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ENTERPRISE METALS LIMITED — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2012
Jul 29, 2012
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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ENTERPRISE METALS LIMITED
ACN 123 567 073
Notice of General Meeting and Explanatory Statement
General Meeting to be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia on 29 August 2012 at 10:00 am (WST)
This Notice of General Meeting and Explanatory Statement should be read in its entirety. Shareholders in doubt as to how they should vote should seek advice from their professional advisers.
Corporate Directory
| Directors | Dr Jingbin Wang (Non Executive Chairman) |
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| Mr Dermot Ryan (Managing Director) | |
| Dr Zhen Huang (Non Executive Director) | |
| Mrs Anna Mao (Non Executive Director) | |
| Mr Paul Hallam (Non Executive Director) | |
| Mr Bruce Hawley (Non Executive Director) | |
| Dr Allan Trench (Non Executive Director) | |
| Company Secretary | Mr Dennis Wilkins (CFO) |
| Principal & Registered Office | Level 1, 640 Murray Street |
| West Perth WA 6005 | |
| Telephone: (08) 9436 9200 |
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| Email: [email protected] |
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| Share Registry | Computershare Registry Services |
| Level 2, 45 St Georges Terrace | |
| Perth WA 600 | |
| Auditor | Grant Thornton Audit Pty Ltd |
| Level 1, 10 Kings Park Road | |
| West Perth WA 6005 | |
| ASX Code | ENT |
| Website | www.enterprisemetals.com.au |
Notice of General Meeting
A General Meeting of Enterprise Metals Limited will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia on 29 August 2012 at 10:00 am (WST). The Explanatory Statement which forms part of this Notice of General Meeting describes the various matters to be considered. Shareholders are asked to refer to the Glossary at the end of the Explanatory Statement which contains definitions of the terminology used in this Notice of General Meeting and the Explanatory Statement.
Special Business:
Resolution 1 : Adoption of new constitution
To consider and if thought fit to pass, with or without amendment, the following as a special resolution:
“That for the purposes of section 136(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, the Constitution be replaced with immediate effect, with the Constitution available for inspection at the General Meeting.”
Resolution 2 : Approval for the Issue of Securities under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following as an ordinary resolution:
“That the establishment and operation of an employee share option plan be approved for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.2 exception 9, to be called the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012, for the provision of incentives to employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries by issuing Options on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement accompanying this Notice.”
Voting Exclusion : For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.2 exception 9 the Company will disregard any votes cast by any Director and any of their associates except a Director who is ineligible to participate in the plan. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
Resolution 3: Approval for the issue of 2.5 million Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Mr Dermot Ryan
To consider and if thought fit to pass, with or without amendment, the following as an ordinary resolution:
"Conditional on Resolution 2 being approved, that for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, the members of the Company authorise and approve the issue of 2.5 million Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 by the Company to Mr Dermot Ryan, Managing Director of the Company, or his nominee, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 the Company will disregard any votes cast by any Director and any of their associates. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
Resolution 4: Approval for the issue of 1.5 million Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Dr Jing bin Wang
To consider and if thought fit to pass, with or without amendment, the following as an ordinary resolution:
"Conditional on Resolution 2 being approved, that for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, Section 208 of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, the members of the Company authorise and approve the issue of 1.5 million Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 by the Company to Dr Jing bin Wang, Non Executive Chairman of the Company, or his nominee, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 the Company will disregard any votes cast by any Director and any of their associates. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
Resolution 5: Approval for the issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Dr Zhen Huang
To consider and if thought fit to pass, with or without amendment, the following as an ordinary resolution:
"Conditional on Resolution 2 being approved, that for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, Section 208 of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, the members of the Company authorise and approve the issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 by the Company to Dr Zhen Huang, Non Executive Director of the Company, or his nominee, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 the Company will disregard any votes cast by any Director and any of their associates. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
Resolution 6: Approval for the issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Mrs Anna Mao
To consider and if thought fit to pass, with or without amendment, the following as an ordinary resolution:
"Conditional on Resolution 2 being approved, that for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, Section 208 of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, the members of the Company authorise and approve the issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 by the Company to Mrs Anna Mao, Non Executive Director of the Company, or her nominee, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 the Company will disregard any votes cast by any Director and any of their associates. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
Resolution 7: Approval for the issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Mr Paul Hallam
To consider and if thought fit to pass, with or without amendment, the following as an ordinary resolution:
"Conditional on Resolution 2 being approved, that for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, Section 208 of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, the members of the Company authorise and approve the issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 by the Company to Mr Paul Hallam, Non Executive Director of the Company, or his nominee, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 the Company will disregard any votes cast by any Director and any of their associates. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
Resolution 8: Approval for the issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Mr Bruce Hawley
To consider and if thought fit to pass, with or without amendment, the following as an ordinary resolution:
"Conditional on Resolution 2 being approved, that for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, Section 208 of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, the members of the Company authorise and approve the issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 by the Company to Mr Bruce Hawley, Non Executive Director of the Company, or his nominee, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 the Company will disregard any votes cast by any Director and any of their associates. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
Resolution 9: Approval for the issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Dr Allan Trench
To consider and if thought fit to pass, with or without amendment, the following as an ordinary resolution:
"Conditional on Resolutions 2 and 10 being approved, that for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, Section 208 of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, the members of the Company authorise and approve the issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 by the Company to Dr Allan Trench, Non Executive Director of the Company, or his nominee, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 the Company will disregard any votes cast by any Director and any of their associates. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the person chairing the Meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
Resolution 10 : Re-election of Director
To consider and if thought fit to pass, with or without amendment, the following as an ordinary resolution:
“That for all purposes Dr Allan Trench who was appointed to the Board since the last annual general meeting of the Company is re-elected as a Director”.
Proxies
Please note that:
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(a) A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the General Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy;
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(b) A proxy need not be a member of the Company; and
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(c) A member of the Company 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, but where the proportion or number is not specified, each proxy may exercise half of the votes.
The enclosed proxy form provides further details on appointing proxies and lodging proxy forms.
Snap-shot time
The Company may specify a time, not more than 48 hours before the meeting, at which a “snap-shot” of shareholders will be taken for the purposes of determining shareholder entitlements to vote at the meeting. The Directors have determined that all shares of the Company that are quoted on ASX at 5pm WST on 27 August 2012 shall be taken to be held by the persons registered as holding the shares at that time, for the purposes of determining voting entitlements at the General Meeting.
Corporate Representative
Any corporate Shareholder who has appointed a person to act as its corporate representative at the meeting should provide that person with a certificate or letter executed in accordance with the Corporations Act authorising him or her to act as that company’s representative. The authority may be sent to the Company and/or registry in advance of the meeting or handed in at the meeting when registering as a corporate representative. An appointment of Corporate Representative form is available upon request.
Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors dated 19 July 2012
Dennis Wilkins
Company Secretary Dated 19 July 2012
Explanatory Statement
The purpose of this Explanatory Statement is to provide Shareholders with all information known to the Company which is material to a decision on how to vote on the Resolutions. This Explanatory Statement should be read in conjunction with the Notice of General Meeting. Shareholders are asked to refer to the Glossary at the end of the Explanatory Statement which contains definitions of the terminology used.
Resolution 1 : Adoption of new Constitution
The Board consider that updating the Constitution is necessary, given that the existing Constitution was adopted in January 2007. Since then terminology and processes which are referred to in the Constitution has become out of date or obsolete as a result of ASX updating settlement procedures, bodies and rules.
In addition the Board wishes to ensure that the Constitution is legally effective in facilitating the agreement by ENT shareholders to be bound by the constitution of any entity whose securities may be distributed in specie by ENT to shareholders. This is consistent with the Company’s announcement to ASX during July 2012 regarding the possible demerger of the Company’s uranium assets and subsequent capital reduction to be effected by way of a distribution in specie of shares in the entity holding the Company’s former uranium assets, to the Company’s shareholders as at a record date yet to be determined.
Shareholders’ attention is drawn to clause 11 of the proposed new Constitution which reads:
“Reduction Of Capital
The Company may by resolution of a type specified in section 256C of the Corporations Act, reduce its share capital in any way not otherwise provided under the Corporations Act including, but not limited to, distributing securities of any other body corporate to Members and for the Members to be bound by the constitution of that body corporate, subject to the reduction being fair and reasonable to the Company’s Members as a whole and not materially prejudicing the Company’s ability to pay its creditors.”
A copy of the proposed new Constitution will be available on the Company’s website (www.enterprisemetals.com.au) under the Governance tab, and at the Meeting for inspection. Shareholders may also request an electronic copy at any time before the Meeting, by contacting the Company Secretary.
Resolution 2: Approval for the Issue of Securities under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012
Resolution 2 seeks to approve the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 (“ Plan ”) for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.2 Exception 9. The Plan provides the Board with the discretion to grant Options to eligible employees, directors and consultants that will vest subject to the satisfaction of a vesting period, or as otherwise determined by the Board.
As at the date of this Notice, no Options have been issued to any party under the Plan.
The Plan satisfies certain ASIC class order conditions, relieving the Company from the obligation to issue a prospectus for the offer of Options to participants other than consultants under the Plan. Offers of Options under the Plan which are made to consultants will constitute excluded offers under section 708(12) of the Corporations Act which exempts the Company from the obligation to issue a prospectus.
Listing Rule 7.1 provides that without the approval of the holders of ordinary securities, an entity must not issue or agree to issue equity securities which amount to more than 15% of its issued share capital in any rolling 12 month period. However, Listing Rule 7.2 sets out a number of exceptions to Listing Rule 7.1. These exceptions include Exception 9 which is an issue under an employee incentive scheme if within 3 years before the date of issue the holders of ordinary securities have approved the issue of securities under the scheme as an exception to this rule. Shareholder approval is now sought for the Plan for a 3 year period.
The effect of passing the resolution will provide the Company with an opportunity to incentivise its employees and consultants without affecting its capacity to issue equity securities under ASX Listing Rule 7.1, because Shares issued under the Plan during the three years following the date of the Meeting will not be taken into account for calculations of the Company’s 15% capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
A summary of the rules of the Plan follows, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.2 Exception 9:
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All employees (full and part-time) and consultants will be eligible to participate in the Plan subject to any qualifying period of employment or engagement by the Company, as set out in the offer from the Board.
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If permitted by the Board, Options may be issued to an employee's nominee (for example a spouse or family company).
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Each Option entitles the holder to subscribe for one fully paid ordinary share in the Company and will expire up to five (5) years from (and including) its date of issue. The Board will determine the expiry date applicable to each offer of Options within this five year limit, in the offer from the Board.
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Options will be issued free.
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The exercise price of Options will be determined by the Board at the time it resolves to offer the Options.
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Subject to certain exceptions, the total number of Shares on issue as a result of exercise of Options issued under the Plan must not exceed 5% of the Company's issued share capital.
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If, prior to the expiry date of Options, a person ceases to be an employee of the Company for any reason other than retirement, permanent disability, redundancy or death, the Options held by that person (or that person's nominee) must be exercised within one (1) month thereafter otherwise they will automatically lapse. If a person dies, the Options held by that person will be exercisable by that person's legal personal representative.
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Options cannot be transferred other than to the legal personal representative of a deceased Option holder. The Company will not apply for official quotation of any Options issued pursuant to the Plan.
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Shares issued as a result of the exercise of Options will rank equally with the Company's Shares currently on issue, and application for official quotation of those Shares will be made by the Company within the timeframe required by ASX.
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Option holders may only participate in new issues of securities by first exercising their Options.
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If there is a bonus share issue to the holders of Shares, the number of Shares over which an Option is exercisable will be increased by the number of Shares which the Option holder would have received if the Option had been exercised before the record date for the bonus issue.
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If there is a pro rata issue (other than a bonus issue) to the holders of Shares, the exercise price of an Option will be reduced to take account of the effect of the pro rata issues as per the calculated formula.
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If there is a reorganisation of the issued capital of the Company, unexercised Options will be reorganised in accordance with the ASX Listing Rules.
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The Board may amend the rules to the Plan subject to the requirements of the Listing Rules.
All of the Directors are eligible to participate in the Plan and all of the Directors and their associates are excluded from voting in relation to Resolution 2. None of the Directors make a recommendation in relation to Resolution 2.
Resolution 3: Approval for the issue of 2.5 million Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Mr Dermot Ryan
Resolution 3 seeks Shareholder approval for the issue of Options under the Plan, to the Company’s Managing Director, Dermot Ryan, pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 10.14. Resolution 3 is conditional on Resolution 2 being passed. If Resolution 2 is not approved by Shareholders, the Chairman will not put Resolution 3 to Shareholders.
Listing Rule 10.14 requirements
Listing Rule 7.1 provides generally that a company may not issue securities equal to more than 15% of the Company’s issued share capital in any 12 months without obtaining shareholder approval. Listing Rule 10.14 provides that a company must not issue equity securities under the terms of an approved employee incentive scheme to a related party of the Company, such as a director, without the company obtaining shareholder approval by ordinary resolution. Where shareholder approval is obtained under Listing Rule 10.14, it is not also required under Listing Rule 7.1.
The Options under the Plan (more details of which are provided under Resolution 2) are equity securities for the purposes of the ASX Listing Rules. The following information is provided for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.15A.
The recipient of the Options is Managing Director Dermot Ryan.
The maximum number of Options to be issued to Dermot Ryan is 2.5 million, and the maximum number of Shares to be issued to Dermot Ryan, assuming the Options granted to him become capable of exercise, will be 2.5 million Shares.
No price will be paid for the Options upon issue.
The exercise price of the Options is calculated by reference to the 50% premium of the volume weighted average price of Shares over the last five days in which Shares are traded on ASX prior to the date of the Meeting.
No Directors or their associates have received any Option or Shares under the Plan to date.
All the current Directors of the Company are entitled to participate in the Plan. They are Dr Jingbin Wang, Mr Dermot Ryan, Dr Zhen Huang, Mrs Anna Mao, Mr Paul Hallam, Mr Bruce Hawley and Dr Allan Trench (subject to re-election under Resolution 4 to be put to the General Meeting). All future Directors will be eligible to participate in the Plan, along with all employees and consultants of the Company.
All of the Directors and their associates are excluded from voting on Resolution 3.
There are no loans involved or relevant to implementation or operation of the Plan.
Details of all Options issued under the Plan, and details of all Shares issued upon exercise of Options will be published in each annual report of the Company relating to each financial year in which any Options have been issued or exercised, by the Company under the Plan following its approval at the meeting.
Any new Directors appointed after the date of this Notice of General Meeting, who will be eligible to participate in the Plan, will not participate in the Plan unless they are named in a supplementary Notice of General Meeting, or until such time as Shareholder approval has been obtained for the issue of Securities to that individual under ASX Listing Rule 10.14 at a subsequent meeting.
The Options to be issued under the Plan will be issued no later than 3 years after the date of the Meeting. The Options are exercisable no later than 3 years after the date of issue of the Options, subject to a vesting period of one year after the date of the Meeting.
Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act
Under Resolution 3, the Company does not seek Shareholder approval in accordance with section 208 of the Corporations Act from Shareholders for the issue of the Options to Mr Ryan.
Mr Ryan is a Related Party of the Company by virtue of his position as Director and therefore satisfies the Related Party test set out in Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act and applied in Listing Rule 10.14. Section 208 of the Corporations Act prohibits a public company from giving a financial benefit to a Related Party of the public company unless either:
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(a) the giving of the financial benefit falls within one of the nominated exceptions to the provisions; or
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(b) prior shareholder approval is obtained to the giving of the financial benefit.
Resolution 3 provides for the issue of securities to a related party, which is a financial benefit requiring Shareholder approval in the absence of a specified exception applying. The Board (excluding Mr Ryan) considers that the exception in section 211 of the Corporations Act is applicable in this case, because the Options the subject of Resolution 3 are considered to form part of his reasonable remuneration in his capacity as the Managing Director of the Company.
Since all of the Directors and their associates are excluded from voting on Resolution 2, none of the Directors make a recommendation in relation to Resolution 3.
Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive): Approval for the issue of Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Related Parties
Resolutions 4 to 9 inclusive seek Shareholder approval for the issue of Options under the Plan, to Related Parties of the Company, comprising all the Non Executive Directors, pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 10.14 and section 208 of the Corporations Act. Resolutions 3 to 8 (inclusive) are conditional on Resolution 2 being passed. If Resolution 2 is not approved by Shareholders, the Chairman will not put Resolutions 4 to 9 to Shareholders. Resolution 9 is also conditional on Resolution 10 being passed. If Resolution 10 is not approved by Shareholders, the issue of Options under Resolution 9 will not take place.
Listing Rule 10.14 requirements
Listing Rule 7.1 provides generally that a company may not issue securities equal to more than 15% of the Company’s issued share capital in any 12 months without obtaining shareholder approval. Listing Rule 10.14 provides that a company must not issue equity securities under the terms of an approved employee incentive scheme to a related party of the Company, such as a director, without the company obtaining shareholder approval by ordinary resolution. Where shareholder approval is obtained under Listing Rule 10.14, it is not also required under Listing Rule 7.1.
The Options under the Plan (more details of which are provided under Resolution 2) are equity securities for the purposes of the ASX Listing Rules. The following information is provided for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.15A in relation to Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive).
The recipients of the Options and the number of Options are detailed below.
| Name of Related Party | Position | Number of Options |
Current interests in the Company |
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| Dr Jingbin Wang | Non Executive Chairman | 1.5 million | Nil Shares; Non Executive Director’s Fee of $60,000 per annum |
| Dr Zhen Huang | Non Executive Director | 900,000 | Nil Shares; Non Executive Director’s Fee of $40,000 per annum |
| Mrs Anna Mao | Non Executive Director | 900,000 | 6,500,000 Shares; Non Executive Director’s Fee of $40,000 per annum |
| Mr Paul Hallam | Non Executive Director | 900,000 | 436,667 Shares; Non Executive Director’s Fee of $40,000 per annum |
| Mr Bruce Hawley | Non Executive Director | 900,000 | 1,341,667 Shares; Non Executive Director’s Fee of $40,000 per annum |
| Dr Allan Trench | Non Executive Director | 900,000 | Nil Shares; Non Executive Director’s Fee of $40,000 per annum |
No price will be paid for the Options upon issue.
The exercise price of the Options is calculated by reference to the 50% premium of the volume weighted average price of Shares over the last five days in which Shares are traded on ASX prior to the date of the Meeting.
No Directors or their associates have received any Option or Shares under the Plan to date.
All the current Directors of the Company are entitled to participate in the Plan. They are Dr Jingbin Wang, Mr Dermot Ryan, Dr Zhen Huang, Mrs Anna Mao, Mr Paul Hallam, Mr Bruce Hawley and Dr Allan Trench. All future Directors will be eligible to participate in the Plan, along with all employees and consultants of the Company.
All of the Directors and their associates are excluded from voting on Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive).
There are no loans involved or relevant to implementation or operation of the Plan.
Details of all Options issued under the Plan, and details of all Shares issued upon exercise of Options will be published in each annual report of the Company relating to each financial year in which any Options have been issued or exercised, by the Company under the Plan following its approval at the meeting.
Any new Directors appointed after the date of this Notice of Meeting, who will be eligible to participate in the Plan, will not participate in the Plan unless they are named in a supplementary Notice of Meeting, or until such time as Shareholder approval has been obtained for the issue of Securities to that individual under ASX Listing Rule 10.14 at a subsequent meeting.
The Options to be issued under the Plan will be issued no later than 3 years after the date of the Meeting. The Options are exercisable no later than 3 years after the date of issue of the Options, subject to a vesting period of one year after the date of the Meeting.
Section 208 Corporations Act requirements
Under Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive), the Company seeks Shareholder approval in accordance with section 208 of the Corporations Act from Shareholders for the issue of the Options. Each of the recipients of the Options under Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive) is a Related Party of the Company by virtue of his or her position as Director and therefore satisfies the Related Party test set out in Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act and applied in Listing Rule 10.14.
Section 208 of the Corporations Act prohibits a public company from giving a financial benefit to a Related Party of the public company unless either:
(a) the giving of the financial benefit falls within one of the nominated exceptions to the provisions; or
(b) prior shareholder approval is obtained to the giving of the financial benefit.
Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive) provide for the issue of securities to Related Parties, which is a financial benefit requiring Shareholder approval in the absence of a specified exception applying. None of the exceptions are applicable in relation to Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive). For the purpose of Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act the following information is provided in relation to Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive).:
The related party to whom the resolutions would permit the financial benefit to be given
The related parties for each Resolution are detailed in the table on the preceding page of this Explanatory Statement.
The nature of the financial benefit
The financial benefits proposed to be given are detailed in the table on the preceding page of this Explanatory Statement, for nil consideration. Each Option will allow the relevant Related Party to subscribe for one ordinary fully paid Share in the Company. Each Option is exercisable within 3 years of their issue date. The exercise price of the Options is calculated by reference to the 50% premium of the volume weighted average price of Shares over the last five days in which Shares are traded on ASX prior to the date of the Meeting.
There are no additional performance criteria attaching to exercise of the Options. Given the speculative nature of the Company's activities and the small management team responsible for its operations, it is considered that the performance of the Non Executive Directors, and the performance in terms of value of the Company’s securities, are closely related. As such, the Options issued will generally only be of benefit if each of the Related Parties perform to the level whereby the value of the Company’s securities increases sufficiently to warrant exercising the Options.
Existing interests
The interests which each of the Related Parties the subject of Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive) currently have in the Company are detailed in the table on the preceding page of this Explanatory Statement.
Dilution
If the Options granted under Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive) are exercised by each of the Related Parties, the effect will be to dilute the holdings of Shares of other Shareholders. The issue of the Options will in aggregate be equal to approximately 2.10% of the Company’s fully-diluted share capital assuming exercise of all the Options granted pursuant to Resolutions 3 to 9 (inclusive) (based on the number of shares and options on issue as at the date of this Notice of Meeting), resulting in a total of 285,446,582 Shares on issue.
Valuation of financial benefit
The exercise price of the Options is structured to ensure that the Options are granted at a significant premium to the current share price as at the date of the Meeting. The Company reviewed the practices of other exploration companies of a similar size and stage of development to determine a reasonable number of options required to incentivise non executive directors. Based on that review, the Board determined the number of Options proposed in Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive) to be appropriate.
The Black and Scholes option pricing model has been applied in providing valuation information in respect to the Options to be issued under Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive).
the Options to be issued under Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive). |
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| Assumptions | |
| Valuation Date | 10 July 2012 |
| Market Price of Shares (at Valuation Date) | 10.5 cents |
| Exercise Price (hypothetical exercise price) | 17 cents |
| Expiry Date (3 years from Valuation Date) | 10 July 2015 |
| Risk Free Interest Rate | 2.33% |
| Volatility | 110% |
| Dividend yield | Nil |
| Indicative value per Incentive Option: | 6.15 cents |
Note: The valuation above is based on a hypothetical exercise price of the Options. The real exercise price can only be determined on the date of the Meeting, because it is based on the 5 day volume weighted average price of the Shares on the 5 trading days prior to the date of the Meeting. The total indicative value of the Options issued under Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive) is $369,000.
Directors’ recommendation
Since all of the Directors and their associates are excluded from voting on Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive), none of the Directors make a recommendation in relation to Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive).
The Directors are not aware of any other information that would be reasonably required by Shareholders to make a decision in relation to the financial benefits contemplated by this Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive).
Resolution 10 : Re-election of Director
Clause 13.4 of the Company’s Constitution requires that any Director appointed by the Board as an addition to the Board, must retire at the next general meeting following his or her appointment, but is eligible for re-election at that general meeting. The Board seeks the approval of Shareholders for the appointment of Dr Allan Trench as a director of the Company with effect from close of the Meeting, in accordance with section 201G of the Corporations Act
Dr Trench holds a BSc (Hons) Geology from the Royal School of Mines, London (1985), a Ph.D (Geophysics) from Glasgow University (1988), an MSc (Distinction) in Mineral Economics from the WA School of Mines (1997), and an MBA (Distinction) from Oxford University (1999). From 1992 to 2001 Dr Trench led nickel and gold/base metal exploration teams in the Yilgarn and Kalgoorlie regions of WA. From 2002 Dr Trench has acted as consultant and manager for McKinsey and Company, KCGM Pty Ltd and Woodside Petroleum. Dr Trench has authored 8 books on finance and strategic management, holds non executive directorships with a number of emerging overseas and Australian listed resources companies and currently holds the positions of Adjunct Professor (Spatial Sciences) at the WA School of Mines, Curtin University; Research Professor, Progressive Risk & Value, Centre for Exploration Targeting at the University of Western Australia, and Professor, Department of Energy & Mineral Economics at the Curtin University Graduate School of Business.
The Board considers that Dr Trench’s experience and expertise will be of great benefit to the Company, and recommends his appointment as a Director.
Glossary
In this Explanatory Statement, the following terms have the following meaning unless the context otherwise requires:
| ASX | ASX Limited |
|---|---|
| Board | the board of Directors |
| Company | Enterprise Metals Limited |
| Constitution | The constitution of the Company as adopted by Shareholders from time to time |
| Corporations Act | Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) |
| Director | Director of the Company |
| Listing Rules | the ASX Listing Rules |
| MeetingorGeneral | The General Meeting of the Company the subject of this Notice of Meeting |
| Meeting | |
| Option | An option to subscribe for a Share |
| Plan | The Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 |
| Related Party | Has the meaning given in the Corporations Act |
| Share | A fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company |
| Shareholder | A shareholder of the Company |
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or failing the individual or body corporate named, or if no individual or body corporate is named, the Chairman of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to act generally at the meeting on my/our behalf and to vote in accordance with the following directions (or if no directions have been given, as the proxy sees fit) at the General Meeting of Enterprise Metals Limited to be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, WA 6005 on Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 10:00am (WST) and at any adjournment of that meeting.
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Items of Business
PLEASE NOTE: If you mark the Abstain box for an item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority.
| For | Again | st Abstain |
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| Resolution | 1 | Adoption of New Constitution | |||
| Resolution | 2 | Approval for the Issue of Securities under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan | |||
| 2012 | |||||
| Resolution | 3 | Approval for the Issue of 2.5 Million Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Mr Dermot Ryan |
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| Resolution | 4 | Approval for the Issue of 1.5 Million Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option Plan 2012 to Dr Jingbin Wang |
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| Resolution | 5 | Approval for the Issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option | |||
| Plan 2012 to Dr Zhen Huang | |||||
| Resolution | 6 | Approval for the Issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option | |||
| Plan 2012 to Mrs Anna Mao | |||||
| Resolution | 7 | Approval for the Issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option | |||
| Plan 2012 to Mr Paul Hallam | |||||
| Resolution | 8 | Approval for the Issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option | |||
| Plan 2012 to Mr Bruce Hawley | |||||
| Resolution | 9 | Approval for the Issue of 900,000 Options under the Enterprise Metals Limited Employee Share Option | |||
| Plan 2012 to Dr Allan Trench | |||||
| Resolution | 10 | Re-election of Director |
The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each item of business.
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