6 questions lodged at 2024 Jupiter Mines hybrid AGM

Q1. Could CEO Brad Rogers summarise his past LTI grants since joining in August 2022 as to whether the are likely to vest or lapse based on performance so far. Also, has he ever sold any ordinary shares in the company or bought any on market without relying on an incentive scheme to build his equity position in the company? Please don't say look it up in the annual report and through ASX announcements. It's complicated and the CEO could factually summarise the situation in 60 seconds.

Q2. Thank you for disclosing the proxies to the ASX along with the formal addresses 3 hours before the AGM. Which of the 5 proxy advisers in the Australian market - ACSI, Ownership Matters, Glass Lewis, ISS & ASA - issued a report ahead of our meeting and did any of them recommend a vote against the remuneration report which attracted a 10% protest vote on the proxies? If so, what reasons did they give and how are you going to respond. Please don't say they are confidential. It is standard for companies to be across this detail.

Q3. There was a 20.32 % vote against Bo Sung Kim's re-election on the proxies. I know this is nothing like the 78% vote against former BHP Billiton CEO Brian Gilbertson back in 2021 when he and the then Managing Director were both voted off the board at the same meeting, but what is going on with this protest vote against Bo's re-election? Has a proxy adviser recommended this or is this just some major shareholders making trouble? Is there an issue with Bo's independence or performance?

Q4. Could new director Sally Langer and the chair comment on the recruitment process that led to her appointment to the board. Which head hunting firm was involved, did the full board interview Sally and did they interview any other candidates? Did Sally know any of our directors before engaging with the recruitment process and how did she think the recruitment was handled compared with her experience at other public companies where she has served?

Q5. Australian NEDs aren't paid enough relative to executives so I was surprised to see the 22.3% proxy protest vote against this resolution. When disclosing the outcome of voting on all resolutions, including this proposed lift in the NED fee cap, please advise the ASX how many of our 5,000 shareholders voted for & against, like with a scheme of arrangement vote. This will provide a better gauge of retail shareholder sentiment on this important pay resolution & insight into the chronically low retail shareholder voting rate.

Q6. Thank you for offering shareholders a hybrid AGM today. I couldn't find a copy of last year's AGM webcast on your website but there are copies of the formal AGM addresses going back until 2015. Out of respect for your nearly 5,000 retail shareholders, more than 95% of whom won't be attending in the room or watching this AGM live, could you please undertake to publish a full copy of the AGM webcast on the investor relations section of your website. Even better, why not lodge a full transcript on the ASX announcements platform?

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