sebi:WTM/KMA/CFD/238/03/2010
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Facts / Headnote
Disposed of as infructuous
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 4(2)
- Reg. 4(4)
- Reg. 11(1)
- Reg. 3(1)(l)
- Reg. 4(6)
Holding
The application dated October 9, 2009 for exemption from Regulation 11(1) of the Takeover Regulations was disposed of as infructuous following withdrawal of the buy-back proposal.
Full text
Page 2 of 3 post buy back shareholding of the acquirers would increase beyond 5%, an exemption is sought from the applicability of Regulation 11(1) of the Takeover Regulations under Regulation 3(1)(l) read with Regulation 4(2) of the Takeover Regulations, inter alia, on the following grounds:-
Page 3 of 3 (which is also the date on which the shareholders have approved the buy back proposal) was in the range Rs. 15.05/--15.10/-, i.e., above the buy back offer price of Rs. 12/-. Further, the share price of the target company was in the range of Rs. 21/- to Rs. 22/- during the month of January 2010 and currently quoting at Rs. 18.50/-, which is higher than the buy back offer price of Rs. 12/-. It is noted that the shares of the target company are frequently traded. In such circumstances, the shareholders may not be interested in tendering their shares in the buy back offer as they have the option to offload their shares in the open market. In the facts and circumstances of the present case, I do not find this as a fit case for grant of exemption to the acquirers. In the meanwhile, SEBI received a copy of the letter dated March 5, 2010 from the target company, informing Bombay Stock Exchange Limited that its board of directors have decided to withdraw the buy back proposal which was earlier approved by them on August 20, 2009. In view of the same, the present application becomes infructuous and the same is accordingly disposed of.
a) Increase in voting rights of the acquirers is incidental to the buy back proposal of the target company and is not an active acquisition. Even after buy back of the equity shares by the target company (in case of 100% response), the public shareholding in the target company would be at a level more than which is required for meeting the conditions for continuous listing. b) The acquirers do not propose to acquire a single share of the target company either directly or indirectly and that there would not be any change in control over the target company pursuant to the increase in the shareholding of the acquirers.
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