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COSOL LIMITED — Share Issue/Capital Change 2020
May 7, 2020
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Share Issue/Capital Change
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+Rule 3.10.3A, 3.10.3B, 3.10.3C
Appendix 3G
Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.
If you are an entity incorporated outside Australia and you are issuing a new class of +securities other than CDIs, you will need to obtain and provide an International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) for that class. Further information on the requirement for the notification of an ISIN is available from the Create Online Forms page. ASX is unable to create the new ISIN for non-Australian issuers.
*Denotes minimum information required for first lodgement of this form, with exceptions provided in specific notes for certain questions. The balance of the information, where applicable, must be provided as soon as reasonably practicable by the entity.
Part 1 – Entity and announcement details
| Question no |
Question | Answer |
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| 1.1 | *Name of entity We (the entity here named) give notice of the issue, conversion or payment up of the following unquoted +securities. |
COSOL Limited |
| 1.2 | *Registration type and number Please supply your ABN, ARSN, ARBN, ACN or another registration type and number (if you supply another registration type, please specify both the type of registration and the registration number). |
ABN 66 635 371 363 |
| 1.3 | *ASX issuer code | COS |
| 1.4 | *This announcement is Tick whichever is applicable. |
☒A new announcement☐An update/amendment to a previousannouncement ☐A cancellation of a previousannouncement |
| 1.4a | *Reason for update Mandatory only if “Update” ticked in Q1.4 above. A reason must be provided for an update. |
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| 1.4b | *Date of previous announcement to this update Mandatory only if “Update” ticked in Q1.4 above. |
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| 1.4c | *Reason for cancellation Mandatory only if “Cancellation” ticked in Q1.4 above. |
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| 1.4d | *Date of previous announcement to this cancellation Mandatory only if “Cancellation” ticked in Q1.4 above. |
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| 1.5 | *Date of this announcement | 8 May 2020 |
- See chapter 19 for defined terms 31 January 2020
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Appendix 3G Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
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Part 2 – Type of issue
| Part 2 – | Type of issue | payment up of equity +securities |
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| Question No. |
Question | Answer |
| 2.1 | *The +securities the subject of this notification are: Select whichever item is applicable. If you wish to notify ASX of different types of issues of securities, please complete a separate Appendix 3G for each type of issue. |
☐+Securities issued as a result of optionsbeing exercised or other +convertible +securities being converted and that are not to be quoted on ASX ☐Partly paid +securities that have beenfully paid up and that are not to be quoted on ASX ☒+Securities issued under an +employeeincentive scheme that are not being immediately quoted on ASX ☐Other [please specify]If you have selected ‘other’ please provide the circumstances of the issue here: |
| 2.2a.1 | Please state the number and type of options that were exercised or other +convertible securities that were converted (including their ASX security code if available)? Answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “securities issued as a result of options being exercised or other convertible securities being converted and that are not to be quoted on ASX”. |
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| 2.2a.2 | And the date the options were exercised or other +convertible securities were converted: Answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “securities issued as a result of options being exercised or other convertible securities being converted and that are not to be quoted on ASX”. Note: If this occurred over a range of dates, enter the date the last of the options was exercised or convertible securities was converted. |
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| 2.2b.1 | Please state the number and type of partly paid +securities that were fully paid up (including their ASX security code if available)? Answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “partly paid securities that have been paid up and that are not to be quoted on ASX”. |
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| 2.2b.2 | And the date the+securities were fully paid up: Answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “partly paid securities that have been paid up and that are not to be quoted on ASX”. Note: If this occurred over a range of dates, enter the date the last of the securities was fully paid up. |
- See chapter 19 for defined terms 31 January 2020
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| This appendix isnot available as an online form Appendix 3G Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities |
This appendix isnot available as an online form Appendix 3G Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities |
This appendix isnot available as an online form Appendix 3G Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities |
This appendix isnot available as an online form Appendix 3G Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities |
This appendix isnot available as an online form Appendix 3G Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities |
This appendix isnot available as an online form Appendix 3G Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities |
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| 2.2c.1 | Please state the number and type of +securities (including their ASX security code) issued under an +employee incentive scheme that are not being immediately quoted on ASX Answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “securities issued under an employee incentive scheme that are not being immediately quoted on ASX”. |
(a) 2,000,000 options exercisable at $0.3625 on or before 15 October 2021 (b) 3,000,000 options exercisable at $0.415 on or before 15 October 2023 No ASX security codes have yet been issued for these securities. |
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| 2.2c.2 | *Please attach a document or provide details of a URL link for a document lodged with ASX detailing the terms of the +employee incentive scheme or a summary of the terms. Answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “securities issued under an employee incentive scheme that are not being immediately quoted on ASX”. |
SeeattachedCOSOL Limited Employee Option Plan Rules. |
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| 2.2c.3 | *Are any of these +securities being issued to +key management personnel (KMP) or an +associate Answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “securities issued under an employee incentive scheme that are not being immediately quoted on ASX”. |
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| 2.2c.3.a | *Provide details of the recipients and the number of +securities issued to each of them. Answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “securities issued under an employee incentive scheme that are not being immediately quoted on ASX” and your response to Q2.2c.3 is “Yes”. Repeat the detail in the table below for each KMP involved in the issue. If the securities are being issued to the KMP, repeat the name of the KMP or insert “Same” in “Name of registered holder”. If the securities are being issued to an associate of a KMP, insert the name of the associate in “Name of registered holder”. Name of KMP Name of registered holder Number of +securities Scott McGowan SNJ Business Solutions Pty Ltd Trust> 3,000,000 (1.2m $0.3625 options, 1.8m $0.415 options) |
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| Name of KMP | Name of registered holder | Number of +securities | |||
| Scott McGowan | SNJ Business Solutions Pty Ltd Trust> |
3,000,000 (1.2m $0.3625 options, 1.8m $0.415 options) |
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| 2.2d.1 | *The purpose(s) for which the entity is issuing the +securities is: Answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “Other”. You may select one or more of the items in the list. |
☐To raise additional working capital☐To fund the retirement of debt☐To pay for the acquisition of an asset[provide details below] ☐To pay for services rendered[provide details below] ☐Other [provide details below]Additional details: |
- See chapter 19 for defined terms 31 January 2020
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Appendix 3G Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
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| payment up of equity +securities | ||
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| 2.2d.2 | Please provide any further information needed to understand the circumstances in which you are notifying the issue of these +securities to ASX, including (if applicable) why the issue of the +securities has not been previously announced to the market in an Appendix 3B You must answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “Other”. If there is no other information to provide, please answer “Not applicable” or “N/A”. |
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| 2.3 | *The +securities being issued are: Tick whichever is applicable |
☐Additional +securities in an existingunquoted class that is already recorded by ASX ("existing class") ☒New +securities in an unquoted classthat is not yet recorded by ASX ("new class") |
Part 3A – number and type of +securities being issued (existing class)
Answer the questions in this part if your response to Q2.3 is “existing class”.
| Question No. |
Question | Answer |
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| 3A.1 | *ASX security code & description | |
| 3A.2 | *Number of +securities being issued | |
| 3A.3a | *Will the +securities being issued rank equally in all respects from their issue date with the existing issued +securities in that class? |
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| 3A.3b | *Is the actual date from which the +securities will rank equally (non-ranking end date) known? Answer this question if your response to Q3A.3a is “No”. |
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| 3A.3c | *Provide the actual non-ranking end date Answer this question if your response to Q3A.3a is “No” and your response to Q3A.3b is “Yes”. |
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| 3A.3d | *Provide the estimated non-ranking end period Answer this question if your response to Q3A.3a is “No” and your response to Q3A.3b is “No”. |
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| 3A.3e | *Please state the extent to which the +securities do not rank equally: in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment; or for any other reason Answer this question if your response to Q3A.3a is “No”. For example, the securities may not rank at all, or may rank proportionately based on the percentage of the period in question they have been on issue, for the next dividend, distribution or interest payment; or they may not be entitled to participate in some other event, such as an entitlement issue. |
- See chapter 19 for defined terms 31 January 2020
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Appendix 3G Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
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Part 3B – number and type of +securities being issued (new class)
Answer the questions in this part if your response to Q2.3 is “new class”.
| Question No. |
Question | Answer |
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| 3B.1 | *Security description | (a) Options exercisable at $0.3625 on or before 15 October 2021 (b) Options exercisable at $0.415 on or before 15 October 2023 |
| 3B.2 | *Security type Select one item from the list that best describes the securities the subject of this form. This will determine more detailed questions to be asked about the security later in this section. Select “ordinary fully or partly paid shares/units” for stapled securities or CDIs. For interest rate securities, please select the appropriate choice from either “Convertible debt securities” or “Non- convertible debt securities”. Select “Other” for performance shares/units and performance options/rights or if the selections available in the list do not appropriately describe the security being issued. |
☐Ordinary fully or partly paid shares/units☒Options☐+Convertible debt securities☐Non-convertible +debt securities☐Redeemable preference shares/units☐Other |
| 3B.3 | ISIN code Answer this question if you are an entity incorporated outside Australia and you are issuing a new class of securities other than CDIs. See also the note at the top of this form. |
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| 3B.4 | *Number of +securities being issued | (a) 2,000,000 (b) 3,000,000 |
| 3B.5a | *Will all the +securities issued in this class rank equally in all respects from the issue date? |
Yes |
| 3B.5b | *Is the actual date from which the +securities will rank equally (non-ranking end date) known? Answer this question if your response to Q3B.5a is “No”. |
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| 3B.5c | *Provide the actual non-ranking end date Answer this question if your response to Q3B.5a is “No” and your response to Q3B.5b is “Yes”. |
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| 3B.5d | *Provide the estimated non-ranking end period Answer this question if your response to Q3B.5a is “No” and your response to Q3B.5b is “No”. |
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| 3B.5e | *Please state the extent to which the +securities do not rank equally: in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment; or for any other reason Answer this question if your response to Q3B.5a is “No”. For example, the securities may not rank at all, or may rank proportionately based on the percentage of the period in question they have been on issue, for the next dividend, distribution or interest payment; or they may not be entitled to participate in some other event, such as an entitlement issue. |
- See chapter 19 for defined terms 31 January 2020
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Appendix 3G Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
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| 3B.6 | Please attach a document or provide a URL link for a document lodged with ASX setting out the material terms of the +securities being issued You may cross reference a disclosure document, PDS, information memorandum, investor presentation or other announcement with this information provided it has been released to the ASX Market Announcements Platform. SeeattachedCOSOL Limited Employee Option Plan Rules and the summary below of the material terms of the options being issued. Summary of Material Terms Vesting: (a) 2,000,000 vest on 21/8/2021 (FY21), exercisable from 1/9/2021 (b) 50% vest on 21/82022 (FY22), exercisable from 1/9/2022 50% vest on 21/8/2023 (FY23) , exercisable from 1/9/2023 Any options which do not vest will automatically lapse. Milestones: - 20% each FY based on total shareholder return indexed against the ASX Small Industrials Index (50% vest if TSR equals the Index, and an additional 4% vest for each 1% by which TSR exceeds the Index) - 40% each FY based on achieving strategic initiatives as defined by the board (including non-financial measures) (4% vest for each percentile achieved above the 75thpercentile) - 40% each FY based on achieving budgeted EBIT and ROC for COSOL Australia Pty Ltd (4% vest for each percentile achieved above the 75th percentile) Claw-back: The Board reserves the right to ‘claw-back’ vested options in the event that material errors in satisfaction of performance milestones are discovered. |
Please attach a document or provide a URL link for a document lodged with ASX setting out the material terms of the +securities being issued You may cross reference a disclosure document, PDS, information memorandum, investor presentation or other announcement with this information provided it has been released to the ASX Market Announcements Platform. SeeattachedCOSOL Limited Employee Option Plan Rules and the summary below of the material terms of the options being issued. Summary of Material Terms Vesting: (a) 2,000,000 vest on 21/8/2021 (FY21), exercisable from 1/9/2021 (b) 50% vest on 21/82022 (FY22), exercisable from 1/9/2022 50% vest on 21/8/2023 (FY23) , exercisable from 1/9/2023 Any options which do not vest will automatically lapse. Milestones: - 20% each FY based on total shareholder return indexed against the ASX Small Industrials Index (50% vest if TSR equals the Index, and an additional 4% vest for each 1% by which TSR exceeds the Index) - 40% each FY based on achieving strategic initiatives as defined by the board (including non-financial measures) (4% vest for each percentile achieved above the 75thpercentile) - 40% each FY based on achieving budgeted EBIT and ROC for COSOL Australia Pty Ltd (4% vest for each percentile achieved above the 75th percentile) Claw-back: The Board reserves the right to ‘claw-back’ vested options in the event that material errors in satisfaction of performance milestones are discovered. |
Please attach a document or provide a URL link for a document lodged with ASX setting out the material terms of the +securities being issued You may cross reference a disclosure document, PDS, information memorandum, investor presentation or other announcement with this information provided it has been released to the ASX Market Announcements Platform. SeeattachedCOSOL Limited Employee Option Plan Rules and the summary below of the material terms of the options being issued. Summary of Material Terms Vesting: (a) 2,000,000 vest on 21/8/2021 (FY21), exercisable from 1/9/2021 (b) 50% vest on 21/82022 (FY22), exercisable from 1/9/2022 50% vest on 21/8/2023 (FY23) , exercisable from 1/9/2023 Any options which do not vest will automatically lapse. Milestones: - 20% each FY based on total shareholder return indexed against the ASX Small Industrials Index (50% vest if TSR equals the Index, and an additional 4% vest for each 1% by which TSR exceeds the Index) - 40% each FY based on achieving strategic initiatives as defined by the board (including non-financial measures) (4% vest for each percentile achieved above the 75thpercentile) - 40% each FY based on achieving budgeted EBIT and ROC for COSOL Australia Pty Ltd (4% vest for each percentile achieved above the 75th percentile) Claw-back: The Board reserves the right to ‘claw-back’ vested options in the event that material errors in satisfaction of performance milestones are discovered. |
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| 31 A | *Have you received confirmation from ASX that the terms of the +securities are appropriate and equitable under listing rule 6.1? Answer this question only if you are an ASX Listing. (ASX Foreign Exempt Listings and ASX Debt Listings do not have to answer this question). If your response is “No” and the securities have any unusual terms, you should approach ASX as soon as possible for confirmation under listing rule 6.1 that the terms are appropriate and equitable. |
No | |
| 3B.8a | Ordinary fully or partly paid shares/units details Answer the questions in this section if you selected this security type in your response to Question 3B.2. |
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| *+Security currency This is the currency in which the face amount of an issue is denominated. It will also typically be the currency in which distributions are declared. |
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| *Will there be CDIs issued over the +securities? |
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| *CDI ratio Answer this question if you answered “Yes” to the previous question. This is the ratio at which CDIs can be transmuted into the underlying security (e.g. 4:1 means 4 CDIs represent 1 underlying security whereas 1:4 means 1 CDI represents 4 underlying securities). |
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| *Is it a partly paid class of +security? |
- See chapter 19 for defined terms 31 January 2020
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Appendix 3G Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
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| payment up of equity +securities | ||
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| *Paid up amount: unpaid amount Answer this question if answered “Yes” to the previous question. The paid up amount represents the amount of application money and/or calls which have been paid on any security considered ‘partly paid’ The unpaid amount represents the unpaid or yet to be called amount on any security considered ‘partly paid’. The amounts should be provided per the security currency (e.g. if the security currency is AUD, then the paid up and unpaid amount per security in AUD). |
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| *Is it a stapled +security? This is a security class that comprises a number of ordinary shares and/or ordinary units issued by separate entities that are stapled together for the purposes of trading. |
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| 3B.8b | Option details Answer the questions in this section if you selected this security type in your response to Question 3B.2. |
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| *+Security currency This is the currency in which the exercise price is payable. |
AUD – Australian Dollar | |
| *Exercise price The price at which each option can be exercised and convert into the underlying security. If there is no exercise price please answer as $0.00. The exercise price should be provided per the security currency (i.e. if the security currency is AUD, the exercise price should be expressed in AUD). |
(a) $0.3625 AUD (b) $0.415 AUD |
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| *Expiry date The date on which the options expire or terminate. |
(a) 15 October 2021 (b) 15 October 2023 |
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| *Details of the number and type of +security (including its ASX security code if the +security is quoted on or recorded by ASX) that will be issued if an option is exercised For example, if the option can be exercised to receive one fully paid ordinary share with ASX security code ABC, please insert “One fully paid ordinary share (ASX:ABC)“. |
(a) 1 fully paid ordinary share ASX:COS for each option exercised (for a total of 2,000,000 COS fully paid ordinary shares will be issued if all options are exercised) (b) 1 fully paid ordinary share ASX:COS for each option exercised (3,000,000 COS fully paid ordinary shares will be issued if all options are exercised) |
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| 3B.8c | Details of non-convertible +debt securities, +convertible debt securities, or redeemable preference shares/units Answer the questions in this section if you selected one of these security types in your response to Question 3B.2. Refer to Guidance Note 34 and the “Guide to the Naming Conventions and Security Descriptions for ASX Quoted Debt and Hybrid Securities” for further information on certain terms used in this section |
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| *Type of +security Select one item from the list |
☐Simple corporate bond☐Non-convertible note or bond☐Convertible note or bond☐Preference share/unit☐Capital note☐Hybrid security☐Other |
- See chapter 19 for defined terms 31 January 2020
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Appendix 3G Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
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| payment up of equity +securities | ||
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| *+Security currency This is the currency in which the face value of the security is denominated. It will also typically be the currency in which interest or distributions are paid. |
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| Face value This is the principal amount of each security. The face value should be provided per the security currency (i.e. if security currency is AUD, then the face value per security in AUD). |
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| *Interest rate type Select one item from the list Select the appropriate interest rate type per the terms of the security. Definitions for each type are provided in the Guide to the Naming Conventions and Security Descriptions for ASX Quoted Debt and Hybrid Securities |
☐Fixed rate☐Floating rate☐Indexed rate☐Variable rate☐Zero coupon/no interest☐Other |
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| Frequency of coupon/interest payments per year Select one item from the list. |
☐Monthly☐Quarterly☐Semi-annual☐Annual☐No coupon/interest payments☐Other |
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| First interest payment date A response is not required if you have selected “No coupon/interest payments” in response to the question above on the frequency of coupon/interest payments |
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| Interest rate per annum Answer this question if the interest rate type is fixed. |
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| *Is the interest rate per annum estimated at this time? Answer this question if the interest rate type is fixed. |
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| If the interest rate per annum is estimated, then what is the date for this information to be announced to the market (if known) Answer this question if the interest rate type is fixed and your response to the previous question is “Yes”. Answer “Unknown” if the date is not known at this time. |
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| *Does the interest rate include a reference rate, base rate or market rate (e.g. BBSW or CPI)? Answer this question if the interest rate type is floating or indexed |
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| *What is the reference rate, base rate or market rate? Answer this question if the interest rate type is floating or indexed and your response to the previous question is “Yes”. |
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| *Does the interest rate include a margin above the reference rate, base rate or market rate? Answer this question if the interest rate type is floating or indexed. |
- See chapter 19 for defined terms 31 January 2020
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Appendix 3G Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
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| *What is the margin above the reference rate, base rate or market rate (expressed as a percent per annum) Answer this question if the interest rate type is floating or indexed and your response to the previous question is “Yes”. |
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| *S128F of the Income Tax Assessment Act status applicable to the +security Select one item from the list For financial products which are likely to give rise to a payment to which s128F of the Income Tax Assessment Act applies, ASX requests issuers to confirm the s128F status of the security: “s128F exempt” means interest payments are not taxable to non-residents; “Not s128F exempt” means interest payments are taxable to non-residents; “s128F exemption status unknown” means the issuer is unable to advise the status; “Not applicable” means s128F is not applicable to this security |
☐s128F exempt☐Not s128F exempt☐s128F exemption status unknown☐Not applicable |
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| *Is the +security perpetual (i.e. no maturity date)? |
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| *Maturity date Answer this question if the security is not perpetual |
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| *Select other features applicable to the +security Up to 4 features can be selected. Further information is available in the Guide to the Naming Conventions and Security Descriptions for ASX Quoted Debt and Hybrid Securities. |
☐Simple☐Subordinated☐Secured☐Converting☐Convertible☐Transformable☐Exchangeable☐Cumulative☐Non-Cumulative☐Redeemable☐Extendable☐Reset☐Step-Down☐Step-Up☐Stapled☐None of the above |
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| *Is there a first trigger date on which a right of conversion, redemption, call or put can be exercised (whichever is first)? |
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| *If yes, what is the first trigger date Answer this question if your response to the previous question is “Yes”. |
- See chapter 19 for defined terms 31 January 2020
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Appendix 3G Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
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Details of the number and type of +security (including its ASX security code if the +security is quoted on ASX) that will be issued if the securities to be quoted are converted, transformed or exchanged Answer this question if the security features include “converting”, “convertible”, “transformable” or “exchangeable”. For example, if the security can be converted into 1,000 fully paid ordinary shares with ASX security code ABC, please insert “1,000 fully paid ordinary shares (ASX:ABC)“.
Part 4 – Issue details
| Part 4 – | Issue details | |
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| Question No. |
Question | Answer |
| 4.1 | *Have the +securities been issued yet? | Yes |
| 4.1a | *What was their date of issue? Answer this question if your response to Q4.1 is “Yes”. |
8 May 2020 |
| 4.1b | *What is their proposed date of issue? Answer this question if your response to Q4.1 is “No”. |
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| 4.2 | *Are the +securities being issued for a cash consideration? If the securities are being issued for nil cash consideration, answer this question “No”. |
No |
| 4.2a | *In what currency is the cash consideration being paid For example, if the consideration is being paid in Australian Dollars, state AUD. Answer this question if your response to Q4.2 is “Yes”. |
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| 4.2b | *What is the issue price per +security Answer this question if your response to Q4.2 is “Yes” and by reference to the issue currency provided in your response to Q4.2a. Note: you cannot enter a nil amount here. If the securities are being issued for nil cash consideration, answer Q4.2 as “No” and complete Q4.2c. |
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| 4.2c | Please describe the consideration being provided for the +securities Answer this question if your response to Q4.2 is “No”. |
Issued as employee incentive remuneration as a new issue in accordance with COS’s Employee Option Plan. |
| 4.3 | Any other information the entity wishes to provide about the issue |
- See chapter 19 for defined terms 31 January 2020
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Appendix 3G Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
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Part 5 – Unquoted +securities on issue
Following the issue of the +securities the subject of this application, the unquoted issued +securities of the entity will comprise:
Note: the figures provided in the table in section 5.1 below are used to calculate part of the total market capitalisation of the entity published by ASX from time to time. Please make sure you include in the table each class of unquoted securities issued by the entity.
Restricted securities should be included in table 5.1.
| This appendix isnot available as an online form Appendix 3G Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities Part 5 – Unquoted +securities on issue |
This appendix isnot available as an online form Appendix 3G Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities Part 5 – Unquoted +securities on issue |
This appendix isnot available as an online form Appendix 3G Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities Part 5 – Unquoted +securities on issue |
This appendix isnot available as an online form Appendix 3G Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities Part 5 – Unquoted +securities on issue |
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| Following the issue of the +securities the subject of this application, the unquoted issued +securities of the entity will comprise: Note: the figures provided in the table in section 5.1 below are used to calculate part of the total market capitalisation of the entity published by ASX from time to time. Please make sure you include in the table each class of unquoted securities issued by the entity. Restricted securities should be included in table 5.1. |
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| 5.1 | *Total number of +securities on issue 2,000,000 3,000,000 |
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| *ASX security code and description | *Total number of +securities on issue | ||
| Employee Incentive Options exercisable at $0.3625 on or before 15 October 2021 Employee Incentive Options exercisable at $0.415 on or before 15 October 2023 No ASX security codes have yet been issued for these securities. |
2,000,000 3,000,000 |
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Part 6 – Other Listing Rule requirements
The questions in this Part should only be answered if you are an ASX Listing (ASX Foreign Exempt Listings and ASX Debt Listings do not need to complete this Part) and:
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your response to Q2.1 is “+securities issued under an +employee incentive scheme that are not being immediately quoted on ASX”; or
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your response to Q2.1 is “Other”
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Question | Answer |
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| 6.1 | *Are the securities being issued under Listing Rule 7.2 exception 131and therefore the issue does not need any security holder approval under Listing Rule 7.1? Answer this question if your response to Q2.1 is “securities issued under an employee incentive scheme that are not being immediately quoted on ASX”. |
No |
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1 Exception 13 An issue of securities under an employee incentive scheme if within 3 years before the issue date:
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(a) in the case of a scheme established before the entity was listed – a summary of the terms of the scheme and the maximum number of equity securities proposed to be issued under the scheme were set out in the prospectus, PDS or information memorandum lodged with ASX under rule 1.1 condition 3; or
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(b) the holders of the entity’s ordinary securities have approved the issue of equity securities under the scheme as an exception to this rule. The notice of meeting must have included:
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a summary of the terms of the scheme.
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the number of securities issued under the scheme since the entity was listed or the date of the last approval under this rule;
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the maximum number of +equity securities proposed to be issued under the scheme following the approval; and
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a voting exclusion statement.
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See chapter 19 for defined terms
31 January 2020
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Appendix 3G Notification of issue, conversion or payment up of equity +securities
This appendix is not available as an online form Please fill in and submit as a PDF announcement
| payment up of equity +securities | ||
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| 6.2 | *Has the entity obtained, or is it obtaining, +security holder approval for the issue under listing rule 7.1? Answer this question if the response to Q6.1 is “No”. |
No |
| 6.2a | *Date of meeting or proposed meeting to approve the issue under listing rule 7.1 Answer this question if the response to Q6.1 is “No” and the response to Q6.2 is “Yes”. |
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| 6.2b | *Are any of the +securities being issued without +security holder approval using the entity’s 15% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1? Answer this question if the response to Q6.1 is “No” and the response to Q6.2 is “No”. |
Yes |
| 6.2b.1 | *How many +securities are being issued without +security holder approval using the entity’s 15% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1? Answer this question if the response to Q6.1 is “No”, the response to Q6.2 is “No” and the response to Q6.2b is “Yes”. Please complete and separately send by email to your ASX listings adviser a work sheet in the form of Annexure B to Guidance Note 21 confirming the entity has the available capacity under listing rule 7.1 to issue that number of securities. |
(a) 2,000,000 options exercisable at $0.3625 on or before 15 October 2021 (b) 3,000,000 options exercisable at $0.415 on or before 15 October 2023 |
| 6.2c | *Are any of the +securities being issued without +security holder approval using the entity’s additional 10% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1A (if applicable)? Answer this question if the response to Q6.1 is “No” and the response to Q6.2 is “No”. |
No |
| 6.2c.1 | *How many +securities are being issued without +security holder approval using the entity’s additional 10% placement capacity under listing rule 7.1A? Answer this question if the response to Q6.1 is “No”, the response to Q6.2 is “No” and the response to Q6.2c is “Yes”. Please complete and separately send by email to your ASX listings adviser a work sheet in the form of Annexure C to Guidance Note 21 confirming the entity has the available capacity under listing rule 7.1A to issue that number of securities. |
Introduced 01/12/19; amended 31/01/20
Exception 13 is only available if and to the extent that the number of +equity securities issued under the scheme does not exceed the maximum number set out in the entity’s prospectus, PDS or information memorandum (in the case of (a) above) or in the notice of meeting (in the case of (b) above).
Exception 13 ceases to be available if there is a material change to the terms of the scheme from those set out in the entity’s prospectus, PDS or information memorandum (in the case of (a) above) or in the notice of meeting (in the case of (b) above).
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Employee Option Plan Rules
As adopted by the COSOL Limited Board of Directors effective on 23 April 2020.
| CONTENTS | CONTENTS | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Introduction | Page 2 |
| 2. | Defined Terms and Interpretation | Page 2 |
| 3. | Principal Conditions | Page 6 |
| 4. | Operation of the Plan | Page 6 |
| 5. | Offers | Page 6 |
| 6. | Application for Options | Page 7 |
| 7. | Issue of Options | Page 8 |
| 8. | Exercise of Options | Page 9 |
| 9. | Lapse of Options | Page 10 |
| 10. | Dealing with Options | Page 10 |
| 11. | Participation Rights, Bonus Issues, Reorganisations of Capital and Winding Up | Page 11 |
| 12. | Quotation of Shares | Page 13 |
| 13. | Administration of the Plan | Page 13 |
| 14. | Amendment to Rules | Page 14 |
| 15. | Rights of Participants | Page 14 |
| 16. | Notices | Page 14 |
| 17. | Governing Law | Page 15 |
| 18. | Advice | Page 15 |
COSOL Limited ABN 66 635 371 363 Level 3, 201 Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill QLD 4000 T +61 7 3129 3341 E [email protected] W cosol.com.au
ASX Code: COS
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1. Introduction
1.1 Name of the Plan
The Plan is called the COSOL Limited Employee Option Plan.
1.2 Objects of the Plan
The objects of the Plan are to:
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(a) provide an incentive for Eligible Employees to remain in their employment in the long term;
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(b) recognise the ongoing ability of Eligible Employees and their expected efforts and contribution in the long term to the performance and success of the Group; and
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(c) provide Eligible Employees with the opportunity to acquire Options, and ultimately Shares, in the Company, in accordance with these Rules.
1.3
Commencement of the Plan
The Plan commences on the date determined by the Plan Committee.
2. Defined Terms and Interpretation
2.1 Defined Terms
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
Accelerated Vesting Event means the occurrence of:
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(a) a Special Circumstance in respect of a Participant; and
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(b) a circumstance set out in Rule 10.3.
Applicable Law means one or more, as the context requires, of:
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(a) the Corporations Act;
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(b) Corporations Regulations;
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(c) the Listing Rules;
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(d) any other applicable securities laws;
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(e) the constitution of the Company; and
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(f) any practice note, policy statement, class order, declaration, guideline, policy or procedure authorising or entitling ASIC or ASX to regulate, implement or enforce, either directly or indirectly:
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(i) a provision of the laws, regulations, rules or constitution referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e); or
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(ii) any agreement or deed made under the laws, regulations, rules or constitution referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e); or
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(iii) a person's conduct or proposed conduct under the laws, regulations, rules or constitution referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e), or any agreement or deed referred to in paragraph (f)(ii).
Application Form means a duly completed and executed application for the issue of Options made
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by an Eligible Employee in respect of an Offer, in the form approved by the Plan Committee from time to time.
ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Associated Body Corporate means a body corporate that
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(a) is a related body corporate of the Company; or
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(b) has voting power in the Company of not less than 20%; or
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(c) the Company has voting power in of not less than 20%,
where ' voting power ' is as defined in section 610 of the Corporations Act.
ASX means Australian Securities Exchange Limited ABN 98 008 624 691.
Board means all or some of the directors of the Company acting as a board or its delegate under section 198D of the Corporations Act.
Certificate means, with respect to an Option, a certificate issued under these Rules in the form approved by the Plan Committee from time to time, or if the Plan Committee determines that Options are uncertificated, then a statement issued to the Participant, disclosing:
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(a) the number of Options entered in the register of Option holders in respect of the Participant; and
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(b) the information in Rule 7.3.
Company means COSOL Limited ABN 66 635 371 363.
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) as amended from time to time.
Corporations Regulations means any and all regulations made under the Corporations Act.
Date of Grant means, with respect to an Option, the date on which the Plan Committee grants the Option to an Eligible Employee.
Director means a director of the Company.
Eligible Employee means an Employee whom the Plan Committee determines is to receive an Offer under the Plan.
Employee means:
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(a) an individual whom the Plan Committee determines to be in the full-time or part-time employment of a body corporate in the Group (including any employee on parental leave, long service leave or other special leave as approved by the Plan Committee);
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(b) a director of a body corporate in the Group who holds a salaried employment or office in a body corporate in the Group; or
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(c) a director of the Company.
Employee Incentive Scheme means an employee share or option scheme extended only to employees (including directors) of the Company and Associated Bodies Corporate, excluding the Plan.
Exercise Conditions means the performance, vesting or other conditions (if any) determined by the Plan Committee and specified in an Offer which are, subject to these Rules, required to be satisfied,
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reached or met before an Option can, during the Exercise Period, be exercised.
Exercise Period means the period commencing on the First Exercise Date and ending on the Last Exercise Date.
Exercise Price means the amount payable by the holder of an Option on the exercise of the Option, being the amount fixed at the time of the issue of the Option and as determined under Rule 5.5.
First Exercise Date with respect to an Option means, unless otherwise specified in an Offer, the earlier of:
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(a) the date 12 months after the Date of Grant; or
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(b) the date on which a Special Circumstance arises in respect of the Participant holding the Option.
Group means the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Last Exercise Date with respect to an Option means, unless otherwise specified in an Offer:
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(a) the date 10 years after the Date of Grant; or
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(b) if a Special Circumstance arises in respect of a Participant during those 10 years, then the date 6 months (or longer period as may be determined by the Plan Committee) after the Special Circumstance arises.
Legal Personal Representative means the executor of the will or an administrator of the estate of a deceased person, the trustee of the estate of a person under a legal disability or a person who holds an enduring power of attorney granted by another person.
Listing Rules means the listing rules of ASX.
Notice of Exercise means a duly completed and executed notice of exercise of an Option by a Participant, in the form approved by the Plan Committee from time to time.
Option means an option issued to a Participant under the Plan to subscribe for a Share.
Offer means an invitation to an Eligible Employee made by the Company under Rule 5.1 to apply for an issue of Options.
Participant means a person who holds Options issued under the Plan and includes, if a Participant dies or becomes subject to a legal disability, the Legal Personal Representative of the Participant.
Plan means the COSOL Limited Employee Option Plan governed by these Rules.
Plan Committee means the COSOL Limited Employee Option Plan Committee or another committee of the Board to which power to administer the Plan has been delegated or, if there has been no delegation, the Board.
Redundancy means the termination or cessation of a Participant's employment or office with a body corporate in the Group as a result of redundancy, as determined by the Plan Committee.
Rules means the rules governing the operation of the Plan set out in this document, as amended from time to time.
Security Interest means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, encumbrance or other third party interest of any nature.
Security Trading Policy means the policy in respect to dealing in the Company’s securities as
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approved by the Board of Directors.
Shares means fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company.
Special Circumstance means with respect to a Participant:
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(a) Total and Permanent Disablement;
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(b) Redundancy;
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(c) the death of the Participant;
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(d) any other circumstances as the Plan Committee may at any time determine (whether in relation to the Participant, a class of Participants, particular circumstances or a class of circumstances) and whether before or after the Date of Grant.
Subsidiary means:
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(a) a body corporate of which the Company is a holding company in terms of Division 6 of Part 1.2 of the Corporations Act that the Plan Committee has approved for participation in the Plan; or
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(b) a body corporate in which the Company has voting power of not less than 20% (determined under section 610 of the Corporations Act) that the Plan Committee has approved for participation in the Plan.
Tax includes any tax, levy, impost, GST, deduction, charge, rate, contribution, duty or withholding which is assessed (or deemed to be assessed), levied, imposed or made by any government or any governmental, semi-governmental or judicial entity or authority together with any interest, penalty, fine, charge, fee or other amount assessed (or deemed to be assessed), levied, imposed or made on or in respect of any or all of the foregoing.
Total and Permanent Disablement means the termination or cessation of a Participant's employment with the Company or a Subsidiary as a result of total and permanent disablement, as determined by the Plan Committee.
2.2 Interpretation
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
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(a) headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of these Rules;
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(b) reference to any legislation or a provision of any legislation includes a modification or reenactment of the legislation or a legislative provision substituted for, and all legislation and statutory instruments and regulations issued under, the legislation;
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(c) words denoting the singular include the plural and vice versa;
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(d) words denoting a gender include the other genders;
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(e) reference to any document or agreement includes reference to that document or agreement as amended, novated, supplemented, varied or replaced from time to time;
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(f) a word or expression defined in the Corporations Act has the meaning given to it in the Corporations Act;
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(g) where any word or phrase is given a defined meaning in these Rules, any part of speech or other grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning;
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(h) reference to a rule or paragraph is a reference to a rule or paragraph of these Rules, or the corresponding Rule or Rules of the Plan as amended from time to time; and
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(i) where an act or thing must be done on a particular day or within a particular period, that act or thing must be done before, and that period ends at 5.00pm local time in Perth, Western Australia on the relevant day.
2.3
Primary Instruments
These Rules are to be interpreted subject to the Applicable Laws.
3. Principal Conditions
3.1 Plan Limit
Subject to Applicable Law, the Company must not issue Options under the Plan if the number of Shares to be received on exercise of the Options the subject of any Offer, when aggregated with:
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(a) the number of Shares which would be issued were each outstanding offer or invitation or option to acquire unissued shares, being an offer made or option acquired pursuant to an Employee Incentive Scheme or the Plan be accepted or exercised as the case may be; and
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(b) the number of Shares issued during the previous five years pursuant to the Plan or any other Employee Incentive Scheme,
but disregarding any offer made, or option acquired or Share issued by way of or as a result of:
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(c) an offer to a person situated at the time of receipt of the offer outside Australia;
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(d) an offer that was an excluded offer or invitation within the meaning of the Corporations Act as it stood prior to the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999 (Cth); or
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(e) an offer that does not need disclosure to investors because of section 708 of the Corporations Act,
would exceed 5% of the total number of issued Shares at the time of the Offer.
3.2 Options Issued Only to Employees
No Options may be issued to a person under the Plan unless the person remains an Employee as at the Date of Grant, or the Plan Committee determines otherwise.
3.3 Compliance with Laws and Security Trading Policy
No Option may be offered or issued to, or exercised by, an Eligible Employee or Participant if to do so would contravene an Applicable Law or the Company’s Security Trading Policy.
4. Operation of the Plan
The Plan operates according to these Rules which bind the Company, any Subsidiary, and each Participant.
5. Offers
5.1 Plan Committee May Make Offer
Subject to these Rules, the Plan Committee may from time to time make an Offer to an Eligible
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Employee.
5.2
Form of Offer
An Offer must be in writing and subject to Rule 5.3, the form of the Offer and any acceptance of the invitation constituted by the Offer must be as approved by the Plan Committee from time to time.
5.3 Information Contained in Offer
An Offer must state:
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(a) the name and address of the Eligible Employee to whom the Offer is made;
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(b) the date of the Offer;
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(c) the period for acceptance of the invitation constituted by the Offer;
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(d) the maximum number of Options for which the Eligible Employee may make application;
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(e) the expected Date of Grant of the Options the subject of the Offer;
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(f) the expected First Exercise Date of the Options the subject of the Offer;
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(g) the expected Last Exercise Date of the Options the subject of the Offer;
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(h) the Exercise Price or the manner of determining the Exercise Price of the Options the subject of the Offer;
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(i) the Exercise Conditions (if any) attaching to the Options the subject of the Offer; and
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(j) any other specific terms and conditions applicable to the Offer including any required by Applicable Law.
5.4
Number of Options
Subject to Rule 3.1, the number of Options the subject of an Offer to an Eligible Employee is determined by the Plan Committee.
5.5 Exercise Price
Subject to any adjustment under Rule 11, the Exercise Price in respect of an Option is as determined by the Plan Committee.
5.6 Exercise Price in Australian Dollars
The Exercise Price in respect of an Option must be denominated and payable in Australian dollars.
5.7
Offer Personal
An Offer under the Plan is personal to the Eligible Employee to whom it is made and, accordingly, the invitation constituted by an Offer may only be accepted by, and Options may only be issued to, the Eligible Employee to whom the Offer is made.
6. Application for Options
6.1 Acceptance of Offer
An Eligible Employee may accept the invitation constituted by an Offer by giving to the Company an Application Form within the period specified in the Offer.
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6.2 Application for All of Some of Options
An Eligible Employee may in his or her discretion accept the invitation constituted by an Offer, in whole or in part, in multiples of 100 Options or another multiple of Options as the Plan Committee may allow for the Eligible Employee.
6.3 Lapse of Offer
An Offer not accepted in accordance with Rule 6.1 lapses unless the Plan Committee determines otherwise.
7. Issue of Options
7.1 Acceptance of Application and Issue
The Company may, within 60 days after receiving a duly completed Application Form from an Eligible Employee but subject to the conditions of the Offer:
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(a) accept the Application Form;
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(b) issue to the Eligible Employee all of the Options the subject of the Application Form; and
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(c) notify the Eligible Employee of the Date of Grant of those Options.
7.2 Eligible Employee Becomes a Participant
On the issue of an Option following receipt by the Company of an Application Form, an Eligible Employee becomes a Participant and is bound by these Rules.
7.3 Certificates
The Company must give a Participant one or more Certificates:
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(a) stating the number of Options issued to the Participant;
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(b) stating the Exercise Price of those Options;
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(c) stating the Date of Grant of those Options; and
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(d) attaching any Exercise Conditions of those Options.
7.4 Consideration for Options
Options will be issued for consideration comprising the services that are expected to be provided by an Eligible Employee to or for the benefit of the Group but no further monetary or other consideration will be payable in respect of the issue of an Option.
7.5 Entitlement to Underlying Shares
Subject to these Rules, each Option confers on its holder the entitlement to subscribe for and be issued one fully paid Share at the Exercise Price.
7.6 Interest in Shares
A Participant has no interest in a Share the subject of an Option held by the Participant unless and until the Share is issued to that Participant under these Rules.
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8. Exercise of Options
8.1 Exercise During Exercise Period
Subject to Rules 3.3, 8.2 and 8.3, an Option may be exercised at any time during the Exercise Period for that Option.
8.2 Exercise Before Exercise Period
Subject to Rule 8.3, an Option may be exercised before the Exercise Period if permitted under Rules 10.4 or 11.5.
8.3 Exercise Conditions
Subject to Rule 8.4, if the Offer in respect of an Option specifies any Exercise Conditions, the Option may not be exercised unless and until those Exercise Conditions have been satisfied, reached or met.
8.4 Waiver of Exercise Conditions
The Plan Committee may, at its discretion, by notice to the Participant reduce or waive the Exercise Conditions attaching to Options in whole or in part at any time and in any particular case including due to Special Circumstance or another Accelerated Vesting Event.
8.5 Exercise of Options
Subject to these Rules, Options which have not lapsed may be exercised by the Participant giving to the Company:
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(a) a Notice of Exercise signed by the Participant;
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(b) the Certificate for those Options; and
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(c) a cheque payable to the Company (or another form of payment acceptable to the Board) in the amount of the product of the number of Options then being exercised by the Participant and the Exercise Price.
8.6 Issue of Shares
Subject to these Rules and the Listing Rules, on the exercise of an Option the Company must:
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(a) procure the transfer of a Share; or
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(b) issue and allot a Share.
8.7 Clearance of Exercise Price
The Company is not obliged to issue Shares on exercise of Options until any cheque received in payment of the Exercise Price has been honoured on presentation.
8.8 Exercise All or Some Options
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(a) A Participant may only exercise Options in multiples of 100 or another multiple as the Plan Committee determines unless the Participant exercises all Options covered by a Certificate able to be exercised by him or her at that time.
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(b) The exercise by a Participant of only some of the Options held by the Participant does not affect the Participant's right to exercise at a later date other Options held by the Participant (whether those other Options have the same First Exercise Date or otherwise).
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8.9 Replacement Certificate
If a Participant submits a Notice of Exercise in respect of only part of the Options covered by a Certificate, the Company must issue a Certificate stating the remaining number of Options held by the Participant.
8.10 Shares Rank Equally
Unless otherwise provided in a Notice of Exercise, Shares issued on the exercise of Options rank equally with all existing Shares on and from the date of issue in respect of all rights issues, bonus share issues and dividends which have a record date for determining entitlements on or after the date of issue of those Shares.
9. Lapse of Options
9.1 Lapse of Options
An Option lapses on the earlier of:
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(a) the Last Exercise Date;
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(b) a determination of the Plan Committee that the Option should lapse because the Participant, in the Plan Committee's opinion:
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(i) has been dismissed or removed from office for a reason which entitles a body corporate in the Group to dismiss the Participant without notice;
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(ii) has committed an act of fraud, defalcation or gross misconduct in relation to the affairs of that body corporate (whether or not charged with an offence); or
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(iii) has done an act which brings the Group or any body corporate in the Group into disrepute; and
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(c) unless otherwise determined by the Plan Committee, the date which is 2 months after the date of termination of employment of the Participant with the Group (other than due to the occurrence of a Special Circumstance).
9.2
Rights Cease
If a Participant fails for any reason to exercise all the Options registered in the Participant's name before the occurrence of a circumstance set out in Rule 9.1, those Options that the Participant:
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(a) would have been entitled to exercise and that have not been exercised; and
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(b) may have had a right or entitlement to have vested in the Participant, lapse and all rights of a Participant under the Plan in respect of those Options cease.
10. Dealings with Options
10.1 Options Personal
Except where Options have been transferred under Rule 10.3, Options held by a Participant are personal to the Participant and may not be exercised by another person.
10.2 No Unauthorised Disposal
Except as permitted under Rule 10.3, a Participant must not dispose of or grant a Security Interest
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over or otherwise deal with an Option or an interest in an Option, and the Security Interest or disposal or dealing is not recognised in any manner by the Company.
10.3 Permitted Transfer of Options and Accelerated Vesting Events
Options may be transferred, by an instrument of transfer, in the following circumstances only:
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(a) a transfer constituting the necessary transfer documents following an acceptance of an offer made under an off-market bid relating to Options;
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(b) a transfer to a bidder on the sale of the Options under Division 3 of Part 6A.1 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth);
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(c) a transfer to a 100% holder on the sale of the Options under Division 2 of Part 6A.2 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth);
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(d) a transfer under Part 6A.3 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) to a person entitled to acquire the Options under section 661A or 664A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); or
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(e) a transfer approved by the Board in those circumstances as may be determined by the Board.
10.4 First Exercise Date Brought Forward
If an Accelerated Vesting Event occurs while a Participant is employed with the Group, the Board may, at its discretion:
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(a) bring forward the First Exercise Date of all Options held by the Participant to a date determined by the Plan Committee; and
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(b) waive or vary any Exercise Conditions in regard to an Option held by the Participant in accordance with Rule 8.4.
10.5 Notice to Participants of Change
If the Plan Committee determines to alter the First Exercise Date and Exercise Conditions under Rule 10.4, the Company:
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(a) must within 14 days of the alteration give notice to each Participant affected by the Accelerated Vesting Event in respect of any Options held by the Participant; and
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(b) may have to issue a replacement Certificate for the Options.
11. Participation Rights, Bonus issues, Rights Issues, Reorganisations of Capital and Winding Up
11.1 New Issues
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(a) Participants are not entitled to participate in any new issue to existing holders of Shares in the Company unless:
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(i) they have become entitled to exercise their Options under the Plan; and
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(ii) they do so before the record date for the determination of entitlements to the new issue of securities and participate as a result of being holders of Shares.
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(b) The Company must give Participants, in accordance with the Listing Rules, notice of any new issue of securities before the record date for determining entitlements to the new issue
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11.2 Bonus Issues
If the Company makes (whether before or during the Exercise Period) a bonus issue of Shares or other securities to existing holders of Shares (other than an issue in lieu or in satisfaction of dividends or by way of dividend reinvestment) and no Share has been issued in respect of an Option before the record date for determining entitlements to the bonus issue, then the number of underlying Shares over which the Option is exercisable is increased by the number of Shares which the Participant would have received if the Participant had exercised the Option prior to such record date.
11.3 Pro-rata Issues
If the Company makes (whether before or during the Exercise Period) a pro-rata issue of Shares (except a bonus issue) to existing holders of Shares (other than an issue in lieu or in satisfaction of dividends or by way of dividend reinvestment) and no Share has been issued in respect of an Option before the record date for determining entitlements to the issue, the Exercise Price of the Option is reduced in accordance with the Listing Rules.
11.4 Reorganisation of capital
If there is a reorganisation of capital of the Company (whether before or during the Exercise Period) then the rights of a Participant (including the number of Options to which each Participant is entitled and the Exercise Price) is changed to the extent necessary to comply with the Listing Rules applying to a reorganisation of capital at the time of the reorganisation.
11.5 Winding up
If (whether before or during the Exercise Period) a resolution for a members' voluntary winding up of the Company is proposed (other than for the purpose of a reconstruction or amalgamation) the Plan Committee may, in its absolute discretion, give written notice to Participants of the proposed resolution. Subject to the Exercise Conditions, the Participants may, during the period referred to in the notice, exercise their Options if the Last Exercise Date for the Options has not expired.
11.6 Fractions of Shares
For the purposes of this Rule 11, if Options are exercised simultaneously, then the Participant may aggregate the number of Shares or fractions of Shares for which the Participant is entitled to subscribe. Fractions in the aggregate number only will be disregarded in determining the total entitlement of a Participant.
11.7 Calculations and adjustments
Any calculations or adjustments which are required to be made under this Rule 11 will be made by the Plan Committee and, in the absence of manifest error, are final and conclusive and binding on the Company and the Participant.
11.8 Notice of change
The Company must within a reasonable period give to each Participant notice of any change under Rule 11 to the Exercise Price of any Options held by the Participant or to the number of Shares which the Participant is entitled to subscribe for on exercise of an Option.
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12. Quotation of Shares
12.1 No Quotation of Options
The Company will not seek official quotation of any Options.
12.2 Quotation of Shares
The Company must apply to ASX for quotation of Shares issued on exercise of Options if other Shares of the Company are officially quoted by ASX at that time.
13. Administration of the Plan
13.1 Administration
The Plan is administered by the Plan Committee.
13.2 Powers of the Plan Committee
The Plan Committee has power to:
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(a) determine appropriate procedures and make regulations for the administration of the Plan which are consistent with these Rules;
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(b) resolve conclusively all questions of fact or interpretation arising in connection with the Plan; (c) terminate or suspend the operation of the Plan at any time, provided that the termination or suspension does not adversely affect or prejudice the rights of Participants holding Options at that time;
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(d) delegate those functions and powers it considers appropriate, for the efficient administration of the Plan, to any person or persons whom the Plan Committee reasonably believes to be capable of performing those functions and exercising those powers;
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(e) take and rely upon independent professional or expert advice in or in relation to the exercise of any of their powers or discretions under these Rules;
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(f) administer the Plan in accordance with these Rules as and to the extent provided in these Rules; and
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(g) make regulations for the operation of the Plan consistent with these Rules.
13.3 Exercise of Powers or Discretion
Any power or discretion which is conferred on the Plan Committee or Board by these Rules may be exercised by the Plan Committee or Board in the interests or for the benefit of the Company, and the Plan Committee or Board is not, in exercising that power or discretion, under any fiduciary or other obligation to another person.
13.4 Determinations
Where these Rules provide for a determination, decision, approval or opinion of the Plan Committee or Board, that determination, decision, approval or opinion may be made or given by the Plan Committee or Board (as applicable) in its absolute discretion.
13.5 Expenses and costs
Subject to these Rules, the Company and its Subsidiaries must pay all expenses, costs and charges
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incurred in the administration of the Plan in the amounts and proportions as they shall agree.
13.6 Tax
The Company is not responsible for any Tax which may become payable by a Participant in connection with the issue of Shares pursuant to an exercise of Options or another dealing by a Participant with the Options or Shares.
14. Amendment to Rules
14.1 Board May Amend Rules
Subject to the Listing Rules, the Board may at any time amend any of these Rules, or waive or modify the application of any of these Rules in relation to a Participant.
14.2 Consent of Participants
If an amendment to be made under Rule 14.1 would adversely affect the rights of Participants in respect of any Options then held by them, the Board must obtain the consent of Participants who between them hold not less than 75% of the total number of those Options held by all those Participants before making the amendment.
14.3 Eligible Employees outside Australia
The Board may make any additions, variations or modifications to the Rules, in relation to the implementation of the Plan and the specific application of the Rules to Eligible Employees residing outside Australia.
15. Rights of Participants
15.1 No conferred rights
These Rules:
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(a) do not confer on an Employee the right to receive an Offer;
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(b) do not confer on a Participant the right to continue as an Employee;
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(c) do not affect any rights which the Company or a Subsidiary may have to terminate the employment of a Participant; and
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(d) may not be used to increase damages in an action brought against the Company or a Subsidiary in respect of that termination.
15.2 Voting at general meetings
Participants do not, as Participants, have any right to attend or vote at general meetings of holders of Shares.
16. Notices
Notices may be given by the Company to Participants in any manner that the Plan Committee may from time to time determine.
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17. Governing Law
These Rules and the rights and obligations of Participants under the Plan are governed by the law of Western Australia, Australia, and each Participant irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Western Australia, Australia.
18. Advice
Eligible Employees should obtain their own independent advice at their own expense on the financial, taxation and other consequences to them of or relating to participation in the Plan.
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