Schedule 3A Matters required in registered prospectus for unit trusts

Reg 3(4)

1. Description of unit trust

2. Managers, promoters, auditors, and advisers

3. Unit trustee

4. Description of unit trust and its development

5. Unit holder liability

6. Summary of financial statements

7. Minimum subscription

8. Guarantors

9. Acquisition of business or equity securities

10. Options and units paid up otherwise than in cash

11. Interested persons

12. Material contracts

13. Pending proceedings

14. Issue expenses

15. Other terms of offer and units

16. Financial statements and auditor's report

17. Places of inspection of documents

18. Other material matters

19. Manager's statement

20. Unit trustee's statement

1 Description of unit trust

• (1) The name of the unit trust.

  (2) The year and place of establishment of the unit trust.

  (3) The duration of the unit trust.

  (4) A brief description of the units being offered.

  (5) A statement as to whether there is any maximum number or amount of units in the unit trust; and if so, the number or amount.

  (6) The price or other consideration to be paid or provided for the units, if this a fixed amount. If the price or other consideration is not a fixed amount, a description of the manner by which that amount is fixed.

  (7) The amount, or maximum amount, of the fees payable, or deductions that will be made, (if any) for purchasing or selling units and the time or times at which they will be payable or made.

  (8) If the offer of units is made only during a particular period, the opening and closing dates of the offer.

2 Managers, promoters, auditors, and advisers

• (1) The name and address of the manager of the unit trust, and the name and address of every director of the manager.

  (2) The statute or other authority under which the manager is incorporated, and the date and country of incorporation.

  (3) If the manager is a subsidiary, the name of its ultimate holding company.

  (4) The names of all other unit trusts managed by the manager.

  (5) The name of every promoter (if any) of the unit trust.

  (6) The name of any administration manager or investment manager of the unit trust.

  (7) If the manager or any such administration manager, investment manager, or promoter, or (if the manager or any such administration manager, investment manager, or promoter is a body corporate or unincorporate) director of that manager or promoter, has, during the 5 years preceding the specified date, been—

  • (a) Adjudged bankrupt or insolvent:

  • (b) Convicted of any crime involving dishonesty within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Crimes Act 1961:

  • (c) Prohibited from acting as a director of a company:

  • (d) Placed in statutory management or receivership—

  a statement to that effect including the name and any alternative or former name or names, of that manager, promoter, or director concerned.

  (8) The names of any registrar, custodian, and auditors of the unit trust; and of any solicitors and other professional advisers (other than employees of the manager or of any associated person) involved in the preparation of the prospectus.

  (9) The names, addresses, and qualifications of any experts named in the prospectus.

  (10) A statement whether or not the unit trustee and any custodians are independent of the manager of the unit trust and of any promoter, administration manager, and investment manager and, if not, a description of the relationship between the unit trustee or custodian and the manager, promoter, administration manager, or investment manager.

3 Unit trustee

• (1) The name and address of the unit trustee of the unit trust and, if the unit trustee is a body corporate, of every director of the trustee.

  (2) If the unit trustee is a body corporate, the statute or other authority under which the unit trustee was incorporated, and the date and country of incorporation.

  (3) If the unit trustee is a subsidiary, the name and country of incorporation of its ultimate holding company.

  (4) A description of the extent, if any, to which the unit trustee is indemnified by the unit trust.

  (5) A statement whether or not the unit trustee guarantees the repayment of the units or the payment of any earnings on the units.

4 Description of unit trust and its development

• (1) The date of the trust deed for the unit trust, and the dates of all amendments to the deed (or, if the deed and some or all of the amendments to it have been consolidated, the date of the consolidation and the dates of all amendments since the consolidation).

  (2) A summary of the principal terms of the trust deed for the unit trust (including any amendments).

  (3) A description of any restrictions on investment of the funds of the unit trust, to the extent not included in the summary under subclause (2).

  (4) A brief description of the investment and other material activities of, and any material developments relating to, the unit trust during the 5 years preceding the specified date.

  (5) A description of the investment objectives and policy for the unit trust, and of the means by which changes can be made to those objectives and that policy.

  (6) A description of the investment performance of the unit trust during each of the 5 years preceding the specified date, and, if any performance data is set out in the prospectus, the basis on which such data has been calculated.

  (7) A description of the policy regarding distributions from the unit trust.

  (8) A statement of any undertakings to unit holders about return of capital.

5 Unit holder liability

• A statement as to whether any liabilities (including contingent liabilities) may be incurred by unit holders in relation to the unit trust (other than in respect of the purchase price of units) and, if so, whether there are any limitations on those liabilities.

6 Summary of financial statements

• (1) A financial statement in summary form (and, if practicable, in tabular form) in respect of the unit trust.

  (2) The amounts in the financial statement required by subclause (1) must be the amounts that appear in financial statements that comply with, and have been registered under, the Financial Reporting Act 1993 or, if no such statements have been registered, amounts that would have appeared in such statements if they had been registered.

  (3) The amounts that appear in the financial statement required by subclause (1) must include,—

  • (a) In respect of both the accounting period referred to in clause 16(1) and each of the 4 consecutive accounting periods preceding that period, if any, the following amounts:

    • (i) Total investment revenues:

    • (ii) Net gains or losses on investments distinguishing between realised and unrealised:

    • (iii) Other revenues:

    • (iv) Investment expenses:

    • (v) Management expenses:

    • (vi) Total interest expense:

    • (vii) Other expenses:

    • (viii) The net surplus or deficit before taxation and extraordinary items:

    • (ix) The total provided for, or credited by way of, taxation:

    • (x) If the equity method of accounting has been used, surpluses or deficits that have resulted from using that method:

    • (xi) The net surplus or deficit before extraordinary items:

    • (xii) The total of extraordinary items (net of taxation):

    • (xiii) The net surplus or deficit after extraordinary items:

    • (xiv) Distributions or appropriations of net surplus or deficit:

    • (xv) Other distributions (specify); and

  • (b) As at the end of each such period the following amounts:

    • (i) Total assets:

    • (ii) Total tangible assets:

    • (iii) Total liabilities:

    • (iv) Total unit holders' funds.

  (4) In respect of the amounts stated in the financial statement required by subclause (1),—

  • (a) A description of the nature of any item that is of such incidence and size, or of such a nature, that its disclosure is necessary to explain the performance of the unit trust:

  • (b) A description (and if practicable, quantification) of the effect on those amounts of any material changes in the activities of the unit trust, and of any material changes in the accounting policies used, that occurred during the periods to which the amounts relate.

  (5) A statement whether or not the amounts stated in the financial statement required by subclause (1) have been taken from audited financial statements.

  (6) If the amounts stated in the financial statement required by subclause (1) have been taken from audited financial statements but the auditor's report was qualified, a statement to this effect explaining what the qualification was.

  (7) A financial statement in summary form is not required under subclause (1)(b) to include amounts in respect of any accounting period that ended more than 2 years before the date on which this clause comes into force.

7 Minimum subscription

• For the purposes of section 37(2) of the Act, the minimum amount that, in the opinion of the manager, must be raised by the issue of the securities in order to provide the sums (or, if any part is to be met in any other manner, the balance of the sums) required to be provided in respect of each of the following matters:

  • (a) The purchase price of any property purchased or to be purchased which is to be met in whole or in part out of the proceeds of the offer:

  • (b) Any preliminary expenses and commission payable in whole or in part out of the proceeds of the offer:

  • (c) Working capital:

  • (d) The repayment of any money borrowed in respect of any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c).

8 Guarantors

• (1) If the prospectus or an advertisement relating to the unit trust states or implies that a person guarantees the payment of any money payable from the unit trust, the following matters in respect of each such person:

  • (a) The name of the person:

  • (b) A description, and (if practicable) quantification, of the liability of the person in respect of that money:

  • (c) A statement whether the liability of the person is secured by a mortgage or other charge and, if so, the nature and amount of the charge:

  • (d) The amount of the net tangible assets of the person as shown in the person's most recent audited statement of financial position, together with a statement of any qualifications in the auditor's report in respect of the statement of financial position:

  • (e) Whether there are any contingent liabilities that could materially affect those net tangible assets:

  • (f) Whether the financial statements of the person are available for inspection and, if so, where.

  (2) If there is no audited statement of financial position of the person dated within 18 months of the specified date,—

  • (a) The figure given for the amount of that person's net tangible assets in the prospectus must be that as at a date stated in the prospectus (being a date not earlier than 6 months before the specified date); and

  • (b) The prospectus must include a statement to the effect that the figure for that person's net tangible assets has not been taken from an audited statement of financial position.

9 Acquisition of business or equity securities

• (1) This clause does not apply in respect of—

  • (a) Any business or equity securities if the consideration paid or payable, or proposed to be paid, for the acquisition of the business or equity securities is not more than one-fifth of the amount of the total tangible assets shown in the financial statements referred to in clause 16(1); or

  • (b) Any equity securities that are listed on a stock exchange.

  (2) If a business or equity securities have been acquired for the purposes of the unit trust at any time in the 2 years preceding the specified date, the following information:

  • (a) A description of the activities of—

    • (i) That business; or

    • (ii) The business carried on by the issuer of those equity securities,—

    in the course of the period that began 5 years before the specified date and ended on the date on which the business, or equity securities, were acquired:

  • (b) In respect of that business or the issuer of those equity securities, the matters specified in clause 8 (other than subclauses (3)(b)(v) and (5)) of the First Schedule in respect of the 5 accounting periods preceding the specified date.

  (3) If—

  • (a) A business or equity securities have been acquired for the purposes of the unit trust at any time in the period between the last day of the accounting period referred to in clause 16(1) and the specified date; or

  • (b) The prospectus contains a statement to the effect that it is intended that a business or equity securities will be acquired for the purposes of the unit trust—

  the following information:

  • (c) The amount of the consideration paid or payable, or proposed to be paid, for the business or equity securities:

  • (d) A description of that business, or of the business carried on by the issuer of those equity securities, in the course of the 5 years before the specified date:

  • (e) In respect of that business or the issuer of those equity securities, the matters specified in clause 8 (other than subclauses (3)(b)(v) and (5)) of the First Schedule in respect of the 5 accounting periods preceding the specified date, and the matters specified in clauses 23 to 38 of that Schedule.

10 Options and units paid up otherwise than in cash

• (1) If options to subscribe for units have been or are to be issued, a description of the options.

  (2) If units have been or are to be issued for a consideration other than cash, a statement of the number of units, the non-cash consideration, and the extent to which the units are, or are to be, so paid up.

11 Interested persons

• (1) If the unit trustee, manager, or any administration manager, investment manager, custodian, or promoter of the unit trust (or any associated person of any of them) is entitled to remuneration for services, or to recover expenses, in respect of the unit trust, particulars of—

  • (a) The nature of the services or expenses; and

  • (b) If remuneration or expense recovery is from the unit trust, whether or not the amount of remuneration or expenses is limited and, if so, the limits.

  (2) If the unit trustee, manager, or any administration manager, investment manager, custodian, or promoter of the unit trust (or any associated person of any of them) has, or has had at any time during the 5 years preceding the specified date, a material interest, whether direct or indirect, in the unit trust or in any contract or arrangement entered into on behalf of or in respect of the unit trust (being an interest material to either or both of that person and the unit trust), particulars of that interest.

  (3) If more than 10% of the value of the assets of the unit trust (calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice) was, at any time during the 2 years preceding the specified date, represented directly or indirectly by any securities of which the unit trustee, manager, or any administration manager, investment manager, custodian, or promoter of the unit trust (or any associated person of any of them) was the issuer, a description of those securities.

12 Material contracts

• In relation to every material contract entered into in respect of the unit trust at any time in the 2 years preceding the specified date (not being a contract entered into in the ordinary course of business of the unit trust),—

  • (a) Its date; and

  • (b) The names of the parties to it; and

  • (c) Its general nature.

13 Pending proceedings

• A brief description of any legal proceedings or arbitrations that—

  • (a) Are pending at the specified date; and

  • (b) May have a material adverse effect on the unit trust.

14 Issue expenses

•  Particulars of any issue expenses, including—

  • (a) Their amount or estimated amount; and

  • (b) In respect of any commission payable—

    • (i) The rate of commission; and

    • (ii) The persons or classes of persons to whom the commission is payable.

15 Other terms of offer and units

• All terms of the offer, and all terms of the units being offered, not elsewhere set out in the prospectus, other than—

  • (a) Any terms implied by law; or

  • (b) Any terms set out in a document that—

    • (i) Is registered with a public official; and

    • (ii) Is available for public inspection; and

    • (iii) Is referred to in the prospectus.

16 Financial statements and auditor's report

• (1) A reference to the latest financial statements for the unit trust that comply with, and have been registered under, the Financial Reporting Act 1993, the accounting period covered by those statements, and the date of registration.

  (2) The date of the auditor's report on those financial statements, and a statement whether or not the report was qualified in any respect and, if so, explaining what the qualification was.

  (3) If the issuer so wishes—

  • (a) The latest financial statements referred to in subclause (1) and the auditor's report on those statements; and

  • (b) Financial statements for the unit trust prepared as at a later date (not being more than 9 months after the balance date of the financial statements referred to in subclause (1) of this clause) as if they required registration under the Financial Reporting Act 1993, except that they need not be audited.

  (4) A copy of a report by a qualified auditor, signed by him or her (either in his or her own name or that of his or her firm), stating whether the amounts stated pursuant to clauses 6(2), 6(3), 9(2), and 9(3) have been taken from audited financial statements and whether or not the amounts have been correctly taken.

  (5) If the registered prospectus contains prospective financial information the auditor's report must contain a statement in the following form:

  “In our opinion the prospective financial information, so far as the accounting policies and calculations are concerned, has been properly compiled on the footing of the assumptions made or adopted by the manager [set out at pp... of this prospectus] and is presented on a basis consistent with the accounting policies normally adopted in respect of the unit trust.

17 Places of inspection of documents

• The times and places where copies of the following documents may, on payment of any fee, be inspected by a person who so requests:

  • (a) The trust deed for the unit trust and any amendments to the deed:

  • (b) The financial statements for the unit trust referred to in clause 16(1):

  • (c) Any material contract referred to in the prospectus:

  • (d) The latest annual report for the unit trust.

18 Other material matters

• Any material matters relating to the unit trust (other than matters elsewhere set out in the registered prospectus, contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business of the unit trust, and information contained in the financial statements referred to in clause 16(1)).

19 Manager's statement

• A statement by the directors of the manager as to whether, in their opinion, after due enquiry by them,—

  • (a) The value of the unit trust's assets relative to its liabilities (including contingent liabilities); and

  • (b) The ability of the unit trust to pay its debts as they become due in the normal course of business—

  has materially and adversely changed during the period between the balance date of the latest financial statements referred to in the prospectus and the specified date.

20 Unit trustee's statement

• A statement by the unit trustee stating, in respect of the accounting period referred to in clause 16(1), whether or not, in the unit trustee's opinion, the manager has managed the unit trust during that period in accordance with the provisions of the trust deed and of the offer of units.

Schedule 3B Matters required in registered prospectus for life insurance policies

Reg 3(5)

1. Description of company

2. Description of policies

3. Limitations on liability or returns

4. Directors, promoters, auditors, and advisers

5. Summary of financial statements

6. Guarantors

7. Acquisition of business or equity securities

8. Interested persons

9. Material contracts

10. Pending proceedings

11. Other terms of offer and policies

12. Financial statements and actuarial and auditor's reports

13. Places of inspection of documents

14. Other material matters

15. Directors' statement

1 Description of company

• (1) The name of the life insurance company, and the address of its registered office (or, if it does not have a registered office, its address) in New Zealand.

  (2) If the life insurance company is a body corporate—

  • (a) The statute or other authority by or under which the company is incorporated; and

  • (b) The date and country of incorporation; and

  • (c) The date of registration in New Zealand (if that date is different from the date of incorporation); and

  • (d) The registered number (if any); and

  • (e) The place (if any) in New Zealand where a public file relating to the incorporation or registration of the company is kept.

  (3) A brief description of the principal activities of the life insurance company and, to the extent not included in subclause (2), of the insurance and investment activities of, and of any material development relating to, the company during the 5 years preceding the specified date.

2 Description of policies

• (1) A brief description of the types of life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates.

  (2) In respect of each such policy, a description of the principal terms set out in the specimen policy document for the policy.

3 Limitations on liability or returns

• (1) If the returns to holders of any of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates are in any circumstances calculated by reference to the returns on a particular group of assets, a statement to this effect and a brief description of the circumstances and of that group of assets.

  (2) If the liability of the life insurance company to satisfy its obligations under any of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates (as distinct from calculating the returns on the policies) is limited in whole or in part to a particular group of assets (a “fund”) (whether the fund or the limitation is created by statute, by contract, or otherwise), a statement to this effect and a description of each such fund.

  (3) If—

  • (a) All the assets of the life insurance company are liable to satisfy the obligations under some of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates; and

  • (b) Only the assets of one or more funds are liable to satisfy all or a part of the company's obligations under others of those policies—

  references in subclauses (5) and (6), and in clauses 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, and 15 to financial statements, actuarial reports, auditor's reports, or assets or liabilities of, or acquisitions by, the company are to be read as references to financial statements, actuarial reports, auditor's reports, or assets or liabilities of, or acquisitions by, both the company and each such fund.

  (4) Where the liability of the life insurance company to satisfy its obligations under each of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates is limited in whole or in part to the assets of 1 or more funds, references in subclauses (5) and (6), and in clauses 5, 7, 8., 12, 13, and 15 to financial statements, actuarial reports, auditor's reports, or assets or liabilities of, or acquisitions by, the company are to be read as references to financial statements, actuarial reports, auditor's reports, or assets or liabilities of, or acquisitions by, each such fund.

  (5) If any liabilities of the life insurance company rank in point of security ahead of its liabilities under any of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates, a statement to this effect and a description of those liabilities that rank ahead.

  (6) If the use of any assets of the life insurance company or of a fund to satisfy the obligations of the life insurance company under any of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates is limited or restricted in any way, a statement to this effect and a description of the limitation or restriction.

4 Directors, promoters, auditors, and advisers

• (1) The name and address of every director of the life insurance company.

  (2) In respect of every such director who is an employee of the company, or of any associated person of the company, the position held by him or her.

  (3) The name of every promoter of any of the life insurance policies.

  (4) If any director of the life insurance company or any promoter has, during the 5 years preceding the specified date, been—

  • (a) Adjudged bankrupt:

  • (b) Convicted of any crime involving dishonesty within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Crimes Act 1961:

  • (c) Prohibited from acting as a director of a company:

  • (d) Placed in statutory management or receivership—

  a statement to that effect including the name and any alternative or former name or names of the director concerned.

  (5) The names of any auditors; and of any solicitors and other professional advisers (other than employees of the life insurance company or of any associated person) and actuaries involved in the preparation of the prospectus.

  (6) The names, addresses, and qualifications of any experts named in the prospectus.

5 Summary of financial statements

• (1) A financial statement in summary form (and, if practicable, in tabular form) in respect of the life insurance company.

  (2) The amounts in the financial statement required by subclause (1) must be the amounts that appear in financial statements that comply with, and have been registered under, the Financial Reporting Act 1993, or, if no such statements have been registered, amounts that would have appeared in such statements if they had been registered.

  (3) The amounts that appear in the financial statement required by subclause (1) must include,—

  • (a) In respect of both the accounting period referred to in clause 12(1) and each of the 4 consecutive accounting periods preceding that period, if any, the following amounts:

    • (i) Premium revenue:

    • (ii) Total investment revenues:

    • (iii) Reinsurance revenues:

    • (iv) Net gains or losses on investments distinguishing between realised and unrealised:

    • (v) Other revenues:

    • (vi) Increase or decrease in policy liabilities:

    • (vii) Policy claims expense:

    • (viii) Policy acquisition expenses:

    • (ix) Reinsurance expenses:

    • (x) Policy maintenance expenses:

    • (xi) Investment management expenses:

    • (xii) Total interest expense:

    • (xiii) Other expenses:

    • (xiv) The net surplus (or deficit) before taxation and extraordinary items:

    • (xv) The total amount provided for, or credited by way of, taxation:

    • (xvi) If the equity method of accounting has been used, surpluses or deficits that have resulted from using that method:

    • (xvii) The net surplus (or deficit) before extraordinary items:

    • (xviii) The total of extraordinary items (net of taxation):

    • (xix) The net surplus (or deficit) after extraordinary items:

    • (xx) The amount allocated to policyholders:

    • (xxi) Distributions or appropriations of net surplus or deficit:

    • (xxii) Other distributions (specify); and

  • (b) As at the end of each such period the following amounts:

    • (i) Total assets:

    • (ii) Total tangible assets:

    • (iii) Total liabilities (including total policy liabilities):

    • (iv) Total policy liabilities:

    • (v) Total equity, showing separately retained earnings and prudential reserves.

  (4) In respect of the amounts stated in the financial statement required by subclause (1),—

  • (a) A description of the nature of any item that is of such incidence and size, or of such a nature, that its disclosure is necessary to explain the performance of the company:

  • (b) A description (and if practicable, quantification) of the effect on those amounts of any material changes in the activities of the company, and of any material changes in the accounting policies used, that occurred during the periods to which the amounts relate.

  (5) A statement whether or not the amounts stated in the financial statement required by subclause (1) have been taken from audited financial statements.

  (6) If the amounts stated in the financial statement required by subclause (1) have been taken from audited financial statements but the auditor's report was qualified, a statement to this effect explaining what the qualification was.

  (7) A financial statement in summary form is not required under subclause (1)(b) to include amounts in respect of any accounting period that ended more than 2 years before the date on which this clause comes into force.

6 Guarantors

• (1) If the prospectus or an advertisement relating to any of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates states or implies that a person (other than the life insurance company) guarantees the payment of any money payable under any of the policies, the following matters in respect of each such person:

  • (a) The name of the person:

  • (b) A description, and (if practicable) quantification, of the liability of the person in respect of that money:

  • (c) A statement whether the liability of the person is secured by a mortgage or other charge and, if so, the nature and amount of the charge:

  • (d) The amount of the net tangible assets of the person as shown in the person's most recent audited statement of financial position, together with a statement of any qualifications in the auditor's report in respect of the statement of financial position:

  • (e) Whether there are any contingent liabilities that could materially affect those net tangible assets:

  • (f) Whether the financial statements of the person are available for inspection and, if so, where.

  (2) If there is no audited statement of financial position of the person dated within 18 months of the specified date—

  • (a) The figure given for the amount of that person's net tangible assets in the prospectus must be that as at a date stated in the prospectus (being a date not earlier than 6 months before the specified date); and

  • (b) The prospectus must include a statement to the effect that the figure for that person's net tangible assets has not been taken from an audited statement of financial position.

7 Acquisition of business or equity securities

• (1) This clause does not apply in respect of—

  • (a) Any business or equity securities if the consideration paid or payable, or proposed to be paid, for the acquisition of the business or equity securities is not more than one-fifth of the amount of the total tangible assets shown in the financial statements referred to in clause 12(1); or

  • (b) Any equity securities that are listed on a stock exchange.

  (2) If a business or equity securities have been acquired by the life insurance company at any time in the 2 years preceding the specified date, the following information:

  • (a) A description of the activities of—

    • (i) That business; or

    • (ii) The business carried on by the issuer of those equity securities,—

  in the course of the period that began 5 years before the specified date and ended on the date on which the business, or equity securities, were acquired:

  • (b) In respect of that business or the issuer of those equity securities, the matters specified in clause 8 (other than subclauses (3)(b)(v) and (5)) of the First Schedule in respect of the 5 accounting periods preceding the specified date.

  (3) If—

  • (a) A business or equity securities have been acquired by the life insurance company at any time in the period between the last day of the accounting period referred to in clause 12(1) and the specified date; or

  • (b) The prospectus contains a statement to the effect that it is intended that a business or equity securities will be acquired by the company,—

  the following information:

  • (c) The amount of the consideration paid or payable, or proposed to be paid, for the business or equity securities:

  • (d) A description of that business, or of the business carried on by the issuer of those equity securities, in the course of the 5 years before the specified date:

  • (e) In respect of that business or the issuer of those equity securities, the matters specified in clause 8 (other than subclauses (3)(b)(v) and (5)) of the First Schedule in respect of the 5 accounting periods preceding the specified date, and the matters specified in clauses 23 to 38 of that Schedule.

8 Interested persons

• (1) If any associated person of the life insurance company, any promoter of any of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates, or any associated person of such a promoter is entitled to remuneration for services, or to recover expenses, in respect of any of those policies, particulars of—

  • (a) The nature of the services or expenses; and

  • (b) Whether or not the amount of remuneration or expenses is limited and, if so, the limits.

  (2) If any associated person of the life insurance company, any promoter of any of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates, or any associated person of such a promoter has, or has had at any time during the 5 years preceding the specified date, a material interest, whether direct or indirect, in any contract or arrangement entered into on behalf of or in respect of the company that relates to, or affects the assets liable to satisfy the obligations under, any of those policies (being an interest material to either or both of that person and the company), particulars of that interest.

  (3) If more than 10% of the value of the assets of the life insurance company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice) was, at any time during the 2 years preceding the specified date, represented directly or indirectly by any securities of which any associated person of the life insurance company, any promoter of any of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates, or any associated person of such a promoter was the issuer, a description of those securities.

9 Material contracts

• In relation to every material contract entered into by the life insurance company at any time in the 2 years preceding the specified date, not being a contract entered into in the ordinary course of business of the company,—

  • (a) Its date; and

  • (b) The names of the parties to it; and

  • (c) Its general nature.

10 Pending proceedings

• A brief description of any legal proceedings or arbitrations that—

  • (a) Are pending at the specified date; and

  • (b) May have a material adverse effect on the life insurance company or 1 or more of its funds whose assets are available to meet liabilities in respect of life insurance policies offered in the prospectus.

11 Other terms of offer and policies

• All terms of the offer, and all terms of the life insurance policies being offered, not elsewhere set out in the prospectus, other than—

  • (a) Any term that relates to any amounts payable by or to an identifiable person; or

  • (b) Any terms implied by law; or

  • (c) Any terms set out in a document that—

    • (i) Is registered with a public official; and

    • (ii) Is available for public inspection; and

    • (iii) Is referred to in the prospectus.

12 Financial statements and actuarial and auditor's reports

• (1) A reference to the latest financial statements for the life insurance company that comply with, and have been registered under, the Financial Reporting Act 1993, the accounting period covered by those statements, and the date of registration.

  (2) The date of the auditor's report on those financial statements, and a statement whether or not the report was qualified in any respect and, if so, what the qualification was.

  (3) If the issuer so wishes—

  • (a) The latest financial statements referred to in subclause (1) together with the auditor's report on those statements; and

  • (b) Financial statements for the life insurance company prepared as at a later date (not being more than 9 months after the balance date of the financial statements referred to in subclause (1)) as if they required registration under the Financial Reporting Act 1993, except that they need not be audited.

  (4) The date of the latest actuarial report in respect of the life insurance company that has been deposited with the Secretary of Commerce under the Life Insurance Act 1908, and the period to which the report relates.

  (5) A copy of a report by a qualified auditor, signed by him or her (either in his or her own name or that of his or her firm), stating whether the amounts stated pursuant to clauses 5(2), 5(3), 7(2), and 7(3) have been taken from audited financial statements and whether or not the amounts have been correctly taken.

  (6) If the registered prospectus contains prospective financial information, the auditor's report must contain a statement in the following form:

  “In our opinion the prospective financial information, so far as the accounting policies and calculations are concerned, has been properly compiled on the footing of the assumptions made or adopted by the issuer [set out at pp... of this prospectus] and is presented on a basis consistent with the accounting policies normally adopted by the issuer.

13 Places of inspection of documents

• The times and places where copies of the following documents may, on payment of any fee, be inspected by a person who so requests:

  • (a) A specimen policy document for any of the life insurance policies to which the prospectus relates:

  • (b) The financial statements and actuarial report referred to in clause 12:

  • (c) Any material contract referred to in the prospectus:

  • (d) The latest annual report of the life insurance company.

14 Other material matters

• Any material matters relating to the life insurance company, any of the separate funds referred to under clause 3, or any of the policies to which the prospectus relates (other than matters elsewhere set out in the registered prospectus, contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business of the company, and any information included in the financial statements referred to in clause 12).

15 Directors' statement

• A statement by the directors of the life insurance company as to whether, in their opinion after due enquiry by them,—

  • (a) The value of the company's assets relative to its liabilities (including contingent liabilities):

  • (b) The ability of the company to pay its debts as they become due in the normal course of business—

  has materially and adversely changed during the period between the balance date of the latest financial statements referred to in the prospectus and the specified date.

Schedule 3C Matters required in registered prospectus for superannuation schemes

Reg 3(6)

1. Description of scheme

2. Superannuation trustees

3. Managers, promoters, auditors, and advisers

4. Description of scheme and its development

5. Summary of financial statements

6. Guarantors

7. Acquisition of business or equity securities

8. Interested persons

9. Material contracts

10. Pending proceedings

11. Other terms of offer and scheme

12. Financial statements and actuarial and auditor's reports

13. Places of inspection of documents

14. Other material matters

15. Superannuation trustees' statement

1 Description of scheme

• (1) The name of the scheme.

  (2) A brief description of the kind of scheme being offered.

  (3) The year and place of establishment of the scheme.

2 Superannuation trustees

• (1) The name and address of every superannuation trustee of the scheme; and, if a superannuation trustee is a body corporate or unincorporate, of every director of the superannuation trustee.

  (2) If the superannuation trustee is a body corporate, the statute or other authority under which the superannuation trustee is incorporated, and the date and country of incorporation.

  (3) If the superannuation trustee is a subsidiary, the name and country of incorporation of its ultimate holding company.

  (4) If the superannuation trustee, or a director of a superannuation trustee, has, during the 5 years preceding the specified date, been—

  • (a) Adjudged bankrupt or insolvent:

  • (b) Convicted of any crime involving dishonesty within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Crimes Act 1961:

  • (c) Prohibited from acting as a director of a company:

  • (d) Placed in statutory management or receivership,—

  a statement to that effect including the name and any alternative or former name or names of the superannuation trustee or director concerned.

  (5) A description of the extent, if any, to which the superannuation trustees are indemnified by the scheme.

  (6) A statement whether or not each superannuation trustee is independent of every administration manager, investment manager, and promoter of the scheme and, if not, a description of the relationship between the superannuation trustee and manager or promoter.

3 Managers, promoters, auditors, and advisers

• (1) The name and address of every administration manager and investment manager (if any) of the scheme.

  (2) The name of every promoter (if any) of the scheme.

  (3) If any administration manager or investment manager or any promoter, or (if any such administration manager, investment manager, or promoter is a body corporate or unincorporate) director of that manager or promoter, has, during the 5 years preceding the specified date, been—

  • (a) Adjudged bankrupt or insolvent:

  • (b) Convicted of any crime involving dishonesty within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Crimes Act 1961:

  • (c) Prohibited from acting as a director of a company:

  • (d) Put into statutory management or receivership,—

  a statement to that effect including the name and any alternative or former name or names of the manager, promoter, or director concerned.

  (4) The names of any registrar, custodian, and auditors of the scheme; and of any solicitors and other professional advisers (other than employees of the superannuation trustee or an administration manager or investment manager for the scheme or of any person associated with the superannuation trustee or such a manager) and actuaries involved in the preparation of the prospectus.

  (5) The names, addresses, and qualifications of any experts named in the prospectus.

4 Description of scheme and its development

• (1) The date of the trust deed for the scheme, and the dates of all amendments to the deed (or, if the deed and some or all of the amendments to it have been consolidated, the date of the consolidation and the dates of all amendments since the consolidation).

  (2) A summary of the principal terms of the trust deed for the scheme (including any amendments).

  (3) A description of the following, to the extent not included in the summary under subclause (2):

  • (a) Any conditions of entry of members to the scheme, and termination of membership of the scheme:

  • (b) Any restrictions on investment of the assets of the scheme:

  • (c) The rights and obligations of employers, if any, in regard to the scheme.

  (4) A brief description of the investment and other activities of, and any material developments relating to, the scheme during the 5 years preceding the specified date.

  (5) A statement whether any liabilities (including contingent liabilities) may be incurred by members in relation to the scheme (other than in respect of contributions payable under the scheme) and, if so, whether there are any limitations on those liabilities.

  (6) A description of the investment objectives and policy for the scheme (or, if the scheme has more than 1 fund, for each fund of the scheme), and of the means by which changes can be made to those objectives and that policy.

  (7) A description of the investment performance of the scheme (or, if the scheme has more than 1 fund, of each fund of the scheme) during each of the 5 years preceding the specified date; and the basis upon which the performance information has been calculated.

5 Summary of financial statements

• (1) A financial statement in summary form (and, if practicable, in tabular form) in respect of the scheme.

  (2) The amounts in the financial statement required by subclause (1) must be the amounts that appear in financial statements that comply with, and have been registered under, the Financial Reporting Act 1993 or, if no such statements have been registered, amounts that would have appeared in such statements if they had been registered.

  (3) The amounts that appear in the financial statement required by subclause (1) must include,—

  • (a) In respect of both the accounting period referred to in clause 12(1) and each of the 4 consecutive accounting periods preceding that period, if any, the following amounts:

    • (i) Contributions distinguishing between those made by members and those made by employers or other sponsors:

    • (ii) Total investment revenues:

    • (iii) Net gains or losses on investments distinguishing between realised and unrealised:

    • (iv) Other revenues:

    • (v) Benefits paid:

    • (vi) Investment expenses:

    • (vii) Management expenses, including those related to general administration and trustees' remuneration:

    • (viii) Total interest expense:

    • (ix) Other expenses:

    • (x) Operating result/change in net assets before taxation and extraordinary items:

    • (xi) The total provided for, or credited by way of, taxation:

    • (xii) If the equity method of accounting has been used, surpluses or deficits that have resulted from using that method:

    • (xiii) Operating result/change in net assets before extraordinary items:

    • (xiv) The total of extraordinary items (net of taxation):

    • (xv) Operating result/change in net assets after extraordinary items:

    • (xvi) Allocation to members' accounts:

    • (xvii) Transfers to reserves:

    • (xviii) Other distributions (specify); and

  • (b) As at the end of each such period the following amounts:

    • (i) Total assets:

    • (ii) Total tangible assets:

    • (iii) Liabilities other than liabilities for accrued benefits:

    • (iv) Net assets available to pay benefits:

    • (v) Liabilities for accrued benefits (taken from the latest actuarial valuation of such liabilities available at the end of the period concerned) and the date as at which those liabilities were calculated.

  (4) In respect of the amounts stated in the financial statement required by subclause (1),—

  • (a) A description of the nature of any item that is of such incidence and size, or of such a nature, that its disclosure is necessary to explain the performance of the scheme:

  • (b) A description (and if practicable, quantification) of the effect on those amounts of any material changes in the activities of the scheme that occurred, and of any material changes in the accounting policies used, during the periods to which the amounts relate.

  (5) A statement whether or not the amounts stated in the financial statement required by subclause (1) have been taken from audited financial statements.

  (6) If the amounts stated in the financial statement required by subclause (1) have been taken from audited financial statements but the auditor's report was qualified, a statement to this effect explaining what the qualification was.

  (7) A financial statement in summary form is not required under subclause (1)(b) to include amounts in respect of any accounting period that ended more than 2 years before the date on which this clause comes into force.

6 Guarantors

• (1) If the prospectus or an advertisement relating to the scheme states or implies that a person guarantees the payment of any money payable from the scheme, the following matters in respect of each such person:

  • (a) The name of the person:

  • (b) A description, and (if practicable) quantification, of the liability of the person in respect of that money:

  • (c) A statement whether the liability of the person is secured by a mortgage or other charge and, if so, the nature and amount of the charge:

  • (d) The amount of the net tangible assets of the person as shown in the person's most recent audited statement of financial position, together with a statement of any qualifications in the auditor's report in respect of the statement of financial position:

  • (e) Whether there are any contingent liabilities that could materially affect those net tangible assets:

  • (f) Whether the financial statements of the person are available for inspection and, if so, where.

  (2) If there is no audited statement of financial position of the person dated within 18 months of the specified date,—

  • (a) The figure given for the amount of that person's net tangible assets in the prospectus must be that as at a date stated in the prospectus (being a date not earlier than 6 months before the specified date); and

  • (b) The prospectus must include a statement to the effect that the figure for that person's net tangible assets has not been taken from an audited statement of financial position.

7 Acquisition of business or equity securities

• (1) This clause does not apply in respect of—

  • (a) Any business or equity securities if the consideration paid or payable, or proposed to be paid, for the acquisition of the business or equity securities is not more than one-fifth of the amount of the total tangible assets shown in the financial statements referred to in clause 12(1); or

  • (b) Any equity securities that are listed on a stock exchange.

  (2) If a business or equity securities have been acquired for the purposes of the scheme at any time in the 2 years preceding the specified date, the following information:

  • (a) A description of the activities of—

    • (i) That business; or

    • (ii) The business carried on by the issuer of those equity securities,—

    in the course of the period that began 5 years before the specified date and ended on the date on which the business, or equity securities, were acquired:

  • (b) In respect of that business or the issuer of those equity securities, the matters specified in clause 8 (other than subclauses (3)(b)(v) and (5)) of the First Schedule in respect of the 5 accounting periods preceding the specified date.

  (3) If—

  • (a) A business or equity securities have been acquired for the purposes of the scheme at any time in the period between the last day of the accounting period referred to in clause 12(1) and the specified date; or

  • (b) The prospectus contains a statement to the effect that it is intended that a business or equity securities will be acquired for the purposes of the scheme—

  the following information:

  • (c) The amount of the consideration paid or payable, or proposed to be paid, for the business or equity securities:

  • (d) A description of that business, or of the business carried on by the issuer of those equity securities, in the course of the 5 years before the specified date:

  • (e) In respect of that business or the issuer of those equity securities, the matters specified in clause 8 (other than subclauses (3)(b)(v) and (5)) of the First Schedule in respect of the 5 accounting periods preceding the specified date, and the matters specified in clauses 23 to 38 of that Schedule.

8 Interested persons

• (1) If a superannuation trustee or any administration manager, investment manager, custodian, or promoter of the scheme (or any associated person of any of them) is entitled to remuneration for services, or to recover expenses, in respect of the scheme, particulars of—

  • (a) The nature of the services or expenses; and

  • (b) If recovery of the remuneration or expenses is from the scheme, whether or not the amount of remuneration or expenses is limited and, if so, the limits.

  (2) If a superannuation trustee or any administration manager, investment manager, custodian, or promoter of the scheme (or any associated person of any of them) has, or has had at any time during the 5 years preceding the specified date, a material interest, whether direct or indirect, in the scheme or in any contract or arrangement entered into on behalf or in respect of the scheme (being an interest material to either or both of that person and the scheme), a description of that interest.

  (3) Without limiting subclause (2), if more than 10% of the value of the assets of the scheme (calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice) was, at any time during the 2 years preceding the specified date, represented directly or indirectly by any securities of which the superannuation trustee or any administration manager, investment manager, custodian, or promoter of the scheme (or any associated person of any of them) was the issuer, a description of those securities.

9 Material contracts

• In relation to every material contract entered into in respect of the scheme at any time in the 2 years preceding the specified date (not being a contract entered into in the ordinary course of business of the scheme),—

  • (a) Its date; and

  • (b) The names of the parties to it; and

  • (c) Its general nature.

10 Pending proceedings

• A brief description of any legal proceedings or arbitrations that—

  • (a) Are pending at the specified date; and

  • (b) May have a material adverse effect on the scheme.

11 Other terms of offer and scheme

• All terms of the offer, and all terms of the scheme being offered, not elsewhere set out in the prospectus, other than—

  • (a) Any term that relates to any amounts payable by or to an identifiable person; or

  • (b) Any terms implied by law; or

  • (c) Any terms set out in a document that—

    • (i) Is registered with a public official; and

    • (ii) Is available for public inspection; and

    • (iii) Is referred to in the prospectus.

12 Financial statements and actuarial and auditor's reports

• (1) A reference to the latest financial statements for the scheme that comply with, and have been registered under, the Financial Reporting Act 1993, the accounting period covered by those statements, and the date of registration and—

  • (a) The date of the auditor's report on those financial statements (except where those financial statements are not required to be audited because of section 13(2) of the Superannuation Schemes Act 1989), and a statement whether or not the auditor's report was qualified in any respect and, if so, what the qualification was; or

  • (b) If those financial statements are not required to be audited because of section 13(2) of the Superannuation Schemes Act 1989, the date of the auditor's report on the latest financial statements of the administration manager for the scheme, and a statement whether or not the auditor's report was qualified in any respect which relates to the financial statements of the scheme, and, if so, what the qualification was.

  (2) If the issuer so wishes—

  • (a) The latest financial statements referred to in subclause (1) together with a copy of the auditor's report on those statements (except where those statements are not required to be audited because of section 13(2) of the Superannuation Schemes Act 1989); and

  • (b) Financial statements for the scheme prepared as at a later date (not being more than 9 months after the balance date of the financial statements referred to in subclause (1)) as if they required registration under the Financial Reporting Act 1993, except that they need not be audited.

  (3) The date of the latest actuarial report (if any) for the scheme that has been sent to the Government Actuary under the Superannuation Schemes Act 1989, and the period or date to which that report relates.

  (4) A copy of a report by a qualified auditor, signed by him or her (either in his or her own name or that of his or her firm), stating whether the amounts stated pursuant to clauses 5(2), 5(3), 7(2), and 7(3) have been taken from audited financial statements and whether or not the amounts have been correctly taken.

  (5) If the registered prospectus contains prospective financial information, the auditor's report must contain a statement in the following form:

  “In our opinion the prospective financial information, so far as the accounting policies and calculations are concerned, has been properly compiled on the footing of the assumptions made or adopted by the superannuation trustee [set out at pp... of this prospectus] and is presented on a basis consistent with the accounting policies normally adopted in respect of the scheme.

13 Places of inspection of documents

• The times and places where copies of the following documents may, on payment of any fee, be inspected by a person who so requests:

  • (a) The trust deed for the scheme and any amendments to the deed:

  • (b) The financial statements referred to in clause 12:

  • (c) The actuarial report referred to in clause 12(3) (if any):

  • (d) Any material contract referred to in the prospectus:

  • (e) The latest annual report for the scheme prepared in accordance with the Superannuation Schemes Act 1989.

14 Other material matters

• Any material matters relating to the scheme (other than matters elsewhere set out in the registered prospectus, contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business of the scheme, and any information included in the financial statements referred to in clause 12).

15 Superannuation trustees' statement

• A statement by the superannuation trustees (or, if a superannuation trustee is a body corporate or unincorporate, by the directors of that body) as to whether, in their opinion, after due enquiry by them,—

  • (a) The value of the scheme's assets relative to its liabilities (including contingent liabilities):

  • (b) The ability of the scheme to pay its debts as they become due in the normal course of business—

  has materially and adversely changed during the period between the balance date of the latest financial statements referred to in the prospectus and the specified date.

Schedule 3D Matters required in investment statements

Reg 7A

1. Information at front of investment statement

2. Description of securities

3. Names and addresses

4. Activities

5. Moneys payable by subscribers

6. Cooling-off period

7. Types of charges

8. Amount of charges

9. Returns

10. Guarantee of securities

11. Risks

12. Consequences of insolvency

13. Alteration of securities

19. Early termination

15. Right to sell securities

16. Enquiries about securities

17. Complaints about securities

18. Prospectus* and financial statements

19. Annual information

20. On request information

Important information for investors

1 Information at front of investment statement

• (1) A statement in the following form (to be set out at the front of the investment statement)*:

  “Important Information

  “(The information in this section is required under the Securities Act 1978)

  “Investment decisions are very important. They often have long-term consequences. Read all documents carefully. Ask questions. Seek advice before committing yourself.

  “Choosing an investment

  “When deciding whether to invest, consider carefully the answers to the following questions that can be found on the pages noted below:

  	Page
  What sort of investment is this?
  Who is involved in providing it for me?
  How much do I pay?
  What are the charges?
  What returns will I get?
  What are my risks?
  Can the investment be altered?
  How do I cash in my investment?
  Who do I contact with enquiries about my investment?
  Is there anyone to whom I can complain f I have problems with the investment?
  What other information can I obtain about this investment?

  “In addition to the information in this document, important information can be found in the current registered prospectus for the investment. You are entitled to a copy of that prospectus on request.

  “Choosing an investment adviser

  “You have the right to request from any investment adviser a written disclosure statement stating his or her experience and qualifications to give advice. That document will tell you—

  • “•Whether the adviser gives advice only about particular types of investments; and

  • “•Whether the advice is limited to the investments offered by 1 or more particular financial organisations; and

  • “•Whether the adviser will receive a commission or other benefit from advising you.

  “You are strongly encouraged to request that statement. An investment adviser commits an offence if he or she does not provide you with a written disclosure statement within 5 working days of your request. You must make the request at the time the advice is given or within 1 month of receiving the advice.

  “In addition—

  • “•If an investment adviser has any conviction for dishonesty or has been adjudged bankrupt, he or she must tell you this in writing; and

  • “•If an investment adviser receives any money or assets on your behalf, he or she must tell you in writing the methods employed for this purpose.

  “Tell the adviser what the purpose of your investment is. This is important because different investments are suitable for different purposes.

  (2) If the investment statement relates to interests in a small employer superannuation scheme (as defined in regulation 2C) for which no prospectus has been prepared, a statement in the following form must be included at the end of the statement required by subclause (1):

  “Warning—Restricted Disclosure

  “The law requires that persons considering whether to join a superannuation scheme must be supplied on request with a prospectus about that scheme.

  “However, some small superannuation schemes have been exempted from this requirement on the condition that this exemption is drawn to the attention of prospective members.

  “You should be aware that in choosing to become a member of this superannuation scheme you may be doing so on the basis of more limited information than is generally available to investors making important decisions about investments.

  “* If the investment statement—

  • “•Contains only the information required by the Act and these regulations; and

  • “•States the questions set out in italics in the statement in subclause (1); and

  • “•Sets out those questions in the same order as in that statement; and

  • “•Complies with regulation 7A(4),—

  “the investment statement is not required to include either the questions in italics, or the words ‘When deciding whether to invest, consider carefully the answers to the following questions that can be found on the pages noted below:’, in the statement in subclause (1).

  “If the investment statement relates to securities for which a prospectus is not required, the paragraph in the statement in subclause (1) referring to a prospectus must be omitted.

  “If, as a result of the above, no information is required to be included in the investment statement under the heading ‘Choosing an investment’, that heading must be omitted.

What sort of investment is this?

2 Description of securities

• A brief description of the securities being offered.

Who is involved in providing it for me?

3 Names and addresses

• (1) If the securities being offered are equity securities or life insurance policies, the following information in respect of the securities:

  • (a) The name and address of the issuer:

  • (b) The names and addresses of any promoters.

  (2) If the securities being offered are debt securities, the following information in respect of the securities:

  • (a) The name and address of the issuer:

  • (b) The names and addresses of any promoters:

  • (c) The name and address of any trustee.

  (3) If the securities being offered are participatory securities, the following information in respect of the securities:

  • (a) The name of the participatory scheme:

  • (b) The name and address of the manager:

  • (c) The name and address of the statutory supervisor (if any):

  • (d) The names and addresses of any promoters.

  (4) If the securities being offered are units in a unit trust, the following information in respect of the securities:

  • (a) The name of the unit trust:

  • (b) The name and address of the manager and the administration manager (if any):

  • (c) The name and address of the unit trustee:

  • (d) The names and addresses of any promoters.

  (5) If the securities being offered are interests in a superannuation scheme, the following information in respect of the securities:

  • (a) The name of the scheme:

  • (b) The names and addresses of the superannuation trustees of the scheme:

  • (c) The name and address of the administration manager (if any):

  • (d) The names and addresses of any promoters.

4 Activities

• A brief description of,—

  • (a) If there is a scheme, the nature of the scheme and how long the scheme has been in operation:

  • (b) In any other case, the principal activities carried on by the issuer and an indication of how long the issuer has been carrying on those activities.

How much do I pay?

5 Moneys payable by subscribers

• (1) The following information relating to the money payable by a subscriber to the issuer or any associated person in respect of the securities:

  • (a) A description of the sums payable; and whether or not the subscriber is required to make such payments:

  • (b) The person to whom, and place at which, payments are to be or may be made:

  • (c) If the subscriber is required to make payments on specified dates or at a specified frequency, the payment dates or frequency and the consequences of failing to make the payments.

  (2) If the money, or the minimum or maximum sum of money, referred to in subclause (1) can, at the date of the investment statement, be expressed as a dollar amount (or as a percentage of another dollar amount identified with reference to the security), a statement of the dollar amount (or of the percentage and a description of the other dollar amount).

  (3) If the money, or the minimum or maximum sum of money, referred to in subclause (1) cannot, at the date of the investment statement, be expressed as a dollar amount (or as a percentage of another dollar amount identified with reference to the security), a statement describing any procedure for calculating the amounts of that money during the period the investment statement is current.

6 Cooling-off period

• If there is a cooling-off period in respect of the securities, a statement of the terms on which a subscriber may cancel the securities.

What are the charges?

7 Types of charges

• (1) A statement as to which of the following types of charges are or may be payable to the issuer or a promoter, or an associated person of the issuer or promoter, or (if there is a scheme) the scheme, by a subscriber (whether directly or indirectly, including by deduction):

  • (a) Entry charges:

  • (b) Trustee, administration, or management charges:

  • (c) Expenses or overhead charges:

  • (d) Charges or expenses relating to goods or services that the subscriber is required to obtain:

  • (e) Early termination charges:

  • (f) Switching or sale charges (including the difference between any buying and selling prices for the securities):

  • (g) Alteration charges:

  • (h) Other charges.

  (2) A statement as to which of the types of charges specified in subclause (1) are or may be payable by the issuer or, if there is a scheme, from the scheme to a promoter or administration manager or investment manager or an associated person of the issuer or the promoter or the administration manager or the investment manager, being charges that will or may affect the amount of the returns to subscribers.

  (3) A brief description of any practices of the issuer or any associated person in relation to charges that will or may affect the amount of the returns to subscribers.

  (4) A brief description of the rights of the issuer or any other person to alter any of the charges applicable to the securities.

8 Amount of charges

• (1) If a charge, or the minimum or maximum amount of a charge, referred to in clause 7(1) can, at the date of the investment statement, be expressed as a dollar amount (or as a percentage of another dollar amount), a statement of the dollar amount (or of the percentage and a description of the other dollar amount).

  (2) If a charge, or the minimum or maximum amount of a charge, referred to in clause 7(1) cannot, at the date of the investment statement, be expressed as a dollar amount (or as a percentage of another dollar amount), a statement describing how the charge will be calculated and what procedure is available to the subscriber to ascertain the amount at the time of, and following, the subscription.

What returns will I get?

9 Returns

• (1) The following information about the returns to subscribers from the securities:

  • (a) A brief description of the nature of the returns:

  • (b) A brief description of the key factors that determine the returns:

  • (c) A statement whether or not an amount of returns, quantifiable as at the date of the investment statement and enforceable by subscribers, has been promised and, if so, the amount or a description of how that amount can be calculated:

  • (d) A statement as to which of the following (if any) will or is likely to affect the returns (in addition to any of the charges referred to in clause 7):

    • (i) Taxes or duties:

    • (ii) Reserves or retentions.

  (2) The dates on which, or frequency with which, the returns from the securities will be due and paid or, if there are no such dates or frequency or the dates or frequency are unknown, a statement to that effect.

  (3) If payment of all or any of the returns from the securities will or may be withheld until a particular date or for a particular period, a statement to that effect and a brief description of the circumstances that may produce this result.

  (4) The name of the person legally liable to pay the returns.

10 Guarantee of securities

• If the investment statement states that there is a guarantor of the securities, the following information:

  • (a) The name of the guarantor:

  • (b) The nature and amount of the guarantee:

  • (c) Whether or not the guarantee is subject to conditions and, if so, the principal conditions:

  • (d) Whether or not the guarantee is secured by a mortgage or other charge and, if so, the nature and amount of the charge:

  • (e) If the guarantor and the issuer are associated persons, a statement to that effect and the nature of the relationship.

What are my risks?

11 Risks

• (1) A brief description of the principal risks of—

  • (a) The money paid by a subscriber not being recovered in full by the subscriber:

  • (b) A subscriber not receiving the returns referred to in clause 9:

  • (c) A subscriber being required to pay more money in respect of a security than that disclosed in clause 5 or clause 12.

  (2) If it is reasonably foreseeable that, on termination of any security at any time, a subscriber will have received, in total, less than the amount paid to the issuer or an associated person for the security, a statement to this effect and a brief description of the circumstances that may produce this result.

12 Consequences of insolvency

• (1) A statement whether or not subscribers will or may be liable to pay money to any person as a result of the insolvency of the issuer (or, if there is a scheme, the scheme) and, if so, a brief description of the liability.

  (2) A brief description of any claims on the assets of the issuer (or, if there is a scheme, the scheme) that will or may rank ahead of claims of subscribers in the event of the issuer or scheme being put into liquidation or wound up.

  (3) A brief description of any claims on the assets of the issuer (or, if there is a scheme, the scheme) that will or may rank equally with the claims of subscribers in the event of the issuer or scheme being put into liquidation or wound up.

Can the investment be altered?

13 Alteration of securities

• (1) A brief description of any right of a subscriber, the issuer, or any other person to—

  • (a) Alter the amount of moneys payable by a subscriber, including a brief description of any continuing obligation of the subscriber to pay that amount; or

  • (b) Otherwise alter the terms of any security.

  (2) If any charges are payable by a subscriber on any such alteration, a reference to the information given under clause 7(1)(g).

How do I cash in my investment?

14 Early termination

• (1) A brief description of any right of the issuer, a subscriber, or any other person to terminate, cancel, surrender, or otherwise make or obtain payment of the returns from the securities, other than as described in clause 9.

  (2) If any charges are payable by a subscriber on any such payment, a reference to the information given under clause 7(1)(e) or (f).

15 Right to sell securities

• (1) A statement whether or not a subscriber is entitled to sell his or her interest in a security to another person and, if so, whether in the opinion of the issuer there is an established market for such sales.

  (2) If any charges are payable by a subscriber on any such sale, a reference to the information given under clause 7(1)(f).

Who do I contact with enquiries about my investment?

16 Enquiries about securities

• The names or descriptions of officers, employees, or agents of the issuer to whom enquiries about the securities can be made, and the addresses and business telephone numbers of those people.

Is there anyone to whom I can complain if I have problems with the investment?

17 Complaints about securities

• (1) The names or descriptions of officers, employees, or agents of the issuer to whom complaints about the securities can be made, and the addresses and business telephone numbers of those people.

  (2) If complaints about the securities can be made to a trustee or statutory supervisor, or an industry body, a statement to this effect and the addresses and business telephone numbers of those people.

  (3) A statement whether complaints about the securities can be made to an ombudsman and, if so, the address and business telephone number of the ombudsman.

What other information can I obtain about this investment?

18 Prospectus* and financial statements

• A statement—

  • (a) To the effect that other information about the securities or the issuer (or, if there is a scheme, the scheme), or both, is contained or referred to in a prospectus² and in financial statements of, or relating to, the issuer or scheme; and

  • (b) Describing where a copy of the prospectus* and of the most recent financial statements of, or relating to, the issuer (or, if there is a scheme, the scheme) can be obtained, free of charge; and

  • (c) To the effect that the prospectus*, and financial statements and other documents of, or relating to, the issuer (or, if there is a scheme, the scheme), are filed on a public register at the Companies Office of the Ministry of Commerce and available for public inspection.

19 Annual information

• A statement of the type of information (if any) that is required to be, or otherwise will be, given annually to subscribers by the issuer.

20 On request information

• A statement—

  • (a) Describing the type of information that is required to be, or otherwise will be, available on request from the issuer; and

  • (b) Explaining how such a request should be made; and

  • (c) Whether any charge may be made for the information and the amount of the charge.