Professional Documents
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• No regulations
• Dismantling of MRTP.
PRIOR TO 1990
MAIN FEATURES
Compulsory disclosure:-New regulation made it
compulsorily to disclose holdings at the levels of 5%.
Continual disclosures:- If a person held more than 10%
shares or voting right in a company, He has to disclose
his holding within 21 days from the financial year ending
on 31 march.
Trigger of takeover code: - If a person wants to increase
his holding beyond 10% he has to do make an open offer .
Consolidation of holdings/Creeping Acquisition:- If a
person hold more than 10% but less than 51% shares or
voting right in a company and want to acquire more than
2% in a financial year can do only through public offer.
Minimum number of shares to be acquired:- The public offer made by the acquirer to
the shareholders of the target company shall be for a minimum ten per cent of the
voting capital of the company.
Minimum Price: Minimum price to be offered to shareholders will be average of
Highest and lowest in the preceding 26 weeks.
Offer conditional upon level of acceptance: Conditional offer will be for minimum
20% percent, although Acceptance level may be less than 20%.
Competitive bid:- Any person other than the acquirer can made a competitive offer
within 21 days of the public announcement of the offer. Competitive offer shall be at
least for the number of shares for which first public announcement has been made.