Practicing Company Secretary
31 Points
Joined February 2015
I assume loan taken is subject to section 185 of CA 2013.
Section 62(3) of CA 2013 is as below:
(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to the increase of the subscribed capital of a company caused by the exercise of an option as a term attached to the debentures issued or loan raised by the company to convert such debentures or loans into shares in the company:
Provided that the terms of issue of such debentures or loan containing such an option have been approved before the issue of such debentures or the raising of loan by a special resolution passed by the company in general meeting.
You can convert unsecured loan of a promoter company to shares by allotting them shares u/s 62(3) of CA 2013 if, following two conditions of above sub-section and proviso are fulfilled.
- There is an option as a term while raising the loan about conversion of loan to shares.
- Terms of loan containing such an option have been approved before the raising of loan by a special resolution passed by the company in general meeting.
If you are converting loan to shares u/s 62(3), then following the procedure u/s 42 - private placement is not required.