E-mail received from TRY Company Secretary – Gerry Kaczmarek on 16 August:
Could you please advise if the Company Secretary of RAMcap, namely Stephen Lewis Matthews, is the same person that sought election as a Director of Ramelius Resources Limited at that company’s AGM in November 2017
RAMcap CEO responds as follows:
Ramelius shareholders with 20 million shares chose to ignore Stephen’s status as an ASIC poster boy when they voted to elect him as a director in November 2017. His 4 contempt convictions, arising from his role as publisher of stockmarket website The Chimes , were contested -all of them unsuccessfully- in 11 separate court cases. He wears them as his contribution to freedom of speech. No criminal charges have ever been laid against him. https://www.crikey.com.au/2000/05/07/jailed-for-internet-postings-what-a-joke/
As an individual TRY shareholder I invite you to attend to the pressing needs of Troy Resources and abandon this transparent smear campaign against him.
Richard Matthews
And this in Ramelius AGM notice November 2017
3. ELECTION OF DIRECTORMr Stephen Lewis Matthews is an external candidate the Board submits to shareholders forelection as a director pursuant to clause 46 of the Company’s Constitution and ASX ListingRule 14.3.Further information in relation to Mr Matthews is set out below.
Stephen Lewis Matthews The following biography was provided by Mr Matthews.
Stephen Matthews is an experienced share investor. He made is first foray into gold investingin 1976 as a trader of gold futures on the Sydney Futures Exchange. He was employed in thebanking division of a merchant bank and later as a client adviser for stockbroking companies.He made his first takeover offer in 1985 and later formed listed investment company Rocadowhich reported gross assets of $34 million in 1987… at the time of the ‘87 stockmarket crash.He was for a short time the publisher of an internet stockmarket chat room The Chimes untilits closure in 2001. He last nominated for a listed directorship early in 2000 – at the height ofthe ‘dotcom’ boom – when he proposed that reinsurance company Reac commit $100 millionto short sell global stocks in the TMT sector (Technology, Media, Telecoms).
In accordance with the ASX Corporate Governance Council Principles and Recommendationsa background check has been undertaken in relation to Mr Matthews' candidacy for electionas a director. During this process, it has come to light that Mr Matthews was:
1. on 16 June 1999 found guilty of contempt of court for “disobeying an order made byO’Connor J”. The order related to his restraint from publishing reports or allowing to bepublished reports about securities. Mr Matthews was sentenced to 2 monthsimprisonment. The sentence was suspended on the basis that Mr Matthews refrain fromcontravening any of the orders made by O’Connor J for a period of twelve months [ASICv Matthews [1999] FCA 803];
2. on 4 May 2000 found guilty of contempt of court for “breaching court orders preventinghim from giving advice and publishing reports about securities” and sentenced toimprisonment for 3 months [ASIC v Matthews [2000] NSWSC 392];
3. on 15 August 2001 found guilty of contempt of court for breaching court orderspermanently restraining him from “undertaking, either directly or indirectly, the businessof advising other persons about securities; and/or publishing securities reports, except asotherwise permitted by the Corporations Law” and sentenced to twelve monthsimprisonment. The sentence was suspended on the basis that Mr Matthews be of goodbehaviour for a period of two years [ASIC v Matthews [2001] NSWSC 735];
and4. on 21 April 2009 found guilty of contempt of court for again breaching court orders (asidentified in paragraph two above) and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment [ASIC vMatthews [2009] NSWSC 285]. An appeal by Mr Matthews in relation to this sentencewas dismissed.
The Board has not endorsed Mr Matthews as a candidate for election.The Directors recommend shareholders vote against the election of Mr Matthews.
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