Australian Securities and Investments Commission Class Order [CO 00/1092] (Cth)

ASIC Class Order [CO 00/1092]

Application form relief for bonus issues of options

This instrument has effect under subsection 741(1) of the Corporations Act 2001.

This compilation was prepared on 4 October 2005 taking into account amendments up to [CO 02/275].

Prepared by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Corporations Act 2001 — Subsection 741(1) — Exemption

Pursuant to subsection 741(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (“the Act”) the Australian Securities and Investments Commission hereby exempts each person in the class of persons specified in Schedule A from the provisions specified in Schedule B in the case referred to in Schedule C and on the condition referred to in Schedule D.

SCHEDULE A

A body whose securities are quoted on the financial market operated by Australian Stock Exchange Limited (“Issuer”).

SCHEDULE B

Item 3 of section 717 of the Act to the extent that it requires a disclosure document to include or be accompanied by an application form.

Item 6 of section 717 of the Act and subsection 723(1) of the Act to the extent that those provisions only permit an issue of securities to be made to a person who has used an application form distributed with the disclosure document.

SCHEDULE C

An offer and issue of options over shares in the Issuer to existing holders of shares in the Issuer (“Shareholders”) in proportion to their existing shareholdings, where the options are offered and issued on terms that no consideration is payable for the issue of the options (“Bonus Issue”).

SCHEDULE D

As soon as practicable after the Issuer announces the Bonus Issue via the Australian Stock Exchange Limited's company announcements platform, the Issuer must provide each Shareholder with a disclosure document which complies with the Act.

Notes to ASIC Class Order [CO 00/1092]

Note 1

ASIC Class Order [CO 00/1092] (in force under subsection 741(1) of the Corporations Act 2001) as shown in this compilation comprises that Class Order amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments

Instrument number	Date of making or FRLI registration	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
[CO 00/1092]	6/6/2000	6/6/2000	-
[CO 02/275]	5/3/2002	11/3/2002	-

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected	How affected
Schedule A	am. [CO 02/275]
Schedule D	am. [CO 02/275]
Class order	am. [CO 02/275]