sebi:MO/52/11/20
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Facts / Headnote
Acquirer directed to make public announcement to shareholders of target companies
Provisions invoked
- s. 11B
- s. 11
- s. 24
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 11
- Reg. 10
- Reg. 12
- Reg. 14
- Reg. 44
- Reg. 2
- Reg. 1
- Reg. 14(4)
- Reg. 20(12)
Parties
- M/s Wealth Sea Pte. Ltd.
Holding
Wealth Sea Pte. Ltd., having indirectly acquired DIL and FTL by acquiring DRW, violated Regulation 10 and was directed to make a public announcement to the shareholders of the target companies and pay the determined offer price with 10% per annum interest.
Full text
b) That the show cause notice has not even mentioned the documents on which SEBI has placed reliance and therefore the show cause notice suffers from the vice compliance with the Principles of Natural Justice. c) That the acquirer, a company incorporated in Singapore has acquired from Jumbo its entire equity shareholding of DRW. Jumbo is a company incorporated in British Virgin Is The provisions of Indian laws will not be applicable as Wealth Sea had entered into an agreement with a company incorporated outside India to acquire the shares of com incorporated outside India. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Technip S.A. AIR 2005 SC 545 has held that the laws of a country in which a company is incorporated w applicable with respect to that company and therefore with respect to acquisition of shares from Jumbo by Wealth Sea, the two companies incorporated outside India, there question of violation of the provisions of Regulation 10 of the Takeover Regulations.
iv) As regards applicability of section 15H and section 24 of SEBI Act, I am of the view that those are different and independent proceedings and do not warrant any stage.
Regulation 12. Nevertheless I strongly hold that passing of a Special Resolution in terms of proviso to Regulation 12 would not exempt the acquirer fr announcement as required under Regulation 10.
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