BPH ENERGY LTD — AGM Information 2020

Nov 12, 2020

BPH ENERGY LIMITED ACN 095 912 002

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TIME : 11.30am WST

DATE : Thursday, 10th December 2020 PLACE : 15 View Street NORTH PERTH WA 6006

This Notice of Meeting should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their professional advisers prior to voting.

Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary, Mr David Breeze on +61 8 9328 8400 .

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Time and place of Meeting

Notice is given that the meeting of the Shareholders to which this Notice of Meeting relates will be held at 11.30am (WST) on Thursday, 10[th] December 2020 at:

15 View Street NORTH PERTH WA 6006

Your vote is important

The business of the Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important.

Voting eligibility

The Directors have determined pursuant to Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Meeting are those who are registered Shareholders at 4:00 pm (WST) on Tuesday, 8th December 2020.

Voting in person

To vote in person, attend the Meeting at the time, date and place set out above.

Voting by proxy

To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by the time and in accordance with the instructions set out on the Proxy Form.

In accordance with section 249L of the Corporations Act, Shareholders are advised that:

• each Shareholder has a right to appoint a proxy;

• the proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company; and

• a Shareholder who is entitled to cast 2 or more votes may appoint 2 proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If the member appoints 2 proxies and the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of the member’s votes, then in accordance with section 249X(3) of the Corporations Act, each proxy may exercise one-half of the votes.

Shareholders and their proxies should be aware that changes to the Corporations Act made in 2011 mean that:

• if proxy holders vote, they must cast all directed proxies as directed; and

• any directed proxies which are not voted will automatically default to the Chair, who must vote the proxies as directed.

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BUSINESS OF THE MEETING

AGENDA

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

To receive and consider the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2020, together with the declaration of the Directors, the Directors’ report, the Remuneration Report and the auditor’s report.

1. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as a non-binding resolution :

“That, for the purposes of section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the adoption of the Remuneration Report as contained in the Company’s annual financial report for the financial year ended 30 June 2020.”

Note: the vote on this Resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.

Voting Prohibition Statement:

A vote on this Resolution must not be cast (in any capacity) by or on behalf of either of the following persons:

(a) a member of the Key Management Personnel, details of whose remuneration are included in the Remuneration Report; or

(b) a Closely Related Party of such a member. However, a person (the voter ) described above may cast a vote on this Resolution as a proxy if the vote is not cast on behalf of a person described above and either:

(a) the voter is appointed as a proxy by writing that specifies the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution; or

• (b) the voter is the Chair and the appointment of the Chair as proxy:

(i) does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution; and (ii) expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.

2. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR TONY HUSTON

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :

“That, for the purposes of clause 14.2 of the Constitution, Listing Rule 14.5, and for all other purposes, Tony Huston, a Director, retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”

3. RESOLUTION 3 – APPROVAL OF 7.1A MANDATE

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as a special resolution :

“That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.1A and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue up to that number of Equity Securities equal to 10% of the issued capital of the Company at the time of issue, calculated in accordance with the formula prescribed in Listing Rule

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7.1A.2 and on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”

Voting Exclusion Statement :

The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of a person who is expected to participate in, or who will obtain a material benefit as a result of, the proposed issue (except a benefit solely by reason of being a holder of ordinary securities in the Company) or an associate of that person (or those persons). However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:

• (a) a person as a 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

• (b) the Chair 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

• (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.

Dated: 12TH NOVEMBER 2020

By order of the Board

David Breeze Company Secretary

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This Explanatory Statement has been prepared to provide information which the Directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

In accordance with the Constitution, the business of the Meeting will include receipt and consideration of the Company’s annual financial report for the financial year ended 30 June 2020 together with the declaration of the Directors, the Directors’ report, the Remuneration Report and the auditor’s report.

The Company will not provide a hard copy of the Company’s annual financial report to Shareholders unless specifically requested to do so. The Company’s annual financial report is available on its website at www.bphenergy.com.au.

1. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

1.1 General

The Corporations Act requires that at a listed company’s annual general meeting, a resolution that the Remuneration Report be adopted be put to shareholders. However, such a resolution is advisory only and does not bind the company or the directors of the company.

The Remuneration Report sets out the Company’s remuneration arrangements for the Directors and senior management of the Company. The Remuneration Report is part of the Directors’ report contained in the Company’s annual financial report for the financial year ended 30 June 2020.

The Chair of the Meeting must allow a reasonable opportunity for Shareholders to ask questions about or make comments on the Remuneration Report at the Meeting.

1.2 Voting consequences

A company is required to put to its shareholders a resolution proposing the calling of another meeting of shareholders to consider the appointment of directors of the company ( Spill Resolution ) if, at consecutive annual general meetings, at least 25% of the votes cast on a remuneration report resolution are voted against adoption of the remuneration report and at the first of those annual general meetings a Spill Resolution was not put to vote. If required, the Spill Resolution must be put to vote at the second of those annual general meetings.

If more than 50% of votes cast are in favour of the Spill Resolution, the company must convene a shareholder meeting ( Spill Meeting ) within 90 days of the second annual general meeting.

All of the directors of the company who were in office when the directors' report (as included in the company’s annual financial report for the most recent financial year) was approved, other than the managing director of the company, will cease to hold office immediately before the end of the Spill Meeting but may stand for re-election at the Spill Meeting.

Following the Spill Meeting those persons whose election or re-election as directors of the company is approved will be the directors of the company.

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1.3 Previous voting results

At the Company’s annual general meeting for the year ended 30 June 2019, held on 29 November 2019, the votes cast against the remuneration report considered at that annual general meeting were less than 25%. Accordingly, the Spill Resolution is not relevant for this Annual General Meeting.

2. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR TONY HUSTON

2.1 General

The Constitution sets out the requirements for determining which Directors are to retire by rotation at an annual general meeting.

Tony Huston, who has served as a Director since 26 June 2017 and was last reelected on 30 November 2018, retires by rotation and seeks re-election.

2.2 Qualifications and other material directorships

Mr Huston has been involved for over 40 years in engineering and hydrocarbon industries for both on and off shore exploration/development. Early career experience commenced with Fitzroy Engineering Ltd, primarily working on development of onshore oil fields. During the 1990’s Tony managed JFP NZ International, a Texas based exploration company that included a Jack Up rig operating in NZ waters. In 1994 Tony oversaw the environmental consent process required to drill a near inshore well that was drilled from “land” into the offshore basin during 1995. In 1996 Tony formed his own E&P Company to focus re-entry of onshore wells, primarily targeting shallow pay that had been passed or ignored from previous operations. This was successful and the two plays opened up 20 years ago are still in operation. Recent focus (12 years) has been to utilise new technology for enhanced resource recovery and has been demonstrated in various fields, including US, Mexico, Oman, Italy and Turkmenistan. During the last 3 years Tony has been a director of listed company BPH Energy Limited from June 2017 to present and is a non-executive director of Advent Energy Ltd.

2.3 Independence

Mr Huston has no interests, position, association or relationship that might influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, in a material respect his capacity to bring an independent judgement to bear on issues before the board and to act in the best interest of the entity and its security holders generally.

If re-elected the board considers Mr Huston will be an independent director.

2.4 Board recommendation

The Board has reviewed Tony Huston’s performance since his appointment to the Board and considers that Tony Huston’s skills and experience will continue to enhance the Board’s ability to perform its role. Accordingly, the Board supports the re-election of Tony Huston and recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of this Resolution.

3. RESOLUTION 3 – APPROVAL OF 7.1A MANDATE

3.1 General

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

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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.

However, under Listing Rule 7.1A, an eligible entity may seek shareholder approval by way of a special resolution passed at its annual general meeting to increase this 15% limit by an extra 10% to 25% ( 7.1A Mandate ).

An ‘eligible entity’ means an entity which is not included in the S&P/ASX 300 Index and has a market capitalisation of $300,000,000 or less. The Company is an eligible entity for these purposes.

This Resolution seeks Shareholder approval by way of special resolution for the Company to have the additional 10% placement capacity provided for in Listing Rule 7.1A to issue Equity Securities without Shareholder approval.

If this Resolution is passed, the Company will be able to issue Equity Securities up to the combined 25% limit in Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A without any further Shareholder approval.

If this Resolution is not passed, the Company will not be able to access the additional 10% capacity to issue Equity Securities without Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1A, and will remain subject to the 15% limit on issuing Equity Securities without Shareholder approval set out in Listing Rule 7.1.

3.2 Technical information required by Listing Rule 7.1A

Pursuant to and in accordance with Listing Rule 7.3A, the information below is provided in relation to this Resolution:

(a) Period for which the 7.1A Mandate is valid

The 7.1A Mandate will commence on the date of the Meeting and expire on the first to occur of the following:

• (i) the date that is 12 months after the date of this Meeting;

• (ii) the time and date of the Company’s next annual general meeting; and

• (iii) the time and date of approval by Shareholders of any transaction under Listing Rule 11.1.2 (a significant change in the nature or scale of activities) or Listing Rule 11.2 (disposal of the main undertaking).

(b) Minimum Price

Any Equity Securities issued under the 7.1A Mandate must be in an existing quoted class of Equity Securities and be issued at a minimum price of 75% of the volume weighted average price of Equity Securities in that class, calculated over the 15 trading days on which trades in that class were recorded immediately before:

• (i) the date on which the price at which the Equity Securities are to be issued is agreed by the entity and the recipient of the Equity Securities; or

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(ii)

if the Equity Securities are not issued within 10 trading days of the date in Section 3.2(b)(i), the date on which the Equity Securities are issued.

(c) Use of funds raised under the 7.1A Mandate

The Company intends to use funds raised from issues of Equity Securities under the 7.1A Mandate for Company’s investments in Cortical Dynamics Limited, Molecular Discovery Systems Limited and Advent Energy Ltd), the acquisition of new assets and investments (including expenses associated with such an acquisition), due diligence and review and consideration for investments in medical cannabis, debt reduction and general working capital.

(d) Risk of Economic and Voting Dilution

Any issue of Equity Securities under the 7.1A Mandate will dilute the interests of Shareholders who do not receive any Shares under the issue.

If this Resolution is approved by Shareholders and the Company issues the maximum number of Equity Securities available under the 7.1A Mandate, the economic and voting dilution of existing Shares would be as shown in the table below.

The table below shows the dilution of existing Shareholders calculated in accordance with the formula outlined in Listing Rule 7.1A.2, on the basis of the closing market price of Shares and the number of Equity Securities on issue as at 23 October 2020.

The table also shows the voting dilution impact where the number of Shares on issue (Variable A in the formula) changes and the economic dilution where there are changes in the issue price of Shares issued under the 7.1A Mandate.

			Dilution	Dilution	Dilution
Number of Shares on Issue (Variable A in Listing Rule 7.1A.2)		Shares issued – 10% voting dilution		Issue Price
			$0.025	$0.049	$0.07
			50% decrease	Issue Price	50% increase
				Funds Raised
Current	580,947,379 Shares	58,094,737 Shares	$1,307,131	$2,614,263	$3,921,394
50% increase	871,421,069 Shares	87,142,106 Shares	$1,960,697	$3,921,394	$5,882,092
100% increase	1,161,894,758 Shares	116,189,475 Shares	$2,614,263	$5,228,526	$7,842,789

*The number of Shares on issue (Variable A in the formula) could increase as a result of the issue of Shares that do not require Shareholder approval (such as under a prorata rights issue or scrip issued under a takeover offer) or that are issued with Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1.

The table above uses the following assumptions:

1. There are currently 580,947,379 Shares on issue comprising:

2. (a) 580,947,379 existing Shares as at the date of this Notice of Meeting; and

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• (b) it is anticipated that 32,235,680 Shares will be issued, subject to the receipt of Shareholder approval at the Company’s upcoming general meeting to be held on or about 11 December 2020 subject to which the additional Shares will be issued after the date of the Notice of Meeting.

• The issue price set out above is the closing market price of the Shares on the ASX on 23 October 2020.

• The Company issues the maximum possible number of Equity Securities under the 7.1A Mandate.

• The Company has not issued any Equity Securities in the 12 months prior to the Meeting that were not issued under an exception in Listing Rule 7.2 or with approval under Listing Rule 7.1.

• The issue of Equity Securities under the 7.1A Mandate consists only of Shares. It is assumed that no Options are exercised into Shares before the date of issue of the Equity Securities. If the issue of Equity Securities includes quoted Options, it is assumed that those quoted Options are exercised into Shares for the purpose of calculating the voting dilution effect on existing Shareholders.

• The calculations above do not show the dilution that any one particular Shareholder will be subject to. All Shareholders should consider the dilution caused to their own shareholding depending on their specific circumstances.

• This table does not set out any dilution pursuant to approvals under Listing Rule 7.1 unless otherwise disclosed.

• The 10% voting dilution reflects the aggregate percentage dilution against the issued share capital at the time of issue. This is why the voting dilution is shown in each example as 10%.

• The table does not show an example of dilution that may be caused to a particular Shareholder by reason of placements under the 7.1A mandate, based on that Shareholder’s holding at the date of the Meeting.

Shareholders should note that there is a risk that:

• (i) the market price for the Company’s Shares may be significantly lower on the issue date than on the date of the Meeting; and

• (ii) the Shares may be issued at a price that is at a discount to the market price for those Shares on the date of issue.

(e) Allocation policy under the 7.1A Mandate

The recipients of the Equity Securities to be issued under the 7.1A Mandate have not yet been determined. However, the recipients of Equity Securities could consist of current Shareholders or new investors (or both), none of whom will be related parties of the Company.

The Company will determine the recipients at the time of the issue under the 7.1A Mandate, having regard to the following factors:

• (i) the purpose of the issue;

• (ii) alternative methods for raising funds available to the Company at that time, including, but not limited to, an entitlement issue, share purchase plan, placement or other offer where existing Shareholders may participate;

• (iii) the effect of the issue of the Equity Securities on the control of the Company;

• (iv) the circumstances of the Company, including, but not limited to, the financial position and solvency of the Company;

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(v) prevailing market conditions; and

• (vi) advice from corporate, financial and broking advisers (if applicable).

(f) Previous approval under Listing Rule 7.1A

The Company previously obtained approval from its Shareholders pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1A at its annual general meeting held on 29 November 2019 ( Previous Approval ).

During the 12-month period preceding the date of the Meeting, being on and from 29 November 2019, the Company issued 32,257,965 (on a post consolidated basis) Shares pursuant to the Previous Approval ( Previous Issue ), which represent approximately 21% of the total diluted number of Equity Securities on issue in the Company on 29 November 2019, which was 305,287,655 (on a post consolidated basis).

Further details of the issues of Equity Securities by the Company pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1A.2 during the 12 month period preceding the date of the Meeting are set out below.

The following information is provided in accordance with Listing Rule 7.3A.6(b) in respect of the Previous Issue:

Date of Issue and Appendix 2A	Date of Issue: 21 May 2020 Date of Appendix 2A: 21 May 2020
Recipients	Professional and sophisticated investors as part of a placement announced on 21 May 2020. The placement participants were identified through a bookbuild process, which involved Peak Asset Management seeking expressions of interest to participate in the placement from non-related parties of the Company.
Number and Class of Equity Securities Issued	32,257,965 Shares2
Issue Price and discount to Market Price1 (if any)	$0.09 per Share (at a discount 12% to Market Price).
Total Cash Consideration and Use of Funds	Amount raised: $333,600 Amount spent: $333,600 Use of funds: investigation of new investment projects, investment in its investee entity Cortical Dynamics Limited, new oil and gas projects, payment for services including accounting, secretarial and office accommodation, and ongoing working capital. Amount remaining: $Nil

Notes:

1. Market Price means the closing price of Shares on ASX (excluding special crossings, overnight sales and exchange traded option exercises). For the purposes of this table the discount is calculated on the Market Price on the last

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trading day on which a sale was recorded prior to the date of issue of the relevant Equity Securities.]

1. Fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, ASX Code: BPH (terms are set out in the Constitution).]

2. This is a statement of current intentions as at the date of this Notice. As with any budget, intervening events and new circumstances have the potential to affect the manner in which the funds are ultimately applied. The Board reserves the right to alter the way the funds are applied on this basis.

3.3 Voting Exclusion Statement

A voting exclusion statement is included in Resolution 3 of this Notice.

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GLOSSARY

• $ means Australian dollars.

• 7.1A Mandate has the meaning given in Section 3.1.

Annual General Meeting or Meeting means the meeting convened by the Notice.

ASX means ASX Limited ACN 008 624 691 or the financial market operated by ASX Limited, as the context requires.

Board means the current board of directors of the Company.

Chair means the chair of the Meeting.

Closely Related Party of a member of the Key Management Personnel means:

• (a) a spouse or child of the member;

• (b) a child of the member’s spouse;

• (c) a dependent of the member or the member’s spouse;

• (d) anyone else who is one of the member’s family and may be expected to influence the member, or be influenced by the member, in the member’s dealing with the entity;

• (e) a company the member controls; or

• (f) a person prescribed by the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) for the purposes of the definition of ‘closely related party’ in the Corporations Act.

Company means BPH Energy Limited ACN 095 912 002.

Constitution means the Company’s constitution.

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Directors means the current directors of the Company.

Equity Securities includes a Share, a right to a Share or Option, an Option, a convertible security and any security that ASX decides to classify as an Equity Security.

Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice.

Key Management Personnel has the same meaning as in the accounting standards issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board and means those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, or if the Company is part of a consolidated entity, of the consolidated entity, directly or indirectly, including any director (whether executive or otherwise) of the Company, or if the Company is part of a consolidated entity, of an entity within the consolidated group.

Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.

Notice or Notice of Meeting means this notice of meeting including the Explanatory Statement and the Proxy Form.

Option means an option to acquire a Share

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Optionholder means a holder of an Option.

Proxy Form means the proxy form accompanying the Notice.

Remuneration Report means the remuneration report set out in the Director’s report section of the Company’s annual financial report for the year ended 30 June 2020.

Resolutions means the resolutions set out in the Notice, or any one of them, as the context requires.

Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.

Shareholder means a holder of a Share.

Variable A means “A” as set out in the formula in Listing Rule 7.1A(2).

WST means Western Standard Time as observed in Perth, Western Australia.

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