If the issuance of security is for a select group of people, called Private Placement, please refer to our post here- Private Placement under the Companies Act, 2013. If you wish to issue shares to existing equity shareholders, then read on.
When a company proposes to increase the share capital by issue of equity, convertible debentures (fully or partly), convertible preference shares to its existing equity shareholders, then companies (including private limited companies) have to comply with the new procedures laid out under Companies Act 2013. (Section 62 of Companies Act 2013 and Rule 13 of Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules 2014 ).
Preferential Offer means an issue of shares or other securities, by a Company to any select person or group of persons on a preferential basis and does not include shares or other securities offered through a public issue, rights issue, employee stock option scheme, employee stock purchase scheme or an issue of sweat equity shares or bonus shares or depository receipts issued in a country outside India or foreign securities.
ESOP, issuance of shares for consideration other than cash, sweat equity issuance has slightly different procedures and we would like to capture them in a separate post. Companies listed on the stock exchange have different processes from what are described below.
Essentials:
1. For a pro-rata issuance of equity and securities converting into equity, to current equity shareholders in the company, then the shareholders of the company has to approve through a special resolution, at least 3 days prior to such offer. The Articles of Association has to have an enabling provision.
– Since the Act specifies pro-rata, it further goes on to prescribe the timelines for acceptance or renouncing the offer and how the Board of Directors can deal with the renounced offers.
2. If at the time of issuance of the convertible debentures or loan, the company had obtained a special resolution, then at the time of conversion to equity, there is no requirement of additional approval from shareholders. However, as a transition into the new Act by private limited companies, then shareholder approval (Special resolution) at the time of conversion may have to be in place.
– The price for the security offered has to be supported by a valuation report by a Registered Valuer.
– The validity for such Special resolution is 12 months, within which the company has to complete the allotments.
– The securities allotted has to be fully paid-up (i.e. it cannot be partly-paid for).
3. When obtaining the shareholder approval, the below details has to be decided and included in the disclosures:
– the objects of the issue;
– the total number of shares or other securities to be issued;
– the price or price band at/within which the allotment is proposed;
– basis on which the price has been arrived at along with report of the registered valuer;
– relevant date with reference to which the price has been arrived at;
– the class or classes of persons to whom the allotment is proposed to be made;
– intention of promoters, directors or key managerial personnel to subscribe to the offer;
– the proposed time within which the allotment shall be completed;
– the names of the proposed allottees and the percentage of post preferential offer capital that may be held by them;
– the change in control, if any, in the company that would occur consequent to the preferential offer;
– the number of persons to whom allotment on preferential basis have already been made during the year, in terms of number of securities as well as price;
– the justification for the allotment proposed to be made for consideration other than cash together with valuation report of the registered valuer.
– The pre issue and post issue shareholding pattern of the company.
If the offer is made for sweat or for other than cash, then there are other steps to be followed.
Author: Geetika Chandel , Associate at NovoJuris.
WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE OF SHARE ALLOTMENT TO EXISTING SHARE HOLDER@ PRIMIUM.?
If Loan is converted into Equity, Allotment of Shares to the Lender is exempted from all the Provisions of section 62 vide sub-section (3) of section 62., including exemption from obtaining Valuation Report. The Author has taken the view that in this situation also, Valuation Report is a must.
Feedback is requested.
If all the directors of the company themselves are the existing equity shareholders, then in the board meeting to decide the Rights issue, there will be a conflict of interest as under Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013. What steps have to be taken in this case?
Will the provisions of Section 42 apply on a right issue of shares by a 100% subsidiary to its holding company?
if private company issue shares on rigth basis .Director and shareholders are the same than in that case is there any reqiurement of EGM.
Author got confused in the Section 62 (1)(a) & 62(1)(c)
Right issue not needed special resolution
Its hereby request to author, if possible, kindly remove this post from website else other reader/layman who are referring for understanding section, will end up with wrong conclusion.
if private company issue shares on rigth basis .Director nd shareholders are the same than in that case is there any reqiurement of EGM. –
if private company issue shares on rigth basis .Director nd shareholders are the same than in that case is there any reqiurement of EGM.
Dear Geetika: Many thanks for this informative article. However by reading provisions of law i donot foresee d requirement of special resolution if the shares are allotted on rights basis. Please confirm
in which case of share allotment, the valuation reports are required.
dear geetika
you have confused the provisions of section 62(1)(a) with 62(1)(c). pls note that a rights issue is different from a preferential issue. no special resolution is required for a rights issue nor a valuation report is required.
rgds
Wrt to the comment above, please note that 62(1)(c) refers to issuance of shares for consideration other than cash. Rule 13 of Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules (which is for issue of shares on preferential basis) specifically calls out that 62 (1)(c) shall also comply with section 42. You may want to re-read the Rules again.
Thanks a lot. Geetika.
I think author got confused in the interpretation of Section 62(1)(c), as issuance of right issue doesnot need to comply with section 42 requirements as have been placed by the author above.
The post only includes definition of preferential offer, which excludes right issue however still post goes on to say about valuation report and all.
Rectification by the Author would be appreciated or if author or the company feel otherwise..