Exhibit 99.1

 

Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd.

(Incorporated in Singapore)

(Registration number: 201731497H)

Primary listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market

Secondary listing on the JSE Main Board

NASDAQ Share code: GRIN and SEC CIK Number: CIK0001725293

JSE Share code: GSH and ISIN: SG9999019087

("GRIN" or the “Company")

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To be held on july 14, 2020

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the shareholders of the Company will be held on July 14, 2020 at 18:00 Singapore Standard Time (12:00 South Africa Standard Time, 06:00 United States ET) by way of electronic means (the “AGM”).

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore, shareholders will not be able to physically attend the AGM which is to be conducted by way of electronic means. A shareholder entitled and wishing to vote on the matters to be considered at the AGM must complete the form of proxy and voting instruction (attached) to appoint the Chairman of the AGM as his / her / its proxy to vote in his / her / its stead. A shareholder wishing to attend the AGM by electronic means is required to pre-register. Please refer to the information contained in this Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (this “Notice”) for details on how to vote and how to attend by electronic means. 

This Notice is distributed to Shareholders of Record recorded in the register of members of the Company as at June 12, 2020 and Beneficial Shareholders recorded in the records of the relevant securities depository on June 12, 2020. This Notice is available on our website at http://www.grinshipping.com/Content/EventsPresentationsAndNotices.

The purpose of the AGM is for the shareholders of the Company to consider and, if thought fit, pass, with or without modifications, the following resolutions:

AS ROUTINE BUSINESS

Ordinary Resolution No. 1 – Singapore Statutory Financial Statements

RESOLVED THAT, the Directors’ Statement, the Auditors’ Report and the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended December 31, 2019 be received and adopted. 

Ordinary Resolution No. 2 – Appointment of Director

RESOLVED THAT, on the recommendation of the Compensation and Nomination Committee and endorsement of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors” or the “Directors”):

Mr. Quah Ban Huat, who will retire by rotation at the AGM pursuant to Regulation 101 of the Constitution of the Company, and who, being eligible, has offered himself for re-election, be and is hereby re-appointed as a Director of the Company.

Ordinary Resolution No. 3 – Appointment of Director

RESOLVED THAT, on the recommendation of the Compensation and Nomination Committee and endorsement of the Board of Directors:

Mr. John Herholdt, who will retire by rotation at the AGM pursuant to Regulation 101 of the Constitution of the Company, and who, being eligible, has offered himself for re-election, be and is hereby re-appointed as a Director of the Company.

Ordinary Resolution No. 4 – Non-executive Directors’ remuneration for the financial year ending December 31, 2020

RESOLVED THAT, the Non-executive Directors of the Company from time to time during the year ending December 31, 2020 each be remunerated in accordance with the following annual fee rates as may be relevant to each Non-executive Director: (i) total all-inclusive Chairman’s fee of US$150,000; (ii) Director’s fee of US$65,000; (iii) Committee Chairman’s fee of US$20,000; and (iv) Committee member’s fee of US$10,000.

Ordinary Resolution No. 5 – Re-appointment and remuneration of auditors

RESOLVED THAT, upon the recommendation of the Audit and Risk Committee, Deloitte & Touche LLP be re-appointed as the auditors of the Company for the financial year ending December 31, 2020 and that the Directors be empowered to fix the auditors’ remuneration in their absolute discretion.

AS SPECIAL BUSINESS

Ordinary Resolution No. 6 – Authority to allot and issue shares under the 2018 Forfeitable Share Plan

RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50, but subject otherwise to the provisions of our Constitution, the Directors be and are hereby authorised and empowered to:

(a) offer and grant awards of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (“Awards”) in accordance with the provisions of the Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. 2018 Forfeitable Share Plan (the “2018 Forfeitable Share Plan”) and to allot and issue from time to time such shares as may be required to be delivered pursuant to the vesting of the Awards under the 2018 Forfeitable Share Plan and that such authority shall continue in force until the earliest of (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, (ii) the expiration of the period within which our next annual general meeting is required by law to be held, or (iii) the point at which the maximum number of Awards permitted to be made in terms of the 2018 Forfeitable Share Plan as per the FSP Prescribed Limit, as defined below, has been reached; and

(b) notwithstanding that the authority conferred by part (a) of this Resolution may have ceased to be in force, allot and issue shares as may be required to be delivered in pursuance of any Award made or granted by our Directors while the authority conferred by part (a) of this Resolution was in force, provided that the aggregate number of shares at any one time which may be granted in an Award together with all existing Awards that have not yet vested under the 2018 Forfeitable Share Plan, shall not exceed 5% of the number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares), as determined in reference to the day preceding the Award (the “FSP Prescribed Limit”).

Ordinary Resolution No. 7 – Renewal of the Share Repurchase Mandate

RESOLVED THAT:

(a) for the purposes of Sections 76C and 76E of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50, the exercise by our Directors of all of our powers to purchase or otherwise acquire issued ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (“ordinary shares”) not exceeding in aggregate the Share Repurchase Prescribed Limit (as hereafter defined), at such price or prices as may be determined by our Directors from time to time up to the Maximum Price (as hereafter defined), by way of market purchases on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and/or the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and in compliance with the requirements of Rule 10b-18 under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and under Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (if a plan is established thereunder), and, in all cases, in accordance with all laws and the regulations and rules of the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the Johannesburg Stock Exchange as may be applicable, be and is hereby authorized and approved generally and unconditionally (the “Share Repurchase Mandate”);

(b) any ordinary share purchased or acquired by us pursuant to the mandate contained in paragraph (a) of this Resolution shall, at the discretion of the Directors, either be cancelled or held in treasury and dealt with in accordance with the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50;

(c) unless varied or revoked by our shareholders in a general meeting, the authority conferred on our Directors pursuant to the mandate contained in paragraph (a) above may be exercised by our Directors at any time and from time to time during the period commencing from the date of the passing of this resolution and expiring on the earliest of:

(i) the date on which the next annual general meeting of the Company is held;

(ii) the date by which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by law to be held;

(iii) the date on which the share purchases pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate are carried out to the full extent mandated; or

(iv) the date on which the authority pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate contained in paragraph (a) of this Resolution is varied or revoked;

(d) in this Resolution:

“Share Repurchase Prescribed Limit” means the number of issued ordinary shares representing 10% of the total number of issued ordinary shares outstanding as of the date of the passing of this Resolution (excluding any ordinary shares which are held as treasury shares as at that date), unless the Company has effected a reduction of the share capital of the Company in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50, at any time during the Relevant Period, in which event the total number of ordinary shares of the Company shall be taken to be the total number of ordinary shares of the Company as altered;

“Relevant Period” means the period commencing from the date of passing of this Resolution and expiring on the date our next annual general meeting is held or is required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier;

“Maximum Price” means an amount (excluding related brokerage, commission, applicable goods and services tax, stamp duties, clearance fees and other related expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share purchased or acquired by us pursuant to the mandate contained in paragraph (a) above, not exceeding, in the case of a market purchase of an ordinary share, the highest independent bid or the last independent transaction price, whichever is higher, of our ordinary shares quoted or reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the securities exchange operated by JSE Limited (the “JSE”), as the case may be, or shall not exceed any volume weighted average price, or other price determined under any pricing mechanism, in compliance with the requirements under Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, at the time the purchase is effected; and

(e) our Directors and each of them be and are hereby authorised to do all acts and things (including, without limitation, executing all such documents as may be required, including all filings required to be made pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act) as they or each of them deem desirable, necessary or expedient to give effect to the transactions contemplated and/or authorized by this resolution as they or each of them may in their or each of their absolute discretion deem fit in the interests of the Company.

NOTES REGARDING THE PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS

Per our Constitution, Ordinary Resolutions No. 1 to No. 5, inclusive, are routine business to be transacted at the AGM.

(i) Ordinary Resolution No. 1 covers the Singapore Statutory Financial Statements which were prepared in conformity with the provisions of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50 (the “Singapore Companies Act”) and will be made available to our shareholders on our website at http://www.grinshipping.com/Content/FinancialResults on and from June 18, 2020, being not less than fourteen days before the date of the AGM, as required under Singapore law.

(ii) Ordinary Resolutions No. 2 and No. 3 cover the Directors who are required to retire at the annual general meeting of the Company pursuant to Regulation 101 of the Constitution, which requires that at each annual general meeting one-third of the Company’s directors (or, if their number is not a multiple of three, then the number nearest to but not more than one-third of the directors) are required to retire from office by rotation and then, pursuant to Regulation 102 of the Constitution, shall be eligible for re-election at the annual general meeting. As at the date of this Notice the Board is not aware of any nominee who is unable or will decline to serve as a Director. Set forth below are the names of, and certain other information concerning the two Directors who will be standing for re-election as Directors at the AGM.

Mr. Quah Ban Huat, Age 53, has served as a member of our board of Directors since November 2, 2017 and is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee. He is a principal advisor at KPMG Corporate Finance and a senior advisor to the Chairman of Sunjoy Group. Mr. Quah specializes in mergers & acquisitions, structuring and financing. In addition, he is also a Director of AP Oil International Limited and Samudera Shipping Line Ltd. Mr. Quah served as a Director on the boards of mDR Ltd from 2014 to 2017 and Croesus Asset Management Pte. Ltd., trustee manager of Croesus Retail Trust from 2012 to 2017. Prior to this, he has held various key finance positions including Regional Business Area Controller at Deutsche Bank for its Asia Pacific Money Markets and Treasury operations, Group Finance Director at the IMC Group, Chief Financial Officer at City Gas Pte. Ltd. and Rickmers Trust Management Pte. Ltd., trustee manager of Rickmers Maritime Trust. Mr. Quah qualified as an accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants.

Mr. John Herholdt, Age 71, has served as a member of our board of Directors since November 6, 2017 and is the Chairman of the Compensation and Nomination Committee. Between 2012 and 2015, Mr Herholdt consulted the Maitland Group. From 1987 to 2012 Mr Herholdt served as a London based senior partner of the Maitland Group with offices in Europe, South Africa and North America. He also served as a Director on the boards of several of its subsidiaries. The London office of Shepstone and Wylie was established by Mr Herholdt in 1985 and in 1987 merged the Shepstone and Wylie operation with that of Maitlands, then the offshore arm of the South African law firm Webber Wentzel. He remained associated with Shepstone and Wylie until 2012. In 1984, Mr Herholdt joined the South African law firm Shepstone and Wylie as a senior partner in the maritime department, acting primarily for vessel owners and P&I Clubs. In 1979, Mr Herholdt was appointed a Director of Leo Raphaely and Sons, an international commodity trading firm. From 1972 to 1979, Mr Herholdt was a partner of the law firm Goodrickes and specialised in maritime and commodities law. His responsibilities included all maritime and commodity issues, as well as, legal, commercial, and tax matters. Mr Herholdt obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Law Degree in 1969 and his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1971, and was admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa in 1972.

(iii) Ordinary Resolution No. 4 will allow the Company to pay Director’s Fees to Non-executive Directors (on a quarterly basis in arrears) for services rendered by Non-executive Directors for the financial year ending December 31, 2020. The annual fee rates for the Non-executive Directors’ fees are unchanged from 2019. For the financial year ended December 31, 2019, the total fees paid to the five Non-executive directors was US$480,000. This will remain unchanged if the number of directors is unchanged for the financial year ending December 31, 2020.

(iv) Ordinary Resolution No. 5 deals with the re-appointment of the independent auditors, Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has served as our statutory Auditor for the financial year ended December 31, 2019. The Audit and Risk Committee has approved and recommended to our Board the re-appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our statutory Auditor for the financial year ending December 31, 2020 and to perform other appropriate services. As a result, our Board has approved, subject to shareholders’ approval, the re-appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP and, pursuant to Section 205(16) of the Singapore Companies Act, is requesting that the shareholders authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor’s remuneration for services rendered through the 2020 AGM.

Per our Constitution, Ordinary Resolutions No. 6 and No. 7 are special business to be transacted at the annual general meeting.

(v) Ordinary Resolution No. 6 is to authorise the Directors to offer and grant awards, and allot and issue ordinary shares, in accordance with the provisions of the 2018 Forfeitable Share Plan. The Company intends to continue to rely upon equity as a component of compensation to retain key personnel.

(vi) Ordinary Resolution No. 7 is required to allow the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire its issued shares, on the terms and conditions set out in the Resolution. Our shareholders have approved the Share Repurchase Mandate at the annual general meeting held on May 29, 2019 and that approval is due to expire on the date of the AGM. Accordingly, we are submitting this proposal to seek approval from our shareholders at the AGM for a renewal of the Share Repurchase Mandate.

If approved by shareholders, the authority conferred by the Share Repurchase Mandate will, unless varied or revoked by shareholders at a general meeting, continue in force until the earliest of the date of the next annual general meeting of the Company, the date by which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by law to be held or the date on which the share purchases are carried out to the full extent mandated. Notwithstanding that the shareholders may approve the renewal of the Share Repurchase Mandate at the forthcoming AGM, the prior approval of shareholders by way of an ordinary resolution will be required for each subsequent annual renewal of the Share Repurchase Mandate. It is expected that authority for share repurchases will be sought in the future on an annual basis at the annual general meetings of the Company. Whilst the Singapore Companies Act allows a maximum of 20% of the ordinary shares in issue at the time of the passing of a resolution of the shareholders of the Company in respect of a share purchase mandate (excluding any ordinary shares which are held as treasury shares as at that date) to be purchased, the Directors of the Company currently propose that the authority is provided to purchase up to 10%. The Company intends to use internal resources or external borrowings or a combination of both to finance the purchase or acquisition of its shares.

Purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares may be made by way of market purchases on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and/or the JSE through the ready market through one or more duly licensed brokers or dealers appointed by the Company for the purpose in compliance with the requirements of Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, and under Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (if a plan is established thereunder).

An ordinary share purchased or acquired by the Company is deemed cancelled immediately on purchase or acquisition (and all rights and privileges attached to such ordinary share will expire on such cancellation) unless such ordinary share is held by the Company as a treasury share. At the time of each tranche of purchase of ordinary shares by the Company, the Directors will decide whether the ordinary shares purchased will be cancelled or kept as treasury shares, or partly cancelled and partly kept as treasury shares, depending on the needs of the Company and as the Directors deem fit in the interest of the Company at that time.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION RELATING TO THE SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE

The source of funds to be used for the purchase of ordinary shares is existing cash and funding sources and/or new debt facilities that the Company may enter into in the future. Only funds legally available for purchasing ordinary shares in accordance with the Company’s constitution and the applicable laws of Singapore will be used for the purchase of ordinary shares.

The Singapore Companies Act permits the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares out of capital and/or profits so long as the Company is solvent. Such a payment shall include any expenses (including brokerage or commission) incurred directly in the purchase or acquisition of ordinary shares. For this purpose, a company is solvent if (a) there is no ground on which the company could be found to be unable to pay its debts; (b) if it is not intended to commence winding up of the company, the company will be able to pay its debts as they fall due during the period of 12 months immediately after the date of the payment; and (c) the value of the company’s assets is not less than the value of its liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and will not after the proposed purchase or acquisition, become less than the value of its liabilities (including contingent liabilities).

The amount of financing required and the financial effects on the Company and the group (including the Company’s subsidiaries) arising from purchases or acquisitions of ordinary shares which may be made pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate will depend on, inter alia, the aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased or acquired, the price paid for such ordinary shares, whether the purchase or acquisition was made out of profits and/or capital and whether the ordinary shares purchased or acquired are held in treasury or cancelled.

Assuming a market price of US$2.80 per ordinary share (which is the closing price of the ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as at June 12, 2020, the last practicable date prior to the date of issue of this Notice), the total share purchase consideration for 10% of the Company’s ordinary shares in issue (excluding 56,975 treasury shares) as at the date of issue of the Notice, being 1,900,685 shares, would be US$5,321,918, before transaction costs.

Implementing a share purchase on these terms on December 31, 2019 (assuming that 19,006,858 ordinary shares of the Company (excluding 56,975 treasury shares) had been in issue immediately prior to the share purchase, the authority for the purchase by the Company of its ordinary shares had been in force on December 31, 2019 and that the purchased shares were cancelled immediately thereafter) would have had the effect, amongst other effects, of reducing the Company’s total equity from US$251,938,000 to US$246,616,082 as of such date. The determination of the foregoing estimated financial effect has been derived from the Company’s statement of financial position as at December 31, 2019, included in the Company’s audited consolidated and combined financial statements available from our website. The information does not represent the actual financial position or results of operations of or the financial effects on the Company as at and for the dates indicated, and is being furnished solely for illustrative purposes. Furthermore, the information does not purport to project the Company’s results of operations or financial position for any future period or as of any future date, or that any shares purchased will be cancelled.

TAKE-OVER IMPLICATIONS

If, as a result of any purchase or acquisition by the Company of its shares, a shareholder’s proportionate interest in the voting capital of the Company increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purposes of Rule 14 of the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers (the “Singapore Code”). If such increase results in a change of effective control, or, as a result of such increase, a shareholder or group of shareholders acting in concert obtains or consolidates effective control of the Company, such shareholder or group of shareholders acting in concert could become obliged to make a take-over offer for the Company under Rule 14.

The circumstances under which shareholders of the Company (including Directors of the Company) and persons acting in concert with them respectively will incur an obligation to make a take-over offer under Rule 14 after a purchase or acquisition of shares by the Company are set out in Appendix 2 of the Singapore Code. In general terms, the effect of Rule 14 and Appendix 2 is that, unless exempted, Directors of the Company and persons acting in concert with them will incur an obligation to make a take-over offer for the Company under Rule 14 if, as a result of the Company purchasing or acquiring its shares, the voting rights of such Directors and their concert parties would increase to 30% or more, or if the voting rights of such Directors and their concert parties fall between 30% and 50% of the Company’s voting rights, the voting rights of such Directors and their concert parties would increase by more than 1% in any period of 6 months.

The Directors of the Company are not aware of any fact(s) or factor(s) which suggest or imply that any particular person(s) and/or shareholder(s) are, or may be regarded as, parties acting in concert such that their respective interests in voting shares in the capital of the Company should or ought to be consolidated, and consequences under the Singapore Code would ensue, as a result of a purchase of shares by the Company pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate.

The statements in this Notice do not purport to be a comprehensive or exhaustive description of all implications that may arise under the Singapore Code. Shareholders are advised to consult their professional advisers, the Securities Industry Council or other relevant authorities at the earliest opportunity as to whether an obligation to make a take-over offer would arise by reason of any purchase or acquisition of shares by the Company.

DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Notice (including the Form of Proxy and Voting Instruction) the following definitions are used.

Beneficial Shareholders: are persons or entities holding their interests in the Company’s shares as, or through, a participant in the Depository Trust Company, or DTC, in book entry form at a broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary and who are reflected in the books of such intermediary; also commonly referred to in the United States as “street name holders”.

Shareholder of Record: a person or entity whose name is reflected in the Company’s register of members, and who is not necessarily a Beneficial Shareholder.

South African Shareholders: are Beneficial Shareholders whose interests are reflected on the South African administrative depository register. In general terms, this reflects the shareholders who trade on the JSE.

International Shareholders: are Beneficial Shareholders, other than South African Shareholders.

MEETING TO BE HELD BY ELECTRONIC MEANS

The AGM will be held by electronic means pursuant to the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Alternative Arrangements for meetings for Companies, Variable Capital Companies, Business Trusts, Unit Trusts and Debenture Holders) Order 2020 (the “COVID-19 Order”) under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 which enables the Minister for Law by order to prescribe alternative arrangements for listed companies in Singapore to, inter alia, conduct general meetings, either wholly or partly, by electronic communication, video conferencing, tele-conferencing or other electronic means.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore, a shareholder will not be able to physically attend the AGM. In accordance with the COVID-19 Order, a shareholder (whether individual or corporate) may vote only by appointing the Chairman of the meeting as his/her/its proxy to vote on his/her/its behalf at the AGM. A shareholder may observe and/or listen to the AGM proceedings via live audio-visual webcast or live audio-only stream, and may submit questions in advance of the AGM, as further discussed below. A shareholder can cast his/her/its votes only by electronic submission of the required voting instruction or via post, as further discussed below.  

With the constantly evolving COVID-19 situation, the Company may be required to change the AGM arrangements at short notice. In the event of any changes or further measures, shareholders will be advised by way of an announcement or other appropriate means.

GENERAL MATTERS RELATING TO THE MEETING

Quorum

The quorum required to transact business at the AGM is representation of at least 15% of the total number of issued and fully paid shares (excluding treasury shares) in the capital of the Company for the time being. Shares represented at the meeting for which an abstention from voting has been recorded are counted towards the quorum.

Basis of voting

Votes shall be taken on a poll with one vote for each share. In respect of both the routine business and the special business, in order for a resolution to be passed more than 50% of the eligible votes cast on the resolution must be in favour of the resolution. Whilst shares for which an abstention from voting has been recorded are counted toward the quorum of the meeting, the calculation of the percentage of votes cast in favour of the resolution disregards abstained votes. A person entitled to more than one vote need not use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.

Identification of shareholders and their representatives

Before any person may participate in the AGM, the Chairman of the AGM must be reasonably satisfied that the right of the person to participate at the AGM has been reasonably verified.

RECORD DATE FOR DETERMINING BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS’ ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE

Only those Beneficial Shareholders recorded in the records of the relevant securities depository on June 12, 2020 are eligible to vote.

HOW TO CAST YOUR VOTE

An eligible Beneficial Shareholder may only cast his/her/its vote by completing a “Form of Proxy and Voting Instruction” (as attached) in accordance with the instructions it contains. The duly completed form must be submitted by South African Shareholders, by July 10, 2020 at 18:00 South Africa Standard Time, to your broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary and by International Shareholders, by July 10, 2020 at 18:00 United States ET, to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. Refer to the “Form of Proxy and Voting Instruction” for further instructions.

An eligible Shareholder of Record may only cast his/her/its vote by completing a “Form of Proxy and Voting Instruction” and emailing it back to proxy@continentalstock.com or by posting it to 1 State Street, 30^th Floor, New York, NY10004-1561.

If you wish to revoke a form of proxy and voting instruction, a Beneficial Shareholder must send an email to notify this to the relevant broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary and a Shareholder of Record must send an email to notify this to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in each case, by July 10, 2020.

SHAREHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN THE AGM

A live audio-visual webcast and a live audio-only stream will allow shareholders to view and/or listen to the AGM proceedings. Shareholders will not be able to ask questions during the course of the AGM but can submit their questions in advance. Pre-registration, which includes a verification process, is required in such cases, as further discussed below.

How to submit questions to be raised at the AGM, watch the live audio-visual webcast or listen to the audio-only live stream of the AGM proceedings

In order to be able to submit questions to be raised at the AGM, watch the live audio-visual webcast or listen to the audio-only live stream of the AGM proceedings, a shareholder (whether a Beneficial Shareholder or a Shareholder of Record) is required to pre-register with the Company. You can pre-register at our website http://www.grinshipping.com/AGMRegistration2020.

At the time of pre-registering, Shareholders will be required to make certain elections and provide certain information, including (a) indicating participation at the AGM either by “Audio-visual” or “Audio-only”; (b) your name; (c) your email address; (d) your telephone or mobile number; (e) the number of shares held; (f) whether you are a South African Shareholder or an International Shareholder or a Shareholder of Record (refer to the definitions above); and (g) name of brokerage firm.

In addition, as part of the pre-registration and authentication process, Beneficial Shareholders are required to ensure that a legal proxy or letter of representation is submitted to the Company. You should contact your broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary through which your shares are held to request the necessary legal proxy or letter of representation. It is not necessary that you, as the Beneficial Shareholder, be the person that submits questions to be raised at the AGM, watches the live audio-visual webcast or listens to the audio-only live stream of the AGM proceedings. You are able to nominate another person to perform such actions on your behalf and you should make this known to your broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary when requesting your legal proxy or letter of representation. Your broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary will advise you of the documentation they require in order to provide a legal proxy or letter of representation.

The legal proxy or letter of representation is required to be uploaded via the website http://www.grinshipping.com/AGMRegistration2020 or emailed to AGM2020@grindrodshipping.com.

Simultaneously with the submission of the pre-registration information and supporting documentation, Shareholders are able to submit questions to be raised at the AGM through the website http://www.grinshipping.com/AGMRegistration2020. In addition, Shareholders of Record are able to submit their questions to the Company by post to 200 Cantonment Road, #03-01 Southpoint, Singapore 089763.

Authentication process

Once the pre-registration and relevant supporting documentation has been provided to the Company, the Company will authenticate the pre-registration particulars. Authenticated shareholders will receive a confirmation email by which contains details to participate in the live webcast (for those who opted for audio-visual at pre-registration) or a local dial-in number and conference code to access the audio only stream (for those who opted for audio-only only).

If we are unable to verify your shareholder status, we will notify you via email that you will not be able to access the AGM proceedings.

Questions related to pre-registration

For any questions related to the pre-registration for the AGM, please email to AGM2020@grindrodshipping.com

CUT-OFF TIMES

Submission of votes on a “Form of Proxy and Voting Instruction”

For submission of your “Form of Proxy and Voting Instruction” - July 10, 2020 at 18:00 United States ET/18:00 South Africa Standard Time, as appropriate.

Pre-registration by Shareholder

For submission to the Company of the pre-registration and supporting documentation, including the legal proxy or letter of representation – July 10, 2020 at 18:00 United States ET and 18:00 South Africa Standard Time. You should be aware that it will take some time for your broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary to process your request for a legal proxy or letter of representation and you will need to make the necessary arrangements allowing sufficient time for this.

Submission of questions to the Company

For submission, whether by email or by post, to the Company of questions to be raised at the AGM – July 10, 2020 at 18:00 United States ET and 18:00 South Africa Standard Time.

Confirmation from Company

For receipt from the Company of a confirmation e-mail with details of how to connect to the audio/video streams – July 13, 2020 at 18:00 United States ET and 18:00 South Africa Standard Time.

Information for brokers, dealers, other intermediaries, and securities depositories

The cut-off time for acceptance of the completed “Form of Proxy and Voting Instruction” and the appointment of legal proxies and the issue of letters of representation is July 10, 2020 at 18:00 United States ET and 18:00 South Africa Standard Time. If the “Form of Proxy and Voting Instruction” does not indicate how the votes are to be dealt with, the votes of the relevant shares are to be regarded as having been abstained.

PERSONAL DATA

By participating in the AGM (through pre-registration, attendance or the submission of any questions to be raised at the AGM) and/or any adjournment thereof, submitting an instrument appointing a proxy and/or any adjournment thereof or submitting any details of the shareholder’s representative(s) in connection with the AGM, a shareholder of the Company (whether a Beneficial Shareholder or a Shareholder of Record) (i) consents to the collection, use and disclosure of the shareholder’s personal data by the Company (or its agents) for the purpose of the processing and administration by the Company (or its agents) of proxies and representatives appointed for the AGM (including any adjournment thereof) and the preparation and compilation of the attendance lists, minutes and other documents relating to the AGM (including any adjournment thereof), and in order for the Company (or its agents) to comply with any applicable laws, listing rules, regulations and/or guidelines (collectively, the “Purposes”), (ii) warrants that where the shareholder discloses the personal data of the shareholder’s representative(s) to the Company (or its agents), the shareholder has obtained the prior consent of representative(s) for the collection, use and disclosure by the Company (or its agents) of the personal data of such representative(s) for the Purposes, and (iii) agrees that the shareholder will indemnify the Company in respect of any penalties, liabilities, claims, demands, losses and damages as a result of the shareholder’s breach of warranty.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This notice contains forward-looking statements concerning future events. These forward looking statements, including, among others, the proposed sources of funds for the share purchase and the illustrative impact of the Share Repurchase Mandate, are necessarily estimates and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. As a consequence, these forward-looking statements should be considered in light of various important factors. Words such as “may,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “hopes,” “estimates,” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the information available to, and the expectations and assumptions deemed reasonable by the Company at the time these statements were made. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. These statements involve known and unknown risks and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates which are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from estimates or projections contained in the forward-looking statements include the factors set out in the Company’s filings with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or release any revisions to these forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this notice or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd.

(Company Registration No. 201731497H)

Mr. SW Griffiths, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director

June 17, 2020

CORPORATE INFORMATION

Registered Office Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd.
(Registration number: 201731497H)
200 Cantonment Road, #03-01 Southpoint, Singapore 089763   Place of incorporation: Singapore   Date of incorporation: November 2, 2017   Website: www.grinshipping.com   Transfer Agent Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company 1 State Street, 30^th Floor, New York NY 10004-1561, USA Tel: +1 (212) 509 4000 Fax: +1 (212) 509 5152 Email: proxy@continentalstock.com   United States Proxy Agent Broadridge 51 Mercedes Way Edgewood, New York NY 11717, USA Tel: +1 (631) 254 7067     Company Secretary Sharon Ting 200 Cantonment Road, #03-01 Southpoint, Singapore 089763 Email: SharonT@grindrodshipping.com   JSE Corporate Sponsor Grindrod Bank 4^th Floor, Grindrod Tower, 8A Protea Place, Sandton, 2196 Tel: +27 (11) 459 1890 Email: AnnerieB@grindrodbank.co.za   South African Administrative Depository Agent Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd Postal: Private Bag x9000, Saxonwold 2132 South Africa Physical: Rosebank Towers, 15 Biermann Avenue, Rosebank 2196, South Africa Tel: +27 (11) 370 5000 Fax: +27 (11) 688 5238 Email: proxy@computershare.co.za   Central Securities Depository South Africa Strate (Pty) Ltd. 1^st Floor, 9 Fricker Road, Illovo Boulevard, Illovo Sandton, 2196 Email: CorporateActions@strate.co.za

 

Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd.

(Incorporated in Singapore)

(Registration number: 201731497H)

NASDAQ Share code: GRIN and SEC CIK Number:

CIK0001725293 JSE Share code: GSH and ISIN: SG9999019087

("GRIN" or “the Company")

FORM OF PROXY AND VOTING INSTRUCTION

For use at the annual general meeting to be held at 18:00 Singapore Standard Time (12:00 South Africa Standard Time, 06:00 United States ET) by way of electronic means on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, and/or each adjournment thereof (the “AGM”).

A shareholder will not be able to physically attend the AGM. Beneficial Shareholders and Shareholders of Record who wish to vote must appoint the Chairman of the AGM as their proxy to vote on their behalf at the AGM, and must complete and return this form of proxy and voting instruction in accordance with the instructions contained herein.

This form must be completed and delivered:

1- by International Shareholders to Vote Processing, c/o BROADRIDGE at 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717, by 18:00 United States ET on Friday, July 10, 2020 and

2- by South African Shareholders to your broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary through which your interests are held, by 18:00 South Africa Standard Time on Friday, July 10, 2020.

3- by Shareholders of Record to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company via email to proxy@continentalstock.com  or by post to 1 State Street, 30^th Floor, New York, NY10004-1561, by 18:00 United States Eastern Time on Friday, July 10, 2020.

By submitting this form, you accept and agree to the personal data privacy terms set out in the notice of AGM to which this form is attached.

If you do not indicate how your votes are to be dealt with you will be deemed to have abstained from voting.

Please refer to the notes and instructions overleaf regarding completion of this form.

Shareholder of Record / Beneficial Shareholder details

I/We (Please print full names)    of (address)  

______________________________________________________________________________________________

Identity number ________________________________________________________

telephone number ____________________________ cell phone number _______________________________

e-mail address _________________________________________________________,

being the Shareholder(s) of Record / Beneficial Shareholder(s) of _____________________________ [see note 1] ordinary shares in the Company

wish to appoint the Chairman of the AGM to vote as my/our proxy in accordance with the following voting instruction.

Voting instruction: I/We wish to vote my/our shares as follows [see note 2]:

No.	ROUTINE BUSINESS	For2	Against2	Abstain2
1.	To receive and adopt the Directors’ Statement and Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended December 31, 2019 and the Auditor’s Report thereon.
2.	To re-appoint Mr. Quah Ban Huat, who retires pursuant to Regulation 101 of the Constitution, as a Director.
3.	To re-appoint Mr. John Herholdt, who retires pursuant to Regulation 101 of the Constitution, as a Director.
4.	To approve the remuneration of the Non-executive Directors of the Company from time to time during the year ending December 31, 2020 in accordance with the following annual fee rates as may be relevant to each Non-executive Director: (i) total all-inclusive Chairman’s fee of US$150,000; (ii) Director’s fee of US$65,000; (iii) Committee Chairman’s fee of US$20,000; and (iv) Committee member’s fee of US$10,000.
5.	To re-appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Auditors of the Company and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration.
	SPECIAL BUSINESS
6.	Authority to issue new shares under the 2018 Forfeitable Share Plan.
7.	Renewal of the Share Repurchase Mandate.

Signed at ______________________________on ________________________2020 

____________________________________

Signature of Shareholder(s) or Common Seal [see notes 4 and 5]

And, only in the case of a minor, assisted by [see note 6]

Name in full Signature

NOTES TO THE FORM OF PROXY AND VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM

1. Please insert the relevant number of those shares owned by you that is to be represented in this form of proxy and voting instruction. You are not obliged to vote all your shares or to vote all your shares in the same manner.

2. If you wish to split your votes across the voting options or to cast your votes in respect of a lesser number of shares than you own in the Company insert the relevant number of shares in respect of which you wish to vote in the relevant space under the columns headed For, Against, Abstain, as appropriate. A shareholder is not obliged to use all the votes exercisable by the shareholder, but the total of the votes cast and in respect of which abstention is recorded may not exceed the total of the votes exercisable by the shareholder. If you wish to cast all of the votes of those shares owned by you that are represented in this form of proxy and voting instruction in the same way in respect of a particular resolution, you need not fill in such number of shares but you must indicate your vote as either For, Against or Abstain by placing a tick or cross in the relevant space.

3. Any deletions, alterations or corrections made to this form must be initialed by the shareholder.

4. In the case of joint shareholders, all holders must sign this form.

5. This form must be executed by the shareholder or his attorney, or if such shareholder is a corporation, under its common seal or under the hand of its officer or attorney, duly authorised in writing. Where this form is executed by an attorney, the power of attorney or a duly certified copy thereof must be lodged with this form (failing previous registration with the Company, the Transfer Agent or the South African Administrative Depository Agent or waiver of this requirement by the Chairman of the AGM), failing which this form may be treated as invalid and disregarded.

6. A minor must be assisted by his/her parent or guardian unless the relevant documents establishing his/her legal capacity are produced or have been previously registered with the Company, the Transfer Agent or the South African Administrative Depository Agent or unless this requirement is waived by the Chairman of the AGM.

7. The Chairman of the AGM may accept any voting instruction submitted other than in accordance with these notes if he is satisfied as to the manner in which the shareholder wishes to vote.

8. Any form that is incomplete, improperly completed or illegible or where the true intentions of the person executing the form are not ascertainable may be rejected.

9. This form must be completed and delivered:

(i) by International Shareholders to Vote Processing, c/o BROADRIDGE at 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717, by 18:00 United States ET on Friday, July10, 2020 and

(ii) by South African Shareholders to your broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary through which your interests are held by 18:00 South Africa Standard Time on Friday, July 10, 2020.

(iii) by Shareholders of Record to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company via email  to proxy@continentalstock.com or by post to  1 State Street, 30^th Floor, New York, NY10004-1561, by 18:00 United States Eastern Time on Friday, July 10, 2020.

10. If you wish to revoke this form of proxy and voting instruction, a Beneficial Shareholder must send an email to notify this to the relevant broker, dealer, securities depository or other intermediary and a Shareholder of Record must send an email to notify this to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in each case, by July 10, 2020.

11. In any case where a Shareholder of Record is a securities depository whose name or whose nominee’s name is entered as a member in the register of members of the Company in respect of book-entry securities in the Company (“Depository”), the Company shall be entitled and bound:

(i) to reject any instrument of proxy lodged if a person who has an account directly with the Depository, which account is credited with book-entry securities in the Company, (“Depositor”) is not shown to have any shares entered against his name in the register maintained by the Depository in respect of book-entry securities in the Company (“Depository Register”) as at 72 hours before the time of the AGM as certified by the Depository to the Company; and

(ii) to accept as the maximum number of votes which in aggregate the proxy appointed by the Depositor is or are able to cast on a poll a number which is the number of shares entered against the name of that Depositor in the Depository Register as at 72 hours before the time of the AGM as certified by the Depository to the Company, whether that number is greater or smaller than the number specified in any instrument of proxy executed by or on behalf of that Depositor. If that number is smaller than the number specified in the instrument of proxy, the maximum number of votes “for”, “against” or “abstain” shall be accepted in (as nearly as may be) the respective proportions set out in the instrument of proxy.