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ALTAMIN LIMITED — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2021
Apr 14, 2021
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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ALTA ZINC LIMITED
ABN 63 078 510 988
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING AND EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TO SHAREHOLDERS
Date of Meeting
18 May 2021
Time of Meeting
2:00pm (AWST)
Place of Meeting
Quest South Perth Foreshore, 22 Harper Terrace, South Perth 6151, Western Australia
A Proxy Form is enclosed
Please read this Notice and Explanatory Memorandum carefully.
If you are unable to attend the Meeting please complete and return the enclosed Proxy Form in accordance with the specified directions.
Alta Zinc Limited
ABN 63 078 510 988
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
Notice is given that the General Meeting of Shareholders of Alta Zinc Limited ABN 63 078 510 988 will be held at Quest South Perth Foreshore, 22 Harper Terrace, South Perth 6151, Western Australia on 18 May 2021 at 2:00pm (AWST) for the purpose of transacting the following business referred to in this Notice of General Meeting.
Additionally, circumstances relating to COVID-19 change rapidly. The Company will update Shareholders if changing circumstances will impact planning for the Meeting as soon as practicable.
AGENDA
1 Resolution 1 – Ratification of issue of Shares – Placement (Listing Rule 7.1)
To consider and, if thought fit to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, for the purpose of Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, Shareholders ratify the issue of 541,604,876 Shares (at an issue price of $0.005 each) on 31 March 2021 to professional and sophisticated investors on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum.”
Voting exclusion statement: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of:
- (a) a person who participated in the issue or is a counterparty to the agreement being approved; or (b) an Associate of those persons.
However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:
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(a) a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with the directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that way; or
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(b) the Chair of the Meeting as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the Chair to vote on the Resolution as the Chair decides; or
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(c) a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met:
(i) the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an Associate of a person excluded from voting, on the Resolution; and (ii) the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.
2 Resolution 2 – Ratification of issue of Shares – Placement (Listing Rule 7.1A)
To consider and, if thought fit to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, for the purpose of Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, Shareholders ratify the issue of 188,395,124 Shares (at an issue price of $0.005 each) on 31 March 2021 to professional and sophisticated investors on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum.”
Voting exclusion statement: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of:
(a) a person who participated in the issue or is a counterparty to the agreement being approved; or
- (b) an Associate of those persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:
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(a) a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with the directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that way; or
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(b) the Chair of the Meeting as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the Chair to vote on the Resolution as the Chair decides; or
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(c) a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met: (i) the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an Associate of a person excluded from voting, on the Resolution; and
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(ii) the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.
3 Resolution 3 – Issue of Shares to Mr Geraint Harris (Director) or his nominee(s)
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
"That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve the issue of up to 20,000,000 Shares at an issue price of $0.005 per Share (on a preConsolidation basis) to Mr Geraint Harris, (Director) or his nominee(s), on terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum.”
Voting exclusion statement: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of: (a) the person who is to receive the securities in question and any other person who will obtain a material benefit as a result of the issue of the securities (except a benefit solely by reason of being a holder of ordinary securities in the Company) or his nominee(s); or (b) an Associate of that person. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:
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(a) a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with the directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that way; or
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(b) the Chair of the Meeting as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the Chair to vote on the Resolution as the Chair decides; or
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(c) a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met: (i) the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an Associate of a person excluded from voting, on the Resolution; and
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(ii) the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.
4 Resolution 4 – Consolidation of Capital
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
"That, for the purpose of Section 254H of the Corporations Act and the Company's Constitution and for all other purposes, with effect from 20 May 2021, approval is given for the Company to consolidate its issued capital on the basis that:
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(a) the then issued capital of the Company be consolidated on the basis that every 15 fully paid ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company be consolidated into one fully paid ordinary Share; and
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(b) the Options on issue be adjusted in accordance with Listing Rule 7.22.1. "
5 Resolution 5 – Adoption of Constitution
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as a special resolution :
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"That, the Constitution contained in the document submitted to this Meeting and signed by the Chair for identification purposes be approved and adopted as the Constitution of the Company in substitution for the existing Constitution of the Company with effect from the end of the Meeting."
OTHER BUSINESS
To deal with any other business which may be brought forward in accordance with the Constitution and the Corporations Act.
Details of the definitions and abbreviations used in this Notice are set out in the Glossary to the Explanatory Memorandum.
By order of the Board
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Stephen Hills Finance Director and Company Secretary
Dated: 15 April 2021
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How to vote
Shareholders can vote by either:
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attending the Meeting and voting in person or by attorney or, in the case of corporate Shareholders, by appointing a corporate representative to attend and vote; or
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appointing a proxy to attend and vote on their behalf using the Proxy Form accompanying this Notice and by submitting their proxy appointment and voting instructions in person, by post, electronically via the internet or by facsimile.
Voting in person (or by attorney)
Shareholders, or their attorneys, who plan to attend the Meeting are asked to arrive at the venue 15 minutes prior to the time designated for the Meeting, if possible, so that their holding may be checked against the Company's share register and their attendance recorded. To be effective a certified copy of the Power of Attorney, or the original Power of Attorney, must be received by the Company in the same manner, and by the same time as outlined for proxy forms below.
Voting by a Corporation
A Shareholder that is a corporation may appoint an individual to act as its representative and vote in person at the Meeting. The appointment must comply with the requirements of section 250D of the Corporations Act. The representative should bring to the Meeting evidence of his or her appointment, including any authority under which it is signed.
Voting by proxy
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A Shareholder entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint not more than two proxies. Each proxy will have the right to vote on a poll and also to speak at the Meeting.
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The appointment of the proxy may specify the proportion or the number of votes that the proxy may exercise. Where more than one proxy is appointed and the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of the Shareholder's votes each proxy may exercise, the votes will be divided equally among the proxies (i.e. where there are two proxies, each proxy may exercise half of the votes).
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A proxy need not be a Shareholder.
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The proxy can be either an individual or a body corporate.
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If a proxy is not directed how to vote on an item of business, the proxy may generally vote, or abstain from voting, as they think fit.
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Should any resolution, other than those specified in this Notice, be proposed at the Meeting, a proxy may vote on that resolution as they think fit.
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If a proxy is instructed to abstain from voting on an item of business, they are directed not to vote on the Shareholder's behalf on the poll and the Shares that are the subject of the proxy appointment will not be counted in calculating the required majority.
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Shareholders who return their Proxy Forms with a direction how to vote, but who do not nominate the identity of their proxy, will be taken to have appointed the Chair of the Meeting as their proxy to vote on their behalf. If a Proxy Form is returned but the nominated proxy does not attend the Meeting, the Chair of the Meeting will act in place of the nominated proxy and vote in accordance with any instructions. Proxy appointments in favour of the Chair of the Meeting, the secretary or any Director that do not contain a direction how to vote will be used, where possible, to support each of the Resolutions proposed in this Notice, provided they are entitled to cast votes as a proxy under the voting exclusion rules which apply to some of the proposed Resolutions. However, in exceptional circumstances, the Chair of the Meeting may change his voting intention, in which case an ASX announcement will be made. These rules are explained in this Notice.
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To be effective, proxies must be received by 2:00pm (AWST) on 16 May 2021. Proxies received after this time will be invalid.
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Proxies may be lodged using any of the following methods:
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in person to the Company’s registered office Suite 3.5, Level 3, 9 Bowman Street, South Perth, Western Australia 6151;
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by post to Automic, GPO Box 5193, Sydney, NSW 2001
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by email to [email protected];
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by fax to +61 2 8583 3040; or
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by recording the proxy appointment and voting instructions via the internet at https://investor.automic.com.au/#/loginsah. Only registered Shareholders may access this facility and will need their Holder Identification Number ( HIN ) or Securityholder Reference Number ( SRN )
The Proxy Form must be signed by the Shareholder or the Shareholder's attorney. Proxies given by corporations must be executed in accordance with the Corporations Act. Where the appointment of a proxy is signed by the appointer's attorney, a certified copy of the Power of Attorney, or the power itself, must be received by the Company at the above address, or by facsimile, and by 2:00
(AWST) on 16 May 2021. If facsimile transmission is used, the Power of Attorney must be certified.
Shareholders who are entitled to vote
In accordance with paragraphs 7.11.37 and 7.11.38 of the Corporations Regulations, the Board has determined that a person's entitlement to vote at the Meeting will be the entitlement of that person set out in the Register of Shareholders as at 5:00pm (AWST) on 16 May 2021.
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Alta Zinc Limited ABN 63 078 510 988
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This Explanatory Memorandum is intended to provide Shareholders with sufficient information to assess the merits of the Resolutions contained in the accompanying Notice of General Meeting of the Company.
Certain abbreviations and other defined terms are used throughout this Explanatory Memorandum. Defined terms are generally identifiable by the use of an upper case first letter. Details of the definitions and abbreviations are set out in the Glossary to the Explanatory Memorandum.
1 Background – Resolutions 1 to 3
On 24 March 2021, the Company announced a placement of 750,000,000 Shares at an issue price of $0.005 per Share to raise $3.75 million (before costs) ( Placement ) comprising of:
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(a) 541,604,876 Shares issued utilising the Company’s Listing Rule 7.1 capacity;
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(b) 188,395,124 Shares issued utilising the Company’s Listing Rule 7.1A capacity; and
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(c) subject to Shareholder approval, up to 20,000,000 Shares to be issued to Mr Geraint Harris (a Director) (or his nominee(s)).
Funds raised under the Placement will be used to fund ongoing underground drilling at the Gorno Zinc Project, corporate costs and general working capital requirements.
2 Resolution 1 – Ratification of issue of Shares – Placement (Listing Rule 7.1)
On 31 March 2021, the Company issued 541,604,876 Shares at an issue price of $0.005 per Share under the Placement utilising the Company Listing Rule 7.1 capacity ( LR 7.1 Shares ).
Broadly speaking, and subject to a number of exceptions, Listing Rule 7.1 limits the amount of Equity Securities that a listed company can issue without the approval of its shareholders over any 12 month period to 15% of the fully paid ordinary securities it had on issue at the start of that period.
The issue of the LR 7.1 Shares does not fit within any of these exceptions and, as it has not yet been approved by the Company’s Shareholders, it effectively uses up part of the 15% limit in Listing Rule 7.1, reducing the Company’s capacity to issue further Equity Securities without Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1 for the 12 month period following the date the Company issued the LR 7.1 Shares.
Listing Rule 7.4 allows the shareholders of a company to approve an issue of Equity Securities after it has been made or agreed to be made. If they do, the issue is taken to have been approved under Listing Rule 7.1 and so does not reduce the company’s capacity to issue further Equity Securities without shareholder approval under that rule.
The Company wishes to retain as much flexibility as possible to issue additional Equity Securities into the future without having to obtain Shareholder approval for such issues under Listing Rule 7.1 and therefore seeks Shareholder approval to ratify the issue of the LR 7.1 Shares under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.4.
If this Resolution is passed, the LR 7.1 Shares will be excluded in calculating the Company’s 15% limit in Listing Rule 7.1, effectively increasing the number of Equity Securities the Company can issue without Shareholder approval over the 12 month period following the date the Company issued the LR 7.1 Shares. In addition, the LR 7.1 Shares will not be included in calculating the Company’s 10%
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capacity in Listing Rule 7.1A, effectively increasing the number of Equity Securities the Company can issue without Shareholder approval under that rule.
If this Resolution is not passed, the LR 7.1 Shares will be included in calculating the Company’s 15% limit in Listing Rule 7.1, effectively decreasing the number of Equity Securities the Company can issue without Shareholder approval over the 12 month period following the date the Company issued the LR 7.1 Shares. In addition, the LR 7.1 Shares will be included in calculating the Company’s additional 10% capacity in Listing Rule 7.1A, effectively decreasing the number of Equity Securities the Company can issue without Shareholder approval under that rule.
The following information in relation to the LR 7.1 Shares is provided to Shareholders for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.5:
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(a) the LR 7.1 Shares were issued to professional and sophisticated investors, all of who are unrelated parties of the Company. The placees were selected following a bookbuild process by Discovery Capital Partners and Foster Stockbroking, the Company’s joint lead managers in relation to the Placement. In accordance with paragraph 7.4 of ASX Guidance Note 21, the Company confirms that, none of the recipients of LR 7.1 Shares were:
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(i) related parties of the Company, members of the Company’s Key Management Personnel, substantial holders of the Company, advisers of the Company or an associate of any of these parties; and
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(ii) issued more than 1% of the issued capital of the Company;
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(b) the LR 7.1 Shares issued were fully paid ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company and rank equally in all respects with the existing fully paid ordinary Shares on issue;
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(c) the LR 7.1 Shares were issued on 31 March 2021;
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(d)
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the LR 7.1 Shares were issued at an issue price of $0.005 each;
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(e) funds will be used to fund ongoing underground drilling at the Gorno Zinc Project, corporate costs and general working capital requirements;
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(f) a summary of the material terms of the Placement pursuant to which the LR 7.1 Shares were issued is set out above; and
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(g) a voting exclusion applies in respect of this Resolution as set out in the Notice.
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3 Resolution 2 – Ratification of issue of Shares – Placement (Listing Rule 7.1A)
On 31 March 2021, the Company issued 188,395,124 Shares at an issue price of $0.005 per Share under the Placement utilising the Company Listing Rule 7.1A capacity ( LR 7.1A Shares ).
Broadly speaking, and subject to a number of exceptions, Listing Rule 7.1 limits the amount of equity securities that a listed company can issue without the approval of its shareholders over any 12 month period to 15% of the fully paid ordinary securities it had on issue at the start of that period. Under Listing Rule 7.1A, an eligible entity can seek approval from its members, by way of a special resolution passed at its annual general meeting, to increase this 15% limit by an extra 10% to 25%. Shareholders approved this additional capacity at the Company’s last annual general meeting.
The issue of the LR 7.1A Shares does not fit within any of these exceptions and, as it has not yet been approved by the Company’s Shareholders, it effectively uses up part of the 10% limit in Listing Rule 7.1A, reducing the Company’s capacity to issue further Equity Securities without Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1A for the period ending on the earliest of:
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(a) the date that is 12 months after the last annual general meeting at which the Listing Rule 7.1A Mandate was approved;
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(b) the time and date of the next annual general meeting; and
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(c) the time and date on which Shareholders approve a transaction under Listing Rule 11.1.2 (for a significant change to the nature or scale of the Company’s activities) or Listing Rule 11.2 (disposal of the Company’s main undertaking),
(Listing Rule 7.1A Mandate Expiry Date)
Listing Rule 7.4 allows the shareholders of a company to approve an issue of Equity Securities after it has been made or agreed to be made. If they do, the issue is taken to have been approved under Listing Rule 7.1A and so does not reduce the company’s capacity to issue further Equity Securities without shareholder approval under that rule.
The Company wishes to retain as much flexibility as possible to issue additional Equity Securities into the future without having to obtain Shareholder approval for such issues under Listing Rule 7.1A and therefore seeks Shareholder approval to ratify the issue of the LR 7.1A Shares under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.4.
If this Resolution is passed, the LR 7.1A Shares will be excluded in calculating the Company’s 25% limit in Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A, effectively increasing the number of Equity Securities the Company can issue without Shareholder approval:
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(a) under Listing Rule 7.1 for the 12 month period following the date the Company issued LR 7.1A Shares; and
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(b) under Listing Rule 7.1A for the period ending on the Listing Rule 7.1A Mandate Expiry Date.
If this Resolution is not passed, the LR 7.1A Shares will be included in calculating the Company’s 25% limit in Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A, effectively decreasing the number of Equity Securities the Company can issue without Shareholder approval under Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A for the periods noted immediately above.
The following information in relation to the LR 7.1A Shares is provided to Shareholders for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.5:
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(c) the LR 7.1A Shares were issued to professional and sophisticated investors, all of who are unrelated parties of the Company. The placees were selected following a bookbuild process by Discovery Capital Partners and Foster Stockbroking, the Company’s joint lead managers in relation to the Placement. In accordance with paragraph 7.4 of ASX Guidance Note 21, the Company confirms that, other than VBS Exchange Pty Ltd (a substantial holder of the Company who was issued 150,000,000 LR 7.1A Shares, being more than 1% of the issued capital of the Company), none of the recipients were:
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(i) related parties of the Company, members of the Company’s Key Management Personnel, substantial holders of the Company, advisers of the Company or an associate of any of these parties; and
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(ii) issued more than 1% of the issued capital of the Company;
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(d)
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188,395,124 LR 7.1A Shares were issued;
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(e) the LR 7.1A Shares issued were fully paid ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company and rank equally in all respects with the existing fully paid ordinary Shares on issue;
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(f) the LR 7.1A Shares were issued on 31 March 2021;
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(g) the LR 7.1A Shares were issued at an issue price of $0.005 each;
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(h) funds will be used to fund ongoing underground drilling at the Gorno Zinc Project, corporate costs and general working capital requirements;
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(i) a summary of the material terms of the Placement pursuant to which the LR 7.1A Shares were issued is set out above; and
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(j) a voting exclusion applies in respect of this Resolution as set out in the Notice.
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4 Resolution 3 – Proposed participation in Placement by Mr Geraint Harris (Director) or his nominee(s)
As announced on 24 March 2021, Mr Geraint Harris (Managing Director), confirmed that, subject to Shareholder approval, he or his nominee(s) will subscribe up to $100,000 worth of Shares in the Placement, being a total of up to 20,000,000 Shares (on a pre-Consolidation basis).
Related Party Transactions Generally
Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act prohibits a public company from giving a financial benefit to a related party of the public company unless either:
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(a) the giving of the financial benefits falls within one of the nominated exceptions to the provision; or
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(b) Shareholder approval is obtained prior to the giving of the financial benefit and the benefit is given within 15 months after obtaining such approval.
For the purposes of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act, Mr Harris is a related party of the Company. This Resolution relates to a proposed issued of Shares to Mr Harris (or his nominee(s)), which is a financial benefit that requires Shareholder approval for the purposes of section 208 of the Corporations Act.
Under section 208 of the Corporations Act, for a public company, or an entity that the public company controls, to give a financial benefit to a related party of the public company, the public company or entity must:
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(c) obtain the approval of the public company’s members; and
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(d) give the benefit within 15 months following such approval,
unless the giving of the financial benefit falls within an exception set out in sections 210 to 216 of the Corporations Act.
Shareholder approval is not being sought for the purposes of section 208 of the Corporations Act on the basis that the benefit is considered by the Board (in the absence of Mr Harris) to be on arms’ length terms as Mr Harris (or his nominee(s)) is participating in the Placement on the same terms as the other placees in the Placement.
Directors’ recommendation
All the Directors were available to make a recommendation.
Mr Harris declines to make a recommendation about this Resolution as he has a material personal interest in the outcome of the Resolution.
The Directors (in the absence of Mr Harris) recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of this Resolution. The Directors (in the absence of Mr Harris) are not aware of any other information that
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would reasonably be required by the Shareholders to allow them to make a decision whether it is in the best interests of the Company to pass this Resolution.
Information Requirements - Listing Rules 10.11 and 10.13
Listing Rule 10.11 provides that unless one of the exceptions in Listing Rule 10.12 applies, the Company must not issue or agree to issue equity securities to:
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(a) a related party (Listing Rule 10.11.1);
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(b) a person who is, or was at any time in the 6 months before the issue or agreement, a substantial (30%+) holder in the Company (Listing Rule 10.11.2);
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(c) a person who is, or was at any time in the 6 months before the issue or agreement, a substantial (10%+) holder in the Company and who has nominated a Director to the Board pursuant to a relevant agreement which gives them a right or expectation to do so (Listing Rule 10.11.3);
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(d) an associate of a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.11.1 to 10.11.3 (Listing Rule 10.11.4); or
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(e) a person whose relationship with the Company or a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.11.1 to 10.11.4 is such that, in ASX’s opinion, the issue or agreement should be approved by Shareholders (Listing Rule 10.11.5),
unless it obtains the approval of its Shareholders.
The proposed issue of Shares to Mr Harris (or his nominee(s)) falls within Listing Rule 10.11.1 and does not fall within any of the exceptions in Listing Rule 10.12. It therefore requires the approval of Shareholders under Listing Rule 10.11.
This Resolution seeks Shareholder approval for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes to allow Mr Harris (or his nominee(s)), to participate in the proposed Placement by permitting him or his nominee(s) to subscribe for up to 20,000,000 Shares in addition to the LR 7.1 Shares and LR 7.1A Shares issued to unrelated parties, as detailed above. Mr Harris’ participation will be on exactly the same terms as the Placement made to the unrelated parties.
If this Resolution is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of Shares to Mr Harris (or his nominee(s)) and the Company will raise up to $100,000.
The impact of passing this Resolution on Mr Harris’s voting power in the Company, assuming he is issued 20,000,000 Shares is set out in the following table:
| Number of Shares | Number of Options | Percentage voting power in the Company on an undiluted basis (Total issued share capital of the Company is 4,360,699,176) |
Percentage voting power in the Company on a fully diluted basis (Total issued share capital of the Company is 5,035,351,859) |
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| 100,344,298 | 40,833,333 | 2.30% | 2.80% |
If this Resolution is not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the issue of Shares to Mr Harris (or his nominee(s)) and the Company will not receive $100,000 in application funds. The Company may seek other alternative sources of capital, if required.
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The following further information is provided to Shareholders for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.13:
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(a) the Shares will be issued to Mr Geraint Harris or his nominee(s);
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(b) Mr Geraint Harris is a Listing Rule 10.11.1 party because he is a Director of the Company;
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(c) up to 20,000,000 Shares will be issued;
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(d) the securities to be issued under this Resolution are fully paid ordinary shares in the Company;
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(e) the Shares will be issued on a date which will be no later than 1 month after the date of this Meeting, unless otherwise extended by way of ASX granting a waiver to the Listing Rules;
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(f) the Shares will be issued at an issue price of $0.005 per Shares;
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(g) funds will be used to fund ongoing underground drilling at the Gorno Zinc Project, corporate costs and general working capital requirements;
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(h) a summary of the material terms of the Placement pursuant to which the Shares are proposed to be issued to Mr Geraint Harris (or his nominee(s)) is set out above;
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(i) a voting exclusion statement applies to this Resolution as set out in the Notice.
If approval is given for the grant of the Shares under Listing Rule 10.11, approval is not required under Listing Rule 7.1.
5 Resolution 4 – Consolidation of Capital
Background
This Resolution seeks Shareholder approval to consolidate the Company's issued capital by consolidating (ie converting) every 15 existing Shares into one new Share ( Consolidation ) for the purposes of section 254H of the Corporations Act, the Company’s Constitution and for all other purposes. The Consolidation is proposed by the Company in order to reduce the number of Shares on issue and expect to result in a more appropriate and effective capital structure for the Company and a share price which is anticipated to be more appealing to a wider range of investors.
Section 254H(1) of the Corporations Act provides that a company may, by resolution passed in general meeting, convert all or any of its shares into a larger or smaller number of shares.
Listing Rule 7.20 provides that where an entity proposes to reorganise its capital, it must tell Equity Security holders:
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(a) the effect of the proposal on the number of Securities and the amount unpaid (if any) on the Securities;
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(b) the proposed treatment of any fractional entitlements; and
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(c) the proposed treatment of any Convertible Securities on issue.
With the exception of this section 5 of the Explanatory Memorandum, all other references in this Notice (including the Explanatory Memorandum and Annexures) to Shares or Options, exercise prices or similar, are on a pre-Consolidation basis.
In compliance with the information requirements of Listing Rule 7.20, Shareholders are advised of the following information.
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As at the date of this Notice, the Company has 4,340,699,176 Shares on issue. Accordingly, if this Resolution is passed, and no other Shares are issued, the number of Shares on issue will be reduced from 4,340,699,176 to approximately 289,379,946 (subject to rounding).
The Company has the following Options on issue:
| Number | Exercise Price | Expiry Date |
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| 2,000,000 | $0.10 | 28 February 2022 |
| 2,000,000 | $0.15 | 28 February 2022 |
| 2,000,000 | $0.20 | 28 February 2022 |
| 11,750,000 | $0.05 | 30 June 2022 |
| 15,000,000 | $0.008 | 18 September 2024 |
| 15,000,000 | $0.012 | 18 September 2024 |
| 15,000,000 | $0.008 | 16 September 2024 |
| 15,000,000 | $0.012 | 16 September 2024 |
| 15,000,000 | $0.016 | 16 September 2024 |
| 463,512,394 | $0.01 | 31 January 2022 |
| 46,390,289 | $0.01 | 28 February 2022 |
| 24,000,001 | $0.012 | 16 September 2024 |
| 24,000,001 | $0.016 | 16 September 2024 |
| 23,999,998 | $0.02 | 16 September 2024 |
If this Resolution is passed, the number of the existing Options on issue and their respective exercise prices will be reorganised in accordance with Listing Rule 7.22.1 as set out below, so that the total number of Options on issue will be as follows:
| Number (subject to rounding) |
Exercise Price | Expiry Date |
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| 133,334 | $1.50 | 28 February 2022 |
| 133,334 | $2.25 | 28 February 2022 |
| 133,334 | $3.00 | 28 February 2022 |
| 783,334 | $0.75 | 30 June 2022 |
| 1,000,000 | $0.12 | 18 September 2024 |
| 1,000,000 | $0.18 | 18 September 2024 |
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| Number (subject to rounding) |
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| 1,000,000 | $0.12 | 16 September 2024 |
| 1,000,000 | $0.18 | 16 September 2024 |
| 1,000,000 | $0.24 | 16 September 2024 |
| 30,900,827 | $0.15 | 31 January 2022 |
| 3,092,686 | $0.15 | 28 February 2022 |
| 1,600,001 | $0.18 | 16 September 2024 |
| 1,600,001 | $0.24 | 16 September 2024 |
| 1,600,000 | $0.30 | 16 September 2024 |
Implementation of Consolidation
If this Resolution is passed, every 15 existing Shares will be consolidated into one Share. As the Consolidation applies equally to all Shareholders, individual holdings will be reduced in the same ratio as the total number of the Company’s Shares (subject only to rounding). It follows that the Consolidation will have no material effect on the percentage interest of each individual Shareholder in the Company.
Similarly, the aggregate value of each Shareholder’s holding (and the Company’s market capitalisation) should not materially change – other than minor changes as a result of rounding – as a result of the Consolidation alone (and assuming no other market movements or impacts occur). The Consolidation will not result in any change to the substantive rights and obligations of existing Shareholders.
Holding statements
As from the effective date of the Consolidation (in accordance with the timetable below), all holding statements for Shares and certificates for Options will cease to have any effect except as evidence of entitlement to a certain number of post Consolidation Shares and Options.
After the Consolidation becomes effective, the Company will issue a notice to Shareholders and Optionholders advising them of the number of Shares and Options held by each Shareholder and Optionholder (as the case may be) both before and after the Consolidation. The Company will arrange for new holding statements and Option certificates to be issued to Shareholders and Optionholders, who are encouraged to check their holdings prior to disposal or exercise (as the case may be).
Options
Listing Rule 7.22.1 requires that if a company consolidates its capital, the number of options it has on issue must be consolidated in the same ratio as the shares and their exercise prices be amended in inverse proportion to that ratio. The expiry dates of options do not change.
Accordingly, if this Resolution is passed, every 15 existing Options on issue will be consolidated into one Option and the current exercise price of each Option will be multiplied by 15 to obtain the new exercise price post-Consolidation.
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The tables above set out the Company’s existing Options, their exercise prices and expiry dates, on both a pre and post Consolidation basis.
Fractional Entitlements
Where the Consolidation results in an entitlement to a fraction of a Share or Option, that fractional entitlement will be rounded up to the nearest whole number as part of the Consolidation, so that the consolidated holding will be rounded up to the nearest whole number. If the Company reasonably believes that a Shareholder or Optionholder has been a party to the division of a shareholding or optionholding in an attempt to obtain an advantage from this treatment of fractions, the Company may take appropriate action, having regard to the Company’s Constitution and the Listing Rules. In particular, the Company reserves the right to disregard the division of the Shareholder or Optionholder for the purposes of dealing with fractions so as to round any fraction up to the nearest whole number of Shares or Options that would have been received but for the division.
Capital structure of the Company
Assuming the Company's capital structure as at the date of this Notice remains the same until the date of the Meeting, the Company's capital structure before and after the Consolidation is and will be as follows (subject to rounding):
| Pre Consolidation1 | Post Consolidation | |
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| Shares | 4,340,699,176 | 289,379,946 |
| Options | 674,652,683 | 44,976,846 |
Tax implications for Shareholders
Shareholders and Optionholders are encouraged to seek professional advice in relation to any tax implications which may arise as a result of the Consolidation. Neither the Company nor any of its officers, employees or advisors assumes any liability or responsibility for advising Shareholders and Optionholders about the tax consequences for them from the proposed Consolidation.
Timing of consolidation
The consolidation will take effect in accordance with the following proposed reorganisation timetable:
| Date | Event |
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| 18 May 2021 | Shareholder approval. |
| 20 May 2021 | Effective Date. |
| 21 May 2021 | Last day for trading in pre-organised securities. |
| 24 May 2021 | Trading commences in the reorganised securities on a deferred settlement basis. |
| 25 May 2021 | Record Date - last day for Company to register transfers on a pre-Consolidation basis. |
| 26 May 2021 | First day for the Company to update its register and to send a notice to each security holder reflecting the change to the number of securities they hold. |
1 This assumes that the Shares the subject of Resolution 3 have not been issued.
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| Date | Event |
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| 1 June 2021 | Last day for the Company to update its register and to send a notice to each security holder reflecting the change to the number of securities they hold. Deferred settlement market ends. |
6 Resolution 5 – Adoption of Constitution
Resolution 5 seeks Shareholder approval for the adoption of a Proposed Constitution ( Proposed Constitution ) in substitution for the existing Constitution ( Existing Constitution ) of the Company.
Under section 136 of the Corporations Act, Shareholders must pass a special resolution to adopt the Proposed Constitution. Accordingly, Resolution 5 is a special resolution, requiring approval of 75% of the votes cast by Shareholders entitled to vote on the resolution in order to be passed.
The Existing Constitution was first adopted on 20 October 2009. Since this time, there have been a number of changes to the Listing Rules and the Corporations Act. The Board has conducted a review of the existing Constitution, and in view of the changes to the Listing Rules and the Corporations Act, and recent development in corporate governance and current market practice, has resolved that it would be in the best interests of the Company and Shareholders to replace the Existing Constitution with the Proposed Constitution set out in Annexure A . Copies of the Existing Constitution and the Proposed Constitution are also available for perusal by Shareholders at the Company's registered office or via the internet at www.altazinc.com.
The Directors believe that the proposed amendments to the Existing Constitution are not material nor will they have any significant impact on Shareholders. It is not practicable to list all the changes to the Constitution in detail in this Explanatory Memorandum, however, a summary of the proposed key changes is set out in Annexure B . Shareholders are invited to contact the Company if they have any queries or concerns.
Proportional takeover provisions
The Corporations Act permits a company to include in its constitution provisions (called takeover approval provisions ) requiring that a proportional or partial takeover offer (ie an offer for less than 100% of the shares but for the same proportion of each shareholder’s shares) be approved by a majority of shareholders, before it may proceed.
The Proposed Constitution, the subject of this Resolution 5 and set out in Annexure A , contains takeover approval provisions which are set out in clause 14. In effect, the approval of this Resolution 5 will enable the Company to refuse to register shares acquired under a proportional takeover bid unless than bid is approved by a majority of shareholders.
Pursuant to section 648G(1) of the Corporations Act, proportional takeover provisions are required to be renewed every three years (unless a company’s constitution provides for a shorter period). If the proportional takeover provisions are not renewed a company’s constitution is taken to be altered by omitting the provisions pursuant to section 648G(3) of the Corporations Act. The proportional takeover provisions in the Existing Constitution were last renewed by the Company on 29 November 2019.
The following information is provided pursuant to section 648G of the Corporations Act.
(a) Operation of the proportional takeover provisions
By inserting the proposed proportional takeover provisions into the Company’s Constitution as set out in Annexure A , the registration of a transfer of Shares acquired under a proportional takeover offer
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The proportional takeover provisions do not apply to a full takeover bid for all of the Shares of the Company.
If the proposed proportional takeover provisions are adopted and a proportional takeover offer is subsequently made for Shares in the Company, the Directors must seek Shareholder approval by a majority vote to register transfers under the proportional takeover bid. The Shareholder approval can be obtained at a general meeting of Shareholders.
In either case, those Shareholders who are entitled to vote at the general meeting are the Shareholders (other than the bidder and its associates) who are recorded on the register of members at the end of the day on which the first of the takeover offers under the proportional takeover bid is made.
The resolution must be voted on at least 14 days before the last day of the offer period under the proportional takeover bid. The resolution will be passed if more than 50 percent of eligible votes are cast in favour of the approval. If no such resolution has been voted on at least 14 days before the last day of the bid period then a resolution to approve the registration of transfers under the bid is taken to have been passed.
If the resolution is not passed by a majority of the shares voted, then the offer will be deemed to be withdrawn and registration of any transfer of shares resulting from the offer will be prohibited. Acceptances will be returned and any contracts formed by acceptance will be rescinded. If the resolution is approved, transfers of shares to the bidder will be registered provided they comply with the other provisions of the Constitution.
The proposed proportional takeover provisions will expire three years after the date of its adoption, unless renewed by Shareholders by special resolution.
(b) Current acquisition proposals
As at the day on which this Notice and Explanatory Memorandum is prepared, none of the Directors of the Company is aware of a proposal by a person to acquire, or to increase the extent of, a substantial interest in the Company.
(c) Advantages of proportional takeover provisions to Shareholders
Potential advantages to Shareholders of the inclusion of proportional takeover provisions in the Company’s Constitution are set out below:
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(i) The takeover approval provisions may enable Shareholders to act together and so avoid the coercion of Shareholders that might otherwise arise where they believe a partial offer is inadequate, but nevertheless accept through concern that a significant number of other Shareholders will accept.
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(ii) The takeover approval provisions may provide Shareholders with protection against being coerced into accepting a partial bid at a high premium where the bidder indicates its intention to mount a subsequent bid for the remaining shares at a much reduced price. This puts pressure on Shareholders to accept the initial bid in order to maximise their returns.
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(iii) If a partial bid is made, the takeover approval provisions may make it more probable that a bidder will set its offer price at a level that will be attractive to at least a majority of Shareholders.
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(iv) The body of Shareholders may more effectively advise and guide the Directors’ response to a partial bid, and knowing the view of the majority of Shareholders may assist individual Shareholders to assess the likely outcome of the proportional bid and decide whether or not to accept an offer under the bid.
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(v) The takeover approval provisions may make it more probable that any takeover offer will be a full bid for the whole shareholding of each Shareholder, so that Shareholders may have the opportunity of disposing of all their Shares rather than only a proportion.
(d) Disadvantages of the proportional takeover provisions to Shareholders
Potential disadvantages to Shareholders of the inclusion of proportional takeover provisions in the Company’s Constitution are set out below:
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(i) By placing obstacles in the way of partial offers, the proposal may tend to discourage partial offers, thus reducing the opportunity for Shareholders to sell a portion of their holding.
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(ii) It is possible that the existence of the takeover approval provisions might have an adverse effect on the market value of the Company’s Shares by making a partial offer less likely thus reducing any takeover speculation element in the Share price.
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(iii) An individual Shareholder who wishes to accept a proportional offer will be unable to sell to the bidder unless a majority of Shareholders favour the proportional takeover scheme (which may be viewed as an additional restriction on the ability of individual Shareholders to deal freely in their Shares).
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(iv) If a proportional takeover offer is made, the Company will incur the cost of calling a meeting of Shareholders.
(e) Advantages and disadvantages of the proportional takeover provisions for the Directors
Potential advantages and disadvantages to the Directors of the inclusion of proportional takeover provisions in the Company’s Constitution are set out below:
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(i) If the Directors consider that a proportional bid should be opposed, they will be assisted in preventing the bidder from securing control of the Company as the bidder will need a majority of votes to be cast in its favour by the independent Shareholders, before the bidder can succeed.
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(ii) On the other hand, under the takeover approval provisions, if a proportional takeover offer is received, the Directors must call a meeting to seek the Shareholders’ views. They must do so even if the Directors believe that the offer should be accepted.
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(iii) At present, it is only the Directors who express any formal view on the adequacy or otherwise of a takeover bid, on behalf of the Company. Under the takeover approval provisions the most effective view on a proportional bid will become the view expressed by the vote of the Shareholders themselves, at the meeting.
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(iv) The takeover approval provisions may make it easier for the Directors to discharge their fiduciary and statutory duties as directors in the event of a proportional takeover bid.
(f) Reasons for proposing the Resolution
Having considered the advantages and disadvantages to Shareholders and the Directors, the Directors have decided to put this Resolution to Shareholders, to give Shareholders an opportunity to take advantage of the protections which the takeover approval provisions offer, if a proportional takeover offer is made.
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Board recommendation
The Directors of the Company unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote to approve Resolution 5 and adopt the Proposed Constitution for the Company.
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GLOSSARY
$ means Australian dollars.
Accounting Standards has the meaning given to that term in the Corporations Act.
Associate has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.
ASX means ASX Limited ABN 98 008 624 691 and, where the context permits, the Australian Securities Exchange operated by ASX Limited.
AWST means western standard time as recognised in Perth, Western Australia. Board means the Directors.
Chair or Chairman means the individual elected to chair any meeting of the Company from time to time.
Closely Related Party has the meaning given to that term in the Corporations Act. Company means Alta Zinc Limited ABN 63 078 510 988. Convertible Securities has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules. Consolidation has the meaning set out on page 12. Constitution means the Company's constitution, as amended from time to time. Corporations Act means Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Directors means the directors of the Company. Equity Securities has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.
Option means an option to acquire a Share. Optionholder means a holder of an Option. Placement has the meaning set out on page 7.
Proposed Constitution has the meaning set out on page 16.
Proxy Form means the proxy form accompanying the Notice.
Resolution means a resolution contained in the Notice.
Restricted Securities has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.
Restricted Voter means Key Management Personnel and their Closely Related Parties as at the date of the Meeting.
Securities has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.
Shareholder means a member of the Company from time to time.
Shares means fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company.
Existing Constitution has the meaning set out on page 16.
Explanatory Memorandum means the explanatory memorandum accompanying this Notice.
Guidance Note 21 means the ASX Guidance Note 21.
Key Management Personnel has the meaning given to that term in the Accounting Standards.
LR 7.1 Shares has the meaning set out on page 7. LR 7.1A Shares has the meaning set out on page 8.
Listing Rule 7.1A Mandate has the meaning set out on page 9.
Listing Rules means the ASX Listing Rules. Meeting means the General Meeting convened by the Notice. Notice means this Notice of General Meeting.
Annexure A – Proposed Constitution
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Constitution
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Alta Zinc Limited ACN 078 510 988 A public company limited by shares Draft
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| 1 | Dictionary | 1 | |
| 2 | Share | capital | 1 |
| 2.1 | Shares | 1 | |
| 2.2 | Certificates and Holding Statements | 1 | |
| 2.3 | Preference shares | 2 | |
| 2.4 | Joint holders of shares | 4 | |
| 2.5 | Equitable interests in shares | 4 | |
| 2.6 | Restricted securities | 4 | |
| 2.7 | Non-marketable parcels | 5 | |
| 2.8 | Variation of Class Rights | 6 | |
| 3 | Calls, | forfeiture, indemnities, lien and surrender | 7 |
| 3.1 | Calls | 7 | |
| 3.2 | Proceedings for recovery of calls | 8 | |
| 3.3 | Payments in advance of calls | 8 | |
| 3.4 | Forfeiture of partly paid shares | 8 | |
| 3.5 | Indemnity for payments by the Company | 10 | |
| 3.6 | Lien on shares | 11 | |
| 3.7 | Surrender of shares | 11 | |
| 3.8 | General provisions applicable to a Disposal of shares | ||
| under this constitution | 12 | ||
| 3.9 | Interest payable by member | 13 | |
| 4 | Transfer and transmission of shares | 13 | |
| 4.1 | Transfer of shares | 13 | |
| 4.2 | Power to decline registration of transfers | 14 | |
| 4.3 | Transmission of shares | 15 | |
| 5 | General meetings | 16 | |
| 5.1 | Convening of general meetings | 16 | |
| 5.2 | Use of technology at general meetings | 17 |
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| venue or technology | 18 | ||
| 5.4 | Notice of general meetings | 18 | |
| 5.5 | Admission to general meetings | 19 | |
| 5.6 | Quorum at general meetings | 20 | |
| 5.7 | Chair of general meetings | 20 | |
| 5.8 | Conduct of general meetings | 21 | |
| 5.9 | Voting at general meetings | 22 | |
| 5.10 | Direct voting | 23 | |
| 5.11 | Voting rights | 23 | |
| 5.12 | Representation at general meetings | 24 | |
| 6 | Directors | 27 | |
| 6.1 | Appointment and removal of directors | 27 | |
| 6.2 | Vacation of office | 29 | |
| 6.3 | Remuneration of directors | 29 | |
| 6.4 | Share qualification | 30 | |
| 6.5 | Interested directors | 30 | |
| 6.6 | Powers and duties of directors | 32 | |
| 6.7 | Proceedings of directors | 33 | |
| 6.8 | Convening of meetings of directors | 33 | |
| 6.9 | Notice of meetings of directors | 33 | |
| 6.10 | Quorum at meetings of directors | 34 | |
| 6.11 | Chair and deputy chair of directors | 35 | |
| 6.12 | Decisions of directors | 36 | |
| 6.13 | Written resolutions | 36 | |
| 6.14 | Alternate directors | 36 | |
| 6.15 | Committees of directors | 37 | |
| 6.16 | Delegation to individual directors | 38 | |
| 6.17 | Validity of acts | 38 | |
| 7 | Executive officers | 38 |
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| 7.2 | Deputy managing directors | 38 | |
| 7.3 | Executive directors | 39 | |
| 7.4 | Secretaries | 39 | |
| 7.5 | Provisions applicable to all executive officers | 39 | |
| 8 | Seals | 40 | |
| 8.1 | Adoption of common seal | 40 | |
| 8.2 | Use of Seal | 40 | |
| 8.3 | Duplicate seal | 40 | |
| 8.4 | Share seal or certificate seal | 40 | |
| 8.5 | Sealing and signing of certificates | 40 | |
| 9 | Dividends and reserves | 41 | |
| 9.1 | Dividends | 41 | |
| 9.2 | Capitalisation of profits | 42 | |
| 9.3 | Ancillary powers | 43 | |
| 9.4 | Reserves | 44 | |
| 9.5 | Dividend reinvestment plans | 44 | |
| 9.6 | Dividend selection plans | 44 | |
| 9.7 | Capital reductions | 44 | |
| 9.8 | Shares in another body corporate | 44 | |
| 10 | Winding up | 45 | |
| 10.1 | Distribution of surplus | 45 | |
| 10.2 | Division of property | 45 | |
| 11 | Minutes and records | 46 | |
| 11.1 | Minutes | 46 | |
| 11.2 | Proxies | 46 | |
| 11.3 | Polls | 46 | |
| 11.4 | Signing of minutes | 46 | |
| 11.5 | Minutes as evidence | 46 |
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| 12 | Indemnity and insurance | 47 |
| 12.1 Persons to whom rules 12.2 and 12.4 apply | 47 | |
| 12.2 Indemnity | 47 | |
| 12.3 Extent of Indemnity | 47 | |
| 12.4 Insurance | 47 | |
| 12.5 Savings | 48 | |
| 12.6 Contracts | 48 | |
| 13 | Notices | 48 |
| 13.1 Notices by the Company to members | 48 | |
| 13.2 Notices by the Company to directors | 49 | |
| 13.3 Notices by members or directors to the Company | 49 | |
| 13.4 Notices to members outside Australia | 49 | |
| 13.5 Time of service | 49 | |
| 13.6 Other communications and documents | 50 | |
| 13.7 Notices in writing | 50 | |
| 14 | Approval of Proportional Takeover Bids | 50 |
| 14.1 Definitions | 50 | |
| 14.2 Transfers not to be registered | 50 | |
| 14.3 Resolution | 50 | |
| 14.4 Sunset | 51 | |
| 15 | General | 51 |
| 15.1 Currency | 51 | |
| 15.2 Submission to jurisdiction | 52 | |
| 15.3 Prohibition and enforceability | 52 | |
| Dictionary | 53 |
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1 Dictionary
The Dictionary in Schedule 1:
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(a) defines some of the terms used in this constitution;
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(b) sets out the rules of interpretation which apply to this constitution; and
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2 Share capital
2.1 Shares
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(a) Subject to this constitution, the directors have the right to issue shares or grant options over unissued shares to any person or to settle the manner in which fractions of a share, however arising, are to be dealt with, and they may do so at such times as they think fit and on the conditions they think fit.
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(b) Shares referred to in rule 2.1(a) may have preferred, deferred or other special rights or special restrictions about dividends, voting, return of capital, participation in the property of the Company on a winding up or otherwise, as the directors think fit.
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(d) This rule 2.1 is subject to the Listing Rules and the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, whilst the Company is a Listed Company, and to any special rights conferred on the holders of any shares or any class of shares.
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(e) The directors may exercise the power conferred by the Corporations Act to make payments by way of brokerage or commission in respect of subscriptions for shares.
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(f) Payment in accordance with rule 2.1(e) may be made in cash, by the issue and allotment of shares, whether fully paid or partly paid, the issue of debentures, or by combination of any of those methods.
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(iii) subject to the Listing Rules, the Company may elect not to maintain a certificated subregister and that all shares on any class of securities in the Company may only be held as Uncertificated Holdings.
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2.3 Preference shares
The Company may issue preference shares from time to time. Preference shares have the following rights and restrictions:
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(a) repayment of capital: the right in priority to any other class of shares to repayment of the amount paid on the preference share:
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(b) dividends: the right to payment of a cumulative (unless and to the extent that the directors decide otherwise under the terms of issue) preferential dividend in priority to the payment of a dividend on any other class of shares, accruing from day to day and payable on the amount paid on the preference share at the times and at the rate, which may be fixed or variable, specified or determined in the certificate for the preference share or the holding statement referred to in rule 2.2(b)(i), if the preference share is held as an Uncertificated Holding;
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(i) on a proposal to wind up the Company or reduce the share capital of the Company or on a proposal for the Disposal of the whole of the Company’s property, business and undertaking;
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2.4 Joint holders of shares
Where two or more persons are registered as the holders of a share they hold it as joint tenants with rights of survivorship subject to the following provisions:
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(a) The Company may treat the registered holder of a share as the absolute owner of that share.
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(b) The Company is not bound by or compelled in any way to recognise an equitable, contingent, future, partial or other right or interest in a share or unit of a share, even if the Company has notice of that right or interest.
2.6 Restricted securities
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applied for the duration of the escrow period applicable to those Restricted Securities.
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(c) The Company will refuse to acknowledge any Disposal (including, without limitation, to register any transfer) of Restricted Securities during the escrow period applicable to those Restricted Securities except as permitted by the Listing Rules or the Exchange.
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(d) A holder of Restricted Securities will not be entitled to participate in any return of capital on those Restricted Securities during the escrow period applicable to those Restricted Securities except as permitted by the listing rules or the Exchange.
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(e) If a holder of Restricted Securities breaches a Restriction Deed or a provision of the Company’s constitution restricting a Disposal of those Restricted Securities, the holder will not be entitled to any dividend or distribution, or to exercise any voting rights, in respect of those Restricted Securities for so long as the breach continues.
2.7 Non-marketable parcels
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(a) The Company may sell the shares of a holder who has less than a Marketable Parcel of those shares by following the procedures in this rule 2.7.
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(b) The Company may send a written notice to a member who holds less than a Marketable Parcel of shares in a class of shares of the Company, on a date decided by the directors, which:
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(i) explains the effect of the notice under this rule 2.7; and
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(ii) advises the holder that he or she may choose to be exempt from the provisions of this rule. A form of election for that purpose must be sent with the notice.
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(c) If, before the date and time specified in the notice, which is no earlier than 6 weeks after the notice is sent:
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(i) the Company has not received a notice from the member exempting them from this rule 2.7; and
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(ii) the member has not increased his or her shareholding to a Marketable Parcel,
the member is taken to have irrevocably appointed the Company as his or her agent to do anything in rules 2.7(f) and 2.7(g).
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(d) The Company may only sell the shares of a holder under this rule 2.7 once in any 12 month period.
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(e) The Company’s power to sell pursuant to this rule 2.7 lapses following the announcement of a Takeover. The procedure may be started again after the close of the offers made under the Takeover.
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(f) Subject to the Listing Rules and the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, the Company may sell the shares under this rule 2.7 on the terms and in the manner the directors think appropriate.
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(i) receive the purchase money or consideration given for the shares on the sale and deal with the proceeds of sale under rule 3.8;
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(ii) effect a transfer of the shares and, if necessary, execute, or appoint a person to execute, on behalf of the former holder an instrument of transfer of the shares or any other instrument for the purpose of giving effect to the sale; and
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(iii) register as the holder of the shares the person to whom the shares have been sold.
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(h) In the case of a Certificated Holding, the Company must not send the proceeds of the sale to the holder until the Company has received any certificate relating to the shares (or it is satisfied that the certificate has been lost or destroyed).
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(i) In the case of shares held as an Uncertificated Holding, the Company must do all things necessary or appropriate for it to do under the ASX Settlement Operating Rules to effect a sale of shares under this rule 2.7.
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(j) The title of a person to whom shares are sold under this rule 2.7 is not affected by an irregularity or invalidity in connection with that sale.
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(k) The remedy of any person aggrieved by a sale of shares under this rule 2.7 is limited to damages only and is against the Company exclusively.
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(l) The Company must ensure that it or the purchaser pays the costs of the sale under this rule 2.7.
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(m) The Company may deduct from the proceeds of a sale of shares under this rule 2.7, all sums of money presently payable by the former holder to the Company for calls due and payable and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the money owing.
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(n) A statement in writing signed by a director or secretary of the Company to the effect that a share in the Company has been duly sold under this rule 2.7 on a date stated in the statement, is conclusive evidence of the facts stated in the statement as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share and of the right of the Company to sell the share.
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(o) The Company may, before a sale is effected under this rule 2.7, revoke a notice given or suspend or terminate the operation of this rule either generally or in specific cases.
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(p) If a member is registered in respect of more than one parcel of shares, the Company may treat the member as a separate member in respect of each of those parcels so that this rule 2.7 will operate as if each parcel was held by different persons.
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(b) Unless the terms on which shares in that class were issued state otherwise, the provisions of this constitution relating to general meetings apply, with necessary changes, to separate class meetings as if they were general meetings except that:
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(i) a quorum is two persons holding or representing by proxy, attorney or Representative, at least 25% of the issued shares of the class, or, if there is one holder of shares in a class, that person; and
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(ii) any holder of shares in the class present, in person or by proxy, attorney or Representative, may demand a poll.
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(c) The rights conferred on the holders of any class of shares are to be taken as not having been varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking equally with them.
3 Calls, forfeiture, indemnities, lien and surrender
3.1 Calls
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(a) Subject to this constitution and to the terms on which any shares may be issued, the directors may make calls on the members for any money unpaid on their shares which is not by the terms of issue of those shares made payable at fixed times.
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(b) When the directors issue shares they may differentiate between the holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment.
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(c) The directors may require a call to be paid by instalments.
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(d) If shares are issued on the basis that the shareholder must make payment on fixed dates, the happening of one of those dates is regarded as a call on that date and all the provisions relating to calls apply.
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(e) A member on whom a call is made must be given not more than 40 Business Days’ notice and at least 30 Business Days’ notice specifying:
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(i) the name of the member;
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(ii) the number of shares held by the member;
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(iii) the amount of the call;
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(iv) the due date for payment;
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(v) the consequences of a failure to pay the call; and
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(vi) all matters required to be included in the notice by the Listing Rules.
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(f) A member on whom a call is made in accordance with this constitution must pay to the Company the amount called on that member’s shares at the time or times and place specified.
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(g) A call is to be taken as having been made when the resolution of the directors authorising the call is passed.
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(h) The directors may revoke a call or postpone a call or extend the time for payment.
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(i) A call is not invalidated by the non-receipt of a notice of a call or the accidental omission to give notice of a call to any member.
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(j) If a sum called on a share is not paid in full by the day appointed for payment, the person from whom the sum is due must pay:
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(i) interest on the unpaid amount from the date appointed for payment of the sum to the date of actual payment, at a rate determined under rule 3.9; and
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(ii) any costs, expenses or damages incurred by the Company in relation to the non-payment or late payment of the sum.
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(k) The directors may, to the extent permitted by law, waive or compromise all or any part of any payment due to the Company under the terms of issue of a share or under this rule 3.1.
3.2 Proceedings for recovery of calls
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(a) In an action or other proceedings for the recovery of a call, or interest or costs or expenses incurred in relation to the non-payment or late payment of a call, proof that:
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(i) the name of the defendant is entered in the register as the holder or one of the holders of the share in respect of which the call is claimed;
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(ii) the resolution making the call is recorded in the minute book; and
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(iii) notice of the call was given to the defendant in accordance with this constitution,
is conclusive evidence of the debt and it is not necessary to prove the appointment of the directors who made the call or any other matter.
- (b) In rule 3.2(a), "defendant" includes a person against whom a set-off or counterclaim is alleged by the Company and "proceedings for the recovery of a call" is to be construed accordingly.
3.3 Payments in advance of calls
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(a) The directors may accept from a member the whole or a part of the amount unpaid on a share even though no part of that amount has been called.
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(b) The directors may authorise payment by the Company of interest upon the whole or any part of an amount accepted under rule 3.3(a), until the amount becomes payable, at a rate agreed between the directors and the member paying the amount.
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(c) The directors may repay to a member all or any of the amount accepted under rule 3.3(a).
3.4 Forfeiture of partly paid shares
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by the Company by reason of the non-payment or late payment of the call or instalment.
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(b) A notice under rule 3.4(a) must name a place and a day for payment. The day must be at least 14 days after the date of service of the notice.
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(c) The notice must state that the shares on which the call was made are liable to be forfeited if the whole amount payable is not paid by the time and at the place specified in the notice.
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(d) The notice must comply with the Listing Rules and the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, as applicable.
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(e) If a member does not comply with a notice under rule 3.4(a), the shares to which the notice relates may be forfeited by a resolution of the directors. Forfeiture includes all dividends declared on the forfeited shares and not actually paid before the forfeiture.
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(f) Where a share has been forfeited:
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(i) notice of the resolution must be given to the member in whose name the share was registered immediately before the forfeiture; and
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(ii) an entry of the forfeiture, with the date, must be made in the register of members.
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(g) Failure to give the notice or to make the entry required under rule 3.4(f) does not invalidate the forfeiture.
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(h) The directors may, in accordance with the Listing Rules and the ASX Settlement Operating Rules:
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(i) sell or otherwise Dispose of a share which has been forfeited on the terms and in the manner the directors think appropriate;
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(ii) at any time before a sale or Disposal, cancel the forfeiture of a share on the terms the directors think appropriate; and
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(iii) reissue a share which has been forfeited, with or without any money paid on the share by any former holder being credited as paid and on the other terms and in the manner the directors think appropriate.
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(i) A person whose shares have been forfeited ceases to be a member in respect of the forfeited shares, but remains liable to pay, and must immediately pay, to the Company:
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(i) all calls, instalments, interest, costs, expenses and damages owing in respect of the shares at the time of the forfeiture; and
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(ii) interest on so much of the amount payable under this rule 3.4(i) as is unpaid from time to time, from the date of the forfeiture to the date of actual payment, at a rate determined under rule 3.9.
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(j) The forfeiture of a share extinguishes all interest in, and all claims and demands against the Company in respect of, the forfeited share and all other rights incident to the share, subject to this constitution and the Listing Rules.
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(k) Subject to the Listing Rules, the directors may:
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(i) exempt a share from all or any part of this rule 3.4;
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(ii) waive or compromise all or part of any payment due to the Company under this rule 3.4; or
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(iii) before a forfeited share has been sold, reissued or otherwise Disposed of, cancel the forfeiture on the conditions they decide.
3.5 Indemnity for payments by the Company
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(a) A member or, if the member is dead, the member’s legal personal representative, must indemnify the Company against any liability which the Company has under any law to make a payment for or on account of that member including in respect of:
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(i) shares held by that member, solely or jointly;
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(ii) a transfer or transmission of shares by a member; or
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(iii) dividends, bonuses or other money owed to the member.
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(b) Rule 3.5(a) includes, without limitation, a payment arising from:
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(i) the death of that member;
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(ii) the non-payment of any income tax, capital gains tax, wealth tax or other tax by that member or the legal personal representative of that member; or
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(iii) the non-payment of any estate, probate, succession, death, stamp or other duty by that member or the legal personal representative of that member.
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(c) The member or, if the member is dead, the member’s legal personal representative, must pay to the Company immediately on demand:
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(i) the amount required to reimburse the Company for a payment described in rule 3.5(a); and
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(ii) interest on any part of that amount which is unpaid from the date the Company makes the payment until the date the Company is reimbursed in full for that payment, at a rate determined under rule 3.9.
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(d) This rule 3.5 is in addition to any right or remedy the Company may have under the law which requires it to make the payment.
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(e) The directors may:
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(i) exempt a share from all or any part of this rule 3.5; and
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(ii) waive or compromise all or any part of any payment due to the Company under this rule 3.5.
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3.6 Lien on shares
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(a) The Company has a first and paramount lien on:
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(i) each partly paid share for all unpaid calls and instalments due but unpaid in respect of that share;
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(ii) each share for any amounts the Company may be required by law to pay (and has paid) in respect of that share; and
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(iii) each share acquired under an employee incentive scheme, where an amount is owed to the Company for its acquisition.
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(b) The Company's lien on a share extends to all dividends payable in respect of the share and to the proceeds of sale of the share and to reasonable interest and expenses incurred because an amount is not paid.
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(c) The directors may sell a share on which the Company has a lien in any manner they think fit where:
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(i) an amount in respect of which a lien exists under this rule 3.6 is presently payable; and
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(ii) the Company has, not less than 14 days before the date of the sale, given to the registered holder of the share a notice in writing demanding payment of that amount.
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(d) A notice under rule 3.6(c) must:
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(i) set out the amount in respect of which the lien exists that is presently payable; and
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(ii) comply with the Listing Rules and the ASX Settlement Operating Rules.
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(e) The directors may do all things necessary or desirable under the Listing Rules or the ASX Settlement Operating Rules to protect any lien, charge or other right to which the Company may be entitled under any law or under this constitution.
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(f) Registration by the Company of a transfer of shares on which the Company has a lien releases the Company's lien in so far as it relates to sums owing by the transferor or any predecessor in title, without giving notice of its claim to the transferee.
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(g) The directors may:
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(i) exempt a share from all or any part of this rule 3.6; and
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(ii) waive or compromise all or any part of any payment due to the Company under this rule 3.6.
3.7 Surrender of shares
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- (b) Any share surrendered under rule 3.7(a) may be sold, reissued or otherwise Disposed of in the same manner as a forfeited share.
3.8 General provisions applicable to a Disposal of shares under this constitution
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(a) A reference in this rule 3.8 to a Disposal of shares under this constitution is a reference to:
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(i) any sale, reissue or other Disposal of a forfeited share under rule 3.4(h) or a surrendered share under rule 3.7 or of less than a Marketable Parcel under rule 2.7; and
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(ii) any sale of a share on which the Company has a lien under rule 3.6(c).
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(b) Where any shares are Disposed of under this constitution, the directors may:
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(i) receive the purchase money or consideration given for the shares on the Disposal;
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(ii) effect a transfer of the shares and, if necessary, execute, or appoint a person to execute, on behalf of the former holder an instrument of transfer of the shares or any other instrument for the purpose of giving effect to the Disposal; and
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(iii) register as the holder of the shares the person to whom the shares have been Disposed.
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(c) In the case of shares held as an Uncertificated Holding, the Company must do all things necessary or appropriate for it to do under the ASX Settlement Operating Rules to effect a Disposal of shares under this constitution.
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(d) The title of a person to whom shares are Disposed under this constitution is not affected by an irregularity or invalidity in connection with that Disposal.
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(e) The remedy of any person aggrieved by a Disposal of shares under this constitution is limited to damages only and is against the Company exclusively.
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(f) The proceeds of a Disposal of shares under this constitution must be applied in the payment of:
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(i) first, the expenses of the Disposal;
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(ii) secondly, all money presently payable by the former holder whose shares have been Disposed of; and
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(iii) finally, but subject to any lien under rule 3.6 for money not presently payable, any remaining proceeds must be paid to the former holder as soon as practicable. In the case of a Certificated Holding, the former holder must first deliver to the Company the certificate for the shares that have been Disposed of or any other proof of title as the directors may accept.
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(g) Until the proceeds of a Disposal of a share sold by the Company are claimed or otherwise Disposed of according to law, the directors may invest the proceeds in any other way for the benefit of the Company.
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(h) The Company is not required to pay interest on money payable to a former holder under this rule 3.8.
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(i) A statement in writing signed by a director or secretary of the Company to the effect that a share in the Company has been:
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(i) duly sold under rule 2.7;
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(ii) duly forfeited under rule 3.4(e);
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(iii) duly sold, reissued or otherwise Disposed of under rules 3.4(h) or 3.7; or
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(iv) duly sold under rule 3.6(c),
on a date stated in the statement is conclusive evidence of the facts stated in the statement as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share and of the right of the Company to forfeit, sell, reissue or otherwise Dispose of the share.
3.9 Interest payable by member
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(a) For the purposes of rules 3.1(j)(i), 3.4(i)(ii) and 3.5(c)(ii), the rate of interest payable to the Company is:
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(i) if the directors have fixed a rate, the rate so fixed; or
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(ii) in any other case, 10% per annum.
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(b) Interest payable under rules 3.1(j)(i), 3.4(i)(ii) and 3.5(c)(ii) accrues daily and may be capitalised monthly or at other intervals the directors think fit.
4 Transfer and transmission of shares
4.1 Transfer of shares
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(a) Subject to this constitution and to the rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares, a member may transfer all or any of the member's shares by:
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(i) a Proper ASTC Transfer; or
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(ii) an instrument in writing in any usual form or in any other form that the directors approve.
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(b) A transferor of shares remains the holder of the shares transferred until the transfer is:
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(i) effected in accordance with the ASX Settlement Operating Rules; or
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(ii) registered and the name of the transferee is entered in the register of members in respect of the shares.
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(c) The Company must not charge a fee for the registration of a transfer of shares.
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(d) An instrument of transfer referred to in rule 4.1(a)(ii) must be signed by or on behalf of both the transferor and the transferee unless the transfer:
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(ii) is a sufficient transfer of marketable securities for the purposes of the Corporations Act.
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(e) An instrument of transfer referred to in rule 4.1(a)(ii) must be duly stamped if required by law to be stamped.
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(f) An instrument of transfer referred to in rule 4.1(a)(ii) must be left for registration at the registered office of the Company, or at such other place as the directors determine, accompanied by any evidence which the directors reasonably require to prove the title of the transferor or the transferor's right to the shares including the share certificate, if any, and to prove the right of the transferee to be registered as the owner of the shares.
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(g) Subject to the powers vested in the directors under rules 4.2 and 4.3, where the Company receives an instrument of transfer complying with rules 4.1(d), 4.1(e) and 4.1(f), the Company must register the transferee named in the instrument as the holder of the shares to which it relates.
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(h) The Company may retain any registered instrument of transfer received by the Company under rule 4.1(f) for any period the directors think fit.
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(i) Except in the case of fraud, the Company must return any instrument of transfer received under rule 4.1(f) which the directors decline to register to the person who deposited it with the Company.
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(j) The directors may do anything that is necessary or desirable for the Company to participate in any computerised, electronic or other system for facilitating the transfer of shares that may be owned, operated or sponsored by the Exchange or a related body corporate of the Exchange.
The directors may, to the extent permitted by law and the Listing Rules, waive all or any of the requirements of this rule 4.1, whether for the purpose of giving effect to rule 4.1(j) or otherwise.
4.2 Power to decline registration of transfers
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(i) in the circumstances permitted under the Listing Rules or ASX Settlement Operating Rules, as applicable;
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(ii) where the transfer is not in registrable form;
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(iii) where the Company has a lien on any of the shares transferred;
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(iv) where the registration of the transfer may breach a law of Australia or would be in breach of any order of any Court;
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(v) where the transfer is paper-based and registration of the transfer will create a new holding which, at the time the transfer is lodged, is less than a Marketable Parcel;
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(vii) where the Company is otherwise permitted or required to do so under the Listing Rules or, except for a Proper ASTC Transfer, under the terms of issue of the shares.
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(i) to the holder of the shares, if the Company asks ASX Settlement to apply a Holding Lock to prevent a Proper ASTC Transfer; or
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(ii) to the party lodging the transfer, if the Company declines to register any other transfer.
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(c) A notice under rule 4.2(b) must be given within five Business Days after:
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(i) the Company requests the Holding Lock, in the case of a Proper ASTC Transfer; or
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(ii) the date the transfer was lodged with the Company, in any other case.
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(d) The Company’s decision to decline to register the transfer or to apply for a Holding Lock is not invalidated if the Company fails to give a notice under rule 4.2(b).
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(e) Subject to the Listing Rules and the ASX Settlement Operating Rules while the Company is a Listed Company, the directors may suspend the registration of transfer of shares at such time and for such periods, not exceeding in total 30 days in any year, as they think fit.
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(f) The directors may delegate their authority under this rule 4.2 to any person.
4.3 Transmission of shares
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(a) In the case of the death of a member, the only persons the Company will recognise as having any title to the member's shares or any benefits accruing in respect of those shares are:
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(i) the legal personal representative of the deceased where the deceased was a sole holder; and
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(ii) the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint holder.
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(b) Nothing in rule 4.3(a) releases the estate of a deceased member from any liability in respect of a share, whether that share was held by the deceased solely or jointly with other persons.
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(c) A person who becomes entitled to a share as a result of a Transmission Event may elect:
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(i) to be registered as the holder of the share by signing and serving on the Company a notice in writing stating that election; or
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(ii) to nominate some other person to be registered as the transferee of the share by executing or otherwise effecting a transfer of the share to that other person,
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after producing any evidence the directors require to prove that person’s entitlement to the share, including the certificate for the share in the case of a Certificated Holding;
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(d) The provisions of this constitution relating to the right to transfer, and the registration of transfers of, shares apply, so far as they can and with such changes as are necessary, to any transfer under rule 4.3(c)(ii) as if the relevant Transmission Event had not occurred and the transfer were executed or effected by the registered holder of the share.
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(e) If two or more persons become jointly entitled to a share under a Transmission Event, on registration as the holders of the share, those persons are taken to hold the share as joint tenants subject to rule 2.4.
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(f) Despite rule 4.3(a), the directors may register a transfer of shares signed by a member before a Transmission Event even though the Company has notice of the Transmission Event.
5 General meetings
5.1 Convening of general meetings
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(a) A general meeting may be convened by:
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(i) a director, while the Company is a Listed Company;
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(ii) the directors by resolution of the board; or
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(iii) members or the court in accordance with sections 249E, 249F and 249G of the Corporations Act.
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(b) A general meeting must be convened by the directors in accordance with section 249D of the Corporations Act.
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(c) Subject to rule 5.1(f), the directors may by notice, whenever they think fit, postpone, cancel or change the venue for a general meeting.
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(d) A notice postponing, cancelling or changing the venue for a general meeting must state the reason for the cancellation or postponement and:
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(i) be published in a daily newspaper circulating in Australia;
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(ii) while the Company is a Listed Company, be given to the Exchange; or
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(iii) subject to the Corporations Act and the Listing Rules, be given in any other manner determined by the directors.
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(e) A notice postponing or changing the venue for a general meeting must specify the date, time and place of the general meeting.
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(f) A general meeting convened under section 249D of the Corporations Act may not be postponed beyond the date by which section 249D requires it to be held and may not be cancelled without the consent of the member or members who requested it.
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5.2 Use of technology at general meetings
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(a) The Company may hold a general meeting:
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(i) at two or more venues using any technology that gives all persons entitled to attend, as a whole a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting; and/or
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(ii) using one or more technologies that give all persons entitled to attend as a whole, a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting without being physically present in the same place.
The directors are not under any obligation to offer or provide any additional venue or any technology.
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(b) All persons participating in a general meeting held pursuant to rule 5.2(a) are taken for all purposes of this constitution (including, a quorum requirement under rule 5.6) to be present at the meeting while so participating.
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(c) A general meeting will be duly constituted and its proceedings valid if the chair is satisfied that adequate facilities are available throughout the meeting to ensure that persons entitled to attend, as a whole, have a reasonable opportunity to participate in the business for which the meeting has been convened.
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(d) The general meeting will be deemed to take place at the place where the chair presides. The powers of the chair will apply equally to each venue and each online platform of the meeting.
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(e) If a general meeting is held wholly or partly by means of one or more technologies, the directors may (subject to the requirements of the Act and Listing Rules) make any arrangement and impose any requirement or restriction in connection with participation by such technologies, including any arrangement, requirement or restriction that is:
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(ii) necessary to ensure the security of the technology used; and
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(iii) proportionate to the achievement of those objectives.
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(f) If, before or during the meeting, any technology used in accordance with rule 5.2(a) encounters a technical difficulty which results in a person entitled to participate not being able to participate in the meeting, the chair may:
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(ii) adjourn the meeting until the difficulty is remedied or to such other time and location as the chair deems appropriate.
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5.3 Postponement, cancellation or change or removal of venue or technology
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(a) The directors may by notice, whenever they think fit:
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(ii) change, or remove the offering of, any venue or technology for a general meeting,
except where the postponement, cancellation, change or removal would be contrary to the Corporations Act.
- (b) Any failure to give notice of cancellation, postponement, change or removal does not invalidate the cancellation, postponement, change or removal, the proceedings at or any resolution passed at the general meeting.
5.4 Notice of general meetings
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(a) Notice of a general meeting must be given in accordance with this constitution, the Corporations Act and the Listing Rules.
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(b) Unless otherwise decided by the directors in accordance with the Corporations Act and the Listing Rules:
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(A) the contents of the notice and the other information; or
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(B) details of an online location where such contents and information can be viewed or from where they can be downloaded; and
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(A) attend the meeting, including details of any access, identification and security arrangements relating to the technology or technologies;
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(B) participate in the meeting (including how they can participate in a vote taken at the meeting, and speak at the meeting, to the extent they are entitled to do so); and
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(C) appoint proxies for the meeting to the extent they are entitled to do so.
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(f) The non-receipt of notice of a general meeting or proxy form by, or a failure to give notice of a general meeting or a proxy form to, any person entitled to receive notice of a general meeting under this rule 5.2 does not invalidate any act, matter or thing done or resolution passed at the general meeting.
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(g) A person's attendance at a general meeting waives any objection that the person may have to:
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(i) a failure to give notice, or the giving of a defective notice, of the meeting unless at the beginning of the meeting the person objects to the holding of the meeting; and
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(ii) the consideration of a particular matter at the meeting which is not within the business referred to in the notice of the meeting, unless the person objects to considering the matter when it is presented.
5.5 Admission to general meetings
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(a) The chair of a general meeting may take any action he or she considers appropriate for the safety of persons attending the meeting and the orderly conduct of the meeting and may refuse admission to a person, or require a person to leave and remain out of the meeting, if that person:
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(ii) has a placard or banner;
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(iii) has an article which the chair considers to be dangerous, offensive or liable to cause disruption;
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(iv) refuses to produce or to permit examination of any article, or the contents of any article, in the person's possession;
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(v) behaves or threatens to behave in a dangerous, offensive or disruptive manner; or
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(vi) is not:
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(B) a director; or
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members are able to participate in the meeting as are required to constitute a quorum for the meeting.
- (e) Nothing in this rule 5.5 or in rule 5.8 is taken to limit the powers conferred on the chair by law.
5.6 Quorum at general meetings
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(a) No business may be transacted at a general meeting, except the election of a chair and the adjournment of the meeting, unless a quorum of members is present when the meeting proceeds to business.
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(b) A quorum consists of:
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(i) if the number of members entitled to vote is two or more - two of those members; or
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(ii) if only one member is entitled to vote - that member,
present at the meeting.
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(c) If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for a general meeting:
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(i) where the meeting was convened by, or at the request of members, the meeting must be dissolved; or
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(ii) in any other case:
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(A) the meeting stands adjourned to the day, time and place with the means of attendance and participation (including by technologies), as the directors determine or, if no determination is made by the directors, to the same day in the next week at the same time and place; and
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(B) if, at the adjourned meeting, a quorum is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting, the members present in person or by proxy will be a quorum.
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(a) A general meeting is to be chaired by:
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(ii) if there is no appointment under rule 5.7(a)(i) – the chair of directors;
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(iii) if there is no chair of directors, or the chair of directors is not present within 15 minutes after the time the meeting is to start or is unwilling or unable to chair the meeting – the deputy chair of directors;
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(iv) if rule 5.7(a)(iii) applies but there is no deputy chair of directors or the deputy chair of directors is not present within 15 minutes after the time the meeting is to start or is unwilling or unable to chair the meeting – a person appointed by the directors present at the meeting; and
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(v) if rule 5.7(a)(iv) applies but there are no directors present, or the director appointed is unwilling to chair the meeting, the members present must elect another person (who need not be a member) who is present and willing to act to chair the meeting.
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(b) The chair of a general meeting may, for any item of business or discrete part of the meeting, vacate the chair in favour of another person nominated by him or her.
5.8 Conduct of general meetings
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(a) The chair of a general meeting is responsible for the general conduct of the meeting and for the procedures to be adopted at the meeting and may require the adoption of any procedures which are in his or her opinion necessary or desirable for:
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(i) proper and orderly debate or discussion, including limiting the time that a person present may speak on a motion or other item of business before the meeting; and
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(ii) the proper and orderly casting or recording of votes at the general meeting.
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(b) Subject to sections 250S and 250T of the Corporations Act, the chair of a general meeting may at any time he or she considers it necessary or desirable for the proper and orderly conduct of the meeting:
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(i) terminate debate or discussion on any business, question, motion or resolution being considered by the meeting and require the business, question, motion or resolution to be put to a vote of the members present; or
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(ii) allow debate or discussion on any business, question, motion or resolution being considered by the meeting to continue.
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(c) Subject to sections 250S and 250T of the Corporations Act, the chair of a general meeting may:
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(i) refuse to allow debate or discussion on any business, question, motion or resolution which is not within the business referred to in the notice of meeting; and
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(ii) refuse to allow any amendment to be moved to a resolution of which notice has been given under rule 5.4(a).
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(d)
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(e) The chair of a general meeting may at any time during the course of the meeting adjourn the meeting or any business, motion, question or resolution being considered or remaining to be considered by the meeting either to a later time at the same meeting or to an adjourned meeting.
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(f) If the chair exercises his or her right under rule 5.8(e), it is in the chair's sole discretion whether to seek the approval of the members present to the adjournment.
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(g) If the chair does seek the members’ approval, the chair must adjourn the meeting if the members present with a majority of votes agree or direct that the chair must do so.
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(h) The chair's rights under rule 5.8(e) are exclusive and, unless otherwise required by the chair, no vote may be taken or demanded by the members present in respect of any adjournment.
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(i) No business may be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
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(j) Where a meeting is adjourned, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given to the Exchange, but need not be given to any other person.
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(k) Where a meeting is adjourned, the directors may, by notice to the Exchange, postpone, cancel or change the venue of the adjourned meeting but a general meeting convened under section 249D of the Corporations Act may not be postponed beyond the date by which section 249D requires it to be held and may not be cancelled without the consent of the member or members who requested it.
5.9 Voting at general meetings
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(a) Except in the case of any resolution which as a matter of law or the Listing Rules requires a special majority, questions arising at a general meeting are to be decided by a majority of votes cast by the members present at the meeting and any such decision is for all purposes a decision of the members.
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(b) The chair may vote in his or her capacity as a member, but the chair has no casting vote in the case of an equality of votes on a proposed resolution.
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(c) A resolution put to the vote of a general meeting must be decided on a show of hands unless, before a vote by show of hands is taken or before or immediately after the declaration of the result of the show of hands, a poll is demanded by:
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(i) the chair of the meeting; or
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(ii) members in accordance with the Corporations Act (and not otherwise).
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(d) A resolution put to the vote of a general meeting held wholly or partly by means of one or more technologies under rule 5.2(a) must be decided on a poll, unless the chair of the meeting determines that it will be decided on a show of hands.
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(e) A demand for a poll does not prevent the continuance of a general meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll has been demanded.
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(f) Unless a poll is duly demanded, a declaration by the chair of a general meeting that a resolution has on a show of hands been carried or carried unanimously, or carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the Company, is conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution.
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(g) If a poll is duly demanded at a general meeting, it will be taken when and in the manner the chair of the meeting directs, and the result of the poll will be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.
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(h) A poll cannot be demanded at a general meeting on the election of a chair of the meeting.
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(i) The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.
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5.10 Direct voting
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(a) Despite anything to the contrary in this constitution, the directors may decide that, at any general meeting, a member who is entitled to attend and vote on a resolution at that meeting is entitled to a direct vote in respect of that resolution. A “direct vote” includes a vote delivered to the Company by post, fax or other electronic means approved by the directors.
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(b) The directors may prescribe regulations, rules and procedures in relation to direct voting, including the form, method and timing of giving a direct vote at a meeting in order for the vote to be valid and any such regulations, rules and procedures will have effect as if they were set out in this constitution.
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(c) A direct vote on a resolution at a meeting is of no effect and will be disregarded if the direct vote is or was cast otherwise than in accordance with any regulations, rules and procedures prescribed by the directors under rule 5.10(b).
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(d) Subject to any regulations, rules and procedures prescribed by the directors, if the Company receives a valid direct vote on a resolution in accordance with any such regulations, rules and procedures and, prior to, after or at the same time as receipt of the direct vote, the Company receives an instrument appointing a proxy, attorney or Representative to vote on behalf of the same member on that resolution, the Company may regard the direct vote as effective in respect of that resolution and disregard any vote cast by the proxy, attorney or representative on the resolution at the meeting.
5.11 Voting rights
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(a) Subject to this constitution and to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares, at a general meeting:
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(i) on a show of hands, every member present has one vote;
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(ii) on a poll, every member present has:
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(A) one vote for each fully paid share held by the member and in respect of which the member is entitled to vote; and
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(B) a fraction of a vote for each partly paid share held by the member and in respect of which the member is entitled to vote, equivalent to the proportion which the amount paid (not credited) on the share bears to the total amounts paid and payable (excluding amounts credited) on the share.
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(b) Where a person present at a general meeting represents personally or by proxy, attorney or Representative more than one member, the following rules apply to a vote taken on a show of hands:
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(i) the person is entitled to one vote only despite the number of members the person represents; and
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(c) A joint holder may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy, attorney or Representative as if that person was the sole holder. If more than one joint holder tenders a vote, the vote of the holder named first in the register must be accepted to the exclusion of the other or others.
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(d) The parent or guardian of an infant member may vote at a general meeting on evidence being produced of the relationship or of the appointment of the guardian as the directors may require and any vote so tendered by a parent or guardian of an infant member must be accepted to the exclusion of the vote of the infant member.
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(e) A person entitled to a share as a result of a Transmission Event may vote at a general meeting in respect of that share in the same manner as if that person were the registered holder of the share if, not less than 48 hours before the meeting, the directors have:
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(i) admitted that person's right to vote at that meeting in respect of the share; or (ii) been satisfied of that person's right to be registered as the holder of, or to transfer, the share under rule 4.3(c),
and any vote tendered by that person must be accepted to the exclusion of the vote of the registered holder of the share.
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(f) Where a member holds any share on which any call due and payable to the Company has not been duly paid:
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(i) that member is only entitled to be present at a general meeting and vote if other shares are held by that member on which no call is then due and payable; and
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(ii) upon a poll, that member is not entitled to vote in respect of that share but may vote in respect of any other shares held upon which no call is then due and payable.
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(g) An objection to the qualification of a person to vote at a general meeting:
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(i) must be raised before or immediately after the result of the motion on which the vote objected to is given or tendered; and
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(ii) must be referred to the chair of the meeting, whose decision is final.
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(h) A vote not disallowed by the chair of a meeting under rule 5.11(g) is valid for all purposes.
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(a) Subject to this constitution, each member entitled to vote at a meeting of members may vote:
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(ii) by proxy or, if the member is entitled to cast two or more votes at the meeting, by not more than two proxies; or
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(b) A proxy, attorney or Representative may be a member of the Company but does not have to be a member.
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(c) A proxy, attorney or Representative may be appointed for all general meetings, or for any number of general meetings, or for a particular general meeting.
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(d) Unless otherwise provided in the Corporations Act or in the appointment, an appointment of a proxy, attorney or Representative will be taken to confer authority:
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(i) to agree to a meeting being convened by shorter notice than is required by the Corporations Act or by this constitution;
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(ii) to speak to any proposed resolution on which the proxy, attorney or Representative may vote;
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(iii) to demand or join in demanding a poll on any resolution on which the proxy, attorney or Representative may vote;
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(iv) even though the appointment may refer to specific resolutions and may direct the proxy, attorney or Representative how to vote on those resolutions:
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(A) to vote on any amendment moved to the proposed resolutions and on any motion that the proposed resolutions not be put or any similar motion;
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(B) to vote on any procedural motion, including any motion to elect the chair, to vacate the chair or to adjourn the meeting; and
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(C) to act generally at the meeting; and
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(e) The chair of a meeting may require any person purporting to act as a proxy, attorney or Representative to establish to the satisfaction of the chair that the person has been validly appointed as a proxy, attorney or Representative and is the person named in the relevant instrument of appointment, failing which the person may be excluded from attending or voting at the meeting. The chair may delegate his or her powers under this rule 5.12(e) to any person.
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(f) Where a member appoints two proxies or attorneys to vote at the same general meeting and the authority of one is not conditional on the other failing to attend or vote, the following rules apply:
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(ii) on a show of hands, neither proxy or attorney may vote; and
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(g) An instrument appointing a proxy or attorney may direct the manner in which the proxy or attorney is to vote in respect of a particular resolution and, where an instrument so provides, the proxy or attorney is not entitled to vote on the proposed resolution except as directed in the instrument.
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(h) A proxy or attorney may not vote at a general meeting or adjourned meeting unless the instrument appointing the proxy or attorney, and the original or a certified copy of the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which the instrument is signed, are received:
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(i) at the registered office of the Company, the fax number at its registered office or at another place, fax number or electronic address specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting; and
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(ii) at least 48 hours before the time of the meeting.
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(i) A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument appointing a proxy or attorney is valid despite:
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(i) a Transmission Event occurring in relation to the appointer; or
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(ii) the revocation of the instrument or of the authority under which the instrument was executed,
if no notice in writing of the Transmission Event or revocation has been received by the Company by the time and at one of the places at or in the manner in which the instrument appointing the proxy or attorney is required to be received under rule 5.12(h).
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(j) Where a notice of meeting provides for electronic lodgement of proxy appointment forms or direct votes, a form or direct vote lodged at the electronic address specified in the notice are taken to have been received at the registered office of the Company and validated by the member if there is compliance with the requirements set out in the notice.
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(k) A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument appointing a proxy or attorney is valid despite the transfer of the share in respect of which the instrument was given if the transfer is not registered by the time at which the instrument appointing the proxy or attorney is required to be received under rule 5.12(h).
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(l) The appointment of a proxy or attorney is not revoked by the appointer attending and taking part in the general meeting but, if the appointer votes on any resolution, the proxy or attorney is not entitled to vote, and must not vote, as the appointer's proxy or attorney on the resolution.
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(m) The Company must include with a notice of meeting a proxy form which must provide for the appointer:
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6 Directors
6.1 Appointment and removal of directors
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(a) The minimum number of directors is three. The maximum number of directors is 9 or such lower number as the directors determine, provided the directors have been authorised by the Company in general meeting to make such a determination if required under the Corporations Act. The directors must not determine a maximum which is less than the number of directors in office at the time the determination takes effect.
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(b) The directors in office on the date that this constitution was adopted by the Company continue in office but on the terms and conditions set out in this constitution.
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(c) Subject to rules 6.1(a) and 6.1(m), the Company may by resolution elect any natural person to be a director, either as an addition to the existing directors or as otherwise provided in this constitution.
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(d) Subject to rule 6.1(a), the directors may appoint any natural person to be a director, either as an addition to the existing directors or to fill a casual vacancy (including any casual vacancy arising where a director is removed from office under rule 6.1(k) and no person is appointed in place of that director under rule 6.1(k)(ii)).
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(e) A director, other than the managing director (or, if there is more than one managing director, the first of them to be appointed), appointed under rule 6.1(d) must retire from office at the next annual general meeting following his or her appointment.
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(f) An election of directors must take place each year and at that meeting:
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(i) excluding any director who is required to retire at that meeting under rule 6.1(e) and the managing director or, if there is more than one managing director, the first of them to be appointed:
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(A) one-third of the remaining directors (rounded down, if necessary, to the nearest whole number); and
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(B) any other director who, if he or she does not retire, will at the conclusion of the meeting have been in office for three or more years or for three or more annual general meetings since he or she was last elected to office,
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must retire from office as directors; and
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(ii) if no director is required to retire under rules 6.1(e) or 6.1(f)(i), at least one director, excluding the managing director (or if there is more than one managing director, the first of them to be appointed), must retire from office as a director.
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(h) Subject to rule 6.1(m), the Company may by resolution fill the office vacated by a director under rules 6.1(e) or 6.1(f) by electing a person to that office.
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(i) A director retiring from office under rules 6.1(e) or 6.1(f) is eligible for re-election and that director may by resolution of the Company be re-elected to that office.
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(j) The retirement of a director from office under rules 6.1(e) or 6.1(f) and the re-election of the director or the election of another person to that office (as the case may be) takes effect at the conclusion of the meeting at which the retirement and re-election or election occur.
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(k) The Company may:
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(i) by resolution in accordance with section 203D of the Corporations Act remove a director from office; and
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(ii) subject to rule 6.1(m), by resolution fill the office vacated by a director who is removed under rule 6.1(k)(i) by electing another person to that office.
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(l) A person elected as a director under rule 6.1(k)(ii) must retire under rules 6.1(e) or 6.1(f) (as the case may be) on the same day that the director in whose place he or she was appointed would have had to retire under rules 6.1(e) or 6.1(f) if that director had not been removed from office under rule 6.1(k)(i).
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(m) A person may be elected to the office of a director at a general meeting only by one of the following ways:
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(i) Retirement and re-election: that person is a director retiring from office under rules 6.1(e) or 6.1(f) and standing for re-election at that meeting;
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(ii) Directors' nomination: that person has been nominated by the directors for election at that meeting;
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(iii) Member’s own nomination: that person is a member who nominates themselves under rule 6.1(n); or
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(iv) Member’s nomination of another person: that person is nominated by a member under rule 6.1(o).
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(n) A member may nominate themselves as a candidate for election as a director at a general meeting by signing a notice of nomination and serving it on the Company under rule 6.1(p).
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(o) A member may nominate another person as a candidate for election at a general meeting, whether or not that person is a member, by serving on the Company under rule 6.1(p):
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(i) a notice of nomination signed by the member; and
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(ii) a consent to the nomination signed by that person.
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(p) A nomination under rules 6.1(n) or 6.1(o) must be served on the Company:
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(ii) at least 30 Business Days before the general meeting, in the case of a general meeting which is requisitioned by members; or
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(iii) in either case, a shorter period before the meeting which the directors in their discretion may approve.
6.2 Vacation of office
In addition to the circumstances prescribed by the Corporations Act, this constitution or by the terms of a director’s appointment, the office of a director becomes vacant if the director:
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(b) becomes bankrupt or insolvent or makes any arrangement or composition with his or her creditors generally;
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(c) is convicted of an indictable offence and the directors do not within one month of that conviction resolve to confirm the director's appointment or election (as the case may be) to the office of director;
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(d) fails to attend meetings of the directors for more than three consecutive months without leave of absence from the directors and a majority of the other directors have resolved that his or her office is vacated; or
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6.3 Remuneration of directors
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and if it is a stated salary under rule 6.3(b)(i) or a share of a fixed sum under rule 6.3(b)(ii), will be taken to accrue from day to day.
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meetings of the Company or meetings of the directors or of committees of the directors.
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(e) If a director renders or is called on to perform extra services or to make any special exertions in connection with the affairs of the Company, the directors may arrange for a special remuneration to be paid to that director, either in addition to or in substitution for that director's remuneration under rule 6.3(a).
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(h) The directors may establish or support, or assist in the establishment or support of, funds and trusts to provide pension, retirement, superannuation or similar payments or benefits to or in respect of the directors or former directors.
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(i) Shares may be provided to non-executive directors as part of their remuneration under this rule 6.3 in accordance with the rules of any share plan for the remuneration of non-executive directors which has been approved by the Company in general meeting. For the purposes of rule 6.3(a), the value of any shares so provided will be determined in accordance with the rules of the share plan.
6.4 Share qualification
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(a) A director is not required to hold any shares in the Company to qualify for appointment.
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(b) A director who is not a member of the Company is nevertheless entitled to attend and speak at general meetings and at meetings of the holders of a class of shares.
6.5 Interested directors
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or be otherwise interested in any of those bodies corporate. A director is not accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by the director as a director or officer of that body corporate or from having an interest in that body corporate.
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(c) The directors may exercise the voting rights conferred by shares in any body corporate held or owned by the Company as the directors think fit. This includes voting in favour of any resolution appointing a director as a director or other officer of that body corporate, or voting for the payment of remuneration to the directors or other officers of that body corporate. A director may, if permitted by law, vote in favour of the exercise of those voting rights even if he or she is, or may be about to be appointed, a director or other officer of that other body corporate.
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(d) A director is not disqualified merely because of being a director from contracting with the Company in any respect including, without limitation:
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(ii) lending any money to, or borrowing any money from, the Company with or without interest and with or without security;
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(iii) guaranteeing the repayment of any money borrowed by the Company for a commission or profit;
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(iv) underwriting or guaranteeing the subscription for securities in the Company or in a related body corporate or any other body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder or otherwise, for a commission or profit; or
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(v) being employed by the Company or acting in any professional capacity, other than auditor, on behalf of the Company.
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(e) No contract made by a director with the Company and no contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any director may be in any way interested is avoided or rendered voidable merely because the director holds office as a director or because of the fiduciary obligations arising out of that office.
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(f) No director contracting with the Company or being interested in any arrangement involving the Company is liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by or under a contract or arrangement of that kind merely because the director holds office as a director or because of the fiduciary obligations arising out of that office provided that the director complies with any disclosure requirements applicable to the director under rule 6.5(i).
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(ii) sign or countersign any document relating to that contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement to which the Seal is affixed; and
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(iii) vote in respect of the contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement or any matter arising out of those things.
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(h) Rule 6.5(g) does not apply if, and to the extent that, it would be contrary to the Corporations Act or the Listing Rules.
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(i) The directors may make regulations requiring the disclosure of interests that a director, and any person deemed by the directors to be related to or associated with the director, may have in any matter concerning the Company or a related body corporate. Any regulations made under this rule 6.5(i) bind all directors and apply in addition to any obligations imposed on the directors by the Corporations Act to disclose interests to the Company.
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(j) No act, transaction, agreement, instrument, resolution or other thing is invalid or voidable only because a person fails to comply with any regulations made under rule 6.5(i).
6.6 Powers and duties of directors
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(b) Without limiting the generality of rule 6.6(a), the directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow or otherwise raise money, to charge any property or business of the Company or all or any of its uncalled capital and to issue debentures, give any indemnities or guarantees, or give any other security for a debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any other person.
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(c) The directors may determine how cheques, promissory notes, bankers drafts, bills of exchange or other negotiable instruments or other documents must be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, by or on behalf of the Company.
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(d) The directors may pay out of the Company's funds all expenses of the promotion, formation and registration of the Company and the vesting in it of the assets acquired by it.
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(e) The directors may:
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(i) appoint or employ any person to be an officer, agent or attorney of the Company for the purposes, the period and on the conditions as they think fit;
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(ii) resolve to delegate any of their powers to an officer, agent or attorney and the officer, agent or attorney must exercise the powers delegated in accordance with any directions of the directors;
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(iii) authorise an officer, agent or attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, discretions and duties vested in the officer, agent or attorney; and
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(iv) subject to any contract between the Company and the relevant officer, agent or attorney, remove or dismiss any officer, agent or attorney of the Company at any time, with or without cause.
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(f) A power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of the attorney or persons dealing with the attorney as the directors think fit.
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6.7 Proceedings of directors
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(a) The directors may hold meetings for the despatch of business and adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit.
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(b) Subject to the Corporations Act, the contemporaneous linking together by a form of technology of a number of the directors sufficient to constitute a quorum, constitutes a meeting of the directors and all the provisions in this constitution relating to meetings of the directors apply, so far as they can and with such changes as are necessary, to meetings of the directors held using a form of technology.
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(c) A meeting by telephone or other electronic means is taken to be held at the place where the chair of the meeting is or at such other place the chair of the meeting decides on, as long as at least one of the directors involved was at the place for the duration of the meeting.
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(d) A director taking part in a meeting by telephone or other electronic means is taken to be present in person at the meeting.
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(e) If, before or during the meeting, any technical difficulty occurs whereby one or more director has ceased to participate, the chair may adjourn the meeting until the difficulty is remedied or, provided a quorum of directors remains present, may continue with the meeting.
6.8 Convening of meetings of directors
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6.9 Notice of meetings of directors
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(a) Subject to this constitution, notice of a meeting of directors must be given to each person who is at the time of giving the notice:
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(i) a director, other than a director on leave of absence approved by the directors; or
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(ii) an alternate director appointed under rule 6.14 by a director on leave of absence approved by the directors.
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(b) A notice of a meeting of directors:
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(i) must specify the time and place of the meeting;
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(ii) need not state the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting;
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(iii) may be given in person, by post or, subject to the Corporations Act, by a form of technology; and
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(iv) will be taken to have been given to an alternate director if it is given to the director who appointed that alternate director.
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(c) A director or alternate director may waive notice of a meeting of directors by notifying the Company to that effect in person, by post or by a form of technology.
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(d) The non-receipt of notice of a meeting of directors by, or a failure to give notice of a meeting of directors to, a director does not invalidate any act, matter or thing done or resolution passed at the meeting if:
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(ii) before or after the meeting, the director or an alternate director appointed by the director:
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(A) has waived or waives notice of that meeting under rule 6.9(c); or
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(B) has notified or notifies the Company of his or her agreement to that act, matter, thing or resolution personally, by post or by a form of technology; or
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(e) The non-receipt of notice of a meeting of directors by, or a failure to give notice of a meeting of directors to, an alternate director of a director on leave of absence approved by the directors does not invalidate any act, matter or thing done or resolution passed at the meeting if:
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(i) the non-receipt or failure occurred by accident or error;
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(ii) before or after the meeting, the alternate director or the director who appointed the alternate director:
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(A) has waived or waives notice of that meeting under rule 6.9(c); or
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(B) has notified or notifies the Company of his or her agreement to that act, matter, thing or resolution personally, by post or by a form of technology; or
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(iii) the alternate director or the director who appointed the alternate director attended the meeting.
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(f) Attendance by a person at a meeting of directors waives any objection that person and:
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(i) if the person is a director, an alternate director appointed by that person; or
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(ii) if the person is an alternate director, the director who appointed that person as alternate director,
may have to a failure to give notice of the meeting.
6.10 Quorum at meetings of directors
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(ii) in any other case, two directors.
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(c) If there is a vacancy in the office of a director, the remaining director or directors may act but, if the number of remaining directors is not sufficient to constitute a quorum at a meeting of directors, the remaining director or directors may act only in an emergency or for the purpose of increasing the number of directors to a number sufficient to constitute a quorum or of convening a general meeting of the Company.
6.11 Chair and deputy chair of directors
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(a) The directors may elect one of the directors to the office of chair of directors and may determine the period for which that director is to be chair of directors.
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(b) The directors may elect one of the directors to the office of deputy chair of directors and may determine the period for which that director is to be deputy chair of directors.
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(c) The office of chair of directors or deputy chair of directors may be treated as an extra service or special exertion performed by the director holding that office for the purposes of rule 6.3(e) if:
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(i) the directors resolve to do so; and
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(ii) the total amount fixed by the Company for remuneration of non-executive directors under rule 6.3(a) will not be exceeded.
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(d) The chair of directors must (if present within 10 minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting and willing to act) preside as chair at each meeting of directors.
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(e) If at a meeting of directors:
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(i) there is no chair of directors;
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(ii) the chair of directors is not present within 10 minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting; or
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(iii) the chair of directors is present within that time but is not willing to act as chair of the meeting or of part of the meeting,
then if the directors have elected a deputy chair of directors, the deputy chair of directors must (if present within 10 minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting and willing to act) preside as the chair of the meeting or part of it.
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(f) Subject to rules 6.11(d) and 6.11(e), if at a meeting of directors:
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(ii) the deputy chair of directors is not present within 10 minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or of part of the meeting; or
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(iii) the deputy chair of directors is present within that time but is not willing to act as chair of the meeting or part of the meeting,
the directors present must elect one of themselves to be chair of the meeting or part of the meeting.
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6.12 Decisions of directors
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(a) A meeting of directors at which a quorum is present is competent to exercise all or any of the authorities, powers and discretions vested in or exercisable by the directors under this constitution.
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(b) Questions arising at a meeting of directors are to be decided by a majority of votes cast by the directors present and entitled to vote on the matter and a decision of that kind is for all purposes a determination of the directors.
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(c) If the votes are equal, the chair does not have a second or casting vote.
6.13 Written resolutions
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(a) An act, matter or thing is taken to have been done or a resolution passed by a meeting of the directors, if a document containing a statement to that effect is assented to by all of the directors other than:
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(i) a director on leave of absence approved by the directors;
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(ii) a director who disqualifies himself or herself from considering the act, matter or thing in question on the grounds that he or she is not entitled at law to do so or has a conflict of interest; and
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(iii) a director who the directors reasonably believe is not entitled to do the act, matter or thing or to vote on the resolution in question,
and the directors who assent to the document would have constituted a quorum at a meeting held to consider that act, matter, thing or resolution.
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(b) The act, matter or thing is taken to have been done or the resolution passed when the document is last assented to by a director.
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(c) Two or more separate documents in identical terms each of which is assented to by one or more directors are to be taken as constituting one document.
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(d) A director may signify assent to a document by signing the document or by notifying the Company of the director's assent in person or by post, fax, telephone or other method of written, audio or audio visual communication or other form of technology.
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(e) Where a director signifies assent to a document otherwise than by signing the document, the director must by way of confirmation sign the document at the next meeting of the directors attended by that director, but failure to do so does not invalidate the act, matter, thing or resolution to which the document relates.
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(f) Where a document is assented to in accordance with this rule 6.13, the document is to be taken as a minute of a meeting of directors.
6.14 Alternate directors
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(b) An alternate director may be a member or a director of the Company but need not be a member or a director.
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(c) One person may act as alternate director to more than one director.
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(d) An alternate director is entitled, if the appointer does not attend a meeting of directors, to attend and vote in place of and on behalf of the appointer.
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(e) An alternate director is entitled to a separate vote for each director the alternate director represents in addition to any vote the alternate director may have as a director in his or her own right.
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(f) In the absence of the appointer, an alternate director may exercise any powers that the appointer may exercise and the exercise of that power by the alternate director is to be taken to be the exercise of the power by the appointer.
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(g) The office of an alternate director is vacated if and when the appointer vacates office as a director.
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(h) The appointment of an alternate director may be terminated at any time by the appointer even though the period of the appointment of the alternate director has not expired.
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(i) An appointment, or the termination of an appointment, of an alternate director must be in writing signed by the director who makes or made the appointment and does not take effect unless and until the Company has received notice in writing of the appointment or termination.
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(j) An alternate director is not to be taken into account in determining the minimum or maximum number of directors allowed under this constitution or the rotation of directors under rule 6.1.
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(k) In determining whether a quorum is present at a meeting of directors, a director or an alternate director who attends the meeting is to be counted once only.
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(l) An alternate director is entitled to be paid the remuneration which the directors think fit, either in addition to or in reduction of the remuneration payable to the director for whom the alternate director acts as alternate.
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(m) An alternate director is not entitled to be remunerated by the Company for his or her services as alternate director except as provided in rule 6.14(l).
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(n) An alternate director, while acting as a director, is responsible to the Company for his or her own acts and defaults and is not to be taken to be the agent of the director by whom he or she was appointed.
6.15 Committees of directors
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(b) A committee to which any powers have been so delegated must exercise the powers delegated in accordance with any directions of the directors.
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(c) The provisions of this constitution applying to meetings and resolutions of directors apply, so far as they can and with such changes as are necessary, to meetings and resolutions of a committee of directors.
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(d) Membership of a committee of directors may be treated as an extra service or special exertion performed by the members of the committee for the purposes of rule 6.3(e) if:
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6.16 Delegation to individual directors
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(b) A director to whom any powers have been so delegated must exercise the powers delegated in accordance with any directions of the directors.
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(c) Acceptance of such a delegation may be treated as an extra service or special exertion performed by the delegate for the purposes of rule 6.3(e) if:
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(ii) the total amount fixed by the Company for remuneration of non-executive directors under rule 6.3(a) will not be exceeded.
6.17 Validity of acts
An act done by a person acting as a director or by a meeting of directors or a committee of directors attended by a person acting as a director is not invalidated by reason only of:
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(b) the person being disqualified to be a director or having vacated office; or
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(c) the person not being entitled to vote,
if that circumstance was not known by the person or the directors or committee, as the case may be, when the act was done.
7 Executive officers
7.1 Managing directors
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(b) A managing director's appointment as managing director automatically terminates if the managing director ceases to be a director.
7.2 Deputy managing directors
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7.3 Executive directors
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(a) A reference in this rule 7.3 to an executive director is a reference to a director who is also an officer of the Company or of a related body corporate in a capacity other than director, managing director or deputy managing director.
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(b) The directors may confer on an executive director any title they think fit.
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(c) Unless the directors decide otherwise, the executive director's appointment:
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(ii) as an employee of the Company or of a related body corporate terminates automatically if the executive director ceases to be a director.
7.4 Secretaries
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(b) The directors may appoint one or more assistant secretaries.
7.5 Provisions applicable to all executive officers
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(a) A reference in this rule 7.5 to an executive officer is a reference to a managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, secretary or assistant secretary appointed under this rule 7.
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(b) The appointment of an executive officer may be for the period, at the remuneration and on the conditions the directors think fit.
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(c) The remuneration payable by the Company to an executive officer who is also a director must not include a commission on operating revenue or a percentage of operating revenue.
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(d) Subject to any contract between the Company and the relevant executive officer, an executive officer of the Company may be removed or dismissed by the directors at any time, with or without cause.
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(e) The directors may:
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(ii) withdraw, suspend or vary any of the powers, discretions and duties conferred on an executive officer; and
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(iii) authorise the executive officer to delegate all or any of the powers, discretions and duties conferred on the executive officer.
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(f) An executive officer is not required to hold any shares to qualify for appointment.
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(i) a defect in the person's appointment as an executive officer; or
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if that circumstance was not known by the person when the act was done.
8 Seals
8.1 Adoption of common seal
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8.2 Use of Seal
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(a) The Seal must be used only by the authority of the directors or a committee of the directors authorised by the directors to authorise the use of the Seal.
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(b) The authority to use the Seal may be given before or after the Seal is used.
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(c) Subject to rules 8.2(b) and 8.5, until the directors otherwise determine, the fixing of the Seal to a document must be witnessed by a director and by another director, a secretary or another person appointed by the directors to witness that document or a class of documents in which that document is included.
8.3 Duplicate seal
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(a) The Company may have for use in place of its common seal outside the state or territory where its common seal is kept one or more duplicate seals, each of which must be a facsimile of the common seal of the Company with the addition on its face of the words “duplicate seal” and the name of the place where it is to be used.
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(b) A document sealed with a duplicate seal is to be taken as having been sealed with the common seal of the Company.
8.4 Share seal or certificate seal
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(b) A certificate for securities of the Company sealed with a share seal or certificate seal is to be taken as having been sealed with the common seal of the Company.
8.5 Sealing and signing of certificates
The directors may determine either generally or in a particular case that the seal and the signature of any director, secretary or other person is to be printed on or affixed to any certificates for securities in the Company by some mechanical or other means.
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9 Dividends and reserves
9.1 Dividends
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(i) the directors may pay any interim, special or final dividends as, in their judgment, the financial position of the Company justifies;
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(ii) the directors may rescind a decision to pay a dividend if they decide, before the payment date, that the Company’s financial position no longer justifies the payment;
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(iii) the directors may pay any dividend required to be paid under the terms of issue of a share and;
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(iv) the payment of a dividend does not require confirmation by a general meeting.
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(b) Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to a share or class of shares:
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(i) all dividends in respect of a share must be paid in the proportion which the amount paid (not credited) on the share bears to the total amounts paid and payable (excluding amounts credited) on the share;
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(ii) all dividends must be apportioned and paid proportionately to the amount paid during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid;
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(iii) for the purposes of rules 9.1(b)(i) and 9.1(b)(ii), an amount paid on a share in advance of a call is to be ignored; and
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(iv) interest is not payable by the Company in respect of any dividend.
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(c) Subject to the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, the directors may fix a record date in respect of a dividend.
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(d) Subject to the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, a dividend in respect of a share must be paid to the person who is registered, or entitled under rule 4.1(g) to be registered, as the holder of the share:
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(i) where the directors have fixed a record date in respect of the dividend, on that date; or
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(ii) where the directors have not fixed a record date in respect of that dividend, on the date the dividend is paid,
and a transfer of a share that is not registered, or left with the Company for registration in accordance with rule 4.1(f), on or before that date is not effective, as against the Company, to pass any right to the dividend.
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(ii) direct that the dividend be paid to particular shareholders wholly or partly out of any particular fund or reserve or out of sums derived from any particular source and to the remaining shareholders wholly or partly out of any other particular fund or reserve or out of sums derived from any other particular source or generally.
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(f) The directors may deduct from any dividend payable to a member all sums of money presently payable by the member to the Company for calls due and payable and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the money owing.
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(g) Where a person is entitled to a share as a result of a Transmission Event, the directors may, but are not obliged to, retain any dividends payable on that share until that person becomes registered as the holder of the share or transfers it.
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(i) to the address of the holder as shown in the register of members, or in the case of joint holders, to the address shown in the register of members as the address of the joint holder first named in that register; or
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(ii) to such other address as the holder or joint holders in writing directs or direct.
This rule 9.1(h) does not adversely affect any other method of payment the directors may adopt.
- (i) A cheque sent under rule 9.1(h) may be made payable to bearer or to the order of the member to whom it is sent or any other person the member directs and is sent at the member's risk.
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(ii) representing profits arising from an ascertained accretion to capital or from a revaluation of the assets of the Company;
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(iii) arising from the realisation of any assets of the Company; or
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(iv) otherwise available for distribution as a dividend.
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and that application must be accepted by the members entitled to share in the distribution in full satisfaction of their interests in the capitalised amount.
- (c) Rules 9.1(b), 9.1(c) and 9.1(d) apply, so far as they can and with any necessary changes, to a capitalisation of an amount under this rule 9.2 as if references in those rules to a dividend and to the date a dividend is paid were references to a capitalisation of an amount and to the date the directors resolve to capitalise the amount under this rule 9.2 respectively.
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(i) settle as they think expedient any difficulty that may arise in making the distribution or capitalisation and, in particular, where shares or other securities in the Company are or would otherwise be issuable in fractions:
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(A) determine that fractions are to be disregarded or are to be rounded down to the nearest whole number;
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(B) determine that fractions are to be rounded up to the nearest whole number; or
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(C) make cash payments in respect of the fractional entitlement;
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(iii) pay cash or issue shares or other securities to any members in order to adjust the rights of all parties;
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(iv) vest any specific assets, cash, shares or other securities in a trustee on such trusts for the persons entitled to the dividend or capitalised amount as may seem expedient to the directors; and
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(A) for the issue to them of such further shares or other securities as fully paid; or
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(B) for the payment by the Company on their behalf of the amounts or any part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing shares or other securities by the application of their respective proportions of the sum resolved to be capitalised,
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- (b) If the Company distributes to a member shares or other securities in the Company or another body corporate or a trust, the member appoints the Company as his or her agent to do anything needed to give effect to that distribution, including agreeing to become a member of that other body corporate or trust.
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9.4 Reserves
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(b) The directors may amend, suspend or terminate a dividend reinvestment plan implemented by them.
9.6 Dividend selection plans
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(i) to receive a dividend from the Company paid wholly or partly out of a particular fund or reserve or out of profits derived from a particular source; or
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(ii) to forego a dividend from the Company in place of another form of distribution from the Company or another body corporate or a trust.
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(b) The directors may amend, suspend or terminate any dividend selection plan implemented by them.
9.7 Capital reductions
The Company may reduce its share capital by any of the means authorised by the Corporations Act, subject to the provisions of that law and, where applicable, the Listing Rules. The Company may reduce its share capital in any way that is not otherwise authorised by law, including by way of an in specie distribution of the assets of the Company (including any shares, options or other securities in another body corporate, if the reduction:
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(a) is fair and reasonable to the members of the Company as a whole;
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(b)
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(c) is approved by the members in accordance with section 256C of the Corporations Act.
9.8 Shares in another body corporate
Where the Company, pursuant to a reduction of its share capital in accordance with rule 9.7, distributes shares, options or other securities in another body corporate to members:
- (a) the members of the Company will be deemed to have agreed to become members of that body corporate; and
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- (b) each of the members appoints the Company or any of the directors as its agent to execute any transfer or other document required to effect the distribution of shares, options or other securities to that member.
10 Winding up
10.1 Distribution of surplus
Subject to this constitution and to the rights or restrictions attached to any shares or class of shares:
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(a) if the Company is wound up and the property of the Company is more than sufficient to pay:
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(i) all of the debts and liabilities of the Company; and
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(ii) the costs, charges and expenses of the winding up,
the excess must be divided among the members in proportion to the shares held by them, irrespective of the amounts paid or credited as paid on the shares;
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(b) for the purpose of calculating the excess referred to in rule 10.1(a), any amount unpaid on a share is to be treated as property of the Company;
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(c) the amount of the excess that would otherwise be distributed to the holder of a partly paid share under rule 10.1(a) must be reduced by the amount unpaid on that share at the date of the distribution; and
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(d) if the effect of the reduction under rule 10.1(c) would be to reduce the distribution to the holder of a partly paid share to a negative amount, the holder must contribute that amount to the Company.
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(a) If the Company is wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a special resolution:
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(i) divide among the members the whole or any part of the property of the Company; and
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(ii) determine how the division is to be carried out as between the members or different classes of members.
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and to account for the net proceeds and the liquidator must, if practicable, act accordingly.
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11 Minutes and records
11.1 Minutes
The directors must cause minutes of:
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(a) all proceedings and resolutions of general meetings;
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(b) proceedings and resolutions of meetings of the directors and of committees of the directors; and
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(c) resolutions passed by directors without a meeting,
to be recorded and entered in books kept for that purpose, within one month after the meeting is held or the resolution is passed.
11.2 Proxies
The directors must ensure that the Company records in the minutes of a meeting in respect of each resolution in the notice of meeting:
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(a) the total number of proxy votes exercisable by all validly appointed proxies; and
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(b) how many proxy votes were for, against or abstained from the resolution or allowed the proxy to vote at the proxy’s discretion.
11.3 Polls
If a poll is taken on a resolution, in addition to the information in rules 11.1 and 11.2, the minutes must also record the total number of votes cast on the poll, and the number of votes for, against and abstaining from that resolution.
11.4 Signing of minutes
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(b) Minutes of the passing of a resolution without a meeting must be signed by a director within a reasonable time after the resolution is passed.
11.5 Minutes as evidence
A minute that is recorded and signed in accordance with rules 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 and 11.4 is evidence of the proceeding, resolution or declaration to which it relates, unless the contrary is proved.
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11.6 Inspection of records
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(b) A member other than a director does not have the right to inspect any books, records or documents of the Company except as provided by law or authorised by the directors.
12 Indemnity and insurance
12.1 Persons to whom rules 12.2 and 12.4 apply
Rules 12.2 and 12.4 apply:
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(a) to each person who is or has been a director, alternate director or executive officer (within the meaning of rule 7.5(a)) of the Company;
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(b) to such other officers or former officers of the Company or of its related bodies corporate as the directors in each case determine; and
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(c) if the directors so determine, to any auditor or former auditor of the Company or of its related bodies corporate.
12.2 Indemnity
The Company may indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each person to whom this rule 12.2 applies for all losses or liabilities incurred by the person as an officer or, if the directors so determine, an auditor of the Company or of a related body corporate including, but not limited to, a liability for negligence or for reasonable legal costs on a full indemnity basis.
12.3 Extent of Indemnity
The indemnity in rule 12.2:
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(a) is a continuing obligation and is enforceable by a person to whom rule 12.2 applies even though that person may have ceased to be an officer or auditor of the Company or of a related body corporate;
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(b) applies to losses and liabilities incurred both before and after the date of adoption of that rule;
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(c) operates only to the extent that the loss or liability is not covered by insurance; and (d) is enforceable without the person to whom this rule 12 applies first having to incur any expense or make any payment.
12.4 Insurance
The Company may, to the extent permitted by law:
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- (b) pay or agree to pay a premium for insurance,
for any person to whom this rule 12.4 applies against any liability incurred by the person as an officer or auditor of the Company or of a related body corporate including, but not limited to, a liability for negligence or for legal costs.
12.5 Savings
Nothing in rule 12.2 or 12.4:
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(a) affects any other right or remedy that a person to whom those rules apply may have in respect of any loss or liability referred to in those rules; or
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(b) limits the capacity of the Company to indemnify or provide insurance for any person to whom those rules do not apply.
12.6 Contracts
The Company may enter into an agreement with a person referred to in rule 12.1 with respect to the matters covered by rule 12. An agreement entered into pursuant to this rule may include provisions:
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(a) requiring the Company to make payments to that person by way of advance or loan (on an interest-free basis) of amounts of money that are to be applied to meet legal costs; and
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(b) relating to rights of access to the books of the Company conferred by the Corporations Act or otherwise by law.
13 Notices
13.1 Notices by the Company to members
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(a) A notice may be given by the Company to a member:
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(i) by serving it personally at, or by sending it by post in a prepaid envelope to, the member's address as shown in the register of members or any other address, or by fax or electronic mail to such fax number or electronic address as the member has supplied to the Company for the giving of notices; or
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(ii) if the member does not have a registered address and has not supplied another address to the Company for the giving of notices, by exhibiting it at the registered office of the Company.
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(b) A notice may be given by the Company to the joint holders of a share by giving the notice in the manner authorised by rule 13.1(a) to the joint holder first named in the register of members in respect of the share.
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(d) The fact that a person has supplied a fax number or electronic address for the giving of notices does not require the Company to give any notice to that person by fax or electronic mail.
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(ii) sufficient service on any person entitled to the shares as a result of the Transmission Event.
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(f) A notice given to a person who is entitled to a share as a result of a Transmission Event is sufficient service on the member in whose name the share is registered.
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(g) Any person who, because of a transfer of shares, becomes entitled to shares registered in the name of a member is bound by every notice which, before that person's name and address is entered in the register of members in respect of those shares, is given to the member in accordance with this rule 13.1.
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(h) A certificate signed by a director or secretary of the Company to the effect that a notice has been given in accordance with this constitution is conclusive evidence of that fact.
13.2 Notices by the Company to directors
Subject to this constitution, a notice may be given by the Company to any director or alternate director either by serving it personally at, or by sending it by post in a prepaid envelope to, the director's or alternate director's usual residential or business address, or such other address, or by fax or electronic mail to such fax number or electronic address as the director or alternate director has supplied to the Company for the giving of notices.
13.3 Notices by members or directors to the Company
Subject to this constitution, a notice may be given by a member, director or alternate director to the Company by serving it on the Company at, or by sending it by post in a prepaid envelope to, the registered office of the Company or by fax or electronic mail to the principal fax number or a nominated electronic address at the registered office of the Company.
13.4 Notices to members outside Australia
A notice to be sent to a member outside Australia and its external territories must be sent by airmail, fax or electronic mail, or in another way that ensures it will be received quickly.
13.5 Time of service
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(i) in the case of a notice of a general meeting, on the day after the date of its posting; or
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(ii) in any other case, at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
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(c) Where a notice is sent by fax, the notice is to be taken to be given on the Business Day after the day on which it is sent.
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(d) Where a notice is sent by electronic mail, service of the notice is taken to be effected if the sender receives a confirmation of delivery and is taken to be given on the Business Day after the day on which it is sent.
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(e) Where the Company gives a notice under rule 13.1(a)(ii) by exhibiting it at the registered office of the Company, service of the notice is to be taken to be effected when the notice was first so exhibited.
13.6 Other communications and documents
Rules 13.1 to 13.5 (inclusive) apply, so far as they can and with necessary changes, to the service of any communication or document.
13.7 Notices in writing
A reference in this constitution to a notice in writing includes a notice given by fax or another form of written communication.
14 Approval of Proportional Takeover Bids
14.1 Definitions
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(b) Proportional Takeover Bid means an off-market bid that is made or purports to be made under section 618(1)(b) of the Corporations Act in respect of a specified proportion of shares included in a class of shares in the Company; and
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(c) Approving Resolution Deadline , in relation to a Proportional Takeover Bid, means the day that is 14 days before the last day of the bid period in respect of the Proportional Takeover Bid.
14.2 Transfers not to be registered
Despite rules 4.1(g) and 4.2, a transfer giving effect to a takeover contract resulting from the acceptance of an offer made under a Proportional Takeover Bid must not be registered unless and until an Approving Resolution to approve the Proportional Takeover Bid has been passed or is taken to have been passed in accordance with rule 14.3.
14.3 Resolution
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(i) convene a meeting of the persons entitled to vote on the Approving Resolution for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing an Approving Resolution to approve the Proportional Takeover Bid; and
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(ii) ensure that such a resolution is voted on in accordance with this rule 14.3,
before the Approving Resolution Deadline in relation to that Proportional Takeover Bid.
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(i) with any changes that the circumstances require, to a meeting convened under rule 14.3(a); and
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(ii) as if the meeting convened under rule 14.3(a) were a general meeting of the Company.
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(c) The bidder under a Proportional Takeover Bid and any associates of the bidder are not entitled to vote on the Approving Resolution relating to that Proportional Takeover Bid and, if they do vote, their votes must not be counted.
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(f) If an Approving Resolution to approve a Proportional Takeover Bid has not been voted on in accordance with this rule 14.3 as at the end of the day before the Approving Resolution Deadline, an Approving Resolution to approve the Proportional Takeover Bid will be taken to have been passed in accordance with this rule 14.3.
14.4 Sunset
Rules 14.1, 14.2 and 14.3 cease to have effect at the end of three years beginning:
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(b) where those rules have been renewed in accordance with the Corporations Act, on the date those rules were last renewed.
15 General
15.1 Currency
An amount payable to the holder of a share, whether by way of or on account of dividend, return of capital, participation in the property of the Company on a winding up or otherwise, may be paid, with the agreement of the holder or pursuant to the terms of issue of the share, in the currency of a country other than Australia and the directors may
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fix a date up to 30 days before the payment date as the date on which any applicable exchange rate will be determined for that purpose.
15.2 Submission to jurisdiction
Each member submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State or Territory in which the registered office of the Company is located.
15.3 Prohibition and enforceability
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Dictionary
1 Dictionary
In this constitution:
ASX Settlement means ASX Settlement Pty Ltd (ABN 49 008 504 532);
ASX Settlement Operating Rules means the operating rules (however described) of ASX Settlement;
Business Day means a day on which banks are open for business excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in Western Australia;
Certificated Holding means a share or shares for which the Company is required to issue a certificate, and for which the certificate has not been subsequently cancelled by the Company;
Company means Alta Zinc Limited ACN 078 510 988;
Corporations Act means Corporations Act 2001 (Cth);
Corporations Regulations means Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth);
Dispose has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules;
Exchange means ASX Limited;
GST means a goods and services tax, or a similar value added tax, levied or imposed under the GST Law;
GST Law has the meaning given to it in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth);
Holding Lock has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.
Listed Company means a company which is admitted to the official list of the Exchange;
Listing Rules means the listing rules of the Exchange and any other rules of the Exchange which are applicable while the Company is admitted to the official list of the Exchange, each as amended or replaced from time to time, except to the extent of any express written waiver by the Exchange;
Marketable Parcel has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules;
Proper ASTC Transfer has the meaning given to that term in the Corporations Regulations;
Representative , in relation to a body corporate, means a representative of the body corporate appointed under section 250D of the Corporations Act or a corresponding previous law;
Restricted Securities has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules;
Restriction Deed has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules.
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Seal means any common seal, duplicate seal, share seal or certificate seal of the Company;
Takeover has the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules;
Transmission Event means:
in respect of a member of the Company who is an individual:
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(a) the death of the member;
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(b) the bankruptcy of the member; or
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(c) the member becoming of unsound mind or a person who is, or whose estate is, liable to be dealt with in any way under the law relating to mental health; and
in respect of a member of the Company who is a body corporate, the dissolution of the member or the succession by another body corporate to the assets and liabilities of the member; and
Uncertificated Holding means a share or shares for which a certificate has not been issued by the Company, or in respect of which any certificate which was issued by the Company has been cancelled without the issue of a replacement certificate.
2 Interpretation
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(b) A reference in a rule relating to partly paid shares to a call or an amount called in respect of a share includes a reference to a sum that, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable on issue or at a fixed date.
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(c) A member is to be taken to be present at a general meeting if the member is present in person or by proxy, attorney or Representative.
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(d) A director is to be taken to be present at a meeting of directors if the director is present in person or by alternate director.
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(e) A reference in a rule in general terms to a person holding or occupying a particular office or position includes a reference to any person who occupies or performs the duties of that office or position for the time being.
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(f) In this constitution, headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this constitution and, unless the contrary intention appears:
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words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;
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words importing a gender include every other gender;
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words used to denote persons generally or importing a natural person include any company, corporation, body corporate, body politic, partnership, joint venture, association, board, group or other body (whether or not the body is incorporated);
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- a reference to any statute, regulation, proclamation, ordinance or by-laws includes all statutes, regulations, proclamations, ordinances or by-laws varying, consolidating or replacing them and a reference to a statute includes all regulations, proclamations, ordinances and by-laws issued under that statute;
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- where a word or phrase is given a particular meaning, other parts of speech and grammatical forms of that word or phrase have corresponding meanings.
3 Application of the Corporations Act, Listing Rules and ASX Settlement Operating Rules
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(a) This constitution is to be interpreted subject to the Corporations Act and (while the Company is a Listed Company) the Listing Rules and the ASX Settlement Operating Rules.
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(b) While the Company is a Listed Company, the Company and the directors must comply with the obligations respectively imposed on them under the Listing Rules and the ASX Settlement Operating Rules.
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(c) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression in a rule that deals with a matter dealt with by a provision of the Corporations Act, the Listing Rules or the ASX Settlement Operating Rules has the same meaning as in that provision.
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(d) Subject to paragraph (c), unless the contrary intention appears, an expression in a rule that is defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act has the same meaning as in that section.
4 Effect of the Listing Rules
While the Company is a Listed Company, the following provisions apply:
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(a) notwithstanding anything contained in this constitution, if the Listing Rules prohibit an act being done, the act must not be done;
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(b) nothing contained in this constitution prevents an act being done that the Listing Rules require to be done;
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(c) if the Listing Rules require an act to be done or not to be done, authority is given for that act to be done or not to be done (as the case may be);
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(d) if the Listing Rules require this constitution to contain a provision and it does not contain such a provision, this constitution is deemed to contain that provision;
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(e) if the Listing Rules require this constitution not to contain a provision and it contains such a provision, this constitution is deemed not to contain that provision;
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- (f) if any provision of this constitution is or becomes inconsistent with the Listing Rules, this constitution is deemed not to contain that provision to the extent of the inconsistency.
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(a) The Company may exercise in any manner permitted by the Corporations Act any power which under the Corporations Act a company limited by shares may exercise.
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(b) Where this constitution provides that a person or body may do a particular act or thing and the word "may" is used, the act or thing may be done at the discretion of the person or body.
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(c) Where this constitution confers a power to do a particular act or thing, the power is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be taken as including a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions (if any) to repeal, rescind, revoke, amend or vary that act or thing.
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(d) Where this constitution confers a power to do a particular act or thing with respect to particular matters, the power is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be taken to include a power to do that act or thing with respect to some only of those matters or with respect to a particular class or particular classes of those matters and to make different provision with respect to different matters or different classes of matters.
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to appoint a person to act in the office or position until a person is appointed to the office or position;
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subject to any contract between the Company and the relevant person, to remove or suspend any person appointed, with or without cause; and
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to appoint another person temporarily in the place of any person so removed or suspended or in place of any sick or absent holder of such office or position.
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(f) Where this constitution confers a power or imposes a duty then, unless the contrary intention appears, the power may be exercised and the duty must be performed from time to time as the occasion requires.
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- where the performance or exercise of that function or power is dependent upon the opinion, belief or state of mind of that person or body in relation to a matter, that function or power may be performed or exercised by the delegate upon the opinion, belief or state of mind of the delegate in relation to that matter; and
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6 Replaceable rules not to apply
The replaceable rules applicable to a public company contained in the Corporations Act from time to time do not apply to the Company.
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Annexure B – Summary of differences between the Existing Constitution and the Proposed Constitution
| Item | Provision in Existing Constitution |
Existing Constitution | Provision in Proposed Constitution |
Proposed Constitution |
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| Dictionary | ||||
| Dictionary | 1.1 | There are a number of references in the dictionary which are no longer in use. |
Schedule 1 | The Proposed Constitution updates the references in the dictionary. |
| Share capital | ||||
| Certificates and holding statements |
N/A | The Existing Constitution does not contain a provision regarding certificates or holdings statements. |
2.2 | The Proposed Constitution clarifies the Company’s obligations under the Corporations Act and the Listing Rules with respect to certificates and holding statements when the Company is unlisted or listed (as appropriate). |
| Disposing of Restricted Securities |
33 | The current constitution reflects previous Listing Rule requirements in relation to restricted securities which are now superseded. |
2.6 | The Proposed Constitution updates the clauses relating to restricted securities to reflect the requirements in Listing Rule 9.1 and 15.12. This provision only applies where the Company is listed on ASX. |
| Non- marketable parcels |
28 | The relevant securities must be sold at a price or for a consideration which in the opinion of the directors, has a value not less than the weighted average sale price of the relevant securities sold on ASX during a period of 5 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the relevant Notice Date. The consideration received from the sale of the relevant securities are to be paid to the member the holder of those securities or to be held on trust by the Company. |
2.7 | The Proposed Constitution provides that the Company may sell shares on terms and manner the directors think appropriate. The Company may deduct from the proceeds of a sale of shares, all sums of money payable by the former holder to the Company for calls due and payable and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the money owing. |
| Item | Provision in Existing Constitution |
Existing Constitution | Provision in Proposed Constitution |
Proposed Constitution |
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| Indemnity for payments by the Company |
N/A | The Existing Constitution does not contain a provision requiring that shareholders indemnify the Company against liability which the Company has to make payment for or on account of the member. |
3.5 | The Proposed Constitution provides a member must indemnify the Company against liability which the Company has to make payment for, or on account of, that member including in respect of shares held, a transfer of shares or money owed to the member. A member must pay to the Company immediately on demand the amount required to reimburse the Company for the relevant payment and interest. |
| Power to decline transfer of registration |
24 | The Existing Constitution provides where the Company issues new certificates after a reorganisation of capital, it must reject a transfer accompanied by a certificate issued before the reorganisation. It must refuse to register a paper-based transfer if some or all of the securities involved are reserved for a bidder if the holder has accepted an off-market bid unless the off- market bid is not, or is no longer subject to a defeating condition and the transfer is to, or at the direction of, the bidder. |
4.2 | The Proposed Constitution provides the Company may ask ASX Settlement to apply a holding lock to prevent a Proper ASTC Transfer or may decline to register an instrument of transfer: (a) in the circumstances permitted under the Listing Rules or ASX Settlement Operating Rules, as applicable; (b) where the transfer is not in registrable form; (c) where the Company has a lien on any of the shares transferred; (d) where the registration of the transfer may breach a law of Australia or would be in breach of any order of any Court; (e) where the transfer is paper-based and registration of the transfer will create a new holding which, at the time the transfer is lodged, is less than a Marketable Parcel; (f) where the transfer is not permitted under the terms of an employee incentive scheme; or (g) where the Company is otherwise permitted or required to do so under the Listing Rules or, except for a Proper ASTC Transfer, under the terms of issue of the shares. |
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| Item | Provision in Existing Constitution |
Existing Constitution | Provision in Proposed Constitution |
Proposed Constitution |
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| Members’ meetings | ||||
| Quorum for general meetings |
50.1 | The Existing Constitution provides a quorum is constituted by 3 members and the quorum must be present at all times during the meeting. |
5.6(b)-(c) | The Proposed Constitution provides a quorum is constituted by: (a) if the number of members entitled to vote is two or more – two of those members; or (b) if only one member is entitled to vote – that member. |
| Chair of general meetings |
51 | The Existing Constitution provides the Directors may elect a Director or any other individual to preside as chairman at every general meeting, or a deputy chair to act as chair in the chair is absent. If no chair or deputy chair has not been appointed or the chair or deputy chair is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed or is unwilling to act, then the Directors present may appoint another Director to be the chair. If they fail to do so, then the members present must appoint another Director or if no other Director is present or willing to act then the members may appoint another member to be the chair. |
5.7 | The Proposed Constitution provides the Directors may appoint another Director to chair a general meeting. If there is no appointment, then the chair of Directors will chair the general meeting. If there is no chair of Directors or if the chair is not present within 15 minutes after the time the meeting is to start or is unwilling or unable to chair the meeting, then the deputy chair will chair the meeting. If there is no deputy chair or the deputy chair is not present within 15 minutes after the time the meeting is to start or is unwilling or unable to chair the meeting, the person appointed by the Directors present will be the chair. If there are no Directors present or the Director appointed is unwilling to chair the meeting, then the members present must elect another person present (who need not be a member) to chair the meeting. |
| Notice of adjourned meeting |
46.1 | The Existing Constitution provides notice of an adjourned meeting (as in the case of the original meeting) is required to be given only where a meeting is adjourned for one month or more. |
5.8(j) | The Proposed Constitution provides notice of an adjourned meeting is to be given to ASX (where the Company is listed) regardless of the period of adjournment. |
| Records | 152.4 | The Existing Constitution requires the Directors to record in the minute books proxyvotes exercisable and exercisedin |
11.2 – 11.3 | The Proposed Constitution provides: (a) the Directors must ensure that, in respect of a resolution the minutesrecord the total numberofproxyvotes exercisable |
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| Item | Provision in Existing Constitution |
Existing Constitution | Provision in Proposed Constitution |
Proposed Constitution |
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| respect of each resolution (but not specifically the number of proxy votes were for, against or abstained) and does not contain an express provision relating to the recording of poll voting. |
(including how many proxy votes were for, against or abstained from that resolution); (b) the Directors must also ensure that, if a poll is taken on a resolution, the minutes record the total number of votes cast and the number of votes for, against and abstaining from that resolution. |
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| Number of Directors |
76.1 | The Existing Constitution provides the number of Directors must not be less than 3 nor more than 9. |
6.1(a) | The Proposed Constitution provides the maximum number of Directors is 9 (or such lower number determined by the Directors). |
| Retirement and election of Directors |
78.1 - 78.2 | The Existing Constitution provides at each annual general meeting (excluding an exempt managing Director), there must be an election of Directors whether by a Director who would otherwise hold office for a continuous period in excess of three years or past the third annual general meeting, or by a Director or Directors who have been longest in office since their election. |
6.1(f) | In addition to the Existing Constitution, one third of the remaining Directors (excluding the managing Director and any Director who is required to retire due to being appointed by the Directors) must also retire from office. |
| Vacation of office |
104.1 | The Existing Constitution provides the office of a Director becomes vacant if the Director: (a) becomes bankrupt; (b) becomes of unsound mind; (c) is not present at Directors’ meetings for 3 consecutive months; |
6.2 | The Proposed Constitution provides the office of a Director becomes vacant if the Director: (a) becomes of unsound mind; (b) becomes bankrupt or insolvent; (c) is convicted of an indictable offence and the Directors do not confirm that Directors’ appointment or election; |
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| Item | Provision in Existing Constitution |
Existing Constitution | Provision in Proposed Constitution |
Proposed Constitution |
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| (d) ceased to be qualified as a Director by way of a share qualification fixed by the Company in general meeting; (e) fails to pay any call due on any shares for 1 month or any further time allowed; (f) ceased to be employed full time as a managing Director or an executive officer; (g) becomes disqualified from being a Director under the Corporations Act; (h) is removed from office by a Company resolution; or (i) resigns by notice. |
(d) is not present at Directors’ meetings for a continuous period of three months; or (e) resigns from office. |
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| Remuneration of Directors |
121.2 | The Existing Constitution provides the total amount of the Directors’ remuneration is determined by resolution and the directors determine how the total remuneration is divided among them. |
6.3(b) | The Proposed Constitution provides the amount of the Directors’ remuneration may be a stated salary, a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of Directors (or both) or a share of a fixed sum. |
| Share qualification |
77.1 | The Existing Constitution provides that share qualification for Directors may be fixed by the Company in general meeting, and unless and until so fixed a Director is not required to hold any share in the Company. |
6.4 | The Proposed Constitution does not contain the ability for the Company to fix share qualification for Directors in general meetings and a Director is not required to hold any shares in the Company to qualify for appointment. |
| Contracting with Company |
105.2 | The Existing Constitution allows a Director, subject to compliance with the Corporations Act andListingRules, to enter into |
6.5(d) | The Proposed Constitution clarifies that Directors will be not disqualified from contracting with the Company in any respect and a Director will not be preventedfrom voting onanyresolutionof Directors |
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| Item | Provision in Existing Constitution |
Existing Constitution | Provision in Proposed Constitution |
Proposed Constitution |
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| agreement or arrangement with the Company, and the Director can receive and keep beneficially any remuneration, profits or benefits under any agreement or arrangement with the Company. |
in relation to a contract in which the Director has an interest, unless doing so would be contrary to the Corporations Act or the Listing Rules. |
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| Membership of a committee of Directors and delegation of Director’s powers |
94.1 | The Existing Constitution provides Directors may delegate powers to committees, a director, an employee of the Company or any other person. The Existing Constitution is silent on whether this may be considered an extra service or special exertion. |
6.15 – 6.16 | The Proposed Constitution provides Directors may delegate powers to committees or to individual directors. Membership of a committee or acceptance by the Director to whom any powers have been delegated may be treated as an extra service or special exertion if the Directors resolve to do so and the total amount fixed for remuneration will not be exceeded. |
| Dividends | ||||
| Unclaimed dividends |
138.1 | The Existing Constitution provides unclaimed dividends may be invested by the Directors as they think fit for the benefit of the Company until claimed. |
N/A | No express provision dealing with unclaimed dividends. |
| Shares in another body corporate |
N/A | The Existing Constitution does not provide for the distribution of securities where the Company reduces its share capital or deal with shares in another body corporate. |
9.8 | The Proposed Constitution provides where the Company undertakes a reduction of capital and distributes securities in another body corporate each member appoints the Company or any of the Directors as its agent to execute any transfer required to effect the distribution of shares. |
| Other | ||||
| Indemnified persons |
145.1 | The Existing Constitution provides the Company may indemnity every person who is or has been an officer of the Company, or a related body corporate of the Company |
12.1 | The Proposed Constitution provides the Company may indemnify any current and former Directors, alternate Directors, executive officers, other officers of the Company or of its related bodies corporate. If the Directors so determine, the Company may indemnity any auditor or former auditor of the Company or of its related bodies corporate. |
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| Deemed time of service |
42 | The Existing Constitution deems a notice to be given: (a) where a notice is sent by post, it is taken to be given on the second business day after it is posted; (b) where a notice is sent by fax or electronic mail, the notice is taken to be given on the business day after it is sent unless the facsimile transmission was unsuccessful or the delivery of an electronic mail has failed or in either case, the addressee notifies the Company immediately that the notice was not fully received in a legible form; (c) where a notice is given by the Company to a person entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member, it is taken to be given on the business day after the day on which the member is notified that the notice is available. |
13.5 | The Proposed Constitution sets out new timing constituting a deemed time of service in respect of notices given by the Company to Shareholders. The new timing is as follows: (a) where a notice is served personally, service of the notice is taken to be effected when delivered; (b) where a notice is sent by post, service of the notice is taken to be effected if a prepaid envelope containing the notice is properly addressed and placed in the post and to have been effected: (i) in the case of a notice of general meeting, on the day after the date of its posting; or (ii) in any other case, at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post. (c) where a notice is sent by fax, the notice is taken to be given on the business day after the day on which it is sent. (d) where a notice is sent by electronic mail, service of the notice is taken to be effected if the sender receives a confirmation of delivery and is taken to be given on the business day after the day on which it is sent. (e) where the Company is permitted to give notice by exhibiting the notice at the registered office of the Company, service of the notice is taken to be effected when the notice is first so exhibited. |
| Approval of proportional takeover bid |
35 | The Current Constitution provides that where a resolution to approve a proportional takeover scheme is voted on, the Companymust provide the offerorand |
14 | The Proposed Constitution does not require the Company to provide a written notice to the offeror or serve a written notice on the securities |
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| serve on the securities exchange, a notice in writing stating that a resolution has been voted on and it has been passed or rejected (as the case requires). |
exchange that a resolution to approve a proportional takeover scheme has been voted on and the outcome of that resolution. Other changes are administrative or minor in nature, including but not limited to: (a) updating references to bodies or legislations which have been renamed (ie references to the Australian Settlement and Transfer Corporation Pty Ltd, ASTC Settlement Rules and ASTC Transfer); and (b) expressly providing for statutory rights by mirroring these rights in provisions of the Proposed Constitution |
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