Circulation of copy of Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999

Companies amendment: authorises buy back and sweat equity, establishes investor protection fund and nomination facility.

The Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999 recognises an infrastructure finance entity as a public financial institution, authorises companies to buy back their own securities, and permits issuance of sweat equity shares for know how or intellectual property consideration. It establishes a nomination facility for security holders, mandates an Investor Education and Protection Fund, creates a National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards for Companies, and removes the need for prior Central Government approval for inter corporate investment and lending proposals.