| a) | means- |
| i) | shares, stocks and depository receipts in public companies and other equivalent equities, other than shares in a share block company as defined in the Share Blocks Control Act, 1980 (Act No. 59 of 1980); |
| ii) | notes; |
| iii) | derivative instruments; |
| iv) | bonds; |
| v) | debentures; |
| vi) | participatory interests in a collective investment scheme as defined in the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 2002 (Act No. 45 of 2002), and units or any other form of participation in a foreign collective investment scheme approved by the Registrar of Collective Investment Schemes in terms of section 65 of that Act; |
| vii) | units or any other form of participation in a collective investment scheme licensed or registered in a foreign country; |
| viii) | instruments based on an index; |
| ix) | the securities contemplated in subparagraphs (i) to (viii) that are listed on an external exchange; and |
| x) | an instrument similar to one or more of the securities contemplated in subparagraphs (i) to (ix) declared by the registrar by notice in the Gazette to be a security for the purposes of this Act; 45 |
| xi) | rights in the securities referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (x); |
| b) | excludes- |
| i) | money market instruments except for the purposes of Chapter IV; and |
| ii) | any security contemplated in paragraph (a) specified by the registrar by notice in the Gazette; |