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GWR GROUP LIMITED — AGM Information 2014
Oct 19, 2014
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GWR Group Limited
ACN 102 622 051
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Date of General Meeting: Tuesday, 25 November 2014 Time of General Meeting: 9:30am (WST) Place of General Meeting: Crown Perth Hotel, Great Eastern Highway, Burswood, Western Australia 6979
GWR Group Limited
ACN 102 622 051
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of GWR Group Limited will be held at Crown Perth Hotel, Great Eastern Highway, Burswood, Western Australia on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 at 9.30am (WST).
An Explanatory Memorandum containing information in relation to each of the following matters to be considered at the meeting accompanies and forms part of this Notice.
AGENDA
FINANCIAL, DIRECTORS' AND AUDITOR'S REPORT
To receive and consider the Financial Report, Directors' Report and Auditor's Report of the Company and its controlled entities for the financial year ended 30 June 2014.
1. RESOLUTION 1 - ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT
To consider and if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution
“That for the purposes of section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act, the Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 30 June 2014 be adopted.”
2. RESOLUTION 2 - RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR MICHAEL WILSON
To consider and if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution
"That for the purposes of section 7.3(a) of the Company’s Constitution, Mr. Michael Wilson, who retires and offers himself for re-election is re-elected as a director.”
- RESOLUTION 3 - RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – DATUK CHIN AN LAU
To consider and if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
"That for the purposes of section 7.3(a) of the Company’s Constitution, Datuk Chin An Lau, who retires and offers himself for re-election is re-elected as a director.”
4. RESOLUTION 4 - RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR KONG LENG LEE
To consider and if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
"That for the purposes of section 7.3(a) of the Company’s Constitution, Mr. Kong Leng Lee, who retires and offers himself for re-election is re-elected as a director.”
Dated this 10[th] day of October 2014
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
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Mark Pitts Company Secretary
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ACN 102 622 051
GWR Group Limited
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
GENERAL NOTES
- With respect to Agenda Item 1, the vote on this item is advisory only and does not bind the Directors of the Company. However, the Board will take the outcome of the vote into consideration when reviewing the remuneration practices and policies of the Company.
The Chairman of the meeting intends to vote undirected proxies that are able to be voted, in favour of the adoption of the remuneration report.
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Voting Prohibition Statement: A vote on Agenda Item 1 must not be cast (in any capacity) by or on behalf of any Key Management Personnel (which includes the Directors of the Company), details of whose remuneration are included in the Remuneration Report, or any Closely Related Party of such Key Management Personnel.
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However, a person described above may vote on Agenda Item 1 if the person does so as a proxy appointed by writing, that specifies how the proxy is to vote on the Resolution, or where no voting directions have been given and the proxy is the Chairman of the meeting and votes consistent with the stated intention to vote valid undirected proxies, and the vote is not cast on behalf of a member of the Key Management Personnel details of whose remuneration are included in the Remuneration Report or any Closely Related Party of such Key Management Personnel.
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The Explanatory Statement to Shareholders attached to this Notice of General Meeting is hereby incorporated into and forms part of this Notice of General Meeting.
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The Directors have determined in accordance with Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations that, for the purposes of voting at the meeting, shares will be taken to be held by the registered holders at 5.00pm (WST) on 23rd November 2014.
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The Chairman will allow a reasonable opportunity for shareholders at the meeting to ask questions about or make comments on the management of the Company.
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A Proxy Form accompanies this Notice of Meeting and to be effective must be received at the Company’s corporate share registry by no later than 9.30am on 23 November 2014 refer to the Proxy Form for details.
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Security Transfer Registrars Pty Ltd PO Box 535, Applecross, Western Australia 6953 Alexandrea House, Suite 1, 770 Canning Highway, Applecross, Western Australia 6153
F +61 (08) 9315 2233 E [email protected]
For all enquiries call +61 (08) 9315 2333
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DEFINITIONS
For assistance in considering the Notice and accompanying Explanatory Memorandum, the following words are defined here:
AGM or Annual General Meeting means the 2014 annual general meeting of the Company.
ASX means ASX Limited ACN 008 624 691.
Auditor’s Report means the auditor’s report on the Financial Report.
Board means the board of Directors of the Company.
Chairman means the chairman of the Annual General Meeting.
Closely Related Party means, in relation to a member of Key Management Personnel: (a) a spouse or child of the member, (b) a child of the member’s spouse; (c) a dependent 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 (f) a person prescribed by the regulations, as defined in the Corporations Act.
Company means GWR Group Limited ABN 54102 622 051.
Constitution means the constitution of the Company.
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth).
Director means a director of the Company.
Directors’ Report means the annual directors’ report prepared under chapter 2M of the Corporations Act for the Company and its controlled entities.
Explanatory Memorandum means the explanatory memorandum enclosed with and comprising part of this notice of annual general meeting.
Financial Report means the 2014 annual financial report prepared under chapter 2M of the Corporations Act for the Company and its controlled entities.
Key Management Personnel means those persons details of whose remuneration are included in the Remuneration Report having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, directly or indirectly, including any Director (whether executive or otherwise), as defined in the Corporations Act.
Notice means this notice of annual general meeting.
Option means an option to acquire a Share.
Proxy Form means the proxy form enclosed with the Notice.
Remuneration Report means the remuneration report of the Company contained in the Directors' Report.
Resolutions means the resolutions proposed in the Notice.
Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.
Shareholder means a shareholder of the Company.
WST means Australian Western Standard Time.
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GWR Group Limited
ACN 102 622 051
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This Explanatory Memorandum is intended to provide Shareholders with information to assess the merits of the resolutions contained in the accompanying Notice.
The Directors recommend Shareholders read this Explanatory Memorandum in full before making any decision in relation to the resolutions.
The following information should be noted in respect of the various matters contained in the accompanying Notice.
Financial, Directors' and Auditors Report
The Financial Report, Director’s Report and Auditor’s Report for the Company for the year ending 30 June 2014 will be laid before the AGM.
There is no requirement for the Shareholders to approve these reports. However, the Chairman will allow a reasonable opportunity for Shareholders to ask questions or make comments about those reports. Shareholders will also be given a reasonable opportunity to ask the auditor questions about the conduct of the audit and the preparation and content of the Auditor’s report.
In addition to taking questions at the AGM, written questions to the Company’s auditors about:
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the preparation and content of the Auditor’s report;
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the conduct of the audit;
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accounting policies adopted by the Company in relation to the preparation of the financial statements; and
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the independence of the auditor in relation to the conduct of the audit,
may be submitted no later than 5 business days before the AGM date to the Company Secretary at the Company’s registered office at 97 Outram Street, West Perth, WA 6005 or sent by facsimile to the registered office on (08) 9322 6666.
Resolution 1: Adoption of Remuneration Report
The Corporations Act requires that at a listed company’s annual general meeting, a resolution that the remuneration report be adopted must be put to the shareholders. However, such a resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.
The Remuneration Report sets out the Company’s remuneration arrangements for the Directors and senior management of the Company. The Remuneration Report is part of the Directors’ report contained in the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ending 30 June 2014.
A reasonable opportunity will be provided for discussion of the Remuneration Report at the Annual General Meeting.
The Board considers that its current practices of setting executive and non-executive remuneration are within normal industry expectations, and provides an effective balance between the need to attract and retain the services of the highly skilled key management personnel that the Company requires.
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Resolution 1: Adoption of Remuneration Report (continued)
If at least 25% of the votes cast in relation to the Remuneration Report are voted against adoption of the Remuneration Report at two consecutive Annual General Meetings, the Company is required to put to Shareholders a resolution proposing the calling of general meeting to consider the appointment of directors of the Company. If more than 50% of Shareholders vote in favour of that resolution, the Company must convene another general meeting within 90 days. All of the Directors who were in office when the Company's Directors' report was approved, other than the Managing Director of the Company, will cease to hold office immediately before the end of the meeting but may stand for re-election.
If you choose to appoint a proxy you are encouraged to direct your proxy how to vote on Resolution 1 by marking either For, Against or Abstain on the voting form .
If you appoint the Chairman as your proxy, and you do not direct your proxy how to vote on Resolution 1 on the proxy form you acknowledge that the Chairman will exercise your proxy, in line with his stated intention, even if he has an interest in the outcome of the resolution.
Please note if you appoint the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy, 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.
The Chairman of the meeting intends to vote undirected proxies that are able to be voted in favour of the adoption of the remuneration report.
The Remuneration Report has been approved by Shareholders at every AGM of the Company and at the most recent AGM in 2013 the Remuneration Report was approved unanimously on a show of hands.
Resolution 2: Re-election of Director – MR MICHAEL WILSON
Mr Wilson is an exploration Geologist with more than 25 years’ experience in Australia and South East Asia.
Mr Wilson is a founding member of GWR and has a long association with the Wiluna West project, was instrumental in consolidating the ownership of the tenement package, bringing that package to market and is very well respected in the Aboriginal communities in and around Wiluna.
Resolution 3: Re-election of Director – DATUK CHIN AN LAU
Datuk Lau is a qualified lawyer and Director of LTS Properties (M) Sdn Bhd and LTS Capital Sdn Bhd which are both property development companies. He is the Deputy Chairman of Perduran Ltd a property development Company listed on the Malaysia Stock Exchange (Bursa).
Datuk Lau is also Chairman of the GWR Remuneration, and Audit & Risk Management Committees.
Resolution 4: Re-election of Director – MR KONG LENG LEE
Mr Lee is a mining engineer with more than 30 years of industry experience and is a member of AusIMM. He has successfully worked with a number of major Australian Mining companies and has held senior positions with Hamersley Iron, Dominion Mining, Christmas Island Phosphates, North Ltd and Carey Mining Ltd.
Mr Lee is also a member of the GWR Remuneration, and Audit & Risk Management Committees.
Questions and Comments
The Chairman will allow a reasonable opportunity for Shareholders to ask questions about or make comments on the management of the Company.
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REGISTERED OFFICE: 97 OUTRAM STREET WEST PERTH WA 6005
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GWR GROUP LIMITED
ACN: 102 622 051
SHARE REGISTRY:
Security Transfer Registrars Pty Ltd All Correspondence to:
«HOLDER_NAME» «ADDRESS_LINE_1» «ADDRESS_LINE_2» «ADDRESS_LINE_3» «ADDRESS_LINE_4» «ADDRESS_LINE_5»
PROXY FORM
PO BOX 535, APPLECROSS WA 6953 AUSTRALIA 770 Canning Highway, APPLECROSS WA 6153 AUSTRALIA T: +61 8 9315 2333 F: +61 8 9315 2233 E: [email protected] W: www.securitytransfer.com.au
Code: GWR
Holder Number: «HOLDER_No.»
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| VOTE ONLINE |
Lodge your proxy vote securely atwww.securitytransfer.com.au 1. Log into the Investor Centre using your holding details. 2. Click on "Proxy Voting" and provide your Online Proxy ID to access the voting area. |
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SECTION A: Appointment of Proxy
I/We, the above named, being registered holders of the Company and entitled to attend and vote hereby appoint:
The meeting chairperson OR
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or failing the person named, or if no person is named, the Chairperson 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 Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at 9:30am (WST) on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 at Crown Perth Hotel, Great Eastern Highway, Burswood, Western Australia 6979 and at any adjournment of that meeting.
The Chairman is 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 (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 key management personnel, which includes the Chairman.
SECTION B: Voting Directions
Please mark "X" in the box to indicate your voting directions to your Proxy. The Chairperson of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in FAVOUR of all the resolutions. In exceptional circumstances, the Chairperson of the Meeting may change his/her voting intention on any resolution, in which case an ASX announcement will be made. RESOLUTIONS FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN*
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN*
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ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT 2. RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR MICHAEL WILSON 3. RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – DATUK CHIN AN LAU
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RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR KONG LENG LEE
If no directions are given my proxy may vote as the proxy thinks fit or may abstain. * If you mark the Abstain box for a particular item, you are directing your Proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.
SECTION C: Signature of Security Holder(s)
This section must be signed in accordance with the instructions overleaf to enable your directions to be implemented. Individual or Security Holder Security Holder 2
Security Holder 3
Sole Director & Sole Company Secretary
Director Secretary Director/Company Secretary
Proxies must be received by Security Transfer Registrars Pty Ltd no later than 9:30am (WST) on Sunday, 23 November 2014. + GWRPX1251114 1 1 GWR GWRPX1251114
GWRPX1251114
My/Our contact details in case of enquiries are:
Name:
Number:
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1. NAME AND ADDRESS
This is the name and address on the Share Register of the Company. If this information is incorrect, please make corrections on this form. Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note that you cannot change ownership of your shares using this form.
2. APPOINTMENT OF A PROXY
If the person you wish to appoint as your Proxy is someone other than the Chairperson of the Meeting please write the name of that person in Section A. If you leave this section blank, or your named Proxy does not attend the meeting, the Chairperson of the Meeting will be your Proxy. A Proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
3. DIRECTING YOUR PROXY HOW TO VOTE
To direct the Proxy how to vote place an "X" in the appropriate box against each item in Section B. Where more than one Proxy is to be appointed and the proxies are to vote differently, then two separate forms must be used to indicate voting intentions.
4. APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND PROXY
You are entitled to appoint up to two (2) persons as 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 contacting the Company's share registry or you may photocopy this form.
5. 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 of the Shareholders must sign.
Power of Attorney: to sign under Power of Attorney you must have already lodged this document with the Company's share registry. 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 may sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or Company Secretary. Please indicate the office held in the appropriate place.
If a representative of the corporation is to attend the meeting the appropriate "Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative" should be lodged with the Company before the meeting or at the registration desk on the day of the meeting. A form of the certificate may be obtained from the Company's share registry.
6. LODGEMENT OF PROXY
Proxy forms (and any Power of Attorney under which it is signed) must be received by Security Transfer Registrars Pty Ltd no later than the date and time stated on the form overleaf. Any Proxy form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled meeting.
To appoint a second Proxy you must:
a) On each of the Proxy forms, 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 of your votes; and
- b) Return both forms in the same envelope.
The proxy form does not need to be returned to the share registry if the votes have been lodged online.
Security Transfer Registrars Pty Ltd
Online www.securitytransfer.com.au
Postal Address PO BOX 535 Applecross WA 6953 AUSTRALIA Street Address Alexandrea House Suite 1, 770 Canning Highway Applecross WA 6153 AUSTRALIA
Telephone +61 8 9315 2333 Facsimile +61 8 9315 2233 Email [email protected]
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