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KINDS OF COMAPANIES

KINDS OF COMAPANIES. DEFINITION OF COMPANY. According to Companies Act ,” a company formed and registered under this Act or an existing companies”.

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KINDS OF COMAPANIES

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  1. KINDS OF COMAPANIES

  2. DEFINITION OF COMPANY • According to Companies Act ,” a company formed and registered under this Act or an existing companies”. • According to Chief Justice Marshall ,“ a company is a person , artificial , invisible , intangible and existing only in the contemplation of law. Being a mere creation of Law,it possesses only those properties which the character of its creation confers upon it either expressly or as incidental to its very existence”.

  3. Kinds of Companies Incorporated Unincorporated Chartedcompany Statutory company Registered company Companies limited by shares Companies limited by guarantee Unlimited companies Public Private Private Public Public Private

  4. CHARTERED COMPANIES • A Monarch or King brings in such a company. • In earlier times, trading co. were created by the charter. • Provision of companies act 1956 do not apply. • These types of companies do not exist in India.

  5. Spanish Company (1577) Eastland Company (1579) Turkey Company (1581) Morocco Company (1588) East India Company (1600) German New Guinea Company (1884) German East Africa Company (1884) Royal African Company (1672) Greenland Company (1693) South Sea Company (1711) British North Borneo Company (1881) Royal Niger Company (1886) Examples of Chartered Companies

  6. STATUTORY COMPANIES • Incorporated by means of a special Act of parliament or any state legislature. • Carries out special public undertakings. • These are governed by act creating them. • Examples : Food Corp. of India , Life insurance of India , JKSRTC , JK Industries.

  7. REGISTERED COMPANIES • Companies registered under companies Act, 1956 or existing companies. • Sec 12(2) provides the co. registered under this act may be:- • Companies limited by shares. • Companies limited by guarantee. • Unlimited companies.

  8. COMPANIES LIMITED BY SHARES • Majority of registered Cos are limited by shares. • Such Cos must have share capital. • Liability of its members is limited to the amount of unpaid shares held by them. • There is no liability when shares are fully paid.

  9. COMPANIES LIMITED BY GUARANTEE • Liability of members is limited to such amounts as they may respectively undertake by memorandum to contribute to the assets of the company. • May or may not have share capital. • If it has share capital, the liability of members is two fold. • Liability to pay the share amount • The amount guaranteed

  10. UNLIMITED COMPANIES • Liability of members is unlimited. • Company may or may not have share capital. • Such companies are rarely formed. • These Cos must not incorporate “ltd.” word as the last word. • It must file the articles and memorandum. • An unlimited company can get itself re-registered as a limited liability company under section 32 of the Act .

  11. PRIVATE COMPANIES • Private Limited Company means a company formed with the word `private’ in its name. The Articles of Association of such companies includes the following restrictions :- • articles of association restricts the right to transfer its shares • limitation to the number of shareholders to 50 (excluding employees and former employees) • prohibition towards invitation to the public to subscribe to shares and debentures [Section 3(1)(iii) • The minimum paid up capital for a private company would be Rs. 100,000.

  12. EXAMPLES •   Acer India Private Ltd. •   L’Oreal India private Ltd. Examples from J&K • J & K Metal wires Private Ltd. •         Kashmir tourist bus service Private Ltd. •   NITCO Roadways Private Ltd. •       Chinar Biscuits Private Ltd. • JAY KAY Automobiles Private Ltd. •         Delight fast food Private Ltd. • J & K Vehicleades Private Ltd. • J K Associates Private Ltd.

  13. PUBLIC COMPANIES • A company which is not a Private company. • The minimum paid up capital for a public company would be Rs. 500,000. • At least 7 persons are required to form a public company. • Only the shares of public companies are capable of being dealt in stock exchange.

  14. EXAMPLES

  15. PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE COMPANIES

  16. GOVERNMENT COMPANIES • Government Companies means any company in which more than 51% of the paid up share capital is held by the Central Government or any State Government or partly by the Central Government and partly by the one or more State Governments and includes a company which is a subsidiary of a government company. • Government Companies are also governed by the provisions of the Companies Act.

  17. EXAMPLES • Jammu & Kashmir State Agro Industries Ltd. • Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd. • Jammu & Kashmir Tourism development corpn Ltd. • Jammu and Kashmir Cement Ltd. • J&K Industrial & Technical Consultancy Organisation Ltd.

  18. HOLDINGANDSUBSIDIARYCOMPANIES • A company which controls other company is known as the holding company and the company so controlled is termed as subsidiary company. • Section 4 of the companies act, 1956, provides that a holding company is one if it : • Controls the board of directors of another company;or • Holds more than half of the nominal value of equity share capital of another company ; or • Is a subsidiary of any company which is in turn a subsidiary of another company.

  19. EXAMPLES ØHOLDING COMPANY Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. • SUBSIDIARIES • Indian Oil Technology Ltd. • Indian Oil (Mauritius) Ltd. • IBP Co Ltd. Indian Oil Blending Ltd. • HOLDING COMPANY • Acer Co. Ltd • SUBSIDIARIES • ·        Acer India private Ltd. • ·        Acer computer Australia. Pvt Ltd. • ·        Acer Computer (Singapore) Pvt Ltd • ·        Acer Computer Co., Ltd. • ·        And many more

  20. FOREIGN COMPANIES • Company incorporated outside INDIA and having a place of business in India. • According to section 591, a foreign company is one incorporated outside India a) which established a place of business within the India after the commencement of this act. b) which had a place of business within India before the commencement of this act and continues to have the same at the commencement of this act.

  21. COMPANIES CONVERTED FROM PUBLIC LIMITED TO PRIVATECOMPANIES CONVERTED FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVATE

  22. COMPANIES CONVERTED FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC LIMITED

  23. THANK YOU

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