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FMR RESOURCES LIMITED — AGM Information 2014
Nov 6, 2014
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AGM Information
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Notice of Annual General Meeting
Notice is given that the annual general meeting of Orrex Resources Ltd will be held at 20 Howard Street Perth WA 6000 on 28 November 2014 at 10:00 am (WST).
Agenda Items
1 Financial Report
To receive and consider the Annual Financial Report of the Company and its controlled entities, the Directors’ Report and the Auditors’ Report for the year ended 30 June 2014.
2 Adoption of the Remuneration Report
Resolution 1
To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following non‐binding resolution as an ordinary resolution:
To adopt the Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 30 June 2014.
3 Retirement and election
Resolution 2
To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
That Mark Stowell, being a director of the Company who retires by rotation under rule 8.1(d) of the Company’s constitution, and being eligible, is re‐elected as a director of the Company.
Explanatory Memorandum
Shareholders are referred to the Explanatory Memorandum accompanying and forming part of this Notice of Meeting.
Snapshot Date
It has been determined that under the Corporations Regulations Regulation 7.11.37, for the purposes of the annual general meeting, Shares will be taken to be held by the persons who are the registered holders at 10:00am (WST) on 26 November 2014. Accordingly, Share transfers registered after that time will be disregarded in determining entitlements to attend and vote at the meeting.
Proxies
A Shareholder entitled to attend and vote has a right to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of the Shareholder. A proxy need not be a Shareholder and can be either an individual or a body corporate. If a Shareholder appoints a body corporate as a proxy, that body corporate will need to ensure that it:
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appoints an individual as its corporate representative to exercise its powers at the meeting, in accordance with section 250D of the Corporations Act ; and
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provides satisfactory evidence of the appointment of its corporate representative prior to commencement of the meeting.
If such evidence is not received before the meeting, then the body corporate (through its representative) will not be permitted to act as a proxy.
A Shareholder that is entitled to cast 2 or more votes may appoint 2 proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If no proportion or number is specified, each proxy may exercise half of the Shareholder’s votes.
A Proxy Form accompanies this Notice of Meeting and to be effective must be received at the Company’s registered office:
The Company Secretary Orrex Resources Ltd 20 Howard Street Perth, WA 6000
by no later than 10:00am on 26 November 2014.
By Order of the Board
7 November 2014
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Jonathan Asquith Company Secretary
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Explanatory Memorandum to Shareholders
This Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared to assist Shareholders to understand the business to be put to Shareholders at the forthcoming annual general meeting.
Annual Financial Report
The Corporations Act requires:
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the reports of the Directors’ and Auditors’; and
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the Annual Financial Report, including the financial statements of the Company and its controlled entities for the year ended 30 June 2014,
to be laid before the annual general meeting. Neither the Corporations Act nor the constitution of the Company requires a vote of Shareholders on the reports or statements. However, Shareholders will be given ample opportunity to raise questions or comments on the management of the Company.
The Annual Financial Report for consideration at the meeting will be the full Annual Financial Report. Any Shareholder wishing to receive a copy of the full Annual Financial Report should contact the Company’s Share Registry and a copy will be forwarded without delay.
Also, a reasonable opportunity will be given to members as a whole at the meeting to ask the Company’s Auditor questions relevant to the conduct of the audit, the preparation and content of the Auditors’ Report, the accounting policies adopted by the Company and its controlled entities in relation to the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements and the independence of the Auditor in relation to the conduct of the audit.
Adoption of the Remuneration Report
The Remuneration Report of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2014 is set out in the Directors’ Report included in the full Annual Financial Report.
The Remuneration Report sets out the Company’s remuneration arrangements for the executive and non‐ executive directors and executive employees of the Company.
In accordance with section 250R of the Corporations Act, a resolution that the Remuneration Report be adopted must be put to the vote. The resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors. However, if at least 25% of the votes are cast against the adoption of the Remuneration Report, the Company’s next Remuneration Report must explain the Board’s proposed action in response or explain why no action has been taken.
In the following year, if at least 25% of votes cast on the resolution that the Remuneration Report be adopted are against, shareholders will then vote to determine whether the Directors, excluding the Managing Director, will need to stand for re‐election. If more than 50% of the votes cast on the resolution are in favour, a separate re‐election meeting must be held within 90 days.
A vote on the resolution must not be cast (in any capacity) by or on behalf of any of the following persons:
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A member of the key management personnel details of whose remuneration are included in the Remuneration Report; and
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A close related party of such a member.
However such a person may cast a vote on the resolution if:
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The person does so as a proxy appointed by writing that specifies how the proxy is to vote on the proposed resolution; and
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The vote is not cast on behalf of such a person.
Election of Directors
Retirement and election
Mark Stowell retires by rotation in accordance with rule 8.1(d) of the Company’s constitution and, being eligible offers himself for re‐election.
The experience, qualifications and other information about Mark Stowell appear below:
Mark was a founder and board member for seven years of Anvil Mining Limited (now MMG Ltd), now a significant Africa based copper mining company. In 2004, he was a joint founder and director of Incremental Petroleum Ltd, an ASX listed company that was subject of an on market takeover in 2009. Mr Stowell is a Director of Mawson West Ltd (“Mawson”), a Toronto Stock Exchange listed copper producer operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr Stowell is also a non‐executive director of Incremental Oil and Gas Ltd and Kula Gold Limited.
The directors (excluding Mark Stowell) recommend that the Company’s Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 2.
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PROXY FORM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
I/We
being a Member of Orrex Resources Ltd entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting, hereby
appoint
Name of proxy
or failing the person so named or, if no person is named, the Chairman of the Meeting or the Chairman’s nominee, 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 to be held at 20 Howard Street Perth WA 6000 on 28 November 2014 at 10:00 am (WST) and at any adjournment thereof. If no directions are given, the Chairman will vote in favour of all of the resolutions.
Voting on Business of the Annual General Meeting
| Resolution Resolution |
1 2 |
‐ Adoption of the Remuneration Report ‐ Election of Director – M Stowell |
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN |
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OR
Place an X in the box if the Chairman of the Meeting is appointed as your proxy, or may be appointed by default, and you do not wish to direct your proxy how to vote as your proxy in respect of the Resolutions.
By marking this box, you acknowledge that the Chairman may exercise your proxy even if he has an interest in the outcome of the resolution and votes cast by him other than as proxy holder will be disregarded because of the interest. The Chairman intends to vote in favour of all Resolutions and will not vote undirected proxies for Resolution 1.
Important for Resolution 1:
Chairman authorised to exercise undirected proxies on remuneration related resolutions: Where I/we have appointed the Chairman of the Meeting as my/our proxy (or the Chairman becomes my/our proxy by default), I/we expressly authorise the Chairman to exercise my/our proxy on Resolution 1 (to adopt the Remuneration Report) (except where I/we have indicated a different voting intention below) even though Resolution 1 (to adopt the Remuneration Report) is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of key management personnel for the Company, which may include the Chairman.
Signed this day of 2014 By:
Individuals and joint holders Companies (affix common seal if appropriate)
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Signature Director
Signature Director/Company Secretary
Signature Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary
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HOW TO COMPLETE THE PROXY FORM
- 1 Appointment of a Proxy
If the individual or body corporate you wish to appoint as your proxy is someone other than the Chairman of the meeting please write the full name of that individual or body corporate. If you leave this section blank, or your named proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chairman of the meeting will be your proxy. A proxy need not be a security holder of the company. Do not write the name of the issuer company or the registered Shareholder in the space.
- 2 Votes on Items of Business
You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in one of the boxes opposite each item of business. All your securities will be voted in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of voting rights are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or number of securities 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 may vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on an item your vote on that item will be invalid.
- 3 Appointment of a Second Proxy
You are entitled to appoint up to two proxies to attend the meeting and vote on a poll. 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:
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(a) on each of the first Proxy Form and the second Proxy Form state the percentage of your voting rights or number of securities applicable to that form. If the appointments do not specify the percentage or number of votes that each proxy may exercise, each proxy may exercise half your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded; and
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(b) return both forms together in the same envelope.
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4 Signing Instructions
You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided:
Individual: where the holding is in one name, the holder must sign. Joint Holding: where the holding is in more than one name, all of the security holders should sign.
Power of Attorney: to sign under Power of Attorney, you must have already lodged this document with the Company. If you have not previously lodged this document for notation, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.
Companies: where the company has a Sole Director who is also the Sole Company Secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A of the Corporations Act 2001) does not have a Company Secretary, a Sole Director can also sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or a Company Secretary.
If a representative of a corporate Shareholder or proxy is to attend the meeting an appropriate certificate of appointment of corporate representative should be produced prior to admission.
Lodgement of a Proxy
This Proxy Form (and any Power of Attorney under which it is signed) must be received at an address given below not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the meeting at 10:00am on 28 November 2014 . Any Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled meeting.
IN PERSON
BY MAIL
Orrex Resources Ltd 20 Howard Street Perth WA 6000 The Company Secretary Orrex Resources Ltd 20 Howard Street Perth WA 6000
NOTES TO THE PROXY FORM
Amendments to the Corporations Act have been made recently and apply to proxy voting on or after 1 August 2011 (whether or not the proxy was appointed before, on or after that date). Members and their proxies should be aware of these changes to the Corporations Act, as they will apply to this annual general meeting. Broadly the changes mean that:
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If proxy holders vote, they must cast all directed proxies as directed (this requirement has been strengthened); and
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Any directed proxies which are not voted will automatically default to the Chair, who must vote the proxies as directed.
More details of these changes are provided below.
Proxy vote if appointment specifies way to vote
The new section 250BB provides that an appointment of a proxy may specify the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution and, if it does:
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The proxy need not vote on a show of hands, but if the proxy does so, the proxy must vote that way; and
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If the proxy has two or more appointments that specify different ways to vote on the resolution‐ the proxy must not vote on a show of hands; and
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If the proxy is the Chair of the meeting at which the resolution is voted on, the proxy must vote on a poll, and must vote that way (i.e., as directed);and
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If the proxy is not the Chair the proxy need not vote on the poll, but if the proxy does so, the proxy must vote that way (i.e. as directed).
Transfer of non‐chair proxy to chair in certain circumstances
The new section 250BC provides that, if:
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An appointment of a proxy species that the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution at a meeting of the Company’s members; and
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The appointed proxy is not the Chair of the meeting; and
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At the meeting, a poll is duly demanded on the resolution; and
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Either of the following applies:
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the proxy is not recorded as attending the meeting; or
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the proxy does not vote on the resolution,
the Chair of the meeting is taken, before voting on the resolution closes, to have been appointed as the proxy for the purposes of voting on the resolution at that meeting.
Pursuant to the Company’s Constitution and the Corporations Act 2001, any person registered in the Register of Shareholders as a holder of one or more Shares 48 hours prior to the time of commencement of the Meeting is entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting.
The proxy may, but need not be, a Shareholder of the Company.
Corporate Representation
A company may only vote by proxy, power of attorney or by appointment of a corporate representative. The instrument appointing a proxy is not valid unless the original instrument and the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which the instrument is signed (duly stamped where necessary) or a copy or facsimile which appears on its face to be an authentic copy of that proxy, or power of attorney is submitted to the Registered Office within the time set out herein. A company must sign a proxy under common seal in accordance with its Constitution or under power of attorney, which must be produced, with the Proxy Form.