1 | Title | |
2 | Commencement | |
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3 | Interpretation | |
3A | Meaning of code company | |
3AB | Extended meaning of code company for purpose of completing code-regulated transactions | |
4 | Meaning of associate | |
4AA | General provision relating to statements | |
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4A | Transitional, savings, and related provisions | |
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5 | No contracting out of code | |
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5A | Information or documents must be given electronically to Panel | |
5B | Information or documents must be given electronically or non-electronically to financial product holder | |
5C | Information or documents must be given electronically to code company and offeror | |
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6 | Fundamental rule | |
7 | Exceptions to fundamental rule | |
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8 | Full offer | |
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9 | Partial offer | |
10 | When offeror does not hold or control more than 50% of voting rights | |
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11 | Excess acceptances: application | |
12 | Excess acceptances: 1 class of voting securities | |
13 | Excess acceptances: more than 1 class of voting securities | |
14 | Voting securities subject to disposition | |
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14A | Interpretation of rules 14A to 14E | |
14B | Specified holders must provide certificate | |
14C | Acceptance by specified holder who has not provided certificate is invalid | |
14D | Certificate requirements | |
14E | Offeror’s obligations on receiving certificate | |
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15 | Notice of meeting: acquisition of voting securities | |
16 | Notice of meeting: allotment of voting securities | |
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16A | Holder may request copy of financial products register | |
16B | Code company must send copy of financial products register | |
16C | Restriction on holder’s use of financial products register information | |
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17 | Voting restrictions | |
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18 | Independent adviser’s report | |
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19 | Directors’ statement | |
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19A | Documents for Panel in respect of shareholder meetings | |
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19B | Extra requirements where particulars required by Schedule 5 given (in accordance with rule 16(b)(ii)) | |
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20 | Same terms and consideration | |
21 | Independent adviser’s report | |
22 | Independent adviser’s report on fairness between classes | |
23 | Minimum acceptance condition if offeror does not hold or control more than 50% of voting rights | |
24 | Offer period | |
24A | Extension of offer period | |
24B | Extension of offer period in case of full offer conditional at outset as to level of acceptances | |
24C | Extension of offer period if minimum acceptance condition satisfied or waived in final week | |
25 | Conditions | |
26 | Withdrawal or lapse of offer | |
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27 | Permissible variations | |
28 | Variation notice | |
29 | Timing of variation | |
30 | Further reports required for certain variations | |
31 | Variation of consideration and consideration alternatives | |
32 | Procedure on variation of consideration and consideration alternatives | |
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33 | Offer to specify date for payment of consideration | |
34 | Withdrawal of acceptance for non-payment of consideration | |
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35 | Dispositions | |
36 | Acquisitions | |
37 | Position if consideration exceeds consideration specified in offer | |
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38 | Defensive tactics restricted | |
39 | When action permitted | |
40 | Notice of meeting | |
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41 | Takeover notice | |
41A | Offeror’s notification obligations when takeover notice sent | |
42 | Target company’s notification obligations when takeover notice received | |
42A | Target company must give offeror class notice | |
42B | Target company must send offeror copy of financial products register | |
42C | Holder may request copy of financial products register | |
42D | Target company must send copy of financial products register | |
42E | Restriction on holder’s use of financial products register information | |
43 | To whom offer must be sent | |
43A | Record date | |
43B | When offer must be sent | |
44 | Offer document | |
45 | Despatch notice | |
46 | Target company statement | |
47 | Documents that must be sent to Panel or that Panel may require | |
48 | Notification of altered offer document | |
49 | Reimbursement of directors and target company [Revoked] | |
49A | Offeror must notify Panel, etc, of increases in acceptances of offer | |
49B | Notice if rule 24C applies | |
49C | Notice of conditions to which offer subject 10 working days before end of offer period | |
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50 | Interpretation | |
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51 | Notification of dominant ownership | |
52 | Dominant owner’s right | |
53 | Outstanding security holder’s right | |
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54 | Acquisition notice | |
55 | Contents of acquisition notice | |
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56 | Dominant owner through acceptances of offer | |
56A | Alternative consideration options | |
57 | Determination of consideration in other cases | |
58 | Expert determination | |
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59 | Return of instrument of transfer | |
60 | Payment of consideration if documents returned | |
61 | Payment of consideration if documents not returned | |
62 | Position if consideration fixed by expert determination | |
63 | Registration of dominant owner as holder of outstanding securities | |
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64 | Misleading or deceptive conduct | |
65 | Exception for disclosure by investment advisers or brokers [Revoked] | |
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66 | Application, savings, and transitional provisions relating to amendments to code [Revoked] | |
1 | Transitional provisions for matters before commencement of Takeovers Code Approval Amendment Regulations 2014 | |
2 | Transitional provision relating to rule 41 (Takeover notice) | |
3 | Transitional provision relating to rule 44 (Offer document) | |
4 | Matters before commencement of Takeovers Code Approval Amendment Regulations 2018 | |
1 | Date | |
2 | Offeror and its directors | |
3 | Target company | |
4 | Advice statement | |
5 | Offer terms | |
5A | Partial offers: particulars of voting securities sought | |
6 | Ownership of equity securities of target company | |
7 | Trading in target company equity securities | |
7A | Composition of non-derivative and derivative holdings | |
7B | Disclosure about derivatives | |
7C | How to determine number of equity securities underlying derivatives | |
8 | Agreements to accept offer | |
9 | Arrangements to pay consideration | |
10 | Arrangements between offeror and target company | |
11 | Arrangements between offeror, and directors and senior managers of target company | |
12 | Financial assistance | |
13 | Market acquisitions of securities [Revoked] | |
14 | Intentions about material changes to target company | |
15 | Pre-emption clauses in target company’s constitution | |
16 | Escalation clauses | |
17 | Classes of financial products | |
18 | Additional disclosures required if consideration includes securities [Revoked] | |
19 | Certificate | |
1 | Date | |
2 | Offer | |
3 | Target company | |
4 | Directors of target company | |
5 | Ownership of equity securities of target company | |
6 | Trading in target company equity securities | |
6A | Composition of non-derivative and derivative holdings | |
6B | Disclosure about derivatives | |
6C | How to determine number of equity securities underlying derivatives | |
7 | Acceptance of offer | |
8 | Ownership of equity securities of offeror or of related company | |
9 | Trading in equity securities of offeror or of related company | |
10 | Arrangements between offeror and target company | |
11 | Relationship between offeror, and directors and senior managers of target company | |
12 | Agreement between target company, and directors and senior managers | |
13 | Interests of directors and senior managers of target company in contracts of offeror or related company | |
13A | Interests of target company’s substantial security holders in material contracts of offeror or related company | |
14 | Additional information | |
15 | Recommendation | |
16 | Actions of target company | |
17 | Equity securities of target company | |
18 | Financial information | |
19 | Independent advice on merits of offer | |
19A | Different classes of securities | |
20 | Asset valuation | |
21 | Prospective financial information | |
22 | Sales of unquoted equity securities under offer | |
23 | Market prices of quoted equity securities under offer | |
24 | Other information | |
25 | Approval of target company statement | |
26 | Certificate | |
1 | Identity of adviser | |
2 | Adviser’s qualifications and expertise | |
3 | No conflict of interest | |
4 | Statement in relation to rule 22 report and further rule 22 report | |
5 | Explanation for further rule 22 report | |