Questions asked at 2023 AGMs

1. Aristocrat Leisure (ALL): ran for the board at physical AGM in Sydney on February 24 at the company offices. See wrap of all the action.

2. AMP (AMP): Sydney hybrid held on March 31 at the Wesley Centre which lasted almost 4 hours. See text of 13 questions asked complete with video of most answers . Was a big strike with 49% against and a 15% protest vote against chair Debra Hazelton. See voting results. Credit to AMP for publishing a full video archive of the AGM along with this transcript.

3. Bell Financial Group (BFG): 10am fully online meeting on Wednesday, April 19, which lasted just 26 minutes. See notice of meeting and summary of the 7 questions asked, 4 of which were ignored. Listen to webcast archive.

4. NZME (NZM): Hybrid at 3pm NZ time on April 26. the Kiwi media company has a market cap $150m. See notice of meeting and text of 6 questions asked. No archive of AGM available.

5. Pepper Money (PPM): fully virtual AGM on April 27. See notice of meeting. See text of 9 questions asked. Proxies disclosed early and no material protests.

6. IRESS (IRE): See notice of meeting for May 4 hybrid starting at 11.30am with physical component on level 27 of the Pantscraper building at 447 Collins St. Proxies released early and biggest protest 12% against rem report. See text of 8 questions asked. Doesn't appear to be any archive available of the 2022 AGM webcast. Own.

7. Rio Tinto (RIO): two AGMs with the UK version wholly online and later May 4 Australian version a hybrid starting at 9.30am in Perth on May 4. See details of 2 questions asked. Australian meeting lasted 98 minutes. Watch full webcast. Biggest protest 6% against outgoing director Megan Clarke apart from usual 20% against buyback authority driven by UK shareholders.

8. Iluka Resources (ILU): a hybrid starting at 9.30am at the Pamelia Hilton in Perth on May 10. See notice of meeting and text of 12 questions asked. Biggest protest was 6% against director Susie Corlett and the chair explained this was an institution targeting members of the sustainability committee for not setting strong carbon reduction targets. No webcast archive available as yet.

9. MA Financial (MAF): physical only meeting at 11.30am on May 11 in Sydney on level 27 of Brookfield Tower at 10 Carrington St which attended in person, asking the maximum 10 questions allowed. Chair Jeffrey Browne refuses to publish an archive of the webcast. Last year was a fully online AGM. See transcript of that Q&A. Unlike the 22.7% protest vote against the rem report last year, all resolutions were well supported in 2023.

10. QBE Insurance (QBE): hybrid starting at 10am on May 12 with physical component at Sydney's Wesley Centre. Attended in person, raising AGM procedure, chair succession, capital raising, climate and the 5% drop in the share price that day. See notice of meeting. Biggest protest vote was 6% against chairman Mike Wilkins but he refused to explain what this was about. See 10 video packages of key action via Twitter and watch 75 minute AGM webcast archive. Transcript request declined again.

11. HT&E (HT1): 9am hybrid on May 17 with physical component requiring email registration to attend at Sydney office of King Wood Malleson. Was the only shareholder asking questions at 55 minute meeting. See text of 12 questions lodged, 4 of which were ignored.

12. Waypoint REIT (WPR): 10am hybrid on May 18 with the physical component in Sydney at the Dexus Auditorium. See notice of meeting. See text of 11 written questions asked. Biggest protest was 18% against rem report. Watch webcast of 62 minute meeting.

13. Regal Partners (RPL): 10am hybrid on May 23 with physical component at Customs House in Sydney. See notice of meeting and text of 9 written online questions lodged. Rich Lister activists David Kingston and Malcolm McComas tore strips off the board. No proxy disclosure with the formal addresses but all 6 resolutions supported by 99%+ of voted stock.

14. Ventia Services (VNT): see 2023 notice of meeting for 10am virtual meeting on May 23. Proxies disclosed with the formal addresses and only protest 9.7% against CEO's LTI grant. See text of 9 written questions lodged and webcast of 76 minute meeting. Last year's inaugural AGM was also fully virtual. They agreed to most pre-AGM requests last year, including publishing proxies early. See text of 6 questions asked, webcast of 67 minute meeting and transcript.

15. Viva Energy (VEA): 3pm hybrid on May 23 with physical component at King Wood Mallesons office at the Pantscraper building in Collins St. See notice of meeting and text of 6 questions lodged and answers provided during the meeting. Watch webcast of 72 minute meeting. Proxies were disclosed with the formal addresses and all resolutions were supported by more than 98% of voted stock. Last year was a hybrid meeting with physical component at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. Asked 7 questions. Watch 81 minute webcast. Only protest was 12% against rem report. No transcript provided by the company, so we spent a few bob getting this partial transcript done.

16. Boart Longyear (BLY): 9am fully online AGM on May 25. See notice of meeting. See text of 4 questions asked at 42 minute meeting. Proxies disclosed with formal addresses and no material protest votes.

17. Costa Group (CGC): reverted to physical only meeting in 2023 at 11am on May 25 at King Wood Mallesons in Melbourne - see notice of meeting. Asked about 6 questions at 95 minute meeting where around 8 different elderly male shareholders spoke. No material protest votes. Company refused again to publish an archive of the webcast. Lodged these 9 questions but still don't know what answers were provided.

18. Atlas Alteria (ALX): 10am hybrid on May 30 with physical component at the RACV Club in Melbourne. See notice of meeting and text of 6 written questions at the 90 minute meeting.

19. Neuren Pharmaceutical (NEU): 2.30pm hybrid on May 30 with physical component at level 33 of 447 Collins St in Melbourne. See notice of meeting and text of 10 questions asked. Market cap $1.8 billion.

20. Stanmore Resources (SMR): 10am Brisbane time hybrid on May 31 with physical component at the offices of Norton Rose. See notice of meeting. Only 4 of my 8 questions were asked at the end of proceedings. Same as last year when most of my questions were ignored, particularly those directed at the directors up for election about the unfair capital raising. Watch webcast of 56 minute AGM.

21. Far Ltd: 11am hybrid on May 31 with physical component in Melbourne. Lobbed a quick 4 online questions, but didn't keep a copy. Watch this video grab via Twitter. Chair said only Glass Lewis produced a report but he hadn't seen it. Was all done in 23 minutes. See notice of meeting. Market cap $70m which is mainly Woodside royalties.

22. Yancoal: hybrid meeting at 11am on May 31 with physical component in Sydney. See notice of meeting. Market cap is $7.3 billion and landed these 7 questions. Meeting lasted 65 minutes and pleased they released the proxies early with the formals. Only protest was 18% against buyback resolution.

23. 29Metals (29M): 10.30am hybrid with physical component at The Windsor in Melbourne on June 1. See notice of meeting and text of 8 written questions asked. Was only person asking live questions. Only protests were 5% against CEO incentive grant but 42% shareholder EMR Capital arguably shouldn't have have voted on the rem items.

24. Kina Securities (KSL): virtual meeting at 10am Melbourne/Port Moresby time on June 9. See notice of meeting. Market cap $215m. See text of 8 questions asked. No protest votes at 40 minute meeting apart from placement capacity expansion item which was withdrawn the day before the meeting after a proxy protest vote.

25. Pointsbet (PBH): 11am hybrid on June 30 to approve $US225 sale of US business with physical component in Cremorne. See notice of meeting and text of 5 questions asked at 45 minute meeting. The deal was approved by 99% of voted stock.

26. Task Group Holdings (TSK): Kiwi tech company with a market cap of $180m. Hybrid meeting starting 12.30pm on July 24. See notice of meeting. See text of the 10 written questions asked at the 1 hour meeting along with Twitter videos of the various exchanges. See webcast of full meeting and voting results.

27. Macquarie Group (MQG): 10.30am hybrid on July 27 with physical component at Sydney Sofitel. See summary of 5 questions asked, archive of webcast, notice of meeting and voting results showing a 19.3% against the rem report. The Australian had the best local coverage and The Guardian did a follow-up to their earlier Thames Water coverage.

28. Xero (XRO): fully hybrid meeting starting at 9am Melbourne time on August 17 with physical component in Auckland. See notice of meeting. Proxies were disclosed early with the formal addresses and the only protest vote was 15% against director Mark Cross. See text of 6 questions asked and watch 61 minute webcast.

29. Fisher & Paykel (FPH): 2pm NZ time hybrid on August 29 with physical component in Auckland. See archive copy of 87 minute webcast and text of 7 written questions. See notice of meeting. No early disclosure of proxies in formal presos and only protest 17% against pay rise for NEDs.

30. AFIC (AFI): 10am hybrid at Zinc on October 3. See notice of meeting and text of 6 questions asked, two of which were censored.

31. IAG: 9.30am hybrid, October 11. See notice of meeting and summary of 6 questions asked including a cheeky one of its RACV joint venture.

32. CBA: 9.30am in Sydney, October 11. Not a true hybrid as couldn't vote online but could ask online questions up to 532 characters - see notice of meeting. See summary of 6 questions asked which MC Helen Dally voiced effectively without censorship. More companies should use professional MCs like Dally, especially when the chair isn't too chatty. Register here to access webcast archive.

33. CSL: 10am - proper hybrid on October 11 this year after late switch last year. See notice of meeting and see summary of 6 questions asked which included chairman Brian McNamee claiming it was rubbish that small shareholders get ripped off in capital raisings. See webcast of 59 minute meeting.

34. Amcil (AMH): attended hybrid meeting in person at 80 Collins St. See voting results showing an extraordinary high percentage of undirected proxies held by the chair.

35. Treasury Wine Estates (TWE): October 16 hybrid starting at 10am at the Grand Hyatt - see text of 6 questions which weren't asked after I turned up. See webcast of AGM with key exchanges starting 83 minutes into proceedings. A big 47% protest vote against rem report. See AAP coverage of meeting.

36. Stockland (SGP): October 16 hybrid at 2.30pm in Sydney - see text of 6 questions asked including one on Victoria's controversial planning reforms.

37. IDP (IEL): hybrid on October 17 with physical element in Melbourne - see text of 6 questions asked. Chairman Peter Polson really needs to go. See webcast of 36 minute meeting.

38. Cochlear (COH): hybrid on October 17 with physical component at HQ in Sydney - see text of 6 questions asked which included another dubious defence of the appalling 2020 capital raising. See webcast of 91 minute meeting.

39. Bapcor (BAP): hybrid at 1.30pm on October 17 with physical component near Melbourne Airport. Lodged 5 written questions. Voting results showed 14% protest against new CEO's LTI grant.

40. Australia United Investments (AUI): October 18 hybrid - see text of 6 questions asked of chair Charles Goode.

41. EVT (EVT): here is the text of the 7 questions asked at the 2023 EVT hybrid AGM held on October 20. The interesting debate lasted about 50 minutes with a range of shareholders asking questions both in the room and online.

42. Macmahon Holdings (MAH): here is the text of the 6 written questions lodged at the 2023 Macmahon Holdings hybrid AGM held on October 20.

43. Cleanaway (CWY): here is the text of the 6 written questions lodged at the 2023 Cleanaway hybrid AGM held on October 20. No sign of a webcast archive online.

44. Tabcorp (TAH): hybrid on October 25 - see text of the 6 written questions, along with a summary of some of the answers and some video grabs. Copped a 34% rem strike and great to see these voting results disclosed as both shares and shareholders.

45. JB Hi Fi (JBH): hybrid on October 26 - see text of 4 written questions lodged. 21% protest vote against LTI grants to the two executive directors. Disappointing that they failed to follow the agenda and dealt with all questions as one job lot. Listen to this audio of needlessly short 68 minute meeting. They failed to deliver a video webcast despite being Australia's biggest seller of televisions, along with Harvey Norman, which is also banning video webcasting this year.

46. Reece (REH): 10am fully online AGM on October 26 with no physical component - see notice of meeting. Lobbed these 6 written questions. The voting results showed a 20% rem protest and $572m worth of stock against Alan Wilson's re-election. Failed to deliver a webcast archive, perhaps reflecting sensitivity about Wilson family dominance and governance, after deciding to move against independent chair Tim Poole, at some point in the future when CEO Peter Wilson will become executive chair, just like his father was many years.

47. APA Group (APA): 10.30am hybrid in Sydney on October 26. See text of 5 written questions lodged. Copped a 26% remuneration report protest vote but as a trust, they only put it up for the vote voluntarily. Once again asked them to normalise governance arrangements, but they resist on the grounds of keeping their tax bill down.

48. South32 (S32): hybrid starting at noon Perth time on October 26 - see video of exchanges after lodged 3 written questions. Watch video of 135 minute webcast. There were no material protest votes.

49. Wesfarmers (WES): hybrid starting at 1pm in Perth on October 26 - see text of 4 questions. Lots of angry questions from old white blokes about its $2 million Voice donation. No material protest votes. Watch the full 2 hour 44 minute webcast archive.

50. McMillan Shakespeare (MMS): 10am hybrid on October 27. See text of 6 written questions. No material protest votes. Watch webcast archive of 1 hour meeting.

51. Carsales (CAR): hybrid on October 27 with physical component at 11am at company HQ - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 written questions. Kudos for disclosing the proxy position in this separate announcement ahead of the meeting and poll results showed a 15% rem protest and a whopping 26.9% against chairman Pat O'Sullivan on the grounds that he has stayed too long. The performance has been great, so I say let him stay, box tickers!

52. Southern Cross Austereo (SXL): 11am hybrid on October 27 with physical component in Sydney - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 written questions. Had some fun lobbying curly questions about Sky After Dark, Kyle & Jackie O, Hamish McLennan's work load and Murdoch connections and the takeover bid lobbed by rival ARN Media. The AFR's Street Talk column wrote it up as did Media Week. See archive of 72 minute meeting.

53. Endeavour Group: Sydney hybrid 10am - see notice of meeting. See text of 11 written questions lodged and copy of 3 hour webcast archive. See voting results where Bill Wavish only got 27.7% support.

54. Vicinity Group (VCX): 11am hybrid on November 1 with physical component at Hotel Chadstone - see notice of meeting. Turned up in person. See webcast archive of 72 minute meeting.

55. Megaport (MP1): Brisbane hybrid on November 1 - see notice of meeting and text of 5 questions asked. There was a 26.6% remuneration strike and the CEO's LTI grant was almost defeated. See voting results. No sign of webcast archive here.

56. Cromwell: November 1 hybrid in Brisbane - see text of 6 questions asked. Was heavy going as they claim to have net assets of $2.2 billion when the market cap is $835 million. No material protest votes. The ridiculous workload of chair Gary Weiss got a solid run.

57. Domino's: 4pm hybrid in Brisbane on November 1 - see Notice of Meeting.

58. Coles: 10.30am hybrid on November 3. See notice of meeting and text of 6 questions asked. A 14.7% protest vote against the rem report with slightly less against the two incentive votes for the new CEO.

59. Qantas: 11am hybrid meeting at the Melbourne Convention Centre on November 3 - see text of 7 questions asked and notice of meeting. Awaiting webcast archive here. See these extraordinary voting results.

60. Polynovo (PNV): 1pm hybrid at Melbourne's pantscraper building on November 3 - see notice of meeting. There was a 22% vote against the rem report and 21% against the employee share scheme. Just like last year, they produced an edited version of the AGM webcast but with 107 minutes included, most of the key action was made available.

61. Redox Ltd (RDX): 10am hybrid in Sydney on November 8 for newly listed chemical distribution business. See text of 6 written questions. No material protest votes.

62. Ardent Leisure (ALG): 11am hybrid on the Gold Coast with shareholder activists David and Charlie Kingston asking lots of great probing questions in the room before they headed to Star Entertainment the following day. See text of 6 written questions. No material protest votes.

63. Allkem (AKE): 10.30am hybrid in Perth on November 8 with far too much online question censorship. See wrap of what was lodged with video grabs of various exchanges. Big protest votes and weird to have chair and CEO formal addresses after the meeting had been formally closed. The proposed merger with US firm Livent is going to the vote before Christmas with some doubt over whether it will get up.

64. Nine Entertainment (NEC): 10am hybrid in Sydney on November 9 - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions lodged.

65. Jumbo Interactive (JIN): 11am Brisbane time hybrid on November 9- see notice of meeting. See text of 5 questions asked.

66. Myer: hybrid at 2pm with physical component in Melbourne on November 9 - see notice of meeting. Deserve credit for announcing proxy position early by both shares and shareholders. Watch webcast of 87 minute meeting and this package of highlights. The AGM results were best practice with both shares and shareholders and only material protest vote was 18% against new director Gary Weiss for over-boarding.

67. KMD: 9am hybrid in NZ on November 10 - see notice of meeting. See text of 5 questions asked and video grabs, including some mentions of the Yannon scandal to former Coles Myer finance director, Philip Bowman, who was elected for 3 more years despite being based in Dubai and the poor share price performance.

68. NIB Holdings: 11am hybrid with physical component in Sydney on November 10 - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions asked and video grabs. Only protest vote was 10% against re-election of director Anne Loveridge. Also watch this passionate re-election campaign speech by chair David Gordon. Watch webcast of 100 minute meeting.

69. APM Human Services International (APM): 10am Perth time hybrid on November 10 - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions lodged and video grabs. See AFR's AGM write-up after shares tanked.

70. Resimac: fully virtual AGM at 9.30am on November 14 - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions lodged and video grabs.

71. Goodman Group: 10am hybrid in Sydney on November 14 - see notice of meeting. See text of 7 questions lodged and video grabs. The proxies weren't disclosed early and there some moderate protest votes on rem (12.7%) and against chair Stephen Johns (7%). Watch 68 minute webcast.

72. Computershare: 10am hybrid in Melbourne - see notice of meeting. See text of 7 questions lodged and video grabs. See webcast of 65 minute meeting. There were no material protest votes and they rejected a request to disclose results by shares and shareholders. CEO Stuart Irving provided the most detailed and comprehensive answer yet to the LTI vesting history question. The range has been 0 to 100% since 2017 and the average is 40% - watch video of his answer via Twitter.

73. Platinum Asset Management: 10am hybrid on November 15 with physical component in Sydney - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions lodged and video grabs. See webcast of 107 minute meeting. Cranky founder Kerr Neilson voted his 21.4% stake at the meeting, delivering a huge 1st strike with 59% against the remuneration and almost defeating the CEO's LTI grant which only scraped through with 53% support.

74. Capitol Health: fully virtual meeting at 11.30am on November 15 with chairman and former AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou seeking another term, after earlier saying he would retire. Copped a 43% protest vote from angry shareholders. See text of 6 questions lodged and video grabs. Like at the Crown Bergin inquiry, Demetriou was clearly reading some of his answers. Company refused to provide access to the webcast archive.

75. Flight Centre (FLT): Brisbane based travel giant. 10am Brisbane time hybrid on November 15. See notice of meeting. See text of 7 questions lodged and video grabs. Biggest protest was 7.3% against placement refresh. See webcast of 65 minute meeting plus this crack that founder CEO Graham Turner took at Transport Minister Catherine King over Qatar refusal. They also got with the program and disclosed voting outcome by shares and shareholders.

76. Mt Gibson Iron (MGX): hybrid at 10.30am Perth time on November 15 - see notice of meeting. Market cap $607m. See text of 7 questions lodged and video grabs. Watch the 71 minute webcast.

77. Seek (SEK): 3pm hybrid in Melbourne on November 15 - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions lodged and video grabs. See webcast archive of interesting 77 minute meeting. There was a 21.6% protest against the CEO's LTI grant, 8% against the rem report and even 7% against director Vanessa Wallace.

78. News Corp: fully virtual meeting at 10am New York time on November 15 (2am Melbourne time Nov 16) - see proxy statement and write up in fortnightly Intelligent Investor column. The Saturday Paper also covered the Q&A.

79. A2 Milk (A2m): 9am Melbourne time hybrid out of NZ on November 16 - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions asked.

80. REA Group (REA): 10am hybrid at Richmond HQ on November 16. See text of 6 questions asked and some video grabs. There were no material protest and watch webcast of 44 minute meeting.

81. K2 Asset Management (KAM): fully virtual Zoom meeting at 9am on November 21 - see text of 3 questions asked which were dealt with in writing after the meeting.

82. Ridley: 10am hybrid in Melbourne on November 21. See notice of meeting. Proxies disclosed early with these formal addresses. See text of 6 questions lodged. Only protest vote 18% against CEO's retention grant. Once again, they failed to publish a webcast archive.

83. AGL: 10.30am hybrid with physical component in Sydney on November 21 - see notice of meeting. See this wrap of the action, including text of 6 questions asked. See webcast archive. The proxy disclosure was withheld and the only protest vote was against renewing the proportional takeover provision in the constitution.

84. RACV: Australia's richest remaining mutual held a hybrid in Melbourne on November 21 so lobbed 3 written questions but didn't keep a copy of them.

85. Bluescope Steel (BSL): hybrid held in Wollongong on November 21. See text of 6 questions lodged and webcast of 98 minute meeting.

86. Monadelphous: hybrid with physical component starting at 10am Perth time (1pm in Melb) on November 21. See notice of meeting. Only lodged these 2 questions including a big bouquet given their AGM transparency is excellent. See webcast of 56 minute meeting.

87. Praemium: hybrid with physical component in Melbourne on November 22. See text of 6 questions lodged at the lively AGM where the stock fell 25% after a profit downgrade. No sign of an archive of webcast.

88. Australian Vintage (AVG): 1.30pm hybrid on November 22 with physical component in Sydney - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions lodged.

89. Karoon Energy: 10am hybrid at RACV Melbourne - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions lodged. No sign of a webcast archive here.

90. Qube: 10.30am hybrid in Sydney - see notice of meeting. See text of 5 questions lodged. Watch the 80 minute webcast. No early proxy disclosure and there was a 15% vote against rem and 11% against rem chair Jacqui McArthur, who is also the last remaining female director.

91. Hansen Technologies (HSN): 11am virtual meeting.

92. Cash Converters (CCV): fully virtual AGM starting at 9.30am Perth time on November 23 - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions asked, which were dominated by CEO.

93. Ramelius Resources: 11am hybrid Perth time on November 23. See text of 6 questions lodged.

94. AMA Group (AMA): 3pm hybrid in Melbourne on November 23. See lengthy notice of meeting and text of 6 questions lodged. 4 resolutions finished with double digit protest votes but none above 20%. See webcast of 49 minute meeting and AFR coverage from the Q&A.

95. Wistech (WTC): 10am virtual AGM on November 24 - see notice of meeting and text of 6 written questions lodged.

96. PEXA (PXA): 10am hybrid on November 24 with physical component in Melbourne - see notice of meeting. Lodged these 6 written questions.

97. Auswide Bank (ABA): 11am Brisbane time hybrid in Bundaberg on November 24. See notice of meeting. Lodged these 6 written questions, most of which were ignored because the chair was reading them.

98. Pointsbet (PBH): 10am hybrid with physical component in Cremorne - see notice of meeting. See text of 8 questions lodged, most of which were edited by the moderator.

99. Wagners (WGN): 10am Brisbane time hybrid with physical component in Toowoomba - see notice of meeting. See text of 5 questions lodged.

100. Healius: 11am hybrid in Sydney. See text of 5 questions lodged. Board was heavily interrogated by David and Charlie Kingston.

101. Objective Corporation: 8.30am virtual meeting on November 29 - see notice of meeting. See text of 11 questions lodged.

102. Integral Diagnostics (IDX): 10am hybrid at Freehills on level 24 of 80 Collins St - see notice of meeting. See text of 6 questions lodged.

103. Starpharma (SPL): 2pm hybrid through Computershare link. See notice of meeting and link to last year's action. See text of 5 questions lodged.

104. Betmakers (BET): midday hybrid on November 30. See text of 7 written questions lodged.

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