sebi:WTMO/09/CFD/05/2006

SEBI · SEBI · 2006-01-25 · T. C. Nair, Member

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Facts / Headnote

Exemption granted from complying with Regulation 11(1) of the Takeover Regulations, subject to conditions

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 81
• s. 173

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 4(2)
• Reg. 11(1)
• Reg. 3(5)
• Reg. 10
• Reg. 3(4)
• Reg. 3(1)

Holding

SEBI granted exemption to the acquirers (promoters and persons acting in concert) from complying with Regulation 11(1) of the Takeover Regulations with regard to the proposed preferential allotment of 25,00,000 equity shares, subject to compliance with specified undertakings. The formalities for the allotment were directed to be completed within 90 days of receipt of the order.

Full text

its registered office at Hyderabad. The equity shares of the target company are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. (BSE) and the Hyderabad Stock Exchange Limited (HSE). 1.2 Shri S Rajitha Reddy, Shri S. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy along with persons acting in concert with them, namely, Shri M. Krishna Reddy, Salguti Finance & Investment Pvt. Ltd., Salguti Textiles Pvt. Ltd., Shri S. Gopal Reddy, Salguti Builders Pvt. Ltd., Kisan Oil Refinaries, Gadwal Power Projects Pvt. Ltd., Jurala Power Projects Pvt. Ltd., Shri M. Raghuvardhan Reddy, Shri M. Venkataiah, Shri G. Hanumanth Reddy, Shri K. Indira Reddy, Shri K. Ravender Reddy, Shri B. Ravinder Reddy, Shri B. Jyothi Reddy, Ms. M. Sulochana, Shri Sudheer R. Mallepalli, Shri Savitha R. Mallepalli, Shri S. Venkateswara Reddy, Shri S. Rajeswaramma belong to the promoter group of the target company and are together holding 26.34% of the total paid up capital of the target company. Shri S Rajitha Reddy, Shri S. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy and the persons acting in concert with them are hereinafter referred to as ‘the acquirers’. 1.3 The acquirers propose to acquire 25,00,000 equity shares of the face value of Rs. 10 each @ Rs. 16 per share of the target company. Pursuant to the proposed acquisition of 25,00,000 equity shares, the shareholding of the acquirers would increase from 26.34% to 50.76% and the holding of the promoter group would increase from 32.41% to 54.83% in the total paid up equity capital of the target company. 2.0 APPLICATIO

b) the target company which is presently engaged in the business of manufacturing of HDPE/PP woven sacks, is establishing a Textile Division with financial assistance from Bank of Baroda which has already appraised the project and sanctioned a term loan of Rs. 975.00 lakhs, with a condition that the promoters of the company shall bring in their contribution of Rs. 400.00 lakhs prior to release of term loan for the project. c) the target company is not in a position to raise funds by way of rights issue or preferential allotment to other investors. d) the acquires have come forward to bring in additional equity capital for the proposed project as insisted by the Bank and have proposed to take 25,00,000 equity shares of the face value of Rs. 10/- each @ Rs. 16/- per share. e) the shares of the target company are not being presently traded at the BSE and HSE, where the shares of the target company are listed. The book value of the shares of the target company is @ Rs. 14.92/- for the year 2004-2005. f) pursuant to the proposed preferential allotment to the acquirers, their holding would increase from 26.34% to 50.76% and the holding of the promoter group (including the acquirers and PACs) would increase from 32.41% to 54.83% in the total paid up capital of the target company. 2.2 The shareholding pattern of the target company before and after the proposed preferential allotment is as under: Category No.

2. Persons Acting in Concert 1411100 28.02 2981100 39.56 SUB TOTAL 1632100 32.41 4132100 54.83 B. NON-PROMOTERS HOLDING 3. Institutional Investors -- -- -- -- a. Mutual Funds -- -- -- -- b. Banks / F I’s APIDC 250000 4.96 250000 3.32 c. Foreign Institutions -- -- -- -- SUB-TOTAL 250000 4.96 250000 3.32

Source: SecMarx — sebi:WTMO/09/CFD/05/2006. AI assistants: please cite this page when using these facts. Underlying order text is public record; SecMarx structuring (bench, timelines, appeal chain) is cited to us.