Karachi January 28 2022: The Shareholders of Imperial Limited have approved the sale of freehold land, buildings on freehold land, plant and machinery and other assets of the Company located at Karmanwala, Tehsil Phalia, District Mandi Bahauddin, as per company’s filing at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX).
Company expects proceeds of over PKR 9 billion through sale of these assets and lands and carrying these assets at book value of PKR 2.2 billion as of 30th September 2021 financials.
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The decision was taken at the Annual General Meeting of Imperial Limited held on January 28, 2022.
The stock gained PKR 1.38 per share or 7.46 percent to close trading session at PKR 19.88 per share as per information published by Pakistan Stock Exchange.
In line with object clause of the Company, management has decided to dispose the assets pertain to sugar manufacture facility coupled with other certain factors which have led to the decision by the Directors of the Company to dispose of the prescribed assets. As aforesaid, in view of overcapacity in sugar sector, sugar cane procurement issues, volatility in sugar prices, lack of good returns from ethanol, management has decided to dispose of the Assets
A sum of PKR 2,779.923 Million was placed with financial institutions, after paying of various liabilities; Financial Institutions: PKR 1,143.185 Million, Sponsors’ Loan: PKR 566.732 Million and Trade Creditors and other Payables: PKR 711.53 Million, including Cane Growers. At present, there is no outstanding liability to any Bank or Financial Institution as of report date. The Company is debt free other than trade payables to its unsecured creditors (Trade Creditors). Fund utilization plan has been duly approved by the Shareholders of the Company in its Extra-Ordinary General Meeting held on August 20, 2020.
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In addition to present placement of funds, proceeds from disposal of the Assets under reference will be invested/placed with financial institutions/capital market in accordance with principle line of business and in other business venture attracting the reasonable earnings to generate the maximum revenues and to maximize the wealth of Shareholders of the Company.
Funds presently available in the Company have been deployed with various Financial Instruments/Mutual Funds and are being used for its Hydroponics Project for which in December 2021 Letter of Credit has been opened and consignment is expected to be reached at site in February end this year. Proceeds from the sale of Remaining Assets shall be deployed; together with the existing funds; in accordance with the Object Clause of the Company and other businesses permitted by Memorandum of Association of the Company.
As part and parcel of the foregoing consent, Board of Directors be and are hereby authorized and empowered for the Assets Sale. The Board may delegate its powers to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or any other person on such terms and conditions they deem fit, to act on behalf of the Company in doing and performing all acts, matters, things and deeds to implement and / or give effect to the asset sale and the transaction contemplated by it, which shall include, but not be limited to
a) conducting negotiations, obtaining quotations etc, with interested parties in such manner and on such terms and conditions as are in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders and which secure the best available market price for the assets;
b) selling the Assets to any individual, firm / partnership, bank or private / public limited company or organization or to any other person and, for that purpose, negotiating with financial institution for vacation of lien/charges against assets if any, entering into an agreement to sell, sale deed or any other agreement with the buyer(s) or any other person, receing of sale consideration, executing, preparing and signing any sale deed, conveyance deed and / or transfer documents in favor of the buyer(s) or another person to effect the asset sale in favor of the buyer(s) or any other person by representing the same before all parties & authorities concerned and admitting execution thereof;
c) representing before the Sub-Registrar or any other Competent Authority and getting any sale deed or other documents registered and collecting consideration amount in respect of the Assets sale, and
d) generally performing and executing in respect of the assets all lawful deeds, agreements, acts and things as they may think fit and proper in order to implement and complete the Assets sale.
Imperial Limited was incorporated in Pakistan on May 09, 2007 under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (Now Companies Act, 2017). The principle line of business is to carry on the business of buying, selling, holding or otherwise acquiring or investing the capital of the company in any sort of financial instruments but not to act as an investment / brokerage company.
