Current Report Filing (8-k)
September 22 2017 - 8:08AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
September
22, 2017 (September 22, 2017)
CONTACT MINERALS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Nevada
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000-52879
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39-2060052
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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22A-3, Jalan Metro Pudu
Off Jalan Loke Yew
Fraser Business Park 55100
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
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60 12 231 8867
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595 Hornby Street, Suite 706
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 2E8
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d -2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e -4(c))
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by
check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective September 22,
2017, Chee Kuen Chim and Pui Hold Ho were each appointed to serve as a Director of the Company until his successor(s) shall be
duly elected or appointed, unless he resigns, is removed from office or is otherwise disqualified from serving as a director of
the Company.
Chee Kuen Chim
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age 52, is an accountant by profession and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). Mr. Chim currently advises
on finance, human resources and management matters. From May 2016 to January 2017, he served as the Group General Manager of Trendmaker
Inc. Limited (OTC: TMIN), a global health and wellness company. From June 2009 to March 2016, he was the Chief Financial Officer
and director of VTTI Asia (Singapore) and ATT Tanjung Bin (Malaysia), members of the VTTI Group companies that includes VTTI Energy
Partners LP (NYSE: VTTI), a leading petroleum product and crude oil company. Mr. Chim served as the Senior Finance Manager of
Diaolog Group Bhd., a leading integrated technical services provider in the oil and gas industry from June 2007 to May 2009. Mr.
Chim brings to the Board of Directors his experiences in finance, management, marketing, human resource information technology
and quality management systems know-how.
Pui Hold Ho
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age 35, is an accountant by profession, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), United Kingdom,
and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). Mr. Ho has over 12 years of professional experience in auditing,
banking and corporate finance. He started his career in 2004 by joining a Singapore advisory firm as IPO consultant where he participated
in a few successful listing of companies in SGX. He then joined Ernst & Young as Senior Audit Associate until 2009 before
he left to join AmBank (M) Berhad – Corporate & Institutional Banking. In the bank, he was responsible in client credit
evaluation and marketing of the Bank’s products mainly in debt capital market, offshore loan syndication, corporate finance
advisory & treasury products. To further advance his career, he took up the chief financial officer position in a foreign
company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad until 2013. He now sits on the board of the following companies listed on Main
Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad: HB Global Limited, a food processing company specializing in the production of Ready-to-Serve
foods; Malaysia Pacific Corporation Berhad, a property development and investment corporation; Milux Corporation Berhad, a manufacturer
of gas appliances, water heaters and gas regulators and distributors of gas and electrical home appliances; Multi-Usage Holdings
Berhad, an investment holding and management services company; and Aturmaju Berhad, an integrated wood manufacturer which processes
or provides sawn timber, veneer and hiring of scow and tug boats. Mr. Ho brings to the Board of Directors his financial and accounting
experience as well as public company governance expertise.
Messrs. Chim and Ho currently
will not receive compensation in connection with their service on our Board of Directors. We expect Messrs. Chim and Ho to serve
as independent directors on our audit committee.
Neither Mr. Chim nor Mr.
Ho has a direct family relationship with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers, or any person nominated or
chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.
Item 8.01. Other Events
Effective September 22,
2017, the Board of Directors of the Company established an audit committee to be initially comprised of the Company’s two
independent directors: Chee Kuen Chim and Pui Hold. Concurrently therewith, the Board also adopted a charter for the audit committee,
a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report.
The Board also adopted
certain procedures to pre-approve the engagement of audit and non-audit services by our primary external auditor (the “Pre-Approval
Procedures”). A copy of the Pre-Approval Procedures is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this report.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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CONTACT MINERALS CORP.
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Dated: September 22, 2017
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By:
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/s/ Shiong Han Wee
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Shiong Han Wee
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Chief Executive Officer
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