Information Disclosure Policy
Objective
The Company’s Information Disclosure Policy (‘Disclosure Policy’) aims to ensure that:
- there is full and timely disclosure of the Company’s activities to shareholders, investors and other interested parties (‘stakeholders’) in accordance with all statutory obligations;
- all parties have equal access to externally available information about the Company.
The Policy reflects the Company’s responsibility to comply with the disclosure requirements of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and is reviewed regularly to reflect any changes in legislative or regulatory requirements and best practice.
Disclosure Principle
The Company’s will immediately notify the market of any “price-sensitive” information concerning the Company’s in accordance with legislative and regulatory disclosure requirements.
Information will be “price-sensitive” if a reasonable person would expect that information to have a material effect on the price of the Company’s’ shares, by influencing investors in deciding whether to buy, hold or sell those shares.
Price sensitive information will be disclosed in the first instance to the ASX and copies of these disclosures will then be posted on the Company’s website.
Exceptions to the Disclosure Principle
In accordance with ASX listing Rule 3.1, The Company’s is not required to disclose price-sensitive information concerning the Company if:
- a reasonable person would not expect the information to be disclosed; and
- the information is confidential; and
- the information is of a kind exempted by Listing Rule 3.1 (e.g. where the information is insufficiently definitive; concerns an incomplete negotiation or proposal; is generated for internal management purposes; or its disclosure would be illegal).
Disclosure responsibility and procedures
The Chairman and the Managing Director are designated by the Company’s as the ‘Disclosure Officers’ of the Company.
Disclosure Officers are the only persons authorised to make disclosures of price sensitive information. They also have responsibility for reviewing proposed disclosures and making decisions in relation to what information can or should be disclosed to the market.
Confidentiality of corporate information should be safeguarded to prevent premature disclosure.
All the Company’s employees and contractors are required to inform a Disclosure Officer of any information they consider could potentially be price-sensitive as soon as they become aware of it.
External Communications
Disclosure Officers and the Company Secretary are the only persons authorised by the Company to;
- disclose information regarding the Company’s to the ASX;
- speak on behalf of the Company’s to media, analysts and investors.
The Company will not respond to market speculation or rumours unless required to do so by the ASX or for legal reasons.
The Company explicitly does not endorse or approve any externally prepared information (including profit forecasts) pertaining to the Company which has been compiled and published by any analyst or investor and will request the publishers of such information to include a disclaimer to this effect.
Requests for information from individual analysis or investors will be responded to by reference to this Policy.
Forecasts and budgets are generated for internal management purposes and will not be disclosed externally except:
- where there is a legal or regulatory requirement to do so; or
- where the directors consider it to be in the best interests of the Company to do so.
Trading Halts
The Company may request a trading halt or suspension from the ASX in order to prevent trading in the Company’s securities by an inefficient and uninformed market.
The Board of Directors or a minimum of two Disclosure Officers must approve and request for a trading halt if one is considered necessary.