Almonty Industries Inc. Management Information Circular
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ALMONTY INDUSTRIES INC. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 30, 2020 This Management Information Circular (the “Circular”) is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the management of Almonty Industries Inc. (the “Company”), a corporation governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “CBCA”), for use at the Annual General Meeting of the holders of common shares of the Company (the “Shares”, and holders thereof, the “Shareholders”) to be held on June 30, 2020 at the time and place set out in the accompanying notice of Meeting. Information contained in this Circular is given as at May 26, 2020, and all dollar amounts are stated in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated. VIRTUAL MEETING This year to mitigate risks the health and safety of the Company’s shareholders, employees and other stakeholders, the Company will be holding its meeting in a virtual only format. Shareholders will have an equal opportunity to participate at the Meeting online regardless of geographic location. Registered shareholders and proxyholders will be able to attend the virtual meeting and vote. Non- registered shareholders who have not duly appointed themselves as proxyholder will be able to attend the virtual Meeting as a guest, but will not be able to vote at the Meeting. This is because the Company and its transfer agent, do not have a record of the non-registered shareholders, and, as a result, will have no knowledge of their shareholdings or entitlement to vote unless they appoint themselves as proxyholder. Please see “Appointment and Revocation of Proxy” below. The Meeting will be held via the Zoom meeting platform. In order to access the Meeting, shareholders will have two options, being via teleconference or through the Zoom application, which requires internet connectivity. Registered shareholders wishing to vote in person and any shareholders wishing to view materials that may be presented by the Company’s management will need to utilize the Zoom application but any shareholder may listen to the Meeting via teleconference. Registered shareholders participating via teleconference will not be able to vote in person at the Meeting as the Company’s scrutineer must take steps to verify the identity of registered shareholders using the video features. In order to dial into the Meeting within Canada, shareholders will phone 1 778 907 2071 and enter the Meeting ID and Password noted below. Outside of Canada, please find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdWDW3MApH In order to access the Meeting through Zoom, shareholders will need to download the application onto their computer or smartphone and then once the application is loaded, enter the Meeting ID and Password below or open the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84381318262?pwd=VTk0Y3Z2dnBXRCtZeDgzQ3lQRkhvZz09 Shareholders will have the option through the application to join the video and audio or simply view and listen. Meeting ID: 843 8131 8262 Password: 570472 It is the shareholders responsibility to ensure connectivity during the meeting and encourages its shareholders to allow sufficient time to log in to the Meeting before it begins. GENERAL PROXY INFORMATION A. SOLICITATION OF PROXIES The accompanying proxy is being solicited by or on behalf of the management of the Company and the cost of such solicitation will be borne by the Company. It is expected that the solicitation of proxies will be primarily by mail, though proxies may also be solicited, without special compensation, in person or by telephone, fax, email, or other means of communication by directors, officers or regular employees of the Company. The Company may pay investment dealers or other persons holding Shares in their own names or in the names of nominees (collectively, “intermediaries”) for their reasonable expenses incurred in sending this Circular and the accompanying Notice of Meeting and form of proxy or a voting instruction form, to non-registered, beneficial owners of Shares. This Circular, together with the accompanying Notice of Meeting and form of proxy, is being sent to both Registered Shareholders (as hereinafter defined) and Beneficial Shareholders (as hereinafter defined). If you are a Beneficial Shareholder and the Company or its agent has sent these materials directly to you, your name and address and information about your holdings of Shares have been obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from the intermediary who holds your Shares on your behalf. B. HOW TO VOTE YOUR SHARES Registered Shareholders A registered Shareholder (“Registered Shareholder”) is a Shareholder whose share certificate bears the name of that Shareholder. Registered Shareholders are entitled to vote their Shares in person at the Meeting or by proxy, and such Shareholders may be able to vote their proxies over the internet, by telephone or by mail in accordance with the instructions set out in the accompanying form of proxy. If you are a Registered Shareholder and wish to vote in person at the Meeting, you should not complete or return the accompanying form of proxy, as your vote will be taken and counted at the Meeting. Shareholders wishing to vote in person must register their attendance with the scrutineer upon arrival at the Meeting. If you are a Registered Shareholder and do not wish to attend the Meeting or to vote in person, you may vote by proxy by properly completing, signing and depositing the accompanying form of proxy with the Company’s transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc. (the “Transfer Agent”). Registered Shareholders who elect to submit a proxy may do so online at www.investorvote.com, by telephone at 1-866-732-VOTE (8683) (for Shareholders within North America) or 1-312-588-4290 (for Shareholders outside North America), or by mail to 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, in all cases in accordance with the instructions provided by the Transfer Agent in the accompanying form of proxy and ensuring that the proxy is received not later than 48 hours prior to the commencement of the Meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Beneficial Shareholders If your Shares are registered in the name of an intermediary, rather than in your own name, you are a beneficial Shareholder (a “Beneficial Shareholder”). Beneficial Shareholders should note that the only proxies that can be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting are those deposited by Registered Shareholders (those whose names appear on the records of the Company as the registered holders of Shares) or as set out in the following disclosure. If Shares are listed in an account statement provided to a Shareholder by a broker, then in almost all cases those Shares will not be registered in the Shareholder’s name on the records of the Company. Such Shares will more likely be registered under the names of the Shareholder’s broker or an agent of that broker. In Canada, the vast majority of such Shares are registered under the name of CDS & Co. (the registration name for The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited, which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms), and in the United - 2 - States under the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (which acts as depositary for many United States brokerage firms and custodian banks). Intermediaries are required to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of shareholders’ meetings. Every intermediary has its own mailing procedures and provides its own return instructions to clients. There are two kinds of Beneficial Shareholders: those who object to their name being made known to the issuers of securities which they own (referred to as “OBOs” for objecting beneficial owners) and those who do not object to the issuers of the securities they own knowing who they are (referred to as “NOBOs” for non-objecting beneficial owners). Non-Objecting Beneficial Owners The Company is taking advantage of those provisions of National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer of the Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”), which permits the Company to deliver proxy-related materials directly to its NOBOs. As a result, NOBOs can expect to receive a scannable Voting Instruction Form (“VIF”). These VIFs are to be completed and returned to the Transfer Agent online at www.investorvote.com, by telephone at 1-866-734-VOTE (8683) (for Shareholders within North America) or 1-312-588-4291 (for Shareholders outside North America), or by mail to 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, in all cases in accordance with the instructions provided in the VIF. The Transfer Agent will tabulate the results of the VIFs received from NOBOs and will provide appropriate instructions at the Meeting with respect to the Shares represented by the VIFs it receives. By choosing to send these materials to you directly, the Company (and not the intermediary holding your Shares on your behalf) has assumed responsibility for (i) delivering these materials to you, and (ii) executing your proper voting instructions. Please return your VIF as specified in your request for voting instructions that you receive. NOBOs who wish to attend and vote in person at the Meeting must insert their own name in the space provided on the VIF to appoint the NOBO (or the name of another person the NOBO wishes to attend the Meeting and vote on the NOBOs behalf) as proxy holder and otherwise follow the instructions on the VIF. Beneficial Shareholders who appoint themselves as proxy holders should present themselves at the Meeting to a representative of the Transfer Agent. Beneficial Shareholders wishing to attend and vote in person at the Meeting should not otherwise complete the VIF. Objecting Beneficial Owners Management of the Company does not intend to pay for intermediaries to deliver proxy-related materials to OBOs under NI 54-101.