(1) Where there are holders of shares in a company to whom an offer to acquire shares in the company is not communicated, that does not prevent the offer from being a takeover offer for the purposes of this Chapter if -
(a) those shareholders have no registered address in the United Kingdom,
(b) the offer was not communicated to those shareholders in order not to contravene the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, and
(c) either -
(i) the offer is published in the Gazette, or
(ii) the offer can be inspected, or a copy of it obtained, at a place in the United Kingdom or on a website, and a notice is published in the Gazette specifying the address of that place or website.
(2) Where an offer is made to acquire shares in a company and there are persons for whom, by reason of the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, it is impossible to accept the offer, or more difficult to do so, that does not prevent the offer from being a takeover offer for the
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