(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—
allotment means the allotment of voting securities under a specified transaction and, where the specified transaction involves allotments that will occur over a period of time, all of those allotments
allotment period means the period starting on the date of the meeting that approves the specified transactions, and ending on the date of the last allotment under the specified transactions
allottee means Hugh Green or Business Bakery
approved maximum percentage means the maximum percentage of voting securities that each allottee may, in accordance with approval given at the meeting, hold or control as a result of allotments made under each specified transaction (and is the percentage required to be disclosed under clause 7(c)(iii))
Business Bakery means The Business Bakery LP
calculation date means the date on which the assumptions in respect of the disclosures in the notice of meeting are based
Dorchester means Dorchester Pacific Limited
entitlement offer means the offer of voting securities and options in Dorchester to be conducted by Dorchester under a prospectus to be registered on or about 11 June 2010
Hugh Green means Hugh Green Investments Limited
meeting means the meeting of the shareholders of Dorchester that is to be held on or about 30 June 2010 to consider whether to approve, for the purposes of rule 7(d) of the Code, the allotments of voting securities to Hugh Green and Business Bakery under the specified transactions
notice of meeting means the notice of meeting sent to the shareholders of Dorchester in respect of the meeting
option means an option issued under the entitlement offer
other-means increase means an increase in voting control by a means other than as a result of a specified transaction
specified transaction means either or both of the following:
(a) the entitlement offer by Dorchester, and the related underwriting arrangements with Hugh Green and Business Bakery, that result in an allotment of voting securities and options to Hugh Green and Business Bakery (the first transaction):
underwriting arrangements means the arrangements between Dorchester and Hugh Green, and between Dorchester and Business Bakery, for underwriting the entitlement offer, as set out in an underwriting agreement executed on or about 11 June 2010
voting security means a voting security in Dorchester.
(3) Any term or expression that is defined in the Act or the Code and used, but not defined, in this notice has the same meaning as in the Act or the Code.