Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Jul 8, 2025
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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8 July 2025
Clean Seas Seafood Limited (ASX: CSS) ("Clean Seas", "CSS", "the Company") advises that the Scheme Meeting will be held today at 12:00pm (Adelaide time) in person at the office of Grant Thornton, Level 3, 170 Frome Street, Adelaide SA 5000.
Clean Seas refers to its announcements dated 31 March 2025, 15 April 2025 and 17 June 2025 regarding entry into a Scheme Implementation Deed ("SID") with Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd ("Yumbah"), under which Yumbah will acquire 100% of the shares in CSS by way of a scheme of arrangement ("Scheme").
In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 3.13.3, attached to this announcement are the following documents to be presented at the Scheme Meeting:
The results of the Scheme Meeting will be communicated on the ASX shortly after the conclusion of the Scheme Meeting.
If you have further questions in relation to the Scheme or the Scheme Meeting, please contact the Shareholder Information line between 8:30am and 5:30pm (Sydney time), Monday to Friday on:
This announcement is authorised by the Independent Board Committee of the Company.
| Rob Gratton |
|---|
| CEO |
| [email protected] |
| +61 434 148 979 |
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It is now 12:00pm (Adelaide time) and with a quorum being present, I declare this Scheme Meeting open.
My name is Katelyn Adams, and I am an Independent Non-Executive Director of Clean Seas Seafood Limited (or Clean Seas). I am also a member of the Independent Board Committee in relation to the proposed Scheme of Arrangement (or Scheme) and will act as the Chair of today's court-convened Scheme Meeting.
I would now like to introduce to you my fellow Board Members
Members of our senior management team are also present at today's Meeting including Mr Robert Gratton, Chief Executive Officer and Mr David Di Blasio, Chief Financial Officer.
Representatives are also present from:
On behalf of the Board and Management, I extend a very warm welcome to all Clean Seas Shareholders at the Meeting today.
Today's agenda will include an overview of the Scheme and the Scheme timetable. Following this, there will be time for questions and discussion regarding the Scheme. After the discussion, I will outline the voting procedure, then display the proxy votes received for the Scheme Resolution before putting the Scheme Resolution to a vote by way of a poll. The results of today's Scheme Meeting will be announced to the ASX and OSE later today.
Without further ado, I will now proceed with the Chair's address.
As announced on 31 March 2025, 15 April 2025 and 17 June 2025, Clean Seas entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed ("SID") with Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd ("Yumbah") under which Yumbah will acquire 100% of the shares on issue in Clean Seas ("Clean Seas Shares") by way of a scheme of arrangement ("Scheme").
A Scheme Booklet dated 13 May 2025, incorporating the Notice of Meeting, has previously been made available to Clean Seas Shareholders, and a Supplementary Scheme Booklet was also made available on 18 June 2025.
Together, the Scheme Booklet and the Supplementary Scheme Booklet explain the terms of the proposed transaction and the manner in which the Scheme will be considered and implemented (if approved), and to provide information material to your decision on how to vote. This Scheme Booklet includes the explanatory statement required under Part 5.1 of the Corporations Act.
The purpose of this meeting is to consider and, if thought fit, approve the proposed Scheme of Arrangement between Clean Seas and Clean Seas Shareholders, pursuant to which Yumbah will acquire all Clean Seas Shares.
If the Scheme is implemented, Clean Seas Shareholders will receive the Scheme Consideration. This will be either the Default Cash Consideration of \$0.14 cash per share, or, if an eligible Shareholder made a valid Election by the deadline of 7:00pm (Adelaide time) on 4 July 2025, the Yumbah Scrip Alternative (1 Yumbah Share for every 2.8571 Clean Seas Shares).
An eligible Shareholder for the Yumbah Scrip Alternative must own a minimum of 3,570 Clean Seas Shares and not be an Ineligible Foreign Shareholder. Shareholders who did not make a valid Election for the Yumbah Scrip Alternative will receive the Default Cash Consideration.
Clean Seas appointed BDO Corporate Finance Ltd as the Independent Expert to assess the merits of the Scheme and to provide an opinion as to whether the Default Cash Consideration is in the best interests of Clean Seas Shareholders. The Independent Expert has not undertaken an evaluation or made any recommendation in relation to the Yumbah Scrip Alternative.
The Independent Expert has assessed the value of a Clean Seas Share to be within their valuation range of \$0.124 and \$0.176 on a controlling interest basis. Accordingly, the Default Cash Consideration of \$0.14 cash is within the valuation range determined by the Independent Expert.
Based on the Default Cash Consideration, the Independent Expert has concluded, and continues to conclude, that the Scheme is in the best interests of Clean Seas Shareholders, in the absence of a Superior Proposal. The Independent Expert only considered the Default Cash Consideration to assess the fairness of the Scheme with this being the default consideration under the Scheme.
The Independent Expert's Report is included in Annexure B of the Scheme Booklet.
The Independent Board Committee (IBC), which was formed to consider the Scheme proposal from Yumbah, unanimously recommends that Clean Seas Shareholders vote in favour of the Scheme Resolution at this Meeting. This recommendation is made in the absence of a Superior Proposal and subject to the Independent Expert continuing to conclude that the Scheme is in the best interests of Clean Seas Shareholders.
The Independent Board Committee's unanimous recommendation that you vote in favour of the Scheme is based on the Default Cash Consideration. The Independent Board Committee makes no recommendation to Clean Seas Shareholders in relation to the Yumbah Scrip Alternative.
I confirm that as the date of this Scheme Meeting:
Accordingly, each member of the Independent Board Committee has voted all the Clean Seas Shares held or controlled by them in favour of the Scheme.
It is important to understand that if the Scheme is approved by the Requisite Majorities of Clean Seas Shareholders and by the Court, and is implemented, it will bind all Clean Seas Shareholders, including those who vote against the Scheme Resolution or those who do not vote at all. If the Scheme is implemented, Clean Seas will be delisted from the ASX and the OSE.
If the Scheme is not implemented, Clean Seas will continue as a standalone entity listed on the ASX and OSE. However, Clean Seas will have limited viable options to meet its working capital requirements, particularly given the events surrounding the Year Class 2024 cohort of fish and would likely need to undertake a significant and potentially materially dilutive capital raising at a lower share price. There is no certainty such a capital raising would be successful. Additionally, the Clean Seas Group's current debt facilities mature on 31 July 2025, and there is no certainty they would be renewed if the Scheme is not implemented.
Before we move to the formal business of the Scheme Meeting, I would like to take the opportunity to comment on the status of the conditions precedent to the Scheme and the Scheme timetable.
The Scheme will only become Effective and be implemented if the Conditions Precedent to the Scheme are satisfied or waived in accordance with the Scheme Implementation Deed. Implementation of the Scheme is subject to a number of conditions. These are outlined in full in the Scheme Booklet.
The key conditions which remain outstanding at this time are:
The IBC is not aware of any circumstances to date which would prevent any of the outstanding conditions from being satisfied.
If the Scheme is approved by the Requisite Majorities of Clean Seas Shareholders at today's Scheme Meeting, the next key dates in the Scheme timetable are:
We will now move to the formal business of the Scheme Meeting. If there are no objections from Shareholders, I propose to take the notice convening this Scheme Meeting as read.
The Scheme Resolution, as set out in the Notice of Scheme Meeting, is displayed on the screen and is as follows:
'That, pursuant to and in accordance with section 411 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), the scheme of arrangement proposed between Clean Seas Seafood Limited and the holders of its fully paid ordinary shares (other than any Excluded Shareholders) as contained in and more precisely described in the Scheme Booklet of which the notice convening this meeting forms part, is agreed to (with or without modification, alterations or conditions as approved by the Federal Court of Australia, to which Clean Seas Seafood Limited and Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd agree to in writing) and, subject to approval of the scheme of arrangement by the Federal Court of Australia, that the Clean Seas Board is authorised to agree to any modifications, alterations or conditions with Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd and to implement the scheme of arrangement in accordance with its terms (and with any such modifications, alterations or conditions).'
The Scheme Resolution must be passed by the Requisite Majorities of Clean Seas Shareholders, which means:
For Shareholders who would like to be given the opportunity to ask a question at the appropriate time, please raise your Attendee Card to indicate to the Company Secretary, who will act as the question moderator. After this, I will detail how the vote will be conducted by poll.
I now offer Shareholders the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the Scheme Resolution.
Thank you for your questions, I will now detail how the vote will be conducted by poll.
To vote at this Scheme Meeting, you must have been a Clean Seas Shareholder registered on the Clean Seas Share Register at 7:00pm (Adelaide time) on Monday, 7 July 2025, the Voting Scheme Record Date. You have one vote for every Clean Seas Share held.
Voting on the Scheme Resolution will be conducted by a poll. This allows for votes to be counted according to the number of shares held, as well as satisfying the headcount requirement for the Requisite Majority.
The proxies received in respect of the Scheme Resolution are now shown on screen. I will vote any undirected proxies in favour of the Scheme Resolution.
I now ask Shareholders and proxyholders to cast their vote in relation to the Scheme Resolution if they have not already done so, as voting will be closing shortly. A reminder that once you have finished filling in your voting ballot, please lodge it in the ballot box to ensure your votes are counted. A Boardroom representative is circulating the room with the ballot box.
Abstentions are not counted when determining the outcome of the Scheme Resolution.
Would you please indicate by raising your hand if you require more time to complete your voting ballot?
Thank you. I understand all polling cards have now been lodged and declare the poll is closed.
The votes cast at today's Meeting will be counted by the returning officer and the results will be released through the ASX and OSE as soon as available and will also be available on the Clean Seas website.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of Clean Seas' Shareholders for your attendance and participation today, as well as for your support of Clean Seas.
I would also like to thank my fellow IBC member, Marcus Stehr, Non-Executive Director, Gary Higgins and the Clean Seas Executive Leadership Team for the commitment and support throughout this process
This concludes the business of the Scheme Meeting. I now declare the Scheme Meeting CLOSED.

8 July 2025





4 Note 1: The Scheme Implementation Deed was amended by an Amendment and Restatement Deed on 15 April 2025 (Amendment and Restatement Deed). The Amendment and Restatement Deed reduced the number of ordinary shares in the capital of Clean Seas that Clean Seas Shareholders must hold to be eligible to elect to receive the Yumbah Scrip Alternative from 7,857 shares to 3,570 shares. The result of this amendment was that more Clean Seas Shareholders became eligible to elect. On 17 June 2025, the Scheme Implementation Deed was further amended by a Second Amendment and Restatement Deed to reflect the adjustment to the Yumbah Scrip Alternative and a change to the Scheme timetable.



| Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Second Court Date For approval of the Scheme |
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 | |
| Effective Date Court order lodged with ASIC and announcement to the ASX |
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 | |
| Last day of trading in Clean Sea Shares (with Clean Seas Shares suspended from trading on the ASX and the OSE from close of trading) |
||
| Scheme Record Date All Scheme Shareholders who hold Clean Seas Shares on the Scheme Record Date will be entitled to receive the Scheme Consideration |
Thursday, 17 July 2025 | |
| Implementation Date Provision of Scheme Consideration to Scheme Shareholders |
Thursday, 24 July 2025 |
All dates in the timetable are references to the date in Australia and all such dates are subject to change. Certain dates are conditional on the approval of the Scheme by Clean Seas Shareholders and by the Court. Any changes will be announced by Clean Seas to the ASX.



"That, pursuant to and in accordance with section 411 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), the scheme of arrangement proposed between Clean Seas Seafood Limited and the holders of its fully paid ordinary shares (other than any Excluded Shareholders) as contained in and more precisely described in the Scheme Booklet of which the notice convening this meeting forms part, is agreed to (with or without modification, alterations or conditions as approved by the Federal Court of Australia, to which Clean Seas and Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd agree to in writing) and, subject to approval of the scheme of arrangement by the Federal Court of Australia, that the Clean Seas Board is authorised to agree to any modifications, alterations or conditions with Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd and to implement the scheme of arrangement in accordance with its terms (and with any such modifications, alterations or conditions)."

For all Shareholders who would like to ask a question:


To have your vote registered:


| Vote Direction | Number of votes cast | % of votes cast | Number of shareholders |
% of shareholders that voted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In favour | 136,287,240 | 97.81 | 177 | 66.80 |
| Against | 1,541,917 | 1.11 | 48 | 18.11 |
| Open* | 1,504,504 | 1.08 | 40 | 15.09 |
| Total | 139,333,661 | 100 | 265 | 100 |
| Abstain & Excluded | 105,178 | N/A | 5 | N/A |
| Requisite Majorities for Scheme Resolution to be passed |
At least 75% | More than 50% |
* 1,504,504 of the undirected proxies to be voted at the proxy's discretion are capable of being exercised by the Chairman of the meeting and will be voted in favour of the Scheme Resolution.

Thank you for attending the Scheme Meeting
Authorised for release by the Board of Clean Seas Seafood Limited
This presentation has been prepared by Clean Seas Seafood Limited for information purposes only. The information in this presentation is current as at 8 July 2025. It is in summary form and is not necessarily complete. It should be read together with the Scheme Booklet, the Supplementary Scheme Booklet and other Scheme related materials released to the ASX.
The presentation contains forward looking statements or statements of opinion. These may include statements regarding the Company's intent, belief or expectations regarding the Company's business and operations, market conditions, results, outlook, strategy and financial conditions. No representation or warranty is made regarding the accuracy, completeness or reliability of the forward looking statements or opinions, or the assumptions on which either is based. All such information is, by its nature, subject to significant uncertainties outside of the control of the Company, and actual results, circumstances and developments may differ materially from those expressed or implied in this presentation.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company and its officers do not accept any liability for any loss arising from the use of the information contained in this presentation. The information included in this presentation is not investment or financial product advice. Before making any investment decision, you should seek appropriate financial advice, which may consider your particular investment needs, objectives and financial circumstances.

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