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27 October 2023
Dear Shareholder
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
On 16 October 2023 Linius Technologies Limited (ACN 149 796 332) ( Linius or the Company ) announced that it had received firm commitments for a placement of 342,500,000 fully paid ordinary shares in the Company ( Shares ) at an issue price of $0.002 per Share to sophisticated and professional investors, raising approximately $685,000 (before costs) ( Placement ). The Placement is now closed and the Shares under the Placement were issued on 24 October 2023 utilising the Company’s placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.
On 26 October 2023, the Company announced its intention to launch a Share Purchase Plan ( Plan ). In order to provide Eligible Shareholders (defined below) with the ability to participate in the Company’s capital raising activities, the Company is pleased to provide details of a Plan.
Eligible Shareholders will have the opportunity to purchase up to $30,000 worth of Shares at the same issue price as the Placement ($0.002 per Share), irrespective of the size of their shareholding, without incurring brokerage or transaction costs.
The offer under the Plan ( Offer ) is intending to raise $600,000 on the terms and conditions contained in this document ( Terms and Conditions ). The Company may elect to accept oversubscriptions or alternatively close the Offer early and/or scale back applications in its absolute discretion.
Shareholders eligible to participate in the Plan
Participation in the Plan is optional and is available exclusively to shareholders of the Company who are registered as holders of Shares as at 7:00pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, 25 October 2023 ( Record Date ) and whose registered address is in Australia or New Zealand ( Eligible Shareholders ).
Share Purchase Plan
The Plan entitles Eligible Shareholders, irrespective of the size of their shareholding in Linius, to purchase up to $30,000 worth of Shares at an issue price of $0.002 per Share ( Price ) being the same issue price as the Shares offered to sophisticated and professional investors under the Placement. The Price represents a discount of 6.4% to the volume weighted average market price ( VWAP ) of the Shares over the last five trading days on which sales in the Shares were recorded before the day on which the Plan was announced on 26 October 2023.
While the Company intends to raise $600,000 under the Plan, the Company reserves the right to accept oversubscriptions at is absolute discretion, subject to shareholder demand and compliance with the ASX Listing Rules. In accordance with the ASX Listing Rules, the maximum number of Shares that can be issued under a share purchase plan is that amount equal to 30% of the Company’s existing issued share capital. Accordingly, as at the date of this document the maximum number of Shares which will be issued under this Plan will be 300,000,000.
In addition, depending on applications received, the Company may, in its absolute discretion, undertake a scale back so that not more than $600,000 is raised under the Plan. Scale back decisions are made by the Board and are final.
Linius Technologies Limited (ASX: LNU) ACN 149 796 332 Level 2, 431 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004 Australia
t: +61 3 8672 7186 / e: [email protected]
The Plan will not be underwritten.
The directors of the Company who are Eligible Shareholders may participate under the Plan subject to the Listing Rules.
A personalised application form for the Plan ( Application Form ) will be sent to every Eligible Shareholder.
Current activities
Details of the Company’s current activities are set out in the announcements made by the Company to the ASX and are available from the ASX platform (ASX:LNU) or the Company’s website at https://www.linius.com/.
Use of funds
The funds raised under the Placement and the Plan will be used for:
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(a) further execution of Linius’ go to market plan which sees accelerating deal closure, growing recurring revenue, further penetration of the US sports market, and entry into key segments like broadcast and college sports.; and
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(b) general working capital purposes.
How much can you invest?
Eligible Shareholders may each apply for a maximum of $30,000 worth of Shares and a minimum of $2,500 worth of Shares under the Plan.
How to accept the Offer
To apply for Shares under the Plan, please follow the instructions on your personalised Application Form. Eligible Shareholders may participate by selecting only one of the following options to purchase Shares under the Plan:
| Total amount | Number of Shares | |
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| payable | which may be | |
| subscribed | ||
| Offer A | $30,000 | 15,000,000 |
| Offer B | $25,000 | 12,500,000 |
| Offer C | $20,000 | 10,000,000 |
| Offer D | $15,000 | 7,500,000 |
| Offer E | $10,000 | 5,000,000 |
| Offer F | $7,500 | 3,750,000 |
| Offer G | $5,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Offer H | $2,500 | 1,250,000 |
| Offer I | $1,000 | 500,000 |
The number of Shares to which you are entitled will be calculated by dividing the subscription amount you have selected by the Price, rounded down if necessary.
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All payments in accordance with the options set out in your Application Form ( Application ) must be received by 5:00pm (AEDT) on the Closing Date of Monday, 20 November 2023 . If the exact amount of money is not tendered with your Application, the Company reserves the right to either:
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(a) accept your application;
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(b) return your application monies and not issue any Shares to you; or
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(c) issue to you the number of Shares that would have been issued had you applied for the highest designated amount that is less than the amount of your payment and refund the excess application monies to you by cheque or electronic funds transfer as soon as possible, without interest.
The Company confirms that if the amount to be refunded is less than the issue price of 500 Shares, being $1.00, it will not be refunded and will be retained by the Company.
Once an Application has been made it cannot be revoked.
Multiple holdings
The maximum investment any Eligible Shareholder may apply for will remain $30,000 even if an Eligible Shareholder receives more than one Offer (whether in respect of a joint holding or because the Eligible Shareholder has more than one holding under a separate account). It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the aggregate of the application amount paid for the Shares the subject of the Application and any other shares and interests in the class applied for by you under the Plan or any similar arrangement in the 12 months prior to the date of submission does not exceed $30,000.
Custodians and Nominees
Eligible Shareholders who hold Shares as custodian or nominee ( Custodian ) for one or more persons on the Record Date ( Beneficiary ) may apply for up to a maximum amount of $30,000 worth of Shares in respect of each Beneficiary who is resident in Australia or New Zealand, subject to providing a Custodian Certificate to the Company, as described in the Terms and Conditions. Please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this document below for more details.
Relationship of issue price with market price
On the last trading day immediately prior to the announcement date of the Offer, the closing price of the Shares traded on ASX was $0.003. The market price of Shares in the Company may rise and fall between the date of the Offer and the date that any Shares are issued to you pursuant to your Application under the Offer.
By making an Application under the Offer and applying for Shares under the Plan, each Eligible Shareholder will be acknowledging that although the Price is at a discount, Shares are a speculative investment and the price of Shares on ASX may change between the date of the Company announcing its intention to make an offer and the date of issue of Shares under that offer and that the value of the Shares received under the Plan may rise or fall accordingly.
The Board recommends that you obtain your own financial and taxation advice in relation to the Offer and consider price movements of Shares in the Company prior to making an Application under the Offer.
Additional information and important dates
The offer of Shares under the Plan is made in accordance with ASIC Corporations (Share and Interest Purchase Plans) Instrument 2019/547 ( ASIC CI 2019/547 ) and therefore does not require a prospectus for the purposes of Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ( Corporations Act ).
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The Offer cannot be transferred, and the Directors of the Company reserve the right in their absolute discretion to reject, or scale back, on an equitable basis, any Application. Shares issued under the Plan will be issued no more than five business days after the Closing Date of the Offer. Application for quotation on ASX of the Shares issued under the Offer will be made immediately following the issue of those Shares.
The maximum amount proposed to be raised under the Offer is $600,000. The Company, however, reserves absolute discretion regarding the final amount raised under the Offer, subject to the ASX Listing Rules.
In the event of oversubscriptions by the Closing Date the Directors of the Company may, in their absolute discretion, scale-back applications on the basis set out in the attached terms and conditions. Scale-back for Shares held by Custodians will be applied at the level of the underlying Beneficiary. The Directors of the Company may also, in their absolute discretion, decide to increase acceptances in the event of oversubscriptions.
If the Company rejects or scales-back an Application or purported Application, the Company will promptly return to the applicant the relevant application monies, without interest.
Foreign offer restrictions
This document may not be released or distributed in any country other than Australia and New Zealand. This document does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in any other country. In particular, any securities described in this document have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) and may not be offered or sold in the United States except in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, registration under the US Securities Act and applicable US state securities laws.
New Zealand shareholders
The Shares offered under the Plan are not being offered or sold to the public within New Zealand other than to existing shareholders of the Company with registered addresses in New Zealand and to whom the Offer is being made in reliance on the Financial Markets Conduct (Incidental Offers) Exemption Notice 2021 (as amended) (New Zealand).
This document has not been registered, filed with or approved by any New Zealand regulatory authority under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (New Zealand). This document is not an investment statement or prospectus under New Zealand law and is not required to, and may not, contain all the information that an investment statement or prospectus under New Zealand law is required to contain.
Shortfall placement
In the event that less than $600,000 is applied for under the Plan, the full amount of the shortfall may be placed at the discretion of the Board subject to compliance with all necessary legal requirements. The Company confirms that any issue of shortfall will be placed subject to the Company’s compliance with ASX Listing Rule 7.1 and/or 7.1A at the time of issue. Where the shortfall exceeds the Company’s available placement capacity, the shortfall will only be placed if shareholder approval is obtained.
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Indicative Timetable
| Event | Date (2023) |
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| SPP Record Date (7.00pm) | Wednesday, 25 October |
| Announcement of SPP Lodgement of Appendix 3B with ASX |
Thursday, 26 October |
| SPP offer booklet lodged with ASX Opening date of SPP offer Letters sent to Eligible Shareholders |
Friday, 27 October |
| Closing date of SPP offer (5.00pm) | Monday, 20 November |
| Announcement of results of SPP Lodgement of Appendix 2A with ASX Issue and trading of new shares under SPP |
Friday, 24 November |
The above dates are indicative only. The Company may vary the dates and times of the Offer without notice. Accordingly, Eligible Shareholders are encouraged to submit their Applications as early as possible.
Should you wish to discuss any information contained in this document further, please do not hesitate to contact Linius’s share registrar, Advanced Share Registry, on +61 (0)8 9389 8033 (weekdays from 8.30pm to 5.00pm WST) or by email at [email protected].
Yours faithfully
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Gerard Bongiorno Non-Executive Chairman Linius Technologies Limited
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Linius Technologies Limited ACN 149 796 332 Share Purchase Plan - Terms and Conditions
Purpose
The purpose of the Share Purchase Plan ( Plan ), which will be conducted in conjunction with the Placement, is to offer shareholders of Linius Technologies Limited ( Linius or Company ) the opportunity to acquire additional fully paid ordinary shares in the Company ( Shares ) up to a maximum of $30,000 (when combined with any shares issued under any share purchase plan in the 12 months preceding the date of the Plan) and a minimum of $2,500 worth of Shares.
The issue price of $0.002 under the Plan will be at a discount of 6.4% to the volume weighted average market price of the Shares over the last five trading days on which sales in the Shares were recorded prior to the date the Plan was announced.
The Company is intending to raise $600,000 under the Plan. The Shares will not attract brokerage costs and will be issued without the need for the Company to issue a prospectus. The Plan is governed upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors of the Company, in its absolute discretion, sees fit.
No Financial Advice
This document does not provide financial advice and has been prepared without taking account of any person’s investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs. You should consider the appropriateness of participating in the Plan having regard to your investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs. Shareholders should seek independent financial and taxation advice before making any investment decision in relation to these matters.
Shareholders Eligible to Participate
Holders of Shares that are registered with an Australian or New Zealand address at the Record Date are eligible shareholders ( Eligible Shareholders ) and may participate in the Plan, unless such registered shareholder holds Shares on behalf of another person who resides outside Australia or New Zealand. Due to foreign securities laws, it is not practical for shareholders (or beneficial shareholders) resident in other countries to be offered the opportunity to participate in the Plan.
Participation in the Plan is optional and is subject to these Terms and Conditions. Offers made under the Plan are non-renounceable (ie. Eligible Shareholders may not transfer their rights to any Shares offered under the Plan). Eligible Shareholders who wish to take up Shares issued under the Plan agree to be bound by the Company’s constitution in respect of Shares issued under the Plan.
An offer may, at the discretion of the directors of the Company ( Directors ), be made under the Plan once a year. The maximum amount which any shareholder may subscribe for in any consecutive 12-month period is $30,000. The Directors may also determine in their discretion the minimum amount for participation, the multiple of Shares to be offered under the Plan and the period the offer is available to Eligible Shareholders.
Custodians, trustees and nominees
If you are an Eligible Shareholder and hold Shares as a custodian (as defined in ASIC Corporations (Share and Interest Purchase Plans) Instrument 2019/547 ( ASIC CI 2019/547 ) (refer below) ( Custodian ) or in any more specific ASIC relief granted to the Company in relation to the Plan), you may apply for up to $30,000 worth of new Shares for each beneficiary for whom you act as custodian provided you complete and submit, together with an Application, a certificate ( Custodian Certificate ) with the following information:
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(a) that you held Shares on behalf of:
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(i) one or more other persons that are not custodians; and/or
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(ii) another custodian ( Downstream Custodian ) that holds beneficial interests in Shares on behalf of one or more other persons who are resident in Australia or New Zealand, to which those beneficial interests relate,
(each a Participating Beneficiary ) at the Record Date who have subsequently instructed you, and/or the Downstream Custodian, to apply for Shares under the Plan on their behalf;
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(b) the number of Participating Beneficiaries and their names and addresses;
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(c) the number of Shares that you hold on behalf of each Participating Beneficiary;
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(d) the number or dollar amount of Shares that each Participating Beneficiary has instructed you, either directly or indirectly through a Downstream Custodian, to apply for on their behalf;
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(e) that the application price for Shares applied under the Offer for each Participating Beneficiary for whom you act in addition to the application price for any other Shares issued to you as custodian (as a result of instruction given to you as Custodian or a Downstream Custodian) for that Participating Beneficiary under any arrangement similar to the Plan in the prior 12 months does not exceed $30,000;
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(f) that a copy of the written offer document was given to each Participating Beneficiary; and
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(g) where you hold Shares on behalf of a Participating Beneficiary indirectly, through one or more Downstream Custodians, the name and address of each Downstream Custodian.
For the purposes of ASIC CI 2019/547 you are a ‘ Custodian ’ if you provide a custodial or depository service in relation to shares of a body or interests in a registered scheme and you:
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(a) hold an Australian financial services licence covering the provision of a custodial or depository service;
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(b) are exempt from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services licence covering the provision of a custodial or depository service;
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(c) hold an Australian financial services licence covering the operation of an IDPS or is a responsible entity of an IDPS-like scheme;
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(d) are a trustee of a self-managed superannuation fund or a superannuation master trust; or
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(e) are a registered holder of shares or interests in the class and is noted on the register of members of the body or scheme as holding the shares or interests on account of another person.
If you hold Shares as a trustee or nominee for another person or persons but are not a Custodian as defined above, you cannot participate for beneficiaries in the manner described above. In this case, the rules for multiple single holdings (above) apply.
Custodians should request a Custodian Certificate when making an Application on behalf of Participating Beneficiaries. To request a Custodian Certificate and if you would like further information on how to apply, you should contact the Company’s share registrar, Advanced Share Registry, on +61 (0)8 9389
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8033 (weekdays from 8.30pm to 5.00pm WST) or by email at [email protected] during the Offer period.
The Company reserves the right to reject any Application to the extent it considers that the Application (whether alone or in conjunction with other Applications) does not comply with these requirements. The Company reserves the right to reject Applications in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
Price of Shares
The price of Shares to be issued under the Plan is $0.002 which represents a discount of 6.4% of the volume weighted average market price for the Shares over the last five trading days on which sales in the Shares were recorded prior to the date the Plan was announced, being $0.003.
Applications and Notices
Applications must be made in accordance with the instructions set out in your personalised Application Form. Applications will not be accepted after the Closing Date of the Offer being 5:00pm (AEDT) on Monday, 20 November 2023 . Oversubscriptions to an offer may be refunded without interest.
Notices and statements made by the Company to participants may be given in any manner prescribed by its Constitution.
Acknowledgement
By completing an Application and making the associated payment in accordance with the options on your Application Form, you:
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(a) irrevocably and unconditionally agree to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of the Application Form and agree not to do any act or thing that would be contrary to the spirit, intention or purpose of the Plan;
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(b) warrant that all details and statements in your Application are true and complete and not misleading;
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(c) agree that your Application will be irrevocable and unconditional (that is, it cannot be withdrawn even if the market price of the Shares is less than the Price);
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(d) warrant that you are an Eligible Shareholder and are eligible to participate in the Plan;
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(e) acknowledge that no interest will be paid on any application monies held pending the issue of Shares under the Plan or subsequently refunded to you for any reason;
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(f) acknowledge that the Company and its officers and agents, are not liable for any consequences of the exercise or non-exercise of its discretions referred to in these terms and conditions;
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(g) acknowledge and agree that if you are acting as a trustee, nominee or Custodian, each beneficial holder on whose behalf you are participating is resident in Australia or New Zealand, and you have not sent these Terms and Conditions, an Offer Document, or any materials relating to the Plan, to any person outside Australia and New Zealand;
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(h) if you are applying on your own behalf (and not as a Custodian), acknowledge and agree that:
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(i) you are not applying for Shares with an application price of more than $30,000 under the Plan (including by instructing a Custodian to acquire Shares on your behalf under the Plan); and
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(ii) the total of the application price for the following does not exceed $30,000:
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(A) the Shares the subject of the Application;
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(B) any other Shares issued to you under the Plan or any similar arrangement in the 12 months before the Application (excluding Shares applied for but not issued);
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(C) any other Shares which you have instructed a Custodian to acquire on your behalf under the Plan; and
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(D) any other Shares issued to a Custodian in the 12 months before the Application as a result of an instruction given by you to the Custodian to apply for Shares on your behalf under an arrangement similar to the Plan.
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(i) if you are a Custodian and are applying on behalf of a Participating Beneficiary on whose behalf you hold Shares, acknowledge and agree that:
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(i) you are a Custodian (defined above);
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(ii) you hold Shares (directly or indirectly) on behalf of one or more Participating Beneficiaries;
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(iii) you held Shares on behalf of the Participating Beneficiary as at the Record Date who has instructed you to apply for Shares on their behalf under the Plan;
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(iv) each Participating Beneficiary on whose behalf you are applying for Shares has been given a copy of this document;
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(v) the application price for the Shares applied for on behalf of the Participating Beneficiary, and any other Shares applied for on their behalf under a similar arrangement in the previous 12 months (excluding shares applied for but not issued), does not exceed $30,000; and
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(vi) the information in the Custodian Certificate submitted with your Application is true, correct and not misleading;
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(j) agree to be bound by the constitution of the Company (as amended from time to time);
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(k) acknowledge that none of the Company, its advisers or agents, has provided you with any financial product or investment advice or taxation advice in relation to the Plan, or has any obligation to provide such advice; and
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(l) authorise the Company, and its officers and agents, to correct minor or easily rectified errors in, or omissions from, your Application including the Application Form and to complete the Application by the insertion of any missing detail.
Placement of Shortfall
Any shortfall from the Offer may be placed at the discretion of the Directors. The Company confirms that any issue of shortfall will be placed subject to the Company’s compliance with ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A at the time of issue.
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Issue of Shares
Shares to be issued under the Plan will be issued as soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing Date and in any event no more than five business days of the Closing Date and will rank equally in all respects with all other fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company from the date of issue.
Shareholding statements or CHESS notification will be issued in respect of all Shares issued under the Plan. The Company will, promptly after the issue of Shares under the Plan, make application for those Shares to be listed for quotation on the official list of ASX.
Modification and Termination of the Plan
The Company may modify or terminate the Plan at any time. The Company will notify ASX of any modification to, or termination of, the Plan. The omission to give notice of any modification to, or termination of, the Plan or the failure of ASX to receive such notice will not invalidate the modification or termination.
Without limiting the above, the Company may issue to any person fewer Shares than the person applied for under the Plan if the issue of Shares applied for would contravene any applicable law or the Listing Rules of ASX.
Raising Amount and Scale back
The Company is seeking to raise $600,000 under the Plan. However, the Company reserves its absolute discretion regarding the final amount raised under the Plan subject to compliance with the ASX Listing Rules.
Based on that amount, and in accordance with the ASX Listing Rules, the maximum number of Shares that can be issued as at the date of this document is 300,000,000.
The Board reserves the right to accept oversubscriptions, reject any application or scale back any application in whole or in part at its absolute discretion. If there is a scale back, you may not receive all the Shares for which you have applied and the Company may in its absolute discretion determine to apply the scale back to the extent and in the manner it sees fit, which may include taking into account a number of factors including, but not limited to:
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(a) the size of your shareholding at the Record Date;
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(b) the extent to which you have sold or purchased Shares since the Record Date;
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(c) whether you have multiple registered holdings;
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(d) the date on which your application was made; and
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(e) the total number of applications and Shares subscribed for by Eligible Shareholders.
If the Company rejects or scales-back an Application or purported Application, the Company will promptly return to the shareholder the relevant application monies, without interest.
Dispute Resolution
The Company may, in any manner it thinks fit, settle any difficulties, anomalies or disputes which may arise in connection with or by reason of the operation of the Plan, whether generally or in relation to any participant, Application or Shares. The decision of the Company in this respect will be conclusive and binding on all shareholders and other persons to whom that determination relates.
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The Company reserves the right to waive strict compliance with any provision of these terms and conditions. The powers of the Company under these conditions may be exercised by the directors of the Company or any delegate of the directors of the Company.
Questions and Contact Details
If you have any questions regarding the Plan or how to deal with this Offer, please contact your stockbroker or professional adviser or the Company’s share registrar, Advanced Share Registry, on +61 (0)8 9389 8033 (weekdays from 8.30pm to 5.00pm WST) or by email at [email protected].
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