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USCOM LIMITED Governance Information 2010

Dec 16, 2010

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Governance Information

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Uscom Limited ABN 35 091 028 090

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Level 7, 10 Loftus Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia T +612 9247 4144 F +612 9247 8157 www.uscom.com.au

ASX Limited Company Announcement Office 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

17[th] of December 2010

SHARE TRADING POLICY

In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 12.9, a copy of the Share Trading Policy of Uscom Limited is enclosed for release to the market.

Yours faithfully

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Daniel Fah Company Secretary Uscom Limited

The measure of life.

Share Trading Policy

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1. Introduction

  • 1.1 Uscom Limited is a public company, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and is committed to responsible corporate governance including ensuring that appropriate processes are in place to promote compliance with insider trading laws.

Uscom Limited (Company) has adopted a share trading policy to regulate the dealings in shares, options and other securities issued by the Company. The policy applies to the Company’s directors and employees

2. Purpose

  • 2.1 The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the Company’s directors and employees are aware of the legal restrictions of trading securities while such a person is in possession of unpublished price sensitive information concerning the Company and any of its subsidiaries.

  • 2.2 In addition, the policy is intended to minimise the possibility that misunderstandings or suspicions arise that the Company’s directors and employees are trading while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information.

3. Directors and Employees

  • 3.1 In the context of this policy, Company’s directors and employees include:

  • (a) Directors, officers, management consultants and other staff;

  • (b) The spouse or children of an employee;

  • (c) Partners or fellow directors of family partnerships and companies;

  • (d) A trust for which the employer acts as trustee or as a director of its trustee company; and

  • (e) An investment fund which effectively acts at the direction of the employee.

4. Restrictions on Trading

  • 4.1 All Company’s directors and employees are prohibited from trading in the Company’s securities while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information. This is consistent with the legal prohibitions on insider trading contained in the Corporations Act,

  • 4.2 Unpublished price-sensitive information means information which:

  • (a) relates to the company’s securities;

  • (b) is specific or precise;

  • (c) has not been made public; and

  • (d) if it were made public would be likely to have a significant effect on the price or value of any securities.

  • 4.3 It should be noted that either positive or negative information may be material.

  • 4.4 Directors and employees, whilst in possession of unpublished price sensitive information, is subject to 3 restrictions:

  • (a) they must not deal in securities affected by information;

  • (b) the must not cause or procure anyone else to deal in those securities; and

  • (c) they must not communicate the information to any person if they know or ought to know that the other person will use the information, directly in directly, for dealings in securities.

  • 4.5 Directors and employees must not deal in securities of USCOM on consideration of a short term nature (i.e. buying and selling shares for short term trading gain).

5. Clearance to Deal

Company’s directors and employees are required to receive clearance from a Committee, comprised of two of the Chairman, CEO and Company Secretary prior to undertaking any transaction in Company securities. If an employee is considered to possess unpublished price sensitive information, they will be precluded from making a security transaction until 1 trading day after the time of public release of that information.

6. Circumstances for refusal

All Company’s directors and employees must not be given clearance (as required by paragraph 5 of this Policy) to deal in any company securities during a prohibited period. A ‘prohibited period’ means:

  • (a) any close period (refer para.7);

  • (b) any period when there exists any matter which constitutes unpublished price sensitive information in relation to the company’s securities; or

  • (c) any period when the person responsible for the clearance otherwise has reason to believe that the proposed dealing is in breach of this Policy.

7. Close periods

For the purpose of this policy, and in particular paragraph 6 (a) a ‘close period’ is the period of 30 days immediately preceding the announcement of financial results including Annual, Half year and quarterly financial reports.

8. Clearance Records

A written record must be maintained by the company of the receipt of any advice received from a individual pursuant to paragraph 5 of this Policy and of any clearance given. If requested by the individual concerned, written confirmation from the company that such advice and clearance (if any) have been recorded must be given to the individaul concerned. The Company Secretary, or failing him the CEO, will maintain the register of Clearance Records.

9. Exercise of rights or options

A committee comprising of two of the Chairman, CEO or Company Secretary may allow the exercise of an option or right under any employees’ share scheme where the final date for the exercise of such option or right, or conversion of such security, falls during any prohibited period and the individual could not reasonably have been expected to exercise it at an earlier time when he/she was free to deal.

10. Exempt dealings

The following dealings are not subject to the provisions of this Policy:

  • (a) undertakings or elections to take up entitlements under a rights issue or other offer (including an offer of securities in lieu of a cash dividend);

  • (b) the take up of entitlements under a rights issue or other offer (including an offer of securities in lieu of a cash dividend);

  • (c) allowing entitlements to lapse under a rights issue or other offer (including an offer of shares in lieu of a cash dividend);

  • (d) the sale of sufficient entitlements nil-paid to allow take up of the balance of the entitlements under a rights issue;

  • (e) undertakings to accept, or the acceptance of, a takeover offer;

  • (f) a dealing by a director with a related/associated person whose interest in the securities is to be treated by virtue of the Corporations Act as the directors’ interest.

11. Corporations Act

  • 11.1 The requirements imposed by this policy are separate from the insider trading provisions contained in the Corporations Act.

  • 11.2 Anyone who contravenes the prohibitions against insider trading contained in the Corporations Act will be guilty of an offence and risks substantial fines and/or imprisonment.

12. ASX notification by Directors

The Corporations Act and the ASX Listing Rules require director dealings in the company’s securities (“director transactions”) to be disclosed to the ASX.

In order to comply with the ASX Listing Rules, each director must inform the Company Secretary in writing of all director transactions as soon as reasonably possible after the date of the transaction and in any event no later than 3 business days after the transaction.

13. Summary

  • 13.1 This policy is designed to clarify the obligations on directors and employees in relation to trading in the Company’s securities, and to help them should they wish to buy and sell Company securities.

  • 13.2 All queries regarding issues raised in this policy should be directed to the CEO or Company Secretary.

Approved by USCOM Board on 16th December 2010