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AGM16 March 2025SEKConsumer Staples

2025
NOTICE OF ANNUAL

SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

Dear Shareholder,

We would be pleased if you would attend Seeka Limited’s 2025 Annual Shareholders Meeting on

Wednesday, 16 April 2025 commencing at 2:30pm, either at the meeting venue at Seeka360,

34 Young Road, Te Puke 3189, New Zealand, or online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/sek25.

In case you can't attend, please remember to complete and submit the enclosed Proxy Form so that

it reaches our share registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets Services Limited, by 2:30pm on Monday,

14 April 2025.

For shareholders attending the Annual Meeting at Seeka360, please bring the enclosed Proxy Form

to assist with your registration.

1NOTICE OF ASM 2025 | SEEKA LIMITED
NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING 2025

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Seeka Limited ("Seeka") will

commence at 2:30pm on Wednesday, 16 April 2025. Shareholders can attend the physical meeting at

Seeka360, 34 Young Road, Te Puke, or attend online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/sek25.

Ordinary business

The business of the Meeting is:

A: Annual Report and Accounts

"To receive the Annual Report of Seeka and the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024

together with the Auditor’s Report thereon."

B: Resolutions

1. Director election – Stewart Moss

To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:

"To re-elect Stewart Moss as a Director."

The explanatory note to this ordinary resolution is on page 3 and the candidate's profile on page 4.

2. Director election – Mark Dewdney

To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:

"To elect Mark Dewdney as a Director."

The explanatory note to this ordinary resolution is on page 3 and the candidate's profile on page 4.

3. Director election – Hayley Gourley

To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:

"To elect Hayley Gourley as a Director."

The explanatory note to this ordinary resolution is on page 3 and the candidate's profile on page 4.

4. Directors' Remuneration

To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:

"That the pool of funds available for the remuneration of Directors be increased by an amount of $83,000 per

annum, from a maximum of $610,000 per annum to a maximum of $693,000 in each financial year payable to

all Directors taken together, effective 1 January 2025."

The explanatory note to this ordinary resolution is on page 5.

5. Appointment and Remuneration of Auditors

To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following as an ordinary resolution:

"To record the re-appointment of Grant Thornton as auditor of the Company, and to authorise the Directors to fix

the remuneration and expenses of the auditor for the coming year."

The explanatory note to this ordinary resolution is on page 6.

C: General business

To consider any other matter that may be properly brought before the Meeting.

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Voting and proxies

The persons who will be entitled to vote at the Meeting are those persons who are registered on Seeka’s

share register as holding fully paid ordinary shares in Seeka on Monday, 14 April 2025 at 5:00pm. The Chair

advises that, pursuant to Seeka’s constitution, he will call for voting on all resolutions to be by way of a poll,

meaning that each Shareholder has one vote for each share held.

All the Resolutions are ordinary resolutions and must be passed by a simple majority of the votes of those

Shareholders entitled to vote and voting on the Resolutions.

Every Shareholder, or that Shareholder’s proxy or representative, is entitled to attend the Meeting, either at

the venue or online, and vote.

Any Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting may appoint a proxy to attend and vote on that

Shareholder’s behalf. The proxy need not be a Shareholder. You may appoint the Chair of the Meeting as

your proxy. If you appoint the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy and do not direct the Chair how to vote in

the proxy form, the Chair will vote discretionary proxies in favour of Resolutions 1, 2, 3 and 5.

In accordance with NZX Listing Rule 6.3.1, any director and any person who is an Associated Person (as that

term is defined in the NZX Listing Rules) of a director may not vote on Resolution 4. If you appoint any such

person as your proxy, including the Chair, that person will only be able to vote on Resolution 4 in accordance

with your express instructions, as set out in your proxy form.

A corporation that is a Shareholder may appoint a person as its representative to attend the meeting and

vote on its behalf, in the same manner as that in which it could appoint a proxy.

A proxy form accompanies this Notice of Meeting. If you are unable to attend the Meeting in person

or online, please complete the Proxy Form and return it in the reply-paid envelope provided to (MUFG

Corporate Markets, PO Box 91976, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142) or scan and email to meetings@

mpms.mufg.com (please put the words “Seeka Proxy Form” in the subject line for easy identification) to

arrive no later than 2:30pm on Monday, 14 April 2025. Alternatively, you may lodge your proxy online.

Go to https://nz.investorcentre.mpms.mufg.com/voting/SEK.

Initial information including your CSN / Holder number and FIN (authorisation code) will be required to

successfully validate your holding online before shareholding information and voting pages are displayed.

A Shareholder will be taken to have signed the Proxy Form by lodging it in accordance with the instructions

on the website. The appointment of a proxy or representative does not preclude a Shareholder from

attending the Meeting.

If you have appointed a proxy you may still attend the meeting online or in person, but if attending online

you will not be able to vote.

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

RESOLUTIONS 1, 2 AND 3: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

In accordance with clause 23.1(i) of Seeka's Constitution, Stewart Moss retires by rotation and, being

eligible, offers himself for re-election.

In accordance with clause 23.1(f) of Seeka's Constitution, Mark Dewdney and Hayley Gourley, being

eligible, offer themselves for election.

Profiles of the candidates standing for re-election and election are set on page 4.

The Board supports and recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of the re-election of Stewart

Moss and election of Mark Dewdney and Hayley Gourley. No other nominations were received.

Independence of Directors

The Board have considered whether the director seeking re-election (Stewart Moss) and the

directors seeking election (Mark Dewdney and Hayley Gourley) would qualify as independent

directors under the NZX Listing Rules (the "Rules"), and Seeka's Board Charter.

Under the Rules, the Board must determine and identify whether the directors would qualify as

independent directors. In making its determinations, the Board has had regard to the non-exhaustive

factors described in recommendation 2.4 of the NZX Corporate Governance Code

(see www.nzx.com/regulation/nzx-rules-guidance/corporate-governance-code).

In addition, under Seeka's Board Charter, a director is deemed to be non-independent if he or she:

–is, or is associated (directly or indirectly) with, a shareholder holding 5% or more of the shares on

issue in the Company and is as a result likely to derive a substantial portion of his or her income

from that relationship; or

–is an executive of the Company.

For the purposes of the Rules and Seeka's Board Charter, in the Board's view:

–if Stewart Moss is re-elected as a director, he will not qualify as an independent director;

–if Mark Dewdney is elected as a director, he will qualify as an independent director; and

–if Hayley Gourley is elected as a director, she will qualify as an independent director.

The re-election and election of the above directors is consistent with the Board’s policy of director

tenure as set out in the Board Charter.

By order of the Board

N Neilson

CFO and Company Secretary

17 March 2025

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CANDIDATE PROFILES

Stewart Moss

Non-independent, non-executive Director

Member Remuneration Committee

Elected 22 April 2022

Stewart has extensive commercial experience in horticulture and agriculture. He

is a kiwifruit grower and member trustee of the Seeka Growers Council. From his

experiences working on a grading machine at Seeka KKP to developing a large-

scale kiwifruit orchard, Stewart understands the many facets of the industry and its

supply chain.

Stewart is a large shareholder in one of New Zealand's largest kiwifruit orchards.

He brings commercial insights into kiwifruit production and the key relationships

between grower, post-harvest operator and the marketer Zespri.

Mark Dewdney

Independent, non-executive Director

Appointed 1 December 2024

Mark is a professional director based in Mount Maunganui, with significant

experience leading and governing NZX-listed and family-owned businesses.

He has been a manager and chief executive of multiple high-profile agriculture

companies in New Zealand spanning a career of more than 30 years, including five

years working in Asia.

Mark is a current director at Tatua Dairy Company, and is the current independent

chair of both New Zealand King Salmon and Marire LP.

Hayley Gourley

Independent, non-executive Director

Member Audit and Risk Committee (from 20 January 2025)

Member of the Institute of Directors NZ

Appointed 1 January 2025

Hayley is an agribusiness leader, based in Canterbury, with more than 30 years'

experience across international agribusiness. Hayley has held executive roles

within Rabobank New Zealand and Skellerup Industries Limited, leading both

businesses through significant growth in financial performance and shareholder

value.

Hayley has extensive experience in strategy and value chains within the primary

industries, and has developed capability across New Zealand's key markets and

sectors during her agribusiness career.

5NOTICE OF ASM 2025 | SEEKA LIMITED
RESOLUTION 4: DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION

New Zealand director fees are normally based on the key factors that define a business, including financial

size, international reach, industry segment, ownership structure, organisational performance and Board

performance.

Seeka directors are remunerated by fixed fees drawn from the annual pool of director fees as approved by

shareholders. Each director’s fee is then set according to expected time commitments and responsibilities as

determined by the Board. Seeka directors do not receive any equity-based remuneration, and do not receive

performance or retirement benefits.

Seeka’s director remuneration policy is to set the annual pool available for director fees at a mid-range point,

relative to the market, with the Chair using professional advice and market information to review director

remuneration within a two-year period. Approval from shareholders to increase director remuneration was

last sought in April 2022 when the pool limit was set at a maximum of $610,000 per annum.

Strategic Pay review

Seeka engaged Strategic Pay to undertake a review of Seeka’s director remuneration in January 2025.

Strategic Pay is an independent remuneration consultancy that undertakes annual director fees surveys,

and used the key metrics of market capitalisation, revenue, assets, and market sector (agribusiness), to

benchmark Seeka within their database of 366 New Zealand organisations.

The Board considered Strategic Pay’s recommendations, and took into account Seeka’s performance,

growth in complexity, scale of operations, regulatory risks and obligations, and recommends that the pool

available to pay director fees be increased by $83,000 from a maximum of $610,000 per annum to a

maximum of $693,000 per annum.

If approved, the Board proposes to allocate the $693,000 pool as detailed in the following table, effective

from 1 January 2025.

2022 to 2024 Fee Structure2025 Proposed Fees

NumberFeeTotal PoolFeeTotal Pool

Board

Chair

1

1

$140,000$140,000$160,000$160,000

Member

6

$70,000$420,000$80,000$480,000

$560,000$640,000

Audit and Risk Committee

Chair

1

$15,000$15,000$15,000$15,000

Member

2

$7,500$15,000$7,500$15,000

$30,000$30,000

Sustainability Committee

Chair

1

$5,000$5,000$5,750$5,750

Member

2

$2,500$5,000$2,875$5,750

$10,000$11,500

Remuneration Committee

Chair

1

$5,000$5,000$5,750$5,750

Member

2

$2,500$5,000$2,875$5,750

$10,000$11,500

Total Pool

$610,000$693,000

1. Consistent with Strategic Pay's advice that New Zealand chair fees are typically twice the base director fee.

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Background information

The following table summarises medium benchmarking data provided by Strategic Pay from their survey

of director and chair fees.

Strategic Pay key metricsSeeka FY24Survey rangeSurvey sampleDirector fees Chair fees

Market capitalisation

$ 142m$ 100m - $ 200m14$ 65,000$ 128,000

Revenue

$ 411m$ 200m - $ 500m21$ 85,000$ 160,000

Assets

$ 550m $ 200m - $ 500m18$ 76,000$ 144,000

Industry

AgribusinessN/A8$ 65,000$ 115,000

Private sector companies of similar size

N/A200 +$ 69,646-

Strategic Pay recommendation

Lower range

$ 75,000$ 150,000

Upper range

$ 85,000$ 175,000

Seeka Board proposal April 2025

$ 80,000$ 160,000

To see Strategic Pay's full report visit www.seeka.co.nz/annual-shareholder-meeting-2025.

The following table summarises the changes in Seeka's business over the three-year period from January

2022 when director remuneration was last reviewed, to January 2025 when Strategic Pay reviewed

director fees and made their recommendation.

Seeka key business metricsFY21FY24Change on FY21

Market capitalisation - 31 December

$ 211m$ 142m( 32.7% )

Revenue

$ 310m$ 411m32.6%

Total assets

$ 482m$ 550m14.1%

RESOLUTION 5: APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF

AUDITORS

Grant Thornton is automatically reappointed as auditor of the Company under section 207T of the

Companies Act 1993. This Resolution authorises the Directors to fix the fees and expenses of Grant

Thornton as the Company’s auditor for the coming financial year ending 31 December 2025.

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PROXY FORM/ADMISSION CARD FOR SEEKA LIMITED 2025 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Seeka Limited will commence at 2:30pm on Wednesday, 16 April 2025. Shareholders can

attend the physical meeting at Seeka360, 34 Young Road, RD9, Te Puke 3189, or attend online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/sek25.To

attend the online meeting, you will require your Holder Number for verification purposes.

If you are not attending the Meeting, either at Seeka360 or online, but wish to be represented by proxy, please complete and return this

form (in accordance with the lodgement instructions above) to Seeka’s share registry, MUFG Corporate Markets, by no later than

2:30pm, Monday 14 April 2025. You can also go online to lodge your proxy and vote on the resolutions on the reverse of this form by

going to https://nz.investorcentre.mpms.mufg.com/voting/SEK, or by scanning the QR code above with your smartphone.

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 on that shareholders’ behalf. A proxy or representative need not also be a shareholder. You may appoint the Chair

of the meeting, or any other director, to act as your proxy. If you do not name a person as your proxy but have indicated on this form

how you wish to vote, the Chair of the meeting, or any other director will vote in accordance with your express instructions. Subject

to the following paragraph, if you appoint the Chair of the meeting, or any other director, as your proxy and do not direct them how to

vote in the proxy form, they will vote discretionary proxies in favour of Resolutions 1, 2, 3 and 5.

Voting Restrictions

In accordance with NZX Listing Rule 6.3.1, any director and any person who is an Associated Person (as that term is defined in the NZX

Listing Rules) of a director may not vote on Resolution 4. If you appoint any such person as your proxy, including the Chair, that person

will only be able to vote on Resolution 4 in accordance with your express instructions, as set out in your proxy form.

Voting of your holding

If you appoint a proxy you must either direct the proxy how to vote by ticking the “For”, “Against” or “Abstain” box in respect of each

resolution OR by ticking the “Proxy Discretion” box in respect of each resolution. A shareholder can direct the proxy holder in respect of

one or more resolutions and give the proxy holder discretion in respect of other resolutions. If you tick the “Proxy Discretion” box for a

particular resolution, your proxy will decide how to vote that 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. All resolutions are ordinary resolutions and must be

passed by a simple majority of the votes of those Shareholders entitled to vote and voting on the resolutions.

Attending the meeting

If you are attending Seeka’s Annual Shareholders Meeting at Seeka360, 34 Young Road, Te Puke, please bring this form to assist

with your registration. To participate online, use the link www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/sek25 to the virtual meeting platform. You will

require your common shareholder number (CSN) / Holder number for verification purposes. Your CSN / Holder number is displayed

above.

A corporation may appoint a person to attend and vote at the Meeting online as its representative in the same manner as that in

which it could appoint a proxy. That person need not also be a shareholder. If you have appointed a proxy you may still attend the

meeting online or in person, but if attending online you will not be able to vote.

Signing instructions for proxy forms

Individual: Where the holding is in one name, the shareholder must sign the Proxy Form.

Joint Holding: This Proxy Form may be signed by either, or on behalf of, the joint shareholders (or their duly authorised attorney). If the

shareholder is a company, this Proxy Form must be signed on behalf of the company by a person acting under the company’s express

or implied authority.

Power of Attorney: If this Proxy Form has been signed under a power of attorney (“POA”), a copy of the POA (unless already noted by

the company or its registry) and a signed certificate of non-revocation of the POA must be produced to the company with this form.

LODGE YOUR PROXY

Online: https://nz.investorcentre.mpms.mufg.com/voting/SEK

Scan & email: meetings.nz@cm.mpms.mufg.com

Mail:

Use the previously supplied

Deliver: envelope or address to :

MUFG Corporate Markets MUFG Corporate Markets

Level 30, PwC Tower, PO Box 91976

15Customs Street West, Auckland 1010 Auckland 1142

Scan this QR code

with your smartphone

and vote online



PROXY/CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE FORM

STEP 1: APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF

Note: If you wish, you may appoint the Chair of the meeting as your proxy. To do this, enter “Chair” in the space allocated below.

I/We being a shareholder/s of Seeka Limited:


hereby appoint of

(Full Name) (Email Address)


Or failing that person of

(Full Name) (Email Address)


as my/our proxy to vote for me/us on my/our behalf at the Annual Meeting of Seeka Limited to be held 2:30pm on Wednesday 16 April 2025 at

Seeka360, 34 Young Road, Te Puke, and online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/sek25, and at any adjournment of that meeting.

STEP 2: ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY 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.

Voting Instructions

This form is to be used to vote on the following resolutions:


Tick in box to vote ()

Ordinary Resolutions

For Against Abstain Discretion

1. To re-elect Stewart Moss as a Director.

   

2. To elect Mark Dewdney as a Director.

   

3. To elect Hayley Gourley as a Director.

   

4.

That the pool of funds available for the remuneration of Directors be

increased by an amount of $83,000 per annum, from a maximum of

$610,000 per annum to a maximum of $693,000 in each financial year

payable to all Directors taken together, effective 1 January 2025.

   

5. To record the re-appointment of Grant Thornton as auditor of the

Company, and to authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration and

expenses of the auditor for the coming year.

   

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 may 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. Please refer to the Notice of

Meeting for the Annual Meeting for the explanatory notes to the resolutions.

STEP 3: 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

Contact Name Contact Daytime Telephone Date

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