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01. OUR BUSINESS

WHAT WE DO 
OUR VALUES 
LOCATION OF FACILITIES  
& PROJECTS
YEAR IN REVIEW 
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN’S  
STATEMENT 
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S  
REPORT 

02. OUR OPERATING SECTORS

OIL & GAS 
METALS & MINERALS 
DEFENCE & INFRASTRUCTURE 

03. OUR SUSTAINABILITY

HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT  
& QUALITY 
OUR PEOPLE 
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 
SUSTAINABILITY 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
EXECUTIVE TEAM 

04. FINANCIAL REPORT

DIRECTORS’ STATEMENT 
REPORT ON CORPORATE  
GOVERNANCE 
CORPORATE REGISTRY 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S  
REPORT 
CONSOLIDATED INCOME  
STATEMENT 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT 
OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL  
POSITION 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT  
OF CHANGES IN EQUITY 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT  
OF CASH FLOWS 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL  
STATEMENTS 
STATISTICS OF  
SHAREHOLDERS 
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL 
MEETING 
DISCLOSURE OF  
INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS 
SEEKING RE-ELECTION 
PROXY FORM 

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BUSINESS 

WHAT WE DO 

OUR VALUES

LOCATION OF FACILITIES & PROJECTS

YEAR IN REVIEW

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT

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Established in 2009, we are one of Australia’s leading providers of turnkey 
solutions across a range of core capabilities.

Our vast self-performance capability enables us to respond agilely to our clients’ needs and 
our commitment to innovation and technology enables us to work smarter, providing value-
driven solutions. Focused on establishing long-term partnerships and working collaboratively 
with clients and delivery partners, we have played a significant role in the delivery of some of 
Australia’s most complex projects, including in remote, logistically challenging environments.

construction and engineering services provider  
to the Oil & Gas, Metals & Minerals and Defence  
& Infrastructure sectors.

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With the experience and capacity to establish site facilities anywhere in Australia to meet 
project specific requirements, we have permanent presence in Henderson, Western Australia 
(which is our corporate office location), in Newcastle, New South Wales, and at Gladstone, 
Queensland.  

Our strategically located manufacturing facilities in Western Australia and New South Wales 
support our vertically integrated operating model. Our facility in Henderson is the largest 
heavy engineering facility of its kind in Australia.  

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Situated just 30 kilometres south of Perth, the facility is located on 200,000m2 of land 
with direct waterfront access in the Australian Marine Complex (AMC) precinct. The AMC 
also offers a further 440,000m2 of Common User Facility (CUF) land and complementary 
facilities and equipment. With over 100,000m2 of usable undercover area, serviced by 52 
overhead travelling cranes, our facility includes a 53,000m² (usable floor area) Assembly and 
Sustainment Hall and a 29,300m² heavy engineering workshop, complete with blast and 
paint facilities.

Our Newcastle facility is our prime manufacturing facility servicing the east coast market, 
while also supporting our west coast operations at peak times. It is located on 227,000m2 
of waterfront land, just 14 kilometres from the port of Newcastle. With direct access to the 
Hunter River and two ship basins, the facility offers 30,000m2 of undercover area serviced 
by 24 overhead travelling cranes, including a 15,000m2 heavy engineering workshop and 
7,500m² precast/pre-stressed concrete facility.

Our Gladstone facility is centrally located in a major hub of industrial activity in Queensland. 
This regional location allows us to house the essential equipment that we require to carry 
out our ongoing maintenance, shutdown and refractory activities for our resource sector 
clients in that region. A presence in this location allows us to mobilise rapidly to meet clients’ 
unplanned and planned maintenance activities.

These world-class facilities, and our extensive construction equipment base, enable us to 
provide manufacturing, technical, administrative and logistical support to service projects of 
all sizes and complexities anywhere in Australia.

OUR VALUES
Our vision is to grow sustainably, delivering 
mutually beneficial outcomes for all stakeholders. 
Our culture, the way we think and operate, is 
underpinned by our values. 

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COMMITMENT
Our individual  
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INNOVATION
Our innovative approach 
drives continuous 
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VALUE DRIVEN
Our performance  
driven culture  
delivers value

MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE
Our ability to influence 
and challenge drives 
sustainability

EXCELLENCE
Our pursuit of  
excellence makes us  
a world-class 
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COLLABORATION
Our focus on  
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Varanus Island Compression Project

Key projects in delivery or completed during FY2020 include:

coast facilities support our vertically integrated 
delivery model and drive efficiencies in our  
onsite activities.

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Gorgon Stage Two Subsea Installation Project – 
Buckle Initiators

Gorgon Stage Two Subsea Installation Project – 
Tie-In, Jumper Spools and Spreader Beams

Pluto LNG Project – Interconnector and  
Stair Tower Modules

South Flank – rail mounted machines  
and smart modules

Manufacturing of kilns for Kemerton  
Lithium Project

Eliwana – Primary Crushing and  
Ore Processing Facility

Woodside  
(via EPCM Worley)

LOCATION

TechnipFMC
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Allseas
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Roy Hill – ROM Packages

Kemerton Lithium Project

BHP and thyssenkrupp

Varanus Island, WA

Henderson, WA  

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Kemerton, WA

Pilbara, WA

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Albemarle

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Numerous resource clients, 
including Austin Engineering 
and DT Hiload

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Alcoa Willowdale Mine -  
Larego Overland Conveyor Package

Alcoa Australia

Willowdale, WA

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including minor shutdowns and fabrication

Queensland Alumina Limited

Gladstone, QLD

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Rio Tinto

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Variety of mechanical maintenance works  
across numerous shutdowns

Variety of multi-disciplined mechanical and 
electrical maintenance works across numerous 
shutdowns

Fortescue

Pilbara, WA 

Roy Hill

Port Hedland, WA

Calciner maintenance, major overhaul  
and repair services

Alcoa Australia

Pinjarra, Wagerup  
and Kwinana, WA

Design, fabrication and construction of an 
ammonia nitrate storage tank

CSBP

Kwinana, WA

SEA 1180 Offshore Patrol Vessel Program

Luerssen Australia

Henderson, WA

Princes Highway Upgrade –  
Berry to Bomaderry

Downer Seymour Whyte JV

Newcastle, NSW

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Transport for NSW Bridge Projects

Transport for NSW

Newcastle, NSW

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Bennett Brook Bridge

Main Roads WA (Decmil)

Henderson, WA 

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METALS & MINERALS

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07 2019

Construction of our Assembly and Sustainment Hall at 
Henderson reaches new heights, with the placement 
of the 27 metre high bay structure which sits atop the 
expansive main roof. The addition of the 600 tonne 
structure, with a length of 130 metres and width of 
40 metres, brings the height of the building up to an 
incredible 70 metres, equivalent to 18 storeys.

08 2019

Civmec’s Executive Chairman, James Fitzgerald 
and Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Tallon are 
selected as the Western Region winners of the 
Sustained Excellence Award in the 2019 EY 
Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.
We take home the Earth Award for Excellence 
in Civil Construction (project value $30 million to 
$75 million) for the Matagarup Bridge Arches and 
Decks Fabrication, Painting and Transportation 
project.
We are awarded the contract for full vertical 
delivery of the Primary Crushing and Ore 
Processing Facility for Fortescue’s new Eliwana 
Mine being constructed in the Pilbara region of 
Western Australia.

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We head to Varanus Island off the north-
west coast, to complete the civil works and 
underground services for Santos’ Varanus 
Island Compression Project.

09 2019

We welcome long-term employees David Power 
and Mylon Manusiu to the Executive Management 
team, in the roles of Executive General Manager, 
Manufacturing and Executive General Manager, 
Maintenance, respectively.

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We shine at the 2019 Master Builders Apprentice 
of the Year Awards, with four of our talented 
young apprentices receiving nominations in their 
categories and securing several first place awards – 
congratulations to Joshua Corley, Samuel Campisi, 
Isiah Brown and Kienan Burditt for getting to the  
final stages.
We are also honoured to receive the Skill Hire Host 
Trainer of the Year Award.

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In the spirit of giving at Christmas time, we 
support SOUL Inc., a charity local to our 
Henderson facility that provides services 
to people in need. Our donation provides 
hampers for those less fortunate, and 
Christmas gifts for children who might not 
otherwise get to experience the magic of 
Christmas. A team of our people also volunteer 
to help distribute the hampers and gifts.

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We continue to support local industry from our 
Newcastle facility, with the award to fabricate 
another 21 dumper tray bodies. Over the course 
of FY2020, we manufacture more than 40 tray 
bodies for our resource clients on the east coast.

03 2020

We mark the commencement of construction  
of Offshore Patrol Vessel 3 (OPV3), including 
plate cutting and first seam weld of Block 4.1, 
with a ceremony attended by the Civmec delivery 
team, Luerssen Australia, DNV GL and Naval 
Construction Branch. 
OPV3 is the first of the 10 vessels in the OPV 
program to be built at Henderson and will be 
called HMAS Pilbara when it enters service in  
May 2023.

02 2020

We achieve structural completion of our 53,000m2 
(usable floor area) Assembly and Sustainment Hall at 
our Henderson facility. This mega-structure stands 
18 storeys (70 metres) high, contains 20 overhead 
travelling cranes, with a 400 tonne lifting capacity in 
the central hall, and includes 60 metre ocean-facing 
sliding doors that are amongst the largest in the 
world. It offers more than 1.2 million cubic metres 
of internal space, which is equivalent to an area that 
could house 12,000 passenger buses.

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Employing our specialist subsea capability, we 
commence fabrication of the tie-in, jumper spools 
and spreader beams for Chevron’s Gorgon Stage 
2 (GS2) Subsea Installation Project. In a separate 
contract, we are also supplying the buckle initiators 
for the project.

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We continue to demonstrate the strength of our in-house  
capabilities, with the award of several new work packages to  
support the delivery of vital Western Australian resource projects. 
This includes a significant scope of work in the further development 
of Rio Tinto’s Mesa A operational hub in the Robe Valley, for the 
delivery of the Mesa A Wet Plant, a number of Run-of-Mine (ROM) 
packages for long-term client Roy Hill, and the delivery of the Larego 
overland conveyor package for Alcoa’s Willowdale mine. 
We were also awarded a contract to deliver an interconnector 
module, stair tower module and piping spools and skids for 
Woodside’s Pluto LNG expansion.

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A$471m

OF CONTRACTS
AWARDED OR 
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FY2020

06 2020

We welcome Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds, 
CSC, Minister for Defence, and the Hon. Paul 
Papalia, CSC, MLA Minister for Defence Issues, to 
our Henderson facility for the official sod turning 
ceremony to mark the commencement of our latest 
development, construction of a new Submarine 
Rescue Service facility.

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The Group’s revenue for the financial year 
ended 30 June 2020 (FY2020) was A$391.9 
million. FY2020 Earnings Before Interest, Tax, 
Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) was 
A$38.5 million and Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) 
was A$17.5 million. 

The year end result was consistent with the financial 
performance achieved the previous three quarters, reinforcing 
the Group’s commitment to generating stable, reliable 
revenue and net profit returns. Maintaining predictability and 
consistency in financial performance will remain a priority 
going forward.

The Group’s focus in FY2020 was on improving profitability and 
delivering strong operating cash flows. To this end, net cash generated 
from operating activities at year end FY2020 was A$95.2 million, an 
increase of A$16.3 million on the FY2019 position, with A$27.7 million 
cash in the bank at year end.

The Order Book is very strong going into FY2021, increasing from 
A$819 million at the close of FY2019 to A$900 million at year end 
FY2020.

Reinforcing the Balance Sheet, the value of property, plant and 
equipment increased significantly to A$397.8 million for FY2020, 
up from A$201.0 million in FY2019, bolstered by the completion 
of the Assembly and Sustainment Hall at Henderson. With debt 
decreasing by A$36.4 million over the period, the Group is continuing 
to proactively manage cash for operations and asset growth. The 
significant capital investment programme delivered over the past few 
years to advance the Group’s facilities and operating capacity for the 
longer term is now complete.

As at 30 June 2020, the Group had total assets of A$601.3 million,  
net assets of A$263.1 million and net tangible asset backing per share 
of 0.53 cents. 

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FY2020 EBITDA 
compared to 
FY2019

INCREASE
FY2020 NPAT 
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FY2019

INCREASE
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Financial Performance
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Sales revenue

EBITDA

Net profit after tax
Operating cash flow
Earnings per share attributable to equity holders (cents)
Dividend per share (A$ cents) 
Return on equity (%)

Operating Currency (A$)

Revenue (A$)

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EBITDA:  
Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation
NPAT:  
Net Profit After Tax Dividend
CPS:  
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On behalf of the  
Board of Directors,  
I am pleased to present 
the 2020 Civmec 
Limited Annual Report.

Despite the challenges presented 
by the onset of the global pandemic, 
we were resilient, successfully 
sustaining our operations and 
delivering reliability and stability in 
net profit throughout the year. The 
underlying strength of our business, 
fortified by our multi-disciplinary self-
performance capability, established 
local supply chain and resourceful 
and experienced workforce, enabled 
us to continue to effectively service 
the market and our clients at a 
time when many other businesses 
struggled to continue to operate.

This capacity to sustain operations  
amidst a global disruption of the  
magnitude of COVID-19, is underpinned  
by the substantial capital investment we 
have made in our facilities over recent 
years. The addition of our new world-
class Assembly and Sustainment Hall 
at Henderson marks the completion of 
the continuous building program initially 
conceived at the Company’s inception 
in 2009. Capable of accommodating 
significant Australian projects across 
the resource, infrastructure and defence 
sectors, it is an integral element in 
securing the Company’s long-term future. 
Our Henderson facility, set on 200,000m2 
of waterfront land, is now one of the 
best in the world, offering more than 
100,000m2 of usable undercover area. 
The sheer scale of what we have built, 
and the state-of-the-art equipment now at 
our disposal, is unparalleled nationally and 
matches the best facilities globally.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Revenue for FY2020 was A$391.9 million 
with Net Profit After Tax of A$17.5 million. 

Our focus in FY2020 was on improving 
business profitability and delivering strong 
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With the award of a number of significant 
projects during the year in the Metals & 
Minerals and Oil & Gas sectors, together 
with our ongoing, long-term delivery of the 
Royal Australian Navy’s Offshore Patrol 
Vessel program, we finished the year with 
a very strong Order Book of A$900 million, 
distributed across our operating divisions. 
These major projects, which are now in 
the execution phase, will provide us with a 
consistent revenue stream as we move into 
FY2021 and beyond.

The completion of the Assembly and 
Sustainment Hall in Henderson has seen 
our assets increase by A$78.5 million. 
Over the period net assets increased to 
A$263.1million. Strong cash generation 
from operations will be reinvested into the 
business to continue to strengthen our 
strategic asset base. 

DIVIDENDS
The Board of Directors has recommended 
a cash dividend of A$1.0 cents per share, 
subject to shareholders’ approval at our 
Annual General Meeting on 30 October 
2020. The full year dividend payment 
represents a 35% payout ratio and will  
be paid on 11 December 2020.

OUR PEOPLE
During FY2020, we maintained our position 
as a significant employer in our industry. 
As we approached the end of the year, we 
had in the region of 2,000 people actively 
involved in our operational activities across 
the business. What was most pleasing 
was our ability to keep people working as 
the pandemic took hold around the globe. 
The resilience of our people to adapt to 
the significant changes to their life, both at 
home and at work, was commendable. 

The unwavering commitment of our  
people to our Never Assume culture, 
which is the bedrock for how we manage 
ourselves and support those around us, 
continues to serve us well through these 
challenging times.

STRATEGY & FUTURE FOCUS
With the significant investment in both 
Henderson and Newcastle over recent 
years, our forward strategy is firmly on 
maximising the utilisation of these world-
class heavy engineering facilities.  
Our vertically integrated offering enables 
us to service projects of all sizes and 

complexities, with our capacity to provide 
offsite manufacturing, modular assembly 
and pre-fitout solutions from our state-
of-the-art facilities providing clients with 
tangible cost and schedule benefits. 

We offer the market a local manufacturing, 
construction and maintenance capability, 
leveraging local supply chains to provide 
clients with reliability and surety of delivery. 
This could prove to be critical over the 
coming period, as access to materials, 
products and services beyond our shores 
remains constrained under COVID-19. 

With a strong order book and a number 
of significant projects in delivery, we 
will continue to focus on returning 
sustained and consistent revenue and 
profit, supported by our robust systems 
and processes. We remain committed 
to providing quality, value-for-money 
engineering solutions for our clients, 
whilst maintaining a disciplined approach 
to capital and overhead management to 
maximise shareholder returns.

On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank 
our people for their continued dedication 
and commitment. We have built a strong 
and successful business together over the 
past decade, and I look forward to what the 
next few years will bring. 

To our clients, many of whom we have 
worked with for many years, over many 
projects, thank you for your continued 
confidence in our ability to deliver for you 
safely, efficiently and to the highest quality 
standard. The many long-term partnerships 
we have established over the years is 
testament to your trust in us.

Our focus remains, as always, on looking 
after our people, delivering for our 
clients and providing a positive return 
on investment for our valued and loyal 
shareholders.

Yours sincerely

James Fitzgerald 
Executive Chairman 
Civmec Limited

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FY2020 has certainly 
presented challenges beyond 
what we would normally 
expect to manage, but I am 
pleased to say that we have 
successfully been able to 
navigate the business through 
the unchartered waters 
presented by the onset of 
COVID-19. While the longer 
term economic impacts of 
the pandemic are as yet 
somewhat unpredictable, from 
the onset we acted quickly 
and immediately implemented 
controls in our facilities and 
sites to ensure we could 
continue to operate while many 
other businesses across the 
country, and indeed the globe, 
were forced to temporarily close.

As to be expected, the pandemic has 
had an impact on the way we operate 
overall, both within our facilities 
and across our sites, but our people 
have adapted well to the necessary 
changes in process and therefore 
we have managed to minimise the 
adverse effects, both from a health and 
wellbeing and financial perspective.

Working to support the continued delivery 
of projects for our clients has been critical, 
as many sectors of the economy have 
experienced significant pressure, and 
therefore we are committed to providing 
a service to the Australian resource 
and defence sectors to enable them to 
continue to operate and contribute to the 
broader economy. To this end, our local 
manufacturing capability has provided 
clients with surety of delivery and ongoing 
employment for our people.

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BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
During FY2020 our focus was on the 
successful ongoing delivery of a number  
of major projects. 

This includes our significant scope in 
the delivery of Australia’s largest lithium 
hydroxide plant being constructed south 
of Perth, for Albemarle, providing the 
initial site civil works and fabrication and 
onsite installation of the plant’s structural, 
mechanical & piping works. This two-year 
project, which commenced mid-2019 and 
is due for completion in 2021, has enabled 
us to leverage our vertical delivery expertise, 
with our onsite activities supported by our 
fabrication capability at Henderson.

We have also supported the delivery 
of BHP’s flagship South Flank iron ore 
mine in the Pilbara, including the supply, 
manufacture, trial assembly and surface 
treatment of components for the project’s 
rail mounted machines for thyssenkrupp, 
and, in a separate contract directly with 
BHP, the supply and assembly of 23 fully 
equipped ‘smart modules’. 

During the year, our east coast facility 
in Newcastle has worked in partnership 
with our west coast facility in Henderson 
in the fabrication of key components for 
these significant projects, utilising both 
facilities concurrently to maximise output 
and expedite schedule. Additionally, our 
Newcastle facility has continued to support 
the delivery of a number of bridge projects 
for Transport for NSW and continues to 
work with the local resources industry, 
fabricating more than 40 haul pack tray 
bodies for clients during FY2020.

Delivery of the Royal Australian Navy’s  
SEA 1180 Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) 
program is ongoing and during the year  
we continued to prepare and profile cut  
the steel plates, manufacture pipe spools 
and supply other items for the first two 
vessels to be built in South Australia.  
We also commenced activities for OPV3, 
the first of 10 OPVs to be built at our 
facilities in Henderson, Western Australia. 
Having reached milestones, such as the 
passing of the critical production readiness 
review and commencement of construction 
in March 2020, we are already engaged in 
block consolidation activities at our new 
Assembly and Sustainment Hall (ASH). 

The completion of our new 53,000m2 
(usable floor area) Assembly and 

Sustainment Hall at Henderson has  
been a significant achievement. The effort 
and resources required to construct this 
mega facility, while maintaining normal 
operations, cannot be underestimated, 
noting the value of this internal building 
project is not represented in our annual 
revenue despite the fact that is was a high 
value project overall. Set to be one of the 
most efficient and innovative in the world, 
our dedicated onsite team worked tirelessly 
to complete the construction to support 
the OPV delivery schedule. The 70 metre 
high structure is the largest undercover 
modularisation and maintenance facility 
in Australia, significantly enhancing our 
capacity and capability to support the 
construction and maintenance of large 
vessels, as well as complex, integrated 
modules for the resource sectors.

The value of new project 
and contract extensions 
awarded in FY2020 was 
A$471.4 million, comprising 
new contracts and additional 
scope in Oil & Gas (A$40.6m), 
Metals & Minerals, including 
maintenance and specialist 
refractory works (A$420.6m), 
and Defence & Infrastructure 
(A$10.2m).

A number of significant projects were 
awarded during FY2020 that carry forward 
into FY2021, strengthening our position for 
the coming year.

In the Oil & Gas sector, our specialist 
subsea capability has enabled us to secure 
projects in the further development of 
Chevron’s Gorgon LNG plant, including for 
the fabrication of a subsea tie-in, jumper 
spools, spreader beams and buckle 
initiators. We were also awarded a contract 
to deliver an interconnector module, stair 
tower module and piping spools and skids 
for Woodside’s Pluto LNG project. With 
the diversification within our maintenance 
division, earlier in the year our team 
successfully delivered the Domgas facility 
turnaround for Chevron’s Gorgon LNG 
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We have also carried out site activities for 
Santos on the Varanus Island compression 
project. These clients require an extremely 
high-quality product, and we are pleased 
that they continue to choose us to meet 
that demand.

New work won in the Metals & Minerals 
sector during the year included significant 
scope in the delivery of Fortescue’s new 
Eliwana mine being constructed in the 
Pilbara region of Western Australia, with 
this vertical package including fabrication 
in Henderson and onsite civil works and 
structural, mechanical, piping, electrical 
and instrumentation installation. We also 
secured several Run-of-Mine (ROM) 
packages with Roy Hill and a vertical 
package with Alcoa for delivery of the 
overland conveyor works at their  
Willowdale mine. We finished FY2020  

with the award of a substantial scope of 
work in the further development of Rio 
Tinto’s Mesa A operational hub in the  
Robe Valley, with award of full vertical 
delivery of the Mesa A Wet Plant in the 
Pilbara. As with our Oil & Gas and Defence 
& Infrastructure clients, our Metals & 
Minerals clients continue to see value 
in our service offering with the award of 
new contracts, and we appreciate their 
continued support. 

OUR PEOPLE
With a focus on future-proofing our 
workforce, we have continued to invest in 
graduate and apprenticeship programs, 
collaborating with universities, TAFE and 
high schools. This included the successful 
launch of our Graduate Engineering 
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has seen a 50% increase in the number of 
apprentices, graduates and trainees across 
our operations. 

performance capability to provide delivery 
solutions for either the entire project or 
separable portions.

A testament to the quality of our programs, 
four of our talented young apprentices 
received nominations in their categories  
at the 2019 Master Builders Apprentice 
of the Year Awards in November and 
managed to secure several first place 
awards. We were also extremely pleased 
to receive the Skill Hire Host Trainer of the 
Year Award at this event.

In addition to nurturing young people 
joining the business, we have continued  
to provide our people with sustainable 
career pathways, providing leadership 
training and focusing on succession 
planning. A significant number of our 
business leaders have now undertaken 
our LEAD Program, which includes four 
nationally accredited units – Apply Risk 
Management Processes; Communicate 
Information; Supervise On-site Operations; 
and Show Leadership – delivered  
through our internal Registered  
Training Organisation.

STRATEGY & FUTURE FOCUS
Our forward focus and underlying 
strategic intent is to continue to return 
reliable revenue and profit, as we have 
done in FY2020. This will be achieved by 
maximising the utilisation of the significant 
facilities and plant and equipment we 
have invested in at both Henderson 
and Newcastle over recent years. We 
will continue to leverage our vertically 
integrated capability to provide clients 
with a single delivery solution, and given 
the current global uncertainty surrounding 
COVID-19, our substantial manufacturing 
capability, robust local supply chain and 
resourceful and committed workforce 
places us in good stead for the future.

Our focus in recent years on establishing 
consistent and recurring revenue 
streams is now coming to the fore, with 
a solid, established client base providing 
opportunities across manufacturing, 
construction and maintenance. With 
the award of a number of resource 
projects in FY2020 that carry through 
well into FY2021, our focus is on ensuring 
exceptional delivery of these projects for 
our clients. We will continue to pursue 
new construction and expansion projects 
that leverage our multi-disciplinary, self-

Our maintenance division has grown 
considerably in capability over the past 
couple of years. We have seen, however, 
clients minimise and defer some planned 
maintenance activities in response to 
COVID-19. With these clients taking 
prudent steps to minimise the number of 
personnel mobilising to their sites at any 
one time, some of their planned works are 
reduced or postponed, but not cancelled. 
As a result of this, and the fact that the 
maintenance still needs to be carried out 
for operational continuity, we envisage 
there could be increased activity in FY2021, 
depending on the future effect that 
COVID-19 has on the regions where these 
plants are located.

As the OPV program continues to unfold, 
our focus remains on ensuring the highest 
standards of quality and efficiency within 
our shipbuilding capability. This long-term 
project will provide sustained revenue 
until 2029 and the Federal Government’s 
commitment to undertake its minor naval 
vessel continuous build program and 
sustainment of these vessels at Henderson 
provides further construction and through-
life support opportunities going forward.

I take this opportunity to thank our resilient 
workforce, for their flexibility and willingness 
to adapt to changes in the way we work 
and operate so that we can continue to 
provide our clients with the quality and 
service Civmec is renowned for. The global 
pandemic has certainly brought challenges 
to FY2020 that will carry into FY2021, but 
I know we have the right people, with the 
right attitude, to get the job done. To our 
clients, thank you for your enduring trust 
in us. I feel we have made our best efforts 
to be reliable and resourceful over the past 
12 months to ensure we deliver to your 
needs, and we look forward to continuing 
to support you in your endeavours going 
forward.

Yours sincerely

Patrick Tallon 
Chief Executive Officer 
Civmec Limited

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OPERATING 
SECTORS 

OIL & GAS 

METALS & MINERALS 

DEFENCE & INFRASTRUCTURE 

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Annual revenue  
for FY2020

in new contract awards  
and extensions

During FY2020, we noticed a reasonable upsurge 
in engineering activity in the Australian Oil & Gas 
sector, which transpired into opportunities for us 
to benefit from a more buoyant market.

We have delivered numerous specialist subsea projects from our Henderson facility  
over recent years, including for the Gorgon, Wheatstone and Prelude LNG projects, 
producing high quality, precision components to the exacting standards required by  
the Oil & Gas sector.

Having been a delivery partner for the Gorgon LNG project since our first project  
award in late 2010, we were awarded two packages in FY2020 to support the delivery 
of the Gorgon Stage Two (GS2) project. GS2 includes the expansion of the subsea gas 
gathering network required to maintain long-term natural gas supply to the 15.6 million 
tonne per annum LNG plant and domestic gas plant on Barrow Island off the north-west 
coast of Western Australia. We are applying our specialist subsea capability to deliver a 
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The package also comprises the supply, 
fabrication and testing of 800 tonnes of 
spreader beams. We have also been 
awarded scope on the project from 
Allseas, fabricating and assembling  
15 buckle initiators, weighing 
approximately 55 tonnes each,  
including the application of a subsea 
painting system and Factory  
Acceptance Testing.

During the year, we delivered fabrication 
and assembly work for Santos at our 
Henderson facility, which was further 
extended with the opportunity to 
undertake onsite activities at Varanus 
Island, with the award of the contract 
for the completion of the civil works and 
underground services for the Varanus 
Island Compression Project. We are 
familiar with the project and very remote 
island location, as we have previously 
been engaged in turnaround activities  
on the island.

Most recently, we have been awarded  
a contract with Woodside, being 
managed by Worley, to supply, fabricate, 
surface treat, assemble, test and deliver 
an interconnector module, stair tower 
module and piping spools and skids, for 
Woodside’s Pluto LNG project. The scope 
of work will be completed in late 2020.

Our maintenance division utilised their 
specialist maintenance turnaround 
services when they successfully 
performed the delivery of the first 
planned turnaround of a key plant 
area on Chevron’s Gorgon LNG facility 
at Barrow Island. The activity was 
completed ahead of schedule and below 
budget for this long-term client, further 
strengthening our relationship with them. 

With ongoing investment in LNG, 
including expansion and life extension 
projects for existing plants, in addition 
to new developments, we will continue 
to leverage our extensive capability to 
service the Oil & Gas sector. In particular, 
our past experience and specialist 
capability to support the delivery of 
subsea projects, ensures we are well 
positioned to optimise opportunities as 
they come to market. We are definitely 
considered to be a very capable  
contractor for an Australian build option 
due to the high quality and surety of 
delivery we provide. 

OIL & GAS

VARANUS ISLAND 
COMPRESSION PROJECT

CLIENT

Santos

LOCATION

Varanus Island, WA

DURATION

October 2019 – February 
2020

OVERVIEW

Award of the contract for 
the completion of the civil 
works and underground 
services for the Varanus 
Island Compression Project. 

The scope included the 
installation of a new 
compressor module and 
subsequent reinstatement 
of the access road.

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to FY2020  
Oil & Gas Order 
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GORGON STAGE TWO  
SUBSEA INSTALLATION PROJECT –  
TIE-IN, JUMPER SPOOLS AND SPREADER BEAMS

CLIENT

TechnipFMC (for Chevron)

LOCATION

Henderson, WA

DURATION

April 2020 – early 2022

OVERVIEW

Following the delivery of site civil works, precast and 
structural steel fabrication for the construction of the Gorgon 
LNG Project commencing in 2010, we have continued to 
service the project with the ongoing fabrication of piping and 
structural steel for the plant, both on and offshore.

In FY2020, we were awarded the contract to fabricate and 
test 900 tonnes of 24 inch to 6 inch CRA (Corrosion Resistant 
Alloy) Inconel clad material, solid Inconel and carbon steel, for 
the production of the tie-in and jumper spools for the Gorgon 
Stage 2 (GS2) Subsea Installation Project. The package also 
comprises the supply, fabrication and testing of 800 tonnes 
of spreader beams for the GS2 project. All work is being 
undertaken at our Henderson facility, including post metrology 
and Factory Acceptance Testing, with loadout from the 
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CLIENT

Allseas (for Chevron)

LOCATION

Henderson, WA

DURATION

December 2019 – November 2020

OVERVIEW Contract for the fabrication and assembly of 15 x buckle initiators, weighing 

approximately 55 tonnes each, for Chevron’s Gorgon Stage Two project, including 
the application of a subsea painting system and Factory Acceptance Testing.

PLUTO LNG PROJECT –  
INTERCONNECTOR AND STAIR TOWER MODULES

CLIENT

Woodside (via EPCM Worley)

LOCATION

Henderson, WA

DURATION

May 2020 – late 2020

OVERVIEW Contract to supply, fabricate, surface treat, assemble, test and deliver an 

interconnector module, stair tower module and piping spools and skids for 
Woodside’s Pluto LNG project. The Pluto–Karratha Gas Plant (KGP) Interconnector 
project will transport gas through the interconnector, providing the opportunity to 
take advantage of future excess capacity at KGP and will also provide potential  
to accelerate future developments of other offshore Pluto gas reserves, as well  
as third-party resources.

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A$338m A$421m  

Annual revenue  
for FY2020

in new contract awards  
and extensions

During the year, we continued to demonstrate 
the strength of our in-house capabilities, with 
the ongoing delivery and award of significant 
projects in support of vital Western Australian 
resource projects.

Delivery of Australia’s largest lithium hydroxide conversion plant for Albemarle, being 
constructed in the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area, approximately 160 kilometres south 
of Perth, was ongoing throughout the year. Leveraging our vertically integrated capability, we 
successfully completed the delivery of the site civil works and are progressively fabricating the 
plant’s structural, mechanical & piping works at our Henderson facility, including pre-assembly 
of a large number of components for onsite installation. During the year, we also fabricated the 
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from the initial project planning, our 
works are progressing well, with 
commissioning currently planned to 
commence in 2021. 

Our delivery of key components for 
BHP’s new flagship South Flank mine, 
being constructed in the Pilbara region 
of Western Australia, has also been a 
significant project during FY2020.  
Set to be one of the world’s largest iron 
ore mines when fully operational, we 
manufactured a considerable number 
of components for the project’s rail 
mounted machines, including significant 
parts for the largest reclaimer assembly 
in the world. In a separate package of 
works directly with BHP, we supplied 
and assembled 23 fully equipped ‘smart 
modules’, including conveyor shuttle 
modules, sample station, pump skids, 
train loadout and feeder modules.

Continuing to leverage our core 
disciplines in a single, vertical solution 
offering, during the year we were 
awarded delivery of the Primary 
Crushing and Ore Processing Facility for 
Fortescue’s new Eliwana Mine, being 
constructed in the Pilbara region of 
Western Australia. Our scope is for the 
full vertical delivery of the facility’s iron ore 
loading, primary, secondary and tertiary 
crushing, ore screening and associated 
conveyor systems, up to no load 
commissioning. This significant package 
of work includes shop detailing and 
fabrication at both our Henderson and 
Newcastle facilities, and delivery  
and site installation of the civil,  
structural, mechanical & piping, and 
electrical works.

We were also awarded a number of  
Run-of-Mine (ROM) packages for long-
term client Roy Hill, including a civil 
package for the mine’s primary crushing 
station and conveyor tunnel works, and 
the supply, fabrication, surface treatment 
and delivery of ROM wall sections and 
structural steel for the transfer station. 

Having previously partnered with  
Alcoa in the delivery of numerous  
capital and maintenance works, we  
were awarded another vertical package, 
for the Larego overland conveyor 
works at their Willowdale mine. The 
scope includes civil works, fabrication, 
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electrical & instrumentation and no-load 
commissioning. 

On the east coast, we are continuing to 
fabricate dumper tray bodies for a number 
of resource clients from our Newcastle 
heavy engineering facility, with more than  
40 manufactured during FY2020.

Towards the end of FY2020, we further 
strengthened our portfolio of work in 
the Metals & Minerals sector going into 
FY2021, with the award of a significant 
scope of work in the development of  
Rio Tinto’s Mesa A operational hub in the 
Robe Valley. The award includes the supply, 
fabrication, modularisation, transportation  
to site, erection, modification, installation, 
and commissioning of structural, 
mechanical & piping, electrical & 
instrumentation, and communication  
work for the Mesa A Wet Plant. 

With our local fabrication capability having 
been able to provide clients with surety of 
delivery, particularly given the uncertainty 
of global supply chains in response to 
the COVID-19 pandemic, we are in a 
strong position to continue to capitalise 
on opportunities as they come to market, 
leveraging our core disciplines to provide a 
single, vertically integrated, turnkey solution. 

Through the year, our maintenance division 
continued to grow in capacity and reach, 
providing a single, multi-disciplinary solution 
across the spectrum of services, delivering 
ongoing maintenance contracts and minor 
works packages for key clients including 
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for CSBP saw us design, fabricate and 
construct a 30 metre diameter x 21.5 metre 
high, 15,000 cubic metre ammonia nitrate 
storage tank, inclusive of transfer pump 
station, for their Kwinana plant.

Leveraging our specialist refractory 
capability, we provided services to  
QAL, Rio Tinto and Alcoa, continuing to 
improve and innovate how we execute 
projects. This includes replacing visual 
inspections with 3D scanning technology  
to capture data on assets such as  
calciners (internal and external), providing  

a comprehensive understanding on  
their condition and using this information  
to refine future scopes and support 
predictive maintenance strategies going 
forward. We have also used robotics in 
the demolition process by undertaking 
refractory removal works remotely,  
safely controlled from outside the  
vessel. The traditional way of carrying  
out these removal tasks often comes with  
a high, but manageable, level of risk, but 
this robotic process mitigates the risks 
almost completely while driving  
greater efficiency.

KEMERTON LITHIUM PROJECT

CLIENT

Albemarle and Metso

LOCATION

Kemerton, WA 

DURATION

June 2019 – March 2021

OVERVIEW We are playing a significant role in the delivery of Australia’s largest lithium 

hydroxide plant, being constructed in the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area, 
south of Perth near the port town of Bunbury. 

Our extensive scope on the project includes site civil works and fabrication and 
onsite installation of structural, mechanical & piping for the Hydromet and Final 
Product, Reagents and Utilities.

We are also carrying out the requirement for all refractory lining for the project. 

Under a separate contract, directly with Metso, we manufactured the kilns 
required for the processing plant, at our Henderson facility.

SOUTH FLANK

CLIENT

BHP and thyssenkrupp 
(separate contracts)

LOCATION

Henderson, WA

DURATION

February 2019 – mid-2020

OVERVIEW We supported the delivery of 

BHP’s world-class US$3.6 
billion South Flank iron ore mine 
in the Pilbara, with the supply, 
manufacture, trial assembly and 
surface treatment of stackers, 
bogies and equalisers for the 
project’s rail mounted machines 
for thyssenkrupp. 

In a separate contract directly 
with BHP, we also supplied and 
assembled 23 fully equipped 
‘smart modules’, including 
conveyor shuttle modules, 
sample station, pump skids,  
train loadout and feeder 
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CLIENT

Fortescue

LOCATION

Pilbara, WA

DURATION

September 2019 – late-2020

OVERVIEW We are delivering the Primary 
Crushing and Ore Processing 
Facility for Fortescue’s 
new Eliwana Mine, located 
approximately 90 kilometres 
north-west of Tom Price in 
the Pilbara region of Western 
Australia.   

Civmec’s scope is for the full 
vertical delivery of the facility’s 
iron ore loading, primary, 
secondary and tertiary crushing, 
ore screening and associated 
conveyor systems, up to no load 
commissioning. Shop detailing, 
fabrication, delivery and site 
installation of the civil, structural, 
mechanical & piping works 
is included in this significant 
package of work.

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Roy Hill

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Pilbara, WA

DURATION

March 2020 – late-2020

OVERVIEW Delivery of a number of Run-of-Mine (ROM) packages for Roy Hill, including a 
civil package for the primary crushing station and conveyor tunnel works, and 
the supply, fabrication, surface treatment and delivery of ROM wall sections and 
structural steel for the transfer station.

ALCOA  
WILLOWDALE MINE - LAREGO 
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CLIENT

Alcoa Australia

LOCATION

Willowdale, WA

DURATION

May 2020 – early-2021

OVERVIEW Delivery of the Larego 

overland conveyor package 
at Alcoa’s Willowdale mine. 
The vertical scope includes 
civil works, fabrication, 
structural, mechanical 
& piping, electrical & 
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A$39m A$10m  

Annual revenue  
for FY2020

in new contract awards  
and extensions

Our Defence & Infrastructure service  
offering is underpinned by our multi-disciplinary 
capabilities and specialised waterfront facilities.

We provide a fully integrated service offering to the defence sector, for the construction of 
Naval vessels and future sustainment, maintenance and repairs and the provision of defence 
estate and new infrastructure projects.

DEFENCE
Structural completion of our 53,000m2 (usable floor area) Assembly and Sustainment Hall at  
our Henderson facility was achieved in February 2020. Managing and self-performing the works, 
the mega-structure rose from the ground from October 2018, when Prime Minister Scott 
Morrison was onsite to witness the erection of the first steel for the new world-class facility.

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Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)

INFRASTRUCTURE
Our Defence & Infrastructure division 
is continuing to support the Western 
Australian Government’s vision for the 
Australian Marine Complex (AMC) to 
become the pre-eminent base for all 
Australian Defence Force and Alliance 
operations in the Indian Ocean, with 
Civmec committing to a long-term lease 
and managing the construction of a 
multimillion-dollar new Submarine Rescue 
Service (SRS) facility. The facility, which will 
be operated by Phoenix International under 
a sub-lease arrangement with Civmec, 
will support the Royal Australian Navy’s 
submarine fleet. This development will 
further support the capacity within the AMC 
and reinforce the AMC’s significance as a 
world-class centre for excellence. 

The official sod turning ceremony for  
the SRS facility was undertaken in June. 
The facility will be constructed to house 
a rapid launch and recovery system, 
hyperbaric treatment unit, and maintenance 
training and testing infrastructure, with a 
7-metre deep pool. It will be located close 
to the AMC’s Common User Facility (CUF), 
with proximity to the CUF enabling rapid 
mobilisation in the event of a disabled 
submarine in the region. 

The Assembly and Sustainment Hall 
delivers a new resource to the Australian 
maritime landscape, significantly 
enhancing the capability  of our 
Henderson facility. At 18-storeys (70 
metres) high, it is the largest undercover 
modularisation and maintenance facility  
in Australia, with the capacity to house 
large vessels, including complete Air 
Warfare Destroyers, Frigates and Offshore 
Patrol Vessels, for construction or 
maintenance, as well as large integrated 
modules for the Oil & Gas and Metals & 
Minerals sectors. 

Containing 20 overhead travelling cranes, 
the central hall offers an impressive 
400 tonne lifting capacity. The 60 
metre ocean-facing sliding doors are 
amongst the largest in the world, able 
to accommodate the transfer of vessels 
and large modularised structures. The 
facility has over 1.2 million cubic metres of 
internal space, which is equivalent to an 
area that could house 12,000 passenger 
buses. An estimated total of 5,100 tonnes 
of steel and 21,000m³ of concrete was 
required to complete the build. 

The Assembly and Sustainment Hall will 
facilitate our ongoing delivery of the Royal 
Australian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel 
(OPV) program, in contract with Luerssen 
Australia. Under the program, which 
commenced in late 2018 and will see 
the delivery of 12 OPVs, the preparation 
and profile cutting of steel plates for the 
first two vessels built in South Australia 
was undertaken at Henderson. With 
completion of our new facility, the 
fabrication and consolidation of the 
remaining 10 vessels will be undertaken  
in Western Australia. 

The processing and welding of steel  
for OPV3 is ongoing at Henderson,  
with the consolidation of the first of  
26 blocks that comprise an OPV  
marking the commencement of what  
will be a continuous process for all  
10 OPVs to be built at Henderson over 
the coming years. 

Our strategic shipbuilding facilities at 
Henderson are located in a designated 
shipbuilding and sustainment precinct  
and will support the Federal 
Government’s long-term Naval 
Shipbuilding Plan, focused on building a 
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Civil infrastructure projects undertaken 
from our east coast facility during FY2020 
supported the delivery of a number of 
bridge projects in New South Wales, 
including fabricating the bridge girders for 
the first weathered steel bridge project 
ever commissioned by NSW’s Roads and 
Maritime Services, as part of the Princes 
Highway upgrade project being delivered 
between Berry and Bomaderry, south 
of Sydney. Other projects included the 
fabrication, supply and delivery of structural 
steel for a number of Transport for NSW 
projects, including the Korns Crossing 
Bridge at Crystal Creek in northern NSW, 

the Briner Bridge capacity upgrade in 
the Clarence Valley district and the new 
Brookvale pedestrian bridge over Pittwater 
Road in Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

In Western Australia, our delivery of the 
Woodman Point Wastewater Treatment 
Plant upgrade project, in an alliance with 
Water Corporation and Black & Veatch 
for the design and construction of the 
expanded plant to increase the capacity to 
180ml/day, was completed in June 2020. 
We also delivered the steel sections and 
interconnecting precast elements for Main 
Roads WA’s Bennett Brook Bridge.

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OFFSHORE PATROL VESSELS

CLIENT

Luerssen Australia

LOCATION

Henderson, WA

DURATION

October 2018 – 2029

OVERVIEW In April 2018, Luerssen Australia awarded Civmec the contract for the Royal 

Australian Navy’s SEA 1180 Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) program. 

The 10 year project includes the supply and processing of steel for 12 vessels. 
Following the build of the first two vessels in South Australia, using the steel 
plates prepared and cut at Henderson, we are undertaking the fabrication and 
consolidation of the following 10 vessels in Western Australia. 

The processing and welding of first steel for OPV3 is ongoing at Henderson, with 
the consolidation of the ship’s blocks to be undertaken in the new Assembly and 
Sustainment Hall during the second half of 2020.

The new OPV fleet will be named the Arafura class in deference to their planned 
primary area of operation – the Arafura Sea lies west of the Pacific Ocean, 
overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Indonesian New Guinea. 

The primary role of the OPV will be to undertake constabulary missions, maritime 
patrol and response duties. State-of-the-art sensors as well as command and 
communication systems will allow the OPVs to operate alongside Australian 
Border Force vessels, other Australian Defence Force units and other regional 
partners.

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PRINCES HIGHWAY UPGRADE – 
BERRY TO BOMADERRY

CLIENT

Downer Seymour Whyte JV

LOCATION

Newcastle, NSW

DURATION

March 2019 – September 2020

OVERVIEW Fabrication of the Pestells 

Lane and Strongs Road bridge 
girders for the first weathered 
steel bridge project ever 
commissioned by NSW’s Roads 
and Maritime Services, as part 
of the Princes Highway upgrade 
project being delivered between 
Berry and Bomaderry, south of 
Sydney.

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TfNSW

LOCATION

Newcastle, NSW

DURATION

July 2019 – July 2020

OVERVIEW Fabrication, supply and delivery of structural steel for a number of TfNSW 

projects, including the Korns Crossing Bridge at Crystal Creek in northern NSW, 
the Briner Bridge capacity upgrade in the Clarence Valley district and the new 
Brookvale pedestrian bridge over Pittwater Road in Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

BENNETT BROOK BRIDGE 

CLIENT

Decmil (for Main Roads WA)

LOCATION

Henderson, WA

DURATION

October 2019 – March 2020

OVERVIEW Fabrication, supply and 

delivery of the steel sections 
and interconnecting precast 
elements for the extension 
of the Bennett Brook Bridge, 
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OUR 
SUSTAINABILITY 

HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT & QUALITY

OUR PEOPLE

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

SUSTAINABILITY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT & QUALITY 
(HSEQ)

The integration of our systems across  
Health, Safety, Environment and Quality ensures 
effective controls are in place to support 
optimum project delivery outcomes.

HEALTH & SAFETY
The health, safety and wellbeing of our 
employees is a critically important aspect 
of our business and this drives our 
sustainable success. The focus on our 
people has helped to continually develop a 
strong safety culture, which is built on the 
principles of our Never Assume program 
that forms the framework upon which the 
behavioural expectations of our people is 
based. We encourage our people to lead 
by example, look out for themselves and 
those around them and adopt a continual 
improvement focus, so we are always 
seeking opportunities to innovate and 
learn from our experience. Our enhanced 
reward and recognition program has and 
will continue to play a vital role in rewarding 
positive safety behaviours and building  
and shaping our safety culture across  
the business. 

During the year, we aligned our health 
and safety system and processes to the 
new ISO 45001:2018 standard, with the 
alignment audit undertaken at the end 
of 2019 and certification subsequently 
awarded. Alignment to the new international 
standard will ensure our health and 
safety system remains current, industry 
leading and aligned with best-practice. In 
October 2019, we also had our Federal 
Safety Accreditation under the Australian 
Government building and construction 
WHS Accreditation Scheme renewed for  
a further three years.  

Through the year, there has been ongoing 
continual improvement in our health and 
safety management system, supported by 
ongoing commitment from our executive, 
senior management and site-based 
leaders. The ongoing implementation of 
the LEAD training program has seen a 
positive improvement in site leadership and 
the level of accountability and ownership 
for positive safety outcomes. The course 

covers the key leadership elements of risk 
management, communication, supervising 
onsite operations and leadership.  
Since the course commenced in 2019,  
over 300 leaders have attended, with 
positive feedback on the content, 
delivery and relevance to the work 
they are undertaking. The program is 
delivered through our Registered Training 
Organisation and is aligned to our company 
health and safety management system.

During FY2020, we embedded a number 
of safety initiatives to further improve our 
health and safety system to ultimately 
drive sustained improvement in safety 
performance. The standardisation of 
the pre-start process using a templated 
visual board has resulted in improved 
communication and interaction across 
our operations. These boards have been 
adapted to meet the specific requirements 
of our business and client requirements, 
with some clients adopting them for use 
across their projects as a best-practice 
model. The online induction platforms 
have been implemented successfully at a 
corporate level and for all current project 
sites and facilities, complemented by a 
face-to-face interactive site orientation that 
is completed upon the first day on site.  
Our six Critical Safety Essentials which  
form the foundation of how we operate, 
continue to be embedded in our work 
planning, communication and risk 
management processes.  

Throughout the year, there was an 
increased focus on improving HSE 
communications throughout the business, 
primarily on HSE lessons learnt and 
positive engineering solutions to minimise 
or eliminate critical safety risks. This 
includes the use of robotics in the refractory 
demolition process, undertaking removal 
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of precautionary measures, to minimise the 
potential spread of the virus. 

Our immediate concern was focused  
on implementing stringent controls in 
our workshop and main office facilities, 
as these areas contain large numbers of 
workers all operating in close proximity 
to each other and therefore posing a 
significant risk of rapid spread should 
anyone contract the virus. We also felt that 
we needed to ensure the manufacturing 
operations remained as close as possible 
to normal so we could continue to service 
our sites and clients to avoid a ripple effect 
on operations.

The measures implemented included 
applying strict social distancing measures 
in work areas, in vehicles and lunch 
rooms; promoting regular hand washing; 
increased regular cleaning of offices, lunch 
rooms, equipment and high use areas; 
temperature checking at our corporate 
office, workshops and project sites; 
permitting only essential visitors to our 
facilities and sites; reduction in personnel 
movement between offices, floors and 
workshop bays; and avoidance of face-
to-face meetings, with the increased use 
of electronic platforms such as Microsoft 
Teams and Skype. Going forward, we will 
continue to adapt our work practices to 
meet the evolving challenges presented 
by the pandemic and ensure the health, 
safety and wellbeing of our people and the 
communities in which we operate.

Pre-start visual board used on site

more efficient types of formwork to minimise 
manual handling, rigging and lifting and 
hand injuries. These innovative workplace 
methods were created by the project teams 
and not only provided high level safety 
improvements, but also increased efficiency 
and sustainable business improvements. 

Moving forward, we will continue to build 
on our positive safety culture, enhance 
our management system, and focus on 
improved planning and risk reduction 
measures, to deliver long-term and 
sustainable health and safety solutions for 
our people, clients and delivery partners.  

COVID-19
In March, the World Health Organisation 
declared a global pandemic for COVID-19. 
In response to this, we had to adjust the 
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ENVIRONMENT
Strong environmental performance is 
essential to our ongoing sustainability and 
we continue to promote an environmentally 
aware culture, through leadership, 
communication and training. We are 
committed to applying best-practice in 
environmental management across our 
operations, driving continuous improvement 
in performance and efficiency.

Our environmental management system 
is certified to ISO 14001:2015, the 
internationally recognised standard for 
environmental management, and we  
also hold platinum status with the  
Australian Steel Institute Environmental 
Sustainability Charter. 

We are committed to minimising our 
impact on the environment, implementing 
environmental best-practice at our 
fabrication and assembly facilities in 
Henderson and Newcastle and across our 
project sites. Along with our established 
controls, we continue to seek new 

opportunities to improve our environmental 
performance, focused on resource and 
energy efficiency.

Our continuous improvement strategy is 
based on:

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 Measuring and monitoring all 
environmental aspects across the 
business in order to find improvement 
opportunities, including monitoring and 
reviewing our inputs (energy, water, 
materials) and outputs (waste and 
emissions).

 Continuing to expand and improve 
our training materials and programs 
to communicate environmental 
expectations and requirements and 
improve environmental awareness.

 Further developing our waste 
management system by reducing 
general waste going to landfill and 
increasing our recycling rates.

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Civtrac is our proprietary, web-based 
integrated business management, quality 
and tracking system, managing all aspects 
of project delivery, including document 
control, project reporting and quality 
compliance, enabling live project data to 
be recorded and facilitating the seamless 
flow from fabrication through to onsite 
installation and commissioning.

During the year, our Quality team ensured 
our system continues to meet certification 
requirements and industry best-practice, 
with the ongoing review and refinement 
of our processes and procedures to drive 
continuous improvement.

QUALITY
Providing quality products and project 
outcomes for our clients continues to be  
a fundamental metric of success.

Our quality management system is  
certified to ISO 9001:2015, the 
internationally recognised standard for 
quality management. Our facilities in 
Henderson and Newcastle hold certification 
to ISO 3834.2:2008, ‘Quality requirements 
for fusion welding of metallic materials  
(Part 2: Comprehensive quality 
requirements)’, which demonstrates the 
Company’s welding management system 
meets the most stringent requirements. 
We also hold CC3 certification to the 
requirements of AS/NZS 5131:2016 
‘Structural Steelwork - Fabrication  
and Erection’.

OUR PEOPLE

During FY2020, we faced the challenges 
presented by COVID-19 head-on. Our priority 
was to keep our people employed and maintain 
a local, reliable service offering for our clients. 

Our people are the heart of our business. 
We are proud to say that many of them 
have been with us since inception. Our 
focus remains steadfastly on providing 
meaningful pathways to enable our people 
to continue to develop and grow their 
career with us. 

As a significant employer in our  
industry, across a broad spectrum  
of trades and disciplines, we also 
understand the important role we play  
in supporting the development of the  
next generation of tradespeople and 
industry professionals. 

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Our commitment to supporting the future  
of our industry and continuing to grow  
local industry capacity and capability is 
reflected in the engagement of more than 
90 apprentices, trainees and graduates 
across our operations during FY2020.  
This represents a significant increase of 
50% compared to FY2019.

Our apprentices include fabrication 
(boilermakers and welders), bricklayers, 
mechanical and electrical trades, and 
our trainees provide functional support in 
business administration, human resources 
and logistics. Four of our talented young 
apprentices received nominations in their 
categories at the 2019 Master Builders 
Apprentice of the Year Awards in November 
and between them secured several overall 
winner awards. We were also extremely 
pleased to receive the Skill Hire Host Trainer 
of the Year Award at this event.

With our HSE Graduate Program 
successfully upskilling and developing 
many HSE professionals since it was 
established in 2018, we have now extended 
the opportunity for graduates to join the 
business with the launch of our Graduate 
Engineering Program in January 2020.  
The extraordinary benefit of this program for 
these young professionals is that, given our 
multi-disciplined, multi-sector operations, 
they get to deal with a very wide range of 
different experiences and challenges that 
gives them the rounded training they would 
struggle to achieve in other organisations. 
We continue to work in collaboration with 
local universities to ensure we attract quality 
candidates into these programs.

We are also continuing to work with 
South Metropolitan TAFE and local high 
schools for our school-based traineeship 
program, which was introduced in 2019. 
This program provides the opportunity for 
local students completing Year 10, 11 or 
12 to undertake work experience through 
the year at our Henderson facility, whilst 
continuing their school education. Initially 
focused on students interested in the 
Metal Fabrication trades, this year we have 
expanded the program to provide school-
based apprenticeships within the heavy 
plant mechanics and logistics fields. On 
completion of their studies and traineeship, 
students are considered for an opportunity 
to join our apprenticeship program. 

Civmec CEO Pat Tallon with some  
engineering graduates 

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Our ongoing commitment to career 
development and our succession planning 
strategy is supported by our robust in-
house training capability, delivered through 
our internal Registered Training Organisation 
(RTO) and overseen by a full-time Learning 
and Development Manager. 

A significant number of business leaders 
undertook our leadership training program, 
LEAD, during the year. This program, which 
was launched in 2019, provides targeted 
training across four nationally accredited 
units – Apply Risk Management Processes; 
Communicate Information; Supervise  
On-site Operations; and Show Leadership. 

During the year, we also broadened the 
scope of training provided by our RTO, 
adding units to complement the LEAD 
Program and the business’ HSE framework, 
including:

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 Lead initial response to and investigate 
WHS incidents

•  Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

•  Provide basic emergency life support

•  Provide first aid

•  Gas test atmospheres

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 Operate as part of an emergency 
control organisation

•  Lead an emergency control organisation

•  Perform rescue from a live LV panel

•  Operate Fire Fighting equipment

With the inclusion of these units, we can 
now internally provide First Aid training.

Overall, our RTO offers skills and 
competency-based training across six 
Certificate and Diploma qualifications,  
20 skill sets and 43 units of competence.

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DIVERSITY
Diversity in our workforce, across age, 
gender and ethnicity, is fundamental to 
cultivating a balanced and inclusive  
culture. It brings great benefit to the 
business, providing varied perspective  
and experience.

While we can more easily achieve balanced 
gender participation in corporate roles, 
our focus continues to be on providing 
opportunities for female participation in 
traditionally male-dominated disciplines 
across operations and project delivery. 
With our efforts directed at the grass-
roots level, we have a number of female 
pre-apprentices/apprentices and trainees 
working across the business. 

One of these is Kayla Roemer-Hanisch, 
who first joined us in a work experience 
placement in 2018. In 2019, Kayla was 
our internship placement under the 
Shipbuilding Education and Apprenticeship 
(SEA) program, aimed at building the skills 

needed for Australia’s multi-billion dollar 
naval shipbuilding industry. Progressing 
through these stages, today Kayla is a 
member of our Offshore Patrol Vessel 
construction team, in the role of  
Technical Clerk.

Our ongoing commitment to building 
sustainable relationships with Aboriginal and 
Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people and their 
communities remains a priority. We continue 
to provide employment and training 
opportunities for ATSI people across our 
business, again focused at the grass-
roots level, with 9% of participants in our 
apprenticeship program of ATSI descent. 

We are also committed to utilising Aboriginal 
and Torres Strait Islander businesses for 
supply and subcontract opportunities. We 
are seeing this as an increased area of 
engagement and fulfilment of commitment, 
as more ATSI businesses are establishing 
and gaining experience in successfully 
delivering on contractual requirements. 

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Our value of Make a Difference empowers our 
people to positively impact the communities in 
which we live and work. Our support over the past 
year has seen us work with numerous charities 
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A number of our people and their families participated in the 
Drive-In, Sleep-In again in 2019, helping raise awareness and 
funds to support people who are experiencing or are at risk of 
homelessness. Braving the elements and sleeping in their cars 
for the night, almost $10,000 was raised for the St Vincent de 
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Our staff wore their jeans to work for a day, raising funds for 
the Children’s Medical Research Institute, working to find 
treatments and cures for children’s genetic diseases. 

CANCER COUNCIL
Our Pink Ribbon Day event raised funds to support the Cancer Council’s mission to work with the 
community to reduce the incidence and impact of cancer.

SOUL INC.
Also in December, we supported SOUL Inc., a charity 
local to our Henderson facility, that provides services to 
struggling people and families. The funds we donated were 
used to provide hampers for those in need, and Christmas 
gifts for children who might not otherwise get to experience 
the magic of Christmas. A team of our people also 
volunteered to help distribute the hampers and gifts.

CITY TO SURF
Participating in Chevron’s City to Surf, our people took to the streets of Perth, walking and running to raise 
funds for Activ, supporting people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY FOOD DRIVE
In December, we undertook a Christmas Food Drive at our Henderson facility for the St Vincent de Paul 
Society. Our people donated non-perishable food and personal hygiene items, to support families in need 
during the holiday period.

CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY
Employees at our Henderson and Newcastle facilities, and 
across our projects, participated in Clean Up Australia Day, 
cleaning up their local area and contributing to a cleaner 
environment.

PROJECT INITIATIVES
Throughout the year, our projects and staff around Australia 
participated in fundraising events for a variety of charities, 
including Movember and R U OK Day.

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A Sustainability Report outlining our 
performance during FY2020, and our future 
strategies for improvement, will be released  
in November 2020.

The purpose of this report, 
produced annually in line with 
our financial reporting period, 
is to enable key stakeholders 
to understand our sustainability 
approach, actions, performance 
and key material issues over  
that period. 

The report links our sustainability 
principles to our mission, vision 
and values and was prepared 
in accordance with the Global 
Reporting Initiative (GRI) 
Sustainability Reporting Standards 
2016 core-level reporting, which 
focuses on identifying and 
reporting on issues or concerns 
that are material to our business 
and stakeholders, in relation 
to environmental, social and 
governance (ESG) performance. 

The report outlines our management 
approach and performance across 
the key material risk areas identified, 
as a fundamental component of 
future strategy to drive sustainable 
growth.

Our sustainability agenda is  
focused on: 

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 continuing to operate with 
integrity;

 actively contributing to the 
success and welfare of our 
people and the communities in 
which we operate;

 ensuring our operations have 
minimal environmental impact; 
and

 achieving our safety, health, 
people, environment, and 
financial targets.

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EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN 
Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald was appointed to the Board on 27 March 2012.  
He is responsible for providing leadership to the Board and guidance on the 
Group’s corporate direction, facilitating the effective contribution of the Directors and 
ensuring procedures are in place to comply with the Group’s guidelines on corporate 
governance. With more than 35 years’ experience, Mr Fitzgerald has a wealth of 
experience, with a natural ability to create solutions for complex tasks.  
He has a strong belief in the training and development of people which has been a 
key aspect of the Group’s growth and success. 

MR PATRICK JOHN TALLON 
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
Mr Patrick John Tallon was appointed to the Board on 27 March 2012.  
He is responsible for implementing the strategic decisions and policies of the 
Company, with a strong focus on safety culture, team building, leadership and the 
Group’s financial performance. Over the past 30 years, Mr Tallon has developed his 
knowledge in the Oil & Gas, Metals & Minerals, Infrastructure & Defence sectors, 
building an understanding of key stakeholder requirements at all levels. He is a key 
driver in company innovation, productivity improvement, and the waste elimination 
programs within the business. 

MR KEVIN JAMES DEERY 
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER / ACTING CHIEF  
FINANCIAL OFFICER 
Mr Kevin James Deery was appointed to the Board on 27 March 2012.  
He is responsible for ensuring a safety focused workplace, delivering a high-quality 
product, while overseeing the ongoing business operations of the Group’s quality-
oriented culture, compliance and operational productivity. Mr Deery has more than 
20 years’ experience, including significant time spent within the construction and 
engineering services industry throughout Australia.

MR CHONG TECK SIN
LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR 
Mr Chong Teck Sin was appointed to the Board on 27 March 2012. Mr Chong is 
currently an Independent Director of Changan Minsheng APLL Logistics Co Ltd, 
InnoTek Limited and AIMS APAC REITS Management Limited, and a Director 
of Civmec Construction & Engineering, Singapore Pte Ltd, Accordia Golf Trust 
Management Pte Ltd and Ranhill Pte Ltd. He has a Bachelor of Engineering from 
the University of Tokyo, and a Master of Business Administration from the National 
University of Singapore.

MR WONG FOOK CHOY SUNNY 
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR  
Mr Sunny Wong Fook Choy was appointed to the Board on 27 March 2012.  
He is a practicing advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and 
is currently the Managing Director of Wong Tan & Molly Lim LLC. He is also an 
Independent Director of Excelpoint Technology Ltd, Mencast Holdings Ltd and 
InnoTek Limited and a Director and shareholder of WTL Management Services Pte 
Ltd. Mr Wong holds a Bachelor of Law (Honours) from the National University of 
Singapore.

MR DOUGLAS OWEN CHESTER
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR  
Mr Douglas Owen Chester was appointed to the Board on 2 November 2012.  
He is an Independent Director of the Australian Maritime Shipbuilding and 
Export Group Pty Ltd. He was previously a senior Australian Government official 
and diplomat and prior to his appointment, held the role of Australia’s High 
Commissioner to Singapore. Mr Chester holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) 
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ADAM GOLDSMITH 
EXECUTIVE GROUP MANAGER – OPERATIONAL SUPPORT  
Mr Adam Goldsmith joined the Group in 2017, and has made a significant 
contribution to the Company. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered 
Surveyors, with quantity surveying and construction law qualifications. He brings 
a wealth of knowledge and experience to the executive team, with over 25 years’ 
commercial and risk management experience gained previously with major UK  
and Australian companies.

RODNEY BOWES
EXECUTIVE GROUP MANAGER – PROPOSALS  
Mr Rod Bowes joined the Group in 2010 and is responsible for managing the 
Group’s proposals division. Mr Bowes brings over 40 years’ experience in the 
fabrication and construction industry. He is focused on securing a strong and 
profitable Order Book for the Group and his knowledge of multi-disciplined activities 
working together as a single team allows him to ensure tenders are submitted with 
optimum client value in mind.

CHARLES SWEENEY
EXECUTIVE GENERAL MANAGER – CONSTRUCTION  
Mr Charles Sweeney has grown within the Group since inception, and is responsible 
for managing the Group’s construction division. With a passion for effective 
leadership, Mr Sweeney is focused on developing the operations department and 
offering client solutions. He has extensive experience across all the construction 
disciplines which allows him to co-ordinate discipline interfaces effectively.

DAVID POWER
EXECUTIVE GENERAL MANAGER, MANUFACTURING 
Mr David Power has been with the Group since 2011 and is responsible for 
overseeing both the Henderson and Newcastle facilities, maximising synergies 
between our east and west coast operations. Mr Power has a strong understanding 
of the requirements of delivering on safety, quality, time and budget, having worked 
his way up through the manufacturing arm of the business in various roles since 
joining the Group.

MYLON MANUSIU 
EXECUTIVE GENERAL MANAGER, MAINTENANCE 
Mr Mylon Manusiu has been with the Group since 2015 and is responsible  
for managing the Group’s growing maintenance division, along with the delivery 
of minor projects. With a long history throughout his working career of delivering 
refractory and maintenance projects, Mr Manusiu has spearheaded the growth  
of this part of the business since joining the Group.

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REPORT

DIRECTORS’ STATEMENT 

REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 

CORPORATE REGISTRY 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF  
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF  
CHANGES IN EQUITY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF  
CASH FLOWS 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

STATISTICS OF SHAREHOLDERS 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON  
DIRECTORS SEEKING RE-ELECTION 

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DIRECTORS’ STATEMENT

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

The Directors present their report to the members together with the audited consolidated financial statements of  
Civmec Limited (the ‘Company’) and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the ‘Group’) for the financial year ended  
30 June 2020 and the statement of financial position of the Company as at 30 June 2020.

In the opinion of the Directors:

(a)  the statement of financial position of the Company and the consolidated financial statements of the Group are drawn  

up so as to give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Company and of the Group as at 30 June 2020 and  
the financial performance, changes in equity and cash flows of the Group for the financial year ended; and

(b)  at the date of this statement, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as  

and when they fall due.

1.  Directors

The Directors of the Company in office at the date of this report are as follows:

Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald 
Mr Patrick John Tallon 
Mr Kevin James Deery 
Mr Chong Teck Sin 
Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 
Mr Douglas Owen Chester  

Executive Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer / Acting Chief Financial Officer
Lead Independent Director
Independent Director
Independent Director

2.  Arrangements to Enable Directors to Acquire Shares or Debentures

Neither at the end of nor at any time during the financial year was the Company a party to any arrangement whose object 
was to enable the Directors of the Company to acquire benefits by means of the acquisition of shares or debentures of the 
Company or any other body corporate, other than as disclosed under ‘Share Options’ and ‘Shares’ in this report. 

3.  Directors’ Interests in Shares and Debentures

The interests of the Directors holding office at the end of the financial year in the share capital of the Company and related 
corporations as recorded in the register of Directors’ shareholdings were as follows:

The Company

Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald

Mr Patrick John Tallon

Mr Kevin James Deery

Mr Douglas Chester

Holdings registered
 in the name of Directors

Holdings in which a Director is 
deemed to have an interest

At 1.7.19

At 30.6.20

At 1.7.19

At 30.6.20

-

54,000

-

-

No. of Ordinary shares

-

97,720,806

97,720,806

54,000

97,566,806

97,566,806

-

-

13,295,250

13,295,250

-

70,000

There was no change in any of the above-mentioned interests between the end of the financial year and 21 July 2020.

Except as disclosed in this report, no Director who held office at the end of the financial year had interests in shares, share 
options, warrants or debentures of the Company, or of related corporations, either at the beginning of the financial year, or 
date of appointment, if later or at the end of the financial year.

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4.  Share Options

Civmec Limited Employee Share Option Scheme
The Civmec Limited Employee Share Option Scheme (the ‘CESOS’) for key management personnel and employees  
of the Group formed part of the Civmec Limited prospectus dated 5 April 2012.

The Remuneration Committee (the ‘RC’) administering the Scheme comprises Directors, Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 
(Chairman of the Committee), Mr Chong Teck Sin and Mr Douglas Owen Chester.

As part of Civmec’s dual listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (‘ASX’), no further grants will be made under  
the CESOS.

Options Granted under the Scheme

As at 30 June 2020, the following options to subscribe for ordinary shares of the Company pursuant to the CESOS 
were granted.

Date of grant

Exercise period

Expiry date

Number of options

11 September 2013

12 September 2014 to 
10 September 2023

11 September 2023

4,000,000

The options granted by the Company do not entitle the holder of the options, by virtue of such holding, to any right to 
participate in any share issue of any other company.

Options Exercised

During the financial year, there were no shares of the Company or its subsidiaries issued by virtue of the exercise of 
options to take up unissued shares.

Options Outstanding

Details of all the options to subscribe for ordinary shares of the Company pursuant to the CESOS, outstanding as at 
30 June 2020 are as follows:

Expiry date

Exercise price

Number of options

11 September 2023

S$0.65

4,000,000

5.  Performance Share Plan

Civmec Limited Performance Share Plan
The Civmec Limited Performance Share Plan (the ‘CPSP’) for key management personnel and employees of the  
Group was approved and adopted by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 25 October 2012.

The Remuneration Committee (the ‘RC’) administering the Scheme comprises Directors, Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 
(Chairman of the Committee), Mr Chong Teck Sin and Mr Douglas Owen Chester.

The CPSP forms an integral and important component of the employee compensation plan, which is designed to 
primarily reward and retain key management and employees of the Company whose services are integral to the  
success and the continued growth of the Company.

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5.  Performance Share Plan (continued)

Civmec Limited Performance Share Plan (continued)

Principal terms of the Scheme

(i)  Participants
Under the rules of the Scheme, employees including Executive Directors and Associated Company Employees, who are 
not Controlling Shareholders or their associates, are eligible to participate in the Scheme.

Persons who are Controlling Shareholders and their Associates shall be eligible to participate in the Civmec Performance 
Share Plan if:

(a)  their participation in the Civmec Performance Share Plan; and

(b)  the actual number and terms of the Awards to be granted to them have been approved by independent  

Shareholders of the Company in separate resolutions for each such person.

(ii)  Size of the Scheme
The aggregate number of new Shares in respect of which Awards may be granted on any date under the CPSP, when 
added to (i) the aggregate number of Shares issued and issuable in respect of options granted under the Civmec 
Employee Share Option Scheme, and (ii) any other share schemes to be implemented by the Company, shall not exceed 
15% of the number of issued Shares on the day immediately preceding the relevant Date of the Award (or such other 
limit as the SGX-ST may determine from time to time).

(iii)  Grant of Awards
Under the rules of the Plan, there are no fixed periods for the grant of Awards. As such, offers for the grant of Awards 
may be made at any time, from time to time at the discretion of the Committee.

In addition, in the event that an announcement on any matter of an exceptional nature involving unpublished price 
sensitive information is imminent, offers may only be made after the second market day from the date on which the 
aforesaid announcement is made.

(iv)  Lapse of Awards
Special provisions in the rules of the Plan deal with the lapse of Awards in circumstances which include the termination 
of the participant’s employment in the Company, the bankruptcy of the participant, a take-over of the Company and the 
winding-up of the Company.

(v)  Release of Awards
After the end of each performance period, the Remuneration Committee (the ‘RC’) will review the performance targets 
specified in respect of the Award and if they have been satisfied, will release Awards to Participants.

(vi)  Duration of the Plan
The Plan shall continue in operation for a maximum duration of ten years and may be continued for any further period 
thereafter with the approval of the shareholders by ordinary resolution in general meeting and of any relevant authorities 
which may then be required.

Awards Granted under the Scheme

The details of the awards granted under the Scheme during the financial year are as follows:

Year of Award

Nil

No. of holders

-

No. of shares

-

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6.  Performance Rights Plan

Civmec Limited Performance Rights Plan
The Civmec Limited Performance Rights Plan (the ‘CPRP’) for key senior executives of the Group was approved and 
adopted by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 25 October 2019.

The Remuneration Committee (the ‘RC’) administering the Scheme comprises Directors, Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 
(Chairman of the Committee), Mr Chong Teck Sin and Mr Douglas Owen Chester.

Performance rights is a right to one issued ordinary shares of the Company granted under the CPRP.

The CPRP is designed to reinforce the vital equity culture at the top management level and to further align the interests 
of the Company’s top management with those of Shareholders. 

Principal terms of the Scheme

(i)  Participants
Under the rules of the Scheme, Key Senior Executives who have attained the age of 21 years and hold such rank 
as may be designated by the Committee from time to time, shall be eligible to participate in the Plan at the absolute 
discretion of the Committee. It also serves as an incentive for the recruitment and retention of talented senior executives.

Persons who are Controlling Shareholders and their Associates shall be eligible to participate in the CPRP if:

(a)  their participation in the Civmec Performance Rights Plan; and

(b)  the actual number and terms of the Performance Rights to be granted to them have been approved by independent  

Shareholders of the Company in separate resolutions for each such person.

(ii)  Size of the Scheme
The aggregate number of Ordinary Shares which may be delivered pursuant to CPRP grated under the Plan on any 
date, when added to (i) the total number of Shares issued or issuable in respect of Performance Rights granted under 
the Plan, and (ii) any other share schemes adopted by the Company, shall not exceed 15% of the total number of 
issued Shares on the day immediately preceding the relevant Date of the Award (or such other limit as the SGX-ST may 
determine from time to time).

(iii)  Grant of Awards
The grant of awards may be made on an annual basis following the Company’s annual general meeting, or at any time, 
from time to time at the discretion of the Committee.

When considering the value of the award to be provided, the Committee primarily considers the number of Award shares 
and the performance condition within the performance period.

(iv)  Lapse of Awards
Special provisions in the rules of the Plan deal with the lapse of Awards in circumstances which include the termination 
of the participant’s employment in the Company, the bankruptcy of the participant, the retirement of the participant, a 
misconduct of the participant, a take-over of the Company and the winding-up of the Company.

(v)  Vesting of Performance Rights
A Performance Right refers to a right to one issued ordinary share of the Company granted under the scheme for no 
consideration. The Performance Rights are subject to the following vesting criteria:

(a)  satisfaction of gateway hurdles; and

(b)  achievement of Company performance measures.

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6.  Performance Rights Plan (continued)

Civmec Limited Performance Rights Plan (continued)

Principal terms of the Scheme (continued)

Gateway Hurdles

The following two gateway hurdles need to be satisfied for any vesting, regardless of achievement of Company 
performance measures.

•  personal performance reviews have been received over the performance period at a satisfactory level (as determined by 

the Committee); and

• 

the participant remains employed with Civmec.

Company Performance Measures

To the extent the gateway hurdles are satisfied, 100% of the vesting will be based on the absolute earnings per share 
(aEPS) outcome. aEPS is based on the achievement of certain predetermined performance targets determined by the 
Committee. The vesting schedule is as follows:

Long term incentive (LTI) proportion vesting

aEPS (100%)

50%

Target = 90% of three-year average annual result

Pro-rata between 50% and 100%

Outcome achieved between target and stretch 

100%

Stretch >110% of three-year average annual result

The Committee has the discretion to determine whether the performance targets have been met.

(vi)  Release of Awards
After the end of each performance period, the Remuneration Committee (the ‘RC’) will review the performance targets 
specified in respect of the Award and if they have been satisfied, will release Awards to Participants.

(vii) Duration of the Plan
The Plan shall continue in operation for a maximum duration of ten years and may be continued for any further period 
thereafter with the approval of the shareholders by ordinary resolution in general meeting and of any relevant authorities 
which may then be required.

Awards Granted under the Scheme

The details of the awards granted under the Scheme are as follows:

Year of Award

FY 2019/20

No. of rights

7,359,993

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6.  Performance Rights Plan (continued)

Civmec Limited Performance Rights Plan (continued) 

Principal terms of the Scheme (continued)

FY2020 Performance rights grant

Rights will vest in two tranches as follows:

•  Tranche 1 (50%): 2 year performance period (1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020)

•  Tranche 2 (50%): 3 year performance period (1 July 2019 to 30 June 2021)

The number of performance rights in the Company held during the financial year by each Director and KMP of the 
consolidated entity, is set out below:

Balance at  
appointment 
date or  
1.07.2019

750,000

750,000

750,000

750,000

624,000

624,000

546,000

268,000

268,000

Granted

Vested

Expired /  
Other

Balance
30.06.2020

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

750,000

750,000

750,000

(750,000)

-

-

-

-

-

-

624,000

624,000

546,000

268,000

268,000

Directors:

James Fitzgerald

Patrick Tallon

Kevin Deery

Key management personnel:

Justine Campbell*

Rodney Bowes

Charles Sweeney

Adam Goldsmith

David Power**

Mylon Manusiu**

* Terminated 27/09/2019.
** Appointed 06/09/2019.

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7.  Audit Committee

The members of the Audit Committee (‘AC’) at the end of the financial year are as follows:

Mr Chong Teck Sin 
Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 
Mr Douglas Owen Chester  

Chairman 
Member 
Member

All members of the Audit Committee are Non-Executive Directors. The Audit Committee performs the functions specified 
by the Listing Manual of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (‘SGX-ST’), the Listing Rules of the Australian 
Securities Exchange (‘ASX’), the Code of Corporate Governance and Section 201B(5) of the Singapore Companies Act, 
Chapter 50.

The nature and extent of the functions performed by the Audit Committee are detailed in the Corporate Governance Report 
set out in the Annual Report of the Company.

8.  Independent Auditor

The independent auditor, Moore Stephens LLP, has expressed its willingness to accept reappointment as auditor.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

James Finbarr Fitzgerald 
Executive Chairman

31 August 2020

Patrick John Tallon 
Executive Director

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Introduction

The Board of Directors (the ‘Board’) and the senior management of Civmec Limited (‘Civmec’ or the ‘Company’) together 
with its subsidiaries (the ‘Group’), recognise the importance of good corporate governance in ensuring greater transparency 
and protecting the interests of shareholders, as well as strengthening investors’ confidence in its management and financial 
reporting and are, accordingly, committed to maintaining a high standard of corporate governance throughout the Group. 

This corporate governance report (‘Report’) describes the Company’s corporate governance framework and practices 
that were in place during the financial year ended 30 June 2020 (‘FY2020’) with specific reference to the Principles 
and Provisions of the Singapore Code of Corporate Governance 2018 (the ‘Code’) and the 3rd edition of the 
Australian Securities Exchange (‘ASX’) Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations (‘ASX Principles and 
Recommendations’), which is also available on the Company’s corporate website. 

In line with the commitment of the Company to maintaining high standards of corporate governance, the Company 
continually reviews its corporate governance processes to strive to comply with the Code. 

To the extent the Company’s practices may vary from the provisions of the Code for FY2020, the Company has  
explained how its practices are consistent with the intent of the relevant principles of the Code. The Board is pleased  
to report compliance of the Company with the Code, the Listing Manual of the Singapore Exchange Securities Limited  
(the ‘SGX-ST’), and the Listing Rules of the ASX, where applicable, except where otherwise stated.

Board Matters

The Board’s Conduct of Affairs

Principle 1: The company is headed by an effective Board which is collectively responsible and works with 
Management for the long-term success of the company.

Provision 1.1 Directors are fiduciaries who act objectively in the best interests of the company and hold 
Management accountable for performance. The Board puts in place a code of conduct and ethics, sets 
appropriate tone-from-the-top and desired organisational culture, and ensures proper accountability within 
the company. Directors facing conflicts of interest recuse themselves from discussions and decisions involving  
the issues of conflict.

The primary role of the Board is to protect and enhance shareholders’ value and to ensure that the Company is run in 
accordance with best international management and corporate governance practices, appropriate to the needs and 
development of the Group. The Board works closely with the senior management for the long-term success of the 
Company and continuously maintains the highest standards of behaviour and ethical conduct within the Group.   
The Board has adopted a formal code of conduct and it requires all the Directors, senior management and employees  
to abide by the Company’s Standard Code of Conduct, which is available on its corporate website.

Apart from its statutory duties and responsibilities, the Board’s functions include:

•  overseeing the management and affairs of the Group and approving the Group’s corporate strategy and directions;

• 

• 

implementing policies in relation to financial matters, which include risk management and internal control and 
compliance;

reviewing the financial performance of the Group, approves investment proposals and sets values and standards, 
including ethical standards for the Company and the Group;

•  ensuring that the Group has in place an appropriate risk management framework and setting the risk appetite within 

which the Board expects senior management to operate;

•  approving the appointment, and when necessary replacement, of the senior management personnel; and

•  developing and reviewing corporate governance principles and policies.

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The Board’s Conduct of Affairs (continued)

Principle 1: (continued)

Provision 1.1 (continued)

All Directors are aware of their fiduciary duties and exercise due diligence and independent judgement in ensuring that 
their decisions are objective and in the best interests of the Company. Directors who face conflicts of interest disclose their 
interests and voluntarily recuse themselves from discussions and decisions involving the issues of conflict.

Provision 1.2 Directors understand the company’s business as well as their directorship duties (including 
their roles as Executive, Non-Executive and Independent Directors). Directors are provided with opportunities 
to develop and maintain their skills and knowledge at the company’s expense. The induction, training and 
development provided to new and existing Directors are disclosed in the company’s annual report. 

The Company encourages the Directors to learn and develop as Directors. The Directors may attend training, conferences 
and seminars which may have a bearing on their duties and contribution to the Board, organised by professional 
bodies, regulatory institutions and corporations at the Company’s expense, to keep themselves updated on the latest 
developments concerning the Group and to keep abreast of the latest regulatory changes. 

Each quarter, the Board was briefed and/or updated on recent changes to the accounting standards and industry 
developments and business initiatives.

All the Board members are actively engaged and play an important role in ensuring good corporate governance within 
the Company. Visits to the Company’s business premises are arranged to acquaint the Non-Executive Directors with the 
Company’s operations and ensure that all the Directors are familiar with the Company’s business, policies and governance 
practices.

Prior to their respective appointments to the Board, each of the Directors was given an orientation and induction 
programme to familiarise them with the Company’s business activities, strategic directions, policies and key new projects 
and have undertaken all appropriate checks (including the person’s character, experience, education, criminal record 
and bankruptcy history). In addition, newly appointed senior management personnel are subject to the same orientation, 
induction programme and appropriate checks in accordance with our internal onboarding policies and procedures before 
the personnel are introduced to the senior management team. Upon appointment of each Director and senior management 
personnel, the Company provides a services agreement to the Director and senior management personnel setting out their 
duties and obligations.

Provision 1.3 The Board decides on matters that require its approval and clearly communicates this to 
Management in writing. Matters requiring board approval are disclosed in the company’s annual report.

The Board has delegated the day-to-day management of the Group to the senior management, headed by the Executive 
Chairman, Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald, the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Patrick John Tallon and the Chief Operating Officer, 
Mr Kevin James Deery. Matters that are specifically reserved for the approval of the Board include, among others:

• 

reviewing the adequacy and integrity of the Group’s internal controls, risk management systems, compliance and 
financial reporting systems; 

•  approving the annual budgets and business plans;

•  approving major investment or expenditure;

•  approving material acquisitions and disposal of assets;

•  approving the Company’s periodic and full-year results announcements for release to the SGX-ST and ASX;

•  approving the annual report and audited financial statements; 

•  monitoring senior management’s performance;

• 

recommending share issuance, dividend payments and other returns to shareholders; 

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The Board’s Conduct of Affairs (continued)

Principle 1: (continued)

Provision 1.3 (continued)

•  ensuring accurate, adequate and timely reporting to, and communication with shareholders; and

•  assuming responsibility for corporate governance.

The Company has adopted a policy on signing limits, setting out the level of authorisation required for specific transactions, 
including those that require Board approval. 

Provision 1.4 Board committees, including Executive Committees (if any), are formed with clear written terms of 
reference setting out their compositions, authorities and duties, including reporting back to the Board. The names 
of the committee members, the terms of reference, any delegation of the Board’s authority to make decisions, and 
a summary of each committee’s activities, are disclosed in the company’s annual report.

To assist in the execution of its responsibilities, the Board has established several Board Committees namely; Audit 
Committee (‘AC’), Nominating Committee (‘NC’), Remuneration Committee (‘RC’) and Risks and Conflicts Committee 
(‘RCC’). These committees function within clearly defined terms of references and operating procedures, which are 
reviewed on a regular basis. The effectiveness of these committees is also regularly monitored and reviewed by the Board. 
The roles and responsibilities of these committees are described in the following sections of this report.  

Provision 1.5 Directors attend and actively participate in Board and board committee meetings. The number of 
such meetings and each individual Director’s attendances at such meetings are disclosed in the company’s annual 
report. Directors with multiple board representations ensure that sufficient time and attention are given to the 
affairs of each company.

The Board meets on a regular basis and when necessary, to address any specific significant matters that may arise.  
Board meetings are scheduled in advance. The Constitution of the Company provides for Directors to conduct meetings  
by teleconferencing or videoconferencing or other similar means of communication whereby all persons participating in  
the meeting are able to hear each other. The Board and Board Committees may also make decisions by way of  
circulating resolutions. 

The number of Board and Board Committee meetings held and attended by each Board member during the financial year 
ended 30 June 2020 (‘FY2020’) is set out below:

Board Committees

Board

4

Audit 
Committee
4

Remuneration
Committee
2

Nominating 
Committee
2

No. of Meetings Attended

4

4 

4

4

4

4

4*

4*

4*

4

4

4

2*

2*

2*

2

2

2

2*

2*

2*

2

2

2

Risks and 
Conflicts 
Committee
4

4*

4*

4*

4

4

4

No. of Meetings Held

James Finbarr Fitzgerald

Patrick John Tallon

Kevin James Deery

Chong Teck Sin

Wong Fook Choy Sunny

Douglas Owen Chester 

*By Invitation 

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The Board’s Conduct of Affairs (continued)

Principle 1: (continued)

Provision 1.6 Management provides directors with complete, adequate and timely information prior to 
meetings and on an on-going basis to enable them to make informed decisions and discharge their duties and 
responsibilities.

The Board is informed of all material events and transactions as and when they occur. The senior management consults 
Board members as necessary and appropriate. Detailed Board papers, agenda and related material, background or 
explanatory information relating to matters to be discussed are sent out to the Directors, usually at least a week prior 
to each meeting, so that all Directors may better understand the issues beforehand, allowing more time at meetings for 
discussion and deliberations. 

Directors are provided with a copy of documents containing a wide range of relevant information, including, quarterly and 
annual financial results, progress reports of the Group’s operations, corporate developments, business developments, 
management information, sector performance, budgets, forecast, capital expenditure and personnel statistics, reports from 
both external and internal auditors, significant project updates, business strategies, risk analysis and assessments and 
relevant regulatory updates.

The senior management’s proposals to the Board for approval include background and explanatory information such as, 
resources needed, risk analysis and mitigation strategies, financial impact, regulatory implications, expected outcomes, 
conclusions and recommendations. Employees who can provide additional insight into matters to be discussed will be 
present at the relevant time during the Board and Board Committee meetings. In order to keep Directors abreast of the 
Group’s operations, the Directors are also updated on initiatives and developments on the Group’s business as soon as 
practicable and/or possible and on an ongoing basis. 

The Company Secretaries administer and are available to attend Board meetings and assist the Chairman in implementing 
appropriate Board procedures to facilitate compliance with the Company’s Constitution. The Company Secretaries also 
ensure that the requirements of the Companies Act (Chapter 50), SGX-ST Listing Manual, ASX Listing Rules and other 
governance matters applicable to the Company are complied with. The Company Secretaries work together with the 
Company to ensure that the Company complies with all relevant rules and regulations. 

All Directors are updated regularly on changes to the Company’s policies and are kept updated on relevant new laws and 
regulations including Directors’ duties and responsibilities, corporate governance and financial reporting standards. Newly 
appointed Directors are given briefings by the Management on the business activities of the Group. 

Provision 1.7 Directors have separate and independent access to Management, the Company secretary, and 
external advisers (where necessary) at the company’s expense. The appointment and removal of the company 
secretary is a decision of the Board as a whole.

The Board has separate and independent access to the senior management of the Company and the Company 
Secretaries at all times. Requests for information are dealt with promptly by the senior management. 

The Company Secretaries are appointed by the Board and are accountable to the Board, through the Chairman, on 
all matters to do with the proper functioning of the Board. The removal of the Company Secretaries are subject to the 
approval of the Board. The Company Secretaries work closely with the Chairman to manage the flow of information 
between the Board, its committees and senior management across the Company.

The Board in fulfilling its responsibilities can, as a collective body or individually as Board members, when deemed fit, 
direct the Company and at the Company’s expense, appoint independent professionals to render advice.

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Board Composition and Guidance

Principle 2: The Board has an appropriate level of independence and diversity of thought and background in its 
composition to enable it to make decisions in the best interests of the company.

Provision 2.1 An ‘independent’ director is one who is independent in conduct, character and judgement, and 
has no relationship with the company, its related corporations, its substantial shareholders or its officers that 
could interfere, or be reasonably perceived to interfere, with the exercise of the director’s independent business 
judgement in the best interests of the company.

The independence of each Director is reviewed annually by the Nominating Committee (‘NC’) in accordance with the 
Code’s definition of independence. Each Independent Director is required to declare their independence by duly completing 
and submitting a ‘Confirmation of Independence’ form. The declaration requires each Director to assess whether they 
consider themselves independent and not having any of the relationships identified in the Code. Each Director is required 
to declare any circumstances in which they may be considered non-independent. The NC reviews the Confirmation of 
Independence to determine whether a Director is independent. The NC also considers the actions and conduct of the 
Independent Directors, including in formal Board meetings, to assess their independence. The NC has carefully reviewed 
and subsequently determined that the Independent Directors, namely Mr Chong Teck Sin, Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny and 
Mr Douglas Owen Chester, are independent.

Provision 2.2 Independent directors make up a majority of the Board where the Chairman is not independent

As at the date of this Report, the Board comprises six (6) Directors, three (3) of whom are Executive Directors and the 
remaining three (3) Directors being Independent Directors who make up half of the Board. No individual, or group of 
individuals, dominates the Board’s decision-making as half of the Board consist of Independent Directors. 

The Company does not have Independent Directors make up a majority of the Board where the current Chairman is not 
independent. Board diversity of thought and professional background of Directors brings a range of longer term benefits to 
the Company more than a majority number of Independent Directors.

Collectively, the Executive Directors and Independent Directors bring a wide range of experience and expertise as they 
all currently occupy or have occupied senior positions in industry and/or government, and as such, each contributes 
significantly to Board decisions. 

In order to strengthen the independence of the Board, the Company has appointed a Lead Independent Director,  
Mr Chong Teck Sin, to co-ordinate and lead the Independent Directors, providing a non-executive perspective and 
balanced viewpoint. 

The Lead Independent Director will represent the Independent Directors in responding to shareholders’ questions and 
comments that are directed to the Independent Directors as a group. 

Provision 2.3 Non-executive directors make up a majority of the Board

As at the date of this Report, the Board comprises six (6) Directors, three (3) of whom are Executive Directors and the 
remaining three (3) Directors being Independent Directors who make up half of the Board. 

While Non-Executive Directors do not make up a majority of the Board, the Board considers the management and 
oversight function with Executive Directors heavily involved in management activities while Non-Executive Directors exercise 
oversight role brings a range of longer term benefits to the Company more than a majority number of Non-Executive 
Directors. Diversity of thought and professional background of Directors allow decisions to be made in the best interest  
of the Company.  

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Board Composition and Guidance (continued)

Principle 2: (continued)

Provision 2.3: (continued)

The Non-Executive Directors provide constructive review and assist the Board to facilitate and develop proposals on 
strategy and monitor the performance of the senior management in meeting agreed objectives. The Non-Executive 
Directors have full access to and co-operation from the Company’s senior management and officers. They have full 
discretion to have separate meetings without the presence of senior management and to invite any Directors or officers  
to the meetings as and when warranted. 

Provision 2.4 The Board and board committees are of an appropriate size, and comprise directors who as a group 
provide the appropriate balance and mix of skills, knowledge, experience, and other aspects of diversity such as 
gender and age, so as to avoid groupthink and foster constructive debate. The board diversity policy and progress 
made towards implementing the board diversity policy, including objectives, are disclosed in the company’s 
annual report.

The Board, in concurrence with the Nominating Committee (‘NC’), is of the view that the current Board and the Board 
Committees comprise an appropriate balance and diversity of skills, experience and knowledge of the Company, which 
provides broad diversity of expertise such as accounting or finance, business or management experience, industry 
knowledge, strategic planning experience and customer-based experience and knowledge who, as a group, provide core 
competencies necessary to meet the Company’s requirements. Further details on the key information and the profile of the 
Directors including their academic and professional qualifications, and other directorships in other listed companies is set 
out on related pages of this annual report.

The current Board composition provides a diversity of skill, experience, and knowledge to the Company as follows:

Core Competencies

Business Management

Accounting or finance

Legal or corporate governance

Strategic planning experience

Relevant industry knowledge or experience

Gender:

Male

Female

Balance and Diversity of the Board

Number of Directors

Proportion of Board

6

6

6

6

4

100%

100%

100%

100%

67%

Number of Directors

Proportion of Board

6

0

100%

0

The Company values diversity and equal opportunity and has various policies in place (which includes the diversity policy, 
equal opportunity policy, and aboriginal peoples policy, that are available on its corporate website) to ensure that its Board, 
senior management and workforce is comprised of individuals with diverse skills, values, backgrounds and experience to 
the benefit of the Group. Diversity refers to characteristics such as age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability 
and ethnicity. All appointments and employment of employees including Directors are based strictly on merit and equal 
opportunity and not driven by any gender bias. Nevertheless, the Company endeavours to include further additional 
attributes when there is a need to bring in fresh perspectives and enhancements. The composition and renewal of the 
Board, including the need for progressive refreshing of the Board, is reviewed on an annual basis by the NC to ensure 
that the Board has the appropriate balance and mix of skills, knowledge, expertise, experience and other aspects of 
diversity such as gender and age, so as to avoid group think and foster constructive debate and possesses the necessary 
competencies for effective decision making. The Company’s annual Sustainability Report clearly articulates the Company’s 
strategy, targets, performance and future focus in relation to diversity.

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Principle 2: (continued) 

Provision 2.5 Non-executive directors and/or independent Directors, led by the independent Chairman or other 
independent director as appropriate, meet regularly without the presence of Management. The chairman of such 
meetings provides feedback to the Board and/or Chairman as appropriate.

In order to strengthen the independence of the Board, the Company has appointed a Lead Independent Director,  
Mr Chong Teck Sin, to co-ordinate and lead the Independent Directors, providing a non-executive perspective and 
balanced viewpoint.

The Independent Directors communicate regularly without the presence of the other Executive Directors and senior 
management, to discuss matters such as succession and leadership development planning, Board processes and 
corporate governance matters. Feedback on the outcomes of these discussions is provided to the Executive Chairman. 

To facilitate an effective review of the senior management, the Non-Executive Directors meet as and when necessary and 
at least once a year with Auditors without the presence of the senior management. 

The Board and senior management fully appreciate that a fundamental of good corporate governance is an effective 
and robust Board whose members engage in open and constructive debate and challenge senior management on its 
assumptions and proposals.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Principle 3: There is a clear division of responsibilities between the leadership of the Board and Management,  
and no one individual has unfettered powers of decision-making.

Provision 3.1 The Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO’) are separate persons to ensure an appropriate 
balance of power, increased accountability, and greater capacity of the Board for independent decision making.

Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald is the Executive Chairman of the Company, while Mr Patrick John Tallon is an Executive 
Director and Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO’).

The Executive Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer are not related.

Provision 3.2 The Board establishes and sets out in writing the division of responsibilities between the Chairman 
and the CEO.

Whilst the Board does not have an independent Chairman, the roles of the Executive Chairman and that of the CEO are 
clearly delineated. The Board believes that while the Chairman is not independent, the current composition of the Board 
with its combined skills and capability, and its mix of experience, best serve the interests of shareholders. 

The two roles are separated whereby the Executive Chairman bears responsibility for providing guidance on the corporate 
direction of the Group and leadership to the Board, and the CEO has executive responsibility for the Company’s day-to-day 
business.

Provision 3.3 The Board has a lead independent director to provide leadership in situations where the Chairman 
is conflicted, and especially when the Chairman is not independent. The lead independent director is available to 
shareholders where they have concerns and for which contact through the normal channels of communication 
with the Chairman or Management are inappropriate or inadequate.

The Company has appointed a Lead Independent Director, Mr Chong Teck Sin. As well as representing the views of 
the Independent Directors, he is also available to shareholders and to facilitate a two-way flow of information between 
shareholders, the Executive Chairman and the Board.   In addition, all the Board Committees are led and solely comprise  
of Independent Directors.

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Board Membership

Principle 4: The Board has a formal and transparent process for the appointment and re-appointment of directors, 
taking into account the need for progressive renewal of the Board.

Provision 4.1 The Board establishes a Nominating Committee (‘NC’) to make recommendations to the Board on 
relevant matters relating to:

(a)  the review of succession plans for directors, in particular the appointment and/or replacement of the Chairman, 

the CEO and key management personnel;

(b)  the process and criteria for evaluation of the performance of the Board, its board committees and directors;

(c)  the review of training and professional development programmes for the Board and its directors; and

(d)  the appointment and re-appointment of directors (including alternate directors, if any).

The Company had established an NC to make recommendations to the Board on all board appointments. 

The formal terms of reference of the NC are to:

•  nominate senior management personnel, Directors (including Independent Directors) taking into consideration their 

competencies, contribution, performance and ability to commit sufficient time and attention to the affairs of the Group 
and considering their respective commitments outside the Group; 

• 

• 

review and recommend to the Board the composition of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Risks and 
Conflicts Committee;

re-nominate Directors for re-election in accordance with the Constitution at each AGM and having regard to the 
Director’s contribution and performance;

•  determine annually whether or not a Director of the Company is independent;

•  decide whether or not a Director is able to and has been adequately carrying out their duties as a Director;

•  assess the performance of the Board annually as a whole and the individual contribution of each Director and senior 

management personnel to the effectiveness of the Board;

• 

• 

review and recommend succession plans for Directors and senior management, in particular the Executive Chairman 
and the CEO; and

review and recommend training and professional development programmes for the Board and senior management 
personnel.

The Company does not have a practice of appointing alternate Directors.

During the reporting period of the year, the NC has:

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

reviewed the structure, size and composition of the Board and Board Committees;

reviewed the independence of Directors;

reviewed and undertaken the process for evaluating the Board, individual Directors, and senior management personnel 
performance;

reviewed results of performance evaluation and provided feedback to the Chairman and Board Committees;

reviewed the need for progressive refreshing of the Board and provided feedback to the Chairman and Board 
Committees;

• 

reviewed succession planning for the Chairman, CEO and senior management personnel and notified the Board; and

•  discussed information required to be reported under the 2018 Code or Listing Manual.

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Principle 4 (continued)

Provision 4.2 The NC comprises at least three directors, the majority of whom, including the NC Chairman, are 
independent. The lead independent director, if any, is a member of the NC.

The NC comprises of three members, all of whom including the NC Chairman are Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Mr Douglas Owen Chester  
Mr Chong Teck Sin 
Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 

NC Chairman 
Member and Lead Independent Director 
Member

Provision 4.3 The company discloses the process for the selection, appointment and re-appointment of directors 
to the Board, including the criteria used to identify and evaluate potential new directors and channels used in 
searching for appropriate candidates in the company’s annual report.

The process for the selection and appointment (or re-appointment) of Board members is as follows:

• 

• 

• 

the NC evaluates the balance of skills, knowledge and experience of the Board and, in light of such evaluation and 
in consultation with the Board, prepares a description of the role and the essential and desirable competencies for a 
particular appointment (or re-appointment); 

if required, the NC may engage consultants to undertake research on, or assess, candidates for new positions on the 
Board;

the NC meets with short-listed candidates to assess their suitability and ensure that the candidates are aware of the 
expectations; and

• 

the NC makes recommendations to the Board for approval.

Pursuant to Article 118 of the Company’s Constitution, all the Directors are required to retire from office at every AGM of 
the Company.

After due review, the Board has accepted the recommendation of the NC and, accordingly, the below named Directors will 
be offering themselves for re-election at the forthcoming AGM:

1.  James Finbarr Fitzgerald
2.  Patrick John Tallon
3.  Kevin James Deery
4.  Chong Teck Sin
5.  Wong Fook Choy Sunny 
6.  Douglas Owen Chester 

Provision 4.4 The NC determines annually, and as and when circumstances require, if a director is independent, 
having regard to the circumstances set forth in Provision 2.1. Directors disclose their relationships with the 
company, its related corporations, its substantial shareholders or its officers, if any, which may affect their 
independence, to the Board. If the Board, having taken into account the views of the NC, determines that such 
directors are independent notwithstanding the existence of such relationships, the company discloses the 
relationships and its reasons in its annual report.

The independence of each Director is reviewed annually by the Nominating Committee (‘NC’) in accordance with the 
Code’s definition of independence. Each Independent Director is required to declare their independence by duly completing 
and submitting a ‘Confirmation of Independence’ form. The declaration requires each Director to assess whether they 
consider themselves independent and not having any of the relationships identified in the Code. Each Director is required 
to declare any circumstances in which they may be considered non-independent. The NC reviews the Confirmation of 
Independence to determine whether a Director is independent. The NC also considers the actions and conduct of the 
Independent Directors, including in formal Board meetings, to assess their independence. The NC has carefully reviewed 
and subsequently determined that the Independent Directors namely Mr Chong Teck Sin, Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny and 
Mr Douglas Owen Chester, are independent.

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Principle 4 (continued)

Provision 4.5 The NC ensures that new directors are aware of their duties and obligations. The NC also decides  
if a director is able to and has been adequately carrying out his or her duties as a director of the company.  
The company discloses in its annual report the listed company directorships and principal commitments of each 
director, and where a director holds a significant number of such directorships and commitments, it provides the 
NC’s and Board’s reasoned assessment of the ability of the director to diligently discharge his or her duties

The dates of Director’s initial appointment, last re-election and their directorships are set out below:

Name of Director

James Finbarr Fitzgerald

Patrick John Tallon

Kevin James Deery

Chong Teck Sin

Date of Initial 
Appointment
27 Mar 2012

27 Mar 2012

27 Mar 2012

27 Mar 2012

Date of Last 
Re-election
29 Oct 2019

29 Oct 2019

29 Oct 2019

29 Oct 2019

Wong Fook Choy Sunny

27 Mar 2012

29 Oct 2019

Present Directorships 
in Listed Companies
-

Past Directorships 
in Listed Companies(2)
-

-

-

Changan Minsheng 
APLL Logistics Co., Ltd(1) 
InnoTeck Limited
AIMS APAC REITS 
Management Limited

Mencast Holdings Ltd
Excelpoint Technology 
Ltd
InnoTeck Limited

-

-

AVIC International 
Maritime Holdings 
Limited

KTL Global Ltd

Kim Heng Offshore 
& Marine Holdings 
Limited

Douglas Owen Chester

 2 Nov 2012

29 Oct 2019

-

Notes:

(1)  Listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

(2)  Past directorships within the past 3 years

The NC has considered and taken the view that it would not be appropriate at this time to set a limit on the number of 
listed Company directorships that a Director may hold. Directors have different capabilities, the nature of the organisations 
in which they hold appointments and the committees on which they serve are of different complexities, and accordingly, 
each Director would personally determine the demands of their competing directorships and obligations and assess the 
number of listed Company directorships they could hold and serve effectively. Currently, none of the Directors hold more 
than four (4) directorships in other listed companies.

In addition, the NC also determines annually whether a Director with multiple Board representations is able to and has been 
adequately carrying out their duties as a Director of the Company. The NC takes into account the results of the assessment 
of the effectiveness of the individual Director and the respective Directors’ actual conduct on the Board. The NC is satisfied 
that for FY2020 sufficient time and attention have been devoted by the Directors to the affairs of the Company and the 
Group. As such, there is presently no need to implement internal guidelines to address their competing time commitments 
notwithstanding that some of the Directors have multiple Board representations. 

The NC will, however, continue to review, from time to time, the Board representations and other principal commitments to 
ensure that Directors continue to meet the demands of the Group and are able to discharge their duties adequately. 

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Board Performance 

Principle 5: The Board undertakes a formal annual assessment of its effectiveness as a whole, and that of each of 
its board committees and individual directors.

Provision 5.1 The NC recommends for the Board’s approval the objective performance criteria and process for the 
evaluation of the effectiveness of the Board as a whole, and of each board committee separately, as well as the 
contribution by the Chairman and each individual director to the Board.

For the year under review, the NC held two (2) meetings and evaluated the Board’s performance as a whole and the 
contribution of each Director to the effectiveness of the Board. The NC has adopted a formal process and criteria to assess 
the effectiveness of the Board and each of the Directors. The evaluation is carried out annually. 

Provision 5.2 The company discloses in its annual report how the assessments of the Board, its board committees 
and each director have been conducted, including the identity of any external facilitator and its connection, if any, 
with the company or any of its directors

The NC undertakes an annual formal review and evaluation of both the Board’s performance as a whole, as well as 
individual Director’s performance, such as Board commitment, standard of conduct, competency, training & development 
and interaction with other Directors, senior management and stakeholders.

All Directors complete an evaluation questionnaire designed to seek their view on the various aspects of their individual and 
Board performance so as to assess the overall effectiveness of the Board.

The completed questionnaire is collated, and the results of the evaluation exercise are subsequently considered by the 
NC, before making recommendations to the Board. The Chairman of the Board may take actions as may be appropriate 
according to the results of the performance evaluation, which will be based on objective performance criteria proposed by 
the NC and approved by the Board.

The performance of individual Directors is assessed based on factors which include their attendance, participation at the 
Board and Board committee meetings and contributions to the Board in long range planning and the business strategies 
as well as their industry and business knowledge.

Each member of the NC abstains from voting on any resolutions and making any recommendations and/or participating in 
any deliberations of the NC in respect of the assessment of their performance and re-nomination as a Director. 

The NC conducted a performance evaluation of the Board and Board Committees for FY2020 consistent with this 
process and determined that all Directors have demonstrated full commitment to their roles and contributed effectively in 
the discharge their duties.  Both the NC and the Board are of the view that the Board has met its performance objectives 
for FY2020. 

Remuneration Matters

Principle 6: The Board has a formal and transparent procedure for developing policies on director and executive 
remuneration, and for fixing the remuneration packages of individual directors and key management personnel. 
No director is involved in deciding his or her own remuneration.

Provision 6.1 The Board establishes a Remuneration Committee (‘RC’) to review and make recommendations to 
the Board on:

(a)  a framework of remuneration for the Board and key management personnel; and

(b)  the specific remuneration packages for each director as well as for the key management personnel.

The Company has established a Remuneration Committee (RC) to make recommendations to the Board on remuneration 
packages of individual Directors and key senior management personnel. 

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Remuneration Matters (continued)

Principle 6 (continued)

Provision 6.1 (continued)

The formal terms of reference of the RC, are to:

• 

recommend to the Board a framework of remuneration for the Directors and key senior management personnel; 

•  determine specific remuneration packages for each Executive Director;  

• 

review annually the remuneration of employees related to the Directors and substantial shareholders to ensure that their 
remuneration packages are in line with the staff remuneration guidelines and commensurate with their respective job 
scopes and level of responsibilities; and  

•  perform such other acts as may be required by the SGX-ST and the Code, or ASX, from time to time. 

The recommendations of the RC are submitted for endorsement by the entire Board. Each member of the RC abstains 
from voting on any resolutions in respect of their own remuneration package. Also, in the event that a member of the RC 
is related to the employee under review, they will abstain from participating in that review. Directors are not involved in the 
discussion and in deciding their own remuneration. 

Provision 6.2 The RC comprises at least three directors. All members of the RC are Non-Executive Directors, the 
majority of whom, including the RC Chairman, are independent.

The RC comprises of three (3) members, all of whom including the RC Chairman are Independent Non-Executive Directors: 

Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 
Mr Chong Teck Sin 
Mr Douglas Owen Chester  

RC Chairman 
Member and Lead Independent Director 
Member

Provision 6.3 The RC considers all aspects of remuneration, including termination terms, to ensure they are fair.

The RC has established a framework of remuneration for the Board and key senior management personnel covering all 
aspects of remuneration but not limited to Directors’ fees, salaries, allowances, bonuses, incentive schemes and benefits-
in-kind. 

The RC also oversees the administration of the Civmec Limited Employee Share Option Scheme (‘CESOS’), the Civmec 
Limited Performance Share Plan (‘CPSP’) and the Civmec Limited Performance Rights Plan (‘CPRP’) upon the terms of 
reference as defined in the CESOS, CPSP and CPRP. The CESOS, CPSP and CPRP were established on 27 March 2012, 
25 October 2012 and 25 October 2018 respectively, with a 10-year tenure commencing on the establishment date. 

The Company has a procedure that governs the Directors and senior management personnel dealing in securities trading. 
The securities trading procedure reflects the Corporations Act 2001 prohibition on senior management personnel and their 
closely related parties from hedging the senior management personnel’s incentive remuneration. The senior management 
personnel, and their immediate family and controlled entities are prohibited from entering into any arrangement that 
would have the effect of limiting the senior management personnel’s exposure to risk relating to an element of the senior 
management personnel’s remuneration that is unvested, or is vested but remains subject to a holding lock. 

The RC reviews the fairness and reasonableness of the termination clauses of the service agreements of Executive 
Directors to ensure that such contracts of service contain fair and reasonable termination clauses which are not overly 
generous, with an aim to be fair and avoid rewarding poor performance. 

The RC is of the view that it is currently not necessary to use contractual provisions to allow the Company to reclaim 
incentive components of remuneration from the Executive Directors and key senior management personnel in exceptional 
circumstances of misstatement of financial statements, or of misconduct resulting in financial loss to the Company and 
the Group. The Executive Directors owe a fiduciary duty to the Company and the Company should be able to avail itself 
to remedies against the Executive Directors and key senior management personnel in the event of such exceptional 
circumstances of breach of fiduciary duty.

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Remuneration Matters (continued)

Principle 6 (continued)

Provision 6.3 (continued)

During the reporting period of the year, the RC has:

• 

• 

• 

• 

reviewed and approved remuneration for Executives which includes salary, Short Term and Long Term incentives;

reviewed benchmarking of fees for Directors;

reviewed the remuneration packages of employees in the Group which includes salary adjustments and bonus; and

reviewed the remuneration package of the Executive Directors and CEO which includes salary, Short Term and Long 
Term incentives. 

Provision 6.4 The company discloses the engagement of any remuneration consultants and their independence in 
the company’s annual report.

The RC has access to expert professional advice on human resource and remuneration matters whenever there is a need 
to consult externally. 

During the financial year, the fixed remuneration of executives was benchmarked against peers based on the industry salary 
surveys sourced from AON Hewitt McDonald. 

Level and Mix Remuneration

Principle 7: The level and structure of remuneration of the Board and key management personnel are appropriate 
and proportionate to the sustained performance and value creation of the company, taking into account the 
strategic objectives of the company.

Provision 7.1 A significant and appropriate proportion of executive directors’ and key management personnel’s 
remuneration is structured so as to link rewards to corporate and individual performance. Performance-related 
remuneration is aligned with the interests of shareholders and other stakeholders and promotes the long-term 
success of the company.

Executive Directors and key senior management personnel remuneration comprises a fixed and a variable component, the 
latter of which is in the form of a bonus linked to the performance of the individual as well as the Group. In addition, short-
term and long-term incentives, such as the CESOS, CPSP and CPRP, are in place to strengthen the pay-for-performance 
framework by rewarding and recognising the key executives’ contributions to the growth of the Group. This is designed 
to align remuneration with the interests of shareholders and link rewards to corporate and individual performance so as to 
promote long-term sustainability of the Group. 

During FY2020, no Share Options under the CESOS were granted, as required under the ASX Listing Rules.  
Refer to the Directors’ Statement for details of Performance Rights granted to Executive Directors and key senior 
management personnel. 

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Level and Mix Remuneration (continued)

Principle 7 (continued) 

Provision 7.2 The remuneration of non-executive directors is appropriate to the level of contribution, taking into 
account factors such as effort, time spent, and responsibilities.

The remuneration of the Independent Directors is in the form of a fixed fee which is subject to shareholders’ approval at 
the AGM. Each member of the RC abstains from voting on any resolution, participating in any deliberation of the RC, and 
making any recommendation in respect of their own remuneration. 

The Independent Directors’ fees were derived using the fee structure as follows:

Independent Director who is the Chairman of the Audit Committee

Other Independent Director

Annual Fees (S$)

84,000

73,500

Provision 7.3 Remuneration is appropriate to attract, retain and motivate the directors to provide good stewardship 
of the company and key management personnel to successfully manage the company for the long term. 

In making its recommendations to the Board on the level and mix of remuneration, the RC strives to be competitive, linking 
rewards with performance. It takes into consideration the essential factors to attract, retain and motivate the Directors and 
senior management needed to run the Company successfully, linking rewards to corporate and individual performance, and 
aligning their interest with those of the shareholders. 

The Company has renewed the service agreements with the Executive Directors, Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald, Mr Patrick 
John Tallon and Mr Kevin James Deery. Each service agreement is valid for a period of three (3) years with effect from the 
date of expiry of the previous period. During the renewal period of three (3) years, either party may terminate the Service 
Agreement at any time by giving to the other party not less than six (6) months’ notice in writing, or in lieu of notice, 
payment of amount equivalent to six (6) months’ salary. The Executive Directors do not receive Director’s fees.

Pursuant to Article 118 of the Company’s Constitution, all the Directors (including Independent Directors) are required to 
retire from office at every AGM of the Company, meaning that the Independent Directors are appointed for a one year term 
when elected.

The remuneration packages of the Executive Directors and the key senior management personnel are based on service 
agreements and their remuneration is determined having due regard to the performance of the individuals, the Group as 
well as market trends. 

Principle 8: The company is transparent on its remuneration policies, level and mix of remuneration, the procedure 
for setting remuneration, and the relationships between remuneration, performance and value creation.

Provision 8.1 The company discloses in its annual report the policy and criteria for setting remuneration, as well as 
names, amounts and breakdown of remuneration of:

(a)  each individual director and the CEO; and

(b)  at least the top five key management personnel (who are not directors or the CEO) in bands no wider than 

S$250,000 and in aggregate the total remuneration paid to these key management personnel.

For competitive reasons and the sensitive nature of such information, the Board is of the opinion that it is in the best 
interests of the Company to not disclose remuneration of each individual Director for the year ended 30 June 2020. 
Instead, the Company discloses the bands of remuneration in the following tables to avoid such information being 
exploited by competitors and to maintain personal confidentiality on remuneration matters:

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Level and Mix Remuneration (continued)

Principle 8 (continued) 

Provision 8.1 (continued) 

Name of Director

A$500,000 to A$749,999

James Finbarr Fitzgerald

Patrick John Tallon

Kevin James Deery

Below A$250,000

Chong Teck Sin

Douglas Owen Chester

Wong Fook Choy Sunny

For the year ended 30 June 2020

Salary

Bonus

Directors’ Fees

Allowances 
and Other 
Benefits

93%

94%

93%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

100%

100%

100%

7%

6%

7%

-

-

-

Total

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Details of remuneration paid to key senior management personnel (who are not Directors of the Company) of the Group 
for the financial year ended 30 June 2020 are set out below:

For the year ended 30 June 2020

Name of Key Executive 

Designation

Salary

Bonus

A$250,000 to A$499,999

Rodney Bowes

Adam Goldsmith

Mylon Manusiu

David Power

Charles Sweeney

Executive Group Manager 
Proposals

Executive Group Manager 
Operational Support

Executive General Manager 
Maintenance

Executive General Manager 
Manufacturing

Executive General Manager 
Construction

88%

89%

60%

89%

90%

0%

0%

36%

0%

0%

Allowances 
and Other 
Benefits

12%

11%

4%

11%

10%

Total

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

The annual aggregate remuneration paid to all the above-mentioned Directors and key senior management personnel of 
the Group is A$4,405,000 (2019: A$4,172,000) in FY2020.

The procedures for developing remuneration policies and for fixing the remuneration packages of individual Directors have 
been set out under principle 6 of the Corporate Governance Report above. 

The relationships between the remuneration of the Board and key senior management personnel and the performance and 
value creation of the Company have been set out under principle 6 of the Corporate Governance Report above.

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Principle 8 (continued)

Provision 8.2 The company discloses the names and remuneration of employees who are substantial shareholders 
of the company, or are immediate family members of a director, the CEO or a substantial shareholder of the 
company, and whose remuneration exceeds S$100,000 during the year, in bands no wider than S$100,000, in its 
annual report. The disclosure states clearly the employee’s relationship with the relevant director or the CEO or 
substantial shareholder.

Name of Employee

A$150,000 to A$249,999

Thomas Tallon

Below A$100,000

Sean Fitzgerald

Claire Fitzgerald

Designation

Relationship

Supervisor

Brother of CEO Patrick Tallon

Draftsperson

Trades Assistant

Child of Chairman James Fitzgerald

Child of Chairman James Fitzgerald

The RC is of the view that the remuneration of these family members is in line with the Company remuneration guidelines 
and commensurate with their job scope and level of responsibilities. 

Provision 8.3 The company discloses in its annual report all forms of remuneration and other payments and 
benefits, paid by the company and its subsidiaries to directors and key management personnel of the company. 
It also discloses details of employee share schemes.

More details in relation to the CESOS, CPSP and CPRP can be found in the ‘Directors’ Statement’ in the ‘Financials’ 
section of the Annual Report.

Risk Management and Internal Controls

Principle 9: The Board is responsible for the governance of risk and ensures that Management maintains a sound 
system of risk management and internal controls, to safeguard the interests of the company and its shareholders.

Provision 9.1 The Board determines the nature and extent of the significant risks which the company is willing 
to take in achieving its strategic objectives and value creation. The Board sets up a Board Risk Committee to 
specifically address this, if appropriate.

The Company has established a Risks and Conflicts Committee (RCC) to advise and make recommendations to the 
Board on risk and conflict matters.

The RCC is guided by its Terms of Reference which highlights its primary responsibilities are to:

• 

• 

review and monitor the Group’s risk management framework and activities, including the Group’s levels of risk tolerance 
and risk policies;

report to the Board regarding the Group’s risk exposures, including the review risk assessment model used to monitor 
the risk exposures and senior management’s views on the acceptable and appropriate level of risk faced by the Group’s 
Business Units;

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Principle 9 (continued) 

Provision 9.1 (continued) 

• 

recommend and adopt appropriate measures to control and mitigate the business risks of the Group, as and when 
these may arise; and

•  perform any other functions as may be agreed by the Board.

During the reporting period of the year, the RCC has:

• 

• 

• 

• 

reviewed the Risk Register and Risk Management Framework;

requested revisions to the Risk Mitigation Plan presented by senior management to mitigate and monitor the risk 
exposure;

reviewed the Project Risk and Opportunity Reporting Improvements; and

reviewed the Policies adopted by the Company such as Bribery & Corruption Policy and Procedures and the Code  
of Conduct.

The RCC reviews all significant control policies and procedures and highlights all significant risk matters to the Board for 
discussion and to take appropriate actions, if required. 

The RCC comprises three (3) members, all of whom, including the RCC Chairman are Independent Non-Executive Directors:

Mr Chong Teck Sin 
Mr Douglas Owen Chester  
Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 

RCC Chairman and Lead Independent Director
Member
Member

Provision 9.2 The Board requires and discloses in the company’s annual report that it has received assurance from:

(a)  the CEO and the Chief Financial Officer (‘CFO’) that the financial records have been properly maintained and the  

financial statements give a true and fair view of the company’s operations and finances; and

(b)  the CEO and other key management personnel who are responsible, regarding the adequacy and effectiveness  

of the company’s risk management and internal control systems.

The Group’s internal controls and systems are designed to provide reasonable assurance on the integrity and reliability 
of the financial information and to safeguard and maintain accountability of its assets. Procedures are in place to identify 
major business risks and to evaluate potential financial effects, as well as for the authorisation of capital expenditure 
and investments. 

The external auditors carry out, in the course of their statutory audit, an annual review of the effectiveness of the 
Group’s key internal controls, including financial, operational, compliance, information technology controls as well as risk 
management systems to the extent of their scope as laid out in their audit plan. Any material weaknesses in internal controls, 
together with recommendations for improvement, are reported to the AC and RCC. 

The Company’s internal audit function prepares an annual internal audit plan, which takes account of the Company’s key 
risks and other assurance activities performed, enabling internal audit resources to be targeted to areas of greatest value 
across the Company’s operations, including group and subsidiary structures. Processes subject to internal audit include 
financial, administrative, operational and project specific activities and systems. The internal audit function provides advice on 
the effectiveness of risk management processes and material internal controls, recommends corrective actions and control 
improvements and follows up on the implementation of action pla ns designed by management to address any control 
deficiencies or improvement opportunities. Internal audit reports containing internal audit results, recommendations and 
agreed action plans are presented to the AC on a quarterly basis. 

The Company appoints internal auditors to carry out a review of the adequacy and effectiveness of the Group’s key internal 
controls, including financial, operational, compliance and information technology controls as well as risk management 
systems to the extent of their scope as laid out in their audit plan.

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Principle 9 (continued)

Provision 9.2 (continued)

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the Board is satisfied the system of internal controls maintained by the Company 
and that was in place throughout the financial year and up to the date of this report provides reasonable, but not absolute, 
assurance against material financial misstatements or losses, and includes the safeguarding of assets, the maintenance  
of proper accounting records, the reliability of financial information, compliance with appropriate legislation, regulations  
and best practices, and the identification and containment of financial, operational and compliance risks. Based on  
the risk management and internal control systems established and implemented by the Group, and work conducted by  
the internal auditors, external auditors and our internal audit team, the Board, with the concurrence of the AC, is satisfied 
the Company’s system of internal controls and risk management procedures maintained by the Group are adequate  
and effective to meet the needs of the Company in addressing the financial, operational, compliance, information 
technology controls and risk management systems in the Group’s current business environment, with no material 
weaknesses identified.

The Board has received assurances from the CEO and Acting Chief Financial Officer that:

(i)   the financial records have been properly maintained (and the financial statements comply with the appropriate   

accounting standards) and the financial statements give a true and fair view of the Company’s operations and 
finances; and

(ii)   the Company’s risk management and internal control systems are adequate and effective.

The Board notes that all internal control systems are designed to manage rather than eliminate risks and no system of internal 
controls could provide absolute assurance against the occurrence of material errors, poor judgment in decision-making, 
human error losses, fraud or other irregularities.

The Company will publish its Sustainability Report later in 2020, which will further consider the management of any material 
economic, environmental and social sustainability risks faced by the Group.

Audit Committee

Principle 10: The Board has an Audit Committee (‘AC’) which discharges its duties objectively.

Provision 10.1 The duties of the AC include:

(a)  reviewing the significant financial reporting issues and judgements so as to ensure the integrity of the financial  

statements of the company and any announcements relating to the company’s financial performance;

(b)  reviewing at least annually the adequacy and effectiveness of the company’s internal controls and risk  
  management systems;

(c)  reviewing the assurance from the CEO and the CFO on the financial records and financial statements;

(d)  making recommendations to the Board on: 

(i) 

the proposals to the shareholders on the appointment and removal of external auditors; and 

(ii) 

the remuneration and terms of engagement of the external auditors;

(e)  reviewing the adequacy, effectiveness, independence, scope and results of the external audit and the   

company’s internal audit function; and

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Principle 10 (continued) 

Provision 10.1 (continued) 

(f)  reviewing the policy and arrangements for concerns about possible improprieties in financial reporting or 

other matters to be safely raised, independently investigated and appropriately followed up on. The company 
publicly discloses, and clearly communicates to employees, the existence of a whistle-blowing policy and 
procedures for raising such concerns.

The AC is governed by terms of reference with its primary responsibilities as follows:

• 

• 

• 

• 

to assist the Board in discharging its responsibility to safeguard the Group’s assets, maintain adequate accounting 
records, and develop and maintain effective systems of internal control with the overall objective of ensuring that our 
management creates and maintains an effective control environment in the Group;

to provide a channel of communication between the Board, the management team, the external auditors and internal 
auditors on matters relating to audit;

to monitor senior management’s commitment to the establishment and maintenance of a satisfactory control 
environment and an effective system of internal control (including any arrangements for internal audit); 

to monitor and review the scope and results of external audit and its cost effectiveness and the independence and 
objectivity of the external auditors; and

• 

to monitor and review the scope and results of internal audit and the cost effectiveness of the internal auditors. 

In addition, the functions of the AC are to:

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

review  with the external auditors the audit plans, their evaluation of the system of internal controls, their management 
letter and the management’s response thereto;

review with the internal auditors the internal audit plans and their evaluation of the adequacy of the internal control and 
accounting system before submission of the results of such review to the Board for approval;

review the quarterly and annual financial statements and any formal announcements relating to the Group’s  
financial performance before submission to the Board for approval, focusing in particular, on changes in accounting 
policies and practices, major risk areas, significant adjustments resulting from the audit, compliance with accounting 
standards and compliance with the SGX-ST Listing Manual, ASX Listing Rules and any other relevant and statutory  
or regulatory requirements;

review the internal control and procedures and ensure co-ordination between the external auditors and the 
management, review the assistance given by the management to the auditors, and discuss problems and concerns, if 
any, arising from the interim and final audits, and any matters which the auditors may wish to discuss (in the absence of 
our management where necessary); 

review and consider the appointment or re-appointment of the external auditors and matters relating to resignation or 
dismissal of the auditors; 

review and consider the appointment or re-appointment of the internal auditors and matters relating to resignation or 
dismissal of the auditors; 

review interested person transactions (if any); 

review the Group’s hedging policies, procedures and activities (if any) and monitor the implementation of the hedging 
procedure/policies, including reviewing the instruments, processes and practices in accordance with any hedging 
polices approved by the Board;  

review potential conflicts of interest, if any, and to set out a framework to resolve or mitigate such potential conflicts of 
interests;   

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Principle 10 (continued) 

Provision 10.1 (continued) 

•  undertake such other reviews and projects as may be requested by the Board and report to the Board its findings from 

time to time on matters arising and requiring the attention of the Audit Committee; 

• 

review and discuss with investigators, any suspected fraud, irregularity, or infringement of any relevant laws, rules or 
regulations, which has or is likely to have a material impact on the Group’s operating results or financial position, and 
the management’s response thereto;  

•  generally to undertake such other functions and duties as may be required by statute or the SGX-ST Listing Manual 

and ASX Listing Rules, and by such amendments made thereto from time to time;  

• 

• 

• 

• 

review the effectiveness and adequacy of the administrative, operating, internal accounting and financial control 
procedures;

review the findings of internal investigation into matters where there is any suspected fraud or irregularity, or failure of 
internal controls or infringement of any law, rule or regulation which has or is likely to have a material impact on the 
Group’s operating results and/or financial position; 

review key financial risk areas, with a view to providing an independent oversight on the Group’s financial reporting, 
the outcome of such review to be disclosed in the annual reports or if the findings are material, to be immediately 
announced via SGXNET and ASX Online; and

review the Group’s compliance with such functions and duties as may be required under the relevant statutes or the 
SGX-ST Listing Manual and ASX Listing Rules, including such amendments made thereto from time to time.

The AC has the power to conduct or authorise investigations into any matters within its scope of responsibility. The AC is 
authorised to obtain independent professional advice whenever deemed necessary for the discharge of its responsibilities. 
Such expenses will be borne by the Company. 

The AC has the co-operation of and complete access to the Company’s management. It has full discretion to invite any 
Director or Executive Officer to attend the meetings, and has been given reasonable resources to enable the discharge of 
its functions.

As at the reporting period of the year, the AC has:

• 

• 

• 

reviewed the scope of work of the external auditors;

reviewed the scope of work of the internal auditors;

reviewed audit plans and discussed the results of the respective findings and their evaluation of the Company’s system 
of internal accounting controls;

• 

reviewed interested person transactions of the Company;

•  met with the Company’s external auditors and internal auditors without the presence of the management;

• 

• 

reviewed the external auditors’ independence and objectivity; and

reviewed the Company’s procedures for detecting fraud and whistle-blowing matters and to ensure that arrangements 
are in place by which any employee, may in confidence, raise concerns about improprieties in matters of financial 
reporting, financial control, or any other matters. A report is presented to the AC on a quarterly basis whenever there 
is a whistle-blowing issue. 

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Principle 10 (continued) 

Provision 10.1 (continued) 

The AC, having reviewed the external auditors’ non-audit services, is satisfied there were no non-audit services rendered 
that would affect the independence of the external auditors. The AC recognises the need to maintain a balance between 
the independence and objectivity of the external auditors and the work carried out by the external auditors based on 
monetary consideration. 

The aggregate amount of agreed fees to be paid to the external auditors, Moore Stephens LLP for FY2020 is A$113,000 
(equivalent S$108,000) which comprises audit fee of A$92,000 (equivalent S$88,000) and A$21,000 (equivalent S$20,000) 
non-audit fees. The AC has recommended to the Board the re-appointment of Moore Stephens LLP as the Company’s 
external auditors at the forthcoming AGM.

The AC is kept abreast by the external auditors of changes to accounting standards, SGX-ST Listing Rules and ASX Listing 
Rules, and other regulations which could have an impact on the Group’s business and financial statements.

The Company has established a whistle-blowing policy where staff of the Group may, in confidence, raise concerns 
about possible improprieties in matters of financial reporting, fraudulent acts and other matters, and has ensured that 
arrangements are in place for independent investigations of such matters and for appropriate follow up actions. All 
whistle-blowing reports will be addressed to the AC Chairman, either directly or through STOPline, the whistle-blowing 
service provider. Staff are regularly informed of the existence of the whistle-blowing mechanism and encouraged to report 
relevant matters.

There was one report received through the whistle-blowing system during FY2020. This report was minor in nature and 
related to an employee’s pre-employment history. The report was investigated and found to be accurate, however the 
investigation found that the Company’s recruitment procedures had been followed and no action was required to be taken 
in relation to the report.

Provision 10.2 The AC comprises at least three directors, all of whom are non-executive and the majority of whom, 
including the AC Chairman, are independent. At least two members, including the AC Chairman, have recent and 
relevant accounting or related financial management expertise or experience.

The Audit Committee comprises the following three (3) members, all of whom, including the AC Chairman, are 
Non-Executive Independent Directors:

Mr Chong Teck Sin 
Mr Douglas Owen Chester  
Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 

AC Chairman and Lead Independent Director
Member
Member

The Board ensures that the members of the AC are appropriately qualified to discharge their responsibilities and they 
possess the requisite accounting and/or financial management expertise and experience.

Provision 10.3 The AC does not comprise former partners or directors of the company’s existing auditing firm or 
auditing corporation: 

(a)  within a period of two years commencing on the date of their ceasing to be a partner of the auditing firm or  

director of the auditing corporation; and in any case, 

(b 

for as long as they have any financial interest in the auditing firm or auditing corporation.

None of the AC members are previous partners or Directors of the Group’s auditors, Moore Stephens LLP and none of the 
AC members hold any financial interest in Moore Stephens LLP.

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Principle 10 (continued) 

Provision 10.4 The primary reporting line of the internal audit function is to the AC, which also decides on the 
appointment, termination and remuneration of the head of the internal audit function. The internal audit function 
has unfettered access to all the company’s documents, records, properties and personnel, including the AC, and 
has appropriate standing within the company.

The Board recognises the importance of maintaining an internal audit function, independent of the activities it audits, 
to maintain a sound system of internal control within the Company to safeguard shareholders’ investments and the 
Company’s assets. 

The Company’s internal audit function is outsourced to Deloitte, which is one of the Big Four multinational accounting 
organisations and it is independent of the Company’s business activities. The internal audit team that provide expertise 
and industry insights to strengthen the Company’s governance and risk management on an annual basis and comprises a 
Director, a senior manager and supported by other staff, which have more than 30 years of relevant experience combined. 
The internal auditors conduct the audit based on the standards set by internationally recognised professional bodies.  
The annual internal audit plan is submitted to the AC for approval prior to the commencement of the internal audit work. 
The internal auditors review the effectiveness of key internal controls in accordance with the internal audit plan. 

Staffed by suitably qualified and experienced executives, the internal auditors have unrestricted direct access to the AC 
and unfettered access to all the Company’s documents, properties and personnel. The internal auditors have a direct and 
primary reporting line to the AC and assist the AC in overseeing and monitoring the implementation and improvements 
required on internal control weaknesses identified. The AC reviews the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal audit 
function quarterly.

The role of the internal auditors is to support the AC in ensuring that the Group maintains a sound system of internal 
controls by monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of key controls and procedures, conducting in-depth audits of 
high risk areas and undertaking investigations as directed by the AC. 

The AC regularly reviews the performance of the internal auditors and determines their reappointment and level  
of remuneration. 

The AC reviews the adequacy of the function of the internal audit annually and based on this review believes that the 
internal auditors have adequate resources to perform their function effectively and objectively and has unfettered access to 
the Company’s documents, records, properties and personnel.

The AC is satisfied with the effectiveness of the existing internal control systems put in place by the senior management to 
meet the needs of the Group in its current business environment.

The Company’s external auditors also conduct annual reviews of the effectiveness of the Group’s material internal controls 
for financial reporting in accordance with the scope as laid out in their audit plans. 

Provision 10.5 The AC meets with the external auditors, and with the internal auditors, in each case without the 
presence of Management, at least annually.

The AC has met with the Company’s external auditors and internal auditors without the presence of the management and 
has full unfettered access to do so.

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Shareholders Rights and Conduct of General Meetings

Principle 11: The company treats all shareholders fairly and equitably in order to enable them to exercise 
shareholders’ rights and have the opportunity to communicate their views on matters affecting the company.  
The company gives shareholders a balanced and understandable assessment of its performance, position  
and prospects.

Provision 11.1 The company provides shareholders with the opportunity to participate effectively in and vote at 
general meetings of shareholders and informs them of the rules governing general meetings of shareholders.

The Company ensures that shareholders have the opportunity to participate effectively and vote at shareholders’ meetings. 
In this regard, shareholders are informed of shareholders’ meetings through notices contained in annual reports or a 
circular sent to all shareholders. These notices are also published in the local newspaper and posted on SGXNET and 
ASX Online.  Shareholders are able to send and receive communications electronically with the Company through its 
respective share registries platform in Singapore and Australian, details for doing so are available on the corporate  
website at www.civmec.com.au.

At the Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) and other shareholders’ meetings, the Executive Chairman ensures constructive 
dialogue between Board and shareholders and upholds high standards of corporate governance.  Shareholders are invited 
and given the opportunity to voice their views, put forth any questions and seek clarification on questions they may have 
regarding the Company. Shareholders are also informed of the rules and voting procedures governing such meetings. 

For greater transparency, the Company has adopted the voting of all its resolutions by poll at the general meetings and 
an announcement of the detailed results of the number of votes cast for and against each resolution and the respective 
percentages are announced at the meeting and via announcements on SGXNET and ASX Online made on the same day.

Provision 11.2 The company tables separate resolutions at general meetings of shareholders on each substantially 
separate issue unless the issues are interdependent and linked so as to form one significant proposal. Where the 
resolutions are ‘bundled’, the company explains the reasons and material implications in the notice of meeting.

Resolutions are, as far as possible, structured separately and may be voted on independently. 

Provision 11.3 All directors attend general meetings of shareholders, and the external auditors are also present to 
address shareholders’ queries about the conduct of audit and the preparation and content of the auditors’ report. 
Directors’ attendance at such meetings held during the financial year is disclosed in the company’s annual report.

The Directors and the external auditors are available at the AGM to answer shareholders’ queries. In FY2020, all Directors 
and the external auditor attended the AGM.

Provision 11.4 The company’s Constitution (or other constitutive documents) allow for absentia voting at general 
meetings of shareholders.

The Group fully supports the Code’s principle to encourage shareholders’ participation in and vote at all the general 
meetings. The Company’s Constitution allows the appointment of not more than two proxies by shareholders to attend the 
AGM and vote on his/her/their behalf. Shareholders who hold shares through nominees are allowed, upon prior request 
through their nominees, to attend the general meetings as proxies without being constrained by the two-proxy requirement. 

The Company, however, has not implemented measures to allow shareholders who are unable to vote in person at 
the Company’s AGM the option to vote in absentia, such as via mail, electronic mail or facsimile transactions as the 
authentication of shareholder indemnity information and other related security issues remain a concern. The Company will 
review its Constitution from time to time. Where amendment to its Constitution is required to align the relevant provisions 
with the requirements of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST and the Listing Rules of the ASX, shareholders’ approval will 
be obtained.  

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Principle 11 (continued) 

Provision 11.5 The company publishes minutes of general meetings of shareholders on its corporate website as 
soon as practicable. The minutes record substantial and relevant comments or queries from shareholders relating 
to the agenda of the general meeting, and responses from the Board and Management.

The Company Secretaries prepare minutes of general meetings that include substantial and relevant comments or queries 
from shareholders relating to the agenda of the meetings and responses from the Board and the senior management, 
and make these minutes available to shareholders at the registered office of the Company at 80 Robinson Road #02-00, 
Singapore 068898 during normal business hours upon written request.

For all future meetings, minutes will be published on the Company’s corporate website within 30 days of the date of 
the meeting.

Provision 11.6 The company has a dividend policy and communicates it to shareholders.

Civmec Limited is committed to providing excellent returns to its shareholders through a combination of longer term capital 
growth and regular dividend payments. The Board considers a range of factors in determining the dividend payable in 
any year, including the business environment, balance sheet, working capital requirements of the business and potential 
investment opportunities. The form, frequency and amount of dividends declared each year will take into consideration 
the Group’s profit growth, cash position, positive cash flow generated from operations, projected capital requirements 
for business growth and other factors as the Board may deem appropriate. Any payouts are clearly communicated to 
shareholders in public announcements and via announcements on SGXNET and ASX Online when the Company discloses 
its financial results. 

The Company’s dividend policy is published on the Company’s corporate website at www.civmec.com.au

The Company has proposed a tax exempt (foreign source) First and Final Dividend of A$0.01 per ordinary share for the 
financial year ended 30 June 2020, payment of which is subject to shareholders’ approval at the forthcoming AGM. 
This dividend is fully franked for Australian tax resident shareholders.

Engagement with Shareholders

Principle 12 The company communicates regularly with its shareholders and facilitates the participation of 
shareholders during general meetings and other dialogues to allow shareholders to communicate their views 
on various matters affecting the company.

Provision 12.1 The company provides avenues for communication between the Board and all shareholders and 
discloses in its annual report the steps taken to solicit and understand the views of shareholders.

The Board is mindful of its obligations to furnish timely information to its shareholders, the public and regulators and to 
ensure full disclosure of material information to its shareholders in compliance with the statutory requirements and the 
SGX-ST Listing Manual and ASX Listing Rules.

In this respect the Board is responsible for the release of half yearly and full year results, price sensitive information,  
the annual report and other material corporate developments in a timely manner and within the legally-prescribed period.  
The Company does not practise selective disclosure. In line with continuous disclosure obligations of the Company 
pursuant to the SGX-ST Listing Manual, the Companies Act of Singapore and the ASX Listing Rules, it is the Board’s 
policy that all the shareholders should be equally informed, on a timely basis via SGXNET and ASX Online, of all major 
developments that will or expect to have an impact on the Company or the Group.  The Company also updates 
shareholders of its corporate developments and Continuous Disclosure Policy through its corporate website at  
www.civmec.com.au

In addition, all price sensitive information was publicly released either before the Company met with any of the Company’s 
investors or analysts or simultaneously with such meetings. Financial results and other corporate announcements of the 
Company are disseminated through announcements via SGXNET and ASX Online. 

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Engagement with Shareholders (continued)

Principle 12 (continued) 

Provision 12.2 The company has in place an investor relations policy which allows for an ongoing exchange of 
views so as to actively engage and promote regular, effective and fair communication with shareholders.

The Company has in place an investor relations policy which sets out the principles and practices that the Company 
applies in order to provide shareholders and prospective investors with information necessary to make well informed 
investment decisions and to ensure a level playing field.

In addition, the Group has in-house professionals that support the Company to promote relations with, and act as liaison 
for, institutional investors and public shareholders.

Provision 12.3 The company’s investor relations policy sets out the mechanism through which shareholders may 
contact the company with questions and through which the company may respond to such questions.

Relevant contact information through which shareholders may contact the Company are published on its corporate 
website at www.civmec.com.au/investors-media/shareholder-services

Principle 13 The Board adopts an inclusive approach by considering and balancing the needs and interests 
of material stakeholders, as part of its overall responsibility to ensure that the best interests of the company 
are served.

Provision 13.1 The company has arrangements in place to identify and engage with its material stakeholder 
groups and to manage its relationships with such groups.

Provision 13.2 The company discloses in its annual report its strategy and key areas of focus in relation to the 
management of stakeholder relationships during the reporting period.

Provision 13.3 The company maintains a current corporate website to communicate and engage with stakeholders.

The Company engages its stakeholders through different channels to establish, address and monitor the material 
environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors of the Company’s operations and its impact on the various 
stakeholders. Such stakeholders include employees, community, government, regulators, shareholders and investors. 

The Company engages stakeholders through the various channels that are already in place, to better understand its 
stakeholders’ concerns, and address any issues that they may face. Engagement channels and frequencies are reviewed 
periodically to ensure that they are sufficient to deal with current identified stakeholders’ ESG-related issues.

The Company is committed to enhance and improve the current engagement initiatives, while staying abreast of new 
trends or developments that may affect the sustainability standing of the Company, and eventually devise corresponding 
measures to resolve the new ESG issues. 

The Company’s website can be found at www.civmec.com.au. and includes a tab labelled ‘Investors’ which provides 
investors with all the information they may require.

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Other Governance Practices

Material Contracts 

There were no material contracts of the Company and its subsidiaries, including loans, involving the interests of any 
Director, the CEO or the controlling shareholders either still subsisting at the end of FY2020.

Interested Person Transactions 

The Company has established procedures to ensure that all transactions with interested persons are reported in a 
timely manner to the AC and these interested persons’ transactions are conducted on an arm’s length basis and are not 
prejudicial to the interests of the shareholders. There were no material interested person transactions for FY2020.

Dealing in Securities 

The Company has put in place a policy prohibiting share dealings by the Company, Directors and employees of the 
Company when they are in possession of price sensitive information and for the period of two (2) weeks before the release 
of half yearly results and one month before the release of the full-year results, with the restriction ending on the day after 
the announcement of the relevant results. The Company, Directors and employees are expected to observe the insider 
trading laws at all times even when dealing in securities during permitted trading periods. An officer should also not deal 
in the Company’s securities on short-term consideration and/or possession of unpublished material and price-sensitive 
information relating to the relevant securities.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald  
(Executive Chairman)

Mr Patrick John Tallon  
(Chief Executive Officer)

Mr Kevin James Deery  
(Chief Operating Officer)

Mr Chong Teck Sin  
(Lead Independent Director)

Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny  
(Independent Director)

Mr Douglas Owen Chester  
(Independent Director) 

AUDIT COMMITTEE
Mr Chong Teck Sin  
(Chairman)

Mr Douglas Owen Chester

Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 

REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny  
(Chairman)

Mr Douglas Owen Chester

Mr Chong Teck Sin

NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Mr Douglas Owen Chester  
(Chairman)

Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny

Mr Chong Teck Sin

RISKS & CONFLICTS COMMITTEE
Mr Chong Teck Sin  
(Chairman)

Mr Douglas Owen Chester

Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 

COMPANY SECRETARIES
Ms Chan Lai Yin

Ms Lee Pay Lee

REGISTERED OFFICE
80 Robinson Road, #02-00 
Singapore 068898

Tel:   (65) 6236 3333 
Fax:  (65) 6236 4399

PRINCIPAL OFFICE  
AND CONTACT DETAILS
16 Nautical Drive,  
Henderson WA 6166 
Australia

Tel:   (61) 8 9437 6288 
Fax:  (61) 8 9437 6388

SHARE REGISTRAR AND  
SHARE TRANSFER AGENT
Tricor Barbinder Share Registration Services 
(a division of Tricor Singapore Pte Ltd)

80 Robinson Road, #02-00 
Singapore 068898

Computershare 
Level 11 
172 St Georges Terrace 
Perth WA 6000 
Australia

AUDITORS
Moore Stephens LLP 
10 Anson Road, #29-15 International Plaza 
Singapore 079903

Partner in Charge: Ms Lao Mei Leng 
(Appointed since the financial year ended  
30 June 2016)

PRINCIPAL BANKER
National Australia Bank 
Level 14 
100 St Georges Terrace 
Perth WA 6000 
Australia

CORPORATE WEBSITE
http://www.civmec.com.au

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 
TO THE MEMBERS OF CIVMEC LIMITED

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

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TO THE MEMBERS OF CIVMEC LIMITED

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

81

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TO THE MEMBERS OF CIVMEC LIMITED

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

82

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TO THE MEMBERS OF CIVMEC LIMITED

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

83

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TO THE MEMBERS OF CIVMEC LIMITED

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

84

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TO THE MEMBERS OF CIVMEC LIMITED

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

85

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TO THE MEMBERS OF CIVMEC LIMITED

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

86

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TO THE MEMBERS OF CIVMEC LIMITED

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

87

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TO THE MEMBERS OF CIVMEC LIMITED

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

88

CIVMEC ANNUAL REPORT   I   FINANCIAL REPORT  2020CONSOLIDATED 
INCOME STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

Revenue

Cost of sales

Gross profit

Other income

Share of profit of associate/joint venture

Administrative expenses

Other expenses

Finance costs

Profit before tax

Income tax expense

Profit for the year

Profit attributable to:

Owners of the Company

Non-controlling interest

Note

4(a)

5

17

8

9

2020
A$’000

391,868

(347,217)

44,651

1,951

201

(16,953)

(4,532)

(2,552)

22,766

(5,217)

Group

2019
A$’000

488,511

(462,978)

25,533

5,390

39

(16,688)

(277)

(5,005)

8,992

(1,962)

17,549

7,030

17,586

(37)

17,549

6,075

955

7,030

Cents per share

Cents per share

Earnings per share attributable to equity holders of the Company (cents per share):

Basic

Diluted

10

10

3.51

3.51

1.21

1.21

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the financial statements.

89

CIVMEC ANNUAL REPORT   I   FINANCIAL REPORT  2020CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT  
OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE)

Profit for the year

Other comprehensive income:

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

Exchange differences on re-translation from functional currency to 
presentation currency

Reclassification of translation reserve to profit or loss account on deconsolidation

Item that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

Net gain on revaluation of freehold land and buildings

Total comprehensive income for the year

Total comprehensive income attributable to:

Owners of the Company

Non-controlling interest

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the financial statements.

Group

Note

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

17,549

7,030

-

-

78,487

96,036

96,073

(37)

96,036

(185)

92

-

6,937

5,982

955

6,937

90

CIVMEC ANNUAL REPORT   I   FINANCIAL REPORT  2020STATEMENTS OF 
FINANCIAL POSITION

AS AT 30 JUNE 2020

ASSETS
Current assets 

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Contract assets

Other assets

Income tax recoverable

Non-current assets 

Investment in subsidiaries

Investment in joint venture

Loan receivables

Property, plant and equipment

Intangible assets

Deferred tax assets

TOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 
Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Contract liabilities

Lease liabilities

Finance lease liabilities

Borrowings

Income tax payable

Provisions

Non-current liabilities

Lease liabilities

Finance lease liabilities

Borrowings

Provisions

Deferred tax liabilities

TOTAL LIABILITIES

Group

Company

Note

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

13

11

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12

9

16

17

11

14

15

9

20

4(b)

23

21

21

9

22

23

21

21

22

9

27,712

74,523

95,118

2,051

-

40,662

63,558

117,443

1,063

4,024

19

39,682

-

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-

199,404

226,750

39,701

6

29,513

-

9

4,043

33,571

-

242

493

-

41

-

397,804

201,004

10

2,408

400,957

600,361

91,075

83,266

10,722

-

2,387

2,862

6,103

10

1,930

202,985

429,735

57,543

69,333

-

6,358

2,572

-

5,557

196,415

141,363

43,339

-

60,000

3,352

34,182

140,873

337,288

-

12,804

95,444

4,634

1,362

114,244

255,607

7,579

7,579

-

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-

22

7,601

47,302

-

-

-

-

394

7,973

41,544

168

174

-

-

-

-

2,840

-

3,008

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

174

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,008

174

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the financial statements.

91

CIVMEC ANNUAL REPORT   I   FINANCIAL REPORT  2020 
 
 
STATEMENTS OF 
FINANCIAL POSITION (continued)

AS AT 30 JUNE 2020

Note

24(a)

24(b)

26

27

Capital and Reserves 

Share capital

Treasury shares

Asset revaluation reserve

Other reserves

Retained earnings

Total equity attributable to the 
Owners of the Company

Non-controlling interest

TOTAL EQUITY

Group

Company

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

29,807

29,807

29,807

29,807

(10)

78,487

7,818

147,086

(10)

-

7,818

136,591

263,188

174,206

(115)

(78)

(10)

-

4,483

10,014

44,294

-

(10)

-

4,483

7,090

41,370

-

263,073

174,128

44,294

41,370

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

600,361

429,735

47,302

41,544

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the financial statements.

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CIVMEC ANNUAL REPORT   I   FINANCIAL REPORT  2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT 
OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Profit before income tax

Adjustments for:

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

Share of profit of joint venture

Share of loss of an associate

Gain on deconsolidation of a subsidiary

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Impairment loss on trade receivables

Loss on revaluation of freehold land and buildings

Finance cost

Interest income

Foreign exchange differences

Operating cash flow before working capital changes

Changes in working capital:

(Increase)/Decrease in trade and other receivables

Decrease in contract assets

(Increase)/Decrease in other current assets

Increase/(Decrease) in trade and other payables

Increase in contract liabilities

Decrease in provisions

Cash generated from operations

Interest received

Finance cost paid

Income tax refund

Income tax paid

Net cash generated from operating activities

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the financial statements.

Group

Note

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

22,766

8,992

14

6

17

5

11

11

14

6,8

5

10,464

197

(201)

-

-

1,767

911

1,611

5,304

(229)

(117)

42,473

(13,748)

22,323

(987)

31,445

13,933

(737)

94,702

176

(4,299)

8,006

(3,384)

95,201

10,015

277

(41)

2

(2,091)

-

-

-

5,005

(689)

(97)

21,373

62,748

22,758

684

(68,702)

45,671

(2,940)

81,592

617

(4,627)

7,346

(6,067)

78,861

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OF CASH FLOWS (continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

Repayment of loan to an associate

Advances to a joint venture

Cash distribution from joint venture

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Proceeds from borrowings

Repayment of borrowings

Repayment of principal lease liability

Dividends paid

Net cash (used in)/generated from financing activities

Note

14

11

24(a)

Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the financial year

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial year

13

Group

2020
A$’000

90

(70,039)

90

(490)

65

2019
A$’000

641

(68,227)

182

-

-

(70,284)

(67,404)

114,709

(142,844)

(6,003)

(3,729)

(37,867)

(12,950)

40,662

27,712

345,599

(336,132)

-

(3,631)

5,836

17,293

23,369

40,662

The reconciliation of movements of liabilities to cash flows arising from financing activities is presented below:

Cash flows

Non-cash changes

Opening
A$’000

Proceeds
A$’000

Repay-
ment
A$’000

Reclassifi-
cation
A$’000

Addition
A$’000

Others
A$’000

Closing
A$’000

98,016

49,377

114,709

(142,844)

-

(6,003)

(7,543)

7,543

-

3,144

49

-

62,387

54,061

107,709

345,599

(336,132)

-

-

2

117,178

2020

Borrowings

Lease liabilities

2019

Borrowings

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the financial statements.

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These notes form an integral part of and should be read in conjunction with the accompanying financial statements.

1.  General Information

Civmec Limited (the ‘Company’) was incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 3 June 2010 under the Singapore 
Companies Act, Chapter 50 (the ‘Act’) as an investment holding company for the purpose of acquiring the subsidiary 
companies pursuant to the Restructuring Exercise. On the 29 March 2012 the Company changed its name to Civmec 
Limited. The Company was listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Ltd (‘SGX-ST’) since 13 April 2012.  
On 22 June 2019, the Company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (‘ASX’). The Company is now holding 
dual listing status. The Company has provided an option for shareholders to convert their shares with SGX-ST for shares 
with ASX, at the ratio of 1:1.

The registered office and principal place of business of the Company is at 80 Robinson Road #02-00, Singapore 068898.

The principal activity of the Company is that of an investment holding company. The principal activities of its subsidiaries, 
joint ventures, associate, and joint operations are set out in Notes 16, 17, 18 and 19 respectively.

The financial statements for the financial year ended 30 June 2020 were approved and authorised for issue on the 
date of the statement by the Board of Directors in accordance with a resolution of the Directors on the date of the 
Directors’ Statement.

2.  Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Basis of Preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Singapore Companies Act, Chapter 
50 and Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (International) (‘SFRS(I)’) under the historical cost convention, except as 
disclosed in the accounting policies below.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with SFRS(I) requires management to exercise its judgement in the 
process of applying the Group’s accounting policies. It also requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates and 
assumptions. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates 
are significant to the financial statements are disclosed in Note 3. 

The Group has adopted the new or amended SFRS(I) and SFRS(I) Interpretations (‘SFRS(I) INTs’) that are mandatory for 
application for the financial year. The details are disclosed in Note 34 to the financial statements.

Changes in accounting policy

Freehold land and Buildings

Over the past 10 years, the Group has built significant facilities in Henderson, Western Australia and since 2016 has 
enhanced the Company’s New South Wales Newcastle facilities.  The majority of this work was carried out by its wholly 
subsidiary entity’s in house multi-disciplined workforce. Under this delivery model, the Group avoided imposing overhead 
and profit recovery on to the construction costs. The revaluation method is to present the true value of the freehold land 
and buildings of the Group. The change in accounting policy was brought about to enhance the relevance and reliability of 
the information contained in the financial statements.

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued) 

(a) Basis of Preparation (continued)

Changes in accounting policy (continued)

Basis of revaluation

Freehold land and buildings are revalued on a fair value basis. An independent valuation of freehold land and buildings of the 
Company and its wholly owned subsidiary entities was carried out for 30 June 2020.

The fair value of the freehold land and buildings have been assessed as having a fair value of A$320,502,000.

The balance sheet adjustments based on the valuation is as follows:

Loss on revaluation of freehold land and buildings

Gain on revaluation of freehold land and buildings

Deferred tax liability arising on revaluation

Net asset revaluation reserve adjustment

(b) Basis of Consolidation

Group
A$’000

1,611

112,125

33,638

78,487

(i)  Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries are all entities (including structured entities) over which the Group has control. The Group controls an entity 
when the Group is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to 
affect those returns through its power over the entity. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is 
transferred to the Group. They are deconsolidated from the date that control ceases.

The Company reassesses whether or not it controls an investee if facts and circumstances indicate that there are changes to 
one or more of the three elements of control listed above.

When the Company has less than a majority of the voting rights of an investee, it has power over the investee when the 
voting rights are sufficient to give it the practical ability to direct the relevant activities of the investee unilaterally. The Company 
considers all relevant facts and circumstances in assessing whether or not the Company’s voting rights in an investee are 
sufficient to give power, including:

• 

the size of the Company’s holding of voting rights relative to the size and dispersion of holdings of the other vote holders;

•  potential voting rights held by the Company, other vote holders or other parties;

• 

rights arising from other contractual agreements; and

•  any additional facts and circumstances that indicate that the Company has, or does not have, the current ability to direct 
the relevant activities at the time that decisions need to be made, including voting patterns at previous shareholders’ 
meetings.

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued) 

(b) Basis of Consolidation (continued)
The Group applies the acquisition method to account for business combinations. The consideration transferred for the 
acquisition of a subsidiary is the fair values of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred to the former owners of the 
acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group. The consideration transferred includes the fair value of any asset 
or liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent 
liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. The Group 
recognises any non-controlling interest in the acquiree on an acquisition-by-acquisition basis, either at fair value or at the 
non-controlling interest’s proportionate share of the recognised amounts of acquiree’s identifiable net assets.

Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred.

If the business combination is achieved in stages, the acquisition date carrying value of the acquirer’s previously held 
equity interest in the acquiree is re-measured to fair value at the acquisition date; any gains or losses arising from such 
re-measurement are recognised in profit or loss. Any contingent consideration to be transferred by the Group is recognised 
at fair value at the acquisition date. Subsequent changes to the fair value of the contingent consideration that is deemed 
to be an asset or liability are recognised in accordance with SFRS(I) 9 either in profit or loss or as a change to other 
comprehensive income. Contingent consideration that is classified as equity is not re-measured, and its subsequent 
settlement is accounted for within equity.

The excess of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling interest in the acquiree and the acquisition-
date fair value of any previous equity interest in the acquiree over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is 
recorded as goodwill. If the total of consideration transferred, non-controlling interest recognised and previously held 
interest measured is less than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired in the case of a bargain purchase, 
the difference is recognised directly in profit or loss.

Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between Group companies are eliminated. 
Unrealised losses are also eliminated. When necessary, amounts reported by subsidiaries have been adjusted to conform 
with the Group’s accounting policies.

Change in ownership interests in subsidiaries without change of control
Transactions with non-controlling interests that do not result in loss of control are accounted for as equity transactions – 
that is, as transactions with the owners in their capacity as owners. The difference between fair value of any consideration 
paid and the relevant share acquired of the carrying value of net assets of the subsidiary is recorded in equity. Gains or 
losses on disposals to non-controlling interests are also recorded in equity.

Disposal of subsidiaries
When the Group ceases to have control any retained interest in the entity is re-measured to its fair value at the date  
when control is lost, with the change in carrying amount recognised in profit or loss. The fair value is the initial carrying 
amount for the purposes of subsequently accounting for the retained interest as an associate, joint venture or financial 
asset. In addition, any amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income in respect of that entity are 
accounted for as if the Group had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities. This may mean that amounts 
previously recognised in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss.

(ii)  Joint Arrangements
A joint arrangement is a contractual arrangement whereby two or more parties have joint control. Joint control is the 
contractually agreed sharing of control of an arrangement, which exists only when decisions about the relevant activities 
require the unanimous consent of the parties sharing control. 

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(b) Basis of Consolidation (continued) 

(ii)  Joint Arrangements  (continued) 
A joint arrangement is classified either as joint operation or joint venture, based on the rights and obligations of the parties 
to the arrangement.

To the extent the joint arrangement provides the Group with rights to the net assets of the arrangement, the arrangement is 
a joint venture.

The Group reassesses whether the type of joint arrangement in which it is involved has changed when facts and 
circumstances change.

Joint venture
The Group recognises its interest in a joint venture as an investment and accounts for the investment using the  
equity method.

Under the equity method, the investment is initially recognised at cost, and the carrying amount is increased or decreased 
to recognise the investor’s share of the profit or loss of the investee after the date of acquisition.

Joint operations
The Group’s joint operations are joint arrangements whereby the parties (the joint operators) that have joint control of the 
arrangement have rights to the assets, and obligations to the liabilities, relating to the arrangement. 

The Group recognises, in relation to its interest in the joint operation:  

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

its assets, including its share of any assets held jointly; 

its liabilities, including its share of any liabilities incurred jointly; 

its revenue from the sale of its share of the output arising from the joint operation;

its share of the revenue from the sale of the output by the joint operation; and 

its expenses, including its share of any expenses incurred jointly. 

When the Group sells or contributes assets to a joint operation, the Group recognises gains or losses on the sale or 
contribution of assets that are attributable to the interest of the other joint operations. The Group recognises the full  
amount of any loss when the sale or contribution of assets provides evidence of a reduction in the net realisable value,  
or an impairment loss, of those assets.

When the Group purchases assets from a joint operation, it does not recognise its share of the gains and losses until it 
resells the assets to an independent party. However, a loss on the transaction is recognised immediately if the loss provides 
evidence of a reduction in the net realisable value of the assets to be purchased or and impairment loss.

The accounting policies of the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses relating to the Group’s interest in a joint operation 
have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the accounting policies adopted by the Group.

(c) Investment in Subsidiary Companies
Investments in subsidiary companies are carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses in the statement of financial 
position of the Company.

On disposal of investments in subsidiaries, the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of 
the investments are recognised in the profit or loss.

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued) 

(d) Investment in Associate

The Group recognises its interest in an associate as an investment and accounts for the investment using the equity method.

Under the equity method, the investment is initially recognised at cost, and the carrying amount is increased or decreased 
to recognise the investor’s share of the profit or loss of the investee after the date of acquisition.

If the Group’s share of losses of an associate equals or exceeds its interest in the associate, the Group discontinues 
recognising its share of further losses. If the associate subsequently reports profits, the Group resumes recognising its 
share of those profits only after its share of the profits equals the share of losses not recognised.

(e) Revenue Recognition
Revenue is measured based on the consideration to which the Group expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring 
promised goods or services to a customer, excluding amounts collected on behalf of third parties.

Revenue is recognised when the Group satisfies a performance obligation by transferring a promised good or service 
to the customer, which is when the customer obtains control of the good or service. A performance obligation may 
be satisfied at a point in time or over time. The amount of revenue recognised is the amount allocated to the satisfied 
performance obligation.

Construction contract revenue
The Group provides engineering and construction services to customers through contracts. Contract revenue is 
recognised when the Group’s performance creates or enhances an asset that the customer controls as the asset is  
created or enhanced.

For these contracts, revenue is recognised over time by reference to the Group’s progress towards the completion of 
the contract. The measure of progress is determined based on the proportion of contract costs incurred to date to the 
estimated total contract costs (‘input method’). Costs incurred that are not related to the contract or that do not contribute 
towards satisfying a performance obligation (‘PO’) are excluded from the measurement of progress and instead are 
expensed as incurred.

In some circumstances, such as in the early stages of a contract where the Group may not be able to reasonably measure 
its progress but expects to recover the contract costs incurred, contract revenue is recognised only to the extent of the 
contract costs incurred until such time when the Group can reasonably measure its progress.

Contract modifications that do not add distinct goods or services are accounted for as a continuation of the original 
contract and the change is recognised as a cumulative adjustment to revenue at the date of modification.

The amount of revenue recognised is based on the estimated transaction price, which comprises the contractual price, 
adjusted for expected returns. Based on the Group’s experience with similar types of contracts, variable consideration 
is typically constrained and included in the transaction only to the extent that is highly probable that a significant reversal 
in the amount of cumulative revenue recognised will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable 
consideration is subsequently resolved.

Estimates of revenues, costs or the extent of progress toward completion are revised if circumstances change.  
Any resulting increases or decreases in estimated revenues or costs are reflected in profit or loss in the period in which  
the circumstances that give rise to the revision become known by management.

At the end of each reporting date, the Group updates its assessment of the estimated transaction price, including its 
assessment of whether an estimate of variable consideration is constrained. The corresponding amounts are adjusted 
against revenue in the period in which the transaction price changes.

The period between the transfer of the promised services and customer payment may exceed one year. For such 
contracts, there is no significant financing component present as the payment terms are an industry practice to protect  
the customers from the performing entity’s failure to adequately complete some or all of its obligations under the contract. 
As a consequence, the Group does not adjust any of the transaction prices for the time value of money.

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(e) Revenue Recognition (continued) 

Construction contract revenue (continued)
The customer is invoiced on a milestone payment schedule. If the value of the goods transferred by the Group exceeds the 
payments, a contract asset is recognised. If the payments exceed the value of the goods transferred, a contract liability is 
recognised.

For costs incurred in fulfilling the contract which is within the scope of another SFRS(I) (e.g. Inventories), these have been 
accounted for in accordance with those other SFRS(I). If these are not within the scope of another SFRS(I), the Group 
will capitalise these as contract cost assets only if (a) these costs relate directly to a contract or an anticipated contract 
which the Group can specifically identify; (b) these costs generate or enhance resources of the Group that will be used 
in satisfying (or in continuing to satisfy) performance obligations in the future; and (c) these costs are expected to be 
recovered. Otherwise, such costs are recognised as an expense immediately.

Sale of goods and services
Revenue from the sale of goods and services in the ordinary course of business are recognised when the Group satisfies a 
PO by transferring control of a promised good or service to the customer. The amount of revenue recognised is the amount 
of the transaction price allocated to the satisfied PO.

The transaction price is allocated to each PO in the contract on the basis of the relative stand-alone selling prices of the 
promised goods or services. The individual standalone selling price of a good or service that has not previously been sold 
on a stand-alone basis, or has a highly variable selling price, is determined based on the residual portion of the transaction 
price after allocating the transaction price to goods and/or services with observable stand-alone selling prices. A discount 
or variable consideration is allocated to one or more, but not all, of the performance obligations if it relates specifically to 
those performance obligations.

The transaction price is the amount of consideration in the contract to which the Group expects to be entitled in exchange 
for transferring the promised goods or services. The transaction price may be fixed or variable and is adjusted for the time 
value of money if the contract includes a significant financing component. The consideration payable to a customer is 
deducted from the transaction price if the Group does not receive a separate identifiable benefit from the customer. When 
consideration is variable, the estimated amount is included in the transaction price to the extent that it is highly probable 
that a significant reversal of the cumulative revenue will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable 
consideration is subsequently resolved.

Revenue may be recognised at a point in time or over time following the timing of satisfaction of the PO. If a PO is satisfied 
over time, revenue is recognised based on the percentage of completion reflecting the progress towards complete 
satisfaction of that PO.

The Group considers certain services to be a distinct service as it is both regularly supplied by the Group to other 
customers on a stand-alone basis and is available for customers from other providers in the market. A portion of the 
transaction price is therefore allocated to the maintenance services based on the stand-alone selling price of those 
services. Discounts are not considered as they are only given in rare circumstances and are never material. Revenue from 
the maintenance services is recognised over time. The transaction price allocated to these services is recognised as a 
contract liability at the time of the initial sales transaction and is released on a straight-line basis over the period of service.

(f)  Government Grants
Government grants are recognised when there is reasonable assurance that the grant will be received and all attached 
conditions will be complied with. As the grant relates to R&D expenditure already incurred it is recognised in the income 
statement in the period it became receivable. 

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(g) Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities
A contract asset is recognised when the Group recognises revenue as set out in Note 2(e) before being unconditionally 
entitled to the consideration under the payment terms set out in the contract. Contract assets are assessed for expected 
credit losses (‘ECLs’) in accordance with the policy set out in Note 2(j) and are reclassified to receivables when the right to 
the consideration has become unconditional.

A contract liability is recognised when the customer pays consideration before the Group recognises the related revenue 
as set out in Note 2(e). A contract liability would also be recognised if the Group has an unconditional right to receive 
consideration before the Group recognises the related revenue. In such cases, a corresponding receivable would also be 
recognised.

For a single contract with the customer, either a net contract asset or a net contract liability is presented. For multiple 
contracts, contract assets and contract liabilities of unrelated contracts are not presented on a net basis.

(h) Income Tax
Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax. 

Current income tax is recognised at the amount expected to be paid to or recovered from the tax authorities, using the tax 
rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred income tax is recognised for all temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and 
their carrying amounts in the financial statements except when the deferred income tax arises from the initial recognition of 
goodwill or an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and affects neither accounting nor taxable 
profit or loss at the time of the transaction.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognised on all temporary differences except for taxable temporary differences associated with 
investments in subsidiaries and joint venture, where the Group is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary 
difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

Deferred tax assets are recognised for all deductible temporary differences, carry forward of unused tax credits and 
unused tax losses, to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the deductible 
temporary differences, and the carry forward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses can be utilised except where the 
deferred tax asset relating to the deductible temporary difference arises from the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a 
transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting profit nor 
taxable profit or loss. In respect of deductible temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries and interest 
in joint venture, deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that the temporary differences will 
reverse in the foreseeable future and taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilised.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured:

(i)  at the tax rates that are expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset is realised or the deferred income tax  
liability is settled, based on tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance 
sheet date; and

(ii)  based on the tax consequence that would follow from the manner in which the Group expects, at the balance sheet 

date, to recover or settle the carrying amounts of its assets and liabilities.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it 
is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the deferred tax asset to be utilised. 
Unrecognised deferred tax assets are reassessed at the end of each reporting period and are recognised to the extent that 
it has become probable that future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered.

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(h) Income Tax (continued) 
Current income taxes are recognised in profit and loss except to the extent that the tax relates to items recognised outside 
profit or loss, either in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. Management periodically evaluates positions taken 
in the tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation and establishes 
provisions where appropriate.

Deferred tax relating to items recognised outside profit and loss is recognised outside profit and loss. Deferred tax items 
are recognised in correlation to the underlying transaction either in other comprehensive income or directly in equity and 
deferred tax arising from a business combination is adjusted against goodwill on acquisition.

Sales tax
Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of sales tax except:

•  Where the sales tax incurred on a purchase of assets or services is not recoverable from the taxation authority, in 

which case the sale tax is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense item as 
applicable; and

•  Receivables and payables that are stated with the amount of sales tax included.

The net amount of sales tax recoverable from or payable to, the taxation authority is included as part of receivables or 
payables in the statements of financial position.

(i)  Foreign Currency Translation

Functional and presentation currency
The financial statements of each entity in the Group are measured using the currency that best reflects the economic 
substance of the underlying events and circumstances relevant to each entity (the ‘functional currency’). The financial 
statements are presented in Australian Dollars (‘A$’), which is the functional currency of the Company.

Prior to 1 July 2019, the financial statements were presented in Singapore Dollars (‘S$’). With effect from 1 July 2019, 
the Group changed its presentation currency from S$ to A$. The Group largely operates within Australia where virtually 
all its income is derived. Following the Group’s listing on the Australian Securities Exchange on 22 June 2019, the 
change will help to provide a clearer understanding of the Group’s financial results and improve comparability of the 
Group’s performance.

The effect of the change of presentation currency was applied retrospectively using the following procedures:

•  Assets and liabilities of all corresponding figures presented (including opening balances from the beginning of earliest 

prior period presented) were translated at the closing rates of respective year end;

• 

Income and expenses for all corresponding figures presented were translated at the average exchange rate for the 
financial year approximating the exchange rates at the dates of transactions; and 

•  All resulting exchange differences were recognised in other comprehensive income.

Transactions and balances
In preparing the financial statements of the individual entities, transactions in currencies other than the entity’s functional 
currency (‘foreign currencies’) are recognised at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At the 
 end of each reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at 
that date.

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(i)  Foreign Currency Translation (continued) 

Transactions and balances (continued)
Currency translation differences resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation of monetary 
assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the closing rates at the balance sheet date are recognised in 
profit or loss, unless they arise from borrowings in foreign currencies and other currency instruments designated and 
qualifying as net investment hedges and net investment in foreign operations. Those currency translation differences are 
recognised in the currency translation reserve in the consolidated financial statements and transferred to profit or loss as 
part of the gain or loss on disposal of the foreign operation. 

Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Group companies
The consolidated results and financial position of foreign operations whose functional currency is different from the  
Group’s presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

•  Assets and liabilities for each statement of financial position presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of 

that statement;

• 

Income or expense for each statements presenting profit or loss and other comprehensive income (i.e. including 
comparatives) are translated at exchange rates at the dates of the transactions; and

•  All resulting currency translation differences are recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in the 

currency translation reserve.

Exchange differences arising on translation of foreign operations are transferred directly to the Group’s foreign currency 
translation reserve in the statement of financial position. These differences are recognised in other comprehensive income 
in the period in which they are incurred. 

On the disposal of a foreign operation (i.e. a disposal of the Group’s entire interest in a foreign operation, or a disposal 
involving loss of control over a subsidiary that includes a foreign operation or loss of joint control over a jointly controlled 
entity that includes a foreign operation), all of the accumulated exchange differences in respect of that operation attributable 
to the Group are reclassified to profit or loss. Any exchange differences that have previously been attributed to non-
controlling interests are derecognised, but they are not reclassified to profit or loss.

(j)  Financial Assets 

Classification and measurement

The Group classifies its financial assets in the following measurement categories:

•  Amortised cost;

•  Fair value through other comprehensive income (‘FVOCI’); and

•  Fair value through profit or loss (‘FVPL’).

The classification depends on the Group’s business model for managing the financial assets as well as the contractual 
terms of the cash flows of the financial asset.

Financial assets with embedded derivatives, if any, are considered in their entirety when determining whether their cash 
flows are solely payment of principal and interest.

The Group reclassifies debt instruments when and only when its business model for managing those assets changes.

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(j)  Financial Assets (continued)

Initial recognition
At initial recognition, the Group measures a financial asset at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial asset not at 
fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the financial asset. 
Transaction costs of financial assets carried at fair value through profit or loss are expensed in profit or loss.

Subsequent measurement
Debt instruments mainly comprise of cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables and contract assets.

There are three subsequent measurement categories, depending on the Group’s business model for managing the asset 
and the cash flow characteristics of the asset:

•  Amortised cost: Debt instruments that are held for collection of contractual cash flows where those cash flows 

represent solely payments of principal and interest are measured at amortised cost. A gain or loss on a debt instrument 
that is subsequently measured at amortised cost and is not part of a hedging relationship is recognised in profit or loss 
when the asset is derecognised or impaired. Interest income from these financial assets is included in interest income 
using the effective interest rate method.

•  FVOCI: Debt instruments that are held for collection of contractual cash flows and for sale, and where the assets’ 

cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest, are classified as FVOCI. Movements in fair values are 
recognised in Other Comprehensive Income (‘OCI’) and accumulated in fair value reserve, except for the recognition of 
impairment gains or losses, interest income and foreign exchange gains and losses, which are recognised in profit and 
loss. When the financial asset is derecognised, the cumulative gain or loss previously recognised in OCI is reclassified 
from equity to profit or loss and presented in ‘other income / other expenses’. Interest income from these financial 
assets is recognised using the effective interest rate method and presented in ‘interest income’, if any.

•  FVPL: Debt instruments that are held for trading as well as those that do not meet the criteria for classification as 

amortised cost or FVOCI are classified as FVPL. Movement in fair values and interest income is recognised in profit or 
loss in the period in which it arises and presented in ‘other income / other expenses’, if any.

Recognition and derecognition

Regular way purchases and sales of financial assets are recognised on trade date - the date on which the Group 
commits to purchase or sell the asset.

Financial assets are derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows from the financial assets have expired or have 
been transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership.

On disposal of a debt instrument, the difference between the carrying amount and the sale proceeds is recognised in 
profit or loss. Any amount previously recognised in other comprehensive income relating to that asset is reclassified to 
profit or loss.

Impairment

The Group assesses on a forward-looking basis the expected credit loss (‘ECL’) associated with its debt financial assets 
carried at amortised cost and FVOCI. The impairment methodology applied depends on whether there has been a 
significant increase in credit risk. ECL are probability-weighted estimates of credit losses. Credit losses are measured at 
the present value of all cash shortfalls (i.e. the difference between the cash flows due to the entity in accordance with the 
contract and the cash flows that the Group expects to receive). ECL are discounted at the effective interest rate of the 
financial asset.

For trade receivables and contract assets, the Group applies the simplified approach permitted by SFRS(I) 9, which 
requires expected lifetime losses to be recognised from initial recognition of the receivables.

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(j)  Financial Assets (continued) 

Impairment (continued)

For other receivables, the Group applies the general approach. For the purpose of impairment assessment for other 
receivables, the loss allowance is measured at an amount equal to 12-month ECL, which reflects the low credit risk of  
the exposures.

Credit-impaired financial assets
A financial asset is credit-impaired when one or more events that have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash 
flows of the financial asset have occurred. At each reporting date, the Group assesses whether financial assets carried at 
amortised cost are credit-impaired.

Evidence that a financial asset is credit-impaired includes the observable data about the following events:

•  Significant financial difficulty of the borrower or issuer;

•  A breach of contract such as a default or past due;

•  The lender(s) of the borrower, for economic or contractual reasons relating to the borrower’s financial difficulty, having 
granted to the borrower or a concession(s) that the lender(s) would not other consider (e.g. the restructuring of a loan 
or advance by the Group on terms that the Group would not consider otherwise);

• 

It is becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation; or

•  The disappearance of an active market for a security because of financial difficulties.

Write-off policy
The Group writes off a financial asset when there is information indicating that the counterparty is in severe financial 
difficulty and there is no realistic prospect of recovery. Financial assets written off may still be subject to recovery efforts 
under the Group’s recovery procedures. Any recoveries made are recognised in profit or loss.

(k) Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid 
investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within  
short-term borrowings in current liabilities on the statement of financial position.

(l)  Property, Plant and Equipment

(i)  Recognition and measurement

Freehold land and buildings

Before 1 July 2019, the Group was using cost model for this class of property. Freehold land and buildings were stated  
on the cost basis and are therefore carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.  
The cost includes construction costs and borrowing cost that are eligible to be capitalised.

From 1 July 2019, under the revaluation model, freehold land and buildings are initially recognised at cost. Such costs, 
including the construction costs and borrowing costs that are eligible for capitalisation, are subsequently carried at their 
revalued amount, being the fair value at the date of revaluation, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and 
subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

Revaluations are performed with sufficient regularity such that the carrying amount do not differ materially from those that 
would be determined using fair values at the end of the reporting period.

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

(l)  Property, Plant and Equipment (continued)

(i)  Recognition and measurement (continued)

Freehold land and buildings (continued)

Freehold land and buildings are revalued by independent professional valuers on triennial basis and whenever their carrying 
amounts are likely to differ materially from their revalued amounts. When an asset is revalued, any accumulated depreciation 
at the date of revaluation is eliminated against the gross carrying amount of the asset. The net amount is then restated to the 
revalued amount of the asset.

Increases in carrying amounts arising from revaluation are recognised in other comprehensive income, unless they offset 
previous decreases in the carrying amounts of the same asset, in which case, they are recognised in profit or loss. Decreases 
in carrying amounts that offset previous increases of the same asset are recognised in other comprehensive income. All other 
decreases in carrying amounts are recognised in profit or loss.

Other property, plant and equipment

All other items of property are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. In the 
event the carrying amount of plant and equipment is greater than its estimated recoverable amount, the carrying amount is 
written down immediately to its estimated recoverable amount and impairment losses recognised either in profit or loss or 
as a revaluation decrease if the impairment losses relate to a revalued asset. A formal assessment of recoverable amount 
is made when impairment indicators are present (refer to Note 3 for details of critical judgements of impairment of property, 
plant and equipment).

The cost of fixed assets constructed within the Group includes the cost of materials, direct labour, borrowing costs and an 
appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads.

Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when 
it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Group and the cost of the item can be 
measured reliably. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to profit or loss during the financial period in which they  
are incurred

(ii)  Depreciation

The depreciable amount of all fixed assets including buildings and capitalised leased assets, but excluding freehold land, 
is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the asset’s useful life from the time the asset is held ready for use. Leasehold 
improvements are depreciated over the shorter of either the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful lives of  
the improvements. Assets under construction are not depreciated.

The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable assets are:

Class of Fixed Assets

Buildings

Plant and equipment

Leased plant and equipment

Small tools

Motor vehicles

Office and IT equipment

Depreciation Rate

2% - 33.33%

5% - 15%

5% - 15%

5% - 33.33%

6.67% - 33.33%

5% - 33.33%

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at the end of each reporting period. 

An asset’s carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset’s carrying amount is greater 
than its estimated recoverable amount. 

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with the carrying amount. These gains or losses are 
included in profit or loss.

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued) 

(m) Impairment of Non-Financial Assets 

Non-financial assets are tested for impairment whenever there is any indication that these assets may be impaired. 

At the end of each reporting period, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its non-financial assets to determine 
whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the 
recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any), on an 
individual asset. 

Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Group estimates the recoverable 
amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. Where a reasonable and consistent basis of allocation can 
be identified, corporate assets are also allocated to individual cash-generating units, or otherwise they are allocated to the 
smallest group of cash-generating units for which a reasonable and consistent allocation basis can be identified.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated 
future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market 
assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows 
have not been adjusted.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying 
amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. The difference between the carrying 
amount and recoverable amount is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. 

An assessment is made at each reporting date as to whether there is any indication that previously recognised impairment 
losses may no longer exist or may have decreased. 

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased 
to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying 
amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) 
in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

(n) Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the Group has a legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events, for which it is 
more likely than not that an outflow of economic benefits will result and that outflow can be reliably measured. 

Provisions are measured using the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation at the end of the reporting 
period. If it is no longer probable that an outflow of economic resources will be required to settle the obligation, the 
provision is reversed. If the effect of the time value of money is material, provisions are discounted using a current pre-tax 
rate that reflects, where appropriate, the risks specific to the liability. When discounting is used, the increase in the provision 
due to the passage of time is recognised as a finance cost. 

(o) Financial Liability and Equity Instruments Issued by the Group

Classification as debt or equity 
Debt and equity instruments are classified as either financial liabilities or as equity in accordance with the substance of the 
contractual arrangement. 

Financial liabilities
An entity shall recognise a financial liability on its statement of financial position when, and only when, the entity becomes a 
party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. 

Financial liability is recognised initially at fair value plus, in the case of a financial liability not at fair value through profit or 
loss, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issue. 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued) 

(o) Financial Liability and Equity Instruments Issued by the Group (continued) 

Financial liabilities (continued)
After initial recognition, financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest  
rate method. Gains and losses are recognised in profit and loss when the liabilities are derecognised, and through 
amortisation process.

Borrowings
Borrowings are initially measured at fair value, net of transaction costs and are subsequently measured at amortised cost 
using the effective interest method, with interest expense recognised on an effective yield basis. 

The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial liability and of allocating interest 
expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash 
payments through the expected life of the financial liability, or, where appropriate, a shorter period to the net carrying 
amount on initial recognition. 

Borrowings are presented as current liabilities unless the Group has an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least  
12 months after the reporting date.

Derecognition of financial liabilities
The Group derecognises financial liabilities when, and only when, the Group’s obligations are discharged, cancelled 
or expired.

(p) Borrowing Costs
Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of assets that necessarily take a 
substantial period of time to prepare for their intended use or sale, are added to the cost of these assets, until such time as 
the assets are substantially ready for their intended use or sale. All other borrowing costs are recognised in profit or loss in 
the period in which they are incurred.

(q) Leases

Applicable to reporting periods before 1 July 2019

Finance leases
Leases of fixed assets, where substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to the ownership of the asset, but not the 
legal ownership which are transferred to entities in the Group, are classified as finance leases.

Finance leases are capitalised by recording an asset and a liability at the lower of the amounts equal to the fair value  
of the leased property or the present value of the minimum lease payments, including any guaranteed residual values. 
Lease payments are allocated between the reduction of the lease liability and the lease interest expense for the period.

Leased assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the lease term.

Operating leases 
Lease payments for operating leases, where substantially all the risks and benefits remain with the lessor, are charged as 
expenses on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Lease incentives under operating leases are recognised as a liability and amortised on a straight-line basis over the life of 
the lease term.

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued) 

(q) Leases (continued) 

Applicable to reporting periods after 1 July 2019

The Group as Lessee
At the inception of the contract, the Group assesses if the contract contains a lease. A contract contains a lease if the 
contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. 
Reassessment is only required when the terms and conditions of the contract are changed.

The Group recognises right-of-use assets and lease liabilities at the date which the underlying assets become available for 
use. Right-of-use assets are measured at cost, which comprises the initial measurement of lease liabilities adjusted for any 
lease payments made at or before the commencement dates, plus any initial direct costs incurred, less any lease incentives 
received. Any initial direct costs that would not have been incurred if the lease had not been obtained are added to the 
carrying amount of the right-of-use assets.

Right-of-use assets are subsequently depreciated using the straight-line method from the commencement dates to the 
earlier of the end of the useful lives of the right-of-use assets or the end of the lease terms. The estimated useful lives of 
right-of-use assets are determined on the same basis as those of property, plant and equipment. In addition, the right-
of-use assets are periodically reduced by impairment losses, if any, and adjusted for certain remeasurements of the 
corresponding lease liabilities. The Group presents its right-of-use assets in ‘Property, plant and equipment’ and lease 
liabilities in ‘Lease liabilities’ in the statements of financial position.

The initial measurement of lease liabilities is measured at the present value of the lease payments discounted using the 
implicit rate in the lease, if the rate can be readily determined. If that rate cannot be readily determined, the Group uses  
its incremental borrowing rate.

Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability comprise the following:  

•  Fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments), less any lease incentives receivables; 

•  Variable lease payments that are based on an index or rate, initially measured using the index or rate as at the 

commencement date;

•  Amounts expected to be payable under residual value guarantees;

•  The exercise price of a purchase option if it is reasonably certain to exercise the option; and   

•  Payment of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the Group exercising that option. 

For contracts that contain both lease and non-lease components, the Group allocates the consideration to each lease 
component on the basis of the relative stand-alone price of the lease and non-lease components. The Group has elected 
not to separate lease and non-lease components for property leases; instead, these are accounted for as one single  
lease component.

Lease liabilities are measured at amortised cost, and are remeasured when: 

•  There is a change in future lease payments arising from changes in an index or rate;   

•  There is a change in the Group’s assessment of whether it will exercise lease extension and termination options; 

•  There is a change in the Group’s estimate of the amount expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee; or  

•  There is a modification to the lease term.   

When lease liabilities are remeasured, corresponding adjustments are made against the right-of-use assets.  
If the carrying amounts of the right-of-use assets have been reduced to zero, the adjustments are recorded in profit or loss. 
The Group has elected not to recognise right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases that have lease terms 
of 12 months or less, as well as leases of low value assets.

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued) 

(q) Leases (continued) 

Applicable to reporting periods after 1 July 2019 (continued)

The Group as Lessee (continued)
Variable lease payments that are based on an index or a rate are included in the measurement of the corresponding  
right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. Other variable lease payments are recognised in profit or loss when incurred.   

(r)  Employee Benefits

Defined contribution plans
The Group participates in the national pension schemes as defined by the laws of the countries in which it has operations. 
Contributions to defined contribution pension schemes are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related 
service is performed. The Group has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid.

Provision for employee benefits
Provisions are made for the Group’s liability for employee benefits arising from services rendered by employees to the 
end of the reporting period. Employee benefits that are expected to be settled within one year have been measured at 
the amounts expected to be paid when the liability is settled. Employee benefits payable later than one year have been 
measured at the present value of the estimated future cash outflows to be made for those benefits. In determining the 
liability, consideration is given to employee wage increases and the probability that the employee may not satisfy vesting 
requirements. Those cash flows are discounted using the market yields on high quality corporate bonds with terms to 
maturity that match the expected timing of cash flows.

Share-based payments
The Group operates an equity-settled share-based compensation plan. The fair value of the employee services received in 
exchange for the grant of options is recognised as an expense with a corresponding increase in the share option reserve 
over the vesting period. 

The total amount to be recognised over the vesting period is determined by reference to the fair value of the options 
granted on the date of the grant. Non-market vesting conditions are included in the estimation of the number of shares 
under options that are expected to become exercisable on the vesting date.

At each balance sheet date, the Group revises its estimates of the number of shares under options that are expected to 
become exercisable on the vesting date and recognises the impact of the revision of the estimates in profit or loss, with a 
corresponding adjustment to the share option reserve over the remaining vesting period.

The charge or credit to profit or loss for a period represents the movement in cumulative expense recognised as at the 
beginning and end of that period.

No expense is recognised for options that do not ultimately vest, except for options where vesting is conditional upon a 
market condition, which are treated as vested irrespective of whether or not the market condition is satisfied, provided 
that all other performance and/or service conditions are satisfied. The employee share option reserve is transferred to 
retained earnings upon expiry of the share options. When the options are exercised, the employee share option reserve is 
transferred to share capital if new shares are issued, or to treasury shares if the options are satisfied by the reissuance of 
treasury shares.

In situations where equity instruments are issued and some or all of the goods or services received by the entity as 
consideration cannot be specifically identified, the unidentified goods or services received (or to be received) are measured 
as the difference between the fair value of the share-based payment and the fair value of any identifiable goods or services 
received at the grant date. This is then capitalised or expensed as appropriate.

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued) 

(s) Segment Reporting
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the executive committee 
whose members are responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of the operating segments.

(t)  Share Capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issuance of new ordinary shares are 
deducted against the share capital account.

Treasury shares
When any entity within the Group purchases the Company’s ordinary shares (‘treasury shares’), the consideration paid 
including any directly attributable incremental cost is presented as a component within equity attributable to the Company’s 
equity holders, until they are cancelled, sold or re-issued.

When treasury shares are subsequently cancelled, the cost of treasury shares are deducted against the share capital 
account if the shares are purchased out of capital of the Company, or against the retained earnings of the Company if the 
shares are purchased out of the earnings of the Company.

When treasury shares are subsequently sold or re-issued pursuant to the employee share option scheme, the cost of 
treasury shares is reversed from the treasury share account and the realised gain or loss on sale or re-issue, net of any 
directly attributable incremental transaction costs and related income tax, is recognised in the capital reserve.

(u) Related Parties
A related party is defined as follows:

A related party is a person or entity that is related to the entity that is preparing its financial statements (referred to as the 
‘reporting entity’).

a.  A person or a close member of that person’s family is related to a reporting entity if that person:

(i)  has control or joint control over the reporting entity;

(ii)  has significant influence over the reporting entity; or

(iii) is a member of the key management personnel of the reporting entity or of a parent of the reporting entity.

b.  An entity is related to a reporting entity if any of the following conditions applies:

(i) 

the entity and the reporting entity are members of the same group (which means that each parent, subsidiary and  
fellow subsidiary is related to the others);

(ii)  one entity is an associate or joint venture of the other entity (or an associate or joint venture of a member of a group 

of which the other entity is a member);

(iii)  both entities are joint ventures of the same third party;

(iv)  one entity is a joint venture of a third entity and the other entity is an associate of the third entity;

(v)  the entity is a post-employment benefit plan for the benefit of employees of either the reporting entity or an entity  
related to the reporting entity. If the reporting entity is itself such a plan, the sponsoring employers are also related 
to the reporting entity;

(vi)  the entity is controlled or jointly controlled by a person identified in (a); 

(vii)  a person identified in (a)(i) has significant influence over the entity or is a member of the key management personnel  

of the entity (or of a parent of the entity); or

(viii) the entity, or any member of a group of which it is a part, provides key management personnel services to the  

reporting entity or to the parent of the reporting entity.

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3. Critical Accounting Judgements and Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty

In the application of the Group’s accounting policies, the Directors are required to make judgements, estimates and 
assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.  
The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered  
to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are 
recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision 
and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

(a) Critical Judgements in applying the Group’s Accounting Policies
In the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies, the application of judgements that are expected to have a 
significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are discussed as follows.

(i)  Impairment of trade and other receivables and contract assets

As at 30 June 2020, the Group’s trade and other receivables and contract assets amounted to A$75,016,000  
(2019: A$63,558,000) and A$95,118,000 (2019: A$117,443,000) respectively, net of allowance for impairment, if any, 
arising from the Group’s different revenue segments as disclosed in Note 31. 

Based on the Group’s historical credit loss experience, trade receivables exhibited different loss patterns for each revenue 
segment. Within each revenue segment, the Group has common customers across the different geographical regions and 
applies credit evaluations by customer. Accordingly, management has determined the expected loss rates by grouping the 
receivables across geographical regions in each revenue segment. An allowance for impairment of A$2,678,000 (2019: Nil) 
for trade and other receivables was recognised as at 30 June 2020. No allowance for impairment for contract assets was 
recognised as at 30 June 2020 (2019: Nil).

Notwithstanding the above, the Group evaluates the expected credit loss on customers in financial difficulties separately. 
So far as management is aware, there is no major customer in financial difficulties during the financial year.

The Group’s and the Company’s credit risk exposure for trade receivables by different revenue segment are set out in 
Note 32(a).

(ii)  Judgement and method used in estimating construction contract revenue

As discussed in Note 2(e) to the financial statements, construction contract revenue is recognised over time by reference to 
the Group’s progress towards completion of the contract. The measure of progress is determined based on the proportion 
of contract costs incurred to date to the estimated total contract costs (‘input method’). Costs incurred that are not related 
to the contract or that do not contribute towards satisfying a performance obligation (‘PO’) are excluded from the measure 
of progress and instead are expensed as incurred.

Construction contract revenue comprises the initial amount of revenue agreed in the contract and variations in contract 
work to the extent that is highly probable that a significant reversal in the amount of the cumulative revenue will not occur 
when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.

In estimating the variable consideration for contract revenue, the Group uses the expected value amount method to 
estimate the transaction price. The expected value is the sum of probability-weighted amounts in a range of possible 
consideration amounts. Management has relied on historical experience and the work of experts, analysed by customers 
and nature of scope of work, from prior years.

Management has exercised judgement in applying the constraint on the estimated variable consideration that can be 
included in the transaction price. For variations claims, management has determined that a portion of the estimated 
variable consideration is subject to the constraint as, based on past experience with the customers, it is highly probable 
that a significant reversal in the cumulative amount of revenue recognised will occur, and therefore will not be recognised 
as revenue.

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3. Critical Accounting Judgements and Key Sources of Estimation  
Uncertainty (continued)

(a) Critical Judgements in applying the Group’s Accounting Policies (continued)

(iii) Legal proceedings

The Group is exposed to the risk of claims and litigation which can arise for various reasons, including changes in scope of 
work, delay and disputes etc. Given the nature of the business, variation orders, additional works and prolongation costs are 
common. As some of these items could be subjective and hence contentious in nature, the Group may from time to time be 
involved in adjudication or legal processes.

In making its judgment as to whether it is probable that any such adjudication decisions or litigation will result in a liability and 
whether any such liability can be measured reliably, management relies on past experience and the opinion of legal advisors  
and technical experts.

In making that overall judgment, management has included in its consideration the likely outcome of the claims. Although an 
adverse outcome of those claims could have a material adverse impact on the financial position of the Group, management 
have taken the view that such a material adverse outcome is very unlikely.

(iv) Impairment of property, plant and equipment

The Group assesses impairment of property, plant and equipment at each year end by evaluating conditions specific to the 
Group that may lead to impairment of assets. Adjustments will be made when considered necessary.

Impairment assessment of property, plant and equipment includes considering certain indications such as significant changes 
in asset usage, significant decline in assets’ market value, obsolescence or physical damage of an asset, significant under 
performance relative to the expected historical or future operating results and significant negative industry or economic trends.

No impairment loss on property, plant and equipment was recorded for the financial years ended 30 June 2020 and 2019.  
The carrying amount of property, plant and equipment at 30 June 2020 is A$397,804,000 (2019: A$201,004,000).

(v)  Determination of the lease term

In determining the lease term, management considers all facts and circumstances that create an economic incentive to 
exercise an extension option, or not to exercise a termination option. Extension options (or periods after termination options) 
are only included in the lease term if the lease term is reasonably certain to be extended (or not terminated). The lease term is 
reassessed if an option is actually exercised (or not exercised) or the Group becomes obliged to exercise (or not exercise) it.  
The assessment of reasonable certainty is only revised if a significant event or a significant change in circumstances occurs, 
which affects the assessment, and that is within the control of the lessee. For leases of the leasehold land and buildings, the 
following factors are normally the most relevant:

• 

• 

If there are significant penalties to terminate (or not extend), the Group is typically reasonably certain to extend (or not 
terminate).

If any leasehold improvements are expected to have a significant remaining value, the Group is typically reasonably certain 
to extend (or not terminate).

•  Otherwise, the Group considers other factors including historical lease durations and the costs and business disruption 

required to replace the leased asset.

(vi) Valuation of freehold land and buildings

The Group carries its freehold land and building at fair values which are determined by an independent real estate valuation 
expert using the highest-and-best use approach which is generally the sales comparison approach (i.e. the basis of market 
value). In arriving at the valuation figure, the valuer has taken into consideration the prevailing market conditions and differences 
between the freehold land and building and the comparables in terms of location, tenure, size, shape, design and layout, age 
and condition of the building, dates of transactions and other factors affecting their values. The most significant inputs in this 
valuation approach are the selling price per square meter and the usage of the property. The estimates are based on local 
market conditions existing at the reporting date.

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3. Critical Accounting Judgements and Key Sources of Estimation  
Uncertainty (continued)

(a) Critical Judgements in applying the Group’s Accounting Policies (continued)

(vi) Valuation of freehold land and buildings (continued)

Fair values of buildings with no available market information are determined by the independent real estate valuation expert 
using the depreciated replacement cost method, which involves estimating the current replacement cost of the buildings 
and from which deductions are made to allow for depreciation due to age, condition and functional obsolescence.  
The replacement cost is then added to the land value to derive the fair value. The land value is determined based on the 
direct comparison method with transactions of comparable plots of land within the vicinity and elsewhere. In arriving at the 
valuation figure, the valuation expert has taken into consideration the prevailing market condition and differences between 
the freehold land and buildings and the comparable in terms of location, tenure, size, shape, design and layout, age and 
condition, dates of transactions and other factors affecting their values. The most significant inputs into this valuation 
approach are the estimated construction costs, depreciation rates and developer profit margin.

The carrying amount of the freehold land and buildings at the reporting date is disclosed in Note 14. If the selling prices and 
price per unit measurement of the freehold land and buildings determined by valuation experts had been 5% higher/lower, 
the carrying amount of the freehold land and buildings would have been A$16,025,000 higher/lower.

(b) Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty
The following are the key assumptions concerning the future, and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the end 
of the reporting period that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and 
liabilities within the next financial year.

(i)  Estimation of total contract costs for construction contracts

The Group has significant ongoing construction contracts as at 30 June 2020 that are non-cancellable. For these 
contracts, revenue is recognised over time by reference to the Group’s progress towards completion of the contract. 
The measure of progress is determined based on the proportion of contract costs incurred to date to the estimated total 
contract costs (‘input method’).

Management has to estimate the total contract costs to complete, which are used in the input method to determine 
the Group’s recognition of construction revenue. When it is probable that the total contract costs will exceed the total 
construction revenue, a provision for onerous contracts is recognised immediately.

Significant assumptions are used to estimate the total contract sum and the total contract costs which affect the accuracy 
of revenue recognition based on the percentage-of-completion and completeness of provision for onerous contracts 
recognised. In making these estimates, management has relied on past experience and the work of specialists.

The Group includes incremental costs of fulfilling the contracts which are the cost of materials and labour required to 
construct the projects. In estimating the forecast costs, the management exercised judgement in considering costs that 
relate directly to the contracts.

If the estimated total contract sum decreases by 1% from management’s estimates, the Group’s profit before income tax 
will decrease by approximately A$3,901,000 (2019: A$4,870,000).

If the remaining estimated contract costs increase by 1% from management’s estimates, the Group’s profit before income 
tax will decrease by approximately A$3,472,000 (2019: A$4,633,000).

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3. Critical Accounting Judgements and Key Sources of Estimation  
Uncertainty (continued)

(b) Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty (continued)

(ii)  Estimation of useful lives of property, plant and equipment

The useful lives of assets have been based on historical experience, lease terms and best available information for similar 
items in the industry. These estimations will affect the depreciation expense recognised in the financial year. There is no 
change in the estimated useful lives of plant and equipment during the current financial year.

The carrying amount of the Group’s property, plant and equipment as at 30 June 2020 was A$397,804,000 (2019: 
A$201,004,000) (Note 14). A 10% difference in the expected useful lives of these assets from management’s estimate 
would result in an approximately A$1,046,000 (2019: A$1,002,000) variance in the Group’s profit before tax.

(iii) Income taxes

The Group has exposure to income taxes of which a portion of these taxes arose from certain transactions and 
computations for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain during the ordinary course of business. The Group 
recognises receivables or liabilities on expected tax issues based on their best estimates of the likely taxes recoverable 
or due. Where the final tax outcome of these matters is different from the amounts that were initially recognised, such 
differences will impact the income tax and deferred tax positions in the period in which such determination is made. 
The carrying amounts of the Group’s and Company’s current income tax positions as at 30 June 2020 were income tax 
payable of A$2,862,000 (2019: income tax recoverable A$4,024,000) and A$2,840,000 (2019: income tax recoverable 
A$4,043,000) respectively. The carrying amounts of the Group’s and Company’s deferred tax assets and deferred tax 
liabilities as at 30 June 2020 are disclosed in Note 9 to the financial statements.

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4.  Revenue from Contracts with Customers

(a) Disaggregation of Revenue from Contracts with Customers
The Group derives revenue from the transfer of goods and services over time and at a point in time as follows:

Over time:

Construction contract revenue

Revenue from rendering of services

At a point in time:

Revenue from sales of goods

The segment analysis of the Group is disclosed in Note 31 to the financial statements.

(b) Contract Assets and Liabilities

Contract assets

Contract liabilities

Group

Group

2020
A$’000

390,235

728

390,963

905

391,868

2020
A$’000

95,118

(83,266)

2019
A$’000

483,943

3,031

486,974

1,537

488,511

2019
A$’000

117,443

(69,333)

Contract assets primarily relate to the Group’s right to consideration for work completed but not yet billed at the reporting 
date on construction contracts. The contract assets are transferred to trade receivables when the rights become 
unconditional, which usually occurs when the customer certifies the progress claims.

Contract liabilities primarily relate to the Group’s obligation to transfer goods or services to customers for which the Group 
has received advances from customers for construction contracts and progress billings issued in excess of the Group’s 
rights to the consideration in respect of construction contract revenue.

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4.  Revenue from Contracts with Customers (continued)

(b) Contract Assets and Liabilities (continued)

(i)  Significant changes in contract balances

Contract assets:

Contract assets reclassified to trade receivables

Contract assets adjustments

Changes in measurement of progress

Contract liabilities:

Revenue recognised in current period that was included in the contract liability  
balance at the beginning of the period

Increase due to cash received, excluding amounts recognised as revenue  
during the year

Group

2020
A$’000

(44,655)

(15,008)

37,338

69,296

(83,229)

2019
A$’000

(76,840)

-

54,082

17,653

(55,997)

In accordance with Note 2(e) to the financial statements, contract assets adjustments relating to changes in the estimated 
transaction price were made following receipt of revised independent legal and expert advice on completed contracts.

(ii)  Unsatisfied performance obligations

Group

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

Aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to contracts that are partially or 
fully unsatisfied as at 30 June

899,498

819,042

The Group expects that the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to unsatisfied performance obligations as 
of 30 June 2020 will be recognised as revenue as the Group continue to perform to complete the construction, which is 
expected to occur over the next few years up to 2029. The amount disclosed above does not include variable consideration 
which is subject to constraint.

As permitted under the SFRS(I) 15, the aggregated transaction price allocated to unsatisfied contracts of periods of one year 
or less, or are billed based on time incurred, is not disclosed.

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5.  Other Income

Insurance recoveries

Fuel tax rebate

Interest income:

- Bank balances

- Tax authorities

- Related party

- Others

Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary (Note 16)

Net foreign exchange gain

Miscellaneous income

2020
A$’000

1,121

354

67

62

65

35

229

-

-

247

1,951

Group

2019
A$’000

1,764

485

407

210

72

-

689

2,091

95

266

5,390

Insurance recoveries
During the current financial year, the Group recognised other income of A$650,000 from an insurance claim recovered for 
a defective works by a subcontractor. The Group also recognised insurance recoveries of A$471,000 relating to damages 
caused by a cyclone and electrical fire. During the previous financial year, the Group recognised other income of A$1,218,000 
from an insurance claim relating to a fire incident in September 2017. These claims have been finalised.

6.  Profit before Income Tax

The following items have been included in arriving at profit before income tax:

Included in cost of sales:

Direct materials

Employee benefits (Note 7)

Subcontract works

Workshop and other overheads

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment (Note 14)

Finance costs on lease liabilities (Note 8)

Group

2020
A$’000

89,064

150,572

54,803

39,792

10,234

2,752

2019
A$’000

78,778

230,379

83,653

60,452

9,716

-

Included in the subcontract works are amounts either paid to subcontractors or accrued costs for payment to 
subcontractors totalling A$12,000,000 (2019: Nil) that are currently under dispute.

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6.  Profit before Income Tax (continued)

Included in administrative expenses:

Audit fees:

- Auditor of the Company

- Other auditors

Non-audit fees:

- Auditor of the Company

- Other auditors

Business development

Communications

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment (Note 14)

Directors’ fee

Employee benefits (Note 7)

Occupancy expenses

Office costs

Other administrative expenses

Other professional fees

Tax fees

Net foreign exchange loss

Included in other expenses:

Impairment loss on loan to an associate (Note 11)

Impairment loss on trade receivables (Note 11)

Loss on revaluation of freehold land and buildings (Note 14)

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

Other expenses

Group

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

92

119

21

152

426

1,626

230

253

10,595

529

549

323

1,305

616

117

1,767

911

1,611

197

46

83

95

21

62

487

1,718

299

239

9,791

537

555

645

1,488

668

-

-

-

-

277

-

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30 JUNE 2020

7.  Employee Benefits Expenses

Included in cost of sales: (Note 6)

Wages and salaries

Contributions to defined contribution plans

Other employee benefits

Included in administrative expenses: (Note 6)

Wages and salaries

Contributions to defined contribution plans

Other employee benefits

8.  Finance Costs

Bank bills and line fees

Trade finances

Lease liabilities

Finance leases

Other finance costs

Included in cost of sales:

Lease liabilities (Note 6)

Group

2020
A$’000

140,362

8,841

1,369

150,572

9,079

1,264

252

10,595

2019
A$’000

213,842

14,549

1,988

230,379

8,574

943

274

9,791

Group

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

1,091

26

1,248

-

187

2,552

2,752

3,183

970

-

729

123

5,005

-

During the current financial year, A$3,850,000 (2019: A$2,450,000) of finance cost incurred for the Assembly and 
Sustainment Hall was capitalised in property, plant and equipment.

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9.  Income Tax Expense

Current income tax

Deferred income tax

(Over)/under provision in prior years

- Current income tax

- Deferred income tax

Group

2020
A$’000

6,513

(985)

5,528

-

(311)

(311)

2019
A$’000

(352)

2,160

1,808

(16)

170

154

5,217

1,962

Deferred income tax expense on revaluation of freehold land and buildings recognised 
in other comprehensive income

33,638

-

The Group’s tax on profit before income tax differs from the amount that would arise using the Australian standard rate of 
income tax as follows:

Profit before income tax

Income tax at 30%

Add/(deduct) the tax effects of:

Over provision of income tax in respect of prior years

(Over)/under provision of deferred tax expense in prior years

Non-assessable income

Deferred tax asset not recognised

Weighted average effective tax rates

2020
A$’000

22,766

6,830

-

(311)

(1,774)

472

5,217

22.9%

Group

2019
A$’000

8,992

2,697

(16)

170

(889)

-

1,962

22.6%

As at 30 June 2020, the Group has capital tax losses of approximately A$1,611,000 (2019: A$38,000) that are available  
for offset against future capital gains of the companies in which the losses arose, for which no deferred tax asset is 
recognised due to uncertainty of its recoverability. The use of these capital tax losses is subject to the agreement of tax 
authorities and compliance with certain provisions of the tax legislation of the respective countries in which the companies 
operate. The deferred tax assets arising from these capital losses amounted to A$483,000 (2019: A$11,000) and are not 
recognised as there is no reasonable certainty that future capital gains will be available to utilise the capital tax losses. 

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9.  Income Tax Expense (continued)

The non-assessable income of the Group mainly relates to research & development tax incentives received by the Group 
from the Australian Taxation Office.

The tax rate used for the 2020 and 2019 reconciliations above is the corporate tax rate of 30% payable by corporate entities 
in Australia on taxable profits under the tax law in that jurisdiction. The Group’s operations are located in Australia.

Current tax recoverable
During the previous financial year, current tax recoverable mainly arose from the Group’s overprovision of income taxes in 
preceding years.

Group

Opening
A$’000

Charged to 
profit or loss
A$’000

Charged to 
OCI*
A$’000

Closing
A$’000

(4,099)

3

904

3,224

433

103

568

(3,421)

1

1,609

4,205

57

(13)

82

691

548

101

(6)

(291)

253

(33,638)

(37,046)

-

-

-

-

-

551

1,005

3,218

142

356

1,296

(33,638)

(31,774)

(678)

2

(705)

(981)

376

13

21

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(4,099)

3

904

3,224

433

-

103

568

2,520

(1,952)

Deferred taxes

2020 

Property, plant and equipment

Receivables

Trade and other payables

Provisions

Carried forward tax losses

Others

2019 

Property, plant and equipment

Receivables

Trade and other payables

Provisions

Carried forward tax losses

Unrealised foreign exchange losses

Others

*Other Comprehensive Income

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30 JUNE 2020

9.  Income Tax Expense (continued)

Deferred taxes (continued)

2020 

Loan receivables

Trade and other payables

Carried forward tax losses

Others

2019 

Cash at bank

Loan receivables

Trade and other payables

Carried forward tax losses

Others

Company

Charged to 
profit or loss
A$’000

Closing
A$’000

Opening
A$’000

3

11

377

3

394

14

(10)

(375)

(1)

(372)

17

1

2

2

22

Opening
A$’000

Charged to 
profit or loss
A$’000

Closing
A$’000

(13)

-

24

-

5

16

13

3

(13)

377

(2)

378

-

3

11

377

3

394

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NOTES TO THE 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

30 JUNE 2020

10.  Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the Group’s net profit attributable to ordinary equity holders for the financial 
year by the weighted average number of ordinary shares issued.

Group

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

Profit attributable to the owners of the Company (A$’000)

17,586

6,075

Share capital

29,807,000

29,807,000

Weighted average number of ordinary shares issued

- Basic

- Diluted

Earnings per ordinary share (A$ cents)

- Basic

- Diluted

500,985,000

500,985,000

500,985,000

500,985,000

3.51

3.51

1.21

1.21

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the consolidated profit after tax attributable to the equity holders of the 
Company, by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the financial year.

As at 30 June 2020 and 2019, the diluted earnings per share is the same as the basic earnings per share as it does not 
include the effect of 4,000,000 (2019: 4,000,000) unissued ordinary shares granted under the CESOS (Note 25(b)).  
The effect of the inclusion is anti-dilutive.

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11.  Trade and Other Receivables

Current:
Trade receivables

- Third parties

- Retention sum receivables

Allowance for impairment loss

Receivables from subsidiaries

Loan to an associate

Allowance for impairment loss

Other receivables

Non-current:

Loan receivable from a joint venture

Group

Company

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

73,985

52,432

197

(911)

648

-

73,271

53,080

-

1,767

(1,767)

-

1,252

74,523

493

75,016

-

1,803

-

1,803

8,675

63,558

-

63,558

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

39,682

29,488

-

-

-

-

39,682

-

39,682

-

-

-

25

29,513

-

29,513

The receivables from subsidiaries are non-trade, unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand in cash.

The Group provided working capital funding to an associate, Civtec Africa Ltd. The loan is unsecured, interest bearing at a 
market rate of Australian Bank Bill Swap Bid Rate (‘BBSY’) plus 2% and repayable on demand. During the current financial 
year, the Group has fully impaired the amount of A$1,767,000 due to cashflow constraints of the borrower caused by 
COVID-19 lockdown limiting their ability to repay the loan.

The loan receivable from a joint venture is non-trade, unsecured, interest bearing at a market rate of Australian Bank Bill 
Swap Bid Rate (‘BBSY’) plus 3% and repayable on the maturity date or at an earlier time either in part or in full at the 
borrower’s discretion.

Included in the Group’s other receivables as at 30 June 2020, are insurance and cost recoveries amounting to  
A$846,000 (2019: A$6,700,000).

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11.  Trade and Other Receivables (continued)

The movements in allowance for impairment loss of trade and other receivables during the year are as follows:

2020 

Balance at 1 July 2019

Impairment loss recognised in profit or loss during the year on: 
- Changes in credit risk (Note 6)

As at 30 June 2020

Trade 
receivables
A$’000

-

911

911

Group

Other 
receivables
A$’000

-

1,767

1,767

Total
A$’000

-

2,678

2,678

Apart from the credit allowance provided, management has assessed that there is no other significant expected credit loss 
for the financial year ended 30 June 2020.

The Group’s internal credit evaluation practices and basis for recognition and measurement for expected credit losses are 
disclosed in Note 32(a) to the financial statements.

12.  Other Assets

Prepayments

Consumables inventory

13.  Cash and Cash Equivalents

Group

Company

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

1,432

619

2,051

413

650

1,063

-

-

-

9

-

9

Group

Company

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

Cash at banks and in hand

27,712

40,662

19

6

Cash at banks earn interest at floating rates ranging from 0.01% to 0.25% (2019: 0.01% to 1.5%) per annum.

A floating charge over cash and cash equivalents has been provided for certain debt.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

30 JUNE 2020

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CIVMEC ANNUAL REPORT   I   FINANCIAL REPORT  2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

30 JUNE 2020

14.  Property, Plant and Equipment (continued)

Depreciation expenses are classified as follows:

Included in cost of sales

Included in administrative expenses

2020
A$’000

10,234

230

10,464

2019
A$’000

9,716

299

10,015

At the balance sheet date, the details of the Group’s freehold land and buildings are as follows:

Location

Description/Existing use

Tenure

2-8 Stuart Drive 
Henderson 
Western Australia

16 Nautical Drive 
Henderson  
Western Australia

Land and buildings / Operational 
readiness and logistics support facility

Freehold

Buildings on leasehold land / 
Undercover waterfront, 
Manufacturing, Modularisation and 
Maintenance Facility

Leasehold land leases:

(i)  34-years lease from August 
2010, with further 35 years 
option

(ii)  30-years lease from March 
2014, with further 35 years 
option

(iii)  28-years lease from December 
2016, with further 45 years 
option

35-39 Old Punt Road 
Tomago 
New South Wales

Land and buildings / Manufacturing 
facility and modular assembly 
laydown area

Freehold

Freehold land and buildings carried at fair value
During the year, the Group adopted the revaluation model approach for its freehold land and buildings. An independent 
valuation of freehold land and buildings of the Group was carried out by Griffin Valuation Advisory as at 30 June 2020.  
The fair value is determined by the valuer on the highest and best use approach of each asset. Such valuation was 
determined using the Sales Comparison approach, Hypothetical Development approach and Depreciated Replacement 
Cost (DRC) approach (to non-market-type properties). The fair value of the freehold land and buildings have been assessed 
as having a fair value of A$320,502,000. The fair value has been derived through a mix of Level 2 inputs where applicable 
and Level 3 inputs where the Valuer has deemed Level 2 inputs to be not applicable.

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30 JUNE 2020

14.  Property, Plant and Equipment (continued)

Freehold land and buildings carried at fair value (continued)

Details of the Group’s freehold land and buildings and information about the fair value hierarchy as at 30 June 2020 are 
as follows:

Freehold land

Buildings

Level 1
A$’000

Level 2
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2,000

Fair Value
as at
30 June 2020
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301,002

Level 3
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299,002

Level 2 fair value of the Group’s freehold land and building have been derived using the market data approach. Sales prices 
of comparable properties in close proximity are adjusted for differences in key attributes as disclosed in Note 3(a)(vi) to 
the financial statements. The most significant input in this valuation approach is the selling price per square meter and the 
usage of the property.

Valuation techniques used to derive Level 3 fair values

The following table shows the information about fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) as 
at 30 June 2020:

Description

Fair value 
as at
30 June 2020
A$’000

Valuation 
 techniques

Unobservable 
inputs

Range of inputs

Buildings

299,002

Depreciated 
Replacement Cost 
(DRC)

Depreciation rates

2% to 33.33%

Estimated 
construction costs 
per square metre

$1,245 to $4,857

Developer profit 
margin

4% to 6%

Relationship 
of unobservable 
inputs to 
fair value

The higher the 
depreciation rates, 
the lower the fair 
value.
The higher the 
construction costs, 
the higher the fair 
value.
The higher the profit 
margin, the higher 
the fair value.

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30 JUNE 2020

14.  Property, Plant and Equipment (continued)

Freehold land and buildings carried at fair value (continued)

Fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (level 3)

The following table represents the changes in level 3 items for the financial year ended 30 June 2020:

Net book value at 1 July 2019

Acquisition

Depreciation

Transfer from assets under construction

Total cost of buildings

Transfer from cost to revaluation method (level 3)

Gain on revaluation of buildings

Closing balance 

Buildings
A$’000

50,162

57,365

(2,215)

85,607

190,919

190,919

108,083

299,002

Despite on the overall revaluation increment, a revaluation loss of A$1,611,000 is recognised on the freehold land and 
building located at Stuart Drive, Henderson.

If the freehold land and building were stated on the historical cost basis, the carrying amount would be as follows at  
30 June 2020.

Freehold land

Buildings

Accumulated depreciation

Net book value

A$’000

16,254

209,330

(15,595)

209,989

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30 JUNE 2020

14.  Property, Plant and Equipment (continued)

Right-of-use assets
Right-of-use assets acquired under leasing arrangements are presented together with the owned assets of the same class. 
Details of such leased assets are also disclosed in Note 23.

(a)  As at the balance sheet date, the net book value of property, plant and equipment that were under lease liabilities was  

A$53,308,000 (2019: A$21,879,000) (Note 23).

(b)  The carrying amount of property, plant and equipment that are pledged for security are as follows.

Description

Leased plant and equipment

Remaining property, plant and equipment

Borrowings

Lease liabilities

Bank bills

The details of the borrowings are disclosed in Note 21 to the financial statements.

15.  Intangible Assets

Goodwill

Group

2020
A$’000

26,813

370,991

397,804

2019
A$’000

21,879

179,125

201,004

2020
A$’000

10

2019
A$’000

10

Goodwill arose from the excess of the consideration paid for a business acquired from a third party. Goodwill has been 
allocated to the cash-generating unit, Metals and Minerals division.

Management is of the opinion that the recoverable amount will exceed the carrying amount on the basis that this cash 
generating unit has been generating profit since acquisition and management forecasts the results of this subsidiary to be in 
a net profit position for the financial year ended 30 June 2020. In arriving at this assessment, management has determined 
the recoverable amount using a two (2019: two) years forecasting process based on the current order book, projected orders 
and a consumer price index (‘CPI’) factor of  1.6 % (2019: 1.9%) per annum on direct costs and overhead costs.

16. Investment in Subsidiaries

Unquoted equity shares, at cost

Company

2020
A$’000

7,579

2019
A$’000

7,579

There is no material non-controlling interest to be disclosed for the financial year ended 30 June 2020.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

30 JUNE 2020

16.  Investment in Subsidiaries (continued)

The details of the Company’s subsidiaries are as follows: 

Equity held by the Group

Name of Entity

Held by the Company

Principal Activities

Country of  
incorporation

2020 
%

Civmec Construction & Engineering 
Pty Ltd*

Engineering and 
construction services

Australia

Civmec Construction & Engineering 
Singapore Pte Ltd**

Engineering and 
construction services

Singapore

100

100

2019 
%

100

100

Held by Civmec Construction &  Engineering, Singapore Pte Ltd

Civmec-Mala PNG**

Engineering and 
construction services

Papua New Guinea

88

88

Held by Civmec Construction & Engineering Pty Ltd

Civmec Holdings Pty Ltd*

Multidiscipline Solutions Pty Ltd* 

Civmec Pipe Products Pty Ltd*

Civmec Electrical and Instrumentation 
Pty Ltd*

Civmec DLG Pty Ltd*

Forgacs Marine and Defence Pty Ltd*

Asset holding 
company

Asset holding 
company and labour 
supply

Asset holding 
company

Australia

Australia

Australia

Electrical services

Australia

Engineering and 
construction services

Australia

Marine and defence 
services

Australia

Civmec Construction & Engineering 
Africa Ltd*

Asset holding 
company

Mauritius

Australian Maritime Shipbuilding and Export 
Group Ltd (AMSEG)*

Shipbuilding

Australia

Held by Forgacs Marine and Defence Pty Ltd

Forgacs Valco Pty Ltd*

Valve services

Australia

100

100

83.5

100

100

100

100

50

50

100

100

83.5

100

100

100

100

50

50

Held by Civmec Construction & Engineering Africa Ltd

Civmec Construction & Engineering Uganda 
Ltd*

Asset holding 
company

Uganda

100

100

* Audited by Moore Australia (WA) Pty Ltd, Australia.

** Audited by Moore Stephens LLP, Singapore.

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16.  Investment in Subsidiaries (continued)

Deconsolidation of a subsidiary
On 3 September 2018, the Company announced it did not subscribe for additional shares in an equity raising of an indirect 
subsidiary, Civtec Africa Ltd (‘Civtec’). Consequent to the share issue, the interest of the Group in Civtec was diluted 
from 50% to 31.9%. Civtec remains as an associated company of the subsidiary, Civmec Construction and Engineering 
Uganda Ltd.

In compliance to the applicable accounting standards, the Group has deconsolidated its 50% interest in Civtec and its 
interest is now accounted for using the equity method. Its current financial performance information is disclosed in Note 18.

Details of deconsolidation of the subsidiary is as follows:

Consideration received or receivable:

Cash or shares

Fair value of 50% interest held in subsidiary

Total consideration

Less: carrying amount of assets on deconsolidation

Gain on deconsolidation before income tax and reclassification of foreign currency translation reserve

Reclassification of foreign currency translation reserve to profit/(loss)

Income tax expense on gain on deconsolidation 

Gain on deconsolidation

Civmec Limited’s share of Civtec’s comprehensive loss for the two-month period to 31 August 2018

Total gain on deconsolidation attributable to the Group 

17.  Investment in Joint Venture

30 June 2019
A$’000

-

-

-

2,327

2,327

(91)

-

2,236

(145)

2,091

Unquoted cost of investment

Share of profit/(loss)

Cash distribution to shareholders

Written off

As at 30 June

Group

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

41

201

242

-

-

242

-

41

41

(19)

19

41

Details of the Group’s joint venture that is accounted for using the equity method at the end of the reporting period are 
as follows:

Name of Entity

Principal Activities

Held by Civmec Construction & Engineering Pty Ltd

Ownership interest 
held by the Group 

Country of  
incorporation

2020 
%

2019 
%

Brown & Root Civmec Pty Ltd(1)

Engineering and 
maintenance services

Australia

49

49

(1) Incorporated with Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd on 13 April 2019.

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17.  Investment in Joint Venture (continued)

The summarised financial information below represents amounts shown in the joint venture’s financial statements.

Brown & Root Civmec Pty Ltd
Summarised statement of financial position:

Other receivables

Current assets

Total assets

Other payables

Net assets

Group

2019
A$’000

82

-

82

-

82

2020
A$’000

586

1,441

2,027

1,533

494

Reconciliation of the above summarised financial information to the carrying amount of the interest in the joint venture 
recognised in the consolidated financial statements:

Net assets

Proportion of the Group’s ownership interest in the joint venture

Carrying amount of the Group’s interest in the joint venture

Summarised statement of comprehensive income:

Revenue

Operating expenses

Business income

Finance cost

Administrative expenses

Profit before tax

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income

2020
A$’000

494

49.0%

242

2020
A$’000

3,831

(3,328)

79

(30)

(140)

412

-

412

2019
A$’000

82

49.0%

41

2019
A$’000

557

(471)

-

-

(4)

82

-

82

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18.  Investment in Associate

Details of the Group’s associate that is accounted for using the equity method at the end of the reporting period are 
as follows:

Name of Entity

Principal Activities

Held by Civmec Construction & Engineering Uganda Ltd

Ownership interest 
held by the Group 

Country of  
incorporation

2020 
%

2019 
%

Civtec Africa Ltd

Engineering and 
construction services

Uganda

32

32

Civtec Africa Ltd
During the previous financial year, Civtec Africa Ltd, previously an indirect subsidiary of the Company with equity from 
Civmec Construction & Engineering Uganda Ltd (‘CCE Uganda’), an indirect subsidiary of the Company and other 
investors, has increased its issued shares from 175,704,642 to 274,999,624 through the issue and allotment of an 
additional 99,294,982 shares at UGX2.53 each (the ‘Share issue’).

CCE Uganda did not subscribe for additional shares in the Share Issue. Consequent to the Share Issue, the interest of 
the Group in Civtec has been diluted from 50% to 31.9% (the ‘Dilution’). Pursuant to the Dilution, Civtec remains as an 
associated company of CCE Uganda.

The summarised financial information below represents amounts shown in the associate’s financial statements.

Statement of financial position:

Current assets

Non-current assets

Current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Statement of comprehensive income:

Revenue

Profit or loss from continuing operations

Profit/(loss) for the year/period

Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the year/period

2020
A$’000

3,729

93

(1,965)

(2,179)

01.07.2019
to
30.06.2020
A$’000

5,548

939

535

575

2019
A$’000

648

20

(349)

(1,955)

03.09.2018
  to
30.06.2019
A$’000

2,906

(115)

(720)

(720)

The carrying amount of investment in associate has been reduced to nil on the basis that the associate was reported  
a net liability position as at 30 June 2020. 

The Group has not recognised its share of profit of A$183,000 for the financial year ended 30 June 2020  
(2019: A$228,000 loss) as the Group has not recovered from previous cumulative unrecognised loss.  
The cumulative unrecognised loss amount to A$44,000 (2019: A$228,000) at reporting date.

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19.  Joint Operations

The Group has interests in the following joint operations which are proportionately consolidated: 

Name of Entity

Principal Activities

Country of  
incorporation

2020 
%

2019 
%

Ownership interest 
held by the Group 

Black & Veatch Civmec JV (‘BCJV’)

Amec Foster Wheeler Civmec JV (‘ACJV’)

Engineering and 
construction services

Australia

Engineering and 
construction services

Australia

Swan River Bridge Alliance Civmec JV 
(‘SRBA’)

Engineering and 
construction services

50

50

-

50

50

33

BCJV project is for the design and construction of the wastewater treatment plant upgrade.

ACJV is for the design, procurement and installation of a process plant, administration office and warehouse.

SRBA project is to deliver the fabrication of the Swan River Pedestrian Bridge, linking the new Optus Stadium with  
East Perth and completed on 24 July 2019.

The Group is entitled to a proportionate share of the construction contract revenue earned and bears a proportionate  
share of the joint operations’ expenses.

20.  Trade and Other Payables 

Trade creditors

Sundry payables and accruals

Goods and services tax payable

Other taxes payable

Trade and other payables are usually paid within 45 days.

Group

Company

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

39,028

34,513

13,472

4,062

91,075

26,675

24,786

2,808

3,274

57,543

54

114

-

-

168

6

168

-

-

174

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21.  Borrowings

Current:

Finance lease liabilities – secured [Note 21(a)]

Bank bills – secured [Note 21(b)]

Loan from related party – unsecured [Note 21(d)]

Non-current:

Finance lease liabilities – secured [Note 21(a)]

Bank bills – secured [Note 21(b)]

Senior secured notes [Note 21(c)]

2020
A$’000

-

2,067

320

2,387

-

-

60,000

60,000

62,387

Group

2019
A$’000

6,358

2,252

320

8,930

12,804

35,444

60,000

108,248

117,178

(a) Finance Lease Liabilities
Due to the adoption of SFRS(I) 16, the finance lease liabilities are now reclassified as lease liabilities under Note 23 to the 
financial statements.

(b) Bank Bills

Banking covenants
The Group is required by the banks to maintain certain financial ratios such as loan value ratio and interest cover ratio.  
As at 30 June 2020, the Group met all of these financial covenants.

As at 30 June 2020, the Group has a commercial bank facility amounting to A$32,067,000 (2019: A$44,444,000) which 
was 6% utilised (2019: 81%).  Interest rates are variable and ranged between 1.67% to 2.25% (2019: 3.07% to 3.28%) 
 per annum during the current financial year.

The bank bills are secured by certain property, plant and equipment as disclosed in Note 14 to the financial statements.

(c) Senior Secured Notes
The Group secured A$60,000,000 offering of 4-year secured notes (‘senior secured notes’) on 23 November 2018 to 
restructure existing finance and provide funding for a portion of a world-class shipbuilding and maintenance facility at 
Henderson, Western Australia. The senior secured notes are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Company 
and are redeemable after two years at the Company’s option. The senior secured notes are collectively under a security 
trust deed and hold first ranking over all assets held with the subsidiary, Civmec Holdings Pty Ltd, including interests in land 
at the Company’s Stuart Drive Henderson site in Western Australia and the Tomago site in New South Wales, Australia.

The senior secured notes bear a fixed interest rate of 7% per annum.

(d) Loan from Related Party
Loan from related party is non-trade, unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand.

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22.  Provisions

Current:

Provision for employee benefits

Non-current:

Provision for employee benefits

The movements in provisions are as follows:

Current:

At the beginning of the year

Provisions made during the year - Included in employee benefits

Provisions utilised during the year

At the end of the year

Non-current:

At the beginning of the year

Provisions made during the year - Included in employee benefits

Adjustment due to change in probability %

Provisions utilised during the year

At the end of the year

Group

Group

2020
A$’000

6,103

3,352

9,455

2020
A$’000

5,557

9,061

(8,515)

6,103

4,634

1,170

(2,272)

(180)

3,352

2019
A$’000

5,557

4,634

10,191

2019
A$’000

9,197

18,281

(21,921)

5,557

3,935

1,019

-

(320)

4,634

Provisions pertain to employee benefits relating to long service leave for employees. In calculating the present value of future 
cash flows in respect of long service leave, the probability of long service leave being taken is based upon historical data and 
the discount rate used ranges from 1.29% to 2.53% (2019:1.46% to 2.73%).

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23.  Lease Liabilities

The Group as Lessee
The Group has entered into leases of land and buildings in respect of its offices, facilities and workshops. The Group has 
the following leases:

•  The Henderson land lease at Lot 804 (16) Nautical Drive, Henderson, Western Australia is for a 34-year period from 

August 2010 with an option to renew for a further 35 years (reasonably certain to be exercised). Rent increases as per 
the CPI Index.

•  The Henderson land lease on extended area at Lot 804 (16) Nautical Drive, Henderson, Western Australia is for a  

28-year period from December 2016 with an option to renew for a further 45 years (reasonably certain to be exercised). 
Rent increases as per the CPI Index.

•  The Henderson land lease at Lot 101 Welding Pass, Henderson, Western Australian is for a 28-year period from 
November 2019 with 2 options of 3 years each (reasonably certain to be exercised). Rent increases as per the  
CPI Index.

•  The New South Wales leases at Suite 4.02, level 4, 657 Pacific Highway St Leonards and 48 Villers Street, Grafton, 

New South Wales are for a 3-year period and 1-year period respectively. Both leases are off leased as at 30 June 2020.

•  A workshop lease at 1 Boys Road, Gladstone in Queensland for 2-year period and 1-year option (reasonably certain to 

be exercised).

The Group also leases motor vehicles, workshop equipment and office fitout from non-related parties under lease liabilities. 
The Group will obtain the ownership of the leased assets from the lessor at no extra cost at the end of the lease term.  
The average lease term is between 4 and 5 years.

Arising from the adoption of SFRS(I) 16, the Group has recognised the above as right-of-use assets included as part of 
property, plant and equipment in Note 14.

Finance lease liabilities were reclassified to lease liabilities on 1 July 2019 arising from the adoption of SFRS(I) 16.

The present values of lease liabilities are analysed as follows:

2020

Not later than one year

Between one and five years

Later than five years

Minimum lease 
payments
A$’000

Future finance 
charges
A$’000

Net present value 
of minimum lease 
payments
A$’000

14,405

37,087

149,165

186,252

200,657

(3,683)

(12,373)

(130,540)

(142,913)

(146,596)

10,722

24,714

18,625

43,339

54,061

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23.  Lease Liabilities (continued)

Lease liabilities are presented in the statement of financial position as follows:

Present value of lease liabilities

Less than one year

Between one and five years

Later than five years

2020
A$’000

10,722

24,714

18,625

43,339

54,061

Group

2019
A$’000

-

-

-

-

-

The effective interest rates range from 3.24% to 8.6% per annum.

The present value of finance lease liabilities for 30 June 2019 was as follows:

2019

Not later than one year

Between one and five years

Minimum lease 
payments
A$’000

Future finance 
charges
A$’000

Net present value 
of minimum lease 
payments
A$’000

7,121

13,873

20,994

(763)

(1,069)

(1,832)

6,358

12,804

19,162

The carrying amount of right-of-use assets classified within Property, Plant and Equipment (Note 14) is as follows:

Leasehold land

Small tools

Plant and equipment

Motor vehicles

Office equipment

Asset under construction

There was an addition of A$9,708,000 to right-of-use assets during the year.

Group

30 June 2020
A$’000

1 July 2019
A$’000

26,495

299

17,876

1,042

53

7,543

53,308

24,833

362

20,555

882

80

-

46,712

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23.  Lease Liabilities (continued)

The carrying amount of lease liabilities on the adoption of SFRS(I) 16 is as follows:

Reclassified from finance lease liabilities

Recognised lease liabilities (Note 34)

Amounts recognised in profit or loss

Depreciation charged for the year:

- Small tools

- Plant and equipment

- Motor vehicles

- Office equipment

- Leasehold land

Interest on lease liabilities (Note 8)

Expenses relating to short-term leases

Other disclosures

Total cash outflow for leases

Group

1 July 2019
A$’000

19,162

30,215

49,377

2020
A$’000

64

1,756

280

27

512

4,000

376

2020
A$’000

6,003

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24.  Share Capital

(a) Fully paid Ordinary Shares

Group and Company

No. of shares

A$’000

No. of shares

A$’000

At the beginning and end of the year

501,000,000

29,807

501,000,000

29,807

The ordinary shares of the Company have no par value. All issued ordinary shares are fully paid. The holders of ordinary 
shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time and are entitled to one vote per share without 
restrictions at meetings of the Company. All shares rank equally with regard to the Company’s residual assets.

The Company approved the payment of a First and Final dividend of 0.7 (2019: 0.7) Singapore cents per ordinary share 
amounting to S$3,507,000 (2019: S$3,507,000) equivalent to A$3,729,000 (2019: A$3,631,000) for the financial year 
ended 30 June 2019. The dividend payment was made on 06 December 2019.

The Board has recommended a first and final dividend of 1.0 Australian cents per ordinary share for the financial year 
ended 30 June 2020, subject to shareholders’ approval at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

(b) Treasury Shares

Group and Company

No. of shares

A$’000

No. of shares

A$’000

At the beginning and end of the year

15,000

10

15,000

10

Treasury shares relate to ordinary shares of the Company that are held by the Company.

(c) Share Options

Group and Company

2020

2019

No. of shares

A$’000

No. of shares

A$’000

At the beginning of the year

- Options cancelled during the year

At the end of the year

4,000,000

-

4,000,000

0.65

-

0.65

4,000,000

-

4,000,000

0.65

-

0.65

These options vested but were not exercised during the reporting period. Share options granted under the Civmec 
Employee Share Option plan carry no rights to dividends and no voting rights. Further details of the employee option plan 
are disclosed in Note 25(b) to the financial statements.

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25.  Share-Based Payments

(a) Performance Share Plan
The Civmec Performance Share Plan (the ‘CPSP’) for key management personnel and employees of the Group was 
approved and adopted by shareholders at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 25 October 2012.

Under the CPSP, 1,199,000 ordinary shares with a market value of S$0.70 equivalent to A$0.74 per share were fully 
allotted out of treasury shares issued by the Company on 13 June 2014. 

No issuance of share-based payment transactions in the current financial year.

(b) Employee Share Option Scheme
The Civmec Employee Share Option Scheme (the ‘CESOS’) was established on 27 March 2012 and formed part of the 
Civmec Limited prospectus dated 5 April 2012. The CESOS is a long term incentive scheme to reward and retain key 
management and employees of the Group whose service are integral to the success and the continued growth of the 
Group. Executive and Non-Executive Directors (including Independent Directors) and employees of the Company, who are 
not controlling shareholders or their associates, are eligible to participate in the scheme. Controlling shareholders or their 
associates cannot participate in the scheme unless certain conditions are satisfied and shareholder approval is obtained.

The options are issued for no consideration and carry no entitlements to voting rights or dividends of the Group and are  
not transferable. The number of options granted is subject to approval by the Remuneration Committee and is based on  
a performance framework which incorporates financial and/or non-financial performance measurement criteria.

Options are forfeited immediately after the holder ceases to be employed by the Group (except in the case of ill health, 
retirement, redundancy or bankruptcy), unless the committee determines otherwise.

The options are issued with a strike price that is at the Remuneration Committee’s discretion, set at a price as quoted 
on the Singapore Exchange for three market days immediately preceding the relevant date of grant of the option or at a 
discount to the market price (subject to a maximum discount of 20%).

The vesting period for options issued with no discount to market price is over one year.

On 11 September 2013, 6,000,000 options were granted to employees under the CESOS to take up ordinary shares at an 
exercise price of S$0.65 equivalent to A$0.68 per share. The options are exercisable on or before 11 September 2023.

Options granted to employees are as follows:

Grant date

11 September 2013

Total number granted

6,000,000

Vesting period

1 year

The following table illustrates the number and weighted average exercise prices (WAEP) of, and movements in share 
options during the year:

2020

2019

No.

WAEP

No.

WAEP

Outstanding at the beginning of the year

4,000,000

0.65

4,000,000

0.65

- Cancelled during the year

Outstanding at the end of the year

-

-

4,000,000

0.65

4,000,000

0.65

Exercisable at the end of the year

4,000,000

4,000,000

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25.  Share-Based Payments (continued)

(b) Employee Share Option Scheme (continued)

The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding as at 30 June 2020 is 3 (2019: 4) years. 
The exercise price of outstanding shares was S$0.65 (2019: S$0.65) equivalent to A$0.68 (2019: A$0.68).

The fair value of the options granted to employees is deemed to represent the value of the employee services received over 
the vesting period.

The weighted average fair value of options granted was S$0.35 (2019: S$0.38) equivalent to A$0.37 (2019: A$0.40). 
These values were calculated using the Binomial option pricing model applying the following inputs:

Grant date:

Vesting period

Dividend yield

Weighted average exercise price

Share price

Expected average life of the option

Expected share price volatility

Risk-free interest rate

11 September 2013

1 year

11%

S$0.65

S$0.65

5.9 years

26%

2.68%

The expected volatility of the Company has been determined having regard to the historical volatility of the market price of 
the Company’s shares and the mean reversion tendency of volatilities.

The life of the options is based on the expected exercise patterns, which may not eventuate in the future.

A liquidity discount has also been applied to the value of the options to account for historically low trading volume of 
the shares.

(c) Performance Rights Plan
The Civmec Limited Performance Rights Plan (the ‘CPRP’) for key senior executives of the Group was approved and 
adopted by shareholders at the Annual General meeting held on 25 October 2019.

A Performance Right refers to a right to one issued ordinary share of the Company granted under the scheme for no 
consideration. To the extent the gateway hurdles are satisfied, 100% of the vesting will be based on the absolute earnings 
per share (aEPS) outcome. aEPS is based on the achievement of certain predetermined performance targets determined by 
the Committee. The Committee has the discretion to determine whether the performance targets have been met.

The balances of Performance Rights are as follows:

Grant

Balance at
1 July

Issued

Vested

Forfeited
/Lapsed
 /Expired

Balance 
at
30 June 

FY 2019

FY 2020

-

8,109,993

8,109,993

-

-

-

-

(750,000)

8,109,993

7,359,993

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26.   Asset Revaluation Reserve

Group

Company

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

Balance at beginning of year

Gain on revaluation of freehold land and buildings

Deferred tax liability arising on revaluation (Note 9)

Balance at end of year

-

112,125

(33,638)

78,487

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

27.  Other Reserves

Merger reserve

Waiver of interest receivable from a subsidiary

Share option reserve

Group

Company

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

7,578

-

240

7,818

7,578

-

240

7,818

7,578

(3,335)

240

4,483

7,578

(3,335)

240

4,483

(a) Merger Reserve
Pursuant to the completion of the Restructuring Exercise, the share capital of Civmec Construction & Engineering Pty Ltd 
and Controlled Entities is adjusted to merger reserve based on the ‘pooling of interest method’.

(b) Share Option Reserve
The share option reserve relates to share options granted to employees under the employee share option plan.  
Further information about share-based payments to employees is set out in Note 25 to the financial statements.

28.  Capital Expenditure Commitments

The Group has contracted capital expenditure commitments at the reporting date but not recognised in the financial 
statement as follows:

Group

2019
A$’000

131

10,298

10,429

2020
A$’000

3,401

2,677

6,078

Plant and equipment purchases

Capital projects

Not later than one year

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29.  Guarantees

The Group is, in the normal course of business, required to provide guarantees in respect of their contractual  
performance related obligations. These guarantees and indemnities only give rise to a liability where it fails to perform  
its contractual obligations. 

During the course of business, the Company also provides letters of credit for international trading when required.

As at 30 June 2020 and 2019, the Group has given the following:

Group

Bank guarantee

Surety bond facility

Letter of credit

Company

Senior secured notes

Group

2019
A$’000

1,806

180,948

-

182,754

2020
A$’000

1,943

160,489

392

162,824

60,000

60,000

The surety bond facility is provided for the provision of performance bonds to customers of the Group. It has a limit of 
A$265 million (2019: A$250 million) as at 30 June 2020.

The Company provided guarantee in respect of the senior secured notes issued to a subsidiary.

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30.  Related Party Transactions

The Group’s main related parties are as follows:

Entities exercising control over the Group
The largest shareholders are James Finbarr Fitzgerald and Olive Theresa Fitzgerald (acting as trustees for the JF & OT 
Fitzgerald Family Trust) (19.47%) and Goldfirm Pty Ltd (acting as trustee for the Kariong Investment Trust) (19.47%).

Key management personnel
Any person having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the entity, directly or 
indirectly, including any Director (whether executive or otherwise) of that entity is considered key management personnel. 

Remuneration paid to key management personnel is as follows:

Directors’ remuneration

- Salaries and other related costs

- Directors’ fees

- Benefits including defined contribution plans

Other key management personnel

- Salaries and other related costs

- Benefits including defined contribution plans

Group

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

1,723

253

127

2,091

211

4,405

2,031

239

130

1,604

168

4,172

Directors’ interest in employee share benefit plans
At the end of the reporting date, the total number of outstanding share options and performance rights that were issued/
allocated to the Directors and key management personnel under existing employee benefit schemes is given below:

Group

2020
No.

2019
No.

-

-

2,000,000

2,000,000

2,250,000

2,330,000

2,250,000

2,544,000

Share options

Directors

Key management personnel

Performance rights

Directors

Key management personnel

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30.  Related Party Transactions (continued)

Other related parties
Other related parties include immediate family members of key management personnel and entities that are controlled or 
significantly influenced by those key management personnel, individually or collectively with their immediate family members.

Transactions with related parties
Transactions between related parties are on normal commercial terms and conditions no more favourable than those 
available to other parties unless otherwise stated.

The following transactions occurred with related parties:

Purchase of goods and services

- Consultant fee paid to a related party (who is a Director of the Company)

Group

2019
A$’000

(8)

2020
A$’000

(8)

31.  Financial Information by Segments

Management has determined the operating segments based on the internal reports which are regularly reviewed by the 
Operations Management that are used to make strategic decisions. 

The Operations Management comprises of the Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operations Officer, 
Acting Chief Financial Officer and the department heads of each operating segment. 

The business is managed primarily on the basis of different products and services as the diversification of the Group’s 
operations inherently have notably different risk profiles and performance assessment criteria.

Reportable segments disclosed are based on aggregating operating segments where the segments are considered to  
have similar economic characteristics and are also similar with respect to the following:

• 

• 

• 

• 

the products sold and/or services provided by the segment;

the manufacturing process;

the type or class of customer for the products or services;

the distribution method; and 

•  any external regulatory requirements. 

Although the Operations Management receives separate reports for each project in the Oil and Gas, Metals and Minerals, 
and Infrastructure businesses, these have been aggregated into the respective reportable segments as they have similar 
long-term average gross margins.

The three main reportable segments for the Group are: (1) Oil and Gas (2) Metals and Minerals and (3) Infrastructure and 
Defence. The business activities include civil construction, fabrication, precast concrete, SMP (Structural, Mechanical and 
Piping Erection), insulation, maintenance and plant hire.

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31.  Financial Information by Segments (continued) 

Basis of accounting for purpose of reporting by operating segments

(a) Accounting policies adopted
Unless stated otherwise, all amounts reported to the Board of Directors, being the chief decision makers with respect to 
operating segments, are determined in accordance with accounting policies that are consistent to those adopted in the 
consolidated financial statements of the Group.

(b) Inter-segment transactions
An internally determined transfer price is set for all inter-segment sales. This price is reviewed quarterly and is based on 
what would be realised in the event the sale was made to an external party at arm’s length. All such transactions are 
eliminated on consolidation of the Group’s financial statements. 

Inter-segment loans payable and receivable are initially recognised at the consideration received/to be received net of 
transaction costs.

(c) Segment assets and liabilities
The Group does not identify nor segregate its assets and liabilities in operating segments as these are managed on a 
‘group basis’.

Geographical segments (secondary reporting)
Revenue is based on the location of customers regardless of where the services are rendered. Non-current assets are 
based on the location of those assets:

Australia

Papua New Guinea

Revenue

Non-current assets

2020
A$’000

391,159

709

391,868

2019
A$’000

487,880

631

488,511

2020
A$’000

2019
A$’000

400,957

202,985

-

-

400,957

202,985

Major customers
The Group has a number of customers to whom it provides both products and services. For the year ended 30 June 2020, 
the Group supplies to two and one (2019: one and nil) external customers in the Metal and Minerals and Infrastructure and 
Defence segments respectively. The major customers account for approximately 66.4% (2019: 14.3%) of external revenue.

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31.  Financial Information by Segments (continued) 

2020

2019

Metals and 
Minerals
A$’000

Infra-
structure  
and Defence
A$’000

Oil  
and Gas

Total
A$’000

Oil  
and Gas

Metals and 
Minerals
A$’000

Infra-
structure  
and Defence
A$’000

Total
A$’000

Revenue – external sales

14,102

338,674

39,092

391,868

66,545

357,085

64,881

488,511

Cost of sales (excluding depreciation)

(11,967)

(293,730)

(31,286)

(336,983)

(60,459)

(332,772)

(60,031)

(453,262)

Depreciation expense

(729)

(5,179)

(4,326)

(10,234)

(1,629)

(7,057)

(1,030)

(9,716)

1,406

39,765

3,480

44,651

4,457

17,256

3,820

25,533

Share of profit/(loss) of joint venture/associate

201

-

-

-

-

41

-

-

(2)

-

-

-

1,951

-

201

(2,552)

(16,723)

(230)

(11)

(2,667)

-

(2,678)

(1,611)

(243)

22,766

(5,217)

17,549

-

10

-

10

10

10

Segment results

Other income

Gain on deconsolidation of a subsidiary

Unallocated costs

Finance costs

Administrative expenses*

Depreciation in admin expenses*

Impairment loss on trade and other receivables

Loss on revaluation of freehold land and 
buildings

Other expenses

Profit before income tax

Income tax expense

Net profit for the year

Segment assets:

Intangible assets

Unallocated assets:

Assets

Other current assets

Deferred tax assets

Total assets

Segment liabilities:

Unallocated liabilities

Liabilities

Borrowings

Provisions

Total liabilities

Other segment information

Capital expenditure during the year

595,892

2,051

2,408

600,361

265,446

62,387

9,455

337,288

70,039

*Administrative expenses above exclude depreciation which is disclosed separately above.

3,298

2,091

39

(5,005)

(16,388)

(299)

-

(277)

8,992

(1,962)

7,030

426,732

1,063

1,930

429,735

128,238

117,178

10,191

255,607

68,227

153

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32.  Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies

The Group and the Company financial risk management policies set out the Group’s and the Company’s overall business 
strategies and its risk management philosophy. The Group and the Company are exposed to financial risks arising from its 
operations and the use of financial instruments. The key financial risks include credit risk, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. 
The Group’s and the Company’s overall risk management programme focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets 
and seeks to minimise adverse effects from the unpredictability of financial markets on the Group’s and the Company’s 
financial performance.

The Board of Directors reviews and agrees policies and procedures for the management of these risks.  
The Audit Committee provides independent oversight to the effectiveness of the risk management process.

The Group and the Company do not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes.

As at 30 June 2020, the Group’s and the Company’s financial instruments mainly consisted of cash and cash equivalents, 
trade and other receivables, contract assets, trade and other payables, contract liabilities and borrowings.

There has been no change to the Group’s and the Company’s exposures to these financial risks or the manner in which it 
manages and measures the risk. Market risk exposures are measured using sensitivity analysis indicated below.

(a) Credit Risk
Credit risk refers to the risk that counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to the 
Group. The Group’s exposure to credit risk arises primarily from trade and other receivables, contract assets and cash  
and cash equivalents. The Group adopts the policy of dealing only with:

•  Customers of appropriate credit standing and history, and obtaining sufficient collateral or buying credit insurance 

where appropriate to mitigate credit risk; and

•  High credit quality counterparties of at least an ‘A’ rating by external credit rating companies.

Financial assets that are potentially subject to concentration of credit risk consist are principally bank deposits and 
receivables. The Group places its deposits with financial institutions and other creditworthy issuers and limits the amount of 
credit exposure to any one party. As at 30 June 2020, the Group has a concentration of credit risk on one debtor (2019: one 
debtor) that individually represents more than 24.9% (2019: 35%) of total trade and other receivables and contract assets.

As the Group and the Company do not hold any collateral, the maximum exposure to credit risk for each class of financial 
instruments is the carrying amount of that class of financial instruments presented on the statement of financial position, 
except for financial guarantees as disclosed in Note 29 to the financial statements.

The following sets out the Group’s internal credit evaluation practices and basis for recognition and measurement for 
expected credit losses (‘ECL’):

Internal rating grades

Definition

Basis for 
recognition and 
measurement of ECL

(i)   Performing

(ii)  Under-performing

(iii) Non-performing

(iv) Write-off

The counterparty has a low risk of default and does not have 
any past-due amounts.

12-month ECL

There has been a significant increase in credit risk since initial 
recognition (>60 days past due).

Lifetime ECL  
(not credit-impaired)

There is evidence indicating that the asset is credit-impaired 
(>90 days past due).

Lifetime ECL  
(credit-impaired)

There is evidence indicating that there is no reasonable 
expectation of recovery as the debtor is in severe  
financial difficulty.

Asset is written off

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32.  Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies (continued)

(a) Credit Risk (continued)

Trade receivables and contract assets
The Group’s objective is to seek continual revenue growth while minimising losses incurred due to increased credit risk 
exposure. The Group has adopted the policy of dealing with customers with an appropriate credit history as a means of 
mitigating the credit risk exposures. Credit evaluation which takes into account qualitative and quantitative profile of each 
customer is performed and approved by management before credit is being granted. The Group also closely monitors 
customers’ payment pattern and credit exposures on an on-going basis.

The Group applies the simplified approach to provide for the ECL for all trade receivables and contract assets.  
The simplified approach requires the loss allowance to be measured at an amount equal to the lifetime ECL.

The Group uses a provision matrix to measure the lifetime ECL allowance for trade receivables and contract assets.  
In measuring the ECL, trade receivables and contract assets are grouped based on shared credit risk characteristics 
and days past due. The contract assets relate mainly to unbilled work in progress, which have substantially the same risk 
characteristics as the trade receivables for the same type of contracts.

The Group has therefore concluded that the expected loss rates for trade receivables are a reasonable approximation of 
the loss rates for the contract assets.

In calculating the ECL rates, the Group considers historical loss rates for each category of customers, and adjusts for 
forward-looking macroeconomic data. The Group has identified the gross domestic product (‘GDP’) growth of the 
countries in which it sells goods and services to be the most relevant factor, and accordingly adjust the historical loss rates 
based on expected changes in this factor.

The Group considers a financial asset as in default when the counterparty fail to make contractual payments for a 
prolonged period of time when they fall due, and the Group may also consider internal and external information, such as 
significant adverse changes in business, financial or economic conditions that are expected to cause a significant change 
to the debtor’s ability to meet its obligation. Financial assets are written off when there is no reasonable expectation of 
recovering the contractual cash flow, such as a debtor failing to engage in a repayment plan with the Group and it is 
becoming probable that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation. Where receivables have been 
written off, the Group continues to engage in enforcement activity to attempt to recover the receivables due.  
Where recoveries are made, these are recognised in profit or loss.

Management has assessed and concluded that the ECL rate for trade receivables past due less than 1 year approximates 
Nil and is immaterial, while the ECL rate for trade receivables past due more than 1 year approximates 50% to 100%, 
except for specific cases where management has assessed the amount is still fully recoverable.

The Group’s credit risk exposure in relation to trade receivables and contract assets under SFRS(I) 9 as at 30 June 2020 
and 2019 are set out in the provision matrix as follows:

Group
2020

Trade receivables

Loss allowance

Past due

Current

Within
60 days

61 to 90 days
A$’000

More than 90 
days
A$’000

Total
A$’000 

61,698

-

61,698

9,559

-

9,559

6

-

6

2,919

(911)*

2,008

74,182

(911)

73,271

* Risk profile of the corresponding receivable is assessed separately from the other trade receivables.

155

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32.  Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies (continued)

(a) Credit Risk (continued)

Trade receivables and contract assets (continued)
There is no ageing analysis for contract assets as these mainly relate to variable considerations which have yet to 
be invoiced. 

The Group has assessed and concluded that trade receivables are subject to immaterial credit loss. There has been no 
change in the estimation techniques or significant assumptions made during the current reporting year.

Other receivables and receivables from subsidiaries and a related party
The Group applies the general approach to provide for the ECL for other receivables and receivables from subsidiaries and 
a related party. Under the general approach, the loss allowance is measured at an amount equal to the 12-month ECL at 
initial recognition.

At each reporting date, the Group assesses whether the credit risk of a financial instrument has increased significantly 
since initial recognition. When credit risk has increased significantly since initial recognition, loss allowance is measured at 
an amount equal to lifetime ECL.

When determining whether the credit risk of a financial asset has increased significantly since initial recognition and when 
estimating ECLs, the Group considers reasonable and supportable information that is relevant and available without undue 
cost or effort. This includes both quantitative and qualitative information and analysis, based on the Group’s historical 
experience and informed credit assessment and includes forward-looking information.

If credit risk has not increased significantly since initial recognition or if the credit quality of the financial instruments 
improves such that there is no longer a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, loss allowance is measured 
at an amount equal to 12-month ECL.

Impairment of these balances have been measured on the 12-month ECL basis which reflects the low credit risk of 
exposures. These amounts are subject to immaterial credit loss.

Impact of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has had no significant impact on the Group’s overall credit risk; however, it has impacted on the 
loan to a related party, Civtec Africa Ltd. While Civtec Africa remains profitable, its cashflow and ability to repay the loan has 
been impacted by a Government enforced lockdown. The management has assessed the risk and decided to impair the 
loan outstanding valued at A$1.8mil as at 30 June 2020. It is expected that in future years when cashflow in Civtec Africa 
stabilises and improves, this impairment can be reversed.

Cash and cash equivalents
The cash and bank balances are entered into with bank and financial institution counterparties, which are rated at least AA, 
based on international credit rating agencies.

For the purpose of impairment, cash and cash equivalents has been measured on the 12-month expected loss basis and 
reflects the short maturities of the exposures. The Group considers that its cash and cash equivalents have low credit risk 
based on the external credit ratings of the counterparties.

Financial guarantees
The Company has issued financial guarantees to financial institutions for borrowings of its subsidiaries. These guarantees 
are subject to the impairment requirements of SFRS(I) 9. The Company has assessed that its subsidiaries have the financial 
capacity to meet the contractual cash flow obligations in the near future and hence, does not expect significant credit 
losses arising from these guarantees.

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32.  Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies (continued)

(b) Interest Rate Risk
Exposure to interest rate risk arises on financial assets and financial liabilities recognised at the end of the reporting period 
whereby a future change in interest rates will affect future cash flows or the fair value of fixed rate financial instruments.  
The Group is also exposed to earnings volatility on floating rate instruments.

Interest rate risk is managed using a mix of fixed and floating rate debt. At 30 June 2020, approximately 97% (2019: 68%) 
of the Group’s debt is fixed. The Group’s borrowings at variable rates are denominated mainly in A$. If the A$ interest 
rates increase/decrease by 1% (2019: 1%) with all other variables remain constant, the Group’s profit before tax will 
be approximately lower/higher by A$21,000 (2019: A$377,000) as a result of higher/lower interest expenses on 
these borrowings.

The Group and the Company has cash balances placed with reputable banks and financial institutions. Such balances  
are placed on varying maturities and generate interest income for the Group and the Company.

The Group obtains additional financing through bank borrowings and leasing arrangements. Information relating to the 
Group’s interest rate exposure is also disclosed in the notes on the Group’s borrowings and leasing obligations. They are 
both fixed and floating rates of interest. The policy is to retain flexibility in selecting borrowings at both fixed and floating 
rates interest.

Variable rates

Fixed rates

Within 
1 year
A$’000

Between
2 to 5 years
A$’000

Within 
1 year
A$’000

Between
2 to 5 years
A$’000

Non-interest 
bearing
A$’000

Total
A$’000

Group
2020

Finance assets

Cash and cash equivalents

27,693

Trade and other receivables

Contract assets

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Contract liabilities

Lease liabilities

Borrowings

- Senior secured notes

- Bank bills

- Related party

-

493

-

493

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

60,000

-

-

19

74,523

95,118

27,712

75,016

95,118

169,660

197,846

73,541

83,266

-

-

-

320

73,541

83,266

54,061

60,000

2,067

320

8,005

13,161

2,717

30,178

-

-

27,693

-

-

-

2,067

-

10,072

13,161

2,717

90,178

157,127

273,255

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32.  Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies (continued)

(b) Interest Rate Risk (continued)

Variable rates

Fixed rates

Within 
1 year
A$’000

Between
2 to 5 years
A$’000

Within 
1 year
A$’000

Between
2 to 5 years
A$’000

Non- 
interest 
bearing
A$’000

Total
A$’000

Group
2019

Finance assets

Cash and cash equivalents

40,656

Trade and other receivables

Contract assets

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Contract liabilities

Borrowings

- Finance lease

- Senior secured notes

- Bank bills

- Related party

Company
2020

Finance assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables 

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

2019

Finance assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables 

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

-

-

40,656

-

-

-

-

2,252

-

2,252

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

35,444

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6,358

-

-

-

12,804

60,000

-

-

6

63,558

117,443

181,007

40,662

63,558

117,443

221,663

51,461

69,333

-

-

-

320

51,461

69,333

19,162

60,000

37,696

320

35,444

6,358

72,804

121,114

237,972

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

19

39,682

39,701

168

168

6

29,513

29,519

174

174

19

39,682

39,701

168

168

6

29,513

29,519

174

174

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32.  Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies (continued)

(c) Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group and the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting its commitments concerning its 
financial liabilities. The Group and the Company manages this risk through the following mechanism: 

•  Preparing forward-looking cash flow analysis in relation to its operational, investing and financing activities;

•  Monitoring undrawn credit facilities; 

•  Maintaining credit risk related to financial assets; 

•  Obtaining funding from a variety of sources; 

•  Only investing surplus cash with major financial institutions; and 

•  Comparing the maturity profile of financial liabilities with the realisation profile of financial assets.

Cash flows realised from financial assets reflect management’s expectation as to the timing of realisation. Actual timing 
may therefore differ from that disclosed. The timing of cash flows presented in the table to settle financial liabilities reflect 
the earliest contractual settlement dates and do not reflect management’s expectations that banking facilities will be rolled 
forward. Balances due within 12 months equal their carrying amount as the impact of discounting is not significant.

The table below reflects an undiscounted contractual maturity analysis for financial liabilities.

Group
2020

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Lease liabilities

Borrowings

- Senior secured notes

- Bank bills

- Related party

Total financial liabilities

Contractual undiscounted cash flows

Carrying 
amount
A$’000

Within  
1 year
A$’000

Between  
2 to 5 years
A$’000

Total
A$’000

73,541

54,061

60,000

2,067

320

73,541

11,613

4,200

2,108

320

-

46,314

68,694

-

-

73,541

57,927

72,894

2,108

320

189,989

91,782

115,008

206,790

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32.  Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies (continued)

(c) Liquidity Risk (continued)

Group
2019

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Borrowings

- Finance lease

- Senior secured notes

- Bank bills

- Related party

Total financial liabilities

Company
2020

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Total financial liabilities

2019

Trade and other payables

Total financial liabilities

Contractual undiscounted cash flows

Carrying 
amount
A$’000

Within  
1 year
A$’000

Between  
2 to 5 years
A$’000

Total
A$’000

51,461

51,461

-

51,461

19,162

60,000

37,696

320

7,121

4,200

2,320

320

13,873

73,503

37,603

-

20,994

77,703

39,923

320

168,639

65,422

124,979

190,401

168

168

174

174

168

168

174

174

-

-

-

-

168

168

174

174

The Group’s undrawn borrowings facilities and guarantee are disclosed in Notes 21(b) and 29 to the financial 
statements respectively.

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32.  Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies (continued)

(d) Capital Management
Management controls the capital of the Group in order to maintain a good debt-to-equity ratio, provide the shareholders 
with adequate returns and to ensure that the Group can fund its operations and continue as a going concern. 

The Group’s debt and capital includes ordinary share capital and financial liabilities, supported by financial assets. 

The Group and the Company have no externally imposed capital requirements. 

Management effectively manages the Group’s capital by assessing the Group’s financial risks and adjusting its capital 
structure in response to changes in these risks and in the market. These responses include the management of debt  
levels, distribution to shareholders and share issues. 

The net debt-to-equity ratio is calculated as net debt divided by total equity. Net debt is calculated as total financial  
liabilities less cash and cash equivalents.

Net debt

Total equity

Net debt-to-equity ratio

Group

2020
A$’000

245,543

263,073

0.93

2019
A$’000

197,310

174,128

1.13

There were no changes in the Group’s approach to capital management during the current financial year.

(e) Fair Value Estimation

Financial instruments
The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities can be compared to their carrying values as presented in the 
statement of financial position. Fair values are those amounts at which an asset could be exchanged, or liability settled, 
between knowledgeable, willing parties in an arm’s length transaction. 

Fair values derived may be based on information that is estimated or subject to judgement, where changes in assumptions 
may have a material impact on the amounts estimated. 

The fair value of current financial assets and financial liabilities approximate the carrying value due to the liquid nature of 
these assets and/or the short-term nature of these financial rights and obligations.

The fair value of non-current receivables and borrowings are calculated based on discounted expected future principal  
and interest cash flows. The discount rates used are based on market rates for similar instruments at the reporting date. 
The carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities are assumed to approximate their respective fair values.  
The Group does not anticipate that the carrying amounts recorded at the balance sheet date would be significantly  
different from the values that would eventually be received or settled.

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32.  Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies (continued)

(e) Fair Value Estimation (continued) 

Fair value hierarchy
The Group categories fair value measurement using a fair value hierarchy that is depend on the valuation inputs used as 
follows:

•  Level 1 – Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Group can access at the 

measurement date;

•  Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either 

directly or indirectly; and

•  Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

Fair value measurements that use inputs of different hierarchy levels are categorised in its entirety in the same level of the 
fair value hierarchy as the lowest level input that is significant to the entire measurement.

33.  Litigation

Perth Stadium Project
In February 2019, the Group lodged a writ in the Supreme Court of Western Australia against Brookfield Multiplex 
Engineering and Infrastructure Pty Ltd (‘Brookfield Multiplex’), in relation to the valuation of additional time and changes to 
the works undertaken in the delivery of the new Perth Stadium project in Western Australia.

The Group is seeking a determination from the Supreme Court to recover costs associated with the changes in scope and 
nature of the works required to be completed and for the granting of Practical Completion.

34.  Adoption of New Standards

The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous financial year except that in the current financial 
year, the Group has adopted all the new and revised standards which are effective for annual financial periods beginning on 
or after 1 July 2019. 

•  SFRS(I) 16 Leases;

•  SFRS(I) INT 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments;

•  Long-term Interests in Associates and Joint Ventures (Amendments to SFRS(I) 1-28);

•  Prepayment Features with Negative Compensation (Amendments to SFRS(I) 9);

•  Previously Held Interest in a Joint Operation (Amendments to SFRS(I) 3 and 11);

• 

Income Tax Consequences of Payments on Financial Instruments Classified as Equity (Amendments to SFRS(I) 1-12);

•  Borrowing Costs Eligible for Capitalisation (Amendments to SFRS(I) 1-23);

•  Plan Amendment, Curtailment or Settlement (Amendments to SFRS(I) 1-19).

Except for the adoption of SFRS(I) 16 Leases, the application of the above standards and interpretations did not have a 
material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

30 JUNE 2020

34.  Adoption of New Standards (continued) 

Adoption of New Standards 

SFRS(I) 16 Leases
SFRS(I) 16 sets out a revised framework for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases, and 
replaces SFRS(I) 1-17 Leases, SFRS(I) INT 4 Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease, SFRS(I) INT 1-15 
Operating Leases – Incentives; and SFRS(I) INT 1-27 Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal Form 
of a Lease. SFRS(I) 16 requires lessees to recognise right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for all leases with a term 
of more than 12 months, except where the underlying asset is of low value. The right-of-use asset is depreciated and 
interest expense is recognised on the lease liability. Lease incentives (e.g. rent-free period) are recognised as part of the 
measurement of the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. Right-of-use assets are tested for impairment in accordance 
with SFRS(I) 1-36 Impairment of Assets. The accounting requirements for lessors have not been changed substantially, and 
continue to be based on classification as operating and finance leases. Disclosure requirements have been enhanced for 
both lessors and lessees. 

The Group has applied a modified retrospective approach that does not restate comparative information, but recognises 
the cumulative effect of initially applying SFRS(I) 16 as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings on 1 July 
2019. Under the modified retrospective approach, the Group has elected to apply the following practical expedients under 
SFRS(I) 16:

a)  For all contracts entered into before 1 July 2019 and that were previously identified as leases under SFRS(I) 1-17 

and SFRS(I) INT 4, the Group is exempted from having to reassess whether pre-existing contracts contain a lease.  
Accordingly, the definition of a lease in accordance with SFRS(I) 1-17 and SFRS(I) INT 4 will continue to be applied to  
leases entered or modified before 1 July 2019.

b)  The Group has, on a lease-by-lease basis:  

•  applied a single discount rate to a portfolio of leases with reasonably similar characteristics;  

•  relied on previous assessments on whether leases are onerous as an alternative to performing an impairment review;   

•  excluded initial direct costs in the measurement of the right-of-use asset at the date of initial application; and  

•  used hindsight in determining the lease term where the contract contains options to extend or terminate the lease.   

c)  The Group has elected not to recognise ROU assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases that have a lease term of  
12 months or less and leases of low-value assets. The Group recognises the lease payments associated with these  
leases as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Impact on lessee accounting
For leases previously classified as operating leases, the Group chose to measure its ROU assets (except for ROU assets 
which meet the definition of investment property) at a carrying amount as if SFRS(I) 16 had been applied since the 
commencement of the lease but discounted using incremental borrowing rate at 1 July 2019. The Group recognised 
its lease liabilities by discounting remaining lease payments as at 1 July 2019 using the incremental borrowing rate for 
each individual lease or, if applicable, the incremental borrowing rate for each portfolio of leases with reasonably similar 
characteristics. The difference between the carrying amount of the ROU assets and lease liabilities as at 1 July 2019 is 
adjusted directly to opening retained profits. Comparative information is not restated.

For leases previously classified as finance leases, the carrying amount of the leased asset and finance lease liability as at  
1 July 2019 are determined as the carrying amount of the ROU assets and lease liabilities.

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30 JUNE 2020

34.  Adoption of New Standards (continued) 

Impact on lessor accounting
There are no significant changes to the accounting by the Group as a lessor.

Financial impact of adoption of SFRS(I) 16
On 1 July 2019, the Group:

(i) 

recognised right-of-use assets of A$24,833,000 in the property, plant and equipment;

(ii)  recognised lease liabilities of A$30,215,000;

(iii)  derecognised accrued operating lease of A$2,020,000;

(iv)  recognised the difference of A$3,362,000 in retained earnings; and

(v)  reclassified finance lease liabilities to lease liabilities of A$19,162,000.

When measuring lease liabilities, the Group discounted lease payments using its incremental borrowing rate at   
1 July 2019. The weighted-average rate applied is 8.6%.

The differences between the operating lease commitments disclosed applying SFRS(I) 1-17 in the Group’s  financial 
statements as at 30 June 2019 and the lease liabilities recognised in the statement of financial position as at 1 July 2019 
are presented below:

Operating lease commitment disclosed as at 30 June 2019

Less:

Discounted using the incremental borrowing rate at 1 July 2019

Short-term leases

Add:

Extension options which are reasonably certain to be exercised

Finance lease liabilities recognised as at 30 June 2019

A$’000

66,023

(39,412)

(147)

3,751

19,162

49,377

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30 JUNE 2020

35.  New Standards and Interpretations not yet adopted

A number of new standards and interpretations and amendments to standards are effective for annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 July 2020 and earlier application is permitted; however, the Group has not early adopted the new or amended 
standards and interpretations in preparing these financial statements.

The following new SFRS(I)s, interpretations and amendments to SFRS(I)s are effective for annual periods beginning on or 
after 1 July 2020:

Applicable to 2021 financial statements:

•  Definition of Material (Amendments to SFRS(I) 1-1 and SFRS(I) 1-8)

• 

Interest Rate Benchmark Reform (Amendments to SFRS(I) 9, SFRS(I) 1-39 and SFRS(I) 7)

•  COVID-19-Related Rent Concessions (Amendments to SFRS(I) 16)

Applicable to 2022 financial statements:

•  SFRS(I) 17 Insurance Contracts

Applicable to 2023 financial statements:

•  Onerous Contracts – Cost of fulfilling a contract (Amendments to SFRS(I) 1-37)

•  Annual Improvements to SFRS(I)s 2018-2020

•  Reference to the Conceptual Framework (Amendments to SFRS(I) 3)

•  Property, Plant and Equipment—Proceeds before Intended Use (Amendments to SFRS(I) 1-16)

Applicable to 2024 financial statements:

•  Classification of liabilities as current or non-current (Amendments to SFRS(I) 1-1)

Mandatory effective date deferred:

•  Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture (Amendments to SFRS(I) 10  

and SFRS(I) 1-28).

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SHAREHOLDERS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

SHAREHOLDERS’ STATISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION AS AT 10 SEPTEMBER 2020
Class of Shares:  

Ordinary Shares

Voting Rights (excluding treasury shares):  

One vote per Ordinary Share

No. of issued shares:  

501,100,000

No. of issued shares excluding treasury shares:   501,085,000

No. of treasury shares:  

15,000

DISTRIBUTION OF SHAREHOLDINGS

SIZE OF  
SHAREHOLDINGS

1 - 99
100 - 1,000
1,001 - 10,000
10,001 - 1,000,000
1,000,001 and Above
TOTAL

NO. OF  
SHAREHOLDERS
3
32
315
394
29
773

% 
0.39
4.14
40.75
50.97
3.75
100.00

NO. OF  
SHARES
40
23,519
1,930,467
37,258,268
461,872,706
501,085,000

TWENTY LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS AS AT 10 SEPTEMBER 2020

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

NAME OF SHAREHOLDER

CGS-CIMB SECURITIES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
CHESS DEPOSITARY NOMINEES PTY LIMITED
DBS NOMINEES PTE LTD
CITIBANK NOMINEES SINGAPORE PTE LTD
RAFFLES NOMINEES (PTE) LIMITED
MAYBANK KIM ENG SECURITIES PTE. LTD
HSBC (SINGAPORE) NOMINEES PTE LTD
FOO SIANG GUAN
UNITED OVERSEAS BANK NOMINEES (PRIVATE) LIMITED
LEE TECK LENG
GOH GEOK LING
OCBC SECURITIES PRIVATE LTD
NG KEE CHOE
LAI VOON NEE
HENG KHENG LONG
LEYAU LAY HOON
POH ENG CHOO MARY
PHILLIP SECURITIES PTE LTD
PANG CHIN FATT
DIANA SNG SIEW KHIM
Total:

Note: The percentage is based on 501,085,000 shares (excluding 15,000 shares held as treasury shares) 
as at 10 September 2020.

NO. OF  
SHARES

152,567,407
119,583,210
48,267,859
39,370,171
20,148,000
9,408,974
9,210,000
7,415,249
5,830,400
5,700,200
4,138,134
4,002,100
3,700,134
3,300,000
3,255,845
3,201,299
3,000,100
2,747,000
2,273,000
1,995,600
449,114,682

% 
0.00
0.00
0.39
7.44
92.17
100.00

% OF  
SHARES

 30.45 
23.86
9.63
7.86
4.02
1.88
1.84
1.48
1.16
1.14
0.83
0.80
0.74
0.66
0.65
0.64
0.60
0.55
0.45
0.40
89.64

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS

 NAME

JF & OT Fitzgerald Family Trust (1)

Kariong Investment Trust (2)

Michael Lorrain Vaz (3)

James Finbarr Fitzgerald (and Olive Teresa Fitzgerald) (1)

Goldfirm Pty Ltd (2)

Patrick John Tallon (2)

Note:

DIRECT INTEREST

DEEMED INTEREST

 NO. OF
SHARES

97,720,806

97,566,806

15,133,000

-

-

%

19.51

19.47

3.02

-

-

54,000

0.01

 NO. OF
SHARES

-

-

23,812,000

97,720,806

97,566,806

97,566,806

%

-

-

4.75

19.51

19.47

19.47

1. 

 Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald and his spouse (Olive Teresa Fitzgerald) are the trustees of the JF & OT Fitzgerald Family Trust. Pursuant to Section 4(3) of 
the Securities and Futures Act (SFA), Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald and his spouse (Olive Teresa Fitzgerald), their children  
(Sean Fitzgerald, Claire Fitzgerald and Sarah Fitzgerald) and Parglade Holdings Pty Ltd (which is equally held by Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald and his 
spouse) are deemed to have an interest in the Shares owned by JF & OT Fitzgerald Family Trust, which are legally held in the names of Mr James 
Finbarr Fitzgerald and his spouse, Olive Teresa Fitzgerald, as trustees.

2. 

 Goldfirm Pty Ltd is the trustee of the Kariong Investment Trust. Mr Patrick John Tallon has a deemed interest in the Shares which are held by Goldfirm 
Pty Ltd as trustee. Pursuant to Section 4(3) of the SFA, Mr Patrick John Tallon is also deemed to have interest in the Shares owned by the Kariong 
Investment Trust, which are legally held in the name of Goldfirm Pty Ltd, as trustee.

3. 

 Michael Lorrain Vaz has deemed interest in 23,812,000 shares which are held by Clarendon Pacific Ventures Pte. Ltd. 

PERCENTAGE OF SHAREHOLDING IN PUBLIC’S HANDS
Based on Shareholders’ Information as at 10 September 2020 and to the best knowledge of the Directors, approximately 
54.6% of the issued ordinary shares of the Company is held in the hands of the public (on basis of information available to 
the Company). Accordingly, the Company has complied with Rule 723 of the Listing Manual of the Singapore Exchange 
Securities Trading Limited.

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CIVMEC LIMITED  
Company Registration No. 201011837H 
(Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held by electronic means on Friday, 30 October 
2020 at 2:30 p.m. to transact the following businesses:

AS ORDINARY BUSINESS:

1

2

3

4

To receive and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial 
year ended 30 June 2020 together with the Directors’ Statement and Independent 
Auditors’ Report thereon.

Ordinary Resolution 1

To approve the payment of a tax exempt (foreign sourced) First and Final Dividend of 
1.0 Australian cents per ordinary share for the financial year ended 30 June 2020.

Ordinary Resolution 2

To approve the payment of Directors’ fees of S$242,000 for the financial year ending 
30 June 2021, to be paid quarterly in arrears. (FY2020: S$231,000).

Ordinary Resolution 3

To re-elect the following Directors retiring pursuant to Article 118 of the Company’s 
Constitution and for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 14.5: -

(a)   Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald 
[See Explanatory Note (iv)]

b)   Mr Patrick John Tallon 

[See Explanatory Note (iv)]

c)   Mr Kevin James Deery 

[See Explanatory Note (iv)]

(d)  Mr Chong Teck Sin 

[See Explanatory Notes (i) and (iv)]

(e)   Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny 

[See Explanatory Notes (ii) and (iv)]

(f)   Mr Douglas Owen Chester 

[See Explanatory Notes (iii) and (iv)]

Ordinary Resolution 4

Ordinary Resolution 5

Ordinary Resolution 6

Ordinary Resolution 7

Ordinary Resolution 8

Ordinary Resolution 9

5

To re-appoint Messrs Moore Stephens LLP as the Auditors of the Company  
and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration.

Ordinary Resolution 10

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AS SPECIAL BUSINESS:
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without modifications the following resolutions, of which Resolutions 11, 12, 13, 14 and 
15 will be proposed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolution 16 will be proposed as a Special Resolution:

6

Authority to allot and issue shares  
THAT pursuant to Section 161 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 of Singapore (the 
‘Companies Act’), and the listing rules of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading 
Limited (‘SGX-ST’), and subject to the Company’s compliance with the requirements 
of the ASX Listing Rules, authority be and is hereby given for the Directors of the 
Company (‘Directors’) at any time to such persons and upon such terms and for such 
purposes as the Directors may in their absolute discretion deem fit, to:

Ordinary Resolution 11

(i) 

(ii) 

 issue shares in the capital of the Company whether by way of rights, bonus or 
otherwise; 

 make or grant offers, agreements or options that might or would require shares 
to be issued or other transferable rights to subscribe for or purchase shares 
(collectively, ‘Instruments’) including but not limited to the creation and issue of 
warrants, debentures or other instruments convertible into shares;

(iii)   issue additional Instruments arising from adjustments made to the number 

of Instruments previously issued in the event of rights, bonus or capitalisation 
issues; 

and (notwithstanding the authority conferred by this Resolution may have ceased to be 
in force) issue shares in pursuant to any Instrument made or granted by the Directors 
while the Resolution was in force, provided always that:

(a)   the aggregate number of shares to be issued pursuant to this Resolution (including 
shares to be issued in pursuance of Instruments made or granted pursuant to 
this Resolution) does not exceed fifty per centum (50%) of the Company’s total 
number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares and shares (if any) held by 
a subsidiary), of which the aggregate number of shares (including shares to be 
issued in pursuance of Instruments made or granted pursuant to this Resolution) to 
be issued other than on a pro-rata basis to shareholders of the Company does not 
exceed twenty per centum (20%) of the total number of issued shares (excluding 
treasury shares and shares (if any) held by a subsidiary), and for the purpose of 
this Resolution, the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares and 
shares (if any) held by a subsidiary) shall be the Company’s total number of issued 
shares (excluding treasury shares and shares (if any) held by a subsidiary) at the 
time this Resolution is passed, after adjusting for:

(i)  new shares arising from the conversion or exercise of convertible securities, or

(ii) 

 new shares arising from exercising share options or vesting of share awards 
outstanding or subsisting at the time this Resolution is passed, and

(iii)   any subsequent bonus issue, consolidation or subdivision of the Company’s 

shares;

Adjustments in accordance with (i), (ii)  and (iii) above are only to be made in respect 
of new shares arising from convertible securities, share options or share awards which 
were issued and outstanding or subsisting at the time of the passing of this resolution.

(b)   in exercising the authority conferred by this Resolution, the Company shall comply 
with the provisions of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST for the time being in force 
(unless such compliance has been waived by the SGX-ST) and the Constitution 
for the time being of the Company; and such authority shall, unless revoked or 
varied by the Company at a general meeting, continue in force until the conclusion 
of the next Annual General Meeting or the date by which the next Annual General 
Meeting of the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is earlier. 
[See Explanatory Note (v)]

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AS SPECIAL BUSINESS: (CONTINUED)

7

Proposed Renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate 
That: 
(a)   for the purposes of Sections 76C and 76E of the Companies Act, and such 

Ordinary Resolution 12

other laws and regulations as may for the time being be applicable, the exercise 
by the Directors of all the powers of the Company to purchase or otherwise 
acquire issued ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company (‘Shares’) not 
exceeding in aggregate the Prescribed Limit (as hereafter defined), at such price(s) 
as may be determined by the Directors from time to time up to the Maximum Price 
(as hereafter defined), whether by way of:

(i) 

 on-market purchases (‘On-Market Share Purchase’) transacted on the SGX-
ST; and/or

(ii) 

 off-market purchases (‘Off-Market Share Purchase’) (if effected otherwise 
than on the SGX-ST) in accordance with an equal access scheme(s) as may 
be determined or formulated by the Directors as they may consider fit, which 
scheme(s) shall satisfy all the conditions prescribed by the Companies Act and 
the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST, 
(the ‘Share Purchase Mandate’);

(b)   any Share that is purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company pursuant to 
the Share Purchase Mandate shall, at the discretion of the Directors, either be 
cancelled or held in treasury and dealt with in accordance with the Companies Act;

(c)   the authority conferred on the Directors pursuant to the Share Purchase Mandate 
may be exercised by the Directors at any time and from time to time during the 
period commencing from the passing of this Resolution and the expiring on the 
earliest of:

(i) 

 the date on which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is held  
or required by law to be held;

(ii) 

 the date on which the share purchases are carried out to the full extent 
mandated; or

(iii)   the date on which the authority contained in the Share Purchase Mandate is 

varied or revoked;

(d)   in this Ordinary Resolution: 

‘Prescribed Limit’ means 10% of the total number of Shares as at the date of 
passing of this Resolution (excluding any treasury shares and subsidiary holdings 
that may be held by the Company from time to time), unless the Company has 
effected a reduction of the share capital of the Company in accordance with 
the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, at any time during the Relevant 
Period, in which event the total number of Shares of the Company shall be taken to 
be the total number of Shares of the Company as altered;

 ‘Relevant Period’ means the period commencing from the date the last annual 
general meeting of the Company was held before the date of passing of this 
Resolution, and expiring on the date the next annual general meeting of the 
Company is held or is required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier, after the 
date of passing of this Resolution;

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7

Proposed Renewal of the Share Purchase Mandate (continued) 
(d)  in this Ordinary Resolution (continued)

Ordinary Resolution 12

 ‘Maximum Price’ in relation to a Share to be purchased, means an amount 
(excluding related brokerage, commission, applicable goods and services tax, 
stamp duties, clearance fees and other related expenses) not exceeding 105% of 
the Average Closing Price, excluding related expenses of the share purchases, and 
where

 ‘Average Closing Price’ means the average of the closing market prices of a 
Share over the last five (5) Market Days, on which transactions in the Shares 
were recorded, immediately preceding the date of making the On-Market Share 
Purchase or, as the case may be, the day of the making of an offer pursuant to the 
Off-Market Share Purchase, and deemed to be adjusted, in accordance with the 
rules of the SGX-ST,  for any corporate action that occurs after the relevant five (5) 
Market Days; 

 ‘day of the making of the offer’ means the day on which the Company 
announces its intention to make an offer for the purchase of Shares from 
Shareholders, stating the purchase price (which shall not be more than the 
Maximum Price calculated on the foregoing basis) for each Share and the relevant 
terms of the equal access scheme for effecting the Off-Market Share Purchase; 
and

 ‘Market Day’ means a day on which the SGX-ST is open for trading in securities; 
and

(e)   the Directors and/or any of them be and are hereby authorised to complete and do 
all such acts and things (including without limitation, executing such documents as 
may be required) as they may consider desirable, expedient or necessary to give 
effect to the transactions contemplated by this Ordinary Resolution.

[See Explanatory Note (vi)]

8

Proposed Grant of Performance Rights to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald, a 
Controlling Shareholder and Director of the Company, under the Civmec Key 
Senior Executives Performance Rights Plan 
THAT, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, and for all other purposes:

Ordinary Resolution 13

(a)   approval be given for the grant of performance rights (‘Performance Rights’) 

covering 1,428,000 fully-paid Shares to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald, a Controlling 
Shareholder (as defined in the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST) and Director of the 
Company, upon such terms to be determined by the Remuneration Committee 
of the Board of Directors of the Company (the ‘Remuneration Committee’), in 
accordance with the rules of the Civmec Key Senior Executives Performance 
Rights Plan (the ‘Civmec PRP’); and

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AS SPECIAL BUSINESS: (CONTINUED)

8

Proposed Grant of Performance Rights to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald, a 
Controlling Shareholder and Director of the Company, under the Civmec Key 
Senior Executives Performance Rights Plan 
THAT, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, and for all other purposes:

Ordinary Resolution 13

(b)   the Directors be and are hereby authorised to allot and issue from time to time 

such number of fully-paid Shares as may be required to be delivered pursuant to 
the vesting of such Performance Rights under the Civmec PRP.

[See Explanatory Note (vii)]

Voting Exclusion: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on 
behalf of any person referred to in ASX Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is eligible to 
participate in the employee incentive scheme in question or an associate of that person or those 
persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:

(a) 

(b) 

 a person as a proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in 
accordance with the directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that 
way; or

 the Chair as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in 
accordance with a direction given to the Chair to vote on the Resolution as the Chair decides; 
or

(c) 

 a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a 
beneficiary provided the following conditions are met: 

(i) 

 the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not 
excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the 
Resolution; and

(ii) 

 the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary 
to the holder to vote in that way.

9

Proposed Grant of Performance Rights to Mr Patrick John Tallon, a Controlling 
Shareholder and Director of the Company, under the Civmec Key Senior 
Executives Performance Rights Plan 
THAT, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, and for all other purposes: 

Ordinary Resolution 14

(a)   approval be given for the grant of Performance Rights covering 1,428,000 fully-

paid Shares to Mr Patrick John Tallon, a Controlling Shareholder (as defined in the 
Listing Manual of the SGX-ST) and Director of the Company, upon such terms to 
be determined by the Remuneration Committee, in accordance with the rules of 
the Civmec PRP; and 

(b)   the Directors be and are hereby authorised to allot and issue from time to time 

such number of fully-paid Shares as may be required to be delivered pursuant to 
the vesting of such Performance Rights under the Civmec PRP.

[See Explanatory Note (viii)]

Voting Exclusion: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on 
behalf of any person referred to in ASX Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is eligible to 
participate in the employee incentive scheme in question or an associate of that person or those 
persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:

(a) 

(b) 

 a person as a proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in 
accordance with the directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that 
way; or

 the Chair as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in 
accordance with a direction given to the Chair to vote on the Resolution as the Chair decides; 
or

(c) 

 a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a 
beneficiary provided the following conditions are met: 

(i) 

 the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not 
excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the 
Resolution; and

(ii) 

 the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary 
to the holder to vote in that way.

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10

Proposed Grant of Performance Rights to Mr Kevin James Deery, a Director of 
the Company, under the Civmec Key Senior Executives Performance Rights Plan 
THAT, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 10.14, and for all other purposes:

Ordinary Resolution 15

(a)   approval be given for the grant of Performance Rights covering 1,190,000 fully-

paid Shares to Mr Kevin James Deery, upon such terms to be determined by the 
Remuneration Committee, in accordance with the rules of the Civmec PRP; and 

(b)   the Directors be and are hereby authorised to allot and issue from time to time 

such number of fully-paid Shares as may be required to be delivered pursuant to 
the vesting of such Performance Rights under the Civmec PRP.

[See Explanatory Note (ix)]

Voting Exclusion: The Company will disregard any votes cast in favour of the Resolution by or on 
behalf of any person referred to in ASX Listing Rule 10.14.1, 10.14.2 or 10.14.3 who is eligible to 
participate in the employee incentive scheme in question or an associate of that person or those 
persons. However, this does not apply to a vote cast in favour of the Resolution by:

(a) 

(b) 

 a person as a proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in 
accordance with the directions given to the proxy or attorney to vote on the Resolution in that 
way; or

 the Chair as proxy or attorney for a person who is entitled to vote on the Resolution, in 
accordance with a direction given to the Chair to vote on the Resolution as the Chair decides; 
or

(c) 

 a holder acting solely in a nominee, trustee, custodial or other fiduciary capacity on behalf of a 
beneficiary provided the following conditions are met: 

(i) 

 the beneficiary provides written confirmation to the holder that the beneficiary is not 
excluded from voting, and is not an associate of a person excluded from voting, on the 
Resolution; and

(ii) 

 the holder votes on the Resolution in accordance with directions given by the beneficiary 
to the holder to vote in that way.

11

Approval of 10% Placement Capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A 
THAT, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.1A and for all other purposes, approval 
is given for the Company to issue up to that number of Equity Securities equal to 10% 
of the issued capital of the Company at the time of issue, calculated in accordance 
with the formula prescribed in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.2 and otherwise on the terms and 
conditions set out in the Explanatory Notes.

[See Explanatory Note (x)]

12

To transact any other business which may properly be transacted at an Annual 
General Meeting.

Special Resolution 16

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
James Finbarr Fitzgerald
Executive Chairman

7 October 2020 

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Explanatory Notes
(i) 

 Mr Chong Teck Sin, will, upon re-election as Director of the Company, remain as Chairman of Audit Committee and 
Risks and Conflicts Committee and a member of Nominating and Remuneration Committees. Mr Chong will be 
considered independent for the purpose of Rule 704(8) of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST. Key information on  
Mr Chong can be found on the section “Board of Directors” of the Annual Report 2020.   

(ii)   Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny, will, upon re-election as Director of the Company, remain as Chairman of Remuneration 
Committee and a member of Audit, Risks and Conflicts and Nominating Committees. Mr Wong will be considered 
independent for the purpose of Rule 704(8) of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST. Key information on Mr Wong can be 
found on the section “Board of Directors” of the Annual Report 2020. 

(iii)   Mr Douglas Owen Chester, will, upon re-election as Director of the Company, remain as Chairman of Nominating 

Committee and a member of Audit, Risks and Conflicts and Remuneration Committees. Mr Douglas Chester will be 
considered independent for the purpose of Rule 704(8) of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST. Key information on  
Mr Douglas Chester can be found on the section ‘Board of Directors’ of the Annual Report 2020.

(iv)   Each of Resolutions No. 4 to 9 are also included for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 14.5, which provides that an entity 

which has Directors must hold an election of Directors at each annual general meeting.

(v)   Resolution No. 11, if passed, will empower the Directors of the Company from the date of the passing of Resolution 
No. 11 to the date of the next Annual General Meeting or the date by which the next Annual General Meeting of 
the Company is required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier, to issue shares in the capital of the Company 
and to make or grant instruments (such as warrants or debentures) convertible into shares, and to issue shares in 
pursuance of such instruments, up to an amount not exceeding in total 50% of the issued shares (excluding treasury 
shares and shares (if any) held by a subsidiary) in the capital of the Company, with a sub-limit of 20% of the issued 
shares (excluding treasury shares and shares (if any) held by a subsidiary) for issues other than on a pro-rata basis to 
shareholders.

 Any issue of securities pursuant to Resolution No. 11 will be made subject to the Company’s compliance with  
ASX Listing Rule requirements including, but not limited to, the Company’s ability to issue securities under  
ASX Listing Rule 7.1 at any given time. Resolution No. 11 is not a prior approval for the issue of securities pursuant  
to ASX Listing Rule 7.1.

(vi)   Resolution No. 12, if passed, will empower the Directors of the Company, effective until the conclusion of the next 
Annual General Meeting of the Company or the date by which the next Annual General Meeting of the Company is 
required by law to be held, whichever is the earlier, to repurchase Shares by way of on-market purchases or off-market 
purchases of up to ten per centum (10%) of the total number of issued shares in the capital of the Company at the 
Maximum Price as defined in the Company’s Letter to Shareholders dated 7 October 2020.

(vii)  Resolution No. 13 seeks shareholders’ approval for the grant of Performance Rights covering 1,428,000 Shares  

to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald upon such terms to be determined by the Remuneration Committee in accordance  
with the rules of the Civmec PRP, and the allotment and issuance from time to time such number of fully-paid Shares  
as may be required to be delivered pursuant to the vesting of such Performance Rights under the Civmec PRP.  
Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald is a Controlling Shareholder and Executive Chairman of the Company. Further details of the 
Performance Rights proposed to be granted to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald pursuant to the Civmec PRP are set out in 
the Company’s Letter to Shareholders dated 7 October 2020. 

 ASX Listing Rule 10.14 provides that an entity must not permit any of the following persons to acquire equity securities 
under an employee incentive scheme without the approval of the holders of its ordinary securities:

10.14.1 

a Director of the entity; or

10.14.2 

an associate of a Director of the entity; or

 10.14.3 

 a person whose relationship with the entity or a person referred to in ASX Listing Rules 10.14.1 to 10.14.2 is 
such that, in ASX’s opinion, the acquisition should be approved by security holders.

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 The issue of Performance Rights to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald falls within ASX Listing Rule 10.14.1 and therefore 
requires the approval of shareholders under ASX Listing Rule 10.14.

 If Resolution No. 13 is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to Mr 
James Finbarr Fitzgerald under the Civmec PRP within 3 years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as 
permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules). As approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 is not 
required for the issue of the Performance Rights (because approval is being obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14), the 
issue of the Performance Rights will not use up any of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity pursuant to ASX 
Listing Rule 7.1.

 If Resolution No. 13 is not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to 
Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald under the Civmec PRP.

 Pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of ASX Listing Rule 10.15, the following information is provided in 
relation to the proposed grant of the Performance Rights.

(a)   The Performance Rights will be issued to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald, who falls within the category set out in Listing 

Rule 10.14.1, by virtue of being a Director .

(b)  The maximum number of Performance Rights to be issued to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald is 1,428,000. 

(c)   The current total remuneration package for Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald is $691,694.20, comprising of Salary of 
$670,000.00, a superannuation payment of $21,694.20 and share-based payments of $NIL. If the Performance 
Rights are issued, the total remuneration package of Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald will increase by $573,342 to 
$1,265,036.20, being the value of the Performance Rights (based on the Black-Scholes methodology).

(d)   The Civmec PRP was adopted by shareholders on 25 October 2018. 750,000 Performance Rights have previously 
been issued to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald for nil cash consideration under the Civmec PRP, subsequently 375,000 
have been cancelled.

(e)   The Performance Rights are unquoted performance rights. The Company has chosen to grant the Performance 

Rights to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald for the following reasons:

a.   the Performance Rights are unlisted, therefore the grant of the Performance Rights has no immediate dilutionary 

impact on shareholders;

b.   the issue of Performance Rights to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald will align the interests of Mr James Finbarr 

Fitzgerald with those of shareholders;

c.   the issue of the Performance Rights is a reasonable and appropriate method to provide cost effective 

remuneration as the non-cash form of this benefit will allow the Company to spend a greater proportion of its cash 
reserves on its operations than it would if alternative cash forms of remuneration were given to Mr James Finbarr 
Fitzgerald; and

d.   it is not considered that there are any significant opportunity costs to the Company or benefits foregone by the 

Company in granting the Performance Rights on the terms proposed.

(f) 

 The Company values the Performance Rights at $573,342.00 (being an average of $0.4015 per Performance Right) 
based on the Black-Scholes methodology.

(g)   The issue price of the Performance Rights will be nil, as such no funds will be raised from the issue of the 

Performance Rights.

(h)  A summary of the material terms and conditions of the Civmec PRP is set out in the Schedule.

(i)  No loan is being made to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald in connection with the acquisition of the Performance Rights.

(j) 

 Details of any Performance Rights issued under the Civmec PRP will be published in the annual report of the 
Company relating to the period in which they were issued, along with a statement that approval for the issue was 
obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14.

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(k)   Any additional persons covered by ASX Listing Rule 10.14 who become entitled to participate in an issue of 

Performance Rights under the Civmec PRP after Resolution No. 13 is approved and who were not named in this 
Notice will not participate until approval is obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14.

(l) 

 Key Senior Executives (including Controlling Shareholders and Associates of such Controlling Shareholders, each 
as defined in the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST) who have attained the age of 21 years and hold such rank as may 
be designated by the Remuneration Committee from time to time, will be eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP. 
Directors, James Finbarr Fitzgerald, Patrick John Tallon and Kevin James Deery, are eligible to participate in the 
Civmec PRP. Non-Executive Directors are not eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP. Subject to the absolute 
discretion of the Remuneration Committee, Controlling Shareholders and their Associates who meet the criteria 
as set out above are eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP, provided that (i) the participation of each Controlling 
Shareholder or his Associate, and (ii) the actual number and terms of the Performance Rights to be granted to 
them have been approved by independent shareholders in separate resolutions for each such person – accordingly 
approval is being sought for the issue of Performance Rights to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald.

(m)  The Performance Rights will be issued to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald no later than 12 months after the date of the 

Annual General Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the ASX Listing Rules) 
and it is anticipated the Related Party Performance Rights will be issued on one date.

(n)   The terms of the Performance Rights are in accordance with the Civmec PRP subject to the key terms and conditions 

of the Performance Rights set out below.

 The Performance Rights to be granted to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald, Mr Patrick John Tallon and Mr Kevin James Deery 
will vest in two tranches of fifty per centum each, based on the performance of Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald, Mr Patrick 
John Tallon and Mr Kevin James Deery over two performance periods, as follows: 

Tranche 1 (50%): two (2) year performance period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2022; and 

Tranche 2 (50%): three (3) year performance period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023.

The aggregate number of Performance Rights which shall vest in favour of Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald, Mr Patrick John 
Tallon and Mr Kevin James Deery respectively, will be based on the achievement of certain predetermined performance 
targets (which are based on absolute earnings per share (‘aEPS’) as determined by the Remuneration Committee in 
accordance with the Civmec PRP. The vesting schedule is as follows:

Long Term Incentive Proportion Vesting – 
Number of Performance Rights to be vested, 
calculated as a percentage of the number of 
Performance Rights for each performance period 

Absolute Earnings per Share 

50% 

Target – If the aEPS achieved is equal to 90% of the three-year average 
annual result 

On a pro-rata basis between 50% and 100%

Between Target and Stretch – If the aEPS achieved is more than 90% 
but not more than 110% of the three-year average annual result

100%

In addition:

Stretch – If the aEPS achieved is more than 110% of three-year average 
annual result

•  A Performance Right does not entitle a holder (in their capacity as a holder of a Performance Right) to participate in new 

issues of capital offered to holders of Shares such as bonus issues and entitlement issues. 

•  The Performance Rights are not transferrable.

• 

If at any time the issued capital of the Company is reconstructed, all rights of a holder will be changed in a manner 
consistent with the applicable ASX Listing Rules at the time of reorganisation.

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•  The Performance Rights do not confer on the holder an entitlement to vote (except as otherwise required by law) or 

receive dividends.

• 

If the vesting condition attached to the relevant Performance Right has not been satisfied within the relevant time period 
set out above, the relevant Performance Rights will automatically lapse.

(viii)  Resolution No. 14 seeks Shareholders’ approval for the grant of Performance Rights covering 1,428,000 Shares to  
Mr Patrick John Tallon upon such terms to be determined by the Remuneration Committee in accordance with the 
rules of the Civmec PRP, and the allotment and issuance from time to time such number of fully-paid Shares as may be 
required to be delivered pursuant to the vesting of such Performance Rights under the Civmec PRP. Mr Patrick John 
Tallon is a Controlling Shareholder and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Further details of the Performance Rights 
proposed to be granted to Mr Patrick John Tallon pursuant to the Civmec PRP are set out in the Company’s Letter to 
Shareholders dated 7 October 2020.

A summary of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 is set out in Explanatory Note (vii) above.

 If Resolution No. 14 is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to  
Mr Patrick John Tallon under the Civmec PRP within 3 years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as  
permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules). As approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 is not 
required for the issue of the Performance Rights (because approval is being obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14), the 
issue of the Performance Rights will not use up any of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity pursuant to ASX 
Listing Rule 7.1.

 If Resolution No. 14 is not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to 
Mr Patrick John Tallon under the Civmec PRP.

 Pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of ASX Listing Rule 10.15, the following information is provided in 
relation to the proposed grant of the Performance Rights.

(a)   The Performance Rights will be issued to Mr Patrick John Tallon, who falls within the category set out in Listing Rule 

10.14.1, by virtue of being a Director.

(b)  The maximum number of Performance Rights to be issued to Patrick John Tallon is 1,428,000. 

(c)   The current total remuneration package for Mr Patrick John Tallon is $691,694.20, comprising of Salary of 

$670,000.00, a superannuation payment of $21,694.20 and share-based payments of $NIL. If the Performance 
Rights are issued, the total remuneration package of Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald will increase by $573,342 to 
$1,265,036.20, being the value of the Performance Rights (based on the Black-Scholes methodology).

(d)   The Civmec PRP was adopted by Shareholders on 25 October 2018. 750,000 Performance Rights have previously 
been issued to Mr Patrick John Tallon for nil cash consideration under the Civmec PRP, subsequently 375,000 have 
been cancelled.

(e)   The Performance Rights are unquoted performance rights. The Company has chosen to grant the Performance 

Rights to Mr Patrick John Tallon for the following reasons:

a.   the Performance Rights are unlisted, therefore the grant of the Performance Rights has no immediate dilutionary 

impact on shareholders;

b.   the issue of Performance Rights to Mr Patrick John Tallon will align the interests of Mr Patrick John Tallon with 

those of shareholders;

c.   the issue of the Performance Rights is a reasonable and appropriate method to provide cost effective 

remuneration as the non-cash form of this benefit will allow the Company to spend a greater proportion of its cash 
reserves on its operations than it would if alternative cash forms of remuneration were given to Mr Patrick John 
Tallon; and

d.   it is not considered that there are any significant opportunity costs to the Company or benefits foregone by the 

Company in granting the Performance Rights on the terms proposed.

(f) 

 The Company values the Performance Rights $573,342.00 (being an average of $0.4015 per Performance Right) 
based on the Black-Scholes methodology.

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(g)   The issue price of the Performance Rights will be nil, as such no funds will be raised from the issue of the 

Performance Rights.

(h)  A summary of the material terms and conditions of the Civmec PRP is set out in the Schedule. 

(i)  No loan is being made to Mr Patrick John Tallon in connection with the acquisition of the Performance Rights.

(j) 

 Details of any Performance Rights issued under the Civmec PRP will be published in the annual report of the 
Company relating to the period in which they were issued, along with a statement that approval for the issue was 
obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14.

(k)   Any additional persons covered by ASX Listing Rule 10.14 who become entitled to participate in an issue of 

Performance Rights under the Civmec PRP after Resolution No. 14 is approved and who were not named in this 
Notice will not participate until approval is obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14.

(l) 

 Key Senior Executives (including Controlling Shareholders and Associates of such Controlling Shareholders, each 
as defined in the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST) who have attained the age of 21 years and hold such rank as may 
be designated by the Remuneration Committee from time to time, will be eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP. 
Directors, James Finbarr Fitzgerald, Patrick John Tallon and Kevin James Deery, are eligible to participate in the 
Civmec PRP. Non-Executive Directors are not eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP. Subject to the absolute 
discretion of the Remuneration Committee, Controlling Shareholders and their Associates who meet the criteria 
as set out above are eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP, provided that (i) the participation of each Controlling 
Shareholder or his Associate, and (ii) the actual number and terms of the Performance Rights to be granted to 
them have been approved by independent shareholders in separate resolutions for each such person – accordingly 
approval is being sought for the issue of Performance Rights to Mr Patrick John Tallon.

(m)  The Performance Rights will be issued to Mr Patrick John Tallon no later than 12 months after the date of the Annual 
General Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the ASX Listing Rules) and it is 
anticipated the Related Party Performance Rights will be issued on one date.

(n)   The terms of the Performance Rights are in accordance with the Civmec PRP subject to the key terms and conditions 

of the Performance Rights set out in Explanatory Note (vii)(n). 

(ix)   Resolution No. 15 seeks Shareholders’ approval for the grant of Performance Rights covering 1,190,000 Shares to Mr 

Kevin James Deery upon such terms to be determined by the Remuneration Committee in accordance with the rules of 
the Civmec PRP, and the allotment and issuance from time to time such number of fully-paid Shares as may be required 
to be delivered pursuant to the vesting of such Performance Rights under the Civmec PRP. Mr Kevin James Deery is the 
Chief Operating Officer of the Company. 

A summary of ASX Listing Rule 10.14 is set out in Explanatory Note (vii) above.

 If Resolution No. 15 is passed, the Company will be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to Mr 
Kevin James Deery under the Civmec PRP within 3 years after the date of the Meeting (or such later date as permitted 
by any ASX waiver or modification of the Listing Rules). As approval pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1 is not required for 
the issue of the Performance Rights (because approval is being obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14), the issue of the 
Performance Rights will not use up any of the Company’s 15% annual placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 
7.1.

 If Resolution No. 15 is not passed, the Company will not be able to proceed with the issue of the Performance Rights to 
Mr Kevin James Deery under the Civmec PRP.

 Pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of ASX Listing Rule 10.15, the following information is provided in 
relation to the proposed grant of the Performance Rights.

(a)   The Performance Rights will be issued to Mr Kevin James Deery (or his nominee), who falls within the category set out 

in ASX Listing Rule 10.14.1, by virtue of being a Director.

(b)  The maximum number of Performance Rights to be issued to Kevin James Deery is 1,190,000. 

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(c)   The current total remuneration package for Mr Kevin James Deery is $591,694.20, comprising of Salary of 

$570,000.00, a superannuation payment of $21,694.20 and share-based payments of $NIL. If the Performance 
Rights are issued, the total remuneration package of Mr Kevin James Deery will increase by $477,785 to 
$1,049,479.20, being the value of the Performance Rights (based on the Black-Scholes methodology).

(d)   The Civmec PRP was adopted by Shareholders on 25 October 2018. 750,000 Performance Rights have previously 
been issued to Mr Kevin James Deery for nil cash consideration under the Civmec PRP, subsequently 375,000 have 
been cancelled.

(e)   The Performance Rights are unquoted performance rights. The Company has chosen to grant the Performance 

Rights to Mr Kevin James Deery for the following reasons:

a.   the Performance Rights are unlisted, therefore the grant of the Performance Rights has no immediate dilutionary 

impact on shareholders;

b.   the issue of Performance Rights to Mr Kevin James Deery will align the interests of Kevin James Deery with those 

of shareholders;

c.   the issue of the Performance Rights is a reasonable and appropriate method to provide cost effective 

remuneration as the non-cash form of this benefit will allow the Company to spend a greater proportion of its cash 
reserves on its operations than it would if alternative cash forms of remuneration were given to Mr Kevin James 
Deery; and

d.   it is not considered that there are any significant opportunity costs to the Company or benefits foregone by the 

Company in granting the Performance Rights on the terms proposed.

(f) 

 The Company values the Performance Rights at $477,785.00 (being an average of $0.4015 per Performance Right) 
based on the Black-Scholes methodology.

(g)   The issue price of the Performance Rights will be nil, as such no funds will be raised from the issue of the 

Performance Rights.

(h)  A summary of the material terms and conditions of the Civmec PRP is set out in the Schedule.

(i)  No loan is being made to Mr Kevin James Deery in connection with the acquisition of the Performance Rights.

(j) 

 Details of any Performance Rights issued under the Civmec PRP will be published in the annual report of the 
Company relating to the period in which they were issued, along with a statement that approval for the issue was 
obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14.

(k)   Any additional persons covered by ASX Listing Rule 10.14 who become entitled to participate in an issue of 

Performance Rights under the Civmec PRP after Resolution No. 15 is approved and who were not named in this 
Notice will not participate until approval is obtained under ASX Listing Rule 10.14.

(l) 

 Key Senior Executives (including Controlling Shareholders and Associates of such Controlling Shareholders, each 
as defined in the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST) who have attained the age of 21 years and hold such rank as may 
be designated by the Remuneration Committee from time to time, will be eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP. 
Directors, James Finbarr Fitzgerald, Patrick John Tallon and Kevin James Deery, are eligible to participate in the 
Civmec PRP. Non-Executive Directors are not eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP. Subject to the absolute 
discretion of the Remuneration Committee, Controlling Shareholders and their Associates who meet the criteria 
as set out above are eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP, provided that (i) the participation of each Controlling 
Shareholder or his Associate, and (ii) the actual number and terms of the Performance Rights to be granted to 
them have been approved by independent shareholders in separate resolutions for each such person – accordingly 
approval is being sought for the issue of Performance Rights to Mr Kevin James Deery.

(m)  The Performance Rights will be issued to Mr Kevin James Deery no later than 12 months after the date of the Annual 
General Meeting (or such later date as permitted by any ASX waiver or modification of the ASX Listing Rules) and it is 
anticipated the Related Party Performance Rights will be issued on one date.

(n)   The terms of the Performance Rights are in accordance with the Civmec PRP subject to the key terms and conditions 

of the Performance Rights set out in Explanatory Note (vii)(n). 

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(x)   Broadly speaking, and subject to a number of exceptions, ASX Listing Rule 7.1 limits the amount of Equity Securities that 
a listed company can issue without the approval of its shareholders over any 12 month period to 15% of the fully paid 
ordinary securities it had on issue at the start of that period.

 Equity Securities includes a share, a right to a share or option to acquire a share (Option), an Option, a convertible 
security and any security that ASX decides to classify as an Equity Security.

 However, under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A, an eligible entity may seek shareholder approval by way of a special resolution 
passed at its annual general meeting to increase this 15% limit by an extra 10% to 25% (7.1A Mandate).

 An ‘eligible entity’ means an entity which is not included in the S&P/ASX 300 Index and has a market capitalisation of 
$300,000,000 or less. The Company is an eligible entity for these purposes.

 Resolution No. 16 seeks Shareholder approval by way of special resolution for the Company to have the additional  
10% placement capacity provided for in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A to issue Equity Securities without shareholder approval.

 If Resolution No. 16 is passed, the Company will be able to issue Equity Securities up to the combined 25% limit in  
ASX Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A without any further Shareholder approval.

 If Resolution No. 16 is not passed, the Company will not be able to access the additional 10% capacity to issue Equity 
Securities without Shareholder approval under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A, and will remain subject to the 15% limit on issuing 
Equity Securities without shareholder approval set out in ASX Listing Rule 7.1.

Technical information required by ASX Listing Rule 7.1A

Pursuant to and in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 7.3A, the information below is provided in relation to this Resolution  
No. 16:

(a)  Period for which the 7.1A Mandate is valid 

The 7.1A Mandate will commence on the date of the Meeting and expire on the first to occur of the following: 

(i) 

the date that is 12 months after the date of this Meeting; 

(ii)  the time and date of the Company’s next annual general meeting; and

(iii)   the time and date of approval by Shareholders of any transaction under ASX Listing Rule 11.1.2 (a significant change 

in the nature or scale of activities) or Listing Rule 11.2 (disposal of the main undertaking). 

(b)  Minimum Price

 Any Equity Securities issued under the 7.1A Mandate must be in an existing quoted class of Equity Securities and be 
issued at a minimum price of 75% of the volume weighted average price of Equity Securities in that class, calculated over 
the 15 trading days on which trades in that class were recorded immediately before:

(i) 

 the date on which the price at which the Equity Securities are to be issued is agreed by the entity and the recipient of 
the Equity Securities; or

(ii)   if the Equity Securities are not issued within 10 trading days of the date in paragraph (i) above, the date on which the 

Equity Securities are issued.

(c)  Use of Funds raised under the 7.1A Mandate 

 The Company intends to use funds raised from issues of Equity Securities under the 7.1A Mandate as cash consideration 
in which case the Company intends to use funds raised for the acquisition of new assets and investments (including 
expenses associated with such an acquisition), continued capital expenditure on the Company’s current assets, general 
working capital and reduction of debt.. 

(d)  Risk of Economic and Voting Dilution

 Any issue of Equity Securities under the 7.1A Mandate will dilute the interests of Shareholders who do not receive any 
Shares under the issue.

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 If Resolution No 16 is approved by shareholders and the Company issues the maximum number of Equity Securities 
available under the 7.1A Mandate, the economic and voting dilution of existing Shares would be as shown in the table 
below. 

 The table below shows the dilution of existing Shareholders calculated in accordance with the formula outlined in Listing 
Rule 7.1A.2, on the basis of the closing market price of Shares and the number of Equity Securities on issue as at 9 
September 2020.

 The table also shows the voting dilution impact where the number of Shares on issue (Variable A in the formula) changes 
and the economic dilution where there are changes in the issue price of Shares issued under the 7.1A Mandate.

DILUTION

Issue Price

Number of Shares on Issue  
(Variable A in Listing Rule 7.1A.2)

Shares issued 
– 10% voting 
dilution

$0.195

$0.39

$0.585

50% decrease

Issue Price

50% increase

Funds Raised

Current

501,100,000 
Shares

50,110,000 
Shares

50% increase

751,650,000 
Shares

75,165,000 
Shares

100% increase

1,002,200,000 
Shares

100,220,000 
Shares

$9,771,450

$19,542,900

$29,314,350

$14,657,175

$29,314,350

$43,971,525

$19,542,900

$39,865,800

$58,628,700

 *The number of Shares on issue (Variable A in the formula) could increase as a result of the issue of Shares that do not 
require Shareholder approval (such as under a pro-rata rights issue or scrip issued under a takeover offer) or that are 
issued with Shareholder approval under Listing Rule 7.1.

The table above uses the following assumptions:

1.  There are currently 501,100,000 Shares on issue.

2.  The issue price set out above is the closing market price of the Shares on the ASX on 9 September 2020.

3.  The Company issues the maximum possible number of Equity Securities under the 7.1A Mandate. 

4.   The Company has not issued any Equity Securities in the 12 months prior to the Meeting that were not issued under 

an exception in Listing Rule 7.2 or with approval under Listing Rule 7.1.

5.   The issue of Equity Securities under the 7.1A Mandate consists only of Shares.  It is assumed that no Options are 

exercised into Shares before the date of issue of the Equity Securities. 

6.   The calculations above do not show the dilution that any one particular Shareholder will be subject to.   

All Shareholders should consider the dilution caused to their own shareholding depending on their specific 
circumstances.

7.  This table does not set out any dilution pursuant to approvals under Listing Rule 7.1 unless otherwise disclosed.

8.   The 10% voting dilution reflects the aggregate percentage dilution against the issued share capital at the time of issue. 

This is why the voting dilution is shown in each example as 10%.

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 The table does not show an example of dilution that may be caused to a particular Shareholder by reason of placements 
under the 7.1A mandate, based on that Shareholder’s holding at the date of the Meeting.

Shareholders should note that there is a risk that:

(i) 

 the market price for the Company’s Shares may be significantly lower on the issue date than on the date of the 
Meeting; and

(ii)  the Shares may be issued at a price that is at a discount to the market price for those Shares on the date of issue.

(e)  Allocation policy under 7.1A Mandate 

 The recipients of the Equity Securities to be issued under the 7.1A Mandate have not yet been determined.  However, 
the recipients of Equity Securities could consist of current Shareholders or new investors (or both), none of whom will be 
related parties of the Company. 

 The Company will determine the recipients at the time of the issue under the 7.1A Mandate, having regard to the following 
factors:

(i) 

the purpose of the issue;

(ii)   alternative methods for raising funds available to the Company at that time, including, but not limited to, an entitlement 

issue, share purchase plan, placement or other offer where existing Shareholders may participate;

(iii)  the effect of the issue of the Equity Securities on the control of the Company; 

(iv)  the circumstances of the Company, including, but not limited to, the financial position and solvency of the Company; 

(v)  prevailing market conditions; and

(vi)  advice from corporate, financial and broking advisers (if applicable).

(f)  Previous approval under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A

 The Company previously obtained approval from its shareholders pursuant to ASX Listing Rule 7.1A at its annual general 
meeting held on 29 October 2019 (Previous Approval).

 During the 12 month period preceding the date of the Meeting, being on and from 30 October 2019, the Company has 
not issued any Equity Securities pursuant to the Previous Approval.

(g)  Voting exclusion 

 As at the date of this Notice, the Company is not proposing to make an issue of Equity Securities under ASX Listing Rule 
7.1A. Accordingly, a voting exclusion statement is not included in this Notice.

Notes:

i. 

ii. 

 Alternative arrangements relating to attendance at the Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) via electronic means (including 
arrangements by shareholders can participate at the AGM by observing and/or listening to the proceedings of the 
AGM through either live audio-visual webcast or live audio-only stream (‘electronic means’), submission of questions in 
advance of the AGM, addressing of substantial and relevant questions, are set out in the Company’s announcement 
dated 7 October 2020 (the ‘Announcement’), which has been uploaded together with this Notice of AGM on SGXNet 
on the same day. The Announcement may also be assessed on the Company’s website www.civmec.com.au. For the 
avoidance of doubt, the aforesaid section is circulated together with and forms part of this Notice of AGM. 

 Due to the current COVID-19 restriction orders in Singapore, a member of the Company will not be able to attend the 
AGM in person. A member of the Company (whether individual or corporate and including a Relevant Intermediary*) must 
appoint the Chairman of the AGM in as his/her/its proxy to attend, speak and vote on his/her/its behalf at the AGM, if 
such member wishes to exercise his/her/its voting rights at the AGM. In appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy, 
a member of the Company (whether individual or corporate and including a Relevant Intermediary*) must give specific 
instructions as to voting, or abstentions from voting, in the form of proxy, failing which the appointment will be treated  
as invalid.

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iii.  The Chairman of the AGM, as proxy, need not be a member of the Company.

iv.   In the case of Shares entered in the Depository Register, the Company may reject any instrument appointing the 

Chairman of the AGM as proxy lodged if the member, being the appointor, is not shown to have Shares entered against 
his name in the Depository Register as at seventy-two (72) hours before the time appointed for holding the AGM (i.e. by 
2:30 p.m. on 27 October 2020), as certified by The Central Depository (Pte) Limited to the Company.

iv.   An investor who holds shares under the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (‘SRS Investor’) who wish to vote at the 

AGM should approach their respective agent banks to submit their votes at least seven (7) working days before the date 
of the AGM (i.e. by 2:30 p.m. on 20 October 2020). SRS Investors are requested to contact their respective agent banks 
for any queries they may have with regard to the appointment of the Chairman of the AGM as proxy for the AGM.

v. 

 Voting by holders of CDIs: Holders of CHESS Depositary Interests over Shares (‘CDIs’) are entitled to attend the Annual 
General Meeting, provided that they cannot vote at the meeting, and if they wish to vote they must direct CHESS 
Depositary Nominees Pty Ltd (‘CDN’), the holder of legal title of the CDIs, how to vote in advance of the meeting pursuant 
to the instructions set out in the accompanying voting instruction form. If you are a holder of CDIs, please sign and date 
the enclosed voting instruction form and return it in accordance with the instructions on your voting instruction form.

vi.   The instrument appointing the Chairman of the AGM as a proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority 

under which it is signed (if applicable) or a duly certified copy thereof, must:

(a)  be deposited at the registered office of the Company at 80 Robinson Road #02-00, Singapore 068898; or 

(b)   send electronic mail to agm@civmec.com.au enclosing signed PDF copy of the Proxy Form; 

not less than seventy-two (72) hours before the time appointed for the AGM.

* A Relevant Intermediary is:

(a)   a banking corporation licensed under the Banking Act (Chapter 19) or a wholly-owned subsidiary of such a banking 
corporation, whose business includes the provision of nominee services and who holds shares in that capacity;

(b)   a person holding a capital markets services licence to provide custodial services for securities under the Securities and 

Futures Act (Chapter 289) and who holds shares in that capacity; or

(c)   the Central Provident Fund Board established by the Central Provident Fund Act (Chapter 36), in respect of shares 
purchased under the subsidiary legislation made under that Act providing for the making of investments from the 
contributions and interest standing to the credit of members of the Central Provident Fund, if the Central Provident Fund 
Board holds those shares in the capacity of an intermediary pursuant to or in accordance with that subsidiary legislation.

RECORD DATE

Subject to members’ approval to the proposed final dividend at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, the Register 
of Members and Share Transfer Books of Civmec Limited (the ‘Company’) will be closed on 1 December 2020, for the 
preparation of dividend warrants to the proposed tax exempt (Foreign Sourced) First and Final dividend of A$0.01 for the 
financial year ended 30 June 2020 (‘Final Dividend’). 

Duly completed registrable transfers in respect of the shares in the Company received up to 5:00 p.m. on 30 November 2020 
(‘Record Date’) by the Company’s Singapore Share Registrar, Tricor Barbinder Share Registration Services (a division of Tricor 
Singapore Pte. Ltd.), 80 Robinson Road, #02-00 Singapore 068898 will be registered to determine Members’ entitlements to 
the Final Dividend. Members whose Securities Accounts with The Central Depository (Pte) Limited are credited with shares in 
the Company as at 5:00 p.m. on the Record Date will be entitled to the Final Dividend.

The Proposed Final Dividend, if approved at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, will be paid on 11 December 2020.

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PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY

By (a) submitting an instrument appointing the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting as proxy to vote at the Annual 
General Meeting and/or any adjournment thereof, and/or (b) by registering to attend the AGM via electronic means, and/ or 
(c) submitting any question prior to the AGM in accordance with this Notice of AGM, a member of the Company consents to 
the collection, use and disclosure of the member’s personal data by the Company (or its agents or service providers) for the 
following purposes: 

(i) 

 processing, administration and analysis by the Company (or its agents or service providers) of the appointment of the 
Chairman of the AGM as proxy for the AGM (including any adjournment thereof) and the preparation and compilation of 
the attendance lists, proxy lists, minutes and other documents relating to the AGM (including any adjournment thereof);

(ii)   processing the pre-registration forms for purposes of granting access to members (or their corporate representatives in 

the case of members who are legal entities) to participate at the AGM by electronic means to observe the proceedings of 
the AGM and providing them with any technical assistance, where necessary;

(iii)   addressing relevant and substantial questions from members received before the AGM and if necessary, following up with 

the relevant members in relation to such questions; 

(iv)   preparation and compilation of the attendance lists, proxy list, minutes and other documents relating to the AGM 

(including any adjournment thereof); and

(v)   enabling the Company (of its agents or service providers) to comply with any applicable laws, listing rules, regulations 

and/or guidelines by the relevant authorities.

Photographic, sound and/or video recordings of the AGM may be made by the Company for record keeping and to ensure 
the accuracy of the minutes prepared of the AGM. Accordingly, the personal data of a member of the Company (such as his 
name, his presence at the AGM and any questions he may raise or motions he propose/second) may be recorded by the 
Company for such purpose. 

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SCHEDULE – SUMMARY OF CIVMEC PRP

The key terms of the Civmec PRP are as follows:

(a)  Eligibility

 Key Senior Executives (including Controlling Shareholders and Associates of such Controlling Shareholders, each as 
defined in the Listing Manual) who have attained the age of 21 years and hold such rank as may be designated by the 
Committee from time to time, will be eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP.

 Subject to the absolute discretion of the Committee, Controlling Shareholders and their Associates who meet the criteria 
as set out above are eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP, provided that (i) the participation of each Controlling 
Shareholder or his Associate, and (ii) the actual number and terms of the Performance Rights to be granted to them have 
been approved by independent Shareholders in separate resolutions for each such person.

  Non-Executive Directors shall not be eligible to participate in the Civmec PRP.

(b)   Performance Rights

 Performance Rights represent the right of a Participant to receive fully paid Shares free of charge, provided that certain 
prescribed performance targets are met and/or after expiry of the prescribed vesting period(s) (where applicable), in 
accordance with the rules of the Civmec PRP.

 A Performance Right shall be personal to the Participant to whom it is granted and, prior to the delivery to the Participant 
of the Award Shares, shall not be transferred, charged, assigned, pledged or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, 
except with the prior approval of the Committee.

(c)  Participants

 The selection of a Participant and the number of Award Shares to be granted to a Participant in accordance with the 
Civmec PRP shall be determined at the discretion of the Committee, which may take into account such criteria as 
it considers fit, including (but not limited to) their rank, job performance, creativity, innovativeness, entrepreneurship, 
resourcefulness, years of service and potential for future development, their contribution to the success and development 
of the Group and the degree of difficulty of fulfilling the performance condition(s) within the performance period. 

(d)  Details of Performance Rights

The Committee shall decide, in relation to each Performance Right to be granted to a Participant:

(i) 

the Award Date;

(ii)  the performance condition(s) and relevant performance period;

(iii)   the number of Performance Rights which shall vest on the performance condition(s) being satisfied (whether fully or 

partially) or exceeded or not being satisfied, as the case may be, at the end of the performance period;

(iv)  the vesting date(s);

(v)  the vesting period(s), if any; and

(vi)  whether:

(1)  the Award Shares shall be delivered within the prescribed automatic timeline stipulated in the Civmec PRP; or 

(2)   the Participant has the ability to elect to choose a deferred timeline whereby the Company shall deliver the Award 

Shares to the Participant, subject to the following:  

(a)   such election must be made by the Participant and notified to the Company prior to expiration of the Relevant 

Period; and

(b)   in the event that no election is made by the Participant in respect of a vested Performance Right prior to 
the expiration of the Relevant Period, the Company shall deliver the aggregate number of Award Shares 
underlying the aggregate corresponding number of vested Performance Rights within [14] calendar days from 
the expiration of the Relevant Period;

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(vii)  the time and circumstances when Performance Rights lapse, provided that once vested, the Performance Rights shall 

not lapse; and 

(viii) any other condition which the Committee may determine in relation to that Performance Right.

(e)  Timing

 The Committee may grant Performance Rights at any time during the period when the Civmec PRP is in force. An Award 
Letter confirming the Performance Right and specifying, inter alia, the Award Date, the number of Award Shares, the 
prescribed performance condition(s), the performance period during which the prescribed performance condition(s) is/
are to be attained or fulfilled, the extent to which the Award Shares will vest on satisfaction of the prescribed performance 
condition(s), the vesting date(s) and the vesting period(s) (if any) will be sent to each Participant as soon as is reasonably 
practicable after the grant of a Performance Right.

(f)  Events Prior to Vesting

 Special provisions for the vesting and lapsing of Performance Rights apply in certain circumstances including the 
following:

(i) 

 the Participant ceasing to be in the employment of the Group for any reason whatsoever (other than as specified in 
paragraphs (vi), (vii) and (viii) below); 

(ii)   the bankruptcy of a Participant or the happening of any other event which results in them being deprived of the legal 

or beneficial ownership of the Performance Right;

(iii)  the misconduct on the part of a Participant as determined by the Committee in its discretion;

(iv)   an order being made or a resolution passed for the winding-up of the Company on the basis, or by reason, of its 

insolvency;

(v)  any breach of the rules of the Civmec PRP by the Participant;

(vi)  the retirement of the Participant;

(vii)  the Participant ceasing to be in the employment of the Group by reason of retirement, or ill health, injury or disability (in 
each case, evidenced to the satisfaction of the Committee) or death, or redundancy, or any other reason approved in 
writing by the Committee; or

(viii) the Participant ceasing to be in the employment of the Group by reason of:

(1)   the company by which they are employed ceasing to be a company within the Group or the undertaking or part of 

the undertaking of such company being transferred otherwise than to another company within the Group;

(2)  (where applicable) the Participant’s transfer of employment between members of the Group; or

(3)  any other event approved by the Committee.

 Upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, a Performance Right then 
held by a Participant shall, as provided in the rules of the Civmec PRP and to the extent not yet vested, lapse without any 
claim whatsoever against the Company.

 Upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in paragraphs (vi), (vii) and (viii) above, the Committee may, in its 
discretion, determine whether a Performance Right then held by such Participant, to the extent not yet vested, shall lapse 
or that all or any part of such Performance Right shall be vested. If the Committee determines that a Performance Right 
(to the extent not yet vested) shall lapse, then such Performance Right shall lapse without any claim whatsoever against 
the Company.  If the Committee determines that a certain number of, or all Performance Rights shall be vested, the 
aggregate number of Award Shares underlying that aggregate number of vested Performance Rights shall be delivered to 
the Participant within the prescribed automatic timeline stipulated in the Civmec PRP.

 In exercising its discretion, the Committee will have regard to all circumstances on a case-by-case basis, including (but 
not limited to) the contributions made by that Participant and the extent to which the prescribed performance condition(s) 
has/have been satisfied.

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(g)  Size and Duration

 The total number of Award Shares which may be delivered pursuant to Performance Rights granted under the Civmec 
PRP on any date, when added to: 

(i) 

 the total number of new Shares allotted and issued and/or to be allotted and issued and issued Shares delivered and/
or to be delivered, pursuant to Performance Rights granted under the Civmec PRP; and 

(ii)   the number of new Shares allotted and issued and/or to be allotted and issued and issued Shares delivered and/or to 
be delivered, in respect of any other options or grants under share option schemes or share schemes adopted by the 
Company for the time being in force, as the case may be, 

 shall not exceed 15% of the total number of issued Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) (or such 
other limit as may be prescribed by the SGX-ST) of the Company on the date preceding the date of grant of the relevant 
Performance Right.

 The maximum limit of 15% will provide for sufficient Shares to support the use of Performance Rights in the Company’s 
overall long-term incentive and compensation strategy. In addition, it will provide the Company with the means and 
flexibility to grant Performance Rights as incentive tools in a meaningful and effective manner to encourage staff retention 
and to align Participants’ interests more closely with those of Shareholders.

 Furthermore, the aggregate number of Award Shares available to Controlling Shareholders and their Associates shall not 
exceed 25% of all Award Shares available under the Civmec PRP, and the number of Award Shares available to each 
Controlling Shareholder or his Associate shall not exceed 10% of all Awards Shares available under the Civmec PRP.

 The Civmec PRP shall continue in force at the absolute discretion of the Committee, subject to a maximum of 10 years 
commencing from the date it is adopted by the Company in general meeting, provided always that the Civmec PRP may 
continue beyond this stipulated period with the approval of Shareholders in general meeting and relevant authorities which 
may then be required.

 Notwithstanding the expiry or termination of the Civmec PRP, any Performance Rights granted to Participants prior to 
such expiry or termination, whether such Performance Rights have been vested (whether fully or partially) or not, will 
continue to remain valid.

(h)  Operation

 Subject to the prevailing legislation and the Listing Manual, the Company will have the flexibility to deliver Award Shares to 
Participants by way of:

(a)  an issue of new Shares; and/or

(b)  the delivery of existing Shares (including treasury shares).

 New Shares allotted and issued, and existing Shares procured by the Company for transfer, pursuant to the vesting 
of a Performance Right, shall rank in full for all entitlements, including dividends or other distributions declared or 
recommended in respect of the then existing Shares, the record date for which is on or after the relevant vesting date, 
and shall in all other respects rank pari passu with other existing Shares then in issue.

 The Committee shall have the discretion to determine whether the performance condition has been satisfied (whether fully 
or partially) or exceeded and in making any such determination, the Committee may make reference to the audited results 
of the Company or the Group (as the case may be), taking into account such factors as the Committee may determine 
to be relevant, such as changes in accounting methods, taxes and extraordinary events, and further, the Committee shall 
have the right to amend the performance condition if the Committee decides that a changed performance target would 
be a fairer measure of performance from the Company’s perspective.

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In this Schedule, the following definitions apply unless otherwise stated:

‘Associate’ 

‘Award Date’ 

‘Award Letter’ 

‘Award Shares’ 

‘Board” 

‘CDP’ 

‘Companies Act’ 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

Associate shall bear the same meaning as set out in the Listing Manual.

The date on which the Performance Right is granted pursuant to the Civmec PRP.

 A letter in such form as the Committee shall approve confirming a Performance Right 
granted to a Participant.

Means a fully paid Ordinary Share in the capital of the Company.

The board of Directors of the Company from time to time.

The Central Depository (Pte) Limited.

The Companies Act, Chapter 50 of Singapore.

‘Controlling Shareholder’  : 

A person who:

‘Civmec PRP’ 

‘Committee’ 

‘Directors’ 

‘Executive Director’ 

‘Group’ 

‘Key Senior Executive’ 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

 (a) 

 holds directly or indirectly 15% or more of the total number of issued  
Shares (excluding treasury shares and subsidiary holdings) in the Company. 
The SGX-ST may determine that a person who satisfies the aforesaid is not  
a Controlling Shareholder; or

(b) 

 in fact exercises control over the Company.

The Civmec Key Senior Executives Performance Rights Plan.

 A committee comprising Directors duly authorised and appointed by the Board of 
Directors to administer the Civmec PRP.

The directors of the Company for the time being.

A Director who performs an executive function.

The Company and its subsidiaries. 

Means:

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

the Executive Chairman;

the Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO’);

Executives who report directly to the CEO; and 

 selected other individuals, being employees of any member of the Group 
holding the rank of senior manager (or such other equivalent rank which may 
from time to time be determined by the Committee) and above, who do not 
fall within the ambit of paragraphs (a) to (c) above,

‘Listing Manual’ 

: 

The listing manual of the SGX-ST.

who have been selected to participate in the Civmec PRP.

‘Non-Executive Director’  : 

‘Participant Rights’ 

‘Performance Right’ 

‘Relevant Period’ 

‘Shareholders’ 

‘Shares’ 

‘Subsidiary holdings’ 

‘%’ or ‘per cent.’ 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

: 

 A Director, other than an Executive Director, and ‘Non-Executive Directors’ shall be 
construed accordingly.

A Key Senior Executive who has been granted a Performance Right or Performance

 A right to one Share granted under, and which shall be subject to the satisfaction 
of performance conditions in accordance with, the rules of the Civmec PRP and 
‘Performance Rights’ shall be construed accordingly.

In relation to a Performance Right, a period of ten (10) years from the Award Date.

 Registered holders of Shares except that where the registered holder is CDP, the term 
‘Shareholders’ shall, in relation to such Shares and where the context admits, mean 
the Depositors whose securities accounts are credited with Shares.

Issued ordinary shares of the Company.

Shares referred to in Sections 21(4), 21(4B), 21(6A) and 21(6C) of the Companies Act.

Per centum or percentage.

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ON DIRECTORS SEEKING RE-ELECTION

James Finbarr Fitzgerald, Patrick John Tallon, Kevin James Deery, Chong Teck Sin, Wong Fook Choy Sunny and Douglas Owen 
Chester are the Directors seeking re-election at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company to be convened on 29 
October 2019 (‘AGM’) (collectively, the ‘Retiring Directors’ and each a ‘Retiring Director’).

Pursuant to Rule 720(6) of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST, the following is the information relating to the Retiring Directors as set 
out in Appendix 7.4.1 to the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST:

Date of Appointment

27 March 2012 27 March 2012 27 March 2012 27 March 2012 27 March 2012 2 November 

2012

James Finbarr 
Fitzgerald 

Patrick John 
Tallon

Kevin James 
Deery

Chong Teck 
 Sin

Wong Fook 
Choy Sunny

Douglas 
Owen Chester

Date of last re-appointment

29 October 
2019

29 October 
2019

29 October 
2019

29 October 
2019

29 October 
2019

29 October 
2019

Age

56

50

49

65

64

68

Country of principal residence

Australia

Australia

Australia

Singapore

Singapore

Australia

The Board’s comments on this appointment 
(including rationale, selection criteria, and 
the search and nomination process)

Whether appointment is executive, and if  
so, the area of responsibility

Job Title  
(e.g. Lead ID, AC Chairman,  
AC Member etc.)

Refer to Report on Corporate Governance (Board Membership) included in this Annual Report.

Refer to overview of Board of Directors included in this Annual Report

(page 42). 

Executive 
Chairman

Chief 
Executive 
Officer

Chief 
Operating 
Officer

Lead 
Independent 
Director

•   Audit 

Committee 
Chairman

•   Nominating 
Committee 
Member

•   Remuner-
ation 
Committee 
Member

•   Risks and 
Conflicts 
Committee 
Chairman

Independent 
Director

Independent 
Director

•   Audit 

•   Audit 

Committee 
Member

Committee 
Member

•   Nominating 
Committee 
Member

•   Nominating 
Committee 
Chairman

•   Remuner-
ation 
Committee 
Chairman

•   Risks and 
Conflicts 
Committee 
Member

•   Remuner-
ation 
Committee 
Member

•   Risks and 
Conflicts 
Committee 
Member

Professional qualifications

Refer to overview of Board of Directors included in this Annual Report 

(page 42). 

Working experience and occupation(s) 
during the past 10 years

Refer to overview of Board of Directors included in this Annual Report 

(page 42). 

Shareholding interest in the listed issuer  
and its subsidiaries

Any relationship (including immediate family 
relationships) with any existing Director, 
existing executive officer, the issuer and/or 
substantial shareholder of the listed issuer 
or of any of its principal subsidiaries

97,720,806

97,620,806

13,295,250

Nil

Nil

70,000

None

None

None

None

None

None

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James Finbarr 
Fitzgerald 

Patrick John 
Tallon

Kevin James 
Deery

Chong Teck 
 Sin

Wong Fook 
Choy Sunny

Douglas 
Owen Chester

Conflict of Interest  
(including any competing business)

None

None

None

None

None

Mr Wong is a 
Director and 
shareholder 
of WTML 
Management 
Services, which 
periodically 
provide some 
legal services 
to Civmec. 
Neither the 
nature of such 
services nor 
the amount of 
the fees are 
material.

Undertaking (in the format set out in 
Appendix 7.7) under Rule 720(1) has been 
submitted to the listed issuer

Other Principal Commitments* Including 
Directorships# 

Past (for the last 5 years)

Present

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Refer to Report on Corporate Governance (Board Membership) included in this Annual Report 

(page 62). 

Disclose the following matters concerning an appointment of Director, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating 
officer, general manager or other officer of equivalent rank. If the answer to any question is ‘yes’, full details must be given.

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

a)  Whether at any time during the last  
10 years, an application or a petition 
under any bankruptcy law of any 
jurisdiction was filed against him or 
against a partnership of which he was  
a partner at the time when he was a  
partner or at any time within 2 years from 
the date he ceased to be a partner?

b)  Whether at any time during the last  
10 years, an application or a petition 
under any law of any jurisdiction was  
filed against an entity (not being a 
partnership) of which he was a Director  
or an equivalent person or a key 
executive, at the time when he was a 
Director or an equivalent person or a key 
executive of that entity or at any time 
within 2 years from the date he ceased 
to be a Director or an equivalent person 
or a key executive of that entity, for the 
winding up or dissolution of that entity 
or, where that entity is the trustee of a 
business trust, that business trust, on  
the ground of insolvency?

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James Finbarr 
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Patrick John 
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Kevin James 
Deery

Chong Teck 
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Wong Fook 
Choy Sunny

Douglas 
Owen Chester

c)  Whether there is any unsatisfied judgment 

No

against him?

No

d)  Whether he has ever been convicted of 
any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere, 
involving fraud or dishonesty which is 
punishable with imprisonment, or has  
been the subject of any criminal 
proceedings (including any pending  
criminal proceedings of which he is  
aware) for such purpose?

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

e)  Whether he has ever been convicted of 
any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere,  
involving a breach of any law or regulatory 
requirement that relates to the securities or 
futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, 
or has been the subject of any criminal 
proceedings (including any pending  
criminal proceedings of which he is  
aware) for such breach?

f)   Whether at any time during the last  

No

No

No

No

No

No

10 years, judgment has been entered 
against him in any civil proceedings in 
Singapore or elsewhere involving a breach 
of any law or regulatory requirement that 
relates to the securities or futures industry 
in Singapore or elsewhere, or a finding of 
fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty 
on his part, or he has been the subject 
of any civil proceedings (including any 
pending civil proceedings of which he is 
aware) involving an allegation of fraud, 
misrepresentation or dishonesty on his 
part?

g)  Whether he has ever been convicted in 
Singapore or elsewhere of any offence 
in connection with the formation or 
management of any entity or business 
trust?

No

No

No

No

No

No

h)  Whether he has ever been disqualified 

No

No

No

No

No

No

from acting as a Director or an equivalent 
person of any entity (including the trustee 
of a business trust), or from taking part 
directly or indirectly in the management  
of any entity or business trust?

i)   Whether he has ever been the subject 
of any order, judgment or ruling of any 
court, tribunal or governmental body, 
permanently or temporarily enjoining him 
from engaging in any type of business 
practice or activity?

No

No

No

No

No

No

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j)   Whether he has ever, to his knowledge, 

No

No

No

No

No

No

James Finbarr 
Fitzgerald 

Patrick John 
Tallon

Kevin James 
Deery

Chong Teck 
 Sin

Wong Fook 
Choy Sunny

Douglas 
Owen Chester

been concerned with the management or 
conduct, in Singapore or elsewhere, of the 
affairs of:

i.    any corporation which has been 

investigated for a breach of any law 
or regulatory requirement governing 
corporations in Singapore or elsewhere; 
or

ii.    any entity (not being a corporation) which 
has been investigated for a breach of any 
law or regulatory requirement governing 
such entities in Singapore or elsewhere; 
or

iii.   any business trust which has been 
investigated for a breach of any law 
or regulatory requirement governing 
business trusts in Singapore or 
elsewhere; or 

iv.   any entity or business trust which has 
been investigated for a breach of any 
law or regulatory requirement that relates 
to the securities or futures industry in 
Singapore or elsewhere 

in connection with any matter occurring or 
arising during that period when he was so 
concerned with the entity or business trust?

k)  Whether he has been the subject of 
any current or past investigation or 
disciplinary proceedings, or has been 
reprimanded or issued any warning, by 
the Monetary Authority of Singapore or 
any other regulatory authority, exchange, 
professional body or government agency, 
whether in Singapore or elsewhere?

No

No

No

No

No

No

Disclosure applicable to the appointment of Director only

Any prior experience as a Director of a listed 
company? 

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

If yes, please provide details of prior 
experience.

If no, please state if the Director has 
attended or will be attending training on  
the roles and responsibilities of a Director 
of a listed issuer as prescribed by the 
Exchange. 

Please provide details of relevant  
experience and the nominating  
committee’s reasons for not requiring the 
Director to undergo training as prescribed  
by the Exchange (if applicable).

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IMPORTANT:

1.   The Annual General Meeting of the Company (‘AGM’) will be held by electronic means pursuant to the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) 

(Alternative Arrangements for Meetings for Companies, Variable Capital Companies, Business Trusts, Unit Trusts and Debenture Holders) 
Order 2020. 

2.   Alternative arrangements relating to, among others, attendance, submission of questions in advance and/or voting by proxy at the AGM, are 
set out in the accompanying Company’s announcement dated 7 October 2020 (the ‘Announcement’), which has been uploaded together 
with the Notice of AGM dated 7 October 2020 on SGXNet on the same day. The Announcement may also be accessed at the Company’s 
corporate website at www.civmec.com.au For the avoidance of doubt, the Announcement is circulated together with and forms part of the 
Notice of AGM dated 7 October 2020 in respect of the AGM. 

3.   A member of the Company will not be able to attend the AGM in person. If a member of the Company (whether individual or corporate and 

including a Relevant Intermediary*) wishes to exercise his/her/its voting rights at the AGM, he/she/it must appoint the Chairman of the AGM as 
his/her/its proxy to attend, speak and vote on his/her/its behalf at the AGM. In appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy, a member of the 
Company (whether individual or corporate and including a Relevant Intermediary*) must give specific instructions as to voting, or abstentions 
from voting, in the form of proxy, failing which the appointment will be treated as invalid. 

4.   SRS investors who wish to appoint the Chairman of the AGM as proxy should approach their SRS Operators to submit their votes by  

2:30 p.m. on 20 October 2020. 

By submitting an instrument appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy, the member of the Company accepts and agrees to the personal 
data privacy terms set out in the Notice of AGM dated 7 October 2020.

*I/We (name):

NRIC/Passport/Company Reg Number:

of (Address):

being *a member/members of Civmec Limited (the ‘Company’), hereby appoint: 

The Chairman of the Annual General Meeting of the Company (the ‘Annual General Meeting’) as *my/our *proxy/proxies to vote 
for *me/us on *my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held by way of electronic means on Friday,  
30 October 2020 at 2.30 p.m. and at any adjournment thereof.

CHAIR’S VOTING INTENTION IN RELATION TO UNDIRECTED PROXIES

The Chair intends to vote undirected proxies in favour of all Resolutions.  In exceptional circumstances the Chair may 
change his/her voting intention on any Resolution.  In the event this occurs an SGX and ASX announcement will be 
made immediately disclosing the reasons for the change.

*I/We direct *my/our *proxy/proxies to vote for or against the Resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting as 
indicated hereunder. If no specific directions as to voting are given, the proxy/proxies will vote or abstain from voting at *his/her/
their discretion, as *he/she/they will on any other matter arising at the Annual General Meeting and at any adjournment thereof.

Voting will be conducted by poll. 

 
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NO. ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

FOR#

AGAINST#

ABSTAIN#

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15

Adoption of the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the 
financial year ended 30 June 2020 together with the Directors’ Statement  
and Independent Auditors’ Report thereon.

Approval of payment of a tax exempt (foreign sourced) First and Final 
Dividend of 1.0 Australian cents per ordinary share for the financial year 
ended 30 June 2020.

Approval of the payment of Directors’ fees of S$242,000 for the financial  
year ending 30 June 2021 to be paid quarterly in arrears.

Re-election of Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald as a Director of the Company. 

Re-election of Mr Patrick John Tallon as a Director of the Company.

Re-election of Mr Kevin James Deery as a Director of the Company.

Re-election of Mr Chong Teck Sin as a Director of the Company.

Re-election of Mr Wong Fook Choy Sunny as a Director of the Company.

Re-election of Mr Douglas Owen Chester as a Director of the Company.

Re-appointment of Messrs Moore Stephens LLP as the Auditors.

Authority to allot and issue shares. 

Renewal of Share Purchase Mandate.

Grant of Performance Rights to Mr James Finbarr Fitzgerald, a Controlling 
Shareholder and Director of the Company, under the Civmec Key Senior 
Executives Performance Rights Plan

Grant of Performance Rights to Mr Patrick John Tallon, a Controlling 
Shareholder and Director of the Company, under the Civmec Key Senior 
Executives Performance Rights Plan

Grant of Performance Rights to Mr Kevin James Deery, a Director of the 
Company, under the Civmec Key Senior Executives Performance Rights Plan

NO. SPECIAL RESOLUTION

FOR#

AGAINST#

ABSTAIN#

16.

Approval of 10% Placement Capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A

Dated this

day of

2020

TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES IN

NO. OF SHARES

(a)  CDP Register

(b)  Register of Members

Signature(s) of Member(s)/Common Seal

*   Delete accordingly 
#   If you wish to exercise all your votes ‘For’ or ‘Against’ the relevant resolution, please indicate with an ‘X’ within the box provided. Alternatively, if 
you wish to exercise your votes both ‘For’ and ‘Against’ the relevant resolution, please insert the relevant number of shares in the box provided. 
If you mark the ‘Abstain’ box for a particular Resolution, you are directing your proxy not to vote on that Resolution on a poll and your votes will 
not be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.

 
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IMPORTANT.  PLEASE READ NOTES BELOW.

Notes:

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

 Please insert the total number of shares held by you. If you have shares entered against your name in the Depository Register (maintained by  
The Central Depository (Pte) Limited), you should insert that number.  If you have shares registered in your name in the Register of Members of the 
Company, you should insert that number. If you have shares entered against your name in the Depository Register and shares registered in your 
name in the Register of Members, you should insert the aggregate number. If no number is inserted, this form of proxy will be deemed to relate to 
all the shares held by you.

 Due to the current COVID-19 restriction orders in Singapore, a member will not be able to attend the AGM in person and must appoint the 
Chairman of the AGM as proxy to attend, speak and vote on the member’s behalf at the AGM and at any adjournment thereof. A member will also 
not be able to vote online on the resolutions to be tabled for approval at the AGM. If a member (whether individual or corporate and including a 
Relevant Intermediary*) wishes to exercise his/her/its votes, he/she/it must submit this Proxy Form to appoint the Chairman of the AGM to vote 
on his/her/its behalf. A member (whether individual or corporate including a Relevant Intermediary*) appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy 
must give specific instructions as to his/her/its manner of voting, or abstentions from voting, in this Proxy Form, failing which the appointment will 
be treated as invalid. 

 SRS Investors who wish to vote at the AGM should approach their respective agent banks to submit their votes at least seven (7) working days 
before the date of the AGM (i.e. by 2:30 p.m. on 20 October 2020). SRS Investors should not directly appoint the Chairman as proxy to direct  
the vote.

 Relevant Intermediaries shall also appoint the Chairman of the AGM to act as proxy and direct the vote at the AGM. Together with the instrument 
appointing a proxy, the Relevant Intermediaries shall provide to the Company a list of attendees who would like to participate at the AGM by 
observing and/or listening to the proceedings of the AGM through either live audio-visual webcast or live audio-only stream with such information 
that may be requested by the Company.

* A Relevant Intermediary is:

(a)   a banking corporation licensed under the Banking Act (Chapter 19) or a wholly-owned subsidiary of such a banking corporation, whose 

business includes the provision of nominee services and who holds shares in that capacity;

(b)   a person holding a capital markets services licence to provide custodial services for securities under the Securities and Futures Act  

(Chapter 289) and who holds shares in that capacity; or

(c)   the Central Provident Fund Board established by the Central Provident Fund Act (Chapter 36), in respect of shares purchased under the 

subsidiary legislation made under that Act providing for the making of investments from the contributions and interest standing to the credit of 
members of the Central Provident Fund, if the Central Provident Fund Board holds those shares in the capacity of an intermediary pursuant to 
or in accordance with that subsidiary legislation.

5.  The Chairman of the AGM, as proxy, need not be a member of the Company.

6. 

7. 

8. 

 The instrument appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy must be deposited at the registered office of the Company at 80 Robinson Road 
#02-00, Singapore 068898 or send electronic mail to agm@civmec.com.au enclosing signed PDF copy of the Proxy Form not less than seventy-
two (72) hours before the time appointed for the meeting.

 The instrument appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy must be under the hand of the appointor or his attorney duly authorised in writing. 
Where the instrument appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy is executed by a corporation, it must be executed under its common seal or 
under the hand of its attorney or a duly authorized officer.

 Where an instrument appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy is signed on behalf of the appointor by an attorney, the letter or power of 
attorney or a duly certified copy thereof must (failing previous registration with the Company) be lodged with the instrument of proxy, failing which 
the instrument may be treated as invalid. 

9. 

 A corporation that is a member may authorise by resolution of its directors or other governing body such person as it thinks fit to act as its 
representative at the meeting, in accordance with Section 179 of the Companies Act (Chapter 50) of Singapore.

10.    The Company shall be entitled to reject an instrument appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy which is incomplete, improperly completed, 
illegible or where the true intentions of the appointor are not ascertainable from the instructions of the appointor specified on the instrument of 
proxy. In addition, in the case of shares entered in the Depository Register, the Company may reject an instrument appointing the Chairman of the 
AGM as proxy if the member, being the appointor, is not shown to have shares against his name in the Depository Register as at seventy two (72) 
hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting, as certified by The Central Depository (Pte) Limited to the Company.

11.   Holders of CHESS Depositary Interests over Shares (‘CDIs’) are entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting, provided that they cannot vote at 

the meeting, and if they wish to vote they must direct CHESS Depositary Nominees Pty Ltd (‘CDN’), the holder of legal title of the CDIs, how to 
vote in advance of the meeting pursuant to the instructions set out in the accompanying voting instruction form. If you are a holder of CDIs, please 
sign and date the enclosed voting instruction form and return it in accordance with the instructions on your voting instruction form.

12.   By submitting an instrument appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy, the member accepts and agrees to the personal data privacy terms set 

out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 7 October 2020.

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