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FSA GROUP LIMITED AGM Information 2024

Oct 16, 2024

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AGM Information

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FSA GROUP LIMITED

ABN 98 093 855 791

NOTICE OF 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Explanatory Statement | Proxy form

Time: 2.00pm (Sydney time) Date: Friday, 22 November 2024 Place: Level 13, 1 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010

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CONTENTS PAGE

Business of the Meeting (setting out the proposed resolutions) 4 Explanatory Statement (explaining the proposed resolutions) 5 Glossary 6 Proxy Form Attached

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

VENUE AND VOTING INFORMATION

Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of FSA Group Limited ABN 98 093 855 791 ( Company ) will be held at Level 13, 1 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 on Friday 22 November 2024 at 2:00pm (Sydney time).

The Company will provide Shareholders with the opportunity to ask questions during the Meeting regarding the formal items of business and general questions about the Company and its business.

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Explanatory Statement accompanying this Notice provides additional information on matters to be considered at the Meeting. The Important Information, Eligibility to Attend and Vote section, Explanatory Statement and Proxy Form are part of this Notice.

ELIGIBILITY TO ATTEND AND VOTE

The Directors have determined that, pursuant to Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations, the persons eligible to attend and vote at the Meeting as a Shareholder are those who are registered Shareholders at 7.00pm (Sydney time) on Wednesday, 20 November 2024.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

The business of the Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important.

VOTING IN PERSON

To vote in person, attend the Meeting at the time, date and place set out above.

VOTING BY PROXY

Shareholders are strongly encouraged to complete and submit their vote by proxy by using one of the following methods:

Online Lodge the Proxy Form online athttps://investor.automic.com.au/#/loginsah by following the
instructions:
Login to the Automic website using the holding details as shown on the Proxy Form. Click on
"View Meetings" - "Note". To use the online lodgement facility, Shareholders will need their
holder number (Security holder Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN))
as shown on the front of the Proxy Form.
For further information on the online proxy lodgement process please see theOnline Proxy
Lodgement Guideathttps://www.automicgroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Online-
Proxy-Lodgment-web.pdf
ByPost Automic,GPO Box 5193,SydneyNSW 2001
Byhand Automic,Level 5,126 PhilipStreet,SydneyNSW 2000

Your Proxy Form must be received no later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting. Proxy Forms received after this time will be invalid .

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Appointment of a proxy

In accordance with section 249L of the Corporations Act and the Constitution, Shareholders entitled to vote are notified that:

  • (a) Each Shareholder has the right to appoint an individual or body corporate as a proxy.

  • (b) The proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company.

  • (c) If a body corporate is appointed as a proxy, that body corporate must ensure that it appoints a corporate representative in accordance with section 250D of the Corporations Act to exercise its powers as proxy at the Meeting.

Proxy vote if appoint two proxies

A Shareholder who is entitled to cast two or more votes may appoint up to two proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If the Shareholder appoints two proxies and the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of votes that the proxy may exercise, in accordance with section 249X(3) of the Corporations Act and the Constitution, on a poll each proxy may exercise one-half of the votes.

Proxy vote if appointment specifies way to vote

Section 250BB (1) of the Corporations Act provides that an appointment of a proxy may specify the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution and, if it does:

  • if the proxy is the Chair – the proxy must vote on a poll, and must vote that way (i.e. as directed); and

  • 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 as directed.

Transfer of non-Chair proxy in certain circumstances

Section 250BC of the Corporations Act provides that, if:

  • an appointment of a proxy specifies the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution at a meeting of the Shareholders;

  • the appointed proxy is not the Chair of the meeting;

  • at the meeting, a poll is duly demanded on the resolution; and

  • either of the following applies:

  • the proxy is not recorded as attending the meeting; or

  • the proxy does not vote on the resolution,

the Chair is taken, before voting on the resolution closes, to have been appointed as the proxy for the purposes of voting on the resolution at the Meeting.

IMPORTANT: If you appoint the Chair as your proxy, or the Chair becomes your proxy by default, and you do not direct your proxy how to vote on Resolution 1, by submitting the proxy form you will be expressly authorising the Chair to exercise your proxy on Resolution 1, even though the resolutions are connected, directly or indirectly, with the remuneration of the Key Management Personnel.

Restrictions on proxy voting for resolutions relating to remuneration matters

Section 250R of the Corporations Act provides that Key Management Personnel and their Closely Related Parties can only exercise a vote as a proxy on the resolution relating to the adoption of the Remuneration Report if specific conditions are satisfied. Please refer to the Voting Exclusion Statement for Resolution 1 in the Notice for more details.

Power of Attorney

A proxy form and the original power of attorney (if any) under which the proxy form is signed (or a certified copy of that power of attorney or other authority) must be received by the Company no later than 2:00pm (Sydney time) on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, being 48 hours before the Meeting.

Corporate Representatives

A body corporate that is a Shareholder, or that has been appointed as a proxy, is entitled to appoint any person to act as its representative at the Meeting. The appointment of the representative must comply with the requirements under section 250D of the Corporations Act. The representative should bring to the Meeting a properly executed letter or other document confirming its authority to act as the company’s representative.

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BUSINESS OF THE MEETING

AGENDA

ORDINARY BUSINESS

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

To receive and consider the Annual Financial Report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2024 together with the declaration of the Directors, the Directors’ Report, the Remuneration Report and Auditor’s Report.

1. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, the following resolution as an advisory resolution:

“That, for the purposes of Section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the adoption of the Remuneration Report as contained in the Directors’ Report for the year ended 30 June 2024.”

Voting Exclusion Statement:

A vote on this Resolution 1 must not be cast (in any capacity) by or on behalf of any of the following persons:

  • (a) a member of the Key Management Personnel, details of whose remuneration are included in the Remuneration Report; or

  • (b) a Closely Related Party of such a Key Management Personnel (including close family members and companies the Key Management Personnel controls).

However, a person described above may cast a vote on this Resolution 1 as a proxy if the vote is not cast on behalf of a person described above and either the:

  • (a) proxy appointment is in writing that specifies the way the proxy is to vote (for example, for, against, abstain) on the Resolution; or

  • (b) vote is cast by the Chair of the Meeting and the appointment of the Chair as proxy;

  • (i) does not specify the way the proxy is to vote on the Resolution; and

  • (ii) expressly authorises the Chair to exercise the proxy even if the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel.

2. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – CELLINA Z CHEN

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

“That, for the purposes of Article 38.1 of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Cellina Z Chen, retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”

3. GENERAL BUSINESS

To consider any other business as may be lawfully put forward in accordance with the Constitution of the Company.

Specific comments relating to the Resolutions are set out in the Explanatory Statement.

By order of the Board

Cellina Chen

Company Secretary

17 October 2024

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This Explanatory Statement has been prepared for the information of Shareholders in relation to the business to be conducted at the Meeting.

The purpose of this Explanatory Statement is to provide Shareholders with the information that is reasonably required by Shareholders to decide how to vote on the Resolutions.

Subject to the abstentions noted below, the Directors unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of all of the Resolutions. The Chair intends to vote all available undirected proxies in favour of each Resolution.

Resolution 1, relating to the Remuneration Report, is advisory and does not bind the Directors or the Company.

Resolutions 2 is an Ordinary Resolutions, which require a simple majority of votes cast by Shareholders present and entitled to vote on the resolution.

1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

In accordance with the Constitution, the business of the Meeting will include receipt and consideration of the Annual Financial Report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2024 together with the declaration of the Directors, the Directors’ Report, the Remuneration Report and Auditor’s Report.

The Company will not provide a hard copy of the Annual Financial Report to Shareholders unless specifically requested to do so. The Annual Financial Report is available on its website at www.fsagroup.com.au.

No voting is required for this item.

Questions and comments

Following consideration of the Annual Financial Report, the Chair will give Shareholders a reasonable opportunity to ask questions.

The Chair will also give Shareholders a reasonable opportunity to ask the Auditor questions relevant to:

  • (a) the conduct of the audit;

  • (b) the preparation and content of the independent Auditor’s Report;

  • (c) the accounting policies adopted in relation to the preparation of the financial statements; and

  • (d) the independence of the Auditor in relation to the conduct of the audit.

The Chair will also give the Auditor a reasonable opportunity to answer written questions submitted by Shareholders that are relevant to the content of the independent Auditor’s Report or the conduct of the audit. A list of relevant written questions submitted by Shareholders will be made available at the start of the Meeting and any written answer tabled by the Auditor at the Meeting will be made available as soon as practicable after the Meeting.

2. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

2.1 General

Section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act requires that at a listed company’s annual general meeting, the section of the directors’ report dealing with the remuneration of key management personnel be put to the vote of Shareholders for adoption by way of a non-binding vote.

The Remuneration Report is part of the Directors’ Report contained from page 19 of the 2024 Annual Report and is available on the Company’s website at www.fsagroup.com.au.

The Remuneration Report, among other things:

  • explains the Board’s policy for determining the nature and amount of remuneration of Key Management Personnel of the consolidated entity;

  • explains the relationship between the Board’s remuneration policy and the Company’s performance;

  • sets out remuneration details for each Key Management Personnel of the consolidated entity including details of performance related remuneration and options granted as part of remuneration;

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and

  • details and explains any performance conditions applicable to the remuneration of Key Management Personnel of the Company.

Following consideration of the Remuneration Report, the Chair will give Shareholders a reasonable opportunity to ask questions about or make comments on the Remuneration Report. A resolution that the Remuneration Report be adopted will then be put to the vote. The vote on this Resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors. However, the Board will take the outcome into account in setting remuneration policy for future years.

The Directors abstain, in the interests of corporate governance, from making a recommendation in relation to this Resolution.

2.2 Voting Exclusion Statement

Please refer to the Voting Exclusion Statement for Resolution 1 in the Notice for the voting exclusions that apply to this Resolution. Shareholders should be aware that any undirected proxies given to the Chairperson will be cast by the Chairperson and counted in favour of the resolutions the subject of this Meeting, including this Resolution 1, subject to compliance with the Corporations Act.

3. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – CELLINA Z CHEN

The Company’s Constitution requires that at the Annual General Meeting in every year, one third of the Directors for the time being, or, if their number is not a multiple of three, then the number nearest one third (rounded upwards in the case of doubt) shall retire from office, provided always that no Director (except a Managing Director/Executive Director) shall hold office for a period in excess of three years, or until the third Annual General Meeting following his or her appointment, whichever is the longer, without submitting himself or herself for re-election.

A Director who retires by rotation under the Constitution is eligible for re-election.

Accordingly, Cellina Z Chen retires in accordance with the Constitution and, being eligible, offers herself for reelection as an Executive Director.

Experience and Expertise

Mrs Chen was appointed on 24 November 2022.

Mrs Chen holds a Master of Commerce Degree (majoring in Accounting and Finance) from the University of Sydney and is a Fellow of CPA Australia. Mrs Chen has also completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors courses and holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance from the Governance Institute of Australia. Mrs Chen joined the Company in 2001 and is the Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer.

GLOSSARY

ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

ASX means ASX Limited ABN 98 008 624 691 or the Australian Securities Exchange, as the context requires.

Board means the board of Directors of the Company.

Chair means the Chair of the Meeting.

Closely Related Party of a member of the Key Management Personnel has the meaning given in the Corporations Act from time to time and as at the date of this Notice means:

  • (a) a spouse or child of the member;

  • (b) a child of the member’s spouse;

  • (c) a dependant of the member or the member’s spouse;

  • (d) anyone else who is one of the member’s family and may be expected to influence the member, or be influenced by the member, in the member’s dealing with the entity;

  • (e) a company the member controls; or

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  • (f) a person prescribed by the Corporation Regulations 2001 (Cth).

Company means FSA Group Ltd ABN 98 093 855 791.

Constitution means the current constitution of the Company.

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Corporations Regulations means the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth).

Explanatory Statement means the Explanatory Statement contained in this Notice.

Key Management Personnel has the definition given in the Accounting Standard AASB 124 Related Party Disclosure from time to time and as at the date of this Notice means ‘those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the entity, directly and indirectly, including any director (whether executive or otherwise) of that entity’.

Listing Rules means the listing rules of the ASX.

Meeting means the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on 22 November 2024.

Notice means this notice of meeting.

Ordinary Resolution means a resolution passed by more than 50% of the votes cast at a general meeting of Shareholders.

Remuneration Report means the Remuneration Report set out in the Directors’ Report for the year ended 30 June 2024.

Resolution means a resolution to be proposed at the Meeting.

Share means a fully paid share in the capital of the Company.

Shareholder means a shareholder of the Company.

Any inquiries in relation to the Resolutions or the Explanatory Statement should be directed to Cellina Z. Chen (Company Secretary):

FSA Group Limited Postal address: Locked Bag 29, Australia Square NSW 1215 Ph: (02) 8985 5102 Fax: (02) 8985 5356 Email: [email protected]

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for Securityholder registration.

FSA Group Limited | ABN 98 093 855 791

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Proxy Voting Form If you are attending the Meeting in person, please bring this with you

Your proxy voting instruction must be received by 02.00pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, 20 November 2024 , being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting. Any Proxy Voting instructions received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled Meeting.

SUBMIT YOUR PROXY

Complete the form overleaf in accordance with the instructions set out below.

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS

The name and address shown above is as it appears on the Company’s share register. If this information is incorrect, and you have an Issuer Sponsored holding, you can update your address through the investor portal: https://investor.automic.com.au/#/home Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes.

STEP 1 – APPOINT A PROXY

If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of that Individual or body corporate. A proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company. Otherwise if you leave this box blank, the Chair of the Meeting will be appointed as your proxy by default. DEFAULT TO THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING

Any directed proxies that are not voted on a poll at the Meeting will default to the Chair of the Meeting, who is required to vote these proxies as directed. Any undirected proxies that default to the Chair of the Meeting will be voted according to the instructions set out in this Proxy Voting Form, including where the Resolutions are connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of Key Management Personnel.

Lodging your Proxy Voting Form:

Online

Use your computer or smartphone to appoint a proxy at https://investor.automic.com.au/#/loginsah or scan the QR code below using your smartphone Login & Click on ‘Meetings’. Use the Holder Number as shown at the top of this Proxy Voting Form.

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STEP 2 - VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS

You may direct your proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item of business. All your shares will be voted in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of voting rights are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or number of shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes on the items of business, 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.

APPOINTMENT OF SECOND PROXY

You may appoint up to two proxies. If you appoint two proxies, you should complete two separate Proxy Voting Forms and specify the percentage or number each proxy may exercise. If you do not specify a percentage or number, each proxy may exercise half the votes. You must return both Proxy Voting Forms together. If you require an additional Proxy Voting Form, contact Automic Registry Services.

SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS

Individual: Where the holding is in one name, the Shareholder must sign. Joint holding: Where the holding is in more than one name, all Shareholders should sign. Power of attorney: If you have not already lodged the power of attorney with the registry, please attach a certified photocopy of the power of attorney to this Proxy Voting Form when you return it. Companies: To be signed in accordance with your Constitution. Please sign in the appropriate box which indicates the office held by you.

Email Address: Please provide your email address in the space provided.

By providing your email address, you elect to receive all communications despatched by the Company electronically (where legally permissible) such as a Notice of Meeting, Proxy Voting Form and Annual Report via email.

CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

If a representative of the corporation is to attend the Meeting the appropriate ‘Appointment of Corporate Representative’ should be produced prior to admission. A form may be obtained from the Company’s share registry online at https://automicgroup.com.au.

BY MAIL:

Automic GPO Box 5193 Sydney NSW 2001

IN PERSON:

Automic Level 5, 126 Phillip Street Sydney NSW 2000

BY EMAIL:

[email protected] BY FACSIMILE: +61 2 8583 3040 All enquiries to Automic:

WEBSITE: https://automicgroup.com.au

PHONE:

1300 288 664 (Within Australia) +61 2 9698 5414 (Overseas)

STEP 1 - How to vote

APPOINT A PROXY:

I/We being a Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting of FSA Group Limited, to be held at 02.00pm (AEDT) on Friday, 22 November 2024 at Level 13, 1 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 hereby:

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Appoint the Chair of the Meeting (Chair) OR if you are not appointing the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy, please write in the box provided below the name of the person or body corporate you are appointing as your proxy or failing the person so named or, if no person is named, the Chair, or the Chair’s nominee, to vote in accordance with the following directions, or, if no directions have been given, and subject to the relevant laws as the proxy sees fit and at any adjournment thereof. The Chair intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of all Resolutions in which the Chair is entitled to vote. Unless indicated otherwise by ticking the “for”, “against” or “abstain” box you will be authorising the Chair to vote in accordance with the Chair’s voting intention. AUTHORITY FOR CHAIR TO VOTE UNDIRECTED PROXIES ON REMUNERATION RELATED RESOLUTIONS Where I/we have appointed the Chair as my/our proxy (or where the Chair becomes my/our proxy by default), I/we expressly authorise the Chair to exercise my/our proxy on Resolution 1 (except where I/we have indicated a different voting intention below) even though Resolution 1 is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel, which includes the Chair.

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STEP 2 - Your voting direction
Resolutions
For
Against
Abstain
1
ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT
2
RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – CELLINA Z CHEN
Please note:If you mark the abstain box for a particular Resolution, you are directing your proxy not to vote on that Resolution on a show of hands or on
a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.
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STEP 3 – Signatures and contact details
Individual or Securityholder 1
Securityholder 2
Securityholder 3
Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary
Director
Director / Company Secretary
Contact Name:
Email Address:
Contact Daytime Telephone
Date (DD/MM/YY)
/
/
By providing your email address, you elect to receive all communications despatched by the Company electronically (where legally permissible).