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History of Aftek Ltd.

1986

- The Comp. was incorporated on 25th March, as a Private Limited Company under the Act, in the name of Aftex Business Machines Private Limited.

- Some of Products developed by Aftek include GIST UNIX driver developed for C-DAC, Terminal firmware of AD-100, AD-100+, AD-101, CT-220, Pegasus - an advanced terminal sub-system drivers for UNIX/XENIX/DOS, Novel Netware driver for Lock etc.

1994

- The Comp. was converted into a Public Limited Comp. by a special resolution passed on 28th October. The Certificate of change of name was issued by Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra at Mumbai, on 29th November.

- The Comp. is promoted by technocrats with the purpose of bringing modern & affordable technology, specially in computers, to India. It is engaged in manufacture of IBM compatible Personal Computers and microprocessor based peripherals namely terminals, hand held devices, add on cards such as Intelligent Terminal Sub-systems etc.

- Aftek Sales & Service Pvt. Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Aftek Business Machines Limited.

- The Comp. proposes to expand its activities by undertaking Software Exports, & introducing new & innovative products viz. Multilingual Terminal and Network Node for Indian languages, Personal Data Assistant [PDAs], & Software based Bar Code Decoder.

- Aftek proposes to purchase the computer systems & associated software from reputed international manufacturers like IBM, Apple etc.

- The Comp. has developed a PDA prototype based on X-80 microprocessor. It proposes to develop another model with Intel family of microprocessors for a range of PDAs with the same design blocks.

- The Comp. has issued Bonus Shares in the ratio of 3:7 by capitalising its Free Reserves worth Rs 35 lacs on 21st November.

1995

- Public issue was issued of Rs 19,00,000 No. of equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash aggregating to Rs 300 lakhs which includes 12,50,000 No. of Equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at par to Indian Public and Employees & firm allotment of 6,50,000 Equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at a differential premium of Rs 20 per share to NRIs & Rs 10 per share to Mutual Funds & Financial Institutions/Banks.

1996

- The Comp. has forged alliance with & acquired prestigious Distributorship from `Tatung Company' - a five billion dollars conglomerate from Taiwan.

- In order to reap full benefits from the increasing business prospects the Directors have proposed to establish wholly-owned subsidiary companies in US & HongKong.

1997

- The Company wholly-owned subsidiary Comp. viz Aftek Sales And Services Pvt. limited has been non-functional for last five years.

- The Comp. embarked upon a two-pronged strategy i.e. Special Products & Software Exports for improving the bottom-line.

1998

- The Company Product Division which is responsible for creating the software driven Aftek-PDA has also had a large amount of product acceptance in the verticle market segment of transportation, banking and para-banking having tremendous growth potential.

- The Comp. is currently working on an ambitious 'smart-card' project with leading organisations as also in the areas of city commuting transportation & access control.

- In line with Company focused activities it is proposed to change the name of Comp. more appropriately to 'Aftek Infosys Limited'.

- The present Authorised Share Capital of Comp. of Rs.5,00,00,000/- [Rupees Five Crores onlys] divided into 50,00,000 [Fifty Lakhss] Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- [Rupees Ten onlys] each, be and is hereby increased to Rs. 6,00,00,000/- [Rupees Six Crores onlys] divided into 60,00,000 [Sixty Lakhss] Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- [Rupees Ten onlys] each, by creation of 10,00,000/- [Ten Lakhss] Equity Shares of Rs. 10/-each & that Clause V of Memorandum of Association of the Company be altered accordingly.

- The Comp. proposes to raise finance through issue of securities at premium by private placement or preferential allotment or any combination thereof as stated in the resolution.

1999

- Aftek has a software development centre at Pune which employs 30 software professionals. It has developed software-driven products like personal data assistant [PDAs], smart card instruments, bar code readers and multi lingual terminals.

- Aftek Infosys is a software-driven & Internet product Comp. that produces personal data assistant [PDAs] machines for para-banking and smart-card machines which are used in public transporation.

- The Industrial Development Bank of India [IDBIs] sold its 9-lakh shareholding in Aftek Infosys Ltd to the promoters at a 56 per cent discount to the market price of about Rs. 1108.20.

2000

- The Calcutta High Court has vacated an order on Mumbai-based Aftek Infosys which will allow the Comp. to use `Infosys' in its registered name & `Aftek' as a trademark.

- The Comp. has been named India first CA Certified Gold Partner for developing 'Powersafe' a next generation UPS management software.

2002

-Madhu Devi Saraf acquire 306908 shares amounting to Rs.5.11% of total number of shares of company.

-Mr Ashutosh Humnabadkar, Mr Pramod Broota, Mr Charuhas V Khopkar , Mr R U Malekar and Mr Mukul Dalal resign from the board of company.

2003

-Informs the issue of 1,333,333 of Global Depositary Receipt , each representing 3 equity shares of Rs.10 upto $15 million at a price of US $ 11.25 is to be listed at Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

-Allots 39,99,300 equity shares of Rs.10 each against the GDR's.

-Acquires 49% stake in Munich based Arexera Information Technologies GmBH.

-Enters into a 50-50 joint venture with a UK based IT firm Aftek 3G Tel in the wireless & mobile area.

-MGE UPS Systems INC., Leaders in providing unsurpassed power protection solutions to computer data centers, telecommunications & industrial operations, has tied up with the Company 100% owned American subsidiary, Opdex Inc to offer Powersafe[TMs], an enterprise-class power management solution.

2004

-Aftek Infosys Ltd has fixed January 29, 2004 as record date for purpose of sub-division of equity shares from Rs 10/- per share to Rs 2/- per share.

-Aftek Infosys has bought a 56 per cent stake in Germany Seekport Internet Technologies GmbH

2006

-Aftek Infosys Ltd has informed that pursuant to the special resolution passed at the 19th Annual General Meeting of Comp. held on September 29, 2006, the approval of Central Government has been obtained on October 24, 2006 for change of name of Comp. from 'Aftek Infosys Ltd' to 'Aftek Ltd'.

2007

- Aftek Ltd has informed that the Board of Directors of Comp. at its meeting held on November 27, 2007, has appointed Mr. Sandip Save as Additional Director of Company.