Excuse my ignorance but I thought the resolution was for the...

Excuse my ignorance but I thought the resolution was for the ratification of shares issued already, not new shares. I thought they never got shareholder approval and hence the need for EGM (amongst other things) and we were merely retrospectively approving?
The announcement Fuzz has linked shows on page 8 that those shares were issued back in April 8th 2014, so those have already been purchased and sold? Or am I missing something here?