Takeovers Amendment Act 2012
Takeovers Amendment Act 2012
| Public Act | 2012 No 68 |
| Date of assent | 30 August 2012 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Takeovers Amendment Act 2012.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Takeovers Act 1993 and makes consequential amendments to the takeovers code set out in the Schedule of the Takeovers Code Approval Order 2000.
4 Interpretation
Section 2(1) is amended by repealing the definition of code company and substituting the following definition:
“code company has the meaning given to it in section 2A”.
5 New section 2A inserted
The following section is inserted after section 2:
“2A Meaning of code company
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“(1) Code company means a company that—
“(a) is a party to a listing agreement with a registered exchange and that has securities that confer voting rights quoted on the registered exchange's securities market; or
“(b) was within paragraph (a) at any time during a period specified in the takeovers code (being a period not exceeding 12 months before any date or the occurrence of any event referred to in the code); or
“(c) has 50 or more shareholders and 50 or more share parcels.
“(2) However, if, as a result of a transaction or an event regulated under the code, a company that previously satisfied subsection (1)(c) ceases to have 50 or more shareholders and 50 or more share parcels, that company continues to be a code company for the purposes of Part 7 of the code.
“(3) In this section, shareholder means a shareholder holding a security that confers a voting right.”
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6 Powers of division
Section 7C is amended by adding the following subsections:
“(3) A resolution signed or assented to in writing (whether sent by post, delivery, or electronic communication) by all members of a division is as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of that division duly called and constituted.
“(4) The resolution may consist of several documents containing the same resolution, each signed or assented to in writing by 1 or more members.”
7 Consequential amendments to Takeovers Code
Sections 8 and 9 amend the Takeovers Code (the code) set out in the Schedule of the Takeovers Code Approval Order 2000.
8 Interpretation
9 New rule 3A inserted
The following rule is inserted after rule 3:
“3A Meaning of code company
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“(1) Code company means a company that—
“(a) is a party to a listing agreement with a registered exchange and that has securities that confer voting rights quoted on the registered exchange's securities market; or
“(b) was within paragraph (a) at any time during the period of 12 months before a date or the occurrence of an event referred to in this code; or
“(c) has 50 or more shareholders and 50 or more share parcels.
“(2) However, if, as a result of a transaction or an event regulated under this code, a company that previously satisfied subclause (1)(c) ceases to have 50 or more shareholders and 50 or more share parcels, that company continues to be a code company for the purposes of Part 7.
“(3) In this rule, shareholder means a shareholder holding a security that confers a voting right.
“(4) The definition of code company in this rule specifies the period of time to be specified by the code for the purposes of the definition of code company in the Act.”
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10 Consequential amendments to Companies Act 1993
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(1) This section amends the Companies Act 1993.
(2) Paragraph (j) of Schedule 4 is amended by omitting
“section 2”
and substituting“section 2A”
.(3) The last paragraph of the notes to Schedule 4 is omitted.
Legislative history | |
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| 22 August 2012 | Divided from Regulatory Reform Bill (Bill 269–2) by committee of the whole House as Bill 269–3K |
| 23 August 2012 | Third reading |
| 30 August 2012 | Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.