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Voting for the 2015 Fonterra Elections Underway
Friday, 30 October 2015
Voting for the 2015 Fonterra Elections Underway
Voting is now open for the 2015 Fonterra Board of Directors’ Elections and the Shareholders’ Councillor Elections in four wards.
This year there are six candidates standing for the Board of Directors. They are Murray Beach, Greg Maughan, Blue Read, Nicola Shadbolt, Ashley Waugh and John Wilson.
Fonterra shareholders have the opportunity to meet and ask questions of the Director candidates at the eleven Directors’ Election Candidate Roadshow meetings which run from Sunday, 8 November to Friday, 13 November 2015.
The
dates and venues for the Roadshow meetings are:
| Date | Time | Location | Venue |
| Sunday, 8 November | 7.00pm | Invercargill | Ascot
Park Hotel Cnr of Tay Street and Racecourse Rd Invercargill |
| Monday, 9 November | 10.30am | Balclutha | South
Otago Town & Country Club 1 Yarmouth Street, Balclutha |
| Monday, 9 November | 7.00pm | Oamaru | Brydone
Hotel 115 Thames Street, Oamaru |
| Tuesday, 10 November | 10.30am | Ashburton | Hotel
Ashburton 11 Racecourse Road, Ashburton |
| Tuesday, 10 November | 7.00pm | Nelson | Seifrieds 184 Redwood Road, Appleby |
| Wednesday, 11 November | 10.30am | Stratford | TET Multi
Sports Centre 65 Portia Street, Stratford |
| Wednesday, 11 November | 7.00pm | Palmerston North | Palmerston North Convention Centre 354 Main Street, Palmerston North |
| Thursday, 12 November | 10.30am | Rotorua | Novotel
Hotel Lake End, Tutanekai Street, Rotorua |
| Thursday, 12 November | 7.00pm | Hamilton | Mystery
Creek Events Centre 125 Mystery Creek Road, Hamilton |
| Friday, 13 November | 10.30am | Whangarei | Forum North, Rust Avenue, Whangarei |
| Friday, 13 November | 7.00pm | Pukekohe | Counties
Function Centre Pukekohe Park 242-250 Manukau Road, Pukekohe |
Elections for the Fonterra Shareholders’ Council are required in four wards, as follows:
Ward
Candidate
14 – Eastern Bay of Plenty
Gerard van Beek
Wilson James
17 – Northern Taranaki
Mark Hooper
Kevin Turnbull
23 – Hawke’s Bay
Eliot Cooper
David Hands
Andrew Hardie
Ivan Knauf
26 – Tasman / Marlborough
Sue Brown
Neil Sixtus
Wayne Langford
The voting period runs from Friday, 30 October to 10.30am on Monday, 23 November 2015. The results will be determined and announced after the close of voting. All successful candidates take office at the close of the Annual Meeting.
Voting is also open for the Annual Meeting resolutions. Shareholders are being asked to vote on seven ordinary business resolutions and four shareholder proposals.
Shareholders can vote via online, post or fax in respect of both the Fonterra Elections and Annual Meeting resolutions until 10.30am on Monday, 23 November 2015.
Shareholders can also vote in person or via proxy for the Annual Meeting resolutions at the Annual Meeting onWednesday, 25 November 2015, being held at the Fonterra Waitoa UHT site.
Any queries regarding the Fonterra Elections should be directed to the Returning Officer on the Election Helpline freephone 0800 666 034.
Warwick
Lampp
Returning Officer – 2015
Fonterra Elections
Email:
iro@electionz.com
Mobile:
021 498 517
Election Helpline: Freephone 0800 666 034
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