Taipan Resources NL (No 8)

Judgment date: 20/03/2001
Court: ATP
Judge: I Ramsey (President), D Byrne (DP) and M Burgess (Member)
Citation: (2001) 38 ACSR 102; [2001] ATP 3; BC200109067;
Catchwords: Corporations;  Takeovers;  Unacceptable circumstances;  Takeover announcement;  

Corporations;  Takeovers;  Fully paid and partly paid shares in target;  Whether same class;  

Corporations;  Takeovers;  Effect of minimum bid price;  Issue subject to application to ASIC for exemption;  

Corporations;  Takeovers;  Unacceptable circumstances from anticipated facts;  Whether agreement and purchase occurred within four months of bid;  

Corporations;  Takeovers;  Abridgement of time for dispatch of bidder's statement;  Directors consented to allow rival bids to be open together;  

Corporations;  Takeovers;  Abridgement of time for dispatch of bidder's statement;  Statutory period between service on target shareholders;