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Tower Limited Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Form

AGM18 January 2026TWRFinancials

Level 5, 136 Fanshawe Street
Auckland 1142, New Zealand

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Incorporated in New Zealand



19 January 2026



Tower Limited Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Form


Attached are Tower Limited’s Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Form.


The Annual Shareholder Meeting will be a hybrid meeting, held at 10am on 18 February 2026, online at

Computershare’s web platform www.meetnow.global/nz and at Tote on Ascot, 100 Ascot Avenue, Remuera.


ENDS


This announcement is authorised by Paul Johnston, Chief Executive Officer.



For media enquiries, please contact in the first instance:

Emily Davies

Head of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability

+64 21 815 149

emily.davies@tower.co.nz


For investor enquiries, please contact:

James Silcock

Head of Strategy, Planning and Investor Relations

+64 22 395 9327

james.silcock@tower.co.nz

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Notice of
Annual Meeting

Dear Shareholder,

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am pleased to invite you to the 2026 Annual Meeting of

Shareholders of Tower Limited (Tower) on 18 February 2026 at 10.00am (NZT).

Tower’s Annual Shareholder Meeting will be a hybrid meeting, held both online at Computershare

online web platform at meetnow.global/nz and at Tote on Ascot, 100 Ascot Avenue, Remuera on

Wednesday 18 February 2026 at 10.00am (NZT). When participating online, shareholders will require

their shareholder number, found on the enclosed proxy form or on email, for verification purposes.

Online participant details are set out in the Procedural Notes below.

The business before the Annual Meeting this year covers the usual administrative matters (Auditor

remuneration and Director re-elections). I encourage all shareholders to read the Notice of Meeting

and Explanatory Notes carefully.

Business of the meeting

Presentations

(a) Chair’s address

(b) CEO’s address

Resolutions

Auditor Remuneration

(Ordinary Resolution 1)

To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following by ordinary resolution:

“That the Board be authorised to determine the auditor’s fees and expenses for the 2026 financial year.”

Re-election of Directors

(Ordinary Resolutions 2 and 3)

In accordance with NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1 and Tower’s Constitution, Geraldine McBride retires by

rotation, and being eligible, offers herself for re-election.

Naomi Ballantyne was appointed to the Board to fill a casual vacancy. In accordance with NZX

Listing Rule 2.7.1 and Tower’s constitution she cannot hold office after this annual meeting without

re-election. Being eligible to do so, she offers herself for election.

Notice of
Annual Meeting

Accordingly, it is proposed that the shareholders consider, and if thought fit, pass each of the

following ordinary resolutions for the purposes of NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1:

Ordinary Resolution 2

Re-election of Geraldine McBride as Director of Tower.

“That Geraldine McBride, who retires by rotation in accordance with NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1, be re-elected

as a Director of Tower.”

Ordinary Resolution 3

Re-election of Naomi Ballantyne as Director of Tower.

“That Naomi Ballantyne, who retires in accordance with NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1, be elected as a Director

of Tower.”

Michael Stiassny

Chair

19 January 2026

Explanatory Notes
These notes form part of the Notice of Meeting.

Item 1: Auditor Remuneration

Our Auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers are automatically re-appointed at the Annual Meeting under

section 207T of the Companies Act 1993. Consistent with past practice, the proposed resolution is to

authorise the Board to fix the fees and expenses of the auditors for the coming financial year.

The Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 1.

Item 2: Re-election of Geraldine McBride

Geraldine McBride has extensive governance and technology industry

experience, having performed Board and senior leadership roles both in New

Zealand and internationally, with Sky Network Television Limited, SAP, Dell,

IBM, National Australia Bank and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. Geraldine is the

founder and CEO of MyWave. Geraldine holds a Bachelor of Science from

Victoria University and is a Chartered Member of the NZIOD.

Geraldine resides in Christchurch - New Zealand.

Item 3: Re-election of Naomi Ballantyne

Naomi Ballantyne brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the financial

services sector, particularly in the New Zealand insurance industry. In 2023,

Ms Ballantyne sold Partners Life Limited, the highly successful insurance

company she founded in 2010.

An entrepreneur with both executive and governance skills, Ms Ballantyne is

currently the Managing Director of KNK Consulting Limited, Chair of insurance

distribution group TAP Group Limited, and a Director of Dai-ichi Life Asia

Pacific Limited – the regional office of International Life Insurance Corporation.

Prior to this, Ms Ballantyne founded and was the Managing Director of Unique

Solutions and Advice Limited and ING Life (NZ) (now Chubb) and served

as Chief Operating Officer of Sovereign Limited (now AIA) for 12 years. Her

previous directorships include Accuro Health Insurance, Newpark Financial

Services Limited, Club Life Limited, and New Zealand Superannuation

Services Limited.

Naomi is a graduate of the London Business School and holds a Post Graduate

Diploma in General Management from the University of Auckland.

Naomi was appointed by the Board to fill a casual vacancy. She will retire

at the Annual Shareholders Meeting in February 2026 and is eligible for re-

election.

Naomi resides in Whangārei - New Zealand.

Procedural Notes
Eligibility to vote

If you are a shareholder whose name is recorded

in th e Tower share register at the close of

business on 16 February 2026, you are entitled

to attend the Annual Meeting and vote either in

person or by Proxy (subject to the time limits for

returning Proxy Forms).

Appointing a Proxy

A shareholder may exercise their right to vote in

three ways. Namely by appointing a proxy and

voting online in advance of the meeting,

attending the meeting in person or via the

Computershare Online Meeting Platform and

voting during the meeting. A Proxy/Voting Form

is included with this Notice of Meeting and

contains additional details around voting and

appointing a proxy. A shareholder entitled to

vote at the Annual Meeting but who is unable

to attend may appoint a Proxy to attend the

meeting, to act generally and vote on their

behalf. A Proxy does not need to be a Tower

shareholder. Y

ou may appoint the Chair of the

meeting or any Director as your Proxy.

The Chair of the meeting and the Directors will

vote as directed on any resolutions and intend

to vote any discretionary proxies in favour of

all resolutions, even if they have an interest in

the outcome of the resolution, to the extent

permitted by the NZX Listing Rules, ASX Listing

Rules, and Tower’s constitution. If you have

ticked the “Proxy’s Discretion” box and your

named Proxy does not attend the meeting or

you have not named a Proxy (but otherwise

completed your Proxy Form in full), the Chair of

the meeting will act as your Proxy.

To be valid, a completed Proxy Form (and any

power of attorney under which it is signed) must

be deposited with Computershare no later than

10am (NZT) 16 February 2026.

Completing Proxy Forms

A completed Proxy Form may be deposited by:

Online

Go to investorvote.co.nz

1.Use the control number and CSN/shareholder

number found on the Proxy Form and

registered post code or country of residence

(if outside New Zealand) to securely access

InvestorVote.

2.Follow the prompts to appoint a proxy or

corporate representative online.

Email

Email a completed and signed Proxy Form to

corporateactions@computershare.co.nz with

“Tower proxy” in the subject line.

Notice in writing

1.Complete and sign the Proxy Form attached

to this Notice of Meeting.

2.Return the completed and signed Proxy Form

to Tower’s Share Registry, Computershare

Investor Services Limited, Private Bag 92119,

Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, New

Zealand, or if in Australia to Tower’s Share

Registry, Computershare Investor Services Pty

Limited, GPO Box 3329, Melbourne, VIC 3001,

Australia.

Please see your Proxy Form for further details

about signing the proxy form. Proxy Forms that

are signed incorrectly will be invalid.

Resolutions

Resolutions 1, 2 and 3 are ordinary resolutions.

An ordinary resolution is a resolution passed by

a simple majority of votes of those shareholders

entitled to vote and voting on the resolution.

No shareholder is prohibited from voting on

resolutions 1 to 3.

The Board unanimously recommends that
you vote in favour of all resolutions put to the

meeting.

The Directors intend to vote their own shares in

favour of all resolutions.

Motions from the floor will not be allowed unless

they are consistent with the meeting agenda.

Participating in the Annual Meeting online

To attend the Annual Meeting online please go

to meetnow.global/nz. To access the Meeting,

click Go under the Tower meeting and then click

JOIN MEETING NOW. Select ‘shareholder’ on

the login screen and enter your CSN or holder

number (which can be found on the Proxy Form

attached to this Notice of Meeting) and mailing

address postcode (if in New Zealand) or if

outside New Zealand, choose your country from

the drop-down list.

Shareholders attending online will be able

to vote and ask questions virtually during the

Meeting.

The Virtual Meeting Guide available at

computershare.com/vm-guide-nz contains

more information on how to attend and

participate in the Annual Meeting online. We

recommend that you read this guide, and login

15 minutes in advance of the Annual Meeting to

ensure you are familiar with and ready to start at

10am.

If you have any questions on how to attend the

meeting online, please contact Computershare

Investor Services Limited on +64 9 488 8777

between 8.30am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday

(NZT).

Directions to venue and parking details

Tower Annual Shareholder Meeting

The Tote on Ascot

100 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 1051

Event entry

Enter through Gate 5

Event parking

Gate 5

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Lodge Your Vote
Online at: www.investorvote.co.nz

By email: corporateactions@computershare.co.nz

By mail in New Zealand

Tower Share Registry

Computershare Investor Services Limited

Private Bag 92119, Victoria Street West,

Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Or mail in Australia

Tower Share Registry

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited

GPO Box 3329, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia

For all enquiries contact

Freephone within New Zealand: 0800 222 065

Telephone within New Zealand: +64 9 488 8777

Freephone within Australia: 1800 501 366

Telephone within Australia: +61 3 9415 4083

PROXY/VOTING FORM

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Tower Limited (Tower) to be held on Wednesday, 18 February 2026 at 10am (NZT).

Held both online at Computershare’s online web platform at www.meetnow.global/nz and in the Tote on Ascot, 100 Ascot

Avenue, Remuera, Auckland.

For your vote to be effective it must be received by 10:00am (NZT) Monday, 16 February 2026.

Vote Online: www.investorvote.co.nz available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Your secure access information

Smartphone?

Scan the code

What is this form?

This Proxy Form allows you to appoint someone to vote

in your place at Tower’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders

if you are unable to attend.

Can I still attend the meeting in person?

Yes, you can attend the meeting in person (but you will

not be able to vote if you have appointed a Proxy).

Bringing this form with you will assist us with registering

you to vote on the day.

How do I appoint a Proxy?

If you wish to appoint a Proxy to attend the meeting in

your place, simply fill out the form on the next page.

Who can I appoint?

The person you appoint as your Proxy does not have to

hold shares in Tower. You can also appoint the Chair of

the meeting, or any other Tower Director, if you wish.

If, in appointing a Proxy, you have not named a person to

be your Proxy, or your named Proxy does not attend the

Meeting, the Chair will be your Proxy.

How will my Proxy vote?

Your Proxy will vote whichever way you direct. Just tick

next to each resolution on the next page whether you

are ‘For’ or ‘Against’ the resolution. You can also allow

the Proxy to decide how to vote by ticking the ‘Proxy

Discretion’ box, or you can choose to ‘Abstain’.

If you do not tick anything, your Proxy can vote however

they wish. If you tick more than one box next to each

resolution, your vote will be invalid on that particular

resolution.

If you appoint the Chair of the Meeting or any other

Tower Director, they will vote in favour of all resolutions,

even if they have an interest in the outcome of a

resolution, to the extent permitted by the NZX Listing

Rules, ASX Listing Rules, and Tower’s constitution.

There are no voting restrictions on the resolutions

proposed in the Notice of Meeting.

I am a representative of a corporate shareholder –

do I need to provide any other documentation?

Yes, in addition to the completed Proxy Form, you

will need to provide the appropriate “Certificate of

Appointment of Corporate Representative” before you

will be admitted to the meeting.

Will you allow motions from the floor at

the meeting?

Motions from the floor will not be allowed unless they

are consistent with the Meeting agenda.

A Proxy is able to vote on motions from the floor and/or

any resolutions put before the Meeting to amend the

resolutions stated in the Notice of Meeting.

Can I attend the meeting virtually?

The Meeting will be a hybrid meeting, held both online

at www.meetnow.global/nz and in person.

Signing Instructions

Individual

Where the holding is in one name, the securityholder

must sign this Proxy Form.

Joint Holding

Where the holding is in more than one name, all of the

securityholders should sign the Proxy Form.

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 Computershare) and a signed certificate

of non-revocation of the power of attorney must be

provided with this Proxy Form.

Companies

The Proxy Form should be signed by a Director or an

authorised officer. Please sign in the appropriate place

and indicate which office you hold.

Where do I send my Proxy Form?

You can lodge your Proxy Form by post or by email at

the details listed under the heading ‘Lodge Your Vote’

at the top of this form. Alternatively, you can appoint

a Proxy online by going to www.investorvote.co.nz, or

if you have a Smartphone, by scanning the QR code

on the first page of this Proxy Form and following the

prompts.

All Proxy appointments must be received by 10.00am

(NZT) on Monday, 16 February 2026.

Please note: You will need above Control number, CSN/Securityholder Number and Postcode or country of residence

(if outside New Zealand) to securely access InvestorVote and then follow the prompts to appoint and exercise your vote online.

Control number:CSN/Securityholder Number:

Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Tower Limited (Tower) to
be held online at www.meetnow.global/nz and

Tote on Ascot, 100 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland on

Wednesday, 18 February 2026 at 10am (NZT).

For your proxy vote to be effective it must be received by

10:00am (NZT) Monday, 16 February 2026.

Proxy/Corporate Representative Form

Step 1: Appoint a Proxy/Corporate Representative to vote on your behalf

I/We being a shareholder/s of Tower Limited

appointof

or failing him/herof

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, the Proxy will vote as they see fit) at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Tower Limited (Tower) to be held online at

www.meetnow.global/nz and in the Tote on Ascot, 100 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland on Wednesday, 18 February 2026 at 10am

(NZT) and at any adjournment of that meeting. If you wish, you may appoint as your Proxy ‘The Chair of the Meeting’, or any other

Director of Tower Limited.

If your Proxy is not the Chair of the Meeting or another Director of Tower Limited, please ensure that you provide their contact details (phone

and email address) below. If this information is not provided, your Proxy’s admission to the online Meeting is not guaranteed.

Proxy contact details

PhoneEmail

Step 2: Items of Business/Resolutions - Voting Instructions/Ballot Paper

Please note: If you mark the Abstain box for an Item, you are directing your Proxy not to vote on your behalf and your votes will not be

counted in computing the required majority.

Resolutions

For

Step 3: Sign Signature of Securityholder(s)

This section must be completed.

Against Proxy Discretion Abstain

Securityholder 1

(or Director/Authorised Officer)

Contact name

ATTENDANCE SLIP

Telephone (day)Date

Securityholder 2

(if second joint securityholder)

Securityholder 3

(if third joint securityholder)

1 Auditor Remuneration


That the Board be authorised to determine the auditor’s fees and expenses for the 2026

financial year.

3 Re-election of Naomi Ballantyne

That Naomi Ballantyne, who retires by rotation in accordance with NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1, be

re-elected as a Director of Tower.

2 Re-election of Geraldine McBride

That Geraldine McBride, who retires by rotation in accordance with NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1, be

re-elected as a Director of Tower.

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