Private company transfer of shares.

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09 October 2012 Is it not possible to transfer the shares of the Private company by a member to any other member or outsider. Private company has a restriction on transfer of shares. Can some one please explain a little bit in detail for everyones benefit. Thanks in advance.

09 October 2012 No Restrictions, Transfer Can be at any time to any person.

09 October 2012 Hi


Procedure for transfer of shares of private company :

Generally articles contain the detailed provisions as regards the procedure for transfer of shares. Usually following steps shall be followed by a private company to give effect to the transfer of shares:—
(i) Transferor should give a notice in writing for his intention to transfer his share to the company.
(ii) The company in turn should notify to other members as regards the availability of shares and the price at which such share would be available to them.
(iii) Such price is generally determined by the directors or the auditors of the company.
(iv) The company should also intimate to the members, the time limit within which they should communicate their option to purchase shares on transfer.
If none of the members comes forward to purchase shares then the shares can be transferred to an outsider and the company will have no option, other than to accept the transfer.
It is to be noted that any transfer of shares to an outsider without complying with the procedure as specified in the articles for effecting transfer of shares will not be operative against the company. Even in the case where the procedure prescribed by the articles was not followed and such failure was not due to any fault on the part of the selling shareholder, the transfer to an outsider was held not to be effective.
Transfer of shares without consent of holder of shares and without prior sanction of board of directors as required under articles of association of a private company concerned could not be held to be valid. [John Tinson Co. (P) Ltd. v Mrs. Surjeet Malhan (1997) 88 Comp Cas 750 (SC)].

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09 October 2012 Thanks so much Ajay for such a detailed reply.......so to sum up shares of Private company are not freely transferable as compared to public companies. Then why does the section of private companies just says restricts the right to transfer its shares, if any; It does not say more about AOA to be followed for transfer procedure.

Is there some other rules in this regard.




09 October 2012 Hi


General transfer procedure have already mentioned above and also check what your company articles says about transfer.


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