New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Act means the Securities Act 1978
broker means any NZX Firm (as defined in Rule 1.1 of the New Zealand Exchange Limited Business Rules) appointed by Contact from time to time for the purposes of the share top-up plan
Contact means Contact Energy Limited
dividend has the same meaning as in section 53 of the Companies Act 1993
eligible person means a person who, at 5 pm on the date specified by Contact for determining entitlement to the relevant dividend, is—
(a) the registered holder of 5 000 or fewer specified securities that are the same class as the securities offered under the share top-up plan; and
(b) not a director of Contact or an associated person (as defined in Rule 1.3.1 of the NZX Listing Rules) of a director of Contact; and
(c) a resident of a country that has not been excluded by Contact from the application of the share top-up plan to avoid any risk of breaching the laws of that country
NZSX means the securities market (as defined in the Securities Markets Act 1988) operated by New Zealand Exchange Limited known as the NZSX or the New Zealand Stock Market
participating securities holder means an eligible person who—
(a) has elected to participate in the share top-up plan; and
(b) whose participation in the share top-up plan has not been terminated in accordance with the terms of that plan
Regulations means the Securities Regulations 1983
relevant specified security means a specified security to which this notice applies
share top-up plan means a plan under which relevant specified securities are to be sold only to eligible persons
specified security means an equity security issued by Contact.
(2) Any term or expression that is defined in the Act or the Regulations and used, but not defined, in this notice has the same meaning as in the Act or the Regulations.
