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METALSGROVE MINING LTD Governance Information 2024

Sep 15, 2024

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METALSGROVE MINING LIMITED ACN 655 643 039 (Company)

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT

This Corporate Governance Statement is current as at 16 September 2024 and has been approved by the Board of the Company on that date.

This Corporate Governance Statement discloses the extent to which the Company will, as at the date it is admitted to the official list of the ASX, follow the recommendations set by the ASX Corporate Governance Council in its publication Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations – 4[th] Edition ( Recommendations ). The Recommendations are not mandatory, however the Recommendations that will not be followed have been identified and reasons provided for not following them along with what (if any) alternative governance practices the Company intends to adopt in lieu of the recommendation.

The Company has adopted a Corporate Governance Plan which provides the written terms of reference for the Company’s corporate governance duties.

Due to the current size and nature of the existing Board and the magnitude of the Company’s operations, the Board does not consider that the Company will gain any benefit from individual Board committees and that its resources would be better utilised in other areas as the Board is of the strong view that at this stage the experience and skill set of the current Board is sufficient to perform these roles. Under the Company’s Board Charter, the duties that would ordinarily be assigned to individual committees are currently carried out by the full Board under the written terms of reference for those committees.

The Company’s Corporate Governance Plan is available on the Company’s website at www.metalsgrove.com.au .

RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
Principle 1: Lay solid foundations for management and oversight
Recommendation 1.1
(a)
A listed entity should have and disclose a
board
charter
which
sets
out
the
respective roles and responsibilities of the
Board, the Chair and management, and
includes a description of those matters
expressly reserved to the Board and those
delegated to management.
YES The Company has adopted a Board Charter that sets out the specific roles
and responsibilities of the Board, the Chair and management and includes
a description of those matters expressly reserved to the Board and those
delegated to management.

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RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
The Board Charter sets out the specific responsibilities of the Board,
requirements as to the Board’s composition, the roles and responsibilities of
the Chairman and Company Secretary, the establishment, operation and
management of Board Committees, Directors’ access to Company records
and information, details of the Board’s relationship with management,
details of the Board’s performance review and details of the Board’s
disclosure policy.
A copy of the Company’s Board Charter, which is part of the Company’s
Corporate Governance Plan, is available on the Company’s website.
Recommendation 1.2
A listed entity should:
(a)
undertake appropriate checks before
appointing a director or senior executive
or putting someone forward for election as
a Director; and
(a)
provide security holders with all material
information in its possession relevant to a
decision on whether or not to elect or re-
elect a Director.
YES (a)
The Company has guidelines for the appointment and selection of
the Board and senior executives in its Corporate Governance Plan.
The Company’s Nomination Committee Charter (in the Company’s
Corporate Governance Plan) requires the Nomination Committee
(or, in its absence, the Board) to ensure appropriate checks
(including checks in respect of character, experience, education,
criminal record and bankruptcy history (as appropriate)) are
undertaken before appointing a person, or putting forward to
security holders a candidate for election, as a Director. In the event
of an unsatisfactory check, a Director is required to submit their
resignation.
(b)
Under the Nomination Committee Charter, all material information
relevant to a decision on whether or not to elect or re-elect a
Director must be provided to security holders in the Notice of
Meeting containing the resolution to elect or re-elect a Director.
Recommendation 1.3
A listed entity should have a written agreement
with each Director and senior executive setting out
the terms of their appointment.
YES The Company’s Nomination Committee Charter requires the Nomination
Committee (or, in its absence, the Board) to ensure that each Director and
senior executive is personally a party to a written agreement with the
Company which sets out the terms of that Director’s or senior executive’s
appointment.
The Company has written agreements with each of its Directors and senior
executives.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
Recommendation 1.4
The Company Secretary of a listed entity should be
accountable directly to the Board, through the
Chair, on all matters to do with the proper
functioning of the Board.
YES The Board Charter outlines the roles, responsibility and accountability of the
Company Secretary. In accordance with this, the Company Secretary is
accountable directly to the Board, through the Chair, on all matters to do
with the proper functioning of the Board.
Recommendation 1.5
A listed entity should:
(a)
have and disclose a diversity policy;
(b)
through its board or a committee of the
board set measurable objectives for
achieving
gender
diversity
in
the
composition of its board, senior executives
and workforce generally; and
(c)
disclose in relation to each reporting
period:
(i)
the measurable objectives set for
that period to achieve gender
diversity;
(ii)
the
entity’s
progress
towards
achieving those objectives; and
(iii)
either:
(A)
the
respective
proportions of men and
women on the Board, in
senior executive positions
and across the whole
workforce (including how
the entity has defined
“senior
executive”
for
these purposes); or
PARTIALLY (a)
The Company has adopted a Diversity Policy which provides a
framework for the Company to establish, achieve and measure
diversity objectives, including in respect of gender diversity. The
Diversity Policy is available, as part of the Corporate Governance
Plan, on the Company’s website.
(b)
The Diversity Policy allows the Board to set measurable gender
diversity objectives, if considered appropriate, and to continually
monitor both the objectives if any have been set and the
Company’s progress in achieving them.
(c)
The Board does not presently intend to set measurable gender
diversity objectives because:
(i)
the Board does not anticipate there will be a need to appoint
any new Directors or senior executives due to the limited
nature of the Company’s existing and proposed activities
and the Board’s view that the existing Directors and senior
executives have sufficient skill and experience to carry out
the Company’s plans;
(ii)
if it becomes necessary to appoint any new Directors or
senior executives, the Board will consider the application of
the measurable
diversity
objectives
and
determined
whether, given the small size of the Company and the Board,
requIring specified objectives to be met will unduly limit the
Company from applying the Diversity Policy as a whole and
the Company’s policy of appointing the best person for the
job; and
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
(B)
if the entity is a “relevant
employer”
under
the
Workplace
Gender
Equality Act, the entity’s
most
recent
“Gender
Equality Indicators”, as
defined in the Workplace
Gender Equality Act. If
the entity was in the
S&P / ASX 300 Index at
the commencement of
the reporting period, the
measurable objective for
achieving
gender
diversity
in
the
composition of its board
should be to have not less
than 30% of its directors of
each gender within a
specified period.
(iii)
the respective proportions of men and women on the Board,
in senior executive positions and across the whole
organisation (including how the entity has defined “senior
executive” for these purposes) for each financial year will be
disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report.
Recommendation 1.6
A listed entity should:
(a)
have
and
disclose
a
process
for
periodically evaluating the performance
of the Board, its committees and individual
Directors; and
(b)
disclose for each reporting period whether
a performance evaluation has been
undertaken in accordance with that
process during or in respect of that period.

YES
(a)
The Company’s Nomination Committee (or, in its absence, the
Board) is responsible for evaluating the performance of the Board,
its committees and individual Directors on an annual basis. It may do
so with the aid of an independent advisor. The process for this is set
out in the Company’s Corporate Governance Plan, which is
available on the Company’s website.
(b)
The Company’s Corporate Governance Plan requires the Company
to disclose whether performance evaluations were conducted
during the relevant reporting period. The Company completes
performance evaluations in respect of the Board, its committees (if
any) and individual Directors for each financial year in accordance
with the above process.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
Recommendation 1.7
A listed entity should:
(a)
have
and
disclose
a
process
for
evaluating the performance of its senior
executives at least once every reporting
period; and
(b)
disclose for each reporting period whether
a performance evaluation has been
undertaken in accordance with that
process during or in respect of that period.

YES
(a)
The Company’s Nomination Committee (or, in its absence, the
Board) is responsible for evaluating the performance of the
Company’s senior executives on an annual basis. The Company’s
Remuneration Committee (or, in its absence, the Board) is
responsible for evaluating the remuneration of the Company’s senior
executives on an annual basis. A senior executive, for these
purposes, means key management personnel (as defined in the
Corporations Act) other than a non-executive Director.
The applicable processes for these evaluations can be found in the
Company’s Corporate Governance Plan, which is available on the
Company’s website.
(b)
The Company’s Corporate Governance Plan requires the Company
to disclose whether performance evaluations were conducted
during the relevant reporting period. The Company completes
performance evaluations in respect of the senior executives (if any)
for each financial year in accordance with the applicable
processes.
Principle 2: Structure the Board to be effective and add value
Recommendation 2.1
The Board of a listed entity should:
(a)
have a nomination committee which:
(i)
has at least three members, a
majority
of
whom
are
independent Directors; and
(ii)
is chaired by an independent
Director,
and disclose:
(iii)
the charter of the committee;
(iv)
the members of the committee;
and
PARTIALLY (a)
The Company does not have a Nomination Committee. The
Company’s Nomination Committee Charter provides for the
creation of a Nomination Committee (if it is considered it will benefit
the Company), with at least three members, a majority of whom are
independent Directors, and which must be chaired by an
independent Director.
(b)
The Company does not have a Nomination Committee as the Board
considers that the Company will not currently benefit from its
establishment. In accordance with the Company’s Board Charter,
the Board carries out the duties that would ordinarily be carried out
by the Nomination Committee under the Nomination Committee
Charter, including the following processes to address succession
issues and to ensure the Board has the appropriate balance of skills,
experience, independence and knowledge of the entity to enable
it to discharge its duties and responsibilities effectively:
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
(v)
as at the end of each reporting
period, the number of times the
committee met throughout the
period
and
the
individual
attendances of the members at
those meetings; or
(b)
if
it
does
not
have
a
nomination
committee, disclose that fact and the
processes it employs to address Board
succession issues and to ensure that the
Board has the appropriate balance of
skills, knowledge, experience,
(c)
independence and diversity to enable it
to discharge its duties and responsibilities
effectively.
(i)
devoting time at least annually to discuss Board succession
issues and updating the Company’s Board skills matrix; and
(ii)
all Board members being involved in the Company’s
nomination process, to the maximum extent permitted under
the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules.
Recommendation 2.2
A listed entity should have and disclose a Board
skills matrix setting out the mix of skills that the Board
currently has or is looking to achieve in its
membership.
YES Under the Nomination Committee Charter (in the Company’s Corporate
Governance Plan), the Nomination Committee (or, in its absence, the
Board) is required to prepare a Board skills matrix setting out the mix of skills
that the Board currently has (or is looking to achieve) and to review this at
least annually against the Company’s Board skills matrix to ensure the
appropriate mix of skills to discharge its obligations effectively and to add
value and to ensure the Board has the ability to deal with new and
emerging business and governance issues.
The Company has a Board skill matrix setting out the mix of skills and diversity
that the Board currently has or is looking to achieve in its membership. A
copy is set out below and will be available in the Company’s Annual Report.
The Board Charter requires the disclosure of each Board member’s
qualifications and expertise. Full details as to each Director and senior
executive’s relevant skills and experience are available in the Company’s
Annual Report.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION EXPLANATION
Skills Required by Company Lijun
YANG
Richard
BEAZLEY
Haidong
CHI
John
REYNOLDS
Peter
STERN
Luke Huang
Exploration and Geology
Operational Management
Mining Engineering
Project Delivery
Finance
Legal
Corporate Governance
Equity and Capital Markets
Recommendation 2.3
A listed entity should disclose:
(a)
the names of the Directors considered by
the Board to be independent Directors;
(b)
if a Director has an interest, position or
relationship of the type described in Box
2.3 of the ASX Corporate Governance
Principles and Recommendations (4th
Edition), but the Board is of the opinion
that
it
does
not
compromise
the
independence of the Director, the nature
of the interest, position or relationship in
question and an explanation of why the
Board is of that opinion; and
(c)
the length of service of each Director
YES (a)
The Board
Charter requires the disclosure of the
Recommendation 2.4 The Company’s Board Charter requires that, where practical, the majority
of the Board should be independent.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
A majority of the Board of a listed entity should be
independent Directors.
NO The Board currently comprises a total of five directors (with one alternate),
of whom three are considered to be independent. As such, independent
directors currently do not comprise the majority of the Board.
The Board does not currently consider an independent majority of the Board
to be appropriate given:
(a)
the speculative nature of the Company’s business, and its limited
scale of activities, means the Company only needs, and can only
commercially sustain, a small Board of five Directors and no senior
executives (other than the executive Director);
(b)
the Company considers it necessary, given its speculative and small
scale activities, to attract and retain suitable Directors by offering
Directors an interest in the Company; and
(c)
the Company considers it appropriate to provide remuneration to its
Directors in the form of securities in order to conserve its limited cash
reserves.
As the Company grows, the Board will look forward to appointing additional
indepdendent directors.
Recommendation 2.5
The Chair of the Board of a listed entity should be
an independent Director and, in particular, should
not be the same person as the CEO of the entity.
YES The Board Charter provides that, where practical, the Chair of the Board
should be an independent Director and should not be the CEO/Managing
Director.
The Chair of the Company is an independent Director and is not the
CEO/Managing Director.
Recommendation 2.6
A listed entity should have a program for inducting
new Directors and for periodically reviewing
whether there is a need for existing directors to
undertake professional development to maintain
the skills and knowledge needed to perform their
role as Directors effectively.
YES In accordance with the Company’s Board Charter, the Nominations
Committee (or, in its absence, the Board) is responsible for the approval and
review of induction and continuing professional development programs
and procedures for Directors to ensure that they can effectively discharge
their responsibilities. The Company Secretary is responsible for facilitating
inductions and professional development including receiving briefings on
material developments in laws, regulations and accounting standards
relevant to the Company.
Principle 3: Instil a culture of acting lawfully, ethically and responsibly
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
Recommendation 3.1
A listed entity should articulate and disclose its
values.
YES (a)
The Company is committed to conducting all of its business activities
fairly, honestly with a high level of integrity, and in compliance with
all applicable laws, rules and regulations. The Board, management
and employees are dedicated to high ethical standards and
recognise and support the Company’s commitment to compliance
with these standards.
(b)
The Company’s values are set out in its Code of Conduct (which
forms part of the Corporate Governance Plan) and are available on
the Company’s website. All employees are given appropriate
training on the Company’s values and senior executives will
continually reference such values.
Recommendation 3.2
A listed entity should:
(a)
have and disclose a code of conduct for
its
Directors,
senior
executives
and
employees; and
(b)
ensure that the Board or a committee of
the Board is informed of any material
breaches of that code.
YES (a)
The Company’s Corporate Code of Conduct applies to the
Company’s Directors, senior executives and employees.
(b)
The Company’s Corporate Code of Conduct (which forms part of
the Company’s Corporate Governance Plan) is available on the
Company’s website. Any material breaches of the Code of
Conduct are reported to the Board or a committee of the Board.
Recommendation 3.3
A listed entity should:
(a)
have and disclose a whistleblower policy;
and
(a)
ensure that the Board or a committee of
the Board is informed of any material
incidents reported under that policy.
YES The Company’s Whistleblower Protection Policy (which forms part of the
Corporate Governance Plan) is available on the Company’s website. Any
material breaches of the Whistleblower Protection Policy are to be reported
to the Board or a committee of the Board.
Recommendation 3.4
A listed entity should:
(a)
have and disclose an anti-bribery and
corruption policy; and
YES The Company’s Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy (which forms part of
the Corporate Governance Plan) is available on the Company’s website.
Any material breaches of the Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy are to
be reported to the Board or a committee of the Board.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
(b)
ensure that the Board or committee of the
Board
is
informed
of
any
material
breaches of that policy.
Principle 4: Safeguard the integrity of corporate reports
Recommendation 4.1
The Board of a listed entity should:
(a)
have an audit committee which:
(i)
has at least three members, all of
whom
are
non-executive
Directors and a majority of whom
are independent Directors; and
(ii)
is chaired by an independent
Director, who is not the Chair of
the Board,
and disclose:
(iii)
the charter of the committee;
(iv)
the relevant qualifications and
experience of the members of the
committee; and
(v)
in relation to each reporting
period, the number of times the
committee met throughout the
period
and
the
individual
attendances of the members at
those meetings; or
(b)
if it does not have an audit committee,
disclose that fact and the processes it
employs that independently verify and
safeguard the integrity of its corporate
reporting, including the processes for the
appointment and removal of the external
auditor and the rotation of the audit
engagement partner.
PARTIALLY (a)
The Company does not have an Audit and Risk Committee. The
Company’s Corporate Governance Plan contains an Audit and Risk
Committee Charter that provides for the creation of an Audit and
Risk Committee with at least three members, all of whom must be
non-executive Directors, and majority of the Committee must be
independent Directors. The Committee must be chaired by an
independent Director who is not the Chair.
The Company does not have an Audit and Risk Committee as the
Board considers the Company will not currently benefit from its
establishment,. In accordance with the Company’s Board Charter,
the Board carries out the duties that would ordinarily be carried out
by the Audit and Risk Committee under the Audit and Risk
Committee
Charter
including
the
following
processes
to
independently verify the integrity of the Company’s periodic reports
which are not audited or reviewed by an external auditor, as well as
the processes for the appointment and removal of the external
auditor and the rotation of the audit engagement partner:
(i)
the Board devotes time at annual Board meetings to fulfilling
the roles and responsibilities associated with maintaining the
Company’s internal audit function and arrangements with
external auditors; and
(ii)
all members of the Board are involved in the Company’s
audit function to ensure the proper maintenance of the entity
and the integrity of all financial reporting.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
Recommendation 4.2
The Board of a listed entity should, before it
approves the entity’s financial statements for a
financial period, receive from its CEO and CFO a
declaration that the financial records of the entity
have been properly maintained and that the
financial statements comply with the appropriate
accounting standards and give a true and fair
view of the financial position and performance of
the entity and that the opinion has been formed
on the basis of a sound system of risk management
and internal control which is operating effectively.
PARTIALLY The Company’s Audit and Risk Committee Charter requires the CEO and
CFO (or, if none, the person(s) fulfilling those functions) to provide a sign off
on these terms.
The Company intends to obtain a sign off on these terms for each of its
financial statements in each financial year.
Recommendation 4.3
A listed entity should disclose its process to verify
the integrity of any periodic corporate report it
releases to the market that is not audited or
reviewed by an external auditor.
YES The Company will include in each of its (to the extent that the information
contained in the following is not audited or reviewed by an external
auditor):
(a)
annual reports or on its website, a description of the process it
undertakes to verify the integrity of the information in its annual
directors’ report;
(b)
quarterly reports, or in its annual report or on its website, a
description of the process it undertakes to verify the integrity of the
information in its quarterly reports;
(c)
integrated reports, or in its annual report (if that is a separate
document to its integrated report) or on its website, a description
of the process it undertakes to verify the integrity of the information
in its integrated reports; and
(d)
periodic corporate reports (such as a sustainability or CSR report),
or in its annual report or on its website, a description of the process
it undertakes to verify the integrity of the information in these
reports.
Principle 5: Make timely and balanced disclosure
Recommendation 5.1 YES (a)
The Company’s Corporate Governance Plan details the Company’s
Continuous Disclosure policy.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
A listed entity should have and disclose a written
policy for complying with its continuous disclosure
obligations under listing rule 3.1.
(b)
The
Corporate
Governance
Plan,
which
incorporates
the
Continuous Disclosure policy, is available on the Company’s
website.
Recommendation 5.2
A listed entity should ensure that its board receives
copies of all material market announcements
promptly after they have been made.
YES Under the Company’s Continuous Disclosure Policy (which forms part of the
Corporate Governance Plan), all members of the Board will receive
material market announcements promptly after they have been made.
Recommendation 5.3
A listed entity that gives a new and substantive
investor or analyst presentation should release a
copy of the presentation materials on the ASX
Market Announcements Platform ahead of the
presentation.
YES All substantive investor or analyst presentations will be released on the ASX
Markets Announcement Platform ahead of such presentations.
Principle 6:Respect the rights of security holders
Recommendation 6.1
A listed entity should provide information about
itself and its governance to investors via its website.
YES Information about the Company and its governance is available in the
Corporate Governance Plan which can be found on the Company’s
website.
Recommendation 6.2
A listed entity should have an investor relations
program
that
facilitates
effective
two-way
communication with investors.
YES The Company has adopted a Shareholder Communications Strategy which
aims to promote and facilitate effective two-way communication with
investors. The Strategy outlines a range of ways in which information is
communicated to shareholders and is available on the Company’s website
as part of the Company’s Corporate Governance Plan.
Recommendation 6.3
A listed entity should disclose how it facilitates and
encourages participation at meetings of security
holders.
YES Shareholders are encouraged to participate at all general meetings and
AGMs of the Company.
All substantive resolutions at securityholder meetings will be decided by a
poll rather than a show of hands.
Recommendation 6.4
A listed entity should ensure that all substantive
resolutions at a meeting of security holders are
decided by a poll rather than by a show of hands.
YES All substantive resolutions at securityholder meetings will be decided by a
poll rather than a show of hands.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
Recommendation 6.5
A listed entity should give security holders the
option to receive communications from, and send
communications to, the entity and its security
registry electronically.
YES The Shareholder Communication Strategy provides that security holders
can register with the Company to receive email notifications when an
announcement is made by the Company to the ASX, including the release
of the Annual Report, half yearly reports and quarterly reports. Links are
made available to the Company’s website on which all information
provided to the ASX is immediately posted.
Shareholders queries should be referred to the Company Secretary at first
instance.
Principle 7: Recognise and manage risk
Recommendation 7.1
The Board of a listed entity should:
(a)
have a committee or committees to
oversee risk, each of which:
(i)
has at least three members, a
majority
of
whom
are
independent Directors; and
(ii)
is chaired by an independent
Director,
and disclose:
(iii)
the charter of the committee;
(iv)
the members of the committee;
and
(v)
as at the end of each reporting
period, the number of times the
committee met throughout the
period
and
the
individual
attendances of the members at
those meetings; or
(b)
if it does not have a risk committee or
committees that satisfy (a) above, disclose
that fact and the process it employs for
overseeing the entity’s risk management
framework.
YES (a)
The Company does not have an Audit and Risk Committee. The
Company’s Corporate Governance Plan contains an Audit and Risk
Committee Charter that provides for the creation of an Audit and
Risk Committee with at least three members, all of whom must be
non-executive Directors, and majority of the Committee must be
independent Directors. The Committee must be chaired by an
independent Director who is not the Chair.
A copy of the Corporate Governance Plan is available on the
Company’s website.
(b)
The Company does not have an Audit and Risk Committee as the
Board considers the Company will not currently benefit from its
establishment. In accordance with the Company’s Board Charter,
the Board carries out the duties that would ordinarily be carried out
by the Audit and Risk Committee under the Audit and Risk
Committee Charter including the following processes to oversee the
entity’s risk management framework:
(i)
the Board devotes time at quarterly Board meetings to
fulfilling the roles and responsibilities associated with
overseeing risk and maintaining the entity's risk management
framework and associated internal compliance and control
procedures.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
Recommendation 7.2
The Board or a committee of the Board should:
(a)
review the entity’s risk management
framework at least annually to satisfy itself
that it continues to be sound and that the
entity is operating with due regard to the
risk appetite set by the Board; and
(b)
disclose in relation to each reporting
period, whether such a review has taken
place.
YES (a)
The Audit and Risk Committee Charter requires that the Audit and
Risk Committee (or, in its absence, the Board) should, at least
annually, satisfy itself that the Company’s risk management
framework continues to be sound and that the Company is
operating with due regard to the risk appetite set by the Board.
(b)
The Company’s Corporate Governance Plan requires the Company
to disclose at least annually whether such a review of the
Company’s risk management framework has taken place.
Recommendation 7.3
A listed entity should disclose:
(a)
if it has an internal audit function, how the
function is structured and what role it
performs; or
(b)
if it does not have an internal audit
function, that fact and the processes it
employs for evaluating and continually
improving
the
effectiveness
of
its
governance,
risk
management
and
internal control processes.
YES (a)
The Audit and Risk Committee Charter provides for the Audit and Risk
Committee to monitor and periodically review the need for an
internal audit function, as well as assessing the performance and
objectivity of any internal audit procedures that may be in place.
The Company does not have an internal audit function. The Board
will periodically review whether there is a need for an internal audit
function that complies with Recommendation 7.3.
Recommendation 7.4
A listed entity should disclose whether it has any
material exposure to environmental or social risks
and, if it does, how it manages or intends to
manage those risks.
YES The Audit and Risk Committee Charter requires the Audit and Risk
Committee (or, in its absence, the Board) to assist management to
determine whether the Company has any potential or apparent exposure
to environmental or social risks and, if it does, put in place management
systems, practices and procedures to manage those risks.
The Company’s Corporate Governance Plan requires the Company to
disclose whether it has any potential or apparent exposure to
environmental or social risks and, if it does, put in place management
systems, practices and procedures to manage those risk.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
Where the Company does not have material exposure to environmental or
social risks, report the basis for that determination to the Board, and where
appropriate benchmark the Company’s environmental or social risk profile
against its peers.
The Company will disclose this information in its Annual Report as part of its
continuous disclosure obligations.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
Principle 8: Remunerate fairly and responsibly
Recommendation 8.1
The Board of a listed entity should:
(a)
have a remuneration committee which:
(i)
has at least three members, a
majority
of
whom
are
independent Directors; and
(ii)
is chaired by an independent
Director,
and disclose:
(iii)
the charter of the committee;
(iv)
the members of the committee;
and
(v)
as at the end of each reporting
period, the number of times the
committee met throughout the
period
and
the
individual
attendances of the members at
those meetings; or
(b)
if it does not have a remuneration
committee, disclose that fact and the
processes it employs for setting the level
and composition of remuneration for
Directors and senior executives and
ensuring
that
such
remuneration
is
appropriate and not excessive.
YES (a)
The Company does not have a Remuneration Committee. The
Company’s Corporate Governance Plan contains a Remuneration
Committee Charter that provides for the creation of a Remuneration
Committee (if it is considered it will benefit the Company), with at
least three members, a majority of whom are be independent
Directors, and which must be chaired by an independent Director.
(b)
The Company does not have a Remuneration Committee as the
Board considers the Company will not currently benefit from its
establishment. In accordance with the Company’s Board Charter,
the Board carries out the duties that would ordinarily be carried out
by the Remuneration Committee under the Remuneration
Committee Charter including, but not limited to, by devoting time at
the annual Board meeting to assess the level and composition of
remuneration for Directors and senior executives.
Recommendation 8.2
A listed entity should separately disclose its policies
and practices regarding the remuneration of non-
executive Directors and the remuneration of
executive Directors and other senior executives.
YES The Company’s Corporate Governance Plan requires the Board to disclose
its policies and practices regarding the remuneration of Directors and senior
executives, which is disclosed in the remuneration report contained in the
Company’s Annual Report as well as being disclosed on the Company’s
website.
RECOMMENDATIONS (4TH EDITION) COMPLY EXPLANATION
Recommendation 8.3
A listed entity which has an equity-based
remuneration scheme should:
(a)
have a policy on whether participants
are permitted to enter into transactions
(whether through the use of derivatives or
otherwise) which limit the economic risk
of participating in the scheme; and
(b)
disclose that policy or a summary of it.
YES The Company’s Trading Policy includes a restriction on KMPs entering into
any arrangement that would have the effect of limiting the exposure of the
KMP to risk relating to an element of the KMP’s remuneration that has not
vested or remains subject to a holding lock.
The Company’s Trading Policy will be available on its website.