Promoter Case Study

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Promoter The term promotion usually denotes the preliminary steps which are taken for the purpose of initiating any work. In the context of a company, promotion usually denotes the preliminary steps for registration and flagging off a company. The persons who are involved in such tasks are known as promoters. Promoters are groups of such persons who take upon themselves to do all necessary requirements in order to being the company in existence. The meaning of a promoter usually denotes a group of persons who are involved in the promotion the company. A promoter is a person who is in charge of all fundamental jobs involved in promotion of the company. To become a promoter the person does not need to be associated with the initiation of the company. A person one who is involved later on in …show more content…

The English Judiciary has made several attempts to define the term ‘promoter’. In the case of Twycross v. Grant, the term promoter was defined as a person who undertakes to form a company with reference to a given project, and to set it going, and who takes the necessary steps to accomplish that purpose. Further in US Securities Exchange Commission defines a promoter as a person who, acting alone or in conjunction with other persons directly or indirectly takes the initiative in founding or organizing the business enterprise. Sir Francis Palmer has defined Promoter as “a person who originates the scheme for the promotion of a company, has the memorandum and articles prepared, executed and registered and finds the first directors, settles the terms of preliminary contracts and prospectus, if any, and makes arrangements for advertising and circulating the prospectus and paying the

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