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ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED — AGM Information 2017
Oct 16, 2017
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AGM Information
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ZEUS RESOURCES LIMITED
ACN 139 183 190
NOTICE OF 2017 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING EXPLANATORY STATEMENT PROXY FORM
TIME: 1pm (AEDT) DATE: Monday, 27 November 2017 PLACE: Azure Group Offices Level 10, 171 Clarence Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000
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This Notice of Meeting 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. Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on (+61 2) 9238 1123.
CONTENTS PAGE Notice of Annual General Meeting (setting out the proposed Resolutions) 4 Explanatory Statement (explaining the proposed Resolutions) 7 Glossary 10 Proxy Form Attached TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING AND HOW TO VOTE
VENUE
The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders to which this Notice of Meeting relates will be held at 1pm (AEDT) on 27 November 2017 at:
Azure Group Pty Ltd Level 10, 171 Clarence Street Sydney NSW 2000
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
The business of the Annual General Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important.
VOTING IN PERSON
To vote in person, attend the Annual General Meeting on the date and at the place set out above.
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VOTING BY PROXY
To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and either:
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deliver the Proxy Form:
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(a) by hand to:
- LINK Market Services 1A Homebush Bay Drive, Rhodes NSW 2138; or
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(b) by post to:
Zeus Resources Limited c/LINK Market Services Ltd Locked Bag A14, Sydney South NSW 1235; or
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by facsimile to +61 2 9287 0309; or
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lodge online at www.linkmarketservices.com.au, instructions as follows:
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(a) Select ‘Investor Login’ and in the “Single Holding” section enter Zeus Resources Limited or the ASX code ZEU in the Issuer name field, your Security Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) (which is shown on the front of your proxy form), postcode and security code which is shown on the screen and click ‘Login’. Select the ‘Voting’ tab and then follow the prompts. You will be taken to have signed your Proxy Form if you lodge it in accordance with the instructions given on the website;
so that it is received not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting.
Proxy Forms received later than this time will be invalid.
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Zeus Resources Limited (ACN 139 183 190) will be held at 1pm (AEDT) on 27 November 2017 at Azure Group, Level 10, 171 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000.
The Explanatory Statement to this Notice of Meeting provides additional information on matters to be considered at the Annual General Meeting. The Explanatory Statement forms 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 Annual General Meeting are those who are registered Shareholders at 1:00pm (AEDT) on 25 November 2017. Terms and abbreviations used in this Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement are defined in the Glossary.
AGENDA
ORDINARY BUSINESS
Financial Statements and Reports
“To receive and to consider the Annual Financial Report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2017 together with the declaration of the Directors, the Directors’ Report, the Remuneration Report and the Auditor’s Report for that financial year.”
Note: This item of ordinary business is for discussion only and is not a resolution .
However, pursuant to the Corporations Act, Shareholders will be given a reasonable opportunity at the Meeting to ask questions about, or make comments in relation to, each of the aforementioned reports during consideration of these items.
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RESOLUTIONS
Part A: Remuneration Report
1. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:
“That, for the purpose of Section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the adoption of the remuneration report as contained in the Company’s Annual Financial Report for the financial year ended 30 June 2017”
Note: The vote on this Resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.
Voting Exclusion Statement: In accordance with the Corporations Act, the Company will disregard any votes cast on Resolution 1 by or on behalf of a member of the Company’s key management personnel (including the Directors), whose remuneration details are included in the Remuneration Report ( KMP ), or any of that person’s Closely Related Parties (such as close family members and any controlled companies of those persons) (collectively referred to as Restricted Voter ). However, the Company need not disregard a vote if:
(a) It is cast by a person as a proxy appointed in writing that specifies how the proxy is to vote on Resolution 1; and
- (b) It is not cast on behalf of a Restricted Voter.
If you appoint the person chairing the Meeting ( Chair ) and you are not a Restricted Voter, by submitting the Proxy Form you authorise the person chairing the Meeting to exercise the proxy even though Resolution 1 is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a KMP, and you will be taken to have directed the Chair to vote in accordance with his or her stated intention to vote in favour of Resolution 1. If you do not want your vote exercised in favour of Resolution 1, you should direct the person chairing the Meeting to vote “against”, or to abstain from voting on, this Resolution.
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Part B: Election of Directors
2. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF MR YONG ZHANG AS DIRECTOR
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :
“ That Mr Yong Zhang, a Director who retires by rotation in accordance with the Company’s Constitution and ASX Listing Rule 14.4, and being eligible offers himself for re-election, is re-elected as a Director of the Company.”
Dated: 16 October 2017
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
Shelley Peters
Company Secretary
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Explanatory Statement has been prepared for the information of the Shareholders in connection with the business to be conducted at the Annual General Meeting to be held at 1pm (AEDT) on 27 November 2017 at Azure Group, Level 10, 171 Clarence Street Sydney NSW 2000.
The 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.
If you are in any doubt about what to do in relation to the Resolutions contemplated in the Notice of Meeting and this Explanatory Statement, it is recommended that you seek advice from an accountant, solicitor or other professional advisor.
Full details of the business to be considered at the Annual General Meeting are set out below.
AGENDA
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
In accordance with the Constitution, the business of the Annual General Meeting will include receipt and consideration of the Annual Financial Report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2017 together with the declaration of the Directors, the Director’s Report, the Remuneration Report and the Auditor’s Report.
In accordance with the amendments to the Corporations Act, the Company is no longer required to provide a hard copy of the Company’s Annual Financial Report to Shareholders unless a Shareholder has specifically elected to receive a printed copy. These amendments may result in reducing the Company’s printing costs.
Whilst the Company will not provide a hard copy of the Company’s Annual Financial Report unless specifically requested to do so, Shareholders may view the Company Annual Financial Report on its website at www.zeusresources.com.
No resolution is required for this item, but Shareholders will be given the opportunity to ask questions and to make comments on the management and performance of the Company.
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RESOLUTIONS
Part A: Remuneration Report
RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT
In accordance with section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act, the Company is required to present to its Shareholders the Remuneration Report as disclosed in the Company’s Annual Financial Report.
The Company’s Remuneration Report is included within the Directors’ Report at pages 23 – 27 of the Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2017 ( Remuneration Report ). It sets out a range of matters relating to the remuneration of Directors and executives of the Company.
During this item of business, shareholders will be given a reasonable opportunity to comment on and ask questions about the 2017 Remuneration Report.
In accordance with the Corporations Act, the vote on the Resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company. The Remuneration Report is set out in the Company’s Annual Financial Report and is also available on the Company’s website at www.zeusresources.com.
Shareholders may be aware of the ‘two-strikes’ rule in relation to remuneration reports. Briefly, this rule requires that if at least 25% of the votes are validly cast against the Remuneration Report resolution (resolution 1) at two consecutive AGMs, then a ‘board spill resolution’ must be put to shareholders.
The Directors unanimously recommend that shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 1.
The chair of the meeting intends to vote any undirected proxies in favour of Resolution 1.
Voting
Note that a voting exclusion applies to Resolution 1 in the terms set out in the Notice of Meeting. In particular, the Directors and other Restricted Voters must not vote on this Resolution and must not cast a vote as proxy, unless the appointment gives a direction on how to vote, or the proxy is given to the Chair and you submit the Proxy Form, authorising the Chair to exercise the proxy even though Resolution 1 is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a KMP and that in doing so you will be taken to have directed him to vote in accordance with his stated intention to vote in favour of Resolution 1.
Shareholders are urged to read carefully the Proxy Form and to provide a direction to the proxy on how to vote on this Resolution.
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Part B: Re-Election of Directors
RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF MR YONG ZHANG AS DIRECTOR
The Company’s Constitution requires that if the Company has 3 or more Directors, a third (or the number of Directors nearest to one third) of those Directors must retire at each AGM, provided always that no Director (except a Managing Director) shall hold office for a period in excess of 3 years or until the third AGM following his or her appointment, whichever is the longer, without submitting himself or herself for re-election.
A Director who retires by rotation under clause 13.2 of the Company’s Constitution is eligible for re-election. Under this Resolution, Mr Zhang retired by rotation seeks re-election at this AGM.
Background details for Mr Zhang are set out below:
Mr Zang holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Shandong Construction College and has had an extensive career in property development, real estate sales and investment. Mr Zhang has extensive property interests in China with over 1600 employees. Mr Zhang was instrumental in securing the cornerstone investment in Zeus by China Metallurgical Geological Bureau, via its subsidiary Zhengyuan International Mining Company Limited.
Directors’ recommendation
The Directors (excluding Mr Zhang) recommend that Shareholders vote for Resolution 2.
ENQUIRIES
Shareholders are asked to contact Ms Shelley Peters, Company Secretary, on (+61 2) 9238 1123 if they have any queries in respect of the matters set out in these documents.
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GLOSSARY
AEDT means Australian Eastern Daylight Time as observed in Sydney, New South Wales.
Annual Financial Report means the 2017 Annual Report to Shareholders for the period ended 30 June 2017 as lodged by the Company with ASX on 28 September 2016.
Annual General Meeting or AGM or Meeting means an Annual General Meeting of the Company and, unless otherwise indicated, means the meeting of the Company’s members convened by this Notice of Meeting.
ASIC means Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
Associate has the meaning given to it by the ASX Listing Rules.
ASX means ASX Limited (ACN 008 624 691) or the financial market operated by it, as the context requires, of 20 Bridge Street, Sydney, NSW 2000.
ASX Listing Rules or Listing Rules means the official ASX Listing Rules of the ASX and any other rules of the ASX which are applicable while the Company is admitted to the official list of the ASX, as amended or replaced from time to time, except to the extent of any express written waiver by the ASX.
Auditor’s Report means the auditor’s report of William Buck dated 28 September 2017 as included in the Annual Financial Report.
Board means the current board of Directors of the Company.
Business Day means a day on which trading takes place on the stock market of ASX.
Chair means the person chairing the Meeting.
Company means Zeus Resources Limited (ACN 139 183 190) care of Level 10, 171 Clarence Street SYDNEY NSW 2000.
Constitution means the Company’s constitution.
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) as amended or replaced from time to time.
Director means a current director of the Company.
Directors’ Report means the report of Directors as included in the Annual Financial Report.
Dollar or “ $ ” means Australian dollars.
Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying this Notice of Meeting.
Notice of Meeting or Notice of Annual General Meeting means this notice of annual general meeting dated 16 October 2017 including the Explanatory Statement.
Option means an option to acquire a Share.
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Proxy Form means the proxy form attached to this Notice of Meeting.
Remuneration Report means the remuneration report as set out in the Annual Financial Report which is also available on the Company’s website at www.zeusresources.com.
Resolutions means the resolutions set out in this Notice of Meeting, or any one of them, as the context requires.
Restricted Voter means a member of the Company’s key management personnel (including the Directors) details of whose remuneration are included in the Remuneration Report and any of that person’s Closely Related Parties or Associates (such as close family members and any controlled companies of those persons).
Securities mean Shares and/or Options (as the context requires).
Share means a fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company.
Shareholder means a holder of a Share.
VWAP means the volume weighted average price, with respects to the price of Shares.
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LODGE YOUR VOTE
ONLINE www.linkmarketservices.com.au
ACN 139 183 190
BY MAIL Zeus Resources Limited C/- Link Market Services Limited Locked Bag A14 Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia BY FAX +61 2 9287 0309
BY HAND Link Market Services Limited 1A Homebush Bay Drive, Rhodes NSW 2138
ALL ENQUIRIES TO Telephone: +61 1300 554 474
X99999999999 X99999999999 PROXY FORM I/We being a member(s) of Zeus Resources Limited and entitled to attend and vote hereby appoint: APPOINT A PROXY the Chairman of the OR if you are NOT appointing the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of the person or Meeting (mark box) body corporate you are appointing as your proxy or failing the person or body corporate named, or if no person or body corporate is named, the Chairman of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to act on my/our behalf (including to vote in accordance with the following directions or, if no directions have been given and to the extent permitted by the law, as the proxy sees fit) at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at 1:00pm (AEDT) on Monday, 27 November 2017 at Azure Group Offices, Level 10, 171 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000 (the Meeting ) and at any postponement or adjournment of the Meeting. Important for Resolution 1: If the Chairman of the Meeting is your proxy, either by appointment or by default, and you have not indicated your voting intention below, you expressly authorise the Chairman of the Meeting to exercise the proxy in respect of Resolution 1, even though the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly with the remuneration of a member of the Company’s Key Management Personnel ( KMP ). The Chairman of the Meeting intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of each item of business. VOTING DIRECTIONS Proxies will only be valid and accepted by the Company if they are signed and received no later than 48 hours before the Meeting. Please read the voting instructions overleaf before marking any boxes with an T Resolutions For Against Abstain * 1 Adoption of Remuneration Report
2 Re-election of Mr Yong Zhang as Director
* If you mark the Abstain box for a particular Item, you are directing your proxy not to vote on your behalf on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.
SIGNATURE OF SHAREHOLDERS – THIS MUST BE COMPLETED
Shareholder 1 (Individual) Joint Shareholder 2 (Individual) Joint Shareholder 3 (Individual) Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary Director/Company Secretary (Delete one) Director
This form should be signed by the shareholder. If a joint holding, either shareholder may sign. If signed by the shareholder’s attorney, the power of attorney must have been previously noted by the registry or a certified copy attached to this form. If executed by a company, the form must be executed in accordance with the company’s constitution and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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HOW TO COMPLETE THIS SHAREHOLDER PROXY FORM
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS
LODGEMENT OF A PROXY FORM
This is your name and address as it appears on the Company’s share register. If this information is incorrect, please make the correction on the form. Shareholders sponsored by a broker should advise their broker of any changes. Please note: you cannot change ownership of your shares using this form.
This Proxy Form (and any Power of Attorney under which it is signed) must be received at an address given below by 1:00pm (AEDT) on Saturday, 25 November 2017, being not later than 48 hours before the commencement of the Meeting. Any Proxy Form received after that time will not be valid for the scheduled Meeting.
APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
Proxy Forms may be lodged using the reply paid envelope or:
If you wish to appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, mark the box in Step 1. If you wish to appoint someone other than the Chairman of the Meeting as your proxy, please write the name of that individual or body corporate in Step 1. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.
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ONLINE
www.linkmarketservices.com.au
Login to the Link website using the holding details as shown on the Proxy Form. Select ‘Voting’ and follow the prompts to lodge your vote. To use the online lodgement facility, shareholders will need their “Holder Identifier” (Securityholder Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) as shown on the front of the Proxy Form).
DEFAULT TO CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING
Any directed proxies that are not voted on a poll at the Meeting will default to the Chairman of the Meeting, who is required to vote those proxies as as shown on the front of the Proxy Form). directed. Any undirected proxies that default to the Chairman of the Meeting will be voted according to the instructions set out in this Proxy BY MAIL Form, including where the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly Zeus Resources Limited with the remuneration of KMP. C/- Link Market Services Limited VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY APPOINTMENT Locked Bag A14 You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in one of the Sydney South NSW 1235 boxes opposite each item of business. All your shares will be voted in Australia 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 BY FAX number of shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you +61 2 9287 0309 do not mark any of the boxes on the items of business, your proxy may BY HAND vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on an item your vote on that item will be invalid. 1A Homebush Bay Drive APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND PROXY Rhodes NSW 2138 You are entitled to appoint up to two persons as proxies to attend the Meeting and vote on a poll. If you wish to appoint a second proxy, an additional Proxy Form may be obtained by telephoning the Company’s share registry or you may copy this form and return them both together. To appoint a second proxy you must: (a) on each of the first Proxy Form and the second Proxy Form state the percentage of your voting rights or number of shares applicable to that form. If the appointments do not specify the percentage or number of votes that each proxy may exercise, each proxy may exercise half your votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded; and (b) return both forms together. COMMUNICATION PREFERENCE SIGNING INSTRUCTIONS You must sign this form as follows in the spaces provided: Individual: where the holding is in one name, the holder must sign. costs. Joint Holding: where the holding is in more than one name, either shareholder may sign. ONLINE
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BY MAIL
Form, including where the Resolution is connected directly or indirectly Zeus Resources Limited
with the remuneration of KMP.
C/- Link Market Services Limited
VOTES ON ITEMS OF BUSINESS – PROXY APPOINTMENT Locked Bag A14
You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a mark in one of the Sydney South NSW 1235
boxes opposite each item of business. All your shares will be voted in Australia
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 BY FAX
number of shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you +61 2 9287 0309
do not mark any of the boxes on the items of business, your proxy may
BY HAND
vote as he or she chooses. If you mark more than one box on an item your
vote on that item will be invalid. delivering it to Link Market Services Limited
1A Homebush Bay Drive
APPOINTMENT OF A SECOND PROXY
Rhodes NSW 2138
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- During business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm)
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We encourage you to receive all your shareholder communication via email. This communication method allows us to keep you informed without delay, is environmentally friendly and reduces print and mail costs.
ONLINE
Power of Attorney: to sign under Power of Attorney, you must lodge the Power of Attorney with the registry. If you have not previously lodged this document for notation, please attach a certified photocopy of the Power of Attorney to this form when you return it.
www.linkmarketservices.com.au
Login to the Link website using the holding details as shown on the Proxy Form. Select ‘Communications’ and click the first button to receive all communications electronically and enter your email address. To use the online facility, securityholders will need their “Holder Identifier” (Securityholder Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) as shown on the front of the Proxy Form).
Companies: where the company has a Sole Director who is also the Sole Company Secretary, this form must be signed by that person. If the company (pursuant to section 204A of the Corporations Act 2001 ) does not have a Company Secretary, a Sole Director can also sign alone. Otherwise this form must be signed by a Director jointly with either another Director or a Company Secretary. Please indicate the office held by signing in the appropriate place.
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES
If a representative of the corporation is to attend the Meeting the appropriate “Certificate of Appointment of Corporate Representative” should be produced prior to admission in accordance with the Notice of Meeting. A form of the certificate may be obtained from the Company’s share registry or online at www.linkmarketservices.com.au.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND AND VOTE AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, PLEASE BRING THIS FORM WITH YOU. THIS WILL ASSIST IN REGISTERING YOUR ATTENDANCE.