REC seeks shareholders’ nod to issue bonus share

New Delhi: State-owned REC Limited has sought shareholders' approval for the issuance of 65.83 crore bonus shares. These bonus shares would be issued by utilising capital reserves of Rs 658.30 crore through postal ballot.

The company has proposed to issue one new (bonus) share for holding three existing shares to shareholders, as per a postal ballot notice of the REC.

According to the document, the remote e-voting period will commence on Monday, July 11, 2022 (0900 hours) and will end on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 (1700 hours).

Further, it stated that the results of the postal ballot along with the scrutiniser's report will be declared on or before Thursday, August 11, 2022.

The Board of Directors in its meeting held on June 30, 2022, had recommended the proposal for the issue of bonus shares to the shareholders of the company in the proportion of 1:3 i.e. one new equity share of Rs 10 each for every three equity share(s) of Rs 10 each held by the shareholders as on the Record Date, by the capitalisation of a sum of Rs 6,58,30,60,000 out of the sum standing to the credit of 'Securities Premium Account' of the company.

The said amount is proposed to be applied in full for the issue of 65,83,06,000 new equity shares of Rs 10 each at par with bonus shares.

Consequently, the paid-up capital of the company will increase to Rs 2,633.22 crore — 2,63,32,24,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each.

The company will also seek shareholder approval for the appointment of Vivek Kumar Dewangan as its Chairman and Managing Director.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) conveyed the appointment of Dewangan as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of REC on May 13, 2022.

Dewangan assumed the charge as REC CMD on May 17, 2022. He is an IAS officer of the Manipur cadre (1993 Batch).

He holds BE in Electronics from NIT, Bhopal and PG in Optoelectronics and Optical Communication from IIT, Delhi.

(With PTI inputs)

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