If you haven't listened to this yet. Spend a good 20 minutes of your time
Thanks for posting. With regard to Manny's stock options, I still feel uncomfortable voting a "yes". What was communicated was that he sought an extension for the options which was not possible to grant at that time, as it required a vote, so
why can't the vote be to extend / reissue the options (which upon exercise would have resulted in some cash for the company)
instead of outrightly gifting the RSUs (no cash inflow)? I doubt Manny would have any legal recourse in court as the options
were issued to him, however he chose not to exercise them during the period that they were active. By granting him the shares, it would open another can of worms as I also recall that LDN also did allow his options to expire without exercising them. If Manny gets his shares, would LDN also have a legal basis to claim his?
If for example I sold an option on a house to a buyer, and, during our discussion to extend it has unfortunately lapsed, does it make sense for the me to say
"Alright you can have the house for free mate it's on me" just because the option had expired? While I'm all for fair compensation and sticking to contractual obligations, BRN isn't a registered charity. Of course if there's more to this then lack of communication is the issue again.
One last feedback is that for non-ASX announcements, SH should have directed us to the "Resources" tab on the website for the latest updates and
work to ensure that ALL media releases (podcasts, interviews, PR exercises etc)
are updated there in a timely manner. As of now it's done in a very haphazard manner and it comes across as disorganised.
As an aside, for those (usually non-Aussie) investors whose holdings are held by nominee accounts, I have confirmed with my broker that in order to vote you'd have to request and complete a proxy form and instruct the nominee on how to vote on your behalf (and hope that the nominee actually votes on your behalf according to your instructions instead of just crumpling your form up and practice cubicle basketball with it).