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At 10.00am (AEST) on Tuesday, 3 September 2024, Ricegrowers Limited (ABN 55 007 481 156) will hold its 2024 Annual General Meeting (“Annual General Meeting”, “AGM”), with registration commencing at 9.00am. A separate meeting of B Class Shareholders (“B Class Meeting”) will be held immediately following the Annual General Meeting (together, "Meetings").

The Annual General Meeting and B Class Meeting will be held at and webcast from the Deniliquin RSL Club, 72 End Street, Deniliquin New South Wales. Shareholders who are unable to attend the Meeting will also be able to watch the Meeting by viewing the webcast by visiting 

Shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on a number of resolutions at the Meetings. Further details of the resolutions to be considered at both Meetings is set out below and in the Notices of Meeting.

SunRice is committed towards preserving the environment and minimising paper usage. Accordingly, shareholders can access the 2024 Annual Report on the ASX and the Company’s website at 

. Hard copy Annual Reports will be sent to shareholders in accordance with their communication preferences. Shareholders can request a hard copy of the Annual Report by contacting MUFG Corporate Markets on +61 1300 554 474 or visiting 

10.00am (AEST) Tuesday 3 September 2024 for the Annual General Meeting, with the separate B Class Meeting to be held at 11.30am (AEST) or immediately following the Annual General Meeting (whichever time is later) at Deniliquin RSL Club, 72 End Street, Deniliquin New South Wales.

The Board is proposing a number of resolutions at this year’s Annual General Meeting and the separate B Class Meeting. In addition to the standard items of business that are considered at the Annual General Meeting every year (i.e. consideration of the Annual Financial Report, Directors’ Report and Independent Audit Report for the year ended 30 April 2024, and the adoption of the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 April 2024), the additional resolutions are outlined below.

Re-election of Dr Andrew Crane (note only A Class Shareholders are entitled to vote on this resolution at the Annual General Meeting)

At the 2021 Annual General Meeting, Dr. Andrew Crane was re-elected to the Board for a three-year term.  Accordingly, Dr. Andrew Crane will be standing for re-election at the 2024 Annual General Meeting, seeking the support of A Class Shareholders for a further term of three years. More detail regarding his biography and experience is included in the Notice of Annual General Meeting.

Re-election of John Bradford and Ian Mason (note only A Class Shareholders are entitled to vote on this resolution at the Annual General Meeting)

At the June 2022 General Meeting, John Bradford and Ian Mason were each re-elected to the Board for the same period as their term of office as elected Rice Marketing Board ("RMB") Members, which is due to expire in 2026. Following changes made by the NSW Government to end statutory rice export marketing and subject to the 

 becoming law, John Bradford and Ian Mason intend to resign from the RMB and stand for re-election at the 2024 Annual General Meeting, seeking the support of A Class Shareholders as Grower Directors for a term of two years. If re-elected, this means that John and Ian will be able to continue to serve SunRice for the same period as their current term and until 2026.

 has not become law before the Annual General Meeting and Mr Bradford and Mr Mason are still RMB members, then resolutions 3 and 4 will not be put to A Class Shareholders. Instead, Mr Bradford and Mr Mason will continue to serve the Company as Elected RMB Directors.

More detail regarding their biographies and experience is included in the Notice of Annual General Meeting.

Equity Awards for the CEO (note only B Class Shareholders are entitled to vote on this resolution at the B Class Meeting)

Mr Paul Serra was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Company on 23 August 2023. On commencement of his role, the Board invited Mr Serra to participate in the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (and a one-off Retention Plan).

Similar to last year’s Meeting, the Board will be seeking approval for the granting of B Class Share rights to Mr Serra under the LTI Plan at the B Class Meeting to be held immediately following the SunRice Group’s 2024 Annual General Meeting.

Approval of issue of B Class Shares under Non-executive Directors’ Fee Sacrifice B Class Share Acquisition Plan (note only B Class Shareholders are entitled to vote on this resolution at the B Class Meeting)

In FY22, the Company adopted a new Minimum Shareholding Policy, under which Non-executive Directors are required to hold B Class Shares to the value of one year’s annual base Board fees. This policy was adopted to increase alignment of the Board with the interests of the Company’s B Class Shareholders.

To assist the Non-executive Directors to achieve this level of minimum shareholding, in FY22 the Board also adopted the Non-executive Director’s Fee Sacrifice B Class Share Acquisition Plan, formerly known as the ‘Non-executive Director’s Share Rights Plan’ (“Share Rights Plan”) under which the Non-executive Directors may acquire B Class Shares by sacrificing up to 100% of their base Board fees. The Share Rights Plan was last approved by B Class Shareholders at the 2022 Meeting. The Company is again seeking B Class Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 10.14 for the issue of B Class Shares to Non-executive Directors under the Share Rights Plan.

Members are encouraged to lodge a directed proxy or direct vote and to submit written questions (if you have any) using the Question Form accompanying the Notice in advance of the Meeting, even if you plan to attend the Meeting. Please note that individual responses to pre-submitted questions will not be sent to shareholders.

To lodge your direct vote or appoint a proxy, please follow the instructions in the ‘

set out in the Notice of Meeting. Direct votes and proxy appointments for the Annual General Meeting must be received by 10.00am (AEST) on Sunday, 1 September 2024. Direct votes and proxy appointments for the B Class Meeting must be received by 11.30am (AEST) on Sunday, 1 September 2024. The Question Form must be received by no later than 5.00 pm (AEST) on Tuesday 27 August 2024.

Voting Forms and Question Forms can be submitted in the following ways:

Ricegrowers Limited
C/- Link Market Services Limited
Locked Bag A14, Sydney South NSW 1235; or 

Please contact Link Market Services if you wish to update your contact details or to update your preferences to receive communications electronically or in hard copy. Contact details for Link Market Services are set out in the Notice of Meeting.

The Notice of B Class Meeting of Ricegrowers Limited, to be held at 11.30am (AEST) immediately following the Annual General Meeting whichever time is later) on Tuesday 3 September 2024, can be found 

Please note that only A Class Shareholders are entitled to vote on the resolutions before the Annual General Meeting and only B Class Shareholders are entitled to vote on the resolutions before the B Class Meeting.  The ‘Voting Information Schedule’ contains instructions for both A Class Shareholders and B Class Shareholders on submitting questions in advance of the Meetings and appointing a proxy or casting a direct vote before the Meetings. The Chairman of the Meetings intends to vote any undirected proxies in favour of each item of business.

The Notice of Annual General Meeting of Ricegrowers Limited, to be held on Tuesday 3 September 2024, can be found 