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ENTERPRISE METALS LIMITED — AGM Information 2014
Oct 22, 2014
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ENTERPRISE METALS LIMITED
ACN 123 567 073
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
TIME : 9.00am (WST) DATE : Wednesday, 26 November 2014 PLACE : The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street Perth, Western Australia
This Notice of Annual General Meeting should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their professional advisers prior to voting.
Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Annual General Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Managing Director or the Company Secretary on +61 8 9436 9200.
ENTERPRISE METALS LIMITED ACN 123 567 073 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of Enterprise Metals Limited (“Enterprise” or “the Company”) will be held as follows:
TIME: 9.00am (WST)
DATE: Wednesday, 26 November 2014
LOCATION: The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street Perth, Western Australia
This Notice of Annual General Meeting should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their professional advisers without delay.
If you wish to discuss any aspects of this document with the Company, please contact the Managing Director or the Company Secretary on +61 8 9436 9200.
Words and phrases used in the Resolutions are defined in Section 6 of the accompanying Explanatory Statement and these words and phrases have the same meaning in this Notice of Annual General Meeting as defined in the Explanatory Statement.
AGENDA
ORDINARY BUSINESS
Financial Statements and Reports
To receive and consider the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2014 including the declaration of the Directors, the Directors’ report, the Remuneration Report and the auditor’s report.
Resolution 1 – Adoption of Remuneration Report
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, the following resolution as a non-binding resolution:
“That, for the purpose of section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act, approval is given for the adoption of the Remuneration Report as contained in the Company’s annual financial report for the financial year ended 30 June 2014.”
Note: Pursuant to section 250R(3) of the Corporations Act, the vote on this Resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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Voting Exclusion Statement
A vote on this Resolution must not be cast (in any capacity) by or on behalf of any of the following persons:
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(a) a member of the Key Management Personnel, details of whose remuneration are included in the Remuneration Report; or
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(b) a Closely Related Party of such a member.
However, a person described above may vote on this Resolution if:
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(c) the person is acting as proxy and the proxy form specifies how the proxy is to vote, and the vote is not cast on behalf of a person who is otherwise excluded from voting on this Resolution as described in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) above; or
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(d) the person is the chair of the Annual General Meeting voting an undirected proxy which expressly authorises the chair to vote the proxy on a resolution connected with the remuneration of a member of Key Management Personnel.
Resolution 2 – Election of Director – Mr Barry Bourne
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
"That Mr Barry Bourne a Director of the Company who retires in accordance with clause 16.3(b) of the Company’s Constitution and ASX Listing Rule 14.4 and, being eligible, offers himself for election, be elected as a Director of the Company.”
Resolution 3 – Re-election of Director – Dr Jingbin Wang
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
"That Dr Jingbin Wang a Director of the Company who retires by rotation in accordance with clause 16.4(a) of the Company’s Constitution and Listing Rule 14.4 and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.”
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Shareholders are referred to the Explanatory Statement accompanying and forming part of this Notice of Annual General Meeting for further explanation of the Resolutions.
PROXIES
Members are encouraged to attend the meeting, but if you are unable to attend the meeting, we encourage you to complete and return the enclosed Proxy Form.
In accordance with section 249L of the Corporations Act, Shareholders are advised that:
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each Shareholder has the right to appoint a proxy;
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the proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company; and
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a Shareholder who is entitled to cast two or more votes may appoint two proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise.
To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by:
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delivering it to Enterprise Metals Limited, Level 1, 640 Murray Street, West Perth WA 6005;
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posting it to Enterprise Metals Limited, PO Box 992, West Perth WA 6872; or
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faxing it to the Company on facsimile number +61 8 9436 9220.
To be effective, a Proxy Form and, if the Proxy Form is signed by the shareholder's attorney, the authority under which the appointment is signed (or a certified copy of that authority) must be received by the Company not later than 48 hours before the time specified for the commencement of the Annual General Meeting.
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES
A body corporate that is a Shareholder, or which has been appointed as proxy, may appoint an individual to act as its representative at the Annual General Meeting. The appointment must comply with the requirements of section 250D of the Corporations Act. The representative should bring to the meeting evidence of his or her appointment, including any authority under which it is signed, unless it has previously been given to the Company.
DATE FOR DETERMINING HOLDERS OF SHARES
In accordance with Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth), the Directors have set a date to determine the identity of those entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting. For the purposes of determining voting entitlements at the Annual General Meeting, Shares will be taken to be held by the persons who are registered as holding at 5pm (WST) on 24 November 2014. Accordingly, transactions registered after that time will be disregarded in determining entitlements to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting.
Dated this 24 October 2014
By order of the Board
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Susan Hunter Company Secretary
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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ENTERPRISE METALS LIMITED ACN 123 567 073
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT TO SHAREHOLDERS
1. ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY SHAREHOLDERS
This Explanatory Statement sets out information about the Resolutions to be considered by the Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting. Defined terms used in this Explanatory Statement are set out in Section 6. Accompanying this Explanatory Statement is the Notice of Annual General Meeting convening the Annual General Meeting and a Proxy Form.
Shareholders are encouraged to attend and vote on the Resolutions to be put to the Annual General Meeting. If a Shareholder is not able to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, the Shareholder may complete the Proxy Form and return it not later than 48 hours before the time specified for the commencement of the Annual General Meeting.
2. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS
The Corporations Act requires the Company’s financial statements and reports of the Directors and of the auditor for the year ended 30 June 2014 to be laid before the Annual General Meeting. The financial statements and the reports of the Directors and of the auditor are contained in the Company’s 2014 Annual Report, a copy of which is available on the Company’s website at www.enterprisemetals.com.au.
Whilst no Resolution is required in relation to this item, Shareholders should consider the documents and raise any matters of interest with the Directors when this item is being considered.
A representative from the Company’s auditors will be invited to the meeting and Shareholders will have an opportunity to ask the auditor questions in relation to the conduct of the audit, the auditor’s report, the Company’s accounting policies and the independence of the auditor.
3. RESOLUTION 1 - ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT
The Remuneration Report is required to be considered for adoption in accordance with section 250R of the Corporations Act. The Remuneration Report sets out the Company’s remuneration arrangements for the Directors and senior management of the Company. The Remuneration Report is part of the Directors’ Report contained in the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ending 30 June 2014.
A reasonable opportunity will be given for the discussion of the Remuneration Report at the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders should note that the vote on this Resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Company or the Directors.
If at least 25% of the votes cast on the Resolution are voted against adoption of the Remuneration Report at the Annual General Meeting, and then again at the Company's 2015 annual general meeting, the Company will be required to put to Shareholders a resolution proposing the calling of an extraordinary general meeting to consider the appointment of Directors of the Company (“Spill Resolution”). If more than 50% of Shareholders vote in favour of the Spill Resolution, the Company must convene the extraordinary general meeting (“Spill Meeting”) within 90 days of the Company's 2015 annual general meeting. All of the Directors who were in office when the Company's 2015 Directors' Report was approved, other than the Managing Director of the Company, will cease to hold office immediately before the end of the Spill Meeting but may stand
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
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for re-election at the Spill Meeting. Following the Spill Meeting those persons whose election or reelection as Directors is approved will be the Directors of the Company.
The Company’s Shareholders have approved the Remuneration Report at each previous annual general meeting.
A Spill Resolution will not be required at this Annual General Meeting as the votes against the Remuneration Report at the Company’s 2013 annual general meeting were less than 25%.
The Chairman intends to exercise all undirected proxies in favour of Resolution 1. If the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting is appointed as your proxy and you have not specified the way the Chairman is to vote on Resolution 1, by signing and returning the Proxy Form, the Shareholder is considered to have provided the Chairman with an express authorisation for the Chairman to vote the proxy in accordance with the Chairman’s intention.
4. RESOLUTION 2 – ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR BARRY BOURNE
Mr Barry Bourne was appointed a Non-executive Director of the Company on 13 May 2014. Pursuant to clause 16.3(a) of the Company’s Constitution, the Directors may appoint any person to be a Director. Under clause 16.3(b), any such Director only holds office until the next general meeting and, if eligible, may offer himself for election to the office of a Director.
In accordance with clause 16.3(b) of the Constitution and ASX Listing Rule 14.4, Mr Bourne is required to retire and being eligible for election, offers himself for election.
Mr Bourne is a qualified geologist/geophysicist with a BSc (Hons) Geology from the University of Western Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, an active member of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is also on the external advisory committee of the University of Western Australia Centre for Exploration Targeting. Mr Bourne has an extensive mineral exploration skill-set built up over a 20 year career, with international experience in countries such as Eastern and West Africa, North and South America and Papua New Guinea. Until 2013 he was Chief Geophysicist for Barrick Gold’s Global Exploration Group and is now a mineral exploration consultant to private and public international exploration groups. Prior to Barrick Gold, Mr Bourne was employed by Homestake Gold, and he began his career as a geophysicist with CRA/Rio Tinto Exploration, working on base metal, uranium and diamond exploration in Australia.
The Board unanimously supports the election of Mr Bourne.
5. RESOLUTION 3 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – DR JINGBIN WANG
Clause 16.4(a) of the Constitution requires that at the Company's annual general meeting in every year, one-third of the Directors, except the Managing Director, must retire from office provided that no Director may hold office without re-election past the third AGM following the Director’s appointment or 3 years, whichever is longer. The Directors to retire at an annual general meeting are those who have been longest in office since their last appointment, but, as between persons who became Directors on the same day, those to retire shall (unless they otherwise agreed amongst themselves) be determined by drawing lots. A Director who retires by rotation under clause 16.4(a) of the Constitution is eligible for re-election.
In accordance with clause 16.4(a) of the Constitution and ASX Listing Rule 14.4, Dr Jingbin Wang is required to retire and being eligible for election, offers himself for re-election.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
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Dr Jingbin Wang is Executive Director of China Nonferrous Metals Resource Geological Survey, a position he has held since 2003. He has also held the title of Vice-President of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association since 2008. Dr Wang is a leader in the non-ferrous metals industry in China with great expertise in mineral exploration and mining amassed over his 26 years of experience. He has been granted the title of National Youth Expert for Outstanding Contribution in China in recognition of his success in prospecting results and scientific research. In addition, he is the Chief Scientist of National 973 Program. Dr Wang has been President of the Beijing Institute of Geology for Mineral Resources since 2002 and is currently Chairman of Sinotech Minerals Exploration Co. Ltd.
Dr Wang was appointed non-executive Chairman of Enterprise on 1 August 2011.
The Board unanimously supports the election of Dr Wang.
6. DEFINITIONS
In this Explanatory Statement:
Annual General Meeting means the meeting of the Shareholders convened for the purposes of considering the Resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting.
ASX means the Australian Securities Exchange or ASX Limited (ABN 98 008 624 691), as the context requires.
Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
Closely Related Party of a member of the Key Management Personnel means:
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(a) a spouse or child of the member;
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(b) a child of the member’s spouse;
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(c) a dependent of the member or the member’s spouse;
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(d) anyone else who is one of the member’s family and may be expected to influence the member, or be influenced by the member, in the member’s dealing with the entity;
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(e) a company the member controls; or
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(f) a person prescribed by the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth ).
Company means Enterprise Metals Limited, ACN 123 567 073.
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Director means a director of the Company.
Enterprise means Enterprise Metals Limited, ACN 123 567 073.
Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice of Annual General Meeting.
Key Management Personnel has the same meaning as in the accounting standards and broadly includes those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, directly or indirectly, including any Director (whether executive or otherwise) of the Company.
Listing Rules means the listing rules of the ASX.
Notice of Annual General Meeting or Notice means the notice convening the Annual General Meeting accompanying this Explanatory Statement.
Proxy Form means the form of proxy accompanying this Notice of Annual General Meeting.
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Related Party means a party so defined by section 228 of the Corporations Act.
Remuneration Report means the remuneration report set out in the Directors’ report section of the Company’s annual financial report for the year ended 30 June 2014.
Resolution means a resolution proposed to be passed at the Annual General Meeting and contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting.
Section means a section of the Notice of Annual General Meeting.
Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.
Shareholder means a person entered in the Company’s register as a holder of a Share. WST means Western Standard Time.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
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ENTERPRISE METALS LIMITED ACN 123 567 073 PROXY FORM
Appointment of Proxy
I/We being a member/s of Enterprise Metals Limited and entitled to attend and vote hereby appoint
the Chairman OR PLEASE NOTE : Leave this box of the Meeting blank if you have selected the (mark with an Chairman of the Meeting. Do not ‘X’) insert your own name(s).
or failing the person so named or, if no person is named, the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting, or the Chairman’s nominee, as my/our proxy and to vote in accordance with the following directions, or, if no directions have been given, as the proxy sees fit, at the Annual General Meeting of Enterprise Metals Limited to be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia at 9.00am on Wednesday, 26 November 2014 and at any postponement or adjournment thereof.
The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each of the items of business.
I/We acknowledge that Resolution 1 relates to the remuneration of Key Management Personnel, and that the Chairman intends to vote any undirected proxies in favour of this Resolution. I/We expressly authorise the Chairman to exercise my/our proxy even though Resolution 1 is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.
Votes on items of business
(Voting directions to your proxy – please mark X to indicate your directions)
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN*
| Resolution | 1 | Adoption of Remuneration Report |
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| Resolution | 2 | Election of Mr Barry Bourne |
| Resolution | 3 | Re-election of Dr Jingbin Wang |
*If you mark the abstain box for a particular item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on that item.
Appointment of a second proxy
If two proxies are being appointed, the proportion of voting rights this proxy represents is %.
Authorised signature(s) This section must be signed in accordance with the instructions overleaf to enable your directions to be implemented.
INDIVIDUAL/ SECURITY HOLDER 1 Individual/Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary
SECURITY HOLDER 2 SECURITY HOLDER 3 Director Director/Company Secretary
Contact Details Name ___ Telephone ___
PROXY FORM
Voting By Proxy - How to complete the Proxy Form
Appointment of a Proxy
Please write the name of that person you wish to appoint as proxy in the space indicated. If you leave this section blank, or your named proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chairman will be your proxy and vote on your behalf. A proxy need not be a shareholder of Enterprise Metals Limited.
Votes on Items of Business
You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark one of the three boxes opposite each item of business. All your shares will be voted in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of voting rights on any item by inserting the percentage or number of shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes on a given item, your proxy will vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on an item your vote on that item will be invalid.
Appointment of a Second Proxy
If you wish to appoint a second proxy, an additional Proxy Form may be obtained by telephoning the Company or you may copy this form.
To appoint a second proxy you must state the percentage of your voting rights on each of the first Proxy Form and the second Proxy Form and return both forms together.
Authorised Signature/s
You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided:
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Joint Holding in the case of joint holders the Proxy Form must be signed by all holders.
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• Power of Attorney if signed under a Power of Attorney, you must have already lodged it with the Company, or alternatively, attach the Power of Attorney or a copy to this Proxy Form when you return it.
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Companies a Director can sign jointly with another Director or a Company Secretary. A sole Director who is also the sole Secretary can also sign. Please indicate the office held by signing in the appropriate space.
If a representative of the corporation is to attend the meeting and a Proxy Form is not used, then an appropriate “Certificate of Appointment of Representative” should be produced prior to admission.
Lodgement of Proxy Form
This Proxy Form and any Power of Attorney or other authority under which it is signed (or a copy or facsimile which appears on its face to be an authentic copy of the proxy, power or authority) must be received no later than 48 hours before the commencement of the meeting. Any Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled meeting.
Documents may be lodged by:
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delivering it to Enterprise Metals Limited, Level 1, 640 Murray Street, West Perth WA 6005;
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posting it to Enterprise Metals Limited, PO Box 992, West Perth WA 6872; or
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faxing it to the Company on facsimile number +61 8 9436 9220.
PROXY FORM