South Indian Bank Ltd has announced that the Management Committee of Board (MCB) at its meeting held on July 14, 2007, has decided to convene an Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of the Bank on August 17, 2007 for getting the consent of the shareholders for issue of further shares by way of Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) in accordance with the SEBI Guidelines, with the approval of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other Regulatory Authorities in this connection. The relevant date for the purpose of the issue would be July 18, 2007.
The MCB has also decided to appoint M/s. Edelweiss Securities Pvt Ltd, Mumbai as the Merchant Banker to the QIP issue.
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