UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form CB
TENDER OFFER/RIGHTS OFFERING
NOTIFICATION FORM
(AMENDMENT NO. 11)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to file this Form:
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ETRADE
Australia Limited
(Name of Subject
Company)
Not Applicable
(Translation of subject company’s name into English (if applicable))
Australia
(Jurisdiction of
Subject Company’s Incorporation or Organization)
Australia and New Zealand Banking
Group Limited
(Name of Person(s) Furnishing Form)
Ordinary Shares
(Title of Class of Subject Securities)
N/A
(CUSIP Number of Subject Securities)
John Priestley
Company Secretary
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
Level 6
100 Queen Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
Telephone: (011) (613) 9273-6141
with a copy to
John E. Estes
Sullivan & Cromwell
Level 32, 101 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
Telephone:
(011) (613) 9635-1500
On March
14, 2007
(Date Tender
Offer is to Commence)
Part I — Information Sent to Security Holders
1. Home Jurisdiction Documents.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (“ANZ”) lodged a Bidder’s Statement for the ordinary shares of ETRADE Australia Limited with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on March 2, 2007, which ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form CB on March 7, 2007.
On March 14, 2007, ANZ lodged an announcement with the Australian Stock Exchange titled “ANZ Takeover Bid for E*TRADE Australia — Dispatch of Bidder’s Statement” (which included the typeset version of the Bidder’s Statement and included certain dates relating to the offer), which ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 1) on March 16, 2007.
On April 10, 2007, ANZ lodged an announcement with the Australian Stock Exchange titled “ANZ offer for E*TRADE Australia extended” (which included a letter that was being sent to E*TRADE Australia shareholders together with the Notice of Variation extending the offer period and providing the new date for giving notice on the status of conditions of the offer), which ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 3) on April 11, 2007.
On April 27, 2007, ANZ lodged a Supplementary Bidder’s Statement for the ordinary shares of ETRADE Australia Limited with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 7) on April 30, 2007.
On May 15, 2007, ANZ lodged an announcement with the Australian Stock Exchange titled “Offer extended to finalise takeover” (which included a letter that was being sent to E*TRADE Australia shareholders together with the Notice of Variation extending the offer period), which ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 8) on May 16, 2007.
On May 22 2007, ANZ lodged a “Notice of compulsory acquisition following takeover bid” (Exhibit 1) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
2. Informational Legends.
Not applicable.
Part II — Information Not Required to be Sent to Security Holders
A list of ANZ announcements relating to the offer that were lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange up to the date immediately prior to the date the Bidder’s Statement was lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (March 2, 2007) was set out on the original Form CB that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2007.
A list of further ANZ announcements relating to the offer that were lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange on March 9, 2007 and March 14, 2007 was set out on the Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 1) that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2007.
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An announcement titled “ANZ maintains $4.05 bid for E*TRADE Australia” that was lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange on March 23, 2007 was set out on the Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 2) that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2007.
An announcement titled “ANZ offer for E*TRADE Australia extended” that was lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange on April 10, 2007 was set out on the Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 3) that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2007.
Three announcements titled “ANZ increases E*TRADE Australia offer to $4.30 with scrip alternative; declares offer final and unconditional”, “Takeover Bid for ETRADE Australia Limited — ASX Market Rule 20.3.1 — On-market purchases during Offer Period”, and “ANZ’s stake in E*TRADE Australia rises to 42.6%” respectively that were lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange on April 23, 2007, were set out on the Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 4) that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2007.
An announcement titled “ANZ acquires controlling stake in E*TRADE Australia” that was lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange on April 24, 2007 was set out on the Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 5) that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2007.
A “Notice Under Section 630(3) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)” that was lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange on April 26, 2007 was set out on the Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 6) that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2007.
An announcement titled “ANZ lodges Supplementary Bidder’s Statement for E*TRADE Australia takeover” that was lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange on April 27, 2007 was set out on the Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 7) that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2007.
Two announcements titled “ANZ stake in E*TRADE Australia exceeds 80%” and “Offer extended to finalise takeover” respectively that were lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange on May 15, 2007 were set out on the Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 8) that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2007.
An announcement titled “ANZ stake in E*TRADE Australia exceeds 90%; will move to compulsorily acquire remaining shares” that was lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange on May 16, 2007 was set out on the Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 9) that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2007.
An announcement titled “ANZ Adjusted VWAP for E*TRADE takeover calculated as $29.96” that was lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange on May 18, 2007 was set out on the Form CB (AMENDMENT NO. 10) that ANZ filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2007.
On May 22, 2007, ANZ lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange a “Notice of compulsory acquisition following takeover bid” (Exhibit 1).
Part III — Consent to Service of Process
Concurrently with the filing of the original Form CB on March 7, 2007, ANZ filed an irrevocable consent and power of attorney on Form F-X.
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SIGNATURES
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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The bidder hereby gives you notice under subsection 661B(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (“the Act”) that the bidder has become entitled pursuant to subsection 661A(1) of the Act to compulsorily acquire your securities and desires to acquire those securities. |
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writing to the bidder, to elect which of the following forms of consideration will apply to the acquisition of your securities |
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DIRECTIONS |
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