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Share Capital: Classification of Company Securities A. Shares B. Debentures A. Shares
Share Capital: Classification of Company Securities A. Shares B. Debentures A. Shares
A. Shares
B. Debentures
A. Shares
S. 2(84) : Share is
b) Includes stock
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Vishwanathan v. East India Distilleries (1957) 27
Comp.Cas. 175 [Nature]
Explanation to s.43
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(i) "equity share capital means all share capital which is not
preference share capital
a. Cumulative or non-Cumulative
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3. No conversion to equity capital
4. Issue permission under Article of Association
5. Approval by shareholder in general meeting ordinary
Resolution
6. No default in annual return
7. No default in addressing investors Grievances
8. No failure to repay deposits or interest or redeem
debenture or Pay dividend or pay loan (provided that a
company may issue equity shares with differential
rights upon expiry of five years from its end of financial
year in which such a default was made good )
9. No conviction under SEBI Act, 1992, SCRA, 1956,
FEMA, 1999 & RBI Act
10. Entitle to bonus & right issue
(S. 53)
1. Exceptions
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I. 53(2A) Company may issue shares at a discount
to its creditors when its debt is converted into
shares in pursuance of debt restructuring
Scheme.
II. Sweat equity Share
Meaning
(S. 52)
Allotment of Share
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Meaning
shares to a person.”
Rules
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Transfer
• Duly stamped
• Executed by both
2. Refusal of Registration S. 58
Grounds
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A. Not fully paid
B. Share having lien
C. Not in form as given in S.56
D. Not accompanied by certificate of share
E. Not in respect of same class of shares
Who may refuse?
Transfer Transmission
Forfeiture
Meaning
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1. When forfeited ?
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