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  • STATEMENT OF INTENT
  • ANNUAL REPORTS
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  • CODE WORD
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  • OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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  • PRACTICE NOTES & GUIDES
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  • HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
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    Statement of Intent

    Statement of Intent: 2007/2008 - 2010. -  PDF version (192Kb)

    Statement of Intent: 2006/2007 - 2009. -  PDF version (119Kb)

    Annual reports

    Annual Report to 30 June 2007 (September 2007). - Annual Report to 30 June 2007.  PDF version (5,000KB)

    Annual Report to 30 June 2006 (September 2006). - Annual Report to 30 June 2006.  PDF version (691KB) 

    Annual Report to 30 June 2005 (August 2005). -  PDF version (1,281KB)

    Annual Report to 30 June 2004 (August 2004). -  PDF version (3,788KB)

    Annual Report to 30 June 2003 (August 2003). -  PDF version (3,843KB)

    Annual Report to 30 June 2002 (August 2002).

    Annual Report to 30 June 2001 (August 2001).

    Code Word

    Code Word Issue 23 (June 2008). - Code Word Issue 22 PDF version (471KB)

    Code Word Issue 22 (December 2007). - Code Word Issue 22 PDF version (528KB)

    Code Word Issue 21 (September 2007). - Code Word Issue 21 PDF version (253KB)

    Code Word Issue 20 (May 2007). - Code Word Issue 20 PDF version (108KB)

    Code Word Issue 19 (April 2007). - Code Word Issue 19 PDF version (130KB)

    Code Word Issue 18 (December 2006). - Code Word Issue 18 PDF version (114KB)

    Code Word Issue 17 (November 2006). - Code Word Issue 17 PDF version (97KB)

    Code Word Issue 16 (May 2006). - Code Word Issue 16 PDF version (73KB)

    Code Word Issue 15 (November 2005). -  PDF version (92KB)

    Code Word Issue 14 (April 2005). -  PDF version (43KB)

    Code Word Issue 13 (January 2005). -  PDF version (71KB)

    Code Word Issue 12 (June 2004). -  PDF version (317KB)

    Code Word Issue 11 (March 2004). -  PDF version (383KB)

    Code Word Issue 10 (October 2003). -  PDF version (86KB)

    Code Word Issue 09 (April 2003). -  PDF version (99KB)

    Code Word Issue 08 (December 2002). -  PDF version (105KB)

    Code Word Issue 07 (September 2002). -  PDF version (1,224KB)

    Code Word Issue 06 (September 2002). -  PDF version (80KB)

    Code Word Issue 05 (May 2002). -  PDF version (154KB)

    Code Word Issue 04 (December 2001). -  PDF version (72KB)

    Code Word Issue 03 (September 2001). -  PDF version (75KB)

    Code Word Issue 02 (June 2001). -  PDF version (84KB)

    Code Word Issue 01 (February 2001). -  PDF version (337KB)

    Other Publications

    Schemes of Arrangement and Amalgamations Involving Code Companies - (5 December 2007) - Download as pdf (230KB). PDF version (230KB)

    Submission to the Commerce Committee on the Business Law Reform Bill on Schemes of Arrangement and Amalgamations Involving Code Companies - (25 August 2006) - Download as pdf (47KB). PDF version (47KB)

    Schemes of Arrangement And Amalgamations Involving Code Companies Recommendations to the Minister of Commerce - (25 August 2006) - Download as pdf (207KB). PDF version (207KB)

    Discussion Paper: Schemes of Arrangement and Amalgamations Involving Code Companies - (19 June 2006) - Download as pdf (39KB). PDF version (39KB)

    Consultation Paper - Policy on exemptions from the Code for schemes of arrangement effected under the Companies Act 1993 - (4 April 2006) - Download as pdfPDF version (39KB)

    The Takeovers Code - The Current State of Play - (6 March 2006) - PDF version (64KB)

    Takeovers Panel Briefing Paper for Hon Lianne Dalziel Minister of Commerce - (November 2005) - PDF version (73KB)

    Technical Amendments to the Takeovers Code - recommendations to the Minister of Commerce from the Takeovers Panel - (April 2005) - PDF version Appendix

    Review of Independent Advisers Under the Takeovers Code - (21 December 2004) - PDF version

    Proposed Amendments to the Compulsory Acquisition Provisions of the Takeovers Code - (15 December 2004) - PDF version

     Technical Amendments to the Takeovers Code - (15 December 2003)

    The Takeovers (Fees) Regulations 2001 Administrative Guidelines - (29 June 2001)

    Download as a PDF document Proposed Amendments to the Takeovers Code - A Discussion Paper issued by the Takeovers Panel. - (7 April 2003)

    The Class Exemptions - a Summary - (June 2001)

    The Code in Business Language - (February 2001)

    Practice Notes & Guides

    Practice Note - Exemptions From Clause 26 of Schedule 2 of the Code - (11 November 2005). - Practice Note - Exemptions From Clause 26 of Schedule 2 of the Code PDF version (15KB)

    Practice Note - Variations of Code Offers - (20 December 2002). -  PDF version (5KB)

    Practice Note - Variable Pricing - (11 December 2002). -  PDF version

    Practice Note - Clauses 6 and 7 of Schedule 1 of the Code - (29 August 2002). - Download PDF version (12KB)

    Practice Note - Clause 13 of Schedule 1 of the Code - (29 August 2002). - Download PDF version (14KB)

    Practice Note - Conditions in Takeover Offers - Payment of Consideration - (29 August 2002). -  PDF version (9KB)

    Practice Note - ‘Creeping’ Under Rule 7(e) - (May 2002). -  PDF version (4KB)

    Practice Note - Independent Adviser Reports - (13 December 2001). -  PDF version (6KB)

    Practice Note - Target Companies - Directors’ Interests in Contracts of Offer - (December 2001). -  PDF version (4KB)

    Practice Note - Takeover Offers - Rule 25(1) & Clause 9, Schedule 1 - (10 September 2001). -  PDF version (10KB)



    Guidance Note: The meaning of 50 or more shareholders in the definition of Code company - (December 2007). -  PDF version (17KB)

    Guidance Note About the Role of Independent Advisers - Third Edition - (27 August 2007). - Download as pdf (47KB). PDF version (122KB)

    Guidance Note - Restrictive Conditions - (May 2006). -  PDF version (12KB)

    Guidance Note - the Takeovers Panel's exemption power - (January 2005). -  PDF version

    Guidance Note About the Anti-Avoidance Provisions of the Takeovers Code - (September 2002)

    Guide to Applying for Exemptions from Takeovers Code - (September 2001). -  PDF version (20KB)

    Our Policies

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    Historical Documents

     Guidance Note About the Role of Independent Advisers - Second Edition - (July 2003) Replaced by third edition August 2007

     Guidance Note About the Role of Independent Advisers - (March 2003)

     Report of the Takeovers Panel on the Takeovers Code - (June 1995)

     Draft Takeovers Code [December 1993]