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SHARE CAPITAL AND DEBENTURES - Proposed Amendments in the Companies Act, 2013

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..... SHARE CAPITAL AND DEBENTURES - Proposed Amendments in the Companies Act, 2013 - News and Press Release Dated:- 2-2-2016 - News - Prohibition on Issue of Shares at Discount 4.1 Sub-section (1) of Section 53 of the Act prohibits issue of shares at a discount. Sub-section (2) makes the issue of shares at a discounted price void. The Committee noted that the use of the words discounted price .....

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..... could be interpreted to mean a price lower than the market value of shares, and not lower than its nominal value, as intended in sub-section (1). To remove the ambiguity, it recommended that the word discount , may replace the words discounted price in the provision . 4.2 It was noted that Companies Act 1956 allowed companies to issue shares at a discount with the prior approval of the Com .....

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..... pany Law Board (CLB) though this facility was hardly used. The Committee felt that to enable restructuring of a distressed company, when the debt of such a company is converted into shares in accordance with any debt restructuring guidelines specified by Reserve Bank of India (Strategic Debt Restructuring Scheme issued by RBI vide Circular dated 8.06.2015), a company may issue shares at a discoun .....

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..... t to a creditor referred to in, and as per the guidelines. Further Issue of Share Capital 4.3 Section 62 of the Act deals with the further issue of share capital. Sub-section (2) requires the notice with regard to offers on rights basis to be despatched through registered post, or speed post, or an electronic mode. The stakeholders had suggested additionally allowing courier and hand de .....

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..... livery as a mode. The Committee felt that with multiple modes of delivery being allowed, companies would be able to leverage these, without undermining the requirement of ensuring delivery. Thus, it was recommended that any mode of delivery that would provide irrefutable/certain proof of delivery, be allowed. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagem .....

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