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TITANIUM SANDS LIMITED — AGM Information 2018
Oct 28, 2018
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AGM Information
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TITANIUM SANDS LIMITED ACN 009 131 533
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Annual General Meeting to be held at the offices Trident Capital, Level 24, 44 St George’s Terrace, Perth, Western Australia on 29 November 2018 commencing at 10.00am (WST).
This Notice of Annual General Meeting and Explanatory Statement should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how to vote, they should seek advice from their accountant, solicitor or other professional adviser without delay.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Titanium Sands Limited will be held at the offices of Trident Capital, Level 24, 44 St George’s Terrace, Perth, Western Australia on 29 November 2018 commencing at 10.00am (WST).
ORDINARY BUSINESS
Item 1 – Annual Report
To receive and consider the Annual Report of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2018, which includes the Financial Report, the Directors’ Report, the Remuneration Report and the Auditor’s Report.
Resolution 1 – Approval of Remuneration Report
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following advisory only resolution :
“That, for the purpose of section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, the Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 June 2018 be adopted.”
Note: The vote on this resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.
Voting exclusion
The Company will disregard any votes cast on this Resolution:
(a) by or on behalf of a member of Key Management Personnel as disclosed in the Remuneration Report;
(b) by or on behalf of a Closely Related Party of a member of Key Management Personnel; and (c) as a proxy by a member of Key Management Personnel or a Closely Related Party, unless the vote is cast as proxy for a person entitled to vote in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form or by the Chairman pursuant to an express authorisation to exercise the proxy.
Resolution 2 – Re-election of Mr Lee Christensen as a Director
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, in accordance with the Company’s Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Lee Christensen, who retires by rotation under Rule 9.3 of the Company’s Constitution and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election, be re-elected as a Director of the Company.”
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Explanatory Statement
The accompanying Explanatory Statement forms part of this Notice of Annual General Meeting and should be read in conjunction with it. Shareholders are specifically referred to the Glossary in the Explanatory Statement which contains definitions of capitalised terms used in this Notice of Annual General Meeting and the Explanatory Statement.
Proxies
Please note that:
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(a) a Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the General Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy;
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(b) a proxy need not be a member of the Company;
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(c) a Shareholder may appoint a body corporate or an individual as its proxy;
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(d) a body corporate appointed as a Shareholder’s proxy may appoint an individual as its representative to exercise any of the powers that the body may exercise as the Shareholder’s proxy; and
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(e) Shareholders 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, but where the proportion or number is not specified, each proxy may exercise half of the votes.
The enclosed proxy form provides further details on appointing proxies and lodging proxy forms. If a Shareholder appoints a body corporate as its proxy and the body corporate wishes to appoint an individual as its representative, the body corporate should provide that person with a certificate or letter executed in accordance with the Corporations Act authorising him or her to act as that company’s representative. The authority may be sent to the Company or its share registry in advance of the General Meeting or handed in at the General Meeting when registering as a corporate representative.
Members of Key Management Personnel and their Closely Related Parties will not be able to vote as proxy on Resolution 1 unless the Shareholder directs them how to vote or, in the case of the Chair, unless the Shareholder expressly authorises him to do so. If a Shareholder intends to appoint a member of Key Management Personnel or their Closely Related Parties (other than the Chair) as its proxy, the Shareholder should ensure that it directs the proxy how to vote on Resolution 1.
If a Shareholder intends to appoint the Chair as its proxy on Resolution 1 the Shareholder can direct the Chair how to vote by marking one of the boxes for those Resolutions (for example, if the Shareholder wishes to vote ‘for’, ‘against’ or to ‘abstain’ from voting). If a Shareholder does not direct the Chair how to vote, the Shareholder can expressly authorise the Chair to vote as the Chair thinks fit on Resolution 1 by marking the appropriate box on the Proxy Form even though those Resolutions are connected to the remuneration of members of Key Management Personnel and even if the Chair has an interest in the outcome of those Resolutions.
Voting Entitlements
In accordance with Regulations 7.11.37 and 7.11.38 of the Corporations Regulations 2001, the Board has determined that a person’s entitlement to vote at the Annual General Meeting will be the entitlement of that person set out in the register of Shareholders as at 7.00pm (EST) on 27 November 2018. Accordingly, transactions registered after that time will be disregarded in determining Shareholder’s entitlement to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting.
Enquiries
Shareholders may contact the Company on (+61 8) 6211 5099 if they have any queries in respect of the matters set out in these documents.
By Order of the Board of Directors
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James Searle Managing Director 23 October 2018
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Explanatory Statement has been prepared for the information of Shareholders in relation to the business to be conducted at the Company’s Annual General Meeting.
The purpose of this Explanatory Statement is to provide Shareholders with all information known to the Company which is material to a decision on how to vote on the Resolutions in the accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting.
This Explanatory Statement should be read in conjunction with the Notice of Annual General Meeting. Capitalised terms in this Explanatory Statement are defined in the Glossary.
1. Item 1 - Annual Financial Report
The 2018 Annual Report, Directors’ reports and auditor’ reports for the Company for the year ended 30 June 2018 will be laid before the Annual General Meeting.
There is no requirement for Shareholders to approve these reports. However, the Chairman will allow a reasonable opportunity for Shareholders to ask questions or make comments about these reports and the management of the Company. Shareholders will also be given an opportunity to ask the auditor questions about the:
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conduct of the audit;
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preparation and content of the auditor’s report;
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accounting policies adopted by the Company in relation to the preparation of the financial statements; or
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independence of the auditor in relation to the conduct of the audit.
In addition to taking questions at the Meeting, written questions to the Chairman about the management of the Company, or to the Company’s auditor about the content of the auditor’s reports of the conduct of the audit may be submitted no later than 5 Business Days before the Annual General Meeting date to the Company Secretary at c/o Trident Capital Level 24, 44 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000, or by facsimile on (08) 9218 8875.
2. Resolution 1 - Approval of Remuneration Report
The Remuneration Report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2018 is included in the Directors’ Report in the Annual Report. The Remuneration Report sets out the Company’s remuneration arrangements for the Directors and senior management of the Company.
Section 249L(2) of the Corporations Act requires a company to inform Shareholders that a resolution on the Remuneration Report will be put at the Annual General Meeting. Section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act requires a resolution that the Remuneration Report adopted be put to the vote. Resolution 1 seeks this approval.
In accordance with section 250R(3) of the Corporations Act, Shareholders should note that Resolution 1 is “advisory only” resolutions which does not bind the Directors. Under section 250SA of the Corporations Act, the Chairman will provide a reasonable opportunity for discussion of the Remuneration Report at the Annual General Meeting.
If at least 25% of the votes on Resolution 1 are voted against the adoption of the Remuneration Report at the Annual General Meeting, and then again at the Company’s 2019 annual general meeting, the Company will be required to put to Shareholders a resolution proposing the calling of an extraordinary general meeting (Spill Meeting) to consider the appointment of the Directors (Spill Resolution).
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If more than 50% of Shareholders vote in favour of the Spill Resolution, the Company must convene the Spill Meeting within 90 days of the Company’s 2019 annual general meeting. All of the Directors who are in office when the Company’s 2019 Directors’ Report is approved, other than the Managing Director of the Company, will cease to hold office immediately before the end of the Spill Meeting but may stand for re-election at the Spill Meeting. Following the Spill Meeting those persons whose election or re-election as Directors is approved will be the directors of the Company.
3. Resolution 2 - Re-election of Mr Lee Christensen
Resolution 2 is an ordinary resolution.
Rule 9.3 of the Company’s Constitution requires that one third of the Company’s directors must retire at each annual general meeting. Accordingly, Mr Christensen retires by rotation and, being eligible, offers himself for reelection.
Resolution 2 is an ordinary resolution, requiring it to be passed by a simple majority of votes cast by the Shareholders entitled to vote.
Mr Christensen is a senior lawyer in Perth, specialising in dispute resolution, insolvency and restructures. He has many years of commercial litigation and insolvency law experience having acted in major insolvencies in Western Australia. His in-depth understanding and proven application of Insolvency issues sees him regularly advising external administrators, trustees, creditors and bankrupts on all of its ramifications.
The Directors (excluding Mr Christensen) recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 2.
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GLOSSARY
In this Explanatory Statement, the following terms have the following meaning unless the context otherwise requires:
| AGM or Annual General Meeting | means the annual general meeting convened by this Notice of Annual |
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| General Meeting. | |
| Annual Report | the annual report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June |
| 2018. | |
| Associate | means a party so described by section 10 – 17 of the Corporations Act. |
| ASX | ASX Limited (ACN 098 624 691) trading as the Australian Securities |
| Exchange. | |
| Board | Board of Directors. |
| Chairman | means the chair of the Meeting. |
| Closely Related Party | means a closely related party of a member of Key Management |
| Personnel as defined in Section 9 of the Corporations Act. | |
| Constitution | Constitution of the Company. |
| Company | Titanium Sands Limited (ACN 009 131 533). |
| Corporations Act | Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). |
| Director | Director of the Company. |
| Explanatory Statement | the Explanatory Statement accompanying the Notice of Annual General |
| Meeting. | |
| Key Management Personnel | means the key management personnel of the Company as defined in |
| Section 9 of the Corporations Act and Australian Accounting Standards | |
| Board accounting standard 124, being those persons having authority | |
| and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of | |
| the Company, directly or indirectly, including any Director (whether | |
| executive or otherwise). | |
| Listing Rules | the listing rules of ASX. |
| Meeting | means this Annual General Meeting. |
| Notice of Annual General Meeting | the Notice of Annual General Meeting accompanying the Explanatory |
| Statement. | |
| Related Party | means a party so defined by section 288 of the Corporations Act |
| Remuneration Report | the section of the Annual Report entitled “Remuneration Report”. |
| Share/s | ordinary fully paid shares in the capital of the Company. |
| Shareholder | means a shareholder of the Company. |
| WST | Western Standard Time. |
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TITANIUM SANDS LIMITED
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
I/We of
being a member of Titanium Sands Limited entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, hereby
Appoint
Name of Proxy
OR the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting as your proxy
or failing the person so named or, if no person is named, the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting, or the Chairman’s nominee, to vote in accordance with the following directions, or, if no directions have been given, and subject to the relevant laws as the proxy sees fit, at the Annual General Meeting to be held at 10.00am (WST) on 29 November 2018 at the offices of Trident Capital of Level 24, 44 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia, and at any adjournment thereof.
Important for Resolution 1 if the Chairman is your proxy or is appointed as your proxy by default
If I/we have appointed the Chairman of the meeting as my/our proxy (or the Chairman of the meeting becomes my/our proxy by default) I/we expressly authorise the Chairman of the meeting (to extent permitted by law) to exercise my/our proxy in respect of Resolution 1 even though the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of key management personnel of Titanium Sands Limited, which includes the Chairman of the Meeting. If you appoint the Chairman as your proxy you can direct the Chairman how to vote by either marking the boxes in the section.
I/We acknowledge that the Chairman intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each Resolution, to the extent permitted by law.
OR
Voting on Business of the Annual General Meeting FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN Resolution 1 Adoption of Remuneration Report – 2018 Annual Report Resolution 2 Re-election of Mr Lee Christensen as Director
Please note: If you mark the abstain box for a particular Resolution, you are directing your proxy not to vote on that Resolution on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not to be counted in computing the required majority.
If two proxies are being appointed, the proportion of voting rights this proxy represents is ___%
Signature of Member(s):
Signature of Member(s): Date: _____ Individual or Member 1 Member 2 Member 3 Sole Director/Company Secretary Director Director/Company Secretary Contact Name: ______ Contact Ph (daytime): ________
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TITANIUM SANDS LIMITED ACN 009 131 533
Instructions for Proxy Form
1 Your Name and Address
Please print your name and address as it appears on your holding statement and the Company’s share register. If Shares are jointly held, please ensure the name and address of each joint shareholder is indicated. Shareholders should advise the Company of any changes. Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note you cannot change ownership of your securities using this form.
2 Appointment of a Proxy
You are entitled to appoint no more than two proxies to attend and vote on a poll on your behalf. The appointment of a second proxy must be done on a separate copy of the Proxy Form. Where more than one proxy is appointed, such proxy must be allocated a proportion of your voting rights. If you appoint two proxies and the appointment does not specify this proportion, each proxy may exercise half of your votes.
If you wish to appoint the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting as your proxy, please mark the box. If you leave this section blank or your named proxy does not attend the Annual General Meeting, the Chairman will be your proxy. A proxy need not be a Shareholder.
3 Votes on Resolutions
You may direct a proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item of business. Where a box is not marked the proxy may vote as they choose. Where more than one box is marked on an item your vote will be invalid on that item.
4 Signing Instructions
You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided:
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Individual: Where the holding is in one name, the holder must sign.
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Joint Holding: Where the holding is in more than one name, all of the shareholders should sign.
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Power of Attorney: If you have not already lodged the Power of Attorney with the Company’s share registry, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.
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Companies: Where the company has a sole director who is also the sole company secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A of the Corporations Act) does not have a company secretary, as 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.
If a representative of the corporation is to attend the meeting a “Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative” should be produced prior to admission.
5 Return of a Proxy Form
To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form (and any Power of Attorney and/or second Proxy Form) and return by:
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(a) mail to the Company’s registered office at c/- Trident Capital, Level 24, 44 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australian 6000; or
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(b) facsimile to the Company on facsimile number (08) 9218 8875,
so that it is received by no later than 10.00am (WST) on 27 November 2018.
Proxy forms received later than this time will be invalid.
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