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2017
ANNUALREPORT

ABN 73 124 849 065

2017
HIGHLIGHTS

•  Dose safety indicated in multiple animal models

•  Efficacy in animal models for superbug strains 

of E. coli and S. Aureus

•  Multiple tests of mutagenicity (cancer) are clear

•  Confirmation of production at volumes for 

clinical program

•  Efficacy established in seven of the top 12 superbug 

threats identified by WHO 

•  Secured up to A$6.05 million investment from 

US investor

•  Additional global patent advances

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WHO WE ARE

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

COMPANY PROFILE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & 
KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

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FINANCIAL REPORT

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CORPORATE DIRECTORY

IBC

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Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/“Drug-resistant bacteria kill 
about 700,000 people each year, 
and that number could rise to 10 
million by 2050 without a new 
arsenal of drugs”

“

- 
The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance 
 Chaired by Jim O’Neill 

WHO WE ARE

Recce is a drug discovery and development business 
commercialising a new class of synthetic antibiotics to address 
the global health challenge of antibiotic resistant superbugs. 

Overuse  of  antibiotics  in  medicine  and 
farming has led to the rise of antibiotic-
resistant bacteria worldwide. 

The  rise  of  so-called  superbugs  has 
become  a  global  health 
issue  and 
one  of  the  greatest  threats  to  human 
health  according  to  the  World  Health 
Organisation (WHO). 

Recce  is  developing  a  portfolio  of  new 
therapies  that  have  the  potential  to 
help  address  the  worldwide  threat  to 
human  health  posed  by  drug  resistant 
bacteria. Recce’s current lead candidate 
is  a  synthetic  antibiotic  that  is  being 

developed  to  treat  bacterial  sepsis, 
gastritis and diarrhoea. 

Recce 
is  currently  completing  an 
Investigational  New  Drug  application 
(IND)  application  for  submission  to  the 
US  Food  &  Drug  Administration  (FDA) 
to  gain  approval  to  test  its  therapy  in 
humans. 

With  a  low  cost  out-sourced  business 
model  and  a  strong  patent  portfolio, 
the  business  is  well  positioned,  with 
management  committed  to  delivering 
long-term value to shareholders.

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Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/“With your support we 
are focused on creating a 
commercially successful 
enterprise to help address the 
global rise of antibiotic 
resistant superbugs.”

Executive Chairman, Dr Graham Melrose

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Building the foundations for long term growth 
During the 2017 financial year, Recce Limited continued building the solid foundations for growth and moving towards becoming a 
significant international antibiotics business.

Our  pre-clinical  program  continued  to  make  excellent  progress  as  we  invested  considerable  resources  in  the  advance  of  our 
Investigative New Drug (IND) application for submission to the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA).

Operational update
Key operational achievements included the establishment of our first automated manufacturing facility in Sydney to supply our early 
clinical trials as well as recruiting a number of key staff to manage and support our production.

The upscaling of our manufacturing capabilities was a key milestone for the period as it broadened our production capacity whilst bringing 
our overall Quality Management System (QMS) to a higher standard according to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) good 
laboratory practice (glp) guidelines.

During the reporting period we welcomed a number of highly qualified new employees who together have been crucial to the timely 
establishment of our new manufacturing facility in Sydney. 

As we grow we expect to make a number of senior management appointments at the appropriate time as our technology advances 
through the approval process and we expand our operations in to key geographic markets.

With your support, we are focused on creating a commercially successful business and realising the full potential of our unique Australian 
technology.

The danger and effective management of the challenges posed by antibiotic resistance are very real and growing daily. The annual cost to 
the Australian and global economy is growing and impacts all of us in some way.

Recce believes we have a unique opportunity to help medical professionals worldwide and to materially grow our business in the process. 

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At the same time our focus is on tightly managing our cash outflows while directing our precious resources towards the rapid 
development of our lead candidate.

Recce is committed to delivering an effective low cost treatment demanded by our markets.

The team in Sydney has made excellent progress towards developing our new manufacturing facility and preparing the business 
for the next critical stage of development - the start of human clinical trials.

A new approach to antibiotics 
For the past decade, many big pharmaceutical companies have ignored investment in new antibiotics. Most of this is due to the 
propensity of natural antibiotics to soon develop resistant superbugs soon after their market introduction. 

Alternatively, Recce believes it can be part of the solution.  Being synthetic means our lead candidate is not prone to resistance 
and potentially less expensive to make. Our long term vision is to deliver to the market cost-effective, long-term solutions for the 
current threat posed by multiple drug resistant superbugs.

The year ahead
2018 will be a pivotal year for our business as we aim to start a series of first human clinical trials of our lead compound in patients, 
beginning with Phase 1 (safety) before progressing to Phase 2 (efficacy) for the treatment of sepsis derived from resistant and/or 
non-resistant bacteria in the blood.

At  the  same  time  we  expect  to  make 
submissions to begin human studies for our 
lead  candidate  to  treat  antibiotic  resistant 
strains of H.Pylori and E. coli.

“Thank you to our shareholders who have 
supported Recce and continue to show their 
strong belief in the future of the Company.”

Your  Board  of  Directors  remains  focused  on 
managing  this  critical  phase  and  conserving 
our cash resources and have accordingly not replaced a number of board members who resigned during the reporting period. Our 
focus is managing and minimising the risks and costs.

We are proud of the way our small team have responded to the challenges during the reporting period and I believe we have the 
right people in place to drive the Company forward and rise to the many challenges we will encounter as we grow.

On behalf of the Board, I would like to sincerely thank our shareholders who continue to support the Company and our vision. 

The solid foundations for long term growth are being built and we look forward to providing you with more positive updates as 
we progress towards realising the promise our unique Australian technology holds and the potential to help improve the lives of 
millions of people and reduce the cost burden of antibiotic resistant superbugs.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Graham Melrose 
Executive Chairman  /  Recce Ltd

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Our lead compound RECCE® 327 in action

These images show the mode of action of our lead compound. They were taken at the University of Western Australia using a 
high-definition electron microscope.  Our thanks to Dr Peta Clode and Lyn Kirilak of the Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and 
Analysis at UWA for their time and efforts.

A broad spectrum antibiotic candidate

Recce’s lead drug candidate, RECCE® 327 has shown promising results to date. 

Data from pre-clinical studies indicate the compound is effective in treating a wide range of disease-causing bacteria, and the 
superbugs of these bacteria. 

00:00 minutes

00:20 minutes

180 minutes

The first image shows the drug 
resistant E. coli bacteria before the 
application of RECCE® 327, the 
E. coli bacteria cells are healthy, 
smooth and intact.

After application of RECCE® 327, 
the E. coli bacteria cell membrane 
begins to weaken and is disrupted.

E. coli bacteria cells (10e6 cfu/ml) 
having their outer membrane 
weakened – and finally collapsing 
from treatment with 
RECCE® 327 (1000 ppm).

Efficacy 

Safety 

•  Performs as a broad spectrum antibiotic

•  Multiple studies of toxicity in small and large animals 

•  Acts  against  bacteria 

in  both  normal  and  mutated 

•  Multiple tests of mutagenicity (cancer) are clear 

superbug forms

•  Multiple  tests  demonstrate  efficacy  against  Gr+ve 

S. aureus (Staph) including superbug forms 

•  Over 30 studies to date indicate the safety of RECCE® 327.   

• 

Is suited to administration against sepsis by intra-venous 
drip 

•  Multiple  tests  demonstrate  efficacy  against  Gr-ve 

• 

Indicates a wide and safe therapeutic dosing window

E. coli including superbug forms 

•  Rate  and  MIC/MKC  data  demonstrate  high  potency  and 

broad spectrum activity against range of bacteria 

• 

Contains  a  patented  polymeric  structure,  intentionally 
designed  to  overcome  the  traditional  challenges  of 
bacterial mutation/resistance (superbugs)

• 

In-vivo (mice) study against Influenza virus 

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Strong patent portfolio provides a solid foundation for growth

Recce’s patent portfolio has continued to strengthen with the submission of patent family’s 2 and 3 in all Patent Cooperation 
Treaty (PCT) countries. 

Recce’s first family of patents protects its unique method of manufacture, antibacterial application and some modes of delivery as 
a synthetic polymeric technology for human use. This monopoly is exclusive to Recce until at least 2028. 

Provisional  patents  were  lodged  and  advanced  to  patent  pending  statuses  covering  new  modes  of  delivery  and  uses  of  the 
synthetic technology including potential antiviral applications, extend to at least 2036. 

Our  aim  is  to  become  a  global  leader  in  the  supply  of  new  antibiotics  that  can  help  address  the  worldwide  crisis  of  drug 
resistant antibiotics.

Patent Family 1 – Granted 
protecting Recce’s unique and highly economical manufacturing process

Filed

Australia

USA

Europe

Germany

Spain

France  

United Kingdom

Italy

Sweden

Japan

China

Status

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Granted

Expiry

2028

2029

2028

2028

2028

2029

2028

2028

2028

2028

2028

Patent Family 2 – Provisional 
protecting Recce’s drug delivery opportunities

Filed

All PCT Countries

Status

Pending

Expiry

2034

Patent Family 3 – Provisional 
protecting Recce’s anti-viral and anti-cancer applications

Filed

All PCT Countries

Status

Pending

Expiry

2034

Trade Marks – Approved and Registered 
protecting RECCE® for use on antibiotic and pharmaceutical products and services

Filed

Australia

USA

Europe

Japan

China

Status

Registered

Registered

Registered

Registered

Registered

Expiry

2026

2026

2026

2026

2026

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Growth also supported by legislative and financial initiatives

Supportive US legislation 

In the US, the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) Act was passed to incentivize the development of new antibiotics in 
response  to  the  growing  threat  of  antibiotic  resistance  and  a  lack  of  antibiotic  products  in  drug  manufacturers’  pipelines.  The 
legislation gives an extra five years patent exclusivity to new antibiotics that treat serious or life-threatening illnesses without 
generic drug competition. A further five years market exclusivity is also available for molecules that the FDA defines as a ‘New 
Chemical Entity’ (NCE). Additionally, the FDA provides a framework to award ‘Expedited Review Status’. Recce believes it will be 
eligible to benefit from these additional advantages.

Non-dilutive funding grants 

Two  key  programs,  the  US  Biomedical  Advanced  Research  &  Development  Agency  (BARDA)  Broad  Spectrum  Antimicrobials 
program, and the European Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) New Drugs For Bad Bugs (ND4BB) program, provide direct financial 
support to nearly 20 percent of all antibiotics currently under development globally. 

In 2016 a new initiative called CARB-X, was launched as one of the world’s largest public-private partnerships focused on preclinical 
discovery and development of new antimicrobial products. CARB-X will give US$44 million in its first year and up to $350 million 
in the next five years in grants to small companies developing new antibiotics and diagnostics. CARB-X funds come from the US 
government and a public-private initiative in the UK. The goal is to get at least two new drugs into human trials in the next five 
years.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is working to urgently raise awareness and action on antibiotic 
resistant bacteria 

To help governments, researchers and industry focus their resources on antibiotic resistance, the WHO has published a priority list 
of 12 antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Priority 1: CRITICAL

•  Pseudomonas aeuginosa, carbapenem-resistant

•  Enterobacteriacae, carbapenem-resistant, ESBL-producing

•  Acinetobacter baumannii, carbapenem-resistant

Priority 2: HIGH

•  Enterococcus faecium, vancomycin-resistant

•   Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant, vancomycin-intermediate 

and resistant

•  Helicobacter pylori, clarithromycin-resistant

•   Neisseria gonorrhoeae, cephalosporin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-resistant

•  Campylobacter spp., fluoroquinolone-resistant

•  Salmonellae, fluoroquinolone-resistant

Priority 3: MEDIUM

•  Streptococcus pneumoniae, penicillin-non-susceptible

•  Haemophilus influenzae, ampicillin-resistant

•  Shigella spp., fluoroquinolone-resistant

RECCE® 327
 1

 2

Not tested

 3

 4

 5

 6

Not tested

Not tested

 7

Not tested

Not tested

1  Active in vitro against Recce’s own superbug of this bacterium
2   Active in vivo against a member of this family CRE E. coli 
3  Active in vitro against a very closely related species, Enterococcus faecalis, Vancomycin resistant
4  Active both in vitro and in vivo against MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus.
5  Active both in-vitro and in vivo against three strains (2 of which were superbugs)
6  Active in vitro (superbug not available)
7  Active in-vitro against related superbug Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/“Antimicrobial resistance is a 
global health emergency that will 
seriously jeopardise progress in 
modern medicine”

“

- 
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 
Director-general of the WHO

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & 
KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

Dr Graham Melrose 
Executive Chairman 

BSc (Hons), PhD (UWA), MBA (Macq), FRACI, C Chem, FAICD

Founder and inventor. Former Chief Research Executive of Johnson & Johnson 
(Aust) Pty Ltd in Sydney, with global responsibilities, particularly in Asia-Pacific.

Michele Dilizia 
Executive Director 

BSc (Med Sci), Grad Dip Bus (Mkting), BA (Journ), GAICD, MASM

Co-inventor and qualified medical scientist; specialisation in medical 
microbiology & regulatory affairs.

James Graham 
Executive Director 

BCom (Entrepreneurship), GAICD

Extensive experience in marketing, business development and 
commercialisation of early stage technologies with global potential. 

Peter Williams 
CFO and Company Secretary

BBus, FCPA, MAICD

Accomplished senior ASX finance professional with significant local and 
international experience. Former VP Finance with BHP World Minerals 
reporting to the CEO.

Arthur Kollaras 
Principal Engineer 

BSc Beng (Chem), PhilEng (Enviro)

Highly qualified in chemical engineering and microbiology, has significant 
experience taking a new technology concept to pilot plant and full scale FDA 
standards and production internationally. 

Dr Justin Ward 
Senior Quality Chemist 

BSc (Chem), Ph.D (Chem), MRACI, CChem

A quality control expert who has worked with leading pharmaceutical 
companies. He will bring Recce’s research and development laboratory in Perth 
up to US FDA standard.

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For the year ending 30 June 2017 
Recce Limited Consolidated Entity ABN: 73 124 849 065

CONTENTS

DIRECTORS’ REPORT

AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS 
AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  

DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION 

INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT 

ADDITIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE INFORMATION

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CORPORATE DIRECTORY

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Your Directors present their report on the Group for the year ended 30 June 2017.

Directors
The names of Directors in office at any time during or since the end of the year are:

 Dr Graham Melrose
• 
•  Ms Michele Dilizia 
•  Mr James Graham 
•  Dr Dominic Barnes 
•  Ms Bernadette Murdoch 

Appointed 14 May 2016 – Resigned 20 January 2017
Appointed 26 May 2016 – Resigned 21 November 2016

Directors have been in office since the start of the financial year to the date of this report unless otherwise stated.

Company Secretary
The following person held the position of Company Secretary at the end of the financial year:

• 

 Mr Peter John Williams — Bachelor of Business, FCPA, MAICD.

Mr Williams has worked for Recce Ltd since 19 May 2015 as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Mr Williams was ap-
pointed Company Secretary on 3 June 2015.

1. Principal Activities
The principal activities of the Group during the financial year were related to the research and development of antibiotic drugs.

2. Operating Results
The loss of the Group amounted to $3,025,504 (2016: $4,840,358 loss)

3. Dividends Paid or Recommended
No dividends have been paid or declared for payment.

4. Review of Operations

Research & Development Activities
During the year the Company undertook a wide range of Efficacy, Safety & Chemistry related tests for the purposes of gathering 
data to support its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the Food and Drug Administration in the USA.

A range of announcements related to these tests and supporting activities were released as follows:

•  On 13 July 2016 it was announced that an anti-viral test, conducted by a Contract Research Organisation (CRO) in the US, 

showed efficacy in-vitro against Influenza virus

•  On 20 July 2016 the Company announced that three separate laboratory screening tests for genetic toxicity indicated that 

RECCE® 327 is not carcinogenic (does not cause cancer)

•  On 28 July 2016 the Company announced that it had scaled up manual manufacturing capabilities in its Perth facilities, pro-

ducing 9 litres of RECCE® 327 over one week and expansion to Sydney

•  On 15 August 2016 the Company announced that it had again in-vivo (mice) increased the “normal” dose of RECCE® 327 by 

at least a factor of 4, with no toxicity observed

•  On  31  October  2016  the  Company  announced  that  it  had  employed  chemistry  and  manufacturing  experts  to  support  its  

quality assurance and scale-up process as well as the advancing of its patent family 2 application

•  On November 2016 the Company announced that dose escalation in a cancer mouse model showed tolerance without animal 

deaths. Inhibition of colon carcinoma growth was not significant

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•  On 20 December 2016 the Company announced that an anti-viral test, conducted by a CRO in the US, showed efficacy in-vivo 

(mice) against Influenza virus

•  On 18 January 2017 the Company announced that an anti-bacterial test, conducted by a CRO in the US, showed Recce’s lead 
compound reduces illness in mice infected by resistant E. coli bacteria. It further showed not only a better ‘Health score’ than 
those treated using last line of defence antibiotic Tigecycline but a better weight loss score

•  On 23 February 2017 the Company announced that it had suspended its anti-cancer program to focus on commercialising its 
synthetic lead compound against resistant bacteria and viruses. It further announced that its patent family 3 application had 
progressed from a provisional to patent pending status across all jurisdictions party to the International Patent Cooperation 
Treaty (PCT)

•  On  24  February  2017  the  Company  announced  that  it  had  captured  RECCE®  327  in  action  against  E.  coli  bacteria  using  
University  of  Western  Australia’s  sophisticated  electron  microscope.  This  was  important  as  the  images  reinforced  Recce’s 
unique and patented mechanism of action at a cellular level

•  On 27 March 2017 the Company announced that in a further in-vivo (dogs) safety test, conducted by a CRO in the US, the 

intravenous infusion of RECCE® 327 at 70 mg/Kg over four hours was well tolerated

•  On  10  April  2017  the  Company  released  an  operational  update  informing  shareholders  that  its  IND  application  was  on  
schedule, it had moved into larger animal species and began work on its automated manufacture facility. The Company further 
confirmed it had demonstrated efficacy against 7 of the top 12 bacterial threats identified and priority-categorised by the 
World Health Organisation and opportunities for additional market exclusivity

•  On 19 May 2017 the Company announced that it had successfully completed a chemical analysis and structural study at a 
CRO in the US. The study had shown RECCE® 327 could be tracked in the blood of study animals - enabling researchers to 
trace its path. The tests also confirmed the compound’s structure, chemical stability and mode of action as outlined in its 
patents and manufacturing process

•  On 16 June 2017 the Company announced that it had successfully secured up to A$6.05 million investment agreement with 

US institutional investor The Lind Partners over 2 years to support its IND application and Phase 1 clinical trials

•  On 22 June 2017 the Company announced it had completed construction of a wholly owned production facility in Macquarie 
Park, Sydney with expected outputs capable of supporting RECCE® 327 through both Phase 1 and Phase 2 human trials. 

So where does that leave us? With now over 30 pre-clinical studies completed, results favourably indicate that RECCE® 327:

•  Does not cause healthy cells to mutate (cancer) 

•  Destroys Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria - broad spectrum

•  Acts against bacteria in both normal and mutated superbug forms – with the same ease

• 

Contains a patented polymeric structure, intentionally designed to overcome the traditional challenges of bacterial mutation/
resistance (superbugs) 

• 

Is suited to administration against sepsis by intra-venous drip

•  Has a wide and safe therapeutic dosing window

5. Financial Position
The Directors believe that the Group is in a position to meet all its commitments as and when they fall due.

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6. Significant Changes in State of Affairs
On 15 July 2016 3,543,000 Class A Performance Shares were converted to ordinary shares and on 16 January 2017 a further 
1,059,000 Class A Performance Shares were converted to ordinary shares. Although these conversions related to the Company 
achieving  the  milestone  applicable  to  these  Performance  Shares  on  16  February  2016,  the  Performance  Shares  allocated  to 
G  Melrose  were  restricted  from  conversion  as  a  result  of  the  application  of  section  606(1)  of  the  Corporations  Act  2001.  The 
restrictions related to these Performance Shares was lifted on these dates.

On  16  June  2017  the  Company  announced  it  had  signed  a  Share  Purchase  and  Convertible  Security  Agreement,  whereby  the 
Company  could  receive  over  a  24  month  period,  up  to  A$6.05  million  from  a  US  institutional  investor,  the  Australian  Special 
Opportunity Fund LP (ASOF). ASOF made an initial upfront investment of $300,000 by way of a $250,000 24 month interest free 
unsecured convertible security (with a face value of $300,000) and a $50,000 equity investment that was satisfied by the issue of 
ordinary shares. Subsequent investments, subject to certain conditions, be made in monthly equity tranches of $50,000 that can 
be increased up to $250,000 by mutual consent between Recce and ASOF.

7. Future Developments, Prospects and Business Strategies
The Group continues its strategy of having its antibiotic drug tested for safety, efficacy and chemistry to enable the Group to lodge 
its application for Investigational New Drug (IND) status with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA.

8. Environmental Issues
The Group is not aware of any environmental issue.

9. Subsequent Events
On  20  July  2017  the  Company  announced  that  its  manufacturing  facility  in  Sydney  was  producing  at  name-plate  standard  its 
antibiotic compounds at volumes in preparation for human clinical trials.

On 31 July 2017 the Company announced the following:

• 

• 

• 

It had positive data from additional pre-clinical studies that confirmed that RECCE® 327 was equally effective in killing Gram 
Positive and Gram Negative bacteria and their superbug form;

That the preferred mode of delivery of RECCE® 327 was via an IV drip; and 

That independent experts had reviewed Recce’s draft IND and recommended that Recce should proceed to a pre-IND meeting 
with the US FDA.

On 7 July 2017 the Group issued a purchase order in relation to the purchase of an Acquity UPLC – H Class at a cost of $138,301. 
This piece of equipment will be used to analyse Recce’s lead compound RECCE® 327.

No other matter or circumstance has arisen since 30 June 2017, which has significantly affected, or may significantly affect the 
state of affairs of the Group in subsequent financial years.

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10. Information on Directors

Dr Graham Melrose 
Chairman (Executive)

Qualifications 
BSc(Hons), PhD, MBA, FRACI, 
CChem, FAICD 

Experience
Founder of Recce and inventor of RECCE antibiotics.

Previously, founded Chemeq Ltd and under his leadership and 
R&D direction, achieved over a three-year period, the top cap-
ital  gain  of  all  companies  listed  on  the  ASX,  and  an  average 
market capitalisation of approximately $500 million.

Earlier, a senior academic in the University of NSW’s Depart-
ment of Applied Organic Chemistry; visiting research scientist 
at Oxford and Munich universities.

Executive Director and Chief Research Executive of Johnson & 
Johnson (Aust) Pty Ltd in Sydney, with global responsibilities, 
particularly in the Asia-Pacific.

Established  and  operated  for  some  ten  years,  an  indus-
try-leading marketing consultancy.

Interest in Shares 

30,375,003 Ordinary Shares*

6,075,000 Class B Performance Shares*

6,075,000 Class C Performance Shares*

6,075,000 Class D Performance Shares*

*held jointly with wife Olga Mary Melrose

Special Responsibilities
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Directorships held in other listed entities 
during the last three years 
Nil

Mr James Graham 
Director (Executive)

Interest in Shares
Direct

Qualifications 
BCom (Entrepreneurship), GAICD 

Experience
Appointed a Director on 23 June 2015.

Committee-member of WA Angel Investors; entrepreneurship 
and marketing.

Previously, General Manager of start-up marine company with 
sales in Australia, Asia and Europe.

Investor (Non-professional) in ASX-listed technology companies.

Closely involved in the early growth and direction of Recce – 
initiated and facilitated funding.

1,868,601 Ordinary Shares

389,712 Class B Performance Shares

389,712 Class C Performance Shares

389,712 Class D Performance Shares

Indirect

345,000 Ordinary Shares

1,436,250 Ordinary Shares

356,250 Class B Performance Shares

356,250 Class C Performance Shares

356,250 Class D Performance Shares

Special Responsibilities
Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Directorships held in other listed entities 
during the last three years 
Nil

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Ms Michele Dilizia 
Director (Executive)

Qualifications 
BSC (Med Sci), Grad Dip Bus (Mkting),  
BA (Journ), GAICD, MASM 

Interest in Shares 

2,886,061 Ordinary Shares

577,212 Class B Performance Shares

577,212 Class C Performance Shares

577,212 Class D Performance Shares

Special Responsibilities
Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Directorships held in other listed entities 
during the last three years
Nil

Experience
Appointed a Director on 23 June 2015.

Qualified Medical Scientist; specialisation is medical microbi-
ology.

Earlier a successful executive career in public relations and 
marketing for a leading retail chain.

Began with journalism and then post-graduate qualifications 
in business.

Market research consultant, which included marketing devel-
opment of health-care and pharmaceutical products.

Dr Dominic Barnes 
Director (Non-Executive)

Interest in Shares
Nil 

Qualifications
FAICD, MMedSc, MBA, MBBS 

Special Responsibilities
Dominic was Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration 
Committee and was a member of the Audit and Risk Manage-
ment Committee.

Experience
Appointed a director on 14 May 2016 – 
Resigned 20 January 2017

Has had directorships or senior regulatory appointments with 
the Australian subsidiary companies of leading global pharma-
ceutical companies: Shire, AstraZeneca and Johnson & John-
son; he is also a leading member of medical, government and 
academic institutions in Australia.

Directorships held in other listed entities 
during the last three years
Nil

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Ms Bernadette Murdoch 
Director (Non-Executive)

Interest in Shares 

20,000 Ordinary Shares at the time of resignation.

Special Responsibilities
Bernadette  was  Chairperson  of  the  Audit  and  Risk  Manage-
ment Committee and was a member of the Nomination and 
Remuneration Committee.

Directorships held in other listed entities 
during the last three years
Nil

Qualifications 
Bachelor Public Relations. Completed a 
Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations at 
RMIT University including an exchange 
program with Leeds Metropolitan Uni-
versity, UK. 

Experience
Appointed a director on 26 May 2016 – 
Resigned 21 November 2016

A  broad  range  of  skills  and  experience  in  leadership;  issues 
and crisis communications; brand building and product com-
munications;  corporate  communications;  media  and  blogger 
relations;  government  relations;  employee  engagement  and 
change management.

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Remuneration Report (Audited)

The remuneration report details the key management personnel (“KMP”) remuneration arrangements for the consolidated entity, 
in accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 and its Regulations.

KMP are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the entity, directly 
or indirectly, including all Directors.

For the purposes of this Remuneration Report, KMP includes the following Directors and Senior Executives who were engaged by 
the Company at any time during the year ended 30 June 2017:

(i) Non-Executive Directors

Dominic Barnes

Non-Executive Director (appointed 14 May 2016, resigned 20 January 2017)

Bernadette Murdoch

Non-Executive Director (appointed 26 May 2016, resigned 21 November 2016)

(ii) Executive Directors

Graham Melrose

James Graham

Michele Dilizia

(iii) Key Management Personnel

Executive Chairman (appointed 11 April 2007)

Executive Director (appointed 23 June 2015)

Executive Director (appointed 23 June 2015)

Peter Williams

Justin Ward

Arthur Kollaras

CFO and Company Secretary (appointed 19 May 2015)

Quality Assurance Manager (appointed 10 October 2016)

Principal Engineer (appointed 17 October 2016)

The Remuneration Report covers the following matters:

(A)  Principles used to determine the nature and amount of remuneration;
(B)  Executive service agreements;
(C)  Details of remuneration;
(D)  Share-based remuneration;
(E)  Other transactions with Key Management Personnel; and
(F)  Other information.

(A)  Principles used to determine the nature and amount of remuneration
In  determining  competitive  remuneration  rates,  the  Board  seeks  independent  advice  on  local  and  international  trends  among 
comparative companies and industry generally. It examines terms and conditions for employee incentive schemes, benefit plans 
and share plans. Independent advice may also be obtained to confirm that executive remuneration is in line with market practice 
and is reasonable in the context of Australian executive reward practices.

Executive Remuneration
The Group’s Remuneration Policy for Executive and Non-Executive Directors is designed to promote superior performance and 
long  term  commitment  to  the  Group.  Executives  receive  a  base  remuneration  which  is  market  related,  and  may  be  entitled  to 
performance based remuneration at the ultimate discretion of the Board.

Overall remuneration policies are subject to the discretion of the Board and can be changed to reflect competitive market and 
business conditions where it is in the interests of the Group and shareholders to do so.

Executive remuneration and other terms of employment are normally reviewed annually by the Board having regard to performance, 
relevant comparative information and expert advice.

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The Group’s reward policy reflects its obligation to align executives’ remuneration with shareholders’ interests and to retain appro-
priately qualified executive talent for the benefit of the Group. The principles underpinning the consolidated entity’s remuneration 
policy are that:

•  Reward reflects the competitive global market in which we operate;

• 

 Rewards to executives are linked to creating value for shareholders;

•  Remuneration arrangements  are equitable and facilitate the development  of senior management across the consolidated 

entity; and

•  Where appropriate senior managers may receive a component of their remuneration in equity securities to align their interests 

with those of the shareholders.

The total remuneration of executives and other senior managers consists of the following:

(a)  Salary – Executive Directors and senior managers receive a sum payable monthly in cash;

(b) 

 Long term incentives – Executive Directors may participate in share option/performance right schemes with the prior approval 
of shareholders. Other senior managers may also participate in employee share option/performance right schemes, with any 
option/performance right issues generally being made in accordance with thresholds set in plans approved by shareholders. 
The Board however, considers it appropriate to retain the flexibility to issue options/performance rights to executives outside 
of approved employee option/performance right plans in exceptional circumstances; and

(c) 

 Other benefits – Executive Directors and senior managers are eligible to participate in superannuation schemes and other 
appropriate additional benefits.

Non-Executive Remuneration
Shareholders approve the maximum aggregate remuneration for Non-Executive Directors. The full Board recommends the actual 
payments to Directors and the Board is responsible for ratifying any recommendations, if appropriate. The maximum aggregate 
remuneration approved for Non-Executive Directors is currently $180,000.

It is recognised that Non-Executive Directors’ remuneration is ideally structured to exclude equity based remuneration. However, 
whilst the Group remains small, and the full Board, including the Non-Executive Directors are included in the operations of the 
Group more closely than may be the case with larger companies, the Non-Executive Directors are entitled to participate in equity 
based remuneration schemes subject to shareholder approval.

All Directors are entitled to have their indemnity insurance paid by the Group.

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(B)  Executive Service Agreements

Name

Graham Melrose

James Graham

Michele Dilizia

Peter Williams

Justin Ward

Arthur Kollaras

Base Salary

$220,000 pa

$138,000 pa

$101,000 pa

$165,000 pa

$100,460 pa

$159,820 pa

Performance-Based 
Incentives

Term

Notice Period

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

5 years effective from 1 July 2015

2 years effective from 1 February 2017

2 years effective from 1 July 2016

5 years effective from 19 May 2015

No fixed term

No fixed term

3 months

3 months

3 months

3 months

4 weeks

4 weeks

The appointments of Dr Barnes and Ms Murdoch as Non-Executive Directors were subject to the terms and conditions set out in their respective letters of 
appointment. Each of the Non-Executive Directors were entitled to $45,000 per annum. None of the Non-Executive Directors are entitled to termination payments.

(C)  Details of Remuneration

Director and other KMP Remuneration
Details of the nature and amount of each element of the remuneration of each KMP of Recce Ltd are shown in the table below:

Name

Year

Directors

G Melrose

M Dilizia

J Graham

D Barnes 1

B Murdoch 2

Executives

P Williams

J Ward 3

A Kollaras 4

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

Short term 
benefits, 
cash salary 
and fees
($)

Superannuation 
(post-
employment 
benefit)
($)

Termination 
payments
($)

Other 
benefits
($)

Share-
based 
payments 
($)

220,000

101,000

145,431

30,870

22,108

176,250

72,644

112,561

880,864

20,900

9,595

13,816

2,932

2,100

16,743

6,901

10,693

83,680

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10,000

10,000

20,000

Total
($)

240,900

110,595

159,247

33,802

24,208

192,993

89,545

133,254

984,544

Relevant to 
Share-based 
Payments
%

Percentage 
Performance 
Related
%

-

-

-

-

-

-

11%

8%

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 
2 
3 
4 

D Barnes was appointed to the Board on 14 May 2016 and resigned on 20 January 2017 
B Murdoch was appointed to the Board on 26 May 2016 and resigned on 21 November 2016 
J Ward commenced employment on 10 October 2016 
A Kollaras commenced employment on 17 October 2016

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Short term 
benefits, 
cash salary 
and fees
($)

Superannuation 
(post-
employment 
benefit)
($)

Name

Year

Termination 
payments
($)

Other 
benefits
($)

Share-
based 
payments 
($)

Total
($)

Relevant to 
Share-based 
Payments
%

Percentage 
Performance 
Related
%

Directors

G Melrose

M Dilizia

J Graham

D Zhang 1

I Brown 1

D Barnes 2

B Murdoch 3

Executives

2016

2016

2016

2016

2016

2016

2016

150,733

69,742

118,236

35,601

34,615

-

-

P Williams

2016

135,000

543,927

14,320

6,625

11,232

-

-

-

-

12,825

45,002

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,053,350

2,218,403

372,944

449,311

429,982

559,450

19,013

19,013

3,945

2,959

54,614

53,628

3,945

2,959

93%

83%

77%

35%

35%

100%

100%

19,013

166,838

11%

2,920,219

3,509,148

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 
2 
3 

D Zhang and I Brown resigned from the Board on 8 April 2016 
D Barnes was appointed to the Board on 14 May 2016 
B Murdoch was appointed to the Board on 26 May 2016

(D)  Share-based Remuneration
Details of share based payments in the Group during the year are set out in Note 20.

Year Ended 30 June 2017

(i) Issue of ordinary shares
On  25  November  2016  the  Company  issued  103,913  fully  paid  ordinary  shares  to  two  new  employees  as  a  “sign-on”  bonus.  
A summary of this event is as follows:

Employee

Shares Issued

J Ward

A Kollaras

52,631

51,282

103,913

(ii) Issue of options
No options were issued to Directors or KMP as part of compensation during the period ended 30 June 2017.

(iii) Issue of performance shares
No performance shares were issued to Directors or KMP as part of compensation during the period ended 30 June 2017.

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(i) Issue of ordinary shares
On 1 July 2015 the Company issued 1,778,466 fully paid ordinary shares to 2 of its directors for services provided. These shares 
were then split on the ratio 3 for 2. A summary of this event is as follows:

Director

Shares issued 1 July 2015

Additional shares from Split

Total shares from this issue

J Graham

M Dilizia

889,233

889,233

1,778,466

444,616

444,616

889,232

1,333,849

1,333,849

2,667,698

The two Non-Executive Directors, appointed in May 2016 were entitled to receive $30,000 of shares in the Company for each year 
of service completed. Accordingly a pro-rata accrual was expensed for this entitlement.

(ii) Issue of options
No options were issued to Directors or KMP as part of compensation during the period ended 30 June 2016.

(iii) Issue of performance shares
During the year 35,017,692 Performance Shares were issued to Directors and employees. Four classes of Performance Shares 
were issued. The details of the terms and conditions of the Performance Shares are as follows:

Terms and Conditions of Performance Shares

The terms and conditions of the Performance Shares are intended to be as follows:

Rights attaching to the Performance Shares

(a) 

(Performance Shares) Each Performance Share is a share in the capital of the Company.

(b) 

(General Meetings) Each Performance Share confers on the holder (Holder) the right to receive notices of general meetings 
and financial reports and accounts of the Company that are circulated to holders of fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of 
the Company (Shareholders). Holders have the right to attend general meetings of Shareholders.

(c) 

(No Voting Rights) A Performance Share does not entitle the Holder to vote on any resolutions proposed by the Company 
except as otherwise required by law.

(d) 

(No Dividend Rights) A Performance Share does not entitle the Holder to any dividends.

(e) 

(f) 

(No rights on return of capital) A Performance Share does not entitle the Holder to a return of capital, whether in a winding 
up, upon a reduction of capital or otherwise.

(Rights on Winding Up) A Performance Share does not entitle the Holder to participate in the surplus profits or assets of the 
Company upon winding up.

(g) 

(Not Transferable) A Performance Share is not transferable.

(h) 

(i) 

(j) 

(Reorganisation of Capital) If at any time the issued capital of the Company is reconstructed, all rights of a Holder will be 
changed to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable ASX Listing Rules at the time of reorganisation.

(Application to ASX) The Performance Shares will not be quoted on ASX. However, if the Company is listed on ASX at the time 
of conversion of the Performance Shares into fully paid ordinary shares (Shares), the Company must within 10 Business Days 
apply for the official quotation of the Shares arising from the conversion on ASX.

(Participation in entitlements and bonus issues) A Performance Share does not entitle a Holder (in their capacity as a holder 
of a Performance Share) to participate in new issues of capital offered to holders of Shares such as bonus issues and entitle-
ment issues.

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(k) 

(l) 

(No Other Rights) A Performance Share gives the Holders no rights other than those expressly provided by these terms and 
those provided at law where such rights at law cannot be excluded by these terms.

(Conversion on Achievement of Milestone) Subject to paragraph (m), a Performance Share in the relevant class will convert 
into one Share upon achievement of:

(i)  Class A: the volume weighted average price of Shares as traded on ASX over 20 consecutive trading days on which the 

Shares are traded is not less than $0.30 on or before 19 August 2020 (Milestone).

(ii)  Class B: the Company is awarded the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Investigational New Drug (IND) status (or 

European equivalent – European Medicines Agency (EMEA)) on or before 19 August 2020 (Milestone).

(iii)  Class C: the volume weighted average price of Shares as traded on ASX over 20 consecutive trading days on which the 

Shares are traded is not less than $0.60 on or before 20 August 2020 (Milestone).

(iv)  Class D: the volume weighted average price of Shares as traded on ASX over 20 consecutive trading days on which the 

Shares are traded is not less than $1.20 on or before 20 August 2020 (Milestone).

(m)  (Deferral of Conversion if Resulting in a Prohibited Acquisition of Shares) If the conversion of a Performance Share would 
result in any person being in contravention of section 606(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (General Prohibition) then 
the conversion of that Performance Share shall be deferred until such later time or times that the conversion would not result 
in a contravention of the General Prohibition. In assessing whether a conversion of a Performance Share would result in a 
contravention of the General Prohibition:

(i)  Holders may give written notification to the Company if they consider that the conversion of a Performance Share may 
result in the contravention of the General Prohibition. The absence of such written notification from the Holder will entitle 
the Company to assume the conversion of a Performance Share will not result in any person being in contravention of 
the General Prohibition.

(ii)  The Company may (but is not obliged to) by written notice to a Holder request a Holder to provide the written notice re-
ferred to in paragraph (m) (i) within seven days if the Company considers that the conversion of a Performance Share may 
result in a contravention of the General Prohibition. The absence of such written notification from the Holder will entitle 
the Company to assume the conversion of a Performance Share will not result in any person being in contravention of 
the General Prohibition.

(Redemption if Milestone not Achieved) If the relevant Milestone is not achieved by the required date, then each Perfor-
mance Share in that class will be automatically redeemed by the Company for the sum of $0.00001 within 10 Business days 
of non-satisfaction of the Milestone.

(Conversion Procedure) The Company will issue the Holder with a new holding statement for any Share issued upon conver-
sion of a class of Performance Shares within 10 Business Days following the conversion.

(Ranking upon Conversion) The Share into which the Performance Share may convert will rank pari passu in all respects with 
existing Shares.

(n) 

(o) 

(p) 

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Details of Performance Shares issued

Year ended 30 June 2017
Nil

Year ended 30 June 2016
On 19 August 2015 the Company issued to Directors and Key Management Personnel the following Performance Shares:

• 
• 

7,566,924 Class A Performance Shares; and 
7,566,924 Class B Performance Shares

On 20 August 2015 the Company issued to Directors and Key Management Personnel the following Performance Shares:

• 
• 

7,566,924 Class C Performance Shares; and
7,566,924 Class D Performance Shares

A summary of these transactions are as follows:

Directors

G Melrose

J Graham

M Dilizia

I Brown

D Zhang

Key Management

P Williams

Value1 per performance share

Performance Shares

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class D

6,075,000

6,075,000

6,075,000

6,075,000

745,962

577,212

56,250

56,250

745,962

577,212

56,250

56,250

745,962

577,212

56,250

56,250

745,962

577,212

56,250

56,250

56,250

56,250

56,250

56,250

7,566,924

7,566,924

7,566,924

7,566,924

$0.173

Nil

$0.111

$0.054

1 

 The Trinomial option pricing model has been used to calculate the value of Class A, Class C and Class D performance shares. Class B performance 
shares have a non-market vesting condition i.e. the Company is awarded the US Food and Drug Administration’s Investigational New Drug (IND) 
status on or before 19 August 2020. The multiplicity of the inter-dependent variables required for the achievement of IND status means there 
is no statistical data to support the probability of Class B performance shares vesting. Accordingly a value of zero has been assigned to these 
shares. There were also an additional 4,749,996 performance shares issued to employees apportioned across the performance share classes. The 
following assumptions were used:

Underlying share price

20-day VWAP barrier

Term

Risk-free rate

Class A

$0.20

$0.30

5 Years

2.18%

Class C

$0.20

$0.60

5 Years

2.18%

Class D

$0.20

$1.20

5 Years

2.18%

Number of Performance Shares

8,754,423

8,754,423

8,754,423

Equity instrument disclosures relating to key management personnel

Ordinary Shares

Year ended 30 June 2017
The numbers of shares in the Company held during the period by each Director of Recce Ltd and other KMP of the Group, including 
their personally related parties, are set out below. There were no shares granted during the reporting period as compensation.

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2017

Balance at the 
Start of the 
Period

Net Change 
Other

Conversion of 
Performance 
Shares

Share Based 
Payment

Balance  
at date of 
resignation

Balance  
at the End of  
the Period

Directors

G Melrose

D Barnes

B Murdoch

J Graham

M Dilizia

Executives

P Williams

J Ward

A Kollaras

25,773,003

-

-

3,729,811

2,886,061

281,250

-

-

-

-

20,000

(79,960)

-

-

-

-

4,602,000 1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

52,631

51,282

-

-

20,000

-

-

-

-

-

30,375,003

-

-

3,649,851

2,886,061

281,250

52,631

51,282

32,670,125

(59,960)

4,602,000

103,913

20,000

37,296,078

1 

 Although G Melrose was entitled to convert 6,075,000 Class A Performance Shares on 16 February 2016 he was restricted to convert only 
1,473,000 Performance Shares as a result of the application of section 606(1) of the Corporations Act 2001.

Performance Shares

Year ended 30 June 2017
The numbers of performance shares in the Company held during the period by each Director of Recce Ltd and other KMP of the 
Group, including their personally related parties, are set out below.

2017

Balance at the 
Start of the Period

Granted

Converted to 
Shares 1

Lapsed 
Unexercised

Balance at date of 
Resignation

Balance at the End 
of the Period

Directors

G Melrose 1

D Barnes

B Murdoch

J Graham

M Dilizia

Executives

P Williams

J Ward

A Kollaras

22,827,000

-

-

2,237,886

1,731,636

168,750

-

-

26,965,272

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(4,602,000)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(4,602,000)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18,225,000

-

-

2,237,886

1,731,636

168,750

-

-

22,363,272

1 

 Although G Melrose was entitled to convert 6,075,000 Class A Performance Shares he was restricted to convert only 1,473,000 Performance 
Shares on 16 February 2016 as a result of the application of section 606(1) of the Corporations Act 2001.

Performance Shares Awarded, Vested and Lapsed During the Year

Year ended 30 June 2017
The tables below discloses the number of performance shares granted to KMP as remuneration during FY2017 as well as the 
number of performance shares that vested or lapsed/forfeited during the year.

Performance shares do not carry any voting or dividend rights and will convert once the vesting conditions have been met.

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Class A Performance Shares

2017

Directors

G Melrose1

D Barnes

B Murdoch

J Graham

M Dilizia

Executives

P Williams

Year 
Granted

No. 
Granted

Grant date 
value per 
share

Vested 
%

Vested 
number

Forfeited 
%

Financial 
years in 
which shares 
may vest

Maximum 
value yet to 
vest 
$

2015

6,075,000

$0.173

100

6,075,000

-

-

2015

2015

-

-

745,962

577,212

-

-

$0.173

$0.173

-

-

100

100

-

-

745,9622

577,2122

-

-

-

-

-

56,250

$0.173

100

56,2502

7,454,424

7,454,424

*

*

*

*

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 

2 
* 

 G Melrose was entitled to convert 6,075,000 Class A Performance Shares on 16 February 2016 but he was restricted to convert only 1,473,000 
Performance Shares as a result of the application of section 606(1) of the Corporations Act 2001. During this financial year 4,602,000 Class A 
Performance Shares were converted.
These performance shares vested 16 February 2016.
These performance shares could have vested in any year up until 19 August 2020.

Year ended 30 June 2016
The tables below discloses the number of performance shares granted to KMP as remuneration during FY2016 as well as the 
number of performance shares that vested or lapsed/forfeited during the year.

Performance shares do not carry any voting or dividend rights and will convert once the vesting conditions have been met.

Class A Performance Shares

2016

Directors

G Melrose 1

I Brown

D Zhang

D Barnes

B Murdoch

J Graham

M Dilizia

Executives

P Williams

Year 
Granted

No. 
Granted

Grant date 
value per 
share

Vested 
%

Vested 
number

Forfeited 
%

Financial 
years in 
which shares 
may vest

Maximum 
value yet to 
vest 
$

2015

2015

2015

-

-

2015

2015

6,075,000

56,250

56,250

-

-

745,962

577,212

$0.173

$0.173

$0.173

-

-

$0.173

$0.173

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100

100

-

-

100

100

1,473,000

56,250

56,250

-

-

745,962

577,212

2015

56,250

$0.173

100

56,250

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

*

*

*

*

*

796,146

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7,566,924

2,964,924

796,146

1 

* 

 Although G Melrose was entitled to convert 6,075,000 Class A Performance Shares he was restricted to convert only 1,473,000 Performance 
Shares as a result of the application of section 606(1) of the Corporations Act 2001
These performance shares could have vested in any year up until 19 August 2020.

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Class B Performance Shares

Year 
Granted

No. 
Granted

Grant date 
value per 
share

Vested 
%

Vested 
number

Forfeited 
%

Financial 
years in 
which shares 
may vest

Maximum 
value yet to 
vest 
$

2015

2015

2015

-

-

2015

2015

6,075,000

56,250

56,250

-

-

745,962

577,212

2015

56,250

7,566,924

Nil

Nil

Nil

-

-

Nil

Nil

Nil

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

*

*

*

*

*

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Directors

G Melrose

I Brown

D Zhang

D Barnes

B Murdoch

J Graham

M Dilizia

Executives

P Williams

* 

These performance shares could vest in any year up until 19 August 2020.

Class C Performance Shares

Year 
Granted

No. 
Granted

Grant date 
value per 
share

Vested 
%

Vested 
number

Forfeited 
%

Financial 
years in 
which shares 
may vest

Maximum 
value yet to 
vest 
$

2015

2015

2015

-

-

2015

2015

6,075,000

56,250

56,250

-

-

$0.111

$0.111

$0.111

-

-

745,962

577,212

$0.111

$0.111

2015

56,250

$0.111

7,566,924

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

*

*

*

*

*

674,325

6,244

6,244

-

-

82,802

64,071

6,244

839,930

Directors

G Melrose

I Brown

D Zhang

D Barnes

B Murdoch

J Graham

M Dilizia

Executives

P Williams

* 

These performance shares could vest in any year up until 20 August 2020.

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Remuneration Report (Audited) cont.

Class D Performance Shares

Year 
Granted

No. 
Granted

Grant date 
value per 
share

Vested 
%

Vested 
number

Forfeited 
%

Financial 
years in 
which shares 
may vest

Maximum 
value yet to 
vest 
$

2015

2015

2015

-

-

2015

2015

6,075,000

56,250

56,250

-

-

$0.054

$0.054

$0.054

-

-

745,962

577,212

$0.054

$0.054

2015

56,250

$0.054

7,566,924

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

*

*

*

*

*

328,050

3,037

3,037

-

-

40,282

31,169

3,037

408,612

Directors

G Melrose

I Brown

D Zhang

D Barnes

B Murdoch

J Graham

M Dilizia

Executives

P Williams

* 

These performance shares could vest in any year up until 20 August 2020.

(E)  Other transactions with key management personnel
During the reporting period, the Group did not have any other transactions with key management personnel.

(F)  Other information

Loans to key management personnel
There were no loans, payables, receivables of other transactions at the end of the period to Directors and other key management 
personnel and their related parties of Recce Ltd or the consolidated entity.

Reliance on external remuneration consultants
During the period, there were no external remuneration consultants engaged.

END OF REMUNERATION REPORT (AUDITED)

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11. Meetings of Directors
During the financial year, 13 meetings of Directors (including committees of Directors) were held. Attendances by each Director 
during the year were as follows:

Directors’  
Meetings

Audit & Risk  
Management Committee

Nomination &  
Remuneration Committee

Committee Meetings

A

10

10

10

5

4

B

10

10

10

5

4

A

-

-

2

2

2

B

-

-

2

2

2

A

-

1

-

1

1

B

-

1

-

1

1

Dr Graham Melrose

Ms Michele Dilizia

Mr James Graham

Dr Dominic Barnes1

Ms Bernadette Murdoch2

A Number eligible to attend

B Number attended

1 
2  

Dr Dominic Barnes resigned on 20 January 2017
Ms Bernadette Murdoch resigned on 21 November 2016

12. Proceedings on Behalf of Group
No person has applied for leave of Court to bring proceedings on behalf of the Group or intervene in any proceedings to which the 
Group is a party for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of the Group for all or any part of those proceedings.

The Group was not a party to any such proceedings during the year.

13. Non-audit Services
During the year no payments were made to BDO, the auditor of the Group, for non-audit related services.

14. Auditor’s Independence Declaration
The lead auditor’s independence declaration for the year ended 30 June 2017 has been received and can be found on page 30  
of the Directors’ Report.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors.

Dr Graham Melrose 
Executive Chairman

Dated: 31 August 2017

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AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENDENCE DECLARATION

Tel: +61 8 6382 4600
Fax: +61 8 6382 4601
www.bdo.com.au

38 Station Street
Subiaco, WA 6008
PO Box 700 West Perth WA 6872
Australia

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY JARRAD PRUE TO THE DIRECTORS OF RECCE LIMITED

As lead auditor of Recce Limited for the year ended 30 June 2017, I declare that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, there have been:

1. No contraventions of the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in

relation to the audit; and

2. No contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.

This declaration is in respect of Recce Limited and the entities it controlled during the period.

Jarrad Prue

Director

BDO Audit (WA) Pty Ltd

Perth, 31 August 2017

BDO Audit (WA) Pty Ltd ABN 79 112 284 787 is a member of a national association of independent entities which are all members of BDO Australia Ltd ABN 77 050 110 275,
an Australian company limited by guarantee. BDO Audit (WA) Pty Ltd and BDO Australia Ltd are members of BDO International Ltd, a UK company limited by guarantee, and
form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation other than for
the acts or omissions of financial services licensees

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The Board recognises the importance of establishing a comprehensive system of control and accountability as the basis for the 
administration of corporate governance.

To the extent applicable, the Group has adopted The Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations (3rd Edition) as pub-
lished by ASX Corporate Governance Council (“Recommendations”).

The Board has adopted the following suite of corporate governance policies and procedures which are contained on the Com-
pany’s  website  at  www.recce.com.au  within  the  Company’s  Corporate  Governance  Section  and  the  Board  Committees  and  
Charters Section.

• 

 Board Charter

•  Audit and Risk Management Committee Charter

•  Nomination and Remuneration Committee Charter

• 

• 

• 

Code of Conduct

Shareholder Communications Strategy 

Corporate Governance Policy – Securities Trading

•  Diversity Policy

• 

Continuous Disclosure Policy

•  Policy and Procedure for Selection and Appointment of Directors

•  Remuneration Policy for Executives and Non-Executive Directors

•  Risk Management Policy

The Board is committed to administering the policies and procedures with openness and integrity, pursuing the true spirit of cor-
porate governance commensurate with the Group’s needs.

The Group is pleased to report that its practices are largely consistent with the Recommendations of the ASX Corporate Gover-
nance Council and sets out below its compliance and departures from the Recommendations for the period ended 30 June 2017.

In the context of the Company’s size and nature, the Board considers that the current corporate governance regime is a fit-for-
purpose, efficient, practical and cost effective method of directing and managing the Group. As the Group’s activities develop in size, 
nature and scope, the implementation of additional corporate governance polices and structures will be reviewed.

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PRINCIPLES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

COMPLY 

EXPLANATION

Principle 1: Lay solid foundations for management and oversight

Recommendation 1.1

A listed entity should have and disclose a charter 
which sets out the respective roles and responsi-
bilities of the Board, the Chair and management; 
and  includes  a  description  of  those  matters  ex-
pressly reserved to the Board and those delegat-
ed to management.

Recommendation 1.2

A listed entity should:

YES

The  Company  has  adopted  a  Board  Charter  which  complies 
with  the  guidelines  prescribed  by  the  ASX  Corporate  Gover-
nance Council.

A  copy  of  the  Company’s  Board  Charter  is  available  on  the 
Company’s website at www.recce.com.au

(a)  Undertake appropriate checks before appoint-
ing  a  person,  or  putting  forward  to  security 
holders a candidate for election, as a Director; 
and

YES

(b)  Provide  security  holders  with  all  material  in-
formation relevant to a decision on whether or 
not to elect or re-elect a Director.

(a)  The Nomination and Remuneration Committee is respon-
sible for recommendations to the Board for the selection 
and appointment of members of the Board. The Compa-
ny’s  Nomination  and  Remuneration  Committee  Charter 
requires the Nomination and Remuneration Committee to 
undertake appropriate checks before the Board appoints a 
person, or putting forward to security holders a candidate 
for election, as a Director.

(b)  All material information relevant to the decision on wheth-
er or not to re-elect Ms Michele Dilizia, including informa-
tion relating to her qualifications, experience and proposed 
roles within the Board will be set out in the Notice of Meet-
ing which will be sent to all shareholders ahead of the An-
nual General Meeting to be held on 21 November 2017.

Recommendation 1.3

A  listed  entity  should  have  a  written  agreement 
with  each  Director  and  Senior  Executive  setting 
out the terms of their appointment

YES

The Company has written agreements with all Directors and 
Senior Executives which sets out the terms of their appoint-
ment.

Recommendation 1.4

The Company Secretary of a listed entity should 
be accountable directly to the Board, through the 
Chair, on all matters to do with the proper func-
tioning of the Board.

PARTIALLY

The  Board  Charter  outlines  the  roles,  responsibility  and  ac-
countability  of  the  Secretary.  The  Secretary  is  accountable 
directly to the Board, through the Chair, on all matters to do 
with the proper functioning of the Board. The Company Sec-
retary and the Board-appointed Secretary share the roles and 
responsibilities of the Secretary.

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Recommendation 1.5

A listed entity should:

YES

(a)  Have a diversity policy which includes require-

ments for the Board:

(i)  to  set  measurable  objectives  for  achieving 

gender diversity; and

(ii)  to assess annually both the objectives and 
the entity’s progress in achieving them;

(a)  The Company has adopted a Diversity Policy which com-
plies with the guidelines prescribed by the ASX Corporate 
Governance Council, including:

(i)  the Diversity Policy provides a framework for the Com-
pany to set and achieve measurable objectives that en-
compass gender equality.

(ii)  the  Diversity  Policy  provides  for  the  monitoring  and 
evaluation  of  the  scope  and  currency  of  the  Diversity 
Policy.  The  Company  is  responsible  for  implementing, 
monitoring and reporting on the measurable objectives.

(b) Disclose that policy or a summary of it; and

(b)   The Diversity Policy is available on the Company’s website.

(c) Disclose as at the end of each reporting period:

(c)  The Company is committed to always using women among 

(i)  the  measurable  objectives  for  achieving 
gender  diversity  set  by  the  Board  in  accor-
dance  with  the  entity’s  diversity  policy  and 
its progress towards achieving them; and

(ii) either:

(A)  The  respective  proportions  of  men  and 
women  on  the  Board,  in  Senior  Exec-
utive  positions  and  across  the  whole 
organisation  (including  how  the  entity 
has defined “Senior Executive” for these 
purposes); or

(B)  The entity’s “Gender Equality Indicators”, 
as  defined  in  the  Workplace  Gender 
Equality Act 2012.

Recommendation 1.6

A listed entity should:

PARTIALLY

(a)  Have  and  disclose  a  process  for  periodically 
evaluating  the  performance  of  the  Board,  its 
committees and individual Directors; and

its total of usually five.

As at 30 June 2017, the respective proportions of men and 
women  on  the  Board,  in  Senior  Executive  positions  and 
across the whole organisation are set out below. The Com-
pany defines Senior Executives as those employees who 
report directly to the Executive Chairman or the Board.

•  67%  of  the  Company’s  Board  were  male  and  33%  were 

female;

•  1 00% of the Company’s Senior Executives were male (ex-

cluding members of the Board)

25% of the Group’s entire workforce (including Board mem-
bers) were female and 75% were male.

(a)  The Nomination and Remuneration Committee is respon-
sible  to  the  Board  for  evaluating  the  performance  of  the 
Board and individual Directors on an annual basis. The pro-
cess for this is set out in the Company’s Nomination and 
Remuneration Committee Charter which is available on the 
Company’s website.

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Recommendation 1.6 cont.

(b)  Disclose  in  relation  to  each  reporting  period, 
whether  a  performance  evaluation  was  un-
dertaken in the reporting period in accordance 
with that process.

Recommendation 1.7

A listed entity should:

PARTIALLY

(a)  Have  and  disclose  a  process  for  periodically 
evaluating the performance of its Senior Exec-
utives; and

(b)  Disclose  in  relation  to  each  reporting  period, 
whether  a  performance  evaluation  was  un-
dertaken in the reporting period in accordance 
with that process.

Principle 2: Structure the Board to add value

Recommendation 2.1

The Board of a listed entity should:

PARTIALLY

(a) Have a nomination committee which:

(i)  has  at  least  three  members,  a  majority  of 

whom are Independent Directors; and

(ii)  is  chaired  by  an  Independent  Director,  and 

disclose:

(iii) the charter of the committee;

(iv) the members of the committee; and

(v)  as  at  the  end  of  each  reporting  period, 
the  number  of  times  the  committee  met 
throughout the period and the individual at-
tendances of the members at those meet-
ings; or

(b)  If it does not have a nomination committee, dis-
close that fact and the processes it employs to 
address Board succession issues and to ensure 
that the Board has the appropriate balance of 
skills,  experience,  independence  and  knowl-
edge of the entity to enable it to discharge its 
duties and responsibilities effectively.

(b)  The  Nomination  and  Remuneration  Committee  did  not 
undertake a performance evaluation of its Board or its in-
dividual Directors as the Non-Executive Directors resigned 
prior to this task being completed.

(a)  The Nomination and Remuneration Committee is respon-
sible for evaluating the performance of Senior Executives 
on  an  annual  basis  in  accordance  with  the  Company’s 
Nomination and Remuneration Committee Charter.

(b)  No  performance  evaluations  were  undertaken  in  the  re-

porting period.

(a)  For a part of the year the Company had a Nomination and 
Remuneration Committee which consisted of three mem-
bers, a majority of whom were Independent Directors and 
it was chaired by an Independent Director. However, at the 
date of this report the Company does not have a Nomina-
tion and Remuneration Committee.

The times and attendance at each committee meeting is dis-
closed in section 10 of the Directors’ Report.

A  copy  of  the  Nomination  and  Remuneration  Committee 
Charter is available on the Company’s website.

(b)  The  Board  will  devote  time  at  annual  Board  meetings  to 
discuss Board succession issues. All members of the Board 
are to be involved in the Company’s nomination process, to 
the maximum extent permitted under the Corporations Act 
and ASX Listing Rules.

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EXPLANATION

Recommendation 2.2

A  listed  entity  should  have  and  disclose  a  board 
skills matrix setting out the mix of skills and diver-
sity that the Board currently has or is looking to 
achieve in its membership.

YES

The Company has a skills matrix which was developed by the 
Nomination and Remuneration Committee. The skills matrix is 
disclosed on the Company’s website.

Recommendation 2.3

A listed entity should disclose:

PARTIALLY

(a)  The names of the Directors considered by the 

(a)  Page 15-17 of the Directors Report discloses which direc-

Board to be Independent Directors;

tors were considered independent during the year.

(b)  If  a  Director  has  an  interest,  position,  asso-
ciation  or  relationship  of  the  type  described 
in  Box  2.3  of  the  ASX  Corporate  Governance 
Principles and Recommendations (3rd Edition), 
but the Board is of the opinion that it does not 
compromise the independence of the Director, 
the nature of the interest, position, association 
or relationship in question and an explanation 
of why the Board is of that opinion; and

(b)  The Board currently has no independent directors but has 
commenced  the  process  of  identifying  suitably  qualified 
candidates to fulfil this important role.

(c)  The length of service of each Director.

(c)   The length of service of each Director is as follows:

Mr Graham and Ms Dilizia were appointed as Directors on 
23 June 2015 and have served as Directors of the Com-
pany for approximately 27 months; and

Dr Melrose was appointed a Director of the Company on 
11 April 2007 and has served as a Director of the Company 
for approximately 10 years and 5 months.

Recommendation 2.4

A majority of the Board of a listed entity should be 
Independent Directors.

NO

The Board Charter requires that where practical the majority 
of the Board will be independent.

Temporarily the Board currently comprises a total of 3 Direc-
tors, of whom none are considered to be independent. 

The Board does not currently consider an independent major-
ity of the Board to be appropriate given:

(a)  The magnitude of the Company’s operations; and

(b)  The relevant skills and experience of Dr Melrose, Ms Dili-
zia and Mr Graham, mean that the Board is appropriately 
skilled at this stage, to further the progress and develop-
ment of the Company. The Company is seeking to appoint 
Independent Directors in the future.

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Recommendation 2.5

The Chair of the Board of a listed entity should be 
an Independent Director and, in particular, should 
not be the same person as the CEO of the entity.

NO

The  Board  does  not  have  an  independent  Chair  because  as 
founder of Recce and lead-inventor of the RECCE initial and 
ongoing technology, the Company considers that Dr Melrose 
is the best equipped person to progress the Company’s future 
direction.

The  Company  may  seek  to  appoint  an  independent  Chair  in 
the future.

Recommendation 2.6

A listed entity should have a program for induct-
ing new Directors and providing appropriate pro-
fessional development opportunities for continu-
ing  Directors  to  develop  and  maintain  the  skills 
and knowledge needed to perform their role as a 
Director effectively.

YES

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee is responsible 
to  the  Board  for  reviewing  and  recommending  to  the  Board 
induction  and  professional  development  programs  and  pro-
cedures for Directors to ensure that they can effectively dis-
charge their responsibilities.

As a result, the Company has in place a program for the induc-
tion of new Directors which is tailored to each new Director 
depending on their personal requirements, background skills, 
qualifications and experience and includes the provision of a 
formal letter of appointment and an induction pack contain-
ing  sufficient  information  to  allow  the  new  Director  to  gain 
an  understanding  of  the  business  of  the  Company,  and  the 
roles, duties and responsibilities of Directors and the Execu-
tive Team.

All Directors are encouraged to undergo continual profession-
al  development  and,  subject  to  prior  approval  by  the  Chair-
man,  all  Directors  have  access  to  numerous  resources  and 
professional development training to address any skills gaps.

Principle 3: Act ethically and responsibly

Recommendation 3.1

A listed entity should:

YES

(a)  Have a code of conduct for its Directors, Senior 

(a)  The Company has a Code of Conduct – the Company’s Ob-

Executives and employees; and

ligations to Stakeholders that applies to all.

(b) Disclose that code or a summary of it.

(b)  The  Company’s  Code  of  Conduct  –  the  Company’s  Ob-
ligations  to  Stakeholders  is  available  on  the  Company’s  
website.

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Principle 4: Safeguard integrity in financial reporting

Recommendation 4.1

The Board of a listed entity should:

PARTIALLY

(a) Have an audit committee which:

(i)  has at least three members, all of whom are 
Non-Executive  Directors  and  a  majority  of 
whom are Independent Directors; and

(ii)  is chaired by an Independent Director, who 

is not the Chair of the Board.

And disclose:

(i)  the charter of the committee;

(ii)  the relevant qualifications and experience of 

the members of the committee; and

(iii)  in  relation  to  each  reporting  period,  the 
number  of  times  the  committee  met 
throughout  the  period  and  the  individu-
al  attendances  of  the  members  at  those 
meetings; or

(b)  If it does not have an audit committee, disclose 
that  fact  and  the  processes  it  employs  that 
independently verify and safeguard the integ-
rity of its financial reporting, including the pro-
cesses for the appointment and removal of the 
external  auditor  and  the  rotation  of  the  audit 
engagement partner.

(a)  For a part of the year the Company had an Audit and Risk 
Management Committee which consisted of three mem-
bers, a majority of whom were Independent Directors and 
it was chaired by an Independent Director. However, at the 
date of this report, the Company does not have an Audit 
and Risk Management Committee.

The times and attendance at each committee meeting is 
disclosed in Section 10 of the Directors’ Report.

The  Audit  and  Risk  Management  Committee  Charter  is 
available on the Company’s website.

(b)  The Audit and Risk Management Committee regularly de-
votes time to consider the robustness of the various inter-
nal control systems it has in place to safeguard the integri-
ty of the Company’s financial reporting.

In  addition,  the  Audit  and  Risk  Management  Committee 
has the opportunity to confer with the Company’s external 
auditors on any matters identified during the course of the 
audit  that  have  the  potential  to  increase  the  Company’s 
exposure  to  risks  of  material  misstatements  in  its  finan-
cial  reports.  To  this  end,  the  Company  is  pleased  to  con-
firm that no such matters were raised by the Company’s 
auditors.

The Audit and Risk Management Committee also assumes 
responsibility to the Board for recommendations to securi-
ty holders on the appointment and removal of the external 
auditor. 

Audit partner rotations are enforced in accordance with the 
relevant guidelines.

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Recommendation 4.2

The Board of a listed entity should, before it ap-
proves  the  entity’s  financial  statements  for  a 
financial  period,  receive  from  its  CEO  and  CFO  a 
declaration  that  the  financial  records  of  the  en-
tity have been properly maintained and that the 
financial statements comply with the appropriate 
accounting standards and give a true and fair view 
of  the  financial  position  and  performance  of  the 
entity  and  that  the  opinion  has  been  formed  on 
the basis of a sound system of risk management 
and internal control which is operating effectively.

Recommendation 4.3

A  listed  entity  that  has  an  AGM  should  ensure 
that  its  external  auditor  attends  its  AGM  and  is 
available to answer questions from security hold-
ers relevant to the audit.

Principle 5: Make timely and balanced disclosure

Recommendation 5.1

A listed entity should:

(a)  Have  a  written  policy  for  complying  with  its 
continuous  disclosure  obligations  under  the 
Listing Rules: and

YES

YES

YES

Prior  to  the  execution  of  the  Financial  Statements  of  the 
Company, the Company’s Executive Chairman and CFO pro-
vided the Board with written assurances that the declaration 
provided in accordance with section 295A of the Corporations 
Act is founded on a sound system of risk management and 
internal  control  which  is  operating  effectively  in  all  material 
aspects in relation to the Company’s financial reporting risks.

At the last AGM of the company, held on 22 November 2016 
the  external  auditor  of  the  Company  attended  this  meeting 
and it is expected that the Company’s external auditor will at-
tend future AGMs and is available to answer questions from 
security holders relevant to the audit.

(a)  The Company has adopted a Continuous Disclosure Poli-
cy which details the processes and procedures which have 
been adopted by the Company so as to comply its contin-
uous disclosure obligations as required under the ASX List-
ing Rules and other relevant legislation.

(b) Disclose that policy or a summary of it.

(b)  The Continuous Disclosure Policy is available on the Com-

pany’s website.

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Principle 6: Respect the rights of security holders

Recommendation 6.1

A listed entity should provide information about it-
self and its governance to investors via its website.

YES

Recommendation 6.2

A  listed  entity  should  design  and  implement  an 
investor  relations  program  to  facilitate  effective 
two-way communication with investors.

YES

Shareholders can access information about the Company and 
its governance (including its Constitution and adopted gover-
nance  policies)  from  the  Company’s  website  on  the  “Corpo-
rate Governance” page.

The  Company  has  adopted  a  Shareholder  Communications 
Strategy which aims to promote and facilitate effective two-
way communication with its investors. The Strategy outlines 
a  range  of  ways  in  which  information  is  communicated  to 
shareholders.

A copy of the Company’s Shareholder Communications Strat-
egy policy is available on the Company’s website.

Recommendation 6.3

A  listed  entity  should  disclose  the  policies  and 
processes it has in place to facilitate and encour-
age participation at meetings of security holders.

YES

Security holders have the ability to communicate with Direc-
tors through various means including:

•  having the opportunity to ask questions  of Directors at all 

general meetings;

•  the  presence  of  the  Auditor  at  AGMs  to  take  shareholder 
questions on any issue relevant to their capacity as Auditor; 
and

•  the  Company  having  Directors  available  to  answer  share-
holder questions submitted by telephone, email and other 
means (where appropriate).

Traditionally, the key forum for two-way communication be-
tween the Company and its Security holders is its AGM.

Recommendation 6.4

A  listed  entity  should  give  security  holders  the 
option to receive communications from, and send 
communications  to,  the  entity  and  its  security 
registry electronically.

YES

Security  holders  can  register  with  the  Company  to  receive 
email  notifications  when  an  announcement  is  made  by  the 
Company to the ASX.

In the first instance, Shareholders’ queries are referred to the 
CFO & Company Secretary.

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PRINCIPLES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

COMPLY 

EXPLANATION

Principle 7: Recognise and manage risk

Recommendation 7.1

The Board of a listed entity should:

PARTIALLY

(a)  Have  a  committee  or  committees  to  oversee 

risk, each of which:

(i)  has  at  least  three  members,  a  majority  of 

whom are Independent Directors; and

(ii)  is  chaired  by  an  Independent  Director,  and 

disclose:

(iii) the charter of the committee

(iv)  the members of the committee; and

(v)  as  at  the  end  of  each  reporting  period,  the 
number of times the committee met through-
out the period and the individual attendances 
of the members at those meetings; or

(b)  If it does not have a risk committee or commit-
tees  that  satisfy  (a)  above,  disclose  that  fact 
and the process it employs for overseeing the 
entity’s risk management framework.

Recommendation 7.2

The Board or a committee of the Board should:

YES

(a)  Review  the  entity’s  risk  management  frame-
work  with  management  at  least  annually  to 
satisfy  itself  that  it  continues  to  be  sound, 
to  determine  whether  there  have  been  any 
changes in the material business risks the en-
tity faces and to ensure that they remain with-
in the risk appetite set by the Board; and

(a)  Whilst temporarily without its usual two Non-Executive Di-
rectors for a part of the year the Company had an Audit and 
Risk  Management  Committee  which  consisted  of  three 
members, a majority of whom were Independent Directors 
and  it  was  chaired  by  an  Independent  Director.  However, 
at the date of this report the Company does not have an 
Audit and Risk Management Committee. The Company is 
in the process of selecting a minimum of two independent 
directors.

The times and attendance at each committee is disclosed 
in the Directors’ Report.

The  Audit  and  Risk  Management  Committee  Charter  is 
available on the Company’s website.

(b)  The Board at all scheduled meetings devotes time to over-
seeing  risk  and  maintaining  the  Company’s  risk  manage-
ment framework.

(a)  The Audit and Risk Management Committee Charter sets 
out  a  requirement  for  the  Audit  and  Risk  Management 
Committee  to  review  the  Company’s  risk  management 
framework on an annual basis. Whilst the Company does 
not  have  an  Audit  &  Risk  Management  Committee  the 
Board has assumed this important role.

The  Company  monitors,  evaluates  and  seeks  to  improve 
its risk management and internal control processes in line 
with the processes set out in its Risk Management Policy, a 
copy of which is available on the Company’s website.

In  addition,  the  Company  has  a  number  of  other  policies 
that  directly  or  indirectly  serve  to  reduce  and/or  manage 
risk, including:

• Continuous Disclosure Policy 
• Code of Conduct 
• Trading Policy

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PRINCIPLES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

COMPLY 

EXPLANATION

Recommendation 7.2 cont.

(b)  Disclose  in  relation  to  each  reporting  period, 

whether such a review has taken place.

Recommendation 7.3

A listed entity should disclose:

PARTIALLY

(a)  If it has an internal audit function, how the func-
tion is structured and what role it performs; or

(b)  If it does not a have an internal audit function, 
that  fact  and  the  processes  it  employs  for 
evaluating and continually improving the effec-
tiveness  of  its  risk  management  and  internal 
control processes.

Recommendation 7.4

A listed entity should disclose whether, and if so 
how,  it  has  regard  to  economic,  environmental 
and social sustainability risks and, if it does, how it 
manages or intends to manage those risks.

YES

(b)  The Company formulated its risk management framework 
in preparation for the Company’s admission to the official 
list  of  the  ASX.  A  copy  of  the  Risk  Management  Policy  is 
available on the Company’s website in the Corporate Gov-
ernance Section. At every Board meeting the directors re-
view  the  Company’s  Risk  Register  and  related  mitigation 
strategies.

(a)  The Audit and Risk Management Committee Charter pro-
vides  for  the  Audit  and  Risk  Management  Committee  to 
monitor  the  need  for  an  internal  audit  function.  At  this 
stage,  due  to  the  current  size  and  nature  of  the  existing 
Board and the magnitude of the Company’s operations the 
Company does not have an internal audit function.

(b)  The  Company  has  adopted  a  Risk  Management  Policy 
which  the  Company  follows.  With  the  current  temporary 
absence of an Audit and Risk Management Committee the 
Board has been reviewing, on a regular basis, the reports 
prepared by management in relation to the Company’s risk 
profile.

Prior to the Company’s admission to the official list of the ASX, 
the  Board  undertook  a  thorough  review  of  the  Company’s 
exposures  to  economic,  environmental  and  social  sustain-
ability risks and disclosed these risks in its Prospectus dated 
21 September 2015. A copy of this Prospectus is available on 
the Company’s website at: www.recce.com.au

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PRINCIPLES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

COMPLY 

EXPLANATION

Principle 8: Remunerate fairly and responsibly

Recommendation 8.1

(a)  The Board of a listed entity should:

PARTIALLY

(a)  For a part of the year the Company had a Nomination and 
Remuneration Committee which consisted of three mem-
bers,  the  majority  of  whom  were  Independent  Directors 
and  it  was  chaired  by  an  Independent  Director.  However, 
at  the  date  of  this  report,  the  Company  does  not  have  a 
Nomination  and  Remuneration  Committee.  However,  it 
has commenced the process to identify and then appoint 
two Non-Executive Directors.

The times and attendance at each committee meeting is 
disclosed in the Directors’ Report.

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee Charter is 
available on the Company’s website.

(b)  The Board ensures the roles and responsibilities associat-
ed with setting the level and composition of remuneration 
for Directors and Senior Executives and ensuring that such 
remuneration is appropriate and not excessive.

YES

The  Company’s  Corporate  Governance  Plan  requires  the 
Board to disclose its policies and practices regarding the re-
muneration  of  Non-Executive  and  Executive  Directors  and 
other senior employees. This disclosure is set out in the Re-
muneration Report section of this Report.

(i)  Have a remuneration committee which:

(ii)  has  at  least  three  members,  a  majority  of 

whom are Independent Directors; and

(iii)  is chaired by an Independent Director,

and disclose;

(iv)  the charter of the committee;

(v)  the members of the committee; and

(vi)  as  at  the  end  of  each  reporting  period, 
the  number  of  times  the  committee  met 
throughout  the  period  and  the  individu-
al  attendances  of  the  members  at  those 
meetings; or

(b)  If it does not have a remuneration committee, 
disclose that fact and the processes it employs 
for setting the level and composition of remu-
neration  for  Directors  and  Senior  Executives 
and ensuring that such remuneration is appro-
priate and not excessive.

Recommendation 8.2

A listed entity should separately disclose its poli-
cies and practices regarding the remuneration of 
Non-Executive Directors and the remuneration of 
Executive  Directors  and  other  Senior  Executives 
and  ensure  that  the  different  roles  and  respon-
sibilities of Non-Executive Directors compared to 
Executive  Directors  and  other  Senior  Executives 
are reflected in the level and composition of their 
remuneration.

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PRINCIPLES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

COMPLY 

EXPLANATION

Recommendation 8.3

A listed entity which has an equity-based remu-
neration scheme should:

YES

•  Have a policy on whether participants are per-
mitted  to  enter  into  transactions  (whether 
through  the  use  of  derivatives  or  otherwise) 
which limit the economic risk of participating in 
the scheme; and

•  Disclose that policy or a summary of it.

(a)  The  Company’s  Nomination  and  Remuneration  Commit-
tee is responsible for the review and recommendation to 
the  Board  of  any  equity-based  remuneration  schemes 
offered to Directors and employees of the Company. Fur-
ther,  in  accordance  with  the  Nomination  and  Remunera-
tion  Committee  Charter,  the  Nomination  and  Remunera-
tion Committee is also responsible for recommending, on 
a case by case basis, for scheme participants to enter into 
transactions  (whether  through  the  use  of  derivatives  or 
otherwise) which limit the economic risk of participating in 
the Scheme.

(b)  The Company’s policy in this regard is set out in the Com-
pany’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee Charter, 
a copy of which is available on the Company’s website.

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Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF  
PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For the year ended 30 June 2017

Revenue from continuing operations

Other income

Total revenue

Laboratory expenses

Employee benefits expense

Share based payments expense

Depreciation and amortisation expenses

Net foreign exchange gains/(losses)

Travel expenses

IPO expenses

Patent related costs

Rental expenses

Other expenses

Finance costs

Loss before income tax

Income tax (expense)/benefit

Loss after income tax

Other comprehensive income

Other comprehensive income for the year net of income tax

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Earnings per share for loss from continuing operations attributable to owners of Recce Ltd

Basic and diluted loss per share (cents)

Earnings per share for loss attributable to owners of Recce Ltd

Basic and diluted loss per share (cents)

Dividends per share (cents)

Note

5

5

20

6

6

4

7

7

2017 
$

50,626

139,295

189,921

(999,357)

(1,344,960)

(13,096)

(25,514)

(28,416)

(48,915)

-

(60,635)

(181,977)

(510,149)

(2,406)

2016 
$

44,102

136,518

180,620

(142,249)

(757,135)

(3,321,593)

(16,658)

4

(92,671)

(190,614)

(78,332)

(108,625)

(304,066)

(9,039)

(3,025,504)

(4,840,358)

-

-

(3,025,504)

(4,840,358)

-

-

(3,025,504)

(4,840,358)

(3.95)

(3.95)

-

(8.61)

(8.61)

-

The above Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income should be read in conjunction with the 
accompanying notes.

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Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF 
FINANCIAL POSITION
As at 30 June 2017

ASSETS

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Other

Total current assets

Non-current assets

Property, plant and equipment

Total non-current assets

Total assets

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Borrowings

Other payables

Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Borrowings

Provisions

Total non-current liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

EQUITY

Contributed equity

Reserves

Accumulated losses

Capital and reserves attributable to owners of Recce Ltd

Non-controlling interests

Total equity

Note

2017 
$

2016 
$

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

23

1,090,438

3,591,382

60,185

3,365

39,565

6,432

1,153,988

3,637,379

310,598

310,598

83,280

83,280

1,464,586

3,720,659

530,475

-

159,820

690,295

161,289

22,858

184,147

874,442

590,144

8,235,009

1,533,172

(9,178,037)

590,144

-

95,885

6,978

92,197

195,060

-

11,738

11,738

206,798

3,513,861

7,418,863

2,247,531

(6,152,533)

3,513,861

-

590,144

3,513,861

The above Consolidated Statement of Financial Position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF 
CASH FLOWS
For the year ended 30 June 2017

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Receipts from ATO

Payments to suppliers and employees

Interest received

Interest and other costs of finance paid

Net cash outflow from operating activities

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Payments for property, plant and equipment

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

Net cash outflow from investing activities

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Proceeds from borrowings

Repayment of borrowings

Proceeds from issue of shares – net of costs

Net cash inflow from financing activities

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

9

Note

2017 
$

2016 
$

139,295

135,849

(2,705,298)

(1,758,604)

70,542

(2,406)

24,186

(9,039)

19

(2,497,867)

(1,607,608)

(246,079)

-

(246,079)

249,980

(6,978)

-

243,002

(2,500,944)

3,591,382

1,090,438

(78,061)

59,700

(18,361)

126,390

(119,412)

4,758,662

4,765,640

3,139,671

451,711

3,591,382

The above Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF  
CHANGES IN EQUITY
For the year ended 30 June 2017

Share-Based 
Payments 
Reserve
$

Option 
Reserve
$

Performance 
Share 
Reserve
$

At 1 July 2015

Total comprehensive income for the year

Loss for the year

Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners

Issue of Performance Shares

Conversion of Performance Shares

Shares to be issued to Non-Executive Directors

Shares allotted per resolution 

Contributed 
Equity 
$

Accumulated 
Losses 
$

1,586,139

(1,312,175)

-

-

718,369

-

355,693

(4,840,358)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6,904

-

-

Shares allotted as per IPO (net of transaction costs)

4,758,662

At 30 June 2016

7,418,863

(6,152,533)

6,904

At 1 July 2016

7,418,863

(6,152,533)

6,904

Total comprehensive income for the year

Loss for the year

Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners

Issue of Performance Shares

Options issued related to convertible security

Conversion of Performance Shares

Shares to be issued to Non-Executive Directors

Shares allotted to employees 

At 30 June 2017

-

-

-

796,146

-

20,000

(3,025,504)

-

-

-

-

-

8,235,009

(9,178,037)

-

-

-

-

(6,904)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

88,691

Total  
Equity
$

273,964

(4,840,358)

-

-

2,958,996

2,958,996

(718,369)

-

-

-

-

6,904

355,693

4,758,662

2,240,627

3,513,861

2,240,627

3,513,861

-

-

-

(796,146)

-

-

(3,025,504)

-

88,691

-

(6,904)

20,000

88,691

1,444,481

590,144

The above Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS
For the year ended 30 June 2017

Note 

1. Corporate Information
The consolidated financial statements of Recce Ltd for the year ended 30 June 2017 were authorised for issue in accordance with 
a resolution of the Directors on 29 August 2017 of Recce Ltd. Recce Ltd is a for-profit entity for the purpose of preparing these 
financial statements.

The financial statements are presented in Australian dollars.

Recce Ltd is a Company limited by shares incorporated in Australia whose shares are publicly traded on the Australian Securities 
Exchange.

The address of the registered office and principal place of business is Suite 10, 3 Brodie Hall Drive, Bentley WA 6102.

2. Statement of Significant Accounting Policies

a. Basis of Preparation
The financial statements are general purpose financial statements which have been prepared in accordance with Australian Ac-
counting Standards, other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Corporations Act 
2001.

The financial statements also comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Ac-
counting Standards Board.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the significant accounting policies disclosed below which the Di-
rectors have determined are appropriate to meet the needs of members. Such accounting policies are consistent with the previous 
period unless stated otherwise.

The financial statements have been prepared on an accrual basis and are based on historical costs, modified, where applicable, by 
the measurement at fair value of selected non-current assets, financial assets and financial liabilities.

b. Principles of Consolidation

(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 to direct the activities of the entity. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is 
transferred to the Group. They are de-consolidated from the date that control ceases.

Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between Group companies are eliminated. Unrealised 
losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of the impairment of the transferred asset. Accounting policies 
of subsidiaries have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

c. Segment Reporting
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker. 
The chief operating decision maker, who is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of the operating seg-
ments, has been identified as the full Board of Directors.

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Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS cont.
For the year ended 30 June 2017

2. Statement of Significant Accounting Policies cont.

d. Foreign Currency Translation
The functional and presentation currency of Recce Ltd and its Australian subsidiaries is Australian dollars (A$).

Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates ruling at the date of the trans-
action. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate of exchange ruling at the end 
of the reporting period. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from settling foreign currency transactions, as well as from 
restating foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities, are recognised in profit or loss.

Foreign exchange gains and losses are presented in profit or loss on a net basis within other income or other expenses, unless they 
relate to borrowings, in which case they are presented as part of finance costs.

Non-monetary items measured at fair value in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates at the date when fair 
value was measured.

The functional currency of the overseas subsidiaries is US$ and British pounds. At the end of the reporting period, the assets and 
liabilities of these overseas subsidiaries are translated into the presentation currency of Recce Ltd at the closing rate at the end of 
the reporting period and income and expenses are translated at the weighted average exchange rates for the year. All resulting ex-
change differences are recognised in other comprehensive income as a separate component of equity (foreign currency translation 
reserve). On disposal of a foreign entity, the cumulative exchange differences recognised in foreign currency translation reserves 
relating to that particular foreign operation is recognised in profit or loss.

e. Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognised at the fair value of consideration received or receivable. Amounts disclosed as revenue are net of returns, 
trade allowances and duties and taxes paid. 

Interest

Revenue is recognised as interest accrues using the effective interest method. The effective interest method uses the effective 
interest rate which is the rate that exactly discounts the estimated future cash receipts over the expected life of the financial asset.

Government Grants

Grants from the government are recognised at their fair value where there is reasonable assurance that the grant will be received 
and the Group will comply with all the attached conditions. Government grants relating to costs are deferred and recognised in 
profit or loss over the period necessary to match them with the costs that they are intended to compensate. Government grants 
relating to the purchase of property, plant and equipment are included in non-current liabilities as deferred income and credited to 
profit or loss on a straight line basis over the expected lives of the related assets.

f. Income Tax
The income tax expense for the period is the tax payable on the current period’s taxable income based on the national income tax 
rate for each jurisdiction adjusted by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to temporary differences between 
the tax base of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements, and to unused tax losses.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised for all temporary differences, between carrying amounts of assets and liabilities 
for financial reporting purposes and their respective tax bases, at the tax rates expected to apply when the assets are recovered or 
liabilities settled, based on those tax rates which are enacted or substantively enacted for each jurisdiction. Exceptions are made 
for certain temporary differences arising on initial recognition of an asset or a liability if they arose in a transaction, other than a 
business combination, that at the time of the transaction did not affect either accounting profit or taxable profit.

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Deferred tax assets are only recognised for deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses if it is probable that future 
taxable amounts will be available to utilise those temporary differences and losses.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not recognised for temporary differences between the carrying amount and tax bases of 
investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures where the parent entity is able to control the timing of the reversal of the 
temporary differences and it is probable that the differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

Current and deferred tax balances relating to amounts recognised directly in other comprehensive income and equity are also rec-
ognised directly in other comprehensive income and equity, respectively.

Recce Ltd and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have implemented the tax consolidation legislation for the whole of the financial year. 
Recce Ltd is the head entity in the tax consolidated group. These entities are taxed as a single entity and deferred tax assets and 
liabilities have been offset in these consolidated financial statements.

g. Impairment of Assets
At the end of each reporting period the Group assesses whether there is any indication that individual assets are impaired. Where 
impairment indicators exist, recoverable amount is determined and impairment losses are recognised in profit or loss where the 
asset’s carrying value exceeds its recoverable amount. Recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs of dis-
posal and value in use. For the purpose of 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.

Where it is not possible to estimate recoverable amount for an individual asset, recoverable amount is determined for the cash-gen-
erating unit to which the asset belongs.

h. Cash and Cash Equivalents
For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand and at bank, deposits held at 
call with financial institutions, other short term, highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less, that are readily 
convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value and bank overdrafts.

i. Fair Values
Fair values may be used for financial asset and liability measurement as well as for sundry disclosures.

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market 
participants at the measurement date. It is based on the presumption that the transaction takes place either in the principal market 
for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market. The principal or most advanta-
geous market must be accessible to, or by, the group.

Fair value is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that 
market participants act in their best economic interest.

The  fair  value  measurement  of  a  non-financial  asset  takes  into  account  the  market  participant’s  ability  to  generate  economic 
benefits by using the asset at its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant that would use the asset at its 
highest and best use.

In measuring fair value, the group uses valuation techniques that maximise the use of observable inputs and minimise the use of 
unobservable inputs.

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j. Trade and Other receivables
Trade receivables are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest 
method, less provision for impairment. Trade receivables are generally due for settlement within 30 days. They are presented as 
current assets unless collection is not expected for more than 12 months after the reporting date

k. Property, Plant and Equipment
All other plant and equipment is stated at historical cost, including costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location 
and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management, less depreciation and any im-
pairments.

Depreciation on other assets is calculated on a reducing balance basis over the estimated useful life, or in the case of leasehold 
improvements and certain leased plant and equipment, the shorter lease term, as follows:

•  Machinery 
• 

Furniture, fittings and equipment  3 - 8 years

10 - 15 years

Each class of plant and equipment is stated at historical cost, including costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to the loca-
tion and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management, less depreciation and any 
impairments.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated on a diminishing value basis over the estimated useful life as follows:

Class of Fixed Asset 
•  Plant and equipment 
• 

Depreciation Rate
5-20%
Furniture, fittings and equipment  5-20%

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

Gains and losses on disposals are calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the asset’s carrying amount 
and are included in profit or loss in the year that the item is derecognised.

l. Research and Development
Research costs are expensed as incurred.

m. Trade and Other Payables
Trade and other payables represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Group prior to the year end and which are 
unpaid. These amounts are unsecured and have 30-60 day payment terms. They are recognised initially at fair value and subse-
quently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

n. Borrowings
All loans and borrowings are initially recognised at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently mea-
sured at amortised cost. Any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption amount is recognised 
in profit or loss over the period of the loans and borrowings using the effective interest method.

Borrowings are derecognised from the statement of financial position when the obligation specified in the contract has been dis-
charged, cancelled or expires. The difference between the carrying amount of the borrowing derecognised and the consideration 
paid is recognised in profit or loss as other income or finance costs.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/2. Statement of Significant Accounting Policies cont.

All borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the Group has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for 
at least 12 months after the end of the reporting period.

o. Other Liabilities
Other  liabilities  comprises  non-current  amounts  due  to  related  parties  that  do  not  bear  interest  and  are  repayable  within  366 
days of the end of the reporting period. As these are non-interest bearing, fair value at initial recognition requires an adjustment 
to discount these loans using a market-rate of interest for a similar instrument with a similar credit rating (Group’s incremental 
borrowing rate). The discount is credited to profit or loss immediately and amortised using the effective interest method.

p. Employee Benefit Provisions

Short-term employee benefit obligations

Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary benefits, annual leave and accumulating sick leave expected to be settled 
wholly within 12 months after the end of the reporting period are recognised in other liabilities in respect of employees’ services 
rendered up to the end of the reporting period and are measured at amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled. 
Liabilities for non-accumulating sick leave are recognised when leave is taken and measured at the actual rates paid or payable.

Other long-term employee benefit obligations

Liabilities for long service leave and annual leave are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months after the end of the re-
porting period. They are recognised as part of the provision for employee benefits and measured as the present value of expected 
future payments to be made in respect of services provided by employees to the end of the reporting period using the projected 
unit credit method. Consideration is given to expected future salaries and wages levels, experience of employee departures and 
periods of service. Expected future payments are discounted using national government corporate bond rates at the end of the 
reporting period with terms to maturity and currency that match, as closely as possible, the estimated future cash outflows.

Regardless of when settlement is expected to occur, liabilities for long service leave and annual leave are presented as current 
liabilities in the statement of financial position if the entity does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least 12 
months after the end of the reporting period.

q. Contributed Equity
Ordinary shares are classified as equity.

Costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares are shown as a deduction from the equity proceeds, net of any income tax 
benefit. Costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options associated with the acquisition of a business are included 
as part of the purchase consideration.

r. Share-Based Payments
The Group provides benefits to employees (including Directors) of the Group in the form of share-based payment transactions, 
whereby employees render services in exchange for shares or options over shares (“equity-settled transactions”).

s. Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to owners of Recce Ltd, adjusted for the after-tax effect of 
preference dividends on preference shares classified as equity, by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding 
during the financial year, adjusted for bonus elements in ordinary shares during the year.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/2. Statement of Significant Accounting Policies cont.

Diluted earnings per share

Earnings used to calculate diluted earnings per share are calculated by adjusting the basic earnings by the after-tax effect of div-
idends and interest associated with dilutive potential ordinary shares. The weighted average number of shares used is adjusted 
for the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on the conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary 
shares into ordinary shares.

t. GST
Revenues and expenses are recognised net of GST except where GST incurred on a purchase of goods and services is not recov-
erable from the taxation authority, in which case the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of 
the expense item.

Receivables and payables are stated with the amount of GST included. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the 
taxation authority is included as part of receivables or payables in the statement of financial position.

Cash flows are included in the statement of cash flows on a gross basis and the GST component of cash flows arising from invest-
ing and financing activities, which is recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority are classified as operating cash flows.

Commitments and contingencies are disclosed net of the amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority.

u. Leases
Leases where a significant portion of the risks and rewards of ownership are not transferred to the Group as lessee are classified 
as operating leases (note 22). Payments made under operating leases (net of any incentives received from the lessor) are charged 
to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

v. Convertible Security Liability and Embedded Derivatives
A convertible security was issued by the Group as part of a share purchase agreement (see note 14), which includes embedded 
derivatives (option to convert the security to variable number of shares in the Group). This convertible security is recognised as 
financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss. On initial recognition, the fair value of the convertible security and value of the 
equity components (options issued at commencement of facility) will equate to the proceeds received and subsequently the liability 
is remeasured at fair value each reporting period. The fair value movements are recognised on the profit or loss as finance costs.

w. Derivatives and Hedging Activities
Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently remeasured 
to their fair value at the end of each reporting period. The accounting for subsequent changes in fair value depends on whether 
the derivative is designated as a hedging instrument, and if so, the nature of the item being hedged. The group designates certain 
derivatives as either:

•  Hedges of the fair value of recognised assets or liabilities or a firm commitment (fair value hedges);

•  Hedges  of  a  particular  risk  associated  with  the  cash  flows  of  recognised  assets  and  liabilities  and  highly  probable  forecast 

transactions (cash flow hedges); or

•  Hedges of a net investment in a foreign operation (net investment hedges).

The  Group  documents  at  the  inception  of  the  hedging  transaction  the  relationship  between  hedging  instruments  and  hedged 
items, as well as its risk management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. The Group also doc-
uments its assessment, both at hedge inception and on an ongoing basis, of whether the derivatives that are used in hedging 
transactions have been and will continue to be highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of hedged items.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/2. Statement of Significant Accounting Policies cont.

The fair values of various derivative financial instruments used for hedging purposes are disclosed in note 18. The full fair value of 
a hedging derivative is classified as a non-current asset or liability when the remaining maturity of the hedged item is more than 
12 months; it is classified as a current asset or liability when the remaining maturity of the hedged item is less than 12 months. 
Trading derivatives are classified as a current asset or liability. 

When a hedging instrument expires or is sold or is terminated, or when a hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, 
any cumulative gain or loss existing in equity at that time remains in equity and is recognised when the forecast transaction is 
ultimately recognised in profit or loss. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the cumulative gain or loss that 
was reported in equity is immediately reclassified to profit or loss.

Derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting

Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for hedge accounting. Changes in the fair value of any derivative instrument that does 
not qualify for hedge accounting are recognised immediately in profit or loss and are included in other income or other expenses.

x. Going Concern
For the period ended 30 June 2017, the Company recorded a loss of $3,025,504 and had net cash outflows from operating activ-
ities of $2,497,867. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern and being able to continue to fund its operating ac-
tivities is dependent on securing additional funding through a share placement to new or existing investors together with receiving 
a substantially increased R&D tax rebate.

These conditions indicate a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going 
concern and, therefore, that it may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.

The Directors believe there are sufficient funds to meet the Company’s working capital requirements as at the date of this report. 
Based on the success of current progress in the Company, it is considered that re-financing through equity funds would be well 
supported. Subsequent to period end the Company expects to receive funds via both equity and an R&D tax rebate.

The financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company is a going concern, which contemplates the continuity 
of normal business activity, realisation of assets and settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business for the following 
reasons:

• 

The Directors have prepared cash flow projections that support the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern, 
subject to raising additional funds through equity as detailed above; and

• 

The Company receiving its 2017 R&D tax rebate.

Should the entity not be able to continue as a going concern, it may be required to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities 
other than in the ordinary course of business, and at amounts that differ from those stated in the financial statements and that 
the financial report does not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or 
liabilities that might be necessary should the entity not continue as a going concern

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/Effective date
(annual reporting 
periods beginning  
on or after…)

1 January  
2018

Likely impact  
on initial application

The entity is yet to undertake a de-
tailed  assessment  of  the  impact 
of  AASB  9.  However,  based  on  the 
entity’s preliminary assessment, the 
Standard  is  not  expected  to  have  a 
material impact on the transactions 
and  balances  recognised  in  the  fi-
nancial  statements  when  it  is  first 
adopted for the year ending 30 June 
2019.

2. Statement of Significant Accounting Policies cont.

y. Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Effective

New/revised 
pronouncement

Superseded 
pronouncement

AASB 9 

AASB 139 

Financial  
Instruments  
(December 
2014)

Financial 
Instruments: 
Recognition and  
Measurement

Nature of change

AASB  9  introduces  new  requirements  for  the  classification 
and  measurement  of  financial  assets  and  liabilities  and  in-
cludes  a  forward-looking  ‘expected  loss’  impairment  model 
and a substantially-changed approach to hedge accounting.

These  requirements  improve  and  simplify  the  approach  for 
classification and measurement of financial assets compared 
with the requirements of AASB 139. The main changes are:

a)  Financial assets that are debt instruments will be classified 
based on: (i) the objective of the entity’s business model for 
managing the financial assets; and (ii) the characteristics of 
the contractual cash flows.

b)  Allows an irrevocable election on initial recognition to pres-
ent gains and losses on investments in equity instruments 
that are not held for trading in other comprehensive income 
(instead of in profit or loss). Dividends in respect of these 
investments  that  are  a  return  on  investment  can  be  rec-
ognised in profit or loss and there is no impairment or recy-
cling on disposal of the instrument.

c)  Introduces  a  ‘fair  value  through  other  comprehensive  in-
come’  measurement  category  for  particular  simple  debt 
instruments.

d)  Financial  assets  can  be  designated  and  measured  at  fair 
value through profit or loss at initial recognition if doing so 
eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or rec-
ognition  inconsistency  that  would  arise  from  measuring 
assets or liabilities, or recognising the gains and losses on 
them, on different bases.

e)  Where  the  fair  value  option  is  used  for  financial  liabilities 
the change in fair value is to be accounted for as follows:

• 

the change attributable to changes in credit risk are pre-
sented in Other Comprehensive Income (OCI)

• 

the remaining change is presented in profit or loss

If  this  approach  creates  or  enlarges  an  accounting  mis-
match  in  the  profit  or  loss,  the  effect  of  the  changes  in 
credit risk are also presented in profit or loss.

Otherwise, the following requirements have generally been 
carried forward unchanged from AASB 139 into AASB 9:

•  classification  and  measurement  of  financial  liabilities; 

and

•  derecognition  requirements  for  financial  assets  and  li-

abilities.

AASB 9 requirements regarding hedge accounting represent a 
substantial overhaul of hedge accounting that enable entities 
to better reflect their risk management activities in the finan-
cial statements.

Furthermore,  AASB  9  introduces  a  new  impairment  model 
based  on  expected  credit  losses.  This  model  makes  use  of 
more forward-looking information and applies to all financial 
instruments that are subject to impairment accounting.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/2. Statement of Significant Accounting Policies cont.

New/revised 
pronouncement

Superseded 
pronouncement

AASB 1057

None

Application 
of Australian 
Accounting 
Standards

Nature of change

In May 2015, the AASB decided to revise Australian Account-
ing  Standards  that  incorporate  IFRSs  to  minimise  Austra-
lian-specific  wording  even  further.  The  AASB  noted  that  IF-
RSs  do  not  contain  application  paragraphs  that  identify  the 
entities  and  financial  reports  to  which  the  Standards  (and 
Interpretations) apply. As a result, the AASB decided to move 
the application paragraphs previously contained in each Aus-
tralian  Accounting  Standard  (or  Interpretation),  unchanged, 
into a new Standard AASB 1057 Application of Australian Ac-
counting Standards.

AASB 16

AASB 117 

AASB 16:

• 

• 

replaces AASB 117 Leases and some lease-related in-
terpretations

requires  all  leases  to  be  accounted  for  ‘on-balance 
sheet’ by lessees, other than short-term and low value 
asset leases

•  provides new guidance on the application of the defini-
tion of lease and on sale and lease back accounting

• 

largely  retains  the  existing  lessor  accounting  require-
ments in AASB 117

• 

requires new and different disclosures about leases.

Effective date
(annual reporting 
periods beginning  
on or after…)

1 January  
2018

Likely impact  
on initial application

When this Standard is first adopted 
for  the  year  ending  20  June  2019, 
there will be no impact on the finan-
cial statements.

1 January  
2019

The entity is yet to undertake a de-
tailed  assessment  of  the  impact  of 
AASB  16.  However,  based  on  the 
entity’s preliminary assessment, the 
Standard  is  not  expected  to  have  a 
material impact on the transactions 
and  balances  recognised  in  the  fi-
nancial  statements  when  it  is  first 
adopted for the year ending 30 June 
2020.

AASB 2016-2 amends AASB 107 Statement of Cash Flows to 
require entities preparing financial statements in accordance 
with Tier 1 reporting requirements to provide disclosures that 
enable  users  of  financial  statements  to  evaluate  changes 
in  liabilities  arising  from  financing  activities,  including  both 
changes arising from cash flows and non-cash changes.

1 January  
2017

When  these  amendments  are  first 
adopted for the year ending 30 June 
2018, there will be no material im-
pact on the financial statements.

Leases

Leases Int. 4 
Determining 
whether an 
Arrangement 
contains a Lease

Int. 115  
Operating 
Leases – Lease 
Incentives

Int. 127 Evaluat-
ing the Substance 
of Transactions 
Involving the 
Legal Form  
of a Lease

AASB 2016-2

None

Amendments 
to Australian 
Accounting 
Standards –  
Disclosure 
Initiative: 
Amendments to 
AASB 107

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/2. Statement of Significant Accounting Policies cont.

z. Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect 
the reported amounts in the financial statements. Management continually evaluates its judgements and estimates in relation to 
assets, liabilities, contingent liabilities, revenue and expenses. Management bases its judgements, estimates and assumptions on 
historical experience and on other various factors, including expectations of future events, management believes to be reasonable 
under the circumstances. The resulting accounting judgements and estimates will seldom equal the related actual results. The 
judgements, estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of 
assets and liabilities (refer to the respective notes) within the next financial year are discussed below.

Share-based payment transactions

The consolidated entity measures the cost of equity-settled transactions with employees by reference to the fair value of the eq-
uity instruments at the date at which they are granted. The fair value is determined by using either the Trinomial or Black-Scholes 
model taking into account the terms and conditions upon which the instruments were granted. The accounting estimates and as-
sumptions relating to equity-settled share-based payments would have no impact on the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities 
within the next annual reporting period but may impact profit or loss and equity. For details of share based payments made during 
the year, see Note 20.

Impairment of non-financial assets

The consolidated entity assesses impairment of non-financial assets at each reporting date by evaluating conditions specific to the 
consolidated entity and to the particular asset that may lead to impairment. If an impairment trigger exists, the recoverable amount 
of the asset is determined. This involves fair value less costs of disposal or value-in-use calculations, which incorporate a number 
of key estimates and assumptions.

Share purchase facility and convertible security carried at fair value through profit or loss

On initial recognition the value of the convertible security was calculated based on the difference between the proceeds received 
under the share purchase agreement and the fair value of the equity component (being the options issued at the commencement 
of the facility). The Options were valued using a Black Scholes option pricing model which takes into account the share price of the 
group and share price volatility (see details in note 14). Subsequently the fair value of the convertible security liability is accreted up 
to its face value by taking into account the discount on the conversion of the shares in the future and share price, see details of the 
term of the convertible security and funding facility in Note 14 and its fair value disclosures in Note 18. 

The other components within the instruments (which are the derivatives relating to the collateral shares and the conversion option) 
were assessed to be nil at reporting date. 

The company had also entered into derivative contract at each draw down as this is not a committed facility where the company 
has the election to terminate at any time with minimal cost. The converting features of the tranche advance as disclosed in note 
14 results in a variable number of shares to be issued. The embedded derivatives will be recognised upon each drawdown and 
fair valued until shares are issued. The value of the conversion feature varies depending on the share price at draw down and at 
conversion date.

3. Segment Reporting
During the year the consolidated entity operated in one business segment, that being research and development of pharmaceutical 
drugs. It also operated in one geographic segment which was Australia.

57

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/4. Tax Expense

Loss from continuing operations before income tax benefit

2017 
$

2016 
$

(3,025,504)

(4,840,358)

The prima facie tax on loss from ordinary activities before income tax is reconciled to income tax as follows:  
Prima facie tax payable on loss from ordinary activities before income tax at 27.5% (2016: 30%)

(832,014)

(1,452,107)

Add:

Non-allowable items

•  Share-based payments expense

• 

IPO expenses

•  Other non-allowable items

•  Overseas laboratory testing

Less:

•  Tax losses and deferred tax not recognised

Income tax attributable to entity

Deferred tax Assets (at 27.5%) 

Net deferred tax assets of $626,963 have not been brought to account as it is not  
probable within the immediate future that tax profits will be available against which  
deductible temporary differences and tax losses can be utilised.

The Group’s ability to use losses in the future is subject to the companies in the Group  
satisfying the relevant tax authority’s criteria for using these losses.

5. Revenue and Other Income

(a) Revenue

• 

Interest received – from other persons

Total revenue 

(b) Other Income

•  Research & Development Grant

•  Sale of assets

Total other income

3,601

-

68

-

996,478

57,184

97

40,153

828,345

358,195

-

-

2017 
$

2016 
$

50,626

50,626

44,102

44,102

139,295

-

139,295

132,918

3,600

136,518

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/ 
6. Loss for the Year

Expenses

Finance costs:

•  External

Total finance costs

Other expenses:

•  Consulting fees

•  Computer maintenance & consumables

• 

Insurance costs

•  Communication expenses

•  Audit fees

•  Legal expenses

•  Printing & stationery expenses

•  ASIC/ASX fees

•  Other

Total other expenses

7. Earnings per Share

Reconciliation of earnings used in calculating earnings per share

Basic earnings per share

Profit attributable to owners of Recce Ltd used to calculate basic earnings per share:

Loss from continuing operations

Diluted earnings per share

Loss used to calculate basic earnings per share

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used as the denominator in calculating  
basic and diluted loss per share

2017 
$

2016 
$

2,406

2.406

9,039

9,039

178,592

103,455

11,020

31,974

9,122

33,564

146,510

8,753

34,850

55,764

12,453

61,937

8,835

32,403

22,029

5,720

18,914

38,320

510,149

304,066

2017 
$

2016 
$

(3,025,504)

(4,840,358)

(3,025,504)

(4,840,358)

(3,025,504)

(4,840,358)

76,612,604

56,224,590

59

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/ 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Auditor’s Remuneration

During the year, the following fees were paid or payable for services to BDO Audit (WA)  
Pty Ltd (BDO), its related practices (also referred to hereafter as BDO, network firms  
of BDO and non BDO firms):

2017 
$

2016 
$

Audit services

BDO for audit or review of the financial statements for the entity or any entity in the group

33,564

32,403

Non-Audit-related services

BDO for non-audit-related services for the entity or any entity in the group:

• 

Investigating Accountant’s Report for Prospectus

Taxation services

Non BDO firms for non-audit taxation services for the entity or any entity in the group:

• 

review of income tax return

•  general taxation advice

9. Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and in hand bear floating interest rates between 0% and 1.50% depending  
on the amount on deposit. Refer Note 18 for additional risk exposure analysis.

10. Trade and Other Receivables

Current

Other receivables

Refer Note 18 for additional risk exposure analysis.

-

33,564

10,200

42,603

7,855

10,200

18,055

1,850

-

1,850

2017 
$

2016 
$

1,090,438

3,591,382

1,090,438

3,591,382

2017 
$

2016 
$

60,185

60,185

39,565

39,565

60

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/ 
 
 
 
11. Property, Plant and Equipment

Plant & equipment

•  at cost

•  accumulated depreciation

Office furniture & equipment

•  at cost

•  accumulated depreciation

Computer equipment

•  at cost

•  accumulated depreciation

Office improvements

•  at capitalised cost

•  accumulated depreciation

Library

•  at cost

•  accumulated depreciation

Website development

•  at cost

•  accumulated amortisation

Total plant & equipment

Reconciliations

Reconciliations of the carrying amounts of each class of property, plant & equipment at the beginning and end 
of the current and previous financial year are set out below:

Plant & equipment

Carrying amount at beginning of financial year

Transfers

Additions

Disposals

Depreciation

Carrying amount at end of financial year

2017 
$

2016 
$

247,376

(27,237)

220,139

25,339

(4,304)

21,035

21,392

(11,298)

10,094

56,835

(1,160)

55,675

4,379

(1,151)

3,228

2,797

(2,370)

427

41,903

(10,948)

30,955

19,339

(2,637)

16,702

16,078

(5,189)

10,889

22,835

(390)

22,445

2,334

(757)

1,577

2,797

(2,085)

712

310,598

83,280

30,955

-

205,472

-

(16,288)

220,139

37,293

(278)

36,100

(33,612)

(8,548)

30,955

61

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/11. Property, Plant and Equipment cont.

2017 
$

2016 
$

Office furniture & equipment

Carrying amount at beginning of financial year

Transfer

Additions

Disposals

Depreciation

Carrying amount at end of financial year

Computer equipment

Carrying amount at beginning of financial year

Transfers

Additions

Disposals

Depreciation

Carrying amount at end of financial year

Office improvements

Carrying amount at beginning of financial year

Additions

Depreciation

Carrying amount at end of financial year

Library

Carrying amount at beginning of financial year

Additions

Depreciation

Carrying amount at end of financial year

Website development

Carrying amount at beginning of financial year

Depreciation

Carrying amount at end of financial year

12. Trade and Other Payables

Current

Unsecured liabilities

Trade payables

Other payables and provisions

62

16,702

-

6,000

-

(1,667)

21,035

10,889

-

5,313

-

(6,108)

10,094

22,445

34,001

(771)

55,675

1,577

2,046

(395)

3,228

712

(285)

427

16,066

239

11,561

(9,973)

(1,191)

16,702

16,686

39

12,486

(12,514)

(5,808)

10,889

5,716

16,971

(242)

22,445

1,972

-

(395)

1,577

1,186

(474)

712

2017 
$

2016 
$

255,353

275,122

530,475

18,768

77,117

95,885

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont.For the year ended 30 June 2017Recce Annual Report 2017 recce.com.au/13. Other Liabilities

Current

Unsecured liabilities

Annual leave

Personal leave

14. Loans and Borrowings

Non-Current

Convertible security at fair value through profit or loss

2017 
$

2016 
$

100,008

59,812

159,820

58,371

33,826

92,197

2017 
$

2016 
$

161,289

161,289

-

-

Convertible security 
On 16 June 2017 the Company announced it had signed a Share Purchase and Convertible Security Agreement, whereby the Com-
pany could receive over a 24 month period, up to A$6.05 million from a US institutional investor, the Australian Special Opportunity 
Fund LP (ASOF). ASOF made an initial upfront investment of $300,000 by way of a $250,000 24 month interest free unsecured 
convertible security (with a face value of $300,000) and a $50,000 equity investment that was satisfied by the issue of ordinary 
shares. Subsequent investments, subject to certain conditions, be made in monthly equity tranches of $50,000 that can be in-
creased up to $250,000 by mutual consent between Recce and ASOF.

On execution and in accordance with the funding agreement, the Company issued the following securities to ASOF:

• 

• 

• 

178,715 shares at $0.1958 in satisfaction of the commitment fee of $35,000

476,000 Collateral Shares to be held as security for funds advanced in monthly tranches

641,000 options, exercise price of $0.2593, expiry 21 June 2021. Refer to Note 18 for the model inputs used under the Black-
Scholes option pricing model.

The Convertible Security amount advanced is $250,000 with a Face Value of $300,000. The conversion amount of the Convertible 
Security must be either the amount of the outstanding Face Value of the Convertible Security or an amount in multiples of $50,000 
up to a maximum of the outstanding Face Value of the Convertible Security as elected to be converted at the discretion of the 
Convertible Security holder, ASOF after the expiry of the 90 day lock up period.

The Convertible Security and future tranches under the agreement will be convertible into new Ordinary Shares of the Company at 
the ‘Conversion price’, being the lesser of:

(a) 

(b) 

 90% of the average 5 days consecutive daily VWAPs per Company Share during the 20 consecutive trading days immediately 
prior to the relevant conversion notice date selected by ASOF; and

 130% of the average of each of the daily VWAPs during the 20 trading days immediately prior to 16 June 2017 calculated as 
26 cents.

In addition to the above, should the conversion price at date of conversion of the note or tranche amounts to shares falls below 
the floor price (which is $0.15), then the company have the option to repay in cash at 105% of the tranche amount or convertible 
security liability.

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15. Provisions

Non-Current

Long Service Leave

Long Service Leave

Balance at beginning of the year

Provisions made during the year

Balance at end of year

16. Contributed Equity

Share capital

Ordinary shares - no par value

Fully paid

Total contributed equity

Ordinary shares

1 July 2016

Shares issued during the year

•  Shares issued to employees

•  Shares issued to ASOF – collateral shares

•  Shares issued to ASOF – commitment fee shares

•  Conversion of Performance Shares – Class A 1

30 June 2017

Ordinary shares participate in dividends and the proceeds on winding  
up of the parent entity in proportion to the number of shares held.

2017 
$

2016 
$

22,858

22,858

11,738

11,120

22,858

11,738

11,738

6,687

5,051

11,738

2017
Shares

2017
$

2016
Shares

2016
$

78,004,500

8,235,009

72,643,872

7,418,863

78,004,500

8,235,009

72,643,872

7,418,863

Number

$

72,643,872

7,418,863

103,913

476,000

178,715

20,000

-

-

4,602,000

796,146

78,004,500

8,235,009

1 

 The milestone attributable to the Class A Performance Shares was achieved on 16 February 2016 i.e. the 20 day VWAP was $0.30 or higher over 
20 consecutive trading days. However, 4,602,000 Performance Shares granted to G Melrose could not be converted as a result of the application of 
section 606(1) of the Corporations Act 2001. 

17. Reserves

Performance Share Reserve

The Performance Share reserve is used to recognise the fair value of Performance Shares issued to Executives and Non-Executive 
Directors. See Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for details of movements in Performance Share Reserve.

Share-based Payment Reserve

The share-based payments reserve is used to recognise the fair value of ordinary shares to be issued to Non-Executive Directors 
after completion of 12 months service. See Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for details of movements in Share-based 
Payment Reserve.

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17. Reserves cont.

Option Reserve

The Option Reserve is used to recognise the fair value of options issued on 21 June 2017 to The Australia Special Opportunity Fund, 
LP as per the terms and conditions of the Share Purchase and Convertible Security Agreement.

641,000 options were issued to The Australian Special Opportunity Fund during the financial year ended 30 June 2017 as per the 
terms and conditions of the Share Purchase and Convertible Security Agreement. The options are exercisable at $0.259 each on 
or before 21 June 2020. These options have been assessed in value at $88,338. The value of the options was calculated using the 
Black Scholes model.

Model inputs used to value the options granted included:

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

 Exercise price is $0.259
 Market price of the shares at grant date is $0.230
 Expected volatility of the Group’s shares is 100%
 Risk-free interest rate used is 1.50%
 Time to maturity, 3 years
 A dividend yield of 0%

The Option Reserve is used to recognise the fair value of options issued on 21 June 2017 to The Australian Special Opportunity 
Fund, LP as per the terms and conditions of the Share Purchase and Convertible Security Agreement.

18. Financial Risk Management
The group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (including foreign exchange risk and interest rate risk), credit 
risk and liquidity risk. The Group’s overall risk management programme focuses on the unpredictability of the financial markets and 
seeks to minimise potential adverse effects on the financial performance of the Group. The Group uses different methods to mea-
sure and manage different types of risks to which it is exposed. These include monitoring levels of exposure to interest rate and 
foreign exchange risk and assessments of market forecasts for interest rate and foreign exchange prices. Liquidity risk is monitored 
through the development of future cash flow forecasts.

Risk management is carried out by Management and overseen by the Board of Directors.
The main risks arising for the Group are foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, credit risk and liquidity risk.
The carrying values of the Group’s financial instruments are as follows:

Financial Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Financial Liabilities

Trade and other payables

Borrowings

Net exposure

2017 
$

2016 
$

1,090,438

3,591,382

60,185

39,565

1,150,623

3,630,947

530,475

161,289

691,764

458,859

95,885

6,978

102,863

3,528,084

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(a)  Derivatives   
Derivatives are only used for economic hedging purposes and not as speculative investments. However, where derivatives do not 
meet the hedging criteria, they are classified as “held for trading” accounting purposes below. The Group has the following deriva-
tive financial instruments:

Current Assets

Forward foreign exchange contracts – cash flow hedges

Total current derivative financial instrument assets

Current Liabilities

Forward foreign exchange contracts – held for trading

Total current derivative financial instrument liabilities

2017 
$

2016 
$

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

On 30 June 2016 the Company entered into a Forward Foreign Currency contract with Western Union Business Solutions. The 
Company bought US$1 million at an average US$/A$ exchange rate of 0.7329. This contract matured on 30 June 2017.

(b) Market Risk   

(i) Foreign exchange risk 

The Group operates internationally and is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency exposures, primarily with 
respect to the US dollar.

Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions denominated in a currency that is not the entity’s functional 
currency. Over the next 12 months the Group will enter into contracts with Contract Research Organisations in the USA to perform 
numerous laboratory tests as well as use the services of an expert consultant in the USA that will result in approximately US$1.1 
million in expenditure.

(ii) Interest rate risk

The Group is exposed to interest rate risk due to variable interest being earned on its interest-bearing bank accounts. At the end of 
the reporting period, the Group had the following interest-bearing financial instruments:

30 June 17

30 June 16

Weighted average 
interest rate

1.31%

Balance
$

1,090,348

Weighted average 
interest rate

2.61%

Balance
$

3,591,382

Cash and cash equivalents

Sensitivity

Within this analysis, consideration is given to potential renewals of existing positions and the mix of fixed and variable interest 
rates. The following sensitivity analysis is based on the interest rate risk exposures in existence at the reporting date. The 1% in-
crease and 1% decrease in rates is based on reasonably expected possible changes over a financial year, using the observed range 
of historical rates for the preceding five year period.

At 30 June 2017, if interest rates had moved, as illustrated in the table below, with all other variables held constant, post-tax losses 
would have been affected as follows:

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18. Financial Risk Management cont.

Judgements of reasonably possible movements:

+1.0% (100 basis points)

 -1.0% (100 basis points)

Post tax profit higher/(lower)

Other comprehensive income higher/(lower)

2017
$

9,552

(9,552)

2016
$

35,870

(35,870)

2017
$

-

-

2016
$

-

-

The other financial instruments of the Group that are not included in the above tables are non-interest bearing and are therefore 
not subject to interest rate risk.

(c) Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Group if a counter party to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations. 
During the year credit risk has principally arisen from the financial assets of the Group, which comprise cash and cash equivalents 
and trade and other receivables. The Group’s exposure to credit risk arises from potential default of the counter party, with the 
maximum exposure equal to the carrying amount of these instruments.

The carrying amount of financial assets included in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position represents the Group’s maxi-
mum exposure to credit risk in relation to those assets. The Group does not hold any credit derivatives to offset its credit exposure. 
The Group trades only with recognised, credit worthy third parties and as such collateral is not requested nor is it the Group’s policy 
to securitise its trade and other receivables. Receivable balances are monitored on an ongoing basis with the result that the Group 
does not have a significant exposure to bad debts.

The Group has no significant concentrations of credit risk within the Group except for the following:

• 

Cash held with BankWest Bank

(i) Cash

The Group’s primary banker is BankWest. The Board considers the use of this financial institution, which has a rating of AA- from 
Standards and Poors, respectively, to be sufficient in the management of credit risk with regards to these funds.

Cash at bank and short-term bank deposits:

Standard & Poors rating

AA-

2017 
$

2016 
$

1,090,438

3,591,832

(d) Liquidity risk
Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and the availability of funding through an adequate amount 
of committed credit facilities to meet obligations when due and to close out market positions.

The Directors and Management monitor the cash outflow of the Group on an on-going basis against budget and the maturity 
profiles of financial assets and liabilities to manage its liquidity risk.

The financial liabilities the Group had at reporting date were trade payables incurred in the normal course of the business. Trade 
payables were non-interest bearing and were deducted within the normal 30-60 day terms of creditor payments.

The table below reflects the respective undiscounted cash flows for financial liabilities existing at 30 June 2017.

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Contractual maturities  
of financial liabilities

<6 months
$

>6-12 months
$

>12 months
$

Total contractual 
cash flows
$

Carrying  
amount
$

30 June 17

Trade and payables

Borrowings

30 June 16

Trade and payables

Borrowings

530,475

-

530,475

95,885

6,978

102,863

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

161,289

161,289

-

-

-

530,475

161,289

691,764

95,885

6,978

102,863

530,475

161,289

691,764

95,885

6,978

102,863

(e) Recurring fair value measurements
 The following financial instruments are subject to recurring value measurements:

Level 3 – Convertible security

2017 
$

161,338

2016 
$

-

(f) Fair value hierarchy
AASB 13 requires disclosure of fair value measurements by level of the following fair value measurement hierarchy:

(i) 

Level 1 – the instrument has quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;

(ii) 

 Level 2 – a valuation technique using inputs other than quoted prices within Level 1 that are observable for the financial in-
strument, either directly (ie as prices), or indirectly (ie derived from prices); or

(iii)  Level 3 – a valuation technique using inputs that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

At 30 June 2017 and 30 June 2016 the Group did not have financial liabilities measured and recognised at fair value. Due to their 
short term nature, the carrying amount of the current receivables and payables is assumed to approximate their fair value.

(g) Valuation techniques to derive level 3 fair values
Convertible security at fair value through profit or loss

The fair value of the ASOF convertible security is determined based on the accretion of its carrying amount recognised at inception 
up to its face value by taking into account the discount on the conversion of the shares in the future and share price. When the 
share price goes up to 29 cents, the holder will have the option to convert at 26 cents (see terms of conversion terms in note 14), 
the value of the security will increase by $34,615 at that point. Each cent increase from that price point will increase the value of 
the security by $11,538

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Reconciliation of profit after income tax to net cash flow from operating activities

Loss for the year

Depreciation and amortisation

Non-cash share-based payments expense

Net (gain)/loss on sale of property, plant and equipment

Other

Change in operating assets

• 

• 

• 

• 

(increase)/decrease in other assets

(increase)/decrease in receivables

increase/(decrease) in creditors and accruals

increase/(decrease) in provisions

Net cash outflow from operating activities

20. Share-based Payments

Share-based payments expense recognised during the financial year

Shares issued under Performance Share Scheme

Shares issued to executive directors

Shares not issued to non-executive directors during the year 1

Shares issued to staff as “sign-on” bonus

2017 
$

2016 
$

(3,025,504)

(4,840,358)

25,514

13,096

-

-

3,067

(20,620)

427,837

78,743

16,658

3,321,593

(3,600)

942

(6,432)

(23,760)

(143,138)

70,487

(2,497,867)

(1,607,608)

2017 
$

2016 
$

-

-

(6,904)

20,000

13,096

2,958,996

355,693

6,904

-

3,321,593

1. 

 The two new non-executive directors were entitled to receive $30,000 of shares in the Company for each year of service. The pro-rata accrual that 
was expensed for this entitlement in FY2016 has been reversed due to resignation of directors. 

Issue of Ordinary Shares 

On 1 July 2015 the Company issued 1,778,466 fully paid ordinary shares to 2 of its directors for services provided. These shares 
were then split on the ratio 3 for 2. A summary of this event is as follows: 

Director

J Graham

M Dilizia

Shares issued  
1 July 2015

Additional shares  
from Split

Total shares  
from this issue

889,233

889,233

1,778,466

444,616

444,616

889,232

1,333,849

1,333,849

2,667,698

The value assigned to this transaction was based on the price of shares issued to “seed” investors who invested in the Company 
around the time that these shares were issued i.e. $0.20 per share.

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20. Share-based Payments cont.

Issue of Performance Shares  

On 19 August 2015 the Company issued the following Performance Shares:

• 

• 

8,754,423 Class A Performance Shares; and

8,754,423 Class B Performance Shares 

On 20 August 2015 the Company issued the following Performance Shares:

• 

• 

8,754,423 Class C Performance Shares; and

8,754,423 Class D Performance Shares 

A summary of these transactions are as follows:

Directors

G Melrose

J Graham

M Dilizia

I Brown

D Zhang

Key Management

P Williams

Other employees

Value 1 per performance share

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class D

Performance Shares

6,075,000

6,075,000

6,075,000

6,075,000

745,962

577,212

56,250

56,250

56,250

7,566,924

1,187,499

8,754,423

$0.173

745,962

577,212

56,250

56,250

56,250

7,566,924

1,187,499

8,754,423

Nil

745,962

577,212

56,250

56,250

56,250

7,566,924

1,187,499

8,754,423

$0.111

745,962

577,212

56,250

56,250

56,250

7,566,924

1,187,499

8,754,423

$0.054

1 

 The Trinomial option pricing model has been used to calculate the value of Class A, Class C and Class D performance shares. Class B performance 
shares have a non-market vesting condition i.e. the Company is awarded the US Food and Drug Administration’s Investigational New Drug (IND) 
status on or before 19 August 2020. For details of the vesting conditions see the Remuneration Report. The multiplicity of the inter-dependent 
variables required for the achievement of IND status means there are no statistical data to support the probability of Class B performance shares 
vesting. Accordingly a value of zero has been assigned to these shares and this is a significant judgement. There were also an additional 4,749,996 
performance shares issued to employees apportioned across the performance share classes. The following assumptions were used:

Underlying share price

20-day VWAP barrier

Term

Risk-free rate

Class A

$0.20

$0.30

5 Years

2.18%

Class C

$0.20

$0.60

5 Years

2.18%

Class D

$0.20

$1.20

5 Years

2.18%

Number of Performance Shares

8,754,423

8,754,423

8,754,423

The full terms and conditions of the Performance Shares are disclosed in section D of the audited Remuneration Report in the 
Directors’ Report.

The above transactions relate to the share-based payment expense as disclosed in the Statement of Profit or Loss and Other 
Comprehensive Income. 2017 $13,096 (2016: $3,321,593).

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21. Related Party Transactions

Parent entity

The ultimate parent entity within the Group is Recce Ltd.

Subsidiaries

Interests in subsidiaries are disclosed in Note 24.

Key management personnel compensation

Short-term employee benefits

Post-employment benefits

Share-based payments

2017 
$

2016 
$

880,864

83,680

20,000

984,544

543,927

45,002

2,920,218

3,509,147

Detailed remuneration disclosures are provided in the Remuneration Report on pages 18 to 28.

The following transactions occurred with related parties:

Superannuation contributions

Contributions to superannuation funds on behalf of employees

83,680

45,002

Note: There were no other related party transactions

22. Commitments

(a) Lease Commitments

Non-cancellable operating leases - future minimum lease payments

Payable:

Within one year

Later than one year but not later than 5 years

Later than 5 years

The Group leases various premises under non-cancellable operating leases expiring between 1 and 2 years. 
All leases have annual CPI escalation clauses. Lease terms usually run for 2 years with a 2 year renewal 
option. Lease conditions do not impose any restrictions on the ability of Recce Ltd and its subsidiaries from 
borrowing further funds or paying dividends.

(b) Capital Expenditure Commitments

The Group issued a purchase order to update the HPLC

Payable – within one year

2017 
$

2016 
$

166,661

232,526

-

105,505

42,108

-

399,187

147,613

-

-

-

11,000

11,000

11,000

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The following information relates to the parent entity, Recce Ltd, as at 30 June 2017. The information presented hereto has been 
prepared using accounting policies consistent with those presented in Note 1.

Parent entity

Current assets

Non-current assets

Total assets

Current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Total liabilities

Contributed equity

Reserves

Accumulated losses

Net Assets

Loss for the year

Total comprehensive loss for the year

The parent entity has no contingent liabilities as at 30 June 2017.

24. Interests in Subsidiaries 
Set out below are details of the subsidiaries held directly by the Group.

2017 
$

2016 
$

1,153,988

3,637,379

310,598

83,280

1,464,586

3,720,659

690,295

184,147

874,442

195,060

11,738

206,798

8,235,009

1,533,172

7,418,863

2,247,531

(9,178,037)

(6,152,533)

590,144

3,513,861

(3,025,504)

(4,840,358)

(3,025,504)

(4,840,358)

Name of the Subsidiary

Recce (USA) LLP

Recce (UK) Limited

Country of incorporation of and 
principle place of business

Principal Activity

30 June 2017

30 June 2016

Group proportion of  
ownership interests

United States

United Kingdom

Research and Development

Research and Development

100%

100%

100%

100%

25. Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets
The Group is not aware of any contingent liabilities or contingent assets as at 30 June 2017.

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26.Subsequent Events
On  20  July  2017  the  Company  announced  that  its  manufacturing  facility  in  Sydney  was  producing  at  name-plate  standard  its  
antibiotic compounds at volumes in preparation for human clinical trials.

On 31 July 2017 the Company announced the following:

• 

• 

• 

It had positive data from additional pre-clinical studies that confirmed that RECCE® 327 was equally effective in killing Gram 
Positive and Gram Negative bacteria and their superbug form;

That the preferred mode of delivery of RECCE® 327 was via an IV drip; and

That independent experts had reviewed Recce’s draft IND and recommended that Recce should proceed to a pre-IND meeting 
with the US FDA.

On 7 July 2017 the Group issued a purchase order in relation to the purchase of an Acquity UPLC – H Class at a cost of $138,301. 
This piece of equipment will be used to analyse Recce’s lead compound RECCE® 327.

No other matter or circumstance has arisen since 30 June 2017, which has significantly affected, or may significantly affect the 
state of affairs of the Group in subsequent financial years.

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Recce Ltd  
(ABN 73 124 849 065)

The Directors of the Company declare that:

1. 

 The financial statements comprising the statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, statements of finan-
cial position, statements of changes in equity, statements of cash flows and accompanying notes, as set out on pages 45 to 
73, are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including:

a. 

b. 

 complying with Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001; and other mandatory reporting require-
ments; and

 give a true and fair view of the financial position as at 30 June 2017 and of the performance for the year ended on that 
date of the Company;

2. 

 The Executive Chairman and Chief Financial Officer have each declared that:

a. 

b. 

c. 

 the financial records of the Company for the financial year have been properly maintained in accordance with section 286 
of the Corporations Act 2001;

The financial statements and notes for the financial year comply with the Accounting Standards; and

The financial statements and notes for the financial year give a true and fair view;

3. 

 In the Director’s opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when 
they become due and payable. 

This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors.

Graham Melrose
Executive Chairman

Dated: 31 August 2017

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INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT  
TO MEMBERS OF RECCE LTD

Tel: +61 8 6382 4600
Fax: +61 8 6382 4601
www.bdo.com.au

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

To the members of Recce Limited

Report on the Audit of the Financial Report

Opinion

We have audited the financial report of Recce Limited (the Company) and its subsidiaries (the Group),
which comprises the consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 June 2017, the consolidated
statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in
equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the
financial report, including a summary of significant accounting policies and the directors’ declaration.

In our opinion the accompanying financial report of the Group, is in accordance with the Corporations
Act 2001, including:

(i)

Giving a true and fair view of the Group’s financial position as at 30 June 2017 and of its
financial performance for the year ended on that date; and

(ii)

Complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards.  Our responsibilities under
those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the Financial
Report section of our report.  We are independent of the Group in accordance with the Corporations
Act 2001 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s
APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the
financial report in Australia.  We have also fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance
with the Code.

We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001, which has been
given to the directors of the Company, would be in the same terms if given to the directors as at the
time of this auditor’s report.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis
for our opinion.

Material uncertainty related to going concern

We draw attention to Note 2(x) in the financial report which describes the events and/or conditions
which give rise to the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt about the
group’s ability to continue as a going concern and therefore the group may be unable to realise its
assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. Our opinion is not modified in
respect of this matter.

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Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in
our audit of the financial report of the current period.  These matters were addressed in the context of
our audit of the financial report as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide
a separate opinion on these matters. In addition to the matter described in the Material uncertainty
related to going concern section, we have determined the matters described below to be the key audit
matters to be communicated in our report.

Accounting for Share Purchase and Convertible Security Agreement

Key audit matter

How the matter was addressed in our audit

During the year Recce Limited entered

Our audit procedures in this area included, but were not limited to:

into a shares purchase and convertible

security agreement with the Australian

Special Opportunity Fund (ASOF)

whereby the Group could issue shares

in 24 tranches up to A$6.05 million as

consideration. In entering the

agreement the Group issued a

convertible security with a face value

of $300,000 and shares and options to

ASOF. Refer Note 2, Note 14, Note 17

and Note 18 in the financial report for

details.

We have identified the accounting and

the valuation of the convertible

security as key audit matters due to

complexity and judgements involved in

determining the various conversion

features which can have a significant

•

•

•

•

•

Holding discussions with management and reviewing the

share purchase and convertible security agreement to

understand the key terms and conditions of the transaction;

Inspecting Board minutes and other appropriate

documentation of authorisation to assess whether the

transactions were appropriately authorised;

Assessing whether management’s assessment of the

classification of the components contained within the

instrument was in accordance with accounting standards;

Checking management’s calculations carried out in respect

of the valuation of the debt and equity components of the

instrument; and

Involving our valuation specialists to assess the

appropriateness of the volatility assumption used in the

Company’s calculation of the options issued.

We also assessed the adequacy of the related disclosures in the

effect on the appropriate classification

financial report.

of the components of this instrument,

together with complexities as to the

initial and subsequent valuations of the

identified components.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information.  The other information comprises the
director’s report and the corporate governance statement for the year ended 30 June 2017, but does
not include the financial report and our auditor’s report thereon, which we obtained prior to the date
of this auditor’s report, and the annual report, which is expected to be made available to us after that
date.

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Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the other information and we do not express any
form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other information
identified above and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent
with the financial report or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially
misstated.

If, based on the work we have performed on the other information that we obtained prior to the date
of this auditor’s report, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information,
we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

When we read the annual report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are
required to communicate the matter to the directors and will request that it is corrected.  If it is not
corrected, we will seek to have the matter appropriately brought to the attention of users for whom
our report is prepared.

Responsibilities of the directors for the Financial Report

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a
true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001
and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the
financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to
fraud or error.

In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the ability of the group to
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the
going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease
operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the Financial Report

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that
includes our opinion.  Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an
audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material
misstatement when it exists.  Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material
if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic
decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial report is located at the
Auditing and Assurance Standards Board website (http://www.auasb.gov.au/Home.aspx) at:

http://www.auasb.gov.au/auditors_responsibilities/ar1.pdf

This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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Report on the Remuneration Report

Opinion on the Remuneration Report

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages 18 to 28 of the directors’ report for the 
year ended 30 June 2017.

In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of Recce Limited, for the year ended 30 June 2017, complies 
with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001.

Responsibilities

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the 
Remuneration Report in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001.  Our responsibility 
is to express an opinion on the Remuneration Report, based on our audit conducted in accordance with 
Australian Auditing Standards.

BDO Audit (WA) Pty Ltd

Jarrad Prue

Partner

Perth, 31 August 2017

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Additional information included in accordance with the Listing Rules of the Australian Securities Exchange Limited. The information 
is current as at 30 September  2017.

1. Quotation 
Listed fully paid ordinary securities in Recce Limited are quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange under ASX code RCE.

2. Voting Rights
The voting rights attached to the Fully Paid Ordinary shares of the Company are:
(a)  at a meeting of members or classes of members each member entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy or by attorney; 
and
(b)  on a show of hands every person present who is a member has one vote, and on a poll every person present in person or by 
proxy or attorney has one vote for each ordinary share held.
There are no voting rights attached to any Options or Performance Rights on issue.

3. Unmarketable Parcels
As at 30 September 2017, there were 87 holders of unmarketable parcels of less than 2,565 ordinary shares (based on the closing 
share price of $0.195).

4. On-market Buy Backs
There is no on-market buy back currently in place.

5. Distribution of Share and Option Holders
The voting rights attached to the Fully Paid Ordinary shares of the Company are:

(i) Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

Shares Range

Holders

Units

1 – 1,000

1,001 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 100,000

100,001 and above

Total

13

208

194

440

71

926

(ii) Class B Performance Shares (Escrow Exp. 15/1/2018)

Shares Range

Holders

Units

1 – 1,000

1,001 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 100,000

100,001 and above

Total

1 

-

-

-

3

7

10

3,823

710,950

1,747,401

15,017,350

62,075,670

79,555,194

-

-

-

168,750

8,585,6731

8,754,423

%

%

0.00

0.89

2.20

18.88

78.03

100.00

-

-

-

1.93

98.07

100.00

Holders who hold more than 20% of the above securities are Graham John Hamilton Melrose and Olga Mary Melrose 
(6,075,000 Class B Performance Shares).

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(iii) Class C Performance Shares (Escrow Exp. 15/1/2018)

Shares Range

Holders

Units

Holders who hold more than 20% of the above securities are Graham John Hamilton Melrose and Olga Mary Melrose 
(6,075,000 Class C Performance Shares).

(iv) Class D Performance Shares (Escrow Exp. 15/1/2018)

Shares Range

Holders

Units

-

-

-

3

7

10

-

-

-

168,750

8,585,6731

8,754,423

-

-

-

3

7

10

-

-

-

168,750

8,585,6731

8,754,423

%

%

-

-

-

1.93

98.07

100.00

-

-

-

1.93

98.07

100.00

1 – 1,000

1,001 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 100,000

100,001 and above

Total

1 

1 – 1,000

1,001 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 100,000

100,001 and above

Total

1 

Holders who hold more than 20% of the above securities are Graham John Hamilton Melrose and Olga Mary Melrose 
(6,075,000 Class D Performance Shares).

6. Substantial Shareholders
The names of the substantial shareholders listed on the Company’s register as at 30 September 2017 are:

•  Mr Graham Melrose and Mrs Olga Melrose 

Holder of: 30,375,003 
Notice Received: 1 August 2016

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7. Twenty Largest Shareholders
The twenty largest shareholders of the Company’s quoted securities as at 30 September 2017 are as follows:

1 MR GRAHAM MELROSE & MS OLGA MELROSE

Name

2 MR DAVID FOORD

3 MS MICHELE KERYN DILIZIA

4 MR MICHAEL AARONS 

5 MR JAMES GRAHAM

6 MR JAMES GRAHAM 

7 STATE ONE STOCKBROKING LTD

8 CODE NOMINEES PTY LTD

9 MS FIONA ELIZABETH GRAHAM

10 QUERION PTY LTD

11 GOLDEN RIVERS MINING PTY LTD

12 THE AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FUND LP

13 ARTHUR DERYCK BRAY GRAHAM & NANETTE GRAHAM

14 MR MICHAEL AARONS 

15 ANTARCTICA PACIFIC PTY LTD

16 MR PETER MACKIEWICZ

17 BJARK PTY LTD 

18 HUGHMARUS PTY LTD 

19 DILKARA NOMINEES PTY LTD 

20 MR CHRISTOPHER I MACKENZIE 

No. of Shares

%

30,375,003

38.18

4,575,050

2,886,061

1,843,749

1,798,561

1,781,250

1,250,000

1,200,000

1,125,000

1,060,000

878,570

646,793

550,000

546,875

546,875

500,000

375,000

331,000

330,000

300,000

5.75

3.63

2.32

2.26

2.24

1.57

1.51

1.41

1.33

1.10

0.81

0.69

0.69

0.69

0.63

0.47

0.42

0.42

0.38

Top 20 holders of ORDINARY FULLY PAID SHARES TOTAL

52,899,787

66.49

CORPORATE DIRECTORY

Directors
 Dr Graham Melrose 
Executive Chairman

Michele Dilizia 
Director

James Graham 
Director

Company Secretary
 Peter Williams

Auditor
BDO Audit (WA) Pty Ltd 
38 Station Street 
SUBIACO WA 6008

Solicitor
K & L Gates 
Level 31, 
1 O’Connell Street 
SYDNEY  NSW 2000

Bankers
BankWest 
1215 Hay St

PERTH  WA  6000

Share Registry
Computershare 
11/172 St Georges Terrace 
PERTH  WA  6000

Securities Exchange Listing
Australian Securities Exchange 
ASX Codes: RCE, Ordinary fully paid 
shares

Principal Registered Office 
in Australia
Suite 10, 3 Brodie Hall Drive 
BENTLEY  WA  6102

Website
www.recce.com.au

Suite 10, 3 Brodie Hall Drive 
Technology Park 
BENTLEY  WA  6102
Telephone: +61 (8) 9253 9800 

Email: peter.williams@recce.com.au 
Website: www.recce.com.au 

ABN 73 124 849 065 

ACN 124 849 065