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AMU's announcement on 11th October set out the share purchase plan offer and conditions. My read of the conditions is that if you are a shareholder with a registered address other than in Australia, then you will not be eligible.

The bits that spell out the bad news are:

"To be eligible, you are required to be registered as a holder of fully paid ordinary shares, with a registered address in Australia as at 5:00pm (WST) on 5 October
2005.:

and

"3. Who is eligible to participate in the offer?
You are eligible to apply for Shares in the Offer if:
a) your registered address, as recorded in the Company's register of members, is in Australia;
and
b) you were registered as a holder of Shares , or are a Beneficiary as described in paragraph 8,
as at 5pm (WST) on 5 October 2005."

I don't know if a call to the company with a request for a discretionary waiver would help - but it is worth a try.

Good luck.