Ester Industries Ltd has announced that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on January 19, 2009, inter alia, has decided to submit a resolution for seeking approval of preference shareholders u/s 106 of the Companies Act, 1956 for early redemption of 5,59,521 0.10% Redeemable Cumulative Preference Shares of Rs 50/- each at a discounted rate of 12% p.a. compounded annually which are due for redemption during the period December 31, 2011 to December 31, 2012 through the process of the Postal Ballot u/s 192A of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies [Passing of resolution by Postal Ballot] Rules, 2001.
The stock was trading at Rs.9.92, down by Rs.0.59 or 5.61%. The stock hit an intraday high of Rs.10.35 and low of Rs.9.80.
The total traded quantity was 11630 compared to 2 week average of 23431.