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U.S. Department of Justice

Supplemental Statement

Washington, DC 20530

Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938, as amended

For Six Month Period Ending 31 January 2018
(Insert date)

I-REGISTRANT

1 v (a) Name of Registrant

(b) Registration No.

Beef+Lamb New Zealand, Ltd.

2526

(c) Business Address(es) of Registrant
6841 Elm Street, #7401
McLean, Virginia 22106

2. Has there been a change in the information previously furnished in connection with the following?
(a) If an individual:
(1) Residence address(cs)
(2) Citizenship
(3) Occupation

Yes □
Yes □
Yes □

No0
NoE
NoS

(b) If an organization:
(1) Name
(2) Ownership or control
(3) Branch offices

Yes □
Yes □
Yes □

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NoE
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(c) Explain fully all changes, if any, indicated in Items (a) and (b) above.

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IF THE REGISTRANT IS AN INDIVIDUAL, OMIT RESPONSE TO ITEMS 3,4, AND 5(a).
3. If you have previously filed Exhibit C', state whether any changes therein have occurred during this 6 month reporting period.
Yes □

No 0

If yes, have you filed an amendment to the Exhibit C?

Yes □

No □

If no, please attach the required amendment.

1 The Exhibit U. lor Which no printed form is provided, consists Ot a true copy ot the charter, articles of incorporation, association, and hy laws of a registrant thal is an
organization. (A waiver of the refluirement to file an Exhibit C may be obtained for good cause upon written application to the Assistant Attorney General, National Security
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530.)
FORM NSD-2
Revised 05/17

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4. (a) Have any persons ceased acting as partners, officers, directors or similar officials of toe registrant during this 6 month reporting period?
Yes □
No 0
If yes, furnish the following information:
Name

Position

Date Connection Ended

(b) Have any persons become partners, officers, directors or similar officials during this 6 month reporting period?
Yes □
No B
If yes, furnish toe following information:
Name
Residence Address

Citizenship

Position

Date Assumed

5. (a) Has any person named in Item 4(b) rendered services directly infurtherance of the interests of any foreign principal?
Yes □
No 0
If yes, identify each such person and describe the service rendered.

(b) During this six month reporting period, has the registrant hired as employees or in any otter capacity, any persons who rendered
or will render services to toe registrant directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign prmcipal(s) in other than a clerical or
secretarial, of in a related or similar capacity?
Yes □
No 0
Name

Residence Address

Citizenship

Position

Date Assumed

(c) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their employment or
connection with toe registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes D
No 0
If yes, fomish the following information:
Name

Position or Connection

Date Terminated

(d) Have any employees or individuals, who Have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign
principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □
No 0
If yes, furnish the following information:
Name

Position or Connection

Foreign Principal

Date Terminated

6. Have short form registration statements been filed by all of the persons named in Items 5(a) and 5(b) of toe supplemental statement?
Yes 0
No □
If no, list names of persons who have not filed toe required statement

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tl - FOREIGN PRINCIPAL
7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period?
If yes, furnish the following information:
Foreign Principal

8. Have you acquired any new foreign principals)2 during this 6 month reporting period?
If yes, furnish th following information:
Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s)

Yes O

No 13

Date of Termination

Yes □

No E

Date Acquired

9. In addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month
reporting period.
Beef+Lamb New Zealand, Ltd.
New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB)

10. (a) Have you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8?
Exhibit A3
Yes □
No O
Exhibit B4
Yes □
No □
If no, please attach the required exhibit.
(b) Have there been any changes in the Exhibits A and B previously filed for any foreign principal whom you
Yes □
No □
represented during this six month period?
If yes, have yoii filed an amendment to these exhibits?
Yes G
No G
If no, please attach the required amendment.

2 The term "foreign principal" includes, in addition to those defined in Section l(b)*of the' Act, an individual organization any of whose activities an: directly or indirectly
supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a foreign government, foreign political party, foreign organization or foreign individual.
(See Rule 100(a) (9)). A registrant who represents more than one foreign principal is required to list in the statements he files under the Act only those principals for whom he
is not entitled to claim exemption under Section 3 of the Act (See Rule 208.)
3 The Exhibit A, which is filed on Form NSD-3, sets forth die information required to be disclosed concerning each foreign principal.
4 The Exhibit B, which is filed on Form NSD-4, sets forth the information concerning the agreement or understanding between the registrant and the
foreign principal.

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m-ACTIVITIES
11. During this 6 month reporting period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal
named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement?
Yes IS
No □
If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services:

12. During this 6 month reporting period, have you oh behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5*as defined below?
Yes □

No S

If yes, identify each such foreign principal and describe in full detail all such political activity, indicating, among other things,
the relations, interests and policies sought to be influenced and the means employed to achieve this purpose. If the registrant
arranged, sponsored or delivered speeches, lectures or radio and TV broadcasts, give details as to dates, places of delivery,
names of speakers and subject matter.

13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your
foreign principals)?
Yes □
No 0
If yes, describe fully.

5 "Political activity," as defined in Section !(o) of the Act, means any activity that die person engaging in believes will, or that the person intends to, in~anyway influence any
agency or official of the Government of the United States or any section of the public within the United States with reference to formulating, adopting or r-tumgmg the domestic
or foreign policies of the United States or with reference to political or public interests, policies, or relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party.

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IV - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
14(a) RECEIPTS-MONIES
During this 6 month reporting period, have you received from any foreign principal named in Items 7,8, or 9 of this
statement, or from any other source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal, any contributions, income or
money either as compensation or otherwise?
Yes H
NoC]
If no, explain why.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies.6
Date

From Whom

Purpose

Amount

SEE ATTACHED

$42,500
Total
(b) RECEIPTS-FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
During this 6 month reporting period, have you received, as part of a fundraising campaign7, any money on behalf of any
foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement?
Yes □
No 0
Ifyes, have you filed an Exhibit D8 to your registration?
If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed.

Yes □

No □

Date _ .

(c) RECEIPTS-THINGS OF VALUE
During this 6 month reporting period, have you received any tiling of value9 other than money from any foreign principal
named in Items 7,8, or 9 of this statement, or from any other source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal?
Yes □
No 0
If yes, furnish the following information:
Foreign Principal

Date Received

Thing ofValue

Purpose

6,7 A registrant is required to file an Exhibit D if he collects or receives contributions, loans, moneys, or other filings of value for a foreign principal, as part of a fundraising
campaign. (See Rule 201(e)).
8 An Exhibit 0, for which no printed form is provided, sets forth an account ofmoney collected or received as a result of a fimriraismg campaign and transmitted for a foreign
principal.
9 Things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest free loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors,
"kickbacks," and the like.

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15. (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONTES
During this 6 month reporting period, have you
(1) disbursed or expended monies in connection with activity on behalf of any foreign principal named in (terns 7, 8, or
9 of this statement? Yes S
No D
(2) transmitted monies to any such foreign principal?

Yes □

No O

If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal.

If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including
monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal.
Date

To Whom

Purpose

Amount

SEE ATTACHED

$38,080
Total

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(b) DISBURSEMENTS-THINGS OF VALUE
During this 6 month reporting period, have you disposed of anything of value10 other than money in furtherance of or in
connection with activities on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement?
Yes □
No IE1
If yes, furnish the following information:
Date

Recipient

Foreign Principal

Thing of Value

Purpose

(c) piSBURSEMENTS-POLmCAL CONTRIBUTIONS
During this 6 month reporting period, have you from your own funds and on your own behalf either directly or through any
other p erson, made any contributions of money or other things of value11 in connection with an election to any political
office, or in connection with any primary election, convention, or caucus held to select candidates for political office?
Yes □

No S

If yes, furnish the following information:
Date

Amount or Thing of Value

Political Organization or Candidate

Location of Event

10,11 Things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest free loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors,
"kickbacks," and the like.

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V-INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
16. (a) During this 6 month reporting period, did you prepare, "disseminate or cause to be disseminated any informational materials?12
Yes □
No. El
If Yes, go to Item 17.
(b) If you answered No to Item 16(a), do you disseminate any material in connection with your registration?
Yes □
No El
If Yes, please forward the materials disseminated during the six month period to the Registration Unit for review.
17. ' Identify eactf such foreign principal.

18. During this 6 month reporting period, has any foreign principal established a budget of allocated a specified sum of money tef
finance your activities in preparing or disseminating informational materials?
Yes □
No El
If yes, identify each such foreign principal, specify amount, and indicate for what period of time.

19. During this 6 month reporting period, did your activities in preparing, disseminating or causing the dissemination of informational
materials include the use of any of the following:
Q Radio or TV broadcasts
□ Magazine or newspaper □ Motion picture films
□ Letters or telegrams
□ Advertising campaigns
□Pressreleases
□ Pamphlets or other publications □ Lectures or speeches
□ Other (specify)

____________________________________________________

Electronic Communications
□ Email
□ Website URL(s):.
□ Social media websites URL(s):

,,

________

..

□ Other (specify)______ .________________________________________ ______

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20. During this 6 month reporting period, did you disseminate or cause to be disseminated informational materials among any of
the following groups:
□ Public officials
□ Newspapers
□ Libraries
D Legislators

□ Editors

□ Educational institutions

G Government agencies

□ Civic groups or associations

G Nationality groups

G Other (specify)______
2L What language was used in the informational materials:
□ English

□ Other (specify)

22. Did you file with the Registration Unit, UiS. Department of Justice a copy of each item of such informational materials
disseminated or caused to be disseminated during this 6 month reporting period?
Yes O
No O
23. Did you label each item of such informational materials With the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act?
Ves □
No D
12 The term informational materials includes any oral, visual, graphic, written, or pictorial information or matter of any kind, including that published by means of advertising,
books, periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion pictures, or any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or otherwise. Informational materials
disseminated by an agent of a foreign principal as part of an activity in itself exempt from registration, or an activity which by itselfwould not require registration, need not be
filed pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Act

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VI-EXECUTION
In accordance with 28 U.S.G. § 1746, the undersigned swear(s) or affirm(s) under penalty of perjury that he/she has (they have) read
the information set forth in this registration statement and the attached exhibits and that he/she is (they are) familiar with the contents
thereof and that such contents are in their entirety hue and accurate to the best of his/her (their) knowledge and belief, except that the
undersigned make(s) no representation as to truth or accuracy of the information contained in the attached Short Form Registration
Statements), if any, insofar as such information is not within his/her (their) personal knowledge.
(Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signaturei3)

(Date of signature)

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13 This statement shall be signed by the individual agent, if the registrant is an individual, or by a majority of those partners, officers, directors or persons performing similar
functions, if the registrant is an organization, except that the organization can, by power of attorney, authorize one or more individuals to execute this statement on its behalf.

 SHORT-FORM REGISTRATION INFORMATION SHEET

The Department records list active short-form registration statements for the following persons filed on the date indicated
by each name. If a person is not currently functioning in the same capacity directly on behalf of the foreign principal,
please indicate the date of termination in Item 5 of the supplemental statement.

Short Form List for Registrant: Beef + Lamb New Zealand, Ltd.

Last Name

First Name

Registration Date

Lockhart

Elizabeth

09/14/2017

Meikle

Terry J.

02/26/2013

 REGISTRATION NO: 2526 - BEEF + LAMB NEW ZEALAND
SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDING 31 JANUARY 2018

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DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY
BEEF + LAMB NEW ZEALAND, McLEAN, VIRGINIA OFFICE
SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT IN ELABORATION OF ITEM 11

Beef + Lamb New Zealand Limited is the farmer-owned industry organisation representing New
Zealand’s sheep and beef farmers. Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd invests farmer levies to help
develop a growing sheep and beef industry providing sustainable returns for future generations.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd has four programmes - Farm, Market, People and Information to deliver innovative tools and services to support informed decision making, and continuous
improvement in market access, product positioning and farming systems.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand has a representative office in metropolitan Washington, DC.
Its functions are to:
• observe, monitor, and report on the livestock and meat markets in North America;
• develop and advance Beef + Lamb New Zealand's positions on matters affecting New
Zealand’s meat trade with North America; and
• manage generic promotion of New Zealand meat where appropriate.
These functions are particularly related to imports of New Zealand meat into the USA, Canada
and Mexico.
1. Monitor market developments through on-going trade contact and report to New Zealand g
head office.
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2. Meetings with various parties to discuss legislative and/or regulatory issues such a3>eef;: 2
and lamb check-offs, mandatory price reporting, Free Trade Agreements and mandatory^ 2
country of origin labelling.
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3. To assist trade inquiries for New Zealand meat by responding to inquirers seeking ^
information on New Zealand meat and sources of supply.
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4. To liaise with the New Zealand embassy, consulates, trade commissioners, and attorney
on developments that might affect New Zealand meat.
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Keep informed on developments concerning US legislation and regulation that might
affect imports of beef and lamb from New Zealand including mandatory price reporting,
mandatory country of origin labelling and US farm bill.
5. To assist trade and farmer visitors from Nevy Zealand.
6. To liaise with producer representatives in the USA, Canada and Mexico such as cattle
and sheep farmer organisations, and also meat trade associations.
Attend conventibns/meetings with beef/cattle and sheep/iamb organisations, meat
importers and others relevant to livestock production.

7. To promote the products of the Nevy Zealand meat industry.

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SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDING 31 JANUARY 2018

More information is available at www.beeflambnz.com

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DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY
NEW ZEALAND MEAT BOARD, McLEAN, VIRGINIA OFFICE
SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT IN ELABORATION OF ITEM 11
The New Zealand Meat Board was established in 1922. Its activities previously included
general market developmentand promotion of New Zealand meat products and
administration of New Zealand's country-specific Tariff-Rate Quota under which New
Zealand beef is imported into the US.
Separation of activities has occurred such that the scope of New Zealand Meat Board
activities is limited to the quota administration role and management of financial reserves on
behalf of New Zealand farmers.
The other activities are carried out by Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd, which was established
under the provisions of New Zealand’s generic Commodity Levies Act, as described earlier.
The relationship between the two organisations is such that one individual serves as Chief
Executive for both.
More information is available at wwwmzmeatboard.org.

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SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDING 31 JANUARY 2018

SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT IN ELABORATION OF ITEM 14A

All funds from Head Office in Wellington, New Zealand.
Funds were used to carry out functions listed on page 10 of this document

August

Head Office Remittance

September,
October
November
December

Head.Office. Remittance
Head Office Remittance
Head Office Remittance
Head Office Remittance

January

Head Office Remittance

6,000

Total

21,000
4,000
6,500
5,000

$42,500

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SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDING 31 JANUARY 2018

SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT IN ELABORATION OF ITEM 14A

Communications including phone, email, courier
Entertainment
Information
Motor Vehicle
Personnel: salaries, taxes, social security, medical,
home rental, insurance._________
Travel: See page 14 for elaboration
Office Expenses including rent, insurance,
subscriptions, memberships. supplies

Total

$702
$20,007
$7,166

$10,205
$38,080

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SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT IN ELABORATION OF ITEM 15A

Date.

Destination

Purpose

NONE

•

No media or US Government officials travelled as guests.

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