Financial assistance for the purchase of shares
18 September 2025
To: NZX
Notice of provision of financial assistance
Introduction
Under section 80(1)(b) of the Companies Act 1993, Port of
Tauranga Limited (the “Company”) is required to provide NZX
Limited with the following notice in respect of the financial
assistance provided to certain eligible employees (the
“Participating Employees”) in connection with the Employee
Share Purchase Scheme of Port of Tauranga Limited (the
“Scheme”). This document is provided for information only and
no action is required.
Employee Share Purchase Scheme
The Company established the Scheme pursuant to (i) the
scheme deed originally dated 21 September 1989, as amended
and restated on 26 January 2022 and otherwise as amended,
restated and/or supplemented from time to time (the “Scheme
Deed”); and (ii) the rules which are applicable to the Scheme.
The Scheme was established to enable eligible employees to
acquire fully paid ordinary shares in the Company (the
“Shares”).
+64 7 572 8899
port-tauranga.co.nz
2 Salisbury Avenue
Mount Maunganui
New Zealand
Private Bag 12504
Tauranga Mail Centre
Tauranga 3143
New Zealand
The Scheme involves the Company making loans to certain Participating Employees to
fund the acquisition of the Shares by Port of Tauranga Trustee Company Limited in its
capacity as trustee (the “Trustee”) under the Scheme Deed for and on behalf of such
Participating Employees. Those loans are provided on an interest-free basis and are for a
term of a minimum of three years and up to a maximum of five years. The loans will be
repaid by the Participating Employees in regular instalments over the term of the loan by
way of deduction from each after tax payment from their salary or wages.
Disclosure
The following financial assistance was provided by the Company in connection with the
Scheme on 18 September 2025.
1Financial assistance was provided in respect of a total of 152,137 number of
shares (“Relevant Shares”).
2A total of $1,131,589 was paid by the Trustee as consideration for the issue of the
Relevant Shares. These shares were then allocated to employees at a 10%
discount.
3The financial assistance was provided for the benefit of the persons listed in the
appendix appended to this notice.
4The nature of the financial assistance was interest-free loans of $1,018,430 with a
minimum term of three years. The loans will be repaid by the Participating
Employees in regular instalments over the term of the loan by way of deduction
from each after tax payment from their salary or wages.
5The Scheme was open to eligible members of the Company and its subsidiary
company, Quality Marshalling (Mount Maunganui) Limited.
For further information please contact:
Simon Kebbell
Chief Financial Officer
Phone 027 482 7510
Attachment
-Appendix 1: List of participating employees from Port of Tauranga Limited and its
subsidiary company Quality Marshalling (Mount Maunganui) Limited, in POTL’s ESOP
(effective 17 September 2025)
APPENDIX 1
List of participating employees from Port of Tauranga Limited and its subsidiary
company Quality Marshalling (Mount Maunganui) Limited in POTL’s ESOP
(effective 17 September 2025)
Set out below is the name of each Participating Employee to which financial assistance is
provided by the Company.
First NameLast Name
DanAh Sam
CarolAlthuizen
RaminderAnand
RachelAnstis
NathanArlidge
SteveArnold
DanAugust
GregBaillie
JulianBarakat
JarrodBarnett
PatBarrow
DarylBell
CraigBennett
MattBirdsall
DaveBishop
DomBlack
PeterBlair
DiegoBosio
SimonBoyle
RaymondBradley
TaneBraithwaite
ChrisBrake
DavidGerry
KarlBrambley
RaviBrar
ChrisBrazendale
ShaunO'Brien
TonyBrown
DaveBrown
AllanBrown
LukeBudd
PaulBullen
DaleBush
MoiseButler
GregCampbell
MossCarlin
RhysCasley
ChrisClevenot
BrentClinton
ChrisCocksedge
MicheleCohu
GavinCollinson
DuaneCooper
ThomasCourtman
SteveCowdrey
NeilCrabb
DuncanCraig
QuentinCribb
JohnCrimmins
BradCross
RogerCroton
BrettCubbin
JoeCulling
JodieCurtis
LawrieDalley
KeetaDavison
Adriande Souza
Jean-PaulDe Ville
WilliamDemaree
DebbieDettmer
DonnaDodds
JeffDown
AngelaDrew
JoeEdwards
TristanEllis
JamesFaulkner
BenFelton
SkipFisher
TaylorFlavell
HamishFord
DarrenFoulston
ChrisFourie
JamesFox
RevanaFraser
PeteFrewin
RyanGagnepain
JennieGalbreath
JohnGamba
JasonGarrett
PeterGoddard
LynGolding
KurtGriffin
DomGriffin
SarahGrive
BlairHamill
SimonHardy
RachHawkins
RobertHenare
JackieHenry
PatHoare
AlanHolland
ShereeHorsburgh
LanceHowarth
DebbieHowarth
DanHowland
MurrayHumphries
MarkHuxtable
BobJames
ShayneJenkins
DeanJennings
TimJohnson
VincentJohnston
RowanJohnstone
KelvinJones
PhilJulian
JasonKarauria
SimonKarl
SimonKebbell
GavinKennedy
DavidKilmister
YJKim
KeriKing
PatKirk
AlanKirkpatrick
DanKneebone
WadeKnight
MassLaing
KaneLalich
MikeLambert
DaveLance
KurtLansdown
CharlesLatu
NadiaLee
BenLeslie
VaughanLewis
DonyinLin
MatthewLister
Louis
Litchfield-
Harrison
DanLitterick
RochelleLockley
GeorgeLonghurst
CamLow
JonMapp
JordanMathisen
JasminAlder
TrentMcCarroll
PaulaMcCaskill
MartynMcColgan
LukeMcConaghty
KelvinMcGrath
JoeyMcKenzie
PeterMcKinnon
TomWood
RowanMeredith
CassieMiles
TimMillar
LarryMitchell
DarrinMitchell
GarethMouat
GlenMouat
KevMuir
HemaMurphy
AnneMurray
KarenNaude
GaryNeedler
AishaNeketai
DeonNgahau
SherrieNgatai
TrinyNgu
DerykNielsen
RachaelNunn
OliviaNunn
JamesOldehaver
KellieOrchard
PatriceOrdish-Benner
MilanPatel
EricPaterson
GrahamPetch
MarkPettit
LachlanPhilp
KerryPreston
AJRanjeet
NathanRei
KarlReid
GlenRiddington
RockyRockliffe
RickiRoss
JohnRua
DannyRuddell
RossRuddell
NicoleRuka
LeonardSampson
AaronSamuel
RebeccaScripps
GrantScrivener
SteeleSellars
ColinSellars
TonySeverinsen
MarkShergold
Lisa-MarieShort
HarrySidhu
GuriSingh
RamanSingh
JamieSmith
ThomasSteel
EddyStephens
RyanStevens
DaveSutherland
KarinaTabak
JohnTagatoa-Howell
TroyTane
MichaelTaylor
IsleyTe Aotonga
GemmaThomas
TamaThompson
SteveThompson
RandalThomson
BradTong
KarlTrask
MathewValakuzhy
MikeWaddicor
DaleWaddingham
TylerWalsh
ThomasWansbone
MichaelWard
TomWeeds
MelWeir
NeilWharry
DaveWhite
CarlWhitehead
MarkWhitworth
AubreyWilkinson
DamionWilliams
AnnaWilloughby
AndrewWilson
LanceWood
AndyWright
JersonYangson
AlisonYoung
PaulZeeders
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