Buyback of Shares

Buy back of shares as the name suggests is a process of buying by the company of its own shares from its shareholders at market value and thus reducing its share capital. It is a great way of rewarding the shareholders and distributing the profits of the company in...

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Compliance Calendar 2025-26

As we are heading to a new financial year, it’s important to keep track of compliances and complete them within the due dates. We are happy to share a comprehensive compliance calendar for private companies, small companies, not for profit covering secretarial, FEMA compliances, threshold compliances and many more!...

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MCA guidelines for Company/LLP name

The most crucial and important factor before you commence your business is deciding on the name of the company or LLP. There are certain guidelines or factors that needs to be considered before you can apply for name of your company or LLP with Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)....

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Process for Conversion of a Firm into LLP

Converting a partnership firm into a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) provides several benefits such as:   Limited Liability Protection: LLP protects personal assets from business risks, unlike partnership firm where partners have unlimited liability. Separate Legal Entity: An LLP operates independently, ensuring continuity even if partners change. Perpetual Succession:...

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Private Placement under the Companies Act 2013

Funding is most crucial resource for an organization to thrive and grow. With the advent of Companies Act 2013 effective 1st April 2014, new concept of raising capital came into play- rights issue vs private placement. In simple terms Rights issue is when share capital is raised from the...

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Buyback of Shares- Process and taxation

The buyback of shares is a corporate financial strategy where a company repurchases its own shares from existing shareholders. This process reduces the number of outstanding shares, thereby increasing the ownership stake of remaining shareholders. Companies may undertake a buyback for various reasons, including returning surplus cash to shareholders,...

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Offer of Securities in Demat Mode

The Offer of securities in demat mode refers to the issuance or sale of securities in electronic or dematerialized form. Dematerialization involves converting physical certificates of securities into electronic form, which can then be held and traded electronically through a depository system. Regulatory authorities in many countries, including India,...

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Variation of Shareholders’ Rights

Share capital in a company limited by shares can be classified in two buckets- equity and preference capital.   Equity shares can be with voting rights or with differential rights with respect to voting, dividend or any other criteria. To know more about differential right shares please refer to...

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Removal of director by shareholder under the companies Act, 2013 (‘the act’)

APPLICABLE PROVISIONS   Section 169 and 115 of the Act   ESTIMATED TIMELINES   30-35 days     TYPE OF MEETINGS   Board meeting and General meeting FORMS TO BE FILED   DIR-12   PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE Any non-compliance with respect to above provisions shall be punishable with fine...

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