More about Funding compliances package
Elements of the funding compliance package
- Increase in authorised share capital, if needed
In case the authorised share capital of a company is not higher (enough) than the paid up capital of the company to have provision for issue of fresh shares, the authorised share capital needs to be increased.
- Issue of shares by Rights issue or Private placement of shares (mandatory)
- Valuation certificate by a CA (mandatory)
- Shareholder agreement (not mandatory)
- Filing of FC-GPR with the RBI in case of money coming from outside India
Best suited for
- Startups raising angel and seed stage investment
- Startups raising Series A investment
- Small businesses raising equity investment from investors
Process Flow
Timeline 4-6 working days
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Raise a request with us, discussion with Wazzeer team, share basic information
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Review proposal and hire
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Share details and documents
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Start of the applicable and selected processes:
- Increase in authorised share capital
- Rights issue or private placement of shares
- Valuation certificate
- Shareholder agreement
- FC-GPR, in case funding from foreign sources
Required Documents
- DSC of any of the Directors of the company
- KYC from bank for FC-GPR
- Details of the investment
Key Deliverables
- Increase in authorised share capital
- Issue of shares
- Share certificates
- RoC filings
- Valuation certificate
- SHA
- FC-GPR
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the process of issuing shares to an investor?
- Increasing the authorised share capita
- Transfer of funds from the investor to the company
- Issue of shares
- This can be done by either Private placement of shares or Rights issue. The choice of method depends on the increase in paid up capital due to issue of shares to a single investor, as prescribed by the Company law.
- Board resolutions and documents preparation
- Valuation certificate
- Singing of SHA and SSA
- Issue of share certificates
- Filing for FC-GPR, in case of investment from outside India
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Does the process change if my investor is a body corporate or a foreigner?
No, the process remains the same. However, for body corporate additional documents like the Charter documents of the Investing company, resolutions relating to investment intent and appointment of authorized person representing the body corporate will be needed.
In case of the investor being a foreigner (non-Indian passport holder), the process remains the same. However, the KYC documents of the foreign investor should be notarized and apostilled. Additionally, if foreign funds are being transferred then it is the responsibility of the investee company to report it to RBI by filing FC-GPR.
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What are the authorised share capital and paid up capital for a company?
The authorised capital of a company is the maximum amount of share capital that the company is authorised by its constitutional documents to issue to shareholders (at book value). A company can decide its authorised capital and can increase it as an when needed.
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Will my liabilities cease to exist once I file Form-24
Even after company being stricken off on account of filing Form-24, the liabilities of the Designated Partners exist for a further period of 2 years. In case any liability arises in this period of 2 years, Designated Partners are liable to pay the same.
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Is it mandatory to increase the authorised share capital of the company while raising fund?
Paid up capital of a company is the amount for which the company has issued shares to its shareholders for the equity capital they have invested in the company (at book value). This has to be less than or equal to the authorised share capital of the company.
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What is the difference between offering shares to the investors by Rights issue or private placement of shares and share transfer?
Share transfer is the transfer of share from an existing shareholder to the investor. The money in this case goes to the shareholders selling their shares. They will need to pay the applicable income tax.
In the case of Rights issue or Private placement of shares, fresh shares are issued by the company in lieu of the investment amount.
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Do we need a separate bank account for the investment coming in?
In case the company is using the Private placement of shares method to raise capital, a separate bank account should be used to receive the investment.
In case the company issues shares via Rights issue, the investment can come to the company’s primary bank account.
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Who issues the Share Certificate to the investors or new shareholders?
Share Certificates are issued to the shareholders by the company after paying the requisite stamp duty. In case the paid up capital of the company is less than Rs 50 lakhs, it is signed by the Directors of the company and for the cases where the paid up capital is more than Rs 50 lakhs, a Company Secretary (on the payroll of the company) needs to sign it.
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What is the stamp duty that needs to be paid to issue Share Certificates?
Stamp duty for Share Certificates varies from state to state. However in majority of the states, the stamp duty is 1% of the investment amount.
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My Investor is an Indian settled in abroad. Can he transfer the funds from his Indian Account?
Yes, the investor can use his Indian account to invest in the company as long as the source of that income lies in India. In case the amount is not earned in India, he will need to transfer the funds from his foreign account in foreign currency. In this scenario the company has to report this to RBI through FC-GPR.
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When do I need to report the FDI I receive to RBI?
This is dependent on the category of FDI your business lies in (dependent on the sector and nature of business). In cases where FDI can be brought in through automatic route no pre-approval or intimation to RBI is needed. Once the money comes to the company’s bank account, the RBI has to be informed about it with in 180 days through FC-GPR.
However, the sectors or nature of business where pre-approval is needed, funds should not be transferred to the company’s bank account unless RBI’s approval is received.
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Is it mandatory for me to make the investor a Director on my company’s Board?
No. The shareholders and Directors are two different concepts in a Private Limited company which are independent of each other. Unless the SHA binds the company to offer certain number of seats in the Board to the investor, making the investor (or their representative) a Director is the company’s call.
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What is Valuation Certificate? Who certifies it?
A Valuation certificate is certified by a CA. This certificate justifies the valuation you are seeking for your company. The CA will draw the financial projections for your business and comes up with a Valuation for the company using different valuation techniques. The IT department and RBI accepts that Valuation for the company.
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Can we issue shares at a price lesser than that in the valuation certificate from the CA?
Yes. However, the investors will have to pay Capital Gains Income Tax on the difference of Valuation of the company and actual price paid for the share. You cannot issue the shares at lesser price than the Valuation of the company to foreigners and foreign companies
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Can we issue shares at a price higher than that in valuation certificate from the CA?
Yes. However the company has to pay Income tax on the gain it achieved in doing so.
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What is Preferential Shares. Is the process of issuing preference shares the same as issuing common Shares
Preferential share is a share which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of ordinary share dividends but is below that of debtors.
Yes, the process of issuing preference shares is same as that of issuing common shares. However, the Authorized share capital should have a partition called Preferential share capital. In case this does not exist, this should be created in the Authorized share capital.
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What is the purpose of a shareholder agreement? Is it mandatory?
A shareholding agreement defines the relationship and rights of the shareholders.
It is not a mandatory document but is recommended to have one. It is better to define the terms of the relationship at the start (no matter how cordial the relationship is) and ensure not only smooth functioning but protection of rights if things do not go as planned.
Any disputes that might arise, are resolved based on the Shareholding Agreement. Hence not drafting a Shareholder Agreement or a poorly drafted agreement might haunt all the parties involved later.
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