Dated March 16, 2011 DEBENTURE TRUST DEED amongst Dr. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED (as the Issuer) and IDBI TRUSTEESHIP SERVICES LIMITED (as the Debenture Trustee)
Exhibit 2.4
Dated March 16, 2011
amongst
Xx. XXXXX’X LABORATORIES LIMITED
(as the Issuer)
(as the Issuer)
and
IDBI TRUSTEESHIP SERVICES LIMITED
(as the Debenture Trustee)
(as the Debenture Trustee)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS |
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2. APPOINTMENT OF DEBENTURE TRUSTEE AND CONSTITUTION OF THE TRUST |
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3. AMOUNT OF DEBENTURES AND COVENANT TO PAY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST |
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4. LISTING |
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5. FORM OF THE DEBENTURES |
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6. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS |
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7. UNDERTAKINGS OF THE ISSUER |
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8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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9. REALISATION OF MONIES |
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10. RECEIPT OF DEBENTURE HOLDERS |
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11. TRUSTEE NOT TO RECOGNISE ANY INTEREST IN THE XXXXXXXXXX |
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00. DEBENTURES FREE FROM EQUITIES |
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13. AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS |
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14. REGISTER OF DEBENTURE HOLDERS |
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15. POWERS OF THE DEBENTURE TRUSTEE |
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16. DEBENTURE REDEMPTION RESERVE |
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17. LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES OF DEBENTURE TRUSTEE |
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BREACH OF COVENANT BY THE ISSUER MAY BE WAIVED |
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19. POWER OF TRUSTEES TO DELEGATE/APPOINT AGENTS |
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20. DEBENTURE TRUSTEE MAY CONTRACT WITH ISSUER |
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21. DEBENTURE TRUSTEE’S REMUNERATION |
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22. SURRENDER |
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23. MODIFICATIONS TO THESE PRESENTS |
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24. RETIREMENT & REMOVAL OF DEBENTURE TRUSTEE |
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25. NOTICES |
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26. WAIVER |
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27. MISCELLANEOUS |
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28. SEVERABILITY |
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29. EFFECTIVE DATE |
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30. GOVERNING LAW |
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31. JURISDICTION |
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32. INCONSISTENCY |
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SCHEDULE I |
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SCHEDULE II |
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SCHEDULE III |
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(i)
This Debenture Trust Deed (the “Deed”) is made at Mumbai on this 16th day of March, 2011
amongst:
1. | XX. XXXXX’X LABORATORIES LIMITED, a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and
having its registered office at 0-0-00, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx — 500 016
(hereinafter referred to as the “Issuer / Company” which expression shall unless excluded by
or repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, be deemed to include its successors and
assignees) of the ONE PART; and |
2. | IDBI TRUSTEESHIP SERVICES LIMITED, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956
having its registered office at Asian Building, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00, X. Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx 400 001, acting in its capacity as Debenture Trustee for the benefit of the
Debenture Holder (as defined hereunder) (hereinafter referred to as the “Debenture Trustee”,
which expression shall unless excluded by or repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, be
deemed to include its successors and assignees) of the OTHER PART. |
The Issuer and the Debenture Trustee are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Parties” and
individually referred to as a “Party”.
WHEREAS
(A) | The Company is a fully
integrated pharmaceutical company. Its purpose is to provide
affordable and innovative medicines through its three core businesses: |
(a) | Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients, comprising of Active
Pharmaceuticals and Custom Pharmaceuticals businesses; |
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(b) | Global Generics, which includes branded and unbranded generics; and |
(c) | Proprietary Products, which includes New Chemical Entities (NCEs),
Differentiated Formulations, and Generic Biopharmaceuticals |
(B) | The Company was originally incorporated under the name and style of ‘Xx. Xxxxx’x Laboratories
Private Limited’ in the State of Andhra Pradesh on February 24, 1984. Subsequently, the
Company was converted into a public limited company after complying with the necessary
provisions of The Companies Act, 1956 and obtaining from the Registrar of Companies, Andhra
Pradesh, Hyderabad on December 6, 1985 a fresh Certificate of Incorporation consequent to the
change of name of the Company to ‘Xx. Xxxxx’x Laboratories Limited’. |
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(C) | The share capital structure of the Company as on March 31, 2010 is as under: |
I. | Authorised Share Capital |
Amount in Rs. | ||||
24,00,00,000 equity shares of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five Only) each |
1,20,00,00,000/- | |||
Total |
1,20,00,00,000/- |
II. | Issued Share Capital |
Amount in Rs. | ||||
16,88,45,585 equity shares of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five Only) each * |
84,42,27,925/- | |||
Total |
84,42,27,925/- |
III. | Subscribed & Paid-up Share Capital |
Amount in Rs. | ||||
16,88,45,385
equity shares of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five Only) each fully paid up*# |
84,42,26,925/- | |||
Total |
84,42,26,925/- |
* | As on 31st March, 2010, includes 2,45,48,869 equity shares of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five Only)
represented by 2,45,48,869 American Depositary Receipts (“ADR”) issued by the Company.
The ADRs of the Company are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. |
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# | 200 equity shares of the face value of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five Only) each have been forfeited
by the Company for nonpayment of calls. |
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(D) | Pursuant to the resolution dated March 31, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Company
approved a scheme of arrangement between the Company and its members under Sections 391-394 of
the Companies Act, 1956 (the “Scheme”) for the issuance of unsecured, redeemable,
non-convertible, fully paid up bonus debentures of face value of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five Only)
(“Debentures”) to its members by restructuring of the Company’s general reserve (built through
retained undistributed profits and forming part of the revenue reserves) (“General Reserve”).
The Scheme was approved by the shareholders of the Company in terms of the resolution passed
at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on May 28, 2010 and was sanctioned by the Hon’ble
High Court of Andhra Pradesh vide its order dated July 19, 2010. |
The key terms of the issue of the Debentures have been reproduced herein under the Financial
Covenants and Conditions in Schedule I.
(E) | The Debenture Trustee has, at the request of the Issuer, agreed to act as trustee under these
presents for the benefit of the Debenture Holder as per consent letter
No.3192/ITSL/OPR/CL/10-11/XXX/259, dated March 1, 2011. |
(F) | The Issuer and the Debenture Trustee have agreed that the Debentures will be constituted and
issued under this Debenture Trust Deed (as defined hereunder). |
NOW THIS DEBENTURE TRUST DEED WITNESSETH AND IT IS HEREBY MUTUTALLY AGREED AND DECLARED AMONGST THE
PARTIES HERETO AS UNDER:
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS |
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1.1 | Definitions |
In this Deed, unless there is anything in the subject or context inconsistent therewith, the
expressions listed below shall have the following meanings:
“Act” shall mean the Companies Act, 1956.
“ADRs” means the outstanding American Depositary Receipts issued by the Company pursuant to
the “Issue of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds and Ordinary Shares (Through Depositary
Receipt Mechanism) Scheme, 1993” and other applicable law, and where relevant shall include
the underlying equity shares relating thereto.
“Applicable Law” means all statutes, enactments, acts of legislature or parliament, laws,
by-laws, rules, regulations, notifications, circulars, orders, ordinances, codes, guidelines,
policies, notices, directions and judgments or other requirements of any Government Authority
in any relevant jurisdiction, as applicable to the Party concerned.
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“Board” means the board of directors of the Company and shall include a committee duly
constituted and authorised by the board of directors for the purposes of matters pertaining to
the bonus issuance, the Scheme and/or any other matter relating thereto.
“Capital Reserves” means and includes the capital reserve and the
securities premium account as reflected in the accounts of the Company.
“Debentures” shall mean
1,015,516,392 numbers of 9.25% Unsecured Listed Taxable unsecured redeemable, non-convertible fully paid up bonus debentures of Rs. 5/- (Rs. Five each)
totally aggregating to Rs. 5,077,581,960 (Rs. Five Hundred Seven Crores Seventy Five Lacs Eighty One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Only) of the Issuer held in physical and
dematerialized form in accordance with the Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, 0000 and issued/to be issued in
accordance with the terms and conditions stipulated under the Scheme.
“Debenture Holder” shall mean the shareholders of the Company, who have been issued and allotted
the Debenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Scheme, and on transfer of the
Debentures, shall include the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the Debenture and whose
names appear in the register of members of the Company or the records maintained by the
Depository.
“Date of Allotment” means March 24, 2011.
“Default Interest” means interest at a rate of 9.25% per cent p.a.
“Depository” shall mean the National Securities Depository Limited or, as the case may be, such
other depository registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India, with whom the Issuer
has entered into agreement for keeping and dealing the Debenture in dematerialised form.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Clause 8.1.
“Face Value” means the face value of the Debenture being Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five Only).
“Financial Covenants and Conditions” shall mean the covenants and conditions on the part of the
Issuer to be observed and performed as set out in Schedule I.
“General Reserve” means the general reserve of the Company which has been built through retained
undistributed profits and which forms a part of the revenue reserves of the Company, as reflected
in the accounts of the Company.
“Government Authority” means any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of, or pertaining to, government.
“High Court” shall mean the High Court of Andhra Pradesh having jurisdiction in relation to the
Company and shall include the National Company Law Tribunal, as applicable or such other forum or
authority as may be vested with any of the powers of a High Court under the Act.
“Interest” means the interest payable on the Debenture as specified in Schedule I.
“Interest Payment Date” shall be the 24th of March of every year (or the next Business
Day, if such day is not a Business Day), till the Redemption Date as specified in Schedule I. The
first Interest Payment Date will be March 24, 2012.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any change, event or effect that is materially adverse to the
business, assets (including intangible assets) as a whole, financial condition or results of
operations of the Issuer, including revocation of any licenses or permits materially important to
the business of the Company, taken as a whole.
“Memorandum” means the memorandum of association of the Issuer.
“Person” shall mean a person, and includes any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint
venture, association, organization, trust, state or Governmental Authority or other legal entity (in each case, whether or not having separate legal personality).
“R&T Agent” means Bigshare Services Private Limited.
“Record Date” for the purpose of allotment of debenture means March 18, 2011 and for
the purpose of payment of first and subsequent interest and redemption means
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such date as may be fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company for the purpose in compliance
with the applicable laws.
“Redemption Price” for each Debenture, shall the face value of the Debenture of Rs. 5 (Rupees
Five).
“Register” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Clause 14.
“Special Resolution” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Schedule II.
1.2 | Interpretation |
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In this Deed: |
(a) | Words denoting singular shall include plural and vice-versa. |
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(b) | Words denoting one gender only shall include the other gender. |
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(c) | All references in these presents to any provision of any statute shall be deemed
also to refer to the statute, modification or re-enactment thereof or any statutory rule,
order or regulation made thereunder or under such re-enactment. |
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(d) | All references in these presents to schedules, recitals, sections, sub-sections,
paragraphs or sub-paragraphs shall be construed as reference respectively to the
schedules, recitals, sections, sub-sections, paragraphs and sub-paragraphs of these
presents. |
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(e) | The provisions contained in the Schedules hereunder written shall have effect in
the manner as if they were specifically set forth herein. |
2. | APPOINTMENT OF DEBENTURE TRUSTEE AND CONSTITUTION OF THE TRUST |
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2.1 | Subject to the terms, conditions and covenants contained in this Deed, IDBI Trusteeship
Services Limited is hereby appointed as the Debenture trustee to act on behalf of the
Debenture Holders pursuant to the trust created hereunder and IDBI Trusteeship Services
Limited hereby agrees to act as Debenture trustee for the purposes and in accordance with the
terms and provisions set forth herein and on the remuneration as mentioned in Clause 21
hereof. |
2.2 | The Issuer hereby settles in trust with the Debenture Trustee the sum of Rs. 1000/- (Rupees
One Thousand only). The Debenture Trustee hereby confirms receipt of and accepts the above
amount of Rs. 1000/- (Rupees One Thousand only) in trust hereby declared and, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Deed, agrees to act as trustee for the benefit of the Debenture
Holders and their successors, transferees, novatees and assignees. |
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3. | AMOUNT OF DEBENTURES AND COVENANT TO PAY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST |
3.1 | The Debenture constituted and issued hereunder are 1,015,516,392 numbers of 9.25% Unsecured,
redeemable, non-convertible, fully paid up bonus debentures of the Company denominated in
nominal value of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five only) each, of an aggregate value of Rs. 5,077,581,960
(Rs. Five Hundred Seven Crores Seventy Five Lacs Eighty One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty
Crores only), being issued by way of a bonus issuance to each shareholder of the Company whose name is
recorded in the Register of Members and records of the depositary as shareholder of the Company on the
Record Date, in the ratio of 6 Debentures of face value Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five Only) each fully paid up in the
Company for every equity share of Rs. 5/- (Rupees Five Only) each fully paid up held by such shareholder in
accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Scheme. |
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3.2 | Each of the Debentures constitutes direct, unconditional obligations of the Issuer without
any preference inter se. |
3.3 | The Issuer covenants with the Debenture Trustee that the Issuer shall pay the Redemption
Price on redemption of the Debenture and the Interest on the Debenture in accordance with the
Financial Covenant and Conditions on the respective due date and shall comply with all its
obligations under this Deed including repayment of all other monies payable by the Issuer to
the Debenture Trustee and the Debenture Holders in accordance with the terms of this Deed. |
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4. | LISTING |
The Issuer shall list the Debenture on the Wholesale Debt Market Segment of the NSE and /or
the BSE.
5. | FORM OF THE DEBENTURES |
5.1 | The Debentures shall be issued in dematerialized form to the Members who are recorded as
holding equity shares of the Company in dematerialized form, or from whom the Company has
received a notice in writing prior to the Record Date of details of their account with a
depositary participant and who have provided details thereof and such other confirmations as
may be required, by direct credit to the account of such Member. For all other Members or in
the event that the Company is unable to credit the demat accounts of the aforesaid Members,
the Company shall issue Debentures in physical form to such Member. The Debenture issued in
dematerialised form shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, 0000
and the regulations made thereunder and issued in accordance with the terms and conditions
stipulated under the Scheme. |
5.2 | The Debenture issued in physical form shall be in the form or substantially in the form set
out in Schedule III hereunder written and shall be enclosed with the Financial Covenants and
conditions set out in Schedule I hereto. |
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6. | REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS |
6.1 | The representations, warrants and covenants made by the Issuer to the Debenture Trustee in
this Clause are made as of the date hereof and as of the date of allotment of the Debentures
to the Debenture Holders. |
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6.2 | The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Debenture Trustee that: |
(a) | Corporate Status |
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The Issuer: |
(i) | is a duly organized and validly existing company incorporated in India
under the Act; |
(ii) | is a public limited company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited,
the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.;
and |
(iii) | has power and authority to own its properties and assets and to transact
the business in which it is engaged and to do all things necessary or appropriate to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Deed. |
(b) | Corporate Power and Authority |
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The Issuer has the corporate power to execute and deliver and to comply with the provisions
of this Deed and that it has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorise the execution, delivery and performance by
it of such other documents as have been executed and delivered as of each date this |
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representation and warranty is made or deemed made in connection with the issue of the
Debentures.
(c) | No Violation |
Neither the execution and delivery by the Issuer of this Deed nor the other documents as have
been executed and delivered in connection with the issue of the Debenture as of each date this
representation and warranty is made or deemed made, nor the Issuer’s compliance with or
performance of the terms and provisions hereof or thereof (i) will contravene, in any material
respect, any provision of any Applicable Law or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any
court or government authority, (ii) will conflict or be inconsistent with or result in any
material breach of any of the material terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, in any
material respect of, or constitute a material default under, any material contract or
instrument to which the Issuer is a party to by which it or any of its property is bound (iii)
result in the creation or imposition of any security interest upon or in respect of any of the
property or assets of the Issuer owned or may hereafter be acquired by the Issuer (iv) will
violate any provisions of the Memorandum and Articles.
(d) | Governmental Approvals |
As of the date of this Deed, except for the consent of the approval of the Reserve Bank of
India, the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and the Income Tax Department, no clearance,
permission or consent of any Governmental Authority, under Applicable Law, is required to
authorise, or is required in connection with: (i) the execution, delivery and performance by
the Issuer of this Deed or any of the documents executed in connection with the issue of the
Debentures; or (ii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability, hereof or
thereof, in each case, a lack of which would render execution, delivery and performance by the
Issuer of such documents or the issuance of the Debentures to the Debenture Holders void, and
which have not already been obtained by the Issuer.
(e) | Litigation |
There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or to the best of the Issuer’s knowledge,
threatened against the Issuer, including with respect to governmental, statutory or other
approvals, which could reasonably be expected to render execution, delivery and performance
by the Issuer of this Deed or the issuance of the Debentures to the Debenture Holders void.
(f) | Tax Returns and Payments |
The Issuer has filed all tax returns
required by Applicable Law to be filed by it and has
paid all taxes payable by it which have become due pursuant to such tax returns, save and
except those not yet delinquent and/or contested in good faith.
(g) | Compliance with Statutes |
The Issuer is in compliance in
all material respects with all Applicable Laws in respect of
the conduct of its business and the ownership of its property. All consents and permissions
required have been or will be obtained in accordance with the Applicable Laws in connection
with the issue of the Debentures.
(h) | Material Adverse Effect |
There are no facts or circumstances, conditions or
occurrences which could collectively reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(i) | Assurance |
The
Issuer shall execute all such deeds, documents and assurances and do all such acts and
things as the Debenture Trustee may reasonably require for exercising the rights under these
presents and the Debentures.
(j) | Solvency |
(i) | The Issuer is able to, and has not admitted its inability to, pay its debts as they
mature and has not suspended making payment on any of its debts, nor, will it become so
in consequence of entering into this Deed. |
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(ii) | The Issuer, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, has not
commenced, and does not intend to commence, negotiations with one or more of its
creditors with a view to rescheduling its indebtedness. |
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(iii) | The value of the assets of the Issuer is more than its respective liabilities
(taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities) and it has sufficient
capital to carry on its business. |
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(iv) | The Issuer has not taken any corporate action nor has taken any legal proceedings
or other procedure or steps in relation to any bankruptcy proceedings. |
(k) | Immunity |
The Issuer is not entitled to any immunity or privilege (sovereign or otherwise) from any
set-off, judgment, execution, attachment or other legal process.
7. | UNDERTAKINGS OF THE ISSUER |
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The Issuer hereby undertakes and agrees with the Debenture Trustee that throughout the continuance
of this Deed till Maturity, the Issuer shall unless otherwise agreed to by the Debenture Trustee: |
(a) | execute and/or do, at its own expense, all such deeds, assurances, documents, instruments,
acts, matters and things, in such form and otherwise as the Debenture Trustee may reasonably
or by law require or consider necessary in relation to enforcing or exercising any of the
rights and authorities of the Debenture Trustee. |
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(b) | pay the stamp duty on this Deed on or before the execution of this Deed and all reasonable
costs of the Debenture Trustee (including legal costs) and other charges, if any, incurred in
connection with the stamping and if, any penalty or legal costs or any other charges are paid
by the Debenture Holder, the Issuer will pay to the Debenture Trustee the amount thereof and
also to deliver to the Debenture Trustee certified copies of the receipts evidencing
payment of stamp duty and other charges in connection with the stamping of this Deed. In
the event of the Issuer failing to pay such stamp duty, other duties, taxes and penalties as
aforesaid, the Debenture Trustee will be at liberty, but shall not be bound, to pay the same
and the Issuer shall reimburse the same to the Debenture Trustee on demand with interest
thereon at the Default Interest. |
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(c) | The Issuer shall carry out and conduct its business with due
diligence and efficiency and in accordance with sound managerial and financial standards and business
practices with qualified and experienced management and personnel, and shall diligently make all efforts to
preserve its corporate existence and status and all rights, contracts, privileges and concessions now held
or hereafter acquired by it in the conduct of its business and it will materially comply with all Applicable Laws and shall engage in business which is permitted by
its Memorandum and Articles. |
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(d) | The Issuer shall obtain, comply with the terms of and do all that is necessary to maintain in
full force and effect all authorisations necessary to enable it lawfully to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Deed or to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or
admissibility in evidence in India of this Deed. |
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(e) | The Issuer shall perform and observe in all material respects including in a timely manner,
all of its covenants and agreements contained in this Deed. |
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(f) | The Issuer shall, as soon as possible but not later than (unless otherwise specified) 7
(seven) Business Days from the occurrence of any of the events set out below: |
(A) | forthwith give notice to the Debenture Trustee of occurrence of any Event of Default
or any event which, after the notice, or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event
of Default, specifying the nature of such Event of Default or of such event and any steps
the Issuer has taken or proposes to take to remedy the same; |
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(B) | provide to the Debenture Trustee such further information regarding the financial
condition, business and operations of the Issuer as the Debenture Trustee may reasonably
request in relation to the payments due to be made on the Debentures; |
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(C) | on occurrence of any change in Rating, notify the Debenture Trustee, specifying the
credit rating applicable to its senior debt; |
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(D) | shall furnish, upon the request of the Debenture Trustee such documentation and other
evidence as is reasonably requested by the Debenture Trustee (including on behalf of any
prospective new Debenture Holders) in order for such Debenture Holders or any prospective
new Debenture Holders to conduct any “know your customer” or other similar procedures
under Applicable Laws. |
(g) | The Issuer shall materially comply with: |
(A) | All laws, rules, regulations and guidelines, as applicable in respect of the
Debentures, including (i) the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing
of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008, as may be in force from time to time during the
currency of the Debentures; and (ii) the provisions of the listing agreement entered into
by the Issuer with the NSE/ BSE in relation to the Debentures; |
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(B) | The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Debenture Trustee) Regulations, 1993 as
in force from time to time, in so far as they are applicable to the Debenture and furnish
to the Debenture Trustee such data, information, statements and reports as may be deemed
necessary by the Debenture Trustee in order to enable them to comply with the provisions
of Regulation 15 thereof in performance of their duties in accordance therewith to the
extent applicable to the Debentures; and |
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(C) | The provisions of the Act in relation to the issue of the Debentures. |
(h) | The Issuer shall promptly and expeditiously attend to and redress the grievances,
if any, of the Debenture Holders. The Issuer further undertakes that it shall promptly comply with the reasonable
suggestions and directions that may be given in this regard, from time to time, by the Debenture Trustee and shall advise
the Debenture Trustee periodically of such compliance. |
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(i) | The Issuer shall take all necessary steps to procure that the Debenture are listed in
accordance with Clause 4 within 15 (fifteen) Business Days of Date of Allotment of the
Debenture and that such listing of the Debenture continues till Maturity. |
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(j) | The Issuer shall intimate the NSE/ BSE by way of a written notice of the
commencement of the Record Date at least 10 (ten) clear Business Days prior to the
Record Date for Interest/Principal Payment or such other period as applicable. |
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(j) | The Issuer shall use best efforts to procure that the Debenture are rated and a
rating is continued till the Maturity. |
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(k) | The Issuer shall reimburse all sums paid or expenses incurred by the Debenture
Trustee or any attorney, manager, agent or other Person appointed by the Debenture
Trustee for all or any of the purposes mentioned in these presents immediately on receipt
of a notice of demand from them in this behalf and as regards liabilities, the Issuer
will, on demand, pay and satisfy or obtain the releases of such Persons from such
liabilities and if any sum payable under these presents shall be paid by the Debenture
Trustee, the Issuer shall, forthwith on demand, reimburse the same to the Debenture
Trustee. |
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(l) | The Issuer shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Scheme, allot the
Debenture and continue to observe and act in accordance with the terms of Debenture as
set out in the Scheme and in this Deed. |
8. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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8.1 | Events of Default |
An “Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the events specified below:
(a) | Default is committed in payment of the principal amount of the Debenture on the due
date(s) and is not rectified within 30 (thirty) Business Days of written intimation to the
Issuer by the Debenture Trustee; |
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(b) | Default is committed in payment of any interest on the Debenture on the due date(s)
and is not rectified within 30 (thirty) Business Days of written intimation to the Issuer
by the Debenture Trustee; |
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(c) | Default is committed by the Issuer in the performance or observance of any other
covenant, obligation condition or provision contained in these presents and except where
such default is incapable of remedy, such default continues for 30 (thirty) Business Days
after written notice has been given thereof by the Debenture Trustee to the Issuer
requiring the same to be remedied; |
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(d) | Any indebtedness of the Issuer for borrowed monies i.e. indebtedness for and in
respect of monies borrowed or raised (whether or not for cash consideration) from banks
or financial institutions by whatever means (including acceptances, credits, deposits and
leasing), including interest thereon, becomes due prior to its stated maturity by reason
of default of the terms thereof or any such indebtedness is not paid at its stated
maturity or there is a default in making payments due under any guarantee or indemnity given by the Issuer in respect
of the indebtedness of borrowed monies of any person, provided that individual amounts referred to above
exceed Rs. 10,00,00,00- (Rupees One Crore Only) and the default is not rectified within such period as the relevant
creditor or and Court of law / Governmental Authority may permit; |
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(e) | Any information given by the Issuer in any reports and other information furnished by
the Issuer and the representations and warranties given by it to the Debenture Trustee is
misleading or incorrect in any material respect, and such information / representation /
warranty materially affects the Debenture Holders; |
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(f) | If proceedings for taking the Issuer into liquidation, either voluntarily or
compulsorily, have been commenced and admitted, and such proceedings have not been
withdrawn / stayed within 60 Business Days of their commencement; |
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(g) | The Issuer has admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature; |
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(h) | A receiver or a liquidator has been appointed or allowed to be appointed of all or
any substantial part of the undertaking of the Issuer or an attachment, distress or
execution is levied or enforced upon or issued against a substantial part of the assets
or property of the Issuer and such appointment or process is not withdrawn / stayed
within 60 Business Days of its commencement; |
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(i) | The Issuer ceases or threatens to cease to carry on its business or gives notice of
its intention to do so; |
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(j) | If, the Issuer is deemed to be unable to pay its debts within the meaning of
Section 434(1)(b) and 434(1)(c) of the Act and corrective measures for the same are not
initiated by the Company within 30 days; and |
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(k) | The Debenture are not listed in accordance with Clause 4 within 15 (fifteen)
Business Days of the date of allotment of the Debentures, or if such listing of the
Debenture ceases at any point of time prior to the Redemption Date due to an act of the
Issuer or failure by the Issuer to take all necessary action to ensure listing. |
8.2 | Remedies |
If one or more of the events specified in Clause 8.1 happen(s), the Debenture Trustee may, in
their discretion, but shall, upon request in writing of the Debenture Holders of an amount
representing not less than three-fourths in value of the nominal amount of the Debenture for
the time being outstanding or by a Special Resolution duly passed at the meeting of the
Debenture Holders convened in accordance with the provisions set out hereunder, by a notice in
writing to the Issuer, declare the principal of and all accrued interest on the Debenture to
be due and payable forthwith and the Debenture shall without any further action become due for
redemption along with the Interest accrued thereon.
8.3 | Nominee Director |
(i) | In addition to the rights specified above, the Debenture Holders / Debenture
Trustee shall have the right to appoint a nominee on the Board of Directors of the
Issuer (hereinafter referred to as “the Nominee Director”) in terms of the Securities
and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008 in
accordance with the provisions of Schedule I hereto.; |
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(ii) | The Nominee Director so appointed shall not be liable to retire by rotation nor
shall be required to hold any qualification shares. The Issuer shall take steps to amend its Articles for the purpose if necessary. |
8.4 | Notice on the happening of an Event of Default |
If any Event of Default or any event which in the opinion of the Issuer,
after the notice, or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, has happened, then Issuer shall,
upon becoming aware of occurrence of such an event, forthwith give |
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notice thereof to the Debenture Holders/Debenture Trustee in writing specifying the nature of
such event of default, or of such event. |
8.5 | Expenses of Preservation of Assets of the Issuer and of Collection |
All expenses incurred by the Debenture Holders/Debenture Trustee after an Event of Default
has occurred in connection with (a) preservation of the Issuer’s assets (whether then or
thereafter existing) and (b) collection of amounts due under this Deed, shall be payable by
the Issuer.
8.6 | Right to Disclose/ Publish the Names of the Issuer and its Directors as Defaulters |
In the event of the Issuer committing default in the repayment of installment of the
Debenture or payment of Interest on the respective due dates, the Debenture Holders /
Debenture Trustee shall have an unqualified right to disclose the name of the Issuer and its
directors to Reserve Bank of India (RBI)/ or any other statutory / regulatory authority in
this behalf. The Debenture Holders/ Debenture Trustee and/ or (RBI)/ or any other statutory /
regulatory authority shall have the right to publish the name of the Issuer and its directors
as defaulters in such manner and through such medium as they in their absolute discretion may
think fit.
9. | REALISATION OF MONIES |
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9.1 | Trust of Proceeds |
The Debenture Trustee shall hold UPON
TRUST the monies received by it or any part thereof in
their capacity as Debenture Trustee for the benefit of the Debenture Holder and they shall
utilise the monies received in the following order of priority:
(i) | Firstly, in or towards pari passu payment to the Debenture Holders of the Interest
and redemption amount and all amounts due and remaining unpaid (which shall be deemed to
accrue from day to day) on the Debenture held by them; |
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(ii) | Secondly, to reimburse themselves and retain, pay or discharge all the costs,
charges and expenses incurred in calling in, collection, or the exercise of the powers
and trusts under these presents, including their remuneration as herein provided. |
9.2 | Liability to Debenture Holder for Deficiency |
The Issuer shall remain liable to the Debenture Holders for any deficiency in the repayment
of all amounts due to it under this Deed and/or the Debentures.
10. | RECEIPT OF DEBENTURE HOLDERS |
The receipt by each Debenture Holder, or, if there be more than one holder of any such
Debentures, then the receipt of the first named Debenture Holder or by the survivor or
survivors, or, by the nominee or nominees, if any, of the holder of such Debentures, or, if
there be more than one holder, of all holders of such Debenture of the interest and the
principal amount and all other amounts payable in respect of each of such Debentures, shall be
a good discharge to the Debenture Trustee.
11. | TRUSTEE NOT TO RECOGNISE ANY INTEREST IN THE DEBENTURES |
The Debenture Trustee shall not be
affected by any notice, express or implied, of the rights, title or claim of any Person to the said monies other than
the Debenture Holders.
12. | DEBENTURES FREE FROM EQUITIES |
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The Debenture Holders will be entitled to their Debenture free from equities or cross claims
by the Issuer against the original or any intermediate holders thereof.
13. | AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS |
Any monies which under the trust or powers herein contained ought to be invested by the
Debenture Trustee may be invested in the name of the Debenture Trustee or under the legal
control of the Debenture Trustee in the name of the Debenture Trustee in any principal
protected fixed deposits. Section 20 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 shall not apply to such
investments.
14. | REGISTER OF DEBENTURE HOLDERS |
The register of the Debenture Holders in respect of Debenture (the “Register”) will be
maintained by the Company in accordance with the Act and the Depository in accordance with the
provisions of the Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, 0000 and the regulations made thereunder and the
regulations made by Securities and Exchange Board of India and other statutory authorities
made from time to time. The R&T Agent shall, in relation to the Debentures, obtain a list of
beneficial holders from the Depository as at the record date for Notice and/or the record date
for Interest, on such date or within one Business Day of such date. For a physical register
maintained with the Issuer, the Debenture Trustee and / or the Debenture Holders or any of
them or any other Person shall, as provided in Section 163 of the Act be entitled to inspect
the said register / record and to take copies of or extracts from the same or any part thereof
during usual business hours.
15. | POWERS OF THE DEBENTURE TRUSTEE |
15.1 | In addition to the rights, powers and duties of the Debenture Trustee contained in this Deed,
the Debenture Trustee shall exercise all rights, powers and duties in accordance with and
available to the Debenture Trustee under the Applicable Laws of India. |
15.2 | The rights and powers available to the Debenture Trustee under this Deed shall vest in the
Debenture Trustee exclusively for the benefit of the Debenture Holders. |
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16. | DEBENTURE REDEMPTION RESERVE |
The Issuer hereby agrees and undertakes that it shall create a Debenture redemption reserve
as per the provisions of the Act or any guidelines issued by the Securities and Exchange
Board of India, as applicable, and if during the currency of these presents, any guidelines
are formulated (or modified or revised) by any Government Authority having authority under
law in respect of creation of Debenture redemption reserve applicable to the Debentures, the
Issuer shall duly abide by such guidelines and execute all such supplemental letters,
agreements and deeds of modifications as may be required by the Debenture Holders or the
Debenture Trustee and the Issuer shall submit to the Debenture Trustee a certificate duly
certified by the auditors of the Issuer certifying that the Issuer has transferred a suitable
sum to the Debenture redemption reserve at the end of each financial year.
17. | LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES OF DEBENTURE TRUSTEE |
In addition to the other powers conferred on the Debenture Trustee and provisions for their
protection and not by way of limitation or derogation of anything in these presents contained or of any statute limiting the
liability of the Debenture Trustee, IT IS EXPRESSLY DECLARED as follows:
(a) | the Debenture Trustee may, in relation to these presents, act on the opinion
or advice of any solicitor, counsel, advocate, valuer, surveyor, qualified accountant or other expert obtained
by the Debenture Trustee and shall not be responsible for any loss occasioned by so acting any such advice or opinion |
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between the Debenture Trustee and their representative or an attorney appointed by them may be
obtained or sent by letter or confirmed facsimile transmission and the Debenture Trustee,
their representative or the attorney shall not be liable for acting on any advice or opinion
conveyed by any such letter or confirmed facsimile transmission, except where the Debenture
Trustee, their representative or attorney is aware prior to acting on the advice, opinion or
information contained therein, that such letter, facsimile transmission contains some error or
is not authentic;
(b) | The Debenture Trustee shall be at liberty to accept a certificate signed by any one of the
directors of the Issuer as to any act or matter prima facie within the knowledge of the Issuer
as sufficient evidence thereof and a like certificate that any property or assets are in the
opinion of the Director so certifying worth a particular sum or suitable for the Issuer’s
purpose or business as sufficient evidence that it is worth that sum or so suitable and a like
certificate to the effect that any particular dealing or transaction or step or thing is in
the opinion of the Director so certifying expedient as sufficient evidence that it is
expedient and the Debenture Trustee shall not be bound in any such case to call for further
evidence or be responsible for any loss that may be occasioned by their failing to do so; |
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(c) | the Debenture Trustee shall not be bound to give notice to any Person of the execution hereof
or to see to the performance or observance of any of the obligations hereby imposed on the
Issuer or in any way to interfere with the conduct of the Issuer’s business; |
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(d) | The Debenture Trustee shall be at liberty to keep these presents at its registered office or
elsewhere or if the Debenture Trustee so decide with any banker or company whose business
includes undertaking the safe custody of documents or with any advocates or firm of solicitors
and the Debenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any loss incurred in connection with
any such deposit and the Debenture Trustee shall pay all sums required to be paid on account
of or in respect of any such deposit; |
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(e) | save as herein otherwise expressly provided the Debenture Trustee shall, as regards all
trusts, powers, authorities and discretions hereby vested in them, have absolute and
uncontrolled discretion as to the exercise thereof and to the mode and time of exercise
thereof and, subject to the provisions of Applicable Laws, including Section 119 of the Act
shall not, in the absence of breach, gross negligence or willful neglect, default or fraud,
shall not be responsible for any loss, costs, charges, expenses or inconvenience that may
result from the exercise or non-exercise thereof and in particular they shall not be bound to
act at the request or direction of the Debenture Holder under any provisions of these presents
unless sufficient monies shall have been provided or provision to the satisfaction of the
Debenture Trustee made for providing the same and the Debenture Trustee are indemnified to
their satisfaction against all further costs, charges, expenses and liability which may be
incurred in complying with such request or direction; |
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(f) | with a view to facilitating any dealing under any provision of these presents in the best
interests of the Debenture Holders, the Debenture Trustee shall have full power to consent
(where such consent is required) to a specified transaction or class of transactions; |
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(g) | the Debenture Trustee shall not be responsible for the monies paid by Debenture Holders for the
Debenture or be bound to see the application thereof; |
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(h) | the Debenture Trustee shall not be responsible for acting upon any consent
of the Debenture Holder or any resolution purporting to have been passed at any meeting of the Debenture Holders
in respect whereof minutes have been made and signed even though it may subsequently be found that there was |
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some defect in the constitution of the meeting or the passing of the resolution or that for
any reason the resolution was not valid or binding upon the Debenture Holders;
(i) | without prejudice to the rights to indemnity by law given to the Debenture Trustee and every
attorney, manager, agent or other Person appointed by them hereunder shall, subject to the
provisions of the Act; be entitled to be indemnified by the Issuer in respect of all
liabilities and expenses incurred by them or him in the execution or purported execution of
the powers and trusts thereof or of any powers, authorities or discretion vested in them or
him pursuant to these presents in the absence of breach, gross negligence or willful neglect,
default or fraud, and, subject to clause 9.1, the Debenture Trustee may retain and pay out of
any monies in their hands UPON THE TRUSTS of these presents the amount of any liabilities and
expenses necessary to effect such indemnity and also remuneration of the Debenture Trustee as
herein provided; |
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(j) | The Debenture Trustee shall have full power to determine all questions and doubts arising in
relation to any of the provisions hereof and every such determination, bona fide made,
whether or not the same shall relate wholly or partially to the acts or proceedings of the
Debenture Trustee, shall be conclusive and binding upon all Debenture Holders. Without
limiting the effect of the foregoing, in respect of any doubt or ambiguity arising in
relation to any of the provisions of these presents or if the Debenture Trustee is unsure as
to the manner in which it should exercise its powers, authorities, discretions, rights or
remedies under these presents, the Debenture Trustee may obtain the instructions or
directions of Debenture Holders representing at least 50 % (Fifty per cent.) of the aggregate
outstanding Debentures, and it shall not be liable to the Debenture Holders or any other
party for so acting in accordance with such instructions or directions; |
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(m) | subject to the provisions of Applicable Laws, including, Section 119 of the Act, the
Debenture Trustee shall not be liable for anything whatsoever except breach of this Deed,
gross negligence, willful neglect, default, fraud, a breach of trust knowingly and
intentionally committed by the Debenture Trustee; |
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(n) | subject to the provisions of Applicable Laws, including, Section 119 of the Act, the
Debenture Trustee shall not be liable for any default, omission or delay in performing or
exercising any of the powers or trusts herein expressed or contained or any of them or in
enforcing the covenants herein contained or any of them or in giving notice to any Person or
Persons of the execution hereof or for any loss or injury which may be occasioned by reason
thereof unless the Debenture Trustee shall have been previously requested by notice in writing
to perform, exercise or do any of such steps as aforesaid by the Debenture Holder and in case
where there are more one Debenture Holder then the request being made by such Debenture
Holders representing not less than 3/4th of the nominal amount of the Debenture for
the time being outstanding by a notice in writing or by a Special Resolution duly passed at a
meeting of the Debenture Holders convened in accordance with the provisions set out in
Schedule II and the Debenture Trustee shall not be bound to perform, exercise or do any such
acts, powers or things or to take any such steps unless and until sufficient monies shall have
been provided or provision to the satisfaction of the Debenture Trustee made for providing the
same by or on behalf of the Debenture Holder or some of them in order to provide for any
costs, charges and expenses which the Debenture Trustee may incur or may have to pay in connection with
the same and the Debenture Trustee is indemnified to their satisfaction against all further costs, charges, expenses
and liabilities which may be incurred in complying with such request. |
PROVIDED NEVERTHELESS that nothing contained
in this Clause 17 shall exempt the Debenture Trustee from or indemnify them against any liability for breach
of trust nor any liability which by virtue of Applicable Laws would otherwise attach to them in
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respect of any fraud, gross negligence, willful default or breach of trust which they may be
guilty of in relation to their duties hereunder.
18. | BREACH OF COVENANT BY THE ISSUER MAY BE WAIVED |
The Debenture Trustee shall not, unless directed by a Special Resolution of the Debenture
Holders or by written consent of Debenture Holders representing 3/4th of the
aggregate outstanding amount of the Debenture waive any breach by the
Issuer of any of the
covenants and provisions in this document. Upon such Special Resolution or written consent,
the Debenture Trustee may waive on such terms and conditions as to it shall seem expedient any
breach by the Issuer of any of the covenants and provisions in these presents contained,
without prejudice to the rights of the Debenture Trustee in respect of any subsequent breach
thereof.
19. | POWER OF TRUSTEES TO DELEGATE/APPOINT AGENTS |
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19.1 | The Debenture Trustee may, in the execution and exercise of all or any of the trusts, powers,
authorities and discretions vested in them by these presents act by an officer, agent, or
delegate for the time being of the Debenture Trustee and the Debenture Trustee may also,
whenever they think it expedient, delegate by power of attorney or otherwise to any such
officer, agent or person all or any of the trusts, powers, authorities and discretions vested
in them by these presents (including the power to hold any title documents, and receipt of and
payment of monies) and any such delegation may be made upon such terms and conditions and
subject to such regulations, including power to sub-delegate, as the Debenture Trustee may
think fit and the Debenture Trustee shall not be bound to supervise the proceedings or be in
anyway responsible for any loss incurred by any such delegatee to the extent arising out of
actions undertaken in good faith and permitted by law. |
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19.2 | The Debenture Trustee shall appoint, or ensure that the Issuer appoints the R&T Agent; |
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20. | DEBENTURE TRUSTEE MAY CONTRACT WITH ISSUER |
Neither the Debenture Trustee nor any agent of the Debenture Trustee shall be precluded from
making any contract or entering into any arrangement or transaction with the Issuer in the
ordinary course of business or from undertaking any banking, financial or agency services for
the Issuer or from underwriting or guaranteeing the subscription of or placing or subscribing
for or otherwise acquiring, holding or dealing with any of the stocks or shares or Debenture
or Debenture stocks or any other securities whatsoever of the Issuer or in which the Issuer
may be interested either with or without a commission or other remuneration or otherwise at
any time entering into any contract of loan or deposit or any other contract or arrangement or
transaction with the Issuer or being concerned or interested in any such contract or
arrangement or transaction which any other company or Person not being a Debenture Trustee of
these presents would be entitled to enter into with the Issuer and they shall not be in anyway
be liable to account either to the Issuer or to the Debenture Holder for any profits made by
them thereby or in connection therewith and the Debenture Trustee or any agent of the
Debenture Trustee shall also be allowed to retain for their or his own benefit any customary
share of brokerage, fee, commission, interest, discount or other compensation or remuneration
allowed to them or him.
21. | DEBENTURE TRUSTEE’S REMUNERATION |
(i) | The Issuer shall pay to the Trustees remuneration as mutually agreed in the fee letter. |
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(ii) | The Company shall pay to the Trustees all legal, traveling and other costs, charges and expenses
incurred by them, their officers, employees, agents in connection with execution of these presents all other documents affecting the
security to be created herein and will indemnify them against all actions, |
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proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, claims and demands whatsoever which may be brought
or made against or incurred by them in respect of any matter or thing done or omitted to
be done other than in case of their willful default, breach, misconduct, negligence or
fraud in respect of or in relation to the properties charged/to be charged to the
Trustees.
22. | SURRENDER |
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22.1 | SURRENDER OF DEBENTURES FOR PAYMENT |
On payment to the Debenture Holders of the Redemption Price and the Interest payable to them
upon such Debentures, the Debentures would have to be surrendered in the form and manner
advised to the Debenture Holders by the Issuer.
22.2 | FAILURE TO SURRENDER THE DEBENTURES |
In the event of any holder of any Debentures not surrendering such Debentures, which the
Issuer is ready to pay or satisfy in accordance with the terms of these presents (such event
being as communicated to the Debenture Trustee), within 30 (thirty) days after such proposed
date of redemption the Issuer shall deposit in an account in the name of the Debenture
Trustee in a bank rated ‘AAA (ind)’ by Credit Ratings Agency, which shall be operated by the
Debenture Trustee for the purpose, an amount equal to the amount due to such Debenture
Holders in respect of such Debentures and upon such deposit being made or upon the Issuer
making any other arrangements to the satisfaction of the Debenture Trustee, the Debentures
which the Issuer is ready to pay or satisfy as aforesaid shall be deemed to have been paid
off or satisfied in accordance with the provisions hereof.
22.3 | For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Clause 22 shall not apply to Debentures
held in dematerialized form. |
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23. | MODIFICATIONS TO THESE PRESENTS |
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The Debenture Trustee shall concur with the Issuer in making any modifications in these
presents and to any modification of the terms of the Debenture or any of the other
Transaction Documents. Any change or modification to the terms of the Debenture or the
Debenture Trust Deed shall require approval by the Debenture Holders as set out in Schedule
II. Upon obtaining such approval, the Debenture Trustee and the Issuer shall give effect to
the same by executing necessary deed(s) supplemental to these presents (as necessary). |
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24. | RETIREMENT & REMOVAL OF DEBENTURE TRUSTEE |
(a) | The Debenture Trustee hereof may retire at any time without assigning any reason
and without being responsible for any loss or costs occasioned by such retirement
provided that they shall have given at least 1 (one) month’s previous notice in writing
to the Issuer in that behalf. Provided that any resignation by the Debenture Trustee
shall become effective after a successor Debenture Trustee has been appointed in
accordance with this Deed. |
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(b) | The Debenture Trustee hereof may be removed by the Debenture Holders by a Special
Resolution duly passed at the meeting of the Debenture Holders convened in accordance
with the provisions set out in Schedule II and the Issuer shall appoint such person or
persons as may be nominated by the Debenture Holder as the new Debenture Trustee hereof; |
For the purposes aforesaid, forthwith upon receipt of the notice of
retirement from the Debenture Trustee for the time being hereof or on the occurrence of the vacancy in the office of the Debenture Trustee hereof, the Issuer shall inform
the same to the Debenture Holder. The Issuer may, in consultation with the Debenture Holder appoint a body corporate or a
statutory corporation which is a financial institution in the public sector which is registered under the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Debenture Trustee) Regulations, 1993 as a Debenture Trustee hereof.
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25. | NOTICES |
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25.1 | Any notices, request and other communications to be given or made under this Deed shall be
in writing; and except as provided otherwise in this Deed, such notice, request or other
communication shall be deemed to have been duly given or made: |
(a) | if given by fax, when such fax is transmitted to the fax number specified herein
and the appropriate answerback is received, or |
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(b) | if delivered by air courier service, 72 hours after such communication is delivered
to the courier service, shipping charges paid and properly addressed, and |
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(c) | if given by registered post or speed post, when delivered at the address specified
herein. |
Provided further that an original of each notice and communication sent by telex or facsimile
shall be dispatched by person, or courier and, if such person or courier service is not
available, by registered first class mail with postage prepaid, provided that the effective
date of any such notice shall be determined in accordance with this Clause, without regard to
the dispatch of such original.
The address for service of the Issuer shall be:
Name of the Company: XX. XXXXX’X LABORATORIES LIMITED | ||
Address:
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0-0-00, Xxxxxxxx, | |
Xxxxxxxxx – 500 016 | ||
Attn:
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Mr. K. Ganesh, Vice-President, Finance | |
Tel No.:
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00 00 0000 0000 / | |
Fax:
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00 00 0000 0000 / | |
The address for service of the Debenture Trustee shall be: | ||
IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited | ||
Address:
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Asian Xxxxxxxx, | |
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 00, X. Xxxxxx Xxxx, | ||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, | ||
Xxxxxx 400 001 | ||
Attn:
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MD & CEO | |
Tel No.:
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000-00000000 | |
Fax:
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000-00000000 |
25.2 | Any Party may in writing to other Party change its designated address. Such change shall
take effect when all Parties have been informed of it. |
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26. | WAIVER |
26.1 | No Implied Waiver of Impairment |
No delay or omission of the Debenture Trustee
in exercising any right, power or remedy accruing of the Debenture Trustee upon any default hereunder shall impair any such right,
power or remedy to be construed to be a waiver thereof or any acquiescence in such default, nor shall the action or
inaction of the Debenture Trustee in respect of any default or any acquiescence by it in any default affect or impair any
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right power or remedy of the Debenture Trustee in respect of any other defaults nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights and remedies of the
Debenture Trustee herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies
provided by law or equity.
26.2 | Express Waiver |
A waiver or consent granted by the Debenture Trustee under this Deed will be effective only if
given in writing and then only in the instance and for the purpose for which it is given.
27. | MISCELLANEOUS |
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27.1 | Discharges and Releases |
Notwithstanding any discharge, release or settlement from time to time between the Debenture
Trustee and the Issuer, if any discharge or payment in respect of the obligations of the
Issuer under this Deed is avoided or set aside or ordered to be surrendered, paid away,
refunded or reduced by virtue of any provision of law or enactment relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, liquidation, winding up, composition or arrangement for the time being in force or
for any other reason resulting in the above, the Debenture Trustee shall be entitled hereafter
to enforce this Deed as if no such discharge, release or settlement had occurred.
27.2 | Limitation on Rights of Others |
Nothing in this Deed, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any Person
other than the Debenture Trustee, the Debenture Holder and the Issuer, any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Deed. Except as expressly provided in this
Deed, the covenants and undertakings by the Issuer contained herein are, and shall be
construed to be, for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Debenture Trustee and the
Debenture Holder.
27.3 | Other Remedies |
The rights and remedies conferred upon the Debenture Trustee under this Deed:
(a) | shall not prejudice any other rights or remedies to which the Debenture Trustee
may, independently of this Deed, whether by statute or otherwise, be entitled and in
particular, the Debenture Trustee and/or the Debenture Holders shall retain all rights
and remedies available to it under the Scheme and this Deed; and |
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(b) | shall not be prejudiced by any other rights or remedies to which the Debenture
Trustee may, independently of this Deed, be entitled to, or any collateral or other
security now or hereinafter held by the Debenture Trustee. |
28. | SEVERABILITY |
Every provision contained in this Deed shall be severable and distinct from every other such
provision and if at any time any one or more of such provisions is or becomes invalid illegal
or unenforceable in any respect under any law, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way affected or impaired thereby.
29. | EFFECTIVE DATE |
The provisions of this Deed shall become effective
on the Date of Xxxxxxxxx.
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00. | GOVERNING LAW |
This Deed shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Indian law.
31. | JURISDICTION |
31.1 | The Issuer agrees that the courts and tribunals in Hyderabad shall have exclusive
jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Deed and
that accordingly any suit, action or proceedings (together referred to as “Proceedings”)
arising out of or in connection with this Deed may be brought in such
courts or the tribunals
and the Issuer irrevocably submits to and accepts for itself and in respect of its property,
generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of those courts or tribunals. |
31.2 | The Issuer irrevocably waives any objection now or in future, to the laying of the venue of
any Proceedings in the courts and tribunals at Hyderabad and any claim that any such
Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further irrevocably agrees that a
judgment in any Proceedings brought in the courts and tribunals at Hyderabad shall be
conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced in the courts of any other jurisdiction,
(subject to the laws of such jurisdiction) by a suit upon such judgment, a certified copy of
which shall be conclusive evidence of such judgment, or in any other manner provided by law. |
31.4 | The Issuer hereby consents generally in respect of any Proceedings arising out of or in
connection with this Deed to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in
connection with such Proceedings including, without limitation, the making,
enforcement or execution against any property whatsoever (irrespective of its use or intended
use) of any order or judgment which may be made or given in such Proceedings. |
31.5 | To the extent that the Issuer may in any jurisdiction claim for itself or its assets immunity
from suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise)
or other legal process and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed
to itself or its assets such immunity (whether or not claimed), the issuer hereby irrevocably
agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity. |
32. | INCONSISTENCY |
In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Deed and the Scheme, it is
agreed that the terms of the Scheme shall prevail over these. The Parties shall take all steps
to amend this Deed so as to remove such inconsistency in accordance with Clause 22.
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SCHEDULE I
Financial Covenants and Conditions
1. | DEBENTURES TO RANK PARI PASSU |
The Debentures shall rank pari passu, inter se, without any preference or priority of one over
the other or others of them.
2. | INTEREST |
A. | RATE AND MANNER OF PAYMENT |
The Debentures shall carry interest at the rate of 9.25% per annum payable yearly. The first
instalment of interest shall be payable at the end of each 12 calendar month period from the
Date of Allotment on the unredeemed balance of each Debenture. The interest for the last
period shall be payable together with the last instalment of the redemption of the said
Debentures on the Redemption Date.
B. | DEFAULT INTEREST |
All interest on the Debentures and all other monies shall, in case the same be not paid on
the respective due dates, (except for such interest paymentst which are unpaid due to
technical reasons and the same is not corrected within two weeks) carry further interest at
the rate of 12% per annum computed from the respective due dates and shall become payable
upon the footing of compound interest with rests taken half yearly.
3. | REDEMPTION |
The Issuer shall pay to the relevant Debenture Holders the applicable Redemption Price of the
Debentures on March 24, 2014 (“Redemption Date”).
4. | PAYMENTS |
Payment of the principal and interest will be made to the Debenture Holders and in case of
joint holders to the one whose name stands first in the register of Debenture Holders. Such
payments shall be made by either the ECS / NEFT facility or by way of cheque or warrant drawn
by the Company on its bankers.
5. | TAXATION |
As per the existing tax laws, tax will be deducted at source at the time of actual payment of
interest to the Debenture Holders at the rate for the time being prescribed by the Income-tax
Act, 1961.
6. | FURTHER BORROWINGS |
The Company shall be entitled to make further issue of Debentures and/or raise further loans
and/or avail of further deferred payment/guarantee facilities from time to time for any
amounts and from such persons/public financial institutions/banks or any other financial corporations or body corporate.
7. | REPURCHASE OF DEBENTURES |
The Company shall have a right to repurchase the said
Debentures and cancel or re-issue them from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Section 121 and
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other applicable Sections, if any, of the Companies Act, 1956. Upon such reissue the person
entitled to the Debentures shall have and shall be deemed always to have had, the same rights
and priorities as if the Debentures had never been redeemed.
8. | DIVIDEND |
So long as the Company is in default to meet its obligations to pay interest, repayment of the
principal amount or any other monies related to the said Debentures, the Company shall not
declare any dividend on its share capital, without obtaining the prior written approval of the
Trustees.
9. | NOMINEE DIRECTOR |
The Debenture Trustee shall have a right to appoint a Nominee Director in terms of the SEBI
guidelines in the event of:
(i) two consecutive defaults in payment of interest to the Debenture holders where such
default is not cured within 30 Business Days of a notice to that effect by the Debenture
Trustee to the Issuer; or
(ii) default in redemption of Debentures.
10. | TRANSFER OF DEBENTURES |
The Debentures shall be transferable and transmittable in the same manner and to the same
extent and be subject to the same restrictions and limitations as in the case of the Equity
Shares of the Company.
11. | DEBENTURES FREE FROM EQUITIES |
The Debenture Holders will be entitled to their Debentures free from equities or cross claims
by the Company against the original or any intermediate holders thereof.
12. | DEBENTURE HOLDERS NOT ENTITLED TO SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHTS |
The Debenture Holders will not be entitled to any of the rights and privileges available to
the shareholders including right to receive notices of or to attend and vote at General
Meetings or to receive Annual Reports of the Company.
13. | VARIATION OF DEBENTURE HOLDERS’ RIGHTS |
The rights, privileges and conditions attached to the Debentures may be varied, modified or
abrogated with the consent in writing of the holders of at least three-fourths of the amount
outstanding on the Debentures or with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a
meeting of the Debenture Holders.
14. | REPLACEMENT OF DEBENTURE CERTIFICATES |
If, the Debenture Certificate is mutilated or defaced then, upon production thereof to the
Company, the Company shall cancel the same and issue a new certificate in lieu thereof. If,
any Debenture Certificate is lost, stolen or destroyed then, upon proof thereof to the
satisfaction of the Company and upon furnishing such indemnity as the Company may deem
adequate and upon payment of any expenses incurred by the Company in connection with proof of such destruction
or theft or in connection with such indemnity, the Company shall issue a new certificate. A fee will be charged
by the Company not exceeding a sum of Rs. 2/- on each fresh Debenture Certificate issued hereunder except certificates in replacement
of those which are old, decrepit or worn out or defaced or where the cages for recording transfers have been fully utilised.
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SCHEDULE II
Provisions for Meetings of the Debenture Holders
The following provisions shall apply to the meetings of the Debenture Holders:-
1. | Who may Convene the Meeting |
(i) | The Debenture Trustee or the Issuer may, at any time, and the Debenture Trustee
shall at the request in writing of the holder(s) of Debenture representing not less than
one-tenth in value of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Debenture, convene a
meeting of the Debenture Holders. Any such meeting shall be held at such place in the
city where the registered office of the Issuer is situated or at such other place as the
Debenture Trustee shall determine. |
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(ii) | The Debenture Trustee may call or cause to be called by the Issuer a meeting of
all the Debenture Holders on the happening of any event which may constitute a payment
default or which in the opinion of the Debenture Trustee affects the interests of the
Debenture Holders. |
2. | Notice of Meeting to Debenture Holders |
(i) | A meeting of the Debenture Holders may be called by giving not less than 21
(twenty-one) days’ notice in writing. |
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(ii) | A meeting may be called after giving shorter notice than that specified in
sub-clause (i), if consent is accorded thereto by holders of Debenture representing not
less than 50 % (fifty per cent.) of the aggregate outstanding Debentures. |
3. | Contents and Manner of Service of Notice and Persons on whom it is to be Served |
(i) | Every notice of a meeting of the Debenture Holders shall specify the place, day
and hour of the meeting and shall contain a statement of the business to be transacted
thereat. |
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(ii) | Notice of every meeting shall be given to: |
(a) | every Debenture Holder in the manner provided in this Deed for service of
notice; |
(b) | the person(s) entitled to a Debenture as a consequence of death or
insolvency of a Debenture Holder, by sending it through post in a prepaid letter
addressed to them by name or by the title of the representatives of the deceased, or
assignees of the insolvent or by any like description at the address, if any, in
India supplied for the purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled or until
such an address has been so supplied, by giving the notice in any manner in which it
might have been given if the death or insolvency had not occurred. |
(c) | the auditor for the time being of the Issuer in the manner authorised by
Section 53 of the Act in the case of the members of the Issuer; and |
(d) | the Debenture Trustee when the meeting is convened by the Issuer and the
Issuer when the meeting is convened by the Debenture Trustee. |
Provided that, where the notice of a meeting is given by advertising
the same in a newspaper circulating in the neighbourhood of the |
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registered office of the Issuer under sub-section (3) of Section 53 of the Act the
statement of material facts referred to in Section 173 of the Act need not be
annexed to the notice as required by that Section but it shall be mentioned in the
advertisement that the statement has been forwarded to the Debenture Holders.
(e) | The accidental omission to give notice to, or the non-receipt of notice
by, any Debenture Holder or other person to whom it should be given shall not
invalidate the proceedings at the meeting. |
4. | Explanatory Statement to be Annexed |
(i) | There shall be annexed to the notice of the meeting a statement setting out all
material facts concerning each such item of business including, in particular, the
nature of the concern or interest, if any, therein of every director and the manager, if
any, of the Issuer. |
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Provided that where any item of special business as aforesaid to be transacted at a
meeting of the Debenture Holders relates to, or affects, any other company, the extent
of shareholding interest in that other company of any director, and the manager, if any,
of the first mentioned company shall also be set out in the statement if the extent of
such shareholding interest is not less than 20% (twenty per cent.) of the paid up share
capital of that other company. |
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(ii) | Where any item of business consists of the according of approval to any document
by the meeting, the time and place where the document can be inspected shall be
specified in the statement aforesaid. |
5. | Quorum for Meeting |
(i) | At every meeting of the Debenture Holders, the holder(s) of not less than
3/4th (three fourth) of the aggregate outstanding Debenture shall be the
quorum for the meeting of the Debenture Holders, and the provisions of the following
sub-clause (ii) shall apply with respect thereto. |
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(ii) | If, within half an hour from the time appointed for holding a meeting of the
Debenture Holders, a quorum is not present, the meeting, if called upon the requisition
of the Debenture Holders shall stand dissolved but in any other case the meeting shall
stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, or to such
other day and at such other time and place as the Debenture Trustee may determine and
if, at the adjourned meeting also a quorum is not present within half an hour from the
time appointed for the holding of the meeting, the Debenture Holders present shall be a
quorum. |
6. | Chairman of Meeting |
(i) | The nominee of the Debenture Trustee shall be the chairman of the meeting and in
his absence the Debenture Holders personally present at the meeting shall elect one of
them to be the chairman thereof on a show of hands. |
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(ii) | If a poll is demanded on the election of the chairman, it shall be taken forthwith
in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the chairman elected on a show of hands
exercising all the powers of the chairman under the said provisions. |
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(iii) | If some other person is elected chairman as a result of the poll, he shall be
chairman for the rest of the meeting. |
7. | Directors and Debenture Trustee may Attend Meeting |
The Debenture Trustee and the directors of the Issuer and their respective legal advisors/solicitors may attend any meeting but shall not be entitled to vote thereat.
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8. | Passing of Resolution by Poll |
At any meeting, a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided by way of a
poll.
9. | Votes |
At every such meeting each Debenture Holder shall be entitled to 1 (one) vote in respect of
every Debenture of which he is a holder and in respect of which he is entitled to vote.
10. | Proxies |
(i) | Any Debenture Holder entitled to attend and vote at the meeting shall be entitled
to appoint another person (whether a Debenture Holder or not) as his proxy to attend and
vote instead of himself. |
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(ii) | In every notice calling the meeting there shall appear with reasonable prominence
a statement that a Debenture Holder entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint
one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of himself and that a proxy need not be a
Debenture Holder. |
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(iii) | The instrument appointing a proxy and the power of attorney (if any) under which
it is signed or a copy of the power of attorney certified by a notary shall be deposited
at the registered office of the Issuer not less than 48 (forty-eight) hours before the
time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the
instrument proposes to vote or in case of a poll, not less than 24 (twenty-four) hours
before the time appointed for the taking of the poll and in default, the instrument of
proxy shall-not be treated as valid. |
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(iv) | The instrument appointing a proxy shall: |
(a) | be in writing; and |
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(b) | be signed by the appointer or his attorney duly authorised in writing, or
if the appointer is a body corporate, be under its seal or be signed by an officer
or an attorney duly authorised by it. |
(v) | The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in any of the forms set out at the foot
of Annexure “D” to the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms, 1956,
and shall not be questioned on the ground that it fails to comply with any special
requirements specified for such instruments by the Articles of the Issuer. |
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(vi) | Every Debenture Holder entitled to vote at a meeting of the Debenture Holders of
the Issuer on any resolution to be moved there at shall be entitled during the period
beginning 24 (twenty four) hours before the time fixed for the commencement of the
meeting and ending with the conclusion of the meeting to inspect the proxies lodged, at
any time during the business hours of the Issuer, provided not less than 3 (three) day’s
notice in writing of the intention so to inspect is given to the Issuer. |
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(vii) | A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid
notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or the revocation of the proxy or of the authority
under which the proxy was executed or the transfer of the Debenture in respect of which the proxy is given; provided that,
no intimation in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer shall have been received by the
Issuer at its registered office before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the
proxy is used. |
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11. | To Vote Differently |
A Debenture Holder entitled to more than one vote or his proxy or other person entitled to
vote for him, as the case may be, need not, if he votes, use all his votes or cast in the same
way all the votes he uses.
12. | Scrutineers at Poll |
(i) | The chairman of the meeting shall appoint 2 (two) scrutineers to scrutinise the
votes given on the poll and to report thereon to him. |
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(ii) | The chairman shall have power, at any time before the result of the poll is
declared, to remove a scrutineer from office and to fill vacancies in the office of
scrutineer arising from such removal or from any other cause. |
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(iii) | Of the two scrutineers appointed under this Clause, one shall always be a
Debenture Holder (not being an officer or employee of the Issuer) present at the
meeting, provided that such a Debenture Holder is available and willing to be appointed. |
13. | Manner of Taking Poll and Results Thereof |
(i) | Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the
power to regulate the manner in which a poll shall be taken. |
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(ii) | The result of the poll shall be deemed to be the decision of the meeting on the
resolution on which the poll was taken. |
14. | Voting in Case of Joint Holders |
In the case of joint Debenture Holders, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether in
person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the other joint holder or holders.
15. | Power to Adjourn Meeting |
The chairman of a meeting of the Debenture Holders may, with the consent of a simple majority
of the Debenture Holders by value present (whether in person or by proxy) at the meeting,
adjourn the same from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be
transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting
from which the adjournment took place.
16. | Casting Vote |
In the case of equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of
the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded, shall be
entitled to a second or casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which he may be
entitled to as a DebentureHolder.
17. | Continuance of Business |
The demand of a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any
business other than the question on which a poll has been demanded.
18. | Chairman’s Decision Conclusive |
The chairman of any meeting shall be the sole judge of the validity of every
vote tendered at such meeting. The chairman present at the taking of a poll shall be the sole judge of the validity of every vote
tendered at such poll.
19. | Powers of the Meeting |
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A meeting of the Debenture Holders shall, inter alia, have the following powers in respect of
matters relating to the Debentures, exercisable in the manner hereinafter specified:
(i) | Power to sanction any compromise or arrangement proposed to be made between the
Issuer and the Debenture Holders. |
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(ii) | Power to sanction any modification, alteration or abrogation of any of the rights of
the Debenture Holders (other than as set out in (iv) below) against the Issuer, whether
such right shall arise under this Deed or Debenture or otherwise. |
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(iii) | Power to sanction any modification, alteration or abrogation of any of the terms of
the Debenture relating to the Maturity, Interest, redemption amount. |
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(iv) | Power to assent to any scheme for reconstruction or amalgamation of or by the Issuer
whether by sale or transfer of assets under any power in the Issuer’s Memorandum of
Association or otherwise under the Act or provisions of any law. |
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(v) | Power to assent to any modification of the provisions contained in this Deed and to
authorise the Debenture Trustee to concur in and execute any supplemental deed embodying
any such modification. |
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(vi) | Power to remove the existing Debenture Trustee and to appoint new Debenture Trustee
in respect of the Debentures. |
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(vii) | Power to give any direction, sanction, request or approval under any provision of
this Deed. |
20. | Special Resolution |
The powers set out in Clause 19 of this Schedule shall be exercisable by a resolution passed
by votes representing 3/4th (three-fourths) of the aggregate outstanding amount of
the Debentures, at a meeting of the Debenture Holders duly convened and held in accordance
with provisions herein contained (referred to as a “Special Resolution”).
21. | Resolution |
A resolution passed by votes representing the
outstanding amount of the Debenture at a
general meeting of the Debenture Holders duly convened and held in accordance with these
presents, shall be binding upon all the Debenture Holders, whether present or not at such
meeting, and each of the Debenture Holders shall be bound to give effect thereto accordingly,
and the passing of any such resolution shall be conclusive evidence that the circumstances
justify the passing thereof, the intention being that it shall rest with the meeting to
determine without appeal whether or not the circumstances justify the passing of such
resolution.
22. | Minutes |
Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings of every such meeting as aforesaid shall be
recorded and duly entered in books maintained for the said purpose and any such minutes as
aforesaid, if purported to be signed by the chairman of the meeting at which such resolutions were passed or proceedings
held or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting of the Debenture Holders, shall be conclusive evidence of
the matters therein contained and, until the contrary is proved, every such meeting in respect of the proceedings of
which minutes have been so recorded shall be deemed to have been duly held and convened and all
resolutions passed thereat or proceedings taken, to have been duly passed and taken.
Notwithstanding anything herein contained,
it shall be competent for all the Debenture Holders to exercise the rights, powers and authorities of the Debenture
Holders under this Deed by a letter or letters signed by or on behalf of the Debenture Holders representing 3/4th
(three fourth) of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Debenture without convening a meeting of the Debenture Holders
as if such letter or letters constituted a Special Resolution, passed at a meeting duly convened and held as
aforesaid and shall have effect accordingly.
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23. | Provisions for the Written Consent of the Debenture Holders |
(i) | For any written consent of the Debenture Holders, the Debenture Trustee (or as
applicable, the Issuer or a Debenture Holder) shall provide a notice in writing to the
last available address of each Debenture Holder at least 10 (ten) Business Days prior
to the date on which any decision is required to be made or consent to be provided is.
The record date of such notice shall be the date falling 3 (three) Business Days prior
to the date of dispatch of such notice. |
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(ii) | If the notice specifies any notice period, then any consents received after such
notice period will not be accepted. The Debenture Holders are required to submit their
consent only in written form to the Debenture Trustee. |
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SCHEDULE III
FORM OF DEBENTURE CERTIFICATE
FORM OF DEBENTURE CERTIFICATE
Xx. Xxxxx’x Laboratories Limited
(Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956)
Regd. Office: .0-0-00, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx — 500 016
(Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956)
Regd. Office: .0-0-00, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx — 500 016
DEBENTURE CERTIFICATE
Issue
of Unsecured, Redeemable, Non-Convertible, Fully-Paid up Debentures
of 5/- each of the
aggregate nominal value of
5,077,581,960/- (Rupees Five Hundred Seven Crores Seventy Five Lakhs
Eighty One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty only) carrying interest at the
rate of 9.25% per annum,
all ranking pari passu inter se and numbered 1 to 1015516392 (both
inclusive) under the authority of
the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and Resolution passed by the shareholders
at the court convened meeting held on May 28, 2010 and in terms of the Scheme of Arrangement
between the Company and its Members for issue of Unsecured,
Redeemable, Non-convertible, Fully Paid
up Bonus. Debentures from General Reserve, approved by the Hon’ble High Court of Judicature of
Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad vide Order dated July 19, 2010.
This
Debenture Certificate is issued in terms of the Debenture Trust Deed dated March 15, 2011 (the
“Trust Deed”) entered into between the Company and IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (the
“Trustee”). The Trustee will act as Trustee for the holders for the time being of the Debentures
(the “Debentureholder”) in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Deed. The Debentureholders
are entitled to the benefit of and are bound by and are deemed to have notice of all the provisions
of the Trust Deed. All rights and remedies of the Debentureholders against the Company in respect
of, arising out of or incidential to the Debentures shall be
exercisable by the Debentureholders
only through the Trustee.
This is to certify that the Person(s) named in this
certificate below or the last Transferee(s)
whose name(s) is/are duly recorded in the Memorandum of Transfers on the reversed hereof is/are the
Registered Holder(s) of the within mentioned Debenture(s) bearing the distinctive number(s) herein
specified, subject to the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and that the
amount endorsed hereon has been paid up on such debentures.
9.25% UNSECURED, REDEEMABLE, NON-CONVERTIBLE XXXXXXXXXX XX 0/-
XXXXXX XXXX-XX PER DEBENTURE 5/-
XXXXXX XXXX-XX PER DEBENTURE 5/-
Regd. Folio No.:
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Debenture Certificate No: | |
Name(s) of the holder(s): |
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No. of Debenture(s) held: |
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Distinctive No.(s): |
These Debentures are issued subject to and with the benefit of the Terms and Conditions endorsed
hereon which shall be binding on the Company and the Debentureholders and all persons claiming by
through or under any of them and shall ensure for the benefit of the Trustee and all persons
claiming by through or under them. The Company hereby agrees and undertakes to duly and punctually
pay, observe and perform the Terms and Conditions endorsed hereon.
Given at Hyderabad under the Common Seal of the Company on
Chairman |
Director |
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Secretary/Authorised Signatory |
Note:
No transfer of Debentures comprised in this certificate can be
registered unless accompanied by this Certificate.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF DEBENTURES
1. | Debentures to Rank Pari Passu : |
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The Debentures shall rank pari passu, inter se, without any preference or priority of one over the
other or others of them. |
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2. | Interest: |
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The coupon rate on the Debentures shall be 9.25% annually payable in arrear. The interest will be
payable at the end of 12th, 24th and 36th months from the date of allotment on the unredeemed
balance of each Debenture. All payments in respect of the interest payable to be made less any
reduction or withholdings or on account of any present or future taxes or duties as required under
the laws in India. |
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3. | Redemption: |
a) | The Debenture shall be fully redeemed at par at the end of 36 months from the date of
allotment. However, if the due date of redemption is a holiday/Sunday, the Debentures will be
redeemed on the next Business Day. |
b) | For the Debentureholders holding Debentures in the physical form, the Debentures will be
redeemed on maturity against the surrender by the Debentureholder of the Debenture
certificate together with a certified true copy of the power of attorney, wherever applicable,
or such other authority as may be required by the Company from time to time at least 30 days
in advance of the Redemption Date. |
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c) | The Debentures held in electronic form shall be taken as discharged on payment of the
redemption amount by the Company on maturity to the registered Debentureholders. On such
payment being made, the Company, will inform the Depository and accordingly the
account of the Debentureholder will be adjusted. |
4. | Payment |
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The interest payment on Debentures shall be made to the Debentureholders recorded in the books of
the Company and in the case of joint holders to the one whose name stands first in the Register on
the Record date fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company for the purpose. Interest shall be paid to the person whose name appears as the sole/first applicant in the register of the Debentureholders on the record date. |
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In event of the Company not receiving any notice of transfer along with the original Debenture
Certificates upto the “Record Date fixed for the purpose” the transferee of the Debenture shall not
have any claim against the Company in respect of interest so paid to the registered
Debentureholders. Any claims between the transferor and the transferee shall be settled mutually
and the Company shall have no responsibility or liability in this regard. Wherever, the signatures
of such transferors in the intimation sent to the Company are not in accordance with the specimen
signature of such transferor available on the records of the Company, all payments of remaining
interest on such Debentures will be kept in abeyance by the Company until such time as the Company
is satisfied in this regard. The Interest on Debentures will cease on the Date of Redemption. |
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5. | Transfer / Transmission of Debentures: |
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The Debentures shall be transferable and transmittable in the same manner and to the same extent
and be subject to the same restrictions and limitations as in the case of the existing equity
shares of the Company and the provisions relating to transfer and transmission and other related
matters in respect of the shares of the Company as contained in the Articles of Association of the
Company shall apply mutatis mutandis to the transfer and transmission of the Debentures. |
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6. | Rights of Debentureholders: |
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The Debentureholders will not be entitled to any right and privileges of shareholders other than
those available to them under the statutory provisions. The Debentures shall not confer upon the
Debentureholders the right to receive the annual report and accounts of the Company, the notice or
to attend and vote at the general meeting of the shareholders of the Company. The principal amount
and the interest, if any, on the Debentures will be paid to the Debentureholders named as such in
the Register of Debentureholders or the beneficiary positions provided by the Depositories on the
“Record Date” or in the case of the joint holders to the one whose name stands first. The
Debentures shall be subjected to the other terms and conditions of the Trust Deed and the Articles
of Association of the Company. |
MEMORANDUM OF TRANSFERS OF DEBENTURE(S) MENTIONED OVERLEAF
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Date | Transfer No. | No. | Name(s) of Transferee(s) | Initials | Authorised Signatory | |||||||||||||||
No.:
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF DEBENTURES
1. | Debentures to Rank Pari Passu: |
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The Debentures shall rank pari passu, inter se, without any preference or priority of one over the
other or others of them. |
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2. | Interest: |
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The coupon rate on the Debentures shall be 9.25% annually payable in arrear. The interest will be
payable at the end of 12th, 24th and 36th months from the date of allotment on the unredeemed
balance of each Debenture. All payments in respect of the interest payable to be made less any
reduction or withholdings or on account of any present or future taxes or duties as required under
the laws in India. |
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3. | Redemption: |
a) | The Debenture shall be fully redeemed at par at the end of 36 months from the date of
allotment. However, if the due date of redemption is a holiday/Sunday, the Debentures will be
redeemed on the next Business Day. |
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b) | For the Debentureholders holding Debentures in the physical form, the Debentures will be
redeemed on maturity against the surrender by the Debentureholder of the Debenture certificate
together with a certified true copy of the power of attorney, wherever applicable, or such
other authority as may be required by the Company from time to time at least 30 days in
advance of the Redemption Date. |
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c) | The Debentures held in electronic form shall be taken as discharged on payment of the
redemption amount by the Company on maturity to the registered Debentureholders. On such
payment being made, the Company, will inform the Depository and accordingly the
account of the Debentureholder will be adjusted. |
4. | Payment |
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The interest payment on Debentures shall be made to the Debentureholders recorded in the books of
the Company and in the case of joint holders to the one whose name stands first in the Register on
the Record date fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company for the purpose. |
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Interest shall be
paid to the person whose name appears as the
sole/first applicant in the register of the Debentureholders on the record date. |
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In event of the Company not
receiving any notice of transfer along with the original Debenture
Certificates upto the “Record Date fixed for the purpose” the transferee of the Debenture shall not
have any claim against the Company in respect of interest so paid to the registered
Debentureholders. Any claims between the transferor and the
transferee shall be settled mutually and
the Company shall have no responsibility or liability in this regard. Wherever, the signatures of
such transferors in the intimation sent to the Company are not in accordance with the specimen
signature of such transferor available on the records of the Company, all payments of remaining
interest on such Debentures will be kept in abeyance by the Company
until such time as the Company
is satisfied in this regard. The Interest on Debentures will cease on the Date of Redemption. |
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5. | Transfer / Transmission of Debentures: |
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The Debentures shall be
transferable and transmittable in the same manner and to the same extent
and be subject to the same restrictions and limitations as in the case of the existing equity
shares of the Company and the provisions relating to transfer and transmission and other related
matters in respect of the shares of the Company as contained in the Articles of Association of the
Company shall apply mutatis mutandis to the transfer and transmission of the Debentures. |
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6. | Rights of Debentureholders: |
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The Debentureholders will not be entitled to any right and privileges of shareholders other than
those available to them under the statutory provisions. The Debentures shall not confer upon the
Debentureholders the right to receive the annual report and accounts of the Company, the notice or
to attend and vote at the general meeting of the shareholders of the Company. The principal amount
and the interest, if any, on the Debentures will be paid to the Debentureholders named as such in
the Register of Debentureholders or the beneficiary positions provided by the Depositories on the
“Record Date” or in the case of the joint holders to the one whose name stands first. The
Debentures shall be subjected to the other terms and conditions of the Trust Deed and the Articles
of Association of the Company. |
MEMORANDUM OF TRANSFERS OF DEBENTURE(S) MENTIONED OVERLEAF
Regd. Folio | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Transfer No. | No. | Name(s) of Transferee(s) | Initials | Authorised Signatory | |||||||||||||||
No.:
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the Common Seal of Xx. Xxxxx’x Laboratories Limited has been hereunto affixed
and the Trustee has caused these presents to be executed by its authorised officer the day and year
first hereinabove written in the manner hereinafter appearing.
The Common Seal of Xx. Xxxxx’x Laboratories Limited has been hereunto affixed under the signature
of Mr. K. Ganesh, VP- Finance under the authority granted by the
Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on March 8, 2011.
For
XX. XXXXX’X LABORATORIES LTD
/s/ K. Ganesh
AUTHORISED SIGNATORY
Witnessed by:
1. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
2.
For Xx. XXXXX’X LABORATORIES LTD. | ||
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
XXXXXX XXXXX | ||
MANAGING DIRECTOR & COO |
Signed and delivered by the within IDBI
TRUSTEESHIP SERVICES LIMITED, as the
Debenture Trustee, by the hand of:
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For IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd. | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Designation: Sr. Specialist |
Authorised Signatory | |