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Notice of AGM

13th Jun 2016 17:11

RNS Number : 0577B
Bellzone Mining PLC
13 June 2016
 

 

13 June 2016

 

BELLZONE MINING PLC

("Bellzone" or "the Company")

Notice of Annual General Meeting and Posting of Annual Report

Bellzone Mining plc (AIM: BZM) announces notice of its Annual General Meeting.

 

Bellzone's Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2015, enclosing the Notice of AGM (together, the "Circular") will be posted to shareholders on 13 June 2016.

 

The resolutions detailed in the Circular will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in the Boardroom, Consortia Secretaries Limited, 3rd Floor, Standard Bank House, 47-49 La Motte Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4SZ, Channel Islands at 11.00am London time on Friday, 1 July 2016.

 

Copies of the Circular are available from the Company's website www.bellzone.com.

 

Enquiries:

 

Bellzone Mining plc

Simon Edwards

+44 (0) 1534 513 500

WH Ireland Limited

Nominated Advisor

James Joyce / James Bavister

+44 (0) 20 7220 1666

HD Capital Partners Limited

Broker

Paul Dudley / Philip Haydn-Slater

+44 (0) 20 3551 4870

Bell Pottinger

Financial Public and Investor Relations

Daniel Thole

+44 (0) 20 3772 2500

 

 

Bellzone Mining plc

Registered No 99308

Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the "Law")

Registered office address: Standard Bank House, 47-49 La Motte Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4SZ, Channel Islands

Directors:

Michael Farrow (Non-Executive Chairman); Julian Cheong (Acting Chief Executive Officer);

Simon Brickles (Non-Executive director); Tony Gardner-Hillman (Non-Executive director); Angel Tong (Non-Executive director)

Dear Shareholder

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Enclosed is the notice of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the shareholders of Bellzone Mining plc (the "Company") for 2016.

The AGM will be held in the Boardroom, Consortia Secretaries Limited, 3rd Floor, Standard Bank House, 47-49 La Motte Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4SZ, Channel Islands at 11.00am London time on Friday, 1 July 2016.

The resolutions to be proposed at the AGM comprise:

1. an ordinary resolution to receive and adopt the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015 and the directors' and auditors' reports thereon (copies of which have been posted to shareholders and are also available for download on the Company's website at www.bellzone.com);

2. an ordinary resolution to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors of the Company to fix their remuneration;

3. an ordinary resolution to re-appoint Michael Farrow as a director of the Company (such re-appointment being recommended by the directors of the Company);

4. an ordinary resolution to appoint Julian Cheong as a director of the Company (such appointment being recommended by the directors of the Company);

5. an ordinary resolution to appoint Angel Tong as a director of the Company (such appointment being recommended by the directors of the Company);

6. an ordinary resolution authorising the directors of the Company for the purposes of Article 2.3 of the Company's articles of association (the "Articles") to allot relevant securities (as that term is defined in the Articles) in respect of up to an additional four hundred and forty million, nine hundred and fifty-seven thousand (440,957,000) ordinary shares (being equal to 30% of the number of ordinary shares in issue on 9 June 2016);

7. a special resolution, in the context of the Company's ongoing requirement for funding to develop projects, pursuant to Article 2.10 of the Articles dis-applying the pre-emption provisions in Articles 2.4 to 2.8 of the Articles in relation to the issue of equity securities (as that term is defined in the Articles) for cash in the following circumstances:

(i) the allotment of equity securities in connection with a pre-emptive issue (whether by a rights issue, open offer or otherwise) to holders of the ordinary shares of the Company on a date fixed by the directors where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of all those shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as practicable) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held by them on that date, but the directors of the Company may make such exclusions or other arrangements as they may deem necessary or expedient in relation to any fractional entitlements, treasury shares, legal, regulatory or practical problems under the laws or regulations of any territory or the requirements of any relevant regulatory body or stock exchange; and

(ii) to the allotment (other than under paragraph (i) above) of equity securities up to a maximum number of two hundred and twenty million, four hundred and seventy-eight thousand (220,478,000) equity securities (representing 15% of the number of ordinary shares in issue on 9 June 2016); and

The resolutions referred to at paragraphs 6 and 7 above are required to enable the Company to allot and issue additional shares, should the Company need to raise additional capital, and, in the case of the authority referred to in paragraph 7 (ii) above, to take advantage of opportunities that may arise that require the Company to allot shares other than on a pre-emptive basis.

 

Action to be taken

You will find a Form of Proxy enclosed with this letter for use in connection with the AGM. Whether or not you intend to be present at the AGM, you are requested to complete and return the Form of Proxy in accordance with the instructions printed thereon as soon as possible. To be valid, completed Forms of Proxy must be received by the Company's Registrars, Capita Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU, United Kingdom not later than 11.00am London time on Wednesday 29 June 2016, being 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM. Completion of the Form of Proxy will not preclude you from attending the meeting and voting in person if you so wish.

The directors of the Company consider that all the proposed resolutions to be considered at the AGM are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole and are most likely to promote the success of the Company. The directors unanimously recommend that, for the reasons set out in this letter, you vote in favour of each of the proposed resolutions as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings.

On behalf of the directors of the Company,

Michael Farrow

Chairman

10 June 2016

notice of annual general meeting

 

Bellzone Mining plc

Registered No 99308

Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the "Law")

Registered office address: Standard Bank House, 47-49 La Motte Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4SZ, Channel Islands

 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Notice is hereby given that an annual general meeting of members (the "Shareholders") of Bellzone Mining plc (the "Company") will be held in the Boardroom, Consortia Secretaries Limited, 3rd Floor, Standard Bank House, 47-49 La Motte Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4SZ, Channel Islands (the "Venue") at 11.00am London time on Friday 1 July 2016 to consider and, if deemed fit, to pass the resolutions set out below.

RESOLUTIONS

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS:

Financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015

1. Resolved to receive and adopt the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015 and the directors' and auditors' reports thereon.

Re-appointment of auditors

2. Resolved to re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.

Re-appointment of director

3. Resolved that Michael Farrow be re-appointed as a director of the Company (such re-appointment being recommended by the directors of the Company).

Appointment of director

4. Resolved that Julian Cheong be appointed as a director of the Company (such appointment being recommended by the directors of the Company).

Appointment of director

5. Resolved that Angel Tong be appointed as a director of the Company (such appointment being recommended by the directors of the Company).

Allotment of relevant securities

6. Resolved that the directors of the Company be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Article 2.3 of the Company's articles of association (the "Articles") to exercise all or any of the powers of the Company pursuant to the Articles to allot relevant securities (as that term is defined in the Articles) in respect of up to an additional four hundred and forty million, nine hundred and fifty-seven thousand (440,957,000) ordinary shares (being equal to 30% of the number of ordinary shares in issue on 9 June 2016), provided that this authority shall (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) expire on the earlier of 18 calendar months from the passing of this resolution and the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors of the Company may allot relevant securities pursuant to such offer or agreement notwithstanding that the authority conferred by this resolution has expired.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS:

DISAPPLICATION OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2.10 OF THE ARTICLES

7. Resolved that, subject to and conditional upon the passing of resolution 6, the directors of the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised by virtue of Article 2.10 of the Articles to exercise all powers of the Company to allot equity securities (as that term is defined in the Articles) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred in resolution 6 as if the pre-emption provisions of Articles 2.4 to 2.8 of the Articles did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power:

(A) shall (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) expire on the earlier of 18 calendar months from the passing of this resolution and the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors of the Company may allot equity securities pursuant to such offer or agreement notwithstanding that the authority conferred by this resolution has expired; and

(B) shall be limited to the following circumstances:

(i) to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a pre-emptive issue (whether by way of a rights issue, open offer or otherwise) to holders of the ordinary shares of the Company on a date fixed by the directors where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of all those Shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as practicable) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held by them on that date but the directors of the Company may make such exclusions or other arrangements as they may deem necessary or expedient in relation to any fractional entitlements, treasury shares, legal, regulatory or practical problems under the laws or regulations of any territory or the requirements of any relevant regulatory body or stock exchange; and

(ii) to the allotment (other than under paragraph (B)(i) above) of equity securities up to a maximum number of two hundred and twenty million, four hundred and seventy-eight thousand (220,478,000) equity securities (representing 15% of the number of ordinary shares in issue on 9 June 2016).

 

VOTING AND PROXIES

The form of proxy for Shareholders is enclosed with this notice.

A Shareholder entitled to attend, speak and vote at the annual general meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend, speak and vote in their stead.

A proxy need not be a Shareholder.

On a show of hands, every Shareholder who is present in person or by proxy (or being a company is represented) and who is allowed to vote at the annual general meeting shall have one vote. Upon a poll every such Shareholder shall have one vote for every share of which he/she/it is the registered holder.

All ordinary resolutions put to the vote of the annual general meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless, before, or on the declaration of the result of, a vote on a show of hands, or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll, a poll is duly demanded. All special resolutions put to the vote of the annual general meeting shall be decided by way of poll.

Forms of proxy may also be obtained on request from the Company's registered office. The completed forms of proxy must be deposited at the Company's registrar's offices at Capita Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU, United Kingdom by no later than 11.00 am London time on Wednesday 29 June 2016. Any Shareholder who completes and lodges a form of proxy will nevertheless be entitled to attend, speak and vote in person at the annual general meeting (to the exclusion of any proxy appointed) should the Shareholder subsequently decide to do so.

CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies by utilising the CREST electronic appointment service, may do so for the annual general meeting and any adjournment(s) thereof by utilising the procedures described in the "CREST Reference Manual" issued by Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited. Please see the notes on the enclosed form of proxy for further details.

The Company has fixed the close of business on 8 June 2016 as the record date for determining the persons entitled to receive this notice, so that the persons entered on the Company's register of members at that time are the persons so entitled.

In order to be able to attend and vote at the annual general meeting or any adjourned meeting (and also for the purpose of calculating how many votes a person may cast), a person must have his/her/its name entered on the register of members of the Company 48 hours prior to the meeting (or 48 hours before any adjourned meeting). Changes to entries on the register of members after this time shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the meeting.

By order of the board

Consortia Secretaries Limited

Company Secretary

10 June 2016

 

Registered Office

Standard Bank House

47-49 La Motte Street

St Helier

Jersey

JE2 4SZ

Channel Islands

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM OF PROXY FOR SHAREHOLDERS

 

Bellzone Mining plc

Registered No 99308

Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the "Law")

Registered office address: Standard Bank House, 47-49 La Motte Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4SZ, Channel Islands

 

This form is only for registered holders of certificated shares for use at the annual general meeting of Bellzone Mining plc (the "Company") to be held in the Boardroom, Consortia Secretaries Limited, 3rd Floor, Standard Bank House, 47-49 La Motte Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4SZ, Channel Islands at 11.00am London time on 1 July 2016, or any adjournment if required. Additional forms of proxy are available from the Company's registered office.

I/We (name in block letters) of

(Address)

being the registered holder/s of shares in Bellzone Mining plc hereby appoint (see note 2)

1. or failing him/her

2. or failing him/her

3. the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting,

as my/our proxy to attend and vote for me/us on my/our behalf at the annual general meeting which will be held for the purpose of considering, and if deemed fit, passing with or without modification, the ordinary and special resolutions to be proposed at the annual general meeting and at each adjournment required and to vote for or against or to abstain from voting in respect of the shares in the issued share capital of Bellzone Mining plc registered in my/our name/s, in accordance with the following instructions (see note 4).

Insert an "X" in the relevant spaces below or the number of shares according to how you wish your votes to be cast (see note 3).

Ordinary Resolutions:

For

Against

Abstain

Financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015

1. To receive and adopt the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015 and the directors' and auditors' reports thereon.

Re-appointment of auditors

2. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors of the Company to fix their remuneration.

Re-appointment of director

3. That Michael Farrow is re-appointed as a director of the Company (such re-appointment being recommended by the directors of the Company).

Appointment of director

4. That Julian Cheong is appointed as a director of the Company (such appointment being recommended by the directors of the Company).

Appointment of director

5. That Angel Tong be appointed as a director of the Company (such appointment being recommended by the directors of the Company).

Allotment of relevant securities

6. That the directors of the Company be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Article 2.3 of the Company's articles of association (the "Articles") to exercise all or any of the powers of the Company pursuant to the Articles to allot relevant securities (as that term is defined in the Articles) in respect of up to an additional four hundred and forty million, nine hundred and fifty-seven thousand (440,957,000) ordinary shares (being equal to 30% of the number of ordinary shares in issue on 9 June 2016), provided that this authority shall (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) expire on the earlier of 18 calendar months from the passing of this resolution and the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors of the Company may allot relevant securities pursuant to such offer or agreement notwithstanding that the authority conferred by this resolution has expired.

Special Resolutions:

For

Against

Abstain

Disapplication of pre-emption rights pursuant to article 2.10 of the Articles

7. That, subject to and conditional upon the passing of resolution 6, the directors of the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised by virtue of Article 2.10 of the Articles to exercise all powers of the Company to allot equity securities (as that term is defined in the Articles) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred in resolution 6 as if the pre-emption provisions of Articles 2.4 to 2.8 of the Articles did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power:

(A) shall (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) expire on the earlier of 18 calendar months from the passing of this resolution and the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the directors of the Company may allot equity securities pursuant to such offer or agreement notwithstanding that the authority conferred by this resolution has expired; and

(B) shall be limited to the following circumstances:

(i) to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a pre-emptive issue (whether by way of a rights issue, open offer or otherwise) to holders of the ordinary shares of the Company on a date fixed by the directors where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of all those Shareholders are proportionate (as nearly as practicable) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held by them on that date but the directors of the Company may make such exclusions or other arrangements as they may deem necessary or expedient in relation to any fractional entitlements, treasury shares, legal, regulatory or practical problems under the laws or regulations of any territory or the requirements of any relevant regulatory body or stock exchange; and

(ii) to the allotment (other than under paragraph (B)(i) above) of equity securities up to a maximum number of two hundred and twenty million, four hundred and seventy-eight thousand (220,478,000) equity securities (representing 15% of the number of ordinary shares in issue on 9 June 2016).

 

Signed at on 2016

Signature Assisted by (if applicable)

Please read the notes on the following page.

Completed forms of proxy must be received at the Company's registrar's offices at Capita Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU, United Kingdom by no later than 11.00 am London time on Wednesday 29 June 2016.

 

 

 

NOTES TO FORM OF PROXY FOR SHAREHOLDERS

 

1. Each member (i.e. shareholder) is entitled to appoint a proxy (who need not be a member of Bellzone Mining plc) to attend, speak and vote in place of that member at the annual general meeting or any adjournment thereof.

2. Each member may insert the name or the names of up to two persons to act as alternative proxy of the member's choice in the space/s provided, with or without deleting "the chairman of the annual general meeting", but to be effective any such deletion must be signed by the member. The person whose name stands first on the form of proxy and who is present at the annual general meeting will be entitled to act as proxy to the exclusion of those whose names follow.

3. Please insert an "X" or the number of shares you hold in the relevant space according to how you wish your votes to be cast. However, if you wish to cast your votes in respect of a lesser number of shares than you own in Bellzone Mining plc, please insert in the relevant space the number of shares held in respect of which you wish to vote. Failure to comply with the above will be deemed to authorise the proxy to vote or to abstain from voting at the annual general meeting as he/she/it deems fit in respect of all of your votes exercisable at the annual general meeting (unless you attend and vote at the annual general meeting in person). A member is not obliged to use all the votes exercisable by the member, but the total of the votes cast or in respect of which abstention is recorded may not exceed the total number of votes exercisable by the member. An "abstained" vote is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the proportion of shares for or against any resolution.

4. Where there are joint holders of any shares, such joint holders may elect one of their number to represent them and vote whether personally or by proxy in their name. In default of such election the person whose name appears first in the register in respect of such shares shall be the only person entitled to vote in respect thereof.

5. To be passed, each ordinary resolution (resolutions 1 to 6) requires a simple majority of votes cast to be cast in favour of the ordinary resolution. All ordinary resolutions put to the vote of the annual general meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless before, or on the declaration of the result of, a vote on a show of hands, or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll, a poll is duly demanded.

6. To be passed, each special resolution (resolution 7) requires three-fourths of votes cast to be cast in favour of that special resolution. All special resolutions put to the vote of the annual general meeting shall be decided by way of poll.

7. Forms of proxy must be received at the Company's registrar's offices at Capita Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU, United Kingdom by no later than 11.00 am London time on Wednesday 29 June 2016.

8. The completion and lodging of this form of proxy will not preclude the relevant member from attending the annual general meeting and speaking and voting in person at the annual general meeting to the exclusion of any proxy appointed in terms of this form.

9. A member in respect of whom an order has been made by a court or official having jurisdiction (whether in the United Kingdom, Jersey or elsewhere) in matters concerning mental disorder may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his receiver, curator bonis or other person authorised for that purpose appointed by that court or official. That receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote, on a show of hands or on a poll, by proxy. The right to vote shall be exercisable only if evidence satisfactory to the board of directors of the Company of the authority of the person claiming to exercise the right to vote has been received by the Company at its registered office at Standard Bank House, 47-49 La Motte Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4SZ, Channel Islands, by no later than 11.00 am London time on Wednesday 29 June 2016.

10. To be effective, any alteration to this form must be signed in full (and not merely initialled).

11. The Company has fixed the close of business on 8 June 2016 as the record date for determining the persons entitled to receive the notice of the annual general meeting, so that the persons entered on the Company's register of members at that time are the persons so entitled.

12. CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies by utilising the CREST electronic appointment service, may do so for the annual general meeting and any adjournment(s) thereof by utilising the procedures described in the "CREST Reference Manual" issued by Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited (the "CREST Manual"). CREST personal members or other CREST sponsored members and those CREST members who have appointed (a) voting service provider(s), should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf.

13. In order for a proxy appointment made by means of CREST to be valid, the appropriate CREST message ("Crest Proxy Instruction") must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited's specifications and must contain the information required for such instructions, as described in the CREST Manual. The message, regardless of whether it constitutes the appointment of a proxy or an amendment to the instruction given to a previously appointed proxy, must, in order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by the issuer's agent (ID RA10) by the latest time for receipt of proxy appointments specified in note 7 of this form of proxy. CREST members and, where applicable, CREST sponsors or voting service providers are referred, in particular, to those sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings.

14. The Company may treat as invalid a CREST Proxy Instruction in the circumstances set out in Article 34(1) of the Companies (Uncertificated Securities) (Jersey) Order 1999.

15. An instrument of proxy which is not deposited in the manner so required shall be invalid.

 

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