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Notice of 2019 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

AGM27 June 2019ERDIndustrials

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NOTICE OF

2019 Annual

Shareholders’

Meeting

1st August 2019 • Auckland, New Zealand

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NOTICE OF 2019 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

EROAD Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of

Shareholders of EROAD Limited (“EROAD”) will be held

on Thursday 1 August 2019, 4:45pm, at North Lounge,

QBE Stadium, Stadium Drive, Albany, Auckland.

BUSINESS

1. Chairman’s Overview

2. Chief Executive Officer’s Address

3. Financial Statements and Auditor’s report

To receive and consider the Financial Statements

and Auditor’s Report for the year ended 31 March

2019, as included in EROAD’s 2019 Annual Report.

4. Resolutions

1. Election of Director

That Steven Newman, who retires, and being

eligible, is elected as a director of EROAD (see

Explanatory Note 1).

2. Election of Director

That Susan Paterson, who joined the Board after

the last Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, and being

eligible, is elected as a director of EROAD (see

Explanatory Note 2).

3. Auditor’s Remuneration

That the Directors be authorised to fix the fees and

expenses of KPMG as the auditor of EROAD (see

Explanatory Note 3).

4. Amend EROAD’s constitution

To amend EROAD’s constitution in the form and

the manner described in the Notice of Meeting

Explanatory Notes (see Explanatory Note 4), with

effect from the close of the Annual Meeting of

Shareholders. This resolution is to be passed as a

special resolution.

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RESOLUTION 1

Election of Director

That Steven Newman, who retires, and being eligible, is

elected as a director of EROAD.

Explanatory Note 1

The new NZX Listing Rules, which will apply to EROAD

from 1 July 2019, prohibit a director from holding office

(without re-election) for longer than 3 years or 3 annual

meetings, whichever is the longer. A director must

also not hold office (without re-election) past the next

annual meeting following the director’s appointment by

the Board. If a Director is eligible, he or she may offer

himself or herself for re-election by shareholders at the

meeting.

Steven Newman is required to retire as he has held

office for longer than 3 years (as he was previously

exempt from retiring by rotation as an executive

Director) and, being eligible, offers himself for election

by shareholders at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

Steven Newman is an executive Director as he currently

serves as Chief Executive Officer of EROAD. A brief

biography outlining Steven Newman’s history and

experience is set out below.

At the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting a resolution to

elect Steven Newman will be put to shareholders. The

Board recommends that shareholders vote in favour of

the election of Steven Newman.

STEVEN NEWMAN

Steven has been EROAD’s Chief Executive and

a member of the EROAD Board since 2007.

He co-founded Navman where his COO and

CEO roles provided the opportunity for him to

establish Navman as a leading international brand

delivering annual sales in excess of NZ $500m.

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RESOLUTION 2

Election of Director

That Susan Paterson, who joined the Board after the

last Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, and being eligible, is

elected as a director of EROAD.

Explanatory Note 2

Susan Paterson was appointed by the Board following

the last Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and, being

eligible, offers herself for election by shareholders at

the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

Susan Paterson is a non-executive Director who the

Board considers to be an Independent Director, as

that capacity is described in the NZX Listing Rules. A

brief biography outlining Susan Paterson’s history and

experience is set out below.

At the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting a resolution to

elect Susan Paterson will be put to shareholders. The

Board recommends that shareholders vote in favour of

the election of Susan Paterson.

SUSAN PATERSON

Susan joined the Board in March 2019.

She is an appointed Officer of New Zealand

Order of Merit (services to governance) and

currently chairs Steel and Tube Holdings and

IT consultancy Theta Systems. She is a director

of the boards of the Electricity Authority,

Arvida Group, Goodman New Zealand, Les

Mills Holdings and Sky Network Television.

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RESOLUTION 4

Amend EROAD’s constitution

To amend EROAD’s constitution in the form and the

manner described below, with effect from the close of

the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. This resolution is

to be passed as a special resolution.

Explanatory Note 4

On 1 January 2019, NZX Limited introduced new NZX

Listing Rules (New Listing Rules). Between 1 January

and 1 July 2019 each listed company (including EROAD)

could elect when to transition to the New Listing Rules.

A listed company that has not transitioned to the New

Listing Rules by 1 July will automatically transition from

that date.Until a listed company transitions to the New

Listing Rules it will continue to be governed by the

NZX Main Board Listing Rules dated 1 October 2017

(Previous Listing Rules).

To comply with the New Listing Rules, EROAD needs

to amend its constitution. An amended constitution

has been prepared and a copy, marked up to show the

changes from EROAD’s existing constitution, is available

at www.eroadglobal.com/proposed-eroad-constitution

or by emailing investors@eroad.com to obtain a copy of

the amended constitution.

This special resolution seeks shareholder approval to

alter EROAD’s constitution. The amendments to the

constitution are procedural in nature as a result of

EROAD’s transition to the new NZX Listing Rules on 1

July 2019 and reflect the following:

• including an express statement that EROAD shall

comply with the minimum Board composition

requirements of the NZX Listing Rules;

• amending the clauses relating to the rotation of

directors to cross refer to the requirements set out

in the NZX Listing Rules;

RESOLUTION 3

Auditor’s Remuneration

That the Directors be authorised to fix the fees and

expenses of KPMG as the auditor of EROAD.

Explanatory Note 3

KPMG is automatically reappointed as the auditor of

EROAD under Section 207T of the Companies Act 1993.

Pursuant to Section 207S of the Companies Act 1993,

this resolution authorises the Board to fix the fees and

expenses of the auditor.

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• amending the procedure allowing for the sale of

securities held in less than a minimum holding so as

to provide for those securities to be sold on market

(including through a broker on behalf of EROAD),

rather than through NZX or in some other manner

approved by NZX;

• removing the specific quorum for a meeting of

an interest group, so that the quorum for such

a meeting is consistent with other meetings of

shareholders; and

• removing the requirement to have EROAD’s auditor

act as the scrutineer of polls conducted at Annual

Shareholders’ Meetings, as a third party, EROAD’s

share registrar, will be conducting these polls and

therefore a scrutineer is not considered necessary.

Pursuant to a class waiver granted by NZX Regulation,

EROAD is permitted to defer updating its constitution

until this Annual Meeting. If any of the provisions of

the updated constitution are inconsistent with the

New Listing Rules (as amended by any waiver or ruling

granted to EROAD), the New Listing Rules will prevail.

A copy of the New Listing Rules is available at

www.nzx.com.

The proposed alterations to EROAD’s constitution do

not impose or remove a restriction on the activities of

EROAD, and accordingly no rights arise under section

110 of the Companies Act 1993.

The Board unanimously recommends shareholders vote

in favour of the amendments to EROAD’s constitution.

PROCEDURAL NOTES

a. The persons who will be entitled to vote on the

resolutions at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

are those persons who will be the shareholders of

EROAD at 5.00pm on Tuesday 30 July 2019.

b. A shareholder may vote at the Annual

Shareholders’ Meeting either in person or by proxy.

A body corporate which is a shareholder may

appoint a representative to attend the Annual

Shareholders’ Meeting on its behalf in the same

manner as that in which it could appoint a proxy.

c. A proxy need not be a shareholder of EROAD. A

shareholder who wishes to do so may appoint the

Chairman of the Meeting to act as proxy.

d. A proxy will vote as directed in the proxy form or,

if voting is left to the proxy’s discretion, then the

proxy will decide how to vote on the resolutions. If

the Chairman is appointed as proxy and the voting

is left to his discretion, the Chairman intends to

vote in favour of all Resolutions.

e. A proxy form is enclosed and, if used, must be

lodged with the share registrar, Computershare

Investor Services Limited, in accordance with the

instructions set out on the form at 4:45pm

on 30 July 2019.

f. Resolutions 1, 2 and 3 must be passed by an

ordinary resolution of shareholders, i.e., by a simple

majority of the votes of those shareholders entitled

to vote and voting on the resolution in person or

by proxy. Resolution 4 must be passed by a special

resolution of shareholders, i.e., by a majority of 75%

or more of the votes of those shareholders entitled

to vote and voting on the resolution in person or

by proxy.

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VENUE INFORMATION

North Lounge, Level One, QBE Stadium Function Centre

Stadium Drive, Albany, Auckland 0632

PARKING

Carpark A

$1 per hour, no maximum charge

Monday - Friday • 8am-6pm

Carpark B, C & Ring Road

First 2 hours free, then $1 per hour

Monday - Friday • 8am-5pm

Carpark H

$1 per hour, max $5 per day

Monday - Friday • 8am-6pm

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Annual Meeting Admission and Proxy/Voting Form

Attending the Meeting

If you propose to attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, please bring this

Admission Form/Proxy Form to the meeting. All shareholders must register

with the EROAD registration staff prior to entering the meeting room. If a

representative of a corporate shareholder or proxy is to attend the meeting you

may need to provide evidence of your authorisation to act prior to admission.

Signing Instructions for Postal Proxy Forms

Individual

Where the holding is in one name, the shareholder must sign.

Joint Holding

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

sign.

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 the Company) and a signed

certificate of non-revocation of the power of attorney must be produced to the

Company with this Proxy Form.

Companies

This form should be signed by a Director jointly with another Director, or a

Sole Director can also sign alone. Please sign in the appropriate place and

indicate the office held.

Comments & Questions

If you have any comments or questions for the company, please write them on

a separate sheet of paper and return with this form.

Lodge your proxy

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For your proxy to be effective it must be received by 4.45pm on Tuesday, 30 July 2019

How to Vote on Items of Business

All your shares will be voted in accordance with your directions.

Appointment of Proxy

If you do not plan to attend the meeting, you may appoint a proxy by completing

and signing ‘Step 1’ of the Proxy Form and lodge it with Computershare Investor

Services Limited. A proxy can be any person of your choice and does not have

to be a shareholder of EROAD Limited. If you return this form without appointing a

proxy or signing it, your Proxy Form will be invalid.

The Chairman of the meeting, or any other director, is willing to act as proxy

for any shareholder who wishes to appoint him or her for that purpose.

To do this, enter ‘the Chairman’ or the name of your proxy in the space allocated

in ‘Step 1’ of this form.

Alternatively, you can appoint a proxy online at www.investorvote.co.nz.

Voting of your holding

Direct your proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item

of business.

If you tick the box “discretion” on any resolution, you are directing your proxy or

representative to decide how to vote on that resolution on your behalf. If you

tick the “abstain” box on any resolution, you are directing your proxy or

representative not to vote on that resolution. If you return this Proxy Form

without a direction as to how to vote on any resolution, or if you tick more than

one box in relation to any resolution, the vote on that resolution will be treated

as “discretion” and your proxy will exercise his/her discretion as to whether to

vote and, if so, how. The Chairman intends to vote discretionary proxies in favour

of all Resolutions.

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ATTENDANCE SLIP

EROAD Annual Shareholders’ Meeting which will be held

on Thursday, 1 August 2019 at 4.45pm North Lounge, QBE

Stadium Function Centre, Stadium Drive, Albany, Auckland

Ordinary Business

Resolution 1 To elect Steven Newman as a director.

Resolution 2

To elect Susan Paterson as a director.

Resolution 3 To authorise the Directors to fix the fees and expenses of the auditor of EROAD.

Special Resolution

Resolution 4 To amend EROAD’s constitution in the form and the manner described in the Notice of Meeting.

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which will be held on Thursday, 1 August 2019 at 4.45pm North Lounge, QBE Stadium Function Centre, Stadium Drive, Albany, Auckland and at any

adjournment of that meeting.

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