FWL Notice of 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Foley Wines Limited Page 1 Notice of Annual Meeting
11 October 2021
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Foley Wines
Limited will be held on Wednesday, 17 November 2021, commencing at 11.00 am.
Given the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in relation to public health
concerns, the uncertainty of domestic travel and government restrictions on mass gatherings due to the
transmissibility of the Delta variant and the current community outbreak in New Zealand, a decision
has been made that this year’s Annual Meeting will be held virtually via an online platform.
All shareholders will have the opportunity to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting online via
an internet connection using a computer, laptop or smartphone. Instructions and further details on how
to participate in the virtual Annual Meeting will be available on the Company’s website at
www.foleywines.co.nz, under the Investor Information Annual Meeting Documents section.
The Foley Wines Board and management look forward to welcoming you to the Annual Meeting.
AGENDA:
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
1. Chairman’s Introduction
2. Chief Executive’s Presentation
3. 2021 Financial Report
4. Shareholder Questions
5. Ordinary Resolutions:
To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following ordinary resolutions, requiring a
simple majority of votes by those shareholders entitled to vote and voting:
5.1 Auditor (note 1):
Resolution 1: That the Board be authorised to determine the auditor’s fees and
expenses for the 2022 financial year.
5.2 Election of Directors (note 2):
5.2.1 Resolution 2: To re-elect William P Foley II as a Director of Foley
Wines Limited;
5.2.2 Resolution 3: To re-elect Anthony Anselmi as a Director of Foley
Wines Limited.
5.2.3 Resolution 4: To re-elect Paul Brock as a Director of Foley Wines
Limited.
6. General Business: To consider any other business that may be properly brought before
the meeting.
For further details on the resolutions please see the Explanatory Notes attached.
PROXIES
➢ A Voting/Proxy Form is attached for your use. To be valid, a completed Voting/Proxy Form
must be returned by no later than 11.00 am on Monday 15 November 2021.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
Note 1 – Auditor: Resolution 1
Deloitte Limited (Deloitte) is the current auditor of Foley Wines Limited. The Companies Act
1993 provides that a company’s auditor is automatically reappointed unless the shareholders
resolve to appoint a replacement auditor, or there is another reason for the auditor not to be
reappointed.
Section 207S of the Companies Act 1993 further provides that the auditors’ fees and expenses
must be fixed by the Company, or in the manner that the Company determines at a shareholders’
meeting.
Shareholders are being asked to resolve that the Board is authorised to fix the fees and expenses
of Deloitte for the current year.
Note 2 - Election of Directors: Resolutions 2-4
Paul Brock retires by rotation in accordance with NZX Listing Rule 2.7.1.
In accordance with clause 10.9 of the Company’s Constitution Bill Foley and Tony Anselmi,
being Non-executive directors who have served longer than nine years, are subject to annual
re-election.
Bill, Tony and Paul have confirmed that they are available for re-election.
Biographies:
William P Foley II (Chairman)
William P Foley II (Bill) was appointed to the Board in September 2012. Mr. Foley has served
as the Executive Chairman of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (FNF) since October 2006 and,
prior to that, as Chairman of the Board of FNF since 1984. Mr. Foley also served as Chief
Executive Officer of FNF from 1984 until May 2007 and as President of FNF from 1984 until
December 1994. Mr. Foley serves as a Senior Managing Director of Trasimene Capital. Mr.
Foley also served as the Chairman of Foley Trasimene I from May 2020 until April 2021 and
was previously Executive Chairman of Foley Trasimene I from March 2020 until May 2020.
Mr. Foley also served as the Chairman of Foley Trasimene II from July 2020 and continues to
serve on the board of directors of Paysafe Limited (NYSE: PSFE), and served as a Director of
Austerlitz I from December 2020 until April 2021, Austerlitz II from January 2021 until April
2021 and served as a Director of Trebia from February 2020 until April 2021. He has served
on the board of Jena Acquisition Corp and Friedland Acquisition Corp since June 2021. Mr.
Foley has served as the Chairman of Cannae Holdings since July 2017. Mr. Foley also serves
as the Chairman of Dun & Bradstreet, which is a Cannae Holdings portfolio company Within
the past five-years, Mr. Foley served as the Vice Chairman of FIS, as the Chairman of Remy,
as the co-Executive Chairman of FGL Holdings from April 2016 to June 2020, and as a director
of Ceridian from September 2013 to August 2019. Mr. Foley also serves on the board of
directors of the Foley Family Charitable Foundation and the Folded Flag Charitable
Foundation. Mr. Foley also is Chairman and CEO of Foley Family Wines Holdings, Inc., which
is the holding company of numerous vineyards and wineries located in the U.S. and in New
Zealand. Mr Foley, also is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Black
Knight Sports and Entertainment LLC, which is the private company that owns the Vegas
Golden Knights, a National Hockey League
Mr. Foley's qualifications to serve on the Board include his 30 plus years as a director and
executive officer of FNF, his experience as a board member and executive officer of public and
private companies in a wide variety of industries, and his strong track record of building and
maintaining shareholder value and successfully negotiating and implementing mergers and
acquisitions.
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Anthony Anselmi O.B.E. (Non-Executive Independent Director)
Anthony Anselmi (Tony) was appointed to the Board in September 2012 and is a member of
the Audit and Risk Committee. Tony’s business career began in his late teens in footwear retail,
and today the family-owned business Overland Footwear Company Ltd, of which Tony is
Chairman, owns and operates retail stores throughout New Zealand and in the State of Victoria,
Australia. Tony opened a manufacturing plant in 1966 and Fabia Products Ltd soon became
one of the larger footwear manufacturers in New Zealand, selling its products throughout New
Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands. He has considerable experience in farming and
developed a large area of neglected land into an extensive dairy farming enterprise. He has also
developed a kiwi fruit orchard in Katikati.
Tony was appointed a Director of the State-Owned Enterprise, Forestry Corporation and served
on the Board until it was sold by the Government. He was appointed an inaugural director of
Inframax Ltd, a road construction and maintenance L.A.T.E. owned by the Waitomo District
council. Tony was for two years Chairman of the New Zealand Footwear Manufacturers
Federation and served on the board of and later became chairman of the King Country Regional
Development Council.
Tony was an investor in the New Zealand Wine Fund Ltd (Vavasour Wines) and when this was
purchased in 2009 by Foley Family Wines NZ Ltd at the invitation of Mr. Bill Foley transferred
his investment to the new company.
Paul Brock (Deputy Chairman and Non-Executive Independent Director)
Paul Brock was appointed to the Board with effect from 1 November 2018 and was appointed
Deputy Chairman. Paul Brock was the Kiwibank Group Chief Executive from 2010-2017. He
was Co-Founder of the bank which was launched in 2002. As Group Chief Executive Paul led
the Kiwibank Group through a period of rapid growth and diversification into business banking,
wealth management, insurance and asset finance. The bank is now a major player in the New
Zealand market with one in four New Zealanders holding an account with Kiwibank.
Paul has a strong background in governance, management, growth business development, brand
development and marketing. An extensive background in the financial services industry has
also included senior management positions with Westpac and Trust Bank. Paul has been
Chairman of Gareth Morgan Investments Ltd and Kiwibank Investment Management Ltd and
a Director of Kiwi Insurance Ltd, New Zealand Home Loans Ltd, Kiwibank Custodial Services
Ltd, AMP Home Loans Ltd, Kiwi Capital Securities Ltd, Kiwi Capital Funding Ltd and Kiwi
Wealth Management Ltd. Paul is currently Chair of the board of the New Zealand Story Group,
a country reputation programme to enhance the New Zealand brand and increase the benefits
to New Zealand from export trade, a Director of Cigna Insurance New Zealand Ltd, and is also
a member of the Massey University Business School Advisory Board.
Paul holds a Bachelors degree in Business Studies from Massey University.
Nominations for Directors closed at 5.00 pm on Friday 24 September 2021.
No further Nominations were received.
Important Information: General Note Applicable to All Resolutions requiring Votes at the
Annual Meeting
Pursuant to section 125 of the Companies Act 1993, the Board has determined that, for the purposes of
voting at the Annual Meeting, only those registered shareholders of the Company as at 11.00 am on
Monday 15 November 2021, being a day not more than 20 working days before the meeting, shall be
entitled to exercise the right to vote at the meeting either in person or by appointing a proxy to attend
and vote instead of that shareholder.
Voting will be conducted by way of a poll.
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You may vote
1. By Attending the webcast. Shareholders wishing to vote on the day will be able to do so via
the Annual Meeting virtual application. For your vote to be valid please enter your CSN located
on the attached Voting/Proxy Form when you Register for the event.
2. By Proxy. If you do not plan to attend, you can appoint a proxy to vote for you.
A Voting/Proxy Form is included with this Notice of Annual Meeting which allows you to vote either
for, against, or abstain from, the resolutions notified in this Notice of Meeting.
Any shareholder of the Company, who is entitled to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting, is entitled
to appoint a proxy to attend the meeting and vote on his or her behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder
of the Company.
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 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 4.
The Chairman of the meeting is willing to act as proxy for any shareholder who appoints him or her for
that purpose.
The Chair of the meeting and the Directors intend to vote all undirected proxies in favour of the
resolutions. The Chairman and any Directors appointed as proxy will vote any discretionary proxies in
favour of resolutions 1 to 4.
If your named proxy does not attend the meeting, or if the proxy is not named but the proxy form is
otherwise completed, the Chairman of the meeting will act as your proxy and may only vote in
accordance with your express instruction.
To be valid, a completed Proxy Form must be returned by no later than 11.00 am on Monday 15
November 2021. Any Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the Annual Meeting.
You may return your completed Voting/Proxy Form by:
• Delivering it in person to FWL Head Office, 13 Waihopai Valley Road, Blenheim;
• Scan and email (please use “FWL Proxy” as the subject of your email) to
admin@foleywines.co.nz;
• Return the Voting/Proxy Form by mail to Foley Wines Ltd, Attn: Jane Trought, PO Box 67,
Renwick 7243, New Zealand.; or
• Fax the Voting/Proxy Form to: +64 3 572 8211.
Results of the voting will be posted on the NZX website and the Company’s website following the
conclusion of the Annual Meeting and finalisation of the voting results.
The Company’s external auditors, Deloitte, will be available at the meeting to answer any questions
from Shareholders relevant to the external audit.
Shareholders not yet receiving Shareholder Offers, please email: marketing@foleywines.co.nz
By Order of the Board of Directors
Jane Trought
Chief Financial Officer
Foley Wines Limited
11 October 2021.
Foley Wines Limited, 13 Waihopai Valley Road, RD6 Blenheim 7276, Marlborough, New Zealand.
PO Box 67, Renwick 7243, New Zealand.
p. +64.3.572.8200 f. +64.3.572.8211 e. admin@foleywines.co.nz w. www.foleywines.co.nz
VOTING/PROXY FORM
[Shareholder Mailing Name] CSN/Shareholder No: [CSN]
[Address]
[Address]
[Address] No Shares: [Holding]
To: Foley Wines Limited
PO Box 67
Renwick 7243
I/We <SHAREHOLDER FULL NAME>
of <ADDRESS>
being a shareholder of Foley Wines Limited
HEREBY APPOINT ________________________________________________
[print name of proxy]
of ______________________________________________________________
or failing him/her ___________________________ of ______________________
as my/our proxy to vote on my/our behalf as directed below and on any other matter to be put to the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held on Wednesday 17 November 2021
commencing at 11.00 am and at any adjournment thereof.
I/we direct my/our proxy to vote in the following manner:
Vote with a tick
Ordinary Resolution: For Against Abstain Discretion
1. Auditors (note 1):
“THAT the Board be authorised to determine the auditor’s fees and expenses for the 2022 financial year.”
2. Directors Elections (note 2):
“TO re-elect William P Foley II as a Director of Foley Wines Limited.”
Foley Wines Limited Page 2 AGM Voting/Proxy Form
Vote with a tick
Ordinary Resolution: For Against Abstain Discretion
3. Directors Elections (note 2):
“TO re-elect Anthony Anselmi as a Director of Foley Wines Limited.”
4. Directors Elections (note 2):
“TO re-elect Paul Brock as a Director of Foley Wines Limited.”
Signed this ______________ day of _______________________ 2021.
_________________________ ________________________
Signature of Shareholder Signature of Shareholder
All co-shareholders must sign.
Please use the CSN recorded on this form to Register for the meeting if you are attending via the online
platform. Instructions and further details on how to participate in the virtual Annual Meeting will be available
on the Company’s website at www.foleywines.co.nz, under the Investor Information Annual Meeting
Documents section.
If you are unable to attend the meeting and wish to vote, please return the completed form to the Foley Wines
Limited Head Office located at 13 Waihopai Valley Rd, RD6, Blenheim, by post to Foley Wines Limited, PO
Box 67, Renwick 7243, email to admin@foleywines.co.nz, or fax to 03 5728211 by 11.00 am Monday 15
November 2021.
Please note: To be valid, a completed Proxy Form must be received at the address noted above by no later than
11.00am Monday 15 November 2021, being 48 hours prior to the commencement of the meeting. Any Proxy Form
received after that time will not be valid for the meeting.
There are no voting restrictions on resolutions 1 to 4. If your named proxy does not attend the meeting, or if the proxy
is not named but the proxy form is otherwise completed, the Chairman of the meeting will act as your proxy and may
only vote in accordance with your express instruction.
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