1. Entitlement to certificates
Subject to where the Company is required by the Law or the Listing Rules to issue certificates for shares, every shareholder is entitled, without payment, to one certificate for the shares registered in that shareholder's name or to several certificates in reasonable denominations, each for a part of the shares.
2. Delivery of certificates
The Company may send any certificate to a shareholder by prepaid post addressed to the shareholder at that shareholder's registered address or as is otherwise directed by the shareholder and every certificate so sent shall be at the risk of the shareholder entitled thereto.
3. Issue of certificates
Subject to if the Board wishes to issue certificates for shares or where the Company is required by the Law or the Listing Rules to issue certificates for shares, share certificates are to be issued under the Seal in any form prescribed by or acceptable to the Board and are to be signed in any manner determined by the Board.
4. Renewal of certificates
This Rule only applies in circumstances where the Board wishes to issue certificates for shares or where the Company is required by the Law or the Listing Rules to issue certificates for shares.
(i) If a certificate is worn out or defaced, upon production of the certificate to the Company, the Board may order it to be cancelled and may issue a new certificate.
(ii) If a certificate is lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the giving of any indemnity and any evidence that the certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed which the Board may require and upon the payment of any fee the Board may from time to time determine, a new certificate may be issued instead of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate. A certificate issued to replace a certificate which has been lost, stolen or destroyed may be endorsed as having been issued instead of a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate.
(iii) A certificate issued under this Rule shall be issued within the time specified in the Listing Rules.
5. Computerised share transfer system
At any time when the Board considers it is expedient in order to enable the Company to participate in any computerised or electronic share transfer system introduced by or acceptable to Australian Stock Exchange Limited, the Board may:
(i) provide that shares may be held in certificated or uncertificated form, and make any provision it thinks fit, including for the issue or cancellation of certificates, to enable shareholders to hold shares in uncertificated form and to convert between certificated and uncertificated holdings;
(ii) provide that some or all shareholders are not to be entitled to receive a share certificate in respect of some or all of the shares which the shareholders hold in the Company; and
(iii) accept any instrument of transfer or other method of transfer in accordance with the requirements of any share transfer system in which the Company is participating and which is acceptable to the Home Branch.
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