AMU's announcement on 11th October set out the share purchase...

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.