23rd Nov 2012 10:42
Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5
Appendix 3B
New issue announcement,
application for quotation of additional securities
and agreement
Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.
Introduced 01/07/96 Origin: Appendix 5 Amended 01/07/98, 01/09/99, 01/07/00, 30/09/01, 11/03/02, 01/01/03, 24/10/05, 01/08/12
Name of entity |
VMOTO Limited |
ABN |
36 098 455 460 |
We (the entity) give ASX the following information.
1.1 Part 1 ‑ All issues
You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).
1 | +Class of +securities issued or to be issued
| Listed Options Unlisted ESOP Options |
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2 | Number of +securities issued or to be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued
| 5,725,385 Listed Options 11,500,000 Unlisted ESOP Options |
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3 | Principal terms of the +securities (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid +securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if +convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion) | Listed Options are exercisable at $0.04 each on or before 31 December 2014.
Unlisted Options are exercisable at $0.03 each on or before 23 November 2015. These Options will vest 1 year from issue date and are otherwise subject to the terms of the Company's Employee Share Option Plan ("ESOP") annexed hereto as Annexure A. The ESOP was approved by Shareholders on 29 November 2011.
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4 | Do the +securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing +class of quoted +securities?
If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state: ·; the date from which they do ·; the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment ·; the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment | Listed Options: Yes
Unlisted ESOP Options: No. Options over unissued shares may only be exercised in accordance with their terms and conditions. Upon conversion of the options to shares, the shares will rank equally with existing shares. |
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5 | Issue price or consideration
| Nil. |
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6 | Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets)
| Listed Options issued in part consideration for the provision of professional services with respect to the Company's AIM Listing.
Unlisted Options granted to employees pursuant to the Company's ESOP.
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6a | Is the entity an +eligible entity that has obtained security holder approval under rule 7.1A?
If Yes, complete sections 6b - 6h in relation to the +securities the subject of this Appendix 3B, and comply with section 6i | Yes. | |||
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6b | The date the security holder resolution under rule 7.1A was passed | 16 October 2012. | |||
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6c | Number of +securities issued without security holder approval under rule 7.1 | Nil. | |||
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6d | Number of +securities issued with security holder approval under rule 7.1A | Nil. | |||
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6e | Number of +securities issued with security holder approval under rule 7.3, or another specific security holder approval (specify date of meeting)
| Nil. | |||
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6f | Number of securities issued under an exception in rule 7.2 | 11,500,000 Unlisted ESOP Options. | |||
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6g | If securities issued under rule 7.1A, was issue price at least 75% of 15 day VWAP as calculated under rule 7.1A.3? Include the issue date and both values. Include the source of the VWAP calculation. | N/A | |||
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6h | If securities were issued under rule 7.1A for non-cash consideration, state date on which valuation of consideration was released to ASX Market Announcements | N/A | |||
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6i | Calculate the entity's remaining issue capacity under rule 7.1 and rule 7.1A - complete Annexure 1 and release to ASX Market Announcements | 12,435,866 under rule 7.1; 84,201,706 under rule 7.1A. | |||
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7 | Dates of entering +securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates
| 23 November 2012 | |||
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Number | +Class | ||||
8 | Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (including the securities in section 2 if applicable)
| 896,087,712
145,392,230 | Fully paid ordinary shares.
Options exercisable at 4 cents each on or before 31 December 2014. | ||
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9 | Number and +class of all +securities not quoted on ASX (including the securities in section 2 if applicable)
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3,241,527
8,500,000
11,500,000
6,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
| Class D Options exercisable at 9 cents each on or before 14 July 2013.
ESOP Options exercisable at 2.5 cents each on or before 1 September 2014.
ESOP Options exercisable at 3.0 cents each on or before 23 November 2015.
Incentive Performance rights convertible to shares on or before 31 December 2013 (subject to performance based vesting conditions).
Incentive Performance rights convertible to shares on or before 31 December 2014 (subject to performance based vesting conditions).
Incentive Performance rights convertible to shares on or before 31 December 2015 (subject to performance based vesting conditions).
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10 | Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests) | N/A |
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Part 2 ‑ Bonus issue or pro rata issue
11 | Is security holder approval required?
| N/A |
12 | Is the issue renounceable or non-renounceable? | |
13 | Ratio in which the +securities will be offered | |
14 | +Class of +securities to which the offer relates | |
15 | +Record date to determine entitlements |
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16 | Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements? | |
17 | Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions
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18 | Names of countries in which the entity has +security holders who will not be sent new issue documents Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7. | |
19 | Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations |
20 | Names of any underwriters
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21 | Amount of any underwriting fee or commission | |
22 | Names of any brokers to the issue
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23 | Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue | |
24 | Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of +security holders | |
25 | If the issue is contingent on +security holders' approval, the date of the meeting | |
26 | Date entitlement and acceptance form and prospectus or Product Disclosure Statement will be sent to persons entitled | |
27 | If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option holders | |
28 | Date rights trading will begin (if applicable) | |
29 | Date rights trading will end (if applicable)
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30 | How do +security holders sell their entitlements in full through a broker? | |
31 | How do +security holders sell part of their entitlements through a broker and accept for the balance? | |
32 | How do +security holders dispose of their entitlements (except by sale through a broker)? | |
33 | +Despatch date
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Part 3 ‑ Quotation of securities
You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities
34 | Type of securities (tick one)
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(a) | Securities described in Part 1 | |
*Listed Options only. | ||
(b) | All other securities Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities |
Entities that have ticked box 34(a)
Additional securities forming a new class of securities
Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents |
35 | If the +securities are +equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the additional +securities, and the number and percentage of additional +securities held by those holders | |
36 | If the +securities are +equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories 1 - 1,000 1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 and over | |
37 | A copy of any trust deed for the additional +securities |
Entities that have ticked box 34(b)
38 | Number of securities for which +quotation is sought
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39 | Class of +securities for which quotation is sought
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40 | Do the +securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing +class of quoted +securities?
If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state: ·; the date from which they do ·; the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment ·; the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment |
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41 | Reason for request for quotation now Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period
(if issued upon conversion of another security, clearly identify that other security)
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42 | Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (including the securities in clause 38)
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(i) Quotation agreement
1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX's absolute discretion. ASX may quote the +securities on any conditions it decides.
2 We warrant the following to ASX.
·; The issue of the +securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not for an illegal purpose.
·; There is no reason why those +securities should not be granted +quotation.
·; An offer of the +securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the Corporations Act.
Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be able to give this warranty
·; Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any applications received by us in relation to any +securities to be quoted and that no-one has any right to return any +securities to be quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the +securities be quoted.
·; If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the +securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the +securities be quoted.
3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the warranties in this agreement.
4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before +quotation of the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.
Sign here: Date: 23 November 2012
(Company Secretary)
Print name: SHANNON COATES
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2. Appendix 3B - Annexure 1
2.1 Calculation of placement capacity under rule 7.1 and rule 7.1A for +eligible entities
Introduced 01/08/12
2.2 Part 1
Rule 7.1 - Issues exceeding 15% of capital | |
Step 1: Calculate "A", the base figure from which the placement capacity is calculated | |
Insert number of fully paid ordinary securities on issue 12 months before date of issue or agreement to issue | 635,338,665 |
Add the following: • Number of fully paid ordinary securities issued in that 12 month period under an exception in rule 7.2 • Number of fully paid ordinary securities issued in that 12 month period with shareholder approval • Number of partly paid ordinary securities that became fully paid in that 12 month period Note: • Include only ordinary securities here - other classes of equity securities cannot be added • Include here (if applicable) the securities the subject of the Appendix 3B to which this form is annexed • It may be useful to set out issues of securities on different dates as separate line items | 206,678,393 |
Subtract the number of fully paid ordinary securities cancelled during that 12 month period | 0 |
"A" | 842,017,058 |
Step 2: Calculate 15% of "A" | |
"B" | 0.15 [Note: this value cannot be changed] |
Multiply "A" by 0.15 | 126,302,559 |
Step 3: Calculate "C", the amount of placement capacity under rule 7.1 that has already been used | |
Insert number of equity securities issued or agreed to be issued in that 12 month period not counting those issued: • Under an exception in rule 7.2 • Under rule 7.1A • With security holder approval under rule 7.1 or rule 7.4 Note: • This applies to equity securities, unless specifically excluded - not just ordinary securities • Include here (if applicable ) the securities the subject of the Appendix 3B to which this form is annexed • It may be useful to set out issues of securities on different dates as separate line items | 113,866,693 |
"C" | 113,866,693 |
Step 4: Subtract "C" from ["A" x "B"] to calculate remaining placement capacity under rule 7.1 | |
"A" x 0.15 Note: number must be same as shown in Step 2 | 126,302,559 |
Subtract "C" Note: number must be same as shown in Step 3 | 12,435,866 |
Total ["A" x 0.15] - "C" | 12,435,866 [Note: this is the remaining placement capacity under rule 7.1] |
Rule 7.1A - Additional placement capacity for eligible entities | |
Step 1: Calculate "A", the base figure from which the placement capacity is calculated | |
"A" Note: number must be same as shown in Step 1 of Part 1 | 842,017,058 |
Step 2: Calculate 10% of "A" | |
"D" | 0.10 Note: this value cannot be changed |
Multiply "A" by 0.10 | 84,201,706 |
Step 3: Calculate "E", the amount of placement capacity under rule 7.1A that has already been used | |
Insert number of equity securities issued or agreed to be issued in that 12 month period under rule 7.1A Notes: • This applies to equity securities - not just ordinary securities • Include here - if applicable - the securities the subject of the Appendix 3B to which this form is annexed • Do not include equity securities issued under rule 7.1 (they must be dealt with in Part 1), or for which specific security holder approval has been obtained • It may be useful to set out issues of securities on different dates as separate line items | Nil |
"E" | Nil |
Step 4: Subtract "E" from ["A" x "D"] to calculate remaining placement capacity under rule 7.1A | |
"A" x 0.10 Note: number must be same as shown in Step 2 | 84,201,706 |
Subtract "E" Note: number must be same as shown in Step 3 | Nil |
Total ["A" x 0.10] - "E" | 84,201,706 Note: this is the remaining placement capacity under rule 7.1A |
VMOTO LIMITEDacn 098 455 460
RULES OF EMPLOYEE SHARE OPTION PLAN
3. name of plan
3.1 This Plan shall be called the Vmoto Employee Share Option Plan.
4. establishment and termination of the plan
4.1 The Board may establish and administer the Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in these Rules and otherwise as it determines from time to time in its absolute discretion.
4.2 The Board may terminate the Plan, or suspend its operation for any period it considers desirable, at any time that it considers appropriate.
4.3 The Board may not issue any further Options after the Plan has been terminated. However, these Rules will continue to apply to Options on issue at the date of such termination until the last of those Options lapses or is exercised.
5. purpose of plan
5.1 The purpose of this Plan is to:
(a) recognise the ongoing ability of the employees of the Company and their expected efforts and contribution in the long term to the performance and success of the Company;
(b) provide an incentive to the employees of the Company to remain in their employment in the long term;
(c) attract persons of experience and ability to employment with the Company and foster and promote loyalty between the Company and its employees; and
(d) provide employees of the Company with the opportunity to acquire Options, and ultimately Shares, in the Company, in accordance with these Rules.
6. OPERATION OF THE PLAN
6.1 The Plan operates according to these Rules which bind the Company and each Participant.
6.2 The number of Shares to be received on exercise of the Options the subject of an Offer when aggregated with:
(a) the number of Shares which would be issued were each outstanding offer or Option, being an offer made or Option acquired pursuant to the Plan or any other employee share scheme extended only to employees or Directors of the Company, exercised; and
(b) the number of Shares issued during the previous 5 years pursuant to the Plan or any other employee share scheme extended only to employees or Directors of the Company,
but disregarding any offer made, or Option acquired or Share issued by way of or as a result of:
(c) an offer to a person situated at the time of receipt of the Offer outside Australia; or
(d) an offer that did not need disclosure to investors because of section 708 of the Corporations Act; or
(e) an offer made under a disclosure document,
must not exceed 5% of the total number of issued Shares as at the time of the Offer.
7. eligibility
7.1 Subject to these Rules, the Board may from time to time determine that any Eligible Person is entitled to participate in the Plan and the extent of that participation. Prior to making that determination, the Board must consider:
(a) the seniority of the relevant Eligible Person and the position the Eligible Person occupies within the Company;
(b) the length of service of the Eligible Person with the Company;
(c) the record of employment of the Eligible Person with the Company;
(d) the potential contribution of the Eligible Person to the growth of the Company;
(e) the extent (if any) of the existing participation of the Eligible Person (or any Permitted Nominee in relation to that Eligible Person) in the Plan; and
(f) any other matters which the Board considers relevant.
7.2 The Board may exercise its powers in relation to the participation of any Eligible Person on any number of occasions.
8. offer of options AND EXERCISE PRICE
8.1 Subject to these Rules and to the Listing Rules, the Company (acting through the Board) may offer Options to any Eligible Person at such times and on such terms as the Board considers appropriate. Each Offer must state:
(a) the name and address of the Eligible Person to whom the Offer is made;
(b) that the Eligible Person to whom the Offer is addressed may accept the whole or any lesser number of Options offered;
(c) the minimum number of Options and any multiple of such minimum or any other number which may be accepted;
(d) the period within which the Offer may be accepted, and the period or periods during which the Options or any of them may be exercised and the Expiry Date;
(e) the method of calculation of the Exercise Price;
(f) any Exercise Conditions; and
(g) any other matters which the Board may determine.
8.2 The method of calculation of the Exercise Price of each Option will be determined by the Board with regard to the Market Value of the Shares when it resolves to offer the Option.
9. accepting offers
9.1 Upon receipt of an Offer, an Eligible Person may, within the period specified in the Offer:
(a) accept the whole or any lesser number of Options offered by giving to the Company an Application Form; or
(b) nominate a nominee in whose favour the Eligible Person wishes to renounce the Offer by notice in writing to the Board. The Board may, in its absolute discretion, resolve not to allow such renunciation of an Offer in favour of a nominee without giving any reason for such decision.
9.2 Upon:
(a) receipt of the Application Form referred to in paragraph 7.1(a)7.1(a)7.1(a); or
(b) the Board resolving to allow a renunciation of an Offer in favour of a nominee ("Permitted Nominee") and the Permitted Nominee accepting the whole or any lesser number of Options offered by giving the Company an Application Form,
then the Eligible Person or the Permitted Nominee, as the case may be, will be taken to have agreed to be bound by these Rules and will be granted Options subject to these Rules.
9.3 If Options are issued to a Permitted Nominee or an Eligible Person, the Eligible Person must, without limiting any provision in these Rules, ensure that the Permitted Nominee complies with these Rules.
9.4 On the issue of Options following receipt by the Company of an Application Form, an Eligible Person or the Permitted Nominee, as the case may be, becomes a Participant.
10. no consideration
10.1 No consideration is payable by an Eligible Person for a grant of an Option, unless the Board decides otherwise.
11. certificates
11.1 The Company must give a Participant one or more Certificates stating:
(a) the number of Options issued to the Participant;
(b) the Exercise Price of those Options; and
(c) the Issue Date of those Options.
11.2 The Certificates for the Options will be dispatched within 10 Business Days after the Issue Date.
12. quotation
12.1 The Company will not apply for Official Quotation of any Options.
12.2 If shares of the same class as those allotted pursuant to the exercise of Options granted under the Plan are listed on the ASX, the Company must apply for Official Quotation of those Shares allotted pursuant to the exercise of Options within the time required by the Listing Rules after the date of allotment.
13. not transferable
13.1 Subject to clause 714.514.5, Options are not transferable.
14. exercise of options
14.1 Subject to any Exercise Conditions, Options may be exercised at any time during the period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the Expiry Date.
14.2 Notwithstanding paragraph 12.112.112.1, all Options may be exercised:
(a) during a Bid Period; or
(b) at any time after a Change of Control Event has occurred; or
(c) on an application under section 411 of the Corporations Act, if a court orders a meeting to be held concerning a proposed compromise or arrangement for the purposes of or in connection with a scheme for the reconstruction of the Company or its amalgamation with any other company.
14.3 Options may only be exercised by the Participant giving notice in writing to the Board delivered to the registered office of the Company. The notice must specify the number of Options being exercised and the Exercise Price for the Options specified in the notice and must be accompanied by:
(a) the Certificate for those Options, for cancellation by the Company; and
(b) a cheque payable to the Company (or another form of payment acceptable to the Board) in the amount of the product of the number of Options then being exercised by the Participant and the Exercise Price.
The notice is only effective (and only becomes effective) when the Company has received value for the full amount referred to in paragraph (b).
14.4 Subject to paragraph 14.414.114.1, within 10 Business Days after the notice referred to in clause 12.312.312.3 becoming effective, the Board must:
(a) allot and issue the number of Shares to be issued in respect of the Options being exercised;
(b) cancel the Certificate for the Options being exercised; and
(c) if applicable, issue a new Certificate for any remaining Options covered by the Certificate accompanying the notice.
14.5 The Board may, at its discretion, by notice to the Participant reduce, waive or vary (provided such variation is not adverse to the Participant) the Exercise Conditions attaching to Options in whole or in part at any time and in any particular case.
15. SHARES ALLOTTED ON EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
15.1 All Shares allotted upon exercise of the Options rank pari passu in all respects with Shares previously issued and, in particular, entitle the holders of Shares to participate fully in:
(a) dividends declared by the Company after the date of allotment; and
(b) all issues of securities made or offered pro rata to holders of Shares.
16. LAPSE OF OPTIONS
16.1 Options not validly exercised on or before the Expiry Date will automatically lapse
16.2 Unless otherwise determined by the Board, if any Options are granted subject to Exercise Conditions and, prior to satisfaction of the Exercise Conditions (such that the Options are not exercisable), an Eligible Person ceases to be an Eligible Person for any reason, including a Specified Reason, then any such Options held by such Eligible Person, or if appropriate, his or her Permitted Nominee, will automatically lapse.
16.3 Unless otherwise determined by the Board, if an Eligible Person ceases to be an Eligible Person at any time after an Option is or has become exercisable, then:
(a) if the Eligible Person ceases to be an Eligible Person for any reason other than a Specified Reason, then any such Options held by such Eligible Person, or if appropriate, his or her Permitted Nominee, will automatically lapse; and
(b) if an Eligible Person ceases to be an Eligible Person for a Specified Reason, such Eligible Person, or if appropriate, his or her Permitted Nominee is entitled to exercise any such Option within 3 months of ceasing to be an Eligible Person.
16.4 A certificate signed by the company secretary of the Company stating that a person ceased for any reason to be an Eligible Person shall (in the absence of manifest error) be conclusive for the purposes of the Plan, both as to such occurrence and the reason for such occurrence and the date of such occurrence.
16.5 Subject to clause 14.2, if at any time prior to the Expiry Date of any Options a Holder dies, the deceased Holder's Legal Personal Representative may:
(a) elect to be registered as the new Holder of the deceased Holder's Options;
(b) whether or not he or she becomes so registered, exercise those Options in accordance with and subject to these Rules as if he were the Holder of them; and
(c) if the deceased Holder had already given the Company a notice of exercise of his or her Options, pay the Exercise Price in respect of those Options.
17. PARTICIPATION RIGHTS, BONUS ISSUES, RIGHTS ISSUES, REORGANISATIONS OF CAPITAL AND WINDING UP
17.1 New Issues
(a) Participants are not entitled to participate in any new issue of securities to existing holders of Shares in the Company unless:
(i) they have become entitled to exercise their Options under the Plan; and(ii) they do so before the record date for the determination of entitlements to the new issue of securities and participate as a result of being holders of Shares.(b) The Company must give Participants, in accordance with the Listing Rules, notice of any new issue of securities before the record date for determining entitlements to the new issue.
17.2 Bonus Issues
If there is a bonus issue ("Bonus Issue") to the holders of Shares, the number of Shares over which an Option is exercisable will be increased by the number of Shares which the Holder would have received if the Option had been exercised before the record date for the Bonus Issue ("Bonus Shares"). The Bonus Shares must be paid up by the Company out of the profits or reserves (as the case may be) in the same manner as was applied in the Bonus Issue and upon issue rank pari passu in all respects with the other shares of that class on issue at the date of issue of the Bonus Shares.
17.3 Pro Rata Issues
There will be no change to the exercise price of the Options or the number of Shares over which the Options are exercisable in the event of the Company making a pro rata issue (other than a Bonus Issue) to the holders of Shares during the currency of, and prior to the exercise of any Options.
17.4 Reorganisation of Capital
If, prior to the expiry of any Options, there is a reorganisation of the issued capital of the Company, then the rights of a Participant (including the number of Options to which each Participant is entitled and the Exercise Price) is changed to the extent necessary to comply with the Listing Rules applying to a reorganisation of capital at the time of the reorganisation.
17.5 Winding Up
If, prior to the expiry of any Options, a resolution for a members' voluntary winding up of the Company is proposed (other than the purpose of a reconstruction or amalgamation) the Board may, in its absolute discretion, give written notice to Participants of the proposed resolution. Subject to the Exercise Conditions, the Participants may, during the period referred to in the notice, exercise their Options.
17.6 Fractions of Shares
For the purpose of this clause 151515, if Options are exercised simultaneously, then the Participant may aggregate the number of Shares or fractions of Shares for which the Participant is entitled to subscribe. Fractions in the aggregate number only will be disregarded in determining the total entitlement of a Participant.
17.7 Calculations and Adjustments
Any calculations or adjustments which are required to be made under this clause 1515 will be made by the Board and, in the absence of manifest error, are final and conclusive and binding on the Company and the Participant.
17.8 Notice of Change
The Company must within a reasonable period give to each Participant notice of any change under clause 151515 to the Exercise Price of any Options held by the Participant or to the number of Shares which the Participant is entitled to subscribe for on exercise of an Option.
18. amendments to the rules
18.1 Subject to:
(a) any adjustment made under clause 15;
(b) clause 16.2; and
(c) clause 16.3
the Board may amend all or any of the provisions of the Plan except that the definition of "Exercise Price", clauses 4.2, 15 and this clause 16 and the rights attaching to Shares allotted under the Plan referred to in clause 10.1 or transferred may not be amended to the advantage of a Participant without the prior approval by ordinary resolution of the members of the Company in general meeting.
18.2 Clause 16.1 does not apply to any amendment which:
(a) is necessary to take account of a change in legislation or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation, exchange control or regulatory treatment of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Participant; or
(b) is a minor amendment which is necessary or desirable to benefit or facilitate the administration of the Plan.
18.3 No amendment must be made under clause 16.1 which would prejudice the subsisting rights of existing Participants in any manner unless it is made:
(a) with the prior written consent of existing Participants entitled to exercise Options in respect of at least three-quarters of the total number of Shares over which Options subsist; or
(b) by a resolution at a meeting of such Participants passed by not less than three-quarters of the Participants who attend and vote either in person or by proxy
and for the purposes of this clause 16.3 the Participants will be treated as the holders of a separate class of share capital and the provisions of the Constitution of the Company relating to class meetings will apply with the changes which are necessary to apply the provisions.
18.4 Eligible Persons Outside Australia
The Board may make any additions, variations or modifications to the Rules, in relation to the implementation of the Plan and the specific application of the Rules, to Eligible Persons residing outside Australia but so that the terms of Options granted to such Eligible Persons are not overall more favourable than the terms of Options granted to other Eligible Persons.
19. powers of the Board
19.1 The Plan shall be administered by the Board who shall have the power to:
(a) determine appropriate procedures and make regulations for the administration of the Plan which are consistent with these Rules;
(b) resolve conclusively all questions of fact or interpretation arising in connection with the Plan;
(c) terminate or suspend the operation of the Plan at any time, provided that the termination or suspension does not adversely affect or prejudice the rights of Participants holding Options at that time;
(d) delegate those functions and powers it considers appropriate, for the efficient administration of the Plan, to any one or more persons whom the Board reasonably believes to be capable of performing those functions and exercising those powers, for such period and on such conditions as the Board may determine;
(e) take and rely upon independent professional or expert advice in or in relation to the exercise of any of their powers or discretions under these Rules;
(f) administer the Plan in accordance with these Rules as and to the extent provided in these Rules; and
(g) make regulations for the operation of the Plan consistent with these Rules.
20. notices
20.1 Notices may be given by the Company to any Holder either personally or by sending by post to his or her address as noted in the Company's records or to the address (if any) within the Commonwealth of Australia supplied by him to the Company for the giving of notices. Notices for any overseas Holders shall be forwarded and posted by air. Where a notice is sent by post the notice shall be deemed to be served on the day after posting. The signature of any notice may be given by any Director or secretary of the Company. A notice of exercise given under clause 12.312.3 shall not be deemed to be served on the Company until actually received.
21. no compensation or damages
21.1 The rights and obligations of any Holder under the terms of his or her employment with the Company are not affected by his or her participation in the Plan.
21.2 These Rules do not form part of, and will not be incorporated into, any contract of engagement or employment between a Holder and the Company.
21.3 No Holder has any rights to compensation or damages as a result of the termination of his or her employment, so far as those rights arise or may arise from the Holder ceasing to have rights under the Plan as a result of the termination.
21.4 Participants do not, as Participants, have any right to attend or vote at general meetings of holders of Shares.
22. governing law
22.1 The Plan and any Options issued under it are governed by the laws of Western Australia and the Commonwealth of Australia.
22.2 Each Participant irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Western Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia and courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts.
23. advice
23.1 Eligible Persons should obtain their own independent advice at their own expense on the financial, taxation and other consequences to them of or relating to participation in the Plan.
24. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
24.1 In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
"Application Form" means a duly completed and executed application for the issue of Options made by an Eligible Person or Permitted Nominee in respect of an Offer, in the form approved by the Board from time to time;
"ASX" means ASX Limited ABN 98 008 624 691 and, where the context permits, the Australian Securities Exchange operated by ASX Limited;
"Bid Period", in relation to a takeover bid in respect of shares in the Company, means the period referred to in the definition of that expression in section 9 of the Corporations Act provided that where a takeover bid is publicly announced prior to the service of a bidder's statement on the Company in relation to that takeover bid, the Bid Period shall be deemed to have commenced at the time of that announcement;
"Board" means the Directors acting as the board of directors of the Company or a committee appointed by such board of directors;
"Business Day" means a day on which banks are open for business in Perth excluding a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday;
"Certificate" means the certificate issued in accordance with clause 99 by the Company to a Holder in respect of an Option;
"Change of Control Event" means a shareholder, or a group of associated shareholders, becoming entitled to sufficient shares in the Company to give it or them the ability, and that ability is successfully exercised, in general meeting, to replace all or a majority of the Board;
"Company" means Vmoto Limited, ACN 098 455 460;
"Corporations Act" means Corporations Act 2001 (Cth);
"Director" means a director of the Company from time to time but does not include a person who is only a director by virtue of being an alternate director;
"Eligible Person" means at any time a person who then is a Director, employee of (whether full-time or part-time) or contractor to the Company or of an associated body corporate of the Company;
"Exercise Condition" means the performance, vesting or other conditions (if any) determined by the Board and specified in an Offer which are, subject to these Rules, required to be satisfied, reached or met before an Option can be exercised;
"Exercise Price" means, in respect of an Option, the subscription price per Share, determined in accordance with clause 6.26.216, payable by a Holder on exercise of the Option;
"Expiry Date" means, in relation to an Option, the date determined by the Board prior to the offer of the relevant Options, subject to any restriction in the Corporations Act from time to time but in any event no longer than 5 years from the Issue Date;
"Holder" means, in relation to an Option, the person (whether an Eligible Person or a Permitted Nominee) entered in the Company's register of options as the holder of that Option;
"Issue Date" means, in relation to an Option, the date on which the Company grants that Option;
"Legal Personal Representative" means the executor of the will or an administrator of the estate of a deceased person, the trustee of the estate of a person under a legal disability or a person who holds an enduring power of attorney granted by another person;
"Listing Rules" means the Official Listing Rules of ASX as they apply to the Company from time to time;
"Market Value" means, if the Company is admitted to the official list of ASX:
(a) the weighted average closing sale price of the Shares recorded on the stock market of ASX over the five trading days immediately preceding the day on which the Board resolves to offer an Option; or
(b) in circumstances where there has been no trading in the Shares during the five trading days immediately preceding the day on which the Board resolves to offer an Option, the last sale price recorded on the stock market of ASX;
"Offer" means an invitation to an Eligible Person made by the Company under clause 66.16.1 to apply for an issue of Options;
"Official Quotation" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Listing Rules;
"Option" means an option issued under the Plan to subscribe for a Share;
"Participant" means a person who holds Options issued under the Plan and includes, if a Participant dies or becomes subject to a legal disability, the Legal Personal Representative of the Participant;
"Permitted Nominee" has the meaning given to it by clause 7.27.27.2;
"Plan" means the Vmoto Employee Share Option Plan established in accordance with these Rules;
"Redundancy" means, in relation to an Eligible Person, a determination by the Board that the Company's need to employ a person for the particular kind of work carried out by that Eligible Person has ceased (but, for the avoidance of any doubt, does not include the dismissal of an Eligible Person for personal or disciplinary reasons or where the Eligible Person leaves the employ of the Company of his or her own accord);
"Retirement" means, in relation to an Eligible Person, retirement by that Eligible Person from the Company at age 60 or over or such earlier age as considered appropriate by the Board;
"Rules" means these rules, as amended from time to time;
"Series" means, in relation to Options, Options with a common Issue Date;
"Shares" means fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of the Company;
"Specified Reason" means Retirement, Total and Permanent Disablement, Redundancy or death;
"Tax" means any tax, levy, impost, GST, deduction, charge, rate, contribution, duty or withholding which is assessed (or deemed to be assessed), levied, imposed or made by any government or any governmental, semi-governmental or judicial entity or authority together with any interest, penalty, fine, charge, fee or other amount assessed (or deemed to be assessed), levied, imposed or made on or in respect of any or all of the foregoing; and
"Total and Permanent Disablement" means, in relation to an Eligible Person, that the Eligible Person has, in the opinion of the Board and with effect on a date determined by the Board, after considering such medical and other evidence as it sees fit, become incapacitated to such an extent as to render the Eligible Person unlikely ever to engage in any occupation for which he is reasonably qualified by education, training or experience.
24.2 In these Rules, unless a contrary intention appears:
(a) where an expression is defined, another part of speech or grammatical form of that expression has a corresponding meaning;
(b) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(c) a reference to a gender includes all genders; and
(d) an expression defined in, or given a meaning for the purposes of, the Corporations Act has the same meaning where used in these Rules.
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