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May 19, 2014

Notice of Annual General Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general and special meeting (the “Meeting”) of the holders (the “Shareholders”) of Class “A” Common Voting Shares (the “Shares”) of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. (“Sunshine” or the “Corporation”) will be held in the Regus Conference Centre, PLAZA meeting room, 35/F, Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong on June 25, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time), for the following purposes:

  1. to receive and consider the audited financial statements of the Corporation as at and for the financial year ended December 31, 2013, the report of the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) and the report of the auditor thereon;
  2. to fix the number of directors of the Corporation to be elected for the ensuing year;
  3. to elect directors of the Corporation for the ensuing year;
  4. to appoint auditors for the ensuing year and to authorize the directors of the Corporation to fix their remuneration;
  5. to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving the refreshing of the ten percent (10%) mandate under the Corporation’s Post IPO Share Option Scheme (“Refreshed Scheme Mandate”), as more particularly described in the accompanying Circular;
  6. to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving the payment of 50% of the Base Retainer Fees (as defined in the accompanying Circular) to the directors in Shares in lieu of cash pursuant to the Director Share Compensation Arrangement (as defined in the accompanying Circular) in respect of the period from October 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, as more particularly described in the accompanying Circular;
  7. to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving the payment of 50% of the Base Co-Chairman Fees (as defined in the accompanying Circular) to the Co-Chairmen in Shares in lieu of cash pursuant to the Director Share Compensation Arrangement (as defined in the accompanying Circular) in respect of the period from April 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014, as more particularly described in the accompanying Circular;
  8. to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving the payment of 50% of the future Base Retainer Fees (as defined in the accompanying Circular) to the directors in Shares in lieu of cash pursuant to the Director Share Compensation Arrangement (as defined in the accompanying Circular), as more particularly described in the accompanying Circular;
  9. to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving the payment of 50% of the future Base Co-Chairman Fees (as defined in the accompanying Circular) to the Co-Chairmen in Shares in lieu of cash pursuant to the Director Share Compensation Arrangement (as defined in the accompanying Circular), as more particularly described in the accompanying Circular;
  10. to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving a proposal for the Corporation to grant to the Board a general mandate to allot, issue and otherwise deal with un-issued Shares not exceeding twenty percent (20%) of its issued share capital, as more particularly described in the accompanying Circular;
  11. to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving a proposal for the Corporation to grant to the Board a general mandate to repurchase Shares not exceeding ten percent (10%) of its issued share capital, as more particularly described in the accompanying Circular; and
  12. to transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

Time and venue of the Meeting
The Meeting will be held at 8:00 a.m. on June 25, 2014 (Hong Kong time) in the Regus Conference Centre, PLAZA meeting room, 35/F, Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Registered Shareholders

If you hold Shares in your own name you are a registered shareholder of the Corporation (“Registered Shareholder”). As a Registered Shareholder, if you are unable to attend the Meeting in person and wish to ensure that your Shares are voted at the Meeting, you must complete, date and sign the enclosed form of proxy and deliver it in accordance with the instructions set out in the form of proxy and in the Circular. Such form of proxy is also published on the HKExnews’ website of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited at www.hkexnews.hk and the website of the Corporation at www.sunshineoilsands.com.

Beneficial Shareholders
If your Shares are held in an account with a brokerage firm or an intermediary (i.e. a broker, investment firm, clearing house or a similar entity), you are a beneficial shareholder of the Corporation (“Beneficial Shareholder”). Beneficial Shareholders should follow the instructions set out in the voting instructions form or other form of proxy provided by your intermediaries to ensure that your Shares will be voted at the Meeting.

Record Date
All Registered Shareholders as at 4:30 p.m. on May 12, 2014 (Hong Kong Time) and 4:30 p.m. on May 12, 2014 (Calgary time), as the case may be (the “Record Date”), may vote in person at the Meeting or any adjournments thereof, or they (including a Beneficial Shareholder) may appoint another person (who need not be a Shareholder) as their proxy to attend and vote in their place.

Delivery of Proxy
Shareholders who receive this Circular and other accompanying Meeting materials from the Corporation’s branch share registrar in Hong Kong, being Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services, and who are unable to be present at the Meeting are requested to date and sign the enclosed form of proxy and return it to Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services at 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre 183 Queen’s Road East Wan Chai, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, in the enclosed envelope provided for that purpose.

Shareholders who receive this Circular and other accompanying Meeting materials from the Corporation’s principal share registrar in Canada, being Alliance Trust Company, and who are unable to be present at the Meeting are requested to date and sign the enclosed form of proxy and return it to Alliance Trust Company at Suite 1010, 407 – 2nd Street SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2Y3, in the enclosed envelope provided for that purpose.

In order to be valid, all proxies must be received by Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited or Alliance Trust Company as applicable, by at least 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in Calgary and Hong Kong (i.e. 4:30 p.m. on June 23, 2014 (Calgary time) and 4:30 p.m. on June 23, 2014 (Hong Kong time), as the case may be) before the Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or deposited with the Chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting prior to the commencement of the Meeting.

Results of the Meeting
The votes to be taken at the Meeting will be taken by poll, the result of which will be published on the websites of the Corporation and the Stock Exchange websites after the meeting.

 

By Order of the Board of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.
Michael John Hibberd
Co-Chairman
and
Songning Shen
Co-Chairman

 

About Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.

Sunshine is a Calgary based public company, listed on the SEHK since March 1, 2012 and the Toronto Stock Exchange since November 16, 2012. Sunshine is focused on the development of its significant holdings of oil sands leases in the Athabasca oil sands region. The Corporation owns interests in approximately one million acres of oil sands and P&NG leases in the Athabasca region. The Corporation is currently focused on executing milestone undertakings in the West Ells project area. West Ells has an initial production target rate of 5,000 barrels per day, which will be followed immediately by an approved expansion to a planned production capacity of 10,000 barrels per day. In addition to West Ells activities, Sunshine has received regulatory approval to the Thickwood 10,000 barrels per day SAGD project and has an additional 10,000 barrels per day application in regulatory review for Legend.


For further enquiries, please contact:

Mr. David Sealock
Interim President & CEO
Tel: (1) 403 984 1446
Email: [email protected]