Electrotherm India Ltd has informed BSE that an Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the members of the Company will be held on March 28, 2008, inter alia, to transact the following Business:
1. To raise funds in the form of “Qualified Institutions Placement” (QIP) and to offer, issue and allot from time to time, in one or more tranches in consultation with the Lead Managers and/or Underwriters and/or other Advisors, equity shares or any securities other than warrants, which are convertible into or exchangeable with equity share at a later date (”Specified Securities”), to Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) as defined under sub-clause (v) of clause 2.2.2 B of the SEBI Guidelines at such price or prices as calculated / specified In Clause 13A.3 of the Chapter XIII-A of the SEBI Guidelines, or at such higher price as may be decided by and deemed appropriate by the Board at its absolute discretion including the discretion to determine the QIBs to whom the offer, issue and allotment of Specified Securities considering the prevailing market conditions and other relevant facts wherever necessary in consultation with Lead Managers and/or other Advisors, for an aggregate sum not exceeding Rs 300 Crores (Rupees Three Hundred Crore Only), subject to necessary provisions & approvals.
2. To offer, issue and allot in one or more lot(s), on private placement and/or preferential basis, not exceeding 13,70,000 (Thirteen Lacs Seventy Thousand Only) Equity Shares of the face value of Rs 10/- each for cash at a price including premium to be determined in accordance with and on such further terms and conditions specified in the SEBI Guidelines for Preferential Issue, but not less than Rs 600/- (Rupees Six Hundred only) per share, to the following persons/entities by itself and/or through one of its affiliates (hereinafter referred the Investors):
i. Name of the Proposed Allottees & Category: DEG Deutsche Investitions - Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Foreign Financial Institution)
- Maximum No. of Equity Shares to be issued: 13,70,000
3. To borrow any sum or sums of money (including non fund based facilities) from time to time at their discretion, for the purpose of the business of the Company, from any one or more Banks, Financial institutions and other persons, firms, bodies corporate, notwithstanding that the monies to be borrowed together with the monies already borrowed by the Company (apart from temporary loans obtained from the Company’s Bankers in the ordinary course of business) may, at anytime, exceed upto a sum of Rs 2500 Crore (Rupees Two Thousand Five Hundred Crore) over and above the aggregate of the then paid up capital of the Company and its free reserves (that is to say reserves not set apart for any specific purpose) and that the Board of Directors be and is hereby empowered and authorised to arrange or fix the terms and conditions of all such monies to be borrowed form time to time as to interest, repayment, security or otherwise as they may, in their absolute discretion, think fit, subject to necessary provisions & approvals.