Walchandnagar Industries Ltd has announced that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on October 24, 2006, inter alia, has taken the following decisions:
1. Subject to approval of members in the Extra Ordinary General Meeting, to issue 8,00,000/- warrants with an option to apply for equity shares to Promoters / Persons acting in concert with the Promoters of the Company on preferential basis at a price of Rs 634/- per warrant, which will entitle the holder to subscribe for one equity share of the face value of Rs 10/-, at a price of Rs 634/- (including a premium of Rs 624/-) per equity share of the Company against each warrant aggregating to Rs 50.72 Crores as per the Guidelines for Preferential Issues contained in Chapter XIII of the SEBI (Disclosure & Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000.
2. To convene an Extra Ordinary General Meeting of the shareholders on November 23, 2006 for seeking approval u/s 81(1A) of the Companies Act, 1956 and under the SEBI (Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000 by way of Special Resolution for the above said purpose.