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At The a2 Milk Company’s annual shareholder meeting, held in Auckland today, shareholders were asked to vote on three resolutions, which were supported by the Board.

As required by NZX Listing Rule 6.1, all voting was conducted by a poll.

The resolutions passed by shareholders were:

• That the Directors of the Company be authorised to fix the fees and expenses of the Company’s auditor, Ernst & Young, for the ensuing year.
• That Pip Greenwood, who was appointed a Director of the Company by the Board during the year, and who will retire at the meeting in accordance with the Company’s constitution, be elected as a Director of the Company.
• That the existing Company constitution be revoked and the new constitution, in the form presented at the Annual Meeting and referred to in the explanatory notes of the notice of meeting under the heading “Item 4 – Adoption of New Constitution (Resolution 3)”, be adopted as the constitution of the Company with effect from the close of the meeting.

Detail of the total number of votes cast in person or by a proxy holder may be found here.