Exhibit 99.1
Excerpts of the ASX Settlement Operating Rules as of 31 May, 2011
See
http://www.asxgroup.com.au/asx-settlement-operating-rules-guidance-notes-and-waivers.htm for up-to-date rules
1.2 APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF THESE RULES
1.2.1 Operating Rules of ASX Settlement
These Rules are the operating rules of the Settlement Facility for the purposes of the
Corporations Act. These Rules should be read in conjunction with:
(a) the Procedures;
(b) the ASX Enforcement and Appeals Rulebook; and
(c) the Corporations Act.
To the extent of any inconsistency between these Rules and the Procedures, these
Rules will prevail.
Introduced 11/03/04 Amended 31/3/08, 01/08/10
1.2.2 Binding effect of Rules
These Rules are binding on Issuers, Participants and ASX Settlement in the manner set
out in:
(a) section 822B of the Corporations Act; and
(b) Rules 1.2.3 and 1.2.4.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.5.1
1.2.3 Covenants to observe Rules
These Rules (other than a Warranty and Indemnity Provision) have the effect of a
contract under seal between ASX Settlement and all Facility Users under which:
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each Facility User covenants with ASX Settlement and each other
Facility User to observe the Rules and to perform the obligations which the Rules
purport to impose on the Facility User, in the manner provided by the Rules; and |
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subject to Rules 3.6.11 to 3.6.18 inclusive, ASX Settlement covenants
with each Facility User to observe the Rules and to perform the obligations which
the Rules purport to impose on ASX Settlement, in the manner provided by the Rules. |
These Rules have the effect of a contract under seal between all RTGS Payments Providers
for the time being admitted to participate in that capacity, ASX Settlement and all
Facility Users.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.5.2, 1.5.7
1.2.4 Effect of warranty and indemnity provisions
The Issuer Warranties and Indemnities have the effect of a contract under seal between
the Issuer, ASX Settlement and every Participant.
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The Participant Warranties and Indemnities have the effect of a contract under seal
between the Participant, ASX Settlement, every Issuer and every other Participant.
The ASX Settlement Indemnity has the effect of a contract under seal between ASX
Settlement and each Issuer.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.5.4, 1.5.5, 1.5.6
1.2.5 ASX Enforcement and Appeals Rulebook
The ASX Enforcement and Appeals Rulebook form part of these Rules where relevant for
the purposes of the Corporations Act.
Introduced 31/3/08 Amended 01/08/10
1.3 STATE OF EMERGENCY RULES
1.3.1 Action if a State of Emergency exists
If ASX Settlement determines that a State of Emergency exists ASX Settlement may take or
authorise any action it considers necessary for the purpose of dealing with the State of
Emergency, including:
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making State of Emergency Rules (that may be inconsistent with these
Rules) for the protection of the interests of ASX Settlement and Facility Users; |
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suspending provision of any ASX Settlement facilities and services to
one or more persons; |
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taking, or refraining from taking, or directing a Participant to take
or refrain from taking, any action which ASX Settlement considers is appropriate; |
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taking any action in the name of and at the expense of a Participant;
or |
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other action that is inconsistent with these Rules (other than Rule
1.3). |
In the event of conflict between the State of Emergency Rules and these Rules, the State
of Emergency Rules will prevail.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.6.1, 1.6.3
1.3.2 Effect of a State of Emergency
No person bound by the Rules is liable for failure to comply with a Rule (other than a
Warranty an Indemnity Provision or a State of Emergency Rule) if, and to the extent to
which, compliance has been delayed, interfered with, curtailed or prevented by a State
of Emergency.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.5.3
1.3.3 Period for State of Emergency Rules
ASX Settlement may specify the period during which any State of Emergency Rules remain
in force, but the period must not exceed 30 Business Days. If ASX Settlement does not
specify a period during which any State of Emergency Rules remain in force, the State of
Emergency Rules remain in force for 30 Business Days.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.6.2
1.3.4 Notice to Issuers and Participants
ASX Settlement must promptly notify Issuers and Participants of the making of any State
of Emergency Rules.
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.6.4
1.3.5 Facility User must inform ASX Settlement of potential State of Emergency
A Facility User that becomes aware of any event or condition that may lead to a State of
Emergency must immediately inform ASX Settlement.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.6.5
1.3.6 No Liability of ASX Settlement
Without limiting any other liability provisions in these Rules none of ASX Settlement,
its officers, employees, agents or contractors are liable to a Facility User or any
other person for:
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any failure or delay in performance in whole or in part of the
obligations of ASX Settlement under the Rules or any contract, if that failure or
delay is caused directly or indirectly by a State of Emergency which entitles ASX
Settlement to act under this Rule 1.3; or |
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any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense arising in any way
(including, without limitation, by negligence) from the bona fide exercise of any
power, right or discretion conferred upon ASX Settlement by this Rule 1.3. |
Introduced 11/03/04
1.4 SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
1.4.1 ASX Settlement may approve Procedures
ASX Settlement may from time to time approve written Procedures relating to the
operations of ASX Settlement and the Settlement Facility, the conduct of Facility Users
and the structure and operation of electronic communications between ASX Settlement and
Facility Users.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.8.1
1.4.2 Procedures are not part of the Rules
The Procedures do not form part of these Rules. However, if a Rule requires a person to
comply with any part of the Procedures, failure by the person to comply with that part
of the Procedures is a contravention of the Rule.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.8.2, 1.8.3
1.4.3 Changes to Procedures
ASX Settlement may approve changes to the Procedures from time to time and must give
such notice as is reasonable in the circumstances to Facility Users of any changes to
the Procedures before those changes take effect.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 1.8.7, 1.8.4
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Section 2 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
This Section contains the definitions and sets out a number of
general principles by which these Rules are to be interpreted.
2.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
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a reference to
any legislation or legislative provision includes any
statutory modification or re-enactment of, or
legislative provision substituted for, and any
regulation or statutory instrument issued under, that
legislation or legislative provision; |
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a reference to
the operating rules of an Approved Clearing Facility,
the operating rules of an Approved Market Operator, the
Listing Rules, the ASX Enforcement and Appeals
Rulebook, these Rules, the Procedures or the Fees and
Charges Schedule is a reference to the operating rules,
the Procedures or the Schedule as modified or amended
from time to time; |
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the singular
includes the plural and vice-versa; |
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a reference to
person, body, corporation, trust, partnership,
unincorporated body, firm, association, authority or
government includes any of them; |
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a word denoting
any gender includes all genders; |
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if a word or
expression is given a particular meaning, another part
of speech or grammatical form of that word or
expression has a corresponding meaning; |
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a reference to
power includes a reference to authority and discretion; |
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a reference to
a Rule (eg Rule 2.4) includes a reference to all
sub-Rules included under that Rule (eg Rule 2.5.4); |
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a reference to
a Section (eg ) includes a reference to all
Rules and sub-Rules within that Section; |
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a reference to
any Rule or Procedure is a reference to that Rule or
Procedure as amended from time to time; |
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a reference to
time is to the time in Sydney, Australia; |
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a reference to
currency is a reference to Australian currency; |
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a reference to
writing includes typing, printing, lithography,
photography, telex, facsimile or any other mode of
representing or reproducing words in a visible form; |
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where there is
a reference to the power of ASX Settlement to make,
demand or impose a requirement there is a corresponding
obligation of the relevant Participant to comply with
that demand or requirement in all respects; and |
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a reference to
ASX Settlement notifying or giving notice to a
Participant or vice-versa is a reference to notifying
or giving notice in accordance with Rule 1.10. |
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.1 Amended 01/08/10
2.2 WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS DEFINED IN THE CORPORATIONS ACT
2.2.1 Words and expressions defined have the same meaning in these
Rules
Words and expressions defined in the Constitutions or the
Corporations Act will unless otherwise defined or specified
in these Rules, or the contrary intention appears, have the
same meaning in these Rules.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.1.2 Amended 04/04/05
2.3 HEADINGS AND INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW
2.3.1 Headings and introductory overview for convenience of
reference only
In these Rules, headings and the introductory overview at
the beginning of each Section are for convenience of
reference only and do not affect interpretation of the Rules
or the Procedures.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.2.1
2.4 CONDUCT, ACTS AND OMISSIONS
2.4.1 References to conduct or doing any act or thing
In these Rules:
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a reference to
conduct or engaging in conduct includes a reference to
doing, refusing to do or omitting to do, any act,
including the making of, or the giving effect to a
provision of, an agreement; and |
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unless the
contrary intention appears, a reference to doing,
refusing or omitting to do any act or thing includes a
reference to causing, permitting or authorising: |
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the act or thing to be done; or |
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the refusal or omission to occur. |
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.3.1, 21.3.5
2.4.2 Conduct by officers, employees, agents and Third Party
Providers
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In these Rules, conduct engaged in on behalf of a person:
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by an officer,
employee, Third Party Provider or other agent of the
person, and whether or not within the scope of the
actual or apparent authority of the officer, employee,
Third Party Provider or other agent; or |
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by any other
person at the direction or with the consent or
agreement (whether express or implied) of an officer,
employee, Third Party Provider or other agent of the
person, and whether or not the giving of the direction,
consent or agreement is within the scope of the actual
or apparent authority of the officer, employee, Third
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is deemed to have been engaged in also by the person.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.3.2 Amended 31/03/08
2.4.3 State of mind of a person
If for the purposes of these Rules in respect of conduct
engaged in by a person, it is necessary to establish the
state of mind of the person, it is sufficient to show that
an officer, employee, Third Party Provider or other agent of
the person, being an officer, employee, Third Party Provider
or other agent by whom the conduct was engaged in and
whether or not the conduct was within the scope of the
actual or apparent authority of that officer, employee,
Third Party Provider or other agent, had that state of mind.
In this Rule 2.4.3, a reference to the state of mind of a
person includes a reference to the knowledge, intention,
opinion, belief or purpose of the person and the persons
reasons for the persons intention, opinion, belief or
purpose.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.3.3, 21.3.4 Amended
31/03/08
2.5 REGARD TO BE HAD TO PURPOSE OR OBJECT OF RULES
2.5.1 Construction to promote purpose of Rules
In the interpretation of a Rule, a construction that would
promote the purpose or object underlying the Rules (whether
that purpose or object is expressly stated in the Rules or
not) is to be preferred to a construction that would not
promote that purpose or object.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.4.1
2.6 EXAMPLES AND NOTES
2.6.1 Use of examples and notes
If these Rules include an example of, or a note about, the
operation of a Rule:
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the example or
note is not to be taken to be exhaustive; and |
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if the example
or note is inconsistent with the Rule, the Rule
prevails. |
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.5.1
2.7 CHANGE OF NAME
2.7.1 Reference to a body or office under a former name
If:
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the name of a
body is changed in accordance with the law (whether or
not the body is incorporated); or |
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the name of an
office is changed by law, then a reference in these Rules to the body or office under
any former name, except in relation to matters that occurred
before the change took effect, is taken as a reference to
the body or office under the new name. |
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.6
2.7.2 References to Australian Stock Exchange Limited
All references to Australian Stock Exchange Limited in
the Rules, Procedures, appendices, schedules, guidance
notes, circulars, notices, bulletins, explanatory memoranda
and other
communications issued or made by ASX Settlement under the
Rules are as and from 5 December 2006 taken to be
references to ASX Limited.
Introduced 20/07/07
2.7.3 Change of name of Rules
As from the Effective Time (as defined in Rule 12.23),
there Rules (formerly known as the ASTC Settlement Rules)
have been renamed the ASX Settlement Operating Rules.
Introduced 01/08/10
2.8 EFFECT OF AMENDMENT TO RULES AND PROCEDURES
2.8.1 Where amendments to Rules and Procedures are made
Unless expressly stated otherwise, where a Rule or Procedure
is:
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amended; |
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deleted; or |
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lapses or
otherwise ceases to have effect, |
that circumstance does not:
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revive anything
not in force or existing at the time at which that
circumstance takes effect; |
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affect the
previous operations of that Rule or Procedure or
anything done under that Rule or Procedure; |
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affect any
right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired,
accrued or incurred under that Rule or Procedure; |
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affect any
penalty, forfeiture, suspension, expulsion or other
enforcement action taken or incurred in respect of any
contravention of that Rule or Procedure; or |
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affect any
investigation, proceeding, enforcement process, appeal
process or remedy in respect of any such right,
privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture,
suspension, expulsion or enforcement action, |
and any such investigation, proceeding, enforcement process,
appeal process or remedy may be instituted, continued or
enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture, suspension,
expulsion or other enforcement action may be imposed as if
the circumstance had not taken effect.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin OCH 19.2.5 Amended 01/08/10
2.9 RULES IN FORCE AT TIME OF CONTRAVENTION
2.9.1 Determining a contravention of the Rules
Unless expressly stated otherwise, in determining whether
the act or omission of a party constitutes a contravention
of the Rules, the matter will be determined with regard to
the Rules in force at the time of the relevant act or
omission.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin OCH 19.2.6 Amended 10/06/04
2.10 SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATIONS ACT
AND OTHER LEGISLATION
2.10.1 ASTC Regulated Transfers
For the purposes of the definition of ASTC-regulated
transfer in Regulation 1.0.02 of the Corporations
Regulations, any Transfer or purported Transfer of Approved
Financial Products, whether or not effected in accordance
with the Rules, is an ASTC-regulated transfer. A reference
to an SCH regulated transfer in any legislation or
regulation means an ASTC-regulated transfer. Any
ASTC-regulated transfer is, for the purposes of the
Corporations Regulations, to be taken, and always to have
been, a proper ASTC transfer.
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.9.1
2.10.2 CHESS Subregister
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For the purposes of the definition of ASX Settlement
subregister in Regulation 7.11.01 of the Corporations
Regulations, a CHESS Subregister is an ASX Settlement
subregister.
Introduced 11/03/04
2.10.3 References to SCH
Where legislation refers to SCH or Securities Clearing
House, references in these Rules to ASX Settlement are
taken to be references to SCH or Securities Clearing
House for the purposes only of that legislation.
Introduced 11/03/04
2.11 ENTERING AND DEDUCTING FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FROM HOLDINGS
2.11.1 References to entering or deducting Financial Products
In these Rules, a reference to entering a number of
Financial Products into a Holding is a reference to:
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if the Holding
does not exist at the time of the entry, establishing
the Holding with a Holding Balance equal to that number
of Financial Products; or |
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if the Holding
already exists at the time of the entry, adding that
number of Financial Products to the Holding Balance of
the Holding. |
In these Rules, a reference to deducting a number of
Financial Products from a Holding is a reference to:
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if the Holding
Balance of the Holding is equal to that number,
removing the Holding from the register; and |
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if the Holding
Balance of the Holding is greater than that number,
subtracting that number of Financial Products from the
Holding Balance. |
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.11
2.12 MEANING OF RESERVATION AND RELEASE OF FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FOR
SUBPOSITION PURPOSES
2.12.1 Reservation in a Subposition
For the purposes of these Rules, a number of Financial
Products in a CHESS Holding are reserved in a Subposition
if:
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the Subposition
is created over that number of Financial Products; or |
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an existing
reservation in a Subposition of Financial Products in
that Holding is increased by that number of Financial
Products. |
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.12.1
2.12.2 Release from a Subposition
For the purposes of these Rules, a number of Financial
Products in a CHESS Holding are released from a Subposition
if:
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the Subposition
over that number of Financial Products is removed; or |
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where the total
number of Financial Products in the Holding that are
reserved in the Subposition exceeds the number of
Financial Products specified to be released, the
Subposition reservation is reduced by that specified
number of Financial Products. |
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.12.2
2.13 DEFINITIONS
2.13.1 Definitions used in the Rules
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
ABN stands for Australian Business Number and means a
persons number as shown in the Australian Business
Register.
Acceptance Form means a document that enables a person to
communicate to an Issuer an election in relation to a
Corporate Action, including (without limitation):
(a) an entitlement
& acceptance form;
(b) a provisional
letter of allotment; and
(c) an application
form (whether or not attached to a prospectus).
Account Participant means a Participant admitted to
participate in the Settlement Facility under Rule 4.5.
Accountant means a member of the Australian Society of
Certified Practising Accountants, the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Australia or other body approved by ASX
Settlement.
Accrued Batch Instruction means a Batch Instruction
generated by ASX Settlement to effect a distribution of
Financial Products arising from a Corporate Action.
Accrued DvP Batch Instruction means an Accrued Batch
Instruction with a Settlement Amount that is scheduled to
settle in DvP Batch Settlement.
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Accrued RTGS Instruction mean an RTGS Instruction
generated by ASX Settlement to effect a distribution of
Financial Products arising from a Corporate Action.
Accumulation Account means a Holder Record maintained by a
Settlement Participant for the purpose of facilitating
settlement of transactions in Approved Financial Products
with non-Participant clients.
Accumulation Holding means a Holding of Financial Products
for which the Holder Record is an Accumulation Account.
Admission Form means an admission form, as specified by
ASX Settlement from time to time, for use by a Participant
seeking to become a Participant in the Settlement Facility.
AIC stands for Access Identification Code and means a
unique code allocated by ASX Settlement under Rule 16.14.
AIF stands for Automated Information Facility and means
the service so designated that is offered by the Reserve
Bank of Australia in connection with RITS/RTGS.
AIS means ASX International Services Pty Limited (ABN 62
089 068 913).
Allocation Component means, without limitation, in respect
of an Offer:
(a) a Firm
Allocation Component;
(b) a book-build;
or
(c) a placement.
Allocation Interest means a journal entry on a CHESS or
Issuer operated record:
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representing
an Approved Financial Product applied for, or to be
applied for, under an Offer; and |
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by which the
Issuer calculates the number of Approved Financial
Products to be issued or disposed under Rule 15.27. |
Amended 10/06/04
Alternative Settlement Facility means a CS Facility
which, in the opinion of ASX Settlement, has:
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adequate rules
or procedures relating to the operation of the
facility, including effective risk management
procedures; |
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adequate
arrangements for supervision and regulation of the
facility; and |
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sufficient
resources to conduct the facility and perform its
supervisory and regulatory functions. |
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Introduced 18/12/06
Appeal means an appeal in accordance with the
provisions of the ASX Enforcement and Appeals Rulebook.
Amended 31/03/08 Amended 01/08/10
Appeal Tribunal means the tribunal convened in
accordance with the ASX Enforcement and Appeals Rulebook
Introduced 01/08/10
Applications Close Date means the date by which a
person must submit an Acceptance Form to an Issuer if the
person wishes to subscribe for new or additional Financial
Products.
Approved Agent means a person who has such qualifications
for the purposes of Section 12 as ASX Settlement determines.
Amended 18/12/06 23/10/09
Approved Clearing Facility means a CS Facility
approved by ASX Settlement as an Approved Clearing Facility
and specified in the Procedures.
Approved Clearing House means a settlement and deposit
system for the safe custody, delivery and payment of
Principal Financial Products or Participating International
Financial Products, approved by ASX Settlement for the
purposes of establishing a Segregated Account.
Approved Financial Products means a Financial Product
approved by ASX Settlement in accordance with Section 8 or
Section 13.
Amended 06/06/05
Approved Market Operator means a Market Operator
approved by ASX Settlement as an Approved Market Operator
and specified in the Procedures.
ASX Settlement Indemnity means the indemnity in Rule
3.6.7.
ASTC Regulated Transfer means any Transfer or purported
Transfer of Approved Financial Products.
ASX means ASX Limited (ABN 98 008 624 691).
Amended 20/07/07
ASX Clear means ASX Clear Pty. Limited (ABN 48 001
314 503)
Amended 01/08/10
ASX Group means ASX and its subsidiaries and
controlled entities.
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ASX Settlement means ASX Settlement Pty Ltd (ABN 49 008
504 532)
Amended 01/08/10
ASX World Link Agreement means the agreement between
AIS and a Settlement Participant which is a Market
Participant for participation in the ASX World Link Service
as displayed on the ASX World Link Website from time to
time.
ASX World Link Service has the same definition as that set
out in the ASX World Link Agreement.
ASX World Link Website means in relation to the ASX World
Link Service the information (whether data, text, images,
speech or otherwise) concerning the ASX World Link Service
displayed from time to time by AIS or a Related Body
Corporate of ASX on the internet at the URL:
https://www.asxonline.com, or at any other
additional or replacement URL notified by AIS to
Participants from time to time, as that information is
varied from time to time.
Australian ADI has the meaning it has in the Corporations
Act.
Introduced 09/05/05
Australian ADI Account means an account held with an
Australian ADI.
Introduced 09/05/05
Authorised Copy in relation to documents specified
under Section 6 of these Rules, means a true and complete
copy of the document in a form authorised by ASX Settlement.
Authorised Person means any person who has actual
authority of the Facility User to cause Messages to be
Transmitted by that Facility User.
Available Credit in Section 11, has the meaning given in
Rule 11.20.3.
Available Financial Products means Financial Products that
are:
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not in a Locked
Holding; |
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in the case of
Financial Products in an Issuer Sponsored Holding, not
reserved under the Listing Rules for the benefit of an
Offeror in relation to a takeover scheme; |
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in the case of
Financial Products in a CHESS Holding, not reserved in
a Subposition. |
Bank means the person that operates the clearing facility
for inter-bank payments on behalf of ASX Settlement and may,
where permitted by the Reserve Bank of Australia, include
ASX
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Settlement and for the purposes of the Standard Payments
Provider Deed is known as the CHESS Bank.
Bankruptcy means:
(a) in the case of a body corporate, where:
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an administrator of the body corporate is
appointed under section 436A, 436B or 436C of
the Corporations Act; |
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the body corporate commences to be wound up
or ceases to carry on a business; |
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a receiver, or a receiver and manager, of
property of the body corporate is appointed,
whether by a court or otherwise; or |
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the body corporate enters into a compromise
or arrangement with its creditors or a class
of them; or |
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in the case of
a natural person, where: |
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a creditors petition or a debtors petition
is presented under Division 2 or 3, as the
case may be, of Part IV of the Bankruptcy Act
1966 against the person, the partnership in
which the person is a partner, or two or more
joint debtors who include the person; |
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the persons property becomes subject to
control under Division 2 of Part X of the
Bankruptcy Act 1966; |
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the person executes a deed of assignment or
deed of arrangement under Part X of the
Bankruptcy Act 1966; |
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the persons creditors accept a composition
under Part X of the Bankruptcy Act 1966; or |
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the persons creditors accept a debt
agreement proposal under Part IX of the
Bankruptcy Act 1996, |
and, where a reference is made to a Division or Part of the
Bankruptcy Act 1966, that reference includes a reference to
the provisions of a law of an external territory, or a
country other than Australia or an external territory, that
correspond to that Division or Part.
Batch Instruction means an instruction to ASX Settlement
to effect:
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(a) |
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a Settlement
Transfer in Batch Settlement and, if the instruction is
for value, payment in DvP Batch Settlement; or |
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(b) |
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in respect of a
Payment Batch Instruction, payment in Batch Settlement, |
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(a) a CCP Net Batch
Instruction;
(b) a CCP Gross
Batch Instruction;
(c) a CCP
Derivatives Payment Batch Instruction;
(d) a Dual Entry
Batch Instruction;
(e) a Dual Entry
Payment Batch Instruction;
(f) a Single Entry
Batch Instruction; and
(g) a Direct Batch
Instruction.
Batch Settlement means the process by which transactions
are settled in the Settlement Facility in accordance with
Section 10 whether or not in DvP Batch Settlement.
Borrower has the meaning given to it in the definition of
Securities Lending Arrangement.
Introduced 02/11/09
Business Day means a day other than:
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(a) |
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a Saturday,
Sunday, New Years Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday,
Christmas Day, Boxing Day; and |
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(b) |
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any other day
which ASX Settlement notifies Facility Users is not a
Business Day. |
Amended 10/06/04
Business Hours means the hours between Start of Day
and End of Day.
Cash Sub-record means a CHESS record:
(a) ancillary to a
Participants Net Position Record; and
(b) tagged with an
RTGS Account Identifier,
that tracks amounts to be debited or credited, on settlement
of an RTGS Instruction, to the account of the Participant
linked to that RTGS Account Identifier.
CCP means ASX Clear and any other person nominated by ASX
Settlement and approved by the Commission when operating as
a central counterparty to a transaction novated in
accordance with the operating rules of an Approved Clearing
Facility.
CCP Batch Instruction means either a CCP Gross Batch
Instruction or a CCP Net Batch Instruction.
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CCP Derivatives Payment Batch Instruction means an
Instruction notified by CCP to ASX Settlement for settlement
in relation to a derivatives payment in Batch Settlement on
each Business Day;
CCP Gross Batch Instruction means a Batch Instruction
(excluding a Dual Entry Payment Batch Instruction) to give
effect to a transaction that has been novated to CCP but
that has not been netted in accordance with the operating
rules of the Approved Clearing Facility.
CCP Gross RTGS Instruction means an RTGS Instruction to
give effect to a transaction that has been novated to CCP
but that has not been netted in accordance with the
operating rules of the Approved Clearing Facility.
CCP Net Batch Instruction means a Batch Instruction
(excluding a Dual Entry Payment Batch Instruction) to give
effect to a transaction that has been novated to CCP and
netted in accordance with the operating rules of the
Approved Clearing Facility.
CDI stands for CHESS Depositary Interest and means a unit
of beneficial ownership in a Principal Financial Product,
registered in the name of the Depositary Nominee, and
includes:
(a) CUFS; and
(b) DIs.
CDI Register means a register of CDI Holdings maintained
by a Principal Issuer under the Rules, consisting of:
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(a) |
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an
Issuer-Sponsored Subregister of Holders of CDIs and a
CHESS Subregister of Holders of CDIs; or |
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(b) |
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with the
consent of ASX Settlement, a CHESS Subregister of
Holders of CDI. |
Note: ASX Settlement
may consent to a CDI Register consisting of a CHESS
Subregister only, where the relevant offer is limited
to institutional Holders.
Certificate means any document issued to a Holder of
Principal Financial Products or Participating International
Financial Products as evidence of that Holders title to
those Principal Financial Products or Participating
International Financial Products, for example, a share
certificate, an option certificate, debenture or warrant.
Amended 06/60/05
Certificate Number means a reference number allocated
by an Issuer in respect of, and printed on, a Certificate.
Certificated Holding means a Holding of Principal
Financial Products on the Principal Register.
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Introduced 06/06/05
Change of Registration Details means information
altering Registration Details in the electronic records of
ASX Settlement.
CHESS stands for the Clearing House Electronic Subregister
System operated by:
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(a) |
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ASX Clear for
the purpose of clearing Cash Market Transactions and
Cash CCP Transactions; and |
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(b) |
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ASX Settlement
for the purpose of settling transactions in Approved
Financial Products, Transfering Financial Products and
registering Transfers. |
CHESS Holding means a Holding of Financial Products on the
CHESS Subregister.
CHESS Provision means:
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(a) |
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a provision of
these Rules; or |
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(b) |
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a provision of
Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act which is material to
the operation of CHESS. |
CHESS Renounceable Rights Subregister means the
Subregister administered by ASX Settlement that records
Holdings of rights.
CHESS Software means all systems and applications programs
relevant to the operation of CHESS including (without
limitation) all of the computer software maintained and used
by ASX Settlement for the purposes of CHESS (other than
software used by a Facility User to communicate with CHESS).
CHESS Subregister means:
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(a) |
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that part of an
Issuers register; |
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(b) |
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that part of a
Foreign Issuers CDI Register, for a class of the
Issuers Approved Financial Products; or |
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(c) |
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the FDI
Register for a class of Participating International
Financial Products, |
that is administered
by ASX Settlement.
Amended 06/06/05
CHESS to Certificated means a Transfer or Conversion
of Principal Financial Products from a CHESS Holding to a
certificated register administered by the Principal Issuer.
CHESS to CHESS means a Transfer of Financial Products from
one CHESS Holding to another CHESS Holding.
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CHESS to Issuer Sponsored means a Transfer or Conversion
of Financial Products from a CHESS Holding to an Issuer
Sponsored Holding.
Clearing Account means a Settlement Account or an
Accumulation Account.
Clearing Holding means a Settlement Holding or an
Accumulation Holding.
Clearing Participant means a person admitted as a
participant in an Approved Clearing Facility under the
operating rules of that facility.
Commencement Date in relation to a class of an Issuers
Financial Products, means the date on which Financial
Products in that class become Approved Financial Products.
Amended 06/06/06
Commission means the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission.
Communication means an electronic communication within
CHESS which may affect the balance of a CHESS Holding.
Complete Corporate Action Record means a record of
information relating to a Corporate Action that includes all
relevant dates.
Confirmed FOR Indicator means, when specified in a Message
transmitted by a Participant, that the Participant is
seeking to effect a Transfer or Conversion as a Foreign to
Foreign Allocation.
Note: the indicator
to be set in such instances is OR
Confirmed FOR Financial Products means the lesser of
either:
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(a) |
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the number of
FOR Financial Products in a Holding whose Residency
Indicator is recorded by ASX Settlement as F,
calculated as the current Holding Balance of FOR
Financial Products; or |
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(b) |
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the number of
FOR Financial Products in a Holding whose Residency
Indicator is recorded as F, at Start of Day,
adjusted by: |
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(i) |
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those Financial Products transferred into the
Holding pursuant to a Foreign to Foreign
Allocation during that Business Day; and |
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(ii) |
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any Conversions of those Financial Products
into or out of the Holding; and |
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(iii) |
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those Holding Adjustments initiated by an
Issuer pursuant to Rule 5.12.4; less |
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(iv) |
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that number of Financial Products transferred
out of the Holding pursuant to a Foreign to
Foreign Allocation during that Business Day. |
Contravention Notice means a Notice given by ASX
Settlement to a Facility User under Section 12.
Controlling Participant in relation to a CHESS Holding,
means the Participant that has the capacity in CHESS to
either:
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(a) |
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Transfer or
Convert Financial Products from the Holding; or |
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(b) |
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transfer in
terms of Rule 13.19.2; or |
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(c) |
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Transmute FDIs
from the Holding. |
Conversion means a movement of Financial Products from a
Holding on one Subregister to a Holding on another
Subregister without any change in legal ownership.
Convertible Form means when the Participant has received
all the necessary documentation such that:
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(a) |
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the registry is
satisfied that the Registration Details for the
Certificates, SRN or other form of Source Holding match
the Registration Details for the Target Holding; and |
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(b) |
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the Participant
is able to initiate the Conversion message. |
Corporate Action means:
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(a) |
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action taken by
an Issuer of Financial Products for the purpose of
giving an Entitlement to Holders of a class of the
Issuers Financial Products; |
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(b) |
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action taken by
a Principal Issuer for the purpose of giving an
Entitlement in respect of Principal Financial Products
held by a Depositary Nominee to Holders of CDIs; and |
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(c) |
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in relation to
Section 13 action taken by an issuer of Participating
International Financial Products for the purposes of
giving an Entitlement in respect to Participating
International Financial Products, held by a Depositary
Nominee. |
CS Facility means a CS facility licensed as such under the
Corporations Act or a Foreign Clearing House.
CUFS stands for CHESS Units of Foreign Securities and
means a unit of beneficial ownership in a Financial Product
of a Foreign Issuer, registered in the name of the
Depositary Nominee.
Amended 10/06/04
Cum Entitlement in relation to a Transfer or a
Conversion, means a Transfer or Conversion of Parent
Financial Products together with the Entitlement to a
Corporate Action.
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Cum Entitlement Balance means, in respect of a Corporate
Action, the number of Parent Financial Products to be used
by the Issuer to calculate the Entitlement of a Holder or a
former Holder of Parent Financial Products.
Cum Processing means processing of Cum Entitlement
Transfers and Conversions by deducting Financial Products
from or entering Financial Products into the Cum Entitlement
Balance for a Holding.
Current Valuation means the current market valuation of
Financial Products, being the last sale price for the
Financial Products at the close of business on the previous
Business Day, or if a higher offer price or lower bid price
exists at that time, that price.
Custodial Purposes for the purposes of Rule 6.3.4 means in
relation to Financial Products in a Clearing Holding, any
purpose other than the purpose of facilitating:
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(a) |
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the execution
of outstanding orders; or |
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(b) |
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the clearing
and settlement of outstanding transactions. |
Debit Cap in relation to a Net Position Record for an RTGS
Participant, means a facility within the Feeder System that,
if activated, enables the Participants Net Position Record
to go into debit up to the Debit Limit, at any time when the
relevant RTGS Payments Provider is deemed to have made the
election set out in Rule 11.9.2.
Debit Cap Compliant in Section 11, has the meaning given
in Rule 11.20.2.
Debit Cap Status means at any time the status of a Debit
Cap as authorised at that time by the RTGS Payments Provider
for the relevant RTGS Participant, being either:
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(a) |
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active; or |
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(b) |
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null
(inactive). |
Debit Limit in relation to a Debit Cap at any time, means
the dollar amount:
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(a) |
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most recently
notified in accordance with Rules 11.9.1(c) and
11.9.3(c); and |
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(b) |
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recorded by ASX
Settlement against the Net Position Record to which
that Debit Cap applies. |
Delivery Obligation in relation to an RTGS Instruction,
means an obligation on the part of one party to deliver
certain Financial Products to the other on settlement.
Demand Report means a Message Transmitted by ASX
Settlement to a Facility User to provide information about
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CHESS Holdings or CHESS Subregister movements in accordance
with parameters specified by the Facility User.
Demand Transfer means a Transfer other than a Settlement
Transfer.
Demand Transfer Settlement means settlement of a Batch
Instruction is effected by the counterparties by Demand
Transfer
Depositary Nominee means the person appointed under these
Rules, being either:
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(a) |
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CHESS
Depositary Nominees Pty Ltd (as long as it remains
admitted to participate in CHESS under Rule 4.3.1); or |
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(b) |
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a person
admitted as a General Settlement Participant under Rule
4.3.1, whose function is to hold Title or Other
Interest to Principal Financial Products or
Participating International Financial Products. |
Derivatives means derivatives entered into on a market in
a derivatives instrument that is operated by an Approved
Market Operator.
Derivatives Cover means Financial Products lodged with, or
otherwise made available to, an Approved Clearing Facility
as security for deposits or margins payable in relation to
Derivatives transactions.
Despatch in relation to Financial Products to be entered
into a CHESS Holding pursuant to a Corporate Action, means
Transmit a Message to enter the Financial Products into the
Holding.
Despatch Date means the date by which an Issuer is
required to have despatched Certificates (or in the case of
rights, entitlement and acceptance forms in relation to
those rights) or to have entered Financial Products
(including rights) into Holders uncertificated Holdings in
accordance with Listing Rules or otherwise as determined by
the relevant Approved Market Operator and notified from time
to time.
DI stands for Depositary Interest and means a unit of
beneficial ownership in a Financial Product which is not a
Financial Product of a Foreign Issuer, registered in the
name of the Depositary Nominee.
DI Issuer means an Issuer of Financial Products quoted on
ASX, a condition of the issue being that the Financial
Products are held by investors in Australia in the form of
DIs.
Direct Batch Instruction means a Batch Instruction under
which the obligations are effected by the counterparties
directly.
Direct Holding means a CHESS Holding where the Holder is:
(a) the Controlling Participant; or
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(b) |
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if the
Controlling Participant is an incorporated entity, a
Related Body Corporate of that Participant; or |
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(c) |
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if the
Controlling Participant is a partnership, a nominee
company provided all of its issued capital is owned by
the partners. |
Disciplinary Register means the register maintained by ASX
Settlement under Rule 12.6.1.
Divestment means action taken by an Issuer to require or
effect the disposal of Financial Products.
Dual Entry Batch Instruction means a Batch Instruction
that results from Matched Dual Entry Settlement Messages.
Dual Entry Batch Message means a Message that complies
with Rule 10.9.2.
Dual Entry Demand Message means a Message that complies
with Rule 9.5.1.
Dual Entry Demand Transfer means a Demand Transfer of
Financial Products that gives effect to a Dual Entry Demand
Message.
Dual Entry Payment Batch Instruction means a Batch
Instruction that results from Matched Dual Entry Payment
Batch Messages.
Dual Entry Payment Batch Message means a Message that
complies with Rule 10.9.2.
Dual Entry RTGS Instruction means an RTGS Instruction that
results from Matched Dual Entry RTGS Messages.
Dual Entry RTGS Message means an RTGS Message that relates
to a DvP RTGS Transaction.
Dual Entry Switch to Batch Settlement Message in relation
to a Dual Entry RTGS Instruction, means a Message that, in
accordance with the requirements of the EIS, requests that
an RTGS Instruction be removed from Real Time Gross
Settlement and included in Batch Settlement under Section
10.
Dual Entry Switch to RTGS Message means a Message that, in
accordance with the requirements of the EIS, requests that
an Batch Instruction be removed from DvP Batch Settlement
and included in Real Time Gross Settlement under Section 11.
DvP Batch Instruction means a Batch Instruction to be
settled in DvP Batch Settlement.
DvP Batch Settlement means a component of Batch Settlement
in which irrevocable payment is made through the funds
transfer procedures or alternative payment arrangements
specified in Rule 10.7.1 or 10.7.2 in exchange for the
irrevocable Transfer of Financial Products.
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DvP Declaration means the time when all the registered
payment instructions in the CHESS Payments Provider User
Group are simultaneously effected for the purposes of Batch
Settlement.
DvP Instruction means:
(a) a DvP Batch
Instruction; or
(b) a DvP RTGS
Instruction.
DvP Notification means the notification of DvP Declaration
to be given by ASX Settlement to a Payments Provider under
the Standard Client Bank Deed.
DvP Real Time Gross Settlement means a component of Real
Time Gross Settlement in CHESS in which the Payment
Obligation and the Delivery Obligation identified in a DvP
RTGS Instruction are irrevocably and simultaneously settled
in accordance with Rule 11.25.
DvP RTGS stands for DvP Real Time Gross Settlement.
DvP RTGS Instruction means an RTGS Instruction that
identifies a Payment Obligation and a Delivery Obligation.
DvP Settlement means:
(a) DvP Batch
Settlement; or
(b) DvP Real Time
Gross Settlement.
Effective Date means the date referred to in a Participant
Change Notice on which the novation of a Client Agreement is
deemed to have occurred.
EIS stands for External Interface Specification, and means
a document, made by ASX Settlement, that provides detailed
information about protocols, message formats and security
features for communications between Facility Users and ASX
Settlement.
Election Date means the date by which a person must
instruct an Issuer if the person wishes to convert or
exercise Financial Products in accordance with the terms of
a Corporate Action.
Email Details means, in respect of a Holding, the email
address and Email Purpose of the Holder
Introduced 02/11/09
Email Purpose means, in respect of an email address
specified in relation to a Holding, the categories of
communications, as specified in the Procedures, that the
Holder has indicated a preference to receive by delivery to
that email address.
Introduced 02/11/09
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Employee includes a director, partner, employee, officer,
consultant, agent, representative, advisor or an independent
contractor who acts for or by arrangement with a Participant
or Issuer in the conduct of its business.
End of Day means on any Trading Day, 7:00pm Sydney time or
such other time as ASX Settlement may from time to time
determine.
End of Day Processing Phase means on any Trading Day, the
time period after End of Day during which various scheduled
processing and system administration tasks are completed
(for example, financial products maintenance, corporate
action processing, archiving and system backup).
Entitlement means a security benefit as defined in
Regulation 7.5.01 of the Corporations Regulations and
includes (without limitation):
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(a) |
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rights; |
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(b) |
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bonus issues; |
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(c) |
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dividend,
interest and trust distribution payments; |
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(d) |
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priority
issues; |
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(e) |
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offers under an
equal access scheme; and |
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(f) |
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in relation to
Participating International Financial Products means
any equivalent or similar benefit (however described)
provided or offered by the issuer of the Participating
International Financial Products. |
Entitlement Date in relation to Section 13 means, a date
specified by the Depositary Nominee as the date by reference
to which the Depositary Nominee will identify the persons
entitled to the benefit of a Corporate Action.
ETF Application means the application required by an
Issuer to enable new ETF Financial Products to be created
and despatched to a subscriber.
ETF Financial Products has the same meaning as ETF
Securities under the operating rules of ASX.
Amended 15/09/08, 01/08/10
Event of Non-Compliance means an event for which
Notice must be given under Rule 12.18.
Ex Date means the date on which the relevant Approved
Market Operator changes the basis of quotation for a class
of Parent Financial Products to signify that trading in that
class no longer carries the entitlement.
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Ex Entitlement in relation to a Transfer or a Conversion,
means a Transfer or Conversion of Parent Financial Products
without the Entitlement to a Corporate Action.
Ex Period means the Period from Start of Day on the Ex
Date to End of Day on the Record Date in respect of a
Corporate Action.
Excess Financial Products means:
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(a) |
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those FOR
Financial Products determined by an Issuer that cause
the Foreign Ownership Percentage Level to be exceeded;
or |
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(b) |
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with the
exception of a Foreign to Foreign Allocation, those FOR
Financial Products determined by an Issuer, where the
Issuer is authorised to do so under its constitution or
governing legislation, to have been transferred into a
Holding with a Residency Indicator of F, on the day
when the Foreign Ownership Percentage Level Foreign
Holder Percentage Level is exceeded. |
Excluded Class of Financial Products means a class of
Financial Products declared by ASX Settlement from time to
time as a class of Financial Products that is not eligible
for processing in CHESS.
Excluded Cash Sub-record means a Cash Sub-record so
designated by an RTGS Participant for the purposes of Rule
11.20.
Exemption Code means a numeric code in the form approved
by the Australian Taxation Office for the purpose of TFN
exemption reporting.
Facility User means:
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(a) |
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a Participant;
or |
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(b) |
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an Issuer of
Approved Financial Products; or |
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(c) |
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a market
licensee which is provided with a Transfer Service
under Rule 4.1A. |
Amended 22/01/10
Fail means the removal under the Rules of the whole
or part of an Instruction from Batch Settlement or Real Time
Gross Settlement, on a Business Day.
Failed Settlement Shortfall means, in relation to a
Holding and a class of Financial Products, a deficiency in
the number of Financial Products of the class in the Holding
relative to the total number of Financial Products of the
class due to be delivered from the Holding on a Business Day
pursuant to one or more Rescheduled Batch Instructions,
where the deficiency is a number greater than zero,
calculated using the following formula:
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FSS -= D-H
FSS is the Failed Settlement Shortfall
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D |
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is the total number of Financial Products of the
relevant class projected to be delivered from the
Holding pursuant to one or more Rescheduled Batch
Instructions |
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H |
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is the total number of Financial Products of the
relevant class in the Holding |
Introduced 30/03/09
FDI stands for Foreign Depositary Interest and which
comprises a beneficial interest or Other Interest in a
Participating International Financial Product held by a
Depositary Nominee.
FDI Register means the record of Holders of FDIs
containing the information required by Rule 13.19.4.
FDI Transaction means a transaction where on transfer of
clear funds the Depositary Nominee records or removes FDIs
in the FDI Register, as the case requires.
Feeder System in relation to CHESS, means collectively the
systems and procedures to effect Real Time Gross Settlement
utilising an electronic interface to RITS/RTGS and, when
appropriate, the AIF.
Feeder System Queue means the facility within the Feeder
System to:
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(a) |
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test RTGS
Instructions within CHESS in the manner contemplated by
Rules 11.18, 11.19 and 11.20; and |
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(b) |
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hold and allow
ASX Settlement to monitor unsettled RTGS Instructions
during the RTGS Settling Phase. |
Fees and Charges Schedule means the Fees and Charges
Schedule made by ASX Settlement under Rule 1.6.
Financial Products means:
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(a) |
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Division 4
financial products as defined in Regulation 7.11.03 of
the Corporations Regulations; or |
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(b) |
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For the
purposes of Rule 8.3.2, financial products issued under
an employee incentive scheme and company issued
options. |
Financial Products Code means the code that is assigned to
a class of Approved Financial Products by an Approved Market
Operator.
Financial Products Shortfall means (the number that is
greater than zero, where the number is calculated by the
total number of Financial Products of a class projected to
be delivered
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from a Holding in Scheduled Settlement on a Business
Day) less the sum of the number of Financial Products of
that class in that Holding at Settlement Cut-Off on that
Business Day and of the total number of Financial Products
of that class projected to be received into that Holding in
Scheduled Settlement on that Business Day where:
SS = D (H + R) and:
SS is the
Financial Products Shortfall
D is the total
number of Financial Products of a class projected to be
delivered from the Holding
H is the number
of Financial Products of a class in the Holding
R is the total
number of Financial Products of a class projected to be
received into the Holding.
Financial Products Transformation means either:
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(a) |
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an adjustment
to the Holding Balance of a CHESS Holding initiated by
the Issuer because Financial Products in the Holding
have: |
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(i) |
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been absorbed into an existing class of
Financial Products (for example, Financial
Products that do not rank for a Dividend to
Financial Products that do); or |
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(ii) |
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been assigned a new Financial Product Code
(for example, because of a Reconstruction); or |
|
(b) |
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in respect of
Allocation Interests, an adjustment to a Holding of
Allocation Interests initiated by the Issuer in order
to despatch Approved Financial Products under Rule
15.27. |
Firm Allocation Component means that part of an Offer
which is reserved for clients of a Participant under an
agreement between the Issuer and a Participant.
FOR Financial Products means a class of Approved Financial
Products included in Schedule 1, pursuant to Rule 5.18.2.
Foreign Clearing House means a person which:
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(a) |
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has its
principal place of business in a country other than
Australia; |
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(b) |
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is authorised
to provide clearing and settlement services in the
country in which it has its principal place of
business; and |
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(c) |
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is subject to
prudential and/or other regulatory supervision in the
country in which it has its principal place of business
by a regulatory authority that has entered into an
information
sharing arrangement dealing with market matters with the
Commission. |
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Foreign Confirmed Holding Net Movement Report means a
report that:
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(a) |
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for the
specified period; and |
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(b) |
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in respect of
each CHESS Holding containing Confirmed FOR Financial
Products in the specified |
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sets out a summary on a daily basis of: |
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(c) |
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total units
added to the Holding pursuant to Foreign to Foreign
Allocations; |
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(d) |
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total units
deducted from the Holding pursuant to Foreign to
Foreign Allocations; |
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(e) |
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total units
added to the Holding of Confirmed FOR Financial
Products as a result of registry authorised
transactions; |
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(f) |
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total units
deducted from the Holding of Confirmed FOR Financial
Products as a result of registry authorised
transactions; and |
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(g) |
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the end of day
closing balance for the Holding. |
Foreign Issuer means an Issuer whose place of
incorporation does not recognise CHESS as a system that can
transfer and register legal Title to Financial Products.
Foreign Ownership Percentage Level means the aggregate
limit of foreign ownership, pursuant to the constitution or
governing legislation of an Issuer whose Financial Products
are included in Schedule 1.
Foreign Person means, where specified pursuant to Rule
8.7.2, that the Holder has notified the Controlling
Participant that the beneficial owner of the Financial
Products in the Holding, for the purposes of legislation or
under the constitution of an Issuer whose Financial Products
are included in Schedule 1:
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(a) |
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is a foreign
person; |
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(b) |
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is an associate
of a foreign person; or |
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(c) |
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has a
beneficial interest in the Financial Products, part of
that beneficial interest vesting in a Foreign Person, |
other than persons, associates or interests which the
legislation or constitution ignores or excludes for the
purposes of aggregate foreign ownership restrictions.
Note: a Residency
Indicator of F denotes a Foreign Person
Foreign Register means a register of an Issuer that is
located outside Australia.
Foreign Financial Products means financial products issued
or made available by a Foreign Issuer.
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Foreign to Foreign Allocation means a Transfer or
Conversion of Confirmed FOR Financial Products, including a
Transfer pursuant to a transaction effected in accordance
with the operating rules of an Approved Market Operator,
where the Residency Indicator of both the Source and Target
Holdings is F, thus resulting in a Holding of Confirmed
FOR Financial Products.
Amended 18/12/06
Full Download in relation to the CHESS Subregister
for a class of an Issuers Financial Products, means a
Demand Report Transmitted to the Issuer of:
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the HINs of all
Holders on the Subregister; and |
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(b) |
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the Holding
Balances of all Holdings; and/or |
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(c) |
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the Cum
Entitlement Balances for all Holdings or former
Holdings. |
General Settlement Participant means a Participant
admitted to participate in the Settlement Facility under
Rule 4.3 but does not include a Recognised Market Operator
under Rule 4.3.13.
Held Balance means the number of Financial Products that
remain in a Certificated Holding after a Transfer by a
Participant of only some of the Financial Products
represented by a Certificate or Marked Transfer.
Held Balance Reference Number means the number allocated
by an Issuer to identify a Held Balance.
HIN stands for Holder Identification Number and means a
number used to:
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(a) |
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identify a
Holder of Financial Products on the CHESS Subregister;
and |
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(b) |
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link the
Holding details maintained on the CHESS Subregister
with the Holders Registration Details. |
Holder means:
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(a) |
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a person
registered as the legal owner of Financial Products in
a Holding; |
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(b) |
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a person who is
recorded as holding CDIs on the CDI Register; |
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(c) |
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a person who is
recorded on a record of Allocation Interests; or |
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(d) |
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a person who is
recorded as holding FDIs on the FDI Register. |
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Holder Record means the Registration Details, the HIN and
the Holder Type as recorded by ASX Settlement in CHESS for
the purpose of operating one or more CHESS Holdings.
Holder Record Lock means a facility that prevents
Financial Products from being deducted from any current
Holding to which the relevant Holder Record applies,
pursuant to a Transfer or Conversion.
Holder Type means a code used to indicate the capacity in
which a Participant:
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(a) |
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establishes a
Holder Record; |
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(b) |
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controls a
CHESS Holding, (for example, Direct, Participant
Sponsored or Clearing Account). |
Holding means:
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(a) |
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a number of
Financial Products of an Issuer held by a Holder on the
Issuers register; |
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(b) |
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a number of
CDIs held by a Holder on the CDI Register; |
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(c) |
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a number of
Allocation Interests recorded in respect of a Holder;
or |
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(d) |
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a number of
FDIs recorded as held by a Holder on an FDI Register. |
Holding Adjustment means a movement of Financial Products
to or from a CHESS Holding that is initiated by an Issuer
Transmitting a Message to ASX Settlement to:
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give effect to
a Corporate Action or Reconstruction in relation to a
class of the Issuers Financial Products; |
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(b) |
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establish a
CHESS Holding pursuant to a new issue of Approved
Financial Products; |
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(c) |
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move Financial
Products from a CHESS Holding for the purpose of
Divestment or forfeiture; or |
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(d) |
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move Financial
Products to or from a CHESS Holding in such other
circumstances as: |
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(i)
are permitted by these Rules; or |
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(ii)
may be agreed between ASX Settlement and the
Issuer. |
Holding Balance means the number of Financial Products in
a Holding.
Holding Lock means, in relation to a Holding on either the
CHESS Subregister or an Issuer Operated Subregister, a
facility that prevents Financial Products from being
deducted from, or entered into, a Holding pursuant to a
Transfer or Conversion.
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Holding Net Movement Report means a report that:
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for the
specified period; and |
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(b) |
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in respect of
each CHESS Holding of Financial Products in the
specified class that has undergone a Holding Balance
change during the specified period, |
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(c) |
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sets out, a
summary on a daily basis of: |
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(i)
total units added to the Holding; |
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(ii)
total units deducted from the Holding; |
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(iii)
total units added to the Holding as a result
of registry authorised transactions; |
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(iv)
total units deducted from the Holding as a
result of registry authorised transactions;
and |
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(v)
the End of Day closing balance for the
Holding. |
Incapacity Law means a law relating to the administration
of the estates of persons who, through mental or physical
incapacity, are incapable of managing their affairs.
Industry Group means one of the following groups:
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(a) |
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Participants or
senior officers of Participants; or |
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(b) |
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senior officers
of Issuers or of Issuers Third Party Providers. |
Instruction means a Batch Instruction or an RTGS
Instruction.
Issuer means a person who issues or makes available or
proposes to issue or make available, Approved Financial
Products and includes (without limitation):
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(a) |
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a listed
company or company whose Financial Products are quoted
by a market licensee or by a financial market or type
of financial market exempted under section 791C of the
Corporations Act; |
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(b) |
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a warrant
issuer; |
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(c) |
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the responsible
entity of a managed investment scheme; |
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(d) |
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a Foreign
Issuer. |
Issuer Operated Subregister means an Issuer Sponsored
Subregister.
Issuer Sponsored Holding means a Holding of Financial
Products on the Issuer Sponsored Subregister.
Issuer Sponsored Subregister means:
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(a) |
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that part of an
Issuers register that records uncertificated Holdings
of Financial Products in accordance with Listing Rule
8.2; or |
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(b) |
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that part of a
CDI Register, that is administered by the Issuer (and
not ASX Settlement). |
Issuer Sponsored to CHESS means a Transfer or Conversion
of Financial Products from an Issuer Sponsored Holding to a
CHESS Holding.
Issuer Warranties and Indemnities means warranties and
indemnities given by an Issuer under these Rules.
Last Corporate Action Event Date means in the case of an
Entitlement under a Corporate Action that involves:
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(a) |
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the issue of
Financial Products only, the Despatch Date; |
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(b) |
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the payment of
money only, the due date of payment; or |
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(c) |
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a combination
of the issue of Financial Products and the payment of
money, the later of the Despatch Date and the due date
of payment, |
where, before the date when the Issuer must have completed
its obligation to pay money or issue Financial Products is
unknown or unclear the Last Corporate Action Event Date will
be a date ASX Settlement reasonably determines is
appropriate in the circumstances and notifies the Issuer and
each Participant.
Lender has the meaning given to it in the definition of
Securities Lending Arrangement.
Introduced 02/11/09
Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of an Approved
Market Operator.
Locked in relation to a Holding, means subject to a
Holding Lock or a Holder Record Lock.
MAC stands for Message Authentication Code, and means a
code appended to a Message by ASX Settlement or a Facility
User for the purpose of enabling the recipient of the
Message to confirm the identity of the Facility User
Transmitting the Message.
Marked Transfer means a Registrable Transfer Document that
has been marked by the Issuer or a marking body.
Market Operator means:
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(a) |
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ASX; or |
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(b) |
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in the Rules
made from time to time pursuant to arrangements entered
into under section 798C of the Corporations Act, in |
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relation to quoted financial products issued by ASX, the
Commission; or |
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(c) |
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in relation to: |
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(i)
a class of financial products quoted, or to
be quoted by; or |
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(ii)
a participant of a market licensee under the
Corporations Act other than ASX, |
that market
licensee; or
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(d) |
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the operator of
a financial market or type of financial market exempted
under section 791C of the Corporations Act. |
Market Participant means a participant of an Approved
Market Operator.
Marketable Parcel means in relation to a Financial
Product, the number determined by an Approved Market
Operator to be a marketable parcel.
Introduced 18/12/06
Marking Number means the unique reference number
allocated to a Marked Transfer by the Issuer or a marking
body.
Introduced 06/06/05
Match and Matched in relation to Messages Transmitted
to ASX Settlement by a Participant, means that the Message
contains, or under the Rules may be taken to contain, the
same details for message fields that require mandatory
matching.
Matched Messages means:
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(a) |
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in relation to
Dual Entry RTGS Messages, Messages that are Matched
under Rule 11.13.3; |
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(b) |
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in relation to
Dual Entry Batch Messages, Messages that are Matched
under Rule 9.5.2 or 10.9.3; |
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(c) |
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in relation to
Dual Entry Switch to Batch Settlement Messages,
Messages that are Matched under Rule 11.12.3; |
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(d) |
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in relation to
Dual Entry Switch to RTGS Messages, Messages that are
Matched under Rule 10.6.1 or 10.11.8; and |
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(e) |
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in relation to
Dual Entry Payment Batch Messages, Messages that are
Matched under Rule 10.8.3, |
and in any other case means Valid Messages that are Matched.
Maximum Percentage means 10% or such other percentage
prescribed by ASX Settlement.
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Maximum Value means $350,000 or such other amount
prescribed by ASX Settlement.
Message means an electronic message of a kind specified in
the EIS for use in CHESS.
Net Position Record in relation to an RTGS Participant,
means a facility established within CHESS through which ASX
Settlement tracks and records the outcome of RTGS
Instructions due for settlement on any RTGS Business Day,
that relate to a particular Payment Facility of that
Participant.
Net Position Record Status means at any time the status of
a Net Position Record as authorised at that time by the RTGS
Payments Provider that maintains the Payment Facility to
which that Net Position Record is linked, being either:
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(a) |
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active; or |
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(b) |
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inactive. |
Nominee Company means a body corporate controlled and
operated by a Participant admitted under Rule 4.3.1 that
carries on the business of holding Financial Products as a
trustee or nominee.
Non Participant Related Body Corporate means, in respect
of an entity, a Related Boy Corporate of the entity which is
not a Participant.
Introduced 14/12/09
Notice has a meaning given by Rule 1.10.
Notice of Death means a death certificate or any other
formal document that is acceptable by ASX Settlement as
evidence of a Holders death.
Off Market Transaction means a transaction in Approved
Financial Products that is not an On Market Transaction.
Offer means:
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(a) |
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an offer for
subscription or an invitation to subscribe for
Financial Products, under which an Issuer must issue;
or |
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(b) |
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an offer under
which an Issuer must dispose of, |
Approved Financial Products to successful applicants.
Offer Accepted Subposition means a Subposition for the
reservation of Financial Products in a CHESS Holding which
are the subject of an acceptance under a takeover bid.
Old Corporations Act means the Corporations Act as in
force immediately before 11 March 2002.
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On Market Transaction means a transaction in Approved
Financial Products in relation to which one of the following
conditions is satisfied:
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(a) |
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the transaction
was entered into in the ordinary course of trading on
an Approved Market Operators market; or |
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(b) |
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the transaction
is, under the operating rules of an Approved Market
Operator, described, or to be described, as special
when it is reported to the Approved Market Operator; or |
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(c) |
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in relation to
a transaction between a Participant and a Participant
who is not a Market Participant, a confirmation is
issued in relation to a transaction under paragraph (a)
or (b); or |
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(d) |
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in relation to
a transaction between two Participants that are not
Market Participants, the transaction is entered into
solely for the purpose of facilitating settlement of a
transaction of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or
(b). |
Amended 10/06/04
Originating Message means a Message Transmitted to
ASX Settlement by the Controlling Participant for a CHESS
Holding which (as a consequence of that Message being
processed) results in ASX Settlement or a Facility User
Transmitting another Message (whether or not that
consequential Message also results from the processing of
any intervening Message).
Other Interest means any right or interest whether legal
or equitable in the Participating International Financial
Product and includes an option to acquire a right or
interest in the Participating International Financial
Product.
Parent Batch Instruction means a Batch Instruction that
gives rise to an Accrued Batch Instruction as a result of a
Corporate Action.
Parent DvP Batch Instruction means a Parent Batch
Instruction with a Settlement Amount scheduled to settle in
DvP Batch Settlement.
Parent DvP RTGS Instruction means a Parent RTGS
Instruction with a Settlement Amount scheduled to settle in
DvP Real Time Gross Settlement.
Parent Financial Products means a class of Approved
Financial Products to which an Entitlement to cash or
Financial Products attaches that, during an Ex Period, may
be Transferred with or without the Entitlement.
Parent Participant means:
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(a) |
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in relation to
a group of Participants within paragraph (a) of the
definition of Participant Group, any Participant within
that group that is notified to ASX Settlement by all
the Participants within that group; or |
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(b) |
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in relation to
a group of Participants within paragraph (b) of the
definition of Participant Group, the Settlement
Participant that is notified to ASX Settlement by all
the Participants within that group. |
Amended 18/12/06
Parent RTGS Instruction means an RTGS Instruction
that gives rise to an Accrued RTGS Instruction as a result
of a Corporate Action.
Participant means an Account Participant, a Specialist
Settlement Participant, or a General Settlement Participant.
Participant Bidder means a Participant entitled or
authorised (whether as the bidder or on behalf of the
bidder) to receive acceptances of bids made under a takeover
bid in accordance with these Rules.
Participant Change Notice means the Notice sent to a
Participant Sponsored Holder which complies with the
requirements of Rule 7.1.10(a)
Amended 04/04/05
Participant Group means:
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(a) |
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a group of
Participants that are related bodies corporate within
the meaning of section 50 of the Corporations Act; or |
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(b) |
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a Settlement
Participant which has a written agreement with one or
more Account Participants and each of those Account
Participants with whom it has a written agreement. |
Amended 18/12/06
Participant Managed in relation to the attributes of
a Net Position Record, means any of the matters set out in
Rule 11.9.11.
Participant Sponsored Holder means a person that has a
current Sponsorship Agreement with a Participant as required
or permitted under these Rules.
Participant Sponsored Holding means a CHESS Holding of a
Participant Sponsored Holder.
Participant Warranties and Indemnities means warranties
and indemnities given by a Participant under these Rules.
Participation Requirements means matters set out in
Section 4 in relation to which ASX Settlement must be
satisfied in order for a person to be admitted to
participate in CHESS in any capacity.
Participating International Financial Products mean
financial products:
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(a) |
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traded on a
market other than in Australia; and |
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(b) |
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declared by ASX
Settlement under Rule 13.15 from time to time to be
available for settlement by means of FDIs. |
Note: financial
products in this definition are not restricted by
jurisdictional limits in the Corporations Act.
Amended 06/06/05
Party in relation to a Proceeding or Appeal, means:
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(a) |
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the Facility
User to whom a Contravention Notice was given in the
Proceeding; or, |
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(b) |
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ASX Settlement
or the Facility User to or by whom an Appeal Notice was
given in the Appeal, |
as the case requires.
Payment Batch Instruction means:
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(a) |
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a CCP
Derivatives Payment Batch Instruction; or |
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(b) |
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a Dual Entry
Payment Batch Instruction. |
Payment Facility means a Facility operated for a
Participant at a Payments Provider for the purposes of
paying and receiving payments in Batch Settlement.
Payment Obligation in relation to an RTGS Instruction
means an obligation on the part of one party to pay a cash
amount to the other on settlement.
Payment Shortfall for a Payment Facility, means:
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(a) |
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if the
Participants net obligation to make payment is not
authorised, the amount of the net obligation for which
authorisation is sought; or |
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(b) |
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if the
Participants net obligation to make payment is not
authorised, the difference between the amount of the
net obligation to make the payment that has already
been authorised by the Payments Provider and the amount
of the net obligation to make a payment for which
further authorisation is sought from the Payments
Provider. |
Payment Systems and Netting Act means the Payment Systems
and Netting Act 1998 (Cth).
Payments Provider means a person that:
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(a) |
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operates an
exchange settlement account with the Reserve Bank of
Australia in its own name; |
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(b) |
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has the
operational capacity to: |
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(i)
authorise and make payments on behalf of
Participants; |
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(ii) |
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make payments to Participants; and |
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(iii) |
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register entries in the Payments Provider
User Group for the purpose of discharging its
net obligation to make payment to the Bank or
its net entitlement to receive payment from
the Bank in accordance with the Standard
Payments Provider Deed; |
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(c) |
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meets the
technical and performance requirements prescribed by
ASX Settlement to ensure that the person does not
affect the integrity or orderly operation of CHESS; and |
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(d) |
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is a person who
facilitates Batch Settlement by approving or making
payments in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the relevant Standard Payment Providers Deed. |
Payments Provider Managed in relation to the attributes of
a Net Position Record, means any of the matters set out in
Rule 11.9.3(a) to (f).
Payments Provider User Group means the subsystem within
the interbank payments system, operated by the Reserve Bank
of Australia, established to enable financial institutions
to satisfy payment obligations of CHESS Participants on
behalf of CHESS Participants.
PID stands for participant identifier and means a UIC
allocated by ASX Settlement to a Participant that is:
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(a) |
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used as the
identification code of the Participant that controls a
Holding on the CHESS Subregister; and |
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(b) |
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included in a
Message header to identify the source and/or
destination of CHESS Data Messages. |
Pre-Cash Settlement Period means, for the purposes of
Regulation 7.5.44 of the Corporations Regulations 15
Business Days.
Pre-commencement Testing means testing at the direction of
ASX Settlement to establish whether a Facility User meets
the Technical and Performance Requirements.
Prescribed Percentage means 50% or such other percentage
determined by ASX Settlement.
Prescribed Person means the person from time to time
notified as such by ASX Settlement to Participants and RTGS
Payments Providers.
Principal in relation to a body, means each of:
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(a) |
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any parent body
of the body; |
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(b) |
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each Director
or person in the position of a Director; |
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(c) |
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where the body
consists of two or more partners or trustees, each
principal (within the meaning of paragraphs (a) and
(b)) of each of those partners or trustees. |
Principal Financial Products means Financial Products
issued or made available by a Principal Issuer.
Principal Issuer means:
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(a) |
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a Foreign
Issuer; or |
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(b) |
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a DI Issuer. |
Principal Register means the register of those Holdings of
Principal Financial Products maintained by a Principal
Issuer in Australia under these Rules.
Procedures means any document, electronic file or other
information (recorded by any mode of representing words or
reproducing words) approved by ASX Settlement and given
where applicable to Participants, Issuers and third party
service providers in accordance with Rule 1.4 and, without
limitation, includes any EIS and the ASX Settlement
Procedures as amended from time to time.
Amended 18/12/06
Proceeding means proceedings taken under Section 12
by ASX Settlement against a Facility User and commenced by a
Contravention Notice.
Publish a Notice means to publish a Notice in at least one
national newspaper and at least one state or territory based
newspaper in each state and territory.
Real Time Gross Settlement means the processing and
settling of payment and delivery obligations in real time
and on a gross, not net, basis, the fundamental
characteristic of which is that the payment and delivery
components of a transaction become irrevocable at the time
of settlement and, in relation to CHESS, is effected in
accordance with systems and procedures contained in Section
11.
Reciprocal Arrangement means any agreement or arrangement
between ASX Settlement and any governmental agency or
regulatory authority (including, without limitation, a
market, clearing house or clearing and settlement facility),
in Australia or elsewhere, whose functions include the
regulation of trading in, or clearing and settlement of,
financial products (in Australia or elsewhere) which
provides for the disclosure of information between ASX
Settlement and the other party in relation to dealings in,
or clearing and settlement of, financial products (in
Australia or elsewhere).
Recognised Market Operator means a Market Operator
admitted as a Participant under Rule 4.3.1 and which is
recognised under Rule 4.3.13.
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Recognised Physical Access Point means:
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in the case of
a Facility User, the physical location of an
application system that the Facility User employs to
operate an interface with CHESS; or |
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(b) |
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in the case of
ASX Settlement, the physical location of the
application system that operates CHESS. |
Reconstruction means an alteration to the issued capital
of an Issuer, which affects the number, or nature, of
Financial Products held by a Holder and includes (without
limitation) a reorganisation or a merger.
Record Date means 5:00pm (or, in the case of a ASX
Settlement-Regulated Transfer, a later time permitted by the
Rules) on the date specified by an Issuer as the date by
reference to which the Issuer will establish Cum Entitlement
Balances for the purpose of identifying the persons entitled
to the benefit of a Corporate Action.
Recorded in relation to an RTGS Instruction, means that
its details have been stored in CHESS in accordance with
Rule 11.15.
Records means books, computer software, information
processing equipment and any other item on which information
is stored or recorded in any manner.
Registrable Transfer Document means any document that an
Issuer is entitled to accept as a valid instrument of
transfer or a Transfer Request Document.
Registration Details means the name, address, Email
Details (if any) and Residency Indicator of a Holder.
Amended 02/11/09
Related Body Corporate has the meaning set out in
Section 50 of the Corporations Act.
Related Party means each entity in the ASX Group.
Remove means to move a Holding between a Principal
Register and a CHESS or an Issuer Operated Subregister
without a change of legal ownership.
Renounceable Rights Record means the record maintained by
an Issuer of Holders of renounceable rights not held on the
CHESS Rights Subregister.
Report means a Standing Report or a Demand Report.
Reporting Point means a particular point during a Business
Day when information is stored by CHESS for the purposes of
reporting data to Facility Users; Acceptable values
comprise:
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(a) |
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end of
Settlement Processing Phase; |
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(b) |
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Trade
Instruction Cut-Off; |
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(c) |
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End of Day. |
Rescheduled Batch Instruction means a Batch Instruction
which has been Failed (in whole or part) under Rule 10.11.2
and rescheduled for settlement under Rule 10.11.7 on three
consecutive Business Days. It does not include a Batch
Instruction which is Failed under Rule 10.11.3 as a
consequence of the Failure of another Batch Instruction.
Introduced 03/03/09
Reserve in Section 11 in relation to Financial
Products, has the meaning given in Rule 11.19.1(d).
Reserved Processing Period means the End of Day Processing
Phase.
Residency Indicator means a code used to indicate the
status of the ultimate beneficial owner or owners of FOR
Financial Products in a Holding on the CHESS Subregister or
an Issuer Operated Subregister, for the purposes of settling
transactions in FOR Financial Products. (i.e. D for
Domestic, F for Foreign Person, and in the case of
Holdings of Financial Products where beneficial ownership is
both domestic and foreign, M for Mixed).
Restricted Financial Products means Financial Products
that are subject to a restriction agreement under Listing
Rule 9.1.
Restriction in relation to the participation of a
Participant, means any limitation on the entitlement of the
Participant to send a Message or a class of Messages to ASX
Settlement.
Rights Period means the period from Start of Day on the
date that rights trading begins on an Approved Market
Operator to End of Day on the date that application money to
take up those rights must be paid to the Issuer.
RITS means the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer
System.
RITS Postsettlement Advice means a settlement
confirmation, elected to be received by an RTGS Payments
Provider, that is generated by RITS/RTGS and sent through
the AIF to that RTGS Payments Provider.
RITS Presettlement Advice means an advice, elected to be
received by an RTGS Payments Provider to enable it to make a
credit decision in connection with the performance of a
Payment Obligation, that is generated by RITS/RTGS and sent
through the AIF to that RTGS Payments Provider.
RITS/RTGS means RITS, as operated by the Reserve Bank of
Australia for Real Time Gross Settlement.
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RITS Regulations means the regulations and conditions of
operation that govern RITS as published from time to time by
the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Routine Reporting means electronic reporting that is
generated automatically by CHESS as transactions are
processed.
RTGS stands for Real Time Gross Settlement.
RTGS Account Identifier means a numeric identifier (that
may, but need not, be an account number) agreed between an
RTGS Participant and an RTGS Payments Provider to uniquely
identify the Participants account that is to be debited, or
credited, with the amount of any Payment Obligation, on
settlement of an RTGS Instruction in accordance with Rule
11.25.
RTGS Accredited in relation to a Participant, has the
meaning set out in Rule 11.5.2.
RTGS Business Day means a Settlement Day within the
meaning of the RITS Regulations, or any other day declared
by the Reserve Bank as a day on which RITS/RTGS will operate
that is notified by ASX Settlement to Participants.
RTGS Contingency Report means a report of the settlement
status of CHESS-related funds transfer requests sent to
RITS/RTGS that is provided to ASX Settlement by the Reserve
Bank of Australia in manner and form as agreed between them.
RTGS Cut-Off means on any RTGS Business Day, 4.30pm Sydney
time or such other time as ASX Settlement may from time to
time determine.
RTGS Delivery Shortfall in relation to Financial Products
of a particular class in a Holding at any time on the RTGS
Settlement Date for a particular RTGS Instruction, means
that the sum of:
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(a) |
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the number of
Financial Products of that class required to be
delivered from that Holding in Real Time Gross
Settlement under that RTGS Instruction on that day; |
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(b) |
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the number of
Financial Products of that class Reserved against that
Holding in relation to RTGS Instructions at that time
in the RTGS Settling Phase, and |
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(c) |
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prior to ASX
Settlement recording under Rule 10.12.1(f)(ii) a
movement of Financial Products of that class against
that Holding to effect DvP Net Settlement on that day,
the number of Financial Products of that class that ASX
Settlement has determined at Settlement Cut-off will be
so recorded as a movement against that holding at DvP
Notification on that day, |
is greater than:
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(d) |
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the total
number of Available Financial Products at that time in
the Holding. |
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RTGS Eligible in relation to Financial Products, has the
meaning set out in Rule 11.1.1.
RTGS End of Day means on any RTGS Business Day, 5.00pm
Sydney time or such other time as ASX Settlement may from
time to time determine.
RTGS Instruction means an instruction to ASX Settlement to
settle an RTGS Transaction in Real Time Gross Settlement
through the CHESS Feeder System, and includes a DvP RTGS
Instruction, a CCP Gross RTGS Instruction and a Dual Entry
RTGS Instruction.
RTGS Instruction Cut-off on any RTGS Business Day means
4.25pm Sydney time or such other time as ASX Settlement may
from time to time determine.
RTGS Mandatory in relation to an RTGS Transaction, has the
meaning set out in Rule 11.3.1.
RTGS Message means a Message that, in accordance with the
requirements of the EIS, instructs ASX Settlement to settle
an RTGS Transaction in Real Time Gross Settlement.
RTGS Participant means a Participant:
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that satisfies
the criteria for participation in Real Time Gross
Settlement set out in Rule 11.5; and |
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(b) |
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for which a Net
Position Record has been established under the Rules
that records the Net Position Record Status as active. |
RTGS Participation Requirements in relation to a
Participant, means any technical and performance
requirements notified by ASX Settlement to the Participant
to ensure that it is capable of operating in Real Time Gross
Settlement.
RTGS Payments Provider means a Payments Provider that:
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(a) |
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satisfies the
criteria for participation in Real Time Gross
Settlement in CHESS set out in Rule 11.6.1; and |
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(b) |
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has been
admitted to participate in Real Time Gross Settlement
in CHESS in that capacity. |
RTGS Pre-commencement Testing means testing at the
direction of ASX Settlement to establish whether a
prospective RTGS Participant meets the RTGS Participation
Requirements.
RTGS Settlement Date means the RTGS Business Day
specified, or taken to be specified, in an RTGS Instruction
as the date on which the counterparties intend that RTGS
Instruction to settle in Real Time Gross Settlement.
RTGS Settlement Report means a report required to be made
available by ASX Settlement to an RTGS Payments Provider in
accordance with Rule 11.30.
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RTGS Settling Phase in relation to an RTGS Instruction,
means the time period that commences in accordance with Rule
11.22.1 and ends when all components of that RTGS
Instruction have been settled in CHESS in accordance with
Rule 11.25.
Rules means the operating rules of the Settlement Facility
in accordance with Rule 1.2 including the appendices,
schedules and any State of Emergency Rules.
Scheduled Time means the time within or by which a
requirement under these Rules must be complied with as
specified in Appendix 1 to these Rules.
Section means a section of these Rules.
Securities Borrowed Position means, at any time in respect
of a Securities Lending Participant and a class of Approved
Financial Products, the aggregate number of Financial
Products of the class that the Participant or any of its Non
Participant Related Bodies Corporate has borrowed from one
or more Lenders under Securities Lending Arrangements to
which the Participant or any of its Non Participant Related
Bodies Corporate is a party and that the Participant or Non
Participant Related Body Corporate has not returned to the
Lender or Lenders, or entities nominated by them, at that
time. Financial Products which are:
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(a) |
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borrowed by
and entity from a Related Body Corporate; or |
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(b) |
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included in
the Securities Borrowed Position of another Securities
Lending Participant in respect o that class of
Financial Products at that time, |
are to be disregarded.
Introduced 14/12/09
Securities Committed Position means, at any time in
respect of a Securities Lending Participant and a class of
Approved Financial Products, the aggregate of:
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(a) |
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the
Participants Securities On Loan Position in respect
of the class of Financial Products at that time; and |
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(b) |
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the aggregate
number of Financial Products of the class held by the
Participant or any of its Non Participant Related
Bodies Corporate which are available at that time for
loan to other parties, whether or not subject to any
conditions, under Securities Lending Arrangements to
which the Participant or any of its Non Participant
Related Bodies Corporate is or may become a party as
Lender. Financial products which are: |
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(i)
included in the Participants Securities
Borrowed Position in respect of that class of
Financial Products at that time; |
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(ii) |
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included in the Securities Committed Position
of another Securities Lending Participant in
respect of that class of Financial Products at
that time; or |
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(iii) |
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held by the Participant or any of its Non
Participant Related Bodies Corporate as a
result of or for the purpose of trading by the
entity on its own behalf, |
are to be
disregarded.
Introduced 14/12/09
Securities Lending Arrangement means an arrangement
under which:
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(a) |
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an entity
(the Lender) agrees that it will: |
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(i) |
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deliver Financial Products to another entity
(the Borrower) or to an entity nominated by the
Borrower; and |
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(ii) |
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vest title in those Financial Products in the
entity to which they are delivered; and |
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(b) |
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the Borrower
agrees that it will, after the Lender does the things
mentioned in paragraph (a): |
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(i) |
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deliver the Financial Products (or equivalent
Financial Products) to the Lender or to an
entity nominated by the Lender; and |
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(ii) |
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vest title in those Financial Products (or
equivalent Financial Products) in the entity to
which they are delivered. |
Introduced 02/11/09
Securities Lending Participant means a Participant
that engages in or intends in the future to engage in, or
has a Non Participant Related Body Corporate that engages in
or intends in the future to engage in, one or more
Securities Lending Transactions, irrespective of the value
or frequency of the transactions.
Introduced 02/11/09
Securities Lending Transaction means a transaction in
Approved Financial Products entered into under a Securities
Lending Arrangement.
Introduced 02/11/09
Securities On Loan Position means, at any time in respect
of a Securities Lending Participant and a class of Approved
Financial Products, the aggregate number of Financial
Products of the class that the Participant or any of its Non
Participant
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Related Bodies Corporate has lent to one or more Borrowers
under Securities Lending Arrangements to which the
Participant or any of its Non Participant Related Bodies
Corporate is a party, and that have not been returned to the
Participant, or Non Participant Related Body Corporate, or
entities nominated by them, at that time. Financial Products
which are:
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(a) |
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lent by an
entity to a Related Body Corporate; or |
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(b) |
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included in
the Securities On Loan Position of another Securities
Lending Participant in respect of that class of
Financial Products at that time, |
are to be disregarded.
Introduced 14/12/09
Security Key means an electronic code that is:
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(a) |
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generated by
ASX Settlement; and |
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(b) |
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used to ensure
secure communications between ASX Settlement and
Facility Users. |
SEGC means Securities Exchanges Guarantee Corporation Ltd
(ABN 19 008 626 793).
Segregated Account means an account maintained in
accordance with these Rules with an Approved Clearing House
which contains Principal Financial Products or Participating
International Financial Products held solely on behalf of
the Depositary Nominee.
Settlement Account means a Holder Record maintained in
CHESS by a Participant for the purpose of facilitating
settlement of transactions in Approved Financial Products
with other Participants.
Settlement Adjustment means an adjustment to the
Settlement Amount of a DvP Batch Instruction or a DvP RTGS
Instruction.
Settlement Agent means a General Settlement Participant
that is has a Settlement Agreement with a Clearing
Participant.
Settlement Agreement means an agreement between a General
Settlement Participant and a Clearing Participant under
which the General Settlement Participant agrees to act as
Settlement Agent for the Clearing Participant.
Settlement Amount means the consideration for an
Instruction.
Settlement Amount Tolerance means $1.00 or such other
amount that ASX Settlement prescribes.
Settlement Bond means a bond issued to ASX Settlement at
the request of a Participant in accordance with Rule 4.9.1.
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Settlement Cut-off means, on any Business Day, 10.30 am
Sydney time or such other time as ASX Settlement may from
time to time determine.
Settlement Date means the Business Day on which an
Instruction is scheduled to settle.
Settlement Facility means the facility provided by ASX
Settlement as described in Rules 1.1.1 and 1.1.2.
Settlement Holding means a Holding of Financial Products
for which the Holder Record is a Settlement Account.
Settlement Participant means:
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(a) |
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a Participant
that has been admitted to participate in the Settlement
Facility as a General Settlement Participant; or |
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(b) |
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a person that
has been admitted to participate in the Settlement
Facility as a Specialist Settlement Participant. |
Settlement Processing Phase in relation to DvP Net
Settlement, means, on any Business Day, the time period
commencing after Settlement Cut-off during which Settlement
Transfers are processed by ASX Settlement against CHESS
Holdings.
Settlement Transfer means a Transfer of Financial Products
that gives effect to an Instruction.
Single Entry Batch Message means a Message that complies
with Rule 10.9.11.
Single Entry Batch Instruction means a Batch Instruction
that gives effect to a Single Entry Batch Message.
Single Entry Demand Message means a Message that complies
with Rule 9.4.1 or Rule 9.13.1.
Amended 10/05/04
Single Entry Transfer Request means a Demand Transfer
of Financial Products that gives effect to a Single Entry
Demand Message.
Introduced 10/05/04
Source Holding means the Holding from which Financial
Products will be deducted in giving effect to a Transfer,
Conversion, Corporate Action or other transaction.
Specialist Settlement Participant means a Participant
admitted under Rule 4.4.
Sponsoring Participant means a Participant that
establishes and maintains a Participant Sponsored Holding.
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Sponsorship Agreement means a written agreement between
the Sponsoring Participant and another person, signed by
both parties, as required under Section 7 of these Rules.
Sponsorship Bond means a bond issued to ASX Settlement at
the request of a Participant in accordance with Rule 4.9.3.
SRN stands for Security holder Reference Number and means
a number allocated by an Issuer to identify a Holder on an
Issuer Operated Subregister.
Standard Acceptance Form means a standard entitlement and
acceptance form in respect of renounceable rights as
specified by ASX Settlement from time to time.
Standard Client Bank Deed means a standard deed executed
by ASX Settlement and a bank.
Standard Conversion Form means a standard form, as
specified by ASX Settlement from time to time, for the
conversion of convertible Financial Products.
Standard Exercise Form means a standard form of notice of
exercise, as specified by ASX Settlement from time to time,
for options and other Financial Products that carry
exercisable rights.
Standard Payments Provider Deed means a standard deed
executed by ASX Settlement and a Payments Provider and
includes a Standard Client Bank Deed.
Standing Buy Account Identifier means an RTGS Account
Identifier that is notified to ASX Settlement under Rule
11.9.11 or Rule 11.9.15 for the purposes of an RTGS
Instruction where the Participant will, on settlement, be
the payer of the Payment Obligation identified in that RTGS
Instruction.
Standing HIN means a HIN that is notified to ASX
Settlement under Rule 6.4.2.
Standing Instructions means a Holders instructions to an
Issuer in relation to matters relevant to Holdings,
including (without limitation) TFN notification, Residency
Indicator, direct credit of dividends or interest payments,
annual report elections and elections in respect of
shareholders dividend plans.
Standing Report means one of a series of Messages
periodically Transmitted by ASX Settlement to a Facility
User, each of which provides information about CHESS
Holdings or CHESS Subregister movements in accordance with
parameters specified by the Facility User.
Standing Sell Account Identifier means an RTGS Sell
Account Identifier that is notified to ASX Settlement under
Rule 11.9.11 or Rule 11.9.15 for the purposes of an RTGS
Instruction where the Participant will, on settlement, be
the payee of the Payment Obligation identified in that RTGS
Instruction.
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Standing Settlement HIN means a HIN notified to ASX
Settlement under Rule 6.4.2.
Start of Day means, on any Trading Day, 8.00 am Sydney
time or such other time as ASX Settlement may from time to
time determine.
State of Emergency means any of the following:
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(a) |
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fire, power
failure or restriction, communication breakdown,
accident, flood, embargo, boycott, labour dispute,
unavailability of data processing or any other computer
system or facility, act of God; or |
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(b) |
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act of war
(whether declared or undeclared) or an outbreak or
escalation of hostilities in any region of the world
which in the opinion of ASX Settlement prevents or
significantly hinders the operation of the Settlement
Facility; or |
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(c) |
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an act of
terrorism; or |
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(d) |
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other event
which, in the opinion of ASX Settlement, prevents or
significantly hinders the operations of the Settlement
Facility. |
State of Emergency Rules means any Rules made by ASX
Settlement under Rule 1.3.
Subposition means a facility in CHESS by which in
accordance with Rule 14.1.3:
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(a) |
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activity in
relation to Financial Products held in a CHESS Holding
may be restricted; and |
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(b) |
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access to those
Financial Products for limited purposes may be given to
a Participant other than the Controlling Participant. |
Subregister means:
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(a) |
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in the case of
Financial Products other than CDIs, a CHESS Subregister
or an Issuer Operated Subregister; or |
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(b) |
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in the case of
CDIs, a CDI Register. |
Surveillance Report means a report generated by CHESS that
identifies changes to:
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(a) |
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Batch
Instructions notified to ASX Settlement by an Approved
Market Operator under Rule 10.9.1; and |
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(b) |
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Batch
Instructions that result from Matched Dual Entry Batch
Messages, |
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(c) |
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to assist ASX
Settlement in monitoring compliance with these Rules. |
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Switch to Batch Settlement Message means a Message that,
in accordance with the requirements of the EIS, requests
that an RTGS Instruction be removed from Real Time Gross
Settlement in CHESS and settled in Batch Settlement.
Takeover Consideration Code means a unique code allocated
by an Approved Market Operator in respect of each alternate
form of consideration offered under a takeover.
Takeover Transfer means a Transfer of Financial Products
from a CHESS Holding pursuant to acceptance of an offer for
the Financial Products made under a takeover scheme.
Takeover Transferee Holding means a CHESS Holding to which
Financial Products are to be Transferred pursuant to
acceptances of offers made under a takeover bid.
Target Holding means the Holding into which Financial
Products will be entered in giving effect to a Transfer,
Conversion, Corporate Action or other transaction.
Target Transaction Identifier means a reference number
identifying a transaction which is the target of another
transaction.
Introduced 09/05/05
Tax means any present or future tax, levy, impost,
duty, charge, fee, deduction, or withholding of whatever
nature, levied, collected, assessed or imposed by any
government or semi-government authority and any amount
imposed in respect of any of the above.
Technical and Performance Requirements means the
requirements on Facility Users set out in Section 16.
Terms and Conditions for FDI Controlling Participants
means those terms and conditions between AIS, CDN and the
Controlling Participant of FDIs from time to time displayed
on the ASX World Link Website.
TFN stands for Tax File Number and means a numeric code
allocated by the Australian Taxation Office for taxation
purposes.
Third Party Provider means a person that:
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(a) |
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operates an
interface with CHESS; |
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(b) |
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performs any
obligations of a Facility User under these Rules; or |
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(c) |
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uses facilities
provided by ASX Settlement, |
on behalf of a Facility User.
Title in relation to Financial Products, means:
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(a) |
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legal title
where the Financial Products can be owned at law, and |
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(b) |
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equitable or
beneficial title where the Financial Products can be
owned only in equity. |
Total Security Balance Report means a report that sets out
the aggregate of all Holding Balances held on the CHESS
Subregister for a class of Financial Products as at a
specified point in time.
Trade Date means the date on which an agreement or
arrangement for the purchase or sale of Financial Products
was executed.
Trade Instruction Cut-Off means, on any Business Day,
10.30am Sydney Time or such other time as ASX Settlement may
from time to time determine.
Trading Day means a day other than:
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(a) |
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a Saturday,
Sunday, New Years Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday,
Christmas Day, Boxing Day; and |
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(b) |
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any other day
that ASX Settlement may declare and publish is not a
trading day. |
Trading Participant has the same meaning as in the
operating rules of ASX
Introduced 23/10/09 Amended 01/08/10
Transaction Identifier means a reference number
identifying a Message Transmitted through CHESS.
Amended 09/05/05
Transaction Statement means a transaction statement
for an Issuer Sponsored Holding as referred to in Listing
Rules 8.5, 8.6 and 8.7.
Transfer means a transfer of Financial Products, or for
the purposes of Section 15, a transfer of Allocation
Interests:
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(a) |
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from a CHESS
Holding to any other Holding; or |
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(b) |
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from any
Holding to a CHESS Holding. |
Transfer Request Document means a document supplied by a
Settlement Participant which is not a Market Participant to
an Issuer that entitles the Issuer to authorise a Transfer
of Financial Products from an Issuer Sponsored Holding to a
CHESS Holding.
Transfer Service means a service provided to a market
licensee for the holding, transfer and settlement of
Approved Financial Products that are listed on the market of
that licensee, in accordance with Rule 4.1A
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Introduced 22/01/10
Transfer Service Agreement means a transfer service
agreement in the form made available by ASX Settlement from
time to time.
Introduced 22/01/10
Transfer Service Requirements means the matters set
out in Rule 4.1A in relation to which ASX Settlement must be
satisfied in order for a market licensee to be provided with
a Transfer Service.
Introduced 22/01/10
Transition Period means the period from 11 March 2002
to 10 March 2004 or such later date as determined by the
Commission.
Transmit means cause a Message to be made available for
collection in the Message collection facility provided in
CHESS for Messages passing between ASX Settlement and
Facility Users.
Note: Rule 16.17
specifies when a Facility User or ASX Settlement is
taken to have Transmitted a Message.
Transmute means to cause:
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(a) |
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Principal
Financial Products to be converted into CDIs, or CDIs
to be converted into Principal Financial Products; or |
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(b) |
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Participating
International Financial Products to be converted into
FDIs, or FDIs to be converted into Participating
International Financial Products; |
under these Rules, without any change in beneficial
ownership.
Transmutation Ratio means the ratio which identifies the
number or fraction of CDIs into which a Principal Financial
Product may be converted, and the number or fraction of
Principal Financial Products into which a CDI may be
converted.
Tribunal means the Disciplinary Tribunal or the Appeal
Tribunal, as applicable.
Amended 01/08/10
Trustee Company means a trustee company within the
meaning of State or Territory Trustee Companies legislation
or a Public Trustee of a State or Territory.
UIC stands for User Identification Code and means a unique
numeric code allocated by ASX Settlement to ASX Settlement
and each Facility User for the purpose of identifying the
source and destination of Messages and which may be:
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(a) |
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the UIC of an
Issuer; |
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(b) |
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a PID; or |
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(c) |
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such other
numeric code allocated by ASX Settlement. |
Valid in relation to a Message, means a Message that:
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(a) |
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identifies the
source of the Message in the Message header by
specifying a current source UIC that is compatible with
the specified AIC; |
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(b) |
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correctly
identifies the destination of the Message in the
Message header by specifying the current UIC for the
targeted Message recipient; |
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(c) |
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is formatted in
accordance with and contains all the mandatory data
requirements specified in the EIS; |
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(d) |
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has been
properly authenticated, (determined by reference to the
MAC); and |
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(e) |
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meets CHESS
encryption requirements specified in the EIS. |
Warranty and Indemnity Provision means a provision of:
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(a) |
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the Participant
Warranties and Indemnities; |
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(b) |
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the Issuer
Warranties and Indemnities; or |
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(c) |
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the ASX
Settlement Indemnity. |
Withdrawal Instructions means written or oral instructions
from a Participant Sponsored Holder to the Controlling
Participant for the withdrawal of Financial Products from a
Participant Sponsored Holding and includes instructions:
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(a) |
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for the
Conversion of Financial Products in a Participant
Sponsored Holding to any other mode of Holding; |
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(b) |
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to initiate a
change of sponsorship for the Financial Products; |
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(c) |
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to endorse or
initiate an off market transfer of Financial Products;
or |
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(d) |
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to accept a
takeover offer for the Financial Products on behalf of
the Participant Sponsored Holder; |
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(e) |
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to accept a
takeover offer for the Securities on behalf of the
Participant Sponsored Holder. |
Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 21.13
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SECTION
HOLDING FINANCIAL PRODUCTS IN THE SETTLEMENT FACILITY
In order to participate in the Settlement Facility, an Issuers Financial Products
must be Approved by ASX Settlement under these Rules. This Section sets out the
requirements which Financial Products must satisfy in order to be Approved, including the
Technical and Performance Requirements which an Issuer must satisfy and also contains
provisions in relation to:
(a) suspension and revocation of Approval;
(b) establishing and dealing with Holdings of Financial Products and CHESS Subregisters; and
(c) other provisions affecting Holdings (such as confidentiality, Holding Locks, reporting,
recording details, Corporate Actions and correction of errors).
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CHESS SUBREGISTERS |
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8.6.1 |
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Status of CHESS Subregister |
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ASX Settlement must administer, as agent of an Issuer in
accordance with these Rules, a CHESS Subregister for each
class of the Issuers Approved Financial Products to which
the following provisions apply: |
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(a) |
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subject to
paragraph (b), the CHESS Subregister for a class of an
Issuers Approved Financial Products forms part of the
Issuers principal register for that class of Financial
Products; and |
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(b) |
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if an Issuers
principal register for a class of Approved Financial
Products is located outside Australia, the CHESS
Subregister forms part of the Issuers principal
Australian register, notwithstanding the fact that the
Australian register is a branch register and forms a
part of the Issuers principal register outside
Australia. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.1 |
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8.6.2 |
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Information recorded and maintained on a CHESS Subregister |
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ASX Settlement must record and maintain on a CHESS
Subregister for a class of Approved Financial Products: |
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(a) |
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the
Registration Details and HIN of each person with a
CHESS Holding of Financial Products in that class; and |
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(b) |
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in relation to
each such person, the number of Financial Products
held. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.2.1 |
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8.6.3 |
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HIN not to be taken to be included in a register |
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Except to the extent required by these Rules or the law, an Issuer must
not include a HIN in a register for the purpose of: |
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(a) |
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the register
being open for inspection; or |
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(b) |
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furnishing a
copy of the register or any part of the register. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.2.2 |
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8.6.4 |
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Notice of location of stored information |
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As soon as a class of an Issuers Financial Products are
Approved, the Issuer must: |
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(a) |
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give notice to
the Commission in accordance with Section 1301(1) of
the Corporations Act specifying (subject to Rule 8.6.5)
the registered office of ASX Settlement as the
situation of the place of storage of the information
maintained by ASX Settlement on a CHESS Sub-register; |
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(b) |
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give a copy of
that notice to ASX Settlement; and |
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(c) |
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give a copy of
that notice to the exempt or special stock market or
exempt financial market where the Issuers Financial
Products are quoted. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.2.3, 5.2.4 |
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8.6.5 |
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Change of location of stored information |
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If the situation of the place of storage in relation to
information maintained by ASX Settlement on a CHESS
Subregister changes: |
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(a) |
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ASX Settlement
must promptly give Notice to the Issuer of the new
place of storage; and |
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(b) |
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the Issuer must
give notice to the Commission of the new place of
storage in accordance with Section 1301(4) of the
Corporations Act. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.2.5 |
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8.6.6 |
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Classes of Holdings on a CHESS Subregister |
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Holdings that may be maintained on a CHESS Subregister are: |
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(a) |
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Holdings that
are controlled by a Participant; or |
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(b) |
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such other
Holdings as are determined by ASX Settlement, from time
to time. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.3.1 |
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8.7 |
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ESTABLISHING A HOLDER RECORD |
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8.7.1 |
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Restrictions on establishing a Holder Record |
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A Participant must not Transmit a
Message to establish a Holder Record in relation to a person under
Rule 8.7.2 unless: |
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(a) |
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the person is a
Related Body Corporate of the Participant; or |
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(b) |
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the Participant
holds a current Sponsorship Agreement executed by the
Participant and the person. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.4.1A |
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8.7.2 |
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Establishing a Holder Record |
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If a Participant Transmits a Valid Message to ASX Settlement
requesting ASX Settlement to establish a Holder Record that
includes the matters specified in the Procedures, ASX
Settlement must: |
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(a) |
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establish a
Holder Record on CHESS for that person; |
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(b) |
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allocate a HIN
to that Holder; and |
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(c) |
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if the Holder
Record has been established for a Participant Sponsored
Holder, promptly send a Notice in relation to that
Holder Record to that Participant Sponsored Holder. |
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If the Holder Record is in relation to a person that is a
Participant Sponsored Holder, the Participant must, in the
absence of any specific alternative written authority from
that other person specify as the current Registration
Details in the Message, the name and address and, if
applicable, Email details for the person as recorded in the
Sponsorship Agreement. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.4.1, 5.4.1B Amended 02/11/09 |
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8.7.3 |
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Holder Record for Holding of FOR Financial Products |
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A Participant must determine whether the Residency Indicator
of a Holder Record is applicable to any new Holding of FOR
Financial Products, and if it is not applicable to the new
Holding of FOR Financial Products and there is no existing
Holder Record with the appropriate Residency Indicator, the
Participant must: |
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(a) |
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establish a
separate Holder Record for that new Holding with the
appropriate Residency Indicator; and |
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(b) |
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transfer that
Holding to that Holder Record. |
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Note: Because of
differing definitions of Foreign Person under the
governing legislation or constitution of different
Issuers with aggregate foreign ownership restrictions,
a Holders status (for the purposes of settling
transactions in FOR Financial Products) may differ
between Issuers. |
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Where these
circumstances apply, Holders must have two distinct
Holder Records in CHESS; one with a Residency Indicator
of F and another with a Residency Indicator of D.
Holdings of |
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particular Financial Products must then be linked to the
appropriate Holder Record. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.4.3 |
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8.7.4 |
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Indemnity by Participant where Holder Record established
incorrectly |
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If, under Rule 8.7.2, a Participant has Transmitted a Valid
Message requesting ASX Settlement to establish a Holder
Record and that Message specifies the Holder Type as
Participant Sponsored Holder or specifies a Residency
Indicator and any of the following apply: |
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(a) |
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the Participant
is not authorised to establish the Holder Record; |
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(b) |
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the Participant
has provided incorrect details in the Message; or |
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(c) |
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the Participant
has provided an incorrect Residency Indicator in the
Message, |
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subject to Rule 8.7.5 the Participant indemnifies: |
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(d) |
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ASX Settlement
from and against all losses, damages, costs and
expenses which ASX Settlement may suffer or incur by
reason of that unauthorised request or that
Transmission of incorrect Holder Record details or an
incorrect Residency Indicator; and |
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(e) |
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if a Holding is
established using incorrect Holder Record details or an
incorrect Residency Indicator, the Issuer from and
against all losses, damages, costs and expenses which
the Issuer may suffer or incur by reason of that
Holding being established. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.4.4, 5.4.5 |
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8.7.5 |
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Limitation on Participant indemnity |
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A Participant is not liable to indemnify ASX Settlement or
an Issuer under Rule 8.7.4 if the Participant has provided
details which are consistent with the directions of the
relevant Holder for the purposes of holding FOR Financial
Products and the Participant had no reason to believe that
those directions were incorrect. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.4.6 |
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8.8 |
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ESTABLISHING A CHESS HOLDING |
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8.8.1 |
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A CHESS Holding may be established |
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If a Holder Record for a person has been established and a
HIN allocated and a Message specifying that HIN to identify
the Target Holding is Transmitted in any of the following
circumstances: |
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(a) |
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a Participant Transmits a Valid Originating Message that
initiates a Demand Transfer or Conversion; |
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(b) |
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ASX Settlement
Transmits a Valid Originating Message that initiates a
Settlement Transfer; or |
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(c) |
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an Issuer
Transmits a Valid Message to initiate a Holding
Adjustment or a Financial Products Transformation, |
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a CHESS Holding may be established by entering the Financial
Products specified in the Message into the Target Holding
and, if a new CHESS Holding is established ASX Settlement
must notify the Issuer: |
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(d) |
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that a new
Holding has been established; and |
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(e) |
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of the Holder
Record details. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.5 |
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8.9 |
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REPORTING TO PARTICIPANT SPONSORED HOLDERS IN RESPECT OF
DESPATCHED FINANCIAL PRODUCTS |
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8.9.1 |
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Issuer to send Holder a Notice |
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(a) |
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an Issuer makes
available forms of application for an Offer of Approved
Financial Products; and |
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(b) |
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an Approved
Market Operator gives that Issuer approval for
quotation of those Financial Products, |
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the Issuer must, within 5 Business Days of receiving
notification from ASX Settlement that a new CHESS Holding
has been established under Rule 5.3.2, and provided the
Registration Details specified in the notification from ASX
Settlement match the Registration Details specified in the
application for the person to whom the Financial Products
have been allocated, send to the Holder of that Holding a
Notice that sets out: |
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(c) |
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the HIN; |
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(d) |
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the
Registration Details; and |
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(e) |
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the Holding
Balance, |
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for the CHESS Holding as specified in the notification from
ASX Settlement. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.4B |
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8.10 |
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RESTRICTION ON CHESS HOLDINGS |
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8.10.1 |
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Restrictions on number of joint holders |
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Unless permitted under an Issuers constitution, a Participant must not
establish a CHESS Holding that would be held jointly by more than
3 persons. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.6.1 |
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8.10.2 |
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Prohibition on Holdings of Less than a Marketable Parcel |
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A Participant must not initiate a Transfer of Financial
Products if, by giving effect to that Transfer, a new CHESS
or Issuer Sponsored Holding of less than a Marketable Parcel
will be established unless: |
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(a) |
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the Holding of
less than a Marketable Parcel is expressly permitted
under an Issuers constitution; or |
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(b) |
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the Transfer
establishes a new Settlement Holding or Accumulation
Holding. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.7 Amended 18/12/06 |
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8.10.3 |
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Equitable Interests |
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Unless required by these Rules or the law, ASX Settlement
need not record on the CHESS Subregister, and is not
required to recognise: |
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(a) |
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any equitable,
contingent, future or partial interest in any Financial
Product; or |
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(b) |
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any other right
in respect of a Financial Product, |
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except an absolute right of legal ownership in the
registered Holder. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.8 |
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8.11 |
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CONFIDENTIALITY |
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8.11.1 |
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No disclosure except in certain circumstances |
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Unless required by these Rules or the law, or with the
express consent of the Holder, or of the duly appointed
attorney, agent or legal personal representative of that
Holder, neither an Issuer nor a Participant may mail (either
in writing or electronically), release, publish, disseminate
or disclose: |
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(a) |
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the HIN of a
CHESS Holding; |
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(b) |
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the PID of the
Controlling Participant of a CHESS Holding; or |
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(c) |
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the SRN for the
Holder of an Issuer Sponsored Holding, |
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(d) |
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the Holder of
that Holding; |
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(e) |
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the Holders
duly appointed attorney, agent or legal personal
representative; |
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(f) |
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if the Holding
is a CHESS Holding, the Controlling Participant for
that Holding; or |
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(g) |
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ASX Settlement. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.9.1 Amended 23/10/09 |
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8.11.2 |
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Request for information by a Participant |
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For the purpose of Rule 8.11.1(e), if a Participant provides
a request to an Issuer in acceptable form or a written
request to another Participant for: |
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(a) |
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details of the
SRN of a Holding on the Issuer Sponsored Subregister; |
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(b) |
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the Holding
Balance of a Holding on the Issuer Sponsored
Subregister; |
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(c) |
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the HIN of a
CHESS Holder; or |
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(d) |
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the PID of the
Controlling Participant of the CHESS Holding, |
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the requesting Participant: |
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(e) |
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is taken to
have warranted to the Issuer or the other Participant
that it is the duly appointed agent of the Holder for
the purposes of obtaining the details requested; |
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(f) |
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indemnifies the
Issuer or the other Participant in respect of any loss
which the Issuer or the other Participant may suffer as
a result of the requesting Participant not being
authorised to request the information provided; and |
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(g) |
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is, in the case
of a request to the Issuer, taken to have acknowledged
that: |
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(i) |
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the details provided by the Issuer represent
information currently available to the Issuer
at the time of response and excludes
unregistered transactions; and |
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(ii) |
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the Issuer will not be liable for any loss
incurred by the Holder or the Participant as a
result of reliance on the details provided, in
the absence of information not available to
the Issuer at the time of providing those
details. |
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Note: |
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A Participant
may request SRN and Issuer Sponsored Holding Balance
details from an Issuer via CHESS message where the
Participant is permitted to establish and maintain
Sponsored Holdings under Rule 6.3 and has provided ASX
Settlement with a Sponsorship Bond of $500,000, refer
Rule 6.7. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.9.2, 5.9.3 Amended
04/04/05 |
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8.11.3 |
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Disclosure of information regarding Financial
Products |
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Subject to Rule 8.11.4, or unless otherwise required by
these Rules or the law, ASX Settlement must not disclose any
information regarding Financial Products in a CHESS Holding
other than to: |
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(a) |
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the Holder of
that Holding; |
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(b) |
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the Controlling
Participant for that Holding; |
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(c) |
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the Issuer of
the Financial Products; or |
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(d) |
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if Rule 14.13
applies in relation to a takeover bid any of the
following: |
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(i) |
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the bidder; |
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(ii) |
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the CHESS Bidder; or |
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(iii) |
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any agent that the bidder or the CHESS Bidder
engages to prepare and distribute offer
documentation or process takeover acceptances. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.9.4 |
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8.11.4 |
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Circumstances where ASX Settlement may disclose information |
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ASX Settlement may disclose information regarding Financial
Products in a CHESS Holding, including information in
relation to deductions from or transfers to a CHESS Holding,
any relevant Source or Target Holdings and Holder Record
details, to: |
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(a) |
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the Commission; |
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(b) |
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the Reserve
Bank of Australia; |
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(c) |
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an Approved
Market Operator; |
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(d) |
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an Approved
Clearing Facility; |
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(e) |
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the home regulator of a Foreign Clearing House; or |
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(f) |
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SEGC |
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where that body, in the proper exercise of its powers and in
order to assist it in the performance of its regulatory
functions (or in the case of SEGC, its regulatory or other
functions), requests that ASX Settlement provide the
information to it. |
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Without limiting the above, ASX Settlement may disclose to
the Reserve Bank of Australia any confidential information
of a Facility User that is supplied to ASX Settlement in
connection with the Real Time Gross Settlement of a
transaction and that is required, in accordance with
interface specifications, to be included by ASX Settlement
in any message sent to the Reserve Bank of Australia across the Feeder System interface with
RITS/RTGS. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.9.6 |
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8.11.5 |
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Copyright information supplied to ASX Settlement |
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To the extent that a Participant or an Issuer has copyright
in the information supplied to ASX Settlement under these
Rules, then, subject to Rule 8.11.1 or 8.11.2, the
Participant or the Issuer, as the case requires, grants ASX
Settlement a license to reproduce that information to the
extent deemed necessary by ASX Settlement. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.9.5 |
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8.11.6 |
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Request by Participant for PID |
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If a Participant provides a request to ASX Settlement for
the PID of the Controlling Participant in relation to a
particular HIN ASX Settlement may disclose: |
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(a) |
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the PID of the
Controlling Participant; |
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(b) |
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the status of
the Controlling Participant; and |
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(c) |
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the status of
the HIN. |
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The requesting Participant: |
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(d) |
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is taken to
have warranted to ASX Settlement and the Controlling
Participant that it is the duly appointed agent of the
Holder for the purposes of obtaining the details
requested; and |
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(e) |
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indemnifies ASX
Settlement or any other Participant in respect of any
loss which ASX Settlement or the other Participant may
suffer as a result of the requesting Participant not
being authorised to request the information provided. |
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8.12 |
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REGISTRATION DATE |
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8.12.1 |
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The date to be recorded for registration purposes |
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If a Transfer is not a CHESS to CHESS Transfer, the date to
be recorded as the date Financial Products are entered into
a Target Holding for registration purposes is: |
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(a) |
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if the Source
Holding is a CHESS Holding, the date, as evidenced by
the CHESS processing timestamp, that ASX Settlement
Transmits to the Issuer the Message to Transfer the
Financial Products; or |
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(b) |
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if the Source
Holding is an Issuer Sponsored Holding, the date the
Issuer Transmits to ASX Settlement the Message
authorising the Transfer of the Financial Products. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.10 |
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8.13 |
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CHESS SUBREGISTER TO REMAIN OPEN ON EACH BUSINESS DAY |
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8.13.1 |
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ASX Settlement to keep CHESS Subregister open and must
process Messages |
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On any Business Day, ASX Settlement: |
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(a) |
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unless
otherwise provided in these Rules, must not close a
CHESS Subregister; and |
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(b) |
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must process
Messages in accordance with these Rules. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.11 |
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8.14 |
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CLOSURE OF A CHESS SUBREGISTER |
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8.14.1 |
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Closure of a CHESS Subregister other than where Financial
Products lapse, expire, mature etc. |
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Unless Rule 8.14.2 applies, if: |
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(a) |
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ASX Settlement
revokes Approval of a class of an Issuers Financial
Products under Rule 8.4.1(e) or 8.5.4; or |
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(b) |
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Approval of a
class of an Issuers Financial Products ceases under
Rule 8.4.8, |
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ASX Settlement and the Issuer must take such steps as may be
necessary to effect the orderly closure of any affected
CHESS Subregister, including without limitation: |
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(c) |
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ASX Settlement
giving such Notice as is reasonably practicable to the
Issuer and each Participant of: |
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(i) |
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the date of closure of the CHESS Subregister;
and |
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(ii) |
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the last day on which ASX Settlement will
process Messages or classes of Messages
Transmitted by the Issuer or Participants; |
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(d) |
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the Issuer
using its best endeavours to ensure that all
outstanding processing that affects CHESS Holdings in
that class is completed prior to the date of closure of
the CHESS Subregister; |
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(e) |
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ASX Settlement,
on the date of closure of the CHESS Subregister: |
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(i) |
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removing all Holdings on that Subregister to
an Issuer Sponsored Subregister; and |
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(ii) |
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giving Notice to the Issuer that the CHESS
Subregister has been closed; |
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(f) |
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ASX Settlement
sending a Holding statement in accordance with Rule
8.18.6 to each Participant Sponsored Holder of |
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Financial Products on the CHESS Subregister advising that
the Holding has been Converted to an Issuer Operated
Subregister; and |
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(g) |
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on the day of
such closure or on any subsequent Business Day ASX
Settlement may archive that CHESS Subregister provided
that on the archiving day it must notify the Issuer and
Participants confirming the archival of that
Subregister. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.12.1, 5.12.2 |
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8.14.2 |
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Closure of a CHESS Subregister where Financial Products
lapse, expire, mature etc. |
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If a class of Approved Financial Products ceases to be
quoted because the Financial Products have lapsed, expired,
matured or have been redeemed, paid up or Reconstructed,
subject to Rules 8.14.3 and 14.21.4, ASX Settlement may
archive the CHESS Subregister for that class of Financial
Products: |
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in the case of
the class of Approved Financial Products being warrants
eligible to be traded under the operating rules of an
Approved Market Operator not less than 10 Business Days
after the date on which the cessation occurred; |
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(b) |
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in the case of
any other class of Approved Financial Products not less
than 20 Business Days after the date on which the
cessation occurred; and |
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if ASX Settlement archives a CHESS Subregister under this
Rule 8.14.2, ASX Settlement must: |
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(c) |
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subject to Rule
8.14.3, reject all Messages Transmitted by the Issuer
or Participants that affect a CHESS Holding on that
Subregister; and |
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(d) |
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notify the
Issuer, and each Participant confirming the archival of
that Subregister. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.13.1, 5.13.2 Amended 10/06/04 |
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8.14.3 |
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Report facilities to be provided by ASX Settlement |
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ASX Settlement must provide Report facilities to the Issuer
and Participants for a period of not less than 10 Business
Days for warrants eligible to be traded under the operating
rules of an Approved Market Operator and not less than 20
Business Days in the case of any other class of Approved
Financial Products following the cessation of a CHESS
Subregister under Rule 8.14.2. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 5.13.3 Amended 10/06/04 |
13.1 |
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APPLICATION OF CDI RULES |
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13.1.1 |
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Effect of Rules 13.1 to 13.13 |
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Rules 13.1 to 13.13 only apply to, and have effect in relation to, CDIs issued in
respect of a class of Principal Financial Products. |
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The Rules, to the extent that they are not inconsistent with Rules 13.1 to 13.13, have
full force and effect in relation to CDIs other than as specifically modified by the
provisions of these Rules 13.1 to 13.13. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.1.1, 3A.1.2 Amended 06/06/05 |
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13.2 |
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PREREQUISITES FOR SETTLEMENT OF INSTRUCTIONS IN PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS |
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13.2.1 |
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Approval of person as Principal Issuer |
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A person who has applied for: |
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(a) |
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a class of Principal Financial Products; or |
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(b) |
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CDIs issued over a class of Principal Financial Products, |
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to be quoted on the market of an Approved Market Operator may apply to ASX Settlement in
the form prescribed in the Procedures to: |
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(c) |
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act as Principal Issuer in relation to CDIs issued or to be issued in
respect of those Principal Financial Products; and |
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(d) |
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to have those CDIs approved. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.2.1 Amended 10/06/04, 06/06/05 |
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13.2.2 |
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Appointment of Depository Nominee and issue of CDIs |
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If ASX Settlement determines to accept an application under rule 13.2.1, the Principal
Issuer must: |
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(a) |
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appoint a Depository Nominee for the purpose of complying with these
Rules; |
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(b) |
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give Notice to ASX Settlement of: |
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(i) |
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the identity of the Depository Nominee appointed by
the Principal Issuer; and |
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(ii) |
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the Transmutation Ratio for the Principal Financial
Products; |
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(c) |
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make arrangements satisfactory to ASX Settlement to enable the
Principal Issuer to comply with the requirements of Rules 13.4.3 and 13.5; and |
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(d) |
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make arrangements satisfactory to ASX Settlement to issue CDIs or make
them available in respect of that class of Principal Financial Products to each
person who has: |
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(i) |
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an entitlement to those CDIs or Principal Financial
Products; and |
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(ii) |
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where applicable, not elected to take a document of
Title to those Principal Financial Products. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.2.2 Amended 06/06/05 |
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13.2.3 |
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Vesting arrangements for Principal Financial Products |
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If Rule 13.2.2 applies, the Principal Issuer must, either not later than End of Day on
the Despatch Date for the new Principal Financial Products, or such other time as ASX
Settlement requires: |
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(a) |
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cause the Title to any Principal Financial Products that are to be held
in the form of CDIs to be vested in the Depositary Nominee nominated by the
Principal Issuer under Rule 13.2.2, in a manner recognised by Australian law and
all applicable foreign laws; |
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(b) |
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immediately give Notice to ASX Settlement that Title to the Principal
Financial Products has vested in the Depositary Nominee; and |
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(c) |
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record: |
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(i) |
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the CDIs corresponding to the Principal Financial
Products on the CHESS Subregister or the Issuer Sponsored Subregister, as
the case requires; and |
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(ii) |
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the information required to be recorded under these
Rules in such manner as to identify each Holder of the CDIs, whether on
the CHESS Subregister or the Issuer Sponsored Subregister. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.2.3 Amended 06/06/05 |
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13.2.4 |
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Effective date of approval CDIs as Approved Financial Products |
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Where ASX Settlement determines to accept an application made under Rule 13.2.1, the
Commencement Date for CDIs issued in respect of the class of Principal Financial
Products will be the date that ASX Settlement notifies the Principal Issuer that those
CDIs are Approved Financial Products, or such other date determined by ASX Settlement. |
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Introduced 06/06/05 |
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13.2.5 |
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CDIs as Approved Financial Products transitional provision |
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From the date on which this rule 13.2.5 comes into effect, all CDIs issued by a
Principal Issuer over a class of previously approved Principal Financial Products will
be taken to be Approved Financial Products. |
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Introduced 06/06/05 |
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13.3 |
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TRANSMUTATION AND ALTERATIONS OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS |
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13.3.1 |
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Transmutation of Principal Financial Products to CDIs at Election of Holder |
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If a Holder of Financial Products that forms part of a class of Principal Financial
Products in respect of which CDIs have been approved gives Notice to the Principal
Issuer, at any time after the date of quotation of the Principal Financial Products,
requesting the Transmutation of a quantity of those Principal Financial Products to
CDIs, the Principal Issuer must, provided the Notice is accompanied by any corresponding
documents of Title: |
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as soon as possible, cause Title to the quantity of Principal Financial
Products specified in the Notice to be vested in the Depositary Nominee for those
Principal Financial Products; |
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record: |
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the CDIs corresponding to the Principal Financial
Products on the CDI Register; and |
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the information required to be recorded under these
Rules in such manner as to identify each Holder of the CDIs, on the CDI
Register; and |
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give Notice to the Holder that the Transmutation has been effected. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.3.1 Amended 06/06/05 |
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13.3.2 |
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Transmutation of Principal Financial Products to CDIs for Settlement Purposes |
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Each Participant that is obliged to deliver a quantity of Principal Financial Products
to another Participant must, unless otherwise agreed with that Participant, do so by
initiating a Message to Transfer the corresponding quantity of CDIs in respect of those
Principal Financial Products. |
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A Participant must not deliver a paper-based transfer of Principal Financial Products to
another Participant unless otherwise agreed with that other Participant. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.3.2, 3A.3.3 |
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13.3.3 |
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Participant may initiate a Transmutation on behalf of a person |
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A Participant that is authorised by a person to do so, may Transmute Principal Financial
Products to CDIs or CDIs to Principal Financial Products on behalf of the person in any
circumstance where Transmutation by that person is permitted under these Rules. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.3.4 |
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13.4 |
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CONSEQUENCES OF VESTING TITLE IN DEPOSITARY NOMINEE |
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13.4.1 |
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Trust for holders of CDIs |
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When Title to Principal Financial Products is vested in a Depositary Nominee under these
Rules, all right, title and interest in those Principal Financial Products is held by
the Depositary Nominee subject to the right of any person identified, in accordance with
these Rules, as a Holder of CDIs in respect of those Principal Financial Products to
receive all direct economic benefits and any other entitlements in relation to those
Principal Financial Products. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.4.1 Amended 17/03/08 |
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13.4.2 |
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Identification of CDI Holders |
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For the purposes of Rule 13.4.1, a person is (subject to any subsequent disposition)
entitled to all direct economic benefits and any other entitlements in relation to
Principal Financial Products vested in a Depositary Nominee under these Rules if: |
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in accordance with Rule 13.2.3, the Principal Issuer has recorded the
person in the CDI Register as the holder of CDIs for those Principal Financial
Products; or |
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under Rule 13.3.1, the person is the former Holder of the Principal
Financial Products to which the CDIs relate, or that persons nominee. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.4.2 |
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13.4.3 |
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Immobilisation of Principal Financial Products |
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A Depositary Nominee that holds Principal Financial Products under these Rules must: |
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where a Certificate is issued as evidence of Title to those Financial
Products, make arrangements satisfactory to ASX Settlement for any Certificate
representing its holding of Principal Financial Products to be held by the
Principal Issuer for safekeeping; or |
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where the Financial Products are held on account in
an Approved Clearing House, ensure that a Segregated Account is maintained
in respect of those Financial Products, which must constitute the
Principal Register for the purposes of these Rules; |
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not dispose of any of those Principal Financial Products unless
authorised by these Rules; and |
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not create any interest (including a security interest) which is
inconsistent with the Title of the Depositary Nominee to the Principal Financial
Products and the interests of the Holders of CDIs in respect of the Principal
Financial Products unless authorised by these Rules. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.4.3 |
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13.5 |
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REGISTERS AND PROCESSING OF TRANSFERS AND TRANSMUTATIONS |
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13.5.1 |
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Issuer to establish and maintain Principal Register and CDI Register |
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If CDIs in respect of a class of Principal Financial Products are approved, the
Principal Issuer must establish and maintain: |
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a Principal Register in Australia which contains all of the information
that would otherwise be required to be kept by the Principal Issuer if it
maintained an Australian branch register for those Financial Products; and |
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a CDI Register in Australia that contains all of the information that
would otherwise be required to be kept under the Corporations Act as if the
Principal Issuer were an Australian listed public company and the CDIs were
Financial Products of that company. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.1, 3A.5.2 Amended 06/06/05 |
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13.5.2 |
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Reconciliation of Registers |
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The Principal Issuer must ensure, at all times that: |
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the total number of CDIs on the CDI Register reconciles to the total
number of Principal Financial Products registered in the name of the Depositary
Nominee on the Principal Register; and |
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where applicable, it has one or more Certificates registered in the
name of the Depositary Nominee in its possession which represent the same number of
Principal Financial Products as are registered in the name of the Depositary
Nominee on the Principal Register. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.3 Amended 06/06/05 |
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13.5.3 |
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Right of Inspection of Principal Register and CDI Register |
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a Principal Register; or |
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a CDI Register, |
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is required to be established and maintained by a Principal Issuer under Rule
13.5.1, the Principal Issuer must make that Principal Register or that CDI Register, as
the case requires, available for inspection to the same extent and in the same manner as
if that register were a register of Financial Products of an Australian listed public
company. |
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This Rule 13.5.3 does not apply in respect of a class of Principal Financial Products
issued by a DI Issuer to the extent that the Principal Register need not be available
for inspection where that Principal Register is located in a foreign jurisdiction. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.4A |
13.5.4 Issuer Sponsored Subregisters and CHESS Subregisters for CDIs
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If CDIs in respect of a class of Principal Financial Products are approved, the
Principal Issuer must establish and maintain: |
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an Issuer Sponsored Subregister; and |
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a CHESS Subregister, |
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of CDIs in respect of the Principal Financial Products as if the CDIs were Financial
Products of an Australian Issuer, issued wholly in uncertificated form. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.5 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.5.5 Third Party Provider as Agent [Deleted]
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.6 Deleted 06/06/05 |
13.5.6 Agents of Principal Issuer
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If a Principal Issuer employs or retains a Third Party Provider to establish and
maintain a Principal Register or a CDI Register in respect of a class of its Principal
Financial Products, then for the purposes of these Rules, the Third Party Provider is
taken to perform those services as the agent of the Principal Issuer. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.7 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.5.7 Depositary Nominee obliged to ensure information is provided to Principal Issuer
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Notwithstanding Rule 13.5.2, if a Depositary Nominee employs or retains a Third Party
Provider to administer the Principal Register, which is not the same Third Party
Provider as that retained by the Principal Issuer to establish and maintain a CDI
Register under Rule 13.5.6, then the Depositary Nominee must ensure that its Third Party
Provider provides such information to the Principal Issuer at such times as the
Principal Issuer requires for performance of its obligations under Rules 13.1 to 13.13. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.8 |
13.5.8 Power of Attorney
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The Depositary Nominee appoints the Principal Issuer to be the Depositary Nominees
attorney and in the name of the Depositary Nominee (or in the name of the Principal
Issuer or its delegate) and on the Depositary Nominees behalf: |
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to execute any transfer for the purposes of Rule 13.3; and |
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to do all things necessary or desirable to give full effect to the
rights and obligations of the Depositary Nominee in Rules 13.1 to 13.13;
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and the Depositary Nominee undertakes to ratify and confirm anything done under this
power of attorney by the Principal Issuer. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.9 |
13.5.9 Delegation by Principal Issuer under Power of Attorney
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The Principal Issuer may in writing: |
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delegate its powers to any person for any period; |
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at its discretion, revoke any such delegation; and |
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exercise or concur in exercising any power despite the Principal
Issuer or a delegate of the Principal Issuer having a direct or personal interest
in the mode or result of the exercise of that power. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.9A |
13.5.10 Indemnity
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If a Principal Issuer or its Third Party Provider executes a transfer of Principal
Financial Products on behalf of a Depositary Nominee as transferor or transferee, other
than a Transfer which is supported by a Message initiated by a Participant under these
Rules, the Principal Issuer warrants to ASX Settlement that it indemnifies: |
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the Depositary Nominee; |
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ASX Settlement; |
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the transferor or the beneficial owner of the Principal Financial
Products, as the case requires; and |
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each Participant, |
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against all losses, damages, costs and expenses that they or any of them may suffer or
incur as a result of the transfer not being authorised by the transferor or by the
beneficial owner of the Principal Financial Products. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.10 |
13.5.11 ASX Settlement holds benefit of warranties for Depositary Nominee
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ASX Settlement holds the benefit of any warranties and indemnities given to it by the
Principal Issuer under Rules 13.1 to 13.13 in trust for the benefit of the Depositary
Nominee. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.10A |
13.5.12 Principal Issuer and Depositary Nominee not to interfere in Transfer and Transmutation
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Unless otherwise permitted under these Rules or the Listing Rules, a Principal Issuer or
a Depositary Nominee must not refuse or fail to register, or give effect to, or
otherwise interfere with the processing and registration of: |
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a paper-based transfer of Principal Financial Products; |
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a Transfer of CDIs; |
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a Transmutation of Principal Financial Products to CDIs;
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a Transmutation of CDIs to Principal Financial Products; |
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a shunt from a DI Register to a Principal Register; or |
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a shunt from a Principal Register to a DI Register. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.11, 3A.5.12 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.5.13 No Notice of Unregistered Interests
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For the purposes of all relevant Australian and foreign laws, neither ASX Settlement nor
any Depositary Nominee is affected by actual, implied or constructive notice of any
interest in CDIs other than the Holdings on the CDI Register. |
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A Depositary Nominee may deal with the registered Holder of CDIs as if, for all
purposes, the Holder of CDIs is the absolute beneficial owner of the Principal Financial
Products to which the CDIs relate, without any liability whatsoever to any other person
who asserts an interest in the CDIs or in the Principal Financial Products to which the
CDIs relate. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.5.13, 3A.5.14 |
13.5A TERMINATION OI CDI HOLDING BY THE DEPOSITARY NOMINEE
13.5A.1 Termination of rust over Principal Financial Products
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If approval of CDIs in respect of a class of Principal Financial Products is revoked by
ASX Settlement, the Depositary Nominee may, by resolution of its board of directors,
revoke the trust under which it holds the Principal Financial Products on a date
specified in the resolution. The Depositary Nominee must notify the affected Holders of
CDIs of the revocation in accordance with the Procedures. |
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From the date of revocation specified in the resolution: |
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the Depositary Nominee holds the Principal Financial Products and any
other relevant property on trust for distribution to each Holder of CDIs and
otherwise on the same terms as far as practicable as it held the Principal
Financial Products and other relevant property before such revocation of trust; |
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the Depositary Nominee may, in its absolute discretion, continue to
hold on trust the Principal Financial Products and any other relevant property for
any period determined by the Depositary Nominee instead of distributing that
property to the Holder of CDIs and, in doing so, the Depositary Nominee will not
be liable for any loss, cost, damage or expense suffered by the Holder of CDIs
(except where such loss, cost, damage or expense is directly caused by the
Depositary Nominees actual fraud or dishonesty); and |
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the Depositary Nominee may appoint a custodian or agent (including
the Principal Issuer) for the purpose of holding Principal Financial Products and
any other relevant property (including, without limitation, net proceeds referred
to in Rule 13.5A.2(c)) or performing any of its duties relating to the
distribution or holding of property or for any other purpose for which a trustee
may appoint an agent. |
13.5A.2 Distribution of Principal Financial Products and power of sale
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If a Depositary Nominee revokes the trust under which it holds a class of Principal
Financial Products in accordance with Rule 13.5A.1:
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the Depositary Nominee may, in its absolute discretion, notify the
affected Holders of CDIs in accordance with the Procedures of a procedure by which
the Principal Financial Products and any other relevant property will be
distributed to Holders; |
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subject to any law or rule of any financial market where the
Principal Financial Products are listed or quoted, the Principal Issuer must use
all reasonable endeavours to assist the Depositary Nominee to distribute the
Principal Financial Products and any other relevant property to Holders of CDIs in
accordance with the procedure notified by the Depositary Nominee; and |
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if the Depositary Nominee, after taking any steps specified in the
Procedures, has been unable to distribute the Principal Financial Products and any
other relevant property to a Holder of CDIs, then the Depositary Nominee may sell
the Principal Financial Products and any other relevant property and hold the net
proceeds on trust for distribution to the Holder of CDIs and may, after any period
specified by law for holding unclaimed moneys, remit those monies to a regulatory
authority in accordance with relevant law. |
13.5A.3 Exercise of power of sale
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In exercising the power of sale in Rule 13.5A.2, the Depositary Nominee may do any of
the following: |
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sell, dispose of, transfer or otherwise deal with the Principal
Financial Products and any other relevant property to any person including without
limitation to an associate of any of the Principal Issuer, the Holder of CDIs or
the Depositary Nominee; |
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effect any sale by a single contract or in separate lots or parcels
or in any other manner that the Depositary Nominee may in its absolute discretion
think fit, with power to the Depositary Nominee to apportion the sale price and
all costs, expenses, purchase money and fees between the Principal Financial
Products so dealt with, provided the apportionment is fair and equitable; |
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subject to any contrary rule of law or equity, allow a purchaser of
the Principal Financial Products any time for payment of the whole or any part of
the purchase money either with interest at any rate or without interest and either
upon the security of the property sold or any part or upon any other security or
without any security and the conditions of sale may include such special
conditions as the Depositary Nominee may in its absolute discretion think fit; |
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receive and retain the proceeds of any sale and issue receipts in respect of such
proceeds; or |
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sign deeds of sale with respect to the sale of any Principal
Financial Product and any other relevant property, and execute any other documents
as may be required to transfer the rights of such Principal Financial Products or
any other relevant property. |
13A.5A.4 Limitation of liability
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If a Depositary Nominee exercises the power of sale in accordance with this Rule 13.5A,
the exercise of that power does not involve on the part of the Depositary Nominee: |
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incurring any personal liability in connection with that exercise or
its consequences unless it is committed, made or omitted in bad faith or as a
result of negligence or wilful default; and
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any breach of duty or trust whatsoever, unless it is committed, made
omitted in bad faith or as a result of negligence or wilful default. |
13.5A.5 Appointment of custodian or agent
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If the Depositary Nominee appoints a custodian or agent in accordance with this Rule
13.5A, the following will apply to such appointment: |
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the Depositary Nominee may in its absolute discretion appoint one or
more persons whom the Depositary Nominee determines to be properly qualified to
act as the custodian or agent in respect of the Principal Financial Products and
any other relevant property (including, without limitation, net proceeds referred
to in Rule 13.5A.2(c)) (Relevant Property); |
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the Depositary Nominee and the custodian or agent must execute a
written agreement setting out the terms and conditions in relation to the
appointment of the custodian or agent which provides among other things: |
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that the appointment of the custodian or agent will
be subject to such conditions as the Depositary Nominee may from time to
time determine, and the Depositary Nominee may delegate to and confer upon
the appointed custodian or agent any authorities, powers and discretions
as the Depositary Nominee sees fit; |
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a representation from the custodian or agent to the
Depositary Nominee that it has the skill, facilities, capacity and staff
to carry out the duties of a custodian or agent; |
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a representation that the custodian or agent agrees
to follow any proper instructions or communications from the Depositary
Nominee or any relevant regulatory authority in relation to the transfer,
disposal or remittance of the Relevant Property; |
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for such other matters that by law are required to be
specified in the written agreement between the Depositary Nominee and the
custodian or agent; |
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any consideration or fees applying to the provision of custodian or
agency services under this Rule 13.5A will be deducted from the Relevant Property
by the custodian or agent (or as otherwise determined in accordance with the
relevant custody or agency agreement referred to in this Rule 13.5A); and |
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where the Depositary Nominee appoints a custodian or agent in
accordance with this clause 13.5A, the exercise of that power does not involve on
the part of the Depositary Nominee: |
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incurring any personal liability in connection with
that exercise or its consequences unless it is committed, made or omitted
in bad faith or as a result of negligence or wilful default; and |
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any breach of duty or trust whatsoever unless it is
committed, made or omitted in bad faith or as a result of negligence or
willful default. |
13.6 CORPORATE ACTIONS
13.6.1 Application of Rules
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The purpose of the following Rules is to ensure that, to the extent permitted by the
laws of the Principal Issuers jurisdiction of incorporation, the benefit of all
Corporate Actions of a
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Principal Issuer will enure to the benefit of the relevant
Holders of CDIs as if they were Holders of the corresponding Principal Financial
Products, where Principal Financial Products are held by a Depositary Nominee under
these Rules. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.6.1 Amended 06/06/05, 17/03/08 |
13.6.2 Distribution of Dividends to Holders of CDIs
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If CDIs in respect of a class of Principal Financial Products are approved under Rule
13.2, the Principal Issuer must distribute any dividend declared in respect of the
corresponding Principal Financial Products to Holders of CDIs based on relevant Cum
Entitlement Balances as at End of Day on the Record Date for the dividend in proportions
as determined by the Transmutation Ratio. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.6.2 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.6.3 Direction and Acknowledgment by Depositary Nominee
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the Principal Issuers constitution; and |
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all laws governing the entitlement to dividends of a Depositary Nominee
of the Principal Issuer, |
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the Depositary Nominee is taken to have directed the Principal Issuer to distribute any
dividend, that would otherwise be payable to it under the Principal Issuers
constitution, in accordance with these Rules. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.6.3 |
13.6.4 Discharge of Principal Issuers obligation to pay dividend to Depositary Nominee
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A Depositary Nominee for a Principal Issuer acknowledges that distribution of a dividend
in accordance with these Rules discharges the Principal Issuers obligation to pay the
dividend to the Depositary Nominee. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.6.4 |
13.6.5 Payment by Depositary Interest Issuer
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Rules 13.6.2, 13.6.3 and 13.6.4 apply in respect of a DI as if a reference to dividend
is a reference to any distribution or payment, whether principal, premium or interest,
as defined in the offering memorandum in respect of the Principal Financial Products. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.6.4A |
13.6.6 Payment Obligations
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Where a DI Issuer makes a payment pursuant to Rule 13.6.2, that payment must be made to
all Holders of DIs as soon as reasonably practicable. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.6.4B Amended 04/04/05 |
13.6.7 Corporate Actions
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Subject to paragraph (d), if CDIs in respect of a class of Principal
Financial Products are approved under Rule 13.2, the Principal Issuer must
administer all Corporate Actions that result in: |
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the issue of additional or replacement Financial
Products in respect of the Principal Financial Products; or |
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the cancellation, buy back or other reduction in number by whatever
means of the Principal Financial Products (whether in whole or part), |
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as if each Holder of CDIs with respect to the Depositary Nominees Holding is a
Holder of a corresponding number of Principal Financial Products, so that the
Holding of each Holder of CDIs is adjusted as a result of the Corporate Action
(whether by issuing additional or replacement CDIs to Holders of CDIs, or by
cancelling or otherwise reducing the number of CDIs in the existing Holdings of
Holders of CDIs, as the case may be) based on relevant Cum Entitlement Balances
as at End of Day on the Record Date for the Corporate Action on the same terms
as would otherwise have applied if the Holders of CDIs were Holders of the
Principal Financial Products. |
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If the benefits conferred in the Corporate Action are additional or
replacement Financial Products as described in paragraph (a)(i), the Principal
Issuer must ensure that those Financial Products are vested in the Depositary
Nominee as Holder of the Principal Financial Products and the benefits are
distributed to Holders of CDIs in the form of CDIs corresponding to those
Principal Financial Products. |
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The Principal Issuer must ensure that the benefit of Corporate
Actions is conferred on Holders of CDIs in proportions determined by the
Transmutation Ratio. |
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If: |
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the laws of the Principal Issuers jurisdiction of
incorporation do not permit the Principal Issuer to administer a Corporate
Action as if each Holder of CDIs with respect to the Depositary Nominees
Holding is the Holder of a corresponding number of Principal Financial
Products in the manner described in paragraph (a); and |
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the Principal Issuer has: |
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so notified ASX Settlement in writing; |
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given ASX Settlement: |
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written details
of an alternative proposal (Alternative Proposal)
under which the number of Principal Financial Products
held by the Depositary Nominee (when adjusted in
accordance with the Alternative Proposal), combined with
any other benefits (if any) to be conferred on the
Depositary Nominee pursuant to the Alternative Proposal
(such as cash), will result in each CDI Holder being
placed as nearly as practicable in the same economic
position as a result of the Corporate Action as if the
Principal Issuer had administered the Corporate Action
in the manner described in paragraph (a); or |
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if the laws of
the Principal Issuers jurisdiction of incorporation
require the Corporate Action, so far as it concerns the
Depositary Nominee and the Holders of CDIs with respect
to the Depositary Nominees Holding, to be administered
having regard only to the Depositary Nominees holding of Principal Financial
Products at that time, to the exclusion of all other
considerations, and such laws do not admit of any
alternative proposal under which the
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interests of Holders
of CDIs with respect to the Depositary Nominees Holding
may be taken into account (including, without limitation,
by the payment of cash consideration in lieu of any
additional CDIs to which the Holders of CDIs would have
been entitled if the Principal Issuer had administered the
Corporate Action in the manner described in paragraph (a)),
a statement to that effect (Statement); |
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provided an undertaking to ASX
Settlement that it has disclosed the details of the Corporate
Action (including details of any Alternative Proposal or
Statement, as applicable) to Holders of CDIs in accordance with
all applicable laws; and |
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provided to ASX Settlement any
additional information or documents which ASX Settlement requests
for the purpose of evaluating the Corporate Action (as it affects
CDI Holders) and the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as
applicable) including, without limitation, a legal opinion
satisfactory to ASX Settlement confirming the matters referred to
in paragraph (d)(i) and such other matters related to the
Corporate Action and the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as
applicable) as ASX Settlement in its discretion may nominate; and |
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ASX Settlement has confirmed in writing its
acceptance of the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as applicable), |
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the Principal Issuer must ensure that: |
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the Corporate Action is administered in accordance
with the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as applicable); and |
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the Holding of each Holder of CDIs is adjusted as a
result of the Corporate Action accordingly. |
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For the purpose of evaluating the Corporate Action (as it affects CDI Holders)
and the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as applicable), and in confirming
its acceptance of the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as applicable), ASX
Settlement relies and is entitled to rely on all information, opinions and
other documents provided to it by the Principal Issuer. By confirming its
acceptance of the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as applicable), ASX
Settlement does not and shall not be taken for any purpose to: |
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endorse, promote or otherwise support the Alternative Proposal or
Statement; |
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express any view about the merits or the correctness
of the legal and factual basis of the Alternative Proposal or Statement or
any other matter connected with them; or |
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accept any liability in connection with the Corporate Action,
Alternative Proposal or Statement. |
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For the purposes of this Rule 13.6.7, Corporate Action includes (but is not
limited to) bonus issues, rights issues, mergers and reconstructions (including
any action taken by a Principal Issuer to reduce (or that will have the effect
of reducing) the number of Principal Financial Products held by a Depositary
Nominee). |
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13.6.8 Dividend Reinvestment and Bonus Share Plans
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If CDIs in respect of a class of Principal Financial Products are approved under Rule
13.2, the Principal Issuer must, in relation to any dividend investment scheme or bonus
share plan in respect of those Principal Financial Products: |
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make available to Holders of CDIs, based on relevant Cum Entitlement
Balances as at End of Day on the Record Date for determining entitlements, all
benefits and entitlements arising under the dividend reinvestment scheme or bonus
share plan, as the case requires; |
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distribute all benefits and entitlements arising under the dividend
reinvestment scheme or bonus share plan, as the case requires, to Holders of CDIs
in proportions determined by the Transmutation Ratio; |
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ensure that any right under such a plan to elect to receive financial
products rather than cash is exercised by Holders of CDIs rather than the
Depositary Nominee; and |
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if a Holder of CDIs elects to receive financial products, issue
Principal Financial Products to the Depositary Nominee and distribute
corresponding CDIs to the Holder of CDIs. |
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13.6.9 Exercise of Holder rights
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If CDIs in respect of a class of Principal Financial Products are approved under Rule
13.2, the Depositary Nominee must exercise any rights vested in it as the Holder of the
Principal Financial Products under any law (including any right to institute legal
proceedings as a holder of Financial Products), in accordance with: |
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any direction given by a Holder of CDIs; or |
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any direction of Holders of CDIs given by ordinary resolution at a
meeting of Holders of CDIs. |
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13.6.10 Fractional Entitlements
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Subject to paragraph (b), if a Corporate Action would give Holders of
CDIs a fractional entitlement to additional or replacement Principal Financial
Products (if they held Principal Financial Products directly), the Principal
Issuer must ensure that: |
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the number of additional or replacement Principal
Financial Products issued to the Depositary Nominee is calculated as if
each Holder of CDIs with respect to the Depositary Nominees Holding is a
Holder of a corresponding number of Principal Financial Products; and |
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Holders of CDIs receive additional or replacement
CDIs reflecting the entitlements so calculated. |
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(i)the laws of the Principal Issuers jurisdiction of incorporation do not
permit the Principal Issuer to calculate the number of additional or
replacement Principal Financial Products issued to the Depositary Nominee
in the manner described in
paragraph (a)(i) and to ensure that Holders of CDIs receive additional or
replacement CDIs reflecting the entitlements so calculated; and
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the Principal Issuer has: |
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so notified ASX Settlement in writing; |
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given ASX Settlement: |
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written details of an
alternative proposal (Alternative Proposal) under which
the number of additional or replacement Principal Financial
Products issued to the Depositary Nominee, combined with
any other benefits (if any) to be conferred on the
Depositary Nominee pursuant to the Alternative Proposal
(such as cash), will result in each CDI Holder receiving as
nearly as practicable the same economic benefit as a result
of the Corporate Action as if the number of additional or
replacement Principal Financial Products issued to the
Depositary Nominee had been calculated in the manner
described in paragraph (a)(i) and the Principal Issuer had
ensured that Holders of CDIs received additional or
replacement CDIs reflecting the entitlements so calculated;
or |
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if the laws of the
Principal Issuers jurisdiction of incorporation require
the number of additional or replacement Principal Financial
Products issued to the Depositary Nominee to be calculated
having regard only to the Depositary Nominees holding of
Principal Financial Products at that time, to the exclusion
of all other considerations, and such laws do not admit of
any alternative proposal under which the interests of
Holders of CDIs with respect to the Depositary Nominees
Holding may be taken into account (including, without
limitation, by the payment of cash consideration in lieu of
such additional or replacement CDIs as the Holders of CDIs
would have received if the number of additional or
replacement Principal Financial Products issued to the
Depositary Nominee had been calculated in the manner
described in paragraph (a)(i)), a statement to that effect
(Statement); |
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provided an undertaking to ASX
Settlement that it has disclosed the details of the Corporate
Action (including details of any Alternative Proposal or
Statement, as applicable) to Holders of CDIs in accordance with
all applicable laws; and |
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provided to ASX Settlement any
additional information or documents which ASX Settlement requests
for the purpose of evaluating the Corporate Action (as it affects
CDI Holders) and the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as
applicable) including, without limitation, a legal opinion
satisfactory to ASX Settlement confirming the matters referred to
in paragraph (b)(i) and such other matters related to the
Corporate Action and the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as
applicable) as ASX Settlement in its discretion may nominate; and |
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ASX Settlement has confirmed in writing its
acceptance of the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as applicable), |
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the Principal Issuer must ensure that: |
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the number of additional or replacement Principal
Financial Products issued to the Depositary Nominee is calculated in
accordance with the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as applicable); and |
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Holders of CDIs receive additional or replacement
CDIs reflecting the entitlements so calculated. |
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For the purpose of evaluating the Corporate Action (as it affects CDI Holders) and the
Alternative Proposal or Statement (as applicable), and in confirming its acceptance of
the Alternative Proposal or Statement (as applicable), ASX Settlement relies and is
entitled to rely on all information, opinions and other documents provided to it by the
Principal Issuer. By confirming its acceptance of the Alternative Proposal or Statement
(as applicable), ASX Settlement does not and shall not be taken for any purpose to: |
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endorse, promote or otherwise support the
Alternative Proposal or Statement; |
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(vii) |
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express any view about the merits or the
correctness of the legal and factual basis of the Alternative Proposal or
Statement or any other matter connected with them; or |
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accept any liability in connection with the Corporate Action,
Alternative Proposal or Statement or any other matter connected with
them; or |
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accept any liability in connection with the corporate Action,
Alternative Proposal or Statement. |
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For the purposes of this Rule 13.6.10, Corporate Action includes (but is not limited
to) bonus issues, rights issues, mergers and reconstructions (including any action
taken by a Principal Issuer to reduce (or that will have the effect of reducing) the
number of Principal Financial Products held by a Depositary Nominee). |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.6.8 Amended 06/06/05, 17/03/08 |
13.6.10A Disposal of surplus Principal Financial Products
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the Depositary Nominee receives Principal Financial Products in
connection with a Corporate Action; and |
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following receipt of the Principal Financial Products, the Depositary
Nominees Holding of Principal Financial Products exceeds the aggregate of each
CDI Holders entitlement to a whole number of Principal Financial Products, |
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the Depositary Nominee must sell such surplus Principal Financial Products and
distribute the proceeds of sale (less transaction costs) to Holders of CDIs in
proportion to their respective Holdings. |
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Introduced 17/03/08 |
13.6.11 General Direction and Acknowledgment by Depositary Nominee
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A Depositary Nominee for a Principal Issuer: |
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is taken to have directed the Principal Issuer to administer all
Corporate Actions of the Principal Issuer in the manner provided in these Rules;
and |
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acknowledges that compliance with these Rules discharges the Principal
Issuers obligation to make the benefit of a Corporate Action available to the
Depositary Nominee. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.6.9, 3A.6.10
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13.6.12 Transmutat
ions of Financial Products and associated Entitlements
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Where, during an ex-period for a Corporate Action, Principal Financial Products under
Rules 13.1 to 13.13 are Transmuted in order to give effect to a transfer of those
Principal Financial Products, the transmutation of those Principal Financial Products
must be effected together with any associated Entitlement. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.6.11 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.6.13 Divestment of small Holdings
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If CDIs in respect of a class of Principal Financial Products are approved
and: |
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in accordance with the Listing Rules, a Holder of less than a specified
number of Principal Financial Products can be subject to divestment or sale of
those Principal Financial Products by the Principal Issuer; and |
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a Holder of CDIs would be subject to divestment or sale if it held the
corresponding number of Principal Financial Products directly, |
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the Principal Issuer may give a Notice of Divestment in accordance with Rule 5.12.2 to
the Holder of CDIs. The Principal Issuer must also give a Holder of CDIs the benefit of
any notice and consent procedure that may be contained in the constitution of the
Principal Issuer, the Listing Rules and the rules of any financial market on which the
Principal Financial Products are listed or quoted to which the Holder of CDIs would be
entitled if it held the Principal Financial Products directly. |
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Introduced 17/03/08 |
13.6.14 Depositary Nominee may consent to sale or divestment
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If the Depositary Nominee is reasonably satisfied that the Principal Issuer has complied
with its obligations under Rule 13.6.13, the Depositary Nominee is authorised to consent
to the sale or divestment of the number of Principal Financial Products which correspond
to the Holders CDIs. |
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Introduced 17/03/08 |
13.6.15 Principal Issuer must distribute proceeds
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The Principal Issuer must distribute to the Holder of CDIs any proceeds of a sale made
pursuant to a notice given under Rule 13.6.13 (net of transaction costs). If the
Principal Issuer is required under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation to
distribute the net proceeds to the Depositary Nominee in its capacity as the Holder of
the Principal Financial Products, the Depositary Nominee shall be taken to have directed
the Principal Issuer to distribute the net proceeds to the Holder of CDIs. Upon
distribution of the net proceeds to the Holder of CDIs, the Principal Issuer must cancel
the Holders CDIs corresponding to the Principal Financial Products which have been
sold. |
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Introduced 17/03/08 |
13.6.16 Indemnity by Principal Issuer
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By giving a Notice of Divestment, a Principal Issuer indemnifies the Depositary Nominee
and ASX Settlement against any loss, cost, damage, expense or liability which they may
suffer or incur as a result of any sale or divestment of Principal Financial Products
and the cancellation of CDIs under this Rule. |
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13.7 TAKEOVERS
13.7.1 Depositary Nominee to accept only if authorised by Holders of CDIs
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If a takeover offer in respect of Principal Financial Products is received by a
Depositary Nominee, the Depositary Nominee must not accept the offer except to the
extent that acceptance is authorised by Holders of CDIs with respect to the Principal
Financial Products under these Rules. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.7.1 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.7.2 Acceptance with respect to Holders of CDIs on CHESS Subregister
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Principal Financial Products are held by a Depositary Nominee; and |
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the corresponding CDIs are held on a CHESS Subregister, |
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then the provisions of the Rules governing the processing of takeover acceptances of
Financial Products held on a CHESS Subregister apply as if the CDIs were Financial
Products of a listed public company and the Depositary Nominee must accept a takeover
offer with respect to Principal Financial Products which it holds if and to the extent
to which acceptances are received and processed pursuant to the Rules. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.7.2 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.7.3 Acceptance with respect to Holders of CDIs on Issuer-Sponsored Subregister
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Principal Financial Products are held by a Depositary Nominee; and |
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corresponding CDIs are held on the Issuer Sponsored Subregister, |
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then the Depositary Nominee must: |
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as soon as possible after the date of receipt of the takeover offer
from the offeror, despatch to each Holder of CDIs registered on the CDI Register at
the date of the offer, copies of the offer documentation, together with any other
documents despatched to target holders of the Principal Financial Products; and |
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ensure that the offer documentation despatched to Holders of CDIs
includes a Notice in a form acceptable to ASX Settlement in accordance with the
Procedures. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.7.3 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.7.4 Processing of acceptances from Holders of CDIs
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Where the provisions of Rule 13.7.3 apply, the Depositary Nominee must ensure that: |
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the offeror receives and processes acceptances from Holders of CDIs or
appoints a receiving agent in Australia to receive and process acceptances with
respect to Holders of CDIs on the Issuer Sponsored Subregister; and |
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either the offeror or the offerors receiving agent provides the
Depositary Nominee with a clear statement of the number of Principal Financial
Products held by the Depositary Nominee with respect to which acceptances of
Holders of CDIs have been received, in |
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sufficient time to enable the Depositary
Nominee to lodge a valid acceptance of the offer with the offeror as holder of the
Principal Financial Products. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.7.4 |
13.7.5 Liability of Depositary Nominee
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The Depositary Nominee has no liability to: |
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the Principal Issuer; |
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Holders of Principal Financial Products; |
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Holders of CDIs; |
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any person claiming an interest in Principal Financial Products or
CDIs; or |
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the takeover offeror, |
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with respect to lodging or not lodging takeover acceptances for the whole or any part of
its Holding of Principal Financial Products unless it: |
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acts contrary to a statement of a receiving agent given under Rule
13.7.4(b) or contrary to the information supplied to it by ASX Settlement regarding
takeover acceptances with respect to Holdings on the CHESS Subregister for the
CDIs; |
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acts negligently or in breach of these Rules; or |
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negligently fails to lodge the acceptance or acceptances before the
close of the offer period. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.7.5 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.8 VOTING ARRANGEMENTS
13.8.1 Interpretation
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For the purposes of Rule 13.8, constitution of a Principal Issuer means: |
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in respect of a share, constitution as defined in the Corporations Act;
or |
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in respect of a Financial Product other than a share, the document
which creates the right for a holder of Financial Products to attend and vote at
meetings of holders of Financial Products of that class and to appoint proxies in
respect of that voting. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.1.3 |
13.8.2 Principal Issuer to notify Holders of CDIs
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If a meeting is convened of Holders of a class of Principal Financial Products vested in
a Depositary Nominee for a Principal Issuer, the Principal Issuer must give a Notice of
the
meeting to each Holder of CDIs at the same time as Notice of the meeting is sent to
Holders of the Principal Financial Products. |
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For the purposes of this Rule 13.8.2, a Principal Issuer may give a Notice of the
meeting to a Holder of CDIs in any manner provided for in the Corporations Act. |
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Note: this Rule 13.8.2 is intended to cover the means by which a notice of
meeting may be given under section 249J of the Corporations Act.
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.1 Amended 18/12/06 |
13.8.3 Holders of CDIs may give Directions to Depositary Nominee
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Subject to Rule 13.8.8, the Depositary Nominee must appoint two proxies even if under
the constitution of the Principal Issuer, a Depositary Nominee has a right to: |
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appoint more than one proxy for the purpose of voting at a meeting of
the Principal Issuer; and |
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cast different proxy votes for different parts of the Holding. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.2 |
13.8.4 Proxies to indicate results of resolution
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One of the two proxies so appointed in accordance with Rule 13.8.3 must indicate the
number of Principal Financial Products in favour of the resolution described in the
proxy, and the second proxy must indicate the number of Principal Financial Products
against the resolution described in the proxy. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.3 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.8.5 Determining the number of Financial Products for each proxy
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The manner in which the number of Principal Financial Products is determined for each
proxy is by: |
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taking the number of CDIs in favour of the resolution; |
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taking the number of CDIs against the resolution; |
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applying the transmutation ratio to those CDIs; and |
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entering the resultant number of Principal Financial Products on the
appropriate proxy. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.4 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.8.6 Depositary Nominee appointing a single proxy
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If under the constitution of the Principal Issuer, a Depositary Nominee can only appoint
a single proxy, the Depositary Nominee must: |
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take the number of CDIs in favour of the resolution; |
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take the number of CDIs against the resolution; |
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determine the net voting position either in favour of or against the
resolution; |
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apply the transmutation ratio to those CDIs; and |
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accordingly enter the resultant number of Principal Financial Products
on the proxy. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.5 Amended 06/060/05 |
13.8.7 Voting instructions by Depositary Nominee
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Where the appointed proxy or proxies are required to vote on multiple resolutions, the
Depositary Nominee must instruct the proxy or proxies to vote in such manner as will in
the
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reasonable opinion of the Depositary Nominee best represent the wishes of the
majority of Holders of CDIs. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.5A |
13.8.8 Depositary Nominee to appoint Holders of CDIs as proxy
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The Depositary Nominee must appoint a Holder of CDIs or a person nominated by a Holder
of CDIs as its proxy for the purpose of attending and voting at a meeting of the
Principal Issuer where: |
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the constitution of the Principal Issuer allows the Depositary Nominee
to appoint Holders of CDIs or a person nominated by a Holder of CDIs as its proxy;
and |
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the Holder of CDIs has informed the Principal Issuer that the Holder
wishes to nominate another person to be appointed as the Depositary Nominees
proxy. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.1 |
13.8.9 Principal Issuer must notify Holders of CDIs of their Rights
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The Principal Issuer must: |
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include with the Notice of meeting given under Rule 13.8.2 a Notice in
a form acceptable to ASX Settlement in accordance with the Procedures; and |
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make appropriate arrangements to: |
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collect and process any directions by Holders of
CDIs; |
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provide the Depositary Nominee with a report in
writing that clearly shows how the Depositary Nominee must exercise its
right to vote by proxy at the meeting, in sufficient time to enable the
Depositary Nominee to lodge a proxy for the meeting; and |
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where a Holder of CDIs, or a person nominated by a
Holder of CDIs, is to be appointed the Depositary Nominees proxy in
accordance with Rule 13.8.8, collect and process all relevant proxy forms
in sufficient time to enable the Depositary Nominee to lodge a proxy or
proxies for the meeting. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.6 Amended 18/12/06 |
13.8.10 Depositary Nominee to call for a poll
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To the extent that it is able to do so, the Depositary Nominee must make or join in any
demand for a poll in respect of any matter at a meeting of the Principal Issuer in
accordance with any report in writing supplied by the Principal Issuer under Rule
13.8.9(b)(ii). |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.7 |
13.8.11 Meetings of Holders of CDIs
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If it is necessary or appropriate for a meeting of Holders of CDIs to be convened for
any purpose, including a purpose specified in these Rules: |
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the meeting may be convened by the directors of the Principal Issuer to
which the CDIs relate, or in any other manner in which a meeting of holders of
Financial Products of the Principal Issuer may be convened under the law of the
place of formation of the Principal Issuer;
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the rights of Holders of CDIs to appoint a proxy, to vote on a show of
hands, to call for a poll and vote on a poll must be determined as if the meeting
were a meeting of holders of Financial Products of the Principal Issuer; |
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the requirements for Notice of the meeting and the rules and procedures
for a meeting of Holders of CDIs must be the requirements, rules and procedures
that would apply to a meeting of holders of Financial Products of the Principal
Issuer. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.8 |
13.8.12 Liability of Depositary Nominees
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The Depositary Nominee has no liability to: |
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the Principal Issuer; |
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Holders of Principal Financial Products; |
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Holders of CDIs; or |
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any person claiming an interest in Principal Financial Products or
CDIs, |
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with respect to any conduct or omission of the Depositary Nominee at or connected with a
meeting of Holders of Financial Products of a Principal Issuer, unless the Depositary
Nominee: |
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acts contrary to a report of the Principal Issuer given under Rule
13.8.9(b)(ii); |
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acts negligently or in breach of these Rules; or |
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negligently fails to vote or lodge forms of proxy before the close of
the period within which proxies for the meeting may be lodged. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.8.9 |
13.9 SPECIFIC MODIFICATIONS TO RULES
13.9.1 Modifications
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The following modifications are made to the Rules in respect
of the operation of Section : |
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Rule 8.1 does not apply. |
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Rule 8.2.1(a) is varied by the insertion of the words or CDIs that
are to be approved under Rules 13.1 to 13.13; after Rule 8.1. |
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Rules 8.6.4 and 8.6.5 should be read as if references to the
Commission were references to ASX Settlement and references to the
Corporations Act were references to these Rules. |
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The provisions of Rule 8.12 are modified by the provisions of Rules
13.9.2 to 13.9.6 below. |
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Rule 5.2.1 is amended by insertion of the words or CDIs that are to be
approved under Rules 13.1 to 13.13 after 8.1 in Rule 5.2.1. |
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Rules 5.2.2 and 5.4.1 do not apply to a class of CDIs that is Approved
under Rules 13.1 to 13.13.
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Rule 5.4.2 is to be read as if the following provision is added to the
end of Rule 5.4.2, A Principal Issuer may not cease to operate its Issuer
Sponsored Subregister unless ASX Settlement agrees in writing. |
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Rule 5.9 only applies where a Transfer is initiated by a Participant
which has the effect of a Conversion. |
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Rules 5.13.1 and 5.13.3 are modified so that the references to total
issued capital must be read as references to total number of CDIs. |
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The provisions of Section 14 are taken to apply to CDIs as if the CDIs
were Financial Products in an Australian listed public company and the takeover bid
with respect to the Principal Financial Products was a takeover under the
Corporations Act. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.1 to 3A.9.5, 3A.9.8 to 3A.9.12, 3A.9.12A to
3A.9.19 |
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Amended 04/04/05, 06/06/05 |
13.9.2 CDI to Principal Financial Product Transmutation
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A CDI to Principal Financial Product Transmutation may be initiated by a Participant
that Transmits a Valid Originating Message to ASX Settlement in accordance with the
Procedures. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.6.1 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.9.3 Actions of ASX Settlement
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If an Originating Message Transmitted to ASX Settlement complies with Rule 13.9.2 and
there are sufficient available CDIs in the Source Holding, ASX Settlement must: |
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deduct the number of CDIs specified in the Originating Message from the
Source Holding; and |
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Transmit a Message to the Principal Issuer to transfer Principal
Financial Products in accordance with the Originating Message. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.6.2 Amended 04/04/05, 06/06/05 |
13.9.4 Principal Issuer to generate Trustee Transfer Forms
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If a Principal Issuer receives a Valid Message under Rule 13.9.3(b), the Principal
Issuer must, within the Scheduled Time: |
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generate a Trustee Transfer Form in accordance with the Procedures; and |
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register that Transfer in the Principal Register. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.6.3 Amended 04/04/05, 06/06/05 |
13.9.5 Time at which Transfer takes effect
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A Transfer initiated under Rule 13.9.4(a) is deemed to take effect at the time ASX
Settlement deducts the number of CDIs specified in the Originating Message from the
Source Holding. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.6.4 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.9.6 Authority of Holder of CDI required
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A Participant must not transmit a Valid Originating Message which has the effect of
Transmuting CDIs to Principal Financial Products without the prior authority of the
Holder of CDIs.
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.6.5 |
13.9.7 Principal Financial Product to CDI Transmutation
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A Principal Financial Product to CDI Transmutation may be initiated by a Participant
that: |
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lodges a properly completed document of Transfer and Certificate or
Marked Transfer with the Principal Issuer within the Scheduled Time; and |
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Transmits a Valid Originating Message to ASX Settlement in accordance
with the Procedures. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.7.1 Amended 06/06/05 |
13.9.8 ASX Settlement to request Principal Issuer to authorise the Transmutation
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If an Originating Message Transmitted to ASX Settlement complies with Rule 13.9.7(b),
ASX Settlement will: |
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Transmit to the Principal Issuer a Message requesting the Principal
Issuer to authorise the Transmutation of Principal Financial Products to CDIs in
accordance with that Originating Message; and |
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specify the Registration Details in the Message to the Issuer to enable
the Issuer to validate the Registration Details, where applicable. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.7.2 Amended 04/04/05, 06/06/05 |
13.9.9 Principal Issuer to process the Transfer
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If a Principal Issuer receives: |
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a properly completed document of Transfer and Certificate or Marked
Transfer; and |
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a Valid Message under Rule 13.9.8 from ASX Settlement pursuant to an
Originating Message, |
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the Principal Issuer must, within the Scheduled Time: |
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enter the Transfer in the Principal Register; |
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Transmit a Message to ASX Settlement to Transfer the Financial Products
in accordance with the Originating Message; and |
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in the case of a Message requesting the Principal Issuer to authorise a
Transfer where the Transfer has the effect of a Conversion, ensure the Registration
Details specified in the Message for the Target Holding match the Registration
Details maintained by the Principal Issuer for the Source Holding. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.7.3 Amended 04/04/05 |
13.9.10 ASX Settlement to enter Financial Products into Target Holding
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If ASX Settlement receives a Valid Message under Rule 13.9.9(d), ASX Settlement must
enter Financial Products into the Target Holding in accordance with the Originating
Message. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.7.4 |
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13.9.11 Conditions for Issuers authorisation of a Transfer not met
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If the conditions for authorisation by the Issuer of a Transfer as stipulated in Rule
13.9.9 are not met, the Issuer must, within the Scheduled Time: |
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reject the Message; and/or |
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return the properly completed document of Transfer and Certificate or
Marked Transfer to the Participant that lodged it without entering the Transfer in
the Principal Register, |
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whichever is relevant. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.7.5 Amended 09/05/05 |
13.9.12 Time at which Transfer takes effect
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A Transfer initiated under Rule 13.9.7 takes effect when both the actions described in
Rule 13.9.9(c) and (d) are completed. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.9.7.6 |
13.9.13 ASX Settlement may purge unactioned Messages
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If a Principal Issuer receives a Message from ASX Settlement under Rule 13.9.8 and does
not respond to ASX Settlement under either Rule 13.9.9 or Rule 13.9.11 within the
relevant Scheduled Time for response, ASX Settlement may purge the unactioned Message
from the Settlement Facility. |
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Introduced 09/05/05 |
13.10 SHUNTING BETWEEN REGISTERS
13.10.1 Shunt from DI Register to Principal Register
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Where a Holder gives Notice requesting that the Principal Issuer shunt all or part of a
Holding of DIs into Principal Financial Products, the Principal Issuer must reduce that
Holding by the number specified in the Notice and take such steps as are necessary to
shunt the same number of Principal Financial Products from the relevant Segregated
Account to the Approved Clearing House account nominated in the Notice, within 3
Business Days of receipt of that Notice. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.10.1 |
13.10.2 Shunt from Principal Register to DI Register
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Where a Holder gives Notice requesting that the Principal Issuer shunt all or part of a
Holding of Principal Financial Products into DIs, the Principal Issuer must take all
necessary steps to shunt those Principal Financial Products to the Segregated Account
and enter the same number of DIs into a Holding in accordance with the instructions
given in the Notice, within 3 Business Days of receipt of that Notice. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.10.2 |
13.11 TAX LAWS
13.11.1 Principal Issuer to company with Tax laws
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The Principal Issuer will use its best endeavours to: |
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comply with all applicable Tax laws as agent and attorney of the
Depositary Nominee;
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ensure that the Depositary Nominee complies with all applicable Tax
laws; and |
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not do any act or thing which creates a Tax liability, or not omit to
do any act or thing, the omission of which creates a Tax liability, which must be
discharged by the Depositary Nominee, unless provision has been made for the
discharge of the liability by some person other than the Depositary Nominee. |
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The obligations of the Principal Issuer and the Depositary Nominee are subject to all
relevant Tax laws. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.11.1, 3A.11.2 |
13.12 NOTICE
13.12.1 Notice to Holders of CDIs
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Any obligation to give notice to Holders of CDIs under Rules 13.1 to 13.13 must be
discharged upon the Depositary Nominee giving notice to the Holder of CDIs at the
address of the Holder of CDIs noted on the CDI Register. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.12.1 |
13.13 GENERAL INDEMNITY
13.13.1 Principal Issuer to indemnify the Depositary Nominee
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The Principal Issuer indemnifies the Depositary Nominee against all expenses, losses,
damages and costs that the Depositary Nominee may sustain or incur in connection with: |
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CDIs; |
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its capacity as holder of Principal Financial Products; |
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any act done, or required to be done, by the Principal Issuer (whether
or not on behalf of the Depositary Nominee) under Rules 13.1 to 13.13 of the Rules;
and |
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any act otherwise done or required to be done by the Depositary Nominee
under Rules 13.1 to 13.13 of the Rules. |
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Introduced 11/03/04 Origin SCH 3A.13.1 |
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