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WESTSTAR INDUSTRIAL LIMITED — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2012
Sep 12, 2012
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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COPPER RANGE LIMITED
ABN 38 119 047 693 NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING EXPLANATORY STATEMENT PROXY FORM
TIME : 9:30 am (WST) DATE : 15 October 2012 PLACE : Level 1, 33 Richardson Street West Perth, WA 6005
This Notice of General Meeting is an important document and requires your immediate attention. Please read it carefully. If you are in doubt as to what you should do, please consult your professional adviser. Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company on (+61 8) 9200 4268
CONTENTS PAGE
| Notice of General Meeting (setting out the proposed resolutions) | 3 |
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| Explanatory Statement (explaining the proposed resolutions) | 4 |
| Schedule 1 – Terms of Options | 5 |
| Glossary | 6 |
| Proxy Form | 7 |
| TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING AND HOW TO VOTE |
VENUE
The General Meeting of the Shareholders of Copper Range Limited which this Notice of General Meeting relates to will be held at 9:30 am (WST) on 15 October 2012 at:
Level 1, 33 Richardson Street West Perth, WA 6005
VOTING IN PERSON
To vote in person, attend the General Meeting on the date and at the place set out above.
VOTING BY PROXY
To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by the time and in accordance with the instructions set out on the Proxy Form.
Proxy vote if appointment specifies way to vote
Section 250BB(1) of the Corporations Act provides that an appointment of a proxy may specify the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution and, if it does :
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the proxy need not vote on a show of hands, but if the proxy does so, the proxy must vote that way (i.e. as directed); and
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if the proxy has 2 or more appointments that specify different ways to vote on the resolution – the proxy must not vote on a show of hands; and
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if the proxy is the chair of the meeting at which the resolution is voted on – the proxy must vote on a poll, and must vote that way (i.e. as directed); and
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if the proxy is not the chair – the proxy need not vote on the poll, but if the proxy does so, the proxy must vote that way (i.e. as directed).
Transfer of non-chair proxy to chair in certain circumstances
Section 250BC of the Corporations Act provides that, if:
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an appointment of a proxy specifies the way the proxy is to vote on a particular resolution at a meeting of the Company's members; and
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the appointed proxy is not the chair of the meeting; and
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at the meeting, a poll is duly demanded on the resolution; and
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either of the following applies:
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the proxy is not recorded as attending the meeting;
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the proxy does not vote on the resolution,
the chair of the meeting is taken, before voting on the resolution closes, to have been appointed as the proxy for the purposes of voting on the resolution at the meeting.
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NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
Notice is given that the General Meeting of Shareholders of Copper Range Limited will be held at Level 1, 33 Richardson Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005 at 9:30 am (WST) on 15 October 2012.
The Explanatory Statement provides additional information on matters to be considered at the General Meeting. The Explanatory Statement and the Proxy Form are part of this Notice of Meeting.
The Directors have determined pursuant to Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the General Meeting are those who are registered Shareholders of the Company on 13 October 2012 at 9:30 am (WST).
Terms and abbreviations used in this Notice and Explanatory Statement are defined in the Glossary.
AGENDA
1. RESOLUTION 1 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE - OPTIONS
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“That, for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes, Shareholders ratify the allotment and issue of 100,000,000 Options on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement.”
Voting Exclusion : The Company will disregard any votes cast on this Resolution by a person who participated in the issue and any of their associates. However, the Company need not disregard a vote if it is cast by a person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the Proxy Form or it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides.
2. RESOLUTION 2 – APPROVAL OF CHANGE OF NAME
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as a special resolution :
“That, with effect from the date that ASIC alters the details of the Company’s registration and pursuant to and in accordance with section 157 of the Corporations Act, the name of the Company be changed to Caravel Energy Limited.”
DATED: 12 SEPTEMBER 2012
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
MR TIMOTHY FLAVEL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COPPER RANGE LIMITED
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Explanatory Statement has been prepared for the information of the Shareholders of the Company in connection with the business to be conducted at the General Meeting to be held at Level 1, 33 Richardson Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6005 at 9:30 am (WST) on 15 October 2012.
This purpose of this Explanatory Statement is to provide information which the Directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions in the Notice of Meeting.
1. RESOLUTION 1 – RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE - OPTIONS
1.1 General
On 12 June 2012, the Company issued 100,000,000 unlisted Options pursuant to the prospectus dated 25 May 2012. Resolution 1 seeks Shareholder approval for the allotment and issue of these Options (Option Ratification).
The subscribers pursuant to this issue were not related parties of the Company.
ASX Listing Rule 7.1 provides that a company must not, subject to specified exceptions, issue or agree to issue during any 12 month period any equity securities, or other securities with rights to conversion to equity (such as an option), if the number of those securities exceeds 15% of the number of securities in the same class on issue at the commencement of that 12 month period.
ASX Listing Rule 7.4 sets out an exception to ASX Listing Rule 7.1. It provides that where a company at a general meeting ratifies the previous issue of securities made pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 (and provided that the previous issue did not breach ASX Listing Rule 7.1) those securities will be deemed to have been made with shareholder approval for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 7.1
By ratifying this issue, the Company will retain the flexibility to issue equity securities in the future up to the 15% annual placement capacity set out in ASX Listing Rule 7.1 without the requirement to obtain prior shareholder approval.
1.2 Technical information required by ASX Listing Rule 7.4
Pursuant to and in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 7.5, the following information is provided in relation to the Share Placement:
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(a) 100,000,000 Options were allotted;
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(b) the Options were issued on the terms and conditions set out in Schedule 1; and
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(c) the Options were allotted and issued to clients of Cunningham Peterson Sharbanee Securities Pty Ltd (ACN 088 055 636) trading as CPS Securities and Taylor Collison Limited (ACN 008 172 450), who were not related parties of the Company; and
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(d) no funds were raised from this issue as the Options were issued for nil consideration.
2. RESOLUTION 2 – APPROVAL OF CHANGE OF NAME
Given the Company's recent acquisition of a 25% interest in an oil project in Madagascar as announced to the market on 11 April 2012, the Directors of the Company have determined to change the Company’s name to “Caravel Energy Limited”. Resolution 2 seeks Shareholder approval for that change in accordance with section 157 of the Corporations Act.
Resolution 2 is a special resolution and requires approval of 75% of the votes cast by Shareholders.
The change of name will take effect from when ASIC alters the details of the Company’s registration.
3. ENQUIRIES
Shareholders are required to contact the Company Secretary on +61 8 9200 4268 if they have any queries in respect of the matters set out in these documents.
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SCHEDULE 1 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS
The Options entitle the holder to subscribe for ordinary fully paid shares in the capital of the Company on the following terms and conditions:
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(a) Each Option gives the Optionholder the right to subscribe for one Share. To obtain the right given by each Option, the Optionholder must exercise the Options in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Options.
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(b) The Options will expire at 5:00 pm (WST) on 31 December 2013 (Expiry Date) . Any Option not exercised before the Expiry Date will automatically lapse on the Expiry Date.
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(c) The amount payable upon exercise of each Option will be $0.035 (Exercise Price) .
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(d) The Options held by each Optionholder may be exercised in whole or in part, and if exercised in part, multiples of 1,000 must be exercised on each occasion.
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(e) An Optionholder may exercise their Options by lodging with the Company, before the Expiry Date:
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(i) a written notice of exercise of Options specifying the number of Options being exercised; and
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(ii) a cheque or electronic funds transfer for the Exercise Price for the number of Options being exercised;
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(Exercise Notice).
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(f) An Exercise Notice is only effective when the Company has received the full amount of the Exercise Price in cleared funds.
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(g) Within 10 Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice accompanied by the Exercise Price, the Company will allot the number of Shares required under these terms and conditions in respect of the number of Options specified in the Exercise Notice.
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(h) All Shares allotted upon the exercise of Options will upon allotment rank pari passu in all respects with other Shares.
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(i) The Company will apply for quotation of the Options on ASX. The Company will apply for quotation of all Shares allotted pursuant to the exercise of Options on ASX within 10 Business Days after the date of allotment of those Shares.
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(j) If at any time the issued capital of the Company is reconstructed, all rights of an Optionholder are to be changed in a manner consistent with the Corporations Act and the ASX Listing Rules at the time of the reconstruction.
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(k) There are no participating rights or entitlements inherent in the Options and Optionholders will not be entitled to participate in new issues of capital offered to Shareholders during the currency of the Options. However, the Company will ensure that for the purposes of determining entitlements to any such issue, the record date will be at least 6 Business Days after the issue is announced. This will give Optionholders the opportunity to exercise their Options prior to the date for determining entitlements to participate in any such issue.
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(l) Other than pursuant to term (m), an Option does not confer the right to a change in exercise price or a change in the number of underlying securities over which the Option can be exercised.
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(m) In the event the Company proceeds with a bonus issue of securities to Shareholders after the date of issue of the Options, the number of securities over which an Option is exercisable may be increased by the number of securities which the Optionholder would have received if the Option had been exercised before the record date for the bonus issue.
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GLOSSARY
$ means Australian dollars.
ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
ASX means ASX Limited.
ASX Listing Rules or Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.
Board means the 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.
Company means Copper Range Limited (ABN 38 119 047 693).
Constitution means the Company’s constitution.
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Directors mean the current directors of the Company.
Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement to the Notice.
General Meeting or Meeting means the meeting convened by the Notice.
Notice or Notice of Meeting or Notice of General Meeting means this notice of general meeting including the Explanatory Statement.
Option means an option to acquire a Share.
Optionholder means a holder of an Option.
Proxy Form means the proxy form accompanying the Notice.
Resolutions means the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, or any one of them, as the context requires. Share means a share in the Company.
Shareholder means a shareholder in the Company.
WST means Western Standard Time as observed in Perth, Western Australia.
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COPPER RANGE LIMITED ACN 119 047 693 GENERAL MEETING - APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
I/We of being a member of Copper Range Limited entitled to attend and vote at the General Meeting, hereby Appoint Name of proxy OR the Chair of the General Meeting as your proxy
or failing the person so named or, if no person is named, the Chair of the General Meeting, 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, at the General Meeting to be held at 9:30 am (WST), on 15 October 2012 at Level 1, 33 Richardson Street, West Perth, Western Australia, and at any adjournment thereof.
If no directions are given, the Chair will vote in favour of all the Resolutions in which the Chair is entitled to vote undirected proxies.
Voting on Business of the General Meeting FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN Resolution 1 Ratification of Prior Issue - Options Resolution 2 Approval of Change of Name
Please note : If you mark the abstain box for a particular Resolution, you are directing your proxy not to vote on that Resolution on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not to be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.
If two proxies are being appointed, the proportion of voting rights this proxy represents is %
Signature of Member(s): Date: ____ Individual or Member 1 Member 2 Member 3 Sole Director/Company Secretary Director Director/Company Secretary
Contact Name: _____ Contact Ph (daytime): _________
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COPPER RANGE LIMITED ABN 38 119 047 693
Instructions for Completing ‘Appointment of Proxy’ Form
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( Appointing a Proxy ): A member entitled to attend and vote at an General Meeting is entitled to appoint not more than two proxies to attend and vote on a poll on their behalf. The appointment of a second proxy must be done on a separate copy of the Proxy Form. Where more than one proxy is appointed, such proxy must be allocated a proportion of the member’s voting rights. If a member appoints two proxies and the appointment does not specify this proportion, each proxy may exercise half the votes. A duly appointed proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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( Direction to Vote ): A member may direct a proxy how to vote by marking one of the boxes opposite each item of business. Where a box is not marked the proxy may vote as they choose. Where more than one box is marked on an item the vote will be invalid on that item.
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( Signing Instructions ):
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( Individual ): Where the holding is in one name, the member must sign.
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- ( Joint Holding ): Where the holding is in more than one name, all of the members should sign.
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( Power of Attorney ): If you have not already provided the Power of Attorney with the registry, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.
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( Companies ): Where the company has a sole director who is also the sole company secretary, that person must sign. Where the company (pursuant to Section 204A of the Corporations Act) does not have a company secretary, a sole director can also sign alone. Otherwise, a director jointly with either another director or a company secretary must sign. Please sign in the appropriate place to indicate the office held.
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( Attending the Meeting ): Completion of a Proxy Form will not prevent individual members from attending the General Meeting in person if they wish. Where a member completes and lodges a valid Proxy Form and attends the General Meeting in person, then the proxy’s authority to speak and vote for that member is suspended while the member is present at the General Meeting.
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( Return of Proxy Form ): To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by:
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(a) deliver the proxy form by hand to the Company’s registered office at Level 1, 33 Richardson Street, West Perth, Western Australia;
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(b) mail the proxy form to the Company’s registered office at PO Box 826 West Perth, Western Australia, 6872; or
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(c) send the proxy from by facsimile to the Company on facsimile number +61 8 9200 4469,
so that it is received not later than 9:30 am (WST) on 13 October 2012.
Proxy forms received later than this time will be invalid.
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