The Madras High Court (HC) has revealed that Tamilnad Mercantile Bank’s (TMB) initial public offering (IPO) resolution has been passed, including the election of its directors. All the resolutions — submitted to the court in a sealed cover — were passed with more than one third of the votes polled. The bank has, since 2016, been seeking the nod of its shareholders, who are largely from the Nadar community, to go public, but a majority has been rejecting the proposal. At the 93rd annual general meeting (AGM) held in 2016, when the proposal for an IPO was placed before the shareholders for the first time, it was declined. The lender held four AGMs between 2015-16 and 2018-19 (94th AGM to 97th AGM), and the one held last month was under the supervision of the Madras HC. The voting results were given to the court in a sealed cover. While the formal order of the court was not uploaded, it dictated the voting results wherein it was stated nearly 75 per cent of t...
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