Corporations Act 2001
Note: This Chapter applies to a CCIV in a modified form: see Division 4 of Part 8B.7 .
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Hide history noteCCH note - modifying legislative instruments: The application of Pt 7.12 is affected by the following legislative instruments that commenced or were amended on or after 1 January 2022: the ASIC Corporations (IPH Limited Employee Share Scheme Disclosure) Instrument 2024/293; and the ASIC Corporations (L ' Or é al SA Employee Share Scheme Disclosure) Instrument 2024/296.
For legislative instruments or class orders before 1 January 2022 that affect the application of Pt 7.12, please consult the legislative instruments or class orders directly. These are reproduced in the regulatory-resources section of the company-law practice area in CCH iKnowConnect.
CCH note - modifying legislative instruments: The application of Division 1A is affected by the following legislative instruments that commenced on or after 1 January 2022: the ASIC Corporations (Employee Share Schemes) Instrument 2022/1021; the ASIC Corporations (IPH Limited Employee Share Scheme Disclosure) Instrument 2024/293; and the ASIC Corporations (L ' Or é al SA Employee Share Scheme Disclosure) Instrument 2024/296.
For legislative instruments or class orders before 1 January 2022 that affect the application of Division 1A, please consult the legislative instruments or class orders directly. These are reproduced in the regulatory-resources section of the company-law practice area in CCH iKnowConnect.
CCH Note: Subdivision C is modified by the ASIC Corporations (Employee Share Schemes) Instrument 2022/1021.
CCH Note: Section 1100U is modified by the ASIC Corporations (Employee Share Schemes) Instrument 2022/1021.
A loan offered by a body corporate or responsible entity, or an associated entity of a body corporate or responsible entity, in connection with an employee share scheme complies with this section if: (a) the loan is offered on the following terms:
(i) that the loan has no interest or fees payable;
(b) the borrower is the ESS participant who will acquire ESS interests offered under the employee share scheme; and (c) the terms of the loan meet any requirements prescribed in the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
(ii) that the rights of the body corporate, responsible entity or associated entity as against the ESS participant, in the event of default in payment of the loan, are wholly limited to forfeiture of the ESS interests acquired using the loan; and
Additional requirement for unlisted bodies corporate
1100U(2)
However, if the offer is of ESS interests in a body corporate that is not included in the official list of a financial market covered by section 1100K , a loan does not comply with this section if it is offered or made by the body corporate to any ESS participant who, at the time the loan is offered or made (as the case may be), is a shareholder of the body corporate.
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