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LASERBOND LIMITED — AGM Information 2008
Oct 14, 2008
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AGM Information
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LASERBOND LIMITED
ACN 057 636 692
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
TIME: 10.00 am (EST) DATE: Thursday, 20[th] November 2008 PLACE: The offices of Laserbond Limited 28 York Rd Ingleburn NSW 2565
This Notice of Meeting should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their professional advisers prior to voting.
Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on (+61 2) 9227 8900.
CONTENTS PAGE
| Notice of Annual General Meeting (setting out the proposed resolutions) | 3 |
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| Explanatory Statement (explaining the proposed resolutions) | 5 |
| Glossary | 7 |
| Proxy Form | 8 |
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING AND HOW TO VOTE
VENUE
The Meeting of the Shareholders to which this Notice of Meeting relates will be held on Thursday, 20[th] November 2008 at:
The offices of Laserbond Limited 28 York Rd Ingleburn NSW 2565
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 10.00am.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
The business of the Annual General Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important.
VOTING IN PERSON
To vote in person, attend the Annual General Meeting on the date and at the place set out above.
VOTING BY PROXY
To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by:
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(a) post or hand to Laserbond Limited, GPO Box 2537, Sydney NSW 2001; or
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(b) post or hand to Laserbond Limited, c/- Arthur Phillip Pty Ltd, Level 33, 52 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW; or
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(c) facsimile to the Company on facsimile number (+61 2) 9227 8901,
so that it is received not later than 10.00am (EST) on Tuesday, 18 November 2008.
Proxy Forms received later than this time will be invalid.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 10.00am (EST) on 20 November 2008 at the offices of Laserbond Limited at 28 York Rd Ingleburn NSW 2565.
The Explanatory Statement to this Notice of Meeting provides additional information on matters to be considered at the Annual General Meeting. The Explanatory Statement and the Proxy Form are part of this Notice of Meeting.
The Directors have determined pursuant to Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting are those who are registered Shareholders of the Company as at 10.00am (EST) on Tuesday, 18 November 2008.
Terms and abbreviations used in this Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement are defined in the Glossary.
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 2008 together with the declaration of Directors, the Directors’ report, the remuneration report and the auditor’s report.
1. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as a non-binding resolution:
“That, for the purpose 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 Company’s annual financial report for the financial year ended 30 June 2008.”
2. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR GREG HOOPER
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“That, for the purposes of clause 13.2 of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Greg Hooper, a Director who retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”
3. RESOLUTION 3 – ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR PHILIP SURIANO
To consider, and if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“That, for the purpose of clause 13.4 of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Philip Suriano, a Director who was appointed on 6 May 2008 , retires, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”
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DATED: 14 OCTOBER 2008
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
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IAN MALTMAN LASERBOND LIMITED COMPANY SECRETARY
Voting Exclusion Note:
Where a voting exclusion applies, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
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EXPLANATORY STATE MENT
This Explanatory Statement has been prepared for the information of the Shareholders in connection with the business to be conducted at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held at 10.00 am (EST) on 20[th] November 2008 at the offices of Laserbond Limited, 28 York Rd, Ingleburn NSW 2565.
The purpose of this Explanatory Statement is to provide information which the Directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions in the Notice of Meeting.
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
In accordance with the Constitution, the business of the Annual General Meeting will include receipt and consideration of the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2008 together with the declaration of the directors, the directors’ report, the remuneration report and the auditor’s report.
In accordance with amendments to the Corporations Act the Company is no longer required to provide a hard copy of the Company’s annual financial report to Shareholders unless a Shareholder has specifically elected to receive a printed copy. These amendments may result in reducing the Company’s printing costs.
Whilst the Company will not provide a hard copy of the Company’s annual financial report unless specifically requested to do so, Shareholders may view the Company’s annual financial report on its website at www.laserbond.com.au.
2. 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 2008.
A reasonable opportunity will be provided for discussion of the remuneration report at the Annual General Meeting.
3. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR GREG HOOPER
Clause 13.2 of the Constitution requires that if the Company has three or more Directors, one third (or the number nearest one-third) of those Directors must retire at each annual general meeting, provided always that no Director (except a Managing Director) shall hold office for a period in excess of 3 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 clause 13.2 of the Constitution is eligible for reelection.
Mr Greg Hooper retires by rotation and seeks re-election.
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4. RESOLUTION 3 – ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – MR PHILIP SURIANO
Clause 13.4 of the Constitution allows the Directors to appoint at any time a person to be a Director as an addition to the existing Directors, but only where the total number of Directors does not at any time exceed the maximum number specified by the Constitution.
Any Director so appointed holds office only until the next following annual general meeting and is then eligible for re-election.
Mr Suriano began his career in corporate banking with the Commonwealth Bank. Mr Suriano has spent 16 years in positions within the Australian media industry, and has a background in operations, sales and marketing in roles including National Sales Director, MCN and Group Sales Manager at Network Ten. Prior to joining MCN, Mr Suriano was employed within the Victor Smorgon Group of Companies.
Mr Philip Suriano will retire in accordance with clause 13.4 of the Constitution and being eligible seeks re-election.
5. ENQUIRIES
Shareholders are required to contact the Company on (+61 2) 9227 8900 if they have any queries in respect of the matters set out in these documents.
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GLOSSARY
$ means Australian dollars.
ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
ASX means the Australian Securities Exchange.
ASX Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.
Board means the current board of directors of the Company.
Business Days means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in the State of New South Wales.
Company means Laserbond Limited (ABN 24 057 636 692).
Constitution means the Company’s constitution.
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Directors mean the current directors of the Company.
EST means Eastern Standard Time as observed in Sydney, New South Wales.
Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice of Meeting.
Notice of Meeting or Notice of Annual General Meeting means the notice of annual general meeting forming part of this document including the Explanatory Statement.
Resolutions means the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, or any one of them, as the context requires.
Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.
Shareholder means a holder of a Share.
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PROXY FORM
APPOINTMENT OF PROXY LASERBOND LIMITED ACN 057 636 692 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
I/We of
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being a member of Laserbond Limited entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, hereby Appoint Name of proxy OR the Chair of the Annual General Meeting as your proxy
or failing the person so named or, if no person is named, the Chair of the Annual General Meeting, or the Chair’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 10.00am (WST), on 20 November 2008 at the offices of Laserbond Limited, 28 York Rd, Ingleburn NSW, and at any adjournment thereof.
If no directions are given, the Chair will vote in favour of all the Resolutions.
If the Chair of the Annual General 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 Resolutions 1 to 3 please place a mark in this box.
By marking this box, you acknowledge that the Chair of the Annual General Meeting may exercise your proxy even if he has an interest in the outcome of Resolutions 1 to 3 and that votes cast by the Chair of the Annual General Meeting for Resolutions 1 to 3 other than as proxy holder will be disregarded because of that interest. If you do not mark this box, and you have not directed your proxy how to vote, the Chair will not cast your votes on Resolutions 1 to 3 and your votes will not be counted in calculating the required majority if a poll is called on Resolutions 1 to 3.
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Voting on Business of the Annual General Meeting
Resolution 1 – Adoption of remuneration report Resolution 2 – Re-election of Director – Mr Greg Hooper Resolution 3 – Re-election of Director – Mr Philip Suriano
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
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 to be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.
Signature of Member(s): Date: ______________________ Individual or Member 1 Member 2 Member 3 Sole Director/Company Secretary Director Director/Company Secretary
Contact Name: ______________________________________ Contact Ph (daytime): ______________________________
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LASERBOND LIMITED ACN 057 636 692
Instructions for Completing ‘Appointment of Proxy’ Form
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(Appointing a Proxy): A member entitled to attend and vote at an Annual General Meeting is entitled to appoint not more than two proxies to attend and vote on a poll on their behalf. The appointment of a second proxy must be done on a separate copy of the Proxy Form. Where more than one proxy is appointed, such proxy must be allocated a proportion of the member’s voting rights. If a member appoints two proxies and the appointment does not specify this proportion, each proxy may exercise half the votes. A duly appointed proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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(Direction to Vote): A member may direct a proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item of business. Where a box is not marked the proxy may vote as they choose. Where more than one box is marked on an item the vote will be invalid on that item.
(Signing Instructions):
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(Individual): Where the holding is in one name, the member must sign.
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(Joint Holding): Where the holding is in more than one name, all of the members must sign.
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(Power of Attorney): If you have not already provided the Power of Attorney with the registry, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.
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(Companies): Where the company has a sole director who is also the sole company secretary, that person must sign. Where the company (pursuant to Section 204A of the Corporations Act) does not have a company secretary, a sole director can also sign alone. Otherwise, a director jointly with either another director or a company secretary must sign. Please sign in the appropriate place to indicate the office held.
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(Attending the Meeting): Completion of a Proxy Form will not prevent individual members from attending the Annual General Meeting in person if they wish. Where a member completes and lodges a valid Proxy Form and attends the Annual General Meeting in person, then the proxy’s authority to speak and vote for that member is suspended while the member is present at the Annual General Meeting.
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(Return of Proxy Form): To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by:
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(a) post or hand to Laserbond Limited , GPO Box 2537, Sydney NSW 2001; or
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(b) post or hand to Laserbond Limited c/- Arthur Phillip Pty Ltd Level 33, 52 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW; or
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(c) facsimile to the Company on facsimile number +61 2 9227 8900,
so that it is received not later than 10.00am (EST) on Tuesday, 18 November 2008.
Proxy forms received later than this time will be invalid.
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