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CARNAVALE RESOURCES LIMITED — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017
Mar 20, 2017
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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CARNAVALE RESOURCES LIMITED ACN 119 450 243
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
TIME : 11.00am (WST) DATE : Thursday 20 April 2017 PLACE : Level 2, 389 Oxford Street, Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia
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 on (+61 8) 9380 9098 .
CONTENTS PAGE
| Notice of General Meeting (setting out the proposed resolutions) | 3 |
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| Explanatory Statement (explaining the proposed resolutions) | 4 |
| Glossary | 6 |
| Proxy Form |
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 11.00am (WST) on 20 April 2017 at Level 2, 389 Oxford Street, Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia.
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 5.00pm (WST) (8.00pm Sydney time) on 18 April 2017.
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, members are advised that:
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each member has a right to appoint a proxy;
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the proxy need not be a member of the Company; and
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a member 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:
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if proxy holders vote, they must cast all directed proxies as directed; and
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any directed proxies which are not voted will automatically default to the Chair, who must vote the proxies as directed.
Further details on these changes are set out below.
Proxy vote if appointment specifies way to vote
Section 250BB(1) of the Corporations Act provides that an appointment of a proxy may specify the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution and, if it does :
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the proxy need not vote on a show of hands, but if the proxy does so, the proxy must vote that way (ie as directed); and
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if the proxy has 2 or more appointments that specify different ways to vote on the resolution, the proxy must not vote on a show of hands; and
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if the proxy is the chair of the meeting at which the resolution is voted on, the proxy must vote on a poll, and must vote that way (ie as directed); and
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if the proxy is not the chair, the proxy need not vote on the poll, but if the proxy does so, the proxy must vote that way (ie as directed).
Transfer of non-chair proxy to chair in certain circumstances
Section 250BC of the Corporations Act provides that, if:
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an appointment of a proxy specifies the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution at a meeting of the Company's members; and
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the appointed proxy is not the chair of the meeting; and
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at the meeting, a poll is duly demanded on the resolution; and
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either of the following applies:
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➢ the proxy is not recorded as attending the meeting; or
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➢ the proxy does not vote on the resolution,
the chair of the meeting is taken, before voting on the resolution closes, to have been appointed as the proxy for the purposes of voting on the resolution at the meeting.
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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
Notice is given that the Meeting of Shareholders of Carnavale Resources Limited will be held at 11.00am (WST) on 20 April 2017 at Level 2, 389 Oxford Street, Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia.
The Explanatory Statement provides additional information on matters to be considered at the Meeting. The Explanatory Statement and the Proxy Form are part of this Notice of Meeting.
Terms and abbreviations used in this Notice of Meeting are defined in the Glossary.
AGENDA
ORDINARY BUSINESS
1. RESOLUTION 1 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE – SHARES
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
"That, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.4 and all other purposes, Shareholders ratify the issue of 67,193,794 Shares on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast on this Resolution by a person who participated in the issue and any associates of those persons. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form, or, it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
2. RESOLUTION 2 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE – SHARES
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, Shareholders ratify the issue of 45,806,206 Shares on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast on this Resolution by a person who participated in the issue and any associates of those persons. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form, or, it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
Explanatory Notes
How the Chair will vote available proxies- The Chair of the Meeting intends to vote all available proxies in favour of all of the resolutions set out in the Notice.
Default to the Chair – Any directed proxies that are not voted on a poll at the Meeting will automatically default to the Chair of the Meeting, who is required to vote proxies as directed.
DATED: 16 MARCH 2017 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
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PAUL JURMAN COMPANY SECRETARY
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Explanatory Statement has been prepared for the information of the Shareholders in connection with the business to be conducted at the General Meeting to be held at 11.00am (WST) on 20 April 2017 at Level 2, 389 Oxford Street, Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia.
The purpose of this Explanatory Statement is to provide information which the Directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions in the Notice of Meeting.
1. BACKGROUND
As announced to ASX on 3 February 2017, the Company advised it had issued 113 million fully paid shares ( Shares ) at an issue price of $0.006 per Share to raise $678,000 (before costs).
The Shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s existing placement capacity under ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A. The Company is seeking Shareholder approval under Resolutions 1 and 2 for the ratification of the issue of the 113 million Shares that were issued out of the Company’s placement capacity under ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A.
2. RESOLUTIONS 1 AND 2 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE – SHARES
2.1 Resolution 1
Resolution 1 seeks Shareholder ratification pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.4 for the issue of 67,193,794 Shares issued without Shareholder approval pursuant to the Company’s placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
ASX Listing Rule 7.1 provides that a company must not, subject to specified exceptions, issue or agree to issue more equity securities during any 12 month period than that amount which represents 15% of the number of fully paid ordinary securities on issue at the commencement of that 12 month period.
ASX Listing Rule 7.4 sets out an exception to ASX Listing Rule 7.1. It provides that where a company in general meeting ratifies the previous issue of securities made pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 (and provided that the previous issue did not breach ASX Listing Rule 7.1) those securities will be deemed to have been made with Shareholder approval for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
By ratifying the issue of Shares the subject of Resolution 1, the Company will retain the flexibility to issue equity securities in the future up to the 15% annual placement capacity set out in ASX Listing Rule 7.1 without the requirement to obtain prior Shareholder approval.
2.2 Resolution 2
Resolution 2 seeks Shareholder ratification pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.4 for the issue of 45,806,206 Shares issued without Shareholder approval pursuant to the Company’s placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A which was approved by Shareholders at the Company’s previous annual general meeting held on 24 November 2016.
ASX Listing Rule 7.1A provides that in addition to issues permitted without prior Shareholder approval under ASX Listing Rule 7.1, an entity that is eligible and obtains Shareholder approval under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A may issue or agree to issue during the period the approval is valid a number of equity securities which represents 10% of the number of fully paid ordinary securities on issue at the commencement of that 12 month period as adjusted in accordance with the formula in ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
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ASX Listing Rule 7.4 sets out an exception to ASX Listing Rule 7.1A. It provides that where a company in general meeting ratifies the previous issue of securities made pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1A those securities will from that date be included in variable “A” in the formula in ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A.2 for the purpose of calculating the annual placement capacity of the Company under both ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A.
By ratifying the issue of Shares the subject of Resolution 2, the Company will retain the flexibility to issue equity securities in the future up to the 10% annual placement capacity set out in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A without the requirement to obtain prior Shareholder approval.
2.3 Technical information required by ASX Listing Rule 7.5
Pursuant to and in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 7.5, the following information is provided in relation to Resolutions 1 and 2:
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(a) 113 million Shares were issued on 3 February 2017 on the following basis:
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(i) 67,193,794 Shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1; and
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(ii) 45,806,206 Shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A;
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(b) the issue price for the Shares was $0.006 each;
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(c) the Shares issued were all fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company issued on the same terms and conditions as the Company’s existing Shares;
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(d) the Shares were issued to sophisticated and professional investors, none of whom are related parties of the Company; and
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(e) the funds raised from the Capital Raising will be used to fund ongoing working capital, existing project funding and the assessment of new investment opportunities.
A voting exclusion statement is included in the Notice.
Cautionary Notes
The Directors recognise and acknowledge the importance of Shareholders making their decision on the basis of the best possible information. However, once this material for the Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement is prepared and despatched to Shareholders, the Company has no legal obligation to continuously update the content of this material nor is it practical and logistically possible to do that and inform each Shareholder individually.
By its nature, the exploration industry is subject to numerous risks and the Company’s Share price is affected by a range of factors. From the time of preparing this material to the date of the General Meeting, the Company’s Share price may go up or down. The Company will continue to comply with its continuous disclosure obligations and make appropriate announcements to the ASX.
Shareholders are strongly encouraged to keep track of any announcements that the Company may make and of the Company’s Share price up to the date of the General Meeting as that information may have an effect on the calculations and the data that is provided in this Notice and the Explanatory Statement. If you do not understand the effect of such information, you should consult your professional advisor.
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GLOSSARY
- $ means Australian dollars.
ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
ASX means ASX Limited.
ASX Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.
Board means the current board of Directors of the Company.
Company or Carnavale means Carnavale Resources Limited (ACN 119 450 243).
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Directors means the current directors of the Company.
Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice.
General Meeting or Meeting means the meeting convened by the Notice.
Notice or Notice of Meeting means this notice of meeting including the Explanatory Statement and the Proxy Form.
Proxy Form means the proxy form accompanying the Notice.
Resolutions means the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, 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.
WST means Western Standard Time as observed in Perth, Western Australia.
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Carnavale Resources Limited (ACN 119 450 243)
PROXY FORM
Completed Proxy can be lodged:
BY MAIL: Level 2, Suite 9,
389 Oxford Street, Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia 6016
Or
P O Box 281
Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia 6915
BY FAX: (61 8) 9380 6761
BY email: [email protected]
For your vote to be effective, the completed proxy form must be received by 11.00am (Perth time), 18 April 2017
How to complete the Proxy Form
1 Appointment of a Proxy
If you wish to appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, mark the box. If the individual or body corporate you wish to appoint as your proxy is someone other than the Chairman of the Meeting please write the full name of that individual or body corporate in the space provided. If you leave this section blank, or your named proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chairman of the Meeting will be your proxy. A proxy need not be a securityholder of the company. Do not write the name of the issuer company or the registered securityholder in the space.
2 Votes on Items of Business
You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in one of the three boxes opposite each item of business. All your securities will be voted in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of voting rights are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or number of securities you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes on a given item, your proxy may vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on an item your vote on that item will be invalid.
3 Appointment of a Second Proxy
You are entitled to appoint up to two proxies to attend the meeting and vote on a poll. If you wish to appoint a second proxy, an additional Proxy Form may be obtained by telephoning the company's share registry or you may copy this form.
To appoint a second proxy you must:
(a) on each of the first Proxy Form and the second Proxy Form state the percentage of your voting rights or number of securities applicable to that form. If the appointments do not specify the percentage or number of votes that each proxy may exercise, each proxy may exercise half your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded.
4 Signing Instructions
You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided:
Individual : where the holding is in one name, the holder must sign.
Joint Holding : where the holding is in more than one name, all of the security holders should sign.
Power of Attorney : to sign under Power of Attorney, you must have already lodged this document with the registry. If you have not previously lodged this document for notation, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.
Companies : where the company has a Sole Director who is also the Sole Company Secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A of the Corporations Act 2001) does not have a Company Secretary, a Sole Director can also sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or a Company Secretary. Please indicate the office held by signing in the appropriate place.
If a representative of a corporate Securityholder or proxy is to attend the meeting the appropriate "Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative" should be produced prior to admission. A form of the certificate may be obtained from the company's share registry.
Lodgement of a Proxy
This Proxy Form (and any Power of Attorney under which it is signed) must be received at an address given above no later than 48 hours before the time of the General Meeting. Any Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled meeting.
(b) return both forms together.
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APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
I/We being a member/s of Carnavale Resources Limited and entitled to attend and vote hereby appoint
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If you are not appointing the Chairman of the The Chairman Meeting as your proxy please write here the full of the Meeting OR name of the individual or body corporate (mark with an “X”) (excluding your own name) you are appointing as
Or failing the individual or body corporate named, or if no individual or body corporate is named, the Chairman of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions (or if no directions have been given, as the proxy sees fit) at the General Meeting of Carnavale Resources Limited to be held on 20 April 2017 and at any adjournment of that meeting.
Important Note: If the Chairman of the Meeting is (or becomes) your proxy you can direct the Chairman to vote for or against or abstain from voting on each Resolution by marking the appropriate box below under VOTING DIRECTIONS (STEP 2) . In the absence of any specific direction, the Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote all available proxies in favour of each item of business.
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VOTING DIRECTIONS TO YOUR PROXY
Resolution 1 – Ratification of Prior Issue – Shares Resolution 2 – Ratification of Prior Issue – Shares
PLEASE MARK TO INDICATE YOUR DIRECTIONS For Against Abstain*
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- If you mark the Abstain box for a particular item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.
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This section must be signed in accordance with the instructions overleaf to enable your directions to be implemented.
Individual or Securityholder 1 Securityholder 2 Securityholder 3 Sole Director and Director Director/Company Secretary Sole Company Secretary Dated: //2017