Keywords:
The 20% prohibition and when it applies; voting power, relevant interests and associations; strategic planning for a bid; foreign bidders, anticompetitive bids and acquisitions in regulated industries; the offer; Bidders statements; procedures and tactics during the offer period; omarket bids; long-term defensive strategies; responding to a bid; substantial holding notices; tracing beneficial ownership; compulsory acquisition following a takeover; other methods of mopping up minorities; exempt acquisitions; powers of the ASIC, the takeovers Panel and the Court; after the offer closes; revenue and accounting aspects of takeovers