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TELSTRA GROUP LIMITED AGM Information 2019

Aug 29, 2019

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AGM Information

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30 August 2019

The Manager

Market Announcements Office Australian Securities Exchange 4[th] Floor, 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

Office of the Company Secretary

Level 41 242 Exhibition Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 AUSTRALIA

General Enquiries 03 8647 4838 Facsimile 03 9650 0989

ELECTRONIC LODGEMENT

Dear Sir or Madam

Telstra Corporation Limited – 2019 Notice of Annual General Meeting and Shareholder Voting Form

In accordance with the Listing Rules, I attach a copy of Telstra’s 2019 Notice of Annual General Meeting and Shareholder Voting Form, for release to the market.

Yours faithfully

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Sue Laver

Company Secretary

Telstra Corporation Limited ACN 051 775 556 ABN 33 051 775 556

Telstra Corporation Limited

2019 Annual General Meeting

Tuesday 15 October 2019 at 9:30am (Melbourne time)

Melbourne Room Level 2

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 Convention Centre Place South Wharf Vic 3006

Telstra Corporation Limited ABN 33 051 775 556

How to get to the AGM

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EXHIBITION CENTRE
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Venue: The Melbourne Room is located on level 2 of the Convention Centre (which is part of the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)) at 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf in Melbourne. The Convention Centre is marked in red below.

Melbourne CBD ENTRANCE DFO SOUTH PAN WHARF PACIFIC MELBOURNE CONVENTION CENTRE DFO ENTRANCE SOUTH WHARF MELBOURNE CONVENTION CENTRE EXHIBITION CENTRE SHOPPING TRAM STOP RESTAURANTS & BARS ACCOMMODATION CONSTRUCTION WORKS

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MELBOURNE CONVENTION CENTRE
EXHIBITION CENTRE SHOPPING
TRAM STOP RESTAURANTS & BARS
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Train

The closest train station is Southern Cross. MCEC is approximately a 20 minute walk from the station along Spencer and Clarendon Streets.

Parking

Various car parking options are available close to the venue. These are marked with a P on the map above. The South Wharf multi level car park is the closest and can be accessed via Convention Centre Place.

Trams

Trams 96, 109 and 12 stop outside the MCEC on Clarendon Street. From the tram stop it is a 5–7 minute walk along the length of the Exhibition Centre to the Convention Centre.

Taxis

Accessibility

The Melbourne Room is situated on Level 2 of the Convention Centre and is accessible by using the two-direction escalators on all levels or the lifts. Ramp access is available into the Centre. Further information is available at mcec.com.au/visit.

Taxis can take you to the main doors of the Convention Centre via Convention Centre Place (next to the Pan Pacific Melbourne South Wharf).

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2019 Annual General Meeting

30 August 2019

Dear Shareholder

I am pleased to invite you to the 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Telstra Corporation Limited at 9.30am (Melbourne time) on Tuesday 15 October 2019.

The venue

The AGM will be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre in the Melbourne Room on level 2 at 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf. Information on how to get to the venue appears on the inside cover.

Shareholders attending the AGM can register from 8:30am (Melbourne time) at the Convention Centre. The Telstra Board and senior executives would like to invite shareholders to join them for refreshments prior to the start of the AGM. A light lunch will also be served during the course of the meeting.

Items of business at the AGM

The Notice of Meeting outlines the items of business for consideration at the AGM and commences from page 9. The explanatory notes supporting these items commence from page 14.

We have also included with our Notice of Meeting our 2019 highlights and an update on T22.

At the AGM, Craig Dunn and Nora Scheinkestel will be standing for re-election and Eelco Blok, having been appointed by the Board since the last AGM, will be standing for election. The Telstra Board (other than the relevant Director in relation to his/her own election and re-election) recommends the re-election of Craig Dunn and Nora Scheinkestel and the election of Eelco Blok.

At the 2018 AGM a significant number of shareholders voted against the Remuneration Report. The Board took this “first strike” very seriously. Since then we have spent many hours meeting with shareholders to discuss their concerns in more detail and we have adjusted our approach for FY20 as a result. As we received a “first strike” the Notice of Meeting also includes a conditional spill resolution (item 6). This resolution will only be put to the AGM if at least 25% of the votes are cast against the 2019 Remuneration Report (item 5) resulting in a “second strike”. If this occurs and the conditional spill resolution passes, all nonexecutive Directors currently appointed to the Board, will be required to stand for re-election at a special meeting of shareholders, if they wish to continue to stand as Directors.

The Board recommends that shareholders vote against the conditional spill resolution if put to the AGM as the Board believes it is not in the best interests of shareholders. Further information on how we have addressed our shareholders’ concerns on our remuneration practices and how a spill resolution will affect your company are outlined in the explanatory notes on pages 22 to 27.

Voting and asking questions

Enclosed with the Notice of Meeting is your Voting form and a shareholder question form providing an opportunity for you to ask a question(s) relating to the items of business. Frequently asked questions will be addressed by Andrew Penn, Chief Executive Officer, or myself at the AGM.

The AGM will be webcast live at telstra.com/agm .

If you are unable to attend the AGM we encourage you to lodge your vote in advance online at vote.linkmarketservices.com/tls . Alternatively, you may return your Voting form in the envelope provided.

For more information on voting, please refer to pages 14 and 15. Please contact the Telstra Share Registry at [email protected] or on (+61) 1300 88 66 77 if you have any queries regarding the AGM or your shareholding.

On behalf of my fellow Directors, I look forward to welcoming you to the 2019 Telstra AGM.

Yours sincerely

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John P Mullen Chairman

Customer service staff at the AGM

Expert staff will be available at the Telstra store located at the AGM venue to answer your customer enquiries before, during and after the AGM.

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Reported results

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Total IncomeDown 3.6 per cent [1] $27.8 billion
Earnings Before Interest, Tax
Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) $8.0 billion
Down 21.7 per cent
Net Profit After TaxDown 39.6 per cent (NPAT) $2.1 billion
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Australia’s first 5G network

Helped approximately 1 million customers in vulnerable circumstances stay connected

FY19 reported performance in line with market expectations

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1. Total Income excludes finance income
378,000
Net retail postpaid
mobile services
$456 million
(down 6.0 per cent)
Underlying fixed costs
Total FY19 dividends
16 cents
per share
fully franked
More than
$1.9 billion
returned to
shareholders
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Radically simplified plans 1800 20

Calls to 22% contact centres

New rewards program for customers

Mobile: 2.5 million km[2] Even more NB loT^: 3.5 coverage million km[2]

Emissions intensity 40% since 2017

Provided digital capability training to almost 36,000 people

^ Narrowband Internet of Things

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T22

Strategic pillars

Telstra Notice of Meeting 2019

Items of Business

1. Chairman and CEO Presentations

2. Discussion of Financial Statements and Reports

Radically simplify our product offerings, eliminate customer pain points and create all digital experiences

Establish a standalone infrastructure business unit to drive performance and set up optionality post the nbn rollout

To discuss the company’s financial statements and reports for the year ended 30 June 2019.

3. Election and Re-election of Directors

To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as separate ordinary resolutions:

  • a) ‘That Eelco Blok, being eligible, be elected as a Director’;

Greatly simplify our structure and ways of working to empower our people and serve our customers

Industry leading cost reduction program and portfolio management

  • b) ‘That Craig Dunn, being eligible, be re-elected as a Director’; and

  • c) ‘That Nora Scheinkestel, being eligible, be re-elected as a Director’.

4. Allocation of Equity to the CEO

New digital platforms

Enabled by our up to $3b investment program

Australia’s largest, fastest, safest, smartest and most reliable next generation network

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Delivering
Simplified Extended
Market leading products, network
customer business and superiority
experience operating and 5G
model leadership
Achieve
Global High Net cost
Performance Post-nbn
productivity of
Norm in ROIC > 10% [1]
$2.5b by FY22
employee
engagement
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To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as separate ordinary resolutions:

  • a) ‘That approval be given for all purposes, for the grant to the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mr Andrew Penn, of 372,187 Restricted Shares under the Telstra FY19 Executive Variable Remuneration Plan (EVP)’.

  • b) ‘That approval be given for all purposes, for the grant to the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mr Andrew Penn, of 558, 281 Performance Rights under the Telstra FY19 EVP.

5. Remuneration Report

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

‘That the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2019 be adopted’.

Under the Corporations Act, the vote on this resolution is advisory only and will not bind Telstra or the Directors. However, if at least 25% of the votes cast on this resolution are against it, the conditional spill resolution in item 6 will be put to the AGM.

1Post-nbn defined as FY23 and beyond on AASB16 basis

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6. Spill resolution (conditional item)

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

‘ That, subject to and conditional on at least 25% of the votes cast on item 5 being cast against adoption of the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2019:

  • a) an extraordinary general meeting of Telstra Corporation Limited (the ‘spill meeting’) be held within 90 days of the passing of this resolution;

  • b) all of the non-executive Directors in office when the Directors’ report for the year ended 30 June 2019 was approved and who remain in office at the time of the spill meeting, cease to hold office immediately before the end of the spill meeting; and

  • c) resolutions to appoint persons to offices that will be vacated immediately before the end of the spill meeting be put to the vote at the spill meeting’.

Voting forms are colour coded (refer to the tables on pages 14 and 15). If you hold Telstra shares in more than one capacity, please be sure to complete the Voting form that is relevant to each holding.

The Blue Voting form can be used to either vote your shares directly (Section A) or appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf (Section B). The Green Nominee form (sent to Telstra ESOP 99 Participants) can be used to appoint a nominee to vote on your behalf (Section A).

Direct voting

By completing Section A of the Blue Voting form, you are voting your shares directly and are not appointing a third party, such as a proxy, to act on your behalf. Shareholders should complete their voting directions by selecting ‘for’ or ‘against’ for each item on the Voting form. Do not complete the ‘abstain’ box if you are voting directly as it will result in an invalid vote. If no direction is given on an item, or if Section A and Section B are both completed on the Voting form, your vote may be passed to the Chairman of the meeting as your proxy.

Appointing proxies or nominees

If you do not want a spill meeting to take place, you should vote “against” item 6. If you want a spill meeting to take place, you should vote “for” item 6.

The items of business should be read in conjunction with the explanatory notes on pages 14 to 29. The explanatory notes form part of this Notice of Meeting.

Voting

In the interests of representing the views of as many shareholders as possible, the Chairman of the meeting intends to call a poll in relation to items 3, 4, 5 and 6 (if required). The ways in which you can vote are outlined below. Please refer to the table on pages 14 and 15 for the voting deadlines.

Voting online

We encourage you to lodge your vote online at vote.linkmarketservices.com/tls . To log in you will need your holder number and the postcode for your shareholding. These can be found on the top right hand corner of your Voting form.

Voting form

Enclosed with this Notice of Meeting is a personalised Voting form. The Voting form allows shareholders who are not attending the meeting to either lodge their vote directly, or appoint a proxy or nominee to vote on their behalf.

Shareholders, Telstra ESOP 99 Participants and Participants in eligible employee share plans, who are entitled to attend and vote at the AGM, may appoint a proxy (in the case of a shareholder) or a nominee (in the case of a Participant) to act generally at the meeting on their behalf, and to vote.

To appoint your proxy or nominee you should complete Section B of the Blue Voting form or Section A of the Green Nominee form.

You should complete your voting directions by selecting ‘for’ or ‘against’ for each item on the Voting or Nominee form. If no direction is given, the proxy or nominee may vote as they see fit, subject to any voting restrictions applicable to the proxy or nominee. A proxy or nominee need not be a shareholder of the company.

A shareholder or Participant entitled to attend and vote can appoint two proxies or nominees as appropriate, and should specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy or nominee is appointed to exercise. If no proportion or number is specified, each proxy or nominee may exercise half of the shareholder’s or Participant’s votes. If you wish to appoint two proxies or two nominees, please call (+61) 1300 88 66 77 and request an additional Voting or Nominee form.

A corporate shareholder or proxy must appoint a person as its corporate representative (see the Voting form for further information).

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Contact Details

Appointing the Chairman as your proxy or nominee

You may appoint the Chairman of the meeting as your proxy or nominee.

If you direct the Chairman of the meeting how to vote on an item of business, your vote will be cast in accordance with your direction. If you do not direct the Chairman of the meeting how to vote on an item of business, or the Chairman of the meeting becomes your proxy by default, then by completing and returning the relevant Voting form you will be expressly authorising the Chairman of the meeting to exercise your votes as undirected proxy or nominee on a resolution even though it may be directly or indirectly connected with the remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel (KMP).

More information on lodging your vote can be found on the back of the relevant Voting or Nominee form enclosed with this Notice of Meeting. This includes information on voting in relation to items 4,5 and 6 (if required) where voting exclusions apply.

KMP voting restrictions for Items 4, 5 and 6 (if required)

Under the Corporations Act, voting restrictions apply to the company’s KMP and their closely related parties for items 4, 5 and 6 (if required). The term “closely related party” in relation to a member of KMP includes a spouse, dependant and certain other close family members, as well as any companies controlled by the KMP. Further voting exclusions also apply to the CEO and any of his associates for item 4. Please refer to the explanatory notes for more details.

AGM webcast

Shareholders can view a live webcast of the AGM online at telstra.com/agm from 9:30am (Melbourne time) on Tuesday 15 October 2019. The webcast will be recorded and made available to view after the AGM.

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You can lodge your vote electronically, by facsimile, by mail or by hand to the Telstra Share Registry. See details below.

If you have any questions about this Notice of Meeting or the Voting form please contact:

Telstra Share Registry (Australia)

Link Market Services Limited Level 12, 680 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Telephone: +61 1300 88 66 77 Facsimile: +61 2 9287 0309

Telstra Share Registry (New Zealand)

Link Market Services Limited Level 11, Deloitte Centre, 80 Queen Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand Telephone: (within NZ) 0800 835 787 All Other: +64 (9) 375 5998 Facsimile: +64 (9) 375 5990

By order of the Board of Directors

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Sue Laver Company Secretary 30 August 2019

2019 Annual Report

The 2019 Annual Report is available for shareholders on our investor website telstra.com/annualreport . If you would like to receive a hard copy of the 2019 Annual Report, at no charge, please contact the Telstra Share Registry on (+61) 1300 88 66 77. Shareholders who have previously elected to receive a hard copy of the 2019 Annual Report will receive it separately in the mail.

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How to vote and voting deadlines

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Right to vote and attend the AGM or view Deadline to
Investor the proceedings Lodging your vote lodge your vote []
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Investor Right to vote and attend the AGM or view
the proceedings
Lodging your vote Deadline to
lodge your vote*
Shareholders Shareholders registered as at 9:30am
(Melbourne time) on Sunday 13 October 2019.
To vote online, see instructions above
oruse the Blue Voting form to either
vote directly (Section A) or appoint
a proxy (Section B).
9:30am (Melbourne
time) on Sunday 13
October 2019.
Telstra ESOP
99 Participants
Telstra ESOP 99 Participants registered at
5:00pm (Melbourne time) on Thursday 10
October 2019.
To vote online, see instructions above
oruse the Green Nominee form to
appoint a Nominee (Section A).
5:00pm (Melbourne
time) on Thursday 10
October 2019.
Participants
of other eligible
Employee
Share Plans
Participants registered at 5:00pm (Melbourne
time) on Thursday 10 October 2019.
Participants may only lodge their votes
online atvote.linkmarketservices.com/tls
Please refer to your AGM email notifcation
from Telstra.
5:00pm (Melbourne
time) on Thursday 10
October 2019.
  • To be effective your completed documents must be received by the Share Registry no later than the time and date noted in the table.

Notice of Meeting

Explanatory notes

Item 2 – Discussion of Financial Statements and Reports

During this item of business, we will provide a reasonable opportunity for shareholders to comment on and ask questions on the financial statements and reports and on the business, operations and management of Telstra. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions of the company’s auditor.

Directorships of listed companies (past three years) and other Directorships/appointments:

Member of the Supervisory Boards of Post NL (from 2017), Signify NV (from 2017) and Koninklijke VolkerWessels N.V (from 2019). Director, OTE Group (from 2019). Other: Advisor, Reggeborgh Groep BV (from 2018). Member, Dutch Sports Council, an advisory Board of the Dutch Government (from 2019).

Craig W Dunn

Age 55, BCom, FCA

Non-executive Director appointed 12 April 2016. Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee and member of the Nomination Committee.

Item 3 – Election and Re-election of Directors

Eelco Blok

Age 62, MS, BBA

Non-executive Director appointed 15 February 2019. Member of the Nomination Committee.

Eelco has almost 35 years of telecommunications experience at Dutch-based landline and mobile telecommunications company, KPN, where he was CEO for seven years until April 2018.

Eelco started his career in Finance at KPN before becoming responsible for several businesses including Carrier Services, Corporate Networks and Network Operations. In 2006 he was appointed a member of the KPN Board of Management, where he was consecutively responsible for the Fixed Division, Business Market – Wholesale - Operations and Mobile International. He was appointed CEO in April 2011. From 2011 to 2017 Eelco was co-chairman of the Dutch National Cyber Security Council an advisory body of the Dutch government. He was also a Director for the international association GSMA from 2017 to April 2018.

Craig is a highly regarded business leader with more than 20 years’ experience in financial services, pan-Asian business activities and strategic advice for government and major companies. Craig was Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of AMP from 2008 to 2013 and held various roles at AMP in a 13-year career including Managing Director of AMP Financial Services, Managing Director for AMP Bank and head of Corporate Strategy and M&A. Previously he was at Colonial Mutual Group from 1991 to 2000, including Managing Director for EON CMB Life Insurance in Malaysia and senior roles in Group Strategy, M&A and Finance. He has also served as a member of the Federal Government’s Financial System Inquiry in 2014 and the Consumer and Financial Literacy Taskforce.

Directorships of listed companies (past three years) and other Directorships/appointments:

Director, Westpac (from 2015). Other: Chair, ISO Blockchain Standards Committee (from 2017). Chairman, The Australian Ballet (from 2015 (Director from 2014)) and Co-Chair, the Australian Government Fintech Advisory Group (from 2016). Director, Financial Literacy Australia Limited (from 2012).

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Nora L Scheinkestel

Age 59, LLB (Hons), PhD, FAICD

Non-executive Director since August 2010 and last re-elected in 2016. Member of the Audit & Risk Committee (previously Chairman Audit & Risk Committee 2012-2019), the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Nora is an experienced company Director with a background as a senior banking executive in international and project financing. She has served as Chairman and Director in a range of companies across various industry sectors and in the public, private and government arena. She is also an Associate Professor in the Melbourne Business School at Melbourne University and a former member of the Takeovers Panel. In 2003, Nora was awarded a Centenary Medal for services to Australian society in business leadership.

Directorships of listed companies (past three years) and other Directorships/appointments: Chairman, Atlas Arteria Limited (from 2015 (Director from 2014). Director, Atlas Arteria International Limited (from 2015), OceanaGold Corporation (from 2018), AusNet Services Ltd (from 2016), Stockland Group (2015-2018). Other: Trustee, Victorian Arts Centre Trust (from 2017).

Board recommendation

In view of Dr Scheinkestel’s length of tenure, in recommending Dr Scheinkestel’s re-election, the Board determined that she continues to make a significant and valuable contribution to the Board and provides continuity in light of changes on the Board in recent times.

The Board (other than the relevant Director in relation to his/her own election/re-election) recommends the election of Eelco Blok and the re-election of Craig Dunn and Nora Scheinkestel. The Chairman of the meeting intends to vote all available proxies in favour of election of Eelco Blok and the re-election of Craig Dunn and Nora Scheinkestel.

Item 4 – Allocation of equity to the CEO

Shareholders are being asked to approve a grant of 372,187 Restricted Shares and 558,281 Performance Rights to the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (CEO), Mr Andrew Penn, under the Telstra FY19 Executive Variable Remuneration Plan (EVP).

EVP terms and conditions

The CEO’s total remuneration package for FY19 comprised fixed remuneration (paid in cash) of $2,390,000 (Fixed Remuneration) and variable remuneration to be delivered through the EVP. The CEO’s Fixed Remuneration has not changed since 1 October 2017. The FY19 EVP is delivered through a combination of cash (35%), Restricted Shares (26%) and Performance Rights (39%). It had the potential to deliver rewards that were valued at 200% of Fixed Remuneration for performance at target and 400% of Fixed Remuneration for stretch performance. Refer to pages 23 to 26 for a summary of the enhancements that will be made to the FY20 EVP.

The amount earned by the CEO under the EVP (EVP outcome) was determined based on the performance of Telstra over FY19 (being the initial one-year performance period) against the measures and weightings outlined below:

Financial - 50%

Total Income
12.5%
EBITDA
12.5%
Free
Cash Flow
12.5%
Net Opex
Reduction
12.5%

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Strategic, Customer & Transformation - 50%
Product People
Digital
Episode NPS Portfolio Capability &
Delivery
12.5% Simplification Engagement
12.5%
12.5% 12.5%
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Refer to pages 51 and 52 of our 2019 Remuneration Report for details as to how each of these performance measures was calculated for FY19.

The number of Restricted Shares and Performance Rights to be granted was based on the dollar value of the CEO’s EVP outcome, multiplied by 26% for Restricted Shares and 39% for Performance Rights, and then divided by the five day volume weighted average share price (VWAP) of Telstra shares commencing on the day after the FY19 results announcement.

The CEO’s EVP outcome was $5,344,040, 111.8% of target opportunity and 55.9% of maximum. This EVP outcome delivered 372,187 Restricted Shares and 558,281 Performance Rights based on a VWAP of $3.7332.

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Restricted Shares and Performance Rights

The Restricted Shares and Performance Rights are granted under, and subject to, the EVP. The key terms of the Restricted Shares and Performance Rights are set out below.

Topic Detail

EntitlementsRestricted Shares: Each Restricted Share is a fully paid ordinary Telstra share. The Restricted Shares will be subject to a restriction period ending 30 June 2021. During the restriction period, the CEO may not trade, dispose or otherwise deal with the Restricted Shares.

Performance Rights: Each Performance Right entitles the CEO to one fully paid ordinary Telstra share, subject to the satisfaction of a relative total shareholder return (RTSR) measure, tested at the end of a five year performance period (1 July 2018 to 30 June 2023). The CEO may not trade, dispose or otherwise deal with any Performance Rights granted to him. On vesting of a Performance Right, Telstra has discretion to provide the CEO with a share or a cash amount equivalent to the value of a share on vesting of a Performance Right. Telstra shares allocated on vesting of the Performance Rights will not be subject to restrictions on dealing.

• In certain limited circumstances, such as a takeover event where 50% or more of all issued fully paid Telstra shares are acquired, the Board may exercise discretion to accelerate vesting of Performance Rights and accelerate the end of the restriction period for Restricted Shares.

Performance • As described above, the number of measures Restricted Shares and Performance Rights granted to the CEO was determined based on performance against certain predetermined performance measures over the initial oneyear performance period.

• In addition, the Performance Rights will only vest into Telstra shares (or a cash equivalent) if the RTSR measure is satisfied, i.e. if Telstra’s RTSR ranks at the 50[th] percentile or greater against a comparator group comprising the ASX100 as at 1 July 2018 (excluding resource companies) over the 5 year performance period ending 30 June 2023. For the purpose of testing the

Topic Detail

RTSR performance measure for the FY19 EVP, the average market value of Telstra shares against which RTSR performance will be determined at the testing date of 30 June 2023, is $2.76 and was calculated by reference to Telstra’s daily closing share price over the 30 day period to 30 June 2018.

Performance measures (continued)

Telstra measures the RTSR percentile ranking to two decimal places and rounds up to the nearest whole number if the two decimal places are .50 or above and rounds down to the nearest whole number if the two decimal places are below .50.

If the RTSR measure is not satisfied over the performance period, all of the Performance Rights will lapse.

Therefore the CEO’s Performance Rights will be subject to two sets of performance measures: the first tested over the initial one year performance period and the second (the RTSR measure) tested over a five year performance period.

• As the Performance Rights and Restricted Shares form part of the variable remuneration component of the CEO’s remuneration package, they will be granted at no cost to the CEO. No amount is payable by the CEO on the granting of Restricted Shares or on the granting or vesting of the Performance Rights. Both the Restricted Shares and any shares to be provided on the vesting of Performance Rights will be purchased on-market.

Issue/ exercise price

  • Restricted Shares: The CEO will receive dividends on, and have voting rights in relation to, Restricted Shares during the restriction period.

Dividends, ranking and voting rights

Performance Rights: The CEO has no legal or beneficial interest in Telstra shares (or cash), no entitlement to receive dividends and no voting rights in relation to the Performance Rights during the period between allocation and vesting of the Performance Rights. However, for Performance Rights that vest, the CEO will receive a cash payment at or around the time of vesting equivalent to the value of the dividends paid by Telstra during the period

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Detail

Topic

Dividends, between allocation and vesting, subject to ranking and applicable taxation. If the RTSR measure is voting rights not achieved over the performance period, (continued) no dividend equivalent payment will be made for the Performance Rights.

  • Restricted Shares and shares allocated on vesting of the Performance Rights will rank equally with other Telstra shares.

  • Treatment on • If the CEO ceases employment for reasons cessation of of redundancy, death, total and permanent employment disablement, certain medical conditions, retirement, separation by mutual agreement or Telstra initiated separation for a reason unrelated to performance or conduct ( Permitted Reason ):

  • −Restricted Shares that have been granted will be retained by the CEO and remain subject to the original restriction period; and

  • −Performance Rights that have been allocated will be retained by the CEO and remain subject to the original performance period and satisfaction of the RTSR measure.

  • If the CEO ceases employment for any reason other than a Permitted Reason before the end of the performance period or restriction period, any unvested Performance Rights lapse and any Restricted Shares are forfeited.

Clawback • The Board has discretion to clawback (malus) Performance Rights and Restricted Shares if certain Clawback Events occur during the relevant performance period or restriction period.

  • Clawback Events include fraud, gross misconduct, material breach of obligations by the CEO or behaviour that brings Telstra into disrepute or may negatively impact Telstra’s long term financial strength.

It also includes where the CEO causes a significant deterioration in Telstra’s financial performance or negatively impacts Telstra’s standing with its regulators, where the financial results that led to the Performance Rights or Restricted Shares being granted are subsequently shown to be materially misstated, where the CEO fails to fulfil his responsibilities under Telstra’s risk management framework resulting in a material breach of Telstra’s risk management framework, or where the Board determines that the Performance Rights or Restricted Shares are an inappropriate benefit.

Other information

  • If shareholder approval is obtained, the Restricted Shares and Performance Rights will be granted within 12 months of the date of this meeting.

  • The CEO is currently the only Director entitled to participate in the EVP.

  • Following shareholder approval at the 2017 AGM, the CEO was granted 255,702 Restricted Shares and 383,554 Performance Rights in respect of the FY18 EVP, all of which were granted at no cost to the CEO. No other Restricted Shares or Performance Rights have been granted to Directors under the EVP since the 2017 AGM.

  • There is no loan scheme in relation to the Restricted Shares or Performance Rights.

  • The grant of Restricted Shares and Performance Rights to the CEO falls within the exception to ASX Listing Rule 10.14 set out in ASX Listing Rule 10.15B because the Restricted Shares will be purchased on-market and the terms of the Performance Rights require any shares to be granted on exercise of the Performance Rights to be purchased on-market. Telstra is voluntarily seeking shareholder approval for good governance.

Outcome if shareholder approval is not obtained

If shareholder approval is not obtained for the relevant grant, the proposed grant of Restricted Shares and/or Performance Rights to the CEO will not proceed. This may impact Telstra’s ability to incentivise the CEO, to align his interests with those of shareholders and to align his remuneration arrangements with the remuneration arrangements of Telstra’s other senior executives. In these circumstances, the Board will need to consider alternative remuneration arrangements (such as a cash payment).

Voting Exclusion Statement

The company will disregard any votes cast:

  • in favour of items 4(a) and (b) by or on behalf of the CEO and any of his associates, in any capacity; and

  • on items 4(a) and (b) as a proxy by a person who is a member of the company’s KMP at the date of the meeting or their closely related parties,

unless the vote is cast as proxy for a person entitled to vote on items 4(a) and (b):

  • in accordance with a direction on the Voting form; or

  • by the Chairman of the meeting and the Chairman has received express authority in the Voting form to vote undirected proxies as the Chairman sees fit even though items 4(a) and (b) are connected with the remuneration of the KMP.

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Board recommendation

The Board (other than Andrew Penn) considers the grant of Restricted Shares and Performance Rights to the CEO under the FY19 EVP to be appropriate in all the circumstances and recommends that shareholders vote in favour of items 4 (a) and (b). The Chairman of the meeting intends to vote all available proxies in favour of the grant to the CEO.

Item 5 – Remuneration Report

The 2019 Remuneration Report contains information regarding:

  • our remuneration policy and strategy;

  • the structure of non-executive Director, CEO and certain senior executive remuneration arrangements, and how we seek to align senior executive remuneration with company performance; and

  • the remuneration of non-executive Directors, the CEO and certain senior executives for the year ended 30 June 2019.

The 2019 Remuneration Report can be found on pages 38 to 71 of the 2019 Annual Report.

This item provides an opportunity for shareholders at the meeting to comment on, and ask questions about, the 2019 Remuneration Report.

The vote on this item will be advisory only and will not bind the Directors of Telstra, except as outlined below and in the explanatory notes for item 6. However, the Board will take the outcome of the vote into consideration when reviewing Telstra’s remuneration practices and policies.

Telstra received a “first strike” against its Remuneration Report at the 2018 AGM. The Board took that very seriously. As a result, the Board completed a comprehensive review of our executive remuneration framework including our EVP. The following table summarises how we have responded to the issues raised by our shareholders and proxy advisers at our 2018 AGM and as part of our review process.

Issues Raised Response[EVP Structure ]

Issues Raised Response
EVP Structure
It is easier to
achieve pay
outcomes
under
a combined
incentive plan
(as opposed to
a traditional
STI/LTI
incentive
structure)
In a traditional STI/LTI construct, an
executive receives their LTI grant (for
example 200% of Fixed Remuneration)
at the beginning of each year, irrespective
of annual performance. Under Telstra’s
EVP the performance against the primary
performance measures in the prior year
dictates the number of Performance Rights
(equivalent to LTI in a standard STI/LTI
construct) that are granted. As an example,
if the EVP outcome for a given year is 50%
of maximum, then the Performance Rights
granted will also only be 50% of maximum.
Under the EVP, Performance Rights will only
vest at the end of a fve year performance
period if a further RTSR performance
condition has been achieved. This means
executives have a double hurdle, with
performance measured over both the initial
performance period and the fve year RTSR
performance period, making it considerably
more challenging for Senior Executives to
obtain variable remuneration than was the
case under the previous STI/LTI structure.
Nonetheless, we have listened to
shareholders and have introduced a more
challenging second hurdle by tightening the
RSTR performance condition through the
use of a sliding vesting scale as explained
further below.
Maximum
opportunity
considered
excessive and a
high portion of
award provided
in cash
Having considered feedback, the Board has
enhanced the FY20 EVP by strengthening
its alignment with shareholders’ interests,
and delivery of the T22 strategy through the
following key changes:
• The weighting of fnancial performance
measures within the primary performance
measures has increased to 60%
(previously 50%) with the remaining
40% covering customer, strategic and
transformation performance measures.
• The maximum opportunity for all
Senior Executives has been reduced
to 300% of Fixed Remuneration
(previously it was 400% for the CEO
and 360% for Group Executives).

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Issues Raised

Response

[EVP Structure (continued)]

  • Maximum • The cash component of the FY20 EVP opportunity has been reduced from 35% to 25% considered of a Senior Executive’s EVP outcome. excessive and a • The overall portion of a Senior Executive’s high portion of EVP outcome delivered in equity has award provided increased and is now 75% (previously 65%), in cash with 35% provided in Restricted Shares and 40% provided in Performance Rights.

  • (continued) • The Restricted Shares will be eligible to vest in four equal tranches, with 25% eligible to vest each year over the four years following the end of the initial performance period. The Performance Rights are eligible to vest 5 years from the start of the initial performance period subject to the RTSR performance condition.

  • • The secondary performance hurdle applying to the Performance Rights, has been strengthened by introducing a sliding vesting scale as opposed to ‘cliff vesting’ as described below.

Applicable to both the FY19 and FY20 EVPs, our claw-back (malus) framework has also been enhanced to drive greater executive accountability and focus on sustainable performance. We have introduced new Clawback Events which focus on conduct that may negatively impact our reputation with key regulators or result in a material breach of our risk management requirements. The inclusion of For Performance Rights that vest following satisfaction of the RTSR performance the Dividend condition, a cash payment equivalent to the Equivalent dividends paid by Telstra during the period Payment (DEP) between allocation of the Performance which is Rights and vesting will be made at or around payable if the time of vesting. This is known as a Performance Dividend Equivalent Payment (DEP). A Rights vest minority of stakeholders believe Senior Executives should not receive this payment. After lengthy consideration, the Board has decided to retain the DEP on the basis that our approach enhances the alignment of executive remuneration with the shareholder experience over the performance period by balancing considerations of both price and yield. To reiterate, DEPs are only paid if the RTSR performance condition is met on the Performance Right component of the EVP.

Issues Raised

Response

Pay for Performance

The FY18 Last year, the Board reduced the EVP outcome for Senior Executives by 30% as performance it recognised that our overall performance measure had been disappointing. The Board believed targets were the 30% reduction was an appropriate considered not reduction to balance the achievements of sufficiently the management team with the experience demanding and of shareholders. Despite this action, we performance understand that some shareholders still outcomes were felt that the remuneration outcomes were therefore not too high. aligned with In setting the FY19 performance measure shareholders’ targets the Board sought to ensure the targets were sufficiently demanding and expectations aligned with market guidance provided by Telstra. In October 2018, we took the step of providing all shareholders with detailed information on the FY19 EVP performance measure targets and the rationale for adopting those targets. In addition, as part of our FY19 half year results released in February 2019, we provided the market with an update on how performance was tracking relative to each target. This step was taken to inform all shareholders of the performance expectations and reward alignment for FY19.

Assessing We listened to feedback that vesting 100% performance on of the Performance Rights where Telstra’s the Performance RTSR ranks at the 50th percentile of the Right comparator group, was not sufficiently component of challenging. the EVP, with Whilst the Board considers the current 50[th] vesting percentile ‘cliff vesting’ to be a challenging occurring if performance measure as it is the second RTSR ranks at part of a double hurdle, to enhance our the 50th pay for performance alignment and delivery percentile of long term shareholder value, the Board (referred to as decided to change this element of the EVP ‘cliff vesting’) structure for FY20. Vesting will now be determined on a straight-line vesting scale, with 50% of the Performance Rights vesting if Telstra’s RTSR ranks at the 50[th] percentile of the comparator group, up to 100% of the Performance Rights vesting if Telstra’s RTSR ranks at the 75[th] percentile of the comparator group. No Performance Rights vest if Telstra’s RTSR ranks below the 50[th] percentile when compared with the comparator group.

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Additional information

Issues Raised

Response

Disclosure

Lack of In an effort to address this feedback in transparency October 2018, the Chairman released a with respect to letter to shareholders, which included the FY19 EVP additional detail on the FY19 EVP performance performance measure targets and the measures rationale for adopting those targets. In addition, as part of our FY19 half year results released in February 2019, we provided the market with an update on how performance was tracking relative to each target. In the interest of continuing to be transparent, we have included our FY20 EVP performance measures and targets in the 2019 Remuneration Report (pages 66 to 69).

CEO Fixed Remuneration

FY18 increase In the four years since appointment in not in line with May 2015, the CEO has received only shareholder one Fixed Remuneration increase of expectations 2.8% on 1 October 2017. In determining and considered that increase, the Board took into excessive consideration the fixed remuneration relative to other of CEOs at other ASX listed companies employees of similar size, complexity and market capitalisation. The CEO’s Fixed Remuneration has remained unchanged for FY19 and we do not anticipate any further increases for FY20.

Under the Corporations Act, if at least 25% of the votes cast on the resolution to adopt the remuneration report at two consecutive AGMs are against the resolution, shareholders must be given an opportunity to vote on a ‘spill resolution’ (as set out in item 6) at the second meeting. This is known as the ‘two strikes’ rule.

Due to the ‘two strikes’ rule, votes against the resolution proposed in item 5 may lead to a further meeting to elect Directors.

As noted above, Telstra received a ‘first strike’ at the 2018 AGM against its 2018 Remuneration Report (with 61.98% of the votes cast on the resolution to adopt that report cast against the resolution). As a result, if at least 25% of the votes cast on item 5 are cast against that resolution, Telstra would receive a ‘second strike’ and would be required to put the conditional spill resolution in item 6 to the AGM. For details of the effect of the spill resolution, please read the explanatory notes for item 6.

Voting Exclusion Statement

The company will disregard any votes cast on item 5:

  • by or on behalf of a member of the KMP whose remuneration is disclosed in the 2019 Remuneration Report (and their closely related parties) in any capacity; and

  • as proxy by a person who is a member of the KMP at the date of the meeting (and their closely related parties).

unless the vote is cast as proxy for a person entitled to vote on item 5:

  • in accordance with a direction on the Voting form; or

  • by the Chairman of the meeting and the Chairman has received express authority in the Voting form to vote undirected proxies as the Chairman sees fit even though item 5 is connected with the remuneration of the KMP.

Board recommendation

The Board recommends that shareholders vote in favour of item 5. The Chairman of the meeting intends to vote all available proxies in favour of this resolution.

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Item 6 –Spill resolution (conditional item)

This item (“spill resolution”) will only be put to the AGM if at least 25% of the votes cast on item 5 are cast against that resolution. If less than 25% of the votes cast on item 5 are against the resolution, there will be no ‘second strike’ and the spill resolution will not be put to the AGM.

If the spill resolution is put to the AGM, it will be considered as an ordinary resolution. If the spill resolution is passed, then an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (spill meeting) must be held within 90 days.

The following non-executive Directors who remain in office at the time of the spill meeting will cease to hold office at the end of the spill meeting unless they are willing to stand for re-election, and are re-elected, at that meeting:

John Mullen Eelco Blok Roy H Chestnutt Craig Dunn Peter R Hearl Nora L Scheinkestel Margaret L Seale Niek Jan van Damme

The CEO, Andrew Penn, would not be required to stand for election as a Director at the spill meeting, and would continue to hold office.

If Eelco Blok is elected at the AGM, he will need to be re-elected at the spill meeting to remain in office.

If Craig Dunn and Nora Scheinkestel are re-elected at the AGM, they would still need to be re-elected at any spill meeting to remain in office.

In deciding how to vote on item 6, the Board suggests that shareholders take the following factors into account:

  • Response to first strike - The Board has taken significant action to address concerns expressed by shareholders relating to the company’s executive remuneration framework (refer to the explanatory notes for item 5 above).

  • Loss of Directors’ leadership, skills and knowledge – Telstra has benefitted from the clear focus and leadership the Board has provided to the business. Each of the relevant non-executive

Directors has previously been elected as a Director (apart from Eelco Blok who was appointed as a Director during this year and is standing for election at this AGM) and received strong support from shareholders. There is no assurance that the current Directors would be willing to stand for re-election at the spill meeting or, if they are, that they would be re-elected at that meeting. This creates significant risk that the governance of the company would be disrupted and creates a real challenge to engage new Directors with the skills and knowledge expected of members of the Board.

  • Disruption to the company – If the spill resolution is passed, this will create instability in leadership and potentially negatively impact Telstra’s ability to implement its critical T22 strategy. The Board has been integral in developing and overseeing this strategy.

Voting Exclusion Statement

The company will disregard any votes cast on item 6:

  • by or on behalf of a member of the KMP whose remuneration is disclosed in the 2019 Remuneration Report (and their closely related parties) in any capacity; and

  • as proxy by a person who is a member of the KMP at the date of the meeting (and their closely related parties).

unless the vote is cast as proxy for a person entitled to vote on item 6:

  • in accordance with a direction on the Voting form; or

  • by the Chairman of the meeting and the Chairman has received express authority in the Voting form to vote undirected proxies as the Chairman sees fit even though item 6 is connected with the remuneration of the KMP.

If you do not want a spill meeting to take place, you should vote “against” item 6. If you want a spill meeting to take place, you should vote “for” item 6.

Board recommendation

The Board recommends that shareholders vote against item 6. The Chairman of the meeting intends to vote all available proxies against this resolution.

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Conducting Telstra’s Annual General Meeting

Our Annual General Meeting is intended to give shareholders the opportunity to:

  • hear presentations from the Chairman and CEO about the operations and performance of the company and the outlook for the year ahead

  • consider and vote on the resolutions contained in the Notice of Meeting

  • ask questions of the Board, management and the auditor generally on the items of business, the management of the company or the conduct of the audit and the auditor’s report. The Chairman and CEO will generally answer questions on behalf of the Board and management.

To help achieve these objectives we will:

  • webcast the meeting for the benefit of those shareholders unable to attend in person. Shareholders can view the meeting live at telstra.com/agm . The webcast will be recorded and made available to view after the AGM

  • enable shareholders to raise questions in writing prior to the meeting, by either completing the enclosed form or online at vote.linkmarketservices.com/tls . Shareholders asking questions online will need to log in using their SRN/HIN (found on your Voting form) and then select the ‘Ask Question’ option under the ‘Action’ column. We may not be able to answer all questions, however we will endeavour to address the more frequently raised shareholder matters during the course of the meeting

  • provide a reasonable opportunity for shareholders, as a whole at the meeting, to ask questions of the Board

  • make hearing loop facilities available for shareholders with hearing difficulties

  • answer shareholders’ questions honestly and fairly. If we can’t answer a question at the meeting, we will seek to provide a response to the shareholder asking the question after the meeting

  • inform shareholders as to the proxy and direct voting position with respect to the resolutions to be considered by the meeting and the manner in which the Chairman of the meeting intends to vote available proxies.

To help achieve these objectives we ask that shareholders:

  • are courteous and respectful to all shareholders and others attending the meeting

  • keep their questions and comments to a reasonable length of time to allow as many shareholders as possible who wish to speak at the meeting an opportunity to do so. Generally a maximum of two minutes each time a shareholder addresses the meeting will be appropriate

  • confine their questions to the matters before the meeting. If a shareholder’s question appears to be more relevant to the shareholder’s own circumstances than to shareholders as a whole, we will ask that the shareholder raise the matter with the customer service attendants outside the meeting

  • please respect the privacy of individual shareholders attending the meeting and assist in the orderly conduct of the meeting by not taking photographs or audio or video-recordings of the proceedings of the meeting.

Telstra’s Sustainability Strategy

Our goal is to embed social and environmental considerations into our business in ways that create value for the company and our stakeholders.

Our Sustainability Strategy responds to the topics that are most material for our business, the areas in which we have the expertise to make a meaningful impact, and where we see opportunities to use innovative, tech-based solutions to help address societal challenges and opportunities whether they be emerging or major.

We want everyone to thrive in a digital world.

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Responsible business

Digital Environmental futures solutions

We will be a We will foster We will use sustainable, strong, inclusive technology globally trusted communities that to address company that are empowered environmental people want to to thrive in a challenges work for and with. digital world. and help our suppliers, customers and communities do the same.

Our Bigger Picture 2019 Sustainability Report, available online at telstra.com/sustainability/report , provides a transparent overview of our progress and performance in relation to our material topics in FY19. The report also details the work we are undertaking in support of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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SHAREHOLDER VOTING FORM

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The Chairman of the meeting intends to vote all available proxies in favour of items 3, 4 and 5 and against item 6 (if required). Direct votes or proxies will only be valid and accepted by the Company if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the meeting, being 9.30am (Melbourne time) on Sunday �3 October 2019.

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FURTHER INFORMATION ON VOTING

1. Voting under Section A – Direct Voting:

If you mark the box in Section A you are voting directly. You should clearly mark the boxes in Section C to indicate your voting instruction for each item. Please only mark either “for” or “against” for each item. Do not mark the “abstain” box. If you mark the "abstain" box for an item, your vote for that item will be invalid.

If no direction is given on an item, or if you complete both the boxes in Sections A and B, your vote may be passed to the Chairman of the meeting as your proxy.

Shareholders, custodians and nominees may identify on the Voting form the total number of votes in each of the categories “for” and “against” . The Chairman’s decision as to whether a direct vote is valid is conclusive.

2. Voting under Section B - Appointing a Proxy:

If you mark the box in Section B you are appointing a person/body corporate who can attend as your proxy. To direct your proxy how to vote, you should clearly mark the boxes in Section C to indicate your voting instruction for each item.

Appointment of proxy: Insert the name of the person/body corporate you wish to appoint as your proxy where indicated. You cannot appoint yourself. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. If you lodge a form and do not appoint someone else, the Chairman of the meeting will act as your proxy by default.

If you are appointing a proxy and providing your voting instructions under Section B and you mark the abstain box for a particular item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in calculating the required majority if a poll is called.

Appointment of a second proxy: You are entitled to appoint up to two proxies. A separate Voting form should be used for each proxy. If you appoint a second proxy, you should state the proportion of your voting rights, or number of votes given to each proxy appointed, by clearly writing the proportion or number of votes to be exercised on the front of each form. If the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of your votes each proxy may exercise, each proxy may exercise half the votes. If you appoint two proxies, they can only vote on a poll in accordance with the number or proportion of votes allocated to them. Where two proxies are appointed, neither is entitled to vote on a show of hands. You can obtain an additional Voting form by telephoning 1300 88 66 77.

Votes on items of business:

Shareholders, custodians and nominees may identify on the Voting form the total number of votes in each of the categories “for”, “against” and “abstain” .

If you are intending to appoint the Chairman of the meeting as your proxy and wish to direct them how to vote you should mark the boxes at Section C.

If you have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as your proxy and have not directed them how to vote, by signing and returning this Voting form you will have provided the Chairman of the meeting express authority to vote your undirected proxy in accordance with the voting intentions set out in the Notice of Meeting and on this form.

If you intend to appoint a member of the Key Management Personnel (other than the Chairman) or one of their closely related parties as your proxy, please ensure that you direct them how to vote on items 4, 5 and 6 (if required), otherwise they may not be able to cast a vote as your proxy on this item.

If a shareholder’s appointed proxy does not attend the meeting, then the proxy appointment will automatically default to the Chairman of the meeting. In addition, any directed proxy appointments that are not voted on a poll at the meeting by a shareholder’s appointed proxy will automatically default to the Chairman of the meeting, who is required to exercise the relevant votes as directed on the poll (subject to any applicable voting exclusion).

3. Voting exclusions items 4, 5 and 6 (if required):

Voting exclusions apply to items 4, 5 and 6 (if required) as set out in the Notice of Meeting.

The Chairman of the meeting intends to vote all available proxies in favour of items 4 and 5 and against item 6 (if required).

Voting by corporate representative:

Any corporate shareholder or proxy must appoint a person to act as its representative. When attending the meeting, the representative must bring a formal notice of appointment, signed as required by section 127 of the Corporations Act or the shareholder’s constitution.

Lodgement of v otes:

You may lodge your direct or proxy vote online at the Telstra Share Registry website vote.linkmarketservices.com/tls . If you lodge your vote online you will not need to return your Voting form by mail or fax. Alternatively an envelope is provided for the return of the completed hard copy Voting form (and any relevant authorities), or you may fax the completed form (and any relevant authorities) to +61 (2) 9287 0309.

4. Deadline for Receipt:

To be effective, the completed documents must be received by the Company no later than 9.30am (Melbourne time) on Sunday �3 October 2019:

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online: by fax: vote.linkmarketservices.com/tls �����������������

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Further information:

If you require further information on how to complete this form please telephone 1300 88 66 77.

If you would like to attend and vote at the AGM, please bring this form with you as it will assist in registering your attendance.

Respecting your privacy:

As a Telstra shareholder, Chapter 2C of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) requires information about you (including your name, address and details of the shares you hold) to be included in Telstra’s public share register. This information must continue to be included in the public share register even if you cease to be a Telstra shareholder. These statutory obligations are not altered by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth). Your information is collected by Link Market Services Limited (“Link”) on behalf of Telstra. It is collected to administer your shareholding and to improve your shareholding experience. Your personal information may be disclosed to certain people or organisations outside Telstra, including Telstra’s contractors (such as Link), brokers, printing companies, market researchers, government agencies (including the Australian Tax Office, Centrelink and law enforcement), and where required under applicable law, regulation or court order. Neither Telstra or Link disclose Telstra shareholder personal information to third parties outside Australia unless required by law. All reasonable steps are taken to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If some or all of your personal information is not collected, it might not be possible to administer your shareholding. See the privacy policy at www.linkmarketservices.com.au for information about how you can access and correct your personal information and raise privacy concerns.

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Telstra Share Registrar C/- Link Market Services Limited PO Box A942 SYDNEY SOUTH NSW 1234

Your Shareholder Reference Number is:

To update your details go online to www.linkmarketservices.com.au/telstra

Shareholder Questions – Telstra 2019 Annual General Meeting

Your questions are important to us. Please use this form to submit any questions concerning Telstra that you would like us to respond to at the Annual General Meeting and return it in the reply paid envelope provided or by fax to +61 2 9287 0309. Shareholders can also submit questions online at vote.linkmarketservices.com/tls .

John Mullen, Chairman, and Andrew Penn, Chief Executive Officer, will address the more frequently asked questions at the AGM. Please visit telstra.com/agm to view a live webcast of the AGM. A recording of the webcast will be available to view on the website after the AGM as well as responses to the more frequently asked questions.

We're here to help

For any customer service enquiries regarding your account or Telstra products and services, please visit telstra.com.au/help/contact-us or call 13 2200.

If you have a specific query relating to your customer or shareholder needs that you would like us to look into, please briefly outline your request. If you provide a contact telephone number or email address this will assist us to contact you if necessary . Provision of your phone number and email address is optional and they will not be included in Telstra's public share register or used, collected or disclosed for any purpose other than dealing with and responding to your request.

Respecting your privacy:

Refer to Telstra's shareholder privacy statement (set out in your voting form included with this shareholder question form) for details on how Telstra collects, uses and discloses your personal information in your capacity as a shareholder.

TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED ABN 33 051 775 556

  • T: Australia 1300 303 199 Overseas +61 1300 303 199

E: [email protected]

  • W: www.linkmarketservices.com.au/telstra

Telstra ESOP Registrar C/- Link Market Services Limited Locked Bag A14 SYDNEY SOUTH NSW 1235

Your Reference Number is:

To update your details go online to www.linkmarketservices.com.au/telstra

APPOINTMENT OF NOMINEE FORM

I, being a TESOP 99 participant ("Participant") of Telstra Corporation Limited and entitled to attend and vote hereby:

A

APPOINT A NOMINEE To appoint a nominee and direct them how to vote on your behalf, please complete Sections A, B and C OR to appoint the Chairman of the meeting to act as your nominee and vote on all resolutions, please tick the box in Section A and sign at Section C.

appoint the Chairman of the meeting (mark box)

OR if you are NOT appointing the Chairman of the meeting as your nominee, please write the name of the person or body corporate (excluding yourself) you are appointing as your nominee below

or failing the person/body corporate named, or if no person/body corporate is named, the Chairman of the meeting, as my nominee to act generally and to vote for me on my behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at 9.30am (Melbourne time) on Tuesday 15 October 2019 and at any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.

Important note: Exercise of votes by the Chairman of the meeting as nominee for items 4, 5 and 6 (if required).

Where I have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as my nominee (or the Chairman of the meeting becomes my nominee by default), I expressly authorise the Chairman of the meeting to exercise my votes in respect of items 4, 5 and 6 (if required), (except where I have indicated a different voting intention below) and acknowledge that the Chairman of the meeting may exercise my votes as the Chairman sees fit even though items 4, 5 and 6 (if required) are connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of Key Management Personnel.

Nominee appointments will only be valid and accepted by the Company if they are signed and received no later than 5.00pm (Melbourne time) on Thursday 10 October 2019. The Chairman of the meeting, as nominee, intends to vote all available votes in favour of items 3, 4 and 5 and against item 6 (if required).

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YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

For Against Abstain For Against Abstain

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Item 3: Election and Re-election of Directors
(a) Eelco Blok
(b) Craig Dunn
(c) Nora Scheinkestel
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Item 5: Remuneration Report Spill Resolution (conditional item) Please note: Item 6 will only be considered at the Annual General Meeting if the condition outlined in the Notice of Meeting is satisfied.

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Item 4: Allocation of Equity to the CEO
(a) Grant of Restricted Shares
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Item 6: Conditional Spill Resolution If you do not want a spill meeting to take place, you should vote "against" item 6. If you do want a spill meeting to take place, you should vote "for" item 6.

( b ) Grant of Performance Rights

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SIGNATURE OF PARTICIPANT – THIS MUST BE COMPLETED

Date / /

Participant/Participant's Attorney

To be valid this form must be signed by the Participant or the Participant's Attorney. If signed by the Participant's attorney, the power of attorney must have been previously noted by the registry or a certified copy attached to this form.

TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED ABN 33 051 775 556 TELSTRA ESOP TRUSTEE PTY LTD ACN 080 180 285

TLS PRX1903N

FURTHER INFORMATION ON VOTING

To assist you in exercising your right to vote at the Annual General Meeting of the Company you are encouraged to appoint a person who will attend as your nominee if you are unable to attend the meeting.

In completing this Appointment of Nominee form, please note the following:

1. Voting (Section A) - Appointing a Nominee:

If you marked the box in Section A you are appointing a person/body corporate who can attend as your nominee. To direct your nominee how to vote, you should clearly mark the boxes in Section B to indicate your voting instruction for each item.

Appointment of Attorney by Trustee: In accordance with the arrangements establishing the Telstra Employee Share Ownership Plan 1999 (‘TESOP 99’), the Telstra ESOP Trustee Pty Ltd (‘Trustee’) will appoint you, or your nominee(s) (up to a maximum of two nominees), as the Trustee’s attorney to exercise the votes attached to the shares which you purchased under TESOP 99 in relation to the resolutions specified in the Notice of Meeting for the Annual General Meeting.

Appointment of nominee: Insert the name of the person/body corporate you wish to appoint as your nominee where indicated. You cannot appoint yourself. A nominee need not be a member of the Company. If you lodge a form and do not appoint someone else, the Chairman of the meeting will act as your nominee by default.

If you mark the Abstain box for a particular item, you are directing your nominee not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in calculating the required majority if a poll is called.

Appointment of a second nominee: You are entitled to appoint up to two nominees. A separate Nominee form should be used for each nominee. If you appoint a second nominee, you should state the proportion of your voting rights, or number of votes given to each nominee appointed, by clearly writing the proportion or number of votes to be exercised on the front of each form. If the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of your votes each nominee may exercise, each nominee may exercise half the votes. If you appoint two nominees, they can only vote on a poll in accordance with the number or proportion of votes allocated to them. Where two nominees are appointed, neither is entitled to vote on a show of hands. You can obtain an additional Nominee form by telephoning 1300 303 199.

You may identify on the Nominee form the total number of votes in each of the categories “for”, “against” and “abstain” and their vote will be valid.

2. Votes on items of business:

If you are intending to appoint the Chairman of the meeting as your nominee and wish to direct them how to vote you should mark the boxes at Section B.

If you have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as your nominee and have not directed them how to vote, by signing and returning this Nominee form, you will have provided the Chairman of the meeting express authority to vote on your behalf in accordance with the voting intentions contained in the Notice of Meeting and on this form.

If you intend to appoint a member of the Key Management Personnel (other than the Chairman) or one of their closely related parties as your nominee, please ensure that you direct them how to vote on items 4,5 and 6 (if required) otherwise they may not be able to cast a vote as your nominee on this item.

If your appointed nominee does not attend the meeting, then the nominee appointment will automatically default to the Chairman of the meeting. In addition, any nominee appointments that are directed and not voted on a poll at the meeting by a Participant's appointed nominee will automatically default to the Chairman of the meeting, who is required to exercise the relevant votes as directed on the poll (subject to any applicable voting exclusions).

3. Voting exclusions items 4, 5 and 6 (if required):

Voting exclusions apply to items 4, 5 and 6 (if required) as set out in the Notice of Meeting.

The Chairman of the meeting, as nominee, intends to vote all available votes in favour of items 4 and 5 and against item 6 (if required).

Lodgement of votes:

You may appoint your nominee and lodge your votes online at the Telstra Share Registry website vote.linkmarketservices.com/tls . If you do this you will not need to return your Nominee form by mail or fax. Alternatively an envelope is provided for the return of the completed hard copy Nominee Form (and any relevant authorities), or you may fax the completed form (and any relevant authorities) to +61 (2) 9287 0309.

4. Deadline for Receipt:

To be effective, the completed documents must be received by the Company no later than 5.00pm (Melbourne time) on Thursday 10 October 2019:

online:

by hand: by mail: online: Telstra Share Registrar Telstra Share Registrar vote.linkmarketservices.com/tls Link Market Services Limited Link Market Services Limited Level 12, 680 George Street PO Box A942 SYDNEY NSW 2000 SYDNEY SOUTH NSW 1234

by fax: +61 (2) 9287 0309

Further information

If you require further information on how to complete this form please telephone 1300 303 199

If you would like to attend and vote at the AGM, please bring this form with you as it will assist in registering your attendance.

Respecting your privacy:

Your information is collected by Link Market Services Limited (“Link”) on behalf of Telstra. It is collected to administer TESOP 99 shares and to improve your experience as a TESOP 99 participant. Your personal information may be disclosed to certain people or organisations outside Telstra, including Telstra’s contractors (such as Link), brokers, printing companies, market researchers, government agencies (including the Australian Tax Office, Centrelink and law enforcement), and where required under applicable law, regulation or court order. Neither Telstra or Link disclose Telstra shareholder personal information to third parties outside Australia unless required by law. All reasonable steps are taken to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If some or all of your personal information is not collected, it might not be possible to administer your participation in TESOP 99. See the privacy policy at www.linkmarketservices.com.au for information about how you can access and correct your personal information and raise privacy concerns.