Satyam management change after CLB approval,says Karnik

The change of management in fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services is expected to take place by next weekend after the board gets the approval from the Company Law Board CLB,Satyams chairman said on Sunday.

Kiran Karnik said the government appointed board of Satyam will announce the highest bidder for the Indian outsourcing company on Monday and then will recommend the bidder to the CLB,a semi-judicial corporate regulatory body,for its approval.

8220;We can only recommend to the CLB and the final bidder will be announced by them,8221; Karnik said.

He said the regulatory approval was likely to be received by next weekend,after which the management of Satyam will be handed over to the buyer. Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen amp; Toubro,which has a small software services unit,mid-sized outsourcer Tech Mahindra and US private equity firm WL Ross amp; Co are among the suitors.