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FPH 2022 Notice of Annual Meeting and Voting Form

AGM5 July 2022FPHHealthcare

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STOCK EXCHANGE LISTINGS: NEW ZEALAND (FPH), AUSTRALIA (FPH)


2022 Notice of Annual Meeting and Voting Form


Auckland, New Zealand, 6 July 2022 - Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited has

provided a copy of the Notice of Meeting for its 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, which will

be held at the Guineas Room, Ellerslie Event Centre, Auckland, New Zealand on Wednesday,

24 August at 2.00pm (NZST) and online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/FPH22.


The attached Notice of Meeting and Voting Form will be mailed to shareholders who have not

provided the company’s share registrar with an email address. An electronic copy of these

documents will also be available on the company’s website at https://www.fphcare.co.nz/asm.


Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is closely monitoring the situation in New Zealand with regard to

COVID-19. In the event of any significant developments, the company may, at its discretion,

elect to hold the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting as an online-only meeting if there are potential

risks to the health of meeting attendees, or if an in-person meeting is prohibited by law. In such

circumstances, the company will provide shareholders with as much notice as is reasonably

practicable by way of an announcement to the NZX and ASX and on our website

at www.fphcare.co.nz/asm.


About Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of products and

systems for use in acute and chronic respiratory care, surgery and the treatment of obstructive

sleep apnea. The company’s products are sold in over 120 countries worldwide. For more

information about the company, visit our website www.fphcare.com.


Media & Investor Contacts:


Karen Knott

GM Corporate Communications

karen.knott@fphcare.co.nz

+64 21 713 911

Hayden Brown

Investor Relations Manager

hayden.brown@fphcare.co.nz

+64 27 807 8073



Authorised by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited’s Board of Directors.

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Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited
NOTICE OF ANNUAL

SHAREHOLDERS’

MEETING 2022

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 20221
The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation

Limited (NZBN 9429040719887 and ABN 69

098 026 281) (the company) will be held

online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/FPH22 and

in person at the Guineas Ballroom, Ellerslie

Racecourse, Auckland, New Zealand on

Wednesday, 24 August 2022 commencing

at 2.00pm (NZST).

COVID-19 IMPLICATIONS

Health and safety is a top priority at Fisher

& Paykel Healthcare, and the company has

had a critical role to play as a manufacturer

of healthcare products during the global

pandemic. The company is closely monitoring

the situation in New Zealand with regard

to COVID-19. In the event of any significant

developments, the company may, in its

sole discretion, elect to hold the Annual

Shareholders’ Meeting as an online-only

meeting if it considers there are potential

risks to the health of meeting attendees or

if an in-person meeting is prohibited by law.

In such circumstances, the company will

provide shareholders with as much notice

as is reasonably practicable by way of an

announcement to the NZX and ASX and on the

company’s website at www.fphcare.com/asm.

In order to manage the health and safety

risks to our people and other stakeholders

associated with holding an in-person meeting,

the customary refreshments will not be

provided and face masks may be required

for those attending.

IMPORTANT DATES

Record date for voting

entitlements for the

Annual Shareholders’

Meeting

5.00pm,

Monday 22 August 2022

(NZST)

Latest time for

receipt of postal votes

and proxies

2.00pm,

Monday 22 August 2022

(NZST)

Annual Shareholders’

Meeting

2.00pm,

Wednesday 24 August 2022

(NZST)

HOW TO GET TO THE

ELLERSLIE EVENT CENTRE

ELLERSLIE

EVENT CENTRE

ELLERSLIE

EVENT CENTRE

MCDONALDS &

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BUSINESS

A. CHAIR’S ADDRESS

B. MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE

OFFICER’S REVIEW

C. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

To receive and consider the financial statements and

the auditor’s report for the year ended 31 March 2022

as contained in the company’s 2022 annual report.

D. RESOLUTIONS

To consider and, if thought appropriate, pass the

following ordinary resolutions.

Re-Election of Directors

(1) That Lewis Gradon be re-elected as a director

of the company.

(2) That Neville Mitchell be re-elected as a director

of the company.

(3) That Donal O’Dwyer be re-elected as a director

of the company.

(See Explanatory Note 1)

Election of Directors

(4) That Lisa McIntyre be elected as a director

of the company.

(5) That Cather Simpson be elected as a director

of the company.

(See Explanatory Note 2)

Auditor’s Remuneration

(4) That the Directors be authorised to fix the fees

and expenses of PwC as the company’s auditor.

(See Explanatory Note 3)

Long Term Variable Remuneration issued to the

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

(7) That approval be given for the issue of up to

100,000 performance share rights to a total

value of $555,000 under the Fisher & Paykel

Healthcare 2022 Performance Share Rights

Plan to Lewis Gradon, Managing Director

and Chief Executive Officer of the company.

(8) That approval be given for the issue of up to

190,000 options to a total value of $555,000

under the Fisher & Paykel Healthcare 2022

Share Option Plan to Lewis Gradon,

Managing Director and Chief Executive

Officer of the company.

(See Explanatory Note 4)

North America Stock Purchase Plan

(9) That the Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Corporation Limited 2022 Employee

Stock Purchase Plan be approved.

(See Explanatory Note 5)

Long Term Variable Remuneration Issue

for North America Employees

(10) That the Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Corporation Limited 2022 Performance

Share Rights Plan – North America

be approved.

(11) That the Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Corporation Limited 2022 Share Option

Plan – North America be approved.

(See Explanatory Note 6)

SHAREHOLDER QUESTIONS

Consideration of any shareholder questions raised

during the meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors

SCOTT ST JOHN, CHAIR

6 JULY 2022

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PROCEDURAL NOTES

Persons entitled to vote

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 the company at 5.00pm on

Monday, 22 August 2022 (NZST).

Casting a vote

The voting form enclosed with this notice allows you,

or your proxy, to vote either for or against, or abstain

from, each of the resolutions. Votes may be cast in

any one of the following ways:

Meeting attendance

Attending in person:

Shareholders present at the Annual Shareholders’

Meeting in person may cast their votes at the meeting.

Download the “LinkVote” App available at the App

Store or Google Play Store to vote at the meeting

using your Apple or Android phone. Further detailed

instructions will be provided on the day of the meeting.

Alternatively, if you prefer to vote using a paper card,

this option will be available.

Attending online:

To attend the meeting online please go to

www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/FPH22. Shareholders

attending online will be able to vote and ask

questions during the Annual Meeting. More

information regarding virtual attendance at the

Annual Meeting (including how to vote and ask

questions virtually during the Meeting) is available

in the Virtual Annual Meeting Online Portal Guide

available at https://bcast.linkinvestorservices.co.nz/

generic/docs/OnlinePortalGuide.pdf.

Online and postal voting prior to the meeting

Shareholders may directly cast a vote prior to the

meeting online at vote.linkmarketservices.com/FPH/

or by post by completing and lodging the enclosed

voting form with the share registrar, Link Market

Services Limited at PO Box 91976, Auckland 1142,

New Zealand, in accordance with the instructions

set out on the form. In either case the vote must reach

Link Market Services Limited not later than 48 hours

before the time of the holding of the meeting (i.e.

before 2.00pm on Monday, 22 August 2022 (NZST)).

The Board has authorised Link Market Services to

receive and count postal votes.

Proxy

Shareholders may appoint a proxy to attend the

Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and vote in their place.

A body corporate which is a shareholder may appoint

a representative to attend on its behalf in the same

manner as that in which it could appoint a proxy.

A proxy need not be a shareholder of the company.

A shareholder who wishes to do so may appoint the

Chair of the Meeting to act as proxy.

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 (subject

to the comments under “Voting Restrictions” below).

If the Chair is appointed as proxy and the voting is left

to his discretion, the Chair intends to vote in favour of

each of Resolutions (1) to (11).

To appoint a proxy, go online to

vote.linkmarketservices.com/FPH/ or complete and

lodge the enclosed voting form with the share registrar,

Link Market Services Limited, in accordance with the

instructions set out on the form. In either case the

proxy must be received not later than 48 hours before

the time of the holding of the meeting (i.e. before

2.00pm on Monday, 22 August 2022 (NZST)).

Voting Restrictions

The company will disregard any votes cast in favour of

Resolutions (7) or (8) by Lewis Gradon and any of his

associated persons (as that term is defined in the NZX

Listing Rules).

The company need not disregard a vote cast in favour

of Resolutions (7) or (8) if it is cast by any of the above

people as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in

accordance with an express direction on the proxy form.

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Resolutions

All the Resolutions contained in this Notice of

Meeting 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.

NZX

This Notice of Meeting has been reviewed by

NZX Limited (NZX) in accordance with NZX Listing

Rule 7.1 and NZX has confirmed it does not object

to this Notice. NZX does not take any responsibility

for any statement in this Notice.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

EXPLANATORY NOTE 1 –

RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Under NZX Listing Rule 2.7, a Director must not

hold office (without re-election) past the third

annual meeting following the Director’s appointment

or three years, whichever is the longer.

Lewis Gradon, Neville Mitchell and Donal O’Dwyer

are the Directors retiring in 2022. Being eligible,

Lewis Gradon, Neville Mitchell and Donal O’Dwyer

offer themselves for re-election.

All three Directors standing for re-election do so with

the support of the Board, having considered the tenure,

contribution to the Board, attendance, experience,

other commitments and positions, and performance

generally for each of Lewis Gradon, Neville Mitchell

and Donal O’Dwyer.

Lewis Gradon

Lewis became Managing Director and Chief Executive

Officer in April 2016. Prior to that, he spent 15 years as

Senior Vice President – Products & Technology, and six

years as General Manager – Research and Development.

During his 39-year tenure with Fisher & Paykel

Healthcare he has held various engineering positions

overseeing the development of our range of products

as well as the development of our manufacturing,

quality, intellectual property, supply chain and clinical

research functions.

The Board does not consider Lewis Gradon to be

an independent Director because he is employed

by the company.

Neville Mitchell

Neville was Chief Financial Officer and Company

Secretary of Cochlear Limited between 1995 and 2017.

He is a non-executive director of Sonic Healthcare and

Q’Biotics Group and a former director of The Board of

Tax, South East Sydney Local Health District, Osprey

Medical and Sirtex Limited. Previously, he served on

the New South Wales Medical Devices Fund, was

Chairman of the Group of 100, and Chairman, Standing

Committee (Accounting and Auditing), for the

Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

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Neville Mitchell is considered by the Board to be an

independent Director.

Donal O’Dwyer

Donal is a director of nib Holdings Limited. From 1996

to 2003, he was with Cordis Cardiology (a division of

Johnson & Johnson), initially as its president (Europe)

and from 2000 to 2003 as its worldwide president.

Prior to joining Cordis, Donal worked for 12 years with

Baxter Healthcare, rising from plant manager in Ireland

to president of the Cardiovascular Group, Europe (now

Edwards Lifesciences). Previously he served on the

boards of Cochlear Limited and Mesoblast Limited.

Donal O’Dwyer is considered by the Board to be an

independent Director.

EXPLANATORY NOTE 2 –

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Under NZX Listing Rule 2.7 a Director appointed by

the Board must not hold office (without election) past

the next annual meeting following the Director’s

appointment.

Lisa McIntyre was appointed by the Board as a

Director of the company with effect from 1 October

2021 and Cather Simpson was appointed by the Board

as a Director of the company with effect from 1 June

2022. Accordingly, Lisa McIntyre and Cather Simpson

offer themselves up for election at the Annual

Shareholders’ Meeting.

Both directors stand for election with the support of

the Board.

Lisa McIntyre

Lisa is a director of HCF Group, The University of

Sydney, Studiosity, and Nanosonics. In addition to her

current directorships, Lisa has previously been a

director of a range of health entities, including those in

healthcare insurance, clinical service delivery and

medical research and innovation. Lisa spent 20 years

as a senior strategy partner with LEK Consulting

providing advice to companies in North America, Asia

and Australia.

Lisa McIntyre is considered by the Board to be an

independent Director.

Cather Simpson

Cather is a Professor of Physics and Chemical Sciences

at the University of Auckland and a Partner at Pacific

Channel, with expertise in lasers and photonics. She is

a Director of SPIE, the International Society for Optics

& Photonics and Founder Director for Orbis

Diagnostics. Cather serves on the Advisory Boards of

the Paihau-Robinson Research Institute at Victoria

University and the New Zealand Product Accelerator.

In 2010, Cather founded and directed The Photon

Factory at the University of Auckland. She is a founder

of three hard-tech start-ups, including Engender

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Technologies, where she served as Chief Science

Officer from 2011 to 2021.

Cather Simpson is considered by the Board to be an

independent Director.

EXPLANATORY NOTE 3 –

AUDITOR’S REMUNERATION

Under section 207T of the Companies Act 1993, PwC

is automatically reappointed as the auditor of the

company, and this resolution authorises the Board to

fix the fees and expenses of the auditor in accordance

with section 207S of the Companies Act 1993.

EXPLANATORY NOTE 4 –

LONG TERM VARIABLE REMUNERATION ISSUED

TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Introduction

The Board believes that the issue of equity-based

long-term variable remuneration instruments (LTVR

Instruments) will provide appropriate alignment of

participating employees with the total shareholder

return of the company. LTVR Instruments also assist

the company to attract, motivate and retain key

employees in an environment where such employees

are in high demand, both within New Zealand and

internationally. LTVR Instruments will be issued to

employees as a long-term component of remuneration

provided to employees in accordance with the

company’s remuneration policy.

The LTVR Instruments proposed to be issued to Mr

Gradon under NZX Listing Rule 4.6 do not require

shareholder approval of the issue, given Mr Gradon’s

participation has been determined by criteria applying

to employees generally under the company’s LTVR

Plans. However, the company has determined it will

seek shareholder approval for the issue, consistent

with its prior practice. If shareholders do not approve

the proposed issue of LTVR Instruments to Mr Gradon,

the Board will investigate alternative long-term

variable remuneration arrangements for Mr Gradon.

Update of LTVR Plans in 2022

The Board has conducted a review of the LTVR

Instruments currently provided to selected executives,

managers and employees of the company. Following

discussions with shareholders and proxy advisors over

the past few years, the Board has approved minor

modifications to the company’s long-term variable

remuneration arrangements. The company currently

operates the following long-term variable

remuneration arrangements (the LTVR Plans) under

which LTVR Instruments will be issued to select

executives, managers and employees:

• The Fisher & Paykel Healthcare 2022 Performance

Share Rights Plan (the 2022 Performance Share

Rights Plan), under which performance share rights

are issued. This has been introduced as a

replacement for the 2019 Performance Share Rights

Plan, which had in-turn replaced the Performance

Share Rights Plan that was first introduced in 2012.

Under the 2022 Performance Share Rights Plan,

performance share rights vest and become

exercisable for ordinary shares depending on the

achievement of a designated total shareholder

return hurdle on the third anniversary of the grant

date. The main change in the 2022 Performance

Share Rights Plan from the 2019 Performance Share

Rights Plan is the removal of the provisions

permitting re-testing of the performance share

rights at the fourth and fifth anniversaries of the

grant date. Under the new 2022 Performance Share

Rights Plan, if the hurdle has not been met on the

third anniversary of the grant date, the performance

share rights lapse. The key terms of the 2022

Performance Share Rights Plan are set out on

page 16 of this notice of meeting.

• The Fisher & Paykel Healthcare 2022 Share Option

Plan (the 2022 Option Plan). This has been

introduced as a replacement for the 2019 Share

Option Plan, which had in-turn replaced the 2003

Share Option Plan. Under the 2022 Option Plan,

options vest and become exercisable for ordinary

shares depending on share price performance

relative to a cost of capital benchmark on the third

anniversary of the grant date. The main change in

the 2022 Option Plan is the removal of the

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provisions permitting re-testing of the options at

the fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date.

Under the new 2022 Option Plan, if the

performance hurdle has not been met on the third

anniversary of the options being granted, the

options lapse. The key terms of the 2022 Option

Plan are set out on page 18 of this notice of

meeting.

• The removal of the re-testing provisions results in a

lower indicative fair value of each performance

share right and option under the new LTVR Plans

compared to the fair value of each performance

share right and option that were issued by the

company under previous plans. This is because

there is more volatility in the likelihood of the

performance share rights and options vesting under

a single test point plan, as introduced in the new

LTVR Plans.

• Following the annual shareholders’ meeting, an

independent valuation will be obtained from KPMG

to determine the fair value of each performance

share right and option to be issued this year. The

number of instruments to be issued to employees is

based on a set dollar amount divided by the

valuation of the respective LTVR Instrument. A

higher valuation would likely result in less LTVR

instruments being issued, while a lower valuation

would likely result in more LTVR Instruments being

issued this year.

Shareholder approval being sought

Shareholder approval is being sought:

• under resolution 7, to issue up to 100,000

performance share rights to a total value of

$555,000 under the 2022 Performance Share

Rights Plan; and

• under resolution 8, to issue up to 190,000 options

to a total value of $555,000 under the 2022 Option

Plan,

in each case to Lewis Gradon, the Managing Director

and Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mr

Gradon is the only Director eligible to participate in

new grants under the LTVR Plans. The company

intends to issue these LTVR Instruments to Mr Gradon

within one month of the date of the Annual

Shareholders’ Meeting.

The actual number of LTVR Instruments that will be

issued to Mr Gradon this year will be calculated once

the independent valuation is received following the

annual shareholders’ meeting. The number will be

calculated by dividing the total value as approved by

shareholders by the fair value of each instrument.

The tables on the following page compare the total

value and maximum number of LTVR Instruments

proposed to be issued to Mr Gradon this year against

the total maximum number approved last year, as well

as the actual total number and value of LTVR

Instruments issued to Mr Gradon last year.

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As the removal of re-testing provisions results in a

lower indicative fair value of each performance share

right and option, in order to issue the intended total

value to Mr Gradon, additional instruments will need to

be granted (taking into account the fair value of each

LTVR Instrument at the day of grant).

The company also intends to issue, pursuant to NZX

Listing Rule 4.6, up to 2,210,000 LTVR Instruments in

aggregate, to approximately 556 selected senior

executives, managers and other employees of the

company and its subsidiaries. Together with the

maximum number of LTVR Instruments proposed

to be issued to Mr Gradon, the company therefore

intends to issue no more than a maximum aggregate

of 2,500,000 LTVR Instruments to employees,

including Mr Gradon, following the Annual

Shareholders’ Meeting.

The maximum aggregate number for which approval

is sought equates to the issue of LTVR Instruments

to acquire shares representing approximately 0.4%

of the total ordinary shares on issue. If all 2,500,000

LTVR Instruments were exercised for shares, then

shareholders would be diluted by this percentage

amount. In 2021, the actual number of LTVR

Instruments issued was 705,582.

A summary of the key terms of the 2022 Performance

Share Rights Plan and 2022 Option Plan is set out below.

Key Terms of the 2022 Performance Share

Rights Plan

The key terms of the 2022 Performance Share Rights

Plan are:

• No amount is payable by a participant for the grant

of performance share rights.

• One share right gives the participant the potential

to exercise that performance share right for one

ordinary share in the company at no cost.

• Whether (and how many) performance share rights

become exercisable will depend on the company’s

gross total shareholder return (TSR) performance

compared to the performance of the Dow Jones US

Select Medical Equipment Total Return Index in

New Zealand dollars over the same period (the

Index return).

Performance Share Rights

2021

Total Value Issued$525,009

Fair Value per PSR$20.38

Actual Number Issued25,761

Maximum Number Approved60,000

2022

Total Value to be Issued$555,000

Fair Value per PSRValuation conducted by

KPMG after ASM.

Maximum Number to be Issued100,000

Options

2021

Total Value Issued$525,003

Fair Value per Option$ 7.1 3

Actual Amount Issued73,633

Maximum Number Approved190,000

2022

Total Value to be Issued$555,000

Fair Value per PSRValuation conducted by

KPMG after ASM.

Maximum Number to be Issued190,000

LTVR Instruments Total

2021

Total Value Issued$1,050,012

Actual Amount Issued99,394

Maximum Amount Approved250,000

2022

Total Value to be Issued$1,110,000

Maximum Amount to be Issued290,000

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• The company’s TSR will be calculated and

compared against the Index return on the third

anniversary of the grant of the performance share

rights (the PSR Performance Period) .

• Performance share rights will only become

exercisable if the company’s TSR over the PSR

Performance Period exceeds the Index return

over the same period, measured in absolute terms.

If, at the end of the PSR Performance Period, the

company’s TSR performance over that period

exceeds the Index return over the same period

by less than 10%, measured in absolute terms,

then between 50% and 100% of the performance

share rights held by the participant, as determined

on a straight-line basis by the Board, become

exercisable. If the company’s TSR over the PSR

Performance Period exceeds the Index return

over the same period by 10% or more, measured

in absolute terms, then all of the performance

share rights will become exercisable.

• At the end of the PSR Performance Period, the

company will advise each participant whether any

of their performance share rights are exercisable

depending on the above methodology and, if they

are, the number of performance share rights that

are exercisable.

• Exercisable performance share rights may only be

exercised during the 20 business day period from

the date that the participant is notified that the

performance share rights have become exercisable

(excluding, at the Board’s discretion, any days when

trading restrictions apply to a participant) (the

Exercise Period). Any exercisable performance

share rights may be exercised by the participant

at any time during the Exercise Period and will

be deemed to be exercised at 4.59pm on the last

day of the Exercise Period if they have not been

exercised or surrendered by the participant before

that time.

• If no performance share rights are exercisable

because the company’s TSR over the PSR

Performance Period has not exceeded the Index

return over the same period, the performance

share rights lapse.

• Unless otherwise determined by the Board, a

participant’s performance share rights will lapse

on the first to occur of the following events:

–the date of receipt by the company of written

notice from the participant surrendering their

performance share rights;

–5.00pm on the last day of the Exercise Period

in respect of the PSR Performance Period;

–in the case of performance share rights held

by a participant who ceases to be employed

because of serious illness, accident, permanent

disablement, redundancy or death, the last date

of the Exercise Period; and

–in the case of performance share rights held

by a participant who ceases to be employed

because of any other reason, the day on which

that person ceases to be employed.

• Subject to any applicable Listing Rules, the Board

is given discretion to adjust the terms of any

performance share rights to achieve equivalent

treatment as between the participants in the

2022 Performance Share Rights Plan and the

shareholders in the event of a change in the

capital structure of the company.

• The Board is also given discretion to amend the

terms of the 2022 Performance Share Rights Plan,

or of performance share rights, in the case of a

takeover or other change of control transaction in

respect of the company, so as to allow participants

to participate in the benefit of that transaction.

• The company may amend the terms of the 2022

Performance Share Rights Plan, subject to the

consent of any adversely affected participant.

• Performance share rights are not transferable,

other than to certain persons associated with an

employee and approved by the Board, and do not

participate in dividends or other distributions of the

company. Participants are not entitled to participate

in new issues of the underlying securities (such as a

rights issue or bonus issue) prior to exercising the

performance share rights.

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• Performance share rights will not be quoted on

either the NZX Main Board or the ASX markets.

So long as the company remains listed on the NZX

Main Board and/or the ASX markets, it is intended

that the shares issued on exercise of performance

share rights will be quoted on the NZX Main Board

and/or the ASX markets (as applicable).

• Ordinary shares issued or transferred on the

exercise of performance share rights will be fully

paid and ranked equally with all other ordinary

shares in the company except for dividends or

other entitlements in respect of which the record

date occurred prior to the date of issue or transfer

of the relevant shares.

Key Terms of the 2022 Option Plan

The key terms of the 2022 Option Plan are:

• No amount is payable for the grant of options.

• One option gives the participant the right to

subscribe at the exercise price for one ordinary

share in the company.

• An option may be exercised only if, on the third

anniversary of the date of grant of an option, the

company’s volume weighted average share price

on the NZX Main Board over the five business days

before that date, exceeds the “Escalated Price”

(described below) on that date.

• The share price will be weighed against the

Escalated Price on the third anniversary of the

date of grant of an option (“Grant Date”). If the

share price exceeds the Escalated Price at that

date, options may be exercised during a period

of 90 business days (excluding, at the Board’s

discretion, any days when trading restrictions

apply to a participant) (“Exercise Period”) after

the company advises the option holder that the

options have become exercisable. If options have

become exercisable, the holder of those options

may exercise all or some of those options during

the Exercise Period, but any options of that

holder issued on the same Grant Date that are

not exercised will be cancelled.

• Unless otherwise determined by the Board, options

lapse on the holder ceasing to be employed by

the company or a subsidiary. If an option holder

ceases to be employed by reason of serious illness,

accident, permanent disablement, redundancy, or

death the holder’s options remain in force until the

end of the Exercise Period.

• The exercise price of options is the company’s

volume weighted average share price on the

NZX Main Board over the five business days

before the Grant Date.

• The Escalated Price is determined as follows:

–At each anniversary of the Grant Date of an

option, a new “base price” will be calculated by:

›increasing the last calculated base price

(which, as at the first anniversary of the Grant

Date, will be the exercise price of the option)

by a percentage amount determined by the

Board to represent the company’s cost of

capital; and

›reducing the resulting figure by the amount

of any dividend paid by the company in the

12-month period immediately preceding

that anniversary.

–The Escalated Price on any particular anniversary

of the Grant Date will be the base price

determined as at that anniversary of the Grant

Date, determined in accordance with the above.

• The Board is given discretion to adjust the terms

of any options (including the exercise price) to

achieve equivalent treatment as between the

participants in the 2022 Option Plan and the

shareholders in the event of a change in the

capital structure of the company.

• The Board is also given discretion to amend the

terms of the 2022 Option Plan or any options in

the case of a takeover or other change of control

transaction in respect of the company, so as to

allow option holders to participate in the benefit

of that transaction.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 202221

• The company may amend the terms of the 2022

Option Plan, subject to the consent of any adversely

affected participant.

• Options are not transferable, other than to certain

persons associated with an employee, and do not

participate in dividends or other distributions

of the company. Participants are not entitled

to participate in new issues of the underlying

securities (such as a rights issue or bonus issue)

prior to exercising the options.

• Options will not be quoted on either the NZX Main

Board or the ASX markets. So long as the company

remains listed on the NZX Main Board and/or the

ASX markets, it is intended that the shares issued

on exercise of options will be quoted on the NZX

Main Board and/or the ASX markets (as applicable).

• Ordinary shares issued or transferred on the

exercise of options will be fully paid and rank

equally with all other ordinary shares in the

company except for dividends or other

entitlements in respect of which the record

date occurred prior to the date of issue or

transfer of the relevant shares.

• The Cancellation Offer facility approved by

shareholders at the 2004 Annual Shareholders’

Meeting (which allows option holders to cancel

vested options in consideration for shares of a

value equal to the gain that the option holders

would receive if they exercised their options)

applies to the options granted under the

2022 Option Plan.

EXPLANATORY NOTE 5 –

NORTH AMERICA EMPLOYEE STOCK

PURCHASE PLAN

The Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited

Employee Stock Purchase Plan was established by

the company on 2 November 2001 and approved by

shareholders at the company’s 2002 annual meeting.

An Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase

Plan was approved by shareholders at the company’s

2012 annual meeting. Under California securities

regulations, securities must be issued within 10 years

from the date the plan is established. As this 10 year

period has expired, the Board established the Fisher &

Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited 2022 Amended

and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the

2022 Stock Plan) on 29 March 2022.

The 2022 Stock Plan remains the same as the plan

approved in 2012, with only minor administrative

updates required.

The Stock Plan is intended to be a qualified

employee stock purchase plan under Section 423

of the US Internal Revenue Code. In order to qualify,

the US Code of Federal Regulations 26 CFR 1.423-2

requires that the Stock Plan be approved by the

shareholders within 12 months of the date it is

established. Shareholder approval is also required

under relevant California securities regulations in

order for the 2022 Stock Plan to be exempt from

registration requirements in California.

Under the 2022 Stock Plan, employees of the

company’s US and Canadian subsidiaries have the

opportunity to purchase the company’s ordinary

shares at a discount by contribution through the use

of after-tax payroll deductions. The purchase price

of the shares at each purchase date is the lesser of

(a) 85% of the fair market value on the offer date and

(b) 85% of the fair market value on the purchase date.

2022 Stock Plan participants will have the same

rights as any other shareholder once their shares

are purchased.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 202223

As a qualifying plan, the general rule is that no taxable

income will be recognised at the time the employee

purchases ordinary shares pursuant to the 2022 Stock

Plan for US tax purposes. If the requisite shareholder

approval is not obtained, the 2022 Stock Plan will not

qualify for this favourable tax treatment. If the 2022

Stock Plan does not qualify, participants must

recognise as ordinary income on the date the ordinary

shares are purchased, the excess of the fair market

value of the shares on the purchase date over the

price paid by the participants. In addition, without

shareholder approval, the 2022 Stock Plan would

not be exempt from applicable California registration

requirements, which would mean that the company

would have to undertake costly steps to registration.

Key Terms of the 2022 Stock Plan

The key terms of the 2022 Stock Plan are:

• It is intended that annual offers will be made

under the 2022 Stock Plan to employees of the

company’s US and Canadian subsidiaries, although

the company may terminate the 2022 Stock Plan

at any time. The company may determine the

eligibility requirements for each offer, including

that participants’ customary employment is more

than 20 hours per week and more than 5 months

per calendar year, provided that the company

does not require participants to have been in the

employment of a US or Canadian subsidiary for

more than 2 years.

• Employees who would own, immediately after their

acceptance as a participant, shares with at least 5%

of the voting power of all classes of shares of the

company or a related company are not eligible to

participate in the 2022 Stock Plan.

• An employee who ceases to be employed by a

participating subsidiary for any reason will make

no further contributions to the 2022 Stock Plan,

but any contributions already made may be applied

to purchase shares under the terms of the plan

within 90 days of leaving employment. If the

employee leaves employment due to death,

disability or retirement, this period is extended

to 12 months.

• Over the 10 year term of the 2022 Stock Plan, the

maximum aggregate number of shares that may be

issued under the plan is 2,000,000 ordinary shares

plus an annual increase equal to two percent of

the ordinary shares outstanding calculated as of

27 April 2022.

• The maximum aggregate number of shares that

may be issued under the 2022 Stock Plan may

be adjusted upon changes in the ordinary shares

due to company restructurings or changes in its

capital structure.

EXPLANATORY NOTE 6 –

LONG TERM VARIABLE REMUNERATION ISSUE

FOR NORTH AMERICA EMPLOYEES

Introduction

As noted in Explanatory Note 4, a performance share

rights plan was first established by the company

in 2012 and updated plans, including one for North

America-based employees, were introduced in 2019

and more recently in 2022. Under relevant US law, the

2022 Performance Share Rights Plan – North America

requires shareholder approval.

As also noted in Explanatory Note 4, a share option

plan was first established by the company in 2003 and

updated plans, including one for North America-based

employees, were introduced in 2019 and more recently

in 2022. Under relevant US law, the 2022 Share Option

Plan – North America requires shareholder approval.

If shareholder approval of the 2022 Performance

Share Rights Plan - North America and 2022 Share

Option Plan - North America is not obtained, no share

rights and options under those plans will be able to

be issued to employees in North America. In such

event, the Board will investigate alternative long-term

incentives to form part of such employees’ overall

remuneration arrangements.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING 202225

Key Terms

The key terms of the 2022 Performance Share Rights

Plan – North America are materially the same as the

key terms of the 2022 Performance Share Rights Plan

referred to and described in Explanatory Note 4 on

page 16 with the exception of the application of the

US Securities Act to any shares issued or transferred

upon the exercise of a share right and the events upon

which share rights lapse (to comply with Californian

legislative requirements).

The key terms of the 2022 Share Option Plan – North

America are materially the same as the key terms of

the 2022 Option Plan referred to and described in

Explanatory Note 4 on page 18 with the exception of

the application of the US Securities Act to any shares

issued or transferred upon the exercise of an eligible

option and the events upon which options lapse (to

comply with Californian legislative requirements).

The expected number of LTVR Instruments to be

issued this year under the 2022 Performance Share

Rights Plan - North America and the 2022 Share

Option Plan - North America are included in the

maximum aggregate number of LTVR Instruments

referred to in Explanatory Note 4 above on pages 14

and 15.

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Lodge your proxy:
Online: vote.linkmarketservices.com/FPH

Scan & Email: meetings@linkmarketservices.com

(Please use “FPH Proxy Form” as the subject for

easy identification)

Mail: Use the enclosed reply paid envelope or

address to:

Link Market Services

PO Box 91976, Auckland 1142, New Zealand

By hand:

Link Market Services

Level 30, PwC Tower

15 Customs Street West

Auckland, New Zealand

General Enquiries:

+64 9 375 5998 or email:

meetings@linkmarketservices.com

SCAN THIS QR CODE WITH YOUR

SMARTPHONE AND VOTE ONLINE

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited Annual Meeting Voting Form

The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited (NZBN 9429040719887 and

ABN 69 098 026 281) (the company) will be held online at www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/FPH22 and in person at the

Guineas Ballroom, Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland, New Zealand (subject to COVID-19 circumstances allowing in person

attendance) on Wednesday, 24 August 2022 commencing at 2.00pm (NZST). To attend online via the above link you

will require your Holder Number for verification purposes.

Proxy Appointment

7 If you are a shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Annual

Shareholders’ Meeting you are entitled to appoint a proxy or, in the

case of a corporate shareholder, a representative to attend and vote

instead of you. A proxy may be appointed by completing this Voting

Form on-line, or the Voting Form may be completed and mailed,

delivered, or scanned and emailed in accordance with the

instructions above in the box headed “Lodge your Proxy”.

8 A proxy can be any person of your choice and does not have to be

a shareholder of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. If you wish you can

appoint the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy. The Chair will vote

in accordance with your instructions, or, failing your instruction, in

accordance with the terms set out in note 9 of this Voting Form.

9 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 Voting 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 Chair

intends to vote discretionary proxies in favour of Resolutions 1 to 11.

10 This Voting Form must be signed by you or your attorney, duly

authorised in writing. In the case of a joint shareholding, this form

must be signed by each of the joint shareholders (or their duly

authorised attorney). In the case of a corporate shareholder, this

Voting Form must be signed by a director or a duly authorised

officer acting under the express or implied authority of the

corporate shareholder, or an attorney duly authorised by the

corporate shareholder.

11 If this Voting Form is signed under a power of attorney,

a certificate of non-revocation must be completed and a copy

of the power of attorney certified by a Solicitor, Justice of the

Peace or Notary Public provided to Link Market Services Limited,

unless it has already been noted by the company or Link Market

Services Limited.

General

12 The company will disregard any votes cast in favour of

Resolutions 7 or 8 by Lewis Gradon and any of his associated

persons (as that term is defined in the NZX Listing Rules).

13 The company need not disregard a vote cast in favour of

Resolutions 7 or 8 by a person referred to in paragraph 12 if that

vote is cast by that person as proxy for a person who is entitled to

vote, in accordance with an express direction on the Voting Form.

COVID-19 IMPLICATIONS

Given the current uncertainty regarding COVID-19, the company may,

in its sole discretion, elect to hold the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting as

an online only meeting in the event that it considers there are potential

risks to the health of meeting attendees. In such circumstances, the

company will provide as much notice as is reasonably practicable,

by way of announcement to the NZX and ASX.

NOTES

Attending the Meeting

1 If you propose to ATTEND the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in

person please bring this Voting Form to the meeting to assist

with your registration. All shareholders must register with Link

Market Services prior to entering the meeting room. If you wish

to vote using your mobile phone, please download the “LinkVote”

App prior to the meeting on the Apple Store or Google Play Store.

Shareholders who prefer to vote using a voting card will still be able

to do so.

2 Shareholders attending and participating in the Annual Meeting

virtually via www.virtualmeeting.co.nz/FPH22 will be able to vote

and ask questions during the Annual Meeting. More information

regarding virtual attendance at the Annual Meeting (including how

to vote and ask questions virtually during the Meeting) is available

in the Virtual Annual Meeting Online Portal Guide available at

https://bcast.linkinvestorservices.co.nz/ generic/docs/

OnlinePortalGuide.pdf.

Postal Vote

3 If you are entitled to attend and vote at the Annual Shareholders’

Meeting you are entitled to vote by postal vote. The Company

Secretary has been authorised by the Board to receive and count

postal votes at the Annual Meeting.

4 You can cast your postal vote by one of the methods listed above

in the box headed “Lodge your Proxy”. If you return your postal vote

without indicating how you wish to vote, or your indication on how

to vote is unclear on any resolution, you will be deemed to have

abstained from voting on that resolution.

5 If you complete the postal vote section and also appoint a proxy

then your postal vote will be cast and your proxy appointment

will not be counted.

6 If this Voting Form is returned duly signed by a shareholder with

voting instructions completed, but without indicating that it is a

postal vote, and a proxy has not been appointed, it will be deemed

to be a postal vote.

For your postal vote or proxy to be effective it must be lodged with Link Market Services by no later than 2.00pm,

Monday 22 August 2022 (NZST).

Go online to vote.linkmarketservices.com/FPH to cast your vote or appoint your proxy, or turn over to complete the form.

Section 2:
Voting instructions

This form is to be used to vote as follows on the following resolutions: Tick (

ü

) in box to record your vote

BusinessForAgainstAbstainDiscretion

1.To re-elect Lewis Gradon as a director


2.To re-elect Neville Mitchell as a director


3.To re-elect Donal O’Dwyer as a director


4.To elect Lisa McIntyre as a director


5.To elect Cather Simpson as a director


6.To authorise the Directors to fix the fees and expenses of the auditor


7.To approve the issue of performance share rights to Lewis Gradon


8.To approve the issue of options to Lewis Gradon


9.To approve the 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan


10.To approve the 2022 Performance Share Rights Plan – North America


11.To approve the 2022 Performance Share Option Plan – North America


The resolutions above are stated in brief. Please refer to the Notice of Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2022 for the full text of the

resolutions and the explanatory notes.

Section 1:

Choose to vote by postal vote or appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf

Postal Voting

I wish to vote by postal vote (please tick the box). My voting intention is indicated in the resolution section below.

Appoint a Proxy to vote on your behalf

I/We being a shareholder(s) of

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited hereby appoint: at:

(full name of proxy) (email)

Or failing that person: at:

(full name of proxy) (email)

as my/our proxy to vote for me/us on my/our behalf as directed below, and on any other matters put to the Annual Shareholders’

Meeting of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited to be held at 2:00pm on Wednesday, 24 August 2022 (NZST), or at

any adjournment of that meeting. Unless otherwise instructed as below, my/our proxy may vote as he/she thinks fit.

If you wish, you may appoint the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy by entering “Chair of the Meeting” in the box above.

Sign:

Signature of Shareholder(s). This section must be completed.

Contact details

Signed this 2022

(Daytime phone number) (Date)

Signature/s

(All shareholders must sign)



Please tick here if you would like to receive communications electronically – please provide your email address or

email operations@linkmarketservices.co.nz to receive shareholder communications electronically.

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