Director independence

Vulcan Steel Limited
29 Neales Road, East Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
e: investor@vulcan.co | w: vulcan.co

Vulcan Steel Limited (ASX: VSL, NZX: VSL)

ASX and NZX announcement
5 February 2024
Director independence
In August 2021, Carolyn Steele was appointed as an independent, non-executive director of
Vulcan Steel Limited (Vulcan) and Chair of Vulcan’s Audit and Risk Committee.

Vulcan’s Annual Reports and Corporate Governance Statements for the financial years
ended 30 June 2022 (FY22) and 30 June 2023 (FY23) incorrectly disclosed that Carolyn was
a shareholder in Forsyth Barr Limited. Carolyn does not personally hold any interest in
shares in Forsyth Barr Limited, Forsyth Barr Group Limited, Forsyth Barr Investment
Management Limited or Octagon Asset Management Limited. Rather, Carolyn’s husband
holds a beneficial interest in his personal capacity of less than 0.2% of the shares in Forsyth
Barr Group Limited and is currently an investment adviser employed by Forsyth Barr in New
Zealand.

In accordance with Recommendation 2.3(b) of the ASX Corporate Governance Principles
and Recommendations (ASX Recommendations), Vulcan’s directors (other than Carolyn)
have recently considered Carolyn’s independence and remain comfortable that Carolyn
can be, and is appropriately characterised as, an independent director in accordance with
the ASX Recommendations and section 13 of Vulcan’s Board Charter.

ENDS
Kar Yue Yeo
Investor and media contact
Email: karyue.yeo@vulcan.co
Phone: +64 9 273 7214

This announcement was authorised by Vulcan’s Board of Directors.

About Vulcan
Founded in 1995, Vulcan is an Australasian-wide industrial product distributor and value-
added processor with 70 logistics and processing facilities employing approximately
1,300 employees across the company’s Steel and Metals divisions.