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FENIX RESOURCES LTD — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2019
Apr 10, 2019
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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FENIX RESOURCES LTD ACN 125 323 622
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
A General Meeting of the Company will be held at Minerva Corporate, Level 8, 99 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 on Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at 10:00AM (AWST).
This Notice of 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 accountant, solicitor or other professional adviser prior to voting.
Should you wish to discuss any matter please do not hesitate to contact the Company by telephone on +61 8 9486 4036
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FENIX RESOURCES LTD ACN 125 323 622
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that a general meeting of Shareholders of Fenix Resources Ltd ( Company ) will be held at Minerva Corporate, Level 8, 99 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 on Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at 10:00AM (AWST) ( Meeting ).
The Explanatory Memorandum to this Notice provides additional information on matters to be considered at the Meeting. The Explanatory Memorandum and the Proxy Form form part of this Notice.
The Directors have determined pursuant to regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Meeting are those who are registered as Shareholders on Sunday, 12 May 2019 at 10:00AM (AWST).
Terms and abbreviations used in this Notice and Explanatory Memorandum are defined in Section 5.
AGENDA
1. Resolution 1 – Issue of Director Performance Rights – Robert Brierley
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
"That, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 and sections 195(4) and 208 of the Corporations Act and all other purposes, the Company be permitted and is hereby authorised to offer and, subject to acceptance, grant a total of up to 6,000,000 Performance Rights for no consideration to Mr Robert Brierley or his nominee, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum."
Voting Exclusion
The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour on Resolution 1 (in any capacity) by or on behalf of Mr Robert Brierley (or his associates). However, the Company will 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.
Voting Prohibition Statement:
In accordance with section 250BB of the Corporations Act, a person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
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(a) the proxy is either:
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A. a member of the Key Management Personnel; or
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B. a Closely Related Party of such a member; and
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(b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution.
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Further, a Restricted Voter who is appointed as a proxy will note vote on this Resolution unless: (a) The appointment specifies the way the proxy is to vote on this Resolution; or
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(b) The proxy is the Chair of the meeting and the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even though the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel. Shareholders should note that the Chair intends to vote any undirected proxies in favour of this Resolution.
Please Note: if the Chair is a person referred to in section 224 of the Corporations Act in the voting exclusion statement above, the Chair will only be able to cast a vote as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote if the Chair is appointed in writing and the Proxy Form specifies how the proxy is to vote on this Resolution. If you are a Restricted Voter and purport to cast a vote other than as permitted above, that will vote will be disregarded by the Company and may be liable for breaching the voting restrictions that apply to you under the Corporations Act.
2. Resolution 2 – Ratification of Prior Issue of Shares
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
"That, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, the Company approves and ratifies the issue of 31,930,000 Shares on the terms set out in the Explanatory Memorandum accompanying this Notice."
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of this Resolution by or on behalf of a person who participated in the issue or an associate of that person (or those persons).
However, the Company will not disregard a vote if:
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it is cast by a person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form; or
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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.
Dated 11 April 2019 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
Matthew Foy Company Secretary Fenix Resources Ltd
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FENIX RESOURCES LTD ACN 125 323 622
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Introduction
This Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared for the information of Shareholders in connection with the business to be conducted at the Meeting to be held at Minerva Corporate, Level 8, 99 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 on Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at 10:00AM (WST).
This Explanatory Memorandum should be read in conjunction with, and forms part of, the accompanying Notice. The purpose of this Explanatory Memorandum is to provide information to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions set out in the Notice.
A Proxy Form is located at the end of the Explanatory Memorandum.
2. Action to be taken by Shareholders
Shareholders should read the Notice and this Explanatory Memorandum carefully before deciding how to vote on the Resolutions.
2.1 Proxies
A Proxy Form is attached to the Notice. This is to be used by Shareholders if they wish to appoint a representative (a 'proxy') to vote in their place. All Shareholders are invited and encouraged to attend the Meeting or, if they are unable to attend in person, sign and return the Proxy Form to the Company in accordance with the instructions thereon. Lodgement of a Proxy Form will not preclude a Shareholder from attending and voting at the Meeting in person.
Please note that:
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(a) a member of the Company entitled to attend and vote at the 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.
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2.2 Voting Prohibition by Proxy Holders
In accordance with section 250BD of the Corporations Act, a person appointed as a proxy must not vote on the basis of that appointment on Resolution 1 if:
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(a) the person is either:
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(i) a member of the Key Management Personnel of the Company; or
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(ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member, and
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(b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on Resolution 1,
however, the prohibition does not apply if:
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(c) the proxy is the Chairman; and
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(d) the appointment expressly authorises the Chairman to exercise the proxy even if Resolution 1 is connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel of the Company.
3. Resolution 1- Issue of Director Performance Rights – Mr Robert Brierley
3.1 General
On 10 September 2018 shareholders approved the adoption of Fenix Employee Securities Incentive Plan ( Plan ). The aim of the Plan is to allow the Board to assist eligible persons under the Plan, who in the Board’s opinion, are dedicated and will provide ongoing commitment and effort to the Company. Eligible persons are full-time or permanent part-time employees of the Company or a related body corporate (which includes Directors, the company secretary and officers), or such other persons as the Board determines.
To achieve its corporate objectives, the Company needs to attract and retain its key staff. The Board believes that grants made to eligible persons under the Plan provides a powerful tool to underpin the Company's employment and engagement strategy, and that the implementation of the plan will:
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enable the Company to recruit, incentivise and retain key personnel and other employees needed to achieve the Company's business objectives;
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link the reward of key staff with the achievements of strategic goals and the long term performance of the Company;
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align the financial interest of participants in the Plan with those of Shareholders; and
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provide incentives to participants in the Plan to focus on superior performance that creates Shareholder value.
The key features of the Plan are as follows:
- The Board may offer to eligible persons the opportunity to subscribe for such number of Securities in the Company as the Board may decide and on the terms set out in the rules of the Plan, a summary of which is set out in Schedule 1.
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Any incentive securities issued under the Plan are not transferable unless the Board determines otherwise or the transfer is required by law and provided that the transfer complies with the Corporations Act.
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Subject to the Corporations Act and the Listing Rules and restrictions on reducing the rights of a holder of incentive securities, the Board will have the power to amend the Plan as it sees fit.
A detailed overview of the terms of the Plan is set out in Schedule 1. A copy of the Plan can be obtained by contacting the Company. The terms and conditions of the proposed issue of Performance Rights are set out in Schedule 2.
The Company is proposing to issue up to a total of 6,000,000 Performance Rights to Executive Director Robert Brierley under the Plan to provide long term incentives linked to the performance of the Company.
The Performance Rights will each convert into a Share for no consideration on exercise by the holder once vested, prior to the expiry date which is three years from the date of grant. Achieving any of the milestones below will convert 25% of the Performance Rights held by the eligible participant into Shares. Once a milestone has been achieved it cannot be achieved again. Therefore, once four milestones have been achieved, 100% of the Performance Rights will convert into Shares
The performance milestones relating to the proposed issue of 6,000,000 Performance Rights to Mr Robert Brierley are as follows:
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(a) The Company entering into a binding offtake with a third party for the purchase from the Company of a minimum combined total of 6,000,000 tonnes of iron ore produced from the Iron Ridge Project ( Milestone 1 );
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(b) Completion of a feasibility study that derives a Net Present Value (NPV) (utilising a discount rate of 10%) of the Iron Ridge Project of not less than A$50,000,000 and is signed off and validated by an independent consultant and agreed by the Board ( Milestone 2 );
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(c) Securing necessary funding to commence production at the Iron Ridge Project, including via equity or debt (or a combination of both) or other funding mechanism such as joint venture or forward payments on offtake agreement ( Milestone 3 );
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(d) Delineating a material resource upgrade at the Iron Ridge Project of:
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i. An initial upgrade of the existing JORC-code compliant resource to a total of not less than 6Mt @65% Fe at a cut-off grade of no less than 50% Fe with at least 60% of the total resource categorised in at least the Indicated category in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) ( Milestone 4 ); and
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ii. A further upgrade of the JORC-code compliant resource to a total of not less than 8Mt @65% Fe at a cut-off grade of no less than 50% Fe with at least 60% of the total resource categorised in at least the Indicated category in accordance with the JORC Code (2012) ( Milestone 5 );
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(e) Obtaining all environmental and mining licence approvals necessary to commence mining at the Iron Ridge Project ( Milestone 6 ).
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In the event of the sale, transfer or disposal by the Company of the Iron Ridge Project for consideration of not less than A$30 million all Performance Rights will automatically vest, subject to the ASX Listing Rules
3.2 Chapter 2E and ASX Listing Rule 10.14
For a public company, or an entity that the public company controls, to give a financial benefit to a related party of the public company, the public company or entity must:
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(a) obtain the approval of the public company’s members in the manner set out in Sections 217 to 227 of the Corporations Act; and
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(b) give the benefit within 15 months following such approval,
unless the giving of the financial benefit falls within an exception set out in Sections 210 to 216 of the Corporations Act.
The issue of Performance Rights pursuant to the Plan constitutes giving a financial benefit and Mr Robert Brierley is a related party of the Company by virtue of being a Director.
In addition, ASX Listing Rule 10.14 also requires Shareholder approval to be obtained where an entity issues, or agrees to issue, securities under an employee incentive scheme to a related party, or a person whose relationship with the entity or a related party is, in ASX’s opinion, such that approval should be obtained unless an exception in ASX Listing Rule 10.12 applies.
It is the view of the Directors that the exceptions set out in sections 210 to 216 of the Corporations Act apply in the current circumstances. Notwithstanding, the proposed issue of Performance Rights to the Related Party requires the Company to obtain Shareholder approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 10.14 because it will result in the Company issuing securities to a related party of the Company under an employee incentive scheme. Accordingly, Shareholder approval is sought pursuant ASX Listing Rule 10.14 (in accordance with the provisions of Listing Rule 10.15).
Approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 is not required in order to issue the Shares to the Related Parties as approval is being obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14. Accordingly, the issue of Performance Rights to the Related Party will not be included in the 15% calculation of the Company’s annual placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
Accordingly, the grant of Performance Rights to Mr Brierley will not reduce the Company's 15% capacity for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.1.
Resolution 1 is an ordinary resolutions.
3.3
Information required by Listing Rule 10.15
The following information is provided to Shareholders for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.15
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(a) The maximum number of Securities be issued to Mr Robert Brierley is 6,000,000 Performance Rights.
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(b) The vesting conditions and expiry date of the Performance Rights to be granted under the Plan are set out in Section 3.1. The principal terms of the Plan are set out in Schedule 1. Further terms and conditions of the Performance Rights are set out in Schedule 2.
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(c) No loan has been or will be provided to Mr Robert Brierley relating to the grant of the Performance Rights. The Performance Rights will be granted for nil consideration as long term incentives for the Director. Accordingly, no funds will be raised from the grant of the Performance Rights. Upon conversion of the Performance Rights, Shares will be issued on a one for one basis on the same terms as the Company's existing Shares.
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(d) A total of 19,750,000 Performance Rights have been granted for nil cash consideration under the Plan to date to the following participants:
| Name | Performance Rights |
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| Willi Rudin | 5,000,000 |
| Marnus Bothma | 6,500,000 |
| Nathan Lude | 5,500,000 |
| Gavin Argyle | 2,250,000 |
| Matthew Foy | 500,000 |
| Total | 19,750,000 |
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(e) Under the Plan, only eligible persons or their permitted nominees, are entitled to participate in the Plan. Mr Robert Brierley is an eligible person for the purposes of the Plan.
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(f) Mr Robert Brierley is a related party of the Company by virtue of being a Director.
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(g) The Company will grant the Performance Rights no later than 12 months after the date of the Meeting (or such later date to the extent permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules) and it is intended that all of the Performance Rights will be granted on the same date.
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(h) A voting exclusion statement is included in the Notice.
4. Resolution 2 – Ratification of Prior Issue of Shares
4.1 General
On or around 11 April 2019, Fenix Resources issued 31,930,000 fully paid ordinary shares at $0.055 per share to professional and sophisticated investors for the ongoing development of the Company’s flagship Iron Ridge Project in Western Australia. These shares were issued utilising the Company’s placement capacity under Listing Rule 7.1.
ASX Listing Rule 7.1 provides that a company must not, subject to specified exceptions, issue or agree to issue more equity securities during any 12 month period than that amount which represents 15% of the number of fully paid ordinary securities on issue at the commencement of that 12 month period.
ASX Listing Rule 7.4 sets out an exception to ASX Listing Rule 7.1. It provides that where a company in general meeting ratifies the previous issue of securities made pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 (and provided that the previous issue did not breach ASX Listing Rule 7.1) those securities will be deemed to have been made with shareholder approval for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 7.1.
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By ratifying the issue, the Company will retain the flexibility to issue equity securities in the future up to the 15% annual placement capacity set out in ASX Listing Rule 7.1 without the requirement to obtain prior Shareholder approval.
4.2 Technical information required by ASX Listing Rule 7.5.
Pursuant to and in accordance with Listing Rule 7.5, the following information is provided in relation to the ratification:
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a) A total of 31,930,000 Shares were issued.
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b) The Shares were issued at $0.055 per Share.
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c) Shares were fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company issued on the same terms and conditions as the Company’s existing Shares on Issue.
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d) The Shares were issued to unrelated professional and sophisticated investors.
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e) Funds raised by the issue will be utilised for the ongoing development of the Company’s Iron Ridge Project, Western Australia.
5. Definitions
$ means Australian Dollars.
ASIC means Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Associate has the meaning given to that term in the Corporations Act.
ASX means ASX Limited (ACN 008 624 691) and, where the context permits, the Australian Securities Exchange operated by ASX.
AWST means Australian Western Standard Time, being the time in Perth, Western Australia.
Board means the board of Directors as constituted from time to time.
Chairman means the chairman of this Meeting.
Change of Control means
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(a) the occurrence of:
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(i) the offeror under a takeover offer in respect of all Shares announcing that it has achieved acceptances in respect 50.01% or more of the Shares; and
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(ii) that takeover Bid has become unconditional; or
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(a) the announcement by the Company that:
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(i) Shareholders have at a Court convened meeting of shareholders voted in favour, by the necessary majority, of a proposed scheme of arrangement under which all Shares are to be either:
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(A) cancelled; or
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(B) transferred to a third party; and
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(ii) the Court, by order, approves the proposed scheme of arrangement.
Closely Related Party has the meaning in section 9 of the Corporations Act.
Company means Fenix Resources Limited (ACN 125 323 622).
Constitution means the current constitution of the Company.
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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Director means a director of the Company.
Explanatory Memorandum means the explanatory memorandum attached to the Notice.
Key Management Personnel means a person 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 ASX.
Meeting has the meaning in the introductory paragraph of the Notice.
Milestone 1 has the meaning set out in section 3.1.
Milestone 2 has the meaning set out in section 3.1.
Milestone 3 has the meaning set out in section 3.1. Milestone 4 has the meaning set out in section 3.1. Milestone 5 has the meaning set out in section 3.1. Milestone 6 has the meaning set out in section 3.1.
Notice means this notice of meeting.
Performance Right means a right to acquire a Share.
Plan has the meaning set out in section 3.1.
Proxy Form means the proxy form attached to the Notice.
Resolution means a resolution contained in this Notice.
Restricted Voter means Key Management Personnel and their Closely Related Parties as at the date of the meeting.
Schedule means a schedule to this Notice.
Section means a section contained in this Explanatory Memorandum.
Security means a Share, an Option, a Performance Share or a Performance Right or any combination of these as the context provides.
Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.
Shareholder means a shareholder of the Company.
In this Notice, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa.
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Schedule 1 - Summary of Employee Securities Incentive Plan
A summary of the terms of the Fenix Resources Limited Securities Incentive Plan is set out below:
- Eligible Participant
Eligible Participant means a person who is a full-time or part-time employee, officer, or contractor of the Company, or an Associated Body Corporate (as defined in ASIC Class Order 14/1000), or such other person who has been determined by the Board to be eligible to participate in the Plan from time to time.
The Company will seek Shareholder approval for Director and related party participation in accordance with Listing Rule 10.14.
- Purpose
The purpose of the Plan is to:
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(a) assist in the reward, retention and motivation of Eligible Participants;
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(b) link the reward of Eligible Participants to Shareholder value creation; and
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(c) align the interests of Eligible Participants with shareholders of the Group (being the Company and each of its Associated Bodies Corporate), by providing an opportunity to Eligible Participants to receive an equity interest in the Company in the form of Securities.
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Plan administration
The Plan will be administered by the Board. The Board may exercise any power or discretion conferred on it by the Plan rules in its sole and absolute discretion. The Board may delegate its powers and discretion.
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Eligibility, invitation and application
The Board may from time to time determine that an Eligible Participant may participate in the Plan and make an invitation to that Eligible Participant to apply for Securities on such terms and conditions as the Board decides.
On receipt of an Invitation, an Eligible Participant may apply for the Securities the subject of the invitation by sending a completed application form to the Company. The Board may accept an application from an Eligible Participant in whole or in part.
If an Eligible Participant is permitted in the invitation, the Eligible Participant may, by notice in writing to the Board, nominate a party in whose favour the Eligible Participant wishes to renounce the invitation.
- Grant of Securities
The Company will, to the extent that it has accepted a duly completed application, grant the Participant the relevant number of Securities, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the invitation, the Plan rules and any ancillary documentation required.
- Terms of Convertible Securities
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Each 'Convertible Security' represents a right to acquire one or more Shares (for example, under an option or performance right), subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
Prior to a Convertible Security being exercised a Participant does not have any interest (legal, equitable or otherwise) in any Share the subject of the Convertible Security by virtue of holding the Convertible Security. A Participant may not sell, assign, transfer, grant a security interest over or otherwise deal with a Convertible Security that has been granted to them unless otherwise determined by the Board. A Participant must not enter into any arrangement for the purpose of hedging their economic exposure to a Convertible Security that has been granted to them.
7. Vesting of Convertible Securities
Any vesting conditions applicable to the grant of Convertible Securities will be described in the invitation. If all the vesting conditions are satisfied and/or otherwise waived by the Board, a vesting notice will be sent to the Participant by the Company informing them that the relevant Convertible Securities have vested. Unless and until the vesting notice is issued by the Company, the Convertible Securities will not be considered to have vested. For the avoidance of doubt, if the vesting conditions relevant to a Convertible Security are not satisfied and/or otherwise waived by the Board, that Convertible Security will lapse.
8. Exercise of Convertible Securities and cashless exercise
To exercise a Convertible Security, the Participant must deliver a signed notice of exercise and, subject to a cashless exercise of Convertible Securities (see below), pay the exercise price (if any) to or as directed by the Company, at any time following vesting of the Convertible Security (if subject to vesting conditions) and prior to the expiry date as set out in the invitation or vesting notice.
An invitation may specify that at the time of exercise of the Convertible Securities, the Participant may elect not to be required to provide payment of the exercise price for the number of Convertible Securities specified in a notice of exercise, but that on exercise of those Convertible Securities the Company will transfer or issue to the Participant that number of Shares equal in value to the positive difference between the Market Value of the Shares at the time of exercise and the exercise price that would otherwise be payable to exercise those Convertible Securities.
Market Value means, at any given date, the volume weighted average price per Share traded on the ASX over the 5 trading days immediately preceding that given date, unless otherwise specified in an invitation.
A Convertible Security may not be exercised unless and until that Convertible Security has vested in accordance with the Plan rules, or such earlier date as set out in the Plan rules.
9. Delivery of Shares on exercise of Convertible Securities
As soon as practicable after the valid exercise of a Convertible Security by a Participant, the Company will issue or cause to be transferred to that Participant the number of Shares to which the Participant is entitled under the Plan rules and issue a substitute certificate for any remaining unexercised Convertible Securities held by that Participant.
10. Forfeiture of Convertible Securities
Where a Participant who holds Convertible Securities ceases to be an Eligible Participant or becomes insolvent, all unvested Convertible Securities will automatically be forfeited by the
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Participant, unless the Board otherwise determines in its discretion to permit some or all of the Convertible Securities to vest.
Where the Board determines that a Participant has acted fraudulently or dishonestly; committed an act which has brought the Company, the Group or any entity within the Group into disrepute, or wilfully breached his or her duties to the Group or where a Participant is convicted of an offence in connection with the affairs of the Group; or has a judgment entered against him or her in any civil proceedings in respect of the contravention by the Participant of his or her duties at law, in equity or under statute, in his or her capacity as an employee, consultant or officer of the Group, the Board may in its discretion deem all unvested Convertible Securities held by that Participant to have been forfeited.
Unless the Board otherwise determines, or as otherwise set out in the Plan rules:
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(a) any Convertible Securities which have not yet vested will be forfeited immediately on the date that the Board determines (acting reasonably and in good faith) that any applicable vesting conditions have not been met or cannot be met by the relevant date; and
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(b) any Convertible Securities which have not yet vested will be automatically forfeited on the expiry date specified in the invitation or vesting notice.
11. Change of control
If a change of control event occurs in relation to the Company, or the Board determines that such an event is likely to occur, the Board may in its discretion determine the manner in which any or all of the Participant's Convertible Securities will be dealt with, including, without limitation, in a manner that allows the Participant to participate in and/or benefit from any transaction arising from or in connection with the change of control event provided that, in respect of Convertible Securities, the maximum number of Convertible Securities (that have not yet been exercised) that the Board may determine will vest and be exercisable into Shares under this Rule is that number of Convertible Securities that is equal to 10% of the Shares on issue immediately following vesting under this Rule, which as far as practicable will be allocated between holders on a pro-rata basis on the basis of their holdings of Convertible Securities on the date of determination of vesting.
- Rights attaching to Plan Shares
All Shares issued or transferred under the Plan, or issued or transferred to a Participant upon the valid exercise of a Convertible Security, ( Plan Shares ) will rank pari passu in all respects with the Shares of the same class. A Participant will be entitled to any dividends declared and distributed by the Company on the Plan Shares and may participate in any dividend reinvestment plan operated by the Company in respect of Plan Shares. A Participant may exercise any voting rights attaching to Plan Shares.
Disposal restrictions on Plan Shares
If the invitation provides that any Plan Shares are subject to any restrictions as to the disposal or other dealing by a Participant for a period, the Board may implement any procedure it deems appropriate to ensure the compliance by the Participant with this restriction.
For so long as a Plan Share is subject to any disposal restrictions under the Plan, the Participant will not:
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(a) transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of, or have a security interest granted over that Plan Share; or
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(b) take any action or permit another person to take any action to remove or circumvent the disposal restrictions without the express written consent of the Company.
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Adjustment of Convertible Securities
If there is a reorganisation of the issued share capital of the Company (including any subdivision, consolidation, reduction, return or cancellation of such issued capital of the Company), the rights of each Participant holding Convertible Securities will be changed to the extent necessary to comply with the Listing Rules applicable to a reorganisation of capital at the time of the reorganisation.
If Shares are issued by the Company by way of bonus issue (other than an issue in lieu of dividends or by way of dividend reinvestment), the holder of Convertible Securities is entitled, upon exercise of the Convertible Securities, to receive an issue of as many additional Shares as would have been issued to the holder if the holder held Shares equal in number to the Shares in respect of which the Convertible Securities are exercised.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board, a holder of Convertible Securities does not have the right to participate in a pro rata issue of Shares made by the Company or sell renounceable rights.
15. Participation in new issues
There are no participation rights or entitlements inherent in the Convertible Securities and holders are not entitled to participate in any new issue of Shares of the Company during the currency of the Convertible Securities without exercising the Convertible Securities.
16. Compliance with applicable law
No Security may be offered, grated, vested or exercised if to do so would contravene any applicable law. In particular, the Company must have reasonable grounds to believe, when making an invitation, that the total number of Plan Shares that may be issued upon exercise of Convertible Securities offer when aggregated with the number of Shares issued or that may be issued as a result of offers made at any time during the previous three year period under:
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(i) an employee incentive scheme of the Company covered by ASIC Class Order 14/1000; or
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(ii) an ASIC exempt arrangement of a similar kind to an employee incentive scheme,
but disregarding any offer made or securities issued in the capital of the Company by way of or as a result of:
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(iii) an offer to a person situated at the time of receipt of the offer outside Australia;
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(iv) an offer that did not need disclosure to investors because of section 708 of the Corporations Act (exempts the requirement for a disclosure document for the issue of securities in certain circumstances to investors who are deemed to have sufficient investment knowledge to make informed decisions, including professional investors, sophisticated investors and senior managers of the Company); or
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(v) an offer made under a disclosure document,
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would exceed 5% (or such other maximum permitted under any applicable law) of the total number of Shares on issue at the date of the invitation.
17. Maximum number of Securities
The Company will not make an invitation under the Plan if the number of Plan Shares that may be issued, or acquired upon exercise of Convertible Securities offered under an invitation, when aggregated with the number of Shares issued or that may be issued as a result of all invitations under the Plan, will exceed 15% of the total number of issued Shares at the date of the invitation.
18. Amendment of Plan
Subject to the following paragraph, the Board may at any time amend any provisions of the Plan rules, including (without limitation) the terms and conditions upon which any Securities have been granted under the Plan and determine that any amendments to the Plan rules be given retrospective effect, immediate effect or future effect.
No amendment to any provision of the Plan rules may be made if the amendment materially reduces the rights of any Participant as they existed before the date of the amendment, other than an amendment introduced primarily for the purpose of complying with legislation or to correct manifest error or mistake, amongst other things, or is agreed to in writing by all Participants.
19. Plan duration
The Plan continues in operation until the Board decides to end it. The Board may from time to time suspend the operation of the Plan for a fixed period or indefinitely, and may end any suspension. If the Plan is terminated or suspended for any reason, that termination or suspension must not prejudice the accrued rights of the Participants.
If a Participant and the Company (acting by the Board) agree in writing that some or all of the Securities granted to that Participant are to be cancelled on a specified date or on the occurrence of a particular event, then those Securities may be cancelled in the manner agreed between the Company and the Participant.
20. Income Tax Assessment Act
The Plan is a plan to which Subdivision 83A-C of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) applies (subject to the conditions in that Act).
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Schedule 2 – Terms and Conditions of the Performance Rights
1. Entitlement
Each Performance Right ( Performance Right ) will convert into a Share for no consideration upon exercise of the Performance Right by the holder.
2.
Vesting Date and Expiry Date
Upon achieving either Milestone 1, Milestone 2, Milestone 3, Milestone 4, Milestone 5 or Milestone 6, 25% of the Performance Rights will be eligible to be converted into Shares upon exercise by the holder. Therefore, once four milestones have been achieved, 100% of the Performance Rights will be eligible to be converted into Shares.
Each Performance Right will expire on the date which is three years from the date of issue ( Expiry Date ).
3.
Exercise Period
Subject to item 4, a Performance Right may only be exercised at any time after the Vesting Date, and prior to the Expiry Date (subject to satisfaction of the applicable service condition set out in that table).
4.
Vesting on Change of Control
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Plan, any Performance Rights that have not yet vested will automatically vest upon a Change of Control. For these purposes, Change of Control means one or more of the following events occurring (subject to the applicable service condition set out in the table in item (b) being satisfied up until the date of the relevant event):
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(i) the bidder under a takeover bid in respect of all Shares has achieved acceptances in respect of more than 50.01% of Shares and that takeover bid has become unconditional;
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(ii) the announcement by the Company that its Shareholders have, at a court convened meeting of Shareholders, voted in favour, by the necessary majority, of a proposed scheme of arrangement under which all securities of the Company are to be either:
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(A) cancelled; or
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(B) transferred to a third party,
and the court, by order, approves the proposed scheme of arrangement; or
- (iii) any person, individually or together with their associates, acquires a relevant interest in 50.01% or more of the total number of Shares on issue by any other means
5. Plan
The Performance Rights are granted in accordance with, and subject to, the Plan.
6. Notice of Exercise
The Performance Rights may be exercised by notice in writing to the Company ( Notice of Exercise ). Any Notice of Exercise of a Performance Right received by the Company will be deemed to be a notice of exercise of that Performance Right as at the date of receipt
7. Shares issued on exercise
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Shares issued on exercise of the Performance Rights rank equally with the then Shares of the Company.
8.
Quotation of Shares on exercise
Application will be made by the Company to ASX for quotation of the Shares issued upon the exercise of the Performance Rights within the period required by the ASX Listing Rules.
9.
Participation in new issues
There are no participation rights or entitlements inherent in the Performance Rights and holders will not be entitled to participate in new issues of capital offered to Shareholders during the currency of the Performance Rights.
10. Adjustment for bonus issues
If the Company makes a bonus issue of Shares or other securities to existing Shareholders (other than an issue in lieu or in satisfaction of dividends or by way of dividend reinvestment) the number of Shares which must be issued on the exercise of a Performance Right will be increased by the number of Shares which the holder would have received if the holder had exercised the Performance Right before the record date for the bonus issue.
11.
Adjustment for rights issue
If the Company makes an issue of Shares pro rata to existing Shareholders there will be no adjustment of the number of Shares which must be issued on the exercise of the Performance Rights.
12.
Adjustments for reorganisation
If there is any reorganisation of the issued share capital of the Company, the rights of the holder may be varied to comply with the Listing Rules which apply to a reorganisation of capital at the time of the reorganisation.
13. Quotation of Performance Rights
No application for quotation of the Performance Rights will be made by the Company.
14. Performance Rights not transferable
Performance Rights are not transferable unless the Board determines otherwise or the transfer is required by law and provided that the transfer complies with the Corporations Act.
15. Deferred Taxation
Subdivision 83A-C of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) applies to the Performance Rights.
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