Private Placement under Companies Act, 2013 (Section 42): What is it and How does it Work?

For corporate houses, funding plays an extremely crucial role not solely because of investment, and to expand your business line but also to run your daily business. Corporate houses have three basic alternatives to cater to their funding needs using the following:
 

•            Debt

•            Issue Equity

•            Using the resources earned through business operations.

•            Equity and Debt are the standard ways of funding.
 

What’s the Deal with Equity?

The selling of one equity portion for money offered by the investors is known as equity. The Company is in no way obliged to repay the money that it obtains through equity and the returns or the dividend offered in Company’s will.
 

What’s the Deal with Debt?

Debt is accompanied by repayment clauses and everyday interest payments. However, debt doesn’t include ownership dilution here.

Some of the popular Corporate Funding methods are:

IPO was an allotment of shares done in the Open Market.

FPO: Here the shares are provided to the present shareholders.

Private placement: Preferential allotment is the only way of obtaining Funding for Public and Private Companies and Private Placement.

Borrowing or Debentures issuance.
 

Private Placement: What is it?

Private placement is one of the tools for increasing additional capital, whereas for security issuance the Company makes an offer to a particular group of people (apart from the way of public offer) (Section 42, Companies Act, 2013)

When we talk of securities here, according to SCRA, 1956 of section 2 (h), it means the marketable securities including scrips, shares, debentures, debentures, bonds, stocks of either a like nature, and established company or even a body corporate.
 

Why Private Placement is Important?

Just as the name suggests, Private placement is an offer which is made to a board-approved selected group of people. A private placement can save the company from the inconvenience of public issues and associated expenses apart from the time-consuming processes for the fund requirement.
 

Who isn’t Eligible for Private Placement?

Only the person approved by the Board can participate in the Private Placement.

Private Placement and Their Legal Aspects

Section 42- offer for securities subscription on private placement.

Sec 62(1)(c )- Preferential issue

Sec 71- Debentures

Chapter III, Part 2- The Companies
 

Procedure

1.           Convene Board Meeting and get approved for:

•            Issue of Securities (Section 42)

•            Several securities are to be issued.

•            Securities pricing as per the valuation report.

•            Generate a Draft offer letter in the PAS-4 form.

•            Convening General meeting for the approval of shareholders.

•            FIRMS registration.
 

2. File MGT-14 within Board Meeting’s 30 days under 117 and 179 section.

3. The director board might determine for whom the offer is to be made either before the approval of the shareholder or after the approval and keep the same recorded in PAS-5.

4. The securities to be issued by the Pass Special Resolution in the General Meeting, under the private placement.

5. File MGT-14 for the passed special resolution.

6.           The company would send the offer letter to the identified people in the PAS-14 form, within a month of name recording in PAS-5.

7. File PAS-4, PAS-5 IN GNLA-2 with ROC, within 30 days of the offer letter’s circulation date.

8.           The filing of the private placement can be done if the filing with ROC is done by the special resolution and board Resolution.

9.           Open a dedicated bank account for money deposited procured from the Private Placement.

10.         Convene meeting no-2 and Resolution pass for securities allotment.

Private placement is one of the best ways of getting funding in private organizations, given how it requires minimum compliance, money, capital, and time as compared to public issues.

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