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Friday, 27 March 2015

Resolutions Required To Be Filed Under Section 117 of Companies Act, 2013 and Amended Rules, 2015


RESOLUTION REQUIRED TO BE FILED UNDER SECTION 117 OF COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND AMENDED RULES, 2015

BY

CS D HEM SENTHIL RAJ AND CS K VINOTH


As per the Notification dated 18th March, 2015 issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the following are the updated list of resolution required to be filed with the concerned Registrar of Companies, where the Registered Office of the Company is situated.

RESOLUTIONS AND AGREEMENTS TO BE FILED AS PER SECTION 117 SUB SECTION (3)

             a)       
Special Resolutions
             b)      
Resolutions which have been agreed to by all the members of a company, but which, if not so agreed to, would not have been effective for their purpose unless they had been passed as special resolutions;
             c)       
Any resolution of the Board of Directors of a Company or agreement executed by a Company, relating to the appointment, re-appointment or renewal of the appointment, or variation of the terms of appointment, of a managing director;
            d)      
Resolutions or agreements which have been agreed to by any class of members but which, if not so agreed to, would not have been effective for their propose unless they had been passed by a specified majority or otherwise in some particular manner; and all resolutions or agreements which effectively bind such class of members though not agreed to by all those members;
            e)       
Resolutions passed by a Company according consent to the exercise by its Board of Directors of any of the power under clause (a) and clause (c) if subsection (1) of Section 180.
            f)        
Resolutions requiring a Company to be wound up voluntarily passed in pursuance of section 304.
            g)       
Resolutions passed in pursuance of sub section (3) of section 179; and
            h)      
Any other resolution or agreement as may be prescribed and placed in the public domain.

Items as prescribed under Section 180 sub section (1) clause (a) & (c):

a)
To sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the whole or substantially the whole of the undertaking of the company or where the company owns more than one undertaking, of the whole or substantially the whole of any of such undertakings.
c)
To borrow money, where the money to be borrowed, together with the money already borrowed by the company will exceed aggregate of its paid up share capital and free reserves, apart from temporary loans obtained from the company’s bankers in the ordinary course of business:

Items as prescribed under Section 179 sub section (3):

a)
To make calls on shareholders in respect of money unpaid on their shares;
b)
To authorize buy-back of securities under section 68
c)
To issue securities, including debentures, whether in or outside India;
d)
To borrow monies;
e)
To invest the funds of the Company; (Omitted)
f)
To grant loans or give guarantee or provide security in respect of loans;
g)
To approve financial statement (Omitted) and the Board’s report; *
h)
To diversify the business of the Company’
i)
To approve amalgamation, merger or reconstruction;
j)
To take over a company or acquire a controlling or substantial stake in another company;
k)
Any other matter, which may be prescribed.

*As per the amendment notification, only the resolution for approval of quarterly, half yearly and annual financial statements or financial results are omitted

Any other matters as prescribed under Companies (Meeting of Board and its Powers) Amendment Rules, 2015

1)
To make political contributions;
2)
To appoint or remove key managerial personnel (KMP);
3)
To take note of appointment (s) or removal(s) of one level below the Key Management Personnel; (Omitted)
4)
To appoint internal auditors and secretarial auditor;
5)
To take note of the disclosure of director’s interest and shareholding. (Omitted)
6)
To buy, sell investments held by the company (other than trade investments), constituting five percent or more of the paid up share capital and free reserves of the investee company; (Omitted)
7)
To invite or accept or renew public deposits and related matters; (Omitted)
8)
To review or change the terms and conditions of public deposit; (Omitted)
9)
To approve quarterly, half yearly and annual financial statements or financial results as the case may be. (Omitted)

 BY

 CS K VINOTH
 CS D HEM SENTHIL RAJ

Friday, 30 January 2015

Note on Penal Provisions Relating to Clause 41 of Listing Agreement

A Brief Analysis of Clause 41 of the Listing Agreement and its Penal Provisions
 By
CS D Hem Senthil Raj and CS K Vinoth
Introduction:
As per Clause 41 of the Listing Agreement, every company shall submit quarterly, year to date and annual financial results to the stock exchange (SE) in the manner as prescribed under the clause.
Further, the company has an option to submit either audited financial results with audit report or un-audited financial results subject to limited review by statutory auditors quarterly and year to date financial results to the SE within 45 days of end of each quarter (Other than last quarter).
For the last quarter alone the company has an option to submit its audited financial results (both standalone and consolidated) for the entire financial year within 60 days from the end of the financial year.
Further in case of non compliance with the requirement of clause 41 it will be an offence and violation of the provisions of Listing Agreement.

What are the implications in case of Non-compliance with the provisions of Listing Agreement:
In case of non compliance of certain provisions of listing agreement, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) vide its circular no. CIR/MRD/DSA/ 31/2013 dated September 30, 2013 have implemented the following:
(i)       “Uniform fine structure” for non-compliance of certain clauses of the listing agreement
  (ii) “Standard Operating Procedure” (SOP) for suspension and revocation of suspension of trading in the shares of such listed entities.
ü  The circular inter-alia stipulates imposition of fines as action of first resort (Refer Annexure I)
ü  Transfer to Z group, (Refer Annexure II) 
ü  Freezing of promoter holding and invocation of suspension of trading in cases of subsequent and consecutive defaults. (Refer Annexure III) and procedure for revocation (Refer Annexure IV).

Penal Provision in case of non – compliance of Clause 41 of Listing Agreement:
Clause of listing agreement
Due date of Submission as per Listing Agreement
Commencement of Levy of Penalty
Fine payable for 1st non-compliance
Fine Payable each subsequent and consecutive non-compliance
Clause 41
Non submission of the
financial results within period prescribed under this clause
60  days **from the end of quarter (where it is the final quarter)

61st day from the end of quarter
Rs. 5000/- per day till the date of compliance and
If non-compliance
continues for more than 15 days additional fine of
0.1 % of Paid Up capital* of the entity or Rs. 1 crore, whichever is less.
Rs. 10000/- per day till the date of compliance and
If non-compliance continues for more than 15 days additional fine of
0.1 % of Paid Up capital* of the entity or Rs.1 crore, whichever is less.
45 days from end of quarter for other quarters

46th day from end of quarter.
*paid up capital as on first day of the financial year in which the non compliance occurs.  (This would refer to the listed capital as per Exchange records).
** would be on the basis of company’s financial year end.
Notes:
ü  While analyzing the case for non submission, companies which have submitted incorrect, incomplete or undecipherable report whereby the said report could not be disseminated or taken on record, the same would be treated as non submission and dealt with accordingly.
ü  Computation of fines would commence one day after the due date specified for submission mandated in the Listing Agreement and would continue till the date of submission (including the day of submission). For example, where the last day for submission falls on Saturday, then due date would be the next working day of the exchange (Monday) and the fine in case of non submission, would commence from Tuesday. However, in case the due date falls on a Friday then the computation of fine would commence from Saturday.
ü  The fine amount (including service tax – presently at 12.36%) may be remitted thru electronic transfer or through cheque favouring BSE Ltd. It may be noted that as per SEBI circular all fines collected would be ultimately credited to the BSE Investors Protection Fund.
Creation of a new category "Z" for trading:
If a listed entity commits two or more consecutive defaults in compliance of clause 41 of the listing agreement within 15 days from date of the notice issued, the concerned recognised stock exchange shall, in addition to imposing fine as specified above, move the scrip of the listed entities to "Z" category.
 "Z" Category where trading of shares of non- compliant listed entities shall take place in 'trade for trade' basis.
Suspension of Trading will be done if the company fails to comply with clause 41 of listing agreement with respect to submission of financial results for two consecutive quarters
*****
BY
CS K VINOTH
CS D HEM SENTHIL RAJ



Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Declaration of Beneficial Interest Under CA, 2013

Declaration in respect of Beneficial Interest in any Shares
By
CS K Vinoth & CS D Hem Senthil Raj

Overview:
Section 89 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Chapter VII of The Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 covers the concept of declaration of beneficial interest in any shares (Including Preference Shares).
Purpose for having Beneficial Interest
The concept of declaration of Beneficial Interest in any shares can be used for any of the following purposes by the companies:
ü  To satisfy the requirement of minimum number of members (i.e.) 2 (Two) in case of a private limited company and 7 (Seven) in case of an unlisted public limited company.
ü  To incorporate or to have a wholly owned subsidiary.
                    Procedure involved in Declaration of Beneficial Interest:
Step -1:
The person or a company (as the case may be), who holds the beneficial interest in any share shall submit the declaration as prescribed by The Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 in Form MGT 5 along with the covering or request letter to the company in which they hold the beneficial interest within one month from the date of acquisition or change in beneficial interest.
Step-2:
The person or the company (as the case may be), whose name to be entered into the register of members of the company shall submit the declaration as prescribed by The Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 in Form MGT 4 within one month from the date of acquisition or change in beneficial interest.
Step-3:
On receipt of declaration in Form MGT 4 & 5 by the company, the same shall be placed before the board for approval. The company are also required to intimate the Registrar of companies in e-form MGT 6 (Available in MCA Portal) within one month from the date of receipt of declaration in Form MGT 4 & 5.
Documentation Involved:
  Person or company holding Beneficial Interest in Any Shares:
                        ü  Covering or request Letter intimating the change in acquisition or                   change in beneficial interest.
ü  Form MGT 5.
ü  Proof of Identity of Beneficial Owner/Registered Owner
üInstrument under which beneficial interest is created/transferred/changed.
 Person or Company Name to be registered with the Register of Members:
         ü  Form MGT 4
ü  Proof of identity of Beneficial Owner/Registered Owner
                   Company:
ü Board Resolution for approval of Form MGT 4 & 5.
ü Filing of e-form MGT 6 with the ROC.
ü Updation of Members registers.
(Note to be written in Remarks column as acquisition of beneficial interest or transfer of beneficial interest as the case may be)
Penal Provisions in case of non-compliance of section 89:
                  In case of person:
An person fails to make a declaration under section 89(1)(,(2) & (3) without any reasonable cause, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and where the failure is continuing one, with a further fine of one thousand rupees every day.

In case of Company:

If a company fails to file the return within the stipulated time period, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than five hundred rupees and may extend to one thousand rupees and where the failure is a continuing one, with a further fine of one thousand rupees every day.


Frequently Asked Question:

Whether Section 89 and Rules are applicable for Declaration of interest in case of a preference share?
 Yes, the Section and Rules are applicable to any kind of shares and the above said procedure shall be followed.

Whether the procedures specified in this Section and Rules are to be followed in case of companies having dematerialised shares?
 Yes, the procedures are same, however the companies are required to intimate about the request received either acquisition or transfer of beneficial interest, as the case may to be to the Depository Participant for the purpose of updation of register of members.
 Similarly the company shall attach the covering letter to the e-form MGT – 6 to be filed with the ROC by specifying that the shares of the company are held in demat and the company cannot fill the distinctive number, which is the mandatory column in the e-form MGT - 6.

Whether the registered members are entitled to participate and vote in general meeting?
 Yes, even they have right to appoint proxy.
Can the employees or friends or relatives of the beneficial owner shall hold share as registered members on behalf of the beneficial owner?
Yes.
Unanswered Question under Companies Act, 2013:
Whether Section 185 of the CA, 2013 is applicable in case of lending company director who holds more than 25% of equity shares in the public limited (who got loan from lending company) as a registered shareholder on behalf of a beneficial owner?
BY
CS D HEM SENTHIL RAJ

CS K VINOTH