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WEST COASTSILVER LIMITED
ASX | WCE
ACN: 155 472 834
REGISTERED OFFICE
Level2,10 Ord Street
WestPerth, WA 6005
POBox1227, WestPerth
WA 6872, Australia
info@westcoastsilver.com.au
+61 8 9322 3383
westcoastsilver.com.au
ASX:WCE ANNOUNCEMENT
8 May 2026
OPTIONS TERMS AND CONDITIONS
West Coast Silver Limited (ASX: WCE) (‘West Coast Silver’or the‘Company’) advises the terms and
conditions of the 1,750,000 unlisted options issued under the Company’s Employee Incentive
Securities Plan approved by shareholders at the Company’s General Meeting held on 19 May 2025.
This ASX announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Directors of West Coast
Silver Limited. For further information, please contact:
Bruce Garlick
Executive Director
West Coast Silver Limited
E: info@westcoastsilver.com.au
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TERM AND CONDITIONS OF THE OPTIONS
The terms and conditions of the Options are set out below:
1. Entitlement Each Option entitles the holder to subscribe for one Share upon exercise of the
Option.
2. Vesting Condition Each Option shall vest on 31 December 2026 (Vesting Date) provided that the
Eligible Participant is still engaged by the Company at this date (Vesting
Condition).
3. Exercise Price Subject to paragraph 13, the amount payable upon exercise of each Option will be
$0.22 (Exercise Price).
4. Expiry Date The Options, whether vested or unvested, will expire on the earlier to occur of:
(a) the Eligible Participant ceasing to be engaged by the Company o provide the
Services, unless otherwise determined by the Board in its absolute
discretion; and
(b) 5:00 pm WST on the date that is three (3) years from the date of the Options
are issued,
(Expiry Date).
For the avoidance of doubt, any unexercised Options will automatically lapse on
the Expiry Date.
5. Exercise Period The Options are exercisable at any time after the Vesting Date or prior to the Expiry
Date (Exercise Period).
6. Exercise Notice The Options may be exercised during the Exercise Period by notice in writing to the
Company in the manner specified on the Option certificate (Exercise Notice) and
payment of the Exercise Price for each Option being exercised in Australian
currency by electronic funds transfer or other means of payment acceptable to the
Company.
7. Exercise Date An Exercise Notice is only effective on and from the later of the date of receipt of the
Exercise Notice and the date of receipt of the payment of the Exercise Price for each
Option being exercised in cleared funds (Exercise Date).
8. Timing of issue of
shares on exercise
Within five business days after the Exercise Date, the Company will:
(a) issue, allocate or cause to be transferred to the holder the number of Shares
to which the holder is entitled;
(b) if required, issue a substitute certificate for any remaining unexercised
Options held by the holder; and
do all such acts, matters and things to obtain the grant of quotation of the Shares by
ASX in accordance with the ASX Listing Rules and subject to the expiry of any
restriction period that applies to the Shares under the Corporations Act or the ASX
Listing Rules.
9. Shares issued on
exercise
Shares issued on exercise of the Options rank equally with the then issued shares
of the Company.
10. Change of control Upon:
(a) a bona fide takeover bid under Chapter 6 of the Corporations Act having been
made in respect of the Company and:
(i) having received acceptances for not less than 50.1% of the
Company’s Shares on issue; and
(ii) having been declared unconditional by the bidder; or
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(b) a court granting orders approving a compromise or arrangement for the
purposes of or in connection with a scheme for the reconstruction of the
Company or its amalgamation with any other company or companies,
then, to the extent Options have not converted into Shares due to satisfaction of the
relevant Vesting Conditions, the Vesting Conditions will accelerate and the Options
will become immediately exercisable. Such Options may be converted exercised
into Shares on a one-for-one basis, subject to payment of any applicable cash
exercise price.
11. Participation in New
Issues
Subject always to the rights under paragraphs 16 and 17, holders of Options will not
be entitled to participate in new issues of capital offered to holders of Shares such
as bonus issues and entitlement issues.
12. Adjustment for
bonus issue of
Shares
If Shares are issued by the Company by way of bonus issue (other than an issue in
lieu of dividends or by way of dividend reinvestment), the holder of Options is
entitled, upon exercise of the Options, to receive an issue of as many additional
Shares as would have been issued to the holder if the holder held Shares equal in
number to the Shares in respect of which the Options are exercised.
13. Reorganisation If there is a reorganisation of the issued share capital of the Company (including any
subdivision, consolidation, reduction, return or cancellation of such issued capital
of the Company), the rights of the holder will be changed to the extent necessary to
comply with the ASX Listing Rules applicable to a reorganisation of capital at the
time of the reorganisation.
14. Dividend and Voting
Rights
The Options do not confer on the holder an entitlement to vote (except as otherwise
required by law) or receive dividends.
15. Transferability The Options are transferable subject to any restriction or escrow arrangements
imposed by ASX or under applicable Australian securities laws.
16. No Rights to Return
of Capital
An Option does not entitle the holder to a return of capital, whether in a winding up,
upon a reduction of capital or otherwise.
17. Rights on Winding
Up
An Option does not entitle the holder to participate in the surplus profits or assets
of the Company upon winding up.
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