F-6 File # 333-103914
Rule 424(b)(3)
Exhibit A to Deposit Agreement
No._________________________________
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AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
(Each American Depositary Share
represents 100 Shares)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPT
FOR ORDINARY SHARES OF
WITHOUT PAR VALUE OF
CUE ENERGY RESOURCES
LIMITED
(INCORPORATED UNDER THE
LAWS OF NEW ZEALAND)
Overstamp: Effective December 29, 2010
the ratio has changed to One (1) American
Depositary Share represents Twenty (20)
deposited Shares.
The Bank of New York as depositary
(hereinafter called the Depositary), hereby
certifies that , or
registered assigns IS THE OWNER OF
______________________
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
representing deposited ordinary shares
(herein called Shares) of Cue Energy
Resources Limited, incorporated under the
laws of New Zealand (herein called the
Company). At the date hereof, each
American Depositary Share represents 100
Shares which are either deposited or subject
to deposit under the deposit agreement at
the principal Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia office of Commonwealth Bank of
Australia, the principal Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia office of National Australia Bank
Limited and the principal Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia office of Australia and
New Zealand Banking Group Limited
(herein collectively called the Custodian).
The Depositarys Corporate Trust Office is
located at a different address than its
principal executive office. Its Corporate
Trust Office is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000, and its principal
executive office is located at Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000.
THE DEPOSITARYS CORPORATE
TRUST OFFICE ADDRESS IS
000 XXXXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX,
X.X. 00000
1. THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT.
This American Depositary Receipt is one of
an issue (herein called Receipts), all issued
and to be issued upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the deposit
agreement, dated as of March 20, 2003,
(herein called the Deposit Agreement), by
and among the Company, the Depositary,
and all Owners and Beneficial Owners from
time to time of Receipts issued thereunder,
each of whom by accepting a Receipt agrees
to become a party thereto and become
bound by all the terms and conditions
thereof. The Deposit Agreement sets forth
the rights of Owners and Beneficial Owners
of the Receipts and the rights and duties of
the Depositary in respect of the Shares
deposited thereunder and any and all other
securities, property and cash from time to
time received in respect of such Shares and
held thereunder (such Shares, securities,
property, and cash are herein called
Deposited Securities). Copies of the
Deposit Agreement are on file at the
Depositarys Corporate Trust Office in New
York City and at the office of the
Custodian.
The statements made on the face and reverse
of this Receipt are summaries of certain
provisions of the Deposit Agreement and are
qualified by and subject to the detailed
provisions of the Deposit Agreement, to
which reference is hereby made. Capitalized
terms not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Deposit
Agreement.
2. SURRENDER OF RECEIPTS AND
WITHDRAWAL OF SHARES.
Upon surrender at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Depositary of this Receipt, and
upon payment of the fee of the Depositary
provided in this Receipt, and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement, the Owner hereof is entitled to
delivery, to him or upon his order, of the
Deposited Securities at the time represented
by the American Depositary Shares for
which this Receipt is issued. Delivery of
such Deposited Securities may be made (a)
by the electronic transfer thereof of Shares
through the facilities of CHESS or otherwise
or the delivery of documents of title or other
instruments evidencing title, as may be
required under the Companys Constitution
or applicable law or regulation in the name
of the Owner hereof or as ordered by him
and (b) by the delivery of any other
securities, property and cash to which such
Owner is then entitled in respect of this
Receipt. Such delivery will be made at the
option of the Owner hereof, either at the
office of the Custodian or at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Depositary or at such
other place as may be designated by such
Owner, provided that the forwarding of
certificates for Shares or other Deposited
Securities for such delivery at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Depositary shall be at the
risk and expense of the Owner hereof.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Deposit Agreement or this Receipt, the
surrender of outstanding Receipts and
withdrawal of Deposited Securities may not
be suspended subject only to (i) temporary
delays caused by closing the transfer books
of the Depositary or the Company or the
deposit of Shares in connection with voting
at a shareholders meeting, or the payment of
dividends, (ii) the payment of fees, taxes
and similar charges, and (iii) compliance
with any U.S. or foreign laws or
governmental regulations relating to the
Receipts or to the withdrawal of the
Deposited Securities.
3. TRANSFERS, SPLIT-UPS, AND
COMBINATIONS OF RECEIPTS.
The transfer of this Receipt is registrable
without unreasonable delay on the books of
the Depositary at its Corporate Trust Office
by the Owner hereof in person or by a duly
authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
Receipt properly endorsed for transfer or
accompanied by proper instruments of
transfer and funds sufficient to pay any
applicable transfer taxes and the expenses of
the Depositary and upon compliance with
such regulations, if any, as the Depositary
may establish for such purpose. This Receipt
may be split into other such Receipts, or may
be combined with other such Receipts into
one Receipt, evidencing the same aggregate
number of American Depositary Shares as
the Receipt or Receipts surrendered. As a
condition precedent to the execution and
delivery, registration of transfer, split-up,
combination, or surrender of any Receipt or
withdrawal of any Deposited Securities, the
Depositary, the Custodian, or Registrar may
and upon written request of the Company
shall, require payment from the depositor of
the Shares or the presentor of the Receipt of
a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any tax
or other governmental charge and any stock
transfer or registration fee with respect
thereto (including any such tax or charge
and fee with respect to Shares being
deposited or withdrawn) and payment of
any applicable fees as provided in this
Receipt, may require (a) the production of
proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and
genuineness of any signature, (b) compliance
with any laws or regulations, relating to
depositary receipts in general or to the
withdrawal or sale of Deposited Securities,
(c) delivery of such certificates as the
Company may from time to time specify in
writing to the Depositary to assure
compliance with the Securities Act of 1933
and the rules and regulations thereunder and
(d) compliance with such reasonable
procedures, if any, as the Depositary may
establish consistent with the provisions of
the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt,
including, without limitation, this Article 3.
After consultation with the Company to the
extent practicable, the delivery of Receipts
against deposits of Shares generally or
against deposits of particular Shares may be
suspended, or the transfer of Receipts in
particular instances may be refused, or the
registration of transfer of outstanding
Receipts generally may be suspended,
during any period when the transfer books
of the Depositary are closed, or if any such
action is deemed necessary or advisable by
the Depositary or the Company at any time
or from time to time because of any
requirement of law or of any government or
governmental body or commission, or under
any provision of the Deposit Agreement or
this Receipt, or for any other reason, subject
to the provisions of Article 22 hereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt, the
surrender of outstanding Receipts and
withdrawal of Deposited Securities may not
be suspended subject only to (i) temporary
delays caused by closing the transfer books
of the Depositary or the Company or the
deposit of Shares in connection with voting
at a shareholders meeting, or the payment of
dividends, (ii) the payment of fees, taxes
and similar charges, and (iii) compliance
with any U.S. or foreign laws or
governmental regulations relating to the
Receipts or to the withdrawal of the
Deposited Securities. Without limitation of
the foregoing, the Depositary shall not
knowingly accept for deposit under the
Deposit Agreement any Shares required to
be registered under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, unless a registration
statement is in effect as to such Shares.
4. LIABILITY OF OWNER OR
BENEFICIAL OWNER FOR TAXES.
If any tax or other governmental charge shall
become payable with respect to any Receipt,
any American Depositary Share or any
Deposited Securities represented by any
American Depositary Share evidenced
hereby, such tax or other governmental
charge shall be payable by the Owner or
Beneficial Owner hereof to the Depositary.
The Depositary may, and upon receipt of
written instructions from the Company shall,
refuse to effect any transfer of such Receipt
(or any split-up or combination thereof) or
any transfer of this Receipt or any
withdrawal of Deposited Securities
represented by American Depositary Shares
evidenced by such Receipt until such
payment is made, and may withhold any
dividends or other distributions, or may sell
for the account of the Owner or Beneficial
Owner hereof any part or all of the
Deposited Securities represented by the
American Depositary Shares evidenced by
this Receipt, and may apply such dividends
or other distributions or the proceeds of any
such sale in payment of such tax or other
governmental charge and the Owner or
Beneficial Owner hereof shall remain liable
for any deficiency.
5. WARRANTIES ON DEPOSIT OF
SHARES.
Every person depositing Shares under the
Deposit Agreement shall be deemed thereby
to represent and warrant that such Shares
and proper evidence of title therefor are
validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, and
free of any pre-emptive rights of the holders
of outstanding Shares and that the person
making such deposit is duly authorized so to
do. Every such person shall also be deemed
to represent that such Shares and the
Receipts evidencing American Depositary
Shares representing such Shares would not
be Restricted Securities. Such
representations and warranties shall survive
the deposit of Shares and issuance or
cancellation of Receipts.
6. FILING PROOFS, CERTIFICATES,
AND OTHER INFORMATION.
Any person presenting Shares for deposit or
any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt
may be required from time to time to file
with the Depositary or the Custodian such
proof of citizenship or residence, exchange
control approval, evidence of the number of
Shares beneficially owned or any other
matters necessary or appropriate to evidence
compliance with the Companies Xxx 0000,
the Financial Reporting Xxx 0000 of New
Zealand, the Constitution of the Company
and exchange control regulations, as
indicated to the Depositary by the
Company, or such information relating to the
registration on the books of the Company or
the Foreign Registrar, if applicable, to
execute such certificates and to make such
representations and warranties, as the
Depositary may deem necessary or proper or
as the Company may reasonably instruct in
writing the Depositary to require. The
Depositary may, and at the reasonable
written request of the Company shall,
withhold the delivery or registration of
transfer of any Receipt or the distribution of
any dividend or sale or distribution of rights
or of the proceeds thereof or the delivery of
any Deposited Securities until such proof or
other information is filed or such certificates
are executed or such representations and
warranties made. No Share shall be
accepted for deposit unless accompanied by
evidence satisfactory to the Depositary that
any necessary approval has been granted by
any governmental body in New Zealand, if
any, which is then performing the function
of the regulation of currency exchange. The
Depositary shall provide the Company, upon
the Companys reasonable written request
and at its expense, in a timely manner, with
copies of any information or other material
which it receives pursuant to this Article 6.
Each Owner and Beneficial Owner agrees to
provide any information requested by the
Company or the Depositary pursuant to this
Article 6.
7. CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY.
The Company agrees to pay the fees,
reasonable expenses and out-of-pocket
charges of the Depositary and those of any
Registrar only in accordance with
agreements in writing entered into between
the Depositary and the Company from time
to time. The Depositary shall present its
statement for such charges and expenses to
the Company once every three months. The
charges and expenses of the Custodian are
for the sole account of the Depositary.
The following charges shall be incurred by
any party depositing or withdrawing Shares
or by any party surrendering Receipts or to
whom Receipts are issued (including,
without limitation, issuance pursuant to a
stock dividend or stock split declared by the
Company or an exchange of stock regarding
the Receipts or Deposited Securities or a
distribution of Receipts pursuant to Section
4.03 of the Deposit Agreement), or by
Owners, as applicable: (1) taxes and other
governmental charges, (2) such registration
fees as may from time to time be in effect
for the registration of transfers of Shares
generally on the Share register of the
Company or Foreign Registrar and
applicable to transfers of Shares to or from
the name of the Depositary or its nominee or
the Custodian or its nominee on the making
of deposits or withdrawals under the
Deposit Agreement, (3) such cable, telex and
facsimile transmission expenses as are
expressly provided in the Deposit
Agreement, (4) such expenses as are incurred
by the Depositary in the conversion of
foreign currency pursuant to Section 4.05 of
the Deposit Agreement, (5) a fee of $5.00 or
less per 100 American Depositary Shares (or
portion thereof) for the execution and
delivery of Receipts pursuant to Section
2.03, 4.03 or 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement,
and the surrender of Receipts pursuant to
Section 2.05 or 6.02 of the Deposit
Agreement, (6) a fee of $.02 or less per
American Depositary Share (or portion
thereof) for any cash distribution made
pursuant to the Deposit Agreement
including, but not limited to Sections 4.01
through 4.04 thereof, (7) a fee for the
distribution of securities pursuant to Section
4.02 of the Deposit Agreement, such fee
being in an amount equal to the fee for the
execution and delivery of American
Depositary Shares referred to above which
would have been charged as a result of the
deposit of such securities (for purposes of
this clause (7) treating all such securities as if
they were Shares), but which securities are
instead distributed by the Depositary to
Owners, (8) a fee of $.02 or less per
American Depositary Share (or portion
thereof) for depositary services, which will
accrue on the last day of each calendar year
and which will be payable as provided in
clause (9) below; provided, however, that no
fee will be assessed under this clause (8) to
the extent a fee of $.02 was charged
pursuant to clause (6) above during that
calendar year and (9) any other charge
payable by the Depositary, any of the
Depositarys agents, including the Custodian,
or the agents of the Depositarys agents in
connection with the servicing of Shares or
other Deposited Securities (which charge
shall be assessed against Owners as of the
date or dates set by the Depositary in
accordance with Section 4.06 of the Deposit
Agreement and shall be payable at the sole
discretion of the Depositary by billing such
Owners for such charge or by deducting
such charge from one or more cash
dividends or other cash distributions).
The Depositary, subject to Article (8) hereof,
may own and deal in any class of securities
of the Company and its affiliates and in
Receipts.
8. PRE-RELEASE OF RECEIPTS.
Unless requested in writing by the Company
to cease doing so, the Depositary may,
notwithstanding Section 2.03 of the Deposit
Agreement, execute and deliver Receipts
prior to the receipt of Shares pursuant to
Section 2.02 of the Deposit Agreement (a
Pre-Release). The Depositary may, pursuant
to Section 2.05 of the Deposit Agreement,
deliver Shares upon the receipt and
cancellation of Receipts which have been
Pre-Released, whether or not such
cancellation is prior to the termination of
such Pre-Release or the Depositary knows
that such Receipt has been Pre-Released.
The Depositary may receive Receipts in lieu
of Shares in satisfaction of a Pre-Release.
Each Pre-Release will be (a) preceded or
accompanied by a written representation
from the person to whom Receipts are to be
delivered, that such person, or its customer,
(i) owns the Shares or Receipts to be
remitted, as the case may be, (ii) assigns all
beneficial right, title and interest in such
Shares or Receipts, as the case may be, to
the Depositary in its capacity as such and for
the benefit of the Owners, and (iii) will not
take any action with respect to such Shares
or Receipts, as the case may be, that is
inconsistent with the transfer of beneficial
ownership (including, without the consent of
the Depositary, disposing of such Shares or
Receipts, as the case may be, other than in
satisfaction of such Pre-Release), (b) at all
times fully collateralized with cash or such
other collateral as the Depositary deems
appropriate, (c) terminable by the Depositary
on not more than five (5) business days
notice, and (d) subject to such further
indemnities and credit regulations as the
Depositary deems appropriate. The number
of American Depositary Shares which are
outstanding at any time as a result of Pre-
Releases will not normally exceed thirty
percent (30%) of the Shares deposited under
the Deposit Agreement; provided, however,
that the Depositary reserves the right to
change or disregard such limit from time to
time as it deems reasonably appropriate.
The Depositary may retain for its
own account any compensation received by
it in connection with the foregoing.
9. TITLE TO RECEIPTS.
It is a condition of this Receipt and every
successive Owner and Beneficial Owner of
this Receipt by accepting or holding the
same consents and agrees, that title to this
Receipt when properly endorsed or
accompanied by proper instruments of
transfer, is transferable by delivery with the
same effect as in the case of a negotiable
instrument under the laws of New York;
provided, however, that until a Receipt shall
have been transferred on the books of the
Depositary as provided in Section 2.04 of
the Deposit Agreement, the Company and
the Depositary, notwithstanding any notice
to the contrary, may treat the person in
whose name this Receipt is registered on the
books of the Depositary as the absolute
Owner hereof for the purpose of
determining the person entitled to
distribution of dividends or other
distributions or to any notice provided for in
the Deposit Agreement or for all other
purposes, and neither the Depositary nor the
Company shall have any obligation or be
subject to any liability under the Deposit
Agreement to any holder of a Receipt unless
such holder is the Owner thereof.
10. VALIDITY OF RECEIPT.
This Receipt shall not be entitled to any
benefits under the Deposit Agreement or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless
this Receipt shall have been executed by the
Depositary by the manual signature of a duly
authorized signatory of the Depositary;
provided, however, that such signature may
be a facsimile if a Registrar for the Receipts
shall have been appointed and such Receipts
are countersigned by the manual signature of
a duly authorized officer of the Registrar.
11.REPORTS; INSPECTION OF
TRANSFER BOOKS.
The Company is subject to the periodic
reporting requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and, accordingly,
files certain reports with the Securities and
Exchange Commission by foreign law or
otherwise under Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such
reports and communications will be available
for inspection and copying by Owners and
Beneficial Owners at the public reference
facilities maintained by the Commission
located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X.,
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000.
The Depositary will make available for
inspection by Owners of Receipts at its
Corporate Trust Office any reports and
communications, including any proxy
soliciting material, received from the
Company which are both (a) received by the
Depositary as the holder of the Deposited
Securities and (b) made generally available
to the holders of such Deposited Securities
by the Company. The Depositary will also,
upon written request, send to Owners of
Receipts copies of such reports when
furnished by the Company pursuant to the
Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary will keep books, at its
Corporate Trust Office, for the registration
of Receipts and transfers of Receipts which
at all reasonable times shall be open for
inspection by the Owners of Receipts
provided that such inspection shall not be
for the purpose of communicating with
Owners of Receipts in the interest of a
business or object other than the business of
the Company or a matter related to the
Deposit Agreement or the Receipts.
12.DIVIDENDS AND
DISTRIBUTIONS.
Whenever the Depositary receives any cash
dividend or other cash distribution on any
Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall, if
at the time of receipt thereof any amounts
received in a foreign currency can in the
judgment of the Depositary be converted on
a reasonable basis into United States Dollars
transferable to the United States, and
subject to the Deposit Agreement, convert
such dividend or distribution into dollars
and will distribute the amount thus received
(net of the fees and expenses of the
Depositary as provided in Article 7 hereof
and Section 5.09 of the Deposit Agreement,
if applicable) to the Owners of Receipts
entitled thereto; provided, however, that in
the event that the Company or the
Depositary is required to withhold and does
withhold from any cash dividend or other
cash distribution in respect of any Deposited
Securities an amount on account of taxes,
the amount distributed to the Owners of the
Receipts evidencing American Depositary
Shares representing such Deposited
Securities shall be reduced accordingly.
Subject to the provisions of Section 4.11 and
Section 5.09 of the Deposit Agreement,
whenever the Depositary receives any
distribution other than a distribution
described in Sections 4.01, 4.03 or 4.04 of
the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary will
cause the securities or property received by it
to be distributed to the Owners entitled
thereto, after deduction or upon payment of
any fees and expenses of the Depositary or
any taxes or other governmental charges, in
proportion to the number of American
Depositary Shares representing such
Deposited Securities held by them
respectively, in any manner that the
Depositary may deem equitable and
practicable for accomplishing such
distribution; provided, however, that if in
the opinion of the Depositary such
distribution cannot be made proportionately
among the Owners of Receipts entitled
thereto, or if for any other reason the
Depositary deems such distribution not to be
feasible, the Depositary may adopt such
method as it may deem equitable and
practicable for the purpose of effecting such
distribution, including, but not limited to,
the public or private sale of the securities or
property thus received, or any part thereof,
and the net proceeds of any such sale (net of
the fees and expenses of the Depositary as
provided in Article 7 hereof and Section
5.09 of the Deposit Agreement) shall be
distributed by the Depositary to the Owners
of Receipts entitled thereto, all in the
manner and subject to the conditions
described in Section 4.01 of the Deposit
Agreement.
If any distribution consists of a dividend in,
or free distribution of, Shares, the
Depositary may, and shall, subject to the
following sentence, if the Company shall so
request, distribute to the Owners of
outstanding Receipts entitled thereto,
additional Receipts evidencing an aggregate
number of American Depositary Shares
representing the amount of Shares received
as such dividend or free distribution, subject
to the terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement with respect to the deposit of
Shares and the issuance of American
Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts,
including the withholding of any tax or
other governmental charge as provided in
Section 4.11 of the Deposit Agreement and
the payment of the fees and expenses of the
Depositary as provided in Article 7 hereof
and Section 5.09 of the Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary may withhold any such
distribution of Receipts if it has not received
satisfactory assurances from the Company
that such distribution does not require
registration under the Securities Act of 1933
or is exempt from registration under the
provisions of such Act. In lieu of delivering
Receipts for fractional American Depositary
Shares in any such case, the Depositary will
sell the amount of Shares represented by the
aggregate of such fractions and distribute
the net proceeds, all in the manner and
subject to the conditions described in
Section 4.01 of the Deposit Agreement. If
additional Receipts are not so distributed,
each American Depositary Share shall
thenceforth also represent the additional
Shares distributed upon the Deposited
Securities represented thereby.
In the event that the Depositary determines
that any distribution in property (including
Shares and rights to subscribe therefor) is
subject to any tax or other governmental
charge which the Depositary is obligated to
withhold, the Depositary may by public or
private sale dispose of all or a portion of
such property (including Shares and rights to
subscribe therefor) in such amounts and in
such manner as the Depositary deems
necessary and practicable to pay any such
taxes or charges, and the Depositary shall
distribute the net proceeds of any such sale
after deduction of such taxes or charges to
the Owners of Receipts entitled thereto.
13.RIGHTS.
In the event that the Company shall offer or
cause to be offered to the holders of any
Deposited Securities any rights to subscribe
for additional Shares or any rights of any
other nature, the Depositary shall after
consultation with the Company, have
discretion as to the procedure to be followed
in making such rights available to any
Owners or in disposing of such rights on
behalf of any Owners and making the net
proceeds available to such Owners or, if by
the terms of such rights offering or, for any
other reason, the Depositary may not either
make such rights available to any Owners or
dispose of such rights and make the net
proceeds available to such Owners, then the
Depositary shall allow the rights to lapse. If
at the time of the offering of any rights the
Depositary reasonably determines in its
discretion that it is lawful and feasible to
make such rights available to all Owners or
to certain Owners but not to other Owners,
the Depositary may distribute to any Owner
to whom it determines the distribution to be
lawful and feasible, in proportion to the
number of American Depositary Shares held
by such Owner, warrants or other
instruments therefor in such form as it deems
appropriate.
In circumstances in which rights would
otherwise not be distributed, if an Owner of
Receipts requests the distribution of
warrants or other instruments in order to
exercise the rights allocable to the American
Depositary Shares of such Owner under the
Deposit Agreement, the Depositary will
make such rights available to such Owner
upon written notice from the Company to
the Depositary that (a) the Company has
elected in its sole discretion to permit such
rights to be exercised and (b) such Owner
has executed such documents as the
Company has determined in its sole
discretion are reasonably required under
applicable law.
If the Depositary has distributed warrants or
other instruments for rights to all or certain
Owners, then upon instruction from such an
Owner pursuant to such warrants or other
instruments to the Depositary from such
Owner to exercise such rights, upon payment
by such Owner to the Depositary for the
account of such Owner of an amount equal
to the purchase price of the Shares to be
received upon the exercise of the rights, and
upon payment of the fees and expenses of
the Depositary and any other charges as set
forth in such warrants or other instruments,
the Depositary shall, on behalf of such
Owner, exercise the rights and purchase the
Shares, and the Company shall cause the
Shares so purchased to be delivered to the
Depositary on behalf of such Owner. As
agent for such Owner, the Depositary will
cause the Shares so purchased to be
deposited pursuant to Section 2.02 of the
Deposit Agreement, and shall, pursuant to
Section 2.03 of the Deposit Agreement,
execute and deliver Receipts to such Owner.
In the case of a distribution pursuant to the
second paragraph of this Article 13, such
Receipts shall be legended in accordance
with applicable U.S. laws, and shall be
subject to the appropriate restrictions on sale,
deposit, cancellation, and transfer under
such laws.
If the Depositary reasonably determines in
its discretion that it is not lawful and
feasible to make such rights available to all
or certain Owners, it may sell the rights,
warrants or other instruments in proportion
to the number of American Depositary
Shares held by the Owners to whom it has
determined it may not lawfully or feasibly
make such rights available, and allocate the
net proceeds of such sales (net of the fees
and expenses of the Depositary as provided
in Section 5.09 of the Deposit Agreement
and all taxes and governmental charges
payable in connection with such rights and
subject to the terms and conditions of the
Deposit Agreement) for the account of such
Owners otherwise entitled to such rights,
warrants or other instruments, upon an
averaged or other practical basis without
regard to any distinctions among such
Owners because of exchange restrictions or
the date of delivery of any Receipt or
otherwise.
The Depositary will not offer rights to
Owners unless both the rights and the
securities to which such rights relate are
either exempt from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933 with respect to a
distribution to all Owners or are registered
under the provisions of such Act; provided,
that nothing in the Deposit Agreement shall
create, any obligation on the part of the
Company to file a registration statement
under the Securities Act of 1933 with
respect to such rights or underlying securities
or to endeavor to have such a registration
statement declared effective or otherwise to
register such rights or securities under any
other applicable laws for any purpose. If an
Owner of Receipts requests the distribution
of warrants or other instruments,
notwithstanding that there has been no such
registration under such Act, the Depositary
shall not effect such distribution unless it has
received an opinion from recognized counsel
in the United States for the Company upon
which the Depositary may rely that such
distribution to such Owner is exempt from
such registration.
The Depositary shall not be responsible for
any failure to determine that it may be
lawful or feasible to make such rights
available to Owners in general or any Owner
in particular.
14. CONVERSION OF FOREIGN
CURRENCY.
Whenever the Depositary or the Custodian
shall receive foreign currency, by way of
dividends or other distributions or the net
proceeds from the sale of securities, property
or rights, and if at the time of the receipt
thereof the foreign currency so received can
in the judgment of the Depositary be
converted on a reasonable basis into Dollars
and the resulting Dollars transferred to the
United States, the Depositary shall convert
or cause to be converted, by sale or in any
other manner that it may determine, such
foreign currency into Dollars, and such
Dollars shall be distributed to the Owners
entitled thereto or, if the Depositary shall
have distributed any warrants or other
instruments which entitle the holders thereof
to such Dollars, then to the holders of such
warrants and/or instruments upon surrender
thereof for cancellation. Such distribution
may be made upon an averaged or other
practicable basis without regard to any
distinctions among Owners on account of
exchange restrictions, the date of delivery of
any Receipt or otherwise and shall be net of
any expenses of conversion into Dollars
incurred by the Depositary as provided in
Section 5.09 of the Deposit Agreement.
If such conversion or distribution can be
effected only with the approval or license of
any government or agency thereof, the
Depositary shall file such application for
approval or license, if any, as it may deem
desirable; provided, however, that in no
event shall the Company be required to may
any such filing.
If at any time the Depositary shall determine
that in its judgment any foreign currency
received by the Depositary or the Custodian
is not convertible on a reasonable basis into
Dollars transferable to the United States, or
if any approval or license of any government
or agency thereof which is required for such
conversion is denied or in the opinion of the
Depositary is not obtainable, or if any such
approval or license is not obtained within a
reasonable period as determined by the
Depositary, the Depositary may distribute
the foreign currency (or an appropriate
document evidencing the right to receive
such foreign currency) received by the
Depositary to, or in its discretion may hold
such foreign currency uninvested and
without liability for interest thereon for the
respective accounts of, the Owners entitled
to receive the same.
If any such conversion of foreign currency,
in whole or in part, cannot be effected for
distribution to some of the Owners entitled
thereto, the Depositary may in its discretion
make such conversion and distribution in
Dollars to the extent permissible to the
Owners entitled thereto and may distribute
the balance of the foreign currency received
by the Depositary to, or hold such balance
uninvested and without liability for interest
thereon for the respective accounts of, the
Owners entitled thereto.
15. RECORD DATES.
Whenever any cash dividend or other cash
distribution shall become payable or any
distribution other than cash shall be made, or
whenever rights shall be issued with respect
to the Deposited Securities, or whenever the
Depositary shall receive notice of any
meeting of holders of Shares or other
Deposited Securities, or whenever for any
reason the Depositary causes a change in the
number of Shares that are represented by
each American Depositary Share, or
whenever the Depositary shall find it
necessary or convenient, the Depositary shall
fix a record date which shall, insofar as is
reasonably practicable, be as close as
possible to the record date established by the
Company in respect of the Shares or other
Deposited Securities (if applicable) (a) for
the determination of the Owners of Receipts
who shall be (i) entitled to receive such
dividend, distribution or rights or the net
proceeds of the sale thereof, (ii) entitled to
give instructions for the exercise of voting
rights at any such meeting or (iii) responsible
for any fee assessed by the Depositary
pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, or (b) on
or after which each American Depositary
Share will represent the changed number of
Shares, subject to the provisions of the
Deposit Agreement.
16. VOTING OF DEPOSITED
SECURITIES.
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting of
holders of Shares or other Deposited
Securities, if requested in writing by the
Company the Depositary shall, as soon as
practicable thereafter, mail to the Owners a
notice, the form of which notice shall be in
the discretion of the Depositary, unless
otherwise advised to the Depositary by the
Company in writing, which shall contain (a)
such information as is contained in such
notice of meeting received by the Depositary
from the Company, and (b) a statement that
the Owners as of the close of business on a
specified record date will be entitled, subject
to any applicable provision of New Zealand
law and of the Constitution of the Company
and any other provisions governing
Deposited Securities, to instruct the
Depositary as to the exercise of the voting
rights, if any, pertaining to the amount of
Shares or other Deposited Securities
represented by their respective American
Depositary Shares and (c) a statement as to
the manner in which such instructions may
be given or deemed given in accordance
with the last sentence of this paragraph if no
instruction is received, to the Depositary to
give a discretionary proxy to a person
designated to the Company. Upon the
written request of an Owner of a Receipt on
such record date, received on or before the
date established by the Depositary for such
purpose, the Depositary shall endeavor
insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be
voted the amount of Shares or other
Deposited Securities represented by the
American Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Receipt in accordance with the
instructions set forth in such request. The
Depositary shall not vote or attempt to
exercise the right to vote that attaches to the
Shares or other Deposited Securities, other
than in accordance with such instructions or
deemed instructions. If no instructions are
received by the Depositary from any Owner
with respect to any of the Deposited
Securities represented by the American
Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Owners Receipts on or before the date
established by the Depositary for such
purpose, the Depositary shall deem such
Owner to have instructed the Depositary to
give a discretionary proxy to a person
designated by the Company with respect to
such Deposited Securities and the
Depositary shall give a discretionary proxy
to a person designated by the Company to
vote such Deposited Securities; provided,
that no such instruction shall be deemed
given and no such discretionary proxy shall
be given with respect to any matter as to
which the Company informs the Depositary
(and the Company agrees to provide such
information as promptly as practicable in
writing) that (x) the Company does not wish
such proxy given, (y) substantial opposition
exists or (z) such matter materially and
adversely affects the rights of holders of
Shares.
There can be no assurance that Owners
generally or any Owner in particular will
receive the notice described in the preceding
paragraph sufficiently prior to the
Instruction Date to ensure that the
Depositary will vote the Shares or Deposited
Securities in accordance with the provisions
set forth in the preceding paragraph.
17. CHANGES AFFECTING
DEPOSITED SECURITIES.
In circumstances where the provisions of
Section 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement do
not apply, upon any change in nominal
value, change in par value, split-up,
consolidation, or any other reclassification of
Deposited Securities, or upon any
recapitalization, reorganization, merger or
consolidation, or sale of assets affecting the
Company or to which it is a party, any
securities which shall be received by the
Depositary or a Custodian in exchange for or
in conversion of or in respect of Deposited
Securities shall, if permitted by applicable
law, be treated as new Deposited Securities
under the Deposit Agreement, and American
Depositary Shares shall thenceforth
represent, in addition to the existing
Deposited Securities, the right to receive the
new Deposited Securities so received in
exchange or conversion, unless additional
Receipts are delivered pursuant to the
following sentence. In any such case the
Depositary may, and shall if the Company
shall so request, execute and deliver
additional Receipts as in the case of a
dividend in Shares, or call for the surrender
of outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for
new Receipts specifically describing such
new Deposited Securities.
Immediately upon the occurrence of any
such split-up, consolidation or any other
reclassification, or conversion or exchange,
covered by Section 4.08 of the Deposit
Agreement in respect of Deposited
Securities, the Company shall notify the
Depositary in writing of such occurrence and
as soon as practicable after receipt of such
notice and a written instruction from the
Company, the Depositary shall give notice
thereof, at the Companys expense, to all
Owners.
18. LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY
AND DEPOSITARY.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor
any of their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents or affiliates shall incur
any liability to any Owner or Beneficial
Owner of any Receipt, if by reason of any
provision of any present or future law or
regulation of the United States, New
Zealand or any other country, or of any
other governmental or regulatory authority
or stock exchange or automated quotation
system (including, without limitation, the
NASDAQ National Market, or by reason of
any provision, present or future, of the
Constitution of the Company, or by reason
of any provision of any securities issued or
distributed by the Company, or any offering
or distribution thereof, or by reason of any
act of God or war or terrorism or other
circumstances beyond its control, the
Depositary or the Company (or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees,
agents or affiliates) shall be prevented,
delayed or forbidden from or be subject to
any civil or criminal penalty on account of
doing or performing any act or thing which
by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is
provided shall be done or performed; nor
shall the Depositary or the Company or any
of their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents or affiliates incur any
liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner
of a Receipt by reason of any
non-performance or delay, caused as
aforesaid, in the performance of any act or
thing which by the terms of the Deposit
Agreement it is provided shall or may be
done or performed, or by reason of any
exercise of, or failure to exercise, any
discretion provided for in the Deposit
Agreement. Where, by the terms of a
distribution pursuant to Sections 4.01, 4.02,
or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an
offering or distribution pursuant to Section
4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such
distribution or offering may not be made
available to Owners of Receipts, and the
Depositary may not dispose of such
distribution or offering on behalf of such
Owners and make the net proceeds available
to such Owners, then the Depositary shall
not make such distribution or offering, and
shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.
Neither the Company nor the Depositary nor
any of their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents and affiliates assume any
obligation or shall be subject to any liability
under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or
Beneficial Owners of Receipts, except that
they agree to perform their obligations
specifically set forth in the Deposit
Agreement without negligence or bad faith.
The Depositary shall not be subject to any
liability with respect to the validity or worth
of the Deposited Securities. Neither the
Depositary nor the Company nor any of their
respective directors, officers, employees,
agents or affiliates shall be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any action, suit, or other proceeding in
respect of any Deposited Securities or in
respect of the Receipts, which in its opinion
may involve it (in its sole discretion) in
expense or liability, unless indemnity
satisfactory to it against all expense and
liability shall be furnished as often as may be
required, and the Custodian shall not be
under any obligation whatsoever with
respect to such proceedings, the
responsibility of the Custodian being solely
to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary
nor the Company nor any of their respective
directors, employees, officers, agents or
affiliates shall be liable for any action or
nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice
of or information from legal counsel,
accountants, any person presenting Shares
for deposit, any Owner or Beneficial Owner
of a Receipt, or any other person believed by
it in good faith to be competent to give such
advice or information. Each of the
Depositary, the Company and their
directors, officers, employees, agents and
controlling persons may rely and shall be
protected in acting upon any written notice,
request, direction or other document
believed by such person to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties. The Depositary shall not be
responsible for any failure to carry out any
instructions to vote any of the Deposited
Securities, or for the manner in which any
such vote is cast or the effect of any such
vote, provided that any such action or
nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary
shall not be liable for any acts or omissions
made by a successor depositary whether in
connection with a previous act or omission
of the Depositary or in connection with a
matter arising wholly after the removal or
resignation of the Depositary, provided that
in connection with the issue out of which
such potential liability arises the Depositary
performed its obligations without negligence
or bad faith while it acted as Depositary.
The Company agrees to indemnify the
Depositary, its directors, officers,
employees, agents and affiliates and any
Custodian against, and hold each of them
harmless from, any liability or expense
(including, but not limited to, the fees and
expenses of counsel) which may arise out of
any registration with the Commission of
Receipts, American Depositary Shares or
Deposited Securities or the offer or sale
thereof in the United States or out of acts
performed or omitted, in accordance with
the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and
of the Receipts, as the same may be
amended, modified, or supplemented from
time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a
Custodian or their respective directors,
officers, employees, agents and affiliates,
except for any liability or expense arising out
of the negligence or bad faith of either of
them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its
directors, officers, employees, agents and
affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under
the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by
any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
19. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL
OF THE DEPOSITARY.
The Depositary may at any time resign as
Depositary under the Deposit Agreement by
written notice of its election so to do
delivered to the Company, such resignation
to take effect upon the appointment of a
successor depositary and its acceptance of
such appointment as provided in the Deposit
Agreement. The Depositary may at any time
be removed by the Company by 120 days
prior written notice of such removal, to
become effective upon the later of (i) the
120th day after delivery of the notice to the
Depositary and (ii) the appointment of a
successor depositary and its acceptance of
such appointment as provided in the Deposit
Agreement. Whenever the Depositary in its
discretion determines that it is in the best
interest of the Owners of Receipts to do so,
it may appoint a substitute or additional
custodian or custodians.
20. AMENDMENT.
The form of the Receipts and any provisions
of the Deposit Agreement may at any time
and from time to time be amended by
agreement between the Company and the
Depositary without the consent of Owners
or Beneficial Owners of Receipts in any
respect which they may deem necessary or
desirable. Any amendment which shall
impose or increase any fees or charges (other
than taxes and other governmental charges,
registration fees, cable, telex or facsimile
transmission costs, delivery costs or other
such expenses), or which shall otherwise
prejudice any substantial existing right of
Owners of Receipts, shall, however, not
become effective as to outstanding Receipts
until the expiration of thirty days after
notice of such amendment shall have been
given to the Owners of outstanding
Receipts. Every Owner of a Receipt at the
time any amendment so becomes effective
shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such
Receipt, to consent and agree to such
amendment and to be bound by the Deposit
Agreement as amended thereby. In no event
shall any amendment impair the right of the
Owner of any Receipt to surrender such
Receipt and receive therefor the Deposited
Securities represented thereby except in
order to comply with mandatory provisions
of applicable law. The Company and the
Depositary shall amend the Deposit
Agreement as necessary to reflect changes
from time to time in New Zealand law and
the Companys Constitution.
21. TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT
AGREEMENT.
The Depositary shall at any time at the
direction of the Company terminate the
Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of
such termination to the Owners of all
Receipts then outstanding at least 90 days
prior to the date fixed in such notice for
such termination. The Depositary may
likewise terminate the Deposit Agreement
by mailing notice of such termination to the
Company and the Owners of all Receipts
then outstanding if at any time 90 days shall
have expired after the Depositary shall have
delivered to the Company a written notice
of its election to resign and a successor
depositary shall not have been appointed
and accepted its appointment as provided in
the Deposit Agreement. On and after the
date of termination, the Owner of a Receipt,
will upon (a) surrender of such Receipt at
the Corporate Trust Office of the
Depositary, (b) payment of the fee of the
Depositary for the surrender of Receipts
referred to in Section 2.05 of the Deposit
Agreement, and (c) payment of any
applicable taxes or governmental charges be
entitled to delivery, to him or upon his order,
of the amount of Deposited Securities
represented by the American Depositary
Shares evidenced by such Receipt. If any
Receipts shall remain outstanding after the
date of termination, the Depositary
thereafter shall discontinue the registration
of transfers of Receipts, shall suspend the
distribution of dividends to the Owners
thereof, shall not accept deposits of Shares
(and shall so instruct each Custodian), and
shall not give any further notices or perform
any further acts under the Deposit
Agreement, except that the Depositary shall
continue to collect dividends and other
distributions pertaining to Deposited
Securities, shall sell rights and other property
as provided in the Deposit Agreement, and
shall continue to deliver Deposited
Securities, together with any dividends or
other distributions received with respect
thereto and the net proceeds of the sale of
any rights or other property, in exchange for
Receipts surrendered to the Depositary
(after deducting, in each case, the fee of the
Depositary for the surrender of a Receipt,
any expenses for the account of the Owner
of such Receipt in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Deposit Agreement,
and any applicable taxes or governmental
charges). At any time after the expiration of
one year from the date of termination, the
Depositary may sell the Deposited Securities
then held under the Deposit Agreement and
may thereafter hold uninvested the net
proceeds of any such sale, together with any
other cash then held by it thereunder,
unsegregated and without liability for
interest, for the pro rata benefit of the
Owners of Receipts which have not
theretofore been surrendered, such Owners
thereupon becoming general creditors of the
Depositary with respect to such net
proceeds. After making such sale, the
Depositary shall be discharged from all
obligations under the Deposit Agreement,
except to account for such net proceeds and
other cash (after deducting, in each case, the
fee of the Depositary for the surrender of a
Receipt, any expenses for the account of the
Owner of such Receipt in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement, and any applicable taxes or
governmental charges) and except for its
obligations to the Company under Section
5.08 of the Deposit Agreement. Upon the
termination of the Deposit Agreement, the
Company shall be discharged from all
obligations under the Deposit Agreement
except for its obligations to the Depositary
with respect to indemnification, charges, and
expenses of the Deposit Agreement.
22. COMPLIANCE WITH U.S.
SECURITIES LAWS.
Notwithstanding anything in the Deposit
Agreement or this Receipt to the contrary,
the Company and the Depositary each
agrees that it will not exercise any rights it
has under the Deposit Agreement to prevent
the withdrawal or delivery of Deposited
Securities in a manner which would violate
the U.S. securities laws, including, but not
limited to, Section I.A.(1) of the General
Instructions to the Form F-6 Registration
Statement, as amended from time to time,
under the Securities Act of 1933.
23. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS.
The Company may from time to time request
Owners to provide information as to the
capacity in which such Owners own or
owned Receipts and regarding the identity
of any other persons then or previously
interested in such Receipts and the nature of
such interest. Each Owner agrees to provide
any information requested by the Company
or the Depositary pursuant to Section 3.04
of the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary
agrees to comply with reasonable written
instructions received from the Company
requesting that the Depositary forward any
such requests to the Owners and to forward
to the Company any such responses to such
requests received by the Depositary. To the
extent that provisions of or governing any
Deposited Securities or the rules or
regulations of any governmental authority or
securities exchange or automated quotation
system may require the disclosure of
beneficial or other ownership of Deposited
Securities, other Shares and other securities
to the Company or other persons and may
provide for blocking transfer and voting or
other rights to enforce such disclosure or
limit such ownership, the Depositary shall
use its reasonable efforts to comply with
Companys instructions in respect of any
such enforcement or limitation.
24. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION;
WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES.
In the Deposit Agreement, the Company has
(i) appointed CT Corporation System, 000
0xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 00000, as the
Companys authorized agent upon which
process may be served in any suit or
proceeding arising out of or relating to the
Shares or Deposited Securities, the
American Depositary Shares, the Receipts or
this Agreement, (ii) consented and
submitted to the jurisdiction of any state or
federal court in the State of New York in
which any such suit or proceeding may be
instituted, and (iii) agreed that service of
process upon said authorized agent shall be
deemed in every respect effective service of
process upon the Company in any such suit
or proceeding.
To the extent that the Company or any of its
properties, assets or revenues may have or
hereafter become entitled to, or have
attributed to it, any right of immunity, on
the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise,
from any legal action, suit or proceeding,
from the giving of any relief in any respect
thereof, from setoff or counterclaim, from
the jurisdiction of any court, from service of
process, from attachment upon or prior to
judgment, from attachment in aid of
execution or judgment, or other legal process
or proceeding for the giving of any relief or
for the enforcement of any judgment, in any
jurisdiction in which proceedings may at any
time be commenced, with respect to its
obligations, liabilities or any other matter
under or arising out of or in connection with
the Shares or Deposited Securities, the
American Depositary Shares, the Receipts or
the Deposit Agreement, the Company, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and
agrees not to plead or claim, any such
immunity and consents to such relief and
enforcement.
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