2025 |
Notice of Meeting and |
Explanatory Notes |
Annual General Meeting |
on Wednesday, 9 April 2025 |
commencing at 10.00am AEST |
Connecting and
enriching communities
This notice is issued by
Scentre Group Limited ABN 66 001 671 496
SCENTRE GROUP2025 Notice of Meeting
Scentre Group owns and operates
42 Westfield destinations
in Australia and New Zealand
Our Purpose |
Creating extraordinary |
places, connecting |
and enriching communities |
Our Plan |
We create the places more |
people choose to come, |
more often, for longer |
Our Ambition |
To grow the business |
by becoming essential to |
people, their communities |
and the businesses that |
interact with them |
In this notice
Year in review | 3 |
A message from our Chair | 4 |
2025 Notice of Meeting | 4 |
Business of the meeting | 5 |
Meeting information | 6 |
Explanatory notes | 8 |
2024 reporting suite
Eternal Sunshine by artist Mali Isabel
2024 |
Annual Report |
Connecting and |
enriching communities |
Annual |
Report |
2024 |
Responsible Business Report |
Connecting and |
enriching communities |
Responsible Business
Report
2024 |
Property Compendium |
Connecting and |
enriching communities |
Property |
Compendium |
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and communities of the lands on which our business operates.
We pay our respect to Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander cultures and to their Elders past and present.
We recognise the unique role of
Māori as Tangata Whenua of
Aotearoa/New Zealand.
2024 | 2024 |
Corporate Governance | Modern Slavery |
Statement | Statement |
Connecting and | |
enriching communities | |
Connecting and | |
enriching communities |
Corporate Governance | Modern Slavery |
Statement | Statement |
SEE MORE ONLINE
scentregroup.com
Cover Image: Christmas After Dark at Westfield Chermside, Qld
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OUR HIGHLIGHTS
Year in review
Customer and |
communities |
526m |
Annual customer visits |
+14m on FY23 |
49pts |
Customer advocacy |
Net Promoter Score |
+3pts on FY23 |
4.5m |
Westfield members |
+0.7m on FY23 |
Financial |
+4.0% |
on FY23 |
$2,030m Net Operating Income |
+3.5% |
on FY23 |
$1,132m Funds From Operations |
(21.82 cents per security) |
+3.8% |
on FY23 |
$893m Distribution |
(17.20 cents per security) |
Businesses |
99.6% |
Occupancy |
+40bps on FY23 |
$29.0bn |
Business partner sales |
+$544m on FY23 |
3,253 |
Leasing deals with |
new specialty lease |
spreads of 2.0% |
People |
89% |
Employee |
engagement score |
353 |
Permanent team |
members in new roles |
representing 18% |
of permanent workforce |
55% |
of promotions |
were female |
Westfield |
destinations |
Upgraded and |
repurposed |
>64,000sqm of space |
across 4 Westfield |
destinations |
Lifestyle, dining |
and entertainment |
redevelopment announced |
for Westfield Bondi |
>$4bn |
Future development |
pipeline |
Environment |
41% |
Scope 1 and 2 emissions
reduction since 2014
52%(i)
Waste diverted
from operations
Global Sector
Leader, Development
in 2024 GRESB Real Estate Assessment for fifth consecutive year
- Contains the use of estimates, refer to 2024 Responsible Business Data Pack to be released in March 2025.
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SCENTRE GROUP2025 Notice of Meeting
A message from
our Chair
On behalf of my fellow Board members, I am pleased to invite you to attend the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Scentre Group to be held on Wednesday,
9 April 2025 commencing at 10.00am AEST.
Our AGM is an important date in our corporate calendar and an opportunity for securityholders to hear about Scentre Group's business.
You can attend the meeting in person at the Wesley Conference Centre in Sydney, or participate online.
The business of the meeting is to consider the Group's 2024 Financial Report, Directors' Report and Auditor's Report as well as the election and re-election of Directors.
- am standing for re-election together with Catherine Brenner and Michael Ihlein. Craig Mitchell, who was appointed as a non-executive Director on 14 October 2024, will also stand for election.
We also have remuneration related resolutions being the adoption of the Group's 2024 Remuneration Report and the approval of grants of performance rights to our Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Elliott Rusanow.
The Board was concerned that 27.76 per cent of securityholders did not support our 2023 Remuneration Report. Our 2024 Remuneration Report (considered at item 6) sets out the steps the Board has taken to address securityholder concerns. The resolution at item 8 is a "conditional resolution". That is, it will only be put to the meeting if at least 25 per cent of the votes validly cast on item 6 are voted against the resolution.
Information on how to take part in the AGM is outlined in this Notice of Meeting.
Thank you for your support and we look forward to welcoming you to the AGM.
Ilana Atlas AO
Chair
7 March 2025
2025 Notice of Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of securityholders of Scentre Group Limited (Company) will be held on Wednesday, 9 April 2025 commencing at 10.00am AEST.
Securityholders can attend the meeting at the Wesley Conference Centre, 220 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Securityholders can also participate in the meeting online, including being able to ask questions and vote.
Registration opens at 9.00am AEST on Wednesday, 9 April 2025.
Securityholders who wish to participate but are unable to attend on the day should lodge their proxy form by 10.00am AEST on Monday, 7 April 2025.
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Business of the meeting
Financial statements and reports
1. To receive and consider the Company's Financial Report, Directors' Report and Auditor's Report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Re-election of Directors
To pass the following as ordinary resolutions of the Company:
- To re-elect Ilana Atlas AO as a Director of the Company.
- To re-elect Catherine Brenner as a Director of the Company.
- To re-elect Michael Ihlein as a Director of the Company.
- To elect Craig Mitchell as a Director of the Company.
Remuneration Report
To pass the following as a non-binding resolution of the Company:
6. That the Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2024 be adopted.
Approval of grant of performance rights to Elliott Rusanow, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
To pass the following as an ordinary resolution of the Company:
7. That approval is given for the issue to, and acquisition by, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Elliott Rusanow of 1,146,429 performance rights under Scentre Group's Performance Rights Plan and the acquisition of Scentre Group stapled securities on vesting of those performance rights, on the basis described in the explanatory notes forming part of this Notice of Meeting.
Conditional Spill Resolution
To pass the following as an ordinary resolution of the Company:
8. That, subject to and conditional on at least 25% of the votes validly cast on the resolution to adopt the Remuneration Report for the year ended
31 December 2024 (item 6) being cast against that resolution:
- an extraordinary general meeting of the Company (the "spill meeting") be held within 90 days of the passing of this resolution.
- all of the Directors who were Directors of the Company when the resolution to make the Directors' Report for the year ended 31 December 2024 was passed (other than the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer) and who remain in office at the time of the spill meeting, cease to hold office immediately before the end of the spill meeting; and
- resolutions to appoint persons to offices that will be vacated immediately before the end of the spill meeting be put to the vote of securityholders at the spill meeting.
Voting exclusion statements
Items 6, 7 and 8 are resolutions which directly or indirectly relate to the remuneration of key management personnel.
The Company will disregard any vote cast on items 6, 7 or 8 by or on behalf of a member of the key management personnel of the Company's consolidated group (Group) or a closely related party of such member (together, Excluded Persons).
Additionally, the Company will disregard any vote cast on items 6, 7 or 8 by an Excluded Person acting as proxy, unless the vote is cast:
- by an Excluded Person as proxy for a person entitled to vote on the resolution in accordance with their direction on the proxy form.
- by the Chair of the meeting as proxy for a person entitled to vote on the resolution, where the proxy appointment expressly authorises the Chair to vote undirected proxies as the Chair sees fit (even if the resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel of the Company).
If the Chair is your proxy or is appointed as your proxy by default, and you do not direct the Chair how to vote on items 6, 7 or 8 on your proxy form, you will be expressly authorising the Chair to vote on items 6, 7 or 8 as the Chair sees fit (even if the resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel of the Company). The Chair intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of items 6 and 7 and, if it is put
to the meeting, against item 8.
Other information
Voting on all resolutions will be conducted by poll. Further details of the poll will be provided at the meeting.
By order of the Board.
Maureen McGrath
Company Secretary
Sydney, NSW
7 March 2025
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SCENTRE GROUP2025 Notice of Meeting
Meeting information
Entitlement to attend and vote at the meeting
All securityholders may attend the meeting.
The Board has determined that for the purposes of voting at the meeting, registered holders of Scentre Group stapled securities as at 7.00pm AEST on Monday, 7 April 2025 will be eligible to vote at the meeting.
How to vote
Before the AGM
How to ask questions
We welcome securityholders' questions at the meeting. However, in the interests of all present at the meeting, we request that securityholders confine their questions to matters before the meeting that are relevant to securityholders as a whole.
At the meeting we aim to address the subject matter of more frequently asked questions which relate to the matters before the meeting. Securityholders who submit a question may not receive an individual response.
Questions may be moderated or amalgamated if there are multiple questions on the same point.
Before 10.00am AEST on Monday, 7 April 2025, securityholders can appoint a proxy online at www.investorvote.com.auor www.intermediaryonline.comfor custodians and nominees (subscribers only).
Attending the meeting in person
The meeting will be held at the Wesley Conference Centre, 220 Pitt Street, Sydney at 10.00am AEST on Wednesday, 9 April 2025.
To ask a question online, please follow the online meeting guide available at www.computershare.com.au/ virtualmeetingguide. You can also access the guide at www.scentregroup.com/investors/annual-general-meetings.
You can also ask questions on the phone but will not be able to vote over the phone. The phone number will be provided when you register for the meeting.
If you are unable to attend the meeting and would like to submit a question prior to the meeting, you must submit it by 10.00am AEST on Monday, 7 April 2025 so that we can respond during the meeting.
Attending the meeting online
Securityholders and proxyholders can watch and participate in the meeting online by logging into the Computershare meeting platform using either a computer or a smart device at https://meetnow.global/M9JFSGD.
Participating at the meeting online enables securityholders and proxyholders to view the meeting live, ask questions and cast their votes during the meeting.
Proxyholders will need to contact Computershare on
+61 3 9415 4024 at least one hour prior to the meeting to obtain their login details to participate online during the meeting.
To participate in the meeting online:
- Click on 'Join Meeting Now'.
- Enter your SRN/HIN. As noted, proxyholders will need to contact Computershare on +61 3 9415 4024 at least one hour prior to the meeting to obtain their login details.
- Enter your postcode registered to your holding if you are an Australian securityholder. If you are an overseas securityholder select the country of your registered holding from the drop-down list.
- Accept the Terms and Conditions and click 'Continue.'
Follow the instructions on the screen to view the meeting, ask a question and cast your vote.
Questions can be submitted:
- online at www.investorvote.com.au; or
- by emailing investor@scentregroup.com.
Questions may also be submitted for the external auditor about the Auditor's Report or the conduct of the audit.
Written questions for the auditor must be received no later than 5.00pm AEDT on Wednesday, 2 April 2025.
Appointing a proxy
If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you are encouraged to complete and return your proxy form.
All securityholders who are entitled to vote at the meeting have a right to appoint a proxy to participate and vote in their place. A proxy need not be a securityholder and may be an individual or a body corporate.
If you wish to appoint a proxy, you must nominate a proxy online or on the hard copy proxy form.
If a securityholder is entitled to two or more votes, they may appoint two proxies and each proxy must be appointed to represent a specified proportion of the securityholder's voting rights. If you appoint two proxies and do not specify the proportion of the number of votes each proxy may exercise, each of the proxies may exercise half of your votes.
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If you appoint a body corporate as a proxy, that body corporate will need to ensure that it appoints an individual as its corporate representative to exercise its powers at the meeting and provide satisfactory evidence of the appointment of its corporate representative prior to the commencement of the meeting.
A corporate securityholder must sign the proxy form in accordance with its constitution or otherwise in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act). Where the proxy form is signed by a duly authorised person or persons of a corporate securityholder, such authorisation must have been sighted by Computershare.
Lodgement of proxies
To be valid, the proxy form and any power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed (or a certified copy of it) must be received no later than 10.00am AEST on Monday,
7 April 2025 (Proxy Deadline) in accordance with the directions on the proxy form.
Proxy forms and proxy appointment authorities may also be hand delivered to Scentre Group, Level 30, 85 Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW 2000 or by fax to +61 2 9358 7241.
Online proxy
You may also submit your proxy online at www.investorvote.com.auwhich can be accessed via www.scentregroup.com.
You will need your SRN or HIN and the allocated Control Number (184707).
You will be taken to have signed the proxy form if you lodge your proxy in accordance with the instructions on the website. If you wish to use this facility, you must submit your proxy appointment through the facility by no later than the Proxy Deadline.
A proxy cannot be appointed electronically if they are appointed under a power of attorney or similar authority. The online proxy facility may not be suitable for securityholders wishing to appoint two proxies with different voting directions. Please read the instructions for online proxy submissions carefully before you lodge your proxy.
Custodians and other intermediaries may submit their proxy online by visiting www.intermediaryonline.com(subscribers only).
Smart device
You may submit your proxy by using your smart device to scan the QR code that appears on the Notice and Access letter, and following the instructions provided.
Corporate representative
If your holding is registered in a company name, a corporate securityholder may appoint a person to act as its representative to attend the meeting by providing that person with the appropriate 'Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative' (available from Computershare or www.investorcentre.com).
The above evidence of appointment must be produced prior to the commencement of the meeting.
Undirected proxies
The Chair of the meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of items 2 to 7, and against item 8.
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SCENTRE GROUP2025 Notice of Meeting
Explanatory notes
Item 1 - Financial Statements and Reports
As required under section 317 of the Corporations Act,
the Financial Report, Directors' Report and Auditor's Report (collectively Reports) of the Company and the consolidated entity for the financial year ended 31 December 2024 will be placed before the meeting. These Reports are in the Company's 2024 Annual Report which is available at www.scentregroup.com/investors/annual-reports.
This item does not require a formal resolution to be put to the meeting.
Securityholders will be provided with the opportunity to ask questions about the Reports at the meeting.
The Group's auditor, Ernst & Young (EY), will be present at the meeting and securityholders and proxy holders will have the opportunity to ask the auditor questions in relation to the conduct of the audit and the Auditor's Report.
If you prefer to submit a written question to the auditor, please do so in accordance with the instructions on page 6. All written questions for the auditor must be received on or before 5.00pm AEDT on Wednesday, 2 April 2025.
Items 2, 3, 4 and 5 - Re-election and election of Directors
The Company's constitution and the ASX Listing Rules provide for the rotational retirement and re-election of Directors. In accordance with these requirements, Ilana Atlas, Catherine Brenner, and Michael (Mike) Ihlein are retiring at the end of the AGM and will be offering themselves for re-election.
Mike Ihlein was appointed as a Director of the Company on 30 June 2014. Mike is currently Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. As part of the Board's succession planning, the Board's intention is that Craig Mitchell succeed Mike as Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. Once an orderly transition has been completed, Mike will retire from the Board before his term ends.
Craig Mitchell, being a Director appointed by the Board on 14 October 2024, will stand for election. Appropriate background checks were completed before Mr Mitchell was appointed to the Board and no areas of concern were identified in such checks.
The Board undertakes an annual review of its performance. The Board considers the results of this review in determining its endorsement of the Directors standing
for election or re-election.
Details of the qualifications and experience of each Director standing for re-election or election are set out below.
The Board has determined that each of the Directors standing for re-election or election are independent non-executive Directors.
Board recommendation
The Board (excluding Ilana Atlas, Catherine Brenner, Mike Ihlein and Craig Mitchell in respect of their own re-election or election) recommends that
you vote in favour of the re-election or election of each Director.
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Item 2 - To re-elect Ilana Atlas | Item 3 - To re-elect Catherine Brenner |
llana Atlas AO
Independent Non-Executive Chair
BJuris (Hons), LLB (Hons), LLM
Appointed: 28 May 2021 (Director)
1 October 2023 (Chair)
Last Elected: 7 April 2022
NG
Experience
Ilana has extensive experience as a public company director and in executive and management roles. Ilana is a former director of ANZ Group Holdings Limited and former Chair of Coca-Cola Amatil. Ilana's last executive role was Group Executive, People, at Westpac, where she was responsible for human resources, corporate affairs and sustainability. Prior to that role, Ilana was Group Secretary and General Counsel at Westpac. Before her career at Westpac, Ilana was a partner at the law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now known as King & Wood Mallesons) where she practised corporate law as well as holding a number of management roles including Executive Partner, People and Information, and Managing Partner.
Current external appointments
Non-executive director, Origin Energy. Deputy Chair, Council of the National Gallery of Australia. Chair of Jawun. Board member, Paul Ramsay Foundation. Panel member, Adara Partners.
Catherine Brenner
Independent Non-Executive Director
BEc, LLB, MBA
Appointed: 1 March 2022
Last elected: 7 April 2022
HR RS NG
Experience
Catherine has extensive business experience across a number of sectors. Catherine was a senior investment banker after starting her career as a corporate lawyer. Catherine was previously non-executive Chair of AMP Limited and a non-executive director of ASX companies including Boral Limited and Coca-Cola Amatil Limited. She has also been a member of the Takeovers Panel and a Trustee of the Sydney Opera House Trust, and of the Art Gallery of NSW, as well as holding board roles in other public and private organisations in the mining, financial services, property, biotech, logistics, visual and performing arts, education and government sectors.
Current external appointments
Chair of Australian Payments Plus (BPAY, eftpos, NPP, ConnectID). Non-executive director, Djerriwarrh Investments Limited. Non-executive director, The George Institute
for Global Health. Non-executive director, Schools Plus. Panel member, Adara Partners.
Denotes Chair of Board/Committee
AF | Audit and | RS | Risk and Sustainability | HR | Human Resources | NG | Nomination and |
Finance Committee | Committee | Committee | Governance Committee | ||||
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SCENTRE GROUP2025 Notice of Meeting
Explanatory notes
Item 4 - To re-elect Michael Ihlein | Item 5 - To elect Craig Mitchell |
Michael Ihlein
Independent Non-Executive Director
BBus (Acc)
Appointed: 30 June 2014
Last elected: 7 April 2022
AF RS
Experience
Mike is a highly experienced corporate and finance executive. Mike held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Brambles and Executive Director from July 2007 until his retirement
in November 2009, following his appointment as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director in March 2004. Prior to this, Mike had a long career with Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (and related companies) where he held the roles of Managing Director, Poland, and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director. Mike was formerly a Director of Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Limited, Snowy Hydro Limited and CSR Limited.
Current external appointments
Non-executive Director, Inghams Group Limited. Non-executive
Director, Ampol Limited. Non-executive Director, Kilfinan
Australia Limited.
Craig Mitchell
Independent Non-Executive Director
BCom, FCPA, MBA (Exec) - AGSM, AMP - Harvard Business School Appointed: 14 October 2024
Last elected: Will stand for election at the 2025 AGM AF NG RS
Experience
Craig has more than 25 years' experience in the property industry spanning retail, construction, development and funds management. Craig is currently Global Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT, a role from which he will step down in mid-2025. He has previously held executive leadership roles as Chief Executive Officer at Grocon and as Chief Financial Officer, and then Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer at Dexus. Craig has also held a number of non-profit director positions including Frensham School, where he spent five years as Deputy Chair of the Board and Chair
of the Audit and Property Committees.
Current external appointments
Global CEO, NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT. Non-executive Director, Vital Healthcare Property Trust.
Denotes Chair of Board/Committee
AF | Audit and | RS | Risk and Sustainability | HR | Human Resources | NG | Nomination and |
Finance Committee | Committee | Committee | Governance Committee | ||||
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