Letter to Ineligible Shareholders
Released
Released
Announcement PDF
3 May 2024
Dear Shareholder
VRX SILICA LIMITED – ENTITLEMENT OFFER
As announced on 2 May 2024, VRX Silica Limited (VRX or Company) (ASX: VRX) advised it has
withdrawn its pro-rata renounceable entitlement offer to eligible shareholders (Original
Entitlement Offer) announced to ASX on 10 April 2024 (and made under a prospectus released
on the same day (Original Prospectus)).
The Company will now undertake a new pro-rata renounceable entitlement issue to eligible
shareholders on the basis of 1 new fully paid ordinary share in the Company (Share) (New Shares)
for every 13 Shares held on the record date, at an offer price of $0.055 per New Share, together
with 1 free attaching option (Attaching Option) for every 2 New Shares subscribed for and issued
with an exercise price of $0.18 each and expiring on 31 August 2025 to raise approximately
$2.46 million (before expenses) (New Entitlement Offer).
The Company lodged a prospectus for the New Entitlement Offer (Prospectus) with ASIC and
ASX on 3 May 2024. The New Entitlement Offer is fully underwritten by Canaccord Genuity
(Australia) Limited (ACN 075 071 466) (Underwriter). The Company will offer up to one (1) subunderwriting option for every two (2) New Shares sub-underwritten which will be issued on the
same terms as the Attaching Options to the sub-underwriters of the New Entitlement Offer (SubUnderwriter Offer). The New Entitlement Offer and Sub-Underwriter Offer are herein collectively
referred to as the Offers. The Company must pay the Underwriter a fee of 6% of the total amount
raised pursuant to the New Entitlement Offer and a corporate advisory fee of $75,000. The
Company must also reimburse the Underwriter for costs incidental to the New Entitlement Offer.
The Company intends to apply the funds raised from the New Entitlement Offer (less expenses)
to the Company’s Muchea project, Arrowsmith North project, VDT trials and environmental
follow-up, working capital and expenses of the Offers. For further specifics of the use of funds
please refer to section 3 of the Prospectus.
Following completion of the Offers, assuming any shortfall is subsequently placed and the full
subscription is raised, the Company will have issued approximately 44,875,273 Shares and
44,875,274 Options resulting in total Shares on issue of 628,253,821 and total Options on issue
of 103,583,660.
Ineligible shareholders
A Shareholder who has a registered address outside Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the
United Kingdom (Ineligible Shareholder) will not be eligible to participate in the New Entitlement
Offer. You are not eligible to participate in the New Entitlement Offer and you will not be sent a
copy of the Prospectus. This decision has been made pursuant to Listing Rule 7.7.1(a) of the ASX
Listing Rules after taking into consideration the costs of complying with legal and regulatory
requirements in jurisdictions outside of Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the United Kingdom
compared with the small number of Ineligible Shareholders and the number and value of Shares
and Attaching Options to which they would otherwise be entitled.
If you have any queries concerning the Offers, please contact your financial adviser or Ian Hobson,
VRX’s Company Secretary, on +61 (08) 9226 3780.
Yours sincerely
Bruce Maluish
Managing Director
VRX Silica Limited
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