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Whyalla Steel Works Act 1958
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19 Change of control
(a) Any proposed change in the persons who beneficially own or control more than 50 percent of the voting shares of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any direct or indirect Assignee of The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited which is a body corporate), or more than 50 percent of the voting shares of a parent company of the Company (or relevant Assignee), will require the consent of the State.
(b) The State will not withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed change in control of the Company (or relevant Assignee) if:
(i) the ultimate holding company (as defined in the Corporations Law) of the Company (or relevant Assignee) is to remain the same; or
(ii) the Company (or relevant Assignee) will remain, or become, a company which is within a group of companies which holds the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla as part of an integrated group of steel businesses which have processing plant and equipment which (including any processing plant and equipment at Whyalla) has design capacity which is capable of processing most of the raw steel output from the steel works.
(c) In all other cases, the State will not unreasonably withhold or delay the giving of its consent to a proposed change in control of the Company (or relevant Assignee), provided that the State is satisfied:
(i) that any proposed new ultimate holding company (as defined in the Corporations Law) of the Company (or relevant Assignee) is responsible and solvent; and
(ii) with the Company's (or relevant Assignee's) plans to secure the continued viability of the steel works and related operations in and around Whyalla.
(d) Paragraph 19(a) will not apply if the voting shares of the Company (or relevant Assignee) are listed on a stock exchange, or to any proposed change in the persons who beneficially own or control voting shares in a parent company of the Company (or relevant Assignee) where the voting shares of such parent company are listed on a stock exchange, but paragraph 19(a) will apply to any proposed listing of the Company or any such parent company as if, but irrespective of whether, the proposed listing involves a change in the persons who beneficially own or control more than 50 percent of the relevant voting shares."; and
(b) by inserting the form of deed of assignment and assumption set out in Annexure 2 to this Deed of Amendment as Schedule C to the 1937 Indenture.
2 AFFIRMATION OF REMAINING TERMS OF 1937 INDENTURE
Except for the variations provided for in clause 1 of this Deed of Amendment, the 1937 Indenture is in all respects affirmed.