PART A: INTRODUCTION INTERPRETATION
1.
The following terms shall have the following
meanings:
1.1
”Additional Terms” means the terms specific to that
Specified Issuer’s BEE Securities which are listed on the
BEE Segment and which are contained in that Specified
Issuer’s Constitution under the heading “Additional
Terms of BEE Contract”, which form an integral part of
and must be read as if contained in This BEE Contract;
1.2
”BEE Act” means the Broad-Based Black Economic
Empowerment Act, No. 53 of 2003 as amended from
time to time;
1.3
”BEE Certificate” means an original or copy of a
certificate issued by a verification agency accredited by
the accreditation body contemplated in the BEE Codes,
certifying that the person identified in the certificate is a
BEE Compliant Person, which is attached as Annexure D;
1.4
”BEE Codes” means the Broad-Based Black Economic
Empowerment Codes of Good Practice gazetted from
time to time under the BEE Act;
1.5
”BEE Compliant Persons” means, as interpreted by the
courts from time to time:
1.5.1
as regards a natural person, one who falls within the
ambit of the definition of "black people" in the BEE
Codes;
1.5.2
as regards a juristic person having shareholdings or
similar member’s interest, one which falls within
the
ambit of the definitions of BEE owned company and
BEE controlled company using the flow through
principle contemplated in the BEE Codes;
1.5.3
as regards any other entity, any entity similar to a BEE
controlled company or a BEE owned company using
the flow through principle contemplated in the BEE
Codes, which would enable the Issuer of
securities
owned or controlled by such entity to claim points
attributable to the entity’s ownership of the
securities pursuant to the BEE Codes;
1.6
”BEE Contract” means the contract prescribed by the
JSE which is made up of the generic terms set forth
therein which apply to all Issuers and, as regards each
Issuer, the terms specific to that Issuer’s BEE Securities
which are listed on the BEE Segment and which are
contained in that Issuer’s Constitution
under the
heading “Additional Terms of BEE Contract”, which form
an integral part of and must be read as if contained in
the BEE Contract;
1.7
”BEE controlled company” means a BEE controlled
company as defined in Schedule 1 to the BEE Codes;
1.8
”BEE owned
company” means a BEE owned
company as defined in Schedule 1 to the BEE
Codes;
1.9
”BEE Securities” means the securities which the
Issuer requires are to be Beneficially Owned by, or
registered in the names of Own Name Clients
which/who are, BEE Compliant Persons for the
Empowerment Period;
1.10
”BEE Segment” means a segment of the JSE’s main
board where an Issuer may list its BEE Securities and
where trading in BEE Securities is restricted to BEE
Compliant Persons;
1.11
”
Beneficial Owner” means, in respect of equity
securities (as defined in the JSE’s Equities Rules), a
person in whom the benefits of the bundle of rights
attaching to equity securities vest, which is
typically evidenced
by one or more of the following:
1.11.1
the right or entitlement to receive any dividend or
interest payable in respect of those equity securities;
1.11.2
the right to exercise or cause to be exercised in the
ordinary course of events, any or all of the voting,
conversion, redemption or other rights attached to
those equity securities;
1.11.3
the right to dispose or direct the disposition of those
equity securities, or any part of a distribution in respect
of those equity securities and to have the benefit of the
proceeds,
whose securities are held in the name of the Registered
Shareholder acting as a Nominee for that person and
“Beneficially Own” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall be
construed accordingly;
1.12
”Companies Act”
means the Companies Act, 1973,
as amended from time to time, or the Companies
Act, 2008, when it comes into operation;
1.13
”Constitution” means the articles of association of
an Issuer and when the Companies Act, 2008
comes into force means the Memorandum
of
Incorporation of the Issuer;
1.14
”CSD” means Strate Limited, registration number
1998/022242/06, or its
successor
-in-title as a licensed
central securities depository in terms of the SSA;
1.15
”CSD Rules and Directives” means the rules and
directives of the CSD;
1.16
”CSDP” means the person, if applicable, that holds in
custody and administers Your Specified BEE Securities
or an interest in Your Specified BEE Securities and that
has been accepted in terms of section 34 of the SSA
by a central securities depository as a participant in
that central securities depository, which person is
identified on the cover page of This BEE Contract;8
1.17
”Empowerment Period” means as regards an Issuer,
the period specified as such in that Issuer’s Additional
Terms, being the period that Issuer’s BEE Securities are
required to be Beneficially Owned by, or registered in
the names of Own Name Clients which/who are, BEE
Compliant Persons;
1.18
”Encumbrance” means any encumbrance or any
other arrangement which has a similar effect as the
granting of security;
1.19
”Extract” means if You are a natural person, a
certified copy (or a copy of a certified copy) of an
extract from Your identity book which is attached as
Annexure B which either reflects that You were born in
South Africa or alternatively that the identity book was
issued prior to 27 April 1994;
8
The CSDP will sign This BEE Contract as CSDP and as Registered
Shareholder to the extent that the party defined as “You” is a
non-controlled client of the CSDP or a client of the IH which IH is a
non-controlled client of the CSDP. The CSDP will sign This BEE Contract as
CSDP to the extent that the party defined as “You” is an Own Name Client.