{"id":160161,"date":"2003-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-02-27T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sebi-vs-tata-sons-limited-on-28-february-2003"},"modified":"2017-04-21T06:50:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T01:20:04","slug":"sebi-vs-tata-sons-limited-on-28-february-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sebi-vs-tata-sons-limited-on-28-february-2003","title":{"rendered":"Sebi vs Tata Sons Limited on 28 February, 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Securities Appellate Tribunal<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sebi vs Tata Sons Limited on 28 February, 2003<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: G Bajpai<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p> G.N. Bajpai, Chairman<\/p>\n<p> 1. Tata Sons Limited (hereinafter referred to as the &#8216;Acquirer&#8217;) proposes to<br \/>\nacquire 9,74,975 equity shares constituting 11.02% of the equity capital of<br \/>\nTata Honeywell Limited (hereinafter referred to as the &#8216;Target company&#8217;)<br \/>\nfrom Tata Industries Limited (hereinafter referred to as the &#8216;Transferor&#8217;). As<br \/>\nthe proposed acquisition is more than the creeping limit of 5% as per<br \/>\nsub regulation (1) of regulation 11 of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of<br \/>\nShares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 (hereinafter referred to as `the<br \/>\nRegulations&#8217;) , the Acquirer will have to make an open offer to the<br \/>\npublic shareholders of the Target company in terms of sub regulation<br \/>\n(1) of regulation 11 of the Regulations.\n<\/p>\n<p> 1.1 The shares of the Target company are listed at the Mumbai Stock Exchange<br \/>\nand Pune Stock Exchange.\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. The Acquirer made an application dated 20.12.2002 and submitted further<br \/>\ninformation vide letter dated 07.01.2003 under sub-regulation (2) of<br \/>\nregulation 4 of the Regulations to the Securities and Exchange Board of<br \/>\nIndia (hereinafter referred to as `SEBI&#8217;) seeking exemption from compliance<br \/>\nof the provisions of Chapter III of the Regulations for making public<br \/>\nannouncement under sub regulation (1) of regulation 11 of the Regulations.\n<\/p>\n<p> 3. In the aforesaid application, the Acquirer, inter-alia, submitted the<br \/>\nfollowing:\n<\/p>\n<p> i. the Target company is a joint venture between Tata Group and<br \/>\nHoneywell Inc., USA. The current shareholding pattern of the Target<br \/>\ncompany is as follows :-\n<\/p>\n<p>Name of the Shareholder<\/p>\n<p>No. of equity shares<\/p>\n<p>Percentage (%)<\/p>\n<p>(i)<\/p>\n<p>Tata<br \/>\n  Companies (Indian promoters)<\/p>\n<p>Tata<br \/>\n  Industries Ltd. (Transferor)<\/p>\n<p>9,74,975<\/p>\n<p>11.02<\/p>\n<p>Tata Iron<br \/>\n  &amp; Steel Co. Ltd.\n<\/p>\n<p>8,75,000<\/p>\n<p>9.90<\/p>\n<p>Tata<br \/>\n  Chemical Ltd.\n<\/p>\n<p>8,66,250<\/p>\n<p>9.80<\/p>\n<p>The Tata<br \/>\n  Power Co. Ltd.\n<\/p>\n<p>8,75,000<\/p>\n<p>9.90<\/p>\n<p>Total<\/p>\n<p>35,91,225<\/p>\n<p>40.62<\/p>\n<p>(ii)<\/p>\n<p>Foreign<br \/>\n  Promoters<\/p>\n<p>Honeywell<br \/>\n  Asia Pacific Inc.<\/p>\n<p>35,91,250<\/p>\n<p>40.62<\/p>\n<p>(iii)<\/p>\n<p>Public \/<br \/>\n  Others<\/p>\n<p>16,59,048<\/p>\n<p>18.76<\/p>\n<p>Total<\/p>\n<p>88,41,523<\/p>\n<p>100.00<\/p>\n<p> It would be noted from the above table that the holding of the Indian<br \/>\npromoter group in the equity capital of the Target company stands at<br \/>\n35,91,225 equity shares representing 40.62% of its issued and paid up<br \/>\ncapital. The Transferor holds 9,74,975 equity shares being 11.02% shares<br \/>\nin the Target company.\n<\/p>\n<p> ii. As a part of the reorganization of the investment portfolio of the<br \/>\nGroup Companies, the Acquirer proposes to acquire 974,975 equity<br \/>\nshares of the Target company from the Transferor in one or more<br \/>\ntranches at prevailing market price on a spot delivery basis and in<br \/>\naccordance with Explanation (1) to regulation 3(1)(e) of the<br \/>\nRegulations .\n<\/p>\n<p> iii. The Acquirer is a promoter of the Transferor and therefore the<br \/>\nproposed acquisition is in the nature of inter se transfer of shares<br \/>\namongst the promoters and it would not result in a change in<br \/>\ncontrol nor would it effect the public shareholding of the Target<br \/>\ncompany. Further, it would not amount to an acquisition of any<br \/>\nadditional shares by the Indian promoter group in the Target<br \/>\ncompany.\n<\/p>\n<p> iv. The Acquirer may be granted exemption from the provisions of<br \/>\nChapter III of the Regulations for the proposed acquisition of<br \/>\n9,74,975 equity shares of the Target company from the Transferor.\n<\/p>\n<p> 4. The aforesaid application for exemption dated 20.12.02 and further<br \/>\ninformation submitted vide letter dated 07.01.2003 was forwarded to the<br \/>\nTakeover Panel on 17.01.2003 in terms of sub-regulation(4) of regulation 4<br \/>\nof the Regulations. The Takeover Panel vide its report dated January<br \/>\n23,2003. has recommended, inter alia, as under:<br \/>\n  &#8220;On the basis of the statement of Tata Sons Ltd that Tata Sons Ltd. is the<br \/>\npromoter of Tata Industries Ltd. and hence, falls in the Indian Promoter<br \/>\nGriup of Tata Honeywell Ltd., the proposed acquisition would be in the<br \/>\nnature of an inter se transfer of shares amongst the promoters under<br \/>\nRegulation 3(1)(iii)(b) of the Takeover Code. However, it appears that Tata<br \/>\nSons Ltd, the transferee of the said shares is not holding shares in Tata<br \/>\nHoneywell Ltd for a period of atleast three years prior to the proposed<br \/>\nacquisition as required by the proviso to the said Regulation. Since, Tata<br \/>\nSons Ltd and Tata Industries Ltd fall within the definition of &#8216;group&#8217; defined<br \/>\nin the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969, the grant of<br \/>\nexemption is recommended.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> 5. I have taken into consideration the application dated 20.12.02 and further<br \/>\ninformation submitted vide letter dated 07.01.2003 , the facts and<br \/>\ndocuments available on record and also the recommendations of<br \/>\nTakeover Panel.\n<\/p>\n<p> 6. I have noted that the Acquirer and the Transferor belong to Tata Group and<br \/>\nthey fall under the definition of `Group&#8217; as given under Monopolies and<br \/>\nRestrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969.\n<\/p>\n<p> 7. I have noted that the Acquirer is the promoter of the Transferor company.\n<\/p>\n<p> 8. I have noted that the aforesaid acquisition of shares of the Target<br \/>\ncompany by the Acquirer is consequent to re-organization of the<br \/>\ninvestment portfolio of the Tata Group companies and is in the nature of<br \/>\ninter se transfer amongst group companies.\n<\/p>\n<p> 9. I have noted that consequent to the aforesaid inter se transfer of shares<br \/>\nfrom the Transferor to the Acquirer there will be no change in the public<br \/>\nshareholding of the Target company.\n<\/p>\n<p> 10. I have noted that the proposed acquisition will not result in any change in<br \/>\ncontrol over the Target company and post acquisition, the overall holding<br \/>\nof the promoter group of the Target company would continue to remain at<br \/>\n40.62% shares.\n<\/p>\n<p> 11. I find that the grant of exemption to the Acquirer for the proposed<br \/>\nacquisition would not be detrimental to the interest of the investors.\n<\/p>\n<p> 12. Taking into consideration the above, the recommendations of the<br \/>\nTakeover Panel and the interest of the public shareholders of the Target<br \/>\ncompany, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me under sub section<br \/>\n(3) of Section 4 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992<br \/>\nread with sub regulation (6) of regulation 4 of the Regulations for the<br \/>\nreasons recorded hereinabove, I hereby , grant exemption to the Acquirer<br \/>\nfrom complying with provisions of Chapter III of the Regulations with<br \/>\nregard to proposed acquisition of 9,74,975 equity shares constituting<br \/>\n11.02% of the capital of the Target company&#8217; from the Transferor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Securities Appellate Tribunal Sebi vs Tata Sons Limited on 28 February, 2003 Bench: G Bajpai ORDER G.N. Bajpai, Chairman 1. Tata Sons Limited (hereinafter referred to as the &#8216;Acquirer&#8217;) proposes to acquire 9,74,975 equity shares constituting 11.02% of the equity capital of Tata Honeywell Limited (hereinafter referred to as the &#8216;Target company&#8217;) from Tata Industries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sebi vs Tata Sons Limited on 28 February, 2003 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sebi-vs-tata-sons-limited-on-28-february-2003\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sebi vs Tata Sons Limited on 28 February, 2003 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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