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NOVONIX Ltd — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2019
Feb 5, 2019
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
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Friday, 8 March 2019 McCullough Robertson Lawyers Level 11, 66 Eagle Street Brisbane, Queensland
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Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting
NOVONIX Limited ACN 157 690 830
Notice is given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of NOVONIX will be held at:
| Location | McCullough Robertson, Level 11, 66 Eagle St, Brisbane QLD 4000 |
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| Date | Friday, 8 March 2019 |
| Time | 10.00am (Brisbane time) |
Business
Resolution 1: Placement of Notes and attaching Options to sophisticated and professional investors
To consider and, if in favour, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
- 1 ‘That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.1 and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve the issue of up to 12,500,000 unsecured Notes to sophisticated and professional investors at an issue price of $0.40 per Note, together with one free attaching Option for every unsecured Note issued, on the terms set out in the Explanatory Memorandum.’
The Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of resolution.
Resolution 2: Placement of Notes and attaching Options to a related party
To consider and, if in favour, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
- 2 ‘That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.11, Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve the issue of 25,000,000 unsecured Notes to the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund, a related party of the Company, at an issue price of $0.40 per Note, together with one free attaching Option for every unsecured Note issued, on the terms set out in the Explanatory Statement.’
The Directors (with Philip St Baker abstaining) recommend that you vote in favour of this resolution.
Dated: 6 February 2019 By order of the Board
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Suzanne Yeates Company Secretary
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Notes
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(a) A Shareholder who is entitled to attend and cast a vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy.
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(b) The proxy need not be a Shareholder of NOVONIX. A Shareholder who is entitled to cast two or more votes may appoint two proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise.
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(c) If you wish to appoint a proxy and are entitled to do so, then complete and return the attached proxy form. To be effective, the proxy must be received at the share registry of the Company no later than 10.00am (Brisbane time) on 6 March 2019 (being, no less than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting).
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(d) If the proxy form specifies the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution the proxy need not vote on a show of hands but if the proxy does so, it must vote as specified in the proxy form.
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(e) If the proxy has two or more appointments that specify different ways to vote on the resolution the proxy must not vote on a show of hands.
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(f) If the proxy is the chair of the Meeting, the proxy must vote on a poll or must vote the way specified in the proxy form.
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(g) If the proxy is not the chair of the Meeting the proxy need not vote on the poll, but if the proxy does so, the proxy must vote as specified in the proxy form.
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(h) If the proxy form specifies the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution and the proxy is not the chair of the Meeting and a poll is demanded and either:
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(i) the proxy is not recorded as attending; or
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(ii) the proxy does not vote,
the chair of the Meeting is deemed the proxy for that resolution.
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(i) A corporation may elect to appoint a representative, rather than appoint a proxy, under the Corporations Act in which case NOVONIX will require written proof of the representative’s appointment which must be lodged with or presented to NOVONIX before the Meeting.
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(j) NOVONIX has determined under regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations that for the purpose of voting at the General Meeting or an adjourned meeting, securities are taken to be held by those persons recorded in NOVONIX’s register of Shareholders as at 7:00pm (Sydney time) on 6 March 2019.
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(k) If you have any queries on how to cast your votes, please call Suzanne Yeates (Company Secretary) on +61 439 310 818 during business hours.
Voting exclusions
| Resolutions | Voting exclusions |
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| Resolution 1 – Placement of Notes and attaching Options to sophisticated and professional investors |
In accordance with Listing Rule 14.11, the Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of resolution 1 by or on behalf of a person who is expected to participate in, or who will obtain a benefit as a result of, the placement (except a benefit solely by reason of being a Shareholder) or an associate of such person (or persons). However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by: (a) a person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the proxy form (e.g. for, against, abstain); or (b) the Chairman of 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 (e.g. for, against or abstain). |
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| Resolutions | Voting exclusions |
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| Resolution 2 – Placement of Notes and attaching Options to a related party |
The vote must not be cast on any of these resolutions: (a) by or on behalf of a related party or associate of a related party of the Company to whom the resolution would permit a financial benefit to be given, unless: (i) the vote is cast by that person as a proxy appointed in writing that specifies the way the proxy is to vote on the Resolutions and it is not being cast on; and (ii) it is not being cast on behalf of a related party or an associate of a related party to whom the resolution would permit a financial benefit to be given. In accordance with Listing Rule 14.11, the Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of these resolutions by Philip St Baker and his associates. However, the Company need not disregard a vote on any of the resolution 2, if the vote is cast by: (a) a person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the proxy form (e.g. for, against, abstain); or (b) the Chairman of 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 (e.g. for, against or abstain). |
Voting intentions of the Chairman
The Chairman intends to vote undirected proxies on, and in favour of, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting. If there is a change to how the Chairman intends to vote undirected proxies, NOVONIX will make an announcement to the market.
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Explanatory Memorandum
NOVONIX Limited ACN 157 690 830
This Explanatory Memorandum accompanies the Notice of Meeting of NOVONIX to be held at the office of McCullough Robertson Lawyers, Level 11, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane, Queensland on Friday, 8 March 2019 at 10.00am (Brisbane time).
The Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared to assist Shareholders in determining how to vote on the resolutions proposed and ought to be read in conjunction with the Notice of Meeting.
Background
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1 On 4 February 2019, NOVONIX announced that it had agreed to place 27,250,000 Notes to institutional and sophisticated investors to raise approximately $10.9 million.
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2 The purpose of the placement was to fund the exercise of NOVONIX’s option to purchase an additional 25% interest in PUREgraphite LLC for USD 5 million, increasing NOVONIX’s interest in the PUREgraphite joint venture based in Chattanooga Tennessee, USA to 75%.
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3 The terms of each Note to be issued are summarised as follows:
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(a) each Note has a face value of $0.40;
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(b)
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each Note accrues interest at 10% per annum until redemption or conversion;
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(c) the amount of interest payable on each Note accrues daily on principal only and will be calculated at the interest rate noted at paragraph (b) above on the face value;
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(d) interest on each Note must be paid in arrears by NOVONIX on redemption (with the first and only interest payment to be made on redemption);
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(e) the Notes may be transferred by an instrument of transfer in such form as NOVONIX may approve, noting that every instrument of transfer must be signed by the transferor and the transferee unless a law deems such instrument to be so signed, and every instrument of transfer must be sent to NOVONIX and be accompanied by the relevant Note certificate and evidence of the payment of any applicable stamp duty;
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(f) subject to paragraph (i) below, holders may convert a Note to an ordinary share (on a 1 for 1 basis) at any time on the giving of written notice to NOVONIX, with any accrued interest ignored upon conversion (i.e. it is no longer a debt owed by NOVONIX to the investor);
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(g) NOVONIX must redeem any outstanding Notes at the face value plus accrued interest after 36 months from the date of its issue;
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(h) NOVONIX may also redeem the Note early (but, in the event that it does so, must pay interest for the first 12 months and any further accrued interest if redeemed after 12 months) and provide notice to holders who may elect to convert prior to redemption;
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(i) in the event that NOVONIX has given an early redemption notice in respect of a Note, an investor may only convert a Note within the ten business day period following the giving of that early redemption notice (but otherwise has no right to do so);
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(j) upon occurrence of an event of default (which includes, for example, non-payment by NOVONIX, involuntary or voluntary winding up of NOVONIX, appointment of a receiver in
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respect of NOVONIX, or the happening of an insolvency event in respect of NOVONIX), an investor may by written notice to NOVONIX require the Note held by such person to be repaid, and NOVONIX must then repay such Notes plus the interest accrued on such Notes within 40 business days after receipt of such notice; and
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(k) upon the payment of all amounts owing to an investor, the obligations of NOVONIX in respect of the Notes held by such investor are extinguished and the Notes are cancelled.
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4 In addition, applicants for Notes receive one free attaching Option for every Note taken up. Each Option has a strike price of $0.80, and a 36-month term. The terms of the Options to be granted by NOVONIX are set out in the annexure to this Notice of Meeting.
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5 NOVONIX now proposes to seek approval for the issue of 37,500,000 Notes (and the relevant attaching Options) representing funding of $15 million. The difference between the number of Notes for which approval is being sought (37,500,000) and the number of Notes for which NOVONIX had received, at the date of this Notice of Meeting, binding commitments for (27,250,000) ( Additional Notes ), will be available to institutional and sophisticated investors, but the placement will proceed whether or not those Additional Notes are taken up.
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6 To ensure that NOVONIX has sufficient funding in place to exercise the option to acquire additional shares in PUREgraphite LLC, NOVONIX has borrowed $6 million from an applicant for the Notes, the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund, a related party of NOVONIX. The St Baker Energy Innovation Fund has applied for Notes with a total face value of $10 million.
Resolution 1: Placement of Notes and attaching Options to sophisticated and professional investors
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7 Resolution 1 seeks approval for the issue of up to 12,500,000 unsecured Notes to sophisticated and professional investors at an issue price of $0.40 per Note, together with one free attaching Option for every unsecured Note issued.
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8 Of the Notes and Options to be issued under this Resolution 1, 60% of the Notes will be issued shortly after the Meeting (and in any event no later than three months after the date of the Meeting) (Tranche 1), with the balance (40%) to be issued on or about 1 July 2019 (Tranche 2), subject to receipt of the ASX waiver described at paragraph 11 below. The corresponding attaching Options will be issued on the same basis. For example, if 7,500,000 Notes the subject of this Resolution 1 are issued in early March and 5,000,000 Notes the subject of this Resolution 1 are issued on 1 July 2019, then 7,500,000 attaching Options will be granted with the Tranche 1 Notes in early March, and a further 5,000,000 attaching Options will be granted with the Tranche 2 Notes on 1 July 2019, again subject to receipt of the ASX waiver described at paragraph 11 below.
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9 Of the Notes for which approval is sought, NOVONIX has binding commitments to take up 2,250,000 Notes (and the equivalent number of attaching Options). NOVONIX will make the balance of the Notes available to sophisticated and professional investors, but the placement will proceed irrespective of whether those additional Notes are allocated.
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10 Listing Rule 7.1 provides that, subject to certain exemptions, prior approval of Shareholders is required for an issue of equity securities if the securities will, when aggregated with the securities issued by NOVONIX during the previous 12 months, exceed 15% of the number of the securities at the commencement of that 12 month period. The Notes are equity securities for the purposes of the Listing Rules. The total number of Notes (and attaching Options) the subject of Resolutions 1 and 2 of this Notice of Meeting cannot be issued without Shareholder approval.
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11 The effect of Resolution 1 will be to allow NOVONIX to issue the Notes and Options during the three month period after the Meeting (or a longer period, if allowed by ASX), without using the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity. Given the proposed issue date for the Tranche 2 Notes and Options will be later than three months, NOVONIX will seek an ASX waiver to extend the validity of the approval the subject of this Resolution 1 to a date that permits the Tranche 2
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Notes and Options to be issued. If for any reason NOVONIX does not obtain that waiver, it will convene another meeting of Shareholders to approve Tranche 2.
- 12 For the purposes of Listing Rule 7.3, NOVONIX provides the following particulars:
| Term | Details |
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| Maximum number of Notes and Options to be issued |
Pursuant to this Resolution 1, the maximum number of Notes that can issued is 12,500,000 Notes, in respect of which NOVONIX would grant 12,500,000 Options. However, NOVONIX is separately seeking approval to issue Notes and Options to a related party under Resolution 2. The maximum number of Notes and Options that may be issued under Resolutions 1 and 2 is 37,500,000 Notes and 37,500,000 Options. |
| Issue date of Notes and Options |
Refer to paragraphs 8 and 11. |
| Issue price | The Notes will be issued at a face value of $0.40 per Note. NOVONIX will grant the Options on a 1 for 1 basis for no additional consideration. |
| Allottees | Argo Investments Limited has signed a binding placement letter applying for 2,250,000 Notes. The balance of the Notes have not been allocated, but would be issued to sophisticated and institutional investors. |
| Terms of Notes and Options | Refer to paragraph 3 (for a summary of the Note terms) and the annexure to this Notice of Meeting (for a summary of the Option terms). |
| Intended use of funds | Refer to paragraph 2. Any amounts surplus to this requirement will be additional working capital for NOVONIX. |
Directors’ recommendation
- 13 The Directors unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of resolution 1.
Resolution 2: Placement of Notes and attaching Options to a related party
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14 Resolution 2 seeks Shareholder approval for the issue of 25,000,000 unsecured Notes to the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund, a related party of NOVONIX, at an issue price of $0.40 per Note, together with one free attaching Option for every unsecured Note issued.
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15 Of the Notes and Options to be issued under this Resolution 2, 60% of the Notes will be issued shortly after this Meeting (and in any event no later than one month after the date of the Meeting) (Tranche 1), with the balance (40%) to be issued on or about 1 July 2019 (Tranche 2), subject to receipt of the ASX waiver described at paragraph 16 below. The corresponding attaching Options will be issued on the same basis. In particular, 15,000,000 Notes the subject of this Resolution 2 will be issued in early March and 10,000,000 Notes the subject of this Resolution 2 will be issued on 1 July 2019. In addition, 15,000,000 attaching Options will be granted with the Tranche 1 Notes in early March, and a further 10,000,000 attaching Options will be granted with the Tranche 2 Notes on 1 July 2019, again subject to receipt of the ASX waiver described at paragraph 16 below.
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16 The effect of Resolution 2 will be to allow NOVONIX to issue the Notes and Options during the one month period after the Meeting (or a longer period, if allowed by ASX), without using the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity. Given the proposed issue date for the Tranche 2 Notes and Options will be later than one month, NOVONIX will seek an ASX waiver to extend the validity of the approval the subject of this Resolution 2 to a date that permits the Tranche 2 Notes and Options to be issued. If for any reason NOVONIX does not obtain that waiver, it will convene another meeting of Shareholders to approve Tranche 2.
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Why is Shareholder approval sought?
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17 Listing Rule 10.11 restricts NOVONIX from issuing equity securities to:
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(a) a related party of the Company; or
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(b) any person whose relationship with the entity or a related party is, in ASX’s opinion, such that approval should be obtained,
without the approval of Shareholders, unless an exception applies.
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18 Philip St Baker is a related party of NOVONIX under the Listing Rules and the Corporations Act by virtue of the fact that he is a director of NOVONIX. The Corporations Act deems Philip St Baker’s parents, and any entities they control, to also be related parties of NOVONIX. The applicant for Notes and Options the subject of this Resolution 2 is the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund. The St Baker Energy Innovation Fund is controlled by Trevor St Baker, Phil St Baker’s father. Accordingly, the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund is a related party of NOVONIX. In addition, Philip St Baker is a beneficiary of a discretionary trust that holds the ownership interests in the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund. For that reason, Philip St Baker has abstained from making a recommendation in relation to this Resolution 2.
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19 Where approval is obtained under Listing Rule 10.11, approval for those issues is not required under Listing Rule 7.1 as exception 14 in Listing Rule 7.2 applies. Accordingly, the issue of Notes and the grant of Options to the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund will not reduce the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1.
Corporations Act
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20 Section 208(1) of the Corporations Act provides that a public company must not, without the approval of the company’s members, give a financial benefit to a related party. As set out at paragraph 18 above, the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund is a related party of NOVONIX under section 228 of the Corporations Act. The issue of Notes and the grant of Options in accordance with Resolution 2 will constitute the giving of a financial benefit to a related party for the purposes of section 229(3)(e) of the Corporations Act.
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21 In the Board’s view, having regard to legal advice it has obtained and, in particular, given the participation of other unrelated sophisticated and institutional investors on the same terms, the issue of Notes and the grant of Options to the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund is on terms equivalent to arm’s length terms (or better), and therefore, the giving of financial benefits would therefore fall within the arm’s length exemption of the Corporations Act. However, as a matter of sound corporate governance (and considering that Philip St Baker is a potential beneficiary of the sole unitholder of the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund), the Board felt it prudent to seek Shareholder approval under Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act.
Information required by Listing Rule 10.13
- 22 For the purposes of Listing Rule 10.13, NOVONIX provides the following particulars:
| Term | Details |
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| Name of related party | The St Baker Energy Innovation Fund. |
| Maximum number of Notes and Options to be issued |
Pursuant to this Resolution 2, the maximum number of Notes to be issued is 25,000,000, in respect of which NOVONIX would grant 25,000,000 Options. NOVONIX is separately seeking approval to issue Notes and Options to sophisticated and institutional investors under Resolution 1. The maximum number of Notes and Options that may be issued under Resolutions 1 and 2 is 37,500,000 Notes and 37,500,000 Options. |
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| Term | Details |
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| Issue date of Notes and Options |
Refer to paragraphs 15 and 16. |
| Relationship between related party and Philip St Baker |
Refer to paragraph 18. |
| Issue price | The Notes will have a face value of $0.40 per Note. NOVONIX will grant the Options on a 1 for 1 basis for no additional consideration. |
| Terms of Notes and Options | Refer to paragraph 3 (for a summary of the Note terms) and the annexure to this Notice of Meeting (for a summary of the Option terms). |
| Intended use of funds | Refer to paragraph 2. In particular, the proceeds of Tranche 1 issued under this Resolution 2 will repay the loan from the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund to NOVONIX. Any amounts surplus to this requirement will be applied as additional working capital for NOVONIX. |
Valuation of the financial benefit
- 23 The Board has obtained an independent valuation of the Options which adopted the Cox, Ross and Rubinstein Binomial Tree option valuation model. The basic assumptions underlying this option valuation are:
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| Underlying price per Share1 | $0.385 |
| Exercise price | $0.80 |
| Risk free rate | 2.70% |
| Dividend yield(estimate) | 0.00% |
| Volatility | 78.50% |
| Vesting date | Immediately2 |
| Expiry date | 15/01/2022 |
| Option value | $0.1306 |
| No. of Options granted | 25,000,000 |
| Total financial benefit3 | $3,265,000 |
Notes
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1 Share price represents the closing price of Shares on 14 January 2019, being the day before the Board resolved to issue the Options to The St Baker Innovation Fund (subject to Shareholders approving this resolution 2 at the Meeting).
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2 Subject to Shareholders approving this resolution 2 at the Meeting.
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3 Represents the theoretical value for the Options only. Any change in the variables applied in the methodology between the date of the valuation (being, 14 January 2019) and the date the Options are exercised would have an impact on their value.
24 The issue of the Notes themselves may also represent a financial benefit, as the holder may be entitled to interest on the funds advanced to NOVONIX and, in the event of conversion of the Notes, will be entitled to receive Shares. The interest payable on the Notes is 10% per annum, to be paid in the circumstances (and in the manner) described at paragraphs 3(b) to 3(d) above. The market value of any Shares issued on conversion of the Notes cannot currently be calculated as it will depend on the value of the Shares at the time of conversion.
- 25 In particular, if the NOVONIX Share price is higher than the face value of the Notes (being $0.40 per Note) at the date of conversion of the Notes, the Noteholder may obtain a financial benefit on conversion of the Notes (relative to the amount by which the NOVONIX Share price exceeds the face value of the Notes at the particular time). Equally, however, the NOVONIX share price may
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decrease to below the face value of the Notes, in which case no such financial benefit would result. Importantly, the full value of the Notes is unsecured and therefore at risk.
Interests in NOVONIX
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26 The table below sets out the current voting power of Trevor St Baker in NOVONIX (row 1, column 1) and his voting power in NOVONIX on the basis that:
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(a) all loan notes that NOVONIX has on issue at the date of this Notice of Meeting are converted to ordinary shares; and
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(b) those Note the subject of Resolutions 1 and 2 are issued and converted to ordinary shares and the relevant attaching Options are exercised (row 1, column 2):
| Current share capital | Current share capital | Share capital on exercise of Notes and Options |
Share capital on exercise of Notes and Options |
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| Trevor St Baker | 791,6671 | 0.60% | 50,791,6672 | 24.50% |
| Philip St Baker | 9,976,9033 | 7.54% | 9,976,9033 | 4.81% |
| Existing Shareholders | 121,535,777 | 91.86% | 146,535,7774 | 70.69%5 |
| Total | 132,304,347 | 100.00% | 207,304,347 | 100.00% |
Notes
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1 This is based on Trevor St Baker’s current shareholding only and does not include the Notes and Options the subject of this Resolution 2.
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2 Assumes the 25 million Notes and 25 million Options the subject of Resolution 2 are issued and granted and converted and exercised respectively.
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3 Includes 7,976,903 Shares which Philip St Baker holds directly, and 2,000,000 Shares held by Philip St Baker as trustee for the P&P St Baker Family Trust, but excludes any options or performance rights in respect of the Company which Philip St Baker may hold or otherwise have an interest in at the date of this Notice.
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4 Assumes the 12,500,000 Notes and 12,500,000 Options the subject of Resolution 1 are issued and granted and converted and exercised respectively.
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5 Interests of existing Shareholders in the Company may therefore be diluted.
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27 Details on the voting exclusion which applies to this resolution 2 can be found earlier in this Notice of Meeting.
Loan from the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund to NOVONIX
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28 To ensure that NOVONIX has sufficient funding in place to exercise the option to acquire additional shares in PUREgraphite LLC, NOVONIX has borrowed $6 million from the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund. The interest rate under the loan is 10% per annum. The loan is repayable on the earlier of:
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(a) 23 April 2019, being three months after the execution of the loan agreement;
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(b) three business days after the Meeting; or
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(c) on a default event occurring.
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29 If Shareholders approve Resolutions 1 and 2, the Tranche 1 proceeds will be applied to repay the principal of the loan in full. If Resolutions 1 and 2 are not approved, NOVONIX will need to seek alternative funding to repay the loan in full, which would likely require a further issue of equity.
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Directors’ recommendation
- 30 The Directors (with Philip St Baker abstaining) unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of resolution 2. Philip St Baker abstains from making a recommendation given his personal interest as a potential beneficiary of the sole unitholder of the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund.
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Glossary
| Term | Definition |
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| $ | means the lawful currency of Australia. |
| ASIC | means Australian Securities and Investments Commission. |
| ASX | means ASX Limited ACN 008 624 691 or the securities exchange operated by it (as the case requires). |
| Board | means the board of directors of the Company. |
| Chairman | means the Chairman of the Extraordinary General Meeting. |
| CompanyorNOVONIX | means NOVONIX Limited ACN 157 690 830 (ASX:NVX). |
| Corporations Act | means_Corporations Act 2001_(Cth). |
| Corporations Regulations | means_Corporations Regulations 2001_(Cth). |
| Director | means a director of the Company from time to time. |
| Explanatory Memorandum | means the explanatory memorandum attached to the Notice of Meeting. |
| Listing Rules | means the listing rules of ASX. |
| Meeting or Extraordinary General Meeting |
means the Shareholder meeting the subject of this Notice of Meeting. |
| Note | means an unsecured loan note to be issued on the terms summarised in paragraph 3 of the Explanatory Memorandum. |
| Notice of Meeting | means this notice of meeting and includes the Explanatory Memorandum. |
| Option | means an option over unissued shares in NOVONIX on the terms set out in the annexure to the Explanatory Memorandum. |
| Shares | means fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of NOVONIX. |
| Shareholder | means a person who is the registered holder of Shares. |
| St Baker Energy Innovation Fund |
means St Baker Energy Holdings Pty Ltd ACN 010 165 554 as trustee of the St Baker Energy Innovation Trust (trading as St Baker Energy Innovation Fund). |
| USD | means the lawful currency of the United States. |
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Annexure
Terms of Options
| Term | Summary of term |
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| Entitlement | Each Option entitles the holder of the Option (Optionholder) to subscribe for one Share upon exercise of the Option. |
| Exercise Price | Subject to a reconstruction occurring, the amount payable upon exercise of each Option will be $0.80 (Exercise Price). |
| Expiry Date | Each Option will expire at 5:00pm (WST) on the date that is 36 months after the date of grant (Expiry Date). An Option not exercised before the Expiry Date will automatically lapse on the Expiry Date. |
| Exercise Period | The Options are exercisable at any time on or prior to the Expiry Date (Exercise Period). |
| Notice of Exercise | The Options may be exercised during the Exercise Period by notice in writing to the Company in the manner specified on the Option certificate (Notice of Exercise) and payment of the Exercise Price for each Option being exercised in Australian currency by electronic funds transfer or other means of payment acceptable to the Company. |
| Exercise Date | A Notice of Exercise is only effective on and from the later of the date of receipt of the Notice of Exercise and the date of receipt of the payment of the Exercise Price for each Option being exercised in cleared funds (Exercise Date). |
| Timing of issue of Shares on exercise |
As soon as possible after the Exercise Date, the Company must: (i) allot and issue the number of Shares required under these terms and conditions in respect of the number of Options specified in the Notice of Exercise and for which cleared funds have been received by the Company; (ii) if required, give ASX a notice that complies with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act, or, if the Company is unable to issue such a notice, lodge with ASIC a prospectus prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act and do all such things necessary to satisfy section 708A(11) of the Corporations Act to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors; and (iii) do all such things necessary to obtain the grant of official quotation of the Shares on ASX no later than 5 business days after issuing the share. If a notice delivered under paragraph (ii) above is for any reason ineffective to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors, the Company must, no later than 20 business days after becoming aware of such notice being ineffective, lodge with ASIC a prospectus prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act and do all such things necessary to satisfy section 708A(11) of the Corporations Act to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require disclosure to investors. |
| Shares issued on exercise |
Shares issued on exercise of the Options rank equally with the then issued Shares of the Company. |
| Quotation of Shares issued on exercise |
If admitted to the official list of ASX at the time, application will be made by the Company to ASX for quotation of the Shares issued upon the exercise of the Options. |
| Reconstruction of capital |
If at any time the issued capital of the Company is reconstructed, all rights of an Optionholder are to be changed in a manner consistent with the Corporations Act and the Listing Rules at the time of the reconstruction. |
| Participation in new issues |
There are no participation rights or entitlements inherent in the Options and holders will not be entitled to participate in new issues of capital offered to Shareholders during the currency of the Options without exercising the Options. |
| Change in Exercise Price |
An Option does not confer the right to a change in Exercise Price or a change in the number of underlying Share(s) over which the Option can be exercised. |
| Not quoted | The Options will not be quoted on ASX. |
| Transferability | The Options are fully transferrable, provided the transfer of the Options does not contravene section 707(3) of the Corporations Act. |
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NOVONIX Limited ABN 54 157 690 830
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LODGE YOUR VOTE
ONLINE www.linkmarketservices.com.au BY MAIL NOVONIX Limited C/- Link Market Services Limited Locked Bag A14 Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia BY FAX +61 2 9287 0309
BY HAND Link Market Services Limited 1A Homebush Bay Drive, Rhodes NSW 2138; or Level 12, 680 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000 ALL ENQUIRIES TO Telephone: 1300 554 474 Overseas: +61 1300 554 474
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PROXY FORM
I/We being a member(s) of NOVONIX Limited and entitled to attend and vote hereby appoint:
APPOINT A PROXY
the Chairman of the OR if you are NOT appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of the person or Meeting (mark box) body corporate you are appointing as your proxy
or failing the person or body corporate named, or if no person or body corporate is named, the Chairman of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to act on my/our behalf (including to vote in accordance with the following directions or, if no directions have been given and to the extent permitted by the law, as the proxy sees fit) at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company to be held at 10:00am (Brisbane time) on Friday, 8 March 2019 at McCullough Robertson, Level 11, 66 Eagle Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 (the Meeting ) and at any postponement or adjournment of the Meeting.
The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each item of business.
VOTING DIRECTIONS
Proxies will only be valid and accepted by the Company if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the Meeting. Please read the voting instructions overleaf before marking any boxes with an T
Resolutions
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For Against Abstain *
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1 Placement of Notes and attaching Options to sophisticated and professional investors
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2 Placement of Notes and attaching Options to a related party
* 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.
SIGNATURE OF SHAREHOLDERS – THIS MUST BE COMPLETED
Shareholder 1 (Individual) Joint Shareholder 2 (Individual) Joint Shareholder 3 (Individual) Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary Director/Company Secretary (Delete one) Director
This form should be signed by the shareholder. If a joint holding, either shareholder may sign. If signed by the shareholder’s attorney, the power of attorney must have been previously noted by the registry or a certified copy attached to this form. If executed by a company, the form must be executed in accordance with the company’s constitution and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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HOW TO COMPLETE THIS SHAREHOLDER PROXY FORM
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS
This is your name and address as it appears on the Company’s share register. If this information is incorrect, please make the correction on the form. Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note: you cannot change ownership of your shares using this form.
APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
If you wish to appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, mark the box in Step 1. If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of that individual or body corporate in Step 1. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
DEFAULT TO CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING
Any directed proxies that are not voted on a poll at the Meeting will default to the Chairman of the Meeting, who is required to vote those proxies as directed. Any undirected proxies that default to the Chairman of the Meeting will be voted according to the instructions set out in this Proxy Form.
VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY APPOINTMENT
You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in one of the boxes opposite each item of business. All your shares will be voted in accordance with such a direction unless you indicate only a portion of voting rights are to be voted on any item by inserting the percentage or number of shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes on the items of business, your proxy may vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on an item your vote on that item will be invalid.
APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND PROXY
You are entitled to appoint up to two 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 telephoning the Company’s share registry or you may copy this form and return them both together.
To appoint a second proxy you must:
- (a) on each of the first Proxy Form and the second Proxy Form state the percentage of your voting rights or number of shares 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 your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded; and
LODGEMENT OF A PROXY FORM
This Proxy Form (and any Power of Attorney under which it is signed) must be received at an address given below by 10:00am (Brisbane time) on Wednesday, 6 March 2019, being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting. Any Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled Meeting.
Proxy Forms may be lodged using the reply paid envelope or:
ONLINE
www.linkmarketservices.com.au
Login to the Link website using the holding details as shown on the Proxy Form. Select ‘Voting’ and follow the prompts to lodge your vote. To use the online lodgement facility, shareholders will need their “Holder Identifier” (Securityholder Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) as shown on the front of the Proxy Form).
BY MAIL
NOVONIX Limited Locked Bag A14 Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia
C/- Link Market Services Limited
BY FAX
+61 2 9287 0309
BY HAND
delivering it to Link Market Services Limited* 1A Homebush Bay Drive Rhodes NSW 2138
or Level 12 680 George Street Sydney NSW 2000
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During business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm)
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(b) return both forms together.
SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS
You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided:
Individual: where the holding is in one name, the holder must sign.
Joint Holding: where the holding is in more than one name, either shareholder may sign.
Power of Attorney: to sign under Power of Attorney, you must lodge the Power of Attorney with the 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 can also sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or a Company Secretary. Please indicate the office held by signing in the appropriate place.
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES
If a representative of the corporation is to attend the Meeting the appropriate “Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative” must be produced prior to admission in accordance with the Notice of Meeting. A form of the certificate may be obtained from the Company’s share registry or online at www.linkmarketservices.com.au.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, PLEASE BRING THIS FORM WITH YOU. THIS WILL ASSIST IN REGISTERING YOUR ATTENDANCE.