Rule · SECP · 7 Jul 2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan amends the Seventh Schedule to the Companies Act, 2017, inserting new fee entries for filing, registering or recording documents relating to a scheme of amalgamation under section 284. Fees are set by transferee company classification: Small Sized Company 100,000/200,000; wholly federal-government-owned Public Sector Company 50,000/100,000; other Public Sector Company 100,000/200,000; Medium Sized Company 250,000/500,000; Large Sized Company 350,000/700,000; Public Interest Company excluding Public Sector Company 500,000/1,000,000. Item X sub-item (22) is substituted, setting fees for sanctioning compromise or arrangement including reconstruction, amalgamation or division under sections 279 to 282: Small Sized Company 250,000/500,000; wholly federal-government-owned Public Sector Company 200,000/400,000.
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN -.-.-.
Islamabad, the 4 th July, 2022
S.R.O.980 (I)/2022. - In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (2) of section 507 read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2017 (XIX of 2017), the Securities and Exchange Commission Pakistan is pleased to make the following alterations in the Seventh Schedule to the Companies Act, 2017 (XIX of 2017), namely: -
In the aforesaid Seventh Schedule, -
1. in Item No. I, -
(a) after sub-item (7), the following new sub-item shall be inserted, namely: - “
| (7A) For filing, registering or recording any document notifying particulars relating to a scheme of amalgamation and allied documents prescribed under section 284, the following fee to be determined in accordance with the classification of the transferee company given in the Third Schedule to this Act namely:- | ||
|---|---|---|
| Small Sized Company | 100,000 | 200,000 |
| Public Sector Company, as defined in the Act, directly or indirectly wholly owned by Federal Government | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| Any other Public Sector Company | 100,000 | 200,000 |
| Medium Sized Company | 250,000 | 500,000 |
| Large Sized Company | 350,000 | 700,000 |
| Public Interest Company, excluding Public Sector Company | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
”;
(b) in sub-item (8), for the expression “and (7)”, the expression “(7) and (7A)” shall be inserted;
2. in Item No. II, -
(a) after sub-item (6), the following new sub-item shall be inserted, namely: - “
| (6A) For filing, registering or recording any document notifying particulars relating to a scheme of amalgamation and allied documents prescribed under section 284, the following fee to be determined according to the classification of the transferee company, given in the Third Schedule, namely:- | ||
|---|---|---|
| Public Sector Company, as defined in the Act, directly or indirectly wholly owned by Federal Government | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| Any other Public Sector Company | 100,000 | 200,000 |
| Medium Sized Company | 250,000 | 500,000 |
| Large Sized Company | 350,000 | 700,000 |
| Public Interest Company, excluding Public Sector Company | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
”;
(b) in sub-item (7), for the expression “and (6)”, the expression “(6) and (6A)” shall be substituted;
3. in Item No. III, -
(a) after sub-item (6), the following new sub-item shall be inserted, namely: -
“
| (6A) For filing, registering or recording any document notifying particulars relating to a scheme of amalgamation and allied documents prescribed under section 284, the following fee to be determined according to the classification of the transferee company, given in the Third Schedule, namely: - | ||
|---|---|---|
| Public Sector Company, as defined in the Act, directly or indirectly wholly owned by Federal Government | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| Any other Public Sector Company | 100,000 | 200,000 |
| Medium Sized Company | 250,000 | 500,000 |
| Large Sized Company | 350,000 | 700,000 |
| Public Interest Company, excluding Public Sector Company | 500,000 | 1,000,000 |
”;
(b) in sub-item (7), for the expression “and (6)”, the expression “(6) and (6A)” shall be substituted; and
4. In Item No. X, -
(a) for sub-item (22), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“
| (22) sanctioning compromise or arrangement including reconstruction, amalgamation or division under section 279 to 282, the following fee to be determined according to the classification of the transferee company, given in the Third Schedule, namely:- | ||
|---|---|---|
| Small Sized Company | 250,000 | 500,000 |
| Public Sector Company, as defined in the Act, directly or indirectly wholly owned by Federal Government | 200,000 | 400,000 |
”.
[File No. SY/SECP/8/13]
( Bilal Rasul )
Secretary to the Commission
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“as per the latest amended Seventh Schedule to the Act, in terms of S.R.O. 980 (I)/2022”
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