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CORAZON MINING LIMITED — AGM Information 2019
Oct 24, 2019
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CORAZON MINING LIMITED ACN 112 898 825
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is given that the Meeting will be held at:
TIME : 10:00 am (WST) DATE : 29 November 2019 PLACE : PKF Perth Level 5, 35 Havelock Street, West Perth WA 6005
The business of the Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important.
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.
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 4:00pm (WST) on 27 November 2019.
BUSINESS OF THE MEETING
AGENDA
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
To receive and consider the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2019 together with the declaration of the Directors, the Director’s report, the Remuneration Report and the auditor’s report.
2. 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 2019.”
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
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(b) the voter is the Chair and the appointment of the Chair as proxy:
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(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.
3. RESOLUTION 2 – ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR TERRY STREETER
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, for the purpose of clause 14.4 of the Constitution, ASX Listing Rule 14.4 and for all other purposes, Mr Terry Streeter, a Director who was appointed as an additional Director on 18 September 2019, retires, and being eligible, is elected as a Director.”
4. RESOLUTION 3 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR MARK QIU
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, for the purpose of clause 14.2 of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Mark Qiu, a Director, retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”
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5. RESOLUTION 4 – APPROVAL OF 10% PLACEMENT CAPACITY
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 ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.2 and otherwise on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : 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, 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.
6. RESOLUTION 5 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE OF PLACEMENT SHARES – LISTING RULE 7.1
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 244,603,293 Shares on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of a person who participated in the issue or 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.
7. RESOLUTION 6 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE OF PLACEMENT SHARES – LISTING RULE 7.1A
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 163,068,862 Shares on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of a person who participated in the issue or 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.
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8. RESOLUTION 7 – APPROVAL TO ISSUE PLACEMENT SHARES TO RELATED PARTY – MR TERRY STREETER
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, subject to the passing of Resolution 2, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue up to 10,000,000 Shares to Mr Terry Streeter (or his nominee) on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of Mr Streeter (and his nominee) or any of their associates. 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.
9. RESOLUTION 8 – RE-ADOPTION OF EMPLOYEE SHARE PLAN
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 7.2 (Exception 9(b)) and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to re-adopt an employee incentive scheme titled Employee Share Plan and for the issue of securities under that Plan, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of any Director except one who is ineligible to participate in any employee incentive scheme in relation to the Company, or any associates of those Directors. 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.
Voting Prohibition Statement:
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a) the proxy is either: (i) a member of the Key Management Personnel; or (ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and (b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution. However, the above prohibition does not apply if: (a) the proxy is the Chair; and (b) the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.
10. RESOLUTION 9 – ISSUE OF SHARES TO RELATED PARTY IN LIEU OF FEES – MR CLIVE JONES
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, for the purposes of section 195(4) and section 208 of the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue the number of Shares determined in accordance with
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the formula set out in the Explanatory Statement to Mr Clive Jones (or his nominee) on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of Mr Jones (or his nominee) or any of their associates ( Resolution 9 Excluded Party ). 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, provided the Chair is not a Resolution 9 Excluded Party, 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.
Voting Prohibition Statement:
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a) the proxy is either:
(i) a member of the Key Management Personnel; or
(ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and
(b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution. Provided the Chair is not a Resolution 9 Excluded Party, the above prohibition does not apply if:
(a) the proxy is the Chair; and (b) the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.
11. RESOLUTION 10 – ISSUE OF SHARES TO RELATED PARTY IN LIEU OF FEES – MR JONATHAN DOWNES
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, for the purposes of section 195(4) and section 208 of the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue the number of Shares determined in accordance with the formula set out in the Explanatory Statement to Mr Jonathan Downes (or his nominee) on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of Mr Downes (or his nominee) or any of their associates ( Resolution 10 Excluded Party ). 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, provided the Chair is not a Resolution 10 Excluded Party, 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.
Voting Prohibition Statement:
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a) the proxy is either:
(i) a member of the Key Management Personnel; or
(ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and (b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution. Provided the Chair is not a Resolution 10 Excluded Party, the above prohibition does not apply if:
(a) the proxy is the Chair; and (b) the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.
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12. RESOLUTION 11 – ISSUE OF SHARES TO RELATED PARTY IN LIEU OF FEES – MR MARK QIU
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, for the purposes of section 195(4) and section 208 of the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue the number of Shares determined in accordance with the formula set out in the Explanatory Statement to Mr Mark Qiu (or his nominee) on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of Mr Qiu (or his nominee) or any of their associates ( Resolution 11 Excluded Party ). 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, provided the Chair is not a Resolution 11 Excluded Party, 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.
Voting Prohibition Statement:
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a) the proxy is either:
(i) a member of the Key Management Personnel; or
(ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and
(b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution. Provided the Chair is not a Resolution 11 Excluded Party, the above prohibition does not apply if:
(a) the proxy is the Chair; and (b) the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.
13. RESOLUTION 12 – ISSUE OF SHARES TO RELATED PARTY IN LIEU OF SALARY – MR BRETT SMITH
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, for the purposes of section 195(4) and section 208 of the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue the number of Shares determined in accordance with the formula set out in the Explanatory Statement to Mr Brett Smith (or his nominee) on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of Mr Smith (or his nominee) or any of their associates ( Resolution 12 Excluded Party ). 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, provided the Chair is not a Resolution 12 Excluded Party, 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.
Voting Prohibition Statement:
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a) the proxy is either:
(i) a member of the Key Management Personnel; or
(ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and
(b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution.
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Provided the Chair is not a Resolution 12 Excluded Party, the above prohibition does not apply if:
(a) the proxy is the Chair; and (b) the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.
14. RESOLUTION 13 – ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO MR TERRY STREETER
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, subject to the passing of Resolution 2, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue 10,000,000 Performance Rights to Mr Terry Streeter (or his nominee) on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of Mr Streeter (or his nominee) or any of their associates. 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.
Voting Prohibition Statement:
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a) the proxy is either: (i) a member of the Key Management Personnel; or (ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and (b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution. However, the above prohibition does not apply if: (a) the proxy is the Chair; and (b) the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.
15. RESOLUTION 14 – ISSUE OF OPTIONS TO RELATED PARTY – MR TERRY STREETER
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, subject to the passing of Resolution 2, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue 5,000,000 Options to Mr Terry Streeter (or his nominee) on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on behalf of Mr Streeter (or his nominee) or any of their associates. 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.
Voting Prohibition Statement:
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a) the proxy is either:
(i) a member of the Key Management Personnel; or
(iii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and
(b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution.
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However, the above prohibition does not apply if:
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(a) the proxy is the Chair; and
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(b) the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.
Dated: 17 October 2019
By order of the Board
Rob Orr Company Secretary Corazon Mining Limited
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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:
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each Shareholder has a right to appoint a proxy;
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the proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company; and
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a Shareholder who is entitled to cast two (2) or more votes may appoint two (2) proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If the member appoints two (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:
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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.
Voting in person
To vote in person, attend the Meeting at the time, date and place set out above.
Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on +61 8 6142 6366.
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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.
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
In accordance with the Constitution, the business of the Meeting will include receipt and consideration of the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2019 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.corazon.com.au.
2. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT
2.1 General
The Corporations Act requires that at a listed company’s annual general meeting, a resolution that the remuneration report be adopted must be put to the 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 annual financial report of the company for a financial year.
The chair of the meeting must allow a reasonable opportunity for its shareholders to ask questions about or make comments on the remuneration report at the annual general meeting.
2.2 Voting consequences
A company is required to put to its shareholders a Resolution 1 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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2.3 Previous voting results
At the Company’s previous annual general meeting 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.
3. RESOLUTION 2 – ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR TERRY STREETER
3.1 General
The Constitution allows the Directors to appoint at any time a person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors, but only where the total number of Directors does not at any time exceed the maximum number specified by the Constitution.
Pursuant to the Constitution and ASX Listing Rule 14.4, any Director so appointed holds office only until the next annual general meeting and is then eligible for election by Shareholders but shall not be taken into account in determining the Directors who are to retire by rotation (if any) at that meeting.
Mr Terry Streeter, having been appointed by other Directors on 18 September 2019 in accordance with the Constitution, will retire in accordance with the Constitution and ASX Listing Rule 14.4 and being eligible, seeks election from Shareholders.
3.2 Qualifications and other material directorships
Mr Streeter has extensive experience in funding, listing and overseeing junior explorers in all exploration and economic cycles and has served in various roles in the nickel sulphide industry for over 30 years. He was a Director of W.A. nickel explorer and miner Jubilee Mines NL from 1993 to May 2004 and was a founding shareholder of Western Areas NL (ASX: WSA) in 1999, which went on to discover and develop two high-grade nickel sulphide mines in the Forrestania region of WA. Mr Streeter also served as a Non-Executive Director of Western Areas from 1999, and Non-Executive Chairman from 2007 to November 2013. He is currently a Non-Executive Chairman of Fox Resources Ltd, Non-Executive Chairman of Moho Resources Ltd and Non-Executive Director of Emu Resources NL.
3.3 Independence
Mr Streeter has no interests, position, association or relationship that might influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, in a material respect his/her capacity to bring an independent judgement to bear on issues before the Board and to act in the best interest of the Company and its security holders generally.
If elected the Board considers Mr Streeter will be an independent director.
3.4 Board recommendation
The Board supports the election of Mr Streeter and recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 2.
4. RESOLUTION 3 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR MARK QIU
4.1 General
The Constitution sets out the requirements for determining which Directors are to retire by rotation at an annual general meeting.
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Mr Mark Qiu, who has served as a Director since 18 August 2017, retires by rotation and seeks re-election.
4.2 Qualifications and other material directorships
Dr. Mark Yumin Qiu has a PhD in Economic Geology from the University of Western Australia and has a strong track record in project generation and development in the resources industry. Dr. Qiu was previously General Manager, Project Generation and Acquisition and Head of Exploration and Business Development at Sino Gold. In this role Dr. Qiu played a key role in the development of the business, from its formation to its $100 million IPO on ASX in 2002 and its $2.5 billion sale to Eldorado Gold Corporation in 2009. At Sino Gold, he led the team that discovered the White Mountain gold deposit and brought it into production within four years.
Most recently in 2013, Dr Qiu led the acquisition of the Southern Cross Operations at Marvel Loch in WA. After its successful exploration and development into production in 2015, the Project was sold for $330 million in February 2017. Other positions currently held by Dr Qui include: Executive Director and Vice President – China Hanking Holdings Limited (HKSE: 03788), Managing Director and CEO – Hanking Australia Investments Pty Ltd, and Non-Executive Director – Primary Gold Limited (ASX:PGO).
4.3 Independence
Mr Qiu is managing director and CEO of Hanking Australia Investments Pty Ltd, a substantial shareholder in the Company. Therefore, the Board considers that Mr Qiu does not fit the criteria to be an independent director.
If re-elected the Board does not consider Mr Qiu will be an independent Director.
4.4 Board recommendation
The Board supports the election of Mr Qiu and recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 3.
5. RESOLUTION 4 – APPROVAL OF 10% PLACEMENT CAPACITY
5.1 General
ASX Listing Rule 7.1A provides that an Eligible Entity (as defined below) may seek shareholder approval by special resolution passed at an annual general meeting to have the capacity to issue up to that number of Equity Securities equal to 10% of its issued capital ( 10% Placement Capacity ) without using that entity’s existing 15% annual placement capacity granted under ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
An Eligible Entity is one that, as at the date of the relevant annual general meeting:
- (a) is not included in the S&P/ASX 300 Index; and
(b) has a maximum market capitalisation (excluding restricted securities and securities quoted on a deferred settlement basis) of $300,000,000.
As at the date of this Notice, the Company is an Eligible Entity as it is not included in the S&P/ASX 300 Index and has a current market capitalisation of $6,115,082 (based on the number of Shares on and the closing price of Shares on the ASX on 3 October 2019 and excluding any restricted securities that may be on issue).
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An Equity Security is a share, a unit in a trust, a right to a share or unit in a trust or option, an option over an issued or unissued security, a convertible security, or, any security that ASX decides to classify as an equity security.
Any Equity Securities issued under the 10% Placement Capacity must be in the same class as an existing class of quoted Equity Securities.
As at the date of this Notice, the Company currently has two (2) classes of quoted Equity Securities on issue, being the Shares (ASX Code: CZN) and quoted options exercisable at $0.007 on or before 10 July 2022.
If Shareholders approve Resolution 4, the number of Equity Securities the Company may issue under the 10% Placement Capacity will be determined in accordance with the formula prescribed in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.2.
Resolution 4 is a special resolution. Accordingly, at least 75% of votes cast by Shareholders present and eligible to vote at the Meeting must be in favour of Resolution 4 for it to be passed.
5.2 Technical information required by ASX Listing Rule 7.1A
Pursuant to and in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 7.3A, the information below is provided in relation to this Resolution 4:
(a) Minimum Price
The minimum price at which the Equity Securities may be issued is 75% of the volume weighted average price of Equity Securities in that class, calculated over the 15 ASX trading days on which trades in that class were recorded immediately before:
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(i) the date on which the price at which the Equity Securities are to be issued is agreed; or
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(ii) if the Equity Securities are not issued within 5 ASX trading days of the date in Section 5.2(a)(i), the date on which the Equity Securities are issued.
(b) Date of Issue
The Equity Securities may be issued under the 10% Placement Capacity commencing on the date of the Meeting and expiring on the first to occur of the following:
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(i) 12 months after the date of this Meeting; and
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(ii) the date of approval by Shareholders of any transaction under ASX Listing Rules 11.1.2 (a significant change to the nature or scale of the Company’s activities) or 11.2 (disposal of the Company’s main undertaking) (after which date, an approval under Listing Rule 7.1A ceases to be valid).
(c) Risk of voting dilution
Any issue of Equity Securities under the 10% Placement Capacity will dilute the interests of Shareholders who do not receive any Shares under the issue.
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If Resolution 4 is approved by Shareholders and the Company issues the maximum number of Equity Securities available under the 10% Placement Capacity, 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 ASX Listing Rule 7.1A(2), on the basis of the market price of Shares and the number of Equity Securities on issue as at 3 October 2019.
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 10% Placement Capacity.
| Dilution | Dilution | Dilution | |||
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| Number of Shares on Issue (Variable A in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A2) |
Shares issued – 10% voting dilution |
Issue Price | |||
| $0.0015 | $0.003 | $0.0045 | |||
| 50% decrease |
Issue Price | 50% increase |
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| Funds Raised | |||||
| Current | 2,048,360,623 Shares |
204,836,062 Shares |
$307,254 | $614,508 | $921,762 |
| 50% increase |
3,072,540,935 Shares |
307,254,093 Shares |
$460,881 | $921,762 | $1,382,643 |
| 100% increase |
4,096,721,246 Shares |
409,672,124 Shares |
$614,508 | $1,229,016 | $1,843,525 |
*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:
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There are currently 2,048,360,623 Shares on issue comprising:
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(a) 2,038,360,623 existing Shares as at the date of this Notice of Meeting; and
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(b) 10,000,000 Shares which will be issued if Resolution 7 is passed at this Meeting.
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- This table does not set out any dilution pursuant to Shares issued under Resolution 9 to Resolution 12.
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The issue price set out above is the closing price of the Shares on the ASX on 3 October 2019.
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The Company issues the maximum possible number of Equity Securities under the 10% Placement Capacity.
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The Company has not issued any Equity Securities in the 12 months prior to the Meeting that were not issued under an exception in ASX Listing Rule 7.2 or with approval under ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
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The issue of Equity Securities under the 10% Placement Capacity 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.
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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.
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This table does not set out any dilution pursuant to approvals under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 unless otherwise disclosed.
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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%.
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The table does not show an example of dilution that may be caused to a particular Shareholder by reason of placements under the 10% Placement Capacity, based on that Shareholder’s holding at the date of the Meeting.
Shareholders should note that there is a risk that:
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(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
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(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.
(d) Purpose of Issue under 10% Placement Capacity
The Company may issue Equity Securities under the 10% Placement Capacity for the following purposes:
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(i) as cash consideration in which case the Company intends to use funds raised for the acquisition of new resources, assets and investments (including expenses associated with such an acquisition), continued exploration expenditure on the Company’s current assets and general working capital; or
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(ii) as non-cash consideration for the acquisition of new resources, assets and investments including previously announced acquisitions, in such circumstances the Company will provide a valuation of the non-cash consideration as required by Listing Rule 7.1A.3.
The Company will comply with the disclosure obligations under Listing Rules 7.1A(4) and 3.10.5A upon issue of any Equity Securities.
(e)
Compliance with ASX Listing Rules 7.1A.4 and 3.10.5A
When the Company issues Equity Securities pursuant to the 10% Placement Capacity, it must give to ASX:
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(i) a list of the recipients of the Equity Securities and the number of Equity Securities issued to each (not for release to the market), in accordance with Listing Rule 7.1A.4; and
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(ii) the information required by Listing Rule 3.10.5A for release to the market.
(f) Allocation policy under the 10% Placement Capacity
The recipients of the Equity Securities to be issued under the 10% Placement Capacity 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.
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The Company will determine the recipients at the time of the issue under the 10% Placement Capacity, having regard to the following factors:
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(i) the purpose of the issue;
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(ii) alternative methods for raising funds available to the Company at that time, including, but not limited to, an entitlement issue or other offer where existing Shareholders may participate;
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(iii) the effect of the issue of the Equity Securities on the control of the Company;
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(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
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(vi) advice from corporate, financial and broking advisers (if applicable).
Further, if the Company is successful in acquiring new resources, assets or investments, it is likely that the recipients under the 10% Placement Capacity will be vendors of the new resources, assets or investments.
(g) Previous approval under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A
The Company previously obtained approval from its Shareholders pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1A at its annual general meeting held on 27 November 2018 ( Previous Approval ).
The Company has issued 163,068,862 Shares pursuant to the Previous Approval.
During the 12 month period preceding the date of the Meeting, being on and from 29 November 2019, the Company otherwise issued a total of 610,008,444 Shares and 188,047,956 Options which, together with the Equity Securities issued under the Previous Approval, represents approximately 68% of the total diluted number of Equity Securities on issue in the Company on 29 November 2019, which was 1,410,283,317.
Further details of the issues of Equity Securities by the Company during the 12-month period preceding the date of the Meeting are set out in Schedule 1.
5.3 Voting Exclusion
A voting exclusion statement is included in this Notice. As at the date of this Notice, the Company has not invited any existing Shareholder to participate in an issue of Equity Securities under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A. Therefore, no existing Shareholders will be excluded from voting on Resolution 4.
6. BACKGROUND TO RESOLUTIONS 5 TO 7
As announced on 18 September 2019, the Company has received binding commitments for a placement of 417,672,000 Shares to sophisticated, professional and other exempt investors at an issue price of $0.0025 per Share to raise approximately $1,000,000 (before costs) ( Placement ).
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On 24 September 2019, the Company issued 407,672,000 Shares at an issue price of $0.0025 per Share to raise $1,019,180. 244,603,138 Shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and 163,068,862 Shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A . The Company is seeking ratification of these issues under Resolutions 5 and 6.
Director, Terry Streeter, has subscribed for 10,000,000 Shares under the Placement. Accordingly, the Company is seeking Shareholder approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 10.11 to allow Mr Streeter to participate in the Placement on the same terms as unrelated investors under Resolution 7.
The funds raised under the Placement will be used for exploration expenditure on the Lynn Lake nickel project, Mt Gilmore cobalt-copper-gold project and for general working capital purposes
7. RESOLUTIONS 5 AND 6 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE OF PLACEMENT SHARES
7.1 General
As detailed in Section 6, the Company is seeking Shareholder approval to ratify the issue of 407,672,000 Tranche 1 Shares that were issued on 24 September 2019.
244,603,138 Shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and 163,068,862 Shares were issued pursuant to the Company’s capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A which was approved by Shareholders at the annual general meeting held on 27 November 2018.
Resolutions 5 and 6 seek Shareholder ratification pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.4 for the issue of those Shares.
7.2 Resolution 5 – 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 the subject of Resolution 5, 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.
7.3 Resolution 6 – ASX Listing Rule 7.1A
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 for which the approval is valid a number of quoted 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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Where an eligible entity obtains shareholder approval to increase its placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A then any ordinary securities issued under that additional placement capacity:
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(a) will not be counted in variable “A” in the formula in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A; and
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(b) are counted in variable “E”,
until their issue has been ratified under ASX Listing Rule 7.4 (and provided that the previous issue did not breach ASX Listing Rule 7.1A) or 12 months has passed since their issue.
By ratifying the issue the subject of Resolution 6, the base figure (ie variable “A”) in which the Company’s 15% and 10% annual placement capacities are calculated will be a higher number which in turn will allow a proportionately higher number of securities to be issued without prior Shareholder approval. Although, it is noted that the Company’s use of the 10% annual placement capacity following this Meeting remains conditional on Resolution 4 being passed by the requisite majority.
7.4 Technical information required by ASX Listing Rule 7.4
Pursuant to and in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 7.5, the following information is provided in relation to Resolutions 5 and 6:
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(a) 407,672,000 Shares were issued on the following basis:
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(i) 244,603,138 Shares issued pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1; and
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(ii) 163,068,862 Shares issued pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1A;
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(b) the issue price was $0.0025 per Share under both the issue of Shares pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and ASX Listing Rule 7.1A;
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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 these subscribers are related parties of the Company; and
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(e) the funds raised from this issue will be used as set out in Section 6.
8. RESOLUTION 7 – APPROVAL TO ISSUE PLACEMENT SHARES TO RELATED PARTY – MR TERRY STREETER
8.1 General
As set out in Section 6 above, Mr Streeter has agreed to participate in the Placement on the same terms as other investors by subscribing for 10,000,000 Shares ( Participation ).
Resolution 7 seeks Shareholder approval for the Participation.
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8.2 Chapter 2E 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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(a) obtain the approval of the public company’s members in the manner set out in sections 217 to 227 of the Corporations Act; and
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(b) 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.
The Participation will result in the issue of Shares which constitutes giving a financial benefit and Mr Streeter is a related party of the Company by virtue of being a Director.
The Directors (other than Mr Streeter who has a material personal interest in the Resolution) consider that Shareholder approval pursuant to Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act is not required in respect of the Participation because the Shares will be issued to Mr Streeter on the same terms as Shares issued to non-related party participants in the Placement and as such the giving of the financial benefit is on arm’s length terms.
8.3
ASX Listing Rule 10.11
ASX Listing Rule 10.11 also requires shareholder approval to be obtained where an entity issues, or agrees to issue, securities to a related party, or a person whose relationship with the entity or a related party is, in ASX’s opinion, such that approval should be obtained unless an exception in ASX Listing Rule 10.12 applies.
As the Participation involves the issue of Shares to a related party of the Company, Shareholder approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 10.11 is required unless an exception applies. It is the view of the Directors that the exceptions set out in ASX Listing Rule 10.12 do not apply in the current circumstances.
8.4 Technical Information required by ASX Listing Rule 10.13
Pursuant to and in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 10.13, the following information is provided in relation to the Participation:
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(a) the Shares will be issued to Mr Streeter (or his nominee);
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(b) the maximum number of Shares to be issued is 10,000,000;
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(c) the Shares will be issued no later than 1 month after the date of the Meeting (or such later date to the extent permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the ASX Listing Rules);
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(d) the issue price will be $0.0025 per Share, being the same as all other Shares issued under the Placement;
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(e) the Shares issued will be fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company issued on the same terms and conditions as the Company’s existing Shares; and
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(f) the funds raised from this issue will be used as set out in Section 6.
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Approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 is not required for the Participation as approval is being obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.11. Accordingly, the issue of Shares to Mr Streeter (or his nominee) will not be included in the use of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
9. RESOLUTION 8 – RE-ADOPTION OF EMPLOYEE SHARE PLAN
Resolution 8 seeks Shareholders approval for the re-adoption of the employee incentive scheme titled Employee Share Plan ( Plan ) in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 7.2 (Exception 9(b)).
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 7.2 (Exception 9(b)) sets out an exception to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 which provides that issues under an employee incentive scheme are exempt for a period of 3 years from the date on which shareholders approve the issue of securities under the scheme as an exception to ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
If Resolution 8 is passed, the Company will be able to issue Shares under the Plan to eligible participants over a period of 3 years without impacting on the Company’s ability to issue up to 15% of its total ordinary securities without Shareholder approval in any 12 month period.
Shareholders should note that no Shares have previously been issued under the Plan.
The objective of the Plan is to attract, motivate and retain key employees and it is considered by the Company that the re-adoption of the Plan and the future issue of Shares under the Plan will provide selected employees with the opportunity to participate in the future growth of the Company.
A material feature of the Plan is the issue of Shares pursuant to the Plan may be undertaken by way of provision of a non-recourse, interest free loan to be used for the purposes of subscribing for the Shares based on a price that will be not less than the volume weighted average price at which Shares were traded on the ASX over the 10 trading days up to and including the date of acceptance of the offer.
Any future issues of Shares under the Plan to a related party or a person whose relationship with the company or the related party is, in ASX’s opinion, such that approval should be obtained will require additional Shareholder approval under ASX Listing Rule 10.14 at the relevant time.
A summary of the key terms and conditions of the Plan is set out in Schedule 2. In addition, a copy of the Plan is available for review by Shareholders at the registered office of the Company until the date of the Meeting. A copy of the Plan can also be sent to Shareholders upon request to the Company Secretary. Shareholders are invited to contact the Company if they have any queries or concerns.
10. RESOLUTIONS 9 - 12 – ISSUE OF SHARES TO RELATED PARTIES IN LIEU OF SALARY
Resolutions 9 to 12 seek Shareholder approval in accordance with Listing Rule 10.11 and Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act for the issue of Shares in lieu of Directors fees to Directors, Clive Jones, Jonathan Downes and Mark Qui (or their
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nominees) and the issue of Shares in lieu of salary to Director, Brett Smith (or his nominee).
The purpose of the proposed issue to the Directors is:
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(a) to issue the Shares ( Related Party Shares ) to replace the obligation of the Company to pay Director fees and salary to certain Directors for certain periods;
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(b) to provide a means by which the Company can satisfy the fees and salary owed to the Directors in the future thereby preserving the Company’s cash resources for application in other areas.
If Resolutions 9 to 12 are approved, the Company intends to calculate the number of Shares to be issued to the Directors based on the VWAP.
Subject to obtaining Shareholder approval, the Company will issue Shares to:
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(a) Mr Clive Jones (or his nominee) in lieu of unpaid fees of $36,667;
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(b) Mr Jonathan Downes (or his nominee) in lieu of unpaid fees of $26,250;
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(c) Mr Mark Qiu (or his nominee) in lieu of unpaid fees of $30,000; and
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(d) Mr Brett Smith (or his nominee) in lieu of unpaid salary of $10,000.
The issue price for the Shares will be equal to the 5 daily volume weighted average prices ( VWAP ) of the Company’s Shares on ASX before the date of the Meeting ( Issue Price ).
Set out below are worked examples of the number of Shares that may be issued to the Directors based on issue prices of $0.005, $0.003 and $0.001 (assuming no further Shares are issued, and no Options are exercised).
| Director | Salary/fees | Assumed Issue Price |
Number of Shares1 |
Dilution effect on existing Shareholders1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Jones | $36,667 | $0.001 | 36,667,000 | 1.77% |
| $0.003 | 12,222,333 | 0.60% | ||
| $0.005 | 7,333,400 | 0.36% | ||
| Jonathan Downes |
$26,250 | $0.001 | 26,250,000 | 1.27% |
| $0.003 | 8,750,000 | 0.43% | ||
| $0.005 | 5,250,000 | 0.26% | ||
| Mark Qiu | $30,000 | $0.001 | 30,000,000 | 1.45% |
| $0.003 | 10,000,000 | 0.49% | ||
| $0.005 | 6,000,000 | 0.29% | ||
| Brett Smith | $10,000 | $0.001 | 10,000,000 | 0.49% |
| $0.003 | 3,333,333 | 0.16% | ||
| $0.005 | 2,000,000 | 0.10% |
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Note:
- This table assumes that there are 2,038,360,623 Shares as at the date of this Notice of Meeting.
Resolutions 9 to 12 seek Shareholder approval for the grant of the Related Party Shares to the Directors (or their nominees). To the extent Shareholders do not approve the issue of the Related Party Shares to the Directors, the Directors will be entitled to be paid their respective Director fees and salary in cash for the relevant periods.
A summary of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rule 10.11 are set out in Sections 8.2 and 8.3 respectively.
The grant of Related Party Shares constitutes giving a financial benefit and Messrs Clive Jones, Jonathan Downes, Mark Qiu and Brett Smith are related parties of the Company by virtue of being Directors.
As it is proposed that Related Party Shares be issued to four of the five Directors, the Directors have been unable to form quorum to consider whether one of the exceptions set out in sections 210 to 216 of the Corporations Act or ASX Listing Rule 10.15 applies to these issues. Accordingly, Shareholder approval is sought for the issue of Related Party Shares to the Related Parties.
10.2 Shareholder Approval (Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act and Listing Rule 10.11)
Pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of section 219 of the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rule 10.13, the following information is provided in relation to the proposed issue of Related Party Shares:
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(a) the related parties are Messrs Jones, Downes, Qiu and Smith and they are related parties by virtue of being Directors;
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(b) the maximum number of Shares to be issued will be calculated based on the value of the salary and fees payable for the relevant period divided by the Issue Price, rounded down to the nearest whole Share;
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(c) the Related Party Shares will be issued to the Related Parties no later than 1 month after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the ASX Listing Rules) and it is anticipated the Related Party Shares will be issued on one date;
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(d) the Related Party Shares will be issued for nil cash consideration in lieu of directors’ fees and salary owed to Messrs Jones, Downes, Qiu and Smith, accordingly no funds will be raised;
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(e) the Related Party Shares issued will be 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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(f) the relevant interests of the Related Parties in securities of the Company are set out below:
| Related Party | Shares1 | Quoted Options2 |
Unquoted Options3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Jones | 7,568,663 | 2,222,222 | 5,000,000 |
| Brett Smith | 10,440,463 | 2,222,220 | 10,000,000 |
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| Related Party | Shares1 | Quoted Options2 |
Unquoted Options3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Qiu | 1,269,300 | - | - |
| Jonathan Downes | 9,357,370 | - | 7,000,000 |
Notes:
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Fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (ASX: CZN). 2. Quoted Options exercisable at $0.007 each on or before 10 July 2022.
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Unquoted Options exercisable at $0.035 each on or before 30 March 2020.
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(g) the remuneration and emoluments from the Company to the Related Parties for the previous financial year and the proposed remuneration and emoluments for the current financial year are set out below:
| Related Party | Current Financial Year |
Previous Financial Year |
|---|---|---|
| Clive Jones | $55,000 | $52,504 |
| Brett Smith | $240,000 | $229,350 |
| Mark Qiu | $45,000 | $39,070 |
| Jonathan Downes | $45,000 | $44,500 |
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(h) if the Related Party Shares are issued (assuming an issue price of $0.003) a total of 34,305,667 Shares would be issued. This will increase the number of Shares on issue from 2,038,360,623 to 2,072,666,289 (assuming that no Options are exercised and no other Shares issued) with the effect that the shareholding of existing Shareholders would be diluted by an aggregate of 1.66%, comprising 0.60 % by Mr Jones, 0.42 % by Mr Downes, 0.48% by Mr Qiu and 0.16% by Mr Smith;
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(i) the trading history of the Shares on ASX in the 12 months before the date of this Notice is set out below:
| Price | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Highest | $0.008 | 11 October 2018 |
| Lowest | $0.002 | 24 May 2019, 30 May 2019, 4 June 2019, 27 June 2019, 9 July 2019,12 July 2019,17 July 2019, 22 July 2019, 29 July 2019, 31 July 2019, 1 August 2019, 12 – 13 August 2019 and 21 August 2019 |
| Last | $0.003 | 3 October 2019 |
(j) the Board acknowledges the issue of Related Party Shares to Messrs Jones, Downes and Qiu is contrary to Recommendation 8.2 of The Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations (3[rd] Edition) as published by The ASX Corporate Governance Council. However, the Board considers the issue of Related Party Shares to Messrs Jones, Downes and Qiu reasonable in the circumstances for the reason set out in paragraph (l);
(k) the primary purpose of the issue of the Related Party Shares to the Related Parties is to is to issue the Related Party Shares in lieu of cash salary owed
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to Messrs Jones, Downes, Qiu and Smith in order to preserve the Company’s cash reserves;
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(l) Mr Jones declines to make a recommendation to Shareholders in relation to Resolution 9 due to his material personal interest in the outcome of the Resolution on the basis that Mr Jones is to be issued Related Party Shares in the Company should Resolution 9 be passed. However, in respect of Resolutions 10, 11 and 12 recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of those Resolutions for the following reasons:
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(i) the issue of Related Party Shares to the Related Parties will align the interests of the Related Parties with those of Shareholders;
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(ii) the issue of the Related Party Shares is a reasonable and appropriate method to provide cost effective remuneration as the non-cash form of this benefit will allow the Company to spend a greater proportion of its cash reserves on its operations than it would if alternative cash forms of remuneration were given to the Related Parties; and
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(iii) it is not considered that there are any significant opportunity costs to the Company or benefits foregone by the Company in issuing the Related Party Shares upon the terms proposed;
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(m) Mr Downes declines to make a recommendation to Shareholders in relation to Resolution 10 due to his material personal interest in the outcome of the Resolution on the basis that Mr Downes is to be issued Related Party Shares in the Company should Resolution 10 be passed. However, in respect of Resolutions 9, 11 and 12, recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of those Resolutions for the reasons set out in paragraph (l);
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(n) Mr Qiu declines to make a recommendation to Shareholders in relation to Resolution 11 due to his material personal interest in the outcome of the Resolution on the basis that Mr Qiu is to be issued Related Party Shares in the Company should Resolution 12 be passed. However, in respect of Resolutions 9, 10 and 12, recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of those Resolutions for the reasons set out in paragraph (l);
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(o) Mr Smith declines to make a recommendation to Shareholders in relation to Resolution 12 due to his material personal interest in the outcome of the Resolution on the basis that Mr Smith is to be issued Related Party Shares in the Company should Resolution 12 be passed. However, in respect of Resolutions 9, 10 and 11 recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of those Resolutions for the reasons set out in paragraph (l);
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(p) with the exception of Messrs Jones, Downes, Qiu and Smith, no other Director has a personal interest in the outcome of Resolutions 9 to 12;
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(q) Mr Terry Streeter recommends that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolutions 9 to 12 for the reasons set out in paragraph (l);
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(r) in forming their recommendations, each Director considered the experience of each other Related Party and the current market price of Shares; and
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- (s) the Board is not aware of any other information that would be reasonably required by Shareholders to allow them to make a decision whether it is in the best interests of the Company to pass Resolutions 9 to 12.
Approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 is not required in order to issue the Related Party Shares to the Related Parties as approval is being obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.11. Accordingly, the issue of Related Party Shares to the Related Parties will not be included in the 15% calculation of the Company’s annual placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
11. RESOLUTIONS 13 AND 14 – ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS AND RELATED PARTY OPTIONS TO MR TERRY STREETER
11.1 General
On 18 September 2019, the Company announced the appointment of Mr Terry Streeter as the non-executive Chairman of the Company. Mr Streeter has joined the Board to help drive an accelerated exploration and development program at the Lynn Lake nickel-copper-cobalt sulphide project in the province of Manitoba, Canada.
The Company has agreed, subject to the passing of Resolution 2 and subject to obtaining Shareholder approval, to issue:
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(a) 10,000,000 performance rights ( Performance Rights ) to Mr Terry Streeter (or his nominee) on the terms and conditions set out below (Resolution 13); and
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(b) 5,000,000 unlisted Options ( Related Party Options ) to Mr Streeter (or his nominee) on the terms and conditions set out below (Resolution 14).
A summary of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rule 10.11 are set out in Sections 8.2 and 8.3 respectively.
The Directors (other than Mr Streeter who has a material personal interest in the Resolutions) consider that Shareholder approval pursuant to Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act is not required in respect of the issue of the Performance Rights and the Related Party Options (together, the Related Party Securities ) because the agreement to grant the Related Party Securities, reached as part of the remuneration package for Mr Streeter, is considered reasonable remuneration in the circumstances and was negotiated on an arm’s length basis.
11.2 Resolution 13 – Approval to Issue Performance Rights
Resolution 13 seeks Shareholder approval for the issue of the Performance Rights to Mr Streeter (or his nominee).
Pursuant to and in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 10.13, the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 13:
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(a) the Performance Rights will be issued to Mr Streeter (or his nominee);
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(b) the number of Performance Rights to be issued is 10,000,000;
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(c) the Performance Rights will be issued no later than 1 month after the date of the Meeting (or such later date to the extent permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the ASX Listing Rules) and it is intended that the issue of the Performance Rights will occur on the same date.
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(d) the Performance Rights will be issued for nil cash consideration, accordingly no funds will be raised; and
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(e) the terms and conditions of the Performance Rights are set out in Schedule 3.
Approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 is not required for the issue of the Performance Rights as approval is being obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.11. Accordingly, the issue of Performance Rights to Mr Streeter (or his nominee) will not be included in the use of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
11.3 Resolution 14 – Approval to Issue Related Party Options
Resolution 14 seeks Shareholder approval for the grant of the Related Party Options to Mr Streeter (or his nominee).
Pursuant to and in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 10.13, the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 14:
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(a) the Related Party Options will be granted to Mr Streeter (or his nominee);
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(b) the number of Related Party Options to be issued is 5,000,000;
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(c) the Related Party Options will be granted no later than 1 month after the date of the Meeting (or such later date to the extent permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the ASX Listing Rules) and it is intended that issue of the Options will occur on the same date;
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(d) the Related Party Options will be issued for nil cash consideration, accordingly no funds will be raised; and
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(e) the terms and conditions of the Related Party Options are set out in Schedule 4.
Approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 is not required for the issue of the Related Party Options as approval is being obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.11. Accordingly, the issue of Related Party Options to Mr Streeter (or his nominee) will not be included in the use of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
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GLOSSARY
$ means Australian dollars.
10% Placement Capacity has the meaning given in Section 5.1.
Annual General Meeting or Meeting means the meeting convened by the Notice.
ASIC means the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.
ASX means ASX Limited (ACN 008 624 691) or the financial market operated by ASX Limited, as the context requires.
ASX Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.
Board means the current board of directors of the Company.
Business Day means Monday to Friday inclusive, except New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and any other day that ASX declares is not a business day.
Chair means the chair of the Meeting.
Closely Related Party of a member of the Key Management Personnel means:
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(a) a spouse or child of the member;
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(b) a child of the member’s spouse;
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(c) a dependent of the member or the member’s spouse;
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(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;
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(e) a company the member controls; or
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(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 Corazon Mining Limited (ACN 112 898 825).
Constitution means the Company’s constitution.
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Directors means the current directors of the Company.
Eligible Entity means an entity that, at the date of the relevant general meeting:
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(a) is not included in the S&P/ASX 300 Index; and
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(b) has a maximum market capitalisation (excluding restricted securities and securities quoted on a deferred settlement basis) of $300,000,000.
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.
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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.
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.
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 2019.
Resolutions means the resolutions set out in the Notice, or any one of them, as the context requires.
Section means a section of the Explanatory Statement.
Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.
Shareholder means a registered holder of a Share.
Variable A means “A” as set out in the formula in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A(2).
WST means Western Standard Time as observed in Perth, Western Australia.
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SCHEDULE 1 – ISSUES OF EQUITY SECURITIES SINCE 29 NOVEMBER2018
| Date | Quantity | Class | Recipients | Issue price and discount to Market Price (if applicable)1 |
Form of consideration |
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| Issue – 11 April 2019 Appendix 3B – 10 April 2019 |
115,405,350 | Shares4 | Professional and sophisticated investors who participated in a placement undertaken by the Company as announced on 3 April 2019 (April Placement) |
$0.003 (discount of 14.29%) |
Amount raised = $346,216 Amount spent = $346,216 Use of funds: exploration expenditure on the Mt Gilmore cobalt-copper- gold project, Lynn Lake nickel project and for general working capital purposes. |
| Issue – 2 July 2019 Appendix 3B – 2 July 2019 |
83,333.334 | Shares4 | Providence Gold and Minerals Pty Ltd |
No issue price (non-cash consideration) |
Consideration = the acquisition of a further 29% in the Mt Gilmore Project (increasing the Company’s interest in the project from 51% to 80%). Current value3= $250,000 |
| Issue – 10 July 2019 Appendix 3B – 10 July 2019 |
166,666,622 | Shares4 | Eligible shareholders who participated in a Share Purchase Plan undertaken by the Company as announced on 3 April 2019 (Share Purchase Plan) |
$0.003 (premium of 50%) |
Amount raised = $500,000 Amount spent = $500,000 Use of funds: funds raised were used to accelerate exploration activities at the Mt Gilmore Project, targeting compelling copper-cobalt- silver surface anomalies. |
| 111,111,061 | Quoted Options5 |
Eligible shareholders who participated in the Share Purchase Plan |
Nil cash consideration (free attaching to Shares on a 2:3 basis) |
Consideration: Issued free attaching to Shares under the Share Purchase Plan ona2:3 basisto |
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| Date | Quantity | Class | Recipients | Issue price and discount to Market Price (if applicable)1 |
Form of consideration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reward and incentivise participation in the Share Purchase Plan. Current value3= $111,111 |
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| 76,936,895 | Quoted Options5 |
Professional and sophisticated investors who participated in the April Placement |
Nil cash consideration (free attaching to Shares on a 2:3 basis) |
Consideration: Issued free attaching to Shares under the April Placement on a 2:3 basis to reward participation in the April Placement. Current value3= $76,937 |
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| Issue – 24 September 2019 Appendix 3B – 24 September 2019 |
407,672,000 | Shares4 | Professional and sophisticated investors who participated in a placement undertaken by the Company as announced on 18 September 2019 |
$0.0025 (discount of 28.57%) |
Amount raised = $1,019,180 Amount spent = Nil Use of funds: exploration expenditure on the Mt Gilmore cobalt-copper- gold project, Lynn Lake nickel project and for general working capital purposes Amount remaining = $1,019,180 Proposed use of remaining funds2:= exploration expenditure on the Mt Gilmore cobalt-copper- gold project, Lynn Lake nickel project and for general working capital purposes. |
Notes:
- Market Price means the closing price 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 trading day on which a sale was recorded prior to the date of issue of the relevant Equity Securities.
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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.
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In respect of quoted Equity Securities, the value is based on the closing price of the Shares ($0.003) or Options ($0.001) as the context requires on the ASX on 3 October 2019.
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Fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, ASX Code: CZN (terms are set out in the Constitution).
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Quoted Options, exercisable at $0.007 each, on or before 10 July 2022, ASX Code: CZNO
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SCHEDULE 2 – SUMMARY OF EMPLOYEE SHARE PLAN
The key terms of the Employee Share Plan are as follows:
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(a) Eligibility : Participants in the Scheme may be Directors, full-time and part-time employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries ( Participants ).
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(b) Administration of Plan : The Board is responsible for the operation of the Plan and has a broad discretion to determine which Participants will be offered Shares under the Plan.
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(c) Offer: The Board may issue an offer to a Participant to participate in the Plan. The offer:
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(i) will invite application for the number of Shares specified in the offer;
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(ii) will specify the issue price for the Shares or the manner in which the Issue Price is to be calculated;
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(iii) may invite applications for a loan up to the amount payable in respect of the Shares accepted by the Participant in accordance with the offer;
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(iv) will specify any restriction conditions applying to the Shares;
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(v) will specify an acceptance period; and
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(vi) specify any other terms and conditions attaching to the Shares.
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(d) Issue price: the issue price of each Share will be not less the volume weighted average price at which Shares were traded on the ASX over the 10 trading days up to and including the actual date of acceptance of the Shares offered under the Offer.
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(e) Restriction Conditions: Shares may be subject to restriction conditions (such as a period of employment) which must be satisfied before the Shares can be sold, transferred, or encumbered. Shares cannot be sold, transferred or encumbered until any loan in relation to the Shares has been repaid or otherwise discharged under the Plan.
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(f) Loan: A Participant who is invited to subscribe for Shares may also be invited to apply for a loan up to the amount payable in respect of the Shares accepted by the Participant ( Loan ), on the following terms:
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(i) the Loan will be interest free;
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(ii) the Loan made available to a Participant shall be applied by the Company directly toward payment of the issue price of the Shares;
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(iii) the Loan repayment date and the manner for making such payments shall be determined by the Board and set out in the offer;
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(iv) a Participant must repay the Loan in full by the loan repayment date but may elect to repay the Loan amount in respect of any or all of the Shares at any time prior to the loan repayment date;
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(v) the Company shall have a lien over the Shares in respect of which a Loan is outstanding and the Company shall be entitled to sell those Shares in accordance with the terms of the Plan;
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(vi) a Loan will be non-recourse except against the Shares held by the Participant to which the Loan relates; and
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(vii) the Board may, in its absolute discretion, agree to forgive a Loan made to a Participant.
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(g) Unfulfilled Restriction Condition: Where a restriction condition in relation to Shares is not satisfied by the due date, or becomes incapable of satisfaction in the opinion of the Board, the Company must, unless the restriction condition is waived by the Board, either:
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(i) buy back and cancel the relevant Shares within 12 months of the date the restriction condition was not satisfied (or became incapable of satisfaction) under Part 2J.1 of the Corporations Act at a price equal to the cash consideration paid by the Participant for the Plan Shares (with any Loan not being treated as cash consideration but any Loan Amount repayments by the Participant being treated as cash consideration); or
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(ii) arrange to sell the Shares as soon as reasonably practicable either on the ASX or to an investor who falls within an exemption under section 708 of the Corporations Act provided that the sale must be at a price that is no less than 80% of the volume weighted average price at which Shares were traded on the ASX on the 10 trading days before the sale date and apply the sale proceeds ( Sale Proceeds ) in the following priority:
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(A) first, to pay the Company any outstanding Loan Amount (if any) in relation to the Shares and the Company’s reasonable costs in selling the Shares;
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(B) second, to the extent the Sale Proceeds are sufficient, to repay the Participant any cash consideration paid by the Participant or Loan Amount repayments (including any cash dividends applied to the Loan Amount) made by or on behalf of the Participant; and
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(C) lastly, any remainder to the Company to cover its costs of managing the Plan.
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(h) Sale of Shares to repay Loan :
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(i) A Loan shall become repayable in full where:
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(A) the Participant (or, where the Participant is an Associate of an Eligible Employee, the Eligible Employee) ceases to be an Eligible Employee for any reason (including death);
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(B) the Participant suffers an event of insolvency;
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(C) the Participant breaches any condition of the Loan or the Plan; or
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(D) a Restriction Condition in relation to Shares subject to the Loan is not satisfied by the due date, or becomes incapable of satisfaction in the opinion of the Board (and is not waived).
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(ii) Where a Loan becomes repayable and at that time a Restriction Condition in relation to Shares subject to the Loan is not satisfied, or is incapable of being satisfied in the opinion of the Board (and is not
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waived), the Shares must be sold and the Sale Proceeds applied to repay the Loan in accordance the Plan.
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(iii) Where a Loan in relation to Shares becomes repayable and at that time Restriction Conditions in relation to the Shares have either been satisfied or are waived, the Company must give the Participant a 30 day period to repay the Loan, failing which the Company must sell the Shares and apply the Sale Proceeds in accordance with the Plan.
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(i) Power of Attorney: The Participant irrevocably appoints each of the Company and each director of the Company severally as his or her attorney to do all things necessary to give effect to the sale of the Participant’s Shares in accordance with the Plan.
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(j) Plan limit: The Company must take reasonable steps to ensure that the number of Shares offered by the Company under the Plan when aggregated with:
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(i) the number of Shares issued during the previous 5 years under the Plan (or any other employee share plan extended only to Eligible Employees); and
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(ii) the number of Shares that would be issued if each outstanding offer for Shares (including options to acquire unissued Shares) under any employee incentive scheme of the Company were to be exercised or accepted,
does not exceed 5% of the total number of Shares on issue at the time of an offer (but disregarding any offer of Shares or option to acquire Shares that can be disregarded in accordance with relevant ASIC Class Orders).
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(k) Restriction on transfer: Participants may not sell or otherwise deal with a Plan Share until the Loan Amount in respect of that Plan Share has been repaid and any restriction conditions in relation to the Shares have been satisfied or waived. The Company is authorised to impose a holding lock on the Shares to implement this restriction.
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(l) Quotation on ASX: The Company will apply for each Plan Share to be admitted to trading on ASX upon issue of the Plan Share. Quotation will be subject to the ASX Listing Rules and any holding lock applying to the Shares.
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(m) Rights attaching to Shares : Each Plan Share shall be issued on the same terms and conditions as the Company’s issued Shares (other than in respect of transfer restrictions imposed by the Plan) and it will rank equally with all other issued Shares from the issue date except for entitlements which have a record date before the issue date.
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SCHEDULE 3 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS
A summary of the terms and conditions of the Performance Rights is set out below:
(a) Milestones
The volume weighted average price of the Company’s shares on the ASX being equal to or greater than $0.01 for twenty consecutive trading days within three years from the date of grant of the Performance Rights ( Milestone ).
(b) Notification to holder
The Company shall notify the holder in writing when the Milestone has been satisfied.
(c) Conversion
Subject to paragraph (o), upon vesting, each Performance Right will, at the election of the holder, convert into one Share.
(d) Lapse of a Performance Right
If a Performance Right has not been converted into a Share prior to the date that is four years from the date of issue of the Performance Right will automatically lapse.
(e) Consideration
The Performance Rights will be issued for nil consideration and no consideration will be payable upon the conversion of the Performance Rights into Shares.
(f) Share ranking
All Shares issued upon the vesting of Performance Rights will upon issue rank pari passu in all respects with other Shares.
(g) Application to ASX
The Performance Rights will not be quoted on ASX. The Company must apply for the official quotation of a Share issued on conversion of a Performance Right on ASX within the time period required by the ASX Listing Rules.
(h) Timing of issue of Shares on Conversion
Within 10 Business Days after date that the Performance Rights are converted, the Company will:
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(i) issue the number of Shares required under these terms and conditions in respect of the number of Performance Rights converted;
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(ii) if required, give ASX a notice that complies with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act, or, if the Company is unable to issue such a notice, lodge with ASIC a prospectus prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act and do all such things necessary to satisfy section 708A(11) of the Corporations Act to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors; and
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- (iii) if admitted to the official list of ASX at the time, apply for official quotation on ASX of Shares issued pursuant to the conversion of the Performance Rights.
If a notice delivered under 0(ii) for any reason is not effective to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors, the Company must, no later than 20 Business Days after becoming aware of such notice being ineffective, lodge with ASIC a prospectus prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act and do all such things necessary to satisfy section 708A(11) of the Corporations Act to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors.
(i) Transfer of Performance Rights
The Performance Rights are not transferable.
(j) Participation in new issues
A Performance Right does not entitle a holder (in their capacity as a holder of a Performance Right) to participate in new issues of capital offered to holders of Shares such as bonus issues and entitlement issues.
(k) Reorganisation of capital
If at any time the issued capital of the Company is reconstructed, all rights of a holder will be changed in a manner consistent with the applicable ASX Listing Rules and the Corporations Act at the time of reorganisation.
(l) Adjustment for bonus issue
If the Company makes a bonus issue of Shares or other securities to existing Shareholders (other than an issue in lieu or in satisfaction of dividends or by way of dividend reinvestment) the number of Shares or other securities which must be issued on the conversion of a Performance Right will be increased by the number of Shares or other securities which the holder would have received if the holder had converted the Performance Right before the record date for the bonus issue.
(m)
Dividend and voting rights
The Performance Rights do not confer on the holder an entitlement to vote (except as otherwise required by law) or receive dividends.
(n) Change in control
Subject to paragraph (o), upon:
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(i) a takeover bid under Chapter 6 of the Corporations Act having been made in respect of the Company and:
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(A) having received acceptances for not less than 50.1% of the Company’s Shares on issue; and
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(B) having been declared unconditional by the bidder; or
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(ii) a Court granting orders approving a compromise or arrangement for the purposes of or in connection with a scheme of arrangement for the reconstruction of the Company or its amalgamation with any other company or companies,
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then, to the extent Performance Rights have not converted into Shares due to satisfaction of the Milestone, Performance Rights will accelerate vesting conditions and will automatically convert into Shares on a one-for-one basis.
(o) Deferral of conversion if resulting in a prohibited acquisition of Shares
If the conversion of a Performance Right under paragraph (c) or (n) would result in any person being in contravention of section 606(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ( General Prohibition ) then the conversion of that Performance Right shall be deferred until such later time or times that the conversion would not result in a contravention of the General Prohibition. In assessing whether a conversion of a Performance Right would result in a contravention of the General Prohibition:
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(i) holders may give written notification to the Company if they consider that the conversion of a Performance Right may result in the contravention of the General Prohibition. The absence of such written notification from the holder will entitle the Company to assume the conversion of a Performance Right will not result in any person being in contravention of the General Prohibition; and
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(ii) the Company may (but is not obliged to) by written notice to a holder request a holder to provide the written notice referred to in paragraph (o)(i) within seven days if the Company considers that the conversion of a Performance Right may result in a contravention of the General Prohibition. The absence of such written notification from the holder will entitle the Company to assume the conversion of a Performance Right will not result in any person being in contravention of the General Prohibition.
(p)
No rights to return of capital
A Performance Right does not entitle the holder to a return of capital, whether in a winding up, upon a reduction of capital or otherwise.
(q) Rights on winding up
A Performance Right does not entitle the holder to participate in the surplus profits or assets of the Company upon winding up.
(r) No other rights
A Performance Right gives the holder no rights other than those expressly provided by these terms and those provided at law where such rights at law cannot be excluded by these terms.
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SCHEDULE 4 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RELATED PARTY OPTIONS
The material terms of the Related Party Options are set out below:
(a) Entitlement
Each Option entitles the holder to subscribe for one Share upon exercise of the Option.
(b) Exercise Price
Subject to paragraph (i), the amount payable upon exercise of each Option will be $0.007 ( Exercise Price ).
(c) Expiry Date
Each Option will expire at 5:00 pm (WST) on 10 July 2022 ( Expiry Date ). An Option not exercised before the Expiry Date will automatically lapse on the Expiry Date.
(d) Exercise Period
The Options are exercisable at any time on or prior to the Expiry Date ( Exercise Period ).
(e) Notice of Exercise
The Options may be exercised during the Exercise Period by notice in writing to the Company in the manner specified on the Option certificate ( Notice of Exercise ) and payment of the Exercise Price for each Option being exercised in Australian currency by electronic funds transfer or other means of payment acceptable to the Company.
(f) Exercise Date
A Notice of Exercise is only effective on and from the later of the date of receipt of the Notice of Exercise and the date of receipt of the payment of the Exercise Price for each Option being exercised in cleared funds ( Exercise Date ).
(g) Timing of issue of Shares on exercise
Within 15 Business Days after the Exercise Date, the Company will:
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(i) issue the number of Shares required under these terms and conditions in respect of the number of Options specified in the Notice of Exercise and for which cleared funds have been received by the Company;
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(ii) if required, give ASX a notice that complies with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act, or, if the Company is unable to issue such a notice, lodge with ASIC a prospectus prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act and do all such things necessary to satisfy section 708A(11) of the Corporations Act to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors; and
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(iii) if admitted to the official list of ASX at the time, apply for official quotation on ASX of Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of the Options.
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If a notice delivered under (g)(ii) for any reason is not effective to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors, the Company must, no later than 20 Business Days after becoming aware of such notice being ineffective, lodge with ASIC a prospectus prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act and do all such things necessary to satisfy section 708A(11) of the Corporations Act to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors.
(h) Shares issued on exercise
Shares issued on exercise of the Options rank equally with the then issued shares of the Company.
(i) Reconstruction of capital
If at any time the issued capital of the Company is reconstructed, all rights of an Optionholder are to be changed in a manner consistent with the Corporations Act and the ASX Listing Rules at the time of the reconstruction.
(j) Participation in new issues
There are no participation rights or entitlements inherent in the Options and holders will not be entitled to participate in new issues of capital offered to Shareholders during the currency of the Options without exercising the Options.
(k) Change in exercise price
An Option does not confer the right to a change in Exercise Price or a change in the number of underlying securities over which the Option can be exercised.
(l) Transferability
The Options are transferable subject to any restriction or escrow arrangements imposed by ASX or under applicable Australian securities laws.
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