THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 6 - TAKEOVERS

PART 6.5 - THE TAKEOVER PROCEDURE

Division 1 - The overall procedure

SECTION 632   OVERVIEW OF STEPS IN AN OFF-MARKET BID  

632     The following diagram gives an overview of the steps involved in an off-market bid.

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|        OVERVIEW OF STEPS IN AN OFF-MARKET BID        |
|                                                      |
|        BIDDER                                        |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
| Step 1 |  bidder's statement  |   \ |    * ASIC    | |
|        | (together with offer |-----|   * target   | |
|        |       document)      |   / |  *[exchange] | |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
| Step 2 |      notice that     |   \ |    * ASIC    | |
|        |      Step 1 done     |-----|              | |
|        +----------------------+   / +--------------+ |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
| Step 3 |  bidder's statement  |   \ |  * holders   | |
|        |      and offers      |-----| of bid class | |
|        |                      |   / |  securities  | |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
| Step 4 |      notice that     |   \ |   * target   | |
|        |     Step 3 done      |-----|    * ASIC    | |
|        |                      |   / | * [exchange] | |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
|                                                      |
|        TARGET
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
| Step 5 |                      |     |   * bidder   | |
|        |       target's       |     |  * holders   | |
|        |       statement      |   \ | of bid class | |
|        |                      |-----|  securities  | |
|        |                      |   / |   * ASIC     | |
|        |                      |     | * [exchange] | |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
|                                                      |
| The holders then consider the terms of the offer,    |
| and the statements provided by the bidder and the    |
| target, and decide whether to accept the offer under |
| section 653A before the end of the bid period.       |
| A holder may also decide to sell on-market during    |
| the bid period.                                      |
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