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NOVONIX Ltd Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2024

Dec 22, 2024

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting

Notice is given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders of NOVONIX Limited (ACN 157 690 830) (the Company ) will be held on 22 January 2025 at 11:00am (AEST) in person at the offices of Allens, Level 26, 480 Queen Street, Brisbane (the Meeting ).

Important: The resolutions set out in this Notice should be read together with the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum.

Agenda

Resolution 1 – Ratification of issue of Shares under the Institutional Placement

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

That for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve and ratify the issue under the Institutional Placement made on 2 December 2024 of 74,064,647 Shares on the terms set out in the Explanatory Memorandum which accompanies this Notice.

Voting exclusion

The Company will disregard any votes cast on this resolution by certain persons. Details of the applicable voting exclusions are set out in the 'Voting exclusions' section of the Notes to this Notice.

Resolution 2 – Approval of issue of Shares to Phillips 66 under the Conditional Placement

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

That for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve the proposed issue to Phillips 66 under the Conditional Placement expected to be made on or about 29 January 2025 of 12,771,392 Shares on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum which accompanies this Notice.

Resolution 3 – Issue of Incentive Options to Andrew Liveris

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve the issue of 3,000,000 Incentive Options to Andrew Liveris on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.

Voting exclusion

The Company will disregard any votes cast on this resolution by certain persons. Details of the applicable voting exclusions are set out in the 'Voting exclusions' section of the Notes to this Notice.

Resolution 4 – Approval of Performance Rights Plan

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

That, for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.2 exception 13 and all other purposes, the Company's Performance Rights Plan, as set out in Explanatory Memorandum, and the issue of securities under the Company's Performance Rights Plan, be approved.

Voting exclusion

The Company will disregard any votes cast on this resolution by certain persons. Details of the applicable voting exclusions are set out in the 'Voting exclusions' section of the Notes to this Notice.

The attached Explanatory Memorandum is incorporated into and forms part of this Notice. A detailed explanation of the background and reasons for the proposed resolutions are set out in the Explanatory Memorandum.

By order of the Board of Directors

Suzanne Yeates Company Secretary

23 December 2024 Dated

Voting Notes

Eligibility to Vote

Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) permits the Company to specify a time, not more than 48 hours before a general meeting, at which a 'snap-shot' of Shareholders will be taken for the purposes of determining Shareholder entitlements to vote at the Meeting.

The Board has determined that the registered holders of fully paid Shares of the Company at 7:00pm (Sydney time) on 20 January 2025 will be taken to be Shareholders for the purposes of the Meeting and accordingly, will be entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting.

How to Vote

A Shareholder who is entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting may do so:

  • by proxy;

  • by corporate representative (if the Shareholder is a corporation); or

  • by attorney.

Attendance in Person

The Meeting will also be held in person at the offices of Allens, Level 26, 480 Queen Street, Brisbane QLD.

Voting by Proxy

An eligible Shareholder can vote in person at the Meeting or appoint a proxy or, where a Shareholder is entitled to two or more votes, two proxies. Where two proxies are appointed, a Shareholder may specify the number or proportion of votes to be exercised by each proxy appointed. If no number or proportion of votes is specified, each proxy appointed will be taken to exercise half of that Shareholder’s votes (disregarding fractions).

An appointed proxy need not themselves be a Shareholder.

To be valid, the appointment of a proxy (made using a properly completed and executed Proxy Form) must be received by the Company no later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting (i.e. 11:00am (AEST) on 20 January 2025).

Proxy Forms can be submitted in four ways:

  • Online at https://investorcentre.linkgroup.com

  • By mail to Link Market Services at the following postal address:

  • NOVONIX Limited

  • c/- Link Market Services Limited

Locked Bag A14

Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia

  • By facsimile to +61 2 9287 0309

  • By hand to:

Link Market Services Limited

Parramatta Square

Level 22, Tower 6

10 Darcy Street

Parramatta NSW 2150

Instructions on how to complete the Proxy Form are on the reverse of the Proxy Form attached to this Notice.

If a Proxy Form is signed by an attorney, a Shareholder must also send in the original or a certified copy of the power of attorney or other authority under which the Proxy Form is signed.

Undirected Proxies

The Chair intends to vote undirected proxy votes in favour of all resolutions (subject to the voting exclusions below).

Voting by Corporate Representative

A Shareholder or proxy which is a corporation and entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting may appoint an individual to act as its corporate representative to vote at the Meeting. The appointment must comply with section 250D of the Corporations Act. The representative should bring to the Meeting evidence of his or her appointment unless it has previously been provided to Link Market Services.

Voting by Attorney

A Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint an attorney to attend and vote at the Meeting on the Shareholder's behalf. An attorney need not themselves be a Shareholder.

The power of attorney appointing the attorney must be signed and specify the name of each of the Shareholder, the Company and the attorney, and also specify the meeting(s) at which the appointment may be used. The appointment may be a standing one.

To be effective, the power of attorney must also be returned in the same manner, and by the same time, as specified for Proxy Forms.

Voting Exclusions

The Corporations Act and the Listing Rules require that certain persons must not vote in particular ways, and the Company must disregard particular votes cast by or on behalf of certain persons, on each of the Resolutions to be considered at the Meeting. These voting exclusions are described below.

Under Listing Rule 14.11, the Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of a Resolution by or on behalf of:

  • (a) the below named person or class of persons excluded from voting; or

  • (b) an associate of that person or those persons:

Resolution Persons excluded from voting
Resolution 1 – Ratification of issue
of Shares under the Institutional
Placement
Any person who participated in the Institutional Placement
Resolution 2 - Approval of issue of
Shares to Phillips 66 under the
Conditional Placement
Phillips 66 and any other a person who is expected to participate
in, or who will obtain a material benefit as a result of, the
proposed issue of Shares under the Conditional Placement
(except a benefit solely by reason of being a holder of Shares)
Resolution 3 – Issue of Incentive
Options to Andrew Liveris
Andrew Liveris and any other a person who is expected to
participate in, or who will obtain a material benefit as a result of,
the proposed issue of Incentive Options (except a benefit solely
by reason of being a holder of Shares)
Resolution Persons excluded from voting
Resolution 4 – Approval of
Performance Rights Plan
Any person who is eligible to participate in the Performance
Rights Plan

However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of a Resolution by:

  • (a) a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with the directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that way; or

  • (b) the Chair as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in accordance with a direction given to the Chair to vote on the Resolution as the Chair decides; or

  • (c) a holder acting solely as nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met:

  • (i) the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the Resolution; and

  • (ii) the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way.

The Company will also apply these voting exclusions to persons appointed as attorney by a Shareholder to attend and vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting under a power of attorney, as if they were appointed as a proxy.

Resolutions

All items of business involving a vote by Shareholders require Ordinary Resolutions, which means that, to be passed, the item needs the approval of a simple majority of the votes cast by Shareholders entitled to vote on the Resolution.

Explanatory Memorandum

This Explanatory Memorandum forms part of the notice convening the Extraordinary General Meeting of NOVONIX Limited to be held at 10:00am (AEST) on 22 January 2025.

Background to the Extraordinary General Meeting and Resolutions

Purpose

The purpose of the Meeting is to consider and vote on the Resolutions

Entire document

Shareholders are encouraged to read this document in its entirety before making a decision on how to vote on the Resolutions being considered at the Meeting. If you have any doubt how to deal with this document, please consult your legal, financial or other professional advisor.

Glossary

Certain terms and abbreviations used in the Explanatory Memorandum and the Notice of Meeting have defined meanings, which are set out in the Glossary of this Explanatory Memorandum.

Resolutions are not interdependent

The Resolutions are not interdependent. In the event that one or more of the Resolutions are not approved by Shareholders, the voting outcome of the balance of the Resolutions will not be affected.

Listing Rules

Broadly speaking, Listing Rule 7.1 limits the number of equity securities a company can issue in a 12 month period to 15% of its issued share capital, except for certain issues, including where first approved by shareholders.

Listing Rule 7.4 provides that an issue made under Listing Rule 7.1 is treated as having been made with Shareholder approval if the issue did not breach Listing Rule 7.1 and Shareholders of the company subsequently approve it.

Listing Rule 10.11 provides that unless one of the exceptions in Listing Rule 10.12 applies, a listed company must not issue or agree to issue equity securities to a related party unless it obtains the approval of its shareholders.

1 Resolution 1 – Ratification of issue of Shares under Institutional Placement

1.1 Introduction

On 26 November 2024, the Company announced that it would undertake a capital raising to raise approximately $57.1 million, comprising:

  • (a) a fully underwritten placement to institutional and sophisticated investors to raise approximately $44.4 million within the Company's Placement Capacity at that time under Listing Rule 7.1 ( Institutional Placement ), through the issue of 74,064,647 new Shares ( Institutional

  • Placement Shares ) (representing approximately 15% of the total Shares of the Company prior to the issue);

  • (b) subject to obtaining Shareholder approval and completion of the Institutional Placement, a further non underwritten placement to Phillips 66 to raise approximately $7.7 million ( Conditional Placement ) of approximately 12,771,392 new Shares ( Conditional Placement Shares ); and

  • (c) a non-underwritten share purchase plan to Eligible Shareholders to raise approximately $5 million (before costs) ( SPP ) through the issue of up to 8,333,333 Shares ( SPP Shares ).

The Company has engaged Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 64 003 114 832 / AFSL 240992) and Jefferies (Australia) Pty Ltd (ABN 76 623 059 898) to act as bookrunners, lead managers

and underwriters of the Institutional Placement and as joint lead managers of the Conditional Placement pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement ( Joint Lead Managers ). The terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement are set out on pages 40 to 42 of the investor presentation released to ASX on 26 November 2024.

On 27 November 2024, the Company announced the successful completion of the Institutional Placement, which raised $44.4 million at an offer price of A$0.60 per new Share. The Institutional Placement Shares were issued on 2 December 2024 to institutional and sophisticated investors who participated in the Institutional Placement.

The issue of the Conditional Placement Shares to raise approximately $7.7 million is subject to Shareholder approval (see Resolution 2), as Phillips 66 falls within Listing Rule 10.11.3 and none of the exceptions under Listing Rule 10.12 applies for the issue of the Conditional Placement Shares.

The issue of the SPP to raise approximately $5 million (before costs) is subject to Shareholder approval, as the proposed issue of Shares under the SPP falls within Listing Rules 7.1 and 10.11.1 and none of the exceptions under Listing Rules 7.2 or 10.12 apply for the issue of the SPP Shares. The Company has obtained a waiver from ASX to enable the SPP to be conducted at the same price as the Institutional Placement and for the SPP Shares to be issued as an exception to the Company's Placement Capacity.

1.2 Use of funds

The proposed use of funds from the capital raising, including the Institutional Placement, the Conditional Placement and the SPP, will allow the Company to order, install and commission key equipment that is required to achieve commercial production of 3,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) at the Riverside facility in 2025. For further information, refer to the Company's announcements to ASX on 26 November 2024.

The Institutional Placement Shares were issued by the Company without prior Shareholder approval pursuant to its 15% annual Placement Capacity under Listing Rule 7.1.

1.3 Shareholder approval

Listing Rule 7.1 provides that during any 12 month period, a listed company must not (subject to certain exceptions), issue any equity securities, including securities with rights of conversion to equity, if the number of those securities exceed the Company's Placement Capacity. An issue of equity securities which has been approved by Shareholders under Listing Rule 7.1 does not count towards a company's Placement Capacity. Listing Rule 7.4 provides that an issue made under Listing Rule 7.1 is treated as having been made with Shareholder approval if the issue did not breach Listing Rule 7.1 and Shareholders of the company subsequently approve it.

The Company seeks Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes to ratify the issue of the Institutional Placement Shares.

The Company wishes to maintain as much flexibility as possible to issue further equity securities in the future. If Resolution 1 is passed, the Institutional Placement Shares will not count towards the Company's Placement Capacity, effectively reinstating the Company's Placement Capacity by increasing the number of equity securities it can issue without Shareholder approval, which will provide the Company flexibility to issue Shares in the future without obtaining further Shareholder approval as required.

If Resolution 1 is not passed, the Institutional Placement Shares will count towards the Company's Placement Capacity, effectively decreasing the number of equity securities it can issue without Shareholder approval, which will impact on the Company's flexibility for future capital raisings.

1.4 Requirements of Listing Rule 7.5

In accordance with Listing Rule 7.5 the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 1:

  • (a) The allottees of the Institutional Placement Shares were sophisticated and institutional investors who participated in the Institutional Placement, as determined by the Company in agreement with the Joint Lead Managers, in accordance with the objectives of the offer.

  • (b) The Institutional Placement issue consisted of 74,064,647 Shares.

  • (c) The Institutional Placement Shares were issued on 2 December 2024.

  • (d) The issue price per Institutional Placement Share was A$0.60.

  • (e) The purpose of the Institutional Placement, including the use and intended use of funds, is set out in section 1.2 above.

  • (f) There were no other material terms under agreements entered into with investors in respect of the issue of the Institutional Placement Shares.

A voting exclusion statement is included in this Notice.

2 Resolution 2 – Approval of issue of Shares to Phillips 66 under Conditional Placement

2.1 Introduction

A summary of the Conditional Placement is outlined in section 1.1 above. Phillips 66 is proposing to participate in the Conditional Placement.

2.2 Use of funds

The proposed use of funds from the Conditional Placement will allow the Company to order, install and commission key equipment that is required to achieve commercial production of 3,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) at the Riverside facility in 2025. For further information, refer to the Company's announcements . For further information, refer to the Company's announcement to ASX on 26 November 2024.

2.3 Shareholder approval

Listing Rule 10.11 provides that unless one of the exceptions in Listing Rule 10.12 applies, a listed company must not issue or agree to issue equity securities to a related party and certain other parties referred to in Listing Rule 10.11 unless it obtains the approval of its shareholders.

The proposed issue of the Conditional Placement Shares to Phillips 66 falls within Listing Rule 10.11.3 and none of the exceptions under Listing Rule 10.12 applies, therefore requiring Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 10.11.

Resolution 2 seeks Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes for the issue of Conditional Placement Shares to Phillips 66.

If Shareholder approval is given under Listing Rule 10.11, Shareholder approval is not required under Listing Rule 7.1, and the issue of the Conditional Placement Shares will not count towards the Company's Placement Capacity.

If Resolution 2 is passed, the Company will be able to issue the Conditional Placement Shares to Phillips 66.

If Resolution 2 is not passed, the Company will not be able to issue the Conditional Placement Shares to Phillips 66 and will need to seek alternative sources of funding.

2.4 Requirements of Listing Rule 10.13

In accordance with Listing Rule 10.13, the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 2:

  • (a) The person participating in the Conditional Placement is Phillips 66.

  • (b) Phillips 66 is a substantial (10%) holder in the Company and has nominated a director to the board of the Company, and is therefore subject to Listing Rule 10.11.3.

  • (a) The number of Conditional Placement Shares for which approval is sought is 12,771,392 Shares.

  • (b) It is intended that the Conditional Placement Shares will be issued on or about 29 January 2025, and in any event within 1 month of the date of this Meeting.

  • (c) The issue price per Conditional Placement Share will be A$0.60.

  • (d) The purpose of the Conditional Placement, including the use and intended use of funds, is set out in section 1.2 above.

  • (e) There were no other material terms under agreements entered into with investors in respect of the issue of the Conditional Placement Shares.

  • A voting exclusion statement has been included in this Notice.

3 Resolution 3 – Issue of Incentive Options to Andrew Liveris

3.1 Introduction

Resolution 3 seeks Shareholder approval to issue Incentive Options to Andew Liveris.

Andrew Liveris was previously a director of the Company, but has now been engaged by the Company as a Strategic Advisor. His son, Mr Nicholas Liveris, is currently a director of the Company.

The proposed issue of the Incentive Options to Andrew Liveris are in recognition of services provided by Andrew as a strategic advisor to the Company.

3.2 Shareholder Approval

A summary of Listing Rule 10.11 is outlined in section 2.3 above.

The proposed issue of the Incentive Options to Andrew Liveris falls within Listing Rule 10.11.1 as Andrew Liveris is a related party of a Director of the Company (Nicholas Liveris). As none of the exceptions under Listing Rule 10.12 applies, Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 10.11 is required.

Resolution 3 seeks Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 10.11 and for all other purposes for the issue of Incentive Options to Andrew Liveris.

If Shareholder approval is given under Listing Rule 10.11, Shareholder approval is not required under Listing Rule 7.1, and the issue of the Incentive Shares will not count towards the Company's Placement Capacity.

If Resolution 3 is passed, the Company will be able to issue the Incentive Options to Andrew Liveris.

If Resolution 3 is not passed, the Company will not be able to issue the Incentive Options to Andrew Liveris.

3.3 Corporations Act

Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act prohibits a public company from giving a financial benefit to a related party of the company unless either:

  • (a) the giving of the financial benefit falls within one of the exceptions (such as reasonable remuneration or arms' length transaction) to the provision; or

  • (b) prior shareholder approval is obtained for the giving of the financial benefit.

Related party is widely defined under the Corporations Act and includes directors and the children of the directors of a company. An exception to the requirement for shareholder approval is where the proposed

benefit is given in circumstances where the Company and the related party were dealing at arms' length, or on terms that are less favourable to the related party than these terms.

The Directors believe that Shareholder approval is not required under Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act as the Directors (other than Mr Nicholas Liveris) have, after considering all relevant factors, formed the view that the "arms' length" exception applies to the proposed issue of Incentive Options to Mr Andrew Liveris. In reaching this conclusion, the Directors have considered, and satisfied themselves, of the following factors.

  • a comparison has been undertaken with comparable transactions on an arm’s length basis;

  • the nature and content of the bargaining process undertaken with Andrew Liveris in connection with the proposed issue;

  • the impact of the transaction on the Company and non-associated members – in particular, the fact that the proposed issue of securities will not have a negative financial impact on the Company;

  • other alternatives were considered;

  • expert advice was obtained in structuring the package.

3.4 Requirements of Listing Rule 10.13

In accordance with Listing Rule 10.13, the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 3:

  • (a) The Incentive Options will be issued to Andrew Liveris.

  • (b) Andrew Liveris is a related party of a Director the Company (Nicholas Liveris), and is therefore subject to Listing Rule 10.11.1.

  • (c) Approval is sought for 3,000,000 Incentive Options.

  • (d) The material terms of the Incentive Options are set out in Annexure B.

  • (e) Subject to shareholder approval being obtained at the Meeting, the Incentive Options will be issued on 22 January 2025 and in any event before the date that is 1 month after the date of the Meeting.

  • (f) The Company will not receive any consideration for the issue of the Incentive Options. If the Incentive Options are exercised, the Company will receive cash consideration of $0.60 per Incentive Option (being the same price of Shares under the Institutional Placement). Assuming all Incentive Options are exercised, the Company will receive $1,800,000.

  • (g) The purpose of the Incentive Options is to recognise the services provided by Mr Andrew Liveris in his capacity as strategic advisor to the Company.

  • (h) There were no other material terms under agreements entered into with investors in respect of the issue of the Incentive Options.

A voting exclusion statement has been included in this Notice.

4 Resolution 4 – Approval of Performance Rights Plan

4.1 Introduction

Resolution 4 seeks Shareholder approval of the Performance Rights Plan for the purposes of Listing Rule 7.2, Exception 13.

The Performance Rights Plan was established in 2015 and was subsequently approved by Shareholders at the 2018 and 2021 Annual General Meetings and most recently at the 2022 Annual General Meeting. The plan has been developed to assist the Company to better align the interests of its current and future

Directors and executive management and senior leadership teams with the interests of its Shareholders, by linking part of their remuneration with the financial performance of the Company and therefore, drive the Company's performance.

Under the Performance Rights Plan, NOVONIX intends to grant Performance Rights to participants at no cost. Each Performance Right, once vested, will entitle the participant to acquire one Share, at no cost to the participant.

4.2 Shareholder approval

A summary of Listing Rule 7.1 is outlined in section 1.3 above.

Listing Rule 7.2, Exception 13 provides an exception under which an issuer can issue securities under an employee incentive scheme without utilising the Placement Capacity.

The operation of Exception 13 is two-fold. Firstly, the Company will be permitted to issue securities under the Performance Rights Plan in circumstances where that issue would otherwise cause the Company to exceed the Placement Capacity. Secondly, any Shares issued under the Performance Rights Plan within 12 months of a particular Reference Date will effectively be taken to increase the number of Shares on issue as at that Reference Date for the purposes of determining whether any subsequent issue of securities would exceed the Placement Capacity.

Exception 13 will apply to the Performance Rights Plan if, within three years before the issue date of securities under the Performance Rights Plan, Shareholders have approved the issue of securities under the Performance Rights Plan, as an exception to Listing Rule 7.1.

At the 2022 Annual General Meeting, the Performance Rights Plan was approved by Shareholders for the purposes of Exception 13 on the basis that the maximum number of equity securities proposed to be issued under the Performance Rights Plan for a three year period in reliance of Exception 13 will not exceed 25,000,000. Once this maximum number is exceeded, any issue of securities under the Performance Rights Plan will count towards the Company's Placement Capacity. Since the 2022 Annual General Meeting, the Company has issued 21,860,044 Performance Rights, and further Performance Rights are due to be issued shortly which, if issued, will result in the Company exceeding the maximum number approved by shareholders at the 2022 AGM.

The Company is seeking the approval of Shareholders to essentially increase the maximum number of equity securities proposed to be issued under the Performance Rights Plan over the next 3 years, without counting towards the Company's Placement Capacity (in reliance on Listing Rule 7.2, Exception 13), to 35,000,000 Performance Rights. The terms of the Performance Rights Plan have otherwise not materially changed since it was last approved by shareholders at the 2022 AGM.

The Board is empowered to operate the Performance Rights Plan and grant Performance Rights to eligible participants in accordance with the Listing Rules and on the terms set out in Annexure A of this Explanatory Memorandum.

If Resolution 4 is passed, the Performance Rights Plan will be approved and issues of equity securities under the Performance Rights Plan will not reduce the Company's Placement Capacity (up to the maximum number of equity securities specified in 4.3(c) below).

If Resolution 4 is not passed, the Performance Rights Plan will not be approved. In this case, the Company will still be permitted to issue equity securities under the Performance Rights Plan without needing to obtain shareholder approval (provided that the Company has sufficient Placement Capacity), however such issues will count towards the Company's Placement Capacity.

4.3 Requirements of Listing Rule 7.2, Exception 13

In accordance with Listing Rule 7.2, Exception 13, the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 4:

  • (a) A summary of the terms of the Performance Rights Plan is provided in Annexure A to this Explanatory Memorandum.

  • (b) 21,860,044 Performance Rights have been issued under the Performance Rights Plan since it was last approved by Shareholders at the Company's 2022 AGM.

  • (c) The maximum number of equity securities proposed to be issued under the Performance Rights Plan following approval of Resolution 4 in reliance of Exception 13 shall not exceed 35,000,000.

A voting exclusion statement is included in this Notice.

Directors' recommendations

1 Resolution 1 – Ratification of issue of Shares under the Institutional Placement

The Directors believe that Resolution 1 is in the best interests of the Company and unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of this Resolution.

2 Resolution 2 – Approval of issue of Shares to Phillips 66 under the Conditional Placement

The Directors believe that Resolution 2 is in the best interests of the Company and (other than with Mr Suresh Vaidyanathan, who has a special interest in Resolution 2) recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of this Resolution.

3 Resolution 3 – Issue of Incentive Options to Andrew Liveris

The Directors (with Mr Nicholas Liveris abstaining) believe that Resolution 3 is in the best interests of the Company and (other than with Mr Nicholas Liveris) recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of this Resolution.

4 Resolution 4 – Approval of Performance Rights Plan

The Directors abstain, in the interests of corporate governance, from making a recommendation in relation to Resolution 4.

Glossary

The following terms used in the Notice of Meeting and the Explanatory Memorandum are defined as follows:

$ means Australian dollars.

AEST means Australian Eastern Standard Time.

ASX means the ASX Limited or the securities exchange operated by it (as the case requires).

Board means the board of Directors of the Company from time to time.

Business Day means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in Brisbane, Queensland.

Chair means the person appointed Chair of the Meeting.

Company means NOVONIX Limited (ACN 157 690 830).

Conditional Placement has the meaning given to it under the heading 'Background to the Extraordinary General Meeting and Resolutions' in the Explanatory Memorandum.

Conditional Placement Shares has the meaning given to it under the heading 'Background to the Extraordinary General Meeting and Resolutions' in the Explanatory Memorandum.

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) as amended from time to time.

Directors means the directors of the Company from time to time.

Eligible Shareholders means Shareholders who are shown on the Register as at 7:00pm (Sydney time) on 25 November 2025 to have an address in Australia or New Zealand, are outside the United States and are not acting for the account or benefit of a person in the United States.

Explanatory Memorandum means the explanatory memorandum accompanying this Notice.

Incentive Options means an option to be issued a Share on the terms set out in Annexure B to the Explanatory Memorandum.

Institutional Placement has the meaning given to it under the heading 'Background to the Extraordinary General Meeting and Resolutions' in the Explanatory Memorandum.

Institutional Placement Shares has the meaning given to it under the heading 'Background to the Extraordinary General Meeting and Resolutions' in the Explanatory Memorandum.

Joint Lead Managers has the meaning given to it under the heading 'Background to the Extraordinary General Meeting and Resolutions' in the Explanatory Memorandum.

Listing Rules means the official listing rules of the ASX as amended from time to time.

Meeting means the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on 22 January 2025 as convened by the accompanying Notice.

Notice of Meeting or Notice means the notice of meeting giving notice to Shareholders of the Meeting, accompanying this Explanatory Memorandum.

Ordinary Resolution means a resolution passed by more than 50% of the votes cast by those entitled to vote on the resolution.

Phillips 66 means Phillips 66 Company, a Delaware corporation, of 2331 CityWest Blvd., Houston, Texas 77042, United States.

Placement Capacity means the amount of share capital that can be issued over a 12 month rolling period (generally up to 15% of current issued capital).

Placements means the Institutional Placement and the Conditional Placement.

Proxy Form means the proxy form accompanying the Notice of Meeting.

Performance Right means a performance right issued under the Performance Rights Plan.

Performance Rights Plan means the Company's Performance Rights Plan, summarised in Annexure A.

Register means the register of Shareholders maintained by the Registrar.

Registrar means Link Market Services Limited (ABN 54 083 214 537).

Resolutions means the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting.

Shareholder means a registered holder of Shares.

Shares means fully paid ordinary shares in the Company.

SPP has the meaning given to it under the heading 'Background to the Extraordinary General Meeting and Resolutions' in the Explanatory Memorandum.

SPP Shares has the meaning given to it under the heading 'Background to the Extraordinary General Meeting and Resolutions' in the Explanatory Memorandum.

Underwriting Agreement means the underwriting agreement between the Company and the Joint Lead Managers in relation to the Institutional Placement and the Conditional Placement dated 26 November 2024.

Annexure A

Summary of the terms of the Performance Rights Plan

Term Summary of term
Administration and terms of
grant
A grant of Performance Rights under the Performance Rights Plan
is subject to the rules of the Performance Rights Plan and if
relevant, the terms of the specific grant.
The Board has a wide discretion to determine any vesting
conditions, and the terms of, Performance Rights granted under
the Performance Rights Plan.
Eligibility to participate The Performance Rights Plan will be open to eligible participants
(including Directors, employees and consultants) of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries who the Board designates as being
eligible.
Grant of Performance Rights Performance Rights will be offered to eligible participants for no
consideration under the Performance Rights Plan. The offer must
be in writing, dated and specify, amongst other things, the number
of Performance Rights for which the participants may accept and
the date for acceptance, the date on which the Performance
Rights vest and any conditions to be satisfied before vesting, and
any other terms attaching to the rights.
Permitted Nominee A participant that receives an offer for the grant of Performance
Rights may nominate a body corporate Controlled by that
participant, or any other entity to hold the rights on their behalf
and the Board has discretion whether or not to accept such a
nomination.
Vesting of Performance Rights The Performances Rights vest upon satisfaction of any vesting
conditions and any other conditions contained in the offer,
provided any acquisition of Shares does not breach Corporations
Act or the Listing Rules, if applicable. Each vested Performance
Right entitles the holder to be issued one Share after the vesting
date.
Cash settlement The Board may, in its discretion, substitute the issue of Shares on
vesting of Performance Rights by making a cash payment in an
amount equivalent in value to the number of Shares to which the
holder would otherwise be entitled on vesting of the Performance
Rights multiplied by the market value of the Share on the date the
Performance Rights vested.
Lapse Unless the Board determines otherwise, unvested Performance
Rights shall lapse immediately upon lawful termination or
resignation of employment or consultancy arrangement, or if the
rights are held by a permitted nominee and the grantee of the
rights loses ‘control’ of that nominee, those rights will lapse
immediately.
Rights of participants Performance Rights issued under the Performance Rights Plan do
not entitle the holder to notice of, or to vote at, or attend
shareholders’ meetings, or to receive any dividends declared by
the Company.
Should the Company undergo a reorganisation or reconstruction
of capital or any other such change, the number of Shares over
which a Right exists will be adjusted (as appropriate) to the extent
necessary to comply with the Listing Rules applying to a
reorganisation of capital.
Quotation Performance rights will not be quoted on the ASX. the Company
will apply for official quotation of any Shares issued under the
Performance Rights Plan in accordance with the Listing Rules and
having regard to any disposal restrictions.
Term Summary of term
Assignment Performance rights are not transferable or assignable without the
prior written consent of the Board.
Termination or amendment The Performance Rights Plan may be terminated or suspended at
any time by the Board. To the extent permitted by the
Corporations Act and the Listing Rules, the Board retains the
discretion to vary the terms and conditions of the Performance
Rights Plan except where the amendment would have the effect
of materially adversely affecting or prejudicing the rights of any
participant holding Performance Rights.
Change of control In the event of a change of control event, the Board has discretion
to determine whether unvested Performance Rights (or a pro-rata
proportion of such rights) will automatically vest. If the Board
determines that the rights will not vest, the rights will lapse or the
Board may arrange for rights in the bidder to be granted to the
holders on terms decided by the Board. If the Board determines
that unvested rights will vest, the Board may issue shares to the
holders of such rights, or arrange for shares or rights to be issued
to holders of Performance Rights by the bidder, or any
combination of the foregoing.

Annexure B

Summary of the material terms of the Incentive Options.

Date of Offer 22 January 2025
Offeree Andrew Liveris
Number of Options On acceptance of the offer, Novonix will issue 3,000,000 options,
which are exercisable into Shares.
Exercise Price AUD$0.60 per option (being the same price as Shares under the
Institutional Placement)
Exercise Date Provided the Vesting Conditions are met the Options will vest and
are exercisable after this Offer is accepted and before the Expiry
Date.
Vesting Conditions You must remain a Strategic Advisor to NOVONIX Limited
(NOVONIX), or one of its other related bodies corporate in order to
exercise the Options.
The Options will lapse if you cease to be a Strategic Advisor of
NOVONIX or an associated body corporate of Novonix prior to the
Expiry Date.
Options will vest as follows:
1. 1/10thon achievement of sales of 1,000 tonnes of anode
material in a financial year.
2. 1/10thon achievement of sales of 2,000 tonnes of anode
material in a financial year.
3. 1/10thon achievement of sales of 3,000 tonnes of anode
material in a financial year.
4. 1/10thon achievement of sales of 4,000 tonnes of anode
material in a financial year.
5. 1/10thon achievement of sales of 5,000 tonnes of anode
material in a financial year.
6. 1/10thon achievement of sales of 6,000 tonnes of anode
material in a financial year.
7. 1/10thon achievement of sales of 7,000 tonnes of anode
material in a financial year.
8. 1/10thon achievement of sales of 8,000 tonnes of anode
material in a financial year.
9. 1/10thon achievement of sales of 9,000 tonnes of anode
material in a financial year.
10. 1/10thon achievement of sales of 10,000 tonnes of anode
material inafinancialyear.
Expiry Date 22 January 2030
Disposal Restrictions The Options are not transferable or assignable and may be
exercised only by the Offeree.
Change of Control All unvested Options will vest automatically and must be exercised
within a time period determined by the board of Novonix if there is a
change of control transaction in relation to Novonix. A change of
control transaction will be that which is determined by the board of
Novonix and may include:

persons acquiring all of the shares in Novonix; or a person acquiring all or substantially all of Novonix’s assets, in which case Novonix will advise you of the time period in which the Options must be exercised or will otherwise lapse.

NOVONIX Limited ABN 54 157 690 830

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LODGE YOUR VOTE

ONLINEhttps://investorcentre.linkgroup.com

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 Parramatta Square, Level 22, Tower 6, 10 Darcy Street, Parramatta NSW 2150

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 11:00am (AEST) on Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at the offices of Allens, Level 26, 480 Queen Street, Brisbane QLD (the Meeting ) and at any postponement or adjournment of the Meeting.

Important for Resolution 4: If the Meeting Chair is your proxy, either by appointment or by default, and you have not indicated your voting intention below, you expressly authorise the Meeting Chair to exercise the proxy in respect of Resolution 4, even though the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Company’s Key Management Personnel ( KMP ).

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
1 Ratification of issue of Shares
under the Institutional Placement
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  • 2 Approval of issue of Shares to Phillips 66 under the Conditional Placement

  • 3 Issue of Incentive Options to Andrew Liveris

  • 4 Approval of Performance Rights Plan

 * If you mark the Abstain box for a particular Item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf 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).

NVX PRX2501C

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, including where the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of KMP.

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

  • (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.

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 11:00am (AEST) on Monday, 20 January 2025, 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

https://investorcentre.linkgroup.com

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).

BY MOBILE DEVICE

QR Code

Our voting website is designed specifically for voting online. You can now lodge your proxy by scanning the QR code adjacent or enter the voting link https://investorcentre.linkgroup.com into your mobile device. Log in using the Holder Identifier and postcode for your shareholding.

To scan the code you will need a QR code reader application which can be downloaded for free on your mobile device.

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

delivering it to Link Market Services Limited* Parramatta Square Level 22, Tower 6 10 Darcy Street Parramatta NSW 2150

  • During business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Link Group is now known as MUFG Pension & Market Services. Over the coming months, Link Market Services will progressively rebrand to its new name MUFG Corporate Markets, a division of MUFG Pension & Market Services.

CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

If a representative of the corporation is to attend the Meeting the appropriate “Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative” must be received at [email protected] prior to admission in accordance with the Notice of Extraordinary General 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.