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IKEGPS GROUP LIMITED — AGM Information 2017
Aug 9, 2017
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AGM Information
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Notice of Annual Shareholders Meeting
ikeGPS Group Limited (‘ the Company’ )
Notice
We hereby invite you to join us for the annual shareholders meeting which will be held at The Cable Room Mac’s Function Centre, Shed 22, Corner of Taranaki & Cable Street, Wellington, on Thursday 31[st] August 2017, at 2pm (New Zealand Standard Time)
Items of business
The business of the meeting will be:
(a) The Chairman’s introduction
(b) Address to shareholders
(c) Shareholder discussion
(d) Financial Statements
To receive and consider the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2017, together with the auditor’s report on such financial statements, both as contained in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report.
(e) Resolutions:
To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following ordinary resolutions:
Item 1 That the directors are authorised to fix the auditor’s remuneration.
Item 2 That Mr Fred Lax is re-elected as a director of ikeGPS Group Limited.
Item 3 That Mr Rick Christie is re-elected as a director of ikeGPS Group Limited.
Notes:
Each resolution above is to be considered as an ordinary resolution and, to be passed, requires the approval of a simple majority of votes cast on the resolution. The Chairman and directors of the Company intend to vote all undirected or discretionary proxies in favour of each resolution.
By order of the ikeGPS Group Limited Board
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Rick Christie
Chairman 04 August, 2017
Explanatory notes
Explanatory Note 1: Approval of Board fixing remuneration of auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers is automatically reappointed as ikeGPS’s auditor under section 207T of the Companies Act 1993. Section 207S of the Companies Act 1993 details the basis on how the fees and expenses of the auditor shall be set. In order to provide flexibility, your Directors recommend that they be authorised to determine the fees and expenses of the auditors.
The Board unanimously supports fixing the fees and expenses of the auditor.
Explanatory Note 2: Re - election of directors
In accordance with NZSX Listing Rule 3.3.11 (subject to Listing Rule 3.3.12) and clause 25 of ikeGPS’s Constitution one third of the directors must retire by rotation each year. Accordingly, both Mr Fred Lax and Mr Rick Christie retire by rotation. Being eligible, both have offered themselves for re-election.
Mr. Lax is an executive leader with extensive global experience in the telecommunications industry. He was formerly a director for 8 years of NASDAQ listed Ikanos Communications Inc. and former Chief Executive Officer and President of Tekelec Inc
Mr. Christie Former Chairman of Ebos Group. Experience as a director on a number of other major boards, including TVNZ. Previously CEO of investment company Rangatira Ltd. 21 years’ management experience in the international oil and gas industry.
The Board unanimously supports the re-election of both Messrs Lax and Christie.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Voting entitlements
Voting entitlements for the Annual Shareholders Meeting will be determined as at 2:00pm (New Zealand Standard Time) on Tuesday 29[th] August 2017. Registered ikeGPS shareholders at that time will be the only persons entitled to vote at the Annual Shareholders Meeting, and only the ikeGPS shares registered in those ikeGPS shareholders' names at that time may be voted at the Annual Meeting.
Voting in person
If you are entitled to vote and wish to do so in person, you should attend the Annual Shareholders Meeting. Please bring your Proxy Form (which contains your attendance slip and ballot paper) with you to the meeting.
A corporation may appoint a person to attend the meeting as its representative in the same manner in which it would appoint a proxy.
Voting by proxy
An ikeGPS shareholder who is entitled to vote at the Annual Shareholders Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of the shareholder. A proxy need not be a shareholder.
If you appoint a proxy you may either direct your proxy how to vote for you or you may give the proxy discretion to vote as he or she sees fit. If you wish to give your proxy discretion then you should make the appropriate election, either online or on the Proxy Form, to grant your proxy that discretion. You will be deemed to have given your proxy discretion if you do not make an election in relation to any of resolutions 1 to 3.
The Chairman of the Meeting or any other director is willing to act as proxy for any shareholder who appoints him or her for that purpose. If, in appointing your proxy, you do not name a person as your proxy (either online or in the Proxy Form), or your named proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chairman of the Meeting will be your proxy and may vote only in accordance with your express direction. If you expressly appoint the Chairman of the meeting or any other director as your proxy and elect to give them discretion on how to vote on a resolution, they may exercise your vote even if they have an interest in the outcome of that resolution. The Chairman of the Meeting and the directors intend to vote all discretionary proxies in favour of resolutions 1 to 3.
A Proxy Form accompanies this Notice of Annual Meeting.
If you do not propose to attend the Annual Meeting but wish to be represented by proxy, you can appoint a proxy online by going to https://investorcentre.linkmarketservices.co.nz/voting/IKE. You will need your CSN/Holder number and Authorisation Code (FIN) to securely appoint a proxy online.
Alternatively, you can complete the Proxy Form and either:
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Scan and Email your proxy to [email protected];
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Return the Proxy Form by mail to Link Market Services, using the freepost envelope enclosed; or
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Fax the Proxy Form to +64 (9) 375-5990.
The online proxy appointments must be lodged with, and the completed Proxy Forms received by, Link Market Services Limited no later than 2pm (New Zealand Standard Time), Tuesday 29[th] August 2017.
Where a Proxy Form is completed for a company, it must be signed by a duly authorised officer or attorney. Persons who sign on behalf of a company must be acting with the company’s express or implied authority.
Where a Proxy Form is signed by an attorney, a copy of the power of attorney under which it was signed, if not previously provided to Link Market Services Limited, together with a signed certificate of non-revocation of the power of attorney must accompany the Proxy Form.
Annual Report
The 2017 Annual Report is available on the ikeGPS website. Please go to: http://ikegps.com/wpcontent/uploads/2017/07/ikeGPS-2017-Annual-Report.pdf
If you have any questions, or for more information, please contact our share registry, Link Market Services, on +64 (9) 375-5998.
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LODGE YOUR PROXY
Online
http://vote.linkmarketservices.com/IKE
Scan & Email [email protected]
Fax +64 9 375 5990 Use the enclosed reply paid envelope or address to: Deliver Link Market Services Limited Link Market Services PO Box 91976 Level 11, Deloitte Centre Auckland 1142 80 Queen Street, Auckland 1010 New Zealand
SCAN THIS QR CODE WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE AND VOTE ONLINE
General Enquiries +64 9 375 5998 | [email protected]
PROXY FORM FOR THE 2017 ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Shareholders Meeting of ikeGPS Group Limited (“ikeGPS Group Limited”) will be held at the Cable Room, Mac’s Function Centre, Shed 22, Corner of Taranaki & Cable Street, Wellington, on Thursday 31 August 2017 at 2pm (New Zealand Standard Time). For your proxy to be effective it must be received by 2pm (New Zealand Standard Time), Tuesday 29 August 2017.
APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
If you do not plan to attend the meeting, you may appoint a proxy. The Chairman of the meeting or any other director is willing to act as proxy for any shareholder who appoints him or her for that purpose. If, in appointing your proxy, you do not name a person as your proxy (either online or on this Proxy Form), or your named proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chairman of the meeting will be your proxy and may vote only in accordance with your express direction.
Voting of your holding
Direct your proxy how to vote by making the appropriate election, either online or on this Proxy Form, in respect of each item of business (resolutions 1 to 3). If you do not make an election in respect of a resolution your proxy may vote as they choose.
If you make more than one election in respect of a resolution your vote will be invalid on that resolution.
Appointing the Chairman of the meeting or a director as your proxy
If you expressly appoint the Chairman of the meeting or any other director as your proxy and elect to give them discretion on how to vote on a resolution, you acknowledge that they may exercise your vote even if they have an interest in the outcome of that resolution.
The Chairman of the meeting and the directors intend to vote all discretionary proxies in favour of resolutions 1 to 3.
ATTENDING THE MEETING
If you wish to vote in person, you should attend the meeting. Please bring this Proxy Form with you to the meeting to assist with your registration.
A corporation may appoint a person to attend the meeting as its representative in the same manner in which it would appoint a proxy.
SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROXY FORMS
Individual
Where the holding is in one name, the security holder must sign.
Joint holding
Where the holding is in more than one name, all of the security holders should sign.
Power of Attorney
If this Proxy Form has been signed by an attorney, a copy of the power of attorney under which it was signed (if not previously provided to the Registrar), and a signed certificate of non-revocation of the power of attorney must accompany this Proxy Form.
Company
This Proxy Form must be signed by a duly authorised officer or attorney. Persons who sign on behalf of a company must be acting with the company’s express or implied authority.
Go online to http://vote.linkmarketservices.com/IKE to appoint and give directions to your proxy or turn over to complete the form.
PROXY/CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE FORM
STEP 1: APPOINT A PROXY TO VOTE ON YOUR BEHALF
I/We being a shareholder/s of ikeGPS Group Limited
Hereby appoint
of
or failing him/her
of
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 he/she sees fit, subject to any applicable restrictions in the NZX Main Board Listing Rules) at the Cable Room, Mac’s Function Centre, Shed 22, Corner of Taranaki & Cable Street, Wellington, on Thursday 31 August 2017 at 2pm (New Zealand Standard Time) and at any adjournment of that meeting. If you wish, you may appoint as your proxy ‘The Chairman of the Meeting’ or any other director.
STEP 2: ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
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.
| ORDINARY BUSINESS | ORDINARY BUSINESS | FOR AGAINST |
FOR AGAINST |
PROXY | ABSTAIN |
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| DISCRETION | |||||
| To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following ordinary resolutions | |||||
| Item 1 | That the directors are authorized to fix the auditor’s remuneration | ||||
| Item 2 | That Mr Fred Lax is re-elected as a director of ikeGPS Group Limited | ||||
| Item 3 | That Mr Rick Christie is re-elected as a director of ikeGPS Group Limited |
STEP 3: SHAREHOLDER QUESTIONS
Shareholders present at the Annual Shareholders Meeting will have the opportunity to ask questions during the meeting. If you cannot attend the Annual Shareholders Meeting but would like to ask a question you can submit a question online by going to http://vote.linkmarketservices.com/IKE and completing the online validation process or complete the question section below and return to Link Market Services in the reply paid envelope enclosed. Questions will need to be submitted by Thursday 24 August 2017. The Board will address and answer questions at the Annual Shareholders Meeting.
Question:
This section must be completed.
| Security holder 1 | Security holder 2 | Security holder 3 |
|---|---|---|
| or duly authorised officer or attorney | or duly authorised officer or attorney | or duly authorised officer or attorney |
| Date | Daytime Phone number | _______ |
Electronic Investor Communications:
If you received the Notice of Meeting & Proxy by mail and wish to receive your future investor communications by email please provide your email address below.
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