5Definitions

5 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) sale‑scheme trustee;
(b) Telstra;
(c) Telstra sale scheme;
(ca) Telstra successor company;
(d) unacceptable foreign‑ownership situation.

(1) In this instrument:

Act means the Telstra Corporation Act 1991.

American Depositary Share means a security, known by that name, representing an interest in another security.

instalment receipt means a security, issued by a sale‑scheme trustee for a Telstra sale scheme, that confers a beneficial interest in a Telstra share.

Interim American Depositary Share means an American Depositary Share representing an interest in an instalment receipt.

investment fund means:

(a) a fund of the kind generally known as a unit trust (except a unit trust of the kind generally known as a discretionary trust); or
(b) a life insurance company, in respect only of its administration of a statutory fund, within the meaning of the Life Insurance Act 1995; or
(c) a superannuation entity, within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993; or
(d) an exempt public sector superannuation scheme, within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993.

(2) An expression used in this instrument and in the Schedule to the Act has the same meaning as it has in the Schedule to the Act.

Note: The following are examples of expressions used in this instrument and in the Schedule to the Act:

(a) associate;
(b) company;
(c) foreign person;
(d) interest in a share;
(e) ownership provisions;
(f) share;
(g) stake.