Message from Chris Giles, page-45

interesting that only a few years ago, scam artists were able to get shareholder lists as companies were not able to withhold them. You will recall the poor offers to buy shares that went out to shareholders and a lot of elderly folks thought it must have been an officially sanctioned offer and a reasonable price?

So I looked on the ASIC website and this is what I found:

The share register is usually held at the company’s registered office and contains the name and address of each member, the number of shares held, share classes and the amount paid and unpaid on the shares.

Anyone has a right to inspect a copy of a company’s share register. As a member, you may inspect the register free of charge. However, the company may charge other people to inspect the register. The inspection fee is set out in Sch 4 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Corporations Regulations).

Anyone has a right to request a copy of a company’s share register. A company must provide a copy of the register to you within seven days of you requesting the copy. The maximum fee for supplying a copy of the register is set out in Sch 4 of the Corporations Regulations.

So I would question why Chris Giles or more particularly Bob Johnson would not have a list of shareholders?