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ACTINOGEN MEDICAL LIMITED — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2018
Jun 4, 2018
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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ACTINOGEN MEDICAL LIMITED
ACN 086 778 476
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
The General Meeting of the Company will be held at InterOffice Property Services Pty Limited, Level 16, 1 Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales on 5 July 2018 at 10.30am (AEST).
This Notice of General Meeting should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their accountant, solicitor or other professional adviser prior to voting.
Should you wish to discuss any matter please do not hesitate to contact the Company by telephone on (02) 8964 7401.
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ACTINOGEN MEDICAL LIMITED
ACN 086 778 476
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that a general meeting of Shareholders of Actinogen Medical Limited ( Company ) will be held at InterOffice Property Services Pty Limited, Level 16, 1 Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales on 5 July 2018 at 10.30am (AEST) ( Meeting ).
The Explanatory Memorandum to this Notice provides additional information on matters to be considered at the Meeting. The Explanatory Memorandum and the Proxy Form form part of this Notice.
The Directors have determined pursuant to regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Meeting are those who are registered as Shareholders on 3 July 2018 at 7.00 pm (AEST).
Terms and abbreviations used in this Notice and Explanatory Memorandum are defined in Section 5.
AGENDA
1. Resolution 1 – Ratification of Tranche 1 Placement under Listing Rule 7.1 capacity
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
"That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.4, and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve and ratify the prior issue by the Company of 111,803,639 Shares each at an issue price of $0.05 to BVF on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum."
Voting Exclusion
The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of this Resolution by or on behalf of BVF and any of its associates.
However, the Company will not disregard a vote if:
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(a) it is cast by the person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with directions on the Proxy Form; or
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(b) it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
2. Resolution 2 – Ratification of Tranche 1 Placement under Listing Rule 7.1A capacity
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
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"That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.4, and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve and ratify the prior issue by the Company of 75,319,355 Shares each at an issue price of $0.05 to BVF on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum."
Voting Exclusion
The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of this Resolution by or on behalf of BVF and any of its associates.
However, the Company will not disregard a vote if:
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(a) it is cast by the person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with directions on the Proxy Form; or
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(b) it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
3. Resolution 3 - Authority to issue Tranche 2 Placement Shares
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
"That, for the purpose of Listing Rule 7.1 and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve and authorise the Directors to issue up to 112,877,006 Shares ( Tranche 2 Placement Shares ) each at an issue price of $0.05 ( Tranche 2 Placement ) to the Tranche 2 Placement Participants (or their nominees) on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum.”
Voting Exclusion
The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of this Resolution by or on behalf of the Tranche 2 Placement Participants and their nominees, and a person who will obtain a material benefit as a result of the proposed issue (except a benefit solely by reason of being a Shareholder), and any associates of those persons.
However, the Company will not disregard a vote if:
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(a) it is cast by the person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with directions on the Proxy Form; or
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(b) it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
Dated 31 May 2018 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
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Peter Webse Company Secretary
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ACTINOGEN MEDICAL LIMITED
ACN 086 778 476
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Introduction
This Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared for the information of Shareholders in connection with the business to be conducted at the Meeting to be held at InterOffice Property Services Pty Limited, Level 16, 1 Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales on 5 July 2018 at 10.30am (AEST).
This Explanatory Memorandum should be read in conjunction with and forms part of the accompanying Notice. The purpose of this Explanatory Memorandum is to provide information to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions set out in the Notice.
A Proxy Form is located at the end of the Explanatory Memorandum.
2. Action to be taken by Shareholders
Shareholders should read the Notice and this Explanatory Memorandum carefully before deciding how to vote on the Resolutions.
2.1 Proxies
A Proxy Form is attached to the Notice. This is to be used by Shareholders if they wish to appoint a representative (a 'proxy') to vote in their place. All Shareholders are invited and encouraged to attend the Meeting or, if they are unable to attend in person, sign and return the Proxy Form to the Company in accordance with the instructions thereon. Lodgment of a Proxy Form will not preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting at the Meeting in person.
Please note that:
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(a) a member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the General meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy;
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(b) a proxy need not be a member of the Company; and
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(c) a member of the Company entitled to cast two or more votes may appoint two proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise, but where the proportion or number is not specified, each proxy may exercise half of the votes.
The enclosed Proxy Form provides further details on appointing proxies and lodging Proxy Forms.
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3. Resolutions 1 and 2 – Ratification of Tranche 1 Placement
3.1 General
On 28 May 2018, the Company issued 187,122,994 Shares ( Tranche 1 Placement Shares ) at an issue price of $0.05 each to BVF to raise $9,356,150 (before costs) ( Tranche 1 Placement ).
The funds raised from the issue of the Tranche 1 Placement Shares together with the funds raised from the issue of the Tranche 2 Placement (if approved), and through the Shareholder Share Purchase Plan announced on 23 May 2018, will be used to fund the Company's development plan. This includes, amongst others, a study exploring a higher dose of XanADu in Alzheimer's disease and studies conducted in alternative clinical indications. Expansion of the development plan for Xanamen into these new indications will enhance the Company's data set, potentially adding substantial value to ongoing discussions with prospective business development partners.
The Tranche 1 Placement Shares were issued within the Company’s 15% annual limit permitted under Listing Rule 7.1 and the additional 10% annual limit approved by Shareholders under Listing Rule 7.1A at the Company’s 2017 Annual General Meeting, without the need for Shareholder approval.
Listing Rule 7.1 provides that a company must not (subject to specified exceptions), without the approval of shareholders, issue or agree to issue during any 12 month period any equity securities, or other securities with rights to conversion to equity (such as an option), if the number of those securities exceeds 15% of the number of ordinary securities on issue at the commencement of that 12 month period.
Listing Rule 7.1A enables eligible entities to issue equity securities up to 10% of its issued share capital through placements over a 12 month period after the annual general meeting at which the Shareholders approve the 10% placement facility. The 10% placement facility is in addition to the Company's 15% placement capacity under Listing Rule 7.1.
Listing Rule 7.4 provides that where a company in general meeting ratifies a previous issue of securities made pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1 (including the additional 10% capacity under Listing Rule 7.1A), providing that the previous issue did not breach Listing Rule 7.1, the issue of those securities will be deemed to have been with shareholder approval for the purpose of Listing Rule 7.1.
Resolution 1 seeks Shareholder approval pursuant to Listing Rule 7.4 for the ratification of the issue of 111,803,639 of the Tranche 1 Placement Shares which were issued pursuant to the 15% capacity under Listing Rule 7.1. Resolution 2 seeks Shareholder approval pursuant to Listing Rule 7.4 for the ratification of the issue of 75,319,355 of the Tranche 1 Placement Shares which were issued pursuant to the additional 10% capacity under Listing Rule 7.1A. The effect of Shareholders passing Resolutions 1 and 2 will be to restore the Company's ability to issue securities within the 15% placement capacity under Listing Rule 7.1 during the next 12 months and within the additional 10% placement capacity under Listing Rule 7.1A during the balance of the 12 months from the date of the Company’s 2017 Annual General Meeting, without the requirement to obtain prior Shareholder approval.
Resolutions 1 and 2 are ordinary resolutions.
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3.2 Information required by Listing Rule 7.5
For the purposes of Listing Rule 7.5 information regarding the issue of the Tranche 1 Placement Shares is provided as follows:
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(a) 187,122,994 Shares were issued pursuant to the Tranche 1 Placement as follows:
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(i) 111,803,639 Shares were issued pursuant to the 15% capacity under Listing Rule 7.1. Ratification of the issue of these Shares is being sought pursuant to Resolution 1.
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(ii) 75,319,355 Shares were issued pursuant to the additional 10% capacity under Listing Rule 7.1A. Ratification of the issue of these Shares is being sought pursuant to Resolution 2.
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(b)
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The Tranche 1 Placement Shares were issued at $0.05 each.
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(c) The Tranche 1 Placement Shares are fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company and rank equally in all respects with the Company's existing Shares on issue.
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(d) The Tranche 1 Placement Shares were issued to BVF, who is not a related party of the Company.
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(e) The funds raised from the issue of the Tranche 1 Placement Shares will be used to fund the Company's development plan. This includes, amongst others, a study exploring a higher dose of XanADu in Alzheimer's disease and studies conducted in alternative clinical indications.
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(f) A voting exclusion statement is included in the Notice.
4. Resolution 3 - Authority to issue Tranche 2 Placement Shares
4.1 General
As announced to the ASX on 23 May 2018, the Company intends to undertake a placement of up to a further 112,877,006 Shares each at an issue price of $0.05 to the Tranche 2 Placement Participants (or their nominees), to raise $5,643,850 (before costs) under the Tranche 2 Placement.
The funds raised from the Tranche 2 Placement will be used, in conjunction with the proceeds from the Tranche 1 Placement, to fund clinical studies, which include:
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(a) a Phase 1 Target Occupancy Study, which commenced in the second quarter of 2018; and
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(b) a higher dose Phase 1/11 XanADon safety study, which is to commence in the third quarter of 2018.
The funding will also be used for:
- (a) non-clinical studies, which include a range of standard toxicology studies required by Regulatory Authorities in preparation for Phase III clinical studies, commencing in the fourth quarter of 2018; and
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- (b) studies investigating new indications for Xanamem, also commencing in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Given the Tranche 2 Placement Shares to be issued under Resolution 3 will exceed the 15% threshold set out in Listing Rule 7.1 and none of the exceptions contained in Listing Rule 7.2 apply, Shareholder approval is required under Listing Rule 7.1. A summary of Listing Rule 7.1 is provided in Section 3.1.
Resolution 3 is an ordinary resolution.
4.2 Information required by Listing Rule 7.3
For the purposes of Listing Rule 7.3 information regarding the issue of the Tranche 2 Placement Shares is provided as follows:
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(a) The maximum number of Shares that the Company may issue under the Tranche 2 Placement is 112,877,006.
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(b) The Tranche 2 Placement Shares may be issued no later than three months after the date of the Meeting (or such later date to the extent permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules).
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(c) The Tranche 2 Placement Shares will be issued at an issue price of $0.05 per Share.
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(d) The Tranche 2 Placement Shares will be issued to the Tranche 2 Placement Participants (or their nominees), none of whom are a related party of the Company.
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(e) The Tranche 2 Placement Shares will be fully paid ordinary shares of the Company and rank equally in all respects with the Company's existing Shares on issue.
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(f) The funds raised from the issue of the Tranche 2 Placement Shares will be used for the purposes set out in Section 4.1.
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(g) Subject to paragraph (b), the issue of the Tranche 2 Placement Shares may occur progressively.
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(h) A voting exclusion statement is included in the Notice.
5. Definitions
AEST means Australian Eastern Standard Time, being the time in Sydney, New South Wales.
ASX means ASX Limited (ACN 008 624 691) and, where the context permits, the Australian Securities Exchange operated by ASX.
Board means the board of Directors.
BVF means Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P. and certain of its affiliates.
Chairman means the person appointed to chair the Meeting.
Company means Actinogen Medical Limited ACN 086 778 476.
Director means a director of the Company.
Explanatory Memorandum means the explanatory memorandum attached to the Notice.
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Listing Rules means the listing rules of ASX.
Meeting has the meaning in the introductory paragraph of the Notice.
Notice means this notice of meeting.
Proxy Form means the proxy form attached to the Notice.
Resolution means a resolution contained in this Notice.
Section means a section contained in this Explanatory Memorandum.
Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.
Shareholder means a shareholder of the Company.
Tranche 1 Placement has the meaning given in Section 3.1.
Tranche 1 Placement Shares has the meaning given in Section 3.1.
Tranche 2 Placement has the meaning in Resolution 3.
Tranche 2 Placement Participants means:
(a) BVF;
(b) Platinum Investment Management Limited;
(c) Australian Ethical Investment Limited.
Tranche 2 Placement Shares has the meaning in Resolution 3.
In this Notice, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa.
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Actinogen Medical Limited ACN 086 778 476
LODGE YOUR VOTE
ONLINE www.linkmarketservices.com.au BY MAIL Actinogen Medical Limited C/- Link Market Services Limited Locked Bag A14 Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia BY FAX +61 2 9287 0309
BY HAND Link Market Services Limited Level 12, 680 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000 ALL ENQUIRIES TO Telephone: +61 1300 554 474
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PROXY FORM
I/We being a member(s) of Actinogen Medical Limited and entitled to attend and vote hereby appoint:
APPOINT A PROXY
the Chairman of the OR if you are NOT appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of the person or body Meeting (mark box) corporate you are appointing as your proxy
or failing the person or body corporate named, or if no person or body corporate is named, the Chairman of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to act on my/our behalf (including to vote in accordance with the following directions or, if no directions have been given and to the extent permitted by the law, as the proxy sees fit) at the General Meeting of the Company to be held at 10:30am (AEST) on Thursday, 5 July 2018 at InterOffice Property Services Pty Limited, Level 16, 1 Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales (the Meeting ) and at any postponement or adjournment of the Meeting. The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each item of business.
VOTING DIRECTIONS
Proxies will only be valid and accepted by the Company if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the Meeting. Please read the voting instructions overleaf before marking any boxes with an T
Resolutions
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For Against Abstain *
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1 Ratification of Tranche 1 Placement under Listing Rule 7.1 capacity
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2 Ratification of Tranche 1 Placement under Listing Rule 7.1A capacity
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3 Authority to issue Tranche 2 Placement Shares
* 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 votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.
SIGNATURE OF SHAREHOLDERS – THIS MUST BE COMPLETED
Shareholder 1 (Individual) Joint Shareholder 2 (Individual) Joint Shareholder 3 (Individual) Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary Director/Company Secretary (Delete one) Director
This form should be signed by the shareholder. If a joint holding, either shareholder may sign. If signed by the shareholder’s attorney, the power of attorney must have been previously noted by the registry or a certified copy attached to this form. If executed by a company, the form must be executed in accordance with the company’s constitution and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
ACW PRX1802A
HOW TO COMPLETE THIS SHAREHOLDER PROXY FORM
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS
This is your name and address as it appears on the Company’s share register. If this information is incorrect, please make the correction on the form. Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note: you cannot change ownership of your shares using this form.
APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
If you wish to appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, mark the box in Step 1. If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of that individual or body corporate in Step 1. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
DEFAULT TO CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING
Any directed proxies that are not voted on a poll at the Meeting will default to the Chairman of the Meeting, who is required to vote those proxies as directed. Any undirected proxies that default to the Chairman of the Meeting will be voted according to the instructions set out in this Proxy Form.
VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY APPOINTMENT
You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in one of the boxes opposite each item of business. All your shares will be voted in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of voting rights are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or number of shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes on the items of business, your proxy may vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on an item your vote on that item will be invalid.
APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND PROXY
You are entitled to appoint up to two persons as proxies to attend the Meeting and vote on a poll. If you wish to appoint a second proxy, an additional Proxy Form may be obtained by telephoning the Company’s share registry or you may copy this form and return them both together.
To appoint a second proxy you must:
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(a) on each of the first Proxy Form and the second Proxy Form state the percentage of your voting rights or number of shares 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; and
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(b) return both forms together.
SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS
You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided: Individual: where the holding is in one name, the holder must sign.
Joint Holding: where the holding is in more than one name, either shareholder may sign.
LODGEMENT OF A PROXY FORM
This Proxy Form (and any Power of Attorney under which it is signed) must be received at an address given below by 10:30am (AEST) on Tuesday, 3 July 2018, being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting. Any Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled Meeting.
Proxy Forms may be lodged using the reply paid envelope or:
ONLINE
www.linkmarketservices.com.au
Login to the Link website using the holding details as shown on the Proxy Form. Select ‘Voting’ and follow the prompts to lodge your vote. To use the online lodgement facility, shareholders will need their “Holder Identifier” (Securityholder Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) as shown on the front of the Proxy Form).
BY MOBILE DEVICE
QR Code
Our voting website is designed specifically for voting online. You can now lodge your proxy by scanning the QR code adjacent or enter the voting link www.linkmarketservices.com.au into your mobile device. Log in using the Holder Identifier and postcode for your shareholding.
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To scan the code you will need a QR code reader application which can be downloaded for free on your mobile device.
BY MAIL
Actinogen Medical Limited
C/- Link Market Services Limited Locked Bag A14 Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia
BY FAX
+61 2 9287 0309
BY HAND
delivering it to Link Market Services Limited* Level 12 680 George Street Sydney NSW 2000
- During business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm)
Power of Attorney: to sign under Power of Attorney, you must lodge the Power of Attorney with the registry. If you have not previously lodged this document for notation, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.
Companies: where the company has a Sole Director who is also the Sole Company Secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A of the Corporations Act 2001 ) does not have a Company Secretary, a Sole Director can also sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or a Company Secretary. Please indicate the office held by signing in the appropriate place.
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES
If a representative of the corporation is to attend the Meeting the appropriate “Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative” should be produced prior to admission in accordance with the Notice of Meeting. A form of the certificate may be obtained from the Company’s share registry or online at www.linkmarketservices.com.au.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE GENERAL MEETING, PLEASE BRING THIS FORM WITH YOU. THIS WILL ASSIST IN REGISTERING YOUR ATTENDANCE.