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CORPORATIONS REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 6D.3A.05

Contents of CSF offer document--Section 3: Information about the offer

  (1)   The following information must be contained in section   3 of the offer document:

  (a)   a description, or a summary, of the securities on offer, including information on the rights associated with those securities;

  (b)   the minimum subscription amount for the offer (see subsection   738L(8) of the Act);

  (c)   the maximum subscription amount for the offer (see subsection   738L(7) of the Act);

  (d)   the period that the offering company expects the offer to remain open;

  (e)   a description of how the offering company intends to use the proceeds from the offer (including a description of how the company intends to use any proceeds of the offer in excess of the minimum subscription amount for the offer).

  (1A)   If a summary of the information mentioned in paragraph   (1)(a) is contained in section   3 of the offer document, then:

  (a)   the information in full must be contained in another section of, or in an appendix to, the offer document; and

  (b)   section   3 of the offer document must include a cross reference to the location of that information.

  (2)   If any of the proceeds of the offer will be paid, directly or indirectly, to any of the following persons, section   3 of the offer document must also contain a description of the payment:

  (a)   a person referred to in paragraph   6D.3A.04(1)(d);

  (b)   the CSF intermediary that will publish the offer, or any other person that is a related party (within the meaning of subsection   738G(3) of the Act) of that CSF intermediary;

  (c)   a person promoting or marketing the offer;

  (d)   a person that holds securities entitling the person to exercise more than 20% of the rights to vote at a general meeting of the offering company;

  (e)   a person that controls the offering company;

  (f)   any other person that is a related party (within the meaning of subsection   738G(3) of the Act) of the offering company.

  (3)   Without limiting subregulation   (2), proceeds of the offer will be paid indirectly to a person if those proceeds will be paid for the benefit of the person by an intermediary entity such as a nominee, trust or partnership.

  (4)   Section   3 of the offer document must also contain a description of each previous CSF offer (if any) of securities by the following entities:

  (a)   the offering company;

  (b)   for each person referred to in paragraph   6D.3A.04(1)(d) for the offering company--any other company that had, at the time of a previous CSF offer by that other company, the person as a director or senior manager;

  (c)   for each person that controls the offering company--any other company that the person controlled at the time of a previous CSF offer by that other company;

  (d)   any other company that is a related party (within the meaning of subsection   738G(3) of the Act) of the offering company.

  (5)   The description of a previous CSF offer referred to in subregulation   (4) must include a description of the outcome of the offer.


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