stabilising period

(in relation to a relevant security and an associated security) the period:

1. (a) beginning with the date on which the earliest public announcement of the offer which states the offer price is made; and
2. (b) ending on the thirtieth day after the closing date or, if it is earlier than that day, the sixtieth day after the date of allotment;

except that, in relation to a debenture and a government and public security, the period begins with the date on which the earliest public announcement of the offer is made (whether or not that announcement states the offer price).5