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Securities trading
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ASX information
Please click here for detailed information on Peplin, Inc. from the Australian Securities Exchange.
As a result of Peplin's October 2007 restructuring in the United States as Peplin, Inc., the electronic transfer system used on the ASX, known as CHESS, cannot be used directly for the transfer of securities of foreign companies. To enable companies such as Peplin to have their securities cleared and settled electronically through CHESS, depositary interests called CDIs are issued.
CDIs confer beneficial ownership in foreign securities, legal title to the securities being held by a depositary, CHESS Depositary Nominees Pty Limited (CDN), a subsidiary of ASX. CDI holders receive all of the economic benefits of actual ownership of the underlying shares or options. Peplin's shares and options now trade on the ASX as CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) at an exchange ratio of 20:1.
For more information on CDIs, including the rights and entitlements of CDI holders, please contact Peplin via info@peplin.com or call David Smith, the Company Secretary, at 61-7-3250-1200.
For information on converting your shares to CDIs or vice versa, please see below.
Share registry
Peplin's Australian share register is maintained by Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited, a leading financial services and technology provider for the global securities industry, managing more than 62 million shareholder accounts for over 7,000 corporations in nine countries on five continents.
You can contact Computershare's Investor Services on +61-7-3237-2173 or by using their website contact form.
To check details of your shareholding, please click here and then follow the prompts and directions.
Peplin's United States share register is maintained by the Bank of New York Mellon. BNY Mellon is a leading asset management and securities services company, uniquely focused to help clients manage and move their financial assets and succeed in the rapidly changing global marketplace. BNY Mellon has more than US$20 trillion in assets under custody or administration and more than US$1.1 trillion under management.
You can contact BNY Mellon Shareowner Services by telephone toll free within the USA at +1-877-223-0771 or outside the USA +1-201-680-6578. Alternatively, you can visit their website www.melloninvestor.com/isd.
To convert from a direct holding of Peplin to a CHESS Depositary Interest (CDI) holding:
Please download and complete the attached form and send to the contact as listed at the Bank of New York Mellon. The Bank of New York Mellon will not charge a fee to a shareholder seeking to convert their Peplin shares to Share CDIs.
In this instance, underlying Peplin shares will be transferred to CHESS Depositary Nominees Pty Limited (CDN) and a holding statement for the CDIs will be issued to the relevant security holder. No trading in the Peplin shares on ASX can take place until this transfer process is complete.
To convert from a CHESS Depositary Interest (CDI) holding to a direct holding of Peplin:
Share CDI holders who wish to convert their ASX listed Share CDIs to Peplin shares can do so by instructing Peplin's Australian share registry, either:
- directly in the case of Share CDIs on the issuer sponsored sub-register operated by Peplin. Share CDI holders will be provided with a form entitled "Removal Form" for completion and return to Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited, Level 19, 307 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
- through their 'sponsoring participant' (usually your broker) in the case of CDIs which are sponsored on the CHESS sub-register. In this case, your sponsoring broker will arrange for completion of the relevant form and its return to Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited, Level 19, 307 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia.
Peplin's registry will then arrange for the transfer of the Peplin shares from CDN to the former Share CDI holder and the issue to the former Share CDI holder a corresponding share certificate. Peplin shares will then be transferred from CDN into the name of that holder and a new Peplin share certificate will be issued. This will cause the shares to be registered in the name of the holder on the Peplin share register and trading on ASX will no longer be possible.
It is expected that this process will be completed on the same day, providing that the registry is in receipt of a duly completed and valid removal request form. However, no guarantee can be given about the time for this conversion to take place.
The registry will not charge an individual security holder or Peplin a fee for transferring their holdings into certificate form.
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