THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 6 - TAKEOVERS

PART 6.5 - THE TAKEOVER PROCEDURE

Division 1 - The overall procedure

SECTION 634   OVERVIEW OF STEPS IN A MARKET BID  

634     The following diagram gives an overview of the steps involved in a market bid.

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|           OVERVIEW OF STEPS IN A MARKET BID          |
|                                                      |
|        BIDDER                                        |
|        +----------------------+                      |
| Step 1 |  announcement of bid |                      |
|        |   to the exchange    |                      |
|        +----------------------+                      |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
| Step 2 |        bidder's      |   \ |  * exchange  | |
|        |       statement      |-----|   * target   | |
|        |                      |   / |   * ASIC     | |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
| Step 3 |  bidder's statement  |   \ |  * holders   | |
|        |   and any other      |-----| of bid class | |
|        | documents sent with  |   / |  securities  |
|        |  it to the exchange  |     |              | |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
| Step 4 |   copy of documents  |   \ | * exchange   | |
|        |    sent to holders   |-----|    * ASIC    | |
|        +----------------------+   / +--------------+ |
|                                                      |
|        TARGET
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
| Step 5 |                      |     |  * exchange  | |
|        |       target's       |     |   * bidder   | |
|        |       statement      |   \ |    * ASIC    | |
|        |                      |-----| * holders of | |
|        |                      |   / |   bid class  | |
|        |                      |     |  securities  | |
|        +----------------------+     +--------------+ |
|                                                      |
|        BIDDER                                        |
|        +----------------------+                      |
| Step 6 |  make offers on the  |                      |
|        |        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       |
| on-market before the end of the bid period.          |
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