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ECHOIQ LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2015
Dec 8, 2015
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Capital/Financing Update
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8 December 2015
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Dear Optionholder
Non-Renounceable Rights Issue – Notice to Optionholders
This letter is to notify you that on 8 December 2015 Parmelia Resources Limited ACN 142 901 353 ( Company ) announced a 1 for 4 non-renounceable pro rata entitlements issue of up to approximately 21,173,927 new shares ( New Shares ) at an issue price of 3.5 cents for each New Share to raise up to approximately $741,087 before costs ( Offer ).
Each eligible shareholder will be entitled to subscribe for 1 New Share for every 4 Shares held at 5:00pm (WST) on 14 December 2015 ( Record Date ). Eligible shareholders (other than directors and related parties of the Company) will be able to apply for additional shares over and above their entitlements at 3.5 cents per share.
On the basis that no optionholders of the Company exercise their options before the Record Date, a maximum of approximately 21,173,927 New Shares will be offered under the Offer.
Underwriting
The Offer is not underwritten.
Eligibility for the Offer
The Offer is only open to shareholders of the Company who are registered as shareholders at 5:00pm (WST) on the Record Date with registered addresses in Australia or New Zealand ( Eligible Shareholders ).
Shareholders with registered addresses outside Australia and New Zealand are considered ineligible shareholders ( Ineligible Foreign Shareholders ) and cannot participate in the Offer.
The Company has determined that it is not practicable for Ineligible Foreign Shareholders to participate in the Offer having regard to the number of Ineligible Foreign Shareholders, the number and value of New Shares they would be offered and the costs of complying with the regulatory requirements of those jurisdictions.
Purpose of the Offer
Proceeds raised from the Offer will be used by the Company:
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to maintain existing projects and, if needed, acquisition and due diligence costs related to the Veriluma Acquisition;
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for working capital and administration costs; and
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costs of the Offer.
Offer Document and Offer Details
The Offer will be made to Eligible Shareholders without disclosure under Part 6D.2 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ( Corporations Act ).
Details of the Offer including the rights attaching to the New Shares, together with all other relevant information relating to the Offer are set out in the offer document which was lodged with ASX on 8 December 2015 ( Offer Document ). The Offer Document is currently available from www.asx.com.au by searching the Company's ASX code “PML” and the Company's website www.parmeliaresources.com.
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Optionholders
There is no inherent right in your options to participate in the Offer unless you exercise your options and are entered onto the register as a shareholder on or before the Record Date.
The purpose of this letter is to give you notice prior to the Record Date in which you may exercise your options should you wish to participate in the Offer.
If you are not a shareholder of the Company and wish to participate in the Offer, it will be necessary for you to exercise all or part of your options, and the shares issued on the exercise of those options must have been issued to you before the Record Date. If you wish to do so, you will need to exercise those options and pay the current exercise price in accordance with the terms of your options before the Record Date. If you exercise your options, pay the relevant exercise price monies, are entered into the register of shareholders by the Record Date and have a registered address in Australia and New Zealand, you will be sent an offer document and an entitlement and acceptance form in respect of the Offer.
Key Dates
The proposed timetable for the Offer is as follows:
| Event | Date |
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| "Ex" date for the Offer (being the date that shares start trading without the entitlements toparticipate in the Offer) | 10 December 2015 |
| Record Date to determine entitlements under the Offer | 14 December 2015 |
| Opening Date of the OfferDespatch of the Offer Document and Entitlement and Acceptance Form to EligibleShareholders | 16 December 2015 |
| Closing Date for acceptances under the Offer | 5.00pm (WST) on 29 December2015 |
| New Shares quoted on a deferred settlement basis | 30 December 2015 |
| ASX notified of under subscriptions under the Offer | 4 January 2016 |
| Issue date of the New Shares and deferred settlement trading of New Shares ends | 5 January 2016 |
| Trading of New Shares expected to commence | 6 January 2016 |
| Despatch of holding statements for New Shares | 6 January 2016 |
The above dates are indicative only. The Company reserves the right, subject to the Corporations Act and the ASX Listing Rules, to extend the Closing Date or to withdraw the Offer at any time without prior notice.
If you have any queries concerning the Offer please contact the Company Secretary by telephone on 08 6141 3500.
Yours faithfully Parmelia Resources Limited
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Nigel Gellard Chairman
Parmelia Resources Limited | Non-Renounceable Rights Issue – Notice to Optionholders
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