This Notice is being issued to provide Participants with further information in relation to the bid and details the acceptance process through CHESS.
Bidder: |
Oceania Equity Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for the Oceania Trust and A.C.N 658 293 166 Pty Ltd |
UIC: |
11703 |
Registry/Agent: |
Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited |
Target Issuer: |
Virtus Health Limited |
Target ASX Code: |
VRT |
Takeover Code/Consideration |
VRT001 – $8.00 per share |
Offer Open Date: |
20 April 2022 |
Offer Close Date: |
7:00pm (Sydney time) on Friday, 20 May 2022 (unless extended or withdrawn) |
CHESS will process acceptance messages until 7:00pm (Sydney time) on Friday, 20 May 2022 or in the event that the bid is extended, such other time as may be notified by bidder to the market.
The bid is conditional on no prescribed occurrences occurring in relation to VRT and a shareholder may only accept the offer in relation to all of their VRT shares held at the time the acceptance is processed.
For further information regarding the Offer, please contact the Offer Information Line on 1300 620 418 (toll-free for callers within Australia) or +61 3 9415 4656 (for callers from outside Australia) between 8:30am and 5:00pm Monday to Friday (Sydney time) during the Offer Period.
Anjita Sharma, Equity Operations
Anjita Sharma
1800 814 051
chesshelp@asx.com.au
General Information
Participants should refer to Section 13 of the CHESS Procedure Guidelines for Participants and Section 14 of the ASX Settlement Operating Rules for further information concerning the processing of Takeover Acceptance Messages for a CHESS Holding of securities. Some of these issues are summarised below.
A Participant must initiate acceptance of an offer by transmission of an EIS type ‘031’ message (Takeover Acceptance) where the securities in question are held in a CHESS Holding. The Participant will receive a ‘032’ message (Effected Takeover Acceptance) from CHESS in response.
In addition to the electronic notification to the Participant, paper notification will be sent directly to the Holder as securities are reserved in an offer-accepted subposition. Any change to the balance of securities in subposition will generate further electronic advice to the Participant and paper advice to the Holder.
Where a Participant receives instructions from a Sponsored Holder, the Participant is required under the ASX Settlement Operating Rules to initiate acceptance of an offer:
if the Holder specifies the time when or by which the offer must be accepted, in accordance with those instructions; otherwise
by End of Day on the date of receipt of instructions from the Holder. Where the offer closes on the date of receipt of instructions then prior to the close of the offer.
Participants should therefore retain, as a minimum, a record of the date on which instructions to accept an offer are received from a Sponsored Holder.