Grant of Staff Performance Rights
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Tuesday 12 December 2023
Grant of Staff Performance Rights
Wrkr Ltd (the Company) notifies that it has granted 2,500,000 Class C Performance Rights to its
staff under the Company’s Employee Securities Incentive Plan (Plan).
A summary of the terms of the Class C Performance Rights is attached.
An Appendix 3G (Notification of Issue of Unquoted Equity Securities) will be released shortly in
relation to this staff grant of Performance Rights.
Authorised by:
Jillian McGregor
Company Secretary
Wrkr Ltd ACN 611 202 414
Suite 1, Level 3, 104-112 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010
Summary of Terms and Conditions of Class C Performance Rights
1.
(Entitlement): Subject to the terms and conditions set out below, each Performance Right,
once vested, entitles the holder to one fully paid ordinary share in the capital of the Company
(Share).
2.
(Issue Price): The Performance Rights are issued for nil cash consideration.
3.
(Vesting and Expiry Conditions): Subject to the terms and conditions set out below, the
Performance Rights will have the following vesting and expiry conditions specified below:
Tranche
1
Number
of
Performance
Rights
70% of
aggregate
number of
Performance
Rights
Vesting Dates
Vesting Conditions and Expiry
Conditions
The
Tranche
1
Performance Rights
will vest on 31 August
2024 (Tranche 1
Vesting Date) subject
to satisfaction of the
Tranche 1 Vesting
Conditions.
The Vesting Conditions for the
Tranche 1 Performance Rights are
satisfaction of all of the following:
(a) the relevant employee is
employed by the Company or
one of its subsidiaries as at the
Tranche 1 Vesting Date; and
(b) the Market Share Price of an
ordinary share in the Company
(as calculated as set out
below) is equal to or greater
than A$0.03; and
(c) the achievement by the
Company and its subsidiaries
(as defined in the Corporations
Act 2001 (Cth)) of EBITDA for
the financial year ending 30
June 2024 (as determined in
accordance with Australian
Accounting Standards) of
(A$1million) or better; and
(d) the successful implementation
of the Wrkr One platform with
customers able to acquire and
subscribe to the service.
For the purposes of the above
Vesting Condition in paragraph (b),
the Market Share Price is the
volume weighted average price per
Share traded on the ASX over the
twenty (20) trading days during
which Shares are actually traded
immediately
preceding
the
Tranche 1 Vesting Date.
For the purposes of the above
Vesting Condition in paragraph (c),
the EBITDA calculation does not
include:
(a) one-off
or
extraordinary
revenue items;
(b) revenue received in the form of
government
grants,
allowances, rebates or other
hand-outs; or
(c) revenue or profit that has been
‘manufactured’ to achieve the
performance milestone.
If these Vesting Conditions are not
satisfied on the Tranche 1 Vesting
Date, then the Tranche 1
Performance Rights and Tranche 2
Performance
Rights
will
automatically lapse on this date.
2
30% of
aggregate
number of
Performance
Rights
The
Tranche
2
Performance Rights
will vest on 31 August
2025 (Tranche 2
Vesting Date) subject
to satisfaction of the
Tranche 2 Vesting
Conditions.
The Vesting Conditions for the
Tranche 2 Performance Rights are
satisfaction of both the following:
(a) satisfaction of the Tranche 1
Vesting
Conditions
and
vesting of the Tranche 1
Performance Rights; and
(b) the relevant employee is
employed by the Company or
one of its subsidiaries as at the
Tranche 2 Vesting Date.
If these Vesting Conditions are not
satisfied on the Tranche 2 Vesting
Date, then the Tranche 2
Performance
Rights
will
automatically lapse on this date if
they have not lapsed earlier.
4.
(Vesting): Subject to the satisfaction of the Vesting Conditions, the Company will notify the
holder in writing (Vesting Notice) within 3 Business Days of becoming aware that the
relevant Vesting Conditions have been satisfied.
5.
(Expiry): The Performance Rights will expire and lapse in accordance with the table set out in
paragraph 3 of these Terms above and the terms of the Plan.
6.
(Conversion): Upon vesting, each Performance Right will convert into one fully paid ordinary
share in the Company. The holder does not need to take any action to convert or exercise
vested Performance Rights. No fee is payable by the holder to the Company to exercise or
convert a Performance Right.
7.
(Issue of Shares): As soon as practicable after the vesting of a Performance Right, the
Company will:
(a)
issue, allocate or cause to be transferred to the holder the number of Shares to
which the holder is entitled;
(b)
issue a substitute Certificate for any remaining unconverted Performance Rights
held by the holder;
(c)
if required, and subject to clause 8, give ASX a notice that complies with section
708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act; and
(d)
do all such acts, matters and things to obtain the grant of quotation of the Shares by
ASX in accordance with the Listing Rules.
8.
(Restrictions on transfer of Shares): If the Company is required to but is unable to give
ASX a notice that complies with section 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act, or such a notice
for any reason is not effective to ensure that an offer for sale of the Shares does not require
disclosure to investors, Shares issued on exercise of the Performance Rights may not be
traded until 12 months after their issue unless the Company, at its sole discretion, elects to
issue a prospectus pursuant to section 708A(11) of the Corporations Act. The Company is
authorised by the holder to apply a holding lock on the relevant Shares during the period of
such restriction from trading.
9.
(Ranking): All Shares issued upon the conversion of Performance Rights will upon issue rank
equally in all respects with other Shares.
10.
(Transferability of the Performance Rights): The Performance Rights are not transferable,
except with the prior written approval of the Company at its sole discretion and subject to
compliance with the Corporations Act and Listing Rules.
11.
(Dividend rights): A Performance Right does not entitle the holder to any dividends.
12.
(Voting rights): A Performance Right does not entitle the holder to vote on any resolutions
proposed at a general meeting of the Company, subject to any voting rights provided under
the Corporations Act or the Listing Rules where such rights cannot be excluded by these
terms.
13.
(Quotation of the Performance Rights) The Company will not apply for quotation of the
Performance Rights on any securities exchange.
14.
(Adjustments for reorganisation): If there is any reorganisation of the issued share capital
of the Company, the rights of the Performance Rights holder will be varied in accordance with
the Listing Rules.
15.
(Entitlements and bonus issues): Subject to the rights under clause 16, holders will not be
entitled to participate in new issues of capital offered to shareholders such as bonus issues
and entitlement issues.
16.
(Bonus issues): If the Company makes a bonus issue of Shares or other securities to
existing Shareholders (other than an issue in lieu or in satisfaction of dividends or by way of
dividend reinvestment), the number of Shares which must be issued on the exercise of a
vested Performance Right will be increased by the number of Shares which the holder would
have received if the holder had exercised the Performance Right before the record date for
the bonus issue.
17.
(Return of capital rights): The Performance Rights do not confer any right to a return of
capital, whether in a winding up, upon a reduction of capital or otherwise.
18.
(Rights on winding up): The Performance Rights have no right to participate in the surplus
profits or assets of the Company upon a winding up of the Company.
19.
(Takeovers prohibition):
(a)
The issue of Shares on exercise of the Performance Rights is subject to and
conditional upon the issue of the relevant Shares not resulting in any person being
in breach of section 606(1) of the Corporations Act.
(b)
The Company will not be required to seek the approval of its members for the
purposes of item 7 of section 611 of the Corporations Act to permit the issue of any
Shares on exercise of the Performance Rights.
20.
(No other rights) A Performance Right does not give a holder any rights other than those
expressly provided by these terms and those provided at law where such rights at law cannot
be excluded by these terms.
21.
(Amendments) The terms of the Performance Rights may be amended as set out in the Plan
including as considered necessary by the Board in order to comply with the Listing Rules, or
any directions of ASX regarding the terms.
22.
(Plan) The Performance Rights are issued pursuant to and are subject to the Plan.
23.
(Constitution) Upon the issue of the Shares on exercise of the Performance Rights, the
holder will be bound by the Company’s Constitution.
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