BRN Discussion Ongoing

[HopalongPetrovski]

Where do you guys all vote ? I’m jealous! I want to vote too

Hey, you can't have it all Fur baby!!!
We've got BrainChip downunder.
You've got Eurovision.
By the way....good luck with that.

 

[Vatzat]

Hey guys just a quick one. My wife owns her shares in her Aus Super fund, im pretty sure we threw out the paperwork a while ago (as was planning to leave my vote with sean) now i have found out its abstained i would like our vote to count. Can anyone point me in the right direction to vote without the paperwork in my hands?

Thanks!

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

Hey guys just a quick one. My wife owns her shares in her Aus Super fund, im pretty sure we threw out the paperwork a while ago (as was planning to leave my vote with sean) now i have found out its abstained i would like our vote to count. Can anyone point me in the right direction to vote without the paperwork in my hands?

Thanks!

Ring them direct asap is your best bet.
Some funds apparently allow their members to direct proxies but many don't.
The funds actually own the shares, not the members.
The funds explain it as holding for the members beneficial interest.
You may also find they have time windows within which you need to act and given the proximity of the event you're likely screwed.
But, who knows? Ring them direct and ask.

 

[Wags]

Hey guys just a quick one. My wife owns her shares in her Aus Super fund, im pretty sure we threw out the paperwork a while ago (as was planning to leave my vote with sean) now i have found out its abstained i would like our vote to count. Can anyone point me in the right direction to vote without the paperwork in my hands?

Thanks!

Hi, can u post the outcome pls, I also have some in aus super, thanks

 

[7für7]

Hey, you can't have it all Fur baby!!!
We've got BrainChip downunder.
You've got Eurovision.
By the way....good luck with that.

I didn’t watch this crap and I will not watch it now ether!

 

[White Horse]

Don't underestimate the Power of your vote either.

You may have what you consider a small holding, but 10s of thousands of small holdings, can make a big difference.

One chopstick is easily broken, but hundreds are extremely difficult, to impossible..

There are some Big Logs out there (mutiple analogies) like Citicorp and we have no idea of those assholes intentions.

Hi DB,
Actually, Citicorp are no where near as influential as they were this time last year. Down to 6.128% from last year 9.146%.
BNP PARIBAS and J P MORGAN have gone up, but no where near as much as the decline of Citicorp.

 

[Tony Coles]

Where do you guys all vote ? I’m jealous! I want to vote too

If you got the letter for the proxy vote, on the top left hand corner, you should have your unique number and follow the instructions. Go to the website stating and vote.

 

[JDelekto]

Don't underestimate the Power of your vote either.

You may have what you consider a small holding, but 10s of thousands of small holdings, can make a big difference.

One chopstick is easily broken, but hundreds are extremely difficult, to impossible..

There are some Big Logs out there (mutiple analogies) like Citicorp and we have no idea of those assholes intentions.

I am running into the same problem that I did last year. I am in the US and I have shares of BRCHF through Fidelity.

To date, I have received no proxy voting materials, and sending a message to Fidelity yielded a reply that told me where I could find them, and that the message read "There are no open proxy campaigns available at this time. You can expect to be notified before a company meeting." Unhelpful to say the least.

I understand that I can create an account and vote on Boardroom Pty, Ltd, however, they require a reference number, that is shown as "SRN/HIN/Unitholder Number". I have no idea where to get this number.

When I went through this process last year, Fidelity pointed me to BrainChip, after sending an e-mail to BrainChip, they directed me to Boardroom, which landed me back at Fidelity. I posted something in the Fidelity Reddit groups, and while I eventually found someone to help me receive the proxy documents, they were unavailable until after the AGM last year.

I tried every number in those documents that might be considered a reference number to sign up to vote with the hopes of creating an account with Boardroom, but nothing I found worked. I gave up in abject frustration, and I'm going through the same this year.

Someone, somewhere, somehow must be able to confirm that I am a shareholder and provide me a means to sign up on Boardroom so that I can vote, otherwise, all of my votes will be abstained. I would think through all the foreign transaction fees that I have paid to Fidelity to purchase shares, they should be jumping through hoops to help get this done for me.

I will try sending an e-mail to BrainChip again and copying someone at Boardroom hoping this will be resolved before the window to vote closes. If I cannot vote again this year, it will not be for lack of trying.

 

[Rach2512]

Just spoke to the lady half hour ago, She said if you don't vote, your vote goes with the majority.

I just got my call re the votes, I asked the lady to clarify this and she confirmed that you do need to vote as they won't be counted if you don't.

 

[CHIPS]

If you got the letter for the proxy vote, on the top left hand corner, you should have your unique number and follow the instructions. Go to the website stating and vote.

He is German and Germans can't vote, to the best of my knowledge.

 

[DingoBorat]

I am running into the same problem that I did last year. I am in the US and I have shares of BRCHF through Fidelity.

To date, I have received no proxy voting materials, and sending a message to Fidelity yielded a reply that told me where I could find them, and that the message read "There are no open proxy campaigns available at this time. You can expect to be notified before a company meeting." Unhelpful to say the least.

I understand that I can create an account and vote on Boardroom Pty, Ltd, however, they require a reference number, that is shown as "SRN/HIN/Unitholder Number". I have no idea where to get this number.

When I went through this process last year, Fidelity pointed me to BrainChip, after sending an e-mail to BrainChip, they directed me to Boardroom, which landed me back at Fidelity. I posted something in the Fidelity Reddit groups, and while I eventually found someone to help me receive the proxy documents, they were unavailable until after the AGM last year.

I tried every number in those documents that might be considered a reference number to sign up to vote with the hopes of creating an account with Boardroom, but nothing I found worked. I gave up in abject frustration, and I'm going through the same this year.

Someone, somewhere, somehow must be able to confirm that I am a shareholder and provide me a means to sign up on Boardroom so that I can vote, otherwise, all of my votes will be abstained. I would think through all the foreign transaction fees that I have paid to Fidelity to purchase shares, they should be jumping through hoops to help get this done for me.

I will try sending an e-mail to BrainChip again and copying someone at Boardroom hoping this will be resolved before the window to vote closes. If I cannot vote again this year, it will not be for lack of trying.

Hey JDelekto, hopefully you can sort this out and if you do, post it on here, so it can be shared amongst others in your position.

BrainChip, has shareholders around the World and this is going to be more and more the way things go, as the Company progresses.

So these kind of things need to be worked out properly.

BrainChip is a Global Company, primarily listed on the backwater ASX.

NASDAQ though, now looks at least 2 or 3 years off, until we are making sound financial progress.

 

[Rach2512]

Hey guys just a quick one. My wife owns her shares in her Aus Super fund, im pretty sure we threw out the paperwork a while ago (as was planning to leave my vote with sean) now i have found out its abstained i would like our vote to count. Can anyone point me in the right direction to vote without the paperwork in my hands?

Thanks!

I rang Boardroom 1300 737 760 in Australia or +61 2 9290 9600 if outside and quoted my CHESS number and they emailed me the links. Voting was pretty easy. I was happy to vote for all except the last which was against the spill. I hope this helps.

 

[Rach2512]

I am with Citi and have a good amount of shares voting YES on all.
Sean will get BRN we’re it needs to be this YEAR as he has in his previous position making good on his word.
Go Brainchip

Hopefully not Yes on the last for a Spill.

 

[jla]

I just got my call re the votes, I asked the lady to clarify this and she confirmed that you do need to vote as they won't be counted if you don't.

yes some thing is wrong she tells me they go to the majority. She tells you they won't be counted.??????

 

[DingoBorat]

Hi DB,
Actually, Citicorp are no where near as influential as they were this time last year. Down to 6.128% from last year 9.146%.
BNP PARIBAS and J P MORGAN have gone up, but no where near as much as the decline of Citicorp.

Never really heard of Paribas and don't care to find out, but JP Morgan's history is steeped in underhanded practices.

I don't trust any of those big corporations, where money is their only God.

 

[Rach2512]

yes some thing is wrong she tells me they go to the majority. She tells you they won't be counted.??????

Well there have been a lot of posts this afternoon from lots of people all saying you need to vote or else it's wasted, it's so easy to vote so why wouldn't you anyway.

 

[Tony Coles]

He is German and Germans can't vote, to the best of my knowledge.

Sorry didn’t realise that he was from German.

 

[Smoothsailing]

Hopefully not Yes on the last for a Spill.

Correct I vote NO no spill

 

[jla]

Well there have been a lot of posts this afternoon from lots of people all saying you need to vote or else it's wasted, it's so easy to vote so why wouldn't you anyway.

Yes I have voted, But was interested what she had to say, Seen there has been a lot of post about it.

 

[JDelekto]

Hey JDelekto, hopefully you can sort this out and if you do, post it on here, so it can be shared amongst others in your position.

BrainChip, has shareholders around the World and this is going to be more and more the way things go, as the Company progresses.

So these kind of things need to be worked out properly.

BrainChip is a Global Company, listed on the backwater ASX.

NASDAQ though, now looks at least 2 or 3 years off, until we are making sound financial progress.

Thank you @DingoBorat, If I get a resolution, I will post it here. I should point out that the last time I got assistance from Fidelity, it took around 5 business days to get the documents which arrived too late. I have a feeling this is going to happen again.

Also, I keep seeing posts about May 19th being the last day to vote, but I think this may have been misinterpreted. I believe the voting would continue until the close of the meeting. While I would confirm this with Tony Dawe, here is the text that appears in the Notice of Annual General Meeting (emphasis mine):

"The Directors have determined pursuant to regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Meeting are those who are registered as Shareholders at 7.00pm (AEST) on 19 May 2024."

Regulation 7.11.37 notes that the convener can determine that the securities are held for a time specified before the meeting, but cannot be more than 48 hours before the meeting. This would explain why they require people to have held the security by the 19th of May, which falls within that 48-hour window.

I interpret this as meaning that a person must own qualifying shares by that deadline (and possibly have registered on the Boardroom Pty, Ltd. site) to participate in the voting process. It doesn't say that one's vote must be made by that deadline, but only that a person must be a registered shareholder that owns the security by then.

I am going to clarify this with Tony Dawe, because if voters do have up until the close of the AGM vote, they may want to decide during the AGM when it is being presented.