TABLE A
- REGULATION 96
CAPITALISATION
OF PROFITS
1. Subject -
Capitalisation of Profits.
2. Passing Authority - General Meeting.
3. Nature of the Resolution -
Ordinary Resolution.
4. Specimen Resolution:
“RESOLVED
THAT: 1. (i) (a) subject to the consent of the Controller of Capital Issues a sum
of Rs.1,00,00,000/- being a part of the undistributed profits of the Company
standing to the credit of its General Reserve be capitalised and that the said
amount be applied in paying up in full at par 10,00,000 Ordinary Shares of Rs.10/- each in the
capital of the Company to be allotted and distributed as fully paid bonus
shares to and amongst the Members who are on the Company's Register of Members
of the Ordinary Shares on such date as may be determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company (hereinafter called "the Board") as the
holders of the existing 10,00,000 issued Ordinary Shares of the Company in the
proportion of one new Ordinary Share for every one issued Ordinary Share held
by them, respectively on the said date
on the footing that they become entitled to their new Ordinary Shares as
capital and not as income.
Provided
that if the sum permitted by the Controller of Capital Issues to be capitalised
in terms of this resolution shall be less than Rs.1,00,00,000/- the Board be and is here by authorised to
determine the number of fully paid new Ordinary Shares (being less than
10,00,000 shares) to be allotted and issued as bonus shares in terms of this
resolution and the proportion which such new Ordinary Shares shall bear to the
existing Ordinary Shares held by the said members on the said date and the
amount forming part of the undistributed profits of the Company standing to the
credit of the General Reserve to be capitalised shall in such event be correspondingly
reduced to such amount as maybe determined by the Board for the issue of such
issue of such lesser number of new Ordinary Shares depending on the amount
permitted by the Controller of Capital Issues to be capitalised as aforesaid.
b) That
the new Ordinary Shares shall in all respects rank pari passu with the existing
Ordinary Shares save and except that they shall not, if allotted after 31st
May, 2000 been titled to participate in any dividend declared or paid in
respect of any period ending or or before 31st December 1999.
ii) a) That the Board be and is
hereby authorised to allot and issue new Ordinary Shares credited as fully paid
or such lesser number of new Ordinary Shares as may be determined by the Board in terms of Resolution (i)(a)
aforesaid.
Provided that if any fractions of shares are involved in
making the aforesaid allotment, no fractional certificates will be issued, but
that such fractions shall be consolidated and that the Board be and is hereby authorised
to allot the shares resulting from such consolidation to such person or persons
(including any Director or employee of the Company) upon trust for sale on such
terms and conditions as the Board may think fit and that the net proceeds of
sale (after payment of costs and charges of such sale) be distributed
proportionately amongst those said members entitled to such fractions in
proportion to their respective entitlements.
Provided further that the allotment and issue of the said
new Ordinary Shares in favour of non-resident Members of the Company and any payment
to them in satisfaction of their fractional entitlements as hereinbefore
approved shall be subject to the approval of the Reserve Bank of India.
b) That the Board be and is hereby authorised
to give effect to the foregoing resolutions subject to the conditions, if any,
prescribed by the Controller of Capital
Issues and agreed to by the Board, to
take all such steps as may be necessary and to settle any question or
difficulty that may arise in regard to the allotment and issue of the said
bonus shares.
Provided
that certificates for the said bonus shares shall be despatched to them within
three months from the date of allotment.
(iii)
That it is hereby recorded that the intention of the Board is, in the absence
of unforeseen circumstances, to recommend payment of a dividend of not less
than 15% on the issued equity capital of the Company (as increased by the
proposed issue of bonus shares as aforesaid) for the financial year of the
company ending on 31stDecember, 1999 if the said bonus shares are allotted on
or before 31st May, 2000, or for the financial year of the Company ending on
31st December, 2000, if the said bonus shares are allotted after 31st May, 2000
but before 1st May, 2001.
2. WHERE IT IS PROPOSED TO UTILISE THE RESERVES, IN MAKING
PARTLY PAID UP SHARES INTO FULLY PAID UP SHARES;
"RESOLVED that subject to the consent of the controller of Capital Issues a sum of Rs.6,25,000
being part of the undistributed profits of the company standing to the credit
of the General Reserve be capitalised and that this amount be used as capital
bonus to be applied on behalf of the members of the company in payment in full of the uncalled liability
of Rs.2.50 per share in respect of Rs.2,50,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each
already issued by the Company.
5. Guidelines:
1) The
company's Articles must contain a power to capitalise. Otherwise a special resolution should be
passed.
2) The
capitalised profits remain with the company as capital and a paper certificate
is given to the member evidencing his interest in the additional capital.
3)
While passing the resolution, the guidelines issued by the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) should be observed.
4)
Immediately after and before the Board Meeting, where the proposal is first
considered the stock-exchange concerned should be advised where the shares are
listed, Listing Agreement requirements should be complied.
5)
Resolutions relating to increase of authorised capital should be passed where
necessary.
6. Filing: i) Form
23--in the case of special resolution.
ii) Form 2--in due course.