Chirag
(Professional)
(1979 Points)
Replied 16 January 2020
Absolutely ( Unless otherwise any restriction in AOA), In a private company Existing shareholders have right of pre-emption and it will always be offered to existing shareholder(s) by selling shareholder ( Generally Selling shareholder will shows his intention to Board and The Price will be determined by CA & if accepted board will intimate to existing shareholders about Price & quantum of shares available to acquire, if no-one is interested within the time stipulated then selling shareholder is free it to offer to outsider, once board took a note of no quotes received or received at lesser price)
As per your second query, In pvt companies directors are also shareholder, so in a capacity of shareholder they can acquire shares, If there is a director who is not a shareholder, then as an extended compliance you can call EGM and get approval, if it's new allotment to director then will fall as pvt placement (u/s42), so already shareholders approval will be required .
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