Sea Harvest Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 2008/001066/06) Share code: SHG ISIN: ZAE000240198 ("Sea Harvest" or "the Company")
Posting of Specific Repurchase Circular and notice of General Meeting
1. Specific Repurchase Authority and Circular to shareholders
The Company has in place a long-term incentive plan known as the Viking Staff Share Scheme (the "Scheme"). The Scheme, which was initially implemented for the benefit of persons employed in the group of businesses operated by Viking Fishing Holdings, and was inherited by the Company pursuant to the Viking Transaction, constitutes a broad-based equity scheme for the benefit of employees of the Viking Fishing Division of Sea Harvest Corporation Proprietary Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, who are permanently employed for an unbroken period of at least 12 months, and do not qualify to participate in any other equity incentive scheme of the Company, including the Sea Harvest Employee Share Scheme and the Forfeitable Share Plan.
The Viking Staff Trust, which the Participants are beneficiaries of, and which acts as administrator of the Scheme, holds 2 923 077 shares in the issued share capital of the Company, representing 0.98% of the shares in issue.
The Scheme matured on 31 March 2022, with effect from which date the Company has the option to, in accordance with the provisions of the deed of trust in terms of which the Scheme is constituted ("Trust Deed"), direct the disposition of the Scheme Shares, and procure that the Company, or one of its wholly owned subsidiaries nominated by it, repurchase or purchase, as applicable, all or some of the Scheme Shares at the market price of such shares. The proceeds of such disposal will be distributed to the Participants in accordance with their respective entitlements, as set out in the Trust Deed.
The Company now wishes to exercise its rights in terms of the Trust Deed and repurchase, and/or procure that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries purchases, all or some of the Scheme Shares held by the Viking Staff Trust, in order to facilitate the realisation of value in the Scheme to the benefit of Participants, in an orderly manner.
Any such repurchase would be a specific repurchase in terms of the JSE Listings Requirements and could only be undertaken in terms of a specific authority granted by shareholders. Accordingly, the Company is seeking such specific authority from shareholders to effect such specific repurchase.
Full details of the proposed authority to effect a Specific Repurchase of Scheme Shares from the Viking Staff Trust in accordance with the provisions of the Scheme (the "Specific Repurchase"), incorporating a notice of General Meeting, (collectively the "Specific Repurchase Circular" or "Circular") has been dispatched and made available to shareholders today, Wednesday, 27 July 2022.
If approved by shareholders, the Specific Repurchase will be implemented during a Closed Period, as defined in the JSE listings requirements. In this regard, shareholders are advised that the Company applied for and has been granted dispensation from complying with the provisions of paragraph 5.69 (h) of the JSE Listings Requirements in all respects and may thus undertake the Specific Repurchase during the Closed Period.
2. Posting of Circular and notice of General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the General Meeting ("GM") of the shareholders of the Company will be held and conducted entirely by electronic communication on Friday, 26 August 2022 at 14:00. The Circular including the notice of GM, was dispatched to shareholders today, Wednesday, 27 July
2022, and is also available on the Company's website at https://seaharvestgroup.co.za/investors/governance/.
The record date for the purposes of determining which shareholders are entitled to participate in and vote at the GM is Friday, 19 August 2022. Accordingly, the last date to trade in the shares of the Company in order to be recorded in the register by the record date is Tuesday, 16 August 2022.
The summary information pertaining to the general meeting is as follows:
Issuer Name | Sea Harvest Group Limited |
Type of Instrument | Ordinary Shares |
ISIN Numbers | ISIN: ZAE000240198 |
JSE Codes | SHG |
Meeting Type | General Meeting |
Meeting Venue | Virtual Meeting |
Record Date - To determine which | |
shareholders are entitled to receive | |
the Circular and notice of meeting | Friday, 22 July 2022 |
Publication/Posting Date | Wednesday, 27 July 2022 |
Last day to Trade - Last day to trade | |
to determine eligible shareholders | |
that may attend, speak and vote at | |
the GM | Tuesday, 16 August 2022 |
Record Date ̶Record date to | |
determine eligible shareholders that | |
may attend, speak and vote at the GM | Friday, 19 August 2022 |
GM deadline date (For administrative | |
purposes, forms of proxy for the | |
meeting to be lodged) | 14:00 on Thursday, 25 August 2022 |
GM date | 14:00 on Friday, 26 August 2022 |
Publication of results on or about | Friday, 26 August 2022 |
Website link | https://seaharvestgroup.co.za/investors/governance/ |
^Capitalised words and expressions used in this announcement bear the same meaning as the capitalised and defined words and expressions used in the Circular.
Cape Town
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Sponsor
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
Legal advisor
CDH
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