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ASPERMONT LIMITED ACN 000 375 048 NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Notice is given that the Meeting will be held at: TIME: 4:00 pm (WST) / 6:00 pm (AEDST) / 9:00 am (GMT) DATE: Tuesday 22 September 2020 PLACE: Aspermont Limited Boardroom, 613-619 Wellington Street, Perth, WESTERN AUSTRALIA The business of the Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important. 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. 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 4:00 pm (WST) on 20 September 2020. For personal use only BUSINESS OF THE MEETING AGENDA 1. RESOLUTION 1 – APPROVAL OF EXECUTION OF LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND ILEVETER PTY LIMITED 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 10.1 and for all other purposes, shareholders approve the execution by the Company of the lease of the Company’s premises at 613-619 Wellington Street, Perth, Western Australia between Ileveter Pty Limited (ACN 001 790 816) as Lessor and the Company as Lessee on 19 April 2004 and renewed on 29 May 2008 and on 30 September 2012 and on 24 October 2017 (ending on 30 September 2022) (“the Lease”).” 2. RESOLUTION 2 – APPROVAL OF ASPERMONT LIMITED EMPLOYEE SALARY SACRIFICE SHARE PLAN To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: “That for the purposes of Exception 13 to ASX Listing Rule 7.2 and Section 260C of the Corporations Act 2001 shareholders approve the establishment of the Aspermont Limited Salary Sacrifice Employee Share Plan, a copy of which is annexed hereto and the terms and conditions thereof” 3. RESOLUTION 3 – ISSUE OF SHARES AS SALARY SACRIFICE SHARES TO MR ALEXANDER KENT To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: “That, subject to the passing of Resolution 2, for the purposes of sections 208 and 218 of the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rule 10.14 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Company to issue up to that number of Shares, that is equal in value to $35,611.77 divided by the lesser of $0.007 per share or the volume weighted average price of Company Shares traded on ASX in the period commencing 1 July 2020 and ending 31 October 2020 or such further period as the Board shall determine but no longer than three years from 1 July 2020.” VOTING EXCLUSION STATEMENTS The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the resolution (as set out in table below) by or on behalf of: For personal use only · the named person or class of persons excluded from voting; or · an associate of that person or those persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of a resolution by: · a person as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the resolution, in accordance with directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the resolution in that way; or ASP AGM 2020 / NOM 1 · the chair of the meeting 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 · a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a beneficiary provided the following conditions are met: · 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 · the holder votes on the resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary to the holder to vote in that way. Resolution The person or named class of persons excluded from voting RESOLUTION 1 – APPROVAL OF Illeveter Pty Ltd or its associates and any other EXECUTION OF LEASE AGREEMENT person who will obtain a material benefit as a result BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND of the execution of the lease (except a benefit ILEVETER PTY LIMITED solely by reason of being a holder of ordinary securities in the Company). RESOLUTION 2 – APPROVAL OF All persons who are eligible to participate in the ASPERMONT LIMITED EMPLOYEE plan and their associates and any other person SALARY SACRIFICE SHARE PLAN who will obtain a material benefit as a result of the execution of the Share Plan (except a benefit solely by reason of being a holder of ordinary securities in the Company). RESOLUTION 3 – ISSUE OF SHARES Alexander Kent or his associates and any other AS SALARY SACRIFICE SHARES TO person who will obtain a material benefit as a MR ALEXANDER KENT result of the proposed issue (except a benefit solely by reason of being a holder of ordinary securities in the Company). Dated: 03 August 2020 By order of the Board For personal use only Tim Edwards Company Secretary ASP AGM 2020 / NOM 2 Voting in person To vote in person, attend the Meeting at the time, date and 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. 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 2 or more votes may appoint 2 proxies and may specify the proportion or number of votes each proxy is appointed to exercise. If the member appoints 2 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 changes to the Corporations Act made in 2011 mean 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. Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on +61 8 6263 9100. For personal use only ASP AGM 2020 / NOM 3 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 the Resolutions. 1. RESOLUTION 1 – APPROVAL OF EXECUTION OF LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND ILEVETER PTY LIMITED (a) Listing Rule 10.1 states that an entity must ensure it obtains shareholder approval if it, or any of its child entities, acquires a substantial asset from, or disposes of a substantial asset to, a person in a position to influence the entity, including: A related party; A child entity; A person who has held voting power of 10% or more in the entity over the past 12 months; An associate of any person referred to above; A person whose relationship to the company is such that ASX considers that approval should be obtained. (b) The granting of a lease by a related party as Lessor to the Company as Lessee is an acquisition of a leasehold interest in land by Aspermont Limited from a related party for the purposes of Listing Rule 10.1 of the ASX Listing Rules. (c) To determine the value of that leasehold interest, ASX looks at the total rent payable under the lease over its term (including any option to renew) to determine whether or not it equals or exceeds 5% of the equity interests of the Company, as set out in the latest accounts given to ASX under the Listing Rules. If it does, ASX will regard the lease as a substantial asset and the transaction will require security holder approval under Listing Rule 10.1. (d) The Company has had a lease agreement in place with a related party entity, being Ileveter Pty Limited (“Ileveter”), an entity controlled by the Company’s director Mr Andrew Kent, for the lease of the Company’s office premises since 2004. The lease agreement has been varied and renewed several times since the original agreement with the latest agreement being entered into in 2017 and being valid until 30 October 2022. The payments made by the Company to Ileveter Pty Limited under the lease agreement have exceeded the threshold contemplated by Listing Rule 10.2 and as a result the lease agreement meets the definition of a substantial asset contemplated by Listing Rule 10.2 and therefore the agreement is one to which Listing Rule 10.1 applies. (e) The Company has not previously sought shareholder approval for the lease agreement. In the circumstances ASX is not satisfied that there is or was no reasonable prospect of Ileveter Pty Limited influencing the terms of the For personal use only transaction to benefit itself at the expense of the Company and has required the Company to obtain shareholder approval for execution of the lease agreement and renewals thereof. (f) Listing Rule 10.5.10 requires a report from an independent expert stating whether the transaction (the lease agreement) is fair and reasonable to holders of the Company’s ordinary shares whose votes are not to be disregarded.