CHOBE HOLDINGS LIMITED

("Chobe Holdings" or "the Company")

Incorporated in the Republic of Botswana (Registration Number BW00001487283)

Directors: M.T. Sekgororoane (Chair), J.M. Gibson (Deputy Chairman), J.K. Gibson (British) (CEO), L. Odumetse (Managing Director),

J.A. Bescoby (British), A.C. Dambe, S.D.S. Fernando (Sri Lankan), B.D. Flatt, K. Ledimo, J.M. Nganunu-Macharia, D.S. Ter Haar, A.M. Whitehouse (Australian)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the 2023 annual general meeting of Chobe Holdings Limited will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Gaborone on Thursday 24th August 2023 at 5.30pm for the following purposes:

1. To read the notice convening the meeting and ascertain the quorum required to constitute the meeting.

ORDINARY BUSINESS:

  1. To receive, consider and adopt the audited financial statements for the year ended 28 February 2023 together with the directors' and auditor's reports thereon.
  2. To approve the distribution of a dividend as recommended by the Directors.
  3. To re-elect the following directors who retire in accordance with the Constitution and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Motions for re-election will be moved individually.
    1. Mr. K. Ledimo
      Mr. Ledimo owns and operates an Engen Filling Station in Maun and two commercial cattle ranches in the Hainaveld. He is a shareholder and director in Thamalakane River Lodge Proprietary Limited, a company that owns and operates a 20- bed lodge on the banks of the Thamalakane River in Maun. He was the General Manager of Ngami Toyota from 1986 to
      1998. He holds a Certificate in Library Studies obtained from the University of Botswana.
    2. Mrs. J.M Nganunu-Macharia
      Mrs Nganunu-Macharia is a Chartered Architect, registered with the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in the United Kingdom, as well as the Architects' Registration Council (Botswana) (ARC) and the Architects Association of Botswana (AAB). She has been running her own practice, Nganunu Macharia Design Proprietary Limited, whose core business is architecture, interior design, urban design and project management, for the past eighteen years. In total, she has over twenty years' experience in the architecture and construction industry, both in the United Kingdom and in Botswana.
    3. Mr. J.K. Gibson
      Mr. Gibson joined Chobe Holdings Limited on 1st February 2018 as the Senior Group Executive. Immediately prior to joining Chobe Holdings Limited he had established a specialised online tour operator focused on Botswana. He holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Honours) degree in Finance, from the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
    1. Mr. S.D.S. Fernando
      Mr. Fernando holds a Master of Business Administration, specialising in Finance and a Bachelor of Science Accounting (special) (1st class) degree. He is a fellow member of the Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants and an associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.
      After his internship with PricewaterhouseCoopers Sri Lanka, Mr. Fernando started his post qualifying carrier with Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Pty) Ltd, as an accountant and was later promoted to a senior accountant. He joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Botswana in November 2012 as an assistant manager and joined the Chobe Holdings Group as a Finance Manager in November 2015. He was later appointed as
      Group Chief Financial Officer in May 2019.
  1. To approve the remuneration for the directors for the year ended 28 February 2023.
  2. To appoint Ernst & Young as auditors for the ensuing year.
  3. To approve auditors' remuneration for the year ended 28 February 2023.
  4. To approve non-binding remuneration policy
  5. To transact such other business as may be transacted at an annual general meeting.

In the event that members wish to nominate any person(s) as directors other than one of the directors retiring, they should deliver to the company secretary, not less than five clear days before the date of the meeting, a nomination signed by a member qualified to attend and vote at the meeting, with notice signed by the nominated person(s) that they are willing to be elected as directors.

A member to attend and vote may appoint a proxy to attend and vote on his/her behalf and such proxy need not also be a member of the Company. The instructions appointing such a proxy must be deposited at the registered office of the Company not less than 48 hours before the meeting.

By order of the Board 24 July 2023

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