Takeover bid - pre-bid agreements between bidder and creditors/shareholders - acquisition of shares and debt - equal opportunity to participate in benefits - contravention section 606 - relevant interest - whether agreements coercive - agreement to bid - value of debt - effect of purchase of debt on control - repayment of debt -collateral benefit - early dispatch of bidder’s statement - delay in making application to Panel
Corporations Law (Cth), sections 602, 606, 608(8), 623 and 633
SSG Investments v Australian National Industries Ltd (1999) FCR 564, cited
