Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Oct 2, 2024
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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3 October 2024
In accordance with Listing Rule 3.17, Clean Seas Seafood Limited attaches a copy of the following documents:
Letter to Shareholders regarding arrangements for Annual General Meeting;
Authorised for release by the Board of Clean Seas Seafood Limited.
For further information on Clean Seas Seafood, please contact:
| Rob Gratton | Andrew Angus |
|---|---|
| CEO | Investor Relations |
| [email protected] | [email protected] |
| +61 434 148 979 | +61 402 823 757 |
Clean Seas Seafood is a fully integrated Australian Aquaculture business listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and with a secondary listing on Euronext Growth Oslo (OSE).
Clean Seas is the global leader in full cycle breeding, farming, processing and marketing of its Hiramasa or Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) and is renowned amongst leading chefs and restaurants around the world for its exceptional quality.
Clean Seas is recognised for innovation in its sustainable Yellowtail Kingfish farming and has become the largest producer of aquaculture Yellowtail Kingfish outside Japan.
For more information, visit www.cleanseas.com.au

3 October 2024
Dear Shareholder,
On behalf of the Board of Directors, it is my pleasure to invite you to participate in the Annual Meeting of Clean Seas Seafood Limited (the Company) scheduled to be held on Thursday 7 November 2024, commencing at 10.00am (Adelaide time) (10.30am AEDT) (Meeting) at Mayfair Hotel, 45 King William Street, Adelaide, SA 5000.
Following the passing of the Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Act 2022 (Cth) in February 2022, the Company has been issuing notices of annual general meetings electronically unless a shareholder has made an election to receive a paper copy of these documents. The Notice of Meeting, Annual Report and other meeting documents are available online at the Company's website at https://cleanseas.com.au/asx-releases/. A copy of the Notice of Meeting has also been posted to the Company's ASX Market Announcements page. You can request a paper copy of the Notice of Meeting by contacting BoardRoom on 1300 737 760 (within Australia) or +61 2 9290 9600 (outside Australia).
We strongly encourage all shareholders to lodge a directed proxy form and ask the Chair a question regarding the business of the Meeting, prior to the Meeting. This will allow your directed proxy vote to be counted, and your question considered, if for any reason you cannot attend on the day.
Shareholders will be able to participate in the meeting prior to the Meeting by lodging their proxy in accordance with the instructions set out in the Notice of Meeting and the proxy form attached to this letter by no later than 10.00am (Adelaide time) on Tuesday, 5 November 2024.
To ask a question before AGM, please submit your written questions to the Company by email to the Company Secretary at [email protected] no later than 5pm (Adelaide time) on Thursday, 31 October 2024.
Any further updates required to be given in relation to the Meeting will be made available to shareholders on the Company's website and the Company's ASX announcements platform. Yours faithfully,
Travis Dillon Chairman For and on behalf of the Board

Notice of 2024 Annual General Meeting Thursday, 7 November 2024 at 10:00am (Adelaide time) (10.30 am AEDT)
Notice is hereby given that the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Clean Seas Seafood Limited (Company) will be held as an in-person Meeting as follows:
| Time: | 10.00am (Adelaide time) (10.30am AEDT) |
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| Date: | Thursday, 7 November 2024 |
| Place: | Mayfair Hotel, 45 King William Street, Adelaide, SA 5000. |
Proxy appointments must be received by 10.00am (Adelaide time) on Tuesday, 5 November 2024. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting in person, we encourage you to submit a directed proxy vote so that your vote will be counted if for any reason you cannot attend on the day.
We also invite you to submit questions to the Company or auditor in advance of the Meeting. Questions must be received by no later than 5pm (Adelaide time) on Thursday, 31 October 2024. The Company will endeavour to address as many frequently raised relevant questions as possible during the Meeting. However, there may not be sufficient time to address all questions raised. Please note that individual responses will not be sent to shareholders.
Please submit any written questions to the Company by e-mail to the Company Secretary at [email protected].
If it becomes necessary for the Company to give further updates about the Meeting, information will be lodged with the ASX and posted on the Company's website.
To receive and consider the Financial Statements, Directors' Report and Independent Auditor's Report for the Company and its controlled entities for the year ended 30 June 2024.
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as a non-binding resolution: "That the Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 30 June 2024 (as set out in the Directors' Report) be adopted."
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: "That Ms Katelyn Adams who retires as a Director in accordance with rule 6 of the Constitution of the Company, ASX Listing Rule 14.4 and for all other purposes and, being eligible, is re-elected as a Director of the Company."
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: "That, for the purpose of rule 9 of the Constitution, Listing Rule 14.4 and for all other purposes, and being eligible, Mr Gary Higgins is elected as a Director."
To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
"That the issue of performance rights and underlying performance shares in the Company under the Company's Employee Equity Incentive Plan, the terms and conditions of which are summarised in the Explanatory Statement accompanying this Notice, be approved as an exception to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 in accordance with exception 13 (b) of ASX Listing Rule 7.2."
The Notes to Shareholders and Explanatory Statement providing details on each item of business form part of this Notice of Meeting.
By Order of the Board
Robert Gratton Joint Company Secretary
Additional information concerning the items of business is contained in the Explanatory Statement which accompanies this Notice of Annual General Meeting, and which is incorporated in and comprises part of this Notice and should be read in conjunction with this Notice.
Shareholders are specifically referred to the Glossary in the Explanatory Statement which contains definitions of capitalised terms used both in this Notice and the Explanatory Statement.
The Company may specify a time at which a 'snapshot' of Shareholders will be taken for the purposes of determining Shareholder entitlements to vote at the Meeting. The Directors have determined that all Shares of the Company that are on issue as at 6.30pm (Adelaide time) on Tuesday, 5 November 2024 shall, for the purposes of determining voting entitlements at the Meeting, be taken to be held by the persons registered as holding the Shares at that time.
Each resolution considered at the Meeting will be conducted by a poll. On a poll, shareholders have one vote for every fully paid ordinary share held (subject to the restrictions on voting referred to below).
The Corporations Act restricts members of Key Management Personnel (as that expression is defined in the Glossary) of the Company and their Closely Related Parties (as that expression is defined in the Glossary) from voting in relation to Resolution 1 (Adoption of Remuneration Report) in certain circumstances.
The Company will disregard any votes cast on Resolution 1:
unless the vote is cast as proxy for a person entitled to vote on Resolution 1:
Shareholders are encouraged to lodge a proxy by 10.00am (Adelaide time) on Monday, 28 October 2024 even if they plan to attend the Meeting.
The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of this Resolution by or on behalf of any person who is eligible to participate in the employee incentive scheme, or any associate of those persons.
However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:
If you are entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting, you have a right to appoint a person to attend and vote for you at the Meeting as your proxy. To appoint a proxy:
and return it in accordance with the instructions set out on that form. A proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company and may be an individual or a body corporate. A body corporateappointed proxy may appoint a representative to exercise the powers that the body corporate may exercise as the Shareholder's proxy.
A Shareholder entitled to cast two or more votes is entitled to appoint up to two proxies to attend the Meeting and vote and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If the appointments do not specify the percentage or number of votes that each proxy may exercise, each proxy may exercise half your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded.
Please note that if the Chairman of the Meeting is your proxy (or becomes your proxy by default), you expressly authorise the Chairman to exercise your proxy on Resolution 1 even though it is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel, which includes the Chairman. If you appoint the Chairman as your proxy, you can direct the Chairman to vote for or against or abstain from voting on Resolution 1 by marking the appropriate box for each resolution.
The Chairman intends to vote all undirected proxies in favour of Resolutions 1-5.
Any duly executed appointment of Proxy Form (and the power of attorney (if any) under which it is signed or a certified copy thereof) must be received by one of the methods described below no later than 10.00am (Adelaide time) on Tuesday, 5 November 2024.
Any Appointment of Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled Annual General Meeting.
Proxies may be lodged as follows:
| BY MAIL - | Boardroom Pty Limited |
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| GPO Box 3993 | |
| Sydney NSW 2001 Australia | |
| BY FAX - | + 61 2 9290 9655 |
| ONLINE - | https://www.votingonline.com.au/cleanseasagm2024 |
Any corporate Shareholder who has appointed a person to act as its corporate representative at the Meeting must provide that person with a certificate or letter executed in accordance with the Corporations Act authorising him or her to act as that company's representative. The authority must be sent to the Company and/or its securities registry in advance of the Meeting by fax to +61 2 9290 9655, e-mail to [email protected] or post to the address above.
Shareholders as a whole will have a reasonable opportunity to ask questions during the AGM, including an opportunity to ask questions of the Company's external auditor, Grant Thornton relating to the audit.
This Explanatory Statement sets out information in connection with the business to be considered at the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Clean Seas Seafood Limited to be held on Wednesday, 7 November 2024 commencing at 10.00am (Adelaide time) (10.30am AEDT).
The Corporations Act requires that:
The Corporation's Act does not require Shareholders to approve the reports or statements. Accordingly, no resolution will be put to Shareholders on this item of business.
The Company's 2024 Annual Report will be presented to the meeting. Shareholders can access a copy of the Company's 2024 Annual Report on the Company's website at https://cleanseas.com.au/asx-releases/.
As permitted by legislation, a printed copy of the Company's Annual Report has been sent only to those Shareholders who have elected to receive a printed copy.
Shareholders will be given a reasonable opportunity to raise questions or comments on the management of the Company.
Shareholders will also be given a reasonable opportunity to ask the Company's auditor questions relevant to the conduct of the audit, the preparation and content of the auditor's report, the accounting policies adopted by the Company in relation to the preparation of the financial statements and the independence of the auditor in relation to the conduct of the audit.
The Remuneration Report is in the Directors' Report section of the Company's Annual Report. Listed companies are required by section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act to put the Remuneration Report to the vote for adoption at the Company's Annual General Meeting.
The resolution will be determined as an ordinary resolution but is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company. However, the Directors will consider the outcome of the vote and comments made by Shareholders on the Remuneration when reviewing the Company's remuneration practices and policies.
Resolution 1 is a non-binding resolution.
The Board recommends that shareholders vote in favour of this resolution.
The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of Resolution 1.
In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 14.4 and Rule 6 of the Company's Constitution, Katelyn Adams retires by rotation as a Director of the Company effective at the conclusion of this Meeting and, being eligible, offers herself for re-election as a Director.
Ms Adams was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2021. She is the Chair of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Ms Adams has over 15 years of accounting and board experience, servicing predominantly ASX listed companies. Ms Adams is a Chartered Accountant and Partner of the Corporate Advisory division of HLB Mann Judd in Adelaide, as well as the Company Secretary of various listed and private companies. Ms Adams has extensive knowledge in corporate governance, ASX Listing Rule requirements, IPO and capital raising processes, as well as a strong technical accounting background.
Ms Adams holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is a Chartered Accountant.
Resolution 2 is an ordinary resolution.
The Board (with Ms Adams abstaining) recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of this resolution. The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of Resolution 2.
In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 14.4 and Rule 9 of the Company's Constitution, Mr Higgins offers himself for election as a Director at the first AGM following his appointment.
Mr Higgins was appointed to the Board on 3 June 2024. He is the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. Mr Higgins is a Chartered Accountant with over 40 years' experience providing accounting, taxation and corporate finance advice. Mr Higgins has extensive aquaculture experience including mergers & acquisitions, business development, government relations and community engagement. He is a Director of Yumbah Aquaculture Limited since March 2008 (Chairman since June 2016) and is a Non-Executive Director of East 33 (ASX:E33) since November 2022. Mr Higgins continues to advise a portfolio of clients specialising in mergers, acquisitions and business valuations.
Resolution 3 is an ordinary resolution.
The Board (with Mr Higgins abstaining) recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of this resolution. The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of Resolution 3
ASX Listing Rule 7.1 provides that a company may not issue equity securities, or agree to issue equity securities, without the approval of shareholders, if the number of equity securities to be issued in any 12 month period (including shares issued on the exercise of any options) exceeds 15% of the issued capital of the company preceding the issue.
ASX Listing Rule 7.2 contains a number of exceptions to the prohibition contained in ASX Listing Rule 7.1. In particular, under Exception 13 in ASX Listing Rule 7.2, any equity securities issued under an employee incentive scheme within three years of the date on which Shareholders approve the issue of those equity securities are not counted for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.1. Resolution 4 is designed to satisfy the requirements of Exception 13 in ASX Listing Rule 7.2 in relation to the Employee Equity Share Plan (the Plan).
In addition, following legal review the Plan wording has been updated to ensure consistency with the new Division 1A of Part 7.12 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Division 1A).
To the extent that issues under the Plan are made to Directors and their associates, separate approval under Listing 10.14 will be sought by the Company.
The Plan is designed as a standard component of senior executive remuneration and is intended to comprise the long-term incentive component of remuneration for senior executives, including executive directors. Non-Executive Directors are not eligible to participate in the Plan.
Other than the Plan, the Company has no other employee or executive share-based plans.
Grants made under the Plan are subject to a performance period (usually set at three years) and Performance Rights will only vest if the relevant performance conditions are satisfied at the end of the relevant assessment period. The Plan has generally been designed to link rewards to eligible senior executives with improvements in Company performance and the delivery of returns to Shareholders, and for other executives, to reward their performance.
If this Resolution is passed, the Company will have the ability to issue Awards to eligible participants under the Plan over a period of 3 years without impacting on the Company's 15% placement capacity under Listing Rule 7.1.
If this Resolution is not passed, and if Awards are issued under the Plan, any Awards issued will be included in calculating the Company's 15% limit in Listing Rule 7.1, effectively decreasing the number of equity securities it can issue without Shareholder approval over the 12-month period following the issue date.
Since the Plan was last approved by shareholders in 2021, the Company has issued 6.3million Performance Rights to five Senior Executives in the Company of which:
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The Plan was last approved at the 2021 AGM. The 2024 AGM is 3 years following that approval and in order to continue to take advantage of Exception 13 in ASX Listing Rule 7.2 Shareholders must approve the Plan at the 2024 AGM.
In addition, following legal review the Plan wording has been updated to ensure consistency with the new Division 1A of Part 7.12 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Division 1A)
A Copy of the Plan is attached at Annexure A.
In this Explanatory Statement, unless the context otherwise requires:
ASX means ASX Limited ACN 008 624 691;
Board means the Board of Directors of the Company;
Closely Related Party of a member of the Key Management Personnel for an entity has the meaning given in the Corporations Act;
Company means Clean Seas Seafood Limited ACN 094 380 435;
Constitution means the existing constitution of the Company;
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth);
Directors means the directors of the Company;
Key Management Personnel has the same meaning as in the accounting standards as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act (so the term broadly includes those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, directly or indirectly, including any director, whether executive or otherwise, of the Company);
Listing Rules means the official listing rules of ASX;
Meeting means the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders convened by the Notice;
Notice means the Notice of Annual General Meeting to which this Explanatory Statement is attached;
Related party has the meaning given to that term in section 228 of the Corporations Act;
Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company; and
Shareholder means a holder of a Share.
Annexure A to the Notice of Meeting
Prepared: June 2017
Adopted: 23 June 2017
Updated: 18 September 2024
Version: 1.2
The objects of the Plan include:
The purpose of the Plan is to enable the Board to issue Rights as part of the Company's remuneration arrangements.
The Plan is subject to subdivision 83A-C of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to the extent an offer is made to an Eligible Employee with terms and conditions that meet the requirements of that subdivision.
The Plan will commence on the date determined by the Board.
(a) An Eligible Employee who applies for a grant of Rights is deemed to have agreed to be bound by these Rules, any additional terms specified in the terms of offer and, upon allocation of a Share, to have agreed to become a member of the Company and to be bound by the constitution of the Company.
(b) If an offer is issued to an Eligible Employee pursuant to rule 3.1, the Board will, upon acceptance of his or her application, grant Rights as specified in that offer to that Eligible Employee and provide the Eligible Employee with a Certificate for those Rights.
The Board will advise each Eligible Employee of the following minimum information in respect of the Rights at the time of making the offer pursuant to rule 3.1
(a) Subject to rules 4.1(b) (Board discretion), 7 (cessation of employment), 8 (fraud or dishonesty), 9 (reorganisations and divestment), 10 (change of control) and 12.3 (Board powers), a Right granted under the Plan will not vest unless the Conditions relating to that Right advised to the Participant pursuant to rule 3.3 have been satisfied or waived.
Subject to the Board's overriding discretion, an unvested Right of a Participant will lapse upon the earliest to occur of:
the number of Shares (including fractions of a Share) to which the Participant is entitled in respect of each Right as outlined in the terms of offer pursuant to rule 3.3, which may include a formula for calculating the relevant number of Shares (Equity Settled); or
(a) A Participant may exercise a vested Right at any time up to and including the Expiry Date by delivering a properly executed Exercise Notice to the Company and paying the Exercise Price if any as specified in the relevant offer.
(b) Subject to rule 4.3, the Company must ensure that Shares will be transferred or issued and allocated to a Participant within fifteen (15) business days after the Participant submits a properly executed Exercise Notice to the Company.
All Shares issued under the Plan will rank equally in all respects with other Shares for the time being on issue, except with regard to any rights attaching to such other Shares by reference to a record date prior to the date of allocation of those Shares provided that any benefit arising from those rights with a prior record date has been reflected in the number of Shares to be issued on exercise of the Rights.
If listed on the ASX, the Company will apply for quotation of Shares issued under the Plan within the period required by the ASX.
In the event Shares allocated on exercise of Rights are held by a Trustee on behalf of the Participant:
(i) the dividends payable on those Shares will be paid by the Company to the Trustee, and the Trustee will pay any such dividends to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable after those dividends are paid by the Company to the Trustee;
The Board may, at its discretion, determine that a Participant will forfeit his or her interest in any Shares that are allocated to the Participant on exercise of Rights that are subject to Disposal Restrictions if, during the Disposal Restriction period:
For the purposes of this Plan, a Participant will only be treated as ceasing employment when the Participant is no longer an employee or a director within the Group.
In the event of termination of a Participant's employment the board determines that it may exercise its discretion to provide a benefit to the Participant that may not otherwise have been provided and the provision of such benefit constitutes a termination benefit for the purposes of Part 2D.2 of the Corporations Act, nothing in these Rules or in the Participant's Offer letter requires the board to provide the benefit if the provision of the benefit will constitute a breach of the Corporations Act.
In addition, neither these Rules nor the Participant's Offer Letter will require the board to seek shareholder approval for the provision of the benefit.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Rule 7.4 prohibits the board from providing a benefit that would put the company in breach of Part 2D.2 of the Corporations Act.
Where there is proven misconduct (as determined by a court or tribunal) to the effect that based on clear and verifiable evidence, a Participant or former Participant:
then the Board may determine that:
This rule applies where information or events relating to the performance period come to light after the initial award was made which materially undermines the Group's performance, financial standing or reputation (as determined by Non-Executive Directors). In exercising this discretion, the Non-Executive Directors will have regard for matters of procedural fairness. The Non-Executive Directors reserve the right to pursue available legal recourse as appropriate within the terms of this rule.
Where, in the opinion of the Board, a Right vests, or may vest, to a Participant as a result of the fraud, material dishonesty, material breach of obligations or knowing material misstatement of financial statements relating to items or matters of which the Board was not aware by an employee of the Group other than the Participant and, in the opinion of the Board, the Right would not otherwise have vested, the Board may determine that the Right has not vested and may, subject to applicable laws, determine any treatment in relation to the Right (including resetting Conditions, deeming Rights to be forfeited and/or new Rights be granted) to ensure that no unfair benefit is obtained by the Participant as a result of the actions of another person.
A Participant cannot participate in new issues of Shares or other securities to holders of Shares unless the Shares in respect of the Rights held by the Participant have been issued or transferred, as the case requires, to and registered in the name of the Participant before the record date for determining entitlements to the new issue.
If:
and a Participant holds Rights at the record date for determining entitlements to the new issue or when the reorganisation is effected (as applicable) then:
If a company (the Acquiring Company) obtains control of the Company and each of the Company, the Acquiring Company and the Participant agree, then a Participant may be provided with securities in the Acquiring Company (or its parent or subsidiary) in substitution for Rights, on substantially the same terms and conditions as the Rights, including those detailed in rule 10.1, but with appropriate adjustments to the number and kind of shares the subject of the Rights.
The Board will give written notice to the Participant of the extent to which Rights vest pursuant to this rule 10.
The Board and the Trustee may take and rely upon independent professional or expert advice in relation to the exercise of any of their powers under these Rules or the Trust Deed.
The Trustee and the Company may each require a Participant to complete and return such other documents, as may be required by any applicable law to be completed by the Participant or which the Trustee or the Company considers should, for legal or taxation reasons, be completed by the Participant.
The Board may determine and conclude agreements with the Trustee, and enforce or prosecute any rights and obligations under such agreements, without reference or recourse to the Participants under this Plan. Subject to the terms of the Trust Deed and without limiting the Company's rights in this regard, the Company may, pursuant to and in accordance with any such agreements:
(a) provide funds to the Trustee in order to allow the Trustee to subscribe for and/or acquire Shares to be held under this Plan;
(b) pay the Trustee for services provided in connection with this Plan and the Trust;
(c) remove the Trustee and appoint a new trustee (and make any necessary arrangements or provisions for the transfer of Shares held by the Trustee for Participants to a new trustee); and
(d) otherwise exercise any rights, responsibilities or powers afforded to it under the Trust Deed.
The Board may determine the manner in which any costs associated with the Trust and the costs incurred in the course of the performance by the Trustee of its role and duties under this Plan and the Trust Deed are to be borne.
The Trustee must administer the Trust and hold Shares under the Plan in accordance with this Plan, the Trust Deed and any procedures determined by the Company and as agreed to between the Board and the Trustee.
The Trustee may in accordance with the instructions received from the Company acquire Shares on market in advance of exercise of a Right and hold such Shares pending such exercise.
Unless the Board determines otherwise, where Shares are held by the Trustee on behalf of a Participant, those Shares will be registered in the name of the Trustee.
An offer may only be made in compliance with the Constitution, the ASX Listing Rules, the Corporations Act and any other applicable law.
Subject to any specific provisions in an Offer Letter, the Board has absolute and unfettered discretion in exercising any power or discretion concerning the Plan and may:
The Participant consents to the Company or its agents (and each of their related parties) collecting, holding and using personal information (including a Participant's tax file number) that the Participant provides in the application to participate in the Plan or otherwise provides to the Company or its agents (and each of their related parties) as part of their employment, in order to carry out the administration and operation of the Plan in accordance with the Plan Rules, including providing relevant information to:
A Participant does not have any rights under this Plan to compensation or damages in consequence of the exercise by the Company of any right, power or discretion that results in the Participant ceasing to have title to the Rights or Shares held under the Plan.
No Shares may be allocated to a Participant under this Plan if, immediately after the allocation of those Shares, the Participant:
(a) would hold a legal or beneficial interest in more than 10% of all other Shares for the time being on issue; or
(b) would be in a position to cast, or control the casting of, more than 10% of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Company.
Unless the Board determines otherwise, no Rights may be offered and no Shares may be issued under this Plan or on the exercise of Rights, if to do so would contravene Division 1A of Part 7.12 of the Corporations Act, or any other applicable relief in respect of employee incentive schemes, or any specific relief granted by ASIC to the Company in respect of the Plan.
12.12
Where any calculation or adjustment to be made pursuant to this Plan produces a fraction of a cent, Right or Share, the fraction will be disregarded by rounding down to the nearest whole cent or whole number of Rights or Shares (as applicable).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, every covenant or other provision set out in an exemption or modification granted from time to time by ASIC in respect of the Plan pursuant to its power to exempt and modify the Corporations Act and required to be included in the Plan in order for that exemption or modification to have effect, is deemed to be contained in the Plan.
To the extent that any covenant or other provision deemed by this rule to be contained in the Plan is inconsistent with any other provision in the Plan, the deemed covenant or other provision shall prevail.
The rules and conditions of this Plan are governed by the laws of South Australia and the Commonwealth of Australia.
In this Plan:
ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ASX means ASX Limited ACN 008 624 691, or the securities exchange that it operates, as the context requires
ASX Listing Rules means the official listing rules of ASX
Board means the directors of the Company or a committee of the Board or a delegate appointed by the Board or a committee for the purposes of the Plan
Certificate means the certificate issued by the Company in respect of a Right held by a Participant
Company means Clean Seas Seafood Limited ACN 094 380 435
Conditions means one or more conditions contingent on performance, service, or time elapsed since grant that must be satisfied before a Right vests, as determined by the Board
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
Disposal Restriction means such restriction on disposal or dealing in a Share to be delivered upon the exercise of a Right, as determined by the Board in its discretion and notified to a Participant at the time of the grant or offer of the Right in the Offer Letter
Eligible Employee means an employee of the Group or a non-executive director of the Group or another person determined by the Board as eligible to participate in the Plan
Exercise Notice means a notice in the form specified by the Board for the purposes of rule 4.4 from time to time
Exercise Period means the period between the time a Right vests and becomes exercisable and the time at which that Right lapses, as specified in the relevant offer
Exercise Price means the price payable in cash to exercise a Right, being such price determined by the directors in their absolute discretion and set out in the terms of the relevant offer
Expiry Date means the date a Right lapses and can no longer be exercised, as specified in the terms of the relevant offer
Group means the Company, any Subsidiary and any other entity declared by the Board to be a member of the group for the purposes of the Plan and Group Company means any one of them
Market Price means an amount equal to the volume weighted average price of Shares traded on the ASX over the 10 trading days immediately preceding the relevant date, or in the absence of such a price the value as determined by the directors having regard for all available information at the time
Option means, subject to the Conditions determined by the Board, a Right to receive a Share and any further amounts specified in the offer following payment of any required Exercise Price
Participant means an Eligible Employee who is granted a Right under the Plan
Performance Period means the period or periods over which Conditions are measured as specified by the Board
Plan means the Clean Seas Seafood Limited Equity Incentive Plan, as constituted by these Rules
Right means a right to a Share and such additional shares (including a fraction of a Share) that may be specified in the relevant offer and that is subject to the Conditions determined by the Board, calculated on the basis set out in the terms of an offer, which may include a formula for calculating the relevant number of Shares and, for the avoidance of doubt, a Right includes an Option
Rules means these rules of the Plan, as amended from time to time
Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the Company
Subsidiary has the meaning given to it in section 9 of the Corporations Act
Takeover Bid has the meaning given in section 9 of the Corporations Act
Total and Permanent Disablement means disablement of a person where in the opinion of the Board the person is unlikely to ever be able to be engaged in an occupation for which he or she is qualified by education and training
Trust means the "Clean Seas Seafood Limited Employee Share Trust", being a trust established by the Company for the sole purpose of subscribing for or acquiring and delivering, allocating and holding Shares in the Company for the benefit of the Participants and participants in other employee equity plans established by any member of the Group from time to time
Trust Deed means the trust deed to be entered into between the Company and the Trustee
Trustee means the corporate trustee to be appointed by the Company, and which has agreed to act, as the initial trustee of the Trust on the terms and conditions set out in the Trust Deed
Withdrawal Notice means a written notice given by a Participant to the Trustee and the Company requesting that some or all of the Participant's Shares held by the Trustee on behalf of the Participant be sold or transferred to the Participant or as that Participant directs, which notice must:
To the extent there is any inconsistency between the Plan Rules and the Offer made to a Participant, the specific terms and conditions of the Offer will prevail.
In these Rules:

All Correspondence to:
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| STEP 1: VISIT https://www.votingonline.com.au/cleanseasagm2024 STEP 2: Enter your Postcode OR Country of Residence (if outside Australia) STEP 3: Enter your Voting Access Code (VAC): |
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If you wish to appoint the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy, mark the box. If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy please write the full name of that individual or body corporate. If you leave this section blank, or your named proxy does not attend the Meeting, the Chair of the Meeting will be your proxy. If your named proxy attends the Meeting but does not vote on a poll on a resolution in accordance with your directions, the Chair of the Meeting will become your proxy in respect of that resolution. A proxy need not be a securityholder of the company. Do not write the name of the issuer company or the registered securityholder in the space.
You are entitled to appoint up to two proxies to attend the Meeting and vote. If you wish to appoint a second proxy, an additional Proxy Form may be obtained by contacting the company's securities registry or you may copy this form.
(a) complete two Proxy Forms. On each Proxy Form state the percentage of your voting rights or the number of securities applicable to that form. If the appointments do not specify the percentage or number of votes that each proxy may exercise, each proxy may exercise half your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded.
(b) return both forms together in the same envelope.
To direct your proxy how to vote, mark one of the boxes opposite each item of business. All your securities will be voted in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of securities are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or number that you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes on a given item, your proxy may vote as he or she chooses (subject to any voting restrictions). If you mark more than one box on an item for all your securities your vote on that item will be invalid.
Please note that if you appoint a member of the Company's key management personnel (KMP) (which includes each of the directors) or one of their closely related parties as your proxy, they will not be able to cast your vote on Resolution 1, unless you direct them how to vote or the Chair of the Meeting is your proxy. If you appoint the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy or the Chair of the Meeting is appointed as your proxy by default, but you do not mark a voting box for Resolution 1, by completing and submitting this Proxy Form, you will be expressly authorising the Chair of the Meeting to exercise your proxy in respect of the relevant Item, even though the Item is indirectly or directly connected with the remuneration of the KMP.
Where a body corporate is appointed as your proxy, the representative of that body corporate attending the Meeting must have provided an "Appointment of Corporate Representative" prior to the Meeting. An Appointment of Corporate Representative form can be obtained from the company's securities registry.
The form must be signed as follows:
Individual: This form is to be signed by the securityholder.
Joint Holding: where the holding is in more than one name, all the securityholders should sign.
Power of Attorney: to sign under a Power of Attorney, you must have already lodged it with the registry. Alternatively, attach a certified copy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.
Companies: this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or a Company Secretary. Where the company has a Sole Director who is also the Sole Company Secretary, this form should be signed by that person. Please indicate the office held by signing in the appropriate place.
Proxy forms (and any Power of Attorney under which it is signed) must be received no later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting, therefore by 10:00am (Adelaide time) on Tuesday, 5 November 2024. Any Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled meeting.
Proxy forms may be lodged by one of the following methods:
| Online | https://www.votingonline.com.au/cleanseasagm2024 |
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| By Fax | + 61 2 9290 9655 |
| By Mail | Boardroom Pty Limited GPO Box 3993, Sydney NSW 2001 Australia |
If you wish to attend the meeting please bring this form with you to assist registration.

using this form.
This is your address as it appears on the company's share register. If this is incorrect, please mark the box with an "X" and make the correction in the space to the left. Securityholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note, you cannot change ownership of your securities
PROXY FORM STEP 1 APPOINT A PROXY I/We being a member/s of Clean Seas Seafood Limited (Company) and entitled to attend and vote hereby appoint: the Chair of the Meeting (mark box)
OR if you are NOT appointing the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of the person or body corporate (excluding the registered securityholder) you are appointing as your proxy below
or failing the individual or body corporate named, or if no individual or body corporate is named, the Chair of the Meeting as my/our proxy at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Thursday, 7 November 2024 at 10:00am (Adelaide time) at Mayfair Hotel, 45 King William Street, Adelaide, SA 5000 and at any adjournment of that meeting (Meeting), to act on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions or if no directions have been given, as the proxy sees fit subject to any voting restrictions that apply.
Chair of the Meeting authorised to exercise undirected proxies on remuneration related matters: If I/we have appointed the Chair of the Meeting as my/our proxy or the Chair of the Meeting becomes my/our proxy by default and I/we have not directed my/our proxy how to vote in respect of Resolution 1, and I/we am/are entitled to vote on the relevant item, then by completing and submitting this form, I/we expressly authorise the Chair of the Meeting to exercise my/our proxy in respect of this Resolution even though Resolution 1 is connected with the remuneration of a member of the key management personnel for the Company.
The Chair of the Meeting will vote all available proxies in favour of all Resolutions (including Resolution 1). If you wish to appoint the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy with a direction to vote against, or to abstain from voting on an item, you must provide a direction by marking the 'Against' or 'Abstain' box opposite that resolution.
| STEP 2 |
VOTING DIRECTIONS * If you mark the Abstain box for a particular item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and your vote will not be counted in calculating the required majority if a poll is called. |
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| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| Resolution 1 | Adoption of Remuneration Report | |||
| Resolution 2 | Re-election of Katelyn Adams as a Director | |||
| Resolution 3 | Election of Gary Higgins as a Director | |||
| Resolution 4 | Approval of Employee Equity Incentive Plan |
| Individual or Securityholder 1 | Securityholder 2 | Securityholder 3 | |||
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| Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary | Director | Director / Company Secretary | |||
| Contact Name…………………………………………… | Contact Daytime Telephone……………………… | Date / |
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