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Cygnus Metals Ltd — M&A Activity 2026
Jun 2, 2026
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CYGNUS METALS
2 June 2026
Proposed acquisition of Cygnus Metals Limited by Central Asia Metals PLC for A$232 million
Transaction highlights
- Central Asia Metals PLC ('CAML') to acquire Cygnus Metals Limited ('Cygnus') via Australian scheme of arrangement, offering 0.06 New CAML Shares per Cygnus share, implying an equity value of Cygnus of ~A$232 million¹
- Transaction adds the Chibougamau Project in Québec, Canada (the 'Chibougamau Project'), a flagship high-grade copper-gold development asset in a high-quality jurisdiction, to CAML's portfolio of producing operations
- Transaction enhances scale, commodity and geographic diversification of CAML, combining cash-generative assets and long-term exploration potential with a near-term development growth pipeline
- CAML's strong balance sheet provides a clear funding pathway to advance the Chibougamau Project, and to de-risk its development, supported by CAML's technical capabilities as a proven operator
- All-scrip transaction delivers premium for Cygnus shareholders while retaining upside exposure to the Chibougamau Project
- Major shareholders of Cygnus, which together currently own and/or control in aggregate approximately 29% of Cygnus Shares on issue have confirmed their intention to vote their respective Cygnus Shares in favour of the Scheme at the Scheme Meeting subject to the qualifications referenced in this announcement²
Central Asia Metals PLC (AIM: CAML) and Cygnus Metals Limited (ASX: CY5, TSXV: CYG, OTCQB: CYGGF) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive Scheme Implementation Deed ('SID') under which CAML has agreed to acquire 100% of the fully paid ordinary shares in Cygnus ('Cygnus Shares') with each Cygnus
¹ The terms of the Scheme value each Cygnus Share at A$0.176 per Cygnus Share based on the closing price of £1.56 per CAML share and a A$±E exchange rate of A$1.00.53 on 1 June 2026. The Scheme Consideration is based on 1,220,913,340 Cygnus Shares on issue, 1,050,000 Cygnus Shares to be issued as Stage 4 consideration for acquisition of the Beryl and Sakami projects, along with 83,621,706 Cygnus performance rights, 3,146,535 Cygnus share rights and 11,094,785 Cygnus options. For the purposes of calculating the implied equity value of the Scheme Consideration, all performance rights and share rights are assumed to convert into ordinary shares and all outstanding in-the-money options are assumed to be exercised prior to the Record Date.
² Refer to the section of this announcement titled 'Cygnus Shareholder Support' for further information regarding the voting intention statements (and the qualifications to those statements) and shareholders who have provided them.
shareholder being entitled to receive 0.06 new CAML shares for each Cygnus Share held at the prescribed record date ('New CAML Shares'). The transaction, as contemplated in the SID, will be implemented by way of an Australian Court-approved scheme of arrangement pursuant to Part 5.1 of Australia's Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ('Corporations Act') ('Scheme').
The terms of the Scheme value each Cygnus Share at A$0.176 per Cygnus Share based on the closing price of £1.56 per CAML share and a A$£ exchange rate of A$1:£0.53 on 1 June 2026 ('Scheme Consideration'). The Scheme Consideration values the fully diluted share capital of Cygnus at A$232 million³.
Immediately following implementation of the Scheme, it is expected that existing CAML shareholders will own approximately 70%, and Cygnus shareholders will own approximately 30%, of CAML's enlarged fully diluted issued share capital⁴.
The acquisition of Cygnus will add a flagship development-stage asset through a 100% interest in the Chibougamau Copper-Gold Project, a high-grade deposit located in Québec, Canada to CAML's existing portfolio of producing and cash-flow generative assets located in North Macedonia and Kazakhstan and its exploration projects. The latest Mineral Resource Estimate ('MRE') published by Cygnus in late 2025 for the Chibougamau Project is 6.4 million tonnes at a 2.3% copper grade ('Cu'), 0.8g/t gold grade ('Au') and 7.6g/t silver grade ('Ag') in the Measured and Indicated Resource categories and 8.5 million tonnes at a 2.1% Cu grade, 1.7g/t Au grade and 7.9g/t Ag grade in the Inferred Resource category⁵.
Cygnus shareholders will be asked to approve the Scheme at a scheme meeting ('Scheme Meeting') which is expected to be held in September 2026, with implementation of the Scheme to occur shortly thereafter. For the Scheme to proceed, it must be approved by at least 75% of all votes cast by Cygnus shareholders and a majority of Cygnus shareholders present and voting (in person or by proxy) at the Scheme Meeting, and the Scheme will also require approval by a simple majority of the votes cast by Cygnus shareholders, excluding the votes of certain related parties as prescribed by Canadian securities regulation Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions, at the Scheme Meeting.
Prior to the Scheme Meeting, CAML will also convene a shareholder meeting to approve the allotment of the New CAML Shares and grant of the New CAML Options (as defined below) ('CAML Meeting'). The CAML shareholder resolution required will be duly-passed by a simple majority of those CAML shareholders who vote.
Under the SID, CAML has agreed to use all reasonable endeavours to apply for approval for listing its ordinary shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange ('TSX') or TSX Venture Exchange ('TSXV' and, together with the TSX, a 'Recognised Canadian Exchange') prior to implementation of the Scheme, to provide holders of New CAML Shares the ability to trade on the TSX or TSXV and to broaden CAML's investor base in North America. Any such listing will be subject to the satisfaction of the Recognised Canadian Exchange's applicable listing requirements and the receipt of all relevant regulatory approvals. For the avoidance of doubt, the proposed listing will have no effect on CAML's quotation on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, including its compliance with the relevant continuing admission requirements. There can be no certainty that a listing on a Recognised Canadian Exchange will be achieved, or as to the timing thereof, and CAML will make further announcements as appropriate.
Transaction highlights and rationale for Cygnus shareholders
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Immediate value realisation for Cygnus shareholders
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60% premium to Cygnus' last closing price on 1 June 2026 of A$0.11 per Cygnus Share
³ Refer footnote 1.
⁴ Based on 79 million New CAML Shares having been issued to Cygnus shareholders under the terms of the proposed Scheme. For the purposes of calculating the fully diluted issued share capital, all performance rights and share rights of Cygnus are assumed to convert into ordinary shares and all outstanding in-the-money options of Cygnus are assumed to be exercised prior to the Record Date.
⁵ Refer to Cygnus' ASX announcement titled 'Cygnus reports a 78% increase in M&I resource at its Chibougamau Copper-Gold Project' dated September 17, 2025.
○ 49% premium to Cygnus' 20-day volume weighted average price ('VWAP') to 1 June 2026 of A$0.12 per Cygnus Share
- Provides exposure to strong balance sheet and cash generating business that de-risks development of the Chibougamau Project
- The Scheme provides exposure to CAML’s robust and sustainable cash flow with CAML reporting free cash flow of US$56 million in FY2025 and with existing analyst forecasts indicating a substantial improvement in free cash flow in FY2026
- CAML has continually demonstrated its ability to return capital to shareholders, with FY2025 full year dividends of 12 pence per share declared (US$28 million in total)
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Free cash flow to be used in part to fund advancement of the Chibougamau Project
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Commodity and project diversification, whilst retaining upside exposure to the Chibougamau Project
- Immediate exposure to CAML’s producing assets reduces exposure to risks associated with potential development of a single asset operation and further diversifies commodity and jurisdictional exposure
- 2026 production guidance for CAML of 12,000-13,000 tonnes of copper cathode, 18,000-20,000 tonnes of zinc-in-concentrate and 26,000-28,000 tonnes of lead-in-concentrate
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Scrip consideration preserves Cygnus shareholders’ exposure to upside at Chibougamau as exploration and development progresses, supported by CAML’s stronger balance sheet, while reducing funding requirements and mitigating future dilution risk
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Increased trading liquidity in a diversified AIM50 quoted vehicle
- CAML’s shares are quoted on the AIM market of the LSE and are included in the FTSE AIM UK 50 and 100 indices
- Cygnus shareholders to be exposed to increased liquidity, with one-month Average Daily Traded Value for CAML of ~A$2.0 million compared with Cygnus of ~A$0.2 million
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CAML to use all reasonable endeavours to apply for approval for listing its ordinary shares on a Recognised Canadian Exchange
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CAML management team has extensive project development and operational experience
- Cygnus shareholders expected to benefit from CAML’s proven project development and operational expertise particularly in base metals, underground mining, processing and dry stack tailings
- CAML’s team has a strong track record and reputation in environmental, social and governance matters, placing importance on developing and maintaining firm local relationships in its areas of current operation
Transaction highlights and rationale for CAML shareholders
- Transformative acquisition
- Once in production, the Chibougamau Project has the potential to add meaningfully to CAML’s annual copper-equivalent output and cash flows
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The acquisition adds material near-term growth to CAML’s portfolio, with a flagship development-stage copper-gold asset to complement existing operations, and additional resource upside potential from ongoing exploration at and around the Chibougamau deposits
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High-grade development project with significant exploration potential
- High-grade copper-gold project with an MRE of 6.4 million tonnes at a 2.3% Cu grade, 0.8g/t Au grade and 7.6g/t Ag grade in the Measured and Indicated Resource categories and 8.5 million
6 Central Asia Metals PLC, 2025 Operations Update, dated 8 January 2026.
tonnes at a 2.1% Cu grade, 1.7g/t Au grade and 7.9g/t Ag grade in the Inferred Resource category⁷
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This equates to 149,000 tonnes of contained copper and 167,000 ounces of gold in M&I resources (with a further 182,000 tonnes of copper and 454,000 ounces of gold in Inferred) underpinning the scale and quality of the asset
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The presence of an historical 900,000 tonnes per annum processing plant on site is expected to provide a significant head start and lower capital requirements for the project once refurbished
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Updated PEA study* is already under way and would be completed by CAML
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Increased copper exposure in a tier-one jurisdiction
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Québec, Canada, is a world-class mining jurisdiction known for stable and supportive policies, a highly skilled workforce and abundant low-cost hydroelectric power
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Canada’s federal Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund has approved co-funding for feasibility studies on transport and power infrastructure linking the Chibougamau deposits to the central processing facility, underscoring Québec’s commitment to enabling new copper production
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The acquisition of Cygnus would broaden CAML’s geographical footprint beyond Kazakhstan and North Macedonia, enhancing portfolio diversification
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Clear pathway to project development
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Baseline environmental and engineering studies for the Chibougamau Project have commenced, and the project will be progressing through the permitting process in parallel with ongoing resource drilling and advanced study work
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CAML will leverage its mine development expertise to complete an updated PEA* and progress further feasibility studies in due course leading to project development
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*Preliminary Economic Assessment ('PEA')
The outcomes of the PEA were first announced by Doré Copper Mining Corp. on 10 May 2022 and the comprehensive technical report underpinning the PEA was announced by Doré in accordance with the requirements of NI 43-101 on 15 June 2022 (‘2022 Technical Report’). The 2022 Technical Report was prepared by BBA Inc. with several consulting firms contributing to sections of the study, including SLR, SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. and WSP Inc. The 2022 Technical Report and the announcement are available on SEDAR.
Cygnus cautions that the PEA is a preliminary technical, conceptual and economic study undertaken by Doré of the initial evaluation and potential development of the Chibougamau Project. It is at scoping study level only, which is based on a lower level of technical assessment that is not sufficient to support the estimation of Ore Reserves and is inherently uncertain. The production targets and forecast financial information disclosed in the PEA are underpinned by Measured Mineral Resources (approximately 1.17%), Indicated Mineral Resources (approximately 32.10%) and Inferred Mineral Resources (approximately 66.73%). However, Cygnus is not able to disclose the outcomes of the PEA as the significant proportion of Inferred Resources included in the life of mine means that pursuant to ASX and ASIC guidance there is not considered to be sufficiently reasonable grounds for the production targets and forecast financial information disclosed in the PEA. Accordingly, Cygnus is not disclosing the production targets and forecast financial information reported in the PEA and cautions investors against making investment decisions based on such targets and forecasts.
- Commenting on the Scheme, Nick Clarke, CAML’s Non-Executive Chairman, said:
“We see this transaction as a compelling opportunity for CAML to add a high-grade copper-gold asset that fits well alongside our existing operations. Bringing the Chibougamau Project into the portfolio provides a clear pathway to near-term growth, with the potential to make a meaningful contribution to production and cash
⁷ Refer to Cygnus’ ASX announcement titled ‘Cygnus reports a 78% increase in M&I resource at its Chibougamau Copper-Gold Project’ dated September 17, 2025
flow. The Scheme is consistent with our disciplined approach to pursuing acquisitions that enhance long-term cash generation."
Commenting on the Scheme, Gavin Ferrar, CAML's Chief Executive Officer, said:
"The addition of this high-grade copper-gold project in a tier-one jurisdiction represents a material step to strengthening our portfolio. We have been impressed by the quality and experience of the Cygnus team and look forward to working closely with them to integrate the Chibougamau Project, complete an updated PEA and advance the asset towards a feasibility study. We also look forward to working in collaboration with our host communities and other key stakeholders, including the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree Nation, the City of Chibougamau and the Government of Québec."
Commenting on the Scheme, David Southam, Cygnus' Executive Chairman, said:
"This transaction is a true win-win outcome for both sets of shareholders. Cygnus shareholders can maintain their exposure to the Chibougamau Project while reaping the benefits of a highly respected base metals operating company that produces free cash flow and pays dividends. These strengths are expected to mitigate for existing shareholders certain future financial burdens associated with project development. CAML has all the necessary experience in underground mining, processing, dry stack tailings and concentrate production to deliver the Chibougamau Project. Importantly, CAML has a strong social licence in its current operations and we expect them to be an excellent partner for our local communities and other stakeholders."
Analyst conference call and webcast
A live conference call and webcast hosted by Gavin Ferrar (Chief Executive Officer, CAML) and Louise Wrathall (Chief Financial Officer, CAML) will take place at 09:30 (BST) today.
The conference call can be accessed by dialling 0808 109 0700 (UK toll free) or +44 (0) 33 0551 0200 and quoting the confirmation code 'CAML' when prompted by the operator.
The webcast can be accessed using the link:
https://brrmedia.news/CAML_AC
The presentation will be available on CAML's website and there will be a replay of the call accessible following the presentation at https://www.centralasiametals.com
Presentation via Investor Meet Company
CAML will hold a live presentation via the Investor Meet Company platform at 12:30 (BST) today. The presentation is open to all existing and potential shareholders. Questions can be submitted via the Investor Meet Company dashboard at any time during the live presentation. Investors can sign up to Investor Meet Company for free, and can add to meet CAML via:
https://www.investormeetcompany.com/central-asia-metals-plc/register-investor
Investors who already follow CAML on the Investor Meet Company platform will be invited automatically.
Board of Directors' recommendations
The Board of Directors of Cygnus consider that the Scheme is in the best interest of Cygnus shareholders and unanimously recommend that Cygnus' shareholders vote in favour of the Scheme, in the absence of a superior proposal and subject to an independent expert concluding (and continuing to conclude) that the Scheme is in the best interests of Cygnus' shareholders. Subject to those same qualifications, each member of the Cygnus Board intends to vote, or cause to be voted, all Cygnus Shares which they own or control in favour of the Scheme at the Scheme Meeting.
The Board of Directors of CAML are supportive of the Scheme and unanimously recommend that CAML shareholders vote in favour of the allotment of the New CAML Shares and grant of the New CAML Options (as defined below) at the CAML Meeting. Each member of the CAML Board intends to vote, or cause to be voted, all CAML shares which they own or control in favour of the allotment of the New CAML Shares and grant of the New CAML Options (as defined below) at the CAML Meeting.
Certain interests of Cygnus Directors in the Scheme
As at the date of this announcement, the Cygnus Directors collectively hold and/or control the votes in relation to 30,169,842 or approximately 2.47% of the Cygnus Shares on issue.
In addition, the Cygnus Directors collectively hold or have an interest in 6,266,722 Cygnus Options, 48,819,206 Cygnus performance rights, and 2,445,906 Cygnus share rights.
The Cygnus Directors have each carefully reviewed their positions and consider that their interests in Cygnus Shares, Cygnus Options, Cygnus performance rights, and Cygnus share rights do not preclude them from making recommendations in relation to the Scheme.
Cygnus Shareholder Support
Ocean Partners Holdings Limited, Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC, Symorgh Investments Pty Ltd and Gold Leaf Corporate Pty Ltd (together with each of their respective associates), which together currently own and/or control the votes in relation to 349,524,449 Cygnus Shares (representing approximately 29% of the Cygnus Shares on issue), have also indicated their intention to vote all Cygnus Shares that they hold directly or indirectly in favour of the Scheme at the Scheme Meeting, in the absence of a superior proposal emerging (as determined and announced by the Cygnus Board in accordance with the SID) and subject to an independent expert concluding (and continuing to conclude) that the Scheme is in the best interests of Cygnus shareholders.⁸
Additionally, Ocean Partners Holdings Limited (together with its associates) in respect of its 156,201,460 Cygnus Shares, and Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC (together with its associates) in respect of its 150,829,997 Cygnus Shares, have also confirmed that they will not dispose, or cause the disposal, of those Cygnus Shares until the earlier of, the date of the Scheme Meeting, or, the date that is four months from the date of their intention statement.
Call Option Deed
CAML has also entered into a call option deed ('Call Option Deed') with Ocean Partners Holdings Limited and Ocean Partners UK Limited (together, 'Ocean Partners') in respect of their relevant interests in an aggregate 120,906,526 Cygnus Shares representing, in aggregate, 9.9% of Cygnus Shares on issue ('Call Option'). The Call Option provides CAML with the right to acquire the relevant Cygnus Shares held by Ocean Partners for 0.06 CAML Shares per Cygnus Share if:
- Cygnus has received a competing proposal or any person (including Cygnus) publicly announces a competing proposal; and
- the Cygnus Board has announced that a competing proposal is a superior proposal,
(together, the 'Call Option Conditions').
Subject to satisfaction of the Call Option Conditions, CAML may exercise the Call Option at any time during the exercise period, being until the earlier of: (i) 6 months after date of deed; (ii) the date of implementation of the Scheme; (iii) the date that is 10 business days after the date the SID is validly terminated, provided that no new
⁸ The Cygnus shareholders who have given voting intention statements comprise: (1) Ocean Partners Holdings Limited (156,201,460 Cygnus Shares representing 12.79% of all Cygnus Shares); (2) Equinox Partners Investment Management LLC on behalf of itself and Equinox Partners LP, Mason Hill Partners LP, Equinox Partners Precious Metals Master Fund LP, and Stichting LGP (150,829,997 Cygnus Shares representing 12.35% of all Cygnus Shares); (3) Symorgh Investments Pty Ltd (21,373,414 Cygnus Shares), Symorgh Investments Pty Ltd (7,559,199 Cygnus Shares) and Symorgh Super Pty Ltd (188,310 Cygnus Shares) (collectively, 29,120,923 Cygnus Shares representing 2.39% of all Cygnus Shares); and (4) Gold Leaf Corporate Pty Ltd (10,064,679 Cygnus Shares), Blue Leaf AC (1,000,000 Cygnus Shares), M D & S J Super Fund (2,133,912 Cygnus Shares) and Ms Sarah June Naylor (173,478 Cygnus Shares) (collectively, 13,372,069 Cygnus Shares representing 1.10% of all Cygnus Shares). Each of the aforementioned shareholders has consented to the inclusion of these voting intention statements in this document.
scheme implementation deed or takeover bid or other control proposal is announced by CAML or any other CAML group member within that 10 business day period; and (iv) such other date and time agreed in writing between Ocean Partners and CAML before that date.
The full terms of the Call Option Deed will be annexed to CAML’s notice of initial substantial holder to be released to ASX shortly after this announcement.
Scheme structure and certain terms of the SID
Under the SID, CAML will acquire 100% of the Cygnus Shares by way of the Scheme, pursuant to which Cygnus shareholders will receive 0.06 New CAML Shares per Cygnus Share held.
Implementation of the Scheme is subject to customary and other conditions, including (among other things):
- Receipt of specified North Macedonian and Kazakhstan regulatory approvals;
- An independent expert concluding and continuing to conclude that the Scheme is in the best interest of Cygnus’ shareholders;
- Approval of the Scheme by Cygnus’ shareholders in accordance with Australia’s Corporations Act and applicable Canadian securities laws at the Scheme Meeting;
- An ordinary resolution of CAML’s shareholders authorising the Directors to issue the New CAML Shares pursuant to the Scheme and grant the New CAML Options (as defined below), as required by the Companies Act 2006 of England and Wales;
- No Cygnus or CAML material adverse change, prescribed occurrence or regulated event arising (each as defined in the SID); and
- Requisite Australian Court approvals.
In addition, the SID contains customary exclusivity provisions, including no shop, no talk and no due diligence, and a notification obligation and a matching right in favour of CAML. The SID also contains reciprocal break fee provisions. The amount of the break fee, should it become payable, is approximately A$2.3 million. A copy of the SID is attached to this announcement.
As part of the Scheme and subject to any required regulatory approvals, CAML intends to establish a share sale facility to give smaller Cygnus shareholders the ability to have their CAML shares sold following implementation of the Scheme. Cygnus shareholders (other than ineligible foreign shareholders) holding 85,176 or less Cygnus Shares as at the record date for the Scheme will be able to elect to have the New CAML Shares they would have otherwise received under the Scheme sold on their behalf, following implementation of the Scheme, by a third-party broker through the share sale facility (‘Sale Facility’).
If CAML obtains approval for a listing of its ordinary shares on a Recognised Canadian Exchange, eligible Cygnus shareholders, being those Cygnus shareholders who do not participate in the Sale Facility and who have a registered address in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom or the United States of America (‘Eligible Cygnus Shareholders’), will be entitled to elect to have their New CAML Shares to be tradable on AIM or a Recognised Canadian Exchange (‘Exchange Election’). In the event an Eligible Cygnus Shareholder makes a valid election for their New CAML Shares to be tradable on a Recognised Canadian Exchange and approval for the New CAML Shares to be listed on a Recognised Canadian Exchange is not obtained, they will receive their New CAML Shares that can be tradable on the AIM.
Eligible Cygnus Shareholders who do not make a valid election prior to the election cut-off date will be deemed to have elected to receive their New CAML Shares that can be tradable on the AIM.
Further details on how Cygnus shareholders may participate in the Sale Facility and Exchange Election (as applicable) will be included in the Scheme Booklet to be issued by Cygnus.
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As a condition precedent to the Scheme, before the Court hearing to approve the Scheme, each holder of options in Cygnus (a 'Cygnus Optionholder') must have either (i) exercised their options in Cygnus ('Cygnus Options') and received Cygnus Shares; (ii) entered into an agreement under which all of their Cygnus Options will be automatically exercised upon the Scheme becoming effective; or (iii) agreed, to the extent their options are not exercised before the Scheme record date, to their Cygnus Options being transferred to CAML or cancelled in exchange for replacement options over the ordinary share capital of CAML on terms substantially equivalent to the Cygnus Option it replaces ('New CAML Options').
Subject to the Scheme becoming effective and normal regulatory conditions, it is CAML's intention to appoint a current director of Cygnus to the CAML Board to support continuity of management of the Chibougamau Project. It is also CAML's intention to retain all Canada-based employees of Cygnus following implementation of the Scheme.
Subject to Australian Court approval, Cygnus intends to distribute an explanatory statement to its shareholders ('Scheme Booklet') containing information in relation to the Scheme, including the basis for the Cygnus Board's unanimous recommendation, an independent expert's report providing an assessment as to whether the Scheme is in the best interest of Cygnus shareholders, and other matters relevant to Cygnus shareholders, indicatively around mid-August 2026.
The Scheme Meeting of Cygnus shareholders to approve the Scheme is expected to be held in mid-September 2026. Subject to the conditions of the Scheme being satisfied or waived (as applicable), the Scheme is expected to be implemented in September 2026. $^9$
CAML will be publishing a circular to its shareholders containing a notice of extraordinary general meeting in due course at which it will propose the ordinary resolution described above.
CAML and Cygnus will keep the market informed of any material developments in accordance with their respective disclosure obligations.
Timetable and next steps
Cygnus shareholders do not need to take any action at this stage.
An indicative timetable for the Scheme is set out below. $^9$
| Event | Date (2026) |
|---|---|
| Lodge draft Scheme Booklet with ASIC for review | Late July |
| First Court Date | Mid August |
| Dispatch Scheme Booklet to Cygnus Shareholders | Mid August |
| Dispatch Meeting Materials to CAML Shareholders | Mid August |
| CAML Shareholder Meeting | Mid September |
| Scheme Meeting | Mid September |
| Second Court Date | September |
| Effective Date | September |
| Record Date | Two Business Days after the Effective Date |
| Implementation Date | Five Business Days after Record Date |
$^9$Note this is an indicative timetable only and is subject to change, necessary approvals and Court availability.
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Adviser and counsel
CAML has engaged BMO Capital Markets as exclusive financial adviser, Corrs Chambers Westgarth as Australian legal adviser, McCarthy Tetrault as Canadian legal adviser and Fieldfisher as UK legal adviser.
Cygnus has engaged Canaccord Genuity as exclusive financial adviser, Hamilton Locke as Australian legal adviser and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt as Canadian legal adviser.
About CAML
Central Asia Metals PLC is a UK-incorporated base metals producer, headquartered in London. CAML has been admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since its IPO in 2010. Today CAML has a market capitalisation of approximately US$381 million, and base metal operations in Europe and Central Asia. The Board of Directors of CAML is composed of UK-based senior level executives, bringing a mix of international mining experience, capital markets experience and environmental, social and governance experience.
CAML owns 100% of the Sasa underground zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia, Europe, and 100% of the Kounrad solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW) copper operation in central Kazakhstan. CAML also has two exploration subsidiaries formed to progress early-stage exploration opportunities in Kazakhstan, and a 32.6% interest in Aberdeen Minerals Ltd, a privately-owned UK company focused on the exploration and development of base metals opportunities in northeast Scotland.
Kounrad produces copper by leaching metal directly from historical waste dumps, eliminating the need for conventional mining activities such as drilling, blasting and ore transport, which underpins its low-cost, efficient operation. The process uses SX-EW, a two-stage hydrometallurgical method whereby dilute sulphuric acid first dissolves copper from low-grade material, after which the copper is selectively extracted into an organic solvent and then stripped using a strong acid solution. The resulting copper-rich solution is processed through electrowinning, where high-purity copper is plated onto stainless steel cathodes. To date, more than 180,000 tonnes of copper cathode have been produced.
Sasa is an underground zinc and lead mine consisting of three deposits – Svinja Reka, Kozja Reka and Golema Reka – producing around 800,000 tonnes each year. Operations involve drilling and blasting with mechanised equipment, supported by a network of haulage levels and sub-levels. The mine is transitioning from traditional sub-level caving to more efficient bottom-up methods with enhanced safety, including cut-and-fill and long-hole stoping with paste backfill. Ore handling is split between underground rail haulage via the Golema Reka shaft and truck transport to surface, with efficiency recently improved by the completion of the Central Decline. At the surface, ore undergoes multi-stage crushing and milling before flotation produces separate lead and zinc concentrates, which are filtered, stored and sold to smelters.
For further information on CAML, please visit www.centralasiametals.com
The Scheme represents a substantial transaction for CAML pursuant to Rule 12 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
About Cygnus
Cygnus Metals Limited is a diversified critical minerals exploration and development company with key assets located in Tier 1 mining jurisdictions, including Québec, Canada and Western Australia. Cygnus acquired the Chibougamau Project as part of its merger with Doré Copper Mining Corp. ('Doré') completed on 31 December 2024. The Chibougamau Project, located in central Québec approximately 480 kilometres due north of Montreal, has excellent infrastructure with an historical 900,000 tonne per year processing plant facility. The company's primary focus is to advance the Chibougamau Project with an aggressive exploration program to drive resource growth and develop a hub-and-spoke operation model with its centralised processing facility. In addition, Cygnus has quality lithium assets with significant exploration upside in the world-class James Bay district in Québec, and rare earth element and base metal projects in Western Australia.
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The Chibougamau Copper-Gold Project
Cygnus has consolidated a large land package of over 278 square kilometres in the prolific Chibougamau mining district that has produced over 945,000 tonnes of copper and 3.5 million ounces of gold from 16 former producing mines between the early 1900s and 2008¹⁰. The Chibougamau Project has excellent infrastructure with a local mining town, sealed highway, airport, regional rail infrastructure and access to hydro power via installed powerlines. The infrastructure includes an historical processing facility of 900,000 tonnes per year just 10 kilometres from the town of Chibougamau consisting of a conventional circuit that produced a high-quality clean concentrate. The Chibougamau Project has a high-grade MRE of 6.4 million tonnes at a 2.3% Cu grade, 0.8g/t Au grade and 7.6g/t Ag grade in the Measured and Indicated Resource categories and 8.5 million tonnes at a 2.1% Cu grade, 1.7g/t Au grade and 7.9g/t Ag grade in the Inferred Resource category, reported in accordance with the JORC Code 2012 and the CIM Definition Standards (CIM, 2014). The resource base is comprised of five deposits – Corner Bay (main asset), Devlin, Cedar Bay, Golden Eye and Joe Mann – all located within a 60-kilometre radius of the centralised processing facility
For further information on Cygnus, please visit www.cygnusmetals.com
This joint announcement has been authorised for release by the CAML Board and the Cygnus board.
For further information contact:
Central Asia Metals
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7898 9001
Gavin Ferrar
CEO
Louise Wrathall
CFO
Richard Morgan
[email protected]
Investor Relations Manager
Peel Hunt (Nominated Adviser and joint broker)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
Ross Allister
David McKeown
Emily Bhasin
BMO Capital Markets (joint broker)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1010
Thomas Rider
Pascal Lussier Duquette
BlytheRay (PR advisers)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7138 3204
Megan Ray
[email protected]
Rachael Brooks
Cygnus Metals
Tel: +61 (0)8 6118 1627
David Southam
Executive Chairman
Nicholas Kwong
CEO
Maddison Cramer
[email protected]
Joint Company Secretary
¹⁰ Historical production statistics for the Chibougamau area are recorded in Leclerc, F, Harris, L. B, Bedard, J. H, Van Breeman, O and Goulet, N. 2012, Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Magmatic, Volcanogenic, and Shear Zone-Hosted Mineralisation in the Chapais-Chibougamau Mining Camp, Northeastern Abitibi, Canada. Society of Economic Geologists, Inc. Economic Geology, v. 107, pp. 963–989.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This joint announcement has been prepared by CAML and Cygnus based on information available to them at the time of preparing this announcement. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the fairness, accuracy or completeness of the information, opinions and conclusions contained in this announcement. To the maximum extent permitted by law:
- none of CAML or any related body corporate of CAML, nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or advisers ('CAML Parties'), or any other person, accepts any liability, including, without limitation, any liability arising from fault or negligence on the part of any of them or any other person, for any loss arising from the use of this announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection with it; and
- none of Cygnus or any related body corporate of Cygnus, nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or advisers ('Cygnus Parties'), or any other person, accepts any liability, including, without limitation, any liability arising from fault or negligence on the part of any of them or any other person, for any loss arising from the use of this announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection with it.
NOT AN OFFER, SUMMARY INFORMATION ONLY
This document does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction. The distribution of this announcement and the offer of securities is restricted in jurisdictions outside of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.
This announcement may not be released to US wire services or distributed in the United States.
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such an offer would be unlawful. The securities referred to in this announcement have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 ('US Securities Act') and may not be offered or sold in the United States except in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the US Securities Act and applicable US state securities laws.
The announcement contains summary information only, and further detailed information about CAML, Cygnus and the Scheme will be provided in the Scheme Booklet to be despatched to Cygnus shareholders in relation to the Scheme.
NO INVESTMENT ADVICE
This document has been prepared without taking into account the investment objectives, financial situation, taxation considerations or particular needs of any person. Before making an investment decision, prospective investors should consider the appropriateness of the information contained in, or referred to in, this joint announcement having regard to their own investment objectives, financial situation and needs and seek legal and taxation advice appropriate to their jurisdiction.
LIMITATION ON CAML INFORMATION
All information in this announcement in relation to CAML and its operations – including in relation to or otherwise derived from historical production, historical costs and cash flows and other financial information, or production or development plans, or infrastructure or production capacity or capability, or any forward-looking statements relating to or extrapolated from any of that information – has been sourced from CAML ('CAML Information'). Subject to the preceding disclaimer, CAML is responsible for the CAML Information, as well as any information in this announcement that is presented on a 'merged group' basis (excluding to the extent derived from Cygnus Information (defined below)). None of the Cygnus Parties assume any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the CAML Information.
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LIMITATION ON CYGNUS INFORMATION
All information in this announcement in relation to Cygnus and its operations – including in relation to or otherwise derived from historical production, historical costs and cash flows and other financial information, or production or development plans, or infrastructure or production capacity or capability, or any forward-looking statements relating to or extrapolated from any of that information – has been sourced from Cygnus ('Cygnus Information'). Subject to the preceding disclaimer, Cygnus is responsible for the Cygnus Information. None of the CAML Parties assume any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Cygnus Information.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This announcement contains references to forecasts, estimates, assumptions and other forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as 'seek', 'anticipate', 'forecast', 'believe', 'plan', 'estimate', 'expect' and 'intend' and statements that an event or result 'may', 'will', 'should', 'could' or 'might' occur or be achieved and other similar expressions. All forward-looking statements are based on information and estimates available to CAML and Cygnus at the time of this announcement and are not guarantees of future performance. They may be affected by a variety of variables and changes in underlying assumptions that are subject to risk factors associated with the nature of the business, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed herein. Examples of forward-looking statements (made at the date of this announcement unless otherwise indicated) include, among others, statements regarding intentions, beliefs and expectations, plans, strategies and objectives of the directors and management of CAML and Cygnus, the anticipated timing for and outcome and effects of the Scheme (including expected benefits to shareholders of CAML and Cygnus), whether listing on a Recognised Canadian Exchange will be achieved (including the timing thereof), indications of and guidance on synergies, future earnings or financial position or performance, anticipated production or construction or development commencement dates, costs or production outputs, capital expenditure and future demand for copper and/or gold, expectations for the ongoing development and growth potential and the future operation of CAML and Cygnus. Any forward-looking statements, as well as any other opinions and estimates, provided in this announcement are based on assumptions, contingencies and estimates existing at the time of assessment and which are subject to change without notice impacting the accuracy of those statements and which may prove ultimately to be materially incorrect, as are statements about market and industry trends, which are based on interpretations of current market conditions. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact and actual events and results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of CAML and Cygnus. Such factors may include, among other things, risks relating to funding requirements, commodity prices, exploration, development and operating risks (including unexpected capital or operating cost increases), production risks, competition and market risks, regulatory restrictions (including environmental regulations and associated liability, changes in regulatory restrictions or regulatory policy and potential title disputes) and risks associated with general economic conditions.
In addition, other factors related to the Scheme that contribute to the uncertain nature of the forward-looking statements and that could cause actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those expressed or implied include, but are not limited to: the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the consummation of the Scheme, including, without limitation, the receipt of securityholder and regulatory approvals on the terms desired or anticipated; unanticipated difficulties or expenditures relating to the Scheme, including, without limitation, difficulties that result in the failure to realise expected synergies, efficiencies and cost savings from the Scheme within the expected time period (if at all); potential difficulties in CAML's and Cygnus' ability to retain employees as a result of the announcement and pendency of the Scheme; disruptions of CAML's and Cygnus' current plans, operations and relationships with customers caused by the announcement and pendency
of the Scheme; and legal proceedings that may be instituted against CAML or Cygnus following announcement of the Scheme.
There can be no assurance that the Scheme will be implemented or that plans of the directors and management of CAML and Cygnus will proceed as currently expected or will ultimately be successful. There can also be no certainty that listing on a Recognised Canadian Exchange will be achieved (including the timing thereof). You are strongly cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, including in respect of the financial or operating outlook for CAML or Cygnus.
Except as required by applicable law, the ASX or TSXV listing rules, or the AIM rules for companies, CAML and Cygnus assume no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any duty to, provide any additional or updated information or to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise. Nothing in this announcement will, under any circumstances (including by reason of this announcement remaining available and not being superseded or replaced by any other presentation or publication with respect to CAML or Cygnus, or the subject matter of this announcement), create an implication that there has been no change in the affairs of CAML or Cygnus since the date of this announcement. The distribution of this announcement may be subject to legal or regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions. Any person who comes into possession of this announcement must inform themselves of and comply with any such restrictions.
MINERAL RESOURCES REPORTING
The information in this announcement that relates to the current Mineral Resource Estimate for the Chibougamau Project of Cygnus reported in accordance with the JORC Code 2012 and NI 43-101 has been extracted from the ASX release by Cygnus entitled 'Cygnus reports a $78\%$ increase in M&I resource at its Chibougamau Copper-Gold Project' dated 17 September 2025 which is available on the Cygnus website www.cygnusmetals.com and www.asx.com and on Cygnus' profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca ('Cygnus Announcement'). Cygnus confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the Cygnus Announcement, and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the Cygnus Announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. Cygnus confirms that the form and context in which the competent person's findings are presented have not been materially modified from the Cygnus Announcement.
Individual grades for the metals included in the metal equivalents calculations of the Mineral Resource Estimate, as well as the price assumptions, metallurgical recoveries and metal equivalents calculations themselves are in Table 1 below. It is Cygnus' view that all elements in the copper and gold equivalent calculations have a reasonable potential to be recovered and sold.
Table 1: Mineral Resource Estimate for the Chibougamau Project as at 17 September 2025
| Cu Project | Classification | COG CuEq % | Tonnage Mt | Average Grade | Contained Metal | ||||||||
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| Cu % | Au g/t | Ag g/t | CuEq % | AuEq g/t | Cu kt | Au koz | Ag koz | CuEq kt | AuEq koz | ||||
| Corner Bay | Indicated | 1.2 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 124 | 43 | 1,316 | 137 | 638 |
| Inferred | 5.4 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 146 | 41 | 1,543 | 159 | 744 | ||
| Devlin | Measured | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| Indicated | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 69 | ||
| M&I | 0.8 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 88 | ||
| Inferred | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 36 | ||
| Joe Mann | Inferred | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 6.0 | - | 4.6 | 6.3 | 2 | 143 | - | 34 | 151 |
| Cedar Bay | Indicated | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 9.9 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 4 | 50 | 82 | 16 | 67 |
| Inferred | 0.8 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 11.8 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 17 | 134 | 309 | 50 | 205 |
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| Golden Eye | Indicated | 0.5 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 9.9 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5 | 69 | 161 | 22 | 91 | |
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| Inferred | 1.2 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 11 | 134 | 313 | 45 | 182 | ||
| Project | Classification | Tonnage | Average Grade | Contained Metal | |||||||||
| Mt | Cu % | Au g/t | Ag g/t | CuEq % | AuEq g/t | Cu kt | Au koz | Ag koz | CuEq kt | AuEq koz | |||
| Hub and Spoke | Measured | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 | |
| Indicated | 6.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 146 | 166 | 1,563 | 189 | 865 | ||
| M&I | 6.4 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 7.6 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 149 | 167 | 1,565 | 193 | 884 | ||
| Inferred | 8.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 182 | 454 | 2,168 | 295 | 1,318 |
Notes:
1. Cygnus' Mineral Resource Estimate for the Chibougamau Copper-Gold project, incorporating the Corner Bay, Devlin, Joe Mann, Cedar Bay, and Golden Eye deposits, is reported in accordance with the JORC Code and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum ('CIM') (2014) definitions in NI 43-101.
2. Mineral Resources are estimated using a long-term copper price of US$9,370/t, gold price of US$2,400/oz, and silver price of US$30/oz, and a US$/C$ exchange rate of 1:1.35.
3. Mineral Resources are estimated at a CuEq cut-off grade of 1.2% for Corner Bay and 1.5% CuEq for Devlin. A cut-off grade of 1.8 g/t AuEq was used for Cedar Bay and Golden Eye; and 2.0 g/t AuEq for Joe Mann.
4. Corner Bay bulk density varies from 2.85 tonnes per cubic metre (t/m³) to 3.02 t/m³ for the estimation domains and 2.0 t/m³ for the overburden. At Devlin, bulk density varies from 2.85 t/m³ to 2.90 t/m³. Cedar Bay, Golden Eye, and Joe Mann use a bulk density of 2.90 t/m³ for the estimation domains.
5. Assumed metallurgical recoveries are as follows: Corner Bay copper is 93%, gold is 78%, and silver is 80%; Devlin copper is 96%, gold is 73%, and silver is 80%; Joe Mann copper is 95%, gold is 84%, and silver is 80%; and Cedar Bay and Golden Eye copper is 91%, gold is 87%, and silver is 80%.
6. Assumptions for CuEq and AuEq calculations (set out below) are as follows: Individual metal grades are set out in the table. Commodity prices used: copper price of US$9,370/t, gold price of US$2,400/oz and silver price of US$30/oz. Assumed metallurgical recovery factors: set out above. It is the Company's view that all elements in the metal equivalent calculations have a reasonable potential to be recovered and sold.
7. CuEq Calculations are as follows: (A) Corner Bay = grade Cu (%) + 0.68919 * grade Au (g/t) + 0.00884 * grade Ag (g/t); (B) Devlin = grade Cu (%) + 0.62517 * grade Au (g/t) + 0.00862 * grade Ag (g/t); (C) Joe Mann = grade Cu (%) + 0.72774 * grade Au (g/t); and (D) Golden Eye and Cedar Bay = grade Cu (%) + 0.78730 * grade Au (g/t) + 0.00905 * grade Ag (g/t).
8. AuEq Calculations are as follows: (A) Corner Bay = grade Au (g/t) + 1.45097 * grade Cu (%) + 0.01282 * grade Ag (g/t); (B) Devlin = grade Au (g/t) + 1.59957 * grade Cu (%) + 0.01379 * grade Ag (g/t); (C) Joe Mann = grade Au (g/t) + 1.37411 * grade Cu (%); and (D) Cedar Bay and Golden Eye = grade Au (g/t) + 1.27016 * grade Cu (%) + 0.01149 * grade Ag (g/t).
9. Wireframes were built using an approximate minimum thickness of 2 m at Corner Bay, 1.8 m at Devlin, 1.2 m at Joe Mann, and 1.5 m at Cedar Bay and Golden Eye.
10. Mineral Resources are constrained by underground reporting shapes.
11. Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
12. Totals may vary due to rounding.
PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT DISCLAIMER
The outcomes of the PEA were first announced by Doré Copper Mining Corp. on 10 May 2022 and the comprehensive technical report underpinning the PEA was announced by Doré in accordance with the requirements of NI 43-101 on 15 June 2022. The Technical Report was prepared by BBA Inc. with several consulting firms contributing to sections of the study, including SLR, SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. and WSP Inc. The Technical Report and the announcement are available on SEDAR.
Cygnus cautions that the PEA is a preliminary technical, conceptual and economic study undertaken by Doré of the initial evaluation and potential development of the Chibougamau Project. It is at scoping study level only, which is based on a lower level of technical assessment that is not sufficient to support the estimation of Ore Reserves and is inherently uncertain. The production targets and forecast financial information disclosed in the PEA are underpinned by Measured Mineral Resources (approximately 1.17%), Indicated Mineral Resources (approximately 32.10%) and Inferred Mineral Resources (approximately 66.73%). However, Cygnus is not able to disclose the outcomes of the PEA as the significant proportion of Inferred Resources included in the Life of Mine means that pursuant to ASX and ASIC guidance there is not considered to be sufficiently reasonable grounds for the production targets and forecast financial information disclosed in the PEA. Accordingly, Cygnus is not disclosing the production targets and forecast financial information reported in the PEA and cautions investors against making investment decisions based on such targets and forecasts.
QUALIFIED PERSON AND NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 43-101 DISCLOSURE
The scientific and technical information in this announcement relating to the Chibougamau Project has been reviewed and approved by Louis Beaupre, the Quebec Exploration Manager of Cygnus, who is a 'qualified
person' for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ('NI 43-101'). The mineral resource estimate for the Chibougamau Project referenced in this announcement has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum 'CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves' (May 2014) and disclosed in compliance with NI 43-101. A current technical report prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 in respect of the Chibougamau Project entitled 'NI 43-101 Technical Report – Chibougamau Hub and Spoke Complex, Quebec, Canada' dated as of October 31, 2025 with an effective date of August 30, 2025 is available under Cygnus' profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING MINERAL RESOURCES
Mineral resources that are not ore reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimates of mineral resources referred to in this announcement may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, sociopolitical, marketing or other relevant issues. Inferred mineral resources have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource exists, or is economically or legally mineable.
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this announcement.
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1 Definitions and interpretation 1
1.1 Definitions 1
1.2 Interpretation 32
1.3 Business Day 34
2 Agreement to propose Scheme 34
2.1 Agreement to proposed Scheme 34
2.2 Implementation of Scheme 34
2.3 Timetable 35
2.4 Nominee 35
3 Conditions Precedent and pre-implementation steps 36
3.1 Conditions Precedent to the Scheme 36
3.2 Benefit and waiver of certain Conditions Precedent 36
3.3 Reasonable endeavours 36
3.4 Notifications 37
3.5 Termination on failure of a Condition Precedent 38
4 Transaction Steps 39
4.1 Scheme 39
4.2 Scheme Consideration 40
4.3 Fractional entitlements 40
4.4 Ineligible Foreign Shareholders and Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder 40
4.5 Share splitting 40
4.6 Cygnus Options 41
4.7 Cygnus Performance Rights 42
4.8 Cygnus Share Rights 42
4.9 Admission to trading 43
5 Implementation 43
5.1 Cygnus's obligations 43
5.2 CAML's obligations 47
5.3 Scheme Booklet – preparation principles 50
5.4 Conduct of Court proceedings 52
6 Conduct of business 53
6.1 Conduct of business – Cygnus 53
6.2 Permitted activities 54
6.3 Conduct of business – CAML 54
6.4 Permitted activities 54
6.5 Access 55
6.6 Notification 56
6.7 Integration Committee 56
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6.8 Change of control consents 57
7 Cygnus Board 57
7.1 Recommendation and Voting Intention 57
7.2 Withdrawal or modification of Recommendation 58
7.3 Reconstitution of the board of Cygnus Group Members 58
8 CAML Board 59
8.1 Recommendation and voting intention 59
8.2 Withdrawal or modification 59
9 Representations and warranties 60
9.1 Cygnus Warranties 60
9.2 CAML Warranties 60
9.3 Timing of representations and warranties 60
9.4 Cygnus indemnity 60
9.5 CAML indemnity 60
9.6 Qualifications to Cygnus's representations and warranties 60
9.7 Qualifications to CAML's representations and warranties 61
9.8 Survival of representations and indemnities 61
9.9 No representation or reliance 61
10 Releases 61
10.1 Cygnus, Cygnus Directors and officers 61
10.2 CAML, CAML directors and officers 62
10.3 Insurance 62
10.4 Deeds of indemnity, access and insurance 63
11 Exclusivity 64
11.1 No existing discussions 64
11.2 No-shop 64
11.3 No-talk 64
11.4 No due diligence 65
11.5 Notification of approaches 65
11.6 Matching right 66
11.7 Fiduciary out 68
11.8 Provision of information 68
11.9 Normal provision of information 69
11.10 Acknowledgment 69
12 Cygnus Reimbursement Fee 70
12.1 Acknowledgement 70
12.2 Payment of Cygnus Reimbursement Fee 70
12.3 Timing of payment 71
12.4 Compliance with law 72
12.5 Reimbursement Fee payable only once 72
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12.7 Sole and exclusive remedy 73
13 CAML Reimbursement Fee 73
13.1 Acknowledgement 73
13.2 Payment of CAML Reimbursement Fee 74
13.3 Timing of payment 74
13.4 Compliance with law 74
13.5 Reimbursement Fee payable only once 75
13.6 No Reimbursement Fee if Scheme becomes Effective 75
13.7 Sole and exclusive remedy 75
14 Termination 75
14.1 Termination 75
14.2 Exercise of termination right 78
14.3 Effect of termination 78
14.4 No other termination 78
15 Public announcements 78
15.1 Confidentiality 78
15.2 Public announcements on execution 78
15.3 Further public announcements 78
15.4 Required disclosure 79
16 GST 79
16.1 Construction 79
16.2 Consideration GST exclusive 79
16.3 Payment of GST 80
16.4 Timing of GST payment 80
16.5 Tax invoice 80
16.6 Adjustment event 80
16.7 Reimbursements 80
16.8 No merger 80
17 Notices 80
17.1 General 80
17.2 How to give a communication 81
17.3 Particulars for delivery of notices 81
17.4 Communications by post 81
17.5 Communications by email 82
17.6 After hours communications 82
17.7 Process service 82
18 General 82
18.1 Further acts 82
18.2 Payments 82
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18.3 Scrip for scrip roll-over relief 82
18.4 Stamp duty 83
18.5 Withholding tax 83
18.6 Expenses 84
18.7 Amendments 85
18.8 Assignment 85
18.9 Waiver 85
18.10 Counterparts 85
18.11 Entire agreement 85
18.12 No representation or reliance 85
18.13 No merger 86
18.14 Governing law 86
Schedule 1 – Conditions Precedent 87
Schedule 2 – Indicative Timetable 92
Schedule 3 – Cygnus Tenements 93
Schedule 4 – CAML Key Tenements 104
Schedule 5 – Cygnus Warranties 135
Schedule 6 – CAML Warranties 144
Schedule 7 – Cygnus capital structure 149
Schedule 8 – Option Consideration 150
Execution 151
Annexure A – Deed Poll 153
Annexure B – Scheme 154
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Date 2 June 2026
Parties
- Central Asia Metals PLC (company number 05559627) of Ground Floor, Heritage House, 2-14 Shortlands, London, UK, W6 8DJ (CAML)
- Cygnus Metals Limited (ACN 609 094 653) Level 2, 8 Richardson Street, West Perth, Western Australia (Cygnus)
Background
A. CAML and Cygnus have agreed to implement the Proposed Transaction on and subject to the terms and conditions of this document.
B. CAML and Cygnus have agreed certain other matters in connection with the Proposed Transaction as set out in this document.
Agreed terms
1 Definitions and interpretation
1.1 Definitions
In this document these terms have the following meanings:
Abstain Requirement
Any requirement or request by a court or Government Agency that one or more Cygnus Directors abstain or withdraw from making a recommendation that Cygnus Shareholders vote in favour of the Scheme.
Accounting Standards
At any time:
(a) the requirements of the Corporations Act about the preparation and contents of financial reports;
(b) the accounting standards approved under the Corporations Act; and
(c) generally accepted accounting principles policies, practices and procedures in Australia to the extent not inconsistent with the accounting standards described in paragraph (b).
Adviser
In relation to an entity, its legal, financial and other expert advisers (not including the Independent Expert).
AIM
The market of that name operated by the LSE.
AIM Rules
The LSE's rules and guidance notes contained in its "AIM Rules for Companies" relating to companies whose securities are traded on AIM, as amended from time to time.
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ASIC
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
ASIC Regulatory Guide
A regulatory guide issued by ASIC.
Associate
Has the meaning given in section 12 of the Corporations Act, as if section 12(1) of the Corporations Act included a reference to this document and the references to a designated body was to Cygnus.
ASX
ASX Limited (ABN 98 008 624 691) or, as the context requires, the financial market known as the Australian Securities Exchange operated by it.
ASX Listing Rules
The official listing rules of ASX as amended from time to time.
Authorisation
Any permit, licence, consent, approval, registration, accreditation, certification or other authorisation given or issued by any Government Agency.
Authorised Person
In respect of a person:
(a) a director, officer or employee of the person;
(b) an Adviser of the person; and
(c) a director, officer or employee of an Adviser of the person.
Business Day
Has the meaning given in the ASX Listing Rules.
CAML Board
The board of directors of CAML as constituted from time to time
CAML Disclosure Material
(a) All documents and information contained in the virtual data room prior to the date of this document, the index for which has been agreed by email exchange between the parties on or prior to the date of this document for the purposes of identification;
(b) all information provided in writing by CAML or its advisers to Cygnus or its advisers in response to any request for further information as part of Cygnus's due diligence in relation to Cygnus;
(c) all information in any announcement made by CAML via the Regulatory News Service between 1 May 2024 and the date of this document; and
(d) all information in respect of CAML accessible via a Public Register.
CAML Fundamental Warranties
The representations and warranties of CAML set out in paragraphs 1 to 8 of Schedule 6.
CAML Group
CAML and its Controlled Entities (excluding, at any time, the Cygnus Group Members to the extent that the Cygnus Group Members are Subsidiaries of CAML at that time).
CAML Group Member
Each member of the CAML Group.
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CAML Indemnified Parties
Each CAML Group Member and each CAML Officer.
CAML Information
All information regarding CAML, the CAML Group, the Scheme Consideration and CAML’s intentions in relation to Cygnus that is provided by or on behalf of CAML to Cygnus for inclusion in the Scheme Booklet (including information relating to the CAML Group or the businesses of the CAML Group expressly provided by or on behalf of CAML in writing for use in the preparation of the Enlarged Group Information) to enable the Scheme Booklet (or any amendment or supplement to that Scheme Booklet) to be prepared and completed in accordance with all applicable laws, including all Securities Laws.
For the avoidance of doubt, the CAML Information excludes the Cygnus Information, the Independent Expert’s Report and any description of the taxation effect of the Proposed Transaction on Scheme Shareholders.
CAML Key Tenements
(a) The tenements listed in Schedule 4; and
(b) any other tenement(s), mineral claim(s), exclusive exploration right(s), mining concession(s), lease(s) to mine surface mineral substances, or mining lease(s) which may be granted in lieu of or relate to the same ground as the tenements, mineral claims, exclusive exploration rights, mining concessions, leases to mine surface mineral substances or mining leases referred to in paragraph (a) above.
CAML Material Adverse Change
One or more changes, events, circumstances, matters, occurrences or things that occur, are announced or become known to Cygnus which, individually or when aggregated with all other such changes, events, circumstances, matters, occurrences or things have had, will have or would be reasonably likely to have:
(a) a material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities, business, results, operations, trading or financial position, profitability or prospects of the CAML Group taken as a whole; or
(b) without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), the effect or result of:
(i) diminishing the value of the consolidated net assets of the CAML Group taken as a whole by at least 20% (as compared to the consolidated net assets set out in CAML’s most recent audited financial statements),
(ii) materially adversely affecting the status or terms of, or rights attaching to, any:
(A) material Authorisation held by the CAML Group which relates to a CAML Key Tenement; or
(B) material right, approval, licence, permit or consent in respect of a CAML Key Tenement granted by or obtained from a private party, which would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the CAML Group taken as a whole;
(iii) materially adversely affecting any material right or title of any CAML Group Member used or held for use in connection with the development or operation of a CAML Key Tenement, which would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the CAML Group taken as a whole; or
(iv) where any CAML Key Tenements are the subject of a publicly announced Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve or Ore Reserve estimate reported in accordance with the Mining Standards, any decrease of 10% or more of that Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve or Ore Reserve estimate (save as for mining depletion); or
(v) materially adversely affecting the CAML Group's environmental liabilities with respect to the CAML Key Tenements in circumstances where the environmental liability materially adversely impedes the CAML Group's mining operations on the CAML Key Tenements,
but does not include any changes, events, circumstances, matters, occurrences or things:
(c) required or permitted to be done by CAML under this document or the Scheme;
(d) Fairly Disclosed in the CAML Disclosure Materials;
(e) that were actually known to Cygnus prior to the date of this document (which does not include knowledge of the generic risk of the relevant event, change, condition, matter, circumstance or thing occurring, but does include knowledge of a specific risk of the relevant event, change, condition, matter, circumstance or thing occurring);
(f) consented to in writing by Cygnus;
(g) arising from changes in general economic or business conditions (including commodity prices, exchange rates, interest rates, and trade policies), political conditions, taxation, or the securities and financial markets in general, provided the CAML Group is not disproportionately affected in comparison to other participants in the industry in which the CAML Group operates;
(h) any change in the market price of any securities of CAML (it being understood that the causes underlying such change in market price may be taken into account in determining
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whether a CAML Material Adverse Change has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by any other clause in this definition);
(i) arising from an act of terrorism, war (whether or not declared), civil unrest, epidemic or pandemic or similar event;
(j) arising from any act of God, lightning, storm, flood, fire, earthquake or explosion, cyclone, tidal wave, landslide, adverse weather conditions occurring on or after the date of this document;
(k) arising as a result of any generally applicable change in law (including any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, the common law and equitable principles), executive order or governmental policy in any of the jurisdictions in which a CAML Group Member operates or in the interpretation or non-application of any law or regulation (including taxation) by any Government Agency, or any arrangements with a Government Agency;
(l) that arise out of any facts, circumstances or changes that are the result, directly or indirectly from the actions, or omissions to act, of Cygnus or a member of the Cygnus Group, other than in circumstances where CAML is in material breach of this document unless such material breach resulted, directly or indirectly, from the actions, or omissions to act, of Cygnus or a member of the Cygnus Group;
(m) that are due to the application of applicable law or of any requirement of a Government Agency;
(n) arising as a result of any generally applicable change in applicable accounting standards adopted by CAML; or
(o) arising from the announcement or pendency of the Proposed Transaction,
and when determining whether a CAML Material Adverse Change has occurred, taking into account any amounts which are recoverable, or would reasonably be likely to be recoverable, under the CAML Group's insurance policies.
CAML Material Contract
Any agreement, contract, deed or other arrangement to which a CAML Group Member is party to, or beneficiary under, that, if revoked or terminated, would materially adversely impact the ability of the CAML Group, taken as a whole, to conduct its business in substantially the same manner and at the same locations as conducted in the 12 months preceding the date of this document.
CAML Officer
Each director, officer and employee of the CAML Group.
CAML Prescribed Occurrence
The occurrence of any of the following on or after the date of this document:
(a) CAML converts all or any of its securities (including shares) into a larger or smaller number of securities;
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(b) any CAML Group Member resolves to reduce its share capital in any way, other than as Fairly Disclosed in the CAML Disclosure Materials;
(c) any CAML Group Member:
(i) enters into a buy-back agreement; or
(ii) resolves to approve the terms of a buy-back agreement;
(d) CAML:
(i) issues shares;
(ii) grants an option or security convertible into new shares; or
(iii) agrees to make such an issue or grant such an option or security,
where such issue or grant (when aggregated with all other such issues or grants) would result (including upon exercise of such options) in an increase of 10% or more in CAML's issued share capital as at the date of this document, but excluding any issues of shares, options or other rights relating to shares that have been Fairly Disclosed;
(e) any CAML Group Member issues, or agrees to issue, convertible notes or any other security or instrument that is convertible into shares or other financial products (other than is permitted under paragraph (d) above);
(f) any CAML Group Member disposes, or agrees to dispose, of the whole, or a substantial part of, its business, operations, assets or property the value of which exceeds US$10,000,000;
(g) other than in respect of Encumbrances related to mining activities which are created or agreed to be created in the ordinary course of business, any CAML Group Member creates, or agrees to create, any Encumbrance over the whole, or a substantial part of, its business, operations, assets or property the value of which exceeds US$10,000,000;
(h) an Insolvency Event occurs in relation to CAML or a material Subsidiary of CAML; or
(i) a CAML Group Member authorises, procures or commits or agrees to do any of the matters set out above,
but does not include any matter:
(j) required or permitted to be done by CAML under this document or the Scheme;
(k) consented to in writing by Cygnus; or
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CAML Regulated Event
(I) required by an applicable law or by any Government Agency.
Has the meaning given in clause 8.1(a)(i).
The occurrence of any of the following:
(a) a CAML Group Member reclassifying, combining, splitting or redeeming or repurchasing directly or indirectly any of its shares;
(b) a CAML Group Member acquiring or disposing of, or entering into or announcing any agreement for the acquisition or disposal of, any asset, business, share or other security or entering into any corporate transaction, which would or would reasonably be likely to involve a material change in:
(i) the manner in which the CAML Group conducts its business;
(ii) the nature (including balance sheet classification), extent or value of the assets of the CAML Group; or
(iii) the nature (including balance sheet classification), extent or value of the liabilities of the CAML Group;
(c) Cygnus becoming aware that the CAML Warranty in paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 is materially inaccurate;
(d) a CAML Group Member announcing, making, declaring, paying or distributing any dividend (other than any dividends announced on or before the date of this document and any other dividend announced, made, declared, paid or distributed after the date of this document in the ordinary course having regard to CAML's historical practice), bonus or other distribution or share of its profits or assets, or returning, or agreeing to return, any capital to its members (whether in cash or in specie);
(e) CAML making any change to its constitution;
(f) a CAML Group Member commencing material business activities or line of business not already carried out as at the date of this document, whether by way of acquisition or otherwise, the value of which exceeds US$30,000,000;
(g) a CAML Group Member:
(i) disposing of;
(ii) creating, or agreeing to create, any Encumbrance over; or
(iii) agreeing, offering or proposing to dispose of;
any CAML Key Tenement or rights in relation to any CAML Key Tenement;
(h) a CAML Group Member:
(i) entering into a new CAML Material Contract;
(ii) terminating, amending or extending in a material manner a CAML Material Contract or amending any other contract in such a manner that it becomes a CAML Material Contract;
(iii) not renewing a CAML Material Contract;
(iv) entering into any contract or commitment requiring payments by the CAML Group in excess of US$30,000,000 (individually or in aggregate); or
(v) agreeing to incur or incurring any Financial Indebtedness of an amount in excess of US$20,000,000 (individually or in aggregate);
(i) a CAML Group Member amending the terms attaching to or associated with any of its issued securities;
(j) a CAML Group Member changing any accounting policy applied by them to report their financial position in a material respect other than any change in policy required by a change in applicable accounting standards adopted by CAML;
(k) the CAML Shares no longer being admitted to trading on AIM;
(l) a CAML Group Member:
(i) abandoning or failing to diligently pursue any application for any material Authorisations, leases, permits or registrations; or
(ii) taking any action, or failing to take any action, that could lead to the termination of any material Authorisations, leases or registrations,
where such event would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the CAML Group taken as a whole;
(m) a CAML Group Member varying or waiving its rights in any materially adverse respect, or terminates, cancels, surrenders, forfeits or allows to lapse or expire (without renewal on terms and conditions that are no less favourable to the CAML Group) any material licence, lease or Authorisation (including a CAML Key Tenement) (or a number of licences, leases or Authorisations (including CAML Key Tenements) which, when taken together, are material to the conduct of the business of the CAML Group as a whole) where such event would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the CAML Group taken as a whole; or
(n) a CAML Group Member authorises, procures or commits or agrees to do any of the matters set out above,
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other than where:
(o) required or permitted to be done by CAML under this document or the Scheme or the transactions contemplated by them;
(p) Fairly Disclosed in the CAML Disclosure Materials;
(q) consented to in writing by Cygnus;
(r) the event results, directly or indirectly, from the actions, or omissions to act, of the Cygnus Group or a member of the Cygnus Group, other than in circumstances where CAML is in material breach of this document unless such material breach resulted, directly or indirectly, from the actions, or omissions to act, of Cygnus or a member of the Cygnus Group; or
(s) required by an applicable law or by any Government Agency.
CAML Regulatory Approvals
The approvals contemplated by items 1, 2, 3 and 13 of Schedule 1.
CAML Reimbursement Fee
$2,300,000 (excluding GST).
CAML Share
An ordinary share of US$0.01 in the capital of CAML.
CAML Share Register
The register of members of CAML maintained in accordance with section 113 of the Companies Act 2006 of England and Wales.
CAML Shareholder
Each person who is registered in the CAML Share Register as a holder of one or more CAML Shares.
CAML Shareholder Meeting
The meeting of the CAML Shareholders to consider and vote on the CAML Shareholder Resolution, and includes any meeting convened following any adjournment or postponement of that meeting.
CAML Shareholder Resolution
The resolution of CAML Shareholders pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 of England and Wales which, if passed by the requisite majority, shall authorise the CAML Board to allot the New CAML Shares and grant the Option Consideration.
CAML Warranties
The representations and warranties of CAML set out in Schedule 6.
Canadian Securities Authorities
The applicable securities commissions and other securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada in which Cygnus is a reporting issuer.
CIM Standards
The Definition Standards for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Council on May 10, 2014.
Claim
In relation to a person, an allegation, debt, demand, claim, action or proceeding made or brought by or against the person, however arising and whether present or future, fixed or unascertained, actual or contingent, arising at law, in equity, under statute or otherwise,
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and includes a claim, demand, cause of action or legal proceedings arising in relation to an indemnity in this document.
The (i) option agreement between Cygnus, Avenir Metals (Canada) Limited, 9219-8845 QC. Inc., Anna Rosa Giglio, and Steve Labranche dated March 27, 2023 as amended July 20, 2023, September 11, 2025 and May 8, 2026 and (ii) the option agreement between Cygnus, Avenir Metals (Canada) Limited, 9219-8845 QC. Inc., Anna Rosa Giglio, and Steve Labranche dated March 27, 2023, as amended July 17, 2023, December 19, 2025 and May 8, 2026.
Commissioner
Federal Commissioner of Taxation.
Companies House
The office for company administration and registrations in England and Wales operated by the Registrar of Companies.
Competing Proposal
Any actual, proposed or potential proposal, offer, expression of interest, arrangement or transaction which, if entered into or completed substantially in accordance with its terms, would mean:
(a) a Third Party (alone or together with its Associates) may:
(i) directly or indirectly acquire a Relevant Interest in, or have a right to acquire a legal, beneficial or economic interest in (including under a cash settled equity swap or similar derivative), or control of, 10% or more of Cygnus Shares or of the share capital of any other Cygnus Group Member;
(ii) directly or indirectly acquire or become the holder of, or otherwise obtain or have a right to obtain a legal, beneficial or economic interest in, or control of, all or substantially all of the business conducted by, or assets or property of, any Cygnus Group Member; or
(iii) directly or indirectly acquire Control of, or otherwise acquire, merge with or be stapled with, Cygnus or any other Cygnus Group Member; or
(b) Cygnus would be required to abandon or otherwise fail to proceed with the Scheme,
whether by way of takeover bid, members' or creditors' scheme of arrangement, reverse takeover, shareholder approved acquisition, capital reduction, buy-back, issue of securities, sale of assets, sale of securities, stapling, strategic alliance, dual listed company structure (or other synthetic merger), deed of company arrangement, joint venture or partnership, or other transaction or arrangement. For the avoidance of doubt, each successive material modification or variation of any proposal, offer, expression of interest, arrangement or transaction in relation to a Competing Proposal will constitute a new Competing Proposal.
Conditions Precedent
The conditions set out in Schedule 1 and a Condition Precedent means any one of them.
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| Confidentiality Agreement | The confidentiality agreement between Cygnus and CAML dated on or about 17 September 2025. |
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| Control | Has the meaning given in section 50AA of the Corporations Act. |
| Controlled Entity | In respect of a party, an entity that party Controls. |
| Corporations Act | The Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). |
| Corporations Regulations | The Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth). |
| Counterproposal | Has the meaning given in clause 11.6(b). |
| Court | The Supreme Court of Western Australia or such other court of competent jurisdiction as agreed in writing between Cygnus and CAML. |
| Cut Off Date | Has the meaning given in clause 11.6(a)(v). |
| Cygnus Board | The board of directors of Cygnus as constituted from time to time. |
| Cygnus Consolidated Tax Group | The consolidated group of which Cygnus is the head company (where “consolidated group” and “head company” have the meaning given in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth)). |
| Cygnus Director | A duly appointed director of Cygnus. |
| Cygnus Disclosure Materials | (a) All documents and information contained in the virtual data room prior to the date of this document, the index for which has been agreed by email exchange between the parties on or prior to the date of this document for the purposes of identification; |
| (b) all information provided in writing by Cygnus or its advisers to CAML or its advisers in response to any request for further information as part of CAML’s due diligence in relation to Cygnus; | |
| (c) all information in any announcement made by Cygnus to ASX between 1 May 2024 and the date of this document; and | |
| (d) all information in respect of Cygnus accessible via a Public Register. | |
| Cygnus Fundamental Warranties | The representations and warranties of Cygnus set out in paragraphs 1 to 9 of Schedule 5. |
| Cygnus Group | Cygnus and its Controlled Entities. |
| Cygnus Group Member | Each member of the Cygnus Group. |
| Cygnus Indemnified Parties | Each Cygnus Group Member and each Cygnus Officer. |
| Cygnus Information | (a) The entirety of the information in the Scheme Booklet (or any amendments or supplements) other than the CAML Information, the Enlarged Group Information not otherwise |
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(b) information relating to the Cygnus Group or the businesses of the Cygnus Group expressly provided by or on behalf of Cygnus in writing for use in the preparation of the Enlarged Group Information in the Scheme Booklet (or in any amendment or supplement).
Cygnus Key Tenements
(a) The tenements listed in Part A of Schedule 3; and
(b) any other tenement(s), mineral claim(s), exclusive exploration right(s), mining concession(s), lease(s) to mine surface mineral substances, or mining lease(s) which may be granted in lieu of or relate to the same ground as the tenements, mineral claims, exclusive exploration rights, mining concessions, leases to mine surface mineral substances, or mining leases referred to in paragraph (a) above.
Cygnus Material Adverse Change
One or more changes, events, circumstances, matters, occurrences or things that occur, are announced or become known to CAML which, individually or when aggregated with all other such changes, events, circumstances, matters, occurrences or things have had, will have or would be reasonably likely to have:
(a) a material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities, business, results, operations, trading or financial position, profitability or prospects of the Cygnus Group taken as a whole; or
(b) without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), the effect or result of:
(i) diminishing the value of the consolidated net assets of the Cygnus Group taken as a whole by at least 20% (as compared to the consolidated net assets set out in Cygnus' most recent audited financial statements);
(ii) materially adversely affecting the standing of, or rights attaching to, any of the Cygnus Key Tenements or the ability of the Cygnus Group to exploit them;
(iii) materially adversely affecting the status or terms of, or rights attaching to, any:
(A) material Authorisation held by the Cygnus Group which relates to a Cygnus Key Tenement; or
(B) material right, approval, licence, permit or consent in respect of a Cygnus Key Tenement granted by or obtained from a private party,
which would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Cygnus Group taken as a whole;
(iv) materially adversely affecting any material right or title of any Cygnus Group Member used or held for use in connection with the exploration, development or operation of a Cygnus Key Tenement, which would be
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reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Cygnus Group taken as a whole; or
(v) where any Cygnus Key Tenements are the subject of a publicly announced Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve or Ore Reserve estimate reported in accordance with the Mining Standards, any decrease of 10% or more of that Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve or Ore Reserve estimate (save as for mining depletion); or
(vi) materially adversely affecting the Cygnus Group's environmental liabilities with respect to the Cygnus Key Tenements,
but does not include any changes, events, circumstances, matters, occurrences or things:
(c) required or permitted to be done by Cygnus under this document or the Scheme;
(d) Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials;
(e) that were actually known to CAML prior to the date of this document (which does not include knowledge of the generic risk of the relevant event, change, condition, matter, circumstance or thing occurring, but does include knowledge of a specific risk of the relevant event, change, condition, matter, circumstance or thing occurring);
(f) consented to in writing by CAML;
(g) arising from changes in general economic or business conditions (including commodity prices, exchange rates, interest rates, and trade policies), political conditions, taxation, or the securities and financial markets in general, provided the Cygnus Group is not disproportionately affected in comparison to other participants in the industry in which the Cygnus Group operates;
(h) any change in the market price of any securities of Cygnus (it being understood that the causes underlying such change in market price may be taken into account in determining whether a Cygnus Material Adverse Change has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by any other clause in this definition);
(i) arising from an act of terrorism, war (whether or not declared), civil unrest, epidemic or pandemic or similar event;
(j) arising as a result of any generally applicable change in law (including any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, the common law and equitable principles), executive order or governmental policy in any of the jurisdictions in which a CAML Group Member operates or in the interpretation or non-application of any law or regulation (including taxation)
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by any Government Agency, or any arrangements with a Government Agency;
(k) relating to the vesting, exercise or conversion of Cygnus Options, Cygnus Performance Rights or Cygnus Share Rights on issue as at the date of this document, in the manner contemplated by this document;
(l) that arise out of any facts, circumstances or changes that are the result, directly or indirectly from the actions, or omissions to act, of CAML or a member of the CAML Group, other than in circumstances where Cygnus is in material breach of this document unless such material breach resulted, directly or indirectly, from the actions, or omissions to act, of a CAML Group Member;
(m) that are due to the application of applicable law or of any requirement of a Government Agency;
(n) arising as a result of any generally applicable change in Accounting Standards adopted by Cygnus; or
(o) arising from the announcement or pendency of the Proposed Transaction,
and when determining whether a Cygnus Material Adverse Change has occurred, taking into account any amounts which are recoverable, or would reasonably be likely to be recoverable, under the Cygnus Group's insurance policies.
Cygnus Material Contract
Any agreement, contract, deed or other arrangement to which a Cygnus Group Member is party to, or beneficiary under, that:
(a) involves, or would reasonably be likely to involve, the provision of financial accommodation to any Cygnus Group Member;
(b) imposes, or would reasonably be likely to impose, obligations or liabilities on any party to that agreement, contract, deed or arrangement of at least $150,000 per annum or $300,000 over the term of the agreement, contract, deed or arrangement;
(c) if revoked or terminated, would materially adversely impact the ability of the Cygnus Group, taken as a whole, to conduct its business in substantially the same manner and at the same locations as conducted in the 12 months preceding the date of this document;
(d) grants any right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right with respect to any material assets, rights or properties of the Cygnus Group;
(e) obligates in any material respect any Cygnus Group Member, or that will obligate in any material respect any member of the Enlarged Group, to conduct business with any Third Party on an exclusive basis or that contains 'most favoured nation' or
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similar provisions that are material in relation to the conduct of business with the relevant Third Party;
(f) is price sensitive or otherwise material to Cygnus in the context of the businesses of the Cygnus Group as a whole;
(g) is an option, earn-in, joint venture, royalty, offtake, area of interest or other similar agreement with respect to Cygnus Key Tenements;
(h) is a Cultural Heritage Instrument with respect to Cygnus Key Tenements (as defined in paragraph 26(c) of Schedule 5); or
(i) is an agreement with a broker, finder or investment banker.
Cygnus Officer
Each director, officer and employee of the Cygnus Group.
Cygnus Option
An unlisted option issued by Cygnus, including an option issued by Cygnus pursuant to the terms of a ‘Notice to Replacement Optionholders’ and the ‘Dore Copper Mining Corp Omnibus Share Incentive Plan (approved on June 20, 2024)’ (complete copies of which are contained in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials) to acquire one unissued Cygnus Share, as further described in Part B of Schedule 7.
Cygnus Option Register
The register of optionholders of Cygnus maintained in accordance with the Corporations Act.
Cygnus Optionholder
Each person who is registered in the Cygnus Option Register as a holder of one or more Cygnus Options.
Cygnus Performance Right
A performance right issued by Cygnus, including a performance right issued by Cygnus pursuant to the terms of the Previous Cygnus Plan or the Cygnus Plan (complete copies of which are contained in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials) which entitles the holder to one unissued Cygnus Share, as further described in Part C of Schedule 7.
Cygnus Plan
The Cygnus Metals Limited Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as approved by Cygnus Shareholders on 14 May 2025.
Cygnus Prescribed Occurrence
The occurrence of any of the following on or after the date of this document:
(a) Cygnus converts all or any of its securities (including shares) into a larger or smaller number of securities;
(b) any Cygnus Group Member resolves to reduce its share capital in any way;
(c) any Cygnus Group Member:
(i) enters into a buy-back agreement; or
(ii) resolves to approve the terms of a buy-back agreement under the Corporations Act;
(d) any Cygnus Group Member issues shares, grants an option over its shares, a performance right, a share right or security
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convertible into shares, or agrees to make such an issue or grant such an option, performance right, share right, security or similar right or agrees to pay any cash consideration to any person in performance or settlement of any obligation to issue shares, other than pursuant to a Permitted Issue or to a directly or indirectly wholly-owned Subsidiary of Cygnus;
(e) any Cygnus Group Member issues, or agrees to issue, convertible notes or any other security or instrument that is convertible into shares or other financial products (other than is permitted under paragraph (d) above);
(f) any Cygnus Group Member disposes, or agrees to dispose, of the whole, or a substantial part of, its business, operations, assets or property, the value of which exceeds $300,000;
(g) any Cygnus Group Member creates, or agrees to create, any Encumbrance over the whole, or a substantial part of, its business, operations, assets or property, the value of which exceeds $300,000;
(h) an Insolvency Event occurs in relation to Cygnus or a material Subsidiary of Cygnus; or
(i) a Cygnus Group Member authorises, procures or commits or agrees to do any of the matters set out above,
but does not include any matter:
(j) required or permitted to be done by Cygnus under this document or the Scheme;
(k) consented to in writing by CAML; or
(l) required by an applicable law or by any Government Agency.
Cygnus Registry
Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited (ACN 078 279 227) or Computershare Investor Services Inc. (as applicable).
Cygnus Regulated Event
The occurrence of any of the following:
(a) a Cygnus Group Member reclassifying, combining, splitting or redeeming or repurchasing directly or indirectly any of its shares
(b) a Cygnus Group Member which is incorporated outside of Australia changing its stated capital;
(c) a Cygnus Group Member acquiring or disposing of, or entering into or announcing any agreement for the acquisition or disposal of, any asset, business, share or other security or entering into any corporate transaction which would or would reasonably be likely to involve a material change in:
(i) the manner in which the Cygnus Group conducts its business;
(ii) the nature (including balance sheet classification), extent or value of the assets of the Cygnus Group; or
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(iii) the nature (including balance sheet classification), extent or value of the liabilities of the Cygnus Group;
(d) CAML becoming aware that the Cygnus Warranty in paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 is materially inaccurate;
(e) a Cygnus Group Member announcing, making, declaring, paying or distributing any dividend, bonus or other distribution or share of its profits or assets, or returning, or agreeing to return, any capital to its members (whether in cash or in specie);
(f) a Cygnus Group Member making any change to its constitution;
(g) a Cygnus Group Member commencing material business activities or line of business not already carried out as at the date of this document, whether by way of acquisition or otherwise;
(h) a Cygnus Group Member entering into, or resolving to enter into, a transaction with any related party (as defined in section 228 of the Corporations Act) of Cygnus, other than a related party which is a Cygnus Group Member;
(i) a Cygnus Group Member:
(i) acquiring, leasing or disposing of;
(ii) creating, or agreeing to create, any Encumbrance over;
(iii) agreeing, offering or proposing to acquire (including by way of conditional agreement or option), lease or dispose of; or
(iv) announcing or proposing a bid, or tendering for,
(x) any business, assets, entity or undertaking, which creates a liability exceeding $500,000 (individually or in the aggregate) or the value of which exceeds $500,000 (individually or in aggregate), or (y) any Cygnus Key Tenement;
(j) a Cygnus Group Member entering into a contract or commitment restraining a Cygnus Group Member from competing with any person or conducting activities in any market;
(k) a Cygnus Group Member:
(i) entering into a new Cygnus Material Contract;
(ii) terminating, amending or extending in a material manner a Cygnus Material Contract or amending any other contract in such a manner that it becomes a Cygnus Material Contract;
(iii) not renewing a Cygnus Material Contract;
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(iv) entering into any contract or commitment (including in respect of Financial Indebtedness) requiring payments by the Cygnus Group in excess of:
(A) $50,000 (individually or in aggregate) where the contract or commitment is in respect of Financial Indebtedness, unless: (x) the contract or commitment requires payments by the Cygnus Group of less than $250,000 (individually or in aggregate); and (y) such payments are incurred as normal business costs or mineral exploration activities and otherwise in the ordinary course of business; or
(B) otherwise, $250,000 (individually or in aggregate);
(v) agreeing to incur or incurring:
(i) any capital expenditure of more than $250,000 (individually or in aggregate); or
(ii) any Financial Indebtedness of an amount in excess of $50,000 (individually or in aggregate) which is not incurred as normal business costs or mineral exploration activities and otherwise in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) waiving any material Third Party default where the financial impact on the Cygnus Group will be in excess of $250,000 (individually or in aggregate); or
(vii) accepting any compromise of a matter less than the full compensation due to a Cygnus Group Member where the financial impact of the compromise on the Cygnus Group is reasonably expected to be more than $250,000 (individually or in aggregate);
(I) a Cygnus Group Member being a party to, bound by, or subject to a Relevant Cygnus Material Contract, unless before the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date:
(i) each relevant party to the Relevant Cygnus Material Contract provides Cygnus in writing a binding, irrevocable and unconditional waiver or release of its rights under the Cygnus Material Contract that makes that contract a Relevant Cygnus Material Contract (Relevant Release); and
(ii) the Relevant Release is not varied, revoked or qualified,
and, between the date of this document and the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date, no party to any Cygnus Material Contract (other than a CAML Group Member) or a Related Body Corporate, Associate or affiliate of such a party makes a statement to the effect that a Relevant Cygnus
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Material Contract exists, unless paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this definition are satisfied before the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date;
(m) a Cygnus Group Member providing financial accommodation (which includes the giving of a guarantee of, or security for, or indemnity in connection with the obligations of any person or any undertaking to pay) to any person other than to another Cygnus Group Member (irrespective of what form of Financial Indebtedness that accommodation takes) in excess of $50,000 (individually or in aggregate) unless incurred as normal business costs or mineral exploration activities and otherwise in the ordinary course of business;
(n) a Cygnus Group Member entering into any agreement, arrangement or transaction with respect to derivative instruments (including swaps, futures contracts, forward commitments, commodity derivatives or options) or similar instruments;
(o) a Cygnus Group Member entering into any hedging arrangements or commitments;
(p) a Cygnus Group Member entering into or agreeing to enter into any offtake, commodity sale, take or pay, refining, distribution or marketing agreement or similar arrangement in relation to any product from a Cygnus Tenement;
(q) a Cygnus Group Member entering into or materially altering, varying or amending any employment, consulting, severance or similar agreement or arrangement with one or more of its directors, officers, other executives, employees or consultants, or accelerating or otherwise materially increasing compensation or benefits for any of the above (including under any employee inventive plan) in each case other than pursuant to contractual arrangements in effect as at the date of this document and which have been Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials;
(r) a Cygnus Group Member accelerating the rights of any person to receive any benefit under any employee incentive plan, varying the terms of any employee incentive plan or introducing a new employee incentive plan other than in connection with the vesting, exercise or conversion of the Cygnus Performance Rights, Cygnus Options and Cygnus Share Rights on issue as at the date of this document in the manner contemplated by this document;
(s) a Cygnus Group Member amending the terms attaching to or associated with any of its issued securities;
(t) a Cygnus Group Member paying any of its directors, officers, other executives, employees or consultants a termination, bonus or retention payment, other than in accordance with:
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(i) applicable law and the Listing Rules; and
(ii) contractual arrangements in effect on the date of this document and which have been Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials;
(u) a Cygnus Group Member making or agreeing to make any award or any certified agreement, enterprise agreement, workplace agreement or other collective agreement;
(v) a Cygnus Group Member amending in any material respect any arrangement with one of its advisers, or entering into any arrangements with a new adviser, in each case in connection with the Scheme or a Competing Proposal;
(w) a Cygnus Group Member changing any accounting policy applied by them to report their financial position other than any change in policy required by a change in Accounting Standards;
(x) a Cygnus Group Member doing anything that would result in a change in the Cygnus Consolidated Tax Group;
(y) the ASX ending the quotation of Cygnus Shares or removing Cygnus from the official list of ASX;
(z) the TSXV delisting Cygnus Shares from the TSXV;
(aa) a Cygnus Group Member forgiving any loan provided to a Third Party;
(bb) a Cygnus Group Member fails to comply in all material respect with an applicable law or does, or omits to do, anything which might result in the termination, revocation, suspension, modification or non-renewal of any Authorisation held by it or a Cygnus Material Contract;
(cc) a Cygnus Group Member abandoning or failing to diligently pursue any application for any material Authorisations, leases, permits or registrations or taking any action, or failing to take any action, that could lead to the termination of any material Authorisations, leases or registrations;
(dd) a Cygnus Group Member having its current insurance policies cancelled or terminated, or any insurance coverage lapsed, unless simultaneously with such termination, cancellation or lapse, replacement policies underwritten by an Equivalent Insurer having comparable deductions and providing coverage equal to or greater than the coverage under the cancelled, terminated or lapsed policies for substantially similar premiums are in full force and effect;
(ee) a Cygnus Group Member making any material tax election, return or filing, settling or compromising any material tax claim, relating to tax that has a value of more than $250,000;
(ff) a Cygnus Group Member varying or waiving its rights in any materially adverse respect, or terminates, cancels,
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surrenders, forfeits or allows to lapse or expire (without renewal on terms and conditions that are no less favourable to the Cygnus Group) any material licence, lease or Authorisation (including a Cygnus Key Tenement) (or a number of licences, leases or Authorisations (including Cygnus Key Tenements) which, when taken together, are material to the conduct of the business of the Cygnus Group as a whole);
(gg) a Cygnus Group Member postponing the payment of trade creditors or accelerating the collection of trade debtors, in each case having regard to the policies applied for such payment and collection in the 3 months prior to the date of this document other than in the ordinary course of business;
(hh) notice is given to any Cygnus Group Member of any material investigation, prosecution, arbitration, litigation (new or recommenced or reinstituted) or dispute threatened against a Cygnus Group Member that is not frivolous or vexatious and which could reasonably be expected to give rise to a liability for the Cygnus Group in excess of $500,000 (Material Proceedings), or circumstances arising which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Material Proceedings. For the avoidance of doubt, Material Proceedings do not include any liability relating to an investigation, prosecution, arbitration, litigation or dispute to the extent that an insurer has agreed to cover the liability under an insurance policy maintained by a Cygnus Group Member;
(ii) a Cygnus Group Member commencing any material litigation, arbitration, dispute or similar proceeding, or agreeing to any material obligation or commitment in relation to any existing litigation, other than in connection with this document; or
(jj) a Cygnus Group Member authorises, procures or commits or agrees to do any of the matters set out above,
other than where:
(kk) the event is in respect of the entry or the proper performance of a contract for mineral exploration activities conducted in the ordinary course of the Cygnus business (but does not include any adverse consequences of performing those activities, including the extent to which such activities create actual or contingent liabilities in relation to Cygnus Tenements or result in a material breach or litigation in respect of such contracts);
(II) required or permitted to be done by Cygnus under this document or the Scheme or the transactions contemplated by them;
(mm) Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials;
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(nn) consented to in writing by CAML;
(oo) the event is in connection with the payment of any fees to Cygnus's legal, financial, corporate, or tax adviser or any independent expert in respect of any Competing Proposal provided that there has been no breach of clause 11 and the Cygnus Directors, acting in good faith, determine that it is reasonably necessary to incur such fees and that such fees are properly and reasonably incurred;
(pp) the event results, directly or indirectly, from the actions, or omissions to act, of the CAML Group or a CAML Group Member, other than in circumstances where Cygnus is in material breach of this document unless such material breach resulted, directly or indirectly, from the actions, or omissions to act, of CAML or a CAML Group Member; or
(qq) the event is required by an applicable law or by any Government Agency.
Cygnus
Reimbursement
Fee
$2,300,000 (excluding GST).
Cygnus Share
A fully paid ordinary share in the capital of Cygnus.
Cygnus Share Register
The register of members of Cygnus maintained by the Cygnus Registry.
Cygnus Share Right
A share right issued by Cygnus, including a share right issued by Cygnus pursuant to the terms of the Previous Cygnus Plan (a complete copy of which is contained in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials) which entitles the holder to one unissued Cygnus Share, as further described in Part D of Schedule 7.
Cygnus Shareholder
Each person who is registered in the Cygnus Share Register as a holder of one or more Cygnus Shares.
Cygnus Tenements
(a) The tenements, mineral claims and mining leases listed in Schedule 3; and
(b) any other tenement(s), mineral claim(s) or mining lease(s) which may be granted in lieu of or relate to the same ground as the tenements, mineral claims or mining leases referred to in paragraph (a) above.
Cygnus Warranties
The representations and warranties of Cygnus set out in Schedule 5.
D&O Run-Off Policy
The directors' and officers' run-off insurance policy in respect of any Cygnus Directors and Cygnus officers and relevant former directors and officers of any Cygnus Group Member.
Deed Poll
The deed poll under which CAML covenants in favour of the Scheme Shareholders to perform the obligations attributed to it under the Scheme, in the form set out in Annexure A or in such other form as is agreed in writing between the parties.
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Delivery Time
Not later than two hours before the commencement of the hearing or if the commencement of the hearing is adjourned, the commencement of the adjourned hearing, of the Court to approve the Scheme in accordance with section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act.
Effective
The coming into effect, under section 411(10) of the Corporations Act, of the order of the Court made under section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act in relation to the Scheme, but in any event at no time before an office copy of the order of the Court is lodged with ASIC.
Effective Date
The date on which the Scheme becomes Effective.
Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder
A Selling Scheme Shareholder who has elected in writing to have all of their Scheme Consideration issued to the Sale Agent and sold on their behalf in accordance with clause 4.4.
Encumbrance
A mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest, assignment by way of security, debenture, option, hypothecation, title retention, pre-emptive or preferential right, claim, equitable or other right, power of sale, retention of title, right of first refusal, trust arrangement, contractual right of set-off, or any other security agreement or arrangement or third party right in favour of any person, whether registered or unregistered, including any Security Interest.
End Date
The later of:
(a) the date that is six months after the date of this document; and
(b) such other date and time agreed in writing between Cygnus and CAML before that date.
Enlarged Group
The combination of the Cygnus Group and the CAML Group, as comprised by CAML and its Subsidiaries following implementation of the Scheme.
Enlarged Group Information
Any information regarding the Enlarged Group in the Scheme Booklet, and any amendments or supplements of such disclosure.
Equivalent Insurer
One or more insurers that have a rating that is the same as, or better than, the rating of the insurer or insurers for the Cygnus directors and officers' insurance policy in place as at the date of this document.
Excluded Holder
Any Cygnus Shareholder who is a CAML Group Member or any Cygnus Shareholder who holds any Cygnus Shares on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any member of the CAML Group and does not hold Cygnus Shares on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any other person.
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Exclusivity Period
The period commencing on the date of this document and ending on the earliest of:
(a) the End Date;
(b) the Implementation Date; and
(c) the date this document is terminated in accordance with its terms.
Fairly Disclosed
Disclosed in writing (other than where stated otherwise in this document) in sufficient detail and with sufficient specificity so as to enable a reasonable and sophisticated recipient of the relevant information who is experienced in transactions similar to the Scheme and experienced in the mining industry to identify and reasonably and properly assess the nature, scope and consequences of the relevant matter, event or circumstance (including in each case, the potential financial effect of the relevant matter, event or circumstance).
Financial Indebtedness
Any debt or other monetary liability (whether actual or contingent) in respect of monies borrowed or raised or any financial accommodation including under or in respect of any:
(a) bill, bond, debenture, note or similar instrument;
(b) acceptance, endorsement or discounting arrangement;
(c) finance or capital lease;
(d) agreement for the deferral of a purchase price or other payment in relation to the acquisition of any asset or service; or
(e) obligation to deliver goods or provide services paid for in advance by any financier.
First Court Date
The date the Court first hears the application to order the convening of the Scheme Meeting under section 411(1) of the Corporations Act or, if the application is adjourned or subject to appeal for any reason, the day on which the adjourned application is heard.
FRCGW Amount
Has the meaning given in clause 18.5(a).
FRCGW Holder
Has the meaning given in clause 18.5(a).
Government Agency
Australian, Canadian or Québec, or any foreign, government or governmental, semi-governmental, administrative, fiscal, regulatory or judicial body, stock exchange, department, commission, authority, tribunal, agency or entity, or any minister of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth of Australia or any State, any Canadian or Québec minister, and any other federal, state, provincial, regional or local government (including of the Cree nation), whether Australian, Canadian, Québec or foreign.
Implementation Date
The fifth Business Day after the Record Date or such other date after the Record Date agreed to in writing between the parties.
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Independent Expert
The independent expert in respect of the Scheme appointed by Cygnus.
Independent Expert's Report
The report of the Independent Expert issued in connection with the Scheme (including any updates to such report), stating whether or not in the Independent Expert's opinion the Scheme is in the best interests of Cygnus Shareholders and the reasons for holding that opinion.
Ineligible Foreign Shareholder
A Scheme Shareholder whose address shown in the Cygnus Share Register on the Record Date is a place outside Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, unless CAML determines that it is lawful and not unduly onerous or impracticable to issue that Scheme Shareholder with the Scheme Consideration on implementation of the Scheme.
Insolvency Event
In relation to an entity:
(a) the appointment of a liquidator, provisional liquidator, administrator, statutory manager, controller, receiver, receiver and manager or other insolvency official (whether under an Australian or Canadian law or a foreign law) to the entity or to the whole or a substantial part of the property or assets of the entity, or an event occurs which gives any other person a right to seek such an appointment;
(b) the entity resolving or proposing in a notice of meeting or in an announcement to any recognised securities exchange that it be wound up, an application to a court has been made for the winding up or dissolution of the entity or for the entry into of any arrangement, compromise or composition with, or assignment for the benefit of, creditors of the entity or any class of them (other than frivolous or vexatious orders or applications) or a court making an order for the winding or up dissolution of the entity;
(c) an Encumbrance becomes enforceable or is enforced over, or a writ of execution, garnishee order, mareva injunction or similar order has been issued over or affecting, all or a substantial part of the assets of the entity;
(d) the entity ceases or threatens to cease to carry on substantially all of the business conducted by it as at the date of this document;
(e) the entity is or becomes unable to pay its debts when they fall due within the meaning of the Corporations Act (or, if appropriate, legislation of its place of incorporation) or is otherwise presumed to be insolvent under the Corporations Act unless the entity has, or has access to, committed financial support from its parent entity such that it is able to pay its debts;
(f) any indebtedness of the entity becoming subject to a moratorium;
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(g) the entity being deregistered as a company or otherwise dissolved;
(h) the entity executing a deed of company arrangement; or
(i) anything analogous (or which has a substantially similar effect) to those things set out in any of paragraphs (a) to (h) inclusive occurs in relation to the entity.
Integration Committee
A committee comprised of at least two senior Cygnus executives and two senior CAML executives, or such other persons as agreed by the parties.
JORC Code
The Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (2012 edition) prepared by the Joint Ore Reserves Committee of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australian Institute of Geoscientists and Minerals Council of Australia.
Listing Rules
The ASX Listing Rules and the TSXV Policies.
LSE
London Stock Exchange plc.
Meeting Materials
Each document to be provided to CAML Shareholders in connection with the CAML Shareholder Meeting.
Mineral Reserve
Has the meaning given in the applicable Mining Standards.
Mineral Resource
Has the meaning given in the applicable Mining Standards.
Mining Standards
The JORC Code, CIM Standards and NI 43-101.
New CAML Shares
The new CAML Shares to be issued as consideration under the terms of the Scheme.
NI 43-101
National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Canadian Securities Administrators, or any successor instrument, rule or policy.
Nil Variation Notice
A notice issued by the Commissioner under section 14-235 of Schedule 1 to the TAA varying the amount (if any) that CAML is liable to pay to the Commissioner under section 14-200 of Schedule 1 of the TAA in respect of the acquisition of the Scheme Shares, to zero.
Option Consideration
The consideration to be provided to an Optionholder for the transfer or cancellation of each Cygnus Option held by that Optionholder in accordance with the Option Replacement Deed, as set out in Schedule 8.
Option Replacement Deed
A deed (on terms approved in writing by CAML, acting reasonably) between CAML, Cygnus and a Cygnus Optionholder under which, subject to the Scheme becoming Effective, the relevant security terms and any required ASX waiver or TSXV approval, the Cygnus Optionholder:
(a) may exercise their Cygnus Options and receive Cygnus Shares before the Record Date; and
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(b) agrees, to the extent their Cygnus Options are not exercised before the Record Date, to their Cygnus Options being transferred or cancelled in exchange for the Option Consideration, with such transfer or cancellation to take effect on the Implementation Date.
Ore Reserve
Has the meaning given in the applicable Mining Standards.
Permitted Issue
The issue of:
(a) any Cygnus Share pursuant to the vesting and/or the exercise of a Performance Right, Cygnus Option, or Cygnus Share Right where that Cygnus Performance Right, Cygnus Option, or Cygnus Share Right was on issue immediately before the date of this document;
(b) an aggregate 1,050,000 Cygnus Shares to 9219-8845 QC. Inc., Anna Rosa Giglio, and Steve Labranche (or their respective nominees) in their respective proportions pursuant to the terms of the CMH Option Agreement; and
(c) any Cygnus Share, Cygnus Option, Cygnus Performance Right, Cygnus Share Right or any other security in Cygnus with the prior written consent of CAML.
Policy Requirements
The requirements detailed in clause 10.3(a).
PPS Register
The register established under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth).
Previous Cygnus Plan
The Cygnus Metals Limited Employee Securities Incentive Plan approved by Shareholders on 28 September 2022.
Proposed Transaction
(a) The proposed acquisition by CAML in accordance with the terms and conditions of this document of all of the Scheme Shares through the implementation of the Scheme; and
(b) all associated transactions and steps contemplated by this document.
Public Registers
In relation to a party to this document means the records made available for public inspection by any of:
(a) in the case of Cygnus:
(i) ASIC, ASX, or the Canadian Securities Authorities by way of filing on SEDAR+ (within two years prior to the date of this document);
(ii) the PPS Register on the date immediately before the date of this document; and
(iii) the registry of the High Court on 22 April 2026, the Federal Court and the Federal Circuit Court on 21 April 2026, the Supreme Court of Western Australia on 22 April 2026, the Western Australian Court of Appeal
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on 29 April 2026 and the District Court of Western Australia on 22 April 2026;
(iv) the register of personal and movable real rights (Quebec) on May 29, 2026 and personal property registry records (British Columbia) on June 1, 2026;
(v) the public register of real and immovable mining rights maintained by Québec's Ministère des Ressources naturelles et Forêts (the Québec Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests) under the Mining Act (CQLR, c. M-13.1) on April 28, 2026; and
(vi) (i) the records of the registry of the Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court on June 1, 2026, (ii) the civil records for all of the judicial districts of the Province of Québec, which are included in the database of Société Québécoise d'information Juridique, covering each of the Court of Appeal, Superior Court, Court of Québec (including the Small Claims Court Division) and Municipal Court on June 1, 2026 and (iii) the records of the registrar of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Court of Appeal of British Columbia and the Provincial Court of British Columbia and the execution searches in British Columbia (Vancouver, New Westminster and Surrey) on June 1, 2026;
(b) in the case of CAML:
(i) Companies House or AIM (within two years prior to the date of this document);
(ii) via the Regulatory News Service (within two years prior to the date of this document); and
(iii) at the Insolvency and Companies List (formerly known as the Companies Court), Royal Courts of Justice, Rolls Building in London of the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions (within two years prior to the date of this document),
in relation to that party or any of its subsidiaries.
Recommendation Has the meaning given in clause 7.1(a)(i).
Record Date 7.00 pm (Sydney time) on the second Business Day after the Effective Date or such other time and date agreed in writing between the parties.
Regulatory Approval A clearance, waiver, determination, ruling approval, relief, confirmation, exemption, consent or declaration set out in item 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 1.
Regulatory News Service The regulatory information service operated by the LSE in the United Kingdom.
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Related Body Corporate
Has the meaning given in section 50 of the Corporations Act.
Related Entity
In relation to a party, any entity that is related to that party within the meaning of section 50 of the Corporations Act or that is a Controlled Entity of that party.
Relevant Cygnus Material Contract
A Cygnus Material Contract under which any party (other than a Cygnus Group Member) to such Cygnus Material Contract has the right to:
(a) terminate, cancel or rescind that Cygnus Material Contract or any part of it;
(b) vary, amend or modify that Cygnus Material Contract;
(c) exercise, enforce or accelerate any right under that Cygnus Material Contract (including rights of pre-emption); or
(d) benefit from the operation of a provision which automatically terminates, varies, amends or modifies that Cygnus Material Contract,
(each a Relevant Right) including where that Relevant Right is subject to: (i) the satisfaction or failure of a contingency or a condition; or (ii) one or more of the Conditions Precedent being satisfied or waived; or (iii) the passage of time) as a direct or indirect result of:
(e) CAML entering into this document;
(f) a Cygnus Group Member performing its obligations under this document;
(g) any public announcement or public disclosure of the Proposed Transaction;
(h) a CAML Group Member acquiring (including a Relevant Interest in) any Cygnus Shares;
(i) a CAML Group Member acquiring control of Cygnus;
(j) a CAML Group Member implementing or seeking to implement any of its intentions for Cygnus as described in the Scheme Booklet; or
(k) any Cygnus Board Member supporting the Scheme or making a recommendation that Cygnus Shareholders vote in favour of the Scheme.
Relevant Interest
Has the meaning given in sections 608 and 609 of the Corporations Act.
Representatives
In relation to an entity:
(a) each of the entity's Related Entities; and
(b) each of the directors, officers, employees, contractors, Advisers and agents of the entity and its Related Entities, but excluding the Independent Expert.
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Sale Agent
A person appointed by CAML to sell the New CAML Shares that would otherwise be issued to or for the benefit of Ineligible Foreign Shareholders and Electing Selling Scheme Shareholders under the terms of the Scheme.
Scheme
The proposed scheme of arrangement pursuant to Part 5.1 of the Corporations Act between Cygnus and Scheme Shareholders in respect of all Scheme Shares, in the form set out in Annexure B or in such other form as the parties agree in writing, subject to any alterations or conditions made or required by the Court under section 411(6) of the Corporations Act and approved in writing between the parties.
Scheme Booklet
The explanatory booklet containing the information described in clause 5.3, to be prepared by Cygnus in respect of the Proposed Transaction in accordance with the terms of this document and in a form to be agreed between the parties (acting reasonably) and to be approved by the Court and dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders.
Scheme Consideration
The consideration to be provided by CAML to each Scheme Shareholder for the transfer to CAML of each Scheme Share under the terms of the Scheme (subject to clauses 4.3 and 4.4), being for each Scheme Share, 0.06 New CAML Shares for every 1 Scheme Share.
Scheme Meeting
The meeting of Cygnus Shareholders ordered by the Court to be convened under section 411(1) of the Corporations Act to consider and vote on the Scheme and includes any meeting convened following any adjournment or postponement of that meeting.
Scheme Share
A Cygnus Share held by a Scheme Shareholder as at the Record Date.
Scheme Shareholder
A person who holds one or more Cygnus Shares recorded in the Cygnus Share Register as at the Record Date (other than an Excluded Holder).
Scheme Shareholder Declaration
A declaration in accordance with the requirements of section 14-225 of schedule 1 of the TAA that covers, at least, the date of this document and the Implementation Date.
Second Court Date
The first day on which an application made to the Court for an order under section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act approving the Scheme is heard or, if the application is adjourned or subject to appeal for any reason, the date on which the adjourned application or appeal is heard.
Securities Authorities
ASIC and the Canadian Securities Authorities.
Securities Laws
All applicable Australian and Canadian securities laws, rules and regulations and published policies thereunder, and all applicable instruments, regulatory guides, national instruments, multilateral instruments and companion policies adopted under Australian or Canadian securities laws, including those of Securities Authorities
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as now in effect and as they may be promulgated or amended from time to time.
Security Interest
Any security interest, including:
(a) a ‘security interest’ as defined in sections 12(1) or (2) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth);
(b) any other interest or arrangement of any kind that in substance secures the payment of money or the performance of an obligation, or that gives a creditor priority over unsecured creditors in relation to any property; and
(c) any right of first refusal, pre-emptive right or any similar restriction.
SEDAR+
The System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + described in National Instrument 13-103 – System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval of the Canadian Securities Administrators, or any successor instrument, rule or policy and available for public view at www.sedarplus.ca.
Selling Scheme Shareholder
A Scheme Shareholder (other than an Ineligible Foreign Shareholder) who holds equal to or less than 85,176 Scheme Shares as at the Record Date.
Subsidiary
Has the meaning given in Division 6 of Part 1.2 of the Corporations Act.
Superior Proposal
A bona fide Competing Proposal:
(a) of the kind referred to in paragraphs (a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (b) of the definition of Competing Proposal; and
(b) not resulting from a material breach by Cygnus of any of its obligations under clause 11 of this document (it being understood that any actions by Cygnus’s Representatives not permitted by clause 11 will be deemed to be a material breach by Cygnus for the purposes thereof),
which the Cygnus Board, acting in good faith and after receiving written advice from its external legal advisers and written advice from its financial adviser, unanimously determines:
(c) is reasonably capable of being valued and completed in accordance with its terms within a reasonable timeframe;
(d) would, if completed substantially in accordance with its terms, be more favourable to Cygnus Shareholders as a whole than the Proposed Transaction or any Counterproposal (as applicable) having regard to, amongst other things, the likely financial consequences of such Competing Proposal in the long term and the interests of all of the stakeholders of Cygnus,
in each case taking into account all terms and conditions and other aspects of the Competing Proposal, including:
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(a) any due diligence requirements;
(b) timing considerations (including timing to entering into a binding transaction agreement to facilitate the Competing Proposal, the timing to completion of the Competing Proposal and the receipt of consideration by Cygnus Shareholders);
(c) the nature of any conditions precedent and the degree of certainty that those conditions precedent will be satisfied in a timely manner;
(d) the terms and conditions of any financing arrangements;
(e) required regulatory approvals;
(f) the identity of the proponent;
(g) the value and type of consideration being offered to and received by Cygnus Shareholders; and
(h) other matters affecting the probability of the Competing Proposal being completed),
and of the Proposed Transaction or any Counterproposal (as applicable).
TAA The Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth).
Takeovers Panel The Takeovers Panel constituted under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth).
Third Party Any person or entity other than a CAML Group Member.
Timetable The indicative timetable in relation to the Proposed Transaction set out in Schedule 2, with such modifications as may be agreed in writing by the parties.
TSX Toronto Stock Exchange.
TSX Admission Has the meaning given in clause 5.2(e).
TSX Rules The rules of the TSX as set out in the TSX Company Manual, as amended from time to time, and related notices and requirements.
TSXV TSX Venture Exchange.
TSXV Admission Has the meaning given in clause 5.2(e).
TSXV Policies The policies of the TSXV as amended from time to time.
Voting Intention Has the meaning given in clause 7.1(a)(ii).
1.2 Interpretation
In this document, except where the context otherwise requires:
(a) the singular includes the plural, and the converse also applies;
(b) the meaning of general words is not limited by specific examples introduced by "including", "for example", "such as" or similar expressions;
(c) gender includes other genders;
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(d) if a word or phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a corresponding meaning;
(e) a reference to a clause, paragraph, schedule or annexure is to a clause or paragraph of, or schedule or annexure to, this document (unless otherwise indicated), and a reference to this document includes any schedule or annexure;
(f) a reference to a document or instrument includes the document or instrument as novated, altered, supplemented or replaced from time to time;
(g) a reference to A$, dollars or $ is to the lawful currency of Australia;
(h) a reference to US$ is to the lawful currency of the United States of America;
(i) a reference to C$ is to the lawful currency of Canada;
(j) a reference to £ is to the lawful currency of the United Kingdom;
(k) a reference to time is, unless otherwise indicated, a reference to that time in Perth, Western Australia;
(l) a reference to a party is to a party to this document, and a reference to a party to a document includes that party's executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns and substitutes;
(m) a reference to a person includes a natural person, partnership, body corporate, joint venture, association, Government Agency or other entity or organisation;
(n) a reference to "law" includes common law, civil law (when in reference to Québec assets or contracts) principles of equity and legislation (including regulations) and for greater certainty includes Securities Laws;
(o) a reference to legislation or to a provision of legislation (including a listing rule or operating rule of a financial market or of a clearing and settlement facility) includes a modification or re-enactment of it, a legislative provision substituted for it and a regulation or statutory instrument issued under it;
(p) a reference to "regulations" includes instruments of a legislative character under legislation (such as regulations, rules, decrees, by-laws, ordinances and proclamations);
(q) a reference to a body (including an institute, association or authority), other than a party to this document, whether statutory or not:
(i) which ceases to exist; or
(ii) whose powers or functions are transferred to another body,
is a reference to the body which replaces it or which substantially succeeds to its powers or functions;
(r) a reference to an agreement other than this document includes a deed and any legally enforceable undertaking, agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing;
(s) a reference to liquidation or insolvency includes appointment of an administrator, a reconstruction, winding up, dissolution, deregistration, assignment for the benefit of creditors, bankruptcy, or a scheme, compromise or arrangement with creditors (other than solely with holders of securities or derivatives) or any similar procedure or,
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where applicable, changes in the constitution of any partnership or third party, or death;
(t) a word or expression defined in the Corporations Act, and which is not defined in clause 1.1, has the meaning given to it in the Corporations Act;
(u) if a period of time is specified and dates from a given day or the day of an act or event, it is to be calculated exclusive of that day;
(v) a reference to a day is to be interpreted as the period of time commencing at midnight and ending 24 hours later;
(w) if an act prescribed under this document to be done by a party on or by a given day is done after 5.00 pm on that day, it is taken to be done on the next day;
(x) a reference to the Listing Rules or TSX Rules includes any variation, consolidation or replacement of these rules and is to be taken to be subject to any waiver or exemption granted to the compliance of those rules by a party;
(y) a rule of construction does not apply to the disadvantage of a party because the party was responsible for the preparation of this document or any part of it;
(z) a reference to something being 'reasonably likely' (or to a similar expression) is a reference to that thing being more likely than not to occur, when assessed objectively;
(aa) a reference to conduct includes an omission, statement or undertaking, whether or not in writing;
(bb) the meaning of general words is not limited by specific examples introduced by including, for example or similar expressions; and
(cc) headings are for ease of reference only and do not affect interpretation.
1.3 Business Day
If a day on or by which an obligation must be performed or an event must occur is not a Business Day, the obligation must be performed or the event must occur on or by the next Business Day.
2 Agreement to propose Scheme
2.1 Agreement to proposed Scheme
(a) Cygnus agrees to propose and implement the Scheme on and subject to the terms and conditions of this document.
(b) CAML agrees to assist Cygnus to propose and implement the Scheme on and subject to the terms of this document.
2.2 Implementation of Scheme
Each party:
(a) agrees to execute all documents and do all acts and things within its power as may be necessary or desirable for the implementation and performance of the Scheme substantially in accordance with this document; and
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(b) must comply with its obligations under this document.
2.3 Timetable
(a) Each party agrees to use reasonable endeavours to:
(i) comply with its obligations under this document; and
(ii) take all necessary steps and exercise all rights necessary to implement the Scheme,
in accordance with the Timetable.
(b) Failure by a party to meet any timeframe or deadline set out in the Timetable will not constitute a breach of clause 2.3(a) to the extent that such failure is due to circumstances and matters outside the party's control (including any delays caused by a Government Agency).
(c) Each party must keep the other informed about their progress against the Timetable and notify the other if it believes that any of the dates in the Timetable are not achievable.
(d) If any of the dates or timeframes set out in the Timetable become unable to be achieved or not reasonably likely to be able to be achieved due to matters outside the parties' control (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any delays caused by a Government Agency), then the parties will consult in good faith to agree any necessary extension.
2.4 Nominee
(a) CAML may nominate any wholly-owned Subsidiary of CAML (CAML Nominee) to acquire the Scheme Shares under the Scheme by giving written notice to Cygnus on or before the date that is five Business Days before the date on which Cygnus provides an advanced draft of the Scheme Booklet to ASIC for its review for the purposes of section 411(2) of the Corporations Act.
(b) If CAML nominates a CAML Nominee to acquire the Scheme Shares under the Scheme, then:
(i) references in this document to CAML acquiring the Scheme Shares under the Scheme are to be read as references to the CAML Nominee doing so;
(ii) other references in this document to CAML are to be read as references to CAML or the CAML Nominee, other than to the extent those provisions relate to the New CAML Shares which will always be fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of CAML (and not the CAML Nominee);
(iii) the parties must procure that the Scheme Shares transferred under the Scheme are transferred to the CAML Nominee, rather than CAML;
(iv) the parties must procure that the Scheme and Deed Poll are entered into in a form so as to reflect, or are amended to reflect, the CAML Nominee acquiring the Scheme Shares under the Scheme;
(v) CAML must procure that the CAML Nominee complies with the relevant obligations of CAML under this document and under the Scheme and enters into a deed of accession on terms acceptable to Cygnus (acting reasonably); and
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(vi) any such nomination will not relieve CAML of its obligations under this document or the Deed Poll, including the obligation to provide, or cause to be provided, the Scheme Consideration in accordance with the terms of the Scheme, provided that CAML will not be in breach of this document for failing to perform an obligation of CAML if that obligation is fully discharged by the CAML Nominee.
3 Conditions Precedent and pre-implementation steps
3.1 Conditions Precedent to the Scheme
Subject to this clause 3, the Scheme will not become Effective, and the respective obligations of the parties in relation to the implementation of the Scheme are not binding, until each of the Conditions Precedent in Schedule 1 is satisfied or waived to the extent and in the manner set out in this clause 3.
3.2 Benefit and waiver of certain Conditions Precedent
(a) A Condition Precedent (or a breach or non-fulfilment of a Condition Precedent) may only be waived in writing by a party entitled to the benefit of the Condition Precedent and then only according to the table in Schedule 1.
(b) A party entitled to waive a Condition Precedent (or a breach or non-fulfilment of a Condition Precedent) under this clause 3.2 may do so in its absolute discretion.
(c) Any waiver of a Condition Precedent by a party who is entitled to do so pursuant to clause 3.2(a) is only effective if such waiver is given on or prior to the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date.
(d) If the waiver of a Condition Precedent is itself given subject to a condition and the other party:
(i) accepts the condition, the terms of that condition apply and are binding under this document; or
(ii) does not accept the condition, the Condition Precedent is not waived for the purposes of this document.
(e) A waiver of a Condition Precedent (or waiver of a breach or non-fulfilment of a Condition Precedent) in accordance with this clause 3.2 does not:
(i) constitute a waiver of any other Condition Precedent (including where the event constitutes a breach of a number of Conditions Precedent) or a waiver of that Condition Precedent resulting from any other event; and
(ii) prevent a party from suing the other for damages for breach of this document as a result of the breach or non-satisfaction of the relevant Condition Precedent.
3.3 Reasonable endeavours
(a) Each party must, to the extent that it is within its power to do so, use its reasonable endeavours to procure that each of the Conditions Precedent for which it is listed as having responsibility in the table in Schedule 1 are satisfied as soon as practicable
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after the date of this document and continue to be satisfied at all times until the last time that relevant Condition Precedent provides that it is to be satisfied.
(b) Each party must not, without the prior written consent of the other party, take any action or refrain from taking any action (except as required by applicable law or permitted under this document) designed to prevent a Condition Precedent being satisfied.
(c) The parties must cooperate and, to the extent reasonably practicable, assist one another with satisfying their obligations under this clause 3.3. Without limiting this clause 3.3 and except to the extent prohibited by a Government Agency, each party must:
(i) promptly apply for all Regulatory Approvals (as applicable);
(ii) take all steps it is responsible for as part of the Regulatory Approval process, including responding to requests for information from the relevant Government Agencies at the earliest practicable time;
(iii) keep the other party reasonably informed of progress in relation to each Regulatory Approval (including in relation to any material matters raised by, or conditions or other arrangements proposed by, or to, any Government Agency in relation to a Regulatory Approval) and provide the other party with all information reasonably requested in connection with the applications for, or progress of, the Regulatory Approvals;
(iv) consult with the other party in advance in relation to the progress of obtaining, and all material communications with Government Agencies regarding any of, the Regulatory Approvals; and
(v) provide the other party with all assistance and information that it reasonably requests in connection with an application for a Regulatory Approval to be lodged by that other party.
3.4 Notifications
Each party must:
(a) keep the other promptly and reasonably informed of the steps it has taken and of its progress towards satisfaction of each Condition Precedent;
(b) promptly notify the other in writing if it becomes aware that any Condition Precedent has been satisfied; and
(c) promptly, and in any event within two Business Days, notify the other in writing if it becomes aware of the happening of an event or occurrence that would, does, will or would reasonably be likely to:
(i) prevent a Condition Precedent being satisfied; or
(ii) mean that any Condition Precedent will otherwise not be satisfied,
before the time and date specified for its satisfaction (or being satisfied by the End Date, if no such time and date is specified) or such Condition Precedent is not otherwise satisfied by that time and date (including if Cygnus Shareholders do not agree to the Scheme at the Scheme Meeting by the requisite majorities).
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3.5 Termination on failure of a Condition Precedent
(a) If there is an act, a failure to act, an event or an occurrence that would, or does, prevent any of the Conditions Precedent being satisfied (including if Cygnus Shareholders do not agree to the Scheme at the Scheme Meeting by the requisite majorities, or if any of the Conditions Precedent will not otherwise be satisfied), by the earlier of:
(i) the time and date specified in this document for the satisfaction of that Condition Precedent; and
(ii) the End Date;
or such Condition Precedent is otherwise not satisfied by that specified time and date or by the End Date (as applicable), then:
(iii) Cygnus and CAML must promptly (and in any event within five Business Days after notice is given in accordance with clause 3.4(c)) consult in good faith with a view to determining whether:
(A) the Scheme, or a transaction which results in the transfer of all of the Cygnus Shares to CAML, may proceed by way of alternative means or methods;
(B) to extend the relevant time or date for satisfaction of the Condition Precedent or the End Date, or otherwise amend the Timetable;
(C) a party with a right to waive that Condition Precedent will do so and, if so, on what conditions (if any);
(D) to change the date of the application to be made to the Court for orders under section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act approving the Scheme or adjourning that application to another date agreed in writing by the parties;
(E) to seek orders from the Court to postpone the Scheme Meeting, or recommend that there be an adjournment of the Scheme Meeting, to another date agreed in writing by the parties; or
(F) to take a combination of any of the actions referred to in clauses 3.5(a)(iii)(A) to 3.5(a)(iii)(E).
(b) Subject to clause 3.5(d), if the parties are unable to reach agreement under clause 3.5(a) by the earlier of:
(i) the date that is 10 Business Days after commencing consultation in relation to the relevant event or occurrence that would, or does, prevent a Condition Precedent being satisfied;
(ii) the date that is 10 Business Days after the time and date specified in this document for the satisfaction of the Condition Precedent; and
(iii) the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date,
then, unless that Condition Precedent has been waived in accordance with clause 3.2, the party entitled to the benefit of that Condition Precedent (which may be either party where both parties are entitled to the benefit of the Condition Precedent) may (subject to clause 3.5(c)) terminate this document without any liability to the other party because of that termination. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause
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3.5(b) affects the obligation of Cygnus to pay the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee or CAML to pay the CAML Reimbursement Fee, if Cygnus or CAML are required to do so under clauses 12 or 13, respectively.
(c) A party will not be entitled to terminate this document pursuant to clause 3.5(b) if:
(i) the relevant Condition Precedent has not been satisfied as a result of:
(A) a breach of this document by that party; or
(B) a deliberate act or omission of that party (except acts or omissions permitted by this document) which either alone or together with other circumstances prevents that Condition Precedent being satisfied; or
(ii) the relevant Condition Precedent is stated in Schedule 1 to be for the sole benefit of the other party.
(d) If the Condition Precedent in item 5 of Schedule 1 is not satisfied only because of a failure to obtain the majority required by section 411(4)(a)(ii)(A) of the Corporations Act, then either party may by written notice to the other within three Business Days after the date of the conclusion of the Scheme Meeting require the approval of the Court under section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act to be sought, provided that the party has, in good faith, reasonably formed the view that the prospect of the Court giving its approval in the circumstances is reasonable. If:
(i) approval is given, the Condition Precedent in item 5 of Schedule 1 is deemed to be satisfied for all purposes; or
(ii) the Court refuses to make an order approving the Scheme which satisfies the Condition Precedent in item 5 of Schedule 1, at CAML's request, Cygnus must appeal the Court's decision to the fullest extent possible (except to the extent that the parties agree otherwise, or an independent senior counsel of the Western Australian bar practising in the field of corporate law indicates that, in their view, an appeal would not have reasonable prospects of success before the End Date). Cygnus may bring an appeal even if not requested by CAML. If any such appeal is undertaken at the request of CAML, CAML will bear Cygnus's costs of the appeal (including the costs of the independent senior counsel) unless the parties agree otherwise in writing. If any such appeal is undertaken by Cygnus without the prior request from CAML, each party will bear its own costs, unless the parties otherwise agree in writing.
4 Transaction Steps
4.1 Scheme
(a) Cygnus must propose the Scheme to Cygnus Shareholders on and subject to the terms of this document.
(b) Cygnus must not consent to any modification of, or amendment to, or the making or imposition by the Court of any condition in respect of the Scheme without the prior written consent of CAML acting reasonably.
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4.2 Scheme Consideration
Subject to clauses 4.3 and 4.4, CAML covenants in favour of Cygnus (in Cygnus's own right and separately as trustee for each Scheme Shareholder) that, in consideration of the transfer to CAML of each Cygnus Share held by a Scheme Shareholder in accordance with the terms of the Scheme, on the Implementation Date, CAML will:
(a) accept that transfer; and
(b) provide, or cause to be provided, to each Scheme Shareholder the Scheme Consideration for each Scheme Share held by them, in accordance with this document, the Scheme and Deed Poll.
4.3 Fractional entitlements
If the number of Scheme Shares held by a Scheme Shareholder at the Record Date is such that the aggregate entitlement of the Scheme Shareholder to Scheme Consideration comprising New CAML Shares includes a fractional entitlement to a New CAML Share, then the fractional entitlement will be rounded as follows:
(a) if the fractional entitlement is less than 0.5, it will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of New CAML Shares; and
(b) if the fractional entitlement is 0.5 or more, it will be rounded up to the nearest whole number of New CAML Shares.
4.4 Ineligible Foreign Shareholders and Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder
(a) Conditional upon CAML receiving any necessary regulatory relief that it requires to perform its obligations under this clause 4.4 and the Scheme with respect to Selling Scheme Shareholders, CAML must permit Selling Scheme Shareholders to elect, by providing notice in writing to Cygnus on or before 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Record Date, to be treated as an Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder for the purposes of this clause 4.4.
(b) CAML has no obligation to issue, and will not issue, any New CAML Shares under the Scheme to:
(i) an Ineligible Foreign Shareholder; or
(ii) an Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder,
and instead will issue the New CAML Shares that would otherwise have been issued to the Ineligible Foreign Shareholder or the Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder to the Sale Agent to be dealt with in accordance with the terms of the Scheme.
(c) CAML must appoint the Sale Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Scheme Meeting.
4.5 Share splitting
If CAML is of the opinion (acting reasonably) that two or more Scheme Shareholders (each of whom holds a number of Scheme Shares that results in rounding in accordance with clause 4.3) have, before the Record Date, been party to the splitting of Cygnus Shares into two or more parcels of Cygnus Shares (whether or not it results in any change in beneficial ownership of the Cygnus Shares) in an attempt to obtain unfair advantage by reference to such rounding, CAML may give notice to those Scheme Shareholders:
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(a) setting out their names and registered addresses as shown in the Cygnus Share Register;
(b) stating that opinion; and
(c) attributing to one of them specifically identified in the notice the Scheme Shares held by all of them,
and, after such notice has been given, the Scheme Shareholder specifically identified in the notice as the deemed holder of all the specified Scheme Shares will, for the purposes of the Scheme and Deed Poll, be taken to hold all of those Scheme Shares and each of the other Scheme Shareholders whose names and registered addresses are set out in the notice will, for the purposes of the Scheme and Deed Poll, be taken to hold no Scheme Shares. CAML, in complying with the provisions of the Scheme and Deed Poll relating to it in respect of the Scheme Shareholder specifically identified in the notice as the deemed holder of the specified Scheme Shares, will be taken to have satisfied and discharged its obligations to the other Scheme Shareholders named in the notice under the terms of the Scheme and Deed Poll.
4.6 Cygnus Options
(a) The parties must use reasonable endeavours (acting cooperatively and in good faith) to procure that, as soon as practicable after the date of this document and in any case before 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Second Court Date, each Cygnus Optionholder enters into an Option Replacement Deed.
(b) Cygnus agrees to take such action as is necessary and within its power after the Effective Date to ensure that Cygnus Options that are subject to vesting conditions and which have not already vested, so vest and are converted before the Record Date, including the Cygnus Board (as is necessary and within its power):
(i) resolving that the Scheme becoming Effective constitutes a "change of control" or similar event;
(ii) resolving to waive unsatisfied vesting conditions; and
(iii) notifying the relevant Cygnus Optionholders of such action and exercising any rights under a power of attorney to ensure those Cygnus Options are exercised before the Record Date.
(c) Cygnus agrees to procure that, in respect of any Cygnus Optionholder who has not entered into an Option Replacement Deed before 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Second Court Date, the Cygnus Board exercises any discretion it has to cause all Cygnus Options held by such Cygnus Optionholder to terminate, lapse and expire with effect from the Scheme becoming Effective, such that those Cygnus Options are not on issue in the capital of Cygnus as at the Record Date.
(d) Cygnus agrees to cooperate with CAML to facilitate the transfer or cancellation of Cygnus Options (including, if required, the Cygnus Board making any necessary lawful amendment, consent or determination, and seeking any required shareholder approval for any such thing, for the purposes of the relevant terms and conditions upon which the Cygnus Options were issued and using reasonable endeavours to procure ASX or TSXV (as applicable) granting any necessary waivers or approvals).
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4.7 Cygnus Performance Rights
Cygnus must take such action as is necessary to ensure that each Cygnus Performance Right will, subject to the Scheme becoming Effective, either:
(a) vest in accordance with its terms, applicable law and the Listing Rules, and, if applicable, be exercised and the resulting Cygnus Shares are issued and entered onto the Cygnus Share Register prior to the Record Date; or
(b) be cancelled pursuant to a deed (on terms approved in writing by CAML, acting reasonably),
such that there are no Cygnus Performance Rights on issue in the capital of Cygnus as at the Record Date (other than Cygnus Performance Rights subject to cancellation deeds), and which action will include (as appropriate depending upon the manner in which the Cygnus Performance Rights are dealt with):
(c) the Cygnus Board accelerating the vesting of, or waiving any vesting conditions or vesting periods applying to, any or all Cygnus Performance Rights (subject to the terms of the Cygnus Performance Rights permitting such accelerated vesting or waiving of such vesting conditions or vesting periods, applicable law, the Listing Rules and the proper exercise of the Cygnus Board's discretion);
(d) Cygnus making all necessary applications to ASX or the TSXV (as applicable) for waivers or approvals under the Listing Rules (in a form approved in writing by CAML, acting reasonably); and
(e) Cygnus issuing or procuring the issue or transfer of such number of Cygnus Shares as required by the terms of the Cygnus Performance Rights before the Record Date so that the holders of those Cygnus Performance Rights can participate as Scheme Shareholders in the Scheme and receive the Scheme Consideration.
4.8 Cygnus Share Rights
Cygnus must take such action as is necessary to ensure that each Cygnus Share Right will, subject to the Scheme becoming Effective, either:
(a) vest in accordance with its terms, applicable law and the Listing Rules, and, if applicable, be exercised and the resulting Cygnus Shares are issued and entered onto the Cygnus Share Register prior to the Record Date; or
(b) be cancelled pursuant to a deed (on terms approved in writing by CAML, acting reasonably),
such that there are no Cygnus Share Rights on issue in the capital of Cygnus as at the Record Date (other than Cygnus Share Rights subject to cancellation deeds), and which action will include (as appropriate depending upon the manner in which the Share Rights are dealt with):
(c) the Cygnus Board accelerating the vesting of, or waiving any vesting conditions or vesting periods applying to, any or all Cygnus Share Rights (subject to the terms of the Cygnus Share Rights permitting such accelerated vesting or waiving of such vesting conditions or vesting periods, applicable law, the Listing Rules and the proper exercise of the Cygnus Board's discretion);
(d) Cygnus making all necessary applications to ASX or the TSXV (as applicable) for waivers or approvals under the Listing Rules (in a form approved in writing by CAML, acting reasonably); and
(e) Cygnus issuing or procuring the issue or transfer of such number of Cygnus Shares as required by the terms of the Cygnus Share Rights before the Record Date so that the holders of those Cygnus Share Rights can participate as Scheme Shareholders in the Scheme and receive the Scheme Consideration.
4.9 Admission to trading
CAML must make all necessary applications to the LSE for the admission to trading on AIM of the New CAML Shares.
5 Implementation
5.1 Cygnus's obligations
Cygnus must take all steps necessary to propose and implement the Scheme as soon as reasonably practicable and in accordance with the Timetable (as further provided in clause 2.3) and all applicable laws, including taking each of the following steps:
(a) (Scheme Booklet) prepare and dispatch the Scheme Booklet in accordance with clause 5.3;
(b) (Independent Expert) promptly appoint the Independent Expert and provide all assistance and information reasonably requested by the Independent Expert (and any technical expert appointed by the Independent Expert) in connection with the preparation of the Independent Expert's Report and any technical expert's report (including any updates thereto);
(c) (Recommendation and Voting Intention) subject to clause 7.2, include the Recommendation and Voting Intention in the Scheme Booklet and the public announcement contemplated by clause 15.2;
(d) (consult CAML):
(i) provide to CAML drafts of the Scheme Booklet (including the Independent Expert's Report) for the purposes of allowing CAML to review and comment on those drafts, noting that CAML's review of the Independent Expert's Report is to be limited to a factual accuracy review;
(ii) take all comments made by CAML into account in good faith when producing revised drafts of the Scheme Booklet;
(iii) promptly provide to CAML any information regarding the Cygnus Group that CAML reasonably requires in relation to the preparation of the Enlarged Group Information for inclusion in the Scheme Booklet;
(iv) provide to CAML a draft of the Scheme Booklet proposed to be provided to the applicable Securities Authorities within a reasonable time before that draft is finalised and to enable CAML to review that draft before its submission; and
(v) consult with CAML in relation to the content of the documents required for the purpose of each of the Court hearings held for the purposes of sections 411(1) and 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act in relation to the Scheme (including originating process, affidavits, submissions and draft minutes of Court orders) and consider in good faith, for the purposes of amending drafts of those
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documents, comments from CAML and its Representatives on those documents;
(e) (CAML Information) obtain written consent from CAML (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) to the form and context in which CAML Information appears in the Scheme Booklet and not lodge the Scheme Booklet with the applicable Securities Authorities until such approval is obtained from CAML, and otherwise not use CAML Information for any purposes other than those expressly contemplated by this document or the Scheme;
(f) (copy of Independent Expert's Report) provide CAML with a copy of the final Independent Expert's Report promptly after it has been prepared;
(g) (draft to ASIC and ASX) as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this document but no later than 14 days before the First Court Date:
(i) provide to ASIC an advanced draft of the Scheme Booklet suitable for review by ASIC for the purposes of section 411(2) of the Corporations Act, and provide a copy of that draft to CAML as soon as practicable thereafter;
(ii) provide to ASX an advanced draft of the Scheme Booklet suitable for review by ASX;
(iii) liaise with ASIC and ASX during the period of their review of that draft of the Scheme Booklet; and
(iv) keep CAML reasonably informed of any material issues raised by ASIC or ASX in relation to the Scheme Booklet or the Proposed Transaction, and use all reasonable endeavours, in cooperation with CAML, to resolve any such matters (save where the resolution of such matters requires an amendment to CAML Information, such amendments must be approved by CAML (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned));
(h) (regulatory correspondence) Cygnus must promptly notify CAML of, and provide CAML with copies of, any correspondence, comments, requisitions, notices or other communications received by Cygnus or any of its Representatives from any Government Agency, including any Securities Authority, ASX or TSXV, in relation to the Scheme Booklet or the Proposed Transaction. Cygnus must keep CAML reasonably informed of any material issues raised by any such authority or agency in relation to those matters and, subject to clause 5.3, use all reasonable endeavours, in cooperation with CAML, to resolve any such matters;
(i) (Scheme Booklet sign-off) before the First Court Date:
(i) procure that a meeting of the Cygnus Board is held to consider approving the Scheme Booklet for dispatch to Cygnus Shareholders, subject to orders of the Court under section 411(1) of the Corporations Act to do so; and
(ii) confirm in writing to CAML that the Cygnus Information in the Scheme Booklet does not contain any material statement that is false or misleading in a material respect, including because of any material omission from that statement or "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws;
(j) (section 411(17)(b) statements) apply to ASIC for the production of:
(i) an indication of intent letter stating that it does not intend to appear before the Court on the First Court Date; and
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(ii) a statement in writing pursuant to section 411(17)(b) of the Corporations Act stating that ASIC has no objection to the Scheme;
(k) (first Court hearing) apply to the Court for orders under section 411(1) of the Corporations Act directing Cygnus to convene the Scheme Meeting;
(l) (legal representation) procure that it is represented by counsel at the Court hearings convened for the purposes of sections 411(1) and 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act, and allow and not oppose any application by CAML for leave of the Court to be represented by legal counsel at any such Court hearings;
(m) (registration of explanatory statement) take all reasonable measures within its control to cause ASIC to register the Scheme Booklet in accordance with section 412(6) of the Corporations Act;
(n) (Scheme Meeting) comply with the orders of the Court under section 411(1) of the Corporations Act, including, as required, dispatching the Scheme Booklet to the Cygnus Shareholders and convening and holding the Scheme Meeting, and not adjourning or postponing the Scheme Meeting, or requesting the Court to adjourn or postpone the Scheme Meeting, in either case without obtaining the prior written approval of CAML (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned where there is a Competing Proposal);
(o) (certificate) at the hearing on the Second Court Date, provide to the Court:
(i) in respect of the Scheme, a certificate in the form of a deed confirming (in respect of matters within its knowledge) whether or not the Conditions Precedent (other than the Condition Precedent in item 8 of Schedule 1) have been satisfied or waived in accordance with this document and provide a draft of that certificate to CAML by 5.00 pm on the Business Day prior to the Second Court Date; and
(ii) any certificate provided to it by CAML pursuant to clause 5.2(n);
(p) (Court approval of Scheme if conditions are capable of being satisfied) if the resolution submitted to the Scheme Meeting is passed by the majorities required under section 411(4)(a)(ii) of the Corporations Act and it can be reasonably expected that all of the remaining Conditions Precedent (other than the Condition Precedent in item 8 of Schedule 1) will be satisfied or waived prior to the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date, apply (and, to the extent necessary, re-apply) to the Court for, and take all other reasonable steps to obtain, orders approving the Scheme as agreed to by the Cygnus Shareholders at the Scheme Meeting;
(q) (implementation of Scheme):
(i) if the Scheme is approved by the Court, subject to the Listing Rules, lodge with ASIC an office copy of the Court orders approving the Scheme in accordance with section 411(10) of the Corporations Act by no later than the Business Day after the date on which the Court order was made (or such later date as agreed in writing by CAML);
(ii) if the Scheme becomes Effective, finalise and close the Cygnus Share Register and determine entitlements to the Scheme Consideration as at the Record Date in accordance with the Scheme and the Deed Poll;
(iii) if the Scheme becomes Effective, execute a master transfer as agent and attorney for the Scheme Shareholders in accordance with the Scheme and
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effect and register the transfer of the Scheme Shares to CAML on the Implementation Date in accordance with the Scheme; and
(iv) do all other things contemplated by or necessary to give effect to the Scheme and the orders of the Court approving the Scheme in accordance with section 411(10) of the Corporations Act;
(r) (assistance) up to the Implementation Date and subject to obligations of confidentiality owed to Third Parties (appropriate consents in relation to which Cygnus must use reasonable endeavours to obtain) and undertakings to Government Agencies, provide CAML and its Representatives with reasonable access during normal business hours to information and personnel of the Cygnus Group that CAML reasonably requests for the purposes of collation and provision of CAML Information and the implementation of the Proposed Transaction;
(s) (Cygnus information): provide all necessary information, and procure that the Cygnus Registry provides all necessary information, in each case in a form reasonably requested by CAML, about the Scheme, the Scheme Shareholders and the Cygnus Shareholders to CAML and its Representatives, which CAML reasonably requires in order to:
(i) understand the legal and beneficial ownership of Cygnus Shares, and canvass agreement to the Scheme by Cygnus Shareholders (including the results of directions by Cygnus under Part 6C.2 of the Corporations Act);
(ii) facilitate the provision of Scheme Consideration by CAML and otherwise to enable CAML to comply with the terms of this document, the Scheme and the Deed Poll; and
(iii) review the tally of proxy appointments and directions received by Cygnus prior to the Scheme Meeting.
Cygnus must comply with any reasonable request of CAML for Cygnus to give directions pursuant to Part 6C.2 of the Corporations Act from time to time for one of the purposes referred to in clause 5.1(s)(i) or 5.1(s)(ii);
(t) (promote merits of Proposed Transaction): other than where the Cygnus Board collectively withdraws or adversely changes, modifies or qualifies its Recommendation pursuant to clause 7.2, participate in efforts reasonably requested by CAML to promote the merits of the Proposed Transaction, including meeting with key Cygnus Shareholders at the reasonable request of CAML and providing such information and assistance as CAML reasonably requests to enable it to promote the merits of the Proposed Transaction (it being acknowledged that an individual Cygnus Director who withdraws or adversely changes, modifies or qualifies their Recommendation pursuant to clause 7.2 is not required to promote the merits of the Proposed Transaction);
(u) (proxy solicitation): in consultation with CAML, undertake reasonable shareholder engagement and proxy solicitation actions so as to promote the merits of the Proposed Transaction and encourage Cygnus Shareholders to vote on the Scheme in accordance with the recommendation of the Cygnus Board, subject to applicable law and ASIC policy;
(v) (proxy information): upon request by CAML made prior to the commencement of the Scheme Meeting, inform CAML of the total number of proxy votes received by Cygnus to vote in favour of the Scheme, to vote against the Scheme, to abstain from
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voting on the Scheme and where the proxy may vote at the proxy's discretion, and if requested to do so by CAML, provide copies of the relevant proxy forms;
(w) (listing) subject to clause 5.1(y) and any requirements imposed by the TSXV, take all reasonable and appropriate steps to maintain Cygnus's listing on ASX and TSXV, despite any suspension of the quotation or trading of Cygnus Shares, up to and including the later of the Business Day after the Implementation Date and the Business Day after the date on which all transfers of Scheme Shares have been duly registered in accordance with the Scheme, including without limitation, making appropriate applications to Securities Authorities, ASX and TSXV;
(x) (TSX Admission / TSXV Admission) provide any such assistance as may reasonably be requested by CAML in connection with the preparation of documents required by the TSX or TSXV (as applicable) in connection with the TSX Admission and/or TSXV Admission (as applicable);
(y) (suspension of trading) apply to ASX and TSXV to suspend trading in Cygnus Shares with effect from the close of trading on the Effective Date, or such other date and time agreed in writing between Cygnus and CAML;
(z) (application for delisting) apply to ASX and TSXV for the removal of Cygnus from the official lists of ASX and TSXV with effect from the later of the Business Day after the Implementation Date and the Business Day after the date on which all transfers of Scheme Shares have been duly registered in accordance with the Scheme;
(aa) (compliance with laws) do everything reasonably within its power to ensure that the Scheme Booklet and the Proposed Transaction and all transactions contemplated by this document are completed and effected in accordance with all applicable laws, including all Securities Laws, the Listing Rules and the TSX Rules (if applicable); and
(bb) (all other things necessary) do all other actions and do all things reasonably necessary or desirable to give effect to the Scheme having regard to the Timetable.
5.2 CAML's obligations
CAML must take all steps necessary to implement the Scheme as soon as reasonably practicable and in accordance with all applicable laws, including taking each of the following steps:
(a) (CAML Information) prepare and provide to Cygnus in a timely manner, the CAML Information that is required by all applicable laws, including all Securities Laws, the Listing Rules, the TSX Rules (if applicable) and ASIC Regulatory Guides for inclusion in the Scheme Booklet, including all information regarding the CAML Group, the Scheme Consideration, and CAML's intentions in relation to Cygnus;
(b) (assist Independent Expert) subject to the Independent Expert entering into arrangements with CAML (including in relation to confidentiality) in a form reasonably acceptable to CAML, provide any assistance or information reasonably requested by the Independent Expert (and any technical expert appointed by the Independent Expert) to enable it to prepare the Independent Expert's Report and any technical expert's report;
(c) (Scheme Booklet and Court documents) provide any assistance or information reasonably requested by Cygnus in connection with the preparation of the Scheme Booklet (including any updated or supplementary Scheme Booklet) and any
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documents required to be filed with the Court in respect of the Scheme, review the drafts of the Scheme Booklet (including any updated or supplementary Scheme Booklet) prepared by Cygnus and provide comments on those drafts in good faith;
(d) (assistance with ASIC, ASX, TSXV, TSX and Canadian Securities Authorities matters) provide assistance reasonably requested by Cygnus to assist Cygnus to resolve any matter raised by ASIC, ASX, TSXV, TSX or the Canadian Securities Authorities regarding the Scheme Booklet or the Scheme;
(e) (TSX Admission / TSXV Admission):
(i) within seven Business Days of the date of this document, make an application to the TSX for approval or authorisation of the listing and posting for trading on the TSX of the New CAML Shares subject only to the satisfaction of customary listing conditions of the TSX (TSX Admission), including any request for waiver of sponsorship requirements under the TSX Rules;
(ii) if, following consultation with the TSX and Cygnus, CAML concludes (acting reasonably) the TSX Admission is unlikely to be achieved prior to the Implementation Date, forthwith, make an application to the TSXV for approval or authorisation of the listing and posting for trading on TSXV of the New CAML Shares subject only to the satisfaction of customary listing conditions of the TSXV (TSXV Admission);
(iii) use all reasonable endeavours to obtain the TSX Admission and/or TSXV Admission (as applicable) prior to the Implementation Date, including:
(A) other than providing a sponsorship report or agreeing to any commercially unreasonable conditions (other than typical listing conditions), taking all steps it is responsible for as part of the process for TSX Admission and/or TSXV Admission (as applicable), including responding to requests for information from the relevant Government Agencies at the earliest practicable time;
(B) concurrently with the provision of the draft scheme booklet to ASIC and ASX as set out in clause 5.1(g), providing the TSX and/or TSXV (as applicable) an advanced draft of the Scheme Booklet and all other information required to be submitted at that time in connection with the TSX Admission and/or TSXV Admission (as applicable);
(C) keeping Cygnus reasonably informed of progress in relation to TSX Admission and/or TSXV Admission (as applicable), including in relation to any material matters raised by, or conditions or other arrangements proposed by, or to, any Government Agency in relation to TSX Admission and/or TSXV Admission (as applicable) and providing Cygnus with all information reasonably requested in connection with the application for, or progress of, the TSX Admission and/or TSXV Admission (as applicable);
(D) consulting with Cygnus in advance in relation to the progress of obtaining, and all material communications with Government Agencies regarding the TSX Admission and/or TSXV Admission (as applicable);
(f) (new information) advise Cygnus if at any time before the Second Court Date, CAML becomes aware either:
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(i) of new information which, were it known at the time the Scheme Booklet was prepared, should have been included in the CAML Information; or
(ii) that any part of the CAML Information is misleading or deceptive in a material respect (whether by omission or otherwise),
together with such additional information as Cygnus reasonably requires to make any supplementary disclosures to Shareholders;
(g) (CAML Recommendation and CAML Voting Intention) subject to clause 8.2, include the CAML Recommendation and CAML Voting Intention in the Meeting Materials and the public announcement contemplated by clause 15.2;
(h) (Meeting Materials): prepare and dispatch the Meeting Materials in accordance with applicable laws and requirements of the AIM Rules and the UK Companies Act 2006 and ensure that Cygnus is provided with the Meeting Materials prior to both the provision to the AIM or any other regulatory body which is required to review the Meeting Materials, and dispatch of the final Meeting Materials, with Cygnus to be allowed a reasonable amount of time to provide comments on the Meeting Materials prior to dispatch;
(i) (CAML Shareholder Meeting): convene the CAML Shareholder Meeting in accordance with applicable laws and requirements of the AIM Rules and the UK Companies Act 2006 and ensure that any materials provided by CAML to its shareholders in connection with convening and holding the CAML Shareholder Meeting include the CAML Recommendation required under clause 8.1,
(j) (promote merits of Proposed Transaction): other than where the CAML Board collectively withdraws or adversely changes, modifies or qualifies its CAML Recommendation pursuant to clause 8.2, use reasonable efforts to promote the merits of the Proposed Transaction to CAML Shareholders (it being acknowledged that an individual CAML Director who withdraws or adversely changes, modifies or qualifies their CAML Recommendation pursuant to clause 8.2 is not required to promote the merits of the Proposed Transaction);
(k) (Scheme Booklet sign-off) before the First Court Date:
(i) procure that a meeting of the board of CAML is held to consider approving the CAML Information as being in a form appropriate for dispatch to Cygnus Shareholders, subject to orders of the Court under section 411(1) of the Corporations Act; and
(ii) confirm in writing to Cygnus that the CAML Information in the Scheme Booklet does not contain any material statement that is false or misleading in a material respect, including because of any material omission from that statement or "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws;
(l) (Deed Poll) by no later than the Business Day before the First Court Date, execute the Deed Poll;
(m) (legal representation) procure that it is represented by counsel at the Court hearings convened for the purposes of sections 411(1) and 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act;
(n) (certificate) before the commencement of the hearing on the Second Court Date, provide to Cygnus for provision to the Court at that hearing in respect of the Scheme, a certificate (signed for and on behalf of CAML) in the form of a deed
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confirming (in respect of matters within its knowledge) whether or not the Conditions Precedent (other than the Condition Precedent in item 8 of Schedule 1) have been satisfied or waived in accordance with this document and provide a draft of that certificate to Cygnus by 5.00 pm on the Business Day prior to the Second Court Date; and
(o) (Scheme Consideration) if the Scheme becomes Effective, provide, or cause to be provided, the Scheme Consideration in the manner and amount contemplated by the terms of this document, the Scheme and the Deed Poll;
(p) (share transfer) if the Scheme becomes Effective:
(i) accept a transfer of the Scheme Shares as contemplated by clause 4.2(a); and
(ii) execute instruments of transfer in respect of the Scheme Shares;
(q) use its reasonable endeavours to obtain all approvals from LSE as may be required to facilitate the implementation of the Scheme and the approval of the admission to trading on AIM of the New CAML Shares that comprise the Scheme Consideration, subject only to customary conditions in respect of the same and the Scheme becoming Effective;
(r) (compliance with laws) do everything reasonably within its power to ensure that the Scheme and all transactions contemplated by this document are effected in accordance with all applicable laws, including all Securities Laws, the Listing Rules and the TSX Rules (if applicable);
(s) (apply for Government Agency relief) use its reasonable endeavours to obtain all waivers, exemptions and modifications from any Government Agency as may be required to facilitate implementation of the Scheme; and
(t) (all other things necessary) do all other actions and do all things reasonably necessary or desirable to give effect to the Scheme having regard to the Timetable.
5.3 Scheme Booklet – preparation principles
(a) Cygnus must ensure that the Scheme Booklet:
(i) is prepared in consultation with CAML;
(ii) complies with all applicable laws, including all Securities Laws, Listing Rules, TSX Rules (if applicable) and ASIC Regulatory Guides;
(iii) includes the information set out in clauses 5.3(b) and 5.3(c); and
(iv) is otherwise prepared in accordance with this clause 5.3.
(b) The Scheme Booklet must include:
(i) the terms of the Scheme;
(ii) the notice of Scheme Meeting, and any other notice of meeting in respect of any resolution that is necessary, expedient or incidental to give effect to the Scheme, together with a proxy form for each of the Scheme Meeting and any ancillary meeting;
(iii) the Cygnus Information;
(iv) the CAML Information and Enlarged Group Information, which will be:
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(A) so far as is practicable, contained in separate and distinct sections of the Scheme Booklet; and
(B) clearly identified as the CAML Information and the Enlarged Group Information (as applicable);
(v) a copy of this document or a summary of its material terms and conditions;
(vi) a copy of the executed Deed Poll; and
(vii) a copy of the Independent Expert's Report.
(c) Each of CAML and Cygnus must cooperate in good faith to prepare the Enlarged Group Information, on the basis that each of CAML and Cygnus will take joint responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the Enlarged Group Information.
(d) The Scheme Booklet must include a responsibility statement to the effect that:
(i) other than the CAML Information, the Enlarged Group Information and the Independent Expert's Report, the Scheme Booklet has been prepared by Cygnus and is the responsibility of Cygnus, and that CAML assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Scheme Booklet (other than the CAML Information);
(ii) the CAML Information has been provided by CAML and is the responsibility of CAML, and that Cygnus assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the CAML Information; and
(iii) the Enlarged Group Information incorporates both CAML Information and Cygnus Information and that CAML and Cygnus have prepared and take joint responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the Enlarged Group Information, except that in relation to the pro forma financial information relating to the Enlarged Group in the Scheme Booklet:
(A) CAML has provided, and is responsible for, the financial information relating to the CAML Group included in the Enlarged Group Information, or upon which such information is based; and
(B) Cygnus has provided, and is responsible for, the financial information relating to the Cygnus Group included in the Cygnus Information, or upon which such information is based.
(e) Cygnus must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the Scheme Booklet (other than the CAML Information) is not misleading or deceptive in any material respect (whether by omission or otherwise) (and does not contain a "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws) as at the date it is dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders, including by undertaking appropriate due diligence and verification processes in respect of the Scheme Booklet (other than the CAML Information or Independent Expert's Report) and providing to CAML all evidence of such processes as may be reasonably requested by CAML.
(f) CAML must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the CAML Information is not misleading or deceptive in any material respect (whether by omission or otherwise) and does not contain a "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws as at the date on which the Scheme Booklet is dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders, including by undertaking appropriate due diligence and verification processes in relation to the CAML Information and providing to Cygnus all evidence of such processes as may be reasonably requested by Cygnus.
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(g) Cygnus must provide to CAML all such further or new information of which Cygnus becomes aware that arises after the Scheme Booklet has been dispatched until the date of the Scheme Meeting where this is or may be necessary to ensure that the Scheme Booklet continues to comply with the Corporations Act, other applicable laws (including all Securities Laws), ASIC Regulatory Guides, the Listing Rules and the TSX Rules (if applicable) (and does not contain any material statement that is false or misleading in a material respect or any "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws), and must seek the Court's approval for the dispatch of any updated or supplementary Scheme Booklet. Cygnus must consult with CAML as to the content and presentation of the updated or supplementary Scheme Booklet in the manner contemplated in clause 5.1(d).
(h) CAML must provide to Cygnus all such further or new information of which CAML becomes aware that arises after the Scheme Booklet has been dispatched until the date of the Scheme Meeting where this is or may be necessary to ensure that the CAML Information continues to comply with the Corporations Act, other applicable laws (including all Securities Laws), ASIC Regulatory Guides, the Listing Rules and the TSX Rules (if applicable) (and does not contain any material statement that is false or misleading in a material respect or any "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws).
(i) If the parties disagree on the form or content of the Scheme Booklet, they must consult in good faith to try to settle an agreed form of the Scheme Booklet.
(j) If within five Business Days after the consultation referred to in clause 5.3(i) having commenced, Cygnus and CAML are unable to agree on the form or content of the Scheme Booklet:
(i) where the determination relates to CAML Information or the Enlarged Group Information, CAML will make the final determination as to the form and context of the CAML Information or the Enlarged Group Information (as applicable); and
(ii) in any other case, Cygnus will make the final determination as to the form and content of the Scheme Booklet.
5.4 Conduct of Court proceedings
(a) Cygnus and CAML are entitled to separate representation at all Court proceedings affecting the Proposed Transaction.
(b) This document does not give CAML or Cygnus any right or power to give undertakings to the Court for or on behalf of the other party without that other party's prior written consent.
(c) Cygnus and CAML must give all undertakings to the Court in all Court proceedings which are reasonably required to obtain Court approval and confirmation of the Proposed Transaction contemplated by this document.
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6 Conduct of business
6.1 Conduct of business – Cygnus
Subject to clause 6.2, from the date of this document up to and including the Implementation Date (and without limiting any other obligations of Cygnus under this document), Cygnus must, and must procure each Cygnus Group Member, to:
(a) carry on and operate their businesses and operations in the ordinary and normal course and which includes, but is not limited to, conducting mineral exploration activities at the Cygnus Tenements, and is consistent with the manner in which they were conducted in the 12 months before the date of this document;
(b) maintain the Cygnus Key Tenements in good standing;
(c) consult with CAML regarding any proposal to relinquish, abandon, surrender or forfeit a Cygnus Tenement, or to allow a Cygnus Tenement to lapse or expire, and take all views expressed by CAML in relation to such proposal in good faith prior to deciding whether to proceed with such a proposal;
(d) keep CAML informed of any material developments concerning the conduct of its business;
(e) not enter into any material line of business or other activities in which the Cygnus Group is not engaged as at the date of this document other than with the prior written consent from CAML;
(f) provide regular reports on the financial and operating affairs of the Cygnus Group, including the provision of the Cygnus Group’s monthly management accounts, in a timely manner to CAML;
(g) ensure that no Cygnus Prescribed Occurrence and no Cygnus Regulated Event occurs;
(h) make all reasonable efforts, and procure that each other Cygnus Group Member makes all reasonable efforts, to:
(i) preserve and maintain the value of the businesses and assets of the Cygnus Group;
(ii) keep available the services of the directors, officers and employees of each Cygnus Group Member;
(iii) maintain and preserve their relationships with Government Agencies, customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with them (including using all reasonable endeavours to obtain consents from Third Parties to any change of control provisions which CAML reasonably requests in contracts or arrangements to which a Cygnus Group Member is a party); and
(iv) ensure that there is no occurrence within their control that would constitute or be likely to constitute a Cygnus Material Adverse Change;
(i) not settle or agree to compromise any material tax claims, liabilities, audits or disputes, or make, change or rescind any election in relation to tax; and
(j) comply with all applicable laws, the Listing Rules and all Authorisations held by the Cygnus Group.
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6.2 Permitted activities
The obligations of Cygnus under clause 6.1 do not apply in respect of any matter:
(a) which is required by applicable law or by any Government Agency (except where that requirement arises as a result of an action by a Cygnus Group Member);
(b) which has been agreed to in writing by CAML acting reasonably;
(c) to reasonably and prudently respond to an emergency or disaster (including a situation giving rise to a risk of personal injury or damage to property, or a disease epidemic or pandemic);
(d) that has been Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials;
(e) required to be done pursuant to, or otherwise contemplated in, this document or the Scheme; or
(f) to reasonably and prudently respond to regulatory or legislative changes (including, without limitation, changes to subordinate legislation) affecting the business of the Cygnus Group Member to a material extent.
6.3 Conduct of business – CAML
Subject to clause 6.4, from the date of this document up to and including the Implementation Date (and without limiting any other obligations of CAML under this document), CAML must, and must procure each CAML Group Member, to:
(a) carry on and operate their businesses and operations in the ordinary and normal course and consistent with the manner in which they were conducted in the 12 months before the date of this document;
(b) keep Cygnus informed of any material developments concerning the conduct of its business;
(c) not enter into material line of business or other activities, in each case that are not directly or indirectly related to the exploration, extraction or processing of minerals, which the CAML Group is not engaged as at the date of this document other than in the ordinary and normal course of business or with the prior written consent from Cygnus;
(d) ensure that no CAML Prescribed Occurrence and no CAML Regulated Event occurs;
(e) make all reasonable efforts, and procure that each other CAML Group Member makes all reasonable efforts, to ensure that there is no occurrence within their control that would constitute or be likely to constitute a CAML Material Adverse Change; and
(f) comply with all applicable laws, the AIM Rules for Companies and all Authorisations held by the CAML Group.
6.4 Permitted activities
The obligations of CAML under clause 6.3 do not apply in respect of any matter:
(a) which is required by applicable law or by any Government Agency (except where that requirement arises as a result of an action by a CAML Group Member);
(b) which has been agreed to in writing by Cygnus acting reasonably;
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(c) to reasonably and prudently respond to an emergency or disaster (including a situation giving rise to a risk of personal injury or damage to property, or a disease epidemic or pandemic);
(d) that has been Fairly Disclosed in the CAML Disclosure Materials;
(e) required to be done pursuant to, or otherwise contemplated in, this document or the Scheme; or
(f) to reasonably and prudently respond to regulatory or legislative changes (including, without limitation, changes to subordinate legislation) affecting the business of the CAML Group Member to a material extent.
6.5 Access
(a) From and including the date of this document and up to and including the Implementation Date, subject to applicable laws and confidentiality obligations owing to Third Parties, Cygnus must give, and must cause each other Cygnus Group Member to give, CAML and its Representatives reasonable access to information (including books and records, financial reports and geological and technical data), premises and its employees as reasonably requested by CAML at mutually convenient times, and afford CAML reasonable cooperation, for the purpose of:
(i) implementation of the Scheme;
(ii) understanding the financial position, operations, prospects and affairs of the Cygnus Group;
(iii) planning for integration of the businesses following implementation of the Scheme;
(iv) keeping CAML informed of:
(A) material developments relating to the Cygnus Group; and
(B) any material correspondence with any Government Agency;
(v) CAML meeting its obligations under this document and verifying the Cygnus Warranties; and
(vi) any other purpose agreed in writing by the parties,
provided that:
(vii) providing the information or access does not result in unreasonable disruption of the Cygnus Group's business;
(viii) nothing in this clause 6.5:
(A) requires Cygnus to provide, or procure the provision of, information concerning the Cygnus Group's business that is, in the reasonable opinion of Cygnus, commercially sensitive;
(B) requires Cygnus to provide, or procure the provision of, information concerning:
(1) the consideration of the Proposed Transaction by Cygnus's directors and management; or
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(2) any actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal (including directors' and management's consideration of any actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal),
but this does not limit Cygnus's obligations under clause 11; or
(C) requires Cygnus to provide, or procure the provision of, information if to do so would, or would be reasonably likely to:
(1) breach any contractual obligation owed to a Third Party or any applicable law or its constituent documents; or
(2) result in a waiver of legal professional privilege.
(b) CAML must:
(i) keep all information obtained by it as a result of this clause 6.5 confidential;
(ii) provide Cygnus with reasonable notice of any request for information or access; and
(iii) comply with the reasonable requirements of Cygnus in relation to any access granted.
(c) Nothing in this clause 6.5 gives CAML any rights to undertake further due diligence investigations, or any rights as to the decision making of any Cygnus Group Member or its business.
6.6 Notification
From the date of this document up to and including the Second Court Date, Cygnus must promptly notify CAML in writing of anything of which it becomes aware that:
(a) makes any material information publicly filed by Cygnus (either on its own account or in respect of a Cygnus Group Member) to be, or reasonably likely to be, incomplete, incorrect, false or misleading (or constitute a "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws);
(b) makes any Cygnus Warranty false, inaccurate, misleading or deceptive in any material respect;
(c) makes any information provided in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials false, inaccurate, misleading or deceptive in any material respect (or constitute a "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws);
(d) would constitute, or be likely to constitute, a Cygnus Prescribed Occurrence, a Cygnus Regulated Event or a Cygnus Material Adverse Change; or
(e) relates to any material claims existing, being commenced or, to the knowledge of Cygnus, threatened, that relate to or involve Cygnus, any Cygnus Group Member, the Cygnus Key Tenements, this document or the Proposed Transaction.
6.7 Integration Committee
(a) Each party will, as soon as practicable after the date of this document, notify the other party of its two appointees to the Integration Committee.
(b) Without limiting clause 6.5, between (and including) the date of this document and the Implementation Date, the Integration Committee will:
(i) oversee implementation of the Scheme;
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(ii) assist CAML in obtaining an understanding of the operations and conduct of the Cygnus Group's business;
(iii) monitor the satisfaction of each party's obligations under this document; and
(iv) seek to determine how to best integrate the Cygnus Group's business into the operations of CAML,
but for the avoidance of doubt, the Integration Committee is only a consultative body and will make recommendations to the parties.
(c) The parties must use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the Integration Committee meets no less than once a month (but as frequently as otherwise agreed), commencing no later than 14 days after the date of this document.
(d) Subject to this document, nothing in this clause 6.7 requires either Cygnus or CAML to act at the direction of the other. The business of each of Cygnus and CAML will continue to operate independently from the other until the Implementation Date. Cygnus and CAML agree that nothing in this document constitutes the relationship of a partnership or joint venture between Cygnus and CAML.
6.8 Change of control consents
As soon as practicable after the date of this document, Cygnus and CAML must use reasonable endeavours to identify any change of control, unilateral termination rights, preemptive right, right of first offer, right of first refusal or advance notices required under Cygnus Material Contracts which may be triggered by or exercised in response to the implementation of the Proposed Transaction and shall use reasonable endeavours to obtain the consent or waiver of such Third Party (in a form and substance satisfactory to CAML, acting reasonably) prior to the Delivery Time on Second Court Date.
7 Cygnus Board
7.1 Recommendation and Voting Intention
(a) Cygnus represents and warrants to CAML that each Cygnus Director in office as at the date of this document has confirmed by way of unanimous resolution of the Cygnus Board or by separate written confirmation that:
(i) they will recommend that Cygnus Shareholders vote in favour of the Scheme in the absence of a Superior Proposal and subject to the Independent Expert concluding and continuing to conclude that the Scheme is in the best interests of Cygnus Shareholders (Recommendation); and
(ii) they intend to vote, or cause to be voted, all Cygnus Shares in which they have a Relevant Interest in favour of the Scheme in the absence of a Superior Proposal and subject to the Independent Expert concluding and continuing to conclude that the Scheme is in the best interests of Cygnus Shareholders (Voting Intention).
(b) Cygnus must ensure that the Scheme Booklet and all other public statements in relation to the Proposed Transaction includes statements to the effect that each Cygnus Director gives the Recommendation and has the Voting Intention.
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(c) For the purposes of this clause 7.1, customary qualifications and explanations contained in the Scheme Booklet or any public announcement in relation to a Recommendation or Voting Statement to the effect that the Recommendation or Voting Statement is made:
(i) in the absence of a Superior Proposal;
(ii) in respect of any public announcement issued before the issue of the Scheme Booklet, 'subject to the Independent Expert concluding in the Independent Expert's Report (and continuing to conclude) that the Scheme is in the best interests of Shareholders'; or
(iii) in respect of the Scheme Booklet or any public announcements issued at the time of or after the issue of the Scheme Booklet, 'subject to the Independent Expert continuing to conclude that the Scheme is in the best interests of Shareholders',
will not be regarded as a failure to make, or an adverse change, withdrawal, adverse modification or adverse qualification of, a Recommendation or Voting Statement, or an endorsement of a Competing Proposal, and will not contravene this clause 7.
7.2 Withdrawal or modification of Recommendation
(a) Cygnus must procure that the Cygnus Board collectively, and that the Cygnus Directors individually, do not withdraw or adversely change, modify or qualify their Recommendation or Voting Intention in respect of the Scheme unless:
(i) the Independent Expert provides a report to Cygnus (including either the Independent Expert's Report or any update, addendum or variation to it) that concludes that the Scheme is not in the best interests of Cygnus Shareholders;
(ii) in circumstances where Cygnus has complied with its obligations under clause 11 and subsequently determined that a Competing Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal; or
(iii) an Abstain Requirement applies.
(b) Despite anything to the contrary in this clause 7.2, a statement made by Cygnus or the Cygnus Board to the effect that no action should be taken by Cygnus Shareholders pending the assessment of a Competing Proposal by the Cygnus Board or the completion of the matching right process set out in clause 11.6 shall not contravene this clause 7.2.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, a statement to the effect that a specific alternative transaction may be pursued by Cygnus if the Scheme does not proceed will be regarded as an adverse modification of the Recommendation and Voting Intention.
7.3 Reconstitution of the board of Cygnus Group Members
As soon as practicable on the Implementation Date, but after the Scheme Consideration has been dispatched to Scheme Shareholders in accordance with the terms of the Scheme, Cygnus must take all actions necessary to:
(a) subject to receipt of the requisite signed consents to act, cause the appointment of the nominees of CAML to the Cygnus Board, with each appointment being effective on the Implementation Date;
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(b) ensure that all directors on the Cygnus Board other than the CAML nominees:
(i) resign, with each resignation becoming effective on the Implementation Date; and
(ii) unconditionally and irrevocably release Cygnus from any and all claims for director fees they may have against Cygnus;
(c) subject to receipt of the requisite signed consents to act, cause the appointment of the nominees of CAML to the boards of Cygnus's Subsidiaries, with each appointment being effective on the Implementation Date; and
(d) ensure that all directors on the boards of Cygnus's Subsidiaries other than the CAML nominees:
(i) resign, with each resignation becoming effective on the Implementation Date; and
(ii) unconditionally and irrevocably release Cygnus and the relevant Subsidiary from any and all claims for director fees they may have against any of them.
(e) Cygnus must ensure that the actions taken in accordance with this clause 7.3 are taken in accordance with the constitution of the relevant Cygnus Group Member, the Corporations Act, Securities Laws and the Listing Rules.
8 CAML Board
8.1 Recommendation and voting intention
(a) CAML represents and warrants to Cygnus that each CAML director in office as at the date of this document has confirmed by way of unanimous resolution of the CAML Board or by separate written confirmation that:
(i) they will recommend that CAML Shareholders vote in favour of the CAML Shareholder Resolution (CAML Recommendation); and
(ii) they intend to vote, or cause to be voted, all CAML Shares which they own or control in favour of the CAML Shareholder Resolution (CAML Voting Intention),
in each case unless the director has received written legal advice that to give the CAML Recommendation or CAML Voting Intention (as applicable) would constitute, or would be reasonably likely to constitute, a breach of the fiduciary or statutory duties of the director.
(b) CAML must ensure that the Meeting Materials and all other public statements in relation to the Proposed Transaction in relation to the CAML Shareholder Resolution include statements to the effect that each CAML Director gives the CAML Recommendation and has the CAML Voting Intention.
8.2 Withdrawal or modification
CAML must procure that the CAML Board collectively, and that the CAML directors individually, do not withdraw or adversely change, modify or qualify their CAML Recommendation or CAML Voting Intention unless the CAML Board or relevant CAML director (as applicable) has received written legal advice from an external legal adviser that
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to give the CAML Recommendation or CAML Voting Intention (as applicable) would constitute, or would be reasonably likely to constitute, a breach of the fiduciary or statutory duties of the CAML Board or relevant CAML director (as applicable).
9 Representations and warranties
9.1 Cygnus Warranties
Subject to clause 9.6, Cygnus represents and warrants to CAML (in its own right and separately as trustee or nominee for each of the other CAML Indemnified Parties) each of the Cygnus Warranties.
9.2 CAML Warranties
Subject to clause 9.7, CAML represents and warrants to Cygnus (in its own right and separately as trustee or nominee for each of the other Cygnus Indemnified Parties) each of the CAML Warranties.
9.3 Timing of representations and warranties
Each representation and warranty made or given under clause 9.1 and clause 9.2 is given:
(a) where expressed to be given at a particular time, at that time;
(b) otherwise, on the date of this document and repeated continuously thereafter until the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date.
9.4 Cygnus indemnity
Subject to clause 9.6, Cygnus agrees to indemnify CAML (in its own right and separately as trustee or nominee for each of the other CAML Indemnified Parties) from and against all Claims, actions, damages, costs, expenses, liabilities and loss which CAML or any of the CAML Indemnified Parties may suffer or incur by reason of any breach of any of the Cygnus Warranties or as a result of any of those warranties not being true and correct.
9.5 CAML indemnity
Subject to clause 9.7, CAML agrees to indemnify Cygnus (in its own right and separately as trustee or nominee for each of the other Cygnus Indemnified Parties) from and against all Claims, actions, damages, costs, expenses, liabilities and loss which Cygnus or any of the Cygnus Indemnified Parties may suffer or incur by reason of any breach of any of the CAML Warranties or as a result of any of those warranties not being true and correct.
9.6 Qualifications to Cygnus's representations and warranties
The Cygnus Warranties (other than the Cygnus Fundamental Warranties) and the indemnity in clause 9.4 are each subject to matters that:
(a) have been Fairly Disclosed by Cygnus; or
(b) are within the actual knowledge of CAML as at the date of this document.
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9.7 Qualifications to CAML's representations and warranties
The CAML Warranties (other than the CAML Fundamental Warranties) and the indemnity in clause 9.5 are each subject to matters that:
(a) have been Fairly Disclosed by CAML;
(b) are within the actual knowledge of Cygnus as at the date of this document.
9.8 Survival of representations and indemnities
(a) Each representation and warranty made or given under clause 9.1 or 9.2:
(i) is severable;
(ii) will survive the termination of this document; and
(iii) is given with the intent that liability under them will not be confined to breaches which are discovered prior to the date of termination of this document.
(b) Each of the indemnities provided under clauses 9.4 and 9.5:
(i) is severable;
(ii) is a continuing obligation;
(iii) constitutes a separate and independent obligation of the party giving the indemnity from any other obligations of such party under this document; and
(iv) survives the termination of this document.
9.9 No representation or reliance
(a) Each party acknowledges that no party (nor any person acting on its behalf) has made any representation or other inducement to it to enter into this document, except for representations or inducements expressly set out in this document and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, all other representations, warranties and conditions implied by statute or otherwise in relation to any matter relating to this document, the circumstances surrounding the parties' entry into it and the transactions contemplated by it are expressly excluded.
(b) Each party acknowledges and confirms that it does not enter into this document in reliance on any representation or other inducement by or on behalf of any other party, except for any representation or inducement expressly set out in this document.
(c) Each party acknowledges and confirms that clauses 9.9(a) and 9.9(b) do not prejudice any rights a party may have in relation to information which has been announced by the other party to ASX, TSXV or AIM or lodged by it with Securities Authorities, or that is contained in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials or the CAML Disclosure Materials.
10 Releases
10.1 Cygnus, Cygnus Directors and officers
(a) CAML (for itself and as agent of every CAML Group Member) releases all rights against, and agrees with Cygnus that it will not make a Claim against, any Cygnus
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Indemnified Party (other than Cygnus and its Related Bodies Corporate) as at the date of this document and from time to time in connection with:
(i) any breach of any representation, covenant or warranty of any Cygnus Group Member in this document;
(ii) any disclosures containing any statement which is false or misleading whether in content or by omission;
(iii) any failure to provide information; or
(iv) implementation of the Scheme,
whether current or future, known or unknown, arising at common law, in equity, under statute or otherwise, except to the extent that the Cygnus Indemnified Party has not acted in good faith or has engaged in wilful misconduct, wilful concealment or fraud. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause 10.1 limits CAML's rights to terminate this document under clause 12.
(b) Clause 10.1(a) is subject to any Corporations Act restriction and will (if and to the extent required) be read down accordingly.
(c) Cygnus receives and holds the benefit of this clause 10.1 to the extent it relates to each Cygnus Indemnified Party as trustee for each of them.
10.2 CAML, CAML directors and officers
(a) Cygnus (for itself and as agent of every Cygnus Group Member) releases all rights against, and agrees with CAML that it will not make a Claim against, any CAML Indemnified Party (other than CAML and its Related Bodies Corporate) as at the date of this document and from time to time in connection with:
(i) any breach of any representation, covenant or warranty of any CAML Group Member in this document;
(ii) any disclosures containing any statement which is false or misleading whether in content or by omission;
(iii) any failure to provide information; or
(iv) implementation of the Scheme,
whether current or future, known or unknown, arising at common law, in equity, under statute or otherwise, except to the extent that the CAML Indemnified Party has not acted in good faith or has engaged in wilful misconduct, wilful concealment or fraud. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause 10.2 limits Cygnus's rights to terminate this document under clause 12.
(b) Clause 10.2(a) is subject to any Corporations Act restriction and will (if and to the extent required) be read down accordingly.
(c) CAML receives and holds the benefit of this clause 10.2 to the extent it relates to each CAML Indemnified Party as trustee for each of them.
10.3 Insurance
(a) Cygnus must undertake a tender process in accordance with this clause 10.3 for the D&O Run-Off Policy by:
(i) engaging an independent consultant, approved by CAML acting reasonably, to run a tender process for the D&O Run-Off Policy seeking at least three
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proposals from reputable insurance brokers (approved by CAML acting reasonably) to provide a D&O Run-Off Policy from a panel of Equivalent Insurers on the following basis:
(A) the same amount of coverage;
(B) the same deductible or excess; and
(C) otherwise on terms that are no less favourable to the current directors or officers of the Cygnus Group than the Cygnus Directors' and officers' insurance policy in place as at the date of this document for the current financial year; and
(ii) keeping CAML reasonably informed of all material developments in the tender process and providing a copy of the proposals received under the tender process.
(b) Before the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date, Cygnus must enter into the D&O Run-Off Policy which is the best commercial terms, having regard to cost (inclusive of the costs of brokerage, stamp duty and any other transaction costs in relation thereto) and coverage terms, of the three proposals received under the tender process in clause 10.3(a), provided such policy satisfies the Policy Requirements and is from an Equivalent Insurer. If such policy does not satisfy the Policy Requirements or is not from an Equivalent Insurer, Cygnus must enter into the D&O Run-Off Policy that is the next best option that satisfies the Policy Requirements and is from an Equivalent Insurer.
10.4 Deeds of indemnity, access and insurance
(a) Subject to the Scheme becoming Effective, CAML undertakes in favour of Cygnus and each other Cygnus Indemnified Party that it will procure that:
(i) for a period of seven years from the Implementation Date, the constitution of Cygnus and each Cygnus Group Member will continue to contain such rules as are contained in those constitutions at the date of this document that provide for each company to indemnify each of its directors and officers against any liability incurred by that person in their capacity as a director or officer of the company to any person other than a Cygnus Group Member;
(ii) Cygnus and each Cygnus Group Member complies with any deeds of indemnity, access and insurance entered into by them in favour of their respective directors and officers from time to time; and
(iii) directors' and officers' run-off insurance cover for such directors and officers obtained in accordance with clause 10.3 is maintained for a period of seven years from the retirement date of each such director and officer.
(b) The undertakings contained in clause 10.4(a) are subject to any restriction in the Corporations Act and will (if and to the extent required) be read down accordingly.
(c) Cygnus receives and holds the benefit of clause 10.4(a) to the extent it relates to other Cygnus Indemnified Parties, for and on behalf of, and as trustee for, each of them.
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11 Exclusivity
11.1 No existing discussions
(a) Cygnus represents and warrants to CAML that, as at the date of this document, it and its Representatives:
(i) are not a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with a Third Party entered into for the purpose of facilitating a Competing Proposal;
(ii) have ceased, and are not currently party to, any discussions, negotiations or other communications with any Third Party in relation to, or which may reasonably be expected to lead to, a Competing Proposal;
(iii) have ceased to provide or make available any non-public information in relation to the Cygnus Group to a Third Party where such information was provided for the purpose of facilitating, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Competing Proposal, and has enforced all rights it has to call for the immediate return and/or destruction of that non-public information; and
(iv) have not agreed to waive the provisions of any confidentiality or standstill agreement with any Third Party.
(b) Cygnus agrees that it:
(i) will not waive the provisions of any confidentiality or standstill agreement with any Third Party; and
(ii) will use all reasonable endeavours to enforce any standstill obligations in any confidentiality or standstill agreement with any Third Party.
11.2 No-shop
During the Exclusivity Period, Cygnus must not, and must ensure that each of its Representatives do not, directly or indirectly:
(a) solicit, initiate, encourage or invite any enquiry, expression of interest, offer, proposal, negotiation, discussion or other communication by any person; or
(b) communicate an intention to do any of the things referred to in clause 11.2(a), in relation to, with a view to obtaining or which would otherwise reasonably be expected to encourage or lead to the making of any actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal.
11.3 No-talk
Subject to clause 11.7, during the Exclusivity Period, Cygnus must not, and must ensure that each of its Representatives do not, directly or indirectly:
(a) facilitate, continue or otherwise participate in any negotiations, discussions or other communications with respect to any enquiry, expression of interest, offer, proposal, negotiation or discussion by any person to make, or which would reasonably be expected to encourage or lead to the making of, an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal;
(b) negotiate, accept or enter into, or offer to agree to negotiate, accept or enter into, any agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding an actual, proposed or
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potential Competing Proposal, or that may be reasonably expected to lead to an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal; or
(c) communicate an intention to do any of the things referred to in clause 11.3(a) or 11.3(b),
even if the Competing Proposal was not directly or indirectly solicited, encouraged, invited or initiated by Cygnus or any of its Representatives, or the Competing Proposal has been publicly announced. Nothing in this clause 11.3 prevents or restricts Cygnus or any of its Representatives from responding to a Third Party in respect of an inquiry, expression of interest, offer, proposal or discussion by that Third Party to make, or which would reasonably be expected to encourage or lead to the making of, an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal to merely: (i) acknowledge receipt; or (ii) advise that Third Party that Cygnus is bound by the provisions of this clause 11.3 and is only able to engage in negotiations, discussions or other communications if the fiduciary out in clause 11.7 applies.
11.4 No due diligence
Subject to clause 11.7, during the Exclusivity Period, other than with the prior written consent of CAML, Cygnus must not, and must ensure that each of its Representatives do not, directly or indirectly:
(a) solicit, initiate, invite, encourage, facilitate or permit any Third Party to undertake due diligence investigations in respect of any Cygnus Group Member or any of their businesses, affairs or operations; or
(b) disclose or otherwise provide or make available to any Third Party (other than a Government Agency that has the right to obtain that information and has sought it), or permit any such Third Party, to receive any non-public information relating to any Cygnus Group Member or any of their businesses, affairs or operations,
in each case, in connection with, for the purposes of, with a view to obtaining or which otherwise could reasonably be expected to lead to or encourage the formulation, receipt or announcement of an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal, whether by that Third Party or another person.
11.5 Notification of approaches
(a) During the Exclusivity Period, Cygnus must as soon as possible, and in any event within 48 hours, notify CAML in writing if it, or any of its Representatives, becomes aware of any:
(i) approach, inquiry, proposal or other attempt made by any person to Cygnus or any of its Representatives, to initiate any discussions, negotiations or other communications, or any intention to make such an approach or attempt to initiate any discussions, negotiations or other communications, in respect of any inquiry, expression of interest, offer, proposal, discussion or other communication in relation to an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal, or that may be reasonably expected to lead to an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal;
(ii) expression of interest, offer, proposal or other communication made to Cygnus or any of its Representatives in connection with, or in respect of any exploration or completion of, an actual, proposed or potential Competing
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Proposal, or that may be reasonably expected to lead to an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal; or
(iii) request made by any person to Cygnus or any of its Representatives for, or the provision by Cygnus or any of its Representatives to any person of, any non-public information relating to the business, affairs or operations of any Cygnus Group Member in connection with such person formulating, developing or finalising, or assisting in the formulation, development or finalisation of, an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal,
whether direct or indirect, solicited or unsolicited and whether in writing or otherwise. For clarity, any of the acts described in this clause 11.5(a) may only be undertaken by Cygnus or any of its Representatives if not prohibited by clause 11.2 or if permitted by clause 11.7.
(b) A notification given under clause 11.5(a) must include the identity of the relevant person making or proposing the relevant actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal, together with all of the material terms and conditions of the actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal (including the price (or if not cash, implied value), funding, the form of consideration, the conditions precedent, the proposed deal protection arrangements, break fee provisions, timing and other key terms and the identity of the proponent(s) of such proposal), in each case to the extent known by Cygnus or any of its Representatives.
(c) During the Exclusivity Period, Cygnus must also notify CAML in writing as soon as possible after it, or any of its Representatives, becomes aware of any material developments in relation to the actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal, including in respect of any of the information previously provided to CAML under this clause 11.5.
11.6 Matching right
(a) Without limiting any other provision of this document, during the Exclusivity Period, Cygnus:
(i) must not, and must procure that each of its Representatives do not, enter into any legally binding agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) pursuant to which any Third Party proposes, or proposes to undertake or give effect to, an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal, or that may be reasonably expected to lead to a Competing Proposal; and
(ii) must procure that no Cygnus Director:
(A) withdraws or adversely changes, modifies or qualifies their Recommendation or Voting Intention; or
(B) publicly recommends, supports or endorses an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal (or recommends against the Scheme) or makes any public statement to the effect that they may do so at a future point in time or that they no longer support the Proposed Transaction, the Scheme (provided that a statement that no action should be taken by Cygnus Shareholders pending the assessment of a Competing Proposal by the Cygnus Board or the completion of the matching right process set out in this clause 11.6 shall not contravene this clause 11.6),
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unless:
(iii) the Cygnus Board, acting in good faith and in order to satisfy what the Cygnus Directors consider to be their statutory or fiduciary duties (having received written advice from their external legal advisers) determine that the Competing Proposal is a Superior Proposal;
(iv) Cygnus has provided CAML with the material terms and conditions of the actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal (including the identity of the person making the actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal as well as the information referred to in clause 11.5(b)), in each case to the extent known by Cygnus or its Representatives;
(v) Cygnus has given CAML at least five Business Days after the provision of the information referred to in clause 11.6(a)(iv) (Cut Off Date) to provide a Counterproposal; and
(vi) CAML has not announced or provided a Counterproposal to Cygnus before the Cut Off Date which the Cygnus Board has determined in accordance with clause 11.6(b) would provide an equivalent or superior outcome for Cygnus Shareholders as a whole compared with the actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal.
(b) If CAML proposes to Cygnus or announces, amendments to the Scheme or a new proposal that constitutes a matching or superior proposal to the terms of the actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal (Counterproposal) before the Cut Off Date, then Cygnus must procure that the Cygnus Board considers the Counterproposal and if the Cygnus Board, acting reasonably and in good faith, determines that the Counterproposal (taking into account all of its terms and conditions) would provide an equivalent or superior outcome for Cygnus Shareholders as a whole compared with the actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal, then:
(i) Cygnus and CAML must use their reasonable endeavours to agree the amendments to this document, the Scheme, the Deed Poll that are reasonably necessary to reflect and implement the Counterproposal, in each case as soon as reasonably practicable; and
(ii) Cygnus must procure that each of the Cygnus Directors continue to recommend the Scheme (as modified by the Counterproposal) to Cygnus Shareholders, subject to the Independent Expert continuing to conclude that the Scheme as modified by the Counterproposal is in the best interests of Cygnus Shareholders as a whole.
If the Cygnus Board, acting reasonably and in good faith, determines that the Counterproposal (taking into account all of its terms and conditions) does not provide an equivalent or superior outcome for Cygnus Shareholders as a whole compared with the actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal, then Cygnus must promptly (and in any event within 24 hours of the Cygnus Board making such determination) notify CAML in writing of such determination.
(c) For the purposes of this clause 11.6, each successive material modification of any actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal will constitute a new Competing Proposal, and the procedures set out in this clause 11.6 must again be followed
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prior to any Cygnus Group Member entering into any agreement, arrangement, understanding or commitment in respect of such Competing Proposal.
(d) For clarity and despite any other provision of this document, a statement by Cygnus or the Cygnus Board to the effect that:
(i) the Cygnus Board has determined that a Competing Proposal is a Superior Proposal and has commenced the matching right process set out in this clause 11.6; or
(ii) Cygnus Shareholders should take no action pending the completion of the assessment of a Competing Proposal or completion of the matching right process set out in this clause 11.6,
does not of itself:
(iii) constitute a change, withdrawal, modification or qualification of the Recommendation or Voting Intention or an endorsement of the Competing Proposal;
(iv) contravene this document;
(v) give rise to an obligation to pay the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee under clause 12.2; or
(vi) give rise to a termination right under clause 12.
11.7 Fiduciary out
(a) The restrictions and obligations in clauses 11.3 and 11.4 do not apply to the extent they restrict Cygnus or any Cygnus Director from taking or refusing to take any action with respect to a bona fide actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal that did not result, directly or indirectly, from a breach of this clause 11 by Cygnus or any of its Representatives, provided that the Cygnus Board has first determined, acting in good faith, that:
(i) after receiving written legal advice from its external legal advisers and after consulting with its financial adviser, the actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal is a Superior Proposal or could reasonably be expected to become a Superior Proposal; and
(ii) after receiving written legal advice from its external legal advisers, compliance with that clause would constitute, or would be reasonably likely to constitute, a breach of the fiduciary or statutory duties of the Cygnus Directors.
(b) Cygnus must immediately notify CAML of each action or inaction by it, or any of its Representatives, in reliance on this clause 11.7.
11.8 Provision of information
(a) Subject to clause 11.8(b), during the Exclusivity Period, if any non-public information about the business, operations or affairs of the Cygnus Group is disclosed, provided or otherwise made available by Cygnus or its Representatives to any Third Party in connection with any actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal, or that may be reasonably expected to lead to a Competing Proposal, which has not previously been provided or made available to CAML (or is more extensive than the information which has been provided to CAML), then Cygnus must promptly, and in any event within two Business Days of the provision of such information, provide to CAML:
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(i) in the case of written materials, a copy of; and
(ii) in any other case, a written statement of or reasonable access to, such information.
(b) During the Exclusivity Period, Cygnus must not, and must procure that its Representatives do not, directly or indirectly disclose, provide or otherwise make available any non-public information about the business, operations or affairs of the Cygnus Group to any Third Party in connection with an actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal, or that may be reasonably expected to lead to a Competing Proposal, unless:
(i) permitted by clause 11.4; and
(ii) before such information is disclosed, provided or otherwise made available to that Third Party, the Third Party has entered into a confidentiality agreement with Cygnus that contains obligations on the Third Party that are no less onerous in any material respect than those of CAML under the Confidentiality Agreement.
11.9 Normal provision of information
Nothing in this clause 11 prevents Cygnus from:
(a) providing information to its Related Bodies Corporate or any of its or their respective Representatives in the ordinary course of business;
(b) taking any action in good faith to comply with its disclosure requirements under applicable law (including to satisfy its obligations of disclosure to any Government Agency) or its continuous disclosure obligations under the Listing Rules;
(c) providing information to its auditors, customers, joint venturers or suppliers acting in that capacity in the ordinary course of business; or
(d) continuing to make normal presentations to, and to respond to bona fide enquiries from, brokers, portfolio investors, shareholders and analysts (including where Cygnus representatives attend industry conferences) in the ordinary course in relation to its business generally,
subject to Cygnus complying with its obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement and clause 15.
11.10 Acknowledgment
CAML and Cygnus acknowledge and agree that:
(a) CAML has requested the inclusion of this clause 11 in this document and would not have entered into this document without it; and
(b) Cygnus has received legal advice in relation to the operation of this clause 11.
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12 Cygnus Reimbursement Fee
12.1 Acknowledgement
(a) Cygnus believes, having taken advice from its external legal and financial advisers, that it and its shareholders will derive significant benefits from the implementation of the Scheme and acknowledges that:
(i) CAML has and will incur significant costs, expenses, outgoings and losses if the Scheme is not successful, and that it is not possible to accurately ascertain these costs;
(ii) CAML has requested that provision be made for the payment outlined in clause 12.2 and it is reasonable and appropriate to agree to pay the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee to secure CAML’s entry into this document; and
(iii) the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee represents a genuine and reasonable pre-estimate of the internal, external advisory and financial costs (and all associated out of pocket expenses) of CAML in relation to the Scheme, including:
(A) fees for legal, financial and other professional advice in planning and implementing the Proposed Transaction (excluding success fees);
(B) reasonable opportunity costs incurred in engaging in the Proposed Transaction or in not engaging in other alternative acquisitions or strategic initiatives;
(C) costs of management and directors’ time in planning and implementing the Proposed Transaction; and
(D) out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with planning and implementing the Proposed Transaction.
(b) Cygnus confirms that it has received legal advice on the operation of this clause 12.
12.2 Payment of Cygnus Reimbursement Fee
Subject to clauses 12.4, 12.5 and 12.6, Cygnus must pay the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee to CAML if:
(a) a Competing Proposal of any kind is announced on or before the End Date (whether or not such proposal is stated to be subject to any pre-conditions) and, within 12 months of the End Date, a Third Party or any Associate of that Third Party:
(i) completes a Competing Proposal of a kind referred to in any of paragraphs (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of the definition of Competing Proposal;
(ii) enters into an agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Cygnus Group Member or with the board of directors of any Cygnus Group Member, which is of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of Competing Proposal; or
(iii) without limiting clause 12.2(a)(i) or 12.2(a)(ii), acquires (either alone or in aggregate) a Relevant Interest in more than 50% of Cygnus Shares or otherwise acquires (either alone or in aggregate) Control of Cygnus;
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(b) a Superior Proposal is received by Cygnus or publicly announced at any time during the Exclusivity Period and Cygnus terminates this document in accordance with clause 14.1(b)(ii);
(c) during the Exclusivity Period, any Cygnus Director:
(i) fails to make the Recommendation or give the Voting Intention in accordance with clause 7.1; or
(ii) withdraws or adversely changes, modifies or qualifies their Recommendation, Voting Intention or support for the Scheme generally,
except where the Cygnus Director takes (or fails to take) any of the actions set out in clause 12.2(c)(i) or 12.2(c)(ii):
(iii) in relation to the Scheme because the Independent Expert concludes in the Independent Expert's Report (or any update of, or revision, amendment or supplement to, that report) that the Scheme is not in the best interests of Cygnus Shareholders (other than in circumstances where that conclusion is due to wholly or partly to the existence, announcement or publication of a Competing Proposal), provided that any change of their Recommendation or Voting Intention must only occur after the Independent Expert has issued its conclusion that the Scheme is not in the best interests of Cygnus Shareholders; or
(iv) in accordance with an Abstain Requirement;
(d) during the Exclusivity Period, any Cygnus Director recommends, supports or endorses a Competing Proposal (including support by way of accepting or voting, or by way of stating an intention to accept or vote in respect to any Cygnus Shares) of any kind that is announced (whether or not such proposal is stated to be subject to any pre-conditions);
(e) there is a material breach of clause 11 by Cygnus; or
(f) CAML validly terminates this document in accordance with:
(i) clause 14.1(a)(i) or 14.1(c)(i); or
(ii) clause 14.1(a)(iii) and the failure to satisfy the relevant Condition Precedent was a direct result of a material breach of this document by Cygnus which Cygnus failed to remedy under the terms of this document, or a deliberate act or omission of Cygnus.
12.3 Timing of payment
(a) A demand by CAML for payment of the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee under clause 12.2 must:
(i) be in writing;
(ii) be signed by a CAML Board member or senior executive;
(iii) be made after the occurrence of the event in clause 12.2 giving rise to the right to payment;
(iv) state the circumstances which give rise to the demand; and
(v) nominate an account in the name of CAML into which Cygnus is to pay the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee.
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(b) The payment of the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee must be made within five Business Days after receipt of a written demand for payment by CAML in accordance with clause 12.3(a) and where CAML is entitled under clause 12.2 to the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee.
12.4 Compliance with law
(a) If it is finally determined by the Takeovers Panel or a court of competent jurisdiction, after the exhaustion of all proper avenues of appeal and review (judicial or otherwise), that all or any part of the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee required to be paid under this clause 12:
(i) is unlawful or unenforceable; or
(ii) constitutes "unacceptable circumstances" (as determined by the Takeovers Panel) or breaches an order of the Takeovers Panel,
(the Impugned Amount), then:
(iii) the requirement to pay the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee does not apply to the extent of any Impugned Amount; and
(iv) if CAML has received the Impugned Amount, it must refund it to Cygnus within five Business Days of the making of such determination.
(b) The parties must not make, or cause or permit to be made, any application to the Takeovers Panel or a court for or in relation to a declaration or determination referred to in clause 12.4(a).
12.5 Reimbursement Fee payable only once
Where the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee becomes payable to CAML under clause 12.2 and is actually paid to CAML, CAML cannot make any claim against Cygnus for payment of any subsequent Cygnus Reimbursement Fee.
12.6 No Reimbursement Fee if Scheme becomes Effective
The Cygnus Reimbursement Fee is not payable under clause 12.2 if:
(a) the Scheme becomes Effective
(b) at any time or times, one or more transactions are completed pursuant to which any member of the CAML Group acquires a Relevant Interest (or voting power, as defined in the Corporations Act) in 100% of the issued Cygnus Shares; or
(c) prior to or at the time the amount payable by Cygnus to CAML under clause 12.2 becomes (otherwise) payable under clause 12.2, Cygnus was entitled to terminate, or has terminated, this document under clause 14,
despite the occurrence of any event referred to in clause 12.2, and, if the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee has already been paid it must be refunded by CAML within five Business Days after receipt of a written demand from Cygnus. Notwithstanding anything else in this document, no amount payable by Cygnus to CAML under clause 12.2 is payable by Cygnus merely by reason of the Cygnus Shareholders not approving the Scheme at the Scheme Meeting.
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12.7 Sole and exclusive remedy
(a) CAML acknowledges and agrees that, subject to this clause, payment of the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee is the sole and exclusive remedy available to CAML in connection with any event or occurrence referred to in clause 12.2 and Cygnus is not liable for any for any loss or damage arising in connection with any such event or occurrence other than for any liability that it may have to pay CAML the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee.
(b) The limitation in clause 12.7(a) does not apply:
(i) in connection with a breach by Cygnus of clause 11 (which for the avoidance of doubt, does not include any action taken by Cygnus in accordance with the exception in clause 11.7) or where Cygnus has (whether in breach of clause 11 or otherwise) agreed to pay a Third Party a break fee or similar cost reimbursement commitment in connection with any actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal;
(ii) to prevent CAML (in its own right or as trustee for another person, as the case may be under this document) from seeking orders from a court of competent jurisdiction for the specific performance by Cygnus of any obligations under this document or injunctive relief;
(iii) to prevent CAML recovering the actual costs it incurs in connection with this document, the Scheme (to the extent such costs exceed the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee) if Cygnus has breached its obligations to register all transfers of Cygnus Shares to CAML in accordance with clauses 5.1(q); or
(iv) to extinguish or limit the liability of Cygnus for any:
(A) interest payable on any amount payable by Cygnus under or in connection with this document; or
(B) breach of this document arising from criminal acts, fraud, wilful misconduct or wilful breach by Cygnus, its directors, officers or employees.
13 CAML Reimbursement Fee
13.1 Acknowledgement
(a) CAML believes, having taken advice from its external legal and financial advisers, that it and its shareholders will derive significant benefits from the implementation of the Scheme and acknowledges that:
(i) Cygnus has and will incur significant costs, expenses, outgoings and losses if the Scheme is not successful, and that it is not possible to accurately ascertain these costs;
(ii) Cygnus has requested that provision be made for the payment outlined in clause 13.2 and it is reasonable and appropriate to agree to pay the CAML Reimbursement Fee to secure Cygnus's entry into this document; and
(iii) the CAML Reimbursement Fee represents a genuine and reasonable pre-estimate of the internal, external advisory and financial costs (and all
associated out of pocket expenses) of Cygnus in relation to the Scheme, including:
(A) fees for legal, financial and other professional advice in planning and implementing the Proposed Transaction (excluding success fees);
(B) reasonable opportunity costs incurred in engaging in the Proposed Transaction or in not engaging in other alternative acquisitions or strategic initiatives;
(C) costs of management and directors' time in planning and implementing the Proposed Transaction; and
(D) out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with planning and implementing the Proposed Transaction.
(b) CAML confirms that it has received legal advice on the operation of this clause 13.
13.2 Payment of CAML Reimbursement Fee
Subject to clauses 13.4, 13.5 and 13.6, CAML must pay the CAML Reimbursement Fee to Cygnus if:
(a) Cygnus validly terminates this document in accordance with clause 14.1(a)(i), 14.1(b)(i) or 14.1(b)(iii); or
(b) CAML validly terminates this document in accordance with clause 14.1(c)(v).
13.3 Timing of payment
(a) A demand by Cygnus for payment of the CAML Reimbursement Fee under clause 13.2 must:
(i) be in writing;
(ii) be signed by a Cygnus Board member or senior executive;
(iii) be made after the occurrence of the event in clause 13.2 giving rise to the right to payment;
(iv) state the circumstances which give rise to the demand; and
(v) nominate an account in the name of Cygnus into which CAML is to pay the CAML Reimbursement Fee.
(b) The payment of the CAML Reimbursement Fee must be made within five Business Days after receipt of a written demand for payment by Cygnus in accordance with clause 13.3(a) and where Cygnus is entitled under clause 13.2 to the CAML Reimbursement Fee.
13.4 Compliance with law
(a) If it is finally determined by the Takeovers Panel or a court of competent jurisdiction, after the exhaustion of all proper avenues of appeal and review (judicial or otherwise), that all or any part of the CAML Reimbursement Fee required to be paid under this clause 13:
(i) is unlawful or unenforceable; or
(ii) constitutes "unacceptable circumstances" (as determined by the Takeovers Panel) or breaches an order of the Takeovers Panel,
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(the Impugned Amount), then:
(iii) the requirement to pay the CAML Reimbursement Fee does not apply to the extent of any Impugned Amount; and
(iv) if Cygnus has received the Impugned Amount, it must refund it to CAML within five Business Days of the making of such determination.
(b) The parties must not make, or cause or permit to be made, any application to the Takeovers Panel or a court for or in relation to a declaration or determination referred to in clause 13.4(a).
13.5 Reimbursement Fee payable only once
Where the CAML Reimbursement Fee becomes payable to Cygnus under clause 13.2 and is actually paid to Cygnus, Cygnus cannot make any claim against CAML for payment of any subsequent CAML Reimbursement Fee.
13.6 No Reimbursement Fee if Scheme becomes Effective
The CAML Reimbursement Fee is not payable under clause 13.2 if the Scheme becomes Effective despite the occurrence of any event referred to in that clause, and, if the CAML Reimbursement Fee has already been paid it must be refunded by Cygnus within five Business Days after receipt of a written demand from CAML.
13.7 Sole and exclusive remedy
(a) Cygnus acknowledges and agrees that, subject to this clause, payment of the CAML Reimbursement Fee is the sole and exclusive remedy available to Cygnus in connection with any event or occurrence referred to in clause 13.2 and CAML is not liable for any for any loss or damage arising in connection with any such event or occurrence other than for any liability that it may have to pay Cygnus the CAML Reimbursement Fee.
(b) The limitation in clause 13.7(a) does not apply:
(i) to prevent Cygnus (in its own right or as trustee for another person, as the case may be under this document) from seeking orders from a court of competent jurisdiction for the specific performance by CAML of any obligations under this document or injunctive relief; or
(ii) to extinguish or limit the liability of CAML for any:
(A) interest payable on any amount payable by CAML under or in connection with this document; or
(B) breach of this document arising from criminal acts, fraud, wilful misconduct or wilful breach by CAML, its directors, officers or employees.
(C) breach of clause 4.2, or a material breach of the Deed Poll.
14 Termination
14.1 Termination
(a) Either party may, by notice in writing to the other, terminate this document:
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(i) at any time prior to the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date if the other is in material breach of any of its obligations under this document (other than a breach of a representation or warranty which is dealt with in clauses 14.1(b)(i) and 14.1(c)(i)), and, if the breach is capable of remedy, the other party has failed to remedy that breach within five Business Days (or 5.00 pm on the day before the date of the Second Court Date, if earlier) of receiving written notice from the non-defaulting party that sets out details of the relevant circumstance relating to the breach and stating an intention to terminate this document. For the purposes of this clause 14.1(a)(i), any breach by Cygnus of its obligations under clause 11 will constitute a material breach of Cygnus's obligations under this document;
(ii) at any time prior to the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date if the Court or any Government Agency (including any other court) has taken action permanently restraining or otherwise prohibiting or preventing the Proposed Transaction, or has refused to do anything necessary to permit the Proposed Transaction to be implemented by the End Date, and the action or refusal has become final and cannot be appealed or reviewed or the party (acting reasonably) believes that there is no realistic prospect of an appeal or review succeeding by the End Date;
(iii) in the circumstances set out in, and in accordance with, clause 3.5(b);
(iv) if the Effective Date for the Scheme has not occurred, or will not occur, on or before the End Date, unless the failure of the Scheme to become Effective on or before the End Date is due to the failure of the party seeking to terminate this document to perform or observe its obligations, covenants and agreements under this document; or
(v) subject to clause 3.5(d), Cygnus Shareholders have not agreed to the Scheme at the Scheme Meeting by the requisite majorities.
(b) Cygnus may, by notice in writing to CAML, terminate this document at any time prior to the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date if, at any time before then:
(i) CAML is in breach of a CAML Warranty, or a CAML Warranty becomes untrue, and:
(A) the breach is material;
(B) Cygnus has given written notice to CAML setting out details of the circumstances relating to the breach and stating an intention to terminate this document; and
(C) the breach continues to exist for five Business Days (or at 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Second Court Date, if earlier) after the date on which notice is given under clause 14.1(b)(i)(B);
(ii) if the Cygnus Board determines, in accordance with clause 11.7 and after completion of the processes specified in clauses 11.5 and 11.6, that a Competing Proposal is a Superior Proposal, provided always that there has not been a material breach by Cygnus of its obligations under clause 11 and that Cygnus has paid the Cygnus Reimbursement Fee to CAML if required to do so under clause 12.2;
(iii) any CAML Director:
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(A) fails to make the CAML Recommendation or give the CAML Voting Intention;
(B) withdraws or adversely changes, modifies or qualifies their CAML Recommendation or CAML Voting Intention; or
(C) otherwise makes a public statement to the effect that they no longer support the Proposed Transaction or the Scheme,
for any reason, whether or not permitted to do so under this document.
(c) CAML may, by notice in writing to Cygnus, terminate this document at any time prior to the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date if, at any time before then:
(i) Cygnus is in breach of a Cygnus Warranty, or a Cygnus Warranty becomes untrue, and:
(A) the breach is material;
(B) CAML has given written notice to Cygnus setting out details of the circumstance relating to the breach and stating an intention to terminate this document; and
(C) the breach continues to exist five Business Days (or at 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Second Court Date, if earlier) after the date on which notice is given under clause 14.1(c)(i)(B);
(ii) any Cygnus Director:
(A) fails to make the Recommendation or give the Voting Intention;
(B) withdraws or adversely changes, modifies or qualifies their Recommendation or Voting Intention;
(C) publicly recommends, supports or endorses a Competing Proposal; or
(D) otherwise makes a public statement to the effect that they no longer support the Proposed Transaction or the Scheme,
for any reason, whether or not permitted to do so under this document, other than in accordance with clause 7.2(a)(iii). For clarity, a statement to the effect that no action should be taken by Cygnus Shareholders pending an assessment of a Competing Proposal by the Cygnus Board or the completion of the matching right process set out in clause 11.6 does not amount to a statement that, by itself, triggers the operation of this clause;
(iii) Cygnus enters into any legally binding agreement, arrangement or understanding in relation to the undertaking or giving effect to any actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal;
(iv) a Competing Proposal is announced (whether or not such proposal is stated to be subject to any pre-conditions) and the proponent of the Competing Proposal (either alone or together with any Associate) completes a Competing Proposal, or otherwise acquires (either alone or in aggregate) a Relevant Interest in more than 20% of Cygnus Shares or otherwise acquires (either alone or in aggregate) Control of Cygnus; and
(v) a majority of the CAML Board withdraw or adversely change, modify or qualify their CAML Recommendation and the CAML Shareholder Resolution is not approved by the requisite majority of CAML Shareholders, provided CAML
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has paid the CAML Reimbursement Fee to Cygnus if required to do so under clause 13.2; or
(vi) a Cygnus Material Adverse Change occurs, is announced or becomes known to CAML.
14.2 Exercise of termination right
Where a party has a right to terminate this document, that right for all purposes will be validly exercised if the party delivers a notice in writing to the other party stating that it terminates this document and the provision under which it is terminating this document.
14.3 Effect of termination
(a) In the event of termination of this document, each party will be released from its obligations under this document (and all future obligations under this document will immediately terminate and be of no further force and effect, including obligations in respect of the Proposed Transaction), except that the provisions of clauses 1, 9.3, 9.6, 9.9, 10.1, 10.2, 12, 15, 16, 17 and 18 (inclusive) survive termination and remain in force.
(b) Termination of this document does not affect any accrued rights of a party in respect of a breach of this document prior to termination or in respect of the right to payment of an amount under clause 12.
14.4 No other termination
Neither party may terminate or rescind this document, the Scheme except as permitted under clauses 3.5 or 14.1.
15 Public announcements
15.1 Confidentiality
Each party agrees and acknowledges that it is bound by the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement and that it must comply, and ensure that its Representatives comply with, the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement (to the extent required by the Confidentiality Agreement), except that the terms of this document will prevail over the Confidentiality Agreement to the extent of any inconsistency. The rights and obligations of the parties under the Confidentiality Agreement survive termination of this document.
15.2 Public announcements on execution
Immediately after the execution of this document, the parties must issue public announcements in a form previously agreed to in writing between them. The Cygnus announcement must include the Recommendation and Voting Intention statements in accordance with clause 7.1(b). The CAML announcement must include the CAML Recommendation and CAML Voting Intention statements in accordance with clause 8.1(b).
15.3 Further public announcements
Subject to clause 15.4, any further public announcements by Cygnus or CAML in relation to, or in connection with, the Proposed Transaction, Scheme or any other transaction the subject of this document may only be made in a form approved by each party in writing
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(acting reasonably). Each party must use all reasonable endeavours to provide such approval as soon as practicable. For the avoidance of doubt, this clause does not apply to any announcement or disclosure relating to a Competing Proposal.
15.4 Required disclosure
(a) Where a party is required by applicable law or the Listing Rules, the AIM Rules or the TSX Rules (if applicable) to make an announcement or to make any disclosure in connection with the Proposed Transaction, Scheme or any other transaction the subject of this document, it may do so despite clause 15.3 but only after using reasonable endeavours, to the extent practicable and lawful, to consult with the other party before making the relevant disclosure and take account of any reasonable comments received from the other party in relation to the form and content of the announcement or disclosure.
(b) Notwithstanding clause 15.4(a), a party does not require the other party's approval to issue any public disclosures if the content of those disclosures is limited to procedural matters or information that has previously been disclosed within the Scheme Booklet, any other ASX announcement, an announcement made via the Regulatory News Service or any filing made on SEDAR+, provided that the disclosing party gives the other party prior written notice that it proposes to make a public disclosure in reliance on this clause 15.4(b).
16 GST
16.1 Construction
In this clause 16:
(a) unless there is a contrary indication, words and expressions which are not defined in this document but which have a defined meaning in the GST Law have the same meaning as in the GST Law;
(b) GST Law has the same meaning given to that expression in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth) or, if that Act does not exist for any reason, means any Act imposing or relating to the imposition or administration of a goods and services tax in Australia and any regulation made under that Act; and
(c) references to GST payable and input tax credit entitlements include:
(i) notional GST payable by, and notional input tax credit entitlements of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory (including a government, government body, authority, agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory); and
(ii) GST payable by, and the input tax credit entitlements of, the representative member of a GST group of which the entity is a member.
16.2 Consideration GST exclusive
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all consideration, whether monetary or non-monetary, payable or to be provided under or in connection with this document is exclusive of GST (GST-exclusive consideration).
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16.3 Payment of GST
If GST is payable on any supply made by:
(a) a party; or
(b) an entity that is taken under the GST Law to make the supply by reason of the capacity in which a party acts,
(Supplier) under or in connection with this document, the recipient of the supply, or the party providing the consideration for the supply, must pay to the Supplier an amount equal to the GST payable on the supply.
16.4 Timing of GST payment
The amount referred to in clause 16.3 must be paid in addition to and at the same time and in the same manner (without any set-off or deduction) that the GST-exclusive consideration for the supply is payable or to be provided.
16.5 Tax invoice
The Supplier must deliver a tax invoice or an adjustment note to the recipient of a taxable supply before the Supplier is entitled to payment of an amount under clause 16.3.
16.6 Adjustment event
If an adjustment event arises in respect of a supply made by a Supplier under or in connection with this document, any amount that is payable under clause 16.3 will be calculated or recalculated to reflect the adjustment event and a payment will be made by the recipient to the Supplier or by the Supplier to the recipient as the case requires.
16.7 Reimbursements
(a) Where a party is required under or in connection with this document to pay for, reimburse or contribute to any expense, loss, liability or outgoing suffered or incurred by another party or indemnify another party in relation to such an expense, loss, liability or outgoing (Reimbursable Expense), the amount required to be paid, reimbursed or contributed by the first party will be reduced by the amount of any input tax credits to which the other party is entitled in respect of the Reimbursable Expense.
(b) This clause 16.7 does not limit the application of clause 16.3, if appropriate, to the Reimbursable Expense as reduced in accordance with clause 16.7(a).
16.8 No merger
This clause 16 does not merge on the completion, rescission or other termination of this document or on the transfer of any property supplied under this document.
17 Notices
17.1 General
A notice, demand, certification, process or other communication relating to this document must be in writing in English and must be signed or sent by the party making the communication or by a person duly authorised by that party.
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17.2 How to give a communication
In addition to any other lawful means, a communication may be given by being:
(a) personally delivered;
(b) sent to the party's current postal address for notices by pre-paid ordinary mail or, if the address is outside Australia, by pre-paid airmail; or
(c) sent by email to the party's email address for receipt of notices.
Except for delivery by way of email as permitted by this clause, notice must not be given by electronic means of communication.
17.3 Particulars for delivery of notices
(a) The particulars for delivery of notices are initially:
Cygnus
Delivery address: Level 2, 8 Richardson Street, West Perth WA 6005
Postal address: same as delivery address
Email:
For the attention of: David Southam
with a copy via email to: Maddison Cramer
CAML
Delivery address: Ground Floor, Heritage House, 2-14 Shortlands, London, UK, W6 8DJ
Postal address: same as delivery address
Email:
For the attention of: Gavin Ferrar
with a copy to: Victoria Usova
Ground Floor, Heritage House, 2-14 Shortlands, London, UK, W6 8DJ
(b) Each party may change its particulars for delivery of notices by giving notice to the other party.
17.4 Communications by post
Subject to clause 17.6, a communication is given if posted:
(a) within Australia to an Australian postal address, two Business Days after posting; or
(b) outside of Australia to an Australian postal address or within Australia to an address outside of Australia, 10 Business Days after posting.
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17.5 Communications by email
Subject to clause 17.6, a communication is given if sent by email when the first of the following occurs:
(a) the sender receiving an automated message confirming delivery; and
(b) two hours after the time that the email was sent (as recorded on the device from which the sender sent the email) provided that the sender does not, within that period, receive an automated message that the email has not been delivered.
17.6 After hours communications
If a communication is given:
(a) after 5.00 pm in the place of receipt; or
(b) on a day which is a Saturday, Sunday or bank or public holiday in the place of receipt,
then, other than in respect of any notice expressly required to be given on or prior to the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date, such communication is taken as having been given at 9.00 am on the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or bank or public holiday in that place.
17.7 Process service
Any process or other document relating to litigation, administrative or arbitral proceedings relating to this document may be served by any method contemplated by this clause 17 or in accordance with any applicable law.
18 General
18.1 Further acts
Each party will promptly do and perform all further acts and execute and deliver all further documents (in form and content reasonably satisfactory to that party) required by applicable law or reasonably requested by any other party to give effect to this document.
18.2 Payments
Unless otherwise expressly provided in this document, where an amount is required to be paid to a party (Receiving Party) by another party under this document, that amount shall be paid:
(a) in immediately available and irrevocable funds by electronic transfer to a bank account or accounts notified by the Receiving Party in writing on or before the due date for payment, or in other such immediately payable funds as the parties may agree; and
(b) without deduction, withholding or set-off.
18.3 Scrip for scrip roll-over relief
(a) In the event the Scheme Shareholders are eligible for capital gains tax scrip for scrip roll-over relief under subdivision 124-M of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) (Tax Act), CAML acknowledges it has not made, and will not make, a choice to
deny roll-over relief to Scheme Shareholders under subsection 124-795(4) of the Tax Act.
(b) Cygnus acknowledges that each Scheme Shareholder who is an Australian resident shareholder who holds their Scheme Shares on capital account may seek roll-over relief under subdivision 124-M of the Tax Act, to the extent permitted by the Tax Act, and Cygnus will not do anything to preclude any Scheme Shareholder from seeking or obtaining such a roll-over.
(c) CAML acknowledges that Cygnus may apply for a class ruling on behalf of Scheme Shareholders in relation to scrip for scrip roll-over relief under subdivision 124-M of the Tax Act. CAML must provide Cygnus with such assistance and information as may reasonably be requested by Cygnus for the purposes of obtaining such ruling.
18.4 Stamp duty
CAML must pay all stamp duties (if any) and any related fines and penalties with respect to the acquisition of Scheme Shares pursuant to the Scheme.
18.5 Withholding tax
(a) If CAML forms the view (in its reasonable opinion acting in good faith) that it is required by subdivision 14-D of schedule 1 of the TAA (Subdivision 14-D) to pay amounts to the Commissioner in respect of the acquisition of Scheme Shares from certain Scheme Shareholders (each a FRCGW Holder), then:
(i) CAML must notify Cygnus prior to the intended date of withholding, that it intends to remit any FRCGW Amount to the Commissioner referred to in clause 18.5(a);
(ii) CAML must determine the amount required by Subdivision 14-D to be paid to the Commissioner in respect of each FRCGW Holder (each a FRCGW Amount);
(iii) CAML is permitted to take the required steps to withhold and remit the FRCGW Amounts to the Commissioner, including deducting from the Scheme Consideration otherwise payable to the FRCGW Holder that number of New CAML Shares required to be sold in order to satisfy the FRCGW Amount (taking into account potential fluctuations in price of CAML Shares) and issuing those New CAML Shares to the Sale Agent for sale; and
(iv) CAML must pay all FRCGW Amounts to the Commissioner within the time required under Subdivision 14-D.
(b) In determining each FRCGW Amount to be paid by CAML to the Commissioner in accordance with clause 18.5(a), CAML agrees to calculate the FRCGW Amount using the reduced rate specified in any variation notice issued by the Commissioner under section 14-235 of Subdivision 14-D in respect of the relevant FRCGW Holder (where CAML is provided with such notice prior to the Implementation Date).
(c) The Scheme Consideration payable to the FRCGW Holders shall not be increased to reflect the FRCGW Amounts and the net aggregate sum payable to those Scheme Shareholders shall be taken to be in full and final satisfaction of the amount owing to those Scheme Shareholders.
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(d) CAML acknowledges and agrees that it shall not pay any FRCGW Amounts to the Commissioner under clause 18.5(a) with respect to a Scheme Shareholder or sell any CAML shares where CAML:
(i) receives a Scheme Shareholder Declaration from the Scheme Shareholder prior to the Implementation Date and CAML does not know that the Scheme Shareholder Declaration is false or would otherwise be precluded under Subdivision 14-D from relying on the Scheme Shareholder Declaration; or
(ii) receives a Nil Variation Notice prior to the Implementation Date.
(e) CAML may, with Cygnus' prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), approach the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to obtain clarification as to the application of Subdivision 14-D to the Scheme and will provide all information and assistance that CAML reasonably requires in making any such approach.
(f) CAML agrees:
(i) to provide Cygnus with a reasonable opportunity to review the form and content of all materials to be provided to the ATO under clause 18.5(e), and must incorporate Cygnus' reasonable comments on those materials, and take into account Cygnus' reasonable comments in relation to CAML's engagement with the ATO, and provide Cygnus a reasonable opportunity to participate in any discussions and correspondence between CAML and the ATO in connection with the application of Subdivision 14-D to the Proposed Transaction; and
(ii) not to contact any Cygnus Shareholders in connection with the application of Subdivision 14-D to the Proposed Transaction without Cygnus' prior written consent.
(g) CAML and Cygnus agree to:
(i) consult in good faith as to the application of Subdivision 14-D, including taking into account any clarification provided by the ATO following any process described in clause 18.5(e); and
(ii) take all actions they agree (each acting reasonably) are necessary or desirable following that consultation.
(h) Irrespective of anything to the contrary in this clause 18.5, to the extent the requirements of Subdivision 14-D change between the date of this document and the Implementation Date, CAML and Cygnus agree to take all actions that they agree (each acting reasonably) are necessary or desirable to ensure that, where possible, CAML is not required to pay any amounts to the Commissioner under clause 18.5(a).
18.6 Expenses
Except as otherwise provided in this document, each party will pay its own costs and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this document and the Scheme Booklet and the proposed, attempted or actual implementation of this document and the Scheme.
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18.7 Amendments
This document may only be varied by a document signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.
18.8 Assignment
A party cannot assign, novate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this document without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent that other party may give or withhold in its absolute discretion.
18.9 Waiver
(a) Failure to exercise or enforce or a delay in exercising or enforcing or the partial exercise or enforcement of any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this document by any party will not in any way preclude, or operate as a waiver of, any exercise or enforcement, or further exercise or enforcement of that or any other right, power or remedy provided by law or under this document.
(b) Any waiver or consent given by any party under this document will only be effective and binding on that party if it is given or confirmed in writing by that party.
(c) No waiver of a breach of any term of this document will operate as a waiver of another breach of that term or of a breach of any other term of this document.
(d) Nothing in this document obliges a party to exercise a right to waive any conditional term of this document that may be in its power.
18.10 Counterparts
(a) This document may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties on separate counterparts. Each counterpart constitutes the agreement of each party who has executed and delivered that counterpart. Each counterpart is an original but the counterparts together are one and the same agreement.
(b) This document is binding on the parties on the exchange of duly executed counterparts.
(c) The parties agree that a copy of an original executed counterpart sent by email to the email address of the other party specified in clause 17.3, instead of the original, is sufficient evidence of the execution of the original and may be produced in evidence for all purposes in place of the original.
18.11 Entire agreement
This document and the Confidentiality Agreement:
(a) embodies the entire understanding of the parties and constitutes the entire terms agreed on between the parties; and
(b) supersedes any prior agreement (whether or not in writing) between the parties.
18.12 No representation or reliance
(a) Each party acknowledges that no party (nor any person acting on its behalf) has made any representation or other inducement to it to enter into this document, except for the representations or inducements expressly set out in this document.
(b) Each party acknowledges and confirms that it does not enter into this document in reliance on any representation or other inducement by or on behalf of any other party, except for any representation or inducement expressly set out in this document.
18.13 No merger
The rights and obligations of the parties will not merge on completion of any transaction under this document. They will survive the execution and delivery of any assignment or other document entered into for the purpose of implementing any transaction.
18.14 Governing law
(a) This document is governed by and will be construed according to the law in force in Western Australia.
(b) Each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Western Australia and of the courts competent to determine appeals from those courts in respect of any proceedings arising out of or in connection with this document. Each party irrevocably waives any objection to the venue of any legal process in these courts on the basis that the process has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
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Schedule 1 – Conditions Precedent
| Condition Precedent | Party to benefit | Party responsible |
|---|---|---|
| 1 General Regulatory Approvals | ||
| Before 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Second Court Date: |
(a) ASIC and ASX provide or issue all relief, waivers, confirmations, exemptions, consents or approvals, and do all other acts necessary, or which the parties agree are desirable, to implement the Scheme and such relief, waivers, confirmations, exemptions, consents, approvals or other acts (as the case may be) remain in full force and effect in all respects and have not been withdrawn, suspended, restricted, amended or revoked (or become subject to any notice, intimation or indication of any intention to do any such thing) before the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date; and
(b) any other approvals, consents, waivers, exemptions or declarations that are required by law, or by any Government Agency, or which the parties agree are desirable, to implement the Scheme are granted, given, made or obtained on an unconditional basis and remain in full force and effect in all respects, and have not been withdrawn, revoked, suspended, restricted or amended (or become subject to any notice, intimation or indication of any intention to do any such thing) before the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date,
provided that if such reliefs, waivers, confirmations, exemptions, consents, approvals, declarations or other acts (as the case may be) are subject to conditions, those conditions must be acceptable to both parties acting reasonably. | Cygnus and CAML | Cygnus and CAML |
| 2 North Macedonia merger clearance
Before 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Second Court Date, CAML receives merger clearance under the Republic of North Macedonia’s Law on the Protection of Competition provided that if such merger clearance is subject to conditions those conditions must be acceptable to both parties acting reasonably. | Cygnus and CAML | CAML |
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| Condition Precedent | Party to benefit | Party responsible |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Kazakhstan share issuance consent | ||
| Before 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Second Court Date, CAML receives approval of the Ministry of Industry and Construction of Kazakhstan for transfer of objects related to the subsoil right under Kazakhstan law by way of issuance of the New CAML Shares into circulation at the organised securities market, provided that if such consent is subject to conditions those conditions must be acceptable to both parties acting reasonably. | Cygnus and CAML | CAML |
| 4 Restraint | ||
| Between (and including) the date of this document and the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date: | ||
| (a) there is not in effect any temporary, preliminary or final order, injunction, decision or decree issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or Government Agency, or other material legal restraint or prohibition; | ||
| (b) no action or investigation is announced, commenced or threatened by any Government Agency; and | ||
| (c) no application is made to any Government Agency, | ||
| in consequence of, or in connection with the Scheme, which: | ||
| (d) restrains, prohibits or otherwise materially adversely affects (or could reasonably be expected to restrain, prohibit or otherwise materially adversely affect) the Scheme, completion of the Scheme or the rights of CAML in respect of Cygnus or the Cygnus Shares to be acquired under the Scheme; or | ||
| (e) requires the divestiture by CAML of any Cygnus Shares or the divestiture of any assets of the CAML Group or the Cygnus Group, | ||
| unless such order, injunction, decision, decree, action, investigation or application has been disposed of to the satisfaction of CAML acting reasonably or is otherwise no longer effective or enforceable by the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date. | Cygnus and CAML, but this Condition Precedent cannot be waived | Cygnus and CAML |
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| Condition Precedent | Party to benefit | Party responsible |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | ||
| Cygnus Shareholder approval | ||
| The Scheme is approved by Cygnus Shareholders at the Scheme Meeting by: |
(a) the requisite majorities under sections 411(4)(a)(ii)(A) (unless the Court orders otherwise) and 411(4)(a)(ii)(B) of the Corporations Act; and
(b) if, and to the extent required, a majority of the votes cast on such resolution by the Cygnus Shareholders present in person (or virtually) or represented by proxy at the Scheme Meeting excluding for this purpose votes attached to Cygnus Shares held by persons described in items (a) through (d) of section 8.1(2) of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions. | Cygnus and CAML, but this Condition Precedent cannot be waived | Cygnus |
| 6
CAML Shareholder Resolution
The CAML Shareholder Resolution is approved by the requisite majority of CAML Shareholders. | CAML, but this Condition Precedent cannot be waived | CAML |
| 7
Independent Expert
The Independent Expert:
(a) issues an Independent Expert’s Report which concludes that the Scheme is in the best interests of Cygnus Shareholders before the time when the Scheme Booklet is registered by ASIC; and
(b) does not change its conclusion or withdraw its Independent Expert’s Report before the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date. | Cygnus | Cygnus |
| 8
Court approval
The Scheme is approved by the Court in accordance with section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act either unconditionally or on conditions that do not impose unduly onerous obligations on either party. | Cygnus and CAML, but this Condition Precedent cannot be waived | Cygnus |
| 9
No Cygnus Prescribed Occurrence or Cygnus Regulated Event
No Cygnus Prescribed Occurrence or Cygnus Regulated Event occurs between (and including) the date of this document and the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date. | CAML | Cygnus |
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| Condition Precedent | Party to benefit | Party responsible |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||
| No Cygnus Material Adverse Change | ||
| No Cygnus Material Adverse Change occurs, is announced or becomes known to CAML before the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date. | CAML | Cygnus |
| 11 | ||
| No CAML Prescribed Occurrence or CAML Regulated Event | ||
| No CAML Prescribed Occurrence or CAML Regulated Event occurs between (and including) the date of this document and the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date. | Cygnus | CAML |
| 12 | ||
| No CAML Material Adverse Change | ||
| No CAML Material Adverse Change occurs, is announced or becomes known to Cygnus before the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date. | Cygnus | CAML |
| 13 | ||
| Admission to AIM | ||
| By the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date, the LSE has not indicated to CAML or any of its Representatives that it will not grant approval for the admission to trading on AIM of the New CAML Shares, other than approval being subject to the Scheme becoming Effective and satisfaction of any and all customary admission conditions. | Cygnus and CAML | CAML |
| 14 | ||
| Third party consents | ||
| All other approvals of a Third Party which CAML and Cygnus agree in writing on or prior to the execution of this document are necessary or desirable to implement the Scheme are obtained. | CAML | Cygnus |
| 15 | ||
| Cygnus Options | ||
| Before 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Second Court Date, each Cygnus Optionholder has either: |
(a) exercised all of the Cygnus Options held by them in accordance with their terms (and Cygnus has provided the Cygnus Optionholder with the relevant Cygnus Shares);
(b) entered into an agreement under which all of the Cygnus Options held by them will be automatically exercised upon the Scheme becoming Effective (and all conditions precedent to completion under such agreement, other than a condition that the Scheme becomes Effective, are satisfied); or | CAML | Cygnus |
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| Condition Precedent | Party to benefit | Party responsible |
|---|---|---|
| (c) entered into an Option Replacement Deed in respect of all of the Cygnus Options held by them as contemplated by clause 4.6 (and all conditions precedent to completion under such deed, other than a condition that the Scheme becomes Effective, are satisfied), |
and, in respect of any Cygnus Options which are to be cancelled or transferred, ASX and/or TSXV (as applicable) has granted a waiver or approval permitting the relevant Cygnus Options to be cancelled or transferred without the approval of Cygnus Shareholders. | | |
| 16 Cygnus Performance Rights
Before 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Second Court Date, Cygnus has taken all necessary action as contemplated by clause 4.7. | CAML | Cygnus |
| 17 Cygnus Share Rights
Before 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Second Court Date, Cygnus has taken all necessary action as contemplated by clause 4.8. | CAML | Cygnus |
Schedule 2 – Indicative Timetable
| Event | Date (2026) |
|---|---|
| Lodge draft Scheme Booklet with ASIC for review | Late July |
| Lodge draft Scheme Booklet with the TSX or TSXV (as applicable) for review | Late July |
| First Court Date | Mid August |
| Dispatch Scheme Booklet to Cygnus Shareholders | Mid August |
| Dispatch Meeting Materials to CAML Shareholders | Mid August |
| CAML Shareholder Meeting | Mid September |
| Scheme Meeting | Mid September |
| Second Court Date | September |
| Effective Date | September |
| Record Date | 7.00pm (Sydney time) two Business Days after the Effective Date |
| Implementation Date | Five Business Days after Record Date |
Note: This is an indicative timetable only and is subject to change. The actual timetable will depend on many factors outside the control of the parties, including the Court approval process and the satisfaction or waiver of the Conditions Precedent.
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Schedule 3 – Cygnus Tenements
Part A: Cygnus Key Tenements
Chibougamau Project - Quebec, Canada
Copper Rand Property - 100% owned by CBay Minerals Inc. (99058)
| Property Description | Mining Title | Title type | Property Description | Mining Title | Title type | Property Description | Mining Title | Title type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Bay | 2099682 | CDC | Copper Rand | 2436116 | CDC | Portage | 2436155 | CDC |
| Cedar Bay | 2436154 | CDC | Copper Rand | 2436118 | CDC | Portage | 2436158 | CDC |
| Cedar Bay | 440 | CM | Copper Rand | 2436121 | CDC | Portage | 2436161 | CDC |
| Cedar Bay | 461 | CM | Copper Rand | 2436129 | CDC | Portage | 2436162 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436098 | CDC | Copper Rand | 2436132 | CDC | Portage | 2436167 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436099 | CDC | Copper Rand | 2436141 | CDC | Portage | 2436168 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436100 | CDC | Copper Rand | 2436147 | CDC | Portage | 2436169 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436101 | CDC | Copper Rand | 2436160 | CDC | Portage | 2436173 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436108 | CDC | Copper Rand | 2436163 | CDC | Portage | 2436176 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436110 | CDC | Copper Rand | 2436165 | CDC | Portage | 2436177 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436119 | CDC | Copper Rand | 2436182 | CDC | Portage | 2436179 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436123 | CDC | Copper Rand | 66PTA | CM | Portage | 2436180 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436124 | CDC | Copper Rand | 66PTB | CM | Portage | 2436181 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436126 | CDC | Copper Rand | 430 | CM | Portage | 2436184 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436127 | CDC | Copper Rand | 439 | CM | Portage | 2696599 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436130 | CDC | Copper Rand | 491PTA | CM | Portage | 2696600 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436131 | CDC | Copper Rand | 491PTB | CM | Portage | 2696601 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436134 | CDC | Copper Rand | 497 | CM | Portage | 2696602 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436136 | CDC | Jaculet | 2436102 | CDC | Portage | 2696603 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436137 | CDC | Jaculet | 2436103 | CDC | Portage | 2696604 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436138 | CDC | Jaculet | 2436105 | CDC | Portage | 2696605 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436139 | CDC | Jaculet | 2436109 | CDC | Portage | 2696606 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436140 | CDC | Jaculet | 2436111 | CDC | Portage | 2696607 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436142 | CDC | Jaculet | 2436112 | CDC | Portage | 2696608 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436145 | CDC | Jaculet | 2436117 | CDC | Portage | 2696609 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436150 | CDC | Jaculet | 2436144 | CDC | Portage | 2696610 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436151 | CDC | Jaculet | 2436149 | CDC | Portage | 2696611 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436153 | CDC | Jaculet | 2436183 | CDC | Portage | 2696612 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436156 | CDC | Jaculet | 435 | CM | Portage | 2696613 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436157 | CDC | Portage | 2436066 | CDC | Portage | 2696614 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436159 | CDC | Portage | 2436067 | CDC | Portage | 2696615 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436164 | CDC | Portage | 2436070 | CDC | Portage | 2818686 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436166 | CDC | Portage | 2436071 | CDC | Portage | 2818687 | CDC |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Cliff | 2436170 | CDC | Portage | 2436104 | CDC | Portage | 2818688 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436171 | CDC | Portage | 2436120 | CDC | Portage | 2818689 | CDC |
| Copper Cliff | 2436172 | CDC | Portage | 2436122 | CDC | Portage | 27 | CM |
| Copper Cliff | 2436174 | CDC | Portage | 2436125 | CDC | Portage | 28 | CM |
| Copper Cliff | 2436175 | CDC | Portage | 2436128 | CDC | Portage | 29 | CM |
| Copper Cliff | 2436178 | CDC | Portage | 2436133 | CDC | Portage | 30 | CM |
| Copper Rand | 2436106 | CDC | Portage | 2436135 | CDC | Portage | 31 | CM |
| Copper Rand | 2436107 | CDC | Portage | 2436143 | CDC | Rampe Doré | 2436185 | CDC |
| Copper Rand | 2436113 | CDC | Portage | 2436146 | CDC | Rampe Doré | 2436186 | CDC |
| Copper Rand | 2436114 | CDC | Portage | 2436148 | CDC | Rampe Doré | 2436187 | CDC |
| Copper Rand | 2436115 | CDC | Portage | 2436152 | CDC | Rampe Doré | 2436188 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436189 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837804 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837931 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436190 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837805 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837932 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436191 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837806 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837933 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436192 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837807 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837934 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436193 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837808 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837935 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436194 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837809 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837936 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436195 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837814 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837937 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436196 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837815 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837938 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436197 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837816 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837939 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436198 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837817 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837940 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436199 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837818 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837941 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436200 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837822 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837942 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436201 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837823 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837943 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436202 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837824 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837944 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436203 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837825 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837945 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436204 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837826 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837946 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436205 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837827 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837947 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436206 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837832 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837948 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436207 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837833 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837949 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436208 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837834 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837950 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436209 | CDC | Lac Chibougamau | 2837835 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837951 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436210 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837810 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837952 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436211 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837811 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837953 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436212 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837812 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2838001 | CDC |
| Rampe Doré | 2436213 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837813 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2838002 | CDC |
| Lac Chibougamau | 2594023 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837819 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2838003 | CDC |
| Lac Chibougamau | 2594024 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837820 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2838004 | CDC |
| Lac Chibougamau | 2594025 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837821 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2838005 | CDC |
| Lac Chibougamau | 2594026 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837828 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2838006 | CDC |
| Lac Chibougamau | 2594027 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2837829 | CDC | Bord du Lac | 2838007 | CDC |
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| Property Description | Mining Title | Title type | Property Description | Mining Title | Title type | Property Description | Mining Title | Title type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baie Line | 2494615 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428254 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428282 | CDC |
| Baie Line | 2494616 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428255 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428283 | CDC |
| Baie Line | 2494621 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428256 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428284 | CDC |
| Baie Line | 2494622 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428257 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428285 | CDC |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baie Line | 2494623 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428258 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428286 | CDC |
| Baie Line | 2494624 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428259 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428287 | CDC |
| Corner Bay | 2428202 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428260 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541350 | CDC |
| Corner Bay | 2428203 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428261 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541351 | CDC |
| Corner Bay | 2428204 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428262 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541352 | CDC |
| Corner Bay | 2428205 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428263 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541353 | CDC |
| Corner Bay | 2428206 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428264 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541354 | CDC |
| Corner Bay | 2428207 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428265 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541355 | CDC |
| Corner Bay | 2428208 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428266 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541356 | CDC |
| Corner Bay | 878 | BM | Corner Back | 2428267 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541357 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428240 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428268 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541358 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428241 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428269 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541359 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428242 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428270 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541360 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428243 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428271 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541361 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428244 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428272 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541362 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428245 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428273 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541363 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428246 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428274 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541364 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428247 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428275 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541365 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428248 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428276 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541366 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428249 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428277 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541367 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428250 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428278 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541368 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428251 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428279 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541369 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428252 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428280 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541370 | CDC |
| Corner Back | 2428253 | CDC | Corner Back | 2428281 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541371 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541372 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541392 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839979 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541373 | CDC | Devlin Ext. | 2541393 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839980 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541374 | CDC | Devlin | 2427785 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839981 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541375 | CDC | Devlin | 2427786 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839982 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541376 | CDC | Devlin | 2427787 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839983 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541377 | CDC | Devlin | 2427788 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839984 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541378 | CDC | Devlin | 2433731 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839985 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541379 | CDC | Devlin | 2433732 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839986 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541380 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839967 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839987 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541381 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839968 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839988 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541382 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839969 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839989 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541383 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839970 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839990 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541384 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839971 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839991 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541385 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839972 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839992 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541386 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839973 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839993 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541387 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839974 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839994 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541388 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839975 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839995 | CDC |
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Corner Bay-Devlin (Copper) Property - 56.41% interest held by CBay Minerals Inc. (99058) (responsible) and 43.59% by Pan American Silver Corp.
| Property Description | Mining Title | Title type | Property Description | Mining Title | Title type | Property Description | Mining Title | Title type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devlin Ext. | 2541389 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839976 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839996 | CDC |
| Devlin Ext. | 2541390 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839977 | CDC | |||
| Devlin Ext. | 2541391 | CDC | Bord du Lac Est | 2839978 | CDC |
Gwillim Property - 100% owned by CBay Minerals Inc. (99058)
| Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2435912 | CDC | 2435914 | CDC | 2435916 | CDC |
| 2435913 | CDC | 2435915 | CDC | 2435917 | CDC |
Gwillim Property - 50% held by CBay Minerals Inc. (99058) (responsible) and 50% by Alamos Gold Inc.
| Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2437034 | CDC | 2437040 | CDC | 2437046 | CDC |
| 2437035 | CDC | 2437041 | CDC | 2437047 | CDC |
| 2437036 | CDC | 2437042 | CDC | 2437048 | CDC |
| 2437037 | CDC | 2437043 | CDC | 2437049 | CDC |
| 2437038 | CDC | 2437044 | CDC | ||
| 2437039 | CDC | 2437045 | CDC |
Joe Mann Property - 100% owned by CBay Minerals Inc. (99058)
| Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2361693 | CDC | 2374328 | CDC | 2377630 | CDC |
| 2361694 | CDC | 2374329 | CDC | 2377631 | CDC |
| 2361695 | CDC | 2374330 | CDC | 2377632 | CDC |
| 2361696 | CDC | 2374331 | CDC | 2377633 | CDC |
| 2361697 | CDC | 2374332 | CDC | 2377634 | CDC |
| 2361698 | CDC | 2377614 | CDC | 2377635 | CDC |
| 2362090 | CDC | 2377615 | CDC | 2377636 | CDC |
| 2362091 | CDC | 2377616 | CDC | 2377637 | CDC |
| 2362092 | CDC | 2377617 | CDC | 2377638 | CDC |
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Joe Mann Property - 65% held by CBay Minerals Inc. (99058) (responsible) and 35% by SOQUEM inc. (2427)
| Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2143040 | CDC | 2363955 | CDC | 2363973 | CDC | 2363991 | CDC |
| 2363935 | CDC | 2363956 | CDC | 2363974 | CDC | 2363992 | CDC |
| 2363936 | CDC | 2363957 | CDC | 2363975 | CDC | 2363993 | CDC |
| 2363937 | CDC | 2363958 | CDC | 2363976 | CDC | 2363994 | CDC |
| 2363938 | CDC | 2363959 | CDC | 2363977 | CDC | 2363995 | CDC |
| 2363942 | CDC | 2363960 | CDC | 2363978 | CDC | 2363996 | CDC |
| 2363943 | CDC | 2363961 | CDC | 2363979 | CDC | 2363997 | CDC |
| 2363944 | CDC | 2363962 | CDC | 2363980 | CDC | 2363998 | CDC |
| 2363945 | CDC | 2363963 | CDC | 2363981 | CDC | 2363999 | CDC |
| 2363946 | CDC | 2363964 | CDC | 2363982 | CDC | 2364000 | CDC |
| 2363947 | CDC | 2363965 | CDC | 2363983 | CDC | 2364001 | CDC |
| 2363948 | CDC | 2363966 | CDC | 2363984 | CDC | 2364002 | CDC |
| 2363949 | CDC | 2363967 | CDC | 2363985 | CDC | 2364003 | CDC |
| 2363950 | CDC | 2363968 | CDC | 2363986 | CDC | 2364004 | CDC |
| 2363951 | CDC | 2363969 | CDC | 2363987 | CDC | 444 | CM |
| 2363952 | CDC | 2363970 | CDC | 2363988 | CDC | ||
| 2363953 | CDC | 2363971 | CDC | 2363989 | CDC | ||
| 2363954 | CDC | 2363972 | CDC | 2363990 | CDC |
Tortigny Est Property - 50% held by CBay Minerals Inc. (99058) (responsible) and 50% by SOQUEM inc. (2427)
| Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type | Mining Title | Title type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2330549 | CDC | 2330550 | CDC | 2330551 | CDC |
Part B: Other Cygnus Tenements
Auclair Project - Quebec, Canada (100% owned by Avenir Metals (Canada) Limited (103257))
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| 1129238 | 1129251 | 1129261 | 1129279 | 1129289 | 2560527 | 2564313 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1129239 | 1129252 | 1129262 | 1129280 | 1129290 | 2560528 | 2564314 |
| 1129243 | 1129253 | 1129263 | 1129281 | 1129291 | 2560529 | 2564315 |
| 1129244 | 1129254 | 1129264 | 1129282 | 1129292 | 2560530 | 2564316 |
| 1129245 | 1129255 | 1129265 | 1129283 | 1129304 | 2560531 | 2564317 |
| 1129246 | 1129256 | 1129266 | 1129284 | 1129305 | 2560532 | 2564318 |
| 1129247 | 1129257 | 1129267 | 1129285 | 1129306 | 2560533 | 2564319 |
| 1129248 | 1129258 | 1129268 | 1129286 | 2560524 | 2560534 | 2564320 |
| 1129249 | 1129259 | 1129269 | 1129287 | 2560525 | 2560535 | 2564321 |
Pontax Extension Project - Quebec, Canada (100% owned by Avenir Metals (Canada) Limited (103257))
| 2002018 | 2002447 | 2002458 | 2002469 | 2005454 | 2005473 | 2005702 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002027 | 2002448 | 2002459 | 2002470 | 2005457 | 2005690 | 2005703 |
| 2002029 | 2002449 | 2002460 | 2002472 | 2005458 | 2005694 | 2037114 |
| 2002037 | 2002450 | 2002461 | 2002473 | 2005459 | 2005695 | 2037115 |
| 2002039 | 2002451 | 2002463 | 2002475 | 2005461 | 2005696 | 2037116 |
| 2002090 | 2002452 | 2002464 | 2002662 | 2005462 | 2005697 | 2037117 |
| 2002440 | 2002454 | 2002465 | 2002663 | 2005463 | 2005698 | 2037123 |
| 2002444 | 2002455 | 2002466 | 2002671 | 2005468 | 2005699 | 2037124 |
| 2002445 | 2002456 | 2002467 | 2005453 | 2005469 | 2005700 | 2037125 |
Australian Projects (100% owned)
| Property Description | Tenement | Location | Registered Owner | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake Rock | E70/4911 | Western Australia | Cygnus Gold (Projects) Pty Ltd | 100% |
| Bencubbin | E70/4988 | Western Australia | Deneb Resources Pty Ltd | 100% |
| Bencubbin South | E70/5168 | Western Australia | Deneb Resources Pty Ltd | 100% |
| Bencubbin North | E70/5169 | Western Australia | Deneb Resources Pty Ltd | 100% |
| Bonnie Rock | E70/5196 | Western Australia | Deneb Resources Pty Ltd | 100% |
| Welbungin | E70/5617 | Western Australia | Deneb Resources Pty Ltd | 100% |
Beneficial percentage interests held in farm in or farm-out agreements:
Farm Out
| Tenement | Location | Registered Owner | Structure and Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| E70/4787 | Western Australia | Cygnus Gold (Projects) Pty Ltd | 20% (diluting to 10%) |
| E70/5131 | Western Australia | Cygnus Gold (Projects) Pty Ltd | 20% (diluting to 10%) |
| E70/6058 | Western Australia | Cygnus Gold (Projects) Pty Ltd | 20% (diluting to 10%) |
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Pontax Lithium Project - Quebec, Canada (51% interest held by Cygnus' wholly-owned subsidiary Avenir Metals (Canada) Limited (103257), earning up to 70%, with remaining 49% interest held by Stria Lithium Inc. (96388))
| CDC 2002627 | CDC 2002641 | CDC 2002659 | CDC 80469 | CDC 85804 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDC 2002628 | CDC 2002642 | CDC 2002664 | CDC 80483 | CDC 85805 |
| CDC 2002629 | CDC 2002643 | CDC 2197182 | CDC 84701 | CDC 85806 |
| CDC 2002630 | CDC 2002646 | CDC 2197183 | CDC 84702 | CDC 85807 |
| CDC 2002631 | CDC 2002647 | CDC 2197184 | CDC 84703 | CDC 85808 |
| CDC 2002632 | CDC 2002648 | CDC 2197185 | CDC 84704 | CDC 85809 |
| CDC 2002633 | CDC 2002649 | CDC 2197186 | CDC 84705 | CDC 85810 |
| CDC 2002634 | CDC 2002650 | CDC 2197187 | CDC 84710 | CDC 85811 |
| CDC 2002635 | CDC 2002651 | CDC 2197188 | CDC 84711 | CDC 85812 |
| CDC 2002636 | CDC 2002652 | CDC 2197190 | CDC 84717 | CDC 86421 |
| CDC 2002637 | CDC 2002655 | CDC 2197191 | CDC 84718 | CDC 89173 |
| CDC 2002638 | CDC 2002656 | CDC 80466 | CDC 84719 | CDC 89174 |
| CDC 2002639 | CDC 2002657 | CDC 80467 | CDC 85802 | |
| CDC 2002640 | CDC 2002658 | CDC 80468 | CDC 85803 |
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Pontax Extension Property - Quebec, Canada (Earning up to 100%. Currently held 100% by 9219-8845 Québec inc. (Canadian Mining House))
| 2616420 | 2616444 | 2616468 | 2615721 | 2615627 | 2615651 | 2615675 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2616421 | 2616445 | 2615893 | 2615722 | 2615628 | 2615652 | 2615676 |
| 2616422 | 2616446 | 2615699 | 2615723 | 2615629 | 2615653 | 2615677 |
| 2616423 | 2616447 | 2615700 | 2615724 | 2615630 | 2615654 | 2615678 |
| 2616424 | 2616448 | 2615701 | 2615725 | 2615631 | 2615655 | 2615679 |
| 2616425 | 2616449 | 2615702 | 2615726 | 2615632 | 2615656 | 2615680 |
| 2616426 | 2616450 | 2615703 | 2615727 | 2615633 | 2615657 | 2615681 |
| 2616427 | 2616451 | 2615704 | 2615728 | 2615634 | 2615658 | 2615682 |
| 2616428 | 2616452 | 2615705 | 2615611 | 2615635 | 2615659 | 2615683 |
| 2616429 | 2616453 | 2615706 | 2615612 | 2615636 | 2615660 | 2615684 |
| 2616430 | 2616454 | 2615707 | 2615613 | 2615637 | 2615661 | 2615685 |
| 2616431 | 2616455 | 2615708 | 2615614 | 2615638 | 2615662 | 2615686 |
| 2616432 | 2616456 | 2615709 | 2615615 | 2615639 | 2615663 | 2615687 |
| 2616433 | 2616457 | 2615710 | 2615616 | 2615640 | 2615664 | 2615688 |
| 2616434 | 2616458 | 2615711 | 2615617 | 2615641 | 2615665 | 2615689 |
| 2616435 | 2616459 | 2615712 | 2615618 | 2615642 | 2615666 | 2615746 |
| 2616436 | 2616460 | 2615713 | 2615619 | 2615643 | 2615667 | 2615747 |
| 2616437 | 2616461 | 2615714 | 2615620 | 2615644 | 2615668 | 2615748 |
| 2616438 | 2616462 | 2615715 | 2615621 | 2615645 | 2615669 | 2615751 |
| 2616439 | 2616463 | 2615716 | 2615622 | 2615646 | 2615670 | 2615752 |
| 2616440 | 2616464 | 2615717 | 2615623 | 2615647 | 2615671 | 2615753 |
| 2616441 | 2616465 | 2615718 | 2615624 | 2615648 | 2615672 | 2615754 |
| 2616442 | 2616466 | 2615719 | 2615625 | 2615649 | 2615673 | |
| 2616443 | 2616467 | 2615720 | 2615626 | 2615650 | 2615674 |
Auclair Project (Beryl Lake Property) - Quebec, Canada (Earning up to 100%)
Currently held 100% by 9219-8845 Québec inc. (Canadian Mining House) (85234):
| 2563578 | 2651055 | 2651064 | 2651073 | 2689274 | 2689283 | 2556232 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2563579 | 2651056 | 2651065 | 2687865 | 2689275 | 2689284 | 2556233 |
| 2563580 | 2651057 | 2651066 | 2687866 | 2689276 | 2689285 | 2556234 |
| 2563581 | 2651058 | 2651067 | 2687867 | 2689277 | 2556226 | 2556235 |
| 2563582 | 2651059 | 2651068 | 2687868 | 2689278 | 2556227 | 2556236 |
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Currently held 100% by Anna Rosa Giglio (96501):
| 2651347 | 2687793 | 2687817 | 2687833 | 2687849 | 2689189 | 2689205 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2651348 | 2687794 | 2687818 | 2687834 | 2687850 | 2689190 | 2689206 |
| 2651349 | 2687795 | 2687819 | 2687835 | 2687851 | 2689191 | 2689207 |
| 2652176 | 2687796 | 2687820 | 2687836 | 2687852 | 2689192 | 2689208 |
| 2652177 | 2687797 | 2687821 | 2687837 | 2687853 | 2689193 | 2689209 |
| 2652178 | 2687798 | 2687822 | 2687838 | 2687854 | 2689194 | 2689210 |
| 2652179 | 2687807 | 2687823 | 2687839 | 2687855 | 2689195 | 2689211 |
| 2652180 | 2687808 | 2687824 | 2687840 | 2687856 | 2689196 | 2689212 |
| 2652181 | 2687809 | 2687825 | 2687841 | 2687857 | 2689197 | 2689213 |
| 2687786 | 2687810 | 2687826 | 2687842 | 2687858 | 2689198 | 2689214 |
| 2687787 | 2687811 | 2687827 | 2687843 | 2687859 | 2689199 | 2689215 |
| 2687788 | 2687812 | 2687828 | 2687844 | 2687860 | 2689200 | 2693591 |
| 2687789 | 2687813 | 2687829 | 2687845 | 2687861 | 2689201 | |
| 2687790 | 2687814 | 2687830 | 2687846 | 2687862 | 2689202 | |
| 2687791 | 2687815 | 2687831 | 2687847 | 2687863 | 2689203 |
Sakami Property - Quebec, Canada (Earning up to 100%)
Currently held 100% by 9219-8845 Québec inc. (Canadian Mining House) (85234):
| 2563097 | 2563242 | 2564266 | 2717593 | 2717603 | 2717613 | 2717623 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2563098 | 2563243 | 2565670 | 2717594 | 2717604 | 2717614 | 2717624 |
| 2563099 | 2564258 | 2565671 | 2717595 | 2717605 | 2717615 | 2717625 |
| 2563100 | 2564259 | 2565672 | 2717596 | 2717606 | 2717616 | 2717626 |
| 2563236 | 2564260 | 2565673 | 2717597 | 2717607 | 2717617 | 2717627 |
| 2563237 | 2564261 | 2565674 | 2717598 | 2717608 | 2717618 | 2717628 |
| 2563238 | 2564262 | 2571971 | 2717599 | 2717609 | 2717619 | 2717629 |
| 2563239 | 2564263 | 2571972 | 2717600 | 2717610 | 2717620 | |
| 2563240 | 2564264 | 2571973 | 2717601 | 2717611 | 2717621 |
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Currently held 100% by Anna Rosa Giglio (96501):
| 2629677 | 2642191 | 2642215 | 2663158 | 2663182 | 2663206 | 2663230 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2629678 | 2642192 | 2642216 | 2663159 | 2663183 | 2663207 | 2663231 |
| 2630117 | 2642193 | 2662756 | 2663160 | 2663184 | 2663208 | 2663232 |
| 2641977 | 2642194 | 2662757 | 2663161 | 2663185 | 2663209 | 2663233 |
| 2641978 | 2642195 | 2662758 | 2663162 | 2663186 | 2663210 | 2663234 |
| 2641979 | 2642196 | 2662759 | 2663163 | 2663187 | 2663211 | 2663235 |
| 2641980 | 2642197 | 2662760 | 2663164 | 2663188 | 2663212 | 2663236 |
| 2641981 | 2642198 | 2662761 | 2663165 | 2663189 | 2663213 | 2663237 |
| 2641982 | 2642199 | 2662762 | 2663166 | 2663190 | 2663214 | 2663238 |
| 2641983 | 2642200 | 2662763 | 2663167 | 2663191 | 2663215 | 2663239 |
| 2641984 | 2642201 | 2662764 | 2663168 | 2663192 | 2663216 | 2663240 |
| 2641985 | 2642202 | 2662765 | 2663169 | 2663193 | 2663217 | 2663241 |
| 2641986 | 2642203 | 2662766 | 2663170 | 2663194 | 2663218 | 2663242 |
| 2641987 | 2642204 | 2662767 | 2663171 | 2663195 | 2663219 | 2663243 |
| 2641988 | 2642205 | 2662768 | 2663172 | 2663196 | 2663220 | 2663244 |
| 2642182 | 2642206 | 2662769 | 2663173 | 2663197 | 2663221 | 2663245 |
| 2642183 | 2642207 | 2662770 | 2663174 | 2663198 | 2663222 | 2663246 |
| 2642184 | 2642208 | 2662771 | 2663175 | 2663199 | 2663223 | 2663247 |
| 2642185 | 2642209 | 2662772 | 2663176 | 2663200 | 2663224 | 2663248 |
| 2642186 | 2642210 | 2662773 | 2663177 | 2663201 | 2663225 | 2663249 |
| 2642187 | 2642211 | 2662774 | 2663178 | 2663202 | 2663226 | |
| 2642188 | 2642212 | 2663155 | 2663179 | 2663203 | 2663227 | |
| 2642189 | 2642213 | 2663156 | 2663180 | 2663204 | 2663228 | |
| 2642190 | 2642214 | 2663157 | 2663181 | 2663205 | 2663229 |
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Schedule 4 – CAML Key Tenements
Kounrad Project –(100% owned by CAML)
Sary Kazna – Kazakhstan
| No. | Land Use Purpose | Cadastral Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siting and operation of a facility (borehole No. 15-229) | 09-108-019-159 |
| 2 | Siting and operation of a facility (borehole No. 230) | 09-108-019-160 |
| 3 | Siting and operation of a facility (borehole No. 15-228) | 09-108-019-157 |
| 4 | groundwater abstraction from shaft No.7 | 09-108-019-073 |
| 5 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.19-112) | 09-108-019-260 |
| 6 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.19-113) | 09-108-019-259 |
| 7 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.15-225 "a") | 09-108-019-122 |
| 8 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.15-225) | 09-108-019-121 |
| 9 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.15-224) | 09-108-019-120 |
| 10 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.15-223) | 09-108-019-119 |
| 11 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (water pipeline) | 09-108-019-092 |
| 12 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (pipeline) | 09-108-019-212 |
| 13 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (pipeline) | 09-108-019-193 |
| 14 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (pipeline) | 09-108-019-194 |
| 15 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (pipeline) | 09-108-019-195 |
| 16 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (pipeline) | 09-108-019-196 |
| 17 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (10 kV power line) | 09-108-019-197 |
| 18 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (10 kV power line) | 09-108-019-198 |
| 19 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (10 kV power line) | 09-108-019-199 |
| 20 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (pipeline) | 09-108-019-200 |
| 21 | Exploration and extraction of copper from waste dumps of Konyrat mine | 09-108-019-170 |
| 22 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.16-224) | 09-108-019-328 |
| 23 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.16-223) | 09-108-019-327 |
| 24 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.16-325) | 09-108-019-326 |
| 25 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.17-215) | 09-108-019-324 |
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| No. | Land Use Purpose | Cadastral Number |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.17-213) | 09-108-019-322 |
| 27 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.17-214) | 09-108-019-323 |
| 28 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.16-226D) | 09-108-007-1009 |
| 29 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.16-324) | 09-108-019-331 |
| 30 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.16-323) | 09-108-019-330 |
| 31 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.16-322) | 09-108-019-329 |
| 32 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.164) | 09-108-019-332 |
| 33 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.166) | 09-108-019-333 |
| 34 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.167) | 09-108-019-334 |
| 35 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.168) | 09-108-019-335 |
| 36 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.169) | 09-108-019-336 |
| 37 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.170) | 09-108-019-337 |
| 38 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.171) | 09-108-019-338 |
| 39 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.172) | 09-108-019-339 |
| 40 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.173) | 09-108-007-1014 |
| 41 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole No.174) | 09-108-007-1013 |
| 42 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.163) | 09-108-007-1022 |
| 43 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.17-218) | 09-108-019-342 |
| 44 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.160) | 09-108-007-1019 |
| 45 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.161) | 09-108-007-1020 |
| 46 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole (No.162) | 09-108-007-1021 |
| 47 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole | 09-108-019-379 |
| 48 | Siting and maintenance of a monitoring borehole | 09-108--019-380 |
| 49 | Extraction of copper from waste dumps of Konyratmine | 09-108-007-1067 |
| 50 | Extraction of copper from waste dumps of Konyratmine | 09-108-007-1089 |
| 51 | Extraction of copper from waste dumps of Konyratmine | 09-108-007-1088 |
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Kounrad Copper Company – Kazakhstan
| No. | Land Use Purpose | Cadastral Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Construction and maintenance of a facility (copper cathode plant) | 09-108-019-058 |
| 2 | Construction and maintenance of a facility (ash dump) | 09-108-007-462 |
| 3 | Construction and maintenance of a facility (railway siding) | 09-108-019-057 |
| 4 | Construction and maintenance of the plant | 09-108-019-058 |
| 5 | Construction, placement, and operation of the power transmission line from substation PS 17-110 to the package transformer substation | 09-102-019-033 |
| 6 | Construction, placement, and operation of the power transmission line from substation PS 17-110 to the package transformer substation | 09-102-019-209 |
| 7 | Construction, placement, and operation of technical water pump station No. 1 for the KCC plant | 09-102-019-032 |
| 8 | Construction of the technical water line from pump station No. 1 to the KCC plant | 09-102-019-034 |
| 9 | Construction of the technical water line from pump station No. 1 to the KCC plant | 09-102-019-035 |
| 10 | Construction of the water pipeline | 09-108-019-115 |
| 11 | Construction of the water pipeline | 09-108-019-123 |
| 12 | Construction of the water pipeline | 09-108-019-124 |
| 13 | Construction of the external power supply transmission line for the KCC technical water pump station No. 2 from pole 7 of the “Airport” feeder to the 10/0.4 kV package transformer substation | 09-108-019-136 |
| 14 | Construction of the external power supply transmission line for the KCC technical water pump station No. 2 from pole 7 of the “Airport” feeder to the 10/0.4 kV package transformer substation | 09-108-019-155 |
| 15 | Construction of the external power supply transmission line for the KCC technical water pump station No. 2 from pole 7 of the “Airport” feeder to the 10/0.4 kV package transformer substation | 09-108-019-156 |
| 16 | Construction of the pressure sewer collector for domestic wastewater | 09-108-007-624 |
| 17 | Construction of the pressure sewer collector for domestic wastewater | 09-108-007-625 |
| 18 | Construction of the pressure sewer collector for domestic wastewater | 09-108-007-626 |
| 19 | Construction of the pressure sewer collector for domestic wastewater | 09-108-019-164 |
| 20 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (potable water pipeline) | 09-108-019-108 |
| 21 | Siting of a facility (water pipeline) | 09-108-007-536 |
| 22 | Siting of a facility (water pipeline) | 09-108-019-107 |
| 23 | Siting of a facility (water pipeline) | 09-108-007-535 |
| 24 | Siting of a facility (water pipeline) | 09-108-019-105 |
| 25 | Siting of a facility (water pipeline) | 09-108-019-106 |
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| No. | Land Use Purpose | Cadastral Number |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (potable water pipeline) | 09-108-007-541 |
| 27 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (potable water pipeline) | 09-108-007-539 |
| 28 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (potable water pipeline) | 09-108-007-540 |
| 29 | Siting and maintenance of a facility (modular transformer substation, reconstruction of cubicle No. 33, 35 kV OHL | 09-108-019-350 |
| 30 | Siting and maintenance of the Solar Farm | 09-108-019-303 |
| 31 | Easement agreement with Prenit Trade LLP for construction of a technical water pipeline and a 10kV OHL | 09-102-019-036 |
| 32 | Construction of a technical water pipeline and a 10kV OHL | 09-102-019-049 |
| 33 | Construction of a technical water pipeline and a 10kV OHL | 09-102-019-048 |
| 34 | Construction of a technical water pipeline and a 10kV OHL | 09-102-019-050 |
Sasa Properties / Tenements
| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gruevci | Agricultural land | 1143/2 |
| 2 | Turanica | Roads | 130 |
| 3 | Virovi | Agricultural land | 134 |
| 4 | Osojno | Roads | 1451 |
| 5 | Osojno | Roads | 1452 |
| 6 | Osojno | Roads | 1453 |
| 7 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1520 |
| 8 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1521 |
| 9 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 153 |
| 10 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1530 |
| 11 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1531 |
| 12 | Turanica | Roads | 1535 |
| 13 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1538/1 |
| 14 | Krivi Rid | Agricultural land | 1538/2 |
| 15 | Krivi Rid | Agricultural land | 1538/3 |
| 16 | Reka | Construction land | 1538/4 |
| 17 | Reka | Construction land | 1538/5 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Reka | Construction land | 1538/6 |
| 19 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1538/7 |
| 20 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1538/8 |
| 21 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1538/9 |
| 22 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 154 |
| 23 | Osojno | Roads | 1546 |
| 24 | Osojno | Roads | 1547 |
| 25 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 162 |
| 26 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 163 |
| 27 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 164 |
| 28 | KO3JA Reka | Roads | 167 |
| 29 | KO3JA Reka | Agricultural land | 169 |
| 30 | Sprotiva | Roads | 1866/1 |
| 31 | Sprotiva | Agricultural land | 1870 |
| 32 | Sprotiva | Roads | 1871/1 |
| 33 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2177 |
| 34 | Sprotiva | Agricultural land | 2240/2 |
| 35 | Saravsko Maalo | Roads | 233 |
| 36 | Saravsko Maalo | Roads | 234 |
| 37 | Debeli Rid | Agricultural land | 74 |
| 38 | Debeli Rid | Agricultural land | 77 |
| 39 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 78 |
| 40 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 79 |
| 41 | Crven Kamen | Roads | 83 |
| 42 | Crven Kamen | Roads | 86 |
| 43 | Crven Kamen | Agricultural land | 87 |
| 44 | Crven Kamen | Roads | 88 |
| 45 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 90 |
| 46 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 91/2 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 92 |
| 48 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 93 |
| 49 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 94 |
| 50 | Gruevci | Agricultural land | 1143/1 |
| 51 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1520 |
| 52 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1538/1 |
| 53 | Reka | Construction land | 1538/4 |
| 54 | Reka | Construction land | 1538/5 |
| 55 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1538/5 |
| 56 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1538/5 |
| 57 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1538/5 |
| 58 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1538/5 |
| 59 | Reka | Construction land | 1538/5 |
| 60 | Reka | Construction land | 1538/5 |
| 61 | Reka | Construction land | 1538/6 |
| 62 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 230 |
| 63 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 78 |
| 64 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 79 |
| 65 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 79 |
| 66 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 79 |
| 67 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 79 |
| 68 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 79 |
| 69 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 90 |
| 70 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 91/2 |
| 71 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 91/2 |
| 72 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 91/2 |
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All of the below mentioned items are recorded as under concession
| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruen | Roads | 1 |
| 2 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 100 |
| 3 | Ruronuca | Agricultural land | 103 |
| 4 | Petrovo Brdo | Agricultural land | 1044 |
| 5 | Turanica | Roads | 110 |
| 6 | Petrovo Brdo | Agricultural land | 1117 |
| 7 | Turenica | Agricultural land | 113 |
| 8 | Reka | Roads | 1133/1 |
| 9 | Reka | Construction land | 1133/2 |
| 10 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1133/3 |
| 11 | Reka | Construction land | 1133/4 |
| 12 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1133/6 |
| 13 | Turanica | Roads | 116 |
| 14 | Turanica | Roads | 117 |
| 15 | Turanica | Roads | 120 |
| 16 | Miovci | Agricultural land | 1324 |
| 17 | Turanica | Roads | 133 |
| 18 | Virovi | Agricultural land | 135 |
| 19 | Miovci | Construction land | 1366 |
| 20 | Miovci | Construction land | 1366 |
| 21 | Miovci | Agricultural land | 1366 |
| 22 | Miovci | Agricultural land | 1366 |
| 23 | Reka | Construction land | 1401 |
| 24 | Saravska Maala | Agricultural land | 1402 |
| 25 | Saravska Maala | Agricultural land | 1402 |
| 26 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 144 |
| 27 | Turanica | Roads | 1462 |
| 28 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1462 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1462 |
| 30 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1463 |
| 31 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 149 |
| 32 | Turanica | Roads | 1504 |
| 33 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1505 |
| 34 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1517 |
| 35 | Turanica | Roads | 1518 |
| 36 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 152 |
| 37 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 156 |
| 38 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 157 |
| 39 | Svinja Brdo | Agricultural land | 161 |
| 40 | Jagodina Reka | Agricultural land | 1797 |
| 41 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1800 |
| 42 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1802 |
| 43 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1802 |
| 44 | Krivi Bor | Agricultural land | 2208 |
| 45 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2215 |
| 46 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2217 |
| 47 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2218 |
| 48 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2219 |
| 49 | Bachishte | Roads | 2227 |
| 50 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2236 |
| 51 | Bachishte | Roads | 2237 |
| 52 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2238 |
| 53 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2242 |
| 54 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2243 |
| 55 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2245 |
| 56 | Bachishte | Agricultural land | 2246 |
| 57 | Krivi Bor | Roads | 2249 |
| 58 | Krivi Bor | Agricultural land | 2250 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | Ariz Maalo | Roads | 2505 |
| 60 | Ariz Maalo | Agricultural land | 2505 |
| 61 | Ariz Maalo | Agricultural land | 2505 |
| 62 | Ariz Maalo | Agricultural land | 2509 |
| 63 | Babina Strana | Roads | 4249 |
| 64 | Babina Strana | Agricultural land | 4250 |
| 65 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 54 |
| 66 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 58 |
| 67 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 60 |
| 68 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 63 |
| 69 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 64 |
| 70 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 65 |
| 71 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 66 |
| 72 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 67 |
| 73 | Crven Kamen | Roads | 68 |
| 74 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 8 |
| 75 | Crven Kamen | Agricultural land | 82 |
| 76 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 9 |
| 77 | Turanica | Roads | 99 |
| 78 | Miovci | Agricultural land | 1366/1 |
| 79 | Ariz Maalo | Roads | 2505/1 |
| 80 | Trajchevi Livadi | Agricultural land | 2295 |
| 81 | Reka | Construction land | 1133/2 |
| 82 | Reka | Construction land | 1133/4 |
| 83 | Reka | Construction land | 1133/5 |
| 84 | Reka | Construction land | 1135 |
| 85 | Reka | Construction land | 1138 |
| 86 | Miovci | Construction land | 1366/2 |
| 87 | Miovci | Construction land | 1366/3 |
| 88 | Miovci | Construction land | 1366/5 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Reka | Construction land | 1395 |
| 90 | Reka | Construction land | 1396/1 |
| 91 | Reka | Construction land | 1398 |
| 92 | Reka | Construction land | 1401 |
| 93 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1133/2 |
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All of the below mentioned items are recorded as under concession
| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saravska Maala | River | 1457/1 |
| 2 | Saravska Maala | Agricultural land | 1457/2 |
| 3 | Turonica | Roads | 1477 |
| 4 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 148 |
| 5 | Turonica | Roads | 1512 |
| 6 | Turonica | Roads | 1514 |
| 7 | Debeli Rid | Roads | 1539 |
| 8 | Krivi Rid | Roads | 1541 |
| 9 | Bachishte | Roads | 2189 |
| 10 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 4 |
| 11 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 6922 |
| 12 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 6923 |
| 13 | Virovi | Roads | 6924 |
| 14 | Reka | River | 6925/1 |
| 15 | Reka | Construction land | 6925/4 |
| 16 | Reka | River | 6925/5 |
| 17 | Reka | River | 6925/6 |
| 18 | Reka | Agricultural land | 6925/7 |
| 19 | Reka | Construction land | 6925/8 |
| 20 | Dojchina Livada | Construction land | 6932/1 |
| 21 | Debeli Rid | Roads | 76 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Debeli Rid | Roads | 89 |
| 23 | Svinjo Brdo | Roads | 91/1 |
| 24 | Dojchina Livada | Construction land | 6932/1 |
| 25 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/4 |
| 26 | Dojchina Livada | Construction land | 6932/5 |
| 27 | Reka | Agricultural land | 6925/1 |
| 28 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 29 | Reka | Agricultural land | 6925/1 |
| 30 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 31 | Reka | Construction land | 6925/4 |
| 32 | Reka | Construction land | 6925/8 |
| 33 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 34 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 35 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 36 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 37 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 38 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 39 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 40 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/5 |
| 41 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 42 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/5 |
| 43 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 44 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/5 |
| 45 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 46 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 47 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 48 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
| 49 | Dojchina Livada | Agricultural land | 6932/1 |
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All of the below mentioned items are recorded as under concession
| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sasa | Construction land | 1455 |
| 2 | Bachishte | River | 2207 |
| 3 | Bachishte | River | 2247 |
| 4 | Bachishte | River | 2248 |
| 5 | Svinjo Brdo | River | 6898/1 |
| 6 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 6898/2 |
| 7 | Cvetkova Niva | Agricultural land | 6900/2 |
| 8 | Cvetkova Niva | Agricultural land | 6900/4 |
| 9 | Cvetkova Niva | Agricultural land | 6901/2 |
| 10 | Reka | Construction land | 6902/5 |
| 11 | Reka | River | 6904/1 |
| 12 | Reka | Construction land | 6904/1 |
| 13 | Reka | Agricultural land | 6904/2 |
| 14 | Reka | River | 6905/1 |
| 15 | Reka | Agricultural land | 6905/2 |
| 16 | Reka | Construction land | 6905/41 |
| 17 | Reka | River | 6905/39 |
| 18 | Reka | Construction land | 6905/42 |
| 19 | Reka | Agricultural land | 6905/43 |
| 20 | Pod Bregot | River | 6908/1 |
| 21 | Reka | River | 6908/3 |
| 22 | Reka | River | 6908/4 |
| 23 | Sasa | Construction land | 1455 |
| 24 | Reka | Construction land | 6902/3 |
| 25 | Reka | Construction land | 6902/5 |
| 26 | Reka | Construction land | 6904/2 |
| 27 | Reka | Construction land | 6905/41 |
| 28 | Reka | Construction land | 6904/2 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Sasa | Construction land | 1455 |
| 30 | Reka | Construction land | 6904/2 |
| 31 | Sasa | Agricultural land | 1455 |
| 32 | Reka | Construction land | 6904/2 |
| 33 | Sasa | Agricultural land | 1455 |
| 34 | Reka | Agricultural land | 6905/42 |
| 35 | Reka | Agricultural land | 6905/39 |
| 36 | Reka | Agricultural land | 6905/42 |
| 37 | Reka | Agricultural land | 6905/42 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trajchevska Livada | Agricultural land | 2257 |
| 2 | Trajchevi Livadi | Agricultural land | 2258 |
| 3 | Trajchevi Livadi | Agricultural land | 2260/1 |
| 4 | Trajchevi Livadi | Agricultural land | 2260/2 |
| 5 | Turanica | Construction land | 2261 |
| 6 | Vokashinca | Agricultural land | 2262 |
| 7 | Trajchevi Livadi | Construction land | 2263 |
| 8 | Trajchevski Livadi | Agricultural land | 2264 |
| 9 | Trajchevska Livada | Agricultural land | 2265 |
| 10 | Petrovo Brdo | Roads | 1037/3 |
| 11 | Petrovo Brdo | Roads | 1038/3 |
| 12 | Zlatkov Valog | Roads | 1039/3 |
| 13 | Petrovo Brdo | Roads | 1043/4 |
| 14 | Reka | Construction land | 1140/1 |
| 15 | Reka | Construction land | 1374/1 |
| 16 | Reka | Construction land | 1375/2 |
| 17 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1498/2 |
| 18 | Petrovo Brdo | Agricultural land | 1533/2 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1534 |
| 20 | Jagod.Reka | Agricultural land | 1803/1 |
| 21 | Jagod.Reka | Agricultural land | 1803/2 |
| 22 | Ariz Maalo | Agricultural land | 2508/2 |
| 23 | Svinji Dol | Construction land | 61 |
| 24 | Petrovo Brdo | Roads | 1043/2 |
| 25 | Jagod.Reka | Agricultural land | 1806 |
| 26 | Jagod.Reka | Agricultural land | 2407 |
| 27 | Jagod.Reka | Agricultural land | 2408/2 |
| 28 | Jagod.Reka | Agricultural land | 2414/2 |
| 29 | Jagod.Reka | Agricultural land | 2416/2 |
| 30 | Jagod.Reka | Agricultural land | 2417/2 |
| 31 | Ariz Maalo | Roads | 2454/2 |
| 32 | Ariz Maalo | Agricultural land | 2457/2 |
| 33 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 2261 |
| 34 | Trajchevi Livadi | Agricultural land | 2263 |
| 35 | Reka | Construction land | 1134 |
| 36 | Reka | Construction land | 1136 |
| 37 | Reka | Construction land | 1137 |
| 38 | Reka | Construction land | 1139/1 |
| 39 | Reka | Construction land | 1139/3 |
| 40 | Reka | Construction land | 1140/1 |
| 41 | Reka | Construction land | 1140/2 |
| 42 | Reka | Construction land | 1374/1 |
| 43 | Reka | Construction land | 1374/2 |
| 44 | Reka | Construction land | 1375/1 |
| 45 | Reka | Construction land | 1375/2 |
| 46 | Reka | Construction land | 1376/1 |
| 47 | Reka | Construction land | 1376/2 |
| 48 | Reka | Construction land | 1377/1 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Reka | Construction land | 1377/2 |
| 50 | Reka | Construction land | 1378/1 |
| 51 | Reka | Construction land | 1378/2 |
| 52 | Petrova Reka | Construction land | 1379/1 |
| 53 | Petrova Reka | Construction land | 1379/2 |
| 54 | Reka | Construction land | 1380/1 |
| 55 | Reka | Construction land | 1380/2 |
| 56 | Reka | Construction land | 1381 |
| 57 | Reka | Construction land | 1382 |
| 58 | Reka | Construction land | 1383 |
| 59 | Reka | Construction land | 1384 |
| 60 | Reka | Construction land | 1385 |
| 61 | Reka | Construction land | 1386 |
| 62 | Reka | Construction land | 1387 |
| 63 | Reka | Construction land | 1389 |
| 64 | Reka | Construction land | 1390 |
| 65 | Reka | Construction land | 1391 |
| 66 | Reka | Construction land | 1392 |
| 67 | Reka | Construction land | 1393 |
| 68 | Reka | Construction land | 1394 |
| 69 | Reka | Construction land | 1396/2 |
| 70 | Reka | Construction land | 1397 |
| 71 | Reka | Construction land | 1399 |
| 72 | Reka | Construction land | 1400 |
| 73 | Svinjo Brdo 1/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 51 |
| 74 | Svinjo Brdo 2/1-1 ground floor | Pool | 51 |
| 75 | Svinjo Brdo 3/1-1 ground floor | Pool | 51 |
| 76 | Svinjo Brdo 4/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 51 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Sasa 1/1 ground floor | Business premises | 57 |
| 78 | Sasa 1/2 ground floor | Business premises | 57 |
| 79 | Sasa 1/3 ground floor | Business premises | 57 |
| 80 | Sasa 2/1 first floor | Business premises | 57 |
| 81 | Sasa 2/1 second floor | Business premises | 57 |
| 82 | Sasa 2/1 ground floor | Business premises | 57 |
| 83 | Sasa 1/1 ground floor | Business premises | 59/2 |
| 84 | Svinjo Brdo 2/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 79 |
| 85 | Svinjo Brdo 3/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 79 |
| 86 | Svinjo Brdo 4/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 79 |
| 87 | Svinjo Brdo 1/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 91/2 |
| 88 | Svinjo Brdo 2/1-1 ground floor | Pool | 91/2 |
| 89 | Svinjo Brdo 3/1-1 ground floor | Pool | 91/2 |
| 90 | Turanica 1/1-1 ground floor | Business premises | 142/1 |
| 91 | Turanica 1/2-1 ground floor | Business premises | 142/1 |
| 92 | Turanica 1/3-1 ground floor | Business premises | 142/1 |
| 93 | Turanica 10/1-1 first floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 94 | Turanica 10/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 95 | Turanica 2/1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 96 | Turanica 2/2 first floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 97 | Turanica 2/2 first floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 98 | Turanica 2/2 second floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 99 | Turanica 2/2 second floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 142/1 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Turanica 2/2 third floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 101 | Turanica 2/2 third floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 102 | Turanica 2/2 fourth floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 103 | Turanica 2/2 fourth floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 104 | Turanica 2/2 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 142/1 |
| 105 | Turanica 2/3 ground floor | Business premises | 142/1 |
| 106 | Turanica 3/1-1 ground floor | Business premises | 142/1 |
| 107 | Turanica 3/2-1 ground floor | Business premises | 142/1 |
| 108 | Turanica 3/3-1 ground floor | Business premises | 142/1 |
| 109 | Turanica 4/1-1 ground floor | Business premises | 142/1 |
| 110 | Turanica 1/1-1 first floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 143/2 |
| 111 | Turanica 1/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 143/2 |
| 112 | Turanica 2/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 143/2 |
| 113 | Turanica 3/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 143/2 |
| 114 | Lisichki Kamen 1/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 115 | Lisichki Kamen 3/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 116 | Lisichki Kamen 4/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 117 | Lisichki Kamen 5/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 118 | Lisichki Kamen 6/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 119 | Lisichki Kamen 7/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 120 | Lisichki Kamen 8/1-1 first floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | Lisichki Kamen 8/1-1 second floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 122 | Lisichki Kamen 8/1-1 third floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 123 | Lisichki Kamen 8/1-1 fourth floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 124 | Lisichki Kamen 8/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 125 | Lisichki Kamen 9/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 198 |
| 126 | Saravsko Maalo 1/1-1 ground floor | Pool | 230 |
| 127 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1134 |
| 128 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1135 |
| 129 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1136 |
| 130 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1137 |
| 131 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1138 |
| 132 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1139/1 |
| 133 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1140/1 |
| 134 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1141/1 |
| 135 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1141/2 |
| 136 | Miovica 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1366/2 |
| 137 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1374/1 |
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| 138 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1375/1 |
| 139 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1376/1 |
| 140 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1377/1 |
| 141 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1378/1 |
| 142 | Petrova Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1379/1 |
| 143 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1380 |
| 144 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1381 |
| 145 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1382 |
| 146 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1383 |
| 147 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1384 |
| 148 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1385 |
| 149 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1386 |
| 150 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1387 |
| 151 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1388 |
| 152 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1389 |
| 153 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1390 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1391 |
| 155 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1392 |
| 156 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1393 |
| 157 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Pool | 1394 |
| 158 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1395 |
| 159 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1396/1 |
| 160 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1396/2 |
| 161 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1397 |
| 162 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1398 |
| 163 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1399 |
| 164 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1400 |
| 165 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1401 |
| 166 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1436 |
| 167 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1437 |
| 168 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1438 |
| 169 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1439 |
| 170 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1440 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 171 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1441 |
| 172 | Sasa 1/1-1 ground floor | Pool | 1455 |
| 173 | Sasa 3/1-1 ground floor | Pool | 1455 |
| 174 | Sasa 5/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1455 |
| 175 | Sasa 1/1-1 ground floor | Pool | 1458/1 |
| 176 | Saravsko Maalo 1/1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1459/2 |
| 177 | Saravsko Maalo 2/1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1459/2 |
| 178 | Sasa 1/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 179 | Sasa 10/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 180 | Sasa 11/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 181 | Sasa 12/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 182 | Sasa 13/1 first floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 183 | Sasa 13/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 184 | Sasa 14/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 185 | Sarafsko Maalo 16/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 186 | Sarafsko Maalo 17/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 187 | CACA 18/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 188 | Sarafsko Maalo 19/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 189 | CACA 2/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 190 | Sarafsko Maalo 20/1-1 first floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 191 | Sarafsko Maalo 20/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 192 | Sarafsko Maalo 20/1-1 basement | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 193 | Sarafsko Maalo 21/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 194 | Sarafsko Maalo 22/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 195 | Sarafsko Maalo 23/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 196 | Sarafsko Maalo 24/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 197 | Sarafsko Maalo 25/1-1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 198 | CACA 26/1 ПРИЗМЈЕ | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 199 | Sarafsko Maalo 28/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 200 | Sarafsko Maalo 29/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 201 | CACA 3/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 202 | Sarafsko Maalo 30/1-1 ground floor | Pool | 1460/1 |
| 203 | Sarafsko Maalo 31/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 204 | Sarafsko Maalo 32/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 205 | Sasa 33/1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 206 | Sarafsko Maalo 34/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 207 | Sarafsko Maalo 35/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 208 | Sarafsko Maalo 4/1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1460/1 |
| 209 | Sasa 5/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 210 | Sasa 5/1 basement | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 211 | Sasa 6/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 212 | Sasa 6/2 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 213 | Sasa 6/3 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 214 | Sasa 7/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 215 | Sasa 7/1 ground floor | Loggies, balcony and tarraces | 1460/1 |
| 216 | Sasa 8/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 217 | Sasa 9/1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 218 | Sasa 1/1-1 ground floor | Industrial and mining buildings | 1460/1 |
| 219 | Turanica 3/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1461/1 |
| 220 | Turanica 6/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1461/1 |
| 221 | Turanica 4/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1461/1 |
| 222 | Reka 5/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1538/1 |
| 223 | Reka 6/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1538/5 |
| 224 | Reka 7/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1538/5 |
| 225 | Reka 8/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1538/5 |
| 226 | Reka 9/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1538/5 |
| 227 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1538/5 |
| 228 | Osoino 1/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 1543 |
| 229 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1777 |
| 230 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1778 |
| 231 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1779 |
| 232 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1780 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 233 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1781 |
| 234 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1782 |
| 235 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1783 |
| 236 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1784 |
| 237 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1785 |
| 238 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1786 |
| 239 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1787 |
| 240 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 1788 |
| 241 | Turanica 1/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 2261 |
| 242 | Trajchevi Livadi 1/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 2263 |
| 243 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 6905/1 |
| 244 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 6905/5 |
| 245 | Reka 1/1-1 ground floor | Auxiliary premises of the mining facility | 6905/39 |
| 246 | Reka 3/1-1 ground floor | Other individual parts of the building of the mining facility | 6925/1 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 132 |
Title Deed 352
| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1798 |
| 2 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1799 |
| 3 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1801 |
| 4 | Ariz Maalo | Agricultural land | 2506 |
| 5 | Ariz Maalo | Agricultural land | 2507 |
| 6 | Ariz Maalo | Agricultural land | 2508/1 |
| 7 | Ariz Maalo | Agricultural land | 2510 |
| 8 | Arizonci | Agricultural land | 2511 |
Title Deed 755
| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1139/2 |
| 2 | Reka | Construction land | 1141/1 |
| 3 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1414 |
| 4 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1416 |
| 5 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1417 |
| 6 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1418 |
| 7 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1419 |
| 8 | Turanica | Construction land | 142/1 |
| 9 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/2 |
| 10 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/3 |
| 11 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/4 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/5 |
| 13 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/6 |
| 14 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1420 |
| 15 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1421 |
| 16 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1422 |
| 17 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1423 |
| 18 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1424 |
| 19 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1425 |
| 20 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1426 |
| 21 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1427 |
| 22 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1428 |
| 23 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1429 |
| 24 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 143/1 |
| 25 | Turanica | Construction land | 143/2 |
| 26 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 143/3 |
| 27 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 143/4 |
| 28 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1430 |
| 29 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1431 |
| 30 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1432 |
| 31 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1433 |
| 32 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1434 |
| 33 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1435 |
| 34 | Reka | Construction land | 1436 |
| 35 | Reka | Construction land | 1441 |
| 36 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1442 |
| 37 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1443 |
| 38 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1444 |
| 39 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1445 |
| 40 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1446 |
| 41 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1447 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Sasa | Construction land | 1454 |
| 43 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1456/1 |
| 44 | Reka | Construction land | 1456/2 |
| 45 | Reka | Construction land | 1458/1 |
| 46 | Reka | Construction land | 1458/3 |
| 47 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1459/1 |
| 48 | Saravsko Maalo | Construction land | 1459/2 |
| 49 | Reka | River | 1459/4 |
| 50 | Reka | Construction land | 1459/5 |
| 51 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1459/6 |
| 52 | Saravsko Maalo | Construction land | 1460/1 |
| 53 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1461/1 |
| 54 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1461/2 |
| 55 | Osoino | Roads | 1543 |
| 56 | Reka | Construction land | 1785 |
| 57 | Reka | Construction land | 1787 |
| 58 | Reka | Construction land | 1788 |
| 59 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1789 |
| 60 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1790 |
| 61 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1791 |
| 62 | Visoka Buka | Agricultural land | 1792 |
| 63 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1793 |
| 64 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1794 |
| 65 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1795 |
| 66 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1796 |
| 67 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 68 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 51 |
| 69 | Reka | Construction land | 1141/1 |
| 70 | Reka | Construction land | 1141/2 |
| 71 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/1 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 143/2 |
| 73 | Reka | Construction land | 1436 |
| 74 | Reka | Construction land | 1437 |
| 75 | Reka | Construction land | 1438 |
| 76 | Reka | Construction land | 1439 |
| 77 | Reka | Construction land | 1440 |
| 78 | Reka | Construction land | 1441 |
| 79 | Sasa | Construction land | 1454 |
| 80 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1456/2 |
| 81 | Reka | Construction land | 1458/1 |
| 82 | Reka | Construction land | 1458/3 |
| 83 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1459/2 |
| 84 | Reka | Agricultural land | 1459/5 |
| 85 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 86 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1461/1 |
| 87 | Osoino | Agricultural land | 1543 |
| 88 | Reka | Construction land | 1777 |
| 89 | Reka | Construction land | 1778 |
| 90 | Reka | Construction land | 1779 |
| 91 | Reka | Construction land | 1780 |
| 92 | Reka | Construction land | 1781 |
| 93 | Reka | Construction land | 1782 |
| 94 | Reka | Construction land | 1783 |
| 95 | Reka | Construction land | 1784 |
| 96 | Reka | Construction land | 1785 |
| 97 | Reka | Construction land | 1786 |
| 98 | Reka | Construction land | 1787 |
| 99 | Reka | Construction land | 1788 |
| 100 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 101 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 51 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/1 |
| 103 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 143/2 |
| 104 | Reka | Construction land | 1456/2 |
| 105 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1459/2 |
| 106 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 107 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 108 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 51 |
| 109 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/1 |
| 110 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 143/2 |
| 111 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 112 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1461/1 |
| 113 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 114 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 51 |
| 115 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/1 |
| 116 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 143/2 |
| 117 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 118 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 51 |
| 119 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 143/1 |
| 120 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 121 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1461/2 |
| 122 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 123 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 124 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 1461/1 |
| 125 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 126 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 127 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 128 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 129 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 130 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/2 |
| 131 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 133 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/1 |
| 134 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 135 | Lisichki Kamen | Agricultural land | 198 |
| 136 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 142/1 |
| 137 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 138 | Lisichki Kamen | Construction land | 198 |
| 139 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 140 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 141 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 142 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 143 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 144 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 145 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 146 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 147 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 148 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 149 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 150 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 151 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 152 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 153 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 154 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 155 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 156 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 157 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 158 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 159 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 160 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
| 161 | Saravsko Maalo | Agricultural land | 1460/1 |
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| No. | Parcel name | Purpose | Cadastral number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarovska Maala | Agricultural land | 1035 |
| 2 | Savarska Maala | Agricultural land | 1036 |
| 3 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 140 |
| 4 | Turanica | Construction land | 141/1 |
| 5 | Turanica | Agricultural land | 141/2 |
| 6 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 55 |
| 7 | Svinji Dol | Agricultural land | 57 |
| 8 | Svinji Dol | Agricultural land | 59/1 |
| 9 | Svinji Dol | Agricultural land | 59/2 |
| 10 | Svinji Dol | Agricultural land | 62 |
| 11 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 55 |
| 12 | Svinji Dol | Agricultural land | 57 |
| 13 | Svinji Dol | Agricultural land | 59/2 |
| 14 | Svinji Dol | Agricultural land | 62 |
| 15 | Svinjo Brdo | Agricultural land | 55 |
| 16 | Svinji Dol | Agricultural land | 57 |
| 17 | Svinji Dol | Agricultural land | 59/2 |
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Schedule 5 – Cygnus Warranties
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(incorporation) Each Cygnus Group Member is validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation or registration.
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(power) Cygnus has the power to enter into and perform its obligations under this document and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this document.
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(authority) Cygnus has taken or will take all necessary action to authorise its entry into and performance of this document and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this document.
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(deed enforceable) Cygnus’s obligations under this document are valid and binding and enforceable against it in accordance with their terms and execution and performance of this document will not result in a breach of Cygnus’s constitution or any agreement or deed or any writ, order or injunction, rule or regulation to which any Cygnus Group Member is a party or subject or to which they are bound.
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(no Insolvency Event) No Insolvency Event has occurred in relation to Cygnus or any other Cygnus Group Member nor has any regulatory action of any nature of which Cygnus is aware been taken or threatened to be taken that would prevent or restrict Cygnus’s ability to fulfil its obligations under this document.
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(corporate structure):
(a) The corporate structure diagram provided to CAML in the Cygnus Disclosure Material (Corporate Structure Diagram) lists all of the Cygnus Group Members and the details included are true and accurate; and
(b) no Cygnus Group Member holds shares, options, units, securities or interests in, or is a member of, any company, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated joint venture or association, or other entity other than an entity identified in the Corporate Structure Diagram.
- (capital):
(a) As at the date of this document, the issued capital of Cygnus is as set out in Schedule 7;
(b) other than as set out in Schedule 7, there are no shares, options, performance rights, share rights or other securities or instruments (including equity securities, debt securities or convertible securities) on issue in the capital of Cygnus;
(c) no Cygnus Group Member has offered or agreed, or is under any obligation, to issue or grant any shares, options, performance rights, share rights or other securities or instruments; and
(d) other than as Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials, no person has any right to call for the issue or grant of any shares, options, performance rights, share rights or other securities or instruments in any Cygnus Group Member.
- (convertible securities) Full details of the Cygnus Options, Cygnus Performance Rights and Cygnus Share Rights are contained in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials and all information in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials that relates to the Cygnus Options and
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Cygnus Performance Rights is true, accurate and complete, and is not misleading or deceptive (including by omission).
9 (Cygnus Key Tenements):
(a) The Cygnus Key Tenements are:
(i) fully legally and beneficially owned by a Cygnus Group Member; and
(ii) registered in the name of a Cygnus Group Member.
(b) The Cygnus Key Tenements are in good standing, valid and enforceable, free and clear of any Encumbrance (other than the terms and conditions of the Cygnus Key Tenements and as may be imposed by legislation or regulation) and, other than as Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials, no royalty is payable in respect of any of them.
10 (Cygnus Tenements):
(a) No Cygnus Group Member has any interest in any tenement, mineral claims, mining leases, exclusive exploration rights, mining concessions, leases to mine surface mineral substances, or other mineral rights other than the Cygnus Tenements.
(b) There are no material restrictions on the ability of the Cygnus Group to use, transfer or otherwise exploit any of the Cygnus Tenements except as required by applicable law.
(c) So far as Cygnus is aware:
(i) there are no material contraventions of any conditions to the Cygnus Tenements in relation to environmental or cultural heritage matters; and
(ii) no Cygnus Group Member has received any notice of any material claim that has been asserted by any person adverse to the rights of the Cygnus Group under any of the Cygnus Tenements, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Cygnus Group to the continued possession of the Cygnus Tenements.
11 (Mineral Resources, Mineral Reserves and Ore Reserves) The Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve and Ore Reserve estimates publicly disclosed by Cygnus have been prepared and disclosed in all material respects in accordance with sound mining, engineering, geoscience, and other applicable industry standards, and in accordance with all applicable laws including, without limitation, the Mining Standards, and so far as Cygnus is aware, there has been no material reduction in the aggregate Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve or Ore Reserve estimates for the Cygnus Group from the amounts publicly disclosed by Cygnus. Since acquiring the Cygnus Tenements, all material information regarding the Cygnus Tenements, including drill results, technical reports and studies, that are required to be disclosed by Securities Laws, have been disclosed. The most recent technical reports with respect to the Cygnus Tenements filed on SEDAR+ are current technical reports for purposes of compliance with NI 43-101.
12 (Reporting Issuer Status) As at the date of this document, Cygnus:
(a) is a reporting issuer not in default under Canadian Securities Laws in each of the following provinces of Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan; and
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(b) has not taken any action to cease to be a reporting issuer in any jurisdiction nor has Cygnus received notification from any Canadian Securities Authority seeking to revoke Cygnus's reporting issuer status.
13 (no contravention of Corporations Act, Securities Laws or Listing Rules) No Securities Authority and neither ASX nor TSXV has made a determination against any Cygnus Group Member for any contravention of the requirements of the Corporations Act, Securities Laws or the Listing Rules or any rules, regulations or regulatory guides under the Corporations Act, Securities Laws or the Listing Rules and, as far as Cygnus is aware, no event has occurred which reasonably could or would reasonably be likely to result in such a determination being made.
14 (periodic and continuous disclosure):
(a) Cygnus:
(i) has filed with the Securities Authorities, ASX and TSXV all documents required to be filed with the Securities Authorities, ASX or TSXV including pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 3.1, and such documents are not misleading or deceptive and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in it (and do not contain a "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws), except to the extent that such statements have been modified or superseded by a later document filed with the Securities Authorities, ASX or TSXV;
(ii) is not in breach of its continuous or periodic disclosure obligations under the Corporations Act, Securities Laws or the Listing Rules; and
(iii) is not relying on the exclusion in Listing Rule 3.1A to withhold any information from disclosure (other than information in relation to the Proposed Transaction).
(b) So far as Cygnus is aware, neither Cygnus nor any document filed by Cygnus with any Securities Authority, ASX or TSXV is the subject of an ongoing audit, review, comment or investigation by any Securities Authority, ASX or TSXV.
15 (ownership of CAML Shares) As at the date of this document, the Cygnus Group does not have an interest (including a Relevant Interest) in any CAML Shares and the Cygnus Group does not have any voting power (as that term is defined in the Corporations Act) in CAML.
16 (Cygnus Information) As at the date the Scheme Booklet is dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders, the Cygnus Information contained in the Scheme Booklet will be accurate in all material respects and will not contain any statement which is materially misleading or deceptive, including by way of omission from that statement, or any statement which constitutes a "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws.
17 (basis of Cygnus Information) The Cygnus Information:
(a) will be prepared and included in the Scheme Booklet in good faith and on the understanding that CAML and each other CAML Indemnified Party will rely on that information for the purpose of determining to proceed with the Proposed Transaction, considering and approving the CAML Information in the Scheme Booklet before it is dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders, approving entry into the Deed Poll and implementing the Scheme;
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(b) will be provided by or on behalf of Cygnus to the Independent Expert in good faith and on the understanding that the Independent Expert will rely on that information for the purposes of preparing the Independent Expert's Report; and
(c) will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Corporations Act, the Corporations Regulations, applicable Securities Laws, applicable ASIC Regulatory Guides, applicable Takeovers Panel guidance notes and the Listing Rules.
18 (opinions) As at the date the Scheme Booklet is dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders, any statement of opinion or belief contained in Cygnus Information is honestly held and there are reasonable grounds for holding the opinion or belief.
19 (new information) Cygnus will, as a continuing obligation (but in respect of the CAML Information, only to the extent that CAML provides Cygnus with updates to the CAML Information), ensure that the Scheme Booklet is updated or supplemented to include all further or new information which arises after the Scheme Booklet has been dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders until the date of the Scheme Meeting which is necessary to ensure that the Scheme Booklet is not misleading or deceptive (including by way of omission), and does not contain a "misrepresentation" under applicable Canadian Securities Laws.
20 (Material Adverse Change) Immediately prior to entry into this document, no Cygnus Material Adverse Change has occurred, and Cygnus is not aware of any information relating to the Cygnus Group or its businesses, operations or affairs (having made reasonable enquiries) as at the date of this document that has given rise to, or could reasonably be expected to give rise to, a Cygnus Material Adverse Change.
21 (Cygnus Disclosure Materials) Cygnus has collated and prepared all of the Cygnus Disclosure Materials in good faith and:
(a) the Cygnus Disclosure Material has been collated with all reasonable care and skill;
(b) all information that forms part of the Cygnus Disclosure Materials is accurate in all material respects;
(c) the Cygnus Disclosure Materials do not contain information that is misleading or deceptive in any material respect (including by omission);
(d) Cygnus has disclosed full and current copies of all agreements that it has entered into and commitments that it has given in connection with the Cygnus Tenements; and
(e) the Cygnus Disclosure Materials do not omit any material information that would render the Cygnus Disclosure Materials misleading or deceptive in any material respect, or which might reasonably be considered necessary for CAML to make an informed decision as to whether to enter into this document and proceed with the Proposed Transaction,
save that, for the purposes of this warranty only, the Cygnus Disclosure Materials do not include any Public Register.
22 (financial statements):
(a) So far as Cygnus is aware, there has not been any event, circumstance, matter, change, effect or development that would require Cygnus to restate its financial statements as disclosed to ASX or filed on SEDAR+.
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(b) The Cygnus Group's financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2025 and the half year ended 30 June 2025 (including any notes or schedules thereto, any applicable auditor's report thereon and any applicable related management's discussion and analysis):
(i) comply in all material respects with applicable statutory requirements and were prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act, applicable Accounting Standards and all other applicable laws; and
(ii) give a true and fair view of the financial position and the assets and liabilities of the Cygnus Group.
23 (taxes): Except in each case as to matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material:
(a) each Cygnus Group Member has duly and timely filed all tax returns which are required to be filed by or with respect to it, and has paid all taxes which have become due);
(b) all such tax returns are true, correct and complete and accurate in all material respects and disclose all taxes required to be paid;
(c) there is no Claim, pending, or proposed or threatened in writing or, so far as any Cygnus Group Member is aware, threatened, with respect to taxes of any Cygnus Group Member or for which a lien may be imposed upon any of the assets of any Cygnus Group Member; and
(d) each Cygnus Group Member thereof has complied with all applicable laws relating to the reporting, payment, collection and withholding of taxes and has duly and timely withheld or collected, paid over to the applicable Government Agency and reported all taxes (including income, social, security and other payroll taxes) required to be withheld or collected by each Cygnus Group Member thereof.
24 (not indirect Australian real property interests): As at the date of this document and until (and including) the Implementation Date, none of the Cygnus Shares held by persons who are, or could be, Scheme Shareholders are indirect Australian real property interests within the meaning of section 855-25 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth).
25 (EH&S matters):
(a) So far as Cygnus is aware, there are no facts, matters or circumstances which are reasonably likely to give rise to any liability on the part of any Cygnus Group Member under or in respect of any law or regulation concerning or relating to the protection of the environment (including air, water, land, flora, fauna, ecosystems or humans) or health and safety matters (EH&S Laws).
(b) All material Authorisations required by EH&S Laws to operate the business of the Cygnus Group Members (as currently being conducted):
(i) have been obtained;
(ii) are in full force and effect; and
(iii) are being complied with in all material respects; and
(iv) have been Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials,
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and no appeal or review proceeding relating to such Authorisations is underway or threatened by any person and, so far as any Cygnus Group Member is aware, no grounds exist that could reasonably be expected to result in revocation or limitation of any such Authorisations.
(c) No Cygnus Group Member has received any notice in writing from any person, Government Agency or regulatory body under or in respect of any EH&S Law (including notice of any actual or alleged breach of any EH&S Law or refusal to issue an Authorisation to a Cygnus Group Member under any Environmental Law) and, so far as all Cygnus Group Members are aware, there are no facts, matters or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in such notice being given.
(d) So far as any Cygnus Group Member is aware, there is no known or suspected contamination present in, on, under or at any of the Cygnus Tenements.
(e) All material environmental studies, reports and information held by any Cygnus Group Member as at the date of this document have been Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials.
(f) All corrective and remedial measures required of any Cygnus Group Member under any EH&S Law have been completed.
(g) Other than as Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials, no Cygnus Group Member has, by contract, court order, statute, regulation or operation of law, assumed, become liable for or otherwise inherited any environmental liability or obligation of any predecessor in title in respect of any Cygnus Tenement.
26 (cultural heritage matters):
(a) So far as Cygnus is aware, there are no facts, matters or circumstances which are reasonably likely to give rise to any liability on the part of any Cygnus Group Member under or in respect of any law, regulation or legislative instrument concerning or relating to the rights and interests of first nations persons or communities, or the protection, preservation or management of cultural heritage or Indigenous traditional territories (Cultural Heritage Laws).
(b) So far as Cygnus is aware, all material Authorisations required by Cultural Heritage Laws to operate the business of the Cygnus Group Members (as currently being conducted):
(i) have been obtained;
(ii) are in full force and effect; and
(iii) are being complied with in all material respects; and
no appeal or review proceeding relating to such Authorisations is underway or threatened by any person and, so far as any Cygnus Group Member is aware, no grounds exist that could reasonably be expected to result in revocation or limitation of any such Authorisation.
(c) So far as Cygnus is aware, all terms, conditions and obligations imposed on or agreed to by any Cygnus Group Member under or pursuant to any Cultural Heritage Law, including under any cultural heritage management plan, cultural heritage agreement or other similar instrument or undertaking (Cultural Heritage Instrument), are being complied with in all material respects. The Cultural Heritage Instruments as at the date of this document have been Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials.
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(d) No Cygnus Group Member has received any notice in writing from any person, Government Agency or regulatory body of any complaint, claim or alleged breach under or in respect of any Cultural Heritage Law or Cultural Heritage Instrument and, so far as all Cygnus Group Members are aware, there are no facts, matters or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any such complaint, claim or notice of alleged breach being made or given.
(e) The proceeding commenced on or about December 30, 2003 by the Crees of Oujé-Bougoumou, the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree Nation and Matthew Wapachee against Campbell Resources Inc., 6479499 Canada Inc. (dba Resources MSV 2007 Inc.), Meston Resources Inc. and Corporation Copper Rand Inc. (Cree Litigation), the proceedings of which are currently suspended, and any related discussions, claims, demands or assertions involving any Cygnus Group Member or any predecessor in title to a Cygnus Tenement, have been Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials. No Cygnus Group Member has, by contract, court order, statute, regulation, agreement or operation of law, assumed, become liable for or otherwise inherited any current or contingent liability or current or contingent obligation of any predecessor in title in respect of the matters alleged in the Cree Litigation.
(f) There are no commitments, agreements, undertakings, term sheets, agreements in principle or memoranda of understanding (whether oral or written, binding or non-binding) under which a Cygnus Group Member is, or may become, obligated to enter into any such agreement, or to make any financial, equity, employment, business or environmental commitment to any first nation or indigenous group or community in respect of any Cygnus Tenement.
(employment) No labour dispute, work stoppage, or disturbance involving the employees of the Cygnus Group Member exists or, as far as Cygnus is aware, is threatened.
(Encumbrances) There is no Encumbrance over all or any of the Cygnus Group's assets or revenues that has not been Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials.
(disputes) There is no:
(a) legal action, investigation, proceeding, dispute, Claim, demand, notice, direction, inquiry, arbitration, mediation, dispute resolution or litigation; or
(b) ruling, judgment, order, declaration or decree by any Government Agency, against any Cygnus Group Member that is current or, as far as Cygnus is aware, pending, threatened or anticipated.
(change of control) There are no Cygnus Material Contracts or material leases to which a Cygnus Group Member is a party, or any Authorisations issued to a Cygnus Group Member, which contain change of control, unilateral termination rights, pre-emptive rights, rights of first offer, rights of first refusal or similar provisions that will be triggered by the execution and delivery by Cygnus of this document or the implementation of the Proposed Transaction.
(pre-emptive rights) Neither the entry into this document or the implementation of the Proposed Transaction will trigger any pre-emptive right in favour of a Third Party under any agreement that is material to the Cygnus Group.
(Cygnus Material Contracts):
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(a) Each Cygnus Group Member has complied in all material respects with each Cygnus Material Contract;
(b) no Cygnus Group Member is aware of any right or intention on the part of any counterparty to a Cygnus Material Contract to terminate such Cygnus Material Contract or amend the terms of such Cygnus Material Contract in any material respect;
(c) all Cygnus Material Contracts in existence as at the date of this document have been Fairly Disclosed in the Cygnus Disclosure Materials;
(d) each of the Cygnus Material Contracts is legal, valid and binding on the parties and is enforceable under applicable laws; and
(e) so far as Cygnus is aware, no Cygnus Group Member is in default or breach in the performance of any of its material obligations under any Cygnus Material Contract.
33 (Authorisations) The Cygnus Group is duly qualified, licensed and registered and holds all Authorisations necessary for it to conduct the business of the Cygnus Group as it is being conducted as at the date of this document and:
(a) all such Authorisations are in full force and effect in accordance with their terms, and the Cygnus Group has in all material respects complied with all such Authorisations; and
(b) no Cygnus Group Member:
(i) is in material breach of, or material default under, any such Authorisation; or
(ii) has received any notice in respect of, or is aware of the threat of, the actual, proposed or potential termination, revocation, cancellation, forfeiture, expropriation, material alteration, material variation or non-renewal of any such Authorisation.
34 (compliance) Each Cygnus Group Member has complied in all material respects with all laws applicable to them and orders of any Government Agency having jurisdiction over them, and there is no judgment, injunction, order or decree binding on any Cygnus Group Member that constitutes or would be likely to constitute a Cygnus Material Adverse Change.
35 (Insurance) All existing insurance policies taken out by a Cygnus Group Member, or in relation to the assets of or otherwise concerned with the business of the Cygnus Group, are adequate having regard to mandatory requirements of the applicable laws and in full force and effect and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the counterparties to such insurance policies.
36 (Competing Proposals) As at the date of this document, the Cygnus Group has terminated all negotiations and discussions relating to any actual, proposed or potential Competing Proposal and is not a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with a Third Party entered into for the purpose of facilitating or which may reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Proposal.
37 (non-public information) Cygnus has ceased to provide or make available any non-public information in relation to the Cygnus Group to a Third Party where such information was provided for the purpose of facilitating, or that may reasonably be expected to encourage or lead to, a Competing Proposal.
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38 (standstill) The execution of this document by Cygnus will not effect any waiver or amendment of any standstill agreement or arrangement between a Cygnus Group Member and any Third Party.
39 (bonus payments) No Cygnus Group Member has agreed to make or pay any bonuses, discretionary remuneration, payment or benefit to its directors, officers, employees or contractors in connection with or conditional upon the outcome of the Proposed Transaction.
40 (advisers) Cygnus has provided complete and accurate information regarding fees in all retainers and mandates with financial advisers and fee estimates for other Advisers in relation to the Proposed Transaction and any Competing Proposal or any other transaction where such retainer or mandate is current, or under which the Cygnus Group still has obligations.
41 (Canadian Competition Act) For the purposes of subsection 110(3) of the Competition Act (Canada), neither the aggregate value of assets in Canada owned by Cygnus and its Subsidiaries or the annual gross revenues from sales in, from or into Canada generated from all the assets owned by Cygnus and its subsidiaries exceeds C$93,000,000, all as determined in accordance with the Competition Act (Canada) and the regulations thereunder.
42 (no other approvals necessary) As at the date of this document, no consents, approvals or other acts by a Government Agency are necessary to be obtained by Cygnus to effect the Proposed Transaction other than the approvals contemplated by items 1 and 8 of Schedule 1.
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Schedule 6 – CAML Warranties
- (incorporation) CAML is validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation or registration.
- (power) CAML has the power to enter into and perform its obligations under this document and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this document.
- (authority) CAML has taken or will take all necessary action to authorise its entry into and performance of this document and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this document.
- (deed enforceable) CAML’s obligations under this document are valid and binding and enforceable against it in accordance with their terms and execution and performance of this document will not result in a breach of CAML’s constitution or any agreement or deed or any writ, order or injunction, rule or regulation to which any CAML Group Member is a party or subject or to which they are bound.
- (no Insolvency Event) No Insolvency Event has occurred in relation to CAML or any other CAML Group Member nor has any regulatory action of any nature of which CAML is aware been taken or threatened to be taken that would prevent or restrict CAML’s ability to fulfil its obligations under this document.
- (corporate structure):
(a) The corporate structure diagram provided to Cygnus in the CAML Disclosure Material (CAML Corporate Structure Diagram) lists all of the CAML Group Members (other than an employee benefit trust, details of which have been provided in the CAML Disclosure Materials (EBT)) and the details included are true and accurate; and
(b) no CAML Group Member holds shares, options, units, securities or interests in, or is a member of, any company, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated joint venture or association, or other entity other than an entity identified in the CAML Corporate Structure Diagram and the EBT. - (capital) As at the date of this document, the issued capital of CAML comprises:
(a) 177,904,281 CAML Shares (being the aggregate of 177,710,956 listed CAML Shares and 193,325 treasury shares); and
(b) 9,202,943 share options, with 5,064,613 CAML Shares held in the EBT, save for which:
(c) there are no shares, options, performance rights, share rights or other securities or instruments (including equity securities, debt securities or convertible securities) on issue in the capital of CAML;
(d) no CAML Group Member has offered or agreed, or is under any obligation, to issue or grant any shares, options, performance rights, share rights or other securities or instruments; and
(e) no person has any right to call for the issue or grant of any shares, options, performance rights, share rights or other securities or instruments in any CAML Group Member.
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8 (CAML Key Tenements):
(a) The CAML Key Tenements are:
(i) fully legally and beneficially owned by a CAML Group Member; and
(ii) registered in the name of a CAML Group Member,
other than as Fairly Disclosed in the CAML Disclosure Materials.
(b) The CAML Key Tenements are in good standing, valid and enforceable, free and clear of any Encumbrance (other than the terms and conditions of the CAML Key Tenements and as may be imposed by legislation or regulation) and, other than as Fairly Disclosed in the CAML Disclosure Materials, no royalty is payable in respect of any of them.
(c) There are no material restrictions on the ability of the CAML Group to use, transfer or otherwise exploit any of the CAML Key Tenements except as required by applicable law.
(d) So far as CAML is aware:
(i) there are no material contraventions of any conditions to the CAML Key Tenements in relation to environmental or cultural heritage matters; and
(ii) no CAML Group Member has received any notice of any material claim that has been asserted by any person adverse to the rights of the CAML Group under any of the CAML Key Tenements, or affecting or questioning the rights of the CAML Group to the continued possession of the CAML Key Tenements.
9 (Authorisations)
The CAML Group is duly qualified, licensed and registered and holds all Authorisations necessary for it to conduct the business of the CAML Group as it is being conducted as at the date of this document and:
(a) all such Authorisations are in full force and effect in accordance with their terms, and the CAML Group has in all material respects complied with all such Authorisations; and
(b) no CAML Group Member:
(i) is in material breach of, or material default under, any such Authorisation; or
(ii) has received any notice in respect of, or is aware of the threat of, the actual, proposed or potential termination, revocation, cancellation, forfeiture, expropriation, material alteration, material variation or non-renewal of any such Authorisation.
10 (Mineral Resources, Mineral Reserves and Ore Reserves)
The Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve and Ore Reserve estimates publicly disclosed by CAML have been prepared and disclosed in all material respects in accordance with sound mining, engineering, geoscience, and other applicable industry standards, and in accordance with all applicable laws including, without limitation, the JORC Code, and so far as CAML is aware, there has been no material reduction in the aggregate Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve and Ore Reserve estimates for the CAML Group from the amounts publicly disclosed by CAML, save as for mining depletion.
11 (disclosure)
As at the date of this document, CAML is not in possession of any inside information (as defined in the Market Abuse Regulation as it forms part of the laws of
England and Wales) in relation to CAML Shares other than information in relation to the parties entering into this document, which information will be disclosed to the market immediately after signing this document.
12 (CAML Information) As at the date the Scheme Booklet is dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders, the CAML Information contained in the Scheme Booklet will be accurate in all material respects and will not contain any statement which is materially misleading or deceptive, including by way of omission from that statement, or any statement which constitutes a “misrepresentation” under applicable Canadian Securities Laws.
13 (basis of CAML Information) The CAML Information:
(a) will be prepared and included in the Scheme Booklet in good faith and on the understanding that Cygnus and each other Cygnus Indemnified Party will rely on that information for the purpose of determining to proceed with the Proposed Transaction, considering and approving the Cygnus Information in the Scheme Booklet before it is dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders, and implementing the Scheme;
(b) will be provided by or on behalf of CAML to the Independent Expert in good faith and on the understanding that the Independent Expert will rely on that information for the purposes of preparing the Independent Expert’s Report; and
(c) will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Corporations Act, the Corporations Regulations, applicable Securities Laws, applicable ASIC Regulatory Guides, applicable Takeovers Panel guidance notes and the Listing Rules.
14 (opinions) As at the date the Scheme Booklet is dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders, any statement of opinion or belief contained in CAML Information is honestly held and there are reasonable grounds for holding the opinion or belief.
15 (new information) CAML will, as a continuing obligation, provide to Cygnus all further or new information which arises after the Scheme Booklet has been dispatched to Cygnus Shareholders until the date of the Scheme Meeting which is necessary to ensure that the CAML Information in the Scheme Booklet is not misleading or deceptive (including by way of omission).
16 (Material Adverse Change) Immediately prior to entry into this document, no CAML Material Adverse Change has occurred, and CAML is not aware of any information relating to the CAML Group or its businesses, operations or affairs (having made reasonable enquiries) as at the date of this document that has given rise to, or could reasonably be expected to give rise to, a CAML Material Adverse Change.
17 (New CAML Shares) The New CAML Shares to be issued as consideration under the terms of the Scheme will on admission to trading on AIM and subject to the passing of the CAML Shareholder Resolution, be validly issued, fully paid and free of all Encumbrances and third party rights and will rank equally with all other CAML Shares then in issue.
18 (compliance) Each CAML Group Member has complied in all material respects with all laws applicable to them and orders of any Government Agency having jurisdiction over them, and there is no judgment, injunction, order or decree binding on any CAML Group Member that would be likely to have a material adverse effect on the CAML Group.
19 (CAML Disclosure Materials) CAML has collated and prepared all of the CAML Disclosure Materials in good faith and:
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(a) the CAML Disclosure Material has been collated with all reasonable care and skill;
(b) all information that forms part of the CAML Disclosure Materials is accurate in all material respects;
(c) the CAML Disclosure Materials do not contain information that is misleading or deceptive in any material respect (including by omission); and
(d) the CAML Disclosure Materials do not omit any material information that would render the CAML Disclosure Materials misleading or deceptive in any material respect, or which might reasonably be considered necessary for Cygnus to make an informed decision as to whether to enter into this document and proceed with the Proposed Transaction,
save that, for the purposes of this warranty only, the CAML Disclosure Materials do not include any Public Register.
(financial statements):
(a) So far as CAML is aware, there has not been any event, circumstance, matter, change, effect or development that would require CAML to restate its financial statements.
(b) The CAML Group's financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2025 and the half year ended 30 June 2025:
(i) comply in all material respects with applicable statutory requirements and were prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and all other applicable laws; and
(ii) give a true and fair view of the financial position and the assets and liabilities of the CAML Group.
(No shareholder approvals)
No approvals are required from shareholders of CAML, or from any shareholders of any other member of the CAML Group, to execute, deliver or perform this document or the Deed Poll, other than the CAML Shareholder Resolution.
(No dealings with Cygnus Shareholders)
No member of the CAML Group (or any Associate of a CAML Group Member) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Cygnus Shareholder:
(a) under which that Cygnus Shareholder (or an Associate of that Cygnus Shareholder) would be entitled to receive any collateral benefit in relation to the Scheme, or under which the Cygnus Shareholder has agreed to vote in favour of the Scheme (or against any Competing Proposal); or
(b) in relation to the business, operations or assets of any member of the Cygnus Group or the performance or conduct of the business of the Cygnus Group.
(disputes)
There is no:
(a) legal action, investigation, proceeding, dispute, Claim, demand, notice, direction, inquiry, arbitration, mediation, dispute resolution or litigation; or
(b) ruling, judgment, order, declaration or decree by any Government Agency,
against any CAML Group Member that is current or, as far as CAML is aware, pending, threatened or anticipated that is not frivolous or vexatious and which could reasonably be expected to give rise to a liability for the Cygnus Group in excess of US$2,000,000.
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24 (no other approvals necessary) As at the date of this document, no consents, approvals or other acts by a Government Agency are necessary to be obtained by CAML to effect the Proposed Transaction other than the CAML Regulatory Approvals.
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Schedule 7 – Cygnus capital structure
Part A: Cygnus Shares
| Security | Total number on issue |
|---|---|
| Fully paid ordinary shares (ASX code: CY5) | 1,220,913,340 |
Part B: Cygnus Options
| Security | Total number on issue |
|---|---|
| Options (ASX code: CY5AS) expiry 26-Sep-2026, at C$0.0574 each | 34,252 |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AU) expiry 12-May-2027, at C$0.3225 each | 1,024,631 |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AV) expiry 13-Jun-2027, at C$0.3006 each | 109,782 |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AW) expiry 19-Aug-2027, at C$0.2241 each | 1,829,700 |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AX) expiry 12-May-2028, at C$0.1093 each | 1,235,047 |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AY) expiry 19-Apr-2029, at C$0.0547 each | 6,724,146 |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AZ) expiry 16-Sep-2029, at C$0.0574 each | 137,227 |
Part C: Cygnus Performance Rights
| Security | Total number on issue |
|---|---|
| Performance rights (ASX code: CY5AJ) | 83,621,706 |
Part D: Cygnus Share Rights
| Security | Total number on issue |
|---|---|
| Share rights (ASX code: CY5AK) | 3,146,535 |
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Schedule 8 – Option Consideration
| Class of Cygnus Option | Number of Cygnus Options | Cygnus Option Consideration |
|---|---|---|
| Options (ASX code: CY5AS) | 34,252 | 0.06 CAML options with an exercise price of £0.51 for every 1 Cygnus Option |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AU) | 1,024,631 | 0.06 CAML options with an exercise price of £2.89 for every 1 Cygnus Option |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AV) | 109,782 | 0.06 CAML options with an exercise price of £2.69 for every 1 Cygnus Option |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AW) | 1,829,700 | 0.06 CAML options with an exercise price of £2.01 for every 1 Cygnus Option |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AX) | 1,235,047 | 0.06 CAML options with an exercise price of £0.98 for every 1 Cygnus Option |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AY) | 6,724,146 | 0.06 CAML options with an exercise price of £0.49 for every 1 Cygnus Option |
| Options (ASX code: CY5AZ) | 137,227 | 0.06 CAML options with an exercise price of £0.51 for every 1 Cygnus Option |
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Scheme Implementation Deed
Execution
Executed as a deed.
Executed by Cygnus Metals Limited in accordance with section 127 of the Comorations Act 2001 (Cth):
Company Secretary/Director
Maddison Cramer
Name of Company Secretary/Director (print)
Director
David Southam
Name of Director (print)
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Signature of director
Louise Wrathall
Name of director

Signature of director
Gavin Ferrar
Name of director
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Contents
1 Definitions and interpretation 1
1.1 Definitions 1
1.2 Interpretation 1
2 Nature of deed poll 1
3 Condition precedent and termination 2
3.1 Condition precedent 2
3.2 Termination 2
3.3 Consequences of termination 2
4 Compliance with Scheme obligations 2
5 Representations and warranties 3
6 Withholding 3
7 Continuing obligations 3
8 Stamp duty 4
9 Notices 4
10 General 5
10.1 Variation 5
10.2 Partial exercising of rights 5
10.3 Waiver 5
10.4 Remedies cumulative 6
10.5 Assignment or other dealings 6
10.6 Further steps 6
10.7 Severance and enforceability 6
11 Governing law and jurisdiction 6
11.1 Governing law and jurisdiction 6
11.2 Service of process 6
Execution 7
Annexure A – Scheme 8
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Parties
- Central Asia Metals PLC (company number 05559627) of Ground Floor, Heritage House, 2-14 Shortlands, London, UK, W6 8DJ (CAML)
- In favour of each Scheme Shareholder
Background
A. CAML and Cygnus Metals Limited (ACN 609 094 653) (Cygnus) are parties to a Scheme Implementation Deed dated [●] (Scheme Implementation Deed).
B. Cygnus has agreed in the Scheme Implementation Deed to propose the Scheme set out in Annexure A (Scheme), pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions precedent, CAML will acquire all of the Scheme Shares from Scheme Shareholders for the provision of the Scheme Consideration to the Scheme Shareholders.
C. In accordance with the Scheme Implementation Deed, CAML is entering into this document for the purpose of covenanting in favour of the Scheme Shareholders that CAML will observe and perform the obligations contemplated of it under the Scheme.
Agreed terms
1 Definitions and interpretation
1.1 Definitions
Unless otherwise defined herein, a capitalised term used in this document has the same meaning as given to that term in the Scheme.
1.2 Interpretation
The provisions of clause 1.2 of the Scheme form part of this document as if set out in full in this document.
2 Nature of deed poll
CAML acknowledges that:
(a) this document may be relied on and enforced by any Scheme Shareholder in accordance with its terms even though the Scheme Shareholders are not a party to it; and
(b) under the Scheme, on and from the Effective Date, each Scheme Shareholder irrevocably appoints Cygnus (and Cygnus may sub-delegate its functions, authorities or powers to all or any of its directors, officers, secretaries or employees (jointly, severally
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or jointly and severally)) as its attorney and agent for the purpose of enforcing this document against CAML.
3 Condition precedent and termination
3.1 Condition precedent
The obligations of CAML under this document are subject to the Scheme becoming Effective.
3.2 Termination
The obligations of CAML under this document will automatically terminate and the terms of this document will be of no further force or effect:
(a) if the Scheme has not become Effective on or before the End Date; or
(b) if the Scheme Implementation Deed is terminated in accordance with its terms, unless CAML and Cygnus otherwise agree in writing.
3.3 Consequences of termination
If this document is terminated under clause 3.2, then:
(a) CAML is released from its obligations to further perform this document, except those obligations under clause 8; and
(b) in addition and without prejudice to any other rights, powers or remedies available to Scheme Shareholders, each Scheme Shareholder retains the rights, powers or remedies they have against CAML in respect of any breach of this document which occurs before it is terminated.
4 Compliance with Scheme obligations
Subject to clause 3, CAML undertakes in favour of each Scheme Shareholder that:
(a) it will observe and perform all obligations contemplated of CAML under the Scheme, including the relevant obligations relating to the provision of the Scheme Consideration in accordance with the terms of the Scheme;
(b) it will undertake all other actions, and give each acknowledgement, representation and warranty (if any), attributed to CAML under the Scheme in accordance with the terms of the Scheme; and
(c) all New CAML Shares issued to each Scheme Shareholder in accordance with the Scheme will:
(i) upon their issue rank equally in all respects with all other CAML Shares then on issue;
(ii) be duly and validly issued in accordance with applicable laws; and
(iii) upon their issue will be fully paid and free from any Encumbrance.
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5 Representations and warranties
CAML represents and warrants in favour of each Scheme Shareholder that:
(a) (incorporation) It is validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation or registration.
(b) (power) It has the power to enter into and perform its obligations under this document and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this document, subject to the CAML Shareholder Resolution (as that term is defined in the Scheme Implementation Deed) being approved by the requisite majority of CAML shareholders.
(c) (authority) It has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into and performance of this document and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this document, subject to the CAML Shareholder Resolution (as that term is defined in the Scheme Implementation Deed) being approved by the requisite majority of CAML shareholders.
(d) (deed enforceable) CAML's obligations under this document are valid and binding and enforceable against it in accordance with their terms and execution and performance of this document will not result in a breach of CAML's constituent documents or any agreement or deed or any writ, order or injunction, rule or regulation to which any CAML Group Member is a party or to which they are bound or require any permit, licence, consent, approval, registration, accreditation, certification or other authorisation from any Government Agency, except for the CAML Regulatory Approvals and the Regulatory Approvals (as those terms are defined in the Scheme Implementation Deed).
(e) (no Insolvency Event) No Insolvency Event (as that term is defined in the Scheme Implementation Deed) has occurred in relation to CAML or any other CAML Group Member nor has any regulatory action of any nature of which CAML is aware been taken or threatened to be taken that would prevent or restrict CAML's ability to fulfil its obligations under this document.
6 Withholding
(a) CAML must not deduct or withhold any amount from the Scheme Consideration payable to a Scheme Shareholder unless, and only to the extent that, CAML is permitted by the Scheme to do so or is required to do so by law.
(b) Subject to the Scheme Implementation Deed, the Scheme Consideration payable to a Scheme Shareholder by CAML shall not be increased to reflect any amounts referred to in clause 6(a) which have been deducted or withheld, and the net aggregate sum payable to the Scheme Shareholder shall be taken to be in full and final satisfaction of the amount owing to that Scheme Shareholder.
7 Continuing obligations
This document is irrevocable and, subject to clause 3, remains in full force and effect until the earlier of:
(a) CAML having fully performed its obligations under this document; and
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(b) termination of this document under clause 3.2.
8 Stamp duty
CAML must:
(a) pay all stamp duty (including any related fines, penalties and interest) assessed as being payable with respect to the acquisition of the Scheme Shares pursuant to the Scheme; and
(b) indemnify each Scheme Shareholder against any liability arising from a failure to comply with clause 8(a).
9 Notices
(a) Notices and other communications in connection with this document must be in legible writing in English, signed by the person giving the notice or other communication and sent to the following address:
Address: Ground Floor, Heritage House, 2-14 Shortlands, London, UK, W6 8DJ
Email: [email protected]
For the attention of: Gavin Ferrar
with a copy to: Victoria Usova
Ground Floor, Heritage House, 2-14 Shortlands, London, UK, W6 8DJ
(b) If the intended recipient has notified of changed contact details, then communications must be sent to the changed contact details.
(c) Any notice or other communication given in accordance with clause 9(a) will be deemed to have been duly given and received by one of the following methods and at the time set out below:
(i) if delivered by hand, on delivery to the nominated address;
(ii) if sent by pre-paid post to the nominated address in the same country, at 9:00am (addressee's time) on the second Business Day after the date of posting;
(iii) if sent by pre-paid post to the nominated address in another country, at 9:00am (addressee's time) on the tenth Business Day after the date of posting; or
(iv) if sent by email:
(A) when the sender receives an automated message confirming delivery; or
(B) two hours after the time sent (as recorded on the device from which the email was sent), provided that the sender does not, within that period, receive an automated message that the email has not been delivered,
whichever happens first.
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(d) Any notice that, pursuant to clause 9(c), would be deemed to be given:
(i) other than on a Business Day or after 5:00pm on a Business Day is regarded as given at 9:00am on the following Business Day; and
(ii) before 9:00am on a Business Day is regarded as given at 9:00am on that Business Day,
where, for the purposes of this clause 9(d), the place in the definition of Business Day is taken to be the place specified in clause 9(a) as the address of the recipient and the time of receipt is the time in that place.
10 General
10.1 Variation
A provision of this document or any right created under it may not be varied, altered or otherwise amended unless:
(a) if the variation, alteration or amendment occurs before the First Court Date (as that term is defined in the Scheme Implementation Deed), the variation, alteration or amendment is agreed to by CAML and Cygnus in writing (which such agreement may be given or withheld without reference to or approval by any Scheme Shareholder); and
(b) if the variation, alteration or amendment occurs on or after the First Court Date, it is agreed to by CAML and Cygnus in writing and the Court approves (either at the hearing on the First Court Date, an interlocutory hearing or the hearing on the Second Court Date) that variation, alteration or amendment,
in which event CAML must enter into a further deed poll in favour of the Scheme Shareholders giving effect to the variation, alteration or amendment.
10.2 Partial exercising of rights
Unless this document expressly states otherwise, if CAML does not exercise a right, power or remedy in connection with this document fully or at a given time, it may still exercise it later.
10.3 Waiver
(a) CAML may not rely on the words or conduct of any Scheme Shareholder as a waiver of any right unless the waiver is in writing and signed by the Scheme Shareholder granting the waiver. A waiver is limited to the specific instance to which it relates and to the specific purpose for which it is given.
(b) No Scheme Shareholder may rely on words or conduct of CAML as a waiver of any right unless the waiver is in writing and signed by CAML. A waiver is limited to the specific instance to which it relates and to the specific purpose for which it is given.
(c) Failure to exercise or enforce, a delay in exercising or enforcing or the partial exercise or enforcement of any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this document by any party will not in any way preclude, or operate as a waiver of, any exercise or enforcement, or further exercise or enforcement, of that or any other right, power or remedy provided by law or under this document.
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10.4 Remedies cumulative
The rights, powers and remedies in connection with this document are in addition to other rights, powers and remedies given by law independently of this document.
10.5 Assignment or other dealings
(a) The rights created by this document are personal to CAML and each Scheme Shareholder and must not be assigned or otherwise dealt with at law or in equity without the prior written consent of CAML.
(b) Any purported dealing in contravention of clause 10.5(a) is invalid.
10.6 Further steps
CAML agrees to do all things necessary to give full effect to this document and the transactions contemplated by it.
10.7 Severance and enforceability
Any provision, or the application of any provision, of this document that is void, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction does not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of that provision in any other jurisdiction or of the remaining provisions of this document in that or any other jurisdiction.
11 Governing law and jurisdiction
11.1 Governing law and jurisdiction
(a) This document is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with the laws applicable in Western Australia.
(b) CAML irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts exercising jurisdiction in Western Australia and any courts which have jurisdiction to hear appeals from any of those courts and waives any right to object to any proceedings being brought in those courts.
11.2 Service of process
Without preventing any other mode of service, any document in an action or proceeding in connection with this document (including any writ of summons, statement of claim or other originating process or any third or other party notice) may be served on CAML by being delivered to or left for CAML at its address for service of notices under clause 9(a).
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Execution
Executed as a deed poll.
Executed and delivered as a deed by Central Asia Metals PLC in the presence of:
Signature of director
Signature of director
Name of director
Signature of director
Name of director
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Annexure A – Scheme
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Contents
1 Interpretation 1
1.1 Definitions 1
1.2 Interpretation 5
1.3 Business Day 7
2 Preliminary 7
2.1 Central Asia Metals PLC 7
2.2 Cygnus Metals Limited 7
2.3 If Scheme becomes Effective 7
2.4 Scheme Implementation Deed 7
2.5 Deed Poll 7
3 Nominee 8
4 Conditions precedent 8
4.1 Conditions precedent to Scheme 8
4.2 Conditions precedent and operation of clause 6 9
4.3 Certificate in relation to conditions precedent 9
4.4 End Date 9
5 Scheme 9
6 Implementation of Scheme 10
6.1 Lodgement of Court orders with ASIC 10
6.2 Transfer and registration of Scheme Shares 10
6.3 Entitlement to Scheme Consideration 10
6.4 Title and rights in Scheme Shares 10
6.5 Warranty by Scheme Shareholders 10
6.6 Transfer free of Encumbrances 11
6.7 Appointment of CAML as sole proxy 11
7 Scheme Consideration 12
7.1 Consideration under this Scheme 12
7.2 Scheme Consideration 12
7.3 Provision of Scheme Consideration 12
7.4 Fractional entitlements 13
7.5 Shareholder splitting or division 13
7.6 Scheme Shareholders' agreements 14
7.7 Unclaimed monies 14
7.8 Ineligible Foreign Shareholders, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholders and FRCGW Holders 15
7.9 Other ineligible Scheme Shareholders 17
7.10 Orders of a Court or Government Agency 17
7.11 Shares to rank equally 18
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7.12 Exchange election 18
7.13 Joint holders 20
8 Dealings in Scheme Shares 20
8.1 Determination of Scheme Shareholders 20
8.2 Cygnus Share Register 20
8.3 No disposals after Record Date 20
8.4 Maintenance of Cygnus Share Register 21
8.5 Effect of certificates and holding statements 21
8.6 Details of Scheme Shareholders 21
8.7 Quotation of Cygnus Shares 21
8.8 Termination of quotation of Cygnus Shares 21
9 Instructions and notification 22
10 Power of attorney 22
11 Notices 22
11.1 No deemed receipt 22
11.2 Accidental omission 22
12 General 23
12.1 Alterations and conditions 23
12.2 Further assurances 23
12.3 Consent 23
12.4 No liability when acting in good faith 23
12.5 Enforcement of Deed Poll 23
12.6 Stamp duty 23
12.7 Scrip for scrip roll-over relief 23
13 Governing law and jurisdiction 24
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Parties
- Cygnus Metals Limited (ACN 609 094 653) of Level 2, 8 Richardson Street, West Perth, Western Australia (Cygnus)
- Each person who holds one or more Cygnus Shares recorded in the Cygnus Share Register as at the Record Date (other than an Excluded Holder)
Agreed terms
1 Interpretation
1.1 Definitions
In this document these terms have the following meanings:
- AIM The market of that name operated by London Stock Exchange plc.
- ASIC The Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
- ASX ASX Limited (ABN 98 008 624 691) or, as the context requires, the financial market known as the Australian Securities Exchange operated by it.
- Business Day A ‘business day’ as defined in the Listing Rules.
- CAML Central Asia Metals PLC (company number 05559627).
- CAML Group CAML and its Controlled Entities (excluding, at any time, the Cygnus Group Members to the extent that the Cygnus Group Members are Subsidiaries of CAML at that time).
- CAML Group Member Each member of the CAML Group.
- CAML Share An ordinary share of US$0.01 in the capital of CAML.
- CAML Share Register The register of members of CAML maintained in accordance with section 113 of the Companies Act 2006 of England and Wales.
- CDS The Canadian Depositary for Securities Limited.
- CDSX The clearing and settlement system currently utilised by CDS and its participants.
- CHESS The Clearing House Electronic Subregister System for the electronic transfer of securities, operated by ASX Settlement Pty Ltd.
- CHESS Holding Has the meaning given in the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, being the official operating rules of the settlement facility provided by ASX Settlement Pty Ltd.
- Commissioner Federal Commissioner of Taxation.
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Control
Has the meaning given in section 50AA of the Corporations Act.
Controlled Entity
In respect of an entity, an entity that entity Controls.
Corporations Act
The Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Court
The Supreme Court of Western Australia or such other court of competent jurisdiction as agreed in writing between Cygnus and CAML.
CREST
The electronic settlement system operated by Euroclear UK & International Limited for paperless settlement of share transfers and the holding of shares in uncertified form in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Cygnus Group
Cygnus and its Controlled Entities.
Cygnus Group Member
Each member of the Cygnus Group.
Cygnus Registry
Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited (ACN 078 279 227) or Computershare Investor Services Inc. (as applicable).
Cygnus Share
A fully paid ordinary share in the capital of Cygnus.
Cygnus Share Register
The register of members of Cygnus maintained by the Cygnus Registry.
Cygnus Shareholder
Each person who is registered in the Cygnus Share Register as a holder of one or more Cygnus Shares.
Deed Poll
The deed poll executed on [●] by CAML in favour of Scheme Shareholders or in such other form as is agreed in writing between CAML and Cygnus.
Delivery Time
Not later than two hours before the commencement of the hearing or if the commencement of the hearing is adjourned, the commencement of the adjourned hearing, of the Court to approve this Scheme in accordance with section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act.
Effective
The coming into effect, pursuant to section 411(10) of the Corporations Act, of the order of the Court made under section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act in relation to this Scheme, but in any event at no time before an office copy of the order of the Court is lodged with ASIC.
Effective Date
The date on which this Scheme becomes Effective.
Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder
A Selling Scheme Shareholder (other than a Scheme Shareholder who, at the Record Date, holds its Scheme Shares through CDS) who has elected in writing to have all of their Scheme Consideration issued to the Sale Agent and sold on their behalf in accordance with this Scheme.
Election Form
An election form provided for the purposes of a Scheme Shareholder (other than a Scheme Shareholder who, at the Record Date, holds its Scheme Shares through CDS, an Ineligible Foreign Shareholder or Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder) making an election to issue their New CAML Shares on either the CAML Share Register maintained in Canada or the United Kingdom in accordance with clause 7.12.
Electronic Settlement Election Form
The form accompanying the Scheme Booklet wherein a Scheme Shareholder may elect for their relevant New CAML Shares which they are entitled to under the terms of this Scheme to be settled in CREST.
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Encumbrance
A mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest, assignment by way of security, debenture, option, hypothecation, title retention, pre-emptive or preferential right, claim, equitable or other right, power of sale, retention of title, right of first refusal, trust arrangement, contractual right of set-off, or any other security agreement or arrangement or third party right in favour of any person, whether registered or unregistered, including any Security Interest.
End Date
The later of:
(a) the date that is six months after the date of the Scheme Implementation Deed; and
(b) such other date and time agreed in writing between Cygnus and CAML before that date.
Excluded Holder
Any Cygnus Shareholder who is a CAML Group Member or any Cygnus Shareholder who holds any Cygnus Shares on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any member of the CAML Group and does not hold Cygnus Shares on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any other person.
FRCGW Amount
In respect of a FRCGW Holder, the amount required to be paid to the Commissioner by CAML under section 14-200 of Schedule 1 of the TAA in respect of the acquisition of Scheme Shares from that FRCGW Holder, as calculated in accordance with Subdivision 14-D of the TAA, provided that where CAML has received, prior to the Implementation Date, a variation notice issued by the Commissioner under section 14-235 of Schedule 1 of the TAA in respect of that FRCGW Holder, the FRCGW Amount for that FRCGW Holder is the reduced amount specified in that variation notice (and, for the avoidance of doubt, is zero where that notice is a Nil Variation Notice).
FRCGW Consideration Shares
In relation to a FRCGW Holder, that minimum number of New CAML Shares (if any) that, when sold by the Sale Agent, would produce proceeds equal to the FRCGW Amount.
FRCGW Holder
Has the same meaning given in the Scheme Implementation Deed.
Government Agency
Australian, Canadian or Québec, or any foreign, government or governmental, semi-governmental, administrative, fiscal, regulatory or judicial body, stock exchange, department, commission, authority, tribunal, agency or entity, or any minister of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth of Australia or any State, any Canadian or Québec minister, and any other federal, state, provincial, regional or local government, whether Australian, Canadian, Québec or foreign.
Implementation Date
The fifth Business Day after the Record Date or such other date after the Record Date agreed to in writing between Cygnus and CAML.
Ineligible Foreign Shareholder
A Scheme Shareholder whose address shown in the Cygnus Share Register on the Record Date is a place outside Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States of America unless CAML determines that it is lawful and not unduly onerous or impracticable to issue that Scheme Shareholder with the Scheme Consideration on implementation of this Scheme.
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Issuer Sponsored Holding
Has the meaning given in the ASX Settlement Operating Rules, being the official operating rules of the settlement facility provided by ASX Settlement Pty Ltd.
ITAA 1997
The Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth).
Listing Rules
The official listing rules of ASX as amended from time to time.
New CAML Share
A new CAML Share to be issued as consideration by CAML under the terms of this Scheme.
Nil Variation Notice
A notice issued by the Commissioner under section 14-235 of Schedule 1 to the TAA varying the amount (if any) that CAML is liable to pay the Commissioner under section 14-200 of Schedule 1 of the TAA in respect of the acquisition of the Scheme Shares, to zero.
Nominee Holder
A Scheme Shareholder who holds one or more parcels of Scheme Shares as trustee or nominee for, or otherwise on account of, another person.
Recognised Canadian Exchange
The TSX or the TSXV.
Record Date
7.00pm (Sydney time) on the second Business Day after the Effective Date or such other time and date after the Effective Date agreed to in writing between Cygnus and CAML.
Registered Address
In relation to a Cygnus Shareholder, the address of that Cygnus Shareholder shown in the Cygnus Share Register.
Relevant CAML Shares
The meaning given in clause 7.8.
Rights
All accretions, rights and benefits attaching to, or arising from, the Scheme Shares directly or indirectly, including any capital returns, all dividends and all rights to receive them and rights to receive or subscribe for shares, notes, bonds, options or other securities or entitlements declared, paid or issued by Cygnus.
Sale Agent
A person appointed by CAML to sell the Relevant CAML Shares in accordance with clause 7.8.
Scheme
This scheme of arrangement between Cygnus and Scheme Shareholders as set out in this document, subject to any alterations or conditions made or required by the Court pursuant to section 411(6) of the Corporations Act, or proposed by a party, in each case consented to by CAML and Cygnus in accordance with clause 12.
Scheme Consideration
The consideration to be provided by CAML to each Scheme Shareholder for the transfer to CAML of each Scheme Share under the terms of this Scheme, being 0.06 New CAML Shares for every 1 Scheme Share.
Scheme Implementation Deed
The Scheme Implementation Deed dated [●] between CAML and Cygnus under which, amongst other things, Cygnus has agreed to propose this Scheme to Cygnus Shareholders, and each of Cygnus and CAML has agreed to take certain steps to give effect to this Scheme.
Scheme Meeting
The meeting of Cygnus Shareholders ordered by the Court to be convened under section 411(1) of the Corporations Act in relation to this
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Scheme and includes any meeting convened following any adjournment or postponement of that meeting.
Scheme Share
A Cygnus Share held by a Scheme Shareholder as at the Record Date.
Scheme Shareholder
A person who holds one or more Cygnus Shares recorded in the Cygnus Share Register as at the Record Date (other than an Excluded Holder).
Scheme Shareholder Declaration
A declaration in accordance with the requirements of section 14-225 of Schedule 1 of the TAA that covers, at least, the date of the Scheme Implementation Deed and the Implementation Date.
Second Court Date
The first day on which an application made to the Court for an order under section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act approving this Scheme is heard or, if the application is adjourned or subject to appeal for any reason, means the date on which the adjourned application or appeal is heard.
Security Interest
Any security interest, including:
(a) a ‘security interest’ as defined in sections 12(1) or (2) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth);
(b) any other interest or arrangement of any kind that in substance secures the payment of money or the performance of an obligation, or that gives a creditor priority over unsecured creditors in relation to any property; and
(c) any right of first refusal, pre-emptive right or any similar restriction.
Selling Scheme Shareholder
A Scheme Shareholder (other than an Ineligible Foreign Shareholder) who holds equal to or less than 85,176 Scheme Shares as at the Record Date.
Share Scheme Transfer
One or more duly completed and executed proper instruments of transfer of the Scheme Shares for the purposes of section 1071B of the Corporations Act, which may be or include a master transfer of all Scheme Shares.
Subsidiary
Has the meaning given to that term in Division 6 of Part 1.2 of the Corporations Act.
TAA
The Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth).
TSX
Toronto Stock Exchange.
TSXV
The TSX Venture Exchange
1.2 Interpretation
Headings are for ease of reference only and do not affect interpretation. In this document, the following rules apply unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) the singular includes the plural, and the converse also applies;
(b) the meaning of general words is not limited by specific examples introduced by “including”, “for example”, “such as” or similar expressions;
(c) a gender includes other genders;
(d) if a word or phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a corresponding meaning;
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(e) a reference to a clause, paragraph, schedule or annexure is to a clause or paragraph of, or schedule or annexure to, this document, and a reference to this document includes any schedule or annexure;
(f) a reference to a document or instrument includes the document or instrument as novated, altered, supplemented or replaced from time to time;
(g) a reference to A$, $A, dollar or $ is to the lawful currency of Australia;
(h) a reference to US$ is to the lawful currency of the United States of America;
(i) a reference to time is, unless otherwise indicated, a reference to that time in Perth, Western Australia;
(j) a reference to a party is to a party to this document, and a reference to a party to a document includes the party's executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns and substitutes;
(k) a reference to a person includes a natural person, partnership, body corporate, joint venture, association, governmental or local authority or agency or other entity or organisation;
(l) a reference to “law” includes common law, principles of equity and legislation (including regulations);
(m) a reference to legislation or to a provision of legislation (including a listing rule or operating rule of a financial market or of a clearing and settlement facility) includes a modification or re-enactment of it, a legislative provision substituted for it and a regulation or statutory instrument issued under it;
(n) a reference to “regulations” includes instruments of a legislative character under legislation (such as regulations, rules, by-laws, ordinances and proclamations);
(o) a reference to a body (including an institute, association or authority), other than a party to this document, whether statutory or not:
(i) which ceases to exist; or
(ii) whose powers or functions are transferred to another body,
is a reference to the body which replaces it or which substantially succeeds to its powers or functions;
(p) a reference to an agreement other than this document includes a deed and any legally enforceable undertaking, agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing;
(q) a word or expression defined in the Corporations Act, and which is not defined in clause 1.1, has the meaning given to it in the Corporations Act;
(r) if a period of time is specified and dates from a given day or the day of an act or event, it is to be calculated exclusive of that day;
(s) a reference to a day is to be interpreted as the period of time commencing at midnight and ending 24 hours later;
(t) if an act prescribed under this document to be done by a party on or by a given day is done after 5.00pm on that day, it is taken to be done on the next day;
(u) a reference to the Listing Rules includes any variation, consolidation or replacement of these rules and is to be taken to be subject to any waiver or exemption granted to the compliance of those rules by a party;
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(v) a rule of construction does not apply to the disadvantage of a party because the party was responsible for the preparation of this document or any part of it;
(w) a reference to something being "reasonably likely" (or to a similar expression) is a reference to that thing being more likely than not to occur, when assessed objectively;
(x) a reference to conduct includes an omission, statement or undertaking, whether or not in writing; and
(y) the meaning of general words is not limited by specific examples introduced by including, for example or similar expressions.
1.3 Business Day
If a day on or by which an obligation must be performed or an event must occur is not a Business Day, the obligation must be performed or the event must occur on or by the next Business Day.
2 Preliminary
2.1 Central Asia Metals PLC
(a) CAML is a company incorporated in England and Wales.
(b) CAML Shares are admitted to trading on AIM.
2.2 Cygnus Metals Limited
(a) Cygnus is a public company limited by shares.
(b) Cygnus is incorporated in Australia and registered in Western Australia.
(c) Cygnus is admitted to the official lists of ASX, and TSXV.
(d) Cygnus Shares are tradeable on the ASX and TSXV.
2.3 If Scheme becomes Effective
If this Scheme becomes Effective, then each of the following will occur on the Implementation Date:
(a) in consideration for the transfer of each Scheme Share to CAML, CAML will provide, or cause to be provided, the Scheme Consideration to each Scheme Shareholder in accordance with the terms of this Scheme and the Deed Poll;
(b) all Scheme Shares, and all the Rights as at the Implementation Date, will be transferred to CAML on the Implementation Date; and
(c) Cygnus will enter the name of CAML in the Cygnus Share Register as the holder of all Scheme Shares in accordance with the terms of this Scheme.
2.4 Scheme Implementation Deed
CAML and Cygnus have agreed by executing the Scheme Implementation Deed to implement the terms of this Scheme.
2.5 Deed Poll
This Scheme attributes actions to CAML but does not itself impose any obligation on CAML to perform those actions. CAML has executed the Deed Poll for the purpose of covenanting in
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favour of the Scheme Shareholders to perform (or procure the performance of) the obligations attributable to CAML under this Scheme, including to provide, or cause to be provided, the Scheme Consideration to the Scheme Shareholders in accordance with the terms of this Scheme.
3 Nominee
(a) CAML may nominate any wholly-owned Subsidiary of CAML (CAML Nominee) to acquire the Scheme Shares under this Scheme by giving written notice to Cygnus on or before the date that is five Business Days before the date on which Cygnus provides an advanced draft of the Scheme Booklet to ASIC for its review for the purposes of section 411(2) of the Corporations Act.
(b) If CAML nominates a CAML Nominee to acquire the Scheme Shares under this Scheme, then:
(i) references in this document to CAML acquiring the Scheme Shares under this Scheme are to be read as references to the CAML Nominee doing so;
(ii) other references in this Scheme to CAML are to be read as references to CAML or the CAML Nominee, other than to the extent those provisions relate to the New CAML Shares which will always be ordinary shares of US$0.01 in the capital of CAML (and not the CAML Nominee);
(iii) Cygnus must procure that the Scheme Shares transferred under this Scheme are transferred to the CAML Nominee, rather than CAML;
(iv) CAML must procure that the CAML Nominee complies with the relevant obligations of CAML under this Scheme and enters into a deed of accession on terms acceptable to Cygnus (acting reasonably); and
(v) any such nomination will not relieve CAML of its obligations under this Scheme or the Deed Poll, including the obligation to provide, or cause to be provided, the Scheme Consideration in accordance with the terms of this Scheme, provided that CAML will not be in breach of this Scheme for failing to perform an obligation of CAML if that obligation is fully discharged by the CAML Nominee.
4 Conditions precedent
4.1 Conditions precedent to Scheme
This Scheme is conditional on, and will have no force or effect until, the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent:
(a) as at the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date, all of the conditions precedent in schedule 1 of the Scheme Implementation Deed having been satisfied or waived (other than the condition precedent relating to Court approval set out in item 8 of schedule 1 of the Scheme Implementation Deed) in accordance with the terms of the Scheme Implementation Deed;
(b) neither the Scheme Implementation Deed nor the Deed Poll having been terminated in accordance with their terms before the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date;
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(c) the Court having approved this Scheme pursuant to section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act, including any alterations or conditions made or required by the Court under section 411(6) of the Corporations Act and agreed to by CAML and Cygnus (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned);
(d) such other alterations or conditions made or required by the Court under section 411(6) of the Corporations Act in relation to this Scheme and agreed to by CAML and Cygnus (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) having been satisfied or waived; and
(e) the coming into effect, pursuant to section 411(10) of the Corporations Act, of the orders of the Court made under section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act (and, if applicable, section 411(6) of the Corporations Act) in relation to this Scheme on or before the End Date (or any later date agreed to in writing by CAML and Cygnus).
4.2 Conditions precedent and operation of clause 6
The satisfaction of each condition of clause 4.1 is a condition precedent to the operation of clause 6.
4.3 Certificate in relation to conditions precedent
(a) CAML and Cygnus must each provide to the Court on the Second Court Date a certificate, or such other evidence as the Court requests, confirming (in respect of matters within their knowledge) whether or not all of the conditions precedent set out in clause 4.1 (other than the conditions precedent in clauses 4.1(c), 4.1(d) and 4.1(e)) have been satisfied or waived as at the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date.
(b) The certificate given by each of CAML and Cygnus pursuant to clause 4.3(a) will constitute conclusive evidence of whether the conditions precedent referred to in clause 4.1 (other than the conditions precedent in clauses 4.1(c), 4.1(d) and 4.1(e)) have been satisfied or waived as at the Delivery Time on the Second Court Date.
4.4 End Date
Without limiting any rights or obligations under the Scheme Implementation Deed, this Scheme will lapse and be of no further force or effect if:
(a) the Effective Date does not occur on or before 11.59pm on the End Date; or
(b) the Scheme Implementation Deed or the Deed Poll is terminated in accordance with their respective terms,
unless CAML and Cygnus otherwise agree in writing.
5 Scheme
Subject to clause 4, this Scheme will come into effect pursuant to section 411(10) of the Corporations Act on and from the Effective Date.
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6 Implementation of Scheme
6.1 Lodgement of Court orders with ASIC
If the conditions precedent set out in clause 4.1 (other than the condition precedent in clause 4.1(e)) are satisfied, Cygnus must lodge with ASIC, in accordance with section 411(10) of the Corporations Act, an office copy of the Court order made under section 411(4)(b) of the Corporations Act approving this Scheme as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event by no later than 12.00pm on the Business Day after the date on which the Court order was made (or such later time as Cygnus and CAML agree in writing).
6.2 Transfer and registration of Scheme Shares
Subject to this Scheme becoming Effective, on the Implementation Date, but subject to the provision of the Scheme Consideration for the Scheme Shares in accordance with clause 7 and CAML having provided Cygnus with written confirmation of the provision of the Scheme Consideration:
(a) the Scheme Shares, together with all Rights as at the Implementation Date, must be transferred to CAML, without the need for any further act by any Scheme Shareholder (other than acts performed by Cygnus as attorney and agent for Scheme Shareholders under clause 10), by:
(i) Cygnus delivering to CAML a duly completed and executed Share Scheme Transfer to transfer all of the Scheme Shares to CAML, duly executed on behalf of the Scheme Shareholders by Cygnus as their agent and attorney, for registration; and
(ii) CAML duly executing the Share Scheme Transfer, attending to stamping of the Share Scheme Transfer (if required) and delivering it to Cygnus for registration; and
(b) immediately after receipt of the duly executed Share Scheme Transfer, Cygnus must enter, or procure the entry of, the name of CAML in the Cygnus Share Register as the holder of all Scheme Shares transferred to CAML in accordance with the terms of this Scheme.
6.3 Entitlement to Scheme Consideration
On the Implementation Date, in consideration for the transfer to CAML of the Scheme Shares, each Scheme Shareholder will be entitled to receive, and CAML will provide, or cause to be provided, to each Scheme Shareholder, the Scheme Consideration in respect of each of their Scheme Shares in accordance with clause 7 and the Deed Poll.
6.4 Title and rights in Scheme Shares
Immediately upon the provision of the Scheme Consideration to each Scheme Shareholder (other than Ineligible Foreign Shareholders and Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder), CAML will be beneficially entitled to the Scheme Shares transferred to it under this Scheme, pending registration by Cygnus of CAML in the Cygnus Share Register as the holder of the Scheme Shares.
6.5 Warranty by Scheme Shareholders
(a) Each Scheme Shareholder is deemed (by operation of this Scheme and without the need for any further act by the Scheme Shareholder) to have warranted to CAML and
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Cygnus on the Implementation Date, and to have appointed and authorised Cygnus as that Scheme Shareholder's agent and attorney to warrant to CAML on the Implementation Date, that:
(i) all their Scheme Shares (including any Rights) transferred to CAML under this Scheme will, as at the time of the transfer, be fully paid and free from all Encumbrances of any kind whether legal or otherwise, and free from any restrictions on transfer of any kind;
(ii) they have full power and capacity to sell and to transfer their Scheme Shares (including any Rights) to CAML under this Scheme; and
(iii) as at the Record Date, they have no existing right to be issued any Cygnus Shares or any other Cygnus securities or other instruments exercisable or convertible into Cygnus Shares.
(b) Cygnus undertakes in favour of each Scheme Shareholder that it will provide such warranty, to the extent enforceable, to CAML as agent and attorney for each Scheme Shareholder.
6.6 Transfer free of Encumbrances
To the extent permitted by law, all Scheme Shares (including any Rights) which are transferred to CAML under this Scheme will, at the time of the transfer of them to CAML, be fully paid, be free from all Encumbrances of any kind, whether legal or otherwise, and be free from any restrictions on transfer of any kind.
6.7 Appointment of CAML as sole proxy
(a) Subject to the provision of the Scheme Consideration for the Scheme Shares as contemplated by clause 7 (including to the Sale Agent in accordance with clause 7.8), on and from the Implementation Date until Cygnus registers CAML as the holder of all of the Scheme Shares in the Cygnus Share Register, each Scheme Shareholder (by operation of this Scheme and without the need for any further act by the Scheme Shareholder):
(i) is deemed to have irrevocably appointed Cygnus as attorney and agent (and directed Cygnus in such capacity) to appoint CAML and any of CAML's directors, secretaries and officers nominated by CAML (jointly and each of them individually) as its sole proxy, and where applicable corporate representative, to attend shareholders' meetings, exercise the votes attaching to Scheme Shares registered in their name and sign any shareholders resolution (whether in person, by proxy or by corporate representative);
(ii) must not attend or vote at any of those shareholder meetings or sign any shareholder resolutions, whether in person, by proxy or by corporate representative (other than pursuant to clause 6.7(a)(i));
(iii) must take all other actions in the capacity of the registered holder of Scheme Shares as CAML directs; and
(iv) acknowledges and agrees that in exercising the powers referred to in clause 6.7(a)(i), CAML and any person nominated by CAML under clause 6.7(a)(i) may act in the best interests of CAML as the intended registered holder of the Scheme Shares.
(b) Cygnus undertakes in favour of each Scheme Shareholder that it will appoint CAML and any person nominated by CAML under clause 6.7(a)(i) as that Scheme Shareholder's
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proxy or, where applicable, corporate representative in accordance with clause 6.7(a)(i).
7 Scheme Consideration
7.1 Consideration under this Scheme
On the Implementation Date, in consideration for the transfer to CAML of the Scheme Shares, CAML:
(a) must provide, or procure the provision of, the Scheme Consideration to the Scheme Shareholders (or the Sale Agent in accordance with clause 7.8) in accordance with this clause 7; and
(b) agrees to (in satisfaction of CAML's obligation to provide, or procure the provision of, such Scheme Consideration under clause 7.1(a)) issue, or cause to be issued, the New CAML Shares in accordance with this clause 7 (including in accordance with clause 7.8 in respect to Ineligible Foreign Shareholders, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholders and FRCGW Holders).
7.2 Scheme Consideration
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Scheme (including clause 7.4 in relation to fractional entitlements, clauses 7.8 and 7.9 of this Scheme in relation to Ineligible Foreign Shareholders, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholders and FRCGW Holders and clause 7.10), the Scheme Consideration will be provided by the issue by CAML of the Scheme Consideration to Scheme Shareholders on the Implementation Date.
7.3 Provision of Scheme Consideration
Subject to the other provisions of this clause 7, the obligations of CAML to provide (or procure the provision of) the Scheme Consideration to the Scheme Shareholders will be satisfied by procuring that:
(a) the name and address of each such Scheme Shareholder is entered into the CAML Share Register no later than the Implementation Date in respect of the New CAML Shares to which it is entitled under this clause 7; and
(b) on or as soon as practicable after the Implementation Date:
(i) in the case of each Scheme Shareholder who has validly completed, duly executed and validly-submitted an Electronic Settlement Election Form in accordance with the instructions therein, the CREST account properly-specified in such form is duly-credited with the number of New CAML Shares issued to such Scheme Shareholder pursuant to this Scheme;
(ii) if CAML is listed on a Recognised Canadian Exchange, in the case of each Scheme Shareholder who holds its Scheme Shares through CDS, New CAML Shares are issued through CDSX;
(iii) in the case of each Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder, Ineligible Foreign Shareholder and (in respect of FRCGW Consideration Shares only) FRCGW Holder, the CREST account of the Sale Agent is duly-credited with the number of New CAML Shares which such persons would have been entitled to receive pursuant to this Scheme; and
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(iv) in the case of all other Scheme Shareholders (including any Scheme Shareholders who have incorrectly completed, incorrectly submitted or otherwise incorrectly executed an Electronic Settlement Election Form in accordance with the instructions therein), a share certificate is sent to the Registered Address of each such Scheme Shareholder representing the number of New CAML Shares issued to the Scheme Shareholder pursuant to this Scheme.
7.4 Fractional entitlements
(a) If the number of Scheme Shares held by a Scheme Shareholder at the Record Date is such that the aggregate entitlement of the Scheme Shareholder to Scheme Consideration comprising New CAML Shares includes a fractional entitlement to a New CAML Share, then the entitlement of that Scheme Shareholder must be rounded as follows:
(i) if the fractional entitlement is less than 0.5, it will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of New CAML Shares; and
(ii) if the fractional entitlement is 0.5 or more, it will be rounded up to the nearest whole number of New CAML Shares.
(b) If a Nominee Holder holds more than one parcel of Scheme Shares as trustee or nominee for, or otherwise on account of, another person, then for the purposes of this clause 7.4, the Scheme Consideration for the Nominee Holder will be calculated and rounded based on the aggregate number of Scheme Shares held by the Nominee Holder in those parcels as trustee or nominee for, or otherwise on account of, other persons.
7.5 Shareholder splitting or division
If CAML is of the opinion (acting reasonably) that two or more Scheme Shareholders (each of whom holds a number of Scheme Shares that results in rounding in accordance with clause 7.4 or each of whom holds less than or equal to the number of Cygnus Shares required to classify as a Selling Scheme Shareholder) have, before the Record Date, been party to shareholder splitting or division (whether or not it results in any change in beneficial ownership of the Cygnus Shares) in an attempt to obtain unfair advantage by reference to such rounding, CAML may give notice to those Scheme Shareholders:
(a) setting out their names and Registered Addresses;
(b) stating that opinion; and
(c) attributing to one of them specifically identified in the notice the Scheme Shares held by all of them,
and, after such notice is given, the Scheme Shareholder specifically identified in the notice as the deemed holder of all the specified Scheme Shares will, for the purposes of other provisions of this Scheme, be taken to hold all of those Scheme Shares and each of the other Scheme Shareholders whose names and Registered Addresses are set out in the notice will, for the purposes of the other provisions of this Scheme and the Deed Poll, be taken to hold no Scheme Shares. CAML, in complying with the other provisions of this Scheme and the Deed Poll relating to it in respect of the Scheme Shareholder specifically identified in the notice as the deemed holder of the specified Scheme Shares, will be taken to have satisfied and discharged its obligations to the other Scheme Shareholders named in the notice under the terms of this Scheme and the Deed Poll.
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7.6 Scheme Shareholders' agreements
If the Scheme becomes Effective, each Scheme Shareholder (and, to the extent relevant, the Sale Agent) irrevocably:
(a) agrees to the transfer of their Scheme Shares, together with all Rights, to CAML in accordance with this Scheme;
(b) agrees to the variation, cancellation or modification of the Rights attached to their Scheme Shares constituted by or resulting from this Scheme;
(c) agrees that, after the transfer of their Scheme Shares to CAML and issue of the Scheme Consideration in accordance with this Scheme, any holding statements or share certificates (or equivalent documents) relating to the Scheme Shares will not constitute evidence of title to those Scheme Shares and agrees to, on the direction of CAML, destroy any holding statements or share certificates (or equivalent documents) relating to their Scheme Shares;
(d) agrees, to the extent the Scheme Shareholder holds their Cygnus Shares in a CHESS Holding, to the conversion of their Cygnus Shares to an Issuer Sponsored Holding and irrevocably authorises Cygnus to do anything necessary, incidental or expedient to effect or facilitate such conversion;
(e) agrees to become a shareholder of CAML, to have their name entered in the CAML Share Register as the holder of the New CAML Shares which they are issued as Scheme Consideration, and to accept the New CAML Shares issued to them under this Scheme on the terms and conditions of the CAML constitution;
(f) agrees to be bound by the CAML constitution;
(g) agrees and acknowledges that the issue of New CAML Shares in accordance with clause 7.1 constitutes satisfaction of all that person's entitlements under this Scheme;
(h) acknowledges that this Scheme binds Cygnus and all of the Scheme Shareholders (including those who do not attend the Scheme Meeting and those who do not vote, or voted against this Scheme, at the Scheme Meeting) and, to the extent of any inconsistency, and to extent permitted by law, overrides the constitution of Cygnus;
(i) appoints Cygnus, and each director and officer of Cygnus, as its agent to receive on its behalf any financial services guide (or similar or equivalent document) and any other notices (including any updates of those documents) or regulatory information that the Sale Agent is required to provide to Ineligible Foreign Shareholders, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholders and FRCGW Holders under the Corporations Act or any other applicable law; and
(j) consents to Cygnus and CAML doing all things and executing all deeds, instruments, transfers or other documents as may be necessary or desirable to give full effect to this Scheme and the transactions contemplated by it,
in each case without the need for any further act by that Scheme Shareholder (or the Sale Agent, as applicable).
7.7 Unclaimed monies
(a) CAML may cancel a cheque issued under this clause 7 if the cheque:
(i) is returned to CAML; or
(ii) has not been presented for payment within six months after the date on which the cheque was sent.
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(b) During the period of 12 months commencing on the Implementation Date, on request in writing from a Scheme Shareholder to Cygnus or CAML (or the Cygnus Registry or CAML's share registry) (which request may not be made until the date which is 10 Business Days after the Implementation Date), CAML must reissue or procure the reissuance of a cheque that was previously cancelled under clause 7.7(a).
(c) The Unclaimed Monies Act 1990 (WA) will apply in relation to any Scheme Consideration which becomes 'unclaimed money' (as defined in section 6 of that Act).
(d) Any interest or other benefit accruing from unclaimed Scheme Consideration will be to the benefit of CAML.
7.8 Ineligible Foreign Shareholders, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholders and FRCGW Holders
(a) CAML must permit Selling Scheme Shareholders to elect, by providing notice in writing to Cygnus on or before 5.00 pm on the Business Day before the Record Date, to be treated as an Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder for the purposes of this clause 7.8.
(b) CAML has no obligation under this Scheme to issue, and will not issue, any Scheme Consideration to any:
(i) Ineligible Foreign Shareholder;
(ii) Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder; or
(iii) FRCGW Holder in respect of FRCGW Consideration Shares, and instead:
(iv) the CAML Shares that would, but for this clause 7.8, have been issued to the Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, the Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder or (in respect of the FRCGW Consideration Shares) the FRCGW Holder (as applicable) as Scheme Consideration (Relevant CAML Shares), must be issued by CAML to the Sale Agent (subject to clauses 7.4 and 7.10) and the Sale Agent's CREST account be credited with such Relevant CAML Shares for the purposes of onward settlement with those persons which the Sale Agent may procure to purchase such shares;
(c) Subject to compliance with all applicable laws, including applicable English securities laws, CAML must procure that, as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event not more than 30 trading days (on which the Relevant CAML Shares are capable of being traded on the AIM) after the Implementation Date, the Sale Agent:
(i) sells all the Relevant CAML Shares issued to the Sale Agent pursuant to clause 7.8(b) in such manner, or such financial market, at such price and on such other terms as the Sale Agent determines in good faith; and
(ii) as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event no more than 10 Business Days after settlement of all the sales of Relevant CAML Shares by the Sale Agent under clause 7.8(c)(i), remits to CAML, or at CAML's direction, the total proceeds of those sales after deduction of any applicable commissions, fees, foreign exchange, currency conversion, stamp duty, brokerage, commission and other selling costs, taxes and charges of the Sale Agent incurred in connection with the sale of such Relevant CAML Shares (such net proceeds being the Sale Proceeds).
(d) CAML must, promptly, and in any event within 10 Business Days, after the Sale Proceeds have been remitted by the Sale Agent, pay, or procure the payment, to each
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Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder and FRCGW Holder such proportion of the Sale Proceeds (in Australian dollars) to which that Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder or FRCGW Holder is entitled, to be determined in accordance with the following formula:
$$
A = \left(\frac {B}{C}\right) * D
$$
A is the amount of the Sale Proceeds to which the Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder or FRCGW Holder (as applicable) is to be paid (rounded down to the nearest cent);
B is either: (i) the number of CAML Shares to which the Ineligible Foreign Shareholder or the Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder (as applicable) would otherwise have been entitled if they had not been an Ineligible Foreign Shareholder or an Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder; or (ii) for a FRCGW Holder, the number of FRCGW Consideration Shares, which in either case were issued to the Sale Agent for sale in accordance with this clause 7.8;
C is the total number of Relevant CAML Shares which were instead issued to the Sale Agent in accordance with this clause 7.8; and
D is the Sale Proceeds, provided that if the amount is to be paid to a FRCGW Holder, 'D' will be reduced by any amount remitted or required to be remitted to the Commissioner.
(e) The obligations of CAML under clause 7.8(d) will be satisfied by CAML (in its absolute discretion, and despite an election referred to in clause 7.8(e)(i) or authority referred to in clause 7.8(e)(iii) made or given by the Scheme Shareholder):
(i) if a Scheme Shareholder has, before the Record Date, made a valid election in accordance with the requirements of the Cygnus Registry to receive dividend payments from Cygnus by electronic funds transfer to a bank account nominated by the Scheme Shareholder, paying or procuring the payment of, the relevant amount in Australian currency by electronic means in accordance with that election;
(ii) paying or procuring the payment of, the relevant amount in Australian currency by electronic means to a bank account nominated by the Scheme Shareholder by an appropriate authority from the Scheme Shareholder to Cygnus; or
(iii) dispatching, or procuring the dispatch of, a cheque for the relevant amount in Australian currency to the Scheme Shareholder by prepaid post to their Registered Address (as at the Record Date), such cheque being drawn in the name of the Scheme Shareholder (or in the case of joint holders, in accordance with the procedures set out in clause 7.12).
(f) Each Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder and FRCGW Holder:
(i) acknowledges and agrees that:
(A) payment of the relevant proportion of the Sale Proceeds in accordance with clause 7.8(e) satisfies in full the Ineligible Foreign Shareholder's, the Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder's (as applicable) right to the Scheme Consideration (but, for a FRCGW Holder, only in respect of the FRCGW Consideration Shares);
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(B) none of Cygnus, CAML or the Sale Agent give any assurance as to the price that will be achieved for the sale of the CAML Shares described in this clause 7.8, and the sale of the CAML Shares under this clause 7.8 will be at the risk of the Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, the Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder or the FRCGW Holder (as applicable); and
(C) Cygnus, CAML and the Sale Agent each expressly disclaim any fiduciary duty to any Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder or FRCGW Holder that may arise in connection with this clause 7.8; and
(ii) appoints Cygnus, and each director and officer of Cygnus, as its agent to receive on its behalf any financial services guide or other notice or regulatory information which is required to be given by the Sale Agent to the Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, the Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder and the FRCGW Holder for or in connection with its appointment or sales under the Corporations Act or any other applicable law.
7.9 Other ineligible Scheme Shareholders
Where the issue of New CAML Shares to which a Scheme Shareholder (other than an Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, an Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder or a FRCGW Holder) would otherwise be entitled under this Scheme would result in a breach of law:
(a) CAML will issue the maximum possible number of New CAML Shares to the Scheme Shareholder without giving rise to such a breach; and
(b) any further New CAML Shares to which that Scheme Shareholder is entitled, but the issue of which to the Scheme Shareholder would give rise to such a breach, will instead be issued to the Sale Agent and dealt with under clause 7.8, as if:
(i) references to Ineligible Foreign Shareholders also included that Scheme Shareholder; and
(ii) references to Relevant CAML Shares also included any of that Scheme Shareholder's New CAML Shares that have been issued to the Sale Agent.
7.10 Orders of a Court or Government Agency
(a) Cygnus or CAML may deduct and withhold from any consideration which would otherwise be provided to a Scheme Shareholder in accordance with this clause 7, any amount which Cygnus and CAML determine is required to be deducted and withheld from that consideration under any applicable law, including any order, direction or notice made or given by a court of competent jurisdiction or by another Government Agency.
(b) To the extent that amounts are so deducted or withheld, such deducted or withheld amounts will be treated for all purposes under this Scheme as having been paid to the person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made, provided that such deducted or withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate taxing agency.
(c) If written notice is given to Cygnus (or the Cygnus Registry) or CAML (or CAML's share registry) of an order, direction or notice made or given by a court of competent jurisdiction or by another Government Agency that:
(i) requires consideration which would otherwise be provided to a Scheme Shareholder in accordance with this clause 7 to instead be paid or provided to a Government Agency or other third party (either through payment of a sum or the
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issuance of a security), then Cygnus or CAML (as applicable) shall be entitled to procure that provision of that consideration is made in accordance with that order, direction or notice (and payment or provision of that consideration in accordance with that order, direction or notice will be treated for all purposes under this Scheme as having been paid or provided to that Scheme Shareholder); or
(ii) prevents consideration being provided to any particular Scheme Shareholder in accordance with this clause 7, or the payment or provision of such consideration is otherwise prohibited by applicable law, Cygnus or CAML (as applicable) shall be entitled to (as applicable):
(A) direct CAML not to issue (or procure the issue of), or to issue or provide to a trustee or nominee, such number of New CAML Shares as that Scheme Shareholder would otherwise be entitled to under this clause 7; or
(B) in the case of an Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, an Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder and FRCGW Holder, retain an amount, in Australian dollars, equal to the relevant Scheme Shareholder's share of the proceeds calculated in accordance with clause 7.8(d),
until such time as payment or provision of the consideration in accordance with this clause 7 is permitted by that order or direction or otherwise by law.
7.11 Shares to rank equally
CAML covenants in favour of Cygnus (in its own right and on behalf of the Scheme Shareholders) that, subject to this Scheme becoming Effective:
(a) the New CAML Shares will, upon their issue, rank equally in all respects with all other CAML Shares then on issue;
(b) it will use best endeavours to ensure that the New CAML Shares issued as Scheme Consideration will be admitted to trading on AIM and will be capable of being traded on the first trading day after the Implementation Date;
(c) it will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the New CAML Shares issued as Scheme Consideration will be admitted to trading on a Recognised Canadian Exchange and will be capable of being traded on the first trading day after the Implementation Date, subject to the requirements of the Recognised Canadian Exchange (as applicable);
(d) the New CAML Shares will be duly and validly issued in accordance with applicable laws; and
(e) on issue, each New CAML Share will be fully paid and free from any Encumbrance.
7.12 Exchange election
(a) Subject to clauses 7.8, 7.12(b) and 7.12(c), each Scheme Shareholder will receive New CAML Shares listed on AIM, or a Recognised Canadian Exchange subject to CAML having received conditional approval by a Recognised Canadian Exchange prior to the Implementation Date for the New CAML Shares to be listed on a Recognised Canadian Exchange. A Scheme Shareholder who wishes for the issue of their New CAML Shares to be listed on the CAML Share Register maintained in the United Kingdom does not need to make an election under clause 7.12(b).
(b) Subject to clause 7.8, 7.12(c) and 7.12(d), each Scheme Shareholder will be entitled to elect to have their New CAML Shares received as Scheme Consideration, listed on a Recognised Canadian Exchange by completing the Election Form and returning it to the
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address specified in the Election Form so that it is received by the Share Register before the Record Date, provided that:
(i) prior to the Implementation Date, the New CAML Shares are conditionally approved by a Recognised Canadian Exchange to be listed on a Recognised Canadian Exchange;
(ii) an election must be made in accordance with the terms and conditions on the Election Form; and
(iii) a Scheme Shareholder who does not make a valid election will be deemed to have elected to have their New CAML Shares issued on the CAML Share Register maintained in the United Kingdom.
(c) In the event CAML has not received conditional approval prior to the Implementation Date for New CAML Shares to be listed on a Recognised Canadian Exchange, the New CAML Shares will be listed on the AIM irrespective of whether a Scheme Shareholder has made a valid election under this clause 7.12.
(d) Ineligible Foreign Shareholders, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholders and FRCGW Holders (but, for a FRCGW Holder, only in respect of the FRCGW Consideration Shares) are not entitled to make any election under clause 7.12(b) and any election purportedly made by such Scheme Shareholder will have their Scheme Consideration dealt with in accordance with clause 7.8.
(e) Subject to clause 7.12(f), a valid election made or deemed to be made by a Scheme Shareholder under clause 7.12(b) will be deemed to apply in respect of the Scheme Shareholder's entire holding of Scheme Shares, regardless of whether the Scheme Shareholder's holding of Scheme Shares is greater or less than the Scheme Shareholder's holding at the time the election is made.
(f) A Scheme Shareholder (other than an Ineligible Foreign Shareholder or Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder) that holds one or more parcels of Scheme Shares as trustee or nominee for, or otherwise on account of, another person may, in accordance with the Election Form, make separate elections under clause 7.12(b) in relation to those parcels of Scheme Shares (subject to requirements of CAML and Cygnus and any such information they reasonably require to establish status and holdings). Any partial or mistaken election to make an election in respect of each parcel, will not be taken to extend to the other parcels.
(g) A Scheme Shareholder (other than an Ineligible Foreign Shareholder, Electing Selling Scheme Shareholder or FRCGW Holder (but, for a FRCGW Holder, only in respect of the FRCGW Consideration Shares)) may vary or withdraw an election made by it under this clause 7.12 at any time before the Record Date. To vary or withdraw such an election, a Scheme Shareholder must follow the procedure set out in the Scheme Booklet or in the Election Form, or as may otherwise be agreed by CAML and Cygnus.
(h) Subject to clause 7.12(i), an election which is not made or deemed to have been made in accordance with this clause 7.12 will not be a valid election for the purposes of this Scheme and will not be recognised by CAML or Cygnus for any purpose.
(i) Cygnus may, with the agreement of CAML, settle as it thinks fit any difficulty, matter of interpretation or dispute which may arise in connection with determining the validity of any election made by a Scheme Shareholder under clause 7.12(b), and any such decision will be conclusive and binding on Cygnus, CAML and the relevant Scheme Shareholder.
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7.13 Joint holders
In the case of Scheme Shares held in joint names:
(a) any New CAML Shares to be issued under this Scheme must be issued and registered in the names of the joint holders and entry in the CAML Share Register must take place in the same order as the holders' names appear in the Cygnus Share Register;
(b) any cheque required to be sent under this Scheme must be made payable to the joint holders and sent to either, at the sole discretion of CAML, the holder whose name appears first in the Cygnus Share Register as at the Record Date or to the joint holders; and
(c) any document required to be sent under this Scheme must be forwarded to either, at the sole discretion of CAML, the holder whose name appears first in the Cygnus Share Register as at the Record Date or to the joint holders.
8 Dealings in Scheme Shares
8.1 Determination of Scheme Shareholders
To establish the identity of the Scheme Shareholders, dealings in Scheme Shares or other alterations to the Cygnus Share Register will only be recognised by Cygnus if:
(a) in the case of dealings of the type to be effected using CHESS, the transferee is registered in the Cygnus Share Register as the holder of the relevant Scheme Shares at the Record Date;
(b) in the case of dealings of the type to be effected using CDS, the transferee is registered in CDSX as the holder of the relevant Scheme Shares at the Record Date; and
(c) in all other cases, registrable transmission applications or transfers in registrable form acceptable to the Cygnus Registry in respect of those dealings are received on or before the Record Date at the place where the Cygnus Share Register is kept,
and Cygnus must not accept for registration, nor recognise for any purpose (except a transfer to CAML pursuant to this Scheme and any subsequent transfer by CAML or its successors in title) any transfer or transmission application or other request received after such times, or received prior to such times but not in registrable or actionable form, as appropriate.
8.2 Cygnus Share Register
Cygnus must register, or cause to be registered, any registrable transmission applications or transfers of the Cygnus Shares received in accordance with clause 8.1(c) on or before the Record Date, provided that nothing in this clause 8.2 requires Cygnus to register a transfer that would result in a Cygnus Shareholder holding a parcel of Cygnus Shares that is less than a 'marketable parcel' (as defined in the operating rules of ASX).
8.3 No disposals after Record Date
If this Scheme becomes Effective, a holder of Scheme Shares (and any person claiming through that holder) must not dispose of or transfer, or otherwise deal with, or purport or agree to dispose of or transfer, or otherwise deal with, any Scheme Shares or any interest in them after the Record Date in any way except as set out in this Scheme and any such disposal, transfer, dealing or purported disposal, transfer or dealing will be void and of no legal effect
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whatsoever and Cygnus must disregard any such disposal, transfer, dealing or purported disposal, transfer or dealing.
8.4 Maintenance of Cygnus Share Register
For the purpose of determining entitlements to the Scheme Consideration, Cygnus must maintain the Cygnus Share Register in accordance with the provisions of this clause 8.4 until the Scheme Consideration has been provided to the Scheme Shareholders and CAML has been entered in the Cygnus Share Register as the holder of all the Scheme Shares. The Cygnus Share Register in this form will solely determine entitlements to the Scheme Consideration.
8.5 Effect of certificates and holding statements
Subject to provision of the Scheme Consideration and registration of the transfer to CAML contemplated in clauses 6.2 and 8.4, any statements of holding in respect of Scheme Shares will cease to have effect after the Record Date as documents of title in respect of those shares (other than statements of holding in favour of CAML and its successors in title). After the Record Date, each entry current on the Cygnus Share Register as at the Record Date (other than entries in respect of CAML or its successors in title) will cease to have effect except as evidence of entitlement to the Scheme Consideration in respect of the Cygnus Shares relating to that entry.
8.6 Details of Scheme Shareholders
(a) Within one Business Day after the Record Date, Cygnus must ensure that details of the names, Registered Addresses and holdings of Scheme Shares for each Scheme Shareholder, as shown in the Cygnus Share Register at the Record Date, are available and provided to CAML in such form as CAML reasonably requires.
(b) Each Scheme Shareholder agrees that the information referred to in clause 8.6(a) may be disclosed to CAML, its advisers, share registry and other service providers to the extent necessary to effect this Scheme.
8.7 Quotation of Cygnus Shares
Cygnus must apply to the ASX and TSXV to suspend trading in Cygnus Shares with effect from the close of trading on the Effective Date, or such other date and time agreed in writing between Cygnus and CAML.
8.8 Termination of quotation of Cygnus Shares
Cygnus must apply:
(a) for termination of the official quotation of Cygnus Shares on ASX;
(b) for termination of the listing of Cygnus Shares on TSXV; and
(c) to have itself removed from the official lists of ASX and TSXV,
in each case with effect on and from the close of trading on the Business Day immediately following the Implementation Date, or such other date and time agreed in writing between Cygnus and CAML (acting reasonably and following consultation with the ASX and TSXV (as applicable)).
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9 Instructions and notification
If not prohibited by law (and including where permitted or facilitated by relief granted by a Government Agency), all instructions, notifications or elections by a Scheme Shareholder to Cygnus that are binding or deemed binding between the Scheme Shareholder and Cygnus relating to Cygnus or Cygnus Shares, including instructions, notifications or elections relating to:
(a) whether dividends are to be paid by cheque or into a specific bank account;
(b) payments of dividends on Cygnus Shares; and
(c) notices or other communications from Cygnus (including by email),
will be deemed from the Implementation Date (except to the extent determined otherwise by CAML in its sole discretion), by reason of this Scheme, to be made by the Scheme Shareholder to CAML and to be a binding instruction, notification or election to, and accepted by, CAML until that instruction, notification or election is revoked or amended in writing addressed to CAML at its registry.
10 Power of attorney
Each Scheme Shareholder, without the need for any further act by any Scheme Shareholder, on and from the Effective Date irrevocably appoints Cygnus (and each of its directors, officers and secretaries (jointly and each of them severally)) as its attorney and agent for the purpose of:
(a) enforcing the Deed Poll against CAML; and
(b) executing any document, or doing or taking any other act, necessary or expedient to give effect to this Scheme and the transactions contemplated by it, including the Share Scheme Transfer on the Implementation Date,
and Cygnus accepts such appointment. Cygnus as attorney and agent of each Scheme Shareholder, may sub-delegate its functions, authorities or powers under this clause 10 to all or any of its directors, officers, secretaries or employees (jointly, severally or jointly and severally).
11 Notices
11.1 No deemed receipt
If a notice, transfer, transmission application, direction or other communication referred to in this Scheme is sent by post to Cygnus, it will not be taken to be received in the ordinary course of post or on a date and time other than the date and time (if any) on which it is actually received at Cygnus's registered office or at the office of the Cygnus Registry.
11.2 Accidental omission
The accidental omission to give notice of the Scheme Meeting or the non-receipt of such a notice by any Cygnus Shareholder will not, unless so ordered by the Court, invalidate the Scheme Meeting or the proceedings of the Scheme Meeting.
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12 General
12.1 Alterations and conditions
If the Court proposes to approve this Scheme subject to any alterations or conditions under section 411(6) of the Corporations Act, and those alterations or conditions have been agreed to by each of CAML and Cygnus:
(a) Cygnus may, with the prior consent of CAML, by its counsel or solicitor, consent on behalf of all persons concerned to any such alterations or conditions; and
(b) each Scheme Shareholder agrees to any such alterations or conditions which Cygnus has consented to pursuant to clause 12.1(a).
12.2 Further assurances
(a) Each Scheme Shareholder and Cygnus will execute all documents and do all things necessary or expedient to implement, and perform its obligations under, this Scheme and the transactions contemplated by it.
(b) Without limiting Cygnus' other powers under this Scheme, Cygnus has power to do all things that it considers necessary or desirable to give effect to this Scheme and the transactions contemplated by it.
12.3 Consent
Each of the Scheme Shareholders irrevocably consents to Cygnus and CAML doing all things necessary or expedient for or incidental to the implementation of this Scheme, whether on behalf of the Scheme Shareholders or otherwise.
12.4 No liability when acting in good faith
Without prejudice to the parties' rights under the Scheme Implementation Deed, neither CAML nor Cygnus, nor any of their respective directors, officers or employees, will be liable for anything done or omitted to be done in the performance of this Scheme or the Deed Poll in good faith.
12.5 Enforcement of Deed Poll
Cygnus undertakes in favour of each Scheme Shareholder to enforce the Deed Poll against CAML on behalf of and as agent and attorney for the Scheme Shareholders.
12.6 Stamp duty
CAML must:
(a) pay all stamp duty (including any related fines, penalties and interest) with respect to the acquisition of the Scheme Shares pursuant to the Scheme; and
(b) indemnify each Scheme Shareholder against any liability arising from a failure to comply with clause 12.6(a).
12.7 Scrip for scrip roll-over relief
In the event the Scheme Shareholders are eligible for scrip for scrip roll-over relief, CAML acknowledges it has not made, and will not make, a choice to deny roll-over relief to Scheme Shareholders under subsection 124-795(4) of the ITAA 1997. CAML agrees to provide any
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assistance reasonably requested by a Scheme Shareholder or Cygnus to enable the Scheme Shareholder to obtain scrip for scrip roll-over relief.
13 Governing law and jurisdiction
(a) This document is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with the laws applicable in Western Australia.
(b) Each party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts exercising jurisdiction in Western Australia and any courts which have jurisdiction to hear appeals from any of those courts and waives any right to object to any proceedings being brought in those courts.
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