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ARTICLE 16 Limitation on Benefits (1) A person (other than an individual) which is a resident of one of the Contracting States shall not be entitled under this Convention to relief from taxation in the other Contracting State unless: (a) more than 75 percent of the beneficial interest in such person (or in the case of a company, more than 75 percent of the number of shares of each class of the company’s shares) is owned, directly or indirectly, by any combination of one or more of: (i) individuals who are residents of the United States; (ii) citizens of the United States; (iii) individuals who are residents of Australia; (iv) companies as described in sub‑‑paragraph (b); and (v) the Contracting States; (b) it is a company in whose principal class of shares there is substantial and regular trading on a recognized stock exchange in one of the Contracting States; or (c) the establishment, acquisition and maintenance of such person and the conduct of its operations did not have as one of its principal purposes the purpose of obtaining benefits under the Convention. (2) For the purposes of sub‑‑paragraph (1) (b), the term “a recognized stock exchange” includes, in relation to the United States, the NASDAQ System owned by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (3) Where: (a) income derived by a trustee is to be treated for the purposes of this Convention as income of a resident of one of the Contracting States; and (b) the trustee derived the income in connection with a scheme a principal purpose of which was to obtain a benefit under this Convention, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Convention, the Convention does not apply in relation to that income.