(1.) This is an application for an order that the alteration of the Memorandum of Association of the company, to wit Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co. Private Ltd., sought to be effected by the special resolution set out in paragraph 6 of the petition and passed at the General Meeting of the company held on 2nd November, 1965 be confirmed.
(2.) The petitioner Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co. Private Ltd. was incorporated on 30 March, 1951 under the provisions of the Indian Companies Act, 1913 as a public limited company. The company became a private limited company on and from 27 March 1956 and the name of the company was changed to Mackinnon Mackenzie and Company Private Limited as from 16 June, 1961. The registered office of the company is situate at 16 Strand Road, Calcutta.
(3.) The capital of the company was Rs.4 crores divided into one Land Acquisition Collector 6 per cent cumulative taxable preference shares of Rs.100 each and three lacs ordinary shares of Rs.100 each. The issued and subscribed capital of the company is Rs.1,00,00,000. The objects for which the company was formed are various as have been set out in paragraph 4 of the petition.