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Reprint as at 6 November 2008 Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004 (SR 2004/311) Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004: revoked, on 6 November 2008, by clause 3 of the Regulations Revoca­ tion Order 2008 (SR 2008/367).

Pursuant to section 45 of the Takeovers Act 1993, the Takeovers Panel gives the following notice (to which is appended a statement of reasons of the Takeovers Panel).
Contents Title Application Interpretation Exemptions from rule 6(1) of Code Conditions of exemption in clause 4(1) Exemption from rule 8(2) of Code Page 2 2 2 3 3 5 Note Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

This notice is administered by the Takeovers Panel.
1 Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004 Reprinted as at 6 November 2008 Title This notice is the Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004.

Application This notice applies to acts or omissions occurring on or after 27 August 2004.
Interpretation In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,— Act means the Takeovers Act 1993 closing date means the Project Closing Date of the purchase agreement as deﬁned in that agreement Code means the Takeovers Code approved by the Takeovers Code Approval Order 2000 (SR 2000/210) Contact means Contact Energy Limited EME means Edison Mission Energy, a company incorporated in Delaware executive entitlements mean the rights (if any) to ordinary shares in Contact held by executives of Contact under the Long Term Incentive Plan established by Contact on 30 June 2004 Mission Contact Finance means Mission Contact Finance Limited, a wholly­owned subsidiary of Universal offer means the full takeover offer to all Contact shareholders, except Universal, Paciﬁc Holdings, and Contact, to be made by Origin Energy NZ under the Code for all the shares in Con­ tact Origin Energy means Origin Energy Limited, a company in­ corporated in New South Wales Origin Energy NZ means Origin Energy New Zealand Limited, a subsidiary of Origin Energy Paciﬁc Holdings means Mission Energy Paciﬁc Holdings, a wholly­owned subsidiary of Universal Paciﬁc Holdings Debt means the Paciﬁc Holdings Debt as deﬁned in the purchase agreement Paciﬁc Holdings Leverage Amount means the Paciﬁc Hold­ ings Leverage Amount as deﬁned in the purchase agreement cl 1 1 2 3 (1) 2 Reprinted as at 6 November 2008 Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004 cl 5 Per­Contact Share Price means the Per­Contact Share Price as
 deﬁned in the purchase agreement Project Purchase Price means the Project Purchase Price as deﬁned in the purchase agreement purchase agreement means the purchase agreement between EME, Origin Energy NZ, and Origin Energy dated 20 July 2004 under which EME agreed to sell all of the shares in Uni­ versal to Origin Energy NZ redeemable preference shares means the redeemable pref­ erence shares issued by Paciﬁc Holdings to Mission Contact Finance as referred to in the purchase agreement takeover notice means the takeover notice to be given by Ori­ gin Energy NZ, in accordance with rule 41 of the Code, to Contact of its intention to make the offer treasury stock means the ordinary shares in Contact held by Contact as treasury stock (within the meaning of section 67A of the Companies Act 1993) Universal means Mission Energy Universal Holdings, an in­ direct, wholly­owned subsidiary of EME.
(2) Any term or expression that is deﬁned in the Act or the Code and used, but not deﬁned, in this notice has the same meaning as in the Act or the Code.

Exemptions from rule 6(1) of Code 4 (1) Origin Energy NZ is exempted from rule 6(1) of the Code in respect of any increase in its control of voting rights in Contact that results from its acquisition of all of the shares in Universal.
(2) Origin Energy NZ is also exempted from rule 6(1) of the Code in respect of any increase in its control of voting rights in Mis­ sion Contact Finance that results from its acquisition of all of the shares in Universal.
5 Conditions of exemption in clause 4(1) The exemption in clause 4(1) is subject to the conditions that— Origin Energy NZ gives the takeover notice not later (a) than the day on which Origin Energy NZ acquires control of voting rights in Contact under the purchase agreement; and 3 cl 5 Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004 Reprinted as at 6 November 2008 (c) (b) Origin Energy NZ sends the offer to all shareholders of Contact (except Universal, Paciﬁc Holdings, and Con­ tact) during the period beginning 14 days, and ending 30 days, after the date on which the takeover notice is sent to Contact; and the offer has no conditions other than a 50% minimum acceptance condition that is in accordance with rule 23(1)(a) of the Code; and the consideration for Contact shares under the offer is— (i) (ii) the Per­Contact Share Price; or in the event that a dividend is paid to Con­ tact shareholders after the date of the purchase agreement, the Per­Contact Share Price less the amount of the dividend; and (d) (e) the takeover notice and the offer each contain the fol­ lowing: (i) a report by an independent adviser, approved by the Takeovers Panel for this purpose, certifying that in the adviser’s opinion the Paciﬁc Holdings Leverage Amount properly reﬂects, as at the date of the purchase agreement, the aggregate of the current value of— (A) the aggregate principal amount of Paciﬁc Holdings Debt; and the aggregate redemption amount payable on the redemption of the redeemable pref­ erence
 shares; and (B) (ii) a statement by the directors of Origin Energy NZ and the directors of EME that— (A) the consideration offered under the offer is equivalent to the consideration payable to EME in respect of Contact shares held by Universal and Paciﬁc Holdings; and other than the consideration referred to in paragraph (d) above, EME is not receiv­ ing any control premium or other beneﬁt for Contact shares held by Universal and Paciﬁc Holdings and no such premium or beneﬁt has been allocated to assets other
 (B) 4 Reprinted as at 6 November 2008 Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004 Statement of reasons than the shares in Contact or has been de­ rived from other arrangements; and (f) payment to EME under the purchase agreement is not made earlier than the earliest date on which Contact shareholders accepting the offer could receive payment under the offer; and (g) within 10 days after the closing date, Origin Energy NZ provides to the Takeovers Panel and New Zealand Exchange Limited certiﬁcation from the independent adviser referred to in paragraph (e)(i) that, in the ad­ viser’s opinion, the adjustments to the Project Purchase Price calculated by EME under Article 2.3 of the pur­ chase agreement accurately reﬂect the value of the as­ sets and liabilities of Universal and its wholly­owned subsidiaries (excluding any amount representing taxa­ tion liabilities (if any) less taxation assets (if any) for which Origin Energy NZ is indemniﬁed by EME under the purchase agreement) as at the closing date.
6 Exemption from rule 8(2) of Code Origin Energy NZ is exempted from rule 8(2) of the Code to the extent that rule 8(2) requires that the offer be made in respect of— (a) (b) (c) Contact shares held by Universal and Paciﬁc Holdings: treasury stock: executive entitlements.

Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of September 2004.

The Common Seal of the Takeovers Panel was afﬁxed in the presence of: KJ O’Connor, Member.
[LS] Statement of reasons This notice applies to acts or omissions occurring on or after 27 Au­ gust 2004.
5 Statement of reasons Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004 Reprinted as at 6 November 2008 As part of a global sale of its international assets, Edison Mission Energy (EME) has entered into an agreement (the purchase agree­ ment) to sell all the shares in its wholly­owned subsidiary Mission Energy Universal Holdings (Universal) to Origin Energy New Zealand Limited (Origin Energy NZ).
Universal and its subsidiary Mission Energy Paciﬁc Holdings (Paciﬁc Holdings) together hold approximately 51.2% of the voting shares in Contact Energy Limited (Contact), and Universal also holds all of the shares in Mission Contact Finance Limited (Mission Contact Finance).

Accordingly, upon settlement of the sale of Universal, Origin Energy NZ will become the controller of 51.2% of the voting rights in Contact and all of the shares in Mission Contact Finance.
Both Contact and Mission Contact Finance are code companies.

The Takeovers Panel (the Panel) has granted exemptions to Origin Energy NZ in relation to— •• Origin Energy NZ becoming the controller of voting rights in Contact as a result of the purchase agreement; and Origin Energy NZ becoming the controller of voting rights in Mission Contact Finance; and a proposed full takeover offer by Origin Energy NZ for Con­ tact.
•• •• Exemption in relation to Origin Energy NZ becoming controller of voting rights in Contact as result of purchase agreement Although the Takeovers Code (the Code) provides a mechanism by which shareholders in a code company can approve an increase in voting rights resulting from an upstream acquisition, the Code does not provide a mechanism by which a takeover offer can be accepted by means of an upstream transaction.
The Takeovers Panel has granted an exemption from rule 6(1) of the Code to Origin Energy NZ in respect of any increase in its voting control in Contact as a result of its purchase of Universal.

The exemption is subject to a number of conditions, including that Origin Energy NZ make a takeover offer to remaining Contact share­ holders and that the consideration under that takeover offer is the same as the Per­Contact Share Price received by EME for its interest in Contact under the purchase agreement.
The Panel considers that granting the exemption to Origin Energy NZ from rule 6(1), in respect of becoming the controller of voting rights 6 Reprinted as at 6 November 2008 Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004 Statement of reasons in Contact as a result of the acquisition of Universal, is appropriate and consistent with the objectives of the Code because the condi­ tions of the exemption ensure that shareholders are treated fairly on the basis that Contact shareholders would be offered the same con­ sideration per share under Origin Energy NZ’s takeover offer as the purchase price of EME’s Contact shares under the purchase agree­ ment.
Exemption in relation to Origin Energy NZ becoming controller of Mission Contact Finance Mission Contact Finance is a code company because it is a party to a listing agreement with New Zealand Exchange Limited in respect of the issue of redeemable preference shares.
Origin Energy NZ is not able to seek shareholder approval in respect of the transfer of voting rights because the only shareholder of Mis­ sion Contact Finance, Universal, would be prevented from voting to approve such a transaction under rule 17 of the Code.

If a takeover offer was made, it would be made to Universal only.
It would not be required to be extended to the holders of redeemable preference shares issued by Mission Contact Finance because these securities are not equity securities for the purposes of the Code.
The Panel considers that granting the exemption to Origin Energy NZ from rule 6(1) of the Code, in respect of becoming the holder or controller of voting rights in Mission Contact Finance as a result of the acquisition of Universal, is appropriate and consistent with the objectives of the Code because— •• Mission Contact Finance is a code company solely by reason of being the issuer of redeemable preference shares that are the subject of a listing agreement with New Zealand Exchange Limited; and all voting securities of Mission Contact Finance are held by Universal; and there are no shareholders of Mission Contact Finance requir­ ing the protection of the Code in respect of any change of con­ trol of Universal; and Universal is not a code company; and the exemption maintains a proper relation between the costs of complying with the Code and the beneﬁts resulting.
•• •• •• •• Exemption in relation to Origin Energy NZ’s full takeover offer 7 Statement of reasons Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004 Reprinted as at 6 November 2008 The Panel has also granted an exemption to Origin Energy NZ from rule 8(2) of the Code in respect of its full takeover offer for Contact to allow it to exclude from the offer— •• •• shares held by Universal and Paciﬁc Holdings; and shares held by Contact as treasury stock under section 67A of the Companies Act 1993; and options, rights, or interests issued under the Contact Energy Limited Long Term Incentive Plan (the LTIP).
•• Under rule 8(2) of the Code, if a full takeover offer is made it must be in respect of all of the securities in each class of equity securities, whether voting or non­voting, of the target company (other than those that are already held by the offeror).
However, not all offerees would be able to accept Origin Energy NZ’s takeover offer because— •• an offer for treasury stock would not be capable of acceptance under the provisions of the Companies Act 1993; and an offer for interests under the LTIP would not be capable of acceptance because the rules of that plan prohibit the transfer of those interests.
•• In the absence of an exemption, Origin Energy NZ would be required, under clause 9(1) of Schedule 1 of the Code, to conﬁrm that it has resources available to meet the consideration provided on full accept­ ance of the offer.

However, shareholders would not have any interest in, nor receive any beneﬁt from, conﬁrmation that the offeror also has sufﬁcient resources to fund acceptance from holders who are legally prevented from accepting the offer.
In addition, if the takeover offer were required to extend to shares held by Universal and Paciﬁc and shares held by Contact as treasury stock, this may have consequences in terms of the consideration to be paid under the compulsory acquisition provisions of the Code.
Under rules 56 and 57 of the Code, if a person becomes the dominant owner by reason of acceptance of an offer under the Code, the consideration payable in respect of compulsorily acquired shares depends on the number of acceptances in comparison to the number of securities in respect of which the offer was made.
The Panel considers that granting the exemption to Origin Energy NZ from rule 8(2) of the Code, to the extent that that rule would require the offer to be made in respect of shares held by Universal and Paciﬁc 8 Reprinted as at 6 November 2008 Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004 Holdings, shares held as treasury stock, or interests under the LTIP, is appropriate and consistent with the objectives of the Code because— Origin Energy NZ will become the holder or controller of all •• of the voting rights in Universal and Paciﬁc Holdings before or shortly after making the takeover offer; and shareholders will not be disadvantaged if the offer does not extend to treasury stock or interests under the LTIP because an offer for such securities would not be capable of acceptance; and the exemption maintains a proper relation between the cost of compliance with the Code and the beneﬁts arising from it.
•• •• Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notiﬁcation in Gazette: 9 September 2004.

9 Notes Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004 Reprinted as at 6 November 2008 Contents 1 2 3 General About this eprint List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent ﬁrst) General This is an eprint of the Takeovers Code (Origin Energy New Zealand Limited) Exemption Notice 2004.
It incorporates all the amendments to the notice as at 6 November 2008.

The list of amendments at the end of these notes speciﬁes all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 3 September 2007.

Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.

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List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent ﬁrst) Regulations Revocation Order 2008 (SR 2008/367): clause 3 Notes 1 2 3 10