(1) If a bidder making a takeover bid for a class of securities contravenes
section 631 by failing to make offers under the bid within time and ASIC
applies for an order under this section, the Court may:
- (a)
- order the bidder
to send, to each holder of securities in that class, an offer to which the
bidder's statement relates within a specified time; and
- (b)
- make any ancillary orders it thinks appropriate including orders that the
bidder:
- (i)
- send notices setting out specified information with the offer; and
- (ii)
- send copies of the notice within a specified period to the target and, if
the target is listed, to the relevant securities exchange; and
- (iii)
- lodge a copy of the notice with ASIC within a specified period.
(2) Offers sent in accordance with an order under this section are taken to be
made under a takeover bid.