Mumbai, January 10: The rush to cash in on the software boom continues unabated, even as the Bombay Stock Exchange has become proactive in warning investors. This time around, the exchange has released a list of names of companies which are in the process of registering themselves as software companies, warning the investors to be careful while trading in such scrips.A good number of the 27 companies whose names were made public today are in the process of obtaining permission from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) and the BSE for a name change, BSE officials said.pOfficials from the exchange said that most of them have obtained shareholders' approval at general body meetings and have applied to the exchange for listing, on the basis of the change in their focus of activities. But most of them have not received the BSE approval, "as they have not complied with certain requirements", exchange officials said. Last January, 23 companies had gone in for a name-change, the list of which was released in December that year.Out of the 27 names around, nine are finance companies as testified to by their names. There are two information technology companies also in the list, which are still going in for a name-change. Sujata Infotech Ltd is renaming itself ACI Infocom Ltd while World Wide Technologies Ltd is transforming itself into Nods Worldwide Ltd.The exchange has also imposed special margins on 228 scrips while effective from today, additional volatility margins will be applicable on 392 scrips. It has also reduced circuit-filters in 149 scrips.The names of the companies who have sought a name change are as follows: SSL Finance Ltd to Archana Software Ltd, WorldWide Technologies Ltd to Nods World Wide Ltd, Inalsa Ltd to Apex Intertech Ltd, Curare Industries Ltd to SAARC Net Ltd, Meghna Finance Ltd to Ancent Software International Ltd, D R Industries Ltd to D R Softech and Industries Ltd, Ransi Cargo India Ltd to Ransi Softwares India Ltd, Nouveau Finance Ltd to NFL Infotech ltd, Trimline Investments Company Ltd to TIL Infotech Ltd, Amity Agro Products to Encore Software Ltd, Vintron Industries Ltd to Vintron Informatics Ltd, Orion Plastek Ltd to Indus e-solutions, Gamma Rays Transmission to Gamma Infoway Exalt, Aesthetics Investments to Azon Infotech, Karwa Salt Refinery & Industries to Saroh Infotech, Suryoday Sintered Prod to Washington Softwares, Koa Tools India to KTL Infosys, Abee Printer Ribbons, Abee Info-consumables, Indo-City Trade & Finance to Indo City Infotech Ltd, Chitalia Corp Services Ltd, IT Microsystems India, Strauss Industries &Exports to Luminaire Tech, Libord Finance to Libord Infotech, Eider Telecom to Eider Infotech, Goldstone Engineering to Goldstone Infotech, Canaan International Credicap to Canaan International Infotech, Sujata Infotech to ACI Infocom and Madhupala Credit Capital Ltd to Innareddy Comp Soft Associates (I) Ltd.
