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VANADIUM RESOURCES LIMITED Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2024

Apr 25, 2024

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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26 April 2024

Dear Shareholder,

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the General Meeting of Shareholders of Vanadium Resources Limited ( Company ) will be held at 108 Outram Street, West Perth, 6005, on Wednesday, 29 May 2024, at 3:00pm (AWST).

The Notice of Meeting ( NOM ) is important and should be read in its entirely. If you are in doubt as to the course of action you should follow, you should consult your financial advisor, lawyer, accountant or other professional adviser.

In accordance with section 110D(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ( Corporation Act ), the Company will not be sending hard copies of the NOM to shareholders unless a shareholder has requested a hardcopy of the NOM or made an election for the purposes of 110E of the Corporation Act to receive documents from the Company in physical form. The NOM is made available to shareholders electronically. This means that:

  • You can access the NOM online at the Company’s website https://vr8.global/announcements

  • A complete copy of the NOM has been posted to the Company’s ASX Market announcements page at www.asx.com.au under the Company’s ASX code “VR8”.

Those shareholders who receive their company communications in the post will therefore receive a printed copy of this announcement and their personalised proxy form.

Conversely, shareholders who receive their communications electronically will, as they have on previous occasions, receive an email from the Company’s share registry, Automic Group, with links directing them to this notice and the online voting portal https://investor.automic.com.au/#/loginsah

If you have any difficulties obtaining a copy of NOM please contact the Company’s share registry, Automic Group Pty Ltd on 1300 288 664 (within Australia) or + 61 2 9698 5414 (overseas).

The Company further advises that voting on all resolutions will be conducted by a poll and encourages those shareholders who cannot attend the meeting to lodge their proxy forms no later than 48 hours before the meeting, being 3:00pm (AWST) on Monday, 27 May 2024. Any proxy forms received after that time will not be valid for the meeting.

For and on behalf of the Board.

Kyla Garic

Company Secretary VANADIUM RESOURCES LIMITED

Vanadium Resources Limited (ASX.VR8) 7/63 Shepperton Road, Victoria Park, WA 6100 Australia [email protected] • (+61) 08 6158 9990 www.VR8.global

VANADIUM RESOURCES LIMITED ACN 618 307 887 NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

Notice is given that the Meeting will be held at:

TIME : 3:00 pm(WST) DATE : 29 May 2024 PLACE : 108 Outram Street, West Perth, 6005

The business of the Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important.

This Notice should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their professional advisers prior to voting.

The Directors have determined pursuant to Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Meeting are those who are registered Shareholders at 5:00pm• (WST) on 27 May 2024.

BUSINESS OF THE MEETING

AGENDA

1. ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

RESOLUTION 1 – ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO JOHN CIGANEK

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

“That for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14, section 195(4) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue 18,000,000 Performance Rights to John Ciganek (or his nominee) under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement (in replacement of the 15,000,000 unvested Existing Performance Rights awarded to John Ciganek which were approved at a general meeting of the Company on 12 April 2023 and which will be cancelled upon this resolution being passed as an ordinary resolution).”

A voting exclusion statement and voting prohibition statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

Voting Prohibition Statement

Resolution – Issue of
Performance Rights to the
Managing Director
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis
of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a) the proxy is either:
(i) a member of the Key Management Personnel; or
(ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and
(b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy
is to vote on this Resolution.
However, the above prohibition does not apply if:
(a)
the proxy is the Chair; and
(b)
the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to
exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is
connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of
a member of the KeyManagement Personnel.

Voting Exclusion Statement

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.11, the Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of Resolution 1 set out below by or on behalf of the following persons:

Resolutions – Issue of
Performance Rights to the
Managing Director
Any person referred to in Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or
10.14.3 who is eligible to participate in the employee
incentive scheme in question (including Jurie Wessels, John
Ciganek and Michael Davy) or an associate of that person
or thosepersons.

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

  • (a) a person as a 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

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  • (c) a holder acting solely in a 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.

2. ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

RESOLUTION 2 – ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO JURIE WESSELS

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

“That for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14, section 195(4) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue 2,948,374 Performance Rights to Jurie Wessels (or his nominee) under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement, and any issue of Shares pursuant to those Performance Rights.”

A voting exclusion statement and voting prohibition statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

Voting Prohibition Statement

Resolution – Issue of
Performance Rights to the
Executive Chairman
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis
of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a) the proxy is either:
(i)
a member of the Key Management Personnel;
or
(ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and
(b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy
is to vote on this Resolution.
However, the above prohibition does not apply if:
(a)
the proxy is the Chair; and
(b)
the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to
exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is
connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of
a member of the KeyManagement Personnel.

Voting Exclusion Statement

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.11, the Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of Resolution 2 set out below by or on behalf of the following persons:

Resolutions – Issue of
Performance Rights to the
Executive Chairman
Any person referred to in Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or
10.14.3 who is eligible to participate in the employee
incentive scheme in question (including Jurie Wessels, John
Ciganek and Michael Davy) or an associate of that person
or thosepersons.

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

  • (d) a person as a 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

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  • (e) 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

  • (f) a holder acting solely in a 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.

3. ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO THE NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

RESOLUTION 3 – ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO MICHAEL DAVY

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

“That for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14, section 195(4) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue 2,211,280 Performance Rights to Michael Davy (or his nominee) under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement, and any issue of Shares pursuant to those Performance Rights.”

A voting exclusion statement and voting prohibition statement applies to this Resolution. Please see below.

Voting Prohibition Statement

Resolutions – Issue of
Performance Rights to the
Non-Executive Director
A person appointed as a proxy must not vote, on the basis
of that appointment, on this Resolution if:
(a) the proxy is either:
(i)
a member of the Key Management Personnel; or
(ii) a Closely Related Party of such a member; and
(b) the appointment does not specify the way the proxy is
to vote on this Resolution.
However, the above prohibition does not apply if:
(a) the proxy is the Chair; and
(b)
the appointment expressly authorises the Chair to
exercise the proxy even though this Resolution is
connected directly or indirectly with remuneration of
a member of the KeyManagement Personnel.

Voting Exclusion Statement

In accordance with Listing Rule 14.11, the Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of Resolution 3 set out below by or on behalf of the following persons:

Resolutions – Issue of
Performance Rights to the
Non-Executive Director
Any person referred to in Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or
10.14.3 who is eligible to participate in the employee
incentive scheme in question (including Jurie Wessels, John
Ciganek and Michael Davy) or an associate of that person
or thosepersons.

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

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  • (g) a person as a 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

  • (h) 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

  • (i) a holder acting solely in a 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.

Dated: 26 April 2024

By order of the Board

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Kyla Garic Company Secretary

Voting by proxy

To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy and return by the time and in accordance with the instructions set out on the Proxy.

In accordance with section 249L of the Corporations Act, Shareholders are advised that:

  • each Shareholder has a right to appoint a proxy;

  • the proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company; and

  • 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. If the Shareholder appoints two proxies and the appointment does not specify the proportion or number of the member’s votes, then in accordance with section 249X(3) of the Corporations Act, each proxy may exercise one-half of the votes.

Shareholders and their proxies should be aware that:

  • if proxy holders vote, they must cast all directed proxies as directed; and

  • any directed proxies which are not voted will automatically default to the Chair, who must vote the proxies as directed.

The Chair of the Meeting (where appropriately authorised) intends to vote all available proxies in favour of all Items.

Voting in person

To vote in person, attend the Meeting at the time, date and place set out above.

Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on +61 8 6158 9990.

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This Explanatory Statement has been prepared to provide information which the Directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass Resolutions 1- 3.

1. RESOLUTION 1 - ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO JOHN CIGANEK

1.1 General

It is proposed that, pursuant to the Employee Securities Incentive Plan and on the terms and conditions set out below in Schedule 1, 18,000,000 Performance Rights are issued to John Ciganek.

It is also proposed that the 15,000,000 unvested Existing Performance Rights, (which were approved by Shareholders at a general meeting held on 12 April 2023) currently held by John Ciganek will be cancelled upon Resolution 1 being passed as an ordinary resolution.

1.2 Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act

Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act requires that for a public company, or an entity that the public company controls, to give a financial benefit to a related party of the public company, the public company or entity must:

  • (a) obtain the approval of the public company’s members in the manner set out in sections 217 to 227 of the Corporations Act; and

  • (b) give the benefit within 15 months following such approval,

unless the giving of the financial benefit falls within an exception set out in sections 210 to 216 of the Corporations Act. An exception under section 211 applies where the financial benefit constitutes part of the related party’s “reasonable remuneration”.

The issue of the Performance Rights to John Ciganek (or his nominee) constitutes giving a financial benefit and he is a related party of the Company by virtue of being a Director.

It is the view of the Directors that the financial benefit given by granting these Performance Rights constitutes reasonable remuneration to the Directors having regard to:

  • the circumstances of the Company; and

  • the Directors’ roles and responsibilities at the Company.

In light of the above, the Company will rely on the exception contained in section 211(1) of the Corporations Act and is not seeking Shareholder approval for the issue of the Performance Rights to John Ciganek (or his nominee) pursuant to section 208 of the Corporations Act.

The Company is, however, seeking Shareholder approval for the purposes of section 195(4) of the Corporations Act (as outlined below).

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1.3 Section 195(4) of the Corporations Act

Section 195(1) of the Corporations Act provides that a director of a public company may not vote or be present during meetings of directors when matters in which that director holds a “material personal interest” are being considered.

If there is not a quorum of directors who are eligible to vote on a matter because of the operation of section 195(1) of the Corporations Act, one or more directors may call a general meeting and the general meeting may deal with the matter.

Each of the Directors may be considered to have a material personal interest in the outcome of Resolutions 1 – 3, as an issue of Performance Rights is proposed for each Director. In the absence of approval for the purposes of section 195(4) of the Corporations Act, those Directors may not be able to form a quorum at meeting of the Directors to review and approve the issue the Performance Rights contemplated by Resolution 1.

Accordingly, for the avoidance of any doubt, and for the purposes of transparency and best practice corporate governance, the Company also seeks Shareholder approval for the purposes of section 195(4) of the Corporations Act for the issue of Performance Rights proposed under Resolution 1.

1.4 Listing Rule 10.14

Listing Rule 10.14 provides that an entity must not permit any of the following persons to acquire equity securities under an employee incentive scheme without the approval of the holders of its ordinary securities:

  • 10.14.1 a director of the entity;

  • 10.14.2 an associate of a director of the entity; or

  • 10.14.3 a person whose relationship with the entity or a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.14.1 to 10.14.2 is such that, in ASX’s opinion, the acquisition should be approved by security holders.

The issue of Performance Rights to Mr John Ciganek falls within Listing Rule 10.14.1 and therefore requires the approval of Shareholders under Listing Rule 10.14.

Resolution 1 seeks the required Shareholder approval for the issue of 18,000,000 Performance Rights under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14 to John Ciganek (or his nominee).

1.5 Technical information required by Listing Rule 14.1A

If Resolution 1 is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to John Ciganek under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan within three years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules). As approval pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1 is not required for the issue of the Performance Rights (because approval is being obtained under Listing Rule 10.14), the issue of the Performance Rights will not use up any of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity.

If Resolution 1 is not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the issue of the replacement Performance Rights to John Ciganek (or his nominee) under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan and the Existing Performance Rights will not be cancelled.

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The Board considers that the Existing Performance Rights do not now provide a reasonable or appropriate long-term incentive for the Managing Director. The Performance Periods for the satisfaction of the Vesting Conditions which apply to the Existing Performance Rights have either passed or are, in the Board’s view, unduly restrictive in the current market. The Board also considers it appropriate that the Vesting Conditions for the Performance Rights held by the Managing Director are the same as those held by the other Directors and by the operational employees of the Company.

In the event that Resolution 1 is not passed, the Board will consider and determine alternative arrangements to appropriately incentivise the Company’s Managing Director.

1.6 Technical information required by Listing Rule 10.15

Pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 10.15, the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 1:

  • (a) the Performance Rights will be issued to John Ciganek (or his nominee), who falls within the category set out in Listing Rule 10.14.1, by virtue of being a Director;

  • (b) the maximum number of Performance Rights to be issued to John Ciganek (or his nominee) is 18,000,000;

  • (c) the current total remuneration package for John Ciganek is as follows:

Director Salary Superannuation
$ $
John Ciganek 250,000 26,250

If the Performance Rights are issued, the total remuneration package of John Ciganek could earn over the Performance Period will increase by the following indicative values based on an assumed 100% probability of the vesting of the Performance Rights determined at the date of this notice (refer to 1.5(g)).

Director Indicative value John Ciganek 689,956

There is no guarantee that all Vesting Conditions will be met within the specified Performance Period. The incentive package is considered appropriate as it encompasses long term milestones that are explicitly linked to the strategic and operational goals of Vanadium Resources, being the financing, construction and ultimately production at the Steelpoortdrift Vanadium Project;

(d) The Existing Performance Rights were approved by shareholders on 12 April 2023 and no acquisition price was paid for the Existing Performance Rights. As noted above, the Existing Performance Rights will be cancelled if Resolution 1 is approved by Shareholders.

(e) Save as referred to in 1.6(d) above, no performance rights have previously been issued to John Ciganek under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan;

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  • (f) a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Performance Rights is set out in Schedule 1;

  • (g) the Performance Rights are unquoted performance rights. The Company has chosen to grant the Performance Rights to John Ciganek for the following reasons:

  • (i) the Performance Rights are unlisted, therefore the grant of the Performance Rights has no immediate dilutionary impact on Shareholders;

  • (ii) the issue of Performance Rights to John Ciganek will align his interests with those of Shareholders through the assignment of long term incentives attached to operational milestones (being the financing, construction and production milestones) for the Company;

  • (iii) the issue of the Performance Rights is a reasonable and appropriate method to provide a balanced remuneration package inclusive of long term incentives as the non-cash form of this benefit will allow the Company to spend a greater proportion of its cash reserves on its operations than it would if alternative cash forms of remuneration were given to John Ciganek; and

  • (iv) it is not considered that there are any significant opportunity costs to the Company or benefits foregone by the Company in granting the Performance Rights on the terms proposed;

  • (h) the value attributed by the Company to the Performance Rights proposed to be issued is as follows:

Director Indicative value John Ciganek 689,956

  • (i) the Company engaged Moore Australia Corporate Finance (WA) Pty Ltd to determine a value for the Related Party Performance Rights an excerpt of which is set out in Schedule 3;

  • (j) the Performance Rights will be issued to John Ciganek (or his nominee) no later than three years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules) and it is anticipated the Performance Rights will be issued on one date;

  • (k) the issue price of the Performance Rights will be nil, as such no funds will be raised from the issue of the Performance Rights;

  • (l) a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Employee Securities Incentive Plan is set out in Schedule 2;

  • (m) no loan is being made to John Ciganek in connection with the acquisition of the Performance Rights;

  • (n) details of any Performance Rights issued under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan will be published in the annual report of the Company

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relating to the period in which they were issued, along with a statement that approval for the issue was obtained under Listing Rule 10.14;

  • (o) any additional persons covered by Listing Rule 10.14 who become entitled to participate in an issue of Performance Rights under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan after the Resolution is approved and who were not named in this Notice will not participate until approval is obtained under Listing Rule 10.14; and

  • (p) a voting exclusion statement for Resolution 1 is set out in the Agenda for Resolution 1.

2. RESOLUTION 2 – ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

2.1 General

It is proposed that, pursuant to the Employee Securities Incentive Plan and on the terms and conditions set out below in Schedule 1, 2,948,374 Performance Rights are issued to Jurie Wessels.

2.2

Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act

Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act requires that for a public company, or an entity that the public company controls, to give a financial benefit to a related party of the public company, the public company or entity must:

  • (c) obtain the approval of the public company’s members in the manner set out in sections 217 to 227 of the Corporations Act; and

  • (d) give the benefit within 15 months following such approval,

unless the giving of the financial benefit falls within an exception set out in sections 210 to 216 of the Corporations Act. An exception under section 211 applies where the financial benefit constitutes part of the related party’s “reasonable remuneration”.

The issue of the Performance Rights to Jurie Wessels (or his nominee) constitutes giving a financial benefit and he is a related party of the Company by virtue of being a Director.

It is the view of the Directors that the financial benefit given by granting these Performance Rights constitutes reasonable remuneration to the Directors having regard to:

  • the circumstances of the Company; and

  • the Directors’ roles and responsibilities at the Company.

In light of the above, the Company will rely on the exception contained in section 211(1) of the Corporations Act and is not seeking Shareholder approval pursuant to section 208 of the Corporations Act.

The Company is, however, seeking Shareholder approval for the purposes of section 195(4) of the Corporations Act (as outlined below).

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2.3 Section 195(4) of the Corporations Act

Section 195(1) of the Corporations Act provides that a director of a public company may not vote or be present during meetings of directors when matters in which that director holds a “material personal interest” are being considered.

If there is not a quorum of directors who are eligible to vote on a matter because of the operation of section 195(1) of the Corporations Act, one or more directors may call a general meeting and the general meeting may deal with the matter.

Each of the Directors may be considered to have a material personal interest in the outcome of Resolutions 1 – 3, as an issue of Performance Rights is proposed for each Director. In the absence of approval for the purposes of section 195(4) of the Corporations Act, those Directors may not be able to form a quorum at meeting of the Directors to review and approve the issue the Performance Rights contemplated by Resolution 2.

Accordingly, for the avoidance of any doubt, and for the purposes of transparency and best practice corporate governance, the Company also seeks Shareholder approval for the purposes of section 195(4) of the Corporations Act for the issue of Performance Rights proposed under Resolution 2.

2.4

Listing Rule 10.14

Listing Rule 10.14 provides that an entity must not permit any of the following persons to acquire equity securities under an employee incentive scheme without the approval of the holders of its ordinary securities:

  • 10.14.1 a director of the entity;

  • 10.14.2 an associate of a director of the entity; or

  • 10.14.3 a person whose relationship with the entity or a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.14.1 to 10.14.2 is such that, in ASX’s opinion, the acquisition should be approved by security holders.

The issue of Performance Rights to Jurie Wessels falls within Listing Rule 10.14.1 and therefore requires the approval of Shareholders under Listing Rule 10.14.

Resolution 2 seeks the required Shareholder approval for the issue of the Performance Rights under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14 to Jurie Wessels (or his nominee).

2.5 Technical information required by Listing Rule 14.1A

If Resolution 2 is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to Jurie Wessels under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan within three years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules). As approval pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1 is not required for the issue of the Performance Rights (because approval is being obtained under Listing Rule 10.14), the issue of the Performance Rights will not use up any of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity.

If Resolution 2 is not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to Jurie Wessels under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan.

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In these circumstances, the Board will consider and determine appropriate alternative arrangements to remunerate and incentivise the Executive Chairman.

2.6 Technical information required by Listing Rule 10.15

Pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 10.15, the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 2:

  • (a) the Performance Rights will be issued to Jurie Wessels (or his nominee), who falls within the category set out in Listing Rule 10.14.1, by virtue of him being a Director;

  • (b) the maximum number of Performance Rights to be issued to Jurie Wessels (or his nominee) is 2,948,374;

  • (c) the current total remuneration package for Jurie Wessels is as follows:

Director Salary Superannuation
$ $
Jurie Wessels 180,000 -

If the Performance Rights are issued, the total remuneration package that Jurie Wessels could earn over the Performance Period will increase by the following indicative values based on an assumed 100% probability of the vesting of the Performance Rights determined at the date of this notice (refer to 2.6(h)).

Director Indicative value Jurie Wessels 113,014

There is no guarantee that all Vesting Conditions will be met within the specified Performance Period. The incentive package is considered appropriate as it encompasses long term milestones that are explicitly linked to the strategic and operational goals of Vanadium Resources, being the financing, construction and ultimately production at the Steelpoortdrift Vanadium Project;

(d) no performance rights have previously been issued to Jurie Wessels under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan;

  • (e) a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Performance Rights is set out in Schedule 1;

  • (f) the Performance Rights are unquoted performance rights. The Company has chosen to grant the Performance Rights to Jurie Wessels for the following reasons:

  • (i) the Performance Rights are unlisted, therefore the grant of the Performance Rights has no immediate dilutionary impact on Shareholders;

  • (ii) the issue of Performance Rights to Jurie Wessels will align his interests with those of Shareholders through the assignment of long term incentives attached to operational milestones (being the financing, construction and production milestones) for the Company;

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  • (iii) the issue of the Performance Rights is a reasonable and appropriate method to provide a balanced remuneration package inclusive of long term incentives as the non-cash form of this benefit will allow the Company to spend a greater proportion of its cash reserves on its operations than it would if alternative cash forms of remuneration were given to Jurie Wessels; and

  • (iv) it is not considered that there are any significant opportunity costs to the Company or benefits foregone by the Company in granting the Performance Rights on the terms proposed;

  • (g) the value attributed by the Company to the Performance Rights proposed to be issued is as follows:

Director Indicative value Jurie Wessels 113,014

  • (h) the Company engaged Moore Australia Corporate Finance (WA) Pty Ltd to determine a value for the Related Party Performance Rights an excerpt of which is set out in Schedule 3;

  • (i) the Performance Rights will be issued to Jurie Wessels (or his nominee) no later than three years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules) and it is anticipated the Performance Rights will be issued on one date;

  • (j) the issue price of the Performance Rights will be nil, as such no funds will be raised from the issue of the Performance Rights;

  • (k) a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Employee Securities Incentive Plan is set out in Schedule 2;

  • (l) no loan is being made to Jurie Wessels in connection with the acquisition of the Performance Rights;

  • (m) details of any Performance Rights issued under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan will be published in the annual report of the Company relating to the period in which they were issued, along with a statement that approval for the issue was obtained under Listing Rule 10.14; and

  • (n) any additional persons covered by Listing Rule 10.14 who become entitled to participate in an issue of Performance Rights under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan after the Resolution (as applicable) is approved and who were not named in this Notice will not participate until approval is obtained under Listing Rule 10.14; and

  • (o) a voting exclusion statement for Resolution 2 is set out in the Agenda for Resolution 2.

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3. RESOLUTION 3 – ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO THE NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

3.1 General

It is proposed that, pursuant to the Employee Securities Incentive Plan and on the terms and conditions set out below in Schedule 1, 2,211,280 Performance Rights are issued to Michael Davy.

3.2

Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act

Chapter 2E of the Corporations Act requires that for a public company, or an entity that the public company controls, to give a financial benefit to a related party of the public company, the public company or entity must:

  • (a) obtain the approval of the public company’s members in the manner set out in sections 217 to 227 of the Corporations Act; and

  • (b) give the benefit within 15 months following such approval,

unless the giving of the financial benefit falls within an exception set out in sections 210 to 216 of the Corporations Act. An exception under section 211 applies where the financial benefit constitutes part of the related party’s “reasonable remuneration”.

The issue of the Performance Rights to Michael Davy (or his nominee) constitutes giving a financial benefit and he is a related party of the Company by virtue of being a Director.

It is the view of the Directors that the financial benefit given by granting these Performance Rights constitutes reasonable remuneration to the Directors having regard to:

  • the circumstances of the Company; and

  • the Directors’ roles and responsibilities at the Company.

In light of the above, the Company will rely on the exception contained in section 211(1) of the Corporations Act and is not seeking Shareholder approval pursuant to section 208 of the Corporations Act.

The Company is, however, seeking shareholder approval for the purposes of section 195(4) of the Corporations Act (as outlined below).

3.3

Section 195(4) of the Corporations Act

Section 195(1) of the Corporations Act provides that a director of a public company may not vote or be present during meetings of directors when matters in which that director holds a “material personal interest” are being considered.

If there is not a quorum of directors who are eligible to vote on a matter because of the operation of section 195(1) of the Corporations Act, one or more directors may call a general meeting and the general meeting may deal with the matter.

Each of the Directors may be considered to have a material personal interest in the outcome of Resolutions 1 – 3, as an issue of Performance Rights is proposed for each Director. In the absence of approval for the purposes of section 195(4) of the Corporations Act, those Directors may not be able to form a quorum at

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meeting of the Directors to review and approve the issue the Performance Rights contemplated by Resolution 3.

Accordingly, for the avoidance of any doubt, and for the purposes of transparency and best practice corporate governance, the Company also seeks Shareholder approval for the purposes of section 195(4) of the Corporations Act for the issue of Performance Rights proposed under Resolution 3.

3.4 Listing Rule 10.14

Listing Rule 10.14 provides that an entity must not permit any of the following persons to acquire equity securities under an employee incentive scheme without the approval of the holders of its ordinary securities:

  • 10.14.1 a director of the entity;

  • 10.14.2 an associate of a director of the entity; or

  • 10.14.3 a person whose relationship with the entity or a person referred to in Listing Rules 10.14.1 to 10.14.2 is such that, in ASX’s opinion, the acquisition should be approved by security holders.

The issue of Performance Rights to Michael Davy falls within Listing Rule 10.14.1 and therefore requires the approval of Shareholders under Listing Rule 10.14.

Resolution 3 seeks the required Shareholder approval for the issue of the Performance Rights under and for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.14 to Michael Davy (or his nominee).

3.5 Technical information required by Listing Rule 14.1A

If Resolution 3 is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to Michael Davy under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan within three years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules). As approval pursuant to Listing Rule 7.1 is not required for the issue of the Performance Rights (because approval is being obtained under Listing Rule 10.14), the issue of the Performance Rights will not use up any of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity.

If Resolution 3 is not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to Michael Davy under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan.

In these circumstances, the Board will consider and determine appropriate alternative arrangements to remunerate and incentivise the Company’s NonExecutive Director.

3.6 Technical information required by Listing Rule 10.15

Pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 10.15, the following information is provided in relation to Resolution 3:

  • (a) the Performance Rights will be issued to Michael Davy (or his nominee), who falls within the category set out in Listing Rule 10.14.1, by virtue of him being a Director;

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(b) the maximum number of Performance Rights to be issued to Michael Davy (or his nominee) is 2,211,280;

  • (c) the current total remuneration package for Michael Davy is as follows:
Director Salary Superannuation
$ $
Michael Davy 36,000 -

If the Performance Rights are issued, the total remuneration package that Michael Davy could earn over the Performance Period will increase by the following indicative values based on an assumed 100% probability of the vesting of the Performance Rights determined at the date of this notice (refer to 2.6(h)).

Director Indicative value Michael Davy 84,760

There is no guarantee that all Vesting Conditions will be met within the specified Performance Period. The incentive package is considered appropriate as it encompasses long term milestones that are explicitly linked to the strategic and operational goals of Vanadium Resources, being the financing, construction and ultimately production at the Steelpoortdrift Vanadium Project;

(d) no performance rights have previously been issued to Michael Davy under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan;

  • (e) a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Performance Rights is set out in Schedule 1;

  • (f) the Performance Rights are unquoted performance rights. The Company has chosen to grant the Performance Rights to Michael Davy for the following reasons:

  • (i) the Performance Rights are unlisted, therefore the grant of the Performance Rights has no immediate dilutionary impact on Shareholders;

  • (ii) the issue of Performance Rights to Michael Davy will align his interests with those of Shareholders through the assignment of long term incentives attached to operational milestones (being the financing, construction and production milestones) for the Company;

  • (iii) the issue of the Performance Rights is a reasonable and appropriate method to provide a balanced remuneration package inclusive of long term incentives as the non-cash form of this benefit will allow the Company to spend a greater proportion of its cash reserves on its operations than it would if alternative cash forms of remuneration were given to Michael Davy; and

  • (iv) it is not considered that there are any significant opportunity costs to the Company or benefits foregone by the Company in granting the Performance Rights on the terms proposed;

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  • (g) the value attributed by the Company to the Performance Rights proposed to be issued is as follows:
Director Indicative value
$
Michael Davy 84,760
  • (h) the Company engaged Moore Australia Corporate Finance (WA) Pty Ltd to determine a value for the Related Party Performance Rights an excerpt of which is set out in Schedule 3;

  • (i) the Performance Rights will be issued to Michael Davy (or his nominee) no later than three years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules) and it is anticipated the Performance Rights will be issued on one date;

  • (j) the issue price of the Performance Rights will be nil, as such no funds will be raised from the issue of the Performance Rights;

  • (k) a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Employee Securities Incentive Plan is set out in Schedule 2;

  • (l) no loan is being made to Michael Davy in connection with the acquisition of the Performance Rights;

  • (m) details of any Performance Rights issued under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan will be published in the annual report of the Company relating to the period in which they were issued, along with a statement that approval for the issue was obtained under Listing Rule 10.14; and

  • (n) any additional persons covered by Listing Rule 10.14 who become entitled to participate in an issue of Performance Rights under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan after the Resolution (as applicable) is approved and who were not named in this Notice will not participate until approval is obtained under Listing Rule 10.14; and

  • (o) a voting exclusion statement for Resolution 3 is set out in the Agenda for Resolution 3.

3.7 Corporate governance

Recommendation 8.2 of the 4th Edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations ( Recommendations ) provides that a listed entity should separately disclose its policies and practices regarding the remuneration of non-executive directors and the remuneration of executive directors and other senior executives. Commentary to Recommendation 8.2 sets out suggested guidelines for the remuneration of executive and non-executive directors, including that nonexecutive directors should not receive performance-based remuneration.

Mr Michael Davy is a Non-Executive Director. As the Performance Rights are offered subject to specific performance-based conditions (i.e. the Vesting Conditions summarised in Schedule 1 below), the grant of the Performance Rights to the Non-Executive Director is not in line with Recommendation 8.2 of the Recommendations.

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Although the grant of the Performance Rights to the Non-Executive Director is not in line with Recommendation 8.2, the Directors consider Performance Rights to be cost effective and an efficient means for the Company to provide a reward and incentive, as opposed to alternative forms of incentives, such as the payment of additional cash consideration that would be necessary for someone with the experience of the Directors, and may from time to time resolve the issue of Performance Rights to the Non-Executive Director, including with performance hurdles, subject to regulatory and Shareholder approval.

The Board considers the proposed issue of Performance Rights to the NonExecutive Director is aligned with the Company’s objectives in the short term and the longer term and do not unduly influence the decision making or impartiality of the Company’s Non-Executive Director.

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GLOSSARY

$ means Australian dollars.

ASIC means the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.

ASX means ASX Limited (ACN 008 624 691) or the financial market operated by ASX Limited, as the context requires.

Board means the current board of directors of the Company.

Business Day means Monday to Friday inclusive, except New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and any other day that ASX declares is not a business day.

Chair means the chair of the Meeting.

Closely Related Party of a member of the Key Management Personnel means:

  • (a) a spouse or child of the member;

  • (b) a child of the member’s spouse;

  • (c) a dependent of the member or the member’s spouse;

  • (d) anyone else who is one of the member’s family and may be expected to influence the member, or be influenced by the member, in the member’s dealing with the entity;

  • (e) a company the member controls; or

  • (f) a person prescribed by the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) for the purposes of the definition of ‘closely related party’ in the Corporations Act.

Company means Vanadium Resources Limited (ACN 618 307 887).

Constitution means the Company’s constitution.

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Directors means the current directors of the Company.

Employee Securities Incentive Plan means the employee securities incentive plan approved at a general meeting on 29 November 2022.

End Date means the final date for satisfaction of the Vesting Condition related to a tranche of Performance Rights.

Exercise Notice means the notice sent to the Company by a Right Holder to exercise Performance Rights.

Existing Performance Rights means the 15,000,000 existing performance rights issued to John Ciganek under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan, which were approved by the Company’s shareholders at the General Meeting held on 12 April 2023.

Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice.

Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.

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Meeting means the meeting convened by the Notice.

Notice means this notice of meeting including the Explanatory Statement and the Proxy Form.

Performance Period means the period covered by the Vesting Conditions.

Performance Rights means the performance rights proposed to be issued to John Ciganek, Jurie Wessels, and Michael Davy under the Employee Securities Incentive Plan, which are the subject of Resolutions 1 – 3 (as applicable).

Proxy Form means the proxy form accompanying the Notice.

Reorganisation means a reorganisation of the share capital of the Company, including consolidation, sub-division, reduction or return.

Resolution means a resolution set out in the Notice.

Right Holder means a holder of Performance Rights.

Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.

Shareholder means a registered holder of a Share.

Vesting Conditions means the conditions required to be satisfied in order for each tranche of the Performance Rights to vest.

WST means Western Standard Time as observed in Perth, Western Australia.

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SCHEDULE 1 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS

The terms and conditions attaching to the Performance Rights are set out below:

1. Entitlement: Each Performance Right entitles the Right Holder to subscribe for and be issued with one fully paid ordinary share in the Company, on and subject to these terms and conditions.

2. No payment on grant: The Right Holder is not required to pay any amount to the Company for the grant of a Performance Right or any issue of Shares thereunder.

3. Term and expiry: Each Performance Right will come into effect upon grant and each Performance Right that is not exercised will expire on the earlier of:

  • (a) 5:00pm (WST) on the earlier of the date falling 90 days from satisfaction of the applicable Vesting Condition (defined below) or the expiry of the Performance Period related to the relevant tranche of Performance Rights;

  • (b) the Performance Right is cancelled in accordance with its terms; and

  • (c) the Board determines (acting reasonably) that it is impossible for the Vesting Condition for that Performance Right to be met.

4.

Quotation:

  • 4.1 The Company will not apply for quotation of the Performance Rights on any stock exchange or licensed financial market, such as the ASX.

  • 4.2 The Company will apply to ASX for quotation of Shares issued on satisfaction of each Vesting Condition and the exercise of the corresponding Performance Rights in accordance with these terms.

5. Transferability: A Performance Right is not transferable, unless otherwise determined by the Board.

6.

Vesting Conditions:

  • 6.1 The Performance Rights will vest in three equal tranches subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, each of which constitutes a “Vesting Condition”:
Tranche Vesting Condition Performance
Period
Tranche
1
Minimum of one year service and 30 day
volume weighted average price of the shares
of the Company is greater than 15 cents
Within 24 months
of the date of
grant
Tranche
2
Upon the Company announcing the Final
Investment
Decision
(“FID”)
for
the
Steelpoortdrift and Tweefontein vanadium
project (the “Project”)
Within 24 months
of the date of
grant
Tranche
3
Upon the Company achieving first commercial
production from the Project
Within 36 months
of FID

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  • 6.2 The Performance Rights will vest and become exercisable by the Right Holder on the satisfaction of the relevant Vesting Condition.

  • 6.3 The Company will notify the Right Holder upon the satisfaction of a Vesting Condition.

7.

Expiry and cancellation:

  • 7.1 All Performance Rights which have not vested will automatically lapse and will be cancelled on the End Date.

  • 7.2 All Performance Rights which have vested before the End Date but have not been exercised will be deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the End Date unless the Right Holder notifies the Company otherwise in writing prior to the issue of Shares.

8. Leaver Provisions

  • 8.1 In relation to Mr Ciganek:

If Mr Ciganek ceases to be an employee of the Company by reason of:

  • (a) being a "Bad Leaver";

  • (b) providing notice to the Company to terminate the Employment pursuant to clause 14.2 in the ESA, other than due to permanent disability or mental incapacity of the Executive,

unless otherwise determined by the Board (in its sole discretion), all:

  • (c) unvested Performance Rights will lapse and be cancelled for nil consideration; and

  • (d) vested Performance Rights which have not been exercised in accordance with these terms will convert into Shares and the Right Holder will be deemed to have given an Exercise Notice pursuant to paragraph 10.1 in the ESA.

  • 8.2 For the avoidance of doubt, if Mr Ciganek ceases Employment for any reason other than those detailed in paragraph 8.1 in the ESA, all unvested Performance Rights will not lapse and will not be cancelled upon Mr Ciganek ceasing Employment.

  • 8.3 For the purpose of this paragraph, a " Bad Leaver" means termination of Employment by the Company pursuant to clause 14.7 in the ESA.

  • 8.4 In relation to Mr Wessels and Mr Davy, if they cease to be a director or employee of the Company for any reason, then all of the unvested Performance Rights will be automatically forfeited, as per the Plan rules, which are summarised in Schedule 2 below.

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9. Exercise

  • 9.1 Vested Performance Rights must be exercised by notice in writing to the Company within 90 days from the date of satisfaction of the relevant Vesting Condition.

  • 9.2 Any Exercise Notice for a vested Performance Right received by the Company will be deemed to be a notice of the exercise of the Performance Rights specified in that notice as at the date of receipt. Performance Rights may only be exercised in multiples of 10,000 unless fewer than 10,000 Performance Rights are held by the Right Holder, or the Board otherwise agrees.

  • 9.3 The Right Holder is not required to pay any exercise price or fee upon the exercise of vested Performance Rights.

10.

Issue of Shares

  • 10.1 The Company must within five (5) Business Days after the later of the following:

  • (a) receiving the Exercise Notice; and

  • (b) when excluded information in respect of the Company (as defined in section 708A(7) of the Corporations Act) (if any) ceases to be excluded information. If there is no such information, the relevant date will be the date of receipt of the Exercise Notice,

the Company will:

  • (c) allot and issue the Shares the subject of a valid Exercise Notice;

  • (d) as soon as reasonably practicable and 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

  • (e) apply for official quotation on ASX of Shares issued pursuant to the redemption of the Performance Rights.

  • 10.2 The Shares issued upon exercise of a Performance Rights will rank equally in all respects with the Company’s fully paid ordinary shares then on issue.

11. Rights of Participation:

  • 11.1 New issues

  • (a) A Performance Right does not confer or the Right Holder any participation or entitlement right inherent in holding Shares or other securities in the Company.

  • (b) A Right Holder will not be entitled to participate in any new issue of Shares or other securities in the Company to shareholders except to the extent that the Right Holder has exercised their vested Performance Rights and been issued new Shares before the record date for determining entitlements to the new issue of Shares or securities and participate as a result of holding

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Shares.

  • (c) The Company must give the Right Holder notice of any proposed new issue of Shares or other securities in the Company to shareholders, in accordance with the ASX Listing Rules.

  • 11.2 Bonus or pro rata issue of securities

  • (a) If during the term of any Performance Right, the Company makes a bonus issue or pro rata issue of securities to the shareholders of the Company by way of a rights issue, a Right Holder shall not be entitled to participate in the rights issue in respect of any Performance Rights, only in respect of Shares issued in respect of vested Performance Rights.

  • (b) A Right Holder will not be entitled to any adjustment to the number of Shares they are entitled to, or adjustment to the number of Performance Rights, as a result of the Company undertaking a rights issue.

12. Reorganisations: If there is a reorganisation (including consolidation, sub-division, reduction or return) of the share capital of the Company, then:

  • (a) the rights of the Right Holder (including the number of Performance Rights to which the Right Holder is entitled) will be adjusted in accordance with the Listing Rules applicable at the date of the Reorganisation;

  • (b) any calculations or adjustments which are required to be made will be made by the Board (acting reasonably) and will, in the absence of manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding on the Company and the Right Holder; and

  • (c) the Company must, within a reasonable period, give to the Right Holder notice of any change to the number of Shares for which the Right Holder is entitled to subscribe for on exercise of vested Performance Rights and other changes to the Performance Rights as required by the Listing Rules.

13. Change of control: For the purposes of these terms and conditions, a "Change of Control Event" occurs if:

  • (a) the Company announces that its Shareholders have at a Court convened meeting of Shareholders voted in favour, by the necessary majority, of a proposed scheme of arrangement (excluding a merger by way of scheme of arrangement for the purposes of a corporate restructure (including change of domicile, or any reconstruction, consolidation, subdivision, reduction or return) of the issued capital of the Company) and the Court, by order, approves the scheme of arrangement;

  • (b) a Takeover Bid (as defined under the Corporations Act):

    • i. is announced;

    • ii. has become unconditional; and

    • iii. the person making the Takeover Bid has a Relevant Interest in fifty percent (50%) or more of the issued Shares; or

  • (c) any person acquires a Relevant Interest in fifty and one-tenths percent (50.1%) or more of the issued Shares by any other means.

Where “ Relevant Interest ” has the meaning provided in sections 608 and 609 of the Corporations Act 2001.

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Where a Change of Control Event has occurred, all granted Performance Rights which have not yet vested or lapsed shall automatically and immediately vest, regardless of whether any Vesting Conditions have been satisfied .

14. Voting: A Performance Right does not confer on the Right Holder any right to vote on any resolution proposed at a general meeting of the Company, except and only to the extent required by applicable law.

15. Dividends: A Performance Right does not confer on the Right Holder any right to receive a dividend declared by the Company, whether fixed or at the discretion of the Directors.

16. Returns of capital and winding-up: A Performance Right does not confer on the Right Holder any right to:

  • (a) any right to a return of capital by the Company, whether on winding-up of the Company, a reduction of capital or otherwise; or

  • (b) participate in the surplus profits or assets of the Company on winding-up of the Company.

17. Legal and regulatory requirements

  • 17.1 Conflict: If these terms and conditions conflict with or do not comply with the Corporations Act, the Listing Rules or the Constitution, the Right Holder authorises the Company to do anything necessary to rectify such conflict or noncompliance, including but not limited to amending these terms and conditions to minimum extent necessary to remedy such conflict or non-compliance.

  • 17.2 Governing law: These terms of the Performance Rights, and the rights and obligations of the Right Holder, are governed by the laws of Western Australia.

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SCHEDULE 2 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYEE SECURITIES INCENTIVE PLAN

A summary of the material terms of the Company’s Employee Securities Incentive Plan ( Plan ) is set out below.

Eligible Participant Eligible Participantmeans a person that is a ‘primary participant’
(as that term is defined in Division 1A of Part 7.12 of the Corporations
Act) in relation to the Company or an Associated Body Corporate
(as defined in the Corporations Act) and has been determined by
the Board to be eligible to participate in the Plan from time to time.
Purpose The purpose of the Plan is to:
(a)
assist in the reward, retention and motivation of Eligible
Participants;
(b)
link the reward of Eligible Participants to Shareholder value
creation; and
(c)
align the interests of Eligible Participants with shareholders
of the Group (being the Company and each of its
Associated Bodies Corporate), by providing an opportunity
to Eligible Participants to receive an equity interest in the
Company in the form of Shares, options and Performance
Rights (Securities).
Plan administration The Plan will be administered by the Board. The Board may exercise
any power or discretion conferred on it by the Plan rules in its sole
and absolute discretion (except to the extent that it prevents the
Participant relying on the deferred tax concessions under
Subdivision 83A-C of the_Income Tax Assessment Act 1997_(Cth)).
The Board may delegate its powers and discretion.
Eligibility, invitation
and application
The Board may from time to time determine that an Eligible
Participant may participate in the Plan and make an invitation to
that Eligible Participant to apply for any (or any combination of)
the Securities provided under the Plan on such terms and
conditions as the Board decides.
On receipt of an invitation, an Eligible Participant may apply for the
Securities the subject of the invitation by sending a completed
application form to the Company. The Board may accept an
application from an Eligible Participant in whole or in part.
If an Eligible Participant is permitted in the invitation, the Eligible
Participant may, by notice in writing to the Board, nominate a party
in whose favour the Eligible Participant wishes to renounce the
invitation.
Grant of Securities The Company will, to the extent that it has accepted a duly
completed application, grant the Participant the relevant number
and type of Securities, subject to the terms and conditions set out in
the invitation, the Plan rules and any ancillary documentation
required.
Rights attaching to
Convertible
Securities
AConvertible Securityrepresents a right to acquire one or more
Plan Shares in accordance with the Plan (for example, an Option
or a Performance Right).

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Prior to a Convertible Security being exercised, the holder:
(a)
does not have any interest (legal, equitable or otherwise) in
any Share the subject of the Convertible Security other than
as expressly set out in the Plan;
(b)
is not entitled to receive notice of, vote at or attend a
meeting of the shareholders of the Company;
(c)
is not entitled to receive any dividends declared by the
Company; and
(d)
is not entitled to participate in any new issue of Shares (see
Adjustment of Convertible Securities section below).
Vesting of
Convertible
Securities
Any vesting conditions which must be satisfied before Convertible
Securities can be exercised and converted to Shares will be
described in the invitation. If all the vesting conditions are satisfied
and/or otherwise waived by the Board, a vesting notice will be sent
to the Participant by the Company informing them that the
relevant Convertible Securities have vested. Unless and until the
vesting notice is issued by the Company, the Convertible Securities
will not be considered to have vested. For the avoidance of doubt,
if the vesting conditions relevant to a Convertible Security are not
satisfied and/or otherwise waived by the Board, that Convertible
Security will lapse.
Exercise of
Convertible
Securities and
cashless exercise
To exercise a Convertible Security, the Participant must deliver a
signed notice of exercise and, subject to a cashless exercise of
Convertible Securities (see next paragraph below), pay the
exercise price (if any) to or as directed by the Company, at any
time following vesting of the Convertible Security (if subject to
vesting conditions) and prior to the expiry date as set out in the
invitation or vesting notice.
An invitation may specify that at the time of exercise of the
Convertible Securities, the Participant may elect not to be required
to provide payment of the exercise price for the number of
Convertible Securities specified in a notice of exercise, but that on
exercise of those Convertible Securities the Company will transfer
or issue to the Participant that number of Shares equal in value to
the positive difference between the Market Value of the Shares at
the time of exercise and the exercise price that would otherwise
be payable to exercise those Convertible Securities.
Market Valuemeans, at any given date, the volume weighted
average price per Share traded on the ASX over the 5 trading days
immediately preceding that given date, unless otherwise specified
in an invitation.
A Convertible Security may not be exercised unless and until that
Convertible Security has vested in accordance with the Plan rules,
or such earlier date as set out in the Plan rules.
Timing of issue of
Shares and
quotation of Shares
on exercise
As soon as practicable after the valid exercise of a Convertible
Security by a Participant, the Company will issue or cause to be
transferred to that Participant the number of Shares to which the
Participant is entitled under the Plan rules and issue a substitute
certificate for any remaining unexercised Convertible Securities
held by that Participant.

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Restrictions on
dealing with
Convertible
Securities
A holder may not sell, assign, transfer, grant a security interest over
or otherwise deal with a Convertible Security that has been
granted to them unless otherwise determined by the Board. A
holder must not enter into any arrangement for the purpose of
hedging their economic exposure to a Convertible Security that
has been granted to them.
However, in Special Circumstances as defined under the Plan
(including in the case of death or total or permanent disability of
the Participant) a Participant may deal with Convertible Securities
granted to them under the Plan with the consent of the Board.
Listing of
Convertible
Securities
A Convertible Security granted under the Plan will not be quoted
on the ASX or any other recognised exchange. The Board reserves
the right in its absolute discretion to apply for quotation of an
Option granted under the Plan on the ASX or any other recognised
exchange.
Forfeiture of
Convertible
Securities
Convertible
Securities
will
be
forfeited
in
the
following
circumstances:
(a)
where a Participant who holds Convertible Securities
ceases to be an Eligible Participant (e.g. is no longer
employed or their office or engagement is discontinued
with the Group), all unvested Convertible Securities will
automatically be forfeited by the Participant;
(b)
where a Participant acts fraudulently or dishonestly,
negligently, in contravention of any Group policy or wilfully
breaches their duties to the Group;
(c)
where there is a failure to satisfy the vesting conditions in
accordance with the Plan;
(d)
on the date the Participant becomes insolvent; or
(e)
on the Expiry Date.
Notwithstanding clauses a – e (inclusive), the Board may decide
(on any conditions which it thinks fit) that some or all of the
Participant's Convertible Securities will not be forfeited at that time,
but will be forfeited at the time and subject to the conditions it may
specify by written notice to the participant.
Change of control If a change of control event occurs, or the Board determines that
such an event is likely to occur, the Board may in its discretion
determine the manner in which any or all of the holder’s
Convertible Securities will be dealt with, including, without
limitation, in a manner that allows the holder to participate in
and/or benefit from any transaction arising from or in connection
with the change of control event.
Adjustment of
Convertible
Securities
If there is a reorganisation of the issued share capital of the
Company (including any subdivision, consolidation, reduction,
return or cancellation of such issued capital of the Company), the
rights of each Participant holding Convertible Securities will be
changed to the extent necessary to comply with the Listing Rules
applicable to a reorganisation of capital at the time of the
reorganisation.

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If Shares are issued by the Company by way of bonus issue (other
than an issue in lieu of dividends or by way of dividend
reinvestment), the holder of Convertible Securities is entitled, upon
exercise of the Convertible Securities, to receive an issue of as
many additional Shares as would have been issued to the holder if
the holder held Shares equal in number to the Shares in respect of
which the Convertible Securities are exercised.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board, a holder of Convertible
Securities does not have the right to participate in a pro rata issue
of Shares made by the Company or sell renounceable rights.
Plan Shares The Board may, from time to time, make an invitation to an Eligible
Participant to acquire Plan Shares under the Plan. The Board will
determine in its sole an absolute discretion the acquisition price (if
any) for each Plan Share which may be nil. The Plan Shares may
be subject to performance hurdles and/or vesting conditions as
determined by the Board.
Where Plan Shares granted to a Participant are subject to
performance hurdles and/or vesting conditions, the Participant’s
Plan Shares will be subject to certain restrictions until the applicable
performance hurdles and/or vesting conditions (if any) have been
satisfied, waived by the Board or are deemed to have been
satisfied under the Rules.
Rights attaching to
Plan Shares
All Shares issued or transferred under the Plan or issued or
transferred to a Participant upon the valid exercise of a Convertible
Security, (Plan Shares) will rank equally in all respects with the
Shares of the same class for the time being on issue except for any
rights attaching to the Shares by reference to a record date prior
to the date of the allotment or transfer of the Plan Shares. A
Participant will be entitled to any dividends declared and
distributed by the Company on the Plan Shares and may
participate in any dividend reinvestment plan operated by the
Company in respect of Plan Shares. A Participant may exercise any
voting rights attaching to Plan Shares.
Disposal restrictions
on Plan Shares
If the invitation provides that any Plan Shares are subject to any
restrictions as to the disposal or other dealing by a Participant for a
period, the Board may implement any procedure it deems
appropriate to ensure the compliance by the Participant with this
restriction.
For so long as a Plan Share is subject to any disposal restrictions
under the Plan, the Participant will not:
(a)
transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of, or have a
security interest granted over that Plan Share; or
(b)
take any action or permit another person to take any action
to remove or circumvent the disposal restrictions without the
express written consent of the Company.
General Restrictions
on Transfer of Plan
Shares
If the Company is required but is unable to give ASX a notice that
complies with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act, Plan
Shares issued under the Plan (including on exercise of Convertible
Securities) may not be traded until 12 months after their issue unless
the Company, at its sole discretion, elects to issue a prospectus
pursuant to section 708A(11) of the Act.

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Restrictions are imposed by Applicable Law on dealing in Shares
by persons who possess material information likely to affect the
value of the Shares and which is not generally available. These laws
may restrict the acquisition or disposal of Shares by you during the
time the holder has such information.
Any Plan Shares issued to a holder under the Plan (including upon
exercise of Convertible Securities) shall be subject to the terms of
the Company’s Securities Trading Policy.
Buy-Back Subject to applicable law, the Company may at any time buy-
back Securities in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
Employee Share
Trust
The Board may in its sole and absolute discretion use an employee
share trust or other mechanism for the purposes of holding
Convertible Securities for holders under the Plan and delivering
Shares on behalf of holders upon exercise of Convertible Securities.
Maximum number
of Securities
The Company will not make an invitation under the Plan which
involves monetary consideration if the number of Plan Shares that
may be issued, or acquired upon exercise of Convertible Securities
offered under an invitation, when aggregated with the number of
Shares issued or that may be issued as a result of all invitations under
the Plan during the 3 year period ending on the day of the
invitation, will exceed 5% of the total number of issued Shares at
the date of the invitation (unless the Constitution specifies a
different percentage and subject to any limits approved by
Shareholders under Listing Rule 7.2 Exception 13(b) – refer to
Resolution 7 and Section 7.1).
Amendment of Plan Subject to the following paragraph, the Board may at any time
amend any provisions of the Plan rules, including (without
limitation) the terms and conditions upon which any Securities have
been granted under the Plan and determine that any
amendments to the Plan rules be given retrospective effect,
immediate effect or future effect.
No amendment to any provision of the Plan rules may be made if
the amendment materially reduces the rights of any Participant as
they existed before the date of the amendment, other than an
amendment introduced primarily for the purpose of complying
with legislation or to correct manifest error or mistake, amongst
other things, or is agreed to in writing by all Participants.
Plan duration The Plan continues in operation until the Board decides to end it.
The Board may from time to time suspend the operation of the Plan
for a fixed period or indefinitely and may end any suspension. If the
Plan is terminated or suspended for any reason, that termination or
suspension must not prejudice the accrued rights of the
Participants.
If a Participant and the Company (acting by the Board) agree in
writing that some or all of the Securities granted to that Participant
are to be cancelled on a specified date or on the occurrence of
a particular event, then those Securities may be cancelled in the
manner agreed between the Company and the Participant.
Income Tax
Assessment Act
The Plan is a plan to which Subdivision 83A-C of the_Income Tax_
Assessment Act 1997(Cth) applies (subject to the conditions in that
Act) except to the extent an invitation provides otherwise.

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SCHEDULE 3 – VALUATION OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS

The Performance Rights to be issued to the Directors pursuant to Resolution 1 to 3. Tranche 1 to 3 have been valued by Moore Australia Corporate Finance (WA) Pty Ltd using a trinomial valuation model for each Tranche of the Performance Rights.

Directors/Employee John Ciganek Jurie Wessels Michael Davy
Share
price
at
valuation date
$0.046 $0.046 $0.046
Exercise price - - -
Expiry Tranche 1&2 – 24
months from the issue
date.
Tranche 3 – 36 month
after proposed FID
announcement date
Tranche 1&2 – 24
months from the issue
date.
Tranche 3 – 36 month
after proposed FID
announcement date
Tranche 1&2 – 24
months from the issue
date.
Tranche 3 – 36 month
after proposed FID
announcement date
Expected volatility 94.09% for all classes 94.09% for all classes 94.09% for all classes
Risk
Free
Interest
Rate
3.73% for all classes 3.73% for all classes 3.73% for all classes
Dividend yield Nil Nil Nil
Value of Tranche 1
Performance Rights
$0.023 per instrument $0.023 per instrument $0.023 per instrument
Value of Tranche 2
Performance
$0.046 per instrument $0.046 per instrument $0.046 per instrument
Value of Tranche 3
Performance
$0.046 per instrument $0.046 per instrument $0.046 per instrument

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for Securityholder registration.

Vanadium Resources Limited | ABN 47 618 307 887

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Proxy Voting Form If you are attending the Meeting in person, please bring this with you

Your proxy voting instruction must be received by 03.00pm (AWST) on Monday, 27 May 2024 , being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting. Any Proxy Voting instructions received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled Meeting.

SUBMIT YOUR PROXY

Complete the form overleaf in accordance with the instructions set out below.

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS

The name and address shown above is as it appears on the Company’s share register. If this information is incorrect, and you have an Issuer Sponsored holding, you can update your address through the investor portal: https://investor.automic.com.au/#/home Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes.

STEP 1 – APPOINT A PROXY

If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of that Individual or body corporate. A proxy need not be a Shareholder of the Company. Otherwise if you leave this box blank, the Chair of the Meeting will be appointed as your proxy by default.

DEFAULT TO THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING

Any directed proxies that are not voted on a poll at the Meeting will default to the Chair of the Meeting, who is required to vote these proxies as directed. Any undirected proxies that default to the Chair of the Meeting will be voted according to the instructions set out in this Proxy Voting Form, including where the Resolutions are connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of Key Management Personnel.

Lodging your Proxy Voting Form:

Online

Use your computer or smartphone to appoint a proxy at

https://investor.automic.com.au/#/loginsah or scan the QR code below using your smartphone

Login & Click on ‘Meetings’. Use the Holder Number as shown at the top of this Proxy Voting Form.

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STEP 2 - VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS

You may direct your proxy how to vote by marking 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 SECOND PROXY

You may appoint up to two proxies. If you appoint two proxies, you should complete two separate Proxy Voting Forms and specify the percentage or number each proxy may exercise. If you do not specify a percentage or number, each proxy may exercise half the votes. You must return both Proxy Voting Forms together. If you require an additional Proxy Voting Form, contact Automic Registry Services.

SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS

Individual: Where the holding is in one name, the Shareholder must sign. Joint holding: Where the holding is in more than one name, all Shareholders should sign. Power of attorney: If you have not already lodged the power of attorney with the registry, please attach a certified photocopy of the power of attorney to this Proxy Voting Form when you return it.

Companies: To be signed in accordance with your Constitution. Please sign in the appropriate box which indicates the office held by you.

Email Address: Please provide your email address in the space provided.

By providing your email address, you elect to receive all communications despatched by the Company electronically (where legally permissible) such as a Notice of Meeting, Proxy Voting Form and Annual Report via email.

CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES

If a representative of the corporation is to attend the Meeting the appropriate ‘Appointment of Corporate Representative’ should be produced prior to admission. A form may be obtained from the Company’s share registry online at https://automic.com.au.

BY MAIL:

Automic GPO Box 5193 Sydney NSW 2001

IN PERSON:

Automic Level 5, 126 Phillip Street Sydney NSW 2000

BY EMAIL:

[email protected]

BY FACSIMILE:

+61 2 8583 3040

All enquiries to Automic: WEBSITE:

https://automicgroup.com.au/

PHONE:

1300 288 664 (Within Australia) +61 2 9698 5414 (Overseas)

STEP 1 - How to vote

APPOINT A PROXY:

I/We being a Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the General Meeting of Vanadium Resources Limited, to be held at 03.00pm (AWST) on Wednesday, 29 May 2024 at 108 Outram Street, West Perth WA 6005 hereby:

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Appoint the Chair of the Meeting (Chair) OR if you are not appointing the Chair of the Meeting as your proxy, please write in the box provided below the name of the person or body corporate you are appointing as your proxy or failing the person so named or, if no person is named, the Chair, or the Chair’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 and at any adjournment thereof.

The Chair intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of all Resolutions in which the Chair is entitled to vote.

Unless indicated otherwise by ticking the “for”, “against” or “abstain” box you will be authorising the Chair to vote in accordance with the Chair’s voting intention.

AUTHORITY FOR CHAIR TO VOTE UNDIRECTED PROXIES ON REMUNERATION RELATED RESOLUTIONS

Where I/we have appointed the Chair as my/our proxy (or where the Chair becomes my/our proxy by default), I/we expressly authorise the Chair to exercise my/our proxy on Resolutions 1, 2 and 3 (except where I/we have indicated a different voting intention below) even though Resolutions 1, 2 and 3 are connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Key Management Personnel, which includes the Chair.

STEP 2 - Your voting direction

P
Resolutions
For
Against
Abstain
1
ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO JOHN CIGANEK
2
ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO JURIE WESSELS
3
ISSUE OF PERFORMANCE RIGHTS TO MICHAEL DAVY
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 be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.
AM
STEP 3 – Signatures and contact details
Individual or Securityholder 1
Securityholder 2
Securityholder 3
Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary
Director
Director / Company Secretary
Contact Name:
Email Address:
Contact Daytime Telephone
Date (DD/MM/YY)
/
/
By providing your email address, you elect to receive all communications despatched by the Company electronically (where legally permissible).