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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT 8 December 2017 DESPATCH OF NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING AND PODIUM MINERALS PROSPECTUS On 1 November 2017, AssetOwl Limited (ASX code: AO1) (Company) announced that it had entered into a conditional binding terms sheet with Weld Range Metals Limited (to be renamed ‘Podium Minerals Limited’) (Podium) for the sale of the Company’s Rum Jungle Project (Rum Jungle Project). The following documents have today been despatched to all shareholders: 1. a notice of general meeting for a meeting of shareholders to be held at 10:00am (WST) on Monday, 8 January 2018 at Level 14, Parmelia House, 191 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia (General Meeting); and 2. a copy of a Podium prospectus dated 30 November 2017 (Podium Prospectus) for an initial public offer and application for listing on ASX (set out at Annexure B to the notice of meeting); the Podium Prospectus contains an offer of Podium shares and attaching options to the Company, to be distributed in-specie to the Company’s eligible shareholders, as consideration for Podium’s proposed acquisition of the Rum Jungle Project. Each of the above documents accompany this announcement. General Meeting The Company seeks shareholder approval at the General Meeting to approve: 1. the disposal of the Rum Jungle Project to Podium; and 2. a reduction of capital by way of in-specie distribution of the Podium shares and options offered to the Company under the Podium Prospectus to eligible shareholders. Subject to shareholder approval of the resolutions, and satisfaction of the other conditions precedent to Podium’s acquisition of the Rum Jungle Project, Podium will issue 6,000,000 Podium shares and 3,000,000 Podium attaching options, and the Company will distribute these shares and options at nil cost by way of in-specie distribution to eligible shareholders. AssetOwl Limited ACN: 122 727 342 Level 14, 191 St George’s Terrace, Perth, Western Australia 6000 Telephone: (61) (8) 9424 9320 Facsimile: (61) (8) 9321 5932 www.assetowl.com 1 | Page The Board considers that Podium’s proposed acquisition of the Company’s Rum Jungle Project will realise value for shareholders from the Rum Jungle Project and allow the Company to better focus its efforts and resources on developing the AssetOwl business (acquired in December 2016) which the Board considers has the potential to create significant value for shareholders. Podium Prospectus The Company recommends that all shareholders read the Podium Prospectus carefully and consider it in conjunction with the notice of meeting. It contains important information in relation to Podium and the Podium shares and options to be distributed to eligible shareholders (subject to shareholder approval of the resolutions at the General Meeting). In addition to the offer of shares and options to the Company, the Podium Prospectus contains a “Priority Pool” offer to eligible shareholders of the Company, for eligible shareholders to apply for up to 4,300,000 Podium shares at an issue price of $0.20 per share, with three attaching Podium options for every one share subscribed for at an issue price of $0.02 per attaching option. The Company did not prepare or issue the Podium Prospectus. Except where and to the extent expressly stated in the Podium Prospectus, the Company does not take responsibility for any statements contained in the Podium Prospectus or the verification of their accuracy. ***ENDS*** For further information, shareholders and media please contact: Bruce McCracken/ Simon Trevisan Fleur Hudson Executive Director/ Director Company Secretary +61 8 9424 9320 +61 8 9424 9320 Tim Dohrmann Investor and Media Enquiries [email protected] +61 468 420 846 2 | P age Notice of General Meeting, Explanatory Statement and Proxy Form AssetOwl Limited ACN 122 727 342 Venue Level 14, Parmelia House, 191 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia Time and Date 10:00am (WST) on Monday, 8 January 2018 IMPORTANT NOTE The Notice of General Meeting, Explanatory Statement and Proxy Form should be read in their entirety. If you are in doubt as to how you should vote, you should seek advice from your stockbroker, accountant, solicitor or other professional adviser prior to voting. Important Information Contents Item Page Notice of General Meeting 5-6 Voting Prohibitions and Exclusions 7 Proxy Appointment, Voting and Meeting Instructions 8 Explanatory Statement 9-34 Glossary of Terms 35-38 Schedule 1 – Pro Forma Statement of Financial Position 39 Schedule 2 – Information on Podium 40-55 Annexure A – Proxy Form Attached Annexure B – Podium Prospectus Attached Important dates An indicative timetable of key proposed dates is set out below. These dates are indicative only and are subject to change. Event Date Last day for receipt of Proxy Forms – Proxy Forms 10:00am (WST) on Saturday, 6 January 2018 received after this time will be disregarded Snapshot date for eligibility to vote 5:00pm (WST) on Saturday, 6 January 2018 General Meeting 10:00am (WST) on Monday, 8 January 2018 Purpose of documents This Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement has been prepared for the purpose of seeking Shareholder approvals to effect the proposed sale of the Company’s Rum Jungle Project to Podium and the distribution to Eligible Shareholders of the Consideration Securities received. Podium Prospectus This Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement annexes the Podium Prospectus at Annexure B. The Company recommends that all Shareholders read the Podium Prospectus carefully and consider it in conjunction with this Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement. It contains important information in relation to Podium and the Consideration Securities. The Company did not prepare or issue the Podium Prospectus. Except where and to the extent expressly stated in the Podium Prospectus, the Company does not take responsibility for any statements contained in the Podium Prospectus or the verification of their accuracy. ASSETOWL LIMITED – NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING, EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND PROXY FORM 2 The Company is not aware of any other information that is material to a Shareholder’s decision on how to vote in relation to Resolution 3 other than as disclosed in this Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement, or the Podium Prospectus. Offer of Consideration Securities In accordance with ASIC regulatory guidance, the invitation to Shareholders (other than Eligible Shareholders) to vote on Resolution 3 (Selective Reduction of Capital) constitutes an “offer” (for the purposes of Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act) to transfer the Consideration Securities to Eligible Shareholders under the Distribution, for which a prospectus is required unless a statutory exception applies. The Consideration Securities are to be offered to the Company under the Podium Prospectus which has been prepared by Podium in accordance with Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act. This offer to the Company will therefore be made with disclosure required by the Corporations Act. Accordingly, the transfer of the Consideration Securities by the Company to Eligible Shareholders under the Distribution will not require additional disclosure. Eligible Shareholders, other than those Eligible Shareholders who are ‘related parties’ (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company, will be able to on-sell or otherwise dispose of their Consideration Securities within the first 12 months of receiving them without further disclosure. ASX has provided Podium with in-principle advice to the effect that it will apply a 24 month escrow restriction on those of the Consideration Securities which are transferred under the Distribution to Eligible Shareholders who are ‘related parties’ (as defined in the Listing Rules). Podium proposes to request that ASX review of this decision to the effect that these Consideration Securities not be subject to escrow restrictions. Accordingly, the number of Consideration Securities that will be subject to ASX imposed escrow, or the period of escrow, may change depending upon the outcome of such submissions/review. New Zealand Shareholders The invitation to Shareholders (other than Eligible Shareholders) with an address in New Zealand is made in reliance on the transitional provisions of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (New Zealand) and the Securities Act (Overseas Companies) Exemption Notice 2013 (New Zealand). The Consideration Securities to be transferred under the Distribution are not being offered or sold to the public within New Zealand other than to certain Eligible Shareholders with registered addresses in New Zealand at the Record Date. This Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement has not been registered, filed with or approved by any New Zealand regulatory authority. These documents are not an investment statement or prospectus under New Zealand law and is not required to, and may not, contain all the information that an investment statement or prospectus under New Zealand law is required to contain. Overseas Holders This Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement does not make any offer to Shareholders with a registered address outside of Australia or New Zealand. The distribution of this Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement (including electronic copies) outside Australia or New Zealand may be restricted by law. This Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement does not, and is not intended to, constitute an offer or invitation in any other place or jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom, it would not be lawful to make such an offer or invitation. Persons who come into possession of these documents should observe such restrictions and should seek their own professional advice about such restrictions. Consideration Securities will not be distributed to Overseas Holders (i.e. Eligible Shareholders not resident in Australia or New Zealand at the Record Date). The Consideration Securities that would otherwise be transferred to such Overseas Holders will instead be transferred to Patersons Securities as sale agent to sell and remit the net proceeds to Overseas Holders. Competent Person’s Statement The information in this Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement that relates to exploration results and mineral resources of Podium is based on and fairly represents information and supporting documentation prepared by Mr Jeremy Peters who is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Chartered Professional Mining Engineer and Geologist of that organisation. Mr Peters is a full time employee of Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Pty Ltd. Mr Peters has sufficient experience which is ASSETOWL LIMITED – NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING, EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND PROXY FORM 3 relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity that he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Minerals Resources and Ore Reserves' (2012 edition). Mr Peters consents to the inclusion in this Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears. ASIC and ASX This Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement have been lodged with ASIC and ASX by the Company. The Podium Prospectus has also been lodged with ASIC by Podium on or about the same date. Neither ASIC nor ASX takes any responsibility for the contents of these documents. No advice Nothing in the Explanatory Statement constitutes financial product, taxation or investment advice, nor any recommendation in relation to the Consideration Securities. The Company has not taken into account the objectives, financial situation or needs of any Shareholder in preparing the Explanatory Statement. The transactions the subject of the Resolutions may affect each Shareholder differently. Shareholders should consider the potential effect of approving or not approving each Resolution having regard to their individual circumstances. Where appropriate, Shareholders should also consider obtaining their own financial, accounting, taxation, investment, legal or other professional advice before deciding how to vote on a Resolution. Forward-looking statements Certain statements in the Explanatory Statement relate to the future. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. These statements reflect views only as of the date of the Explanatory Statement. Neither the Company nor any other person gives any representation, assurance or guarantee that the occurrence of the events expressed or implied in any forward looking statements in the Explanatory Statement will actually occur and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward looking statements. No incorporation of websites The information on the Company’s website or any other website referred to in this Notice of Meeting nor the Explanatory Statement does not form part of these documents. A reference in these document to a website is textual only. Defined terms Capitalised terms used in this Notice of General Meeting will, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning given to them in the Glossary set out in the Explanatory Statement. ASSETOWL LIMITED – NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING, EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND PROXY FORM 4 Notice of General Meeting Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of AssetOwl Limited ACN 122 727 342 (Company) will be held at Level 14, Parmelia House, 191 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia 10:00am (WST) on Monday, 8 January 2018. The Explanatory Statement, which accompanies and forms part of the Notice of General Meeting, describes the various matters to be considered. AGENDA Resolution 1: Amendment to Constitution To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as a special resolution: That, for the purposes of section 136(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, the Company’s Constitution be amended by inserting, after clause 29, a new clause 29A of the Constitution as follows: “29A. Reductions of capital and buy backs (a) The Company may, on any terms and at any time: (i) reduce its share capital; and (ii) buy back Shares in itself. (b) The method of distribution of a reduction of the share capital of the Company may include any or all of the payment of cash, the issue of shares, the grant of Company options or other Company securities, the transfer of shares or any other securities in any other body corporate or units in any unit trust or the transfer of any other assets. (c) If a distribution of a reduction of the share capital of the Company includes an issue or transfer of shares in a body corporate, each Member: (i) agrees to become a member of that body corporate; and (ii) in the case of transfer, appoints the Company and each Director (jointly and severally) at its agent to execute an instrument of transfer or other document required to transfer those shares to that Member.” Resolution 2: Disposal of Rum Jungle Project To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: That, subject to Resolution 1 and 3 being passed and for the purposes of Listing Rule 11.4 and for all other purposes, approval is given for the disposal of the Company’s Rum Jungle Project, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum. ASSETOWL LIMITED – NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING, EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND PROXY FORM 5 Resolution 3: Selective Reduction of Capital To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, the following resolution as a special resolution: That, subject to Resolutions 1 and 2 being passed, for the purposes of sections 256B and 256C(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, the issued share capital of the Company be reduced, without cancelling any Shares, by the Company making a distribution in-specie of Consideration Securities to all Eligible Shareholders, on the terms and conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum. By order of the Board of Directors Ms Fleur Hudson Company Secretary 4 December 2017 ASSETOWL LIMITED – NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING, EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND PROXY FORM 6 Voting Prohibitions and Exclusions Corporations Act voting prohibitions Pursuant to section 256C(2)(a) of the Corporations Act, a vote on the following Resolution must not be cast (in any capacity) by or on behalf of the parties specified in the table below or their respective Associates: Resolution Excluded Parties Resolution 3 An Eligible Shareholder. However, this voting prohibition does not prevent the casting of a vote on Resolution 3 if it is cast by a person as a proxy appointed in writing that specifies how the proxy is to vote on the Resolution. ASX voting exclusion statements For the purpose of Listing Rule 14.11, the Company will disregard any votes cast on the following Resolution by or on behalf of the following parties and/or their Associates: Resolution Excluded Parties Resolution 2 A party to the transaction to acquire the Rum Jungle Project, being Podium. The Company need not disregard a vote on a Resolution 2 if it is cast by:  the person as a proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form; or  the Chairperson as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the Proxy Form to vote as the proxy decides. ASSETOWL LIMITED – NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING, EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND PROXY FORM 7 Proxy Appointment, Voting and Meeting Instructions Lodgement of a Proxy Form  for a proprietary company that has a sole The Proxy Form (and any power of attorney or other director who is also the sole company authority, if any, under which it is signed) must be secretary, that director. received at an address given below by 10:00am Votes on Resolution (WST) on Saturday, 6 January 2018, being not You may direct your proxy how to vote by placing a more than 48 hours before the commencement of mark in the ‘FOR’, ‘AGAINST’ or ‘ABSTAIN’ box the Meeting. Any Proxy Form received after that opposite the Resolution. All your votes will be cast time will not be valid. in accordance with such a direction unless you Proxy Forms should be addressed to the Company indicate only a portion of voting rights are to be voted Secretary of AssetOwl Limited and may be lodged on the Resolution by inserting the percentage or as follows: number of Shares you wish to vote in the appropriate box or boxes. If you do not mark any of the boxes By hand Security Transfer Australia, 770 on the Resolution, your proxy may vote as he or she or post: Canning Highway, Applecross, chooses. If you mark more than one box on the Western Australia 6153 Resolution, your vote will be invalid. By fax: +61 8 9315 2233 Chairperson voting of undirected proxies By email: [email protected] At the date of the Notice, the Chairperson intends to vote all undirected proxies FOR the Resolution. In Appointment of a proxy exceptional cases the Chairperson’s intentions may A Shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the change subsequently and in this event, the Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy. The proxy Company will make an announcement to the market. may, but need not be, a Shareholder. Voting entitlement (snapshot date) If you wish to appoint the Chairperson as your proxy, For the purposes of determining voting and mark the appropriate box on the Proxy Form. If the attendance entitlements at the Meeting, Shares will person you wish to appoint as your proxy is be taken to be held by the persons who are someone other than the Chairperson please write registered as holding the Shares at 5:00pm (WST) the name of that person. If you leave this section on Saturday, 6 January 2018. Accordingly, blank, or your named proxy does not attend the transactions registered after that time will be Meeting, the Chairperson will be your proxy. disregarded in determining entitlements to attend You are entitled to appoint up to two persons as and vote at the Meeting. proxies to attend the Meeting and vote on a poll. If Corporate representatives you wish to appoint a second proxy, an additional A corporation may elect to appoint an individual to Proxy Form may be obtained by telephoning the act as its representative in accordance with section Company on +61 (0)8 9336 6619 or you may 250D of the Corporations Act, in which case the photocopy the Proxy Form. Company will require a certificate of appointment of To appoint a second proxy you must, on each Proxy the corporate representative executed in accordance Form, state (in the appropriate box) the percentage with the Corporations Act. The certificate of of your voting rights which are the subject of the appointment must be lodged with the Company relevant proxy. If both Proxy Forms do not specify and/or the Company's share registry before the that percentage, each proxy may exercise half your Meeting or at the registration desk on the day of the votes. Fractions of votes will be disregarded. Meeting. Eligible Shareholders and their Associates are not Defined terms able to vote as proxy on Resolutions 2 (Disposal of Capitalised terms used in the Notice and the Rum Jungle Project) and Resolution 3 (Selective Explanatory Statement are defined in the Glossary. Reduction of Capital) unless the Proxy Form Questions from Shareholders specifically directs them how to vote. At the Meeting the Chairperson will allow a Corporate Shareholders reasonable opportunity for Shareholders to ask Corporate Shareholders should comply with the questions or make comments on the management of execution requirements set out on the proxy form or the Company. otherwise with the provisions of section 127 of the In addition to asking questions at the Meeting, Corporations Act. Section 127 of the Corporations written questions to the Board about the Act provides that a company may execute a management of the Company may be submitted by document without using its common seal if the no later than 5:00pm (WST) on Monday, 1 January document is signed by: 2018 in the same manner as outlined above for  two directors of the company; lodgement of Proxy Forms.  a director and a company secretary of the Copies of written questions will be available at the company; or Meeting. ASSETOWL LIMITED – NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING, EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND PROXY FORM 8

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