While AWI works in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders along the supply chain, woolgrowers and the Federal Government are particularly important as they are also AWI shareholders.

Woolgrowers pay compulsory levies to fund research, development and marketing activities, and in doing so can nominate to become AWI shareholders. This gives them the opportunity to use their levy entitlement to vote at the Annual General Meeting.

Levy payers are not automatically shareholders of AWI. To find out more about the benefits of becoming a shareholder, or to register, read on.

The compulsory levies paid by woolgrowers are collected by the Federal Government and passed on to AWI. The Federal Government also contributes matching funding for eligible research, development and extension activities (capped at 0.5% of the gross volume of production). This contribution makes the Federal Government AWI’s single largest shareholder.

BECOME A SHAREHOLDER

Levy-paying woolgrowers are eligible to register as a shareholder of AWI. Becoming an AWI shareholder gives woolgrowers the opportunity to make the most of their levies by voting at the Annual General Meeting.

Becoming an AWI shareholder is easy. Levy-paying woolgrowers can complete the shareholder application form (PDF 204Kb) and return it to AWI.

For more information about becoming a shareholder, please contact the AWI's Share Registry, Link Market Services Limited on 1800 113 373 (free call).