Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00185:section:259c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00185
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 259C
Character Range: 919136–920558

259C  Issuing or transferring shares to controlled entity
 (1) The issue or transfer of shares (or units of shares) of a company to an entity it controls is void unless:
 (a) the issue or transfer is to the entity as a personal representative; or
 (b) the issue or transfer is to the entity as trustee and neither the company nor any entity it controls has a beneficial interest in the trust, other than a beneficial interest that satisfies these conditions:
 (i) the interest arises from a security given for the purposes of a transaction entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with providing finance; and
 (ii) that transaction was not entered into with an associate of the company or an entity it controls; or
 (c) the issue to the entity is made as a result of an offer to all the members of the company who hold shares of the class being issued and is made on a basis that does not discriminate unfairly, either directly or indirectly, in favour of the entity; or
 (d) the transfer to the entity is by a wholly‑owned subsidiary of a body corporate and the entity is also a wholly‑owned subsidiary of that body corporate.
 (2) ASIC may exempt a company from the operation of this section. The exemption:
 (a) must be in writing; and
 (b) may be granted subject to conditions.
 (3) If paragraph (1)(c) or (d) applies to an issue or transfer of shares (or units of shares), section 259D applies.