22nd Feb 2008 07:00
Allied Gold Limited22 February 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 February 2008 Allied Gold Limited (the "Company" or "Allied Gold") NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING (the "Notice") A General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 99Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia at 10.30 am (WST) on 28 March 2008. The following resolutions will be put to Shareholders at the meeting: RESOLUTION 1 - RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ISSUE To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, thefollowing resolution as an ordinary resolution: "That, for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 7.4 and for all other purposes,Shareholders ratify the allotment and issue of 14,621,844 Shares on the termsand conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement." RESOLUTION 2 - RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR - RICHARD JOHNSON To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, thefollowing resolution as an ordinary resolution: "That, for the purpose of clause 13.4 of the Constitution and for all otherpurposes, Richard Johnson, a Director who was appointed on 11 February 2008,retires, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director." RESOLUTION 3 - ISSUE OF DIRECTOR OPTIONS - RICHARD JOHNSON To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinaryresolution: "That, for the purposes of Section 208 of the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rule10.11 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Directors to allotand issue 5,000,000 Johnson Options to Richard Johnson (or his nominee) on theterms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement." RESOLUTION 4 - ISSUE OF DIRECTOR OPTIONS - MARK CARUSO To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinaryresolution: "That, for the purposes of Section 208 of the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rule10.11 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the Directors to allotand issue 4,000,000 Caruso Options to Mark Caruso (or his nominee) on the termsand conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement." The Caruso Options were previously approved by Shareholders at the Company'sprevious annual general meeting held on 28 November 2007 and were announced onthat date. However, the Company did not issue the Caruso Options within the 1month time period provided by the ASX Listing Rules and hence remained unissued.Consequently, the Company is seeking fresh Shareholder approval for this issueof the Caruso Options. The Notice has been posted to shareholders today and will be available, free ofcharge, from Unit 14, Level 1, 51-53 Kewdale Road, Welshpool, Western Australia6106. A copy will be placed on the Company's website in due course -www.alliedgold.com.au and is also available as a link to this announcement: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4999o_-2008-2-21.pdf For enquiries in connection with the above, please contact: Mark CarusoChairman and Managing DirectorAllied Gold Limited+ 61 8 9353 [email protected] Roland CornishBeaumont Cornish Limited020 7628 3396 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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