

Downer EDI Limited

Robert Regan

Company Secretary

Authorised for release by Downer’s Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, Robert

Regan.

Downer EDI Limited

ABN 97 003 872 848

Triniti Business Campus

39 Delhi Road

North Ryde NSW 2113

1800 DOWNER

1www.downergroup.com

Notice of
Annual General

Meeting 2024

Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders

of Downer EDI Limited (Downer or Company) will be held at:

THE AUDITORIUM

Northside Conference Centre

Oxley Street (Cnr Oxley Street & Pole Lane)

Crows Nest NSW 2065

Live webcast link: https://publish.viostream.com/app/s-rki9f7p

On Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Commencing at 11:00am Sydney time (meeting)

Registration will commence at 10:30am

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited2

Dear Shareholder,
I am pleased to invite you to Downer’s 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held at 11:00am (Sydney time) on

Wednesday, 20 November 2024. Registration will open from 10:30am (Sydney time).

The AGM will be held at the Northside Conference Centre Oxley Street (Cnr Oxley Street & Pole Lane) Crows Nest NSW 2065.

The AGM will also be webcast live at https://publish.viostream.com/app/s-rki9f7p.

Downer’s AGM is the occasion where shareholders vote on a number of important resolutions, which are outlined in this

Notice of Meeting. It also provides shareholders with the opportunity to meet with the Board, hear from the Managing

Director and CEO and ask questions.

Financial Report, Directors’ Report, and Independent Auditor’s Report

The first item of business will be to consider and receive the Financial Report, the Directors’ Report and the Independent

Auditor’s Report for the year ended 30 June 2024.

Election and re-election of Directors

The second item of business seeks approval for the election of Peter Barker as an Independent Non-executive Director.

Peter Barker joined the Board on 1 July 2024. Mr Barker is an experienced Non-executive Director and senior executive

with experience in finance, risk management, corporate structuring including mergers, acquisitions and divestments,

and systems transformation in complex multi-jurisdictional environments in the engineering, services and technology

sectors. The Board believes Peter brings complementary skills and experience to the Board. All the Directors unanimously

recommend Peter’s election to the Board.

Remuneration report and performance rights

The third item of business seeks approval of the Remuneration Report, and the fourth item of business seeks approval

of the grant of performance rights to the Managing Director, Peter Tompkins, as part of his remuneration for the 2025

financial year.

The Board has been working hard over many years to ensure that executive pay is appropriate and aligned with the

outcomes of the business. The Chair’s letter on page 47 of Downer’s Annual Report and the accompanying pages of the

Remuneration Report set out a summary of Downer’s remuneration strategy and outcomes for the 2024 financial year. I

ask that you consider this letter and accompanying pages in the 2024 Annual Report when forming your views on these

items of business.

Appointment of Auditor

The fifth item of business seeks the appointment of PWC as auditor of the Company.

I ask that you consider this letter and accompanying pages in the 2024 Annual Report when forming your views on these

items of business.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Menhinnitt

Downer Chair

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited3

1. Financial Report, Directors’ Report and
Independent Auditor’s Report

“To consider and receive the Financial Report, the Directors’

Report and the Independent Auditor’s Report of Downer for

the year ended 30 June 2024.”

Note:

– No resolution is required for this item of business.

2. Election and re-election of Directors

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

resolution:

“That Peter Barker who was appointed as an Independent

Non-executive Director of the Company, effective 1 July 2024,

in accordance with Rule 3.3 of the Company’s Constitution

and being eligible, is elected as a Non-executive Director

of Downer.”

3. Adoption of Remuneration Report

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

resolution:

“That the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June

2024 be adopted.”

Notes:

„

This resolution is subject to voting exclusions, which are

set out in the Explanatory Memorandum.

„

This resolution is advisory only and does not bind

Downer or the Directors.

„

The Directors will consider the outcome of the vote

and comments made by shareholders on the

Remuneration Report at the meeting when reviewing

Downer’s remuneration policies.

If 25% or more of votes that are cast are voted against this

resolution and again at the 2025 Annual General Meeting

in relation to the 2025 Remuneration Report, shareholders

will be required to vote at the 2025 Annual General Meeting

on a resolution that another meeting be held within

90 days, at which all of Downer’s Directors (other than the

Managing Director) would automatically cease to hold

office at the end of that meeting unless they are willing to

stand for re-election and are re-elected, at that meeting.

A vote on this resolution must not be cast by or on behalf

of a member of the key management personnel of

Downer (KMP), details of whose remuneration are included

in the Remuneration Report, or by any of their closely

related parties (such as certain of their family members,

dependants and companies they control).

However, this does not prevent those KMP or any of their

closely related parties from voting as a proxy for a person

who is not a member of the KMP or a closely related party

of KMP if:

„

the person specifies the way the proxy is to vote on this

resolution in the proxy form; or

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the person voting as a proxy is the Chair and the proxy

form does not specify the way the proxy is to vote and

expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy

even if the resolution is directly or indirectly connected

with the remuneration of a member of the KMP for the

Downer Group.

Ordinary Business

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited4

4. Approval of Managing Director’s long-term
incentive (LTI)

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

resolution:

“That approval is given to the grant of performance rights

pursuant to the Company’s LTI Plan and the acquisition of

shares on vesting by issue or by transfer as the Managing

Director’s long-term incentive for 2025 on the basis

described in the Explanatory Memorandum to this Notice

of Meeting.”

Note:

„

The resolutions in Item 4 are subject to voting

exclusions, which are set out in the Explanatory

Memorandum.

A member of the KMP for the Downer Group and their

closely related parties must not vote as proxy on this

resolution unless the proxy appointment specifies the way

the proxy is to vote on the resolution. However, the Chair

of the meeting may vote an undirected proxy if the proxy

appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise

the proxy even if the resolution is connected directly or

indirectly with the remuneration of a member of KMP for

the Downer Group.

5. Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers

(PwC) as auditor of the Company

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

resolution:

“That, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), having consented to

act as auditor of the Company and having been appointed

by the Board effective 10 April 2024, be approved as the

auditor of the Company from that date and to continue in

office thereafter.”

Invitation

Shareholders are invited to join the Directors for light

refreshments after the meeting.

H o w To Vo t e

Shareholders can vote on the items of business by:

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Attending the meeting; or

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Appointing a proxy, representative or attorney to attend

the meeting and vote on their behalf.

Eligibility to attend and vote

You will be eligible to attend and vote at the meeting if

you are registered as a holder of Downer shares at 7:00pm

(Sydney time) on Monday, 18 November 2024.

Questions at the meeting

Please note, only shareholders, their proxies, attorneys or

representatives may ask questions or make comments

once they have been verified and they will be given

a reasonable opportunity to do so. Shareholders are

encouraged to lodge questions and comments prior to

the meeting.

Special Business

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited5

Special Business
Corporate representatives

A shareholder, or proxy, that is a corporation and entitled

to participate and vote at the AGM may appoint an

individual as its corporate representative. Evidence

of the appointment of a corporate representative

must be lodged with Downer’s share registry prior

to the start of the meeting or have previously been

provided. The appropriate “Appointment of Corporate

Representative” form may be obtained from

Computershare or online at www.investorcentre.com/au

under the help tab, “Printable Forms”.

Attorneys

A shareholder entitled to participate and vote at the

AGM is entitled to appoint an attorney to participate and

vote at the AGM on the shareholders behalf. The power

of attorney appointing the attorney must be duly signed

and specify the name of each of the shareholder, the

Company and the attorney, and also specify the meetings

at which the appointment may be used. If the appointor

is an individual, the power of attorney must be signed in

the presence of at least one witness. To be effective, the

power of attorney must be received by Downer’s share

registry not later than 48 hours before the time for holding

the meeting.

Appointing a Proxy

1. A proxy form is attached.

2. A member entitled to attend, participate and vote

at the meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy. If a

member is entitled to cast 2 or more votes at the

meeting, that member is entitled to appoint not

more than two proxies.

3. Where more than one proxy is appointed, each

proxy should be appointed to represent a specified

proportion of the member’s voting rights. In the

absence of such a specification, each proxy will be

entitled to exercise half the votes.

4. You may appoint either an individual or a body

corporate as your proxy. A proxy need not be a

member of Downer.

5. A proxy form must be signed by the member or the

member’s attorney. Proxies given by corporations must

be signed either under section 127 of the Corporations

Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) or in accordance with

the Constitution of the Company. In the case of joint

holdings, at least one of the joint holders must sign the

proxy form.

6. If you appoint the Chair of the meeting as your proxy

and do not direct the Chair of the meeting how to

vote on Item 3 (Adoption of Remuneration Report) or

Item 4 (Approval of Managing Director’s long-term

incentive) (which you may do by marking any one of

“For”, “Against” or “Abstain” on the proxy form for those

items of business), you will be expressly authorising

the Chair of the meeting to exercise your proxy even

if those Items are directly or indirectly connected with

the remuneration of a member of the KMP for the

Downer Group.

7. The proxy form and the power of attorney or other

authority (if any) under which it is signed (or a certified

copy of the power of attorney or authority) must

be received not later than 48 hours before the time

for holding the meeting, at the office of Downer’s

share registry:

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited

GPO Box 242

Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia

Fax: 1800 783 447 (within Australia)

+61 3 9473 2555 (outside Australia)

Shareholders can also cast their votes online at

www.investorvote.com.au by following the prompts. To use

this facility, you will need your Securityholder Reference

Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) and

postcode as shown on the proxy form. You will be taken to

have signed the proxy form if you lodge it in accordance

with the instructions on the website.

Custodian voting – For Intermediary Online subscribers

only (custodians) please visit www.intermediaryonline.com

to submit your voting intentions.

Annual Report

Downer’s 2024 Annual Report is available on the Downer

website at www.downergroup.com.

All resolutions will be by poll

The Chair of the meeting intends to call a poll on each of

the resolutions set out in this Notice of Meeting.

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited6

The purpose of this Explanatory
Memorandum (which is included in and

forms part of the Notice of Meeting) is

to provide shareholders with important

information regarding the items of

business proposed for the Downer 2024

Annual General Meeting as well as assist

shareholders to determine how they wish

to vote on each resolution.

Shareholders should read the Notice

of Meeting, including this Explanatory

Memorandum carefully before deciding

how to vote on the resolutions.

Item 1

Financial Report, Directors Report and

Independent Auditor’s Report

The 2024 Annual Report (which includes the Financial

Report, the Directors’ Report and the Independent Auditor’s

Report) will be presented to the meeting. Shareholders

can access a copy of the report at the Downer website,

www.downergroup.com.

The Chair will give shareholders an opportunity to

ask questions about, and make comments on, the

management of Downer and the financial statements

and reports and Downer’s performance.

Shareholders will also be given an opportunity to ask

a representative of Downer’s auditor, PWC, questions

relevant to the conduct of the audit, the preparation

and conduct of the Independent Auditor’s Report, the

accounting policies adopted by the Company in relation

to the preparation of the financial statements, and the

independence of the auditor in relation to the conduct of

the audit.

The Chair will also allow a reasonable opportunity for a

representative of the auditor to answer written questions to

the auditor submitted by shareholders to Downer no later

than 5:00pm on Wednesday, 13 November 2024.

Explanatory Memorandum

for Shareholders

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited7

Explanatory Memorandum for Shareholders
Item 2

Election and re-election of Directors

Item 2: Election of Peter Barker

Peter Barker was appointed to the position of Non-

executive Director, effective 1 July 2024. Mr Barker joins

Downer as an Independent Director.

Mr Barker’s profile is set out below.

Peter Barker (56)

Independent Non-executive Director

since July 2024

Mr Barker is an experienced Non-executive Director

and senior executive with experience in finance, risk

management, corporate structuring including mergers,

acquisitions and divestments, and systems transformation

in complex multi-jurisdictional environments in the

engineering, services and technology sectors.

Mr Barker has 14 years’ experience as a Chief Financial

Officer of ASX-listed multinational companies including

Computershare Ltd and Cardno Ltd. Prior to this he

held senior financial leadership positions with global

corporations including BHP and Cisco Systems.

Mr Barker is currently a Non-executive Director of

Workpac Group and Metarock Group Limited. Mr Barker

has previously served as a Non-executive Director of

Independent Cement & Lime Group.

Mr Barker holds a Bachelor of Commerce from

the University of Queensland, a Master of Business

Administration from Heriot-Watt University and is a

graduate of the Wharton School of the University of

Pennsylvania’s Advanced Management Program. He is a

member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

and is a Fellow of CPA Australia.

Board recommendation

The Directors, in the absence of Mr Barker, unanimously

recommend that shareholders vote in favour of this

resolution, as Mr Barker’s skills and experience (as set

out above) are valuable to the Board’s existing skills

and experience. Mr Barker also adds considerable

strength and leadership to the Committees on which he

serves, being the Audit and Risk Committee and Project

Governance Committee.

The Chair of the meeting intends to vote undirected

proxies in favour of this resolution.

Item 3

Adoption of Remuneration Report

The Remuneration Report is contained in the Directors’

Report in the 2024 Annual Report. Shareholders can

access a copy of the report at the Downer website,

www.downergroup.com.

The Remuneration Report provides information about the

remuneration arrangements for KMP, which includes Non-

executive Directors and the most senior executives, for the

year to 30 June 2024.

The Remuneration Report covers the following matters:

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An introductory letter from the Chair and Chair of the

People and Culture Committee to shareholders

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Summary of changes to remuneration policy

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Details of Key Management Personnel

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Remuneration policy, principles and practices

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Relationship between remuneration policy and

company performance

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The Board’s role in remuneration

„

Description of executive remuneration

„

Details of executive remuneration

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Executive equity ownership

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Key terms of employment contracts

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Related party information

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Description of Non-executive Director remuneration.

Shareholders will be given a reasonable opportunity

to ask questions about, or make comments on, the

Remuneration Report. Shareholders will be asked to vote

on the Remuneration Report.

The resolution is advisory only and does not bind Downer

or its Directors. The Board will consider the outcome of

the vote and comments made by shareholders on the

Remuneration Report at the meeting when reviewing

Downer’s remuneration policies.

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited8

Explanatory Memorandum for Shareholders
Under the Corporations Act, if at least 25% of the votes cast

on the resolution are against the adoption of the relevant

Remuneration Report at two consecutive Annual General

Meetings (each an “AGM”, and any such potential 25% or

more vote ”against” commonly referred to as a “first strike”

or “second strike”), shareholders will be required to vote at

the second of those AGMs on a resolution that another

general meeting be held within 90 days, at which all of the

Company’s Directors in office at the time of the Directors’

resolution to make the Directors’ Report containing that

second Remuneration Report (other than the Managing

Director) must stand for re-election.

At last year’s AGM the resolution to adopt the 2023

Remuneration Report was carried with over 91.45% of votes

cast “for” the Remuneration Report.

Board recommendation

The Directors unanimously recommend that shareholders

vote in favour of Item 3 (Adoption of Remuneration Report).

Voting exclusions

A vote on Item 3 (Adoption of Remuneration Report) must

not be cast by or on behalf of a member of the KMP or by

any of their closely related parties (such as certain of their

family members, dependants and companies they control).

However, this does not prevent a member of the KMP,

details of whose remuneration are included in the

Remuneration Report, or any of their closely related parties,

from voting as a proxy for a person who is not a member

of those KMP or any of their closely related parties if:

„

the person specifies the way the proxy is to vote on

Item 3 (Adoption of Remuneration Report) in the proxy

form; or

„

the person voting as a proxy is the Chair and the proxy

form does not specify the way the proxy is to vote and

expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy

even if the resolution is directly or indirectly connected

with the remuneration of a member of the KMP for the

Downer Group.

If you choose to appoint a proxy, you are strongly

encouraged to direct your proxy how to vote on Item 3

(Adoption of Remuneration Report) by marking any one of

“For”, “Against” or “Abstain” on the proxy form for that item of

business. As set out in the section on Appointing a Proxy, if

you have appointed the Chair of the meeting as your proxy

and you do not mark any of “For”, “Against” or “Abstain”

on the proxy form, you will be expressly authorising the

Chair to vote any proxies held by him in favour of Item 3

(Adoption of Remuneration Report), even if that item is

connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of

a member of the KMP for the Downer Group.

The Chair of the meeting intends to vote any undirected

proxies in favour of Item 3 (Adoption of Remuneration

Report).

Item 4

Approval of Managing Director’s long-term

incentive (LTI)

It is proposed to grant the Managing Director performance

rights in Downer as the Managing Director’s 2025 long-

term incentive plan (2025 LTIP) on the terms set out below

(2025 Grant) and to seek approval for that grant under

ASX Listing Rule 10.14.

This approval is being sought because Listing Rule 10.14.1

provides that a listed company must not permit a director

of Downer to acquire equity securities under an employee

incentive scheme unless it has been approved by

shareholders. The 2025 Grant falls within Listing Rule 10.14.1

above and therefore requires the approval of Downer’s

shareholders under Listing Rule 10.14.

Resolution 4 seeks the required shareholder approval

to the 2025 Grant under and for the purposes of

Listing Rule 10.14.

If approval is granted under ASX Listing Rule 10.14, the

Company will be permitted to issue ordinary shares

in the Company to Mr Tompkins in satisfaction of its

obligations under those performance rights when they

vest. Further, Downer will be able to proceed with the 2025

Grant without impact on its ability to issue up to 15% of its

total ordinary securities without Shareholder approval in

any 12-month period.

Proposed long-term incentive for the Managing

Director for 2025

Under his employment agreement with Downer

as Managing Director, Mr Tompkins is entitled to be

granted performance rights each year with a maximum

value equal to 130% of his annual fixed remuneration.

Performance rights are being used to appropriately align

Mr Tompkins’s remuneration as Managing Director with

shareholder returns. The performance rights are subject to

long-term performance requirements and therefore only

vest to Mr Tompkins if those performance requirements

are met. If the resolution is not passed by shareholders, the

Board intends to provide a 2025 LTIP equivalent through an

alternative mechanism to meet Mr Tompkins’s contractual

entitlements.

In accordance with Downer’s contractual commitments,

it is proposed to grant Mr Tompkins performance rights

with a maximum value of 130% of his annual fixed

remuneration at the time the quantity of performance

rights is determined (as described below). Mr Tompkins’s

current annual fixed remuneration is $1,550,000. The grant

will be in the form of performance rights which are a right

to receive fully paid Downer ordinary shares which may be

purchased on-market or issued by the Company.

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Explanatory Memorandum for Shareholders
Mr Tompkins is also eligible to receive an annual short-term

incentive (STI) up to a maximum opportunity of 100% of his

annual fixed remuneration. Any entitlement to an STI is in

accordance with the plan rules. There is no STI entitlement

where Mr Tompkins’s employment terminates prior to

the end of the financial year, other than in the event of a

change in control or by mutual agreement.

Dividends will be paid or accumulated only from the time

the performance rights vest.

Entitlement under the 2025 grant

Mr Tompkins will receive a grant on the same terms and at

the same time as other eligible employees.

Subject to shareholder approval being obtained, the

maximum number of performance rights granted to Mr

Tompkins will be 360,149. This quantity was calculated as

his annual fixed remuneration of $1,550,000 multiplied by

the participation rate of 130% divided by $5.5949 being the

daily average of the volume weighted average price of

Downer shares for the 10 trading days following the release

of Downer’s results for the year ended 30 June 2024. Each

performance right will convert to one ordinary share once

all vesting conditions are met.

If shareholders approve the proposed resolution in Item 4

(Approval of Managing Director’s long-term incentive), the

2025 Grant will be made within 12 months from the date of

this meeting.

Details of any securities issued under the Company’s

LTI Plan will be published in each annual report of the

Company relating to a period in which securities have

been issued, and that approval for the issue of securities

was obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14.

Any additional persons referred to in ASX Listing Rule 10.14

who become entitled to participate in the Company’s

LTI Plan after the resolution is approved and who are

not named in this Notice of Meeting and Explanatory

Memorandum will not participate until approval is

obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14.

Price on grant or vesting

No amount is payable by the Managing Director on grant

or vesting of the performance rights.

Vesting conditions

Vesting of performance rights granted under the 2025 LTIP

will be subject to:

„

meeting certain performance hurdles over a specified

period; and

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continued employment with Downer over a period

determined by the Board (service period).

Mr Tompkins’s proposed 2025 Grant will be divided

into three equal tranches subject to the following

performance hurdles:

„

relative total shareholder return (TSR);

„

compound annual earnings per share growth (EPS);

and

„

net profit after tax and before amortisation of

acquired intangibles (NPATA) and free cash flow (FFO)

(Scorecard).

TSR is measured over the three-year performance period

to 30 June 2027. TSR is calculated as the difference in

share price over the performance period, plus the value

of shares earned from reinvesting dividends received over

this period, expressed as a percentage of the share price

at the beginning of the performance period. If the TSR

for each company in the comparator group (see below)

is ranked from highest to lowest, the median TSR is the

percentage return to shareholders that exceeds the TSR for

half of the comparison companies. The 75th percentile TSR

is the percentage return required to exceed the TSR for 75%

of the comparison companies.

For rights in the TSR tranche to vest, absolute TSR must be

positive (‘positive TSR gateway’).

Performance rights in the tranche to which the relative TSR

performance requirement applies vest in accordance with

the following table:

Downer’s TSR ranking

against the comparator

group

% of performance rights subject

to the relative TSR

<50th percentileNil

50th percentile30%

Above 50th and below

75th percentile

Straight line so that a further

2.8% of the performance

rights in the tranche will vest

for every 1% increase between

the 50th percentile and

75th percentile

75th percentile and

above

100%

The comparator group for the 2025 Grant is the

companies, excluding financial services companies, in the

ASX100 index as at the start of the performance period on

1 July 2024.

EPS growth is measured over the three-year performance

period to 30 June 2027. The EPS measure is based on AASB

133 Earnings per Share and is externally audited. The EPS

baseline will be adjusted to take account of elements of

performance in FY24.

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Explanatory Memorandum for Shareholders
The tranche of shares dependent on the EPS performance

condition vests pro rata between 5% compound annual

EPS growth and 10% compound annual EPS growth.

Performance rights in the tranche to which the EPS

performance requirement applies vest in accordance with

the following table:

Downer’s EPS compound

annual growth

% of performance rights subject

to EPS condition that qualify to

vest

<5%Nil

5%30%

Above 5% and below 10%Straight line so that a further

14% of the performance

rights in the tranche will vest

for every 1% increase in EPS

growth between 5% and 10%

10% or more 100%

The Scorecard condition will be comprised of two

independent absolute components of equal weighting.

These components will be based on Group NPATA and

Group FFO. FFO is defined as net cash flow from operating

activities less investing cash flow.

The performance of each component will be measured

over the three-year period to 30 June 2027.

NPATA and FFO targets will be set at the beginning of

each of the three financial years. The performance of

each component will be assessed each year relative

to the targets. Performance of each component will be

determined as the average of the annual performance

assessments for the three years.

For rights in the Scorecard tranche to vest, a minimum

earnings margin target must be achieved. The minimum

earnings margin target has been introduced to ensure

that the Managing Director is rewarded for earnings of

appropriate quality. This is a measurement of Earnings

Before Interest, Tax and Amortisation of acquired

intangibles (EBITA) in relation to the 2025 and 2026

financial years as follows:

„

A minimum EBITA margin of 4.2% for 2025; and

„

A minimum average EBITA of 4.5% across 2025

and 2026.

Performance rights in the tranche to which the Scorecard

performance requirement applies vest in accordance with

the following table:

Scorecard result

% of performance rights subject

to Scorecard condition that

qualify to vest

<90%Nil

90%30%

Above 90% and below

110%

Straight line so that a further

3.5% of the performance

rights in the tranche will vest

for every 1% increase between

90% and 110%

110% or more 100%

Once some or all of the performance rights have met the

vesting conditions, the performance rights will not vest

unless the Board is satisfied there has been no conduct

on the part of Mr Tompkins that the Board considers

inappropriate and that the financial results against which

the performance vesting condition were tested were not

incorrect in a material respect and were not reversed or

restated.

Performance period

The performance period for the 2025 Grant will be the

three years from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2027 and the service

period will end on 30 June 2028.

Change of control

Under the 2025 LTIP, if there is a change in control of

Downer during the performance period, provided at least

12 months of the 2025 Grant’s performance period have

elapsed, unvested performance rights pro-rated with the

elapsed performance period are tested for vesting with

performance against the relevant performance hurdles for

that period.

Performance rights that have already been tested and

have met performance requirements but remain subject

to the completion of the service period condition will

fully vest.

Neither unvested pro-rated performance rights nor

performance rights that have already been tested and

met performance requirements will vest unless the Board

is satisfied that there has been no conduct on the part of

Mr Tompkins that the Board considers inappropriate and

that the financial results against which the performance

hurdles were tested were not incorrect in a material

respect and were not reversed or restated.

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited11

Explanatory Memorandum for Shareholders
Cessation of employment

Upon cessation of employment of the Managing Director

for any reason, all performance rights that have not

vested by the cessation of employment will be forfeited

unless, subject to the termination benefit provisions of

the Corporations Act, the Board exercises its discretion to

permit the Managing Director to retain performance rights

by deeming him to be an “Eligible Leaver”. If Mr Tompkins

is deemed to be an Eligible Leaver, he may be entitled to

retain some or all of his performance rights and these will

be tested for vesting against the Vesting Conditions other

than the Continued Employment Condition in their normal

course. An Eligible Leaver’s performance rights will be

settled with fully paid Downer ordinary shares or in cash in

the Board’s sole and absolute discretion. No performance

rights will vest unless the Board is satisfied that there has

been no conduct on the part of Mr Tompkins that the

Board considers inappropriate and that the financial

results against which the performance hurdles were tested

were not incorrect in a material respect and were not

reversed or restated.

Other information

„

Mr Tompkins is the only Director of the Company who is

entitled to participate in the 2025 LTIP

„

No loan is being made to Mr Tompkins in relation to the

acquisition of performance rights

„

The following table shows the number of performance

rights and restricted shares that have been previously

granted by Downer to Mr Tompkins under the

Company’s LTI Plan

„

Each of the performance rights described below are

a right to receive fully paid Downer ordinary shares on

vesting. Each of the restricted shares described below

were held in trust until vesting

„

Each of the performance rights and restricted shares

were granted for nil acquisition price

„

The performance rights are not transferable, and do

not confer any right to vote or to a dividend, nor do they

confer any right to a return of capital, to participate in

surplus profits or assets of Downer, or to participate in

new issues of securities.

Ye a r

Number of

performance

rights

Number of

restricted

shares

2012–82,343

201355,710–

201430,447–

201568,740–

2016124,551–

201789,087–

201867,70 5–

201976,894–

202079,543–

2021146,079–

202293,679–

2023234,479

2024

480,448

Board recommendation

In the view of the Non-executive Directors, it is in the best

interests of shareholders to approve the performance right

based 2025 long-term incentive grant to the Managing

Director because it appropriately aligns the Managing

Director’s remuneration with shareholder returns. Your

directors (in the absence of the Managing Director)

therefore recommend shareholders approve the 2025

Grant and the Managing Director’s participation in the

2025 LTIP.

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited12

Explanatory Memorandum for Shareholders
Voting exclusions

The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of

Item 4 by or on behalf of:

„

Mr Tompkins; or

„

associates of Mr Tompkins.

However, the Company need not disregard a vote cast in

favour of the resolution by:

„

a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is

entitled to vote on the resolution, in accordance with

directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the

resolution in that way; or

„

the Chair of the meeting as proxy or attorney for a

person who is entitled to vote on the resolution, in

accordance with a direction given to the Chair to vote

on the resolution as the Chair decides; or

„

a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial

or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary

provided the following conditions are met:

—the beneficiary provides written confirmation to

the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from

voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded

from voting, on the resolution; and

—the holder votes on the resolution in accordance

with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder

to vote in that way.

Shareholders should note that apart from Mr Tompkins no

Director is eligible to participate in any employee incentive

scheme in relation to the Company.

If you choose to appoint a proxy, you are strongly

encouraged to direct your proxy how to vote on Item 4

(Approval of Managing Director’s long-term incentive

2025) by marking any one of “For”, “Against” or “Abstain” on

the proxy form for that item of business. As set out in the

section on Appointing a Proxy, if you have appointed the

Chair of the meeting as your proxy and you do not mark

any of “For”, “Against” or “Abstain” on the proxy form, you will

be expressly authorising the Chair to vote any proxies held

by him in favour of Item 4 (Approval of Managing Director’s

long-term incentive) even if that item is connected directly

or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of KMP for

the Downer Group.

The Chair of the meeting intends to vote any undirected

proxies in favour of Item 4 (Approval of Managing Director’s

long-term incentive 2025).

ITEM 5

Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers

(PWC) as auditor of the Company

KMPG has been the auditor of the Company since 2014.

On 4 March 2024, the Company announced that it

pleaded a defensive Third-Party Statement of Claim and

proportionate liability defence against KPMG.

Consequently, KPMG submitted the Application for ASIC

consent to resign as an auditor of a public company on

5 March 2024 having identified a conflict of interest. On

15 March 2024, ASIC consented to the resignation of KPMG

as to take effect on the later of the day specified in the

notice of resignation or the day when the disclosure about

details of outgoing auditor, proposed incoming auditor

and the reason for the change in auditor are made by the

Company.

The Company commenced a process to appoint a

replacement auditor for the financial year ending 30 June

2024. Following a tender process, which included a

detailed review and assessment of the capabilities of

alternative audit service firms, the Directors proposed the

appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as auditor

of the Company. Having received the consent from PWC to

act as auditor, the Company announced the appointment

of PWC as auditor of the Company on 10 April 2024.

Under the Corporations Act, the appointment of PWC as

auditor is effective up to the next AGM of the Company,

where shareholders must approve the appointment of

the new auditor. In accordance with section 327B(1)(b) of

the Corporations Act, the Company is seeking shareholder

approval for the ongoing appointment of PWC as the

auditor of the Company.

In accordance with section 328B(1) of the Corporations

Act, notice in writing nominating PWC as auditor has been

given to the Company by a member. A copy of this notice

is included in this Notice of Meeting.

Board recommendation

The Directors unanimously recommend that shareholders

vote in favour of this resolution. The Chair of the meeting

intends to vote any undirected proxies in favour of Item 5

(Appointment of PWC as auditor of the Company).

By order of the Board

Robert Regan, Company Secretary

Sydney, 16 October 2024


Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited13

Explanatory Memorandum for Shareholders
The Company Secretary

Downer EDI Limited ACN 003 872 848 (Company)

Triniti Business Campus

Level 2, Trinity III

39 Delhi Road

North Ryde NSW 2113


16 September 2024




Dear Company Secretary


Re: Notice of nomination of proposed auditor

I Robert John Regan, being a member of the Company, in accordance with section 328B of the

Corpoations Act 2001 (Cth) nominate PricewaterhouseCoopers, of One International Towers

Sydney, Watermans Quay, Barangaroo NSW 2000 to be appointed as the auditor of the

Company.


Yours faithfully


Robert John Regan





Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited14

ALBANY STREET
POLE LANE

CHANDOS STREET

PACIFIC HWY

CLARKE STREET

LITHGOW STREET

CLARKE LANE

NICHOLSON STREET

RIVER ROAD

ST LEONARDS

STATION

NEWLANDS

PARK

WILLOUGHBY ROAD

OXLEY STREET

Public transport

The closest train station is St Leonards. There are several

bus routes from the city and further north or west that

stop in Crows Nest and/or St Leonards. For information

about train and bus times, please call 131 500 or visit

www.transportnsw.info.

Parking

On-street parking near the Centre is generally metered

parking (2P or less) with strictly enforced regulations. The

Hume Street Car Park is located directly across from the

Northside Conference Centre. There are three additional

parking stations in close proximity to the venue which are:

Holtermann Street, Nicholson Street and Alexander Street.

Go paperless

We encourage you to change your report preferences

to electronic delivery. To change your preferences or

update your details please contact Computershare

on the details provided below or online at:

http://www.computershare.com.au/easyupdate/dow.

Further information

If you would like any further information regarding

Downer’s AGM, please contact the Company’s share

registry, Computershare, on 1300 556 161 if calling within

Australia or +61 3 9415 4000 if calling from outside Australia.

Information about Downer

Information about Downer’s FY24 performance can

be read in the Annual Report and Sustainability Report

available at www.downergroup.com.

Getting

there

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 Downer EDI Limited15

DOWNER EDI LIMITED ABN 97 003 872 848
Triniti Business Campus

39 Delhi Road

North Ryde NSW 2113

PO Box 1823, North Ryde NSW 2113

T +61 2 9468 9700

F +61 2 9813 8915

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SRN/HIN: I9999999999

Phone:

1300 556 161 (within Australia)

+61 3 9415 4000 (outside Australia)

Online:

www.investorcentre.com/contact

Need assistance?

DOWNER EDI LIMITED

ABN 97 003 872 848

Downer EDI Limited Annual General Meeting

Control Number: 999999

PIN: 99999

The Downer EDI Limited Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 20 November 2024 at 11:00am

(AEDT). You are encouraged to participate in the meeting using the following options:

To lodge a proxy, access the Notice of Meeting and other meeting documentation visit

www.investorvote.com.au and use the below information:

MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT

For your proxy appointment to be effective it must be received by 11:00am (AEDT) on Monday,

18 November 2024.

TO VIEW THE MEETING VIA WEBCAST

If you cannot attend the AGM in-person, we encourage you to watch the AGM via a live

webcast by visiting https://publish.viostream.com/app/s-rki9f7p on your smartphone, tablet or

computer.

Please note that you will not be able to vote, ask questions or make comments, so we

encourage you to submit any questions that you have in advance of the meeting and appoint a

proxy to vote on your behalf.

The meeting will be held at:

The Auditorium, Northside Conference Centre, Oxley Street (Cnr Oxley Street and Pole Lane),

Crows Nest, NSW 2065

ATTENDING THE MEETING IN PERSON

For Intermediary Online subscribers (custodians) go to www.intermediaryonline.com

You may elect to receive meeting-related documents, or request a particular one, in electronic or physical form

and may elect not to receive annual reports. To do so, contact Computershare.

DOW

MR SAM SAMPLE

FLAT 123

123 SAMPLE STREET

THE SAMPLE HILL

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MR SAM SAMPLE

FLAT 123

123 SAMPLE STREET

THE SAMPLE HILL

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DOWNER EDI LIMITED

ABN 97 003 872 848

XX

For your proxy appointment to be effective it

must be received by 11:00am (AEDT) on

Monday, 18 November 2024.

All your securities will be voted in accordance with your directions.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

Phone:

1300 556 161 (within Australia)

+61 3 9415 4000 (outside Australia)

Online:

www.investorcentre.com/contact

Need assistance?

Proxy Form

Lodge your Proxy Form:How to Vote on Items of Business

Online:

Lodge your vote online at

www.investorvote.com.au using your

secure access information or use your

mobile device to scan the personalised

QR code.

Corporate Representative

If a representative of a corporate securityholder or proxy is to participate in the

meeting you will need to provide the appropriate “Appointment of Corporate

Representative”. A form may be obtained from Computershare or online at

www.investorcentre.com/au and select "Printable Forms".

PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING

SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTAL FORMS

For Intermediary Online

subscribers (custodians) go to

www.intermediaryonline.com

By Mail:

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited

GPO Box 242

Melbourne VIC 3001

Australia

1800 783 447 within Australia or

+61 3 9473 2555 outside Australia

By Fax:

Your secure access information is

APPOINTMENT OF PROXY

PLEASE NOTE: For security reasons it

is important that you keep your SRN/HIN

confidential.

Control Number: 999999

PIN: 99999

Individual: Where the holding is in one name, the securityholder must sign.

Joint Holding: Where the holding is in more than one name, at least one of the

securityholders must sign.

Power of Attorney: If you have not already lodged the Power of Attorney with the registry,

please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.

Companies: Where the company has a Sole Director who is also the Sole Company

Secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A

of the Corporations Act 2001) does not have a Company Secretary, a Sole Director can also

sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another

Director or a Company Secretary. Please sign in the appropriate place to indicate the office

held. Delete titles as applicable.

Voting 100% of your holding: Direct your proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes

opposite each item of business. If you do not mark a box your proxy may vote or abstain as

they choose (to the extent permitted by law). If you mark more than one box on an item your

vote will be invalid on that item.

Voting a portion of your holding: Indicate a portion of your voting rights by inserting the

percentage or number of securities you wish to vote in the For, Against or Abstain box or

boxes. The sum of the votes cast must not exceed your voting entitlement or 100%.

Appointing a second proxy: You are entitled to appoint up to two proxies to attend the

meeting and vote on a poll. If you appoint two proxies you must specify the percentage of

votes or number of securities for each proxy, otherwise each proxy may exercise half of the

votes. When appointing a second proxy write both names and the percentage of votes or

number of securities for each in Step 1 overleaf.

A proxy need not be a securityholder of the Company.

You may elect to receive meeting-related

documents, or request a particular one, in

electronic or physical form and may elect

not to receive annual reports. To do so,

contact Computershare.

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or failing the individual or body corporate named, or if no individual or body corporate is named, the Chair of the Meeting, 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, and to the

extent permitted by law, as the proxy sees fit) at the Annual General Meeting of Downer EDI Limited to be held at The Auditorium, Northside

Conference Centre, Oxley Street (Cnr Oxley Street and Pole Lane), Crows Nest, NSW 2065 and as a virtual meeting on Wednesday, 20

November 2024 at 11:00am (AEDT) and at any adjournment or postponement of that meeting.

Chair authorised to exercise undirected proxies on remuneration related resolutions: Where I/we have appointed the Chair of the Meeting

as my/our proxy (or the Chair becomes my/our proxy by default), I/we expressly authorise the Chair to exercise my/our proxy on Resolutions 3

and 4 (except where I/we have indicated a different voting intention in step 2) even though Resolutions 3 and 4 are connected directly or

indirectly with the remuneration of a member of key management personnel, which includes the Chair.

Important Note: If the Chair of the Meeting is (or becomes) your proxy you can direct the Chair to vote for or against or abstain from voting on

Resolutions 3 and 4 by marking the appropriate box in step 2.

The Chair of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each item of business. In exceptional circumstances, the Chair of the

Meeting may change his/her voting intention on any resolution, in which case an ASX announcement will be made.

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MR SAM SAMPLE

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123 SAMPLE STREET

THE SAMPLE HILL

SAMPLE ESTATE

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XX

Appoint a Proxy to Vote on Your Behalf

Change of address. If incorrect,

mark this box and make the

correction in the space to the left.

Securityholders sponsored by a

broker (reference number

commences with ‘X’) should advise

your broker of any changes.

Proxy Form

Please markto indicate your directions

I/We being a member/s of Downer EDI Limited hereby appoint

the Chair

of the Meeting

OR

PLEASE NOTE: Leave this box blank if

you have selected the Chair of the

Meeting. Do not insert your own name(s).

Step 1

Step 2

Items of Business

PLEASE NOTE: If you mark the Abstain box for an item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your

behalf on a show of hands or a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority.

This section must be completed.

Individual or Securityholder 1

Securityholder 2

Securityholder 3

Sole Director & Sole Company Secretary

Director

Director/Company Secretary

Update your communication details

By providing your email address, you consent to receive future Notice

of Meeting & Proxy communications electronically

Mobile NumberEmail Address

(Optional)

Signature of Securityholder(s)

Step 3

ForAgainstAbstain

Resolution 2Election of Director - Mr Peter Barker

Resolution 3Adoption of Remuneration Report

Resolution 4Approval of Managing Director’s Long-term Incentive (LTI)

Resolution 5Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as auditor of the Company

Date

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Dear Securityholder,

We have been trying to contact you in connection with your securityholding in Downer EDI Limited. Unfortunately, our

correspondence has been returned to us marked “Unknown at the current address”. For security reasons we have

flagged this against your securityholding which will exclude you from future mailings, other than notices of meeting.

Please note if you have previously elected to receive a hard copy Annual Report (including the financial report, directors’

report and auditor’s report) the dispatch of that report to you has been suspended but will be resumed on receipt of

instructions from you to do so.

We value you as a securityholder and request that you supply your current address so that we can keep you informed

about our Company. Where the correspondence has been returned to us in error we request that you advise us of this

so that we may correct our records.

You are requested to include the following;

> Securityholder Reference Number (SRN);

> ASX trading code;

> Name of company in which security is held;

> Old address; and

> New address.

Please ensure that the notification is signed by all holders and forwarded to our Share Registry at:

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited

GPO Box 2975

Melbourne Victoria 3001

Australia

Note: If your holding is sponsored within the CHESS environment you need to advise your sponsoring participant (in

most cases this would be your broker) of your change of address so that your records with CHESS are also updated.

Yours sincerely

Downer EDI Limited

DOWNER EDI LIMITED

ABN 97 003 872 848

DOWRM

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123 SAMPLE STREET

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