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LOTUS RESOURCES LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2016
Jun 27, 2016
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Capital/Financing Update
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Dear Shareholder
Non-Renounceable Rights Issue
On 24 June 2016 Dragon Energy Limited (ACN 119 992 175) ( Company ) announced a nonrenounceable pro rata entitlement offer to raise up to $1,032,132.
The offer will be made on the basis of 1 new share for every 1 existing share held to shareholders with a registered address in Australia and New Zealand as at 7:00pm (AEST) on 30 June 2016 ( Eligible Shareholders ), at an offer price of $0.005 per share ( Offer ). Shareholders will be given the opportunity to apply for additional shares in excess of their entitlement.
Proceeds from this rights issue will be used for exploration expenditure commitments and general working capital.
New shares to be issued under the Offer will rank equally with existing shares. The Company has applied to ASX for the new shares to be listed. Fractional entitlements will be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
A prospectus for the Offer has been lodged with ASIC on 24 June 2016 which will be available on both the ASX website and the Company’s website ( Prospectus ). Full details of the Offer will be contained in the Prospectus and accompanying personalised entitlement and acceptance form ( Entitlement and Acceptance Form ) to Eligible Shareholders following the Record Date.
Shareholders should consider the Prospectus in deciding whether to acquire new shares under the Offer and will need to complete the Entitlement and Acceptance Form to take up their entitlement.
As an Eligible Shareholder, you may:
a) subscribe for all or part of your entitlement; b) subscribe for all or part of your entitlement and apply for shortfall securities; c) allow all or part of your entitlement to lapse.
Assuming that no shares are issued prior to the Record Date, at the close of the Offer, the capital structure of the Company following the Offer will be:
| Shares | Full SubscriptionNumber | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Existing Shares | 206,426,374 | 50.00 | |
| New Shares offered under this Prospectus | 206,426,374 | 50.00 | |
| Total Shares | 412,852,748 | 100.0 |
K:ltr to eligible shareholders (KPC00140390-002)
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The indicative timetable for the Offer is set out below:
| Prospectus lodged with ASIC and ASX | 24 June 2016 |
|---|---|
| Ex Date – Shares trade ex Entitlement | 29 June 2016 |
| Record date to determine Entitlement (Record Date) | 30 June 2016 |
| Prospectus with Entitlement and Acceptance Form dispatched | 1 July 2016 |
| Offer opens for receipt of Applications | 1 July 2016 |
| Closing date for acceptances (Closing Date) | 15 July 2016 |
| Deferred settlement trading commences | 18 July 2016 |
| Notify ASX of Shortfall | 20 July 2016 |
| Issue of New Shares | 22 July 2016 |
| Deferred settlement trading ends | 22 July 2016 |
| Dispatch of shareholding statements | 25 July 2016 |
| Normal trading of New Shares expected to commence | 25 July 2016 |
| Last date to issue Shortfall Securities | 15 October 2016 |
The Directors may extend the Closing Date by giving at least 3 Business Days’ notice to ASX prior to the Closing Date, subject to such date being no later than 3 months after the date of this Prospectus. As such the date the New Shares are expected to commence trading on ASX may vary.
Yours sincerely
Keong Chan
Company Secretary
K:ltr to eligible shareholders (KPC00140390-002)
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