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2016 DIGILAW 900 (DEL)

Superlative Products Private Limited v. Sparco Batteries Private Limited

2016-02-18

SUDERSHAN KUMAR MISRA

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JUDGMENT : SUDERSHAN KUMAR MISRA, J. 1. This joint Application has been filed under Section 391(1) of the Companies Act, 1956 by the applicant companies seeking directions of this court to dispense with the requirement of convening the meetings of their equity shareholders, secured and unsecured creditors to consider and approve with or without modification, the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation of Superlative Products Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as the transferor company) with Sparco Batteries Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as the transferee company). 2. The registered offices of the transferor and transferee companies are situated at New Delhi, within the jurisdiction of this Court. 3. The transferor company was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on 31st March, 2010 with the Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi & Haryana at New Delhi. 4. The transferee company was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on 18th January, 1999 with the Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi & Haryana at New Delhi. 5. The present authorized share capital of the transferor company is Rs.1,00,00,000/- divided into 10,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each. The issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the company is Rs.51,00,000/- divided into 5,10,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each. 6. The present authorized share capital of the transferee company is Rs.2,50,00,000/- divided into 25,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each. The issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the company is Rs.50,30,000/- divided into 5,03,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each. 7. Copies of Memorandum and Articles of Association of the transferor and transferee companies have been filed on record. The audited balance sheets, as on 31st March, 2014, of the transferor and transferee companies have also been filed. 8. A copy of the Scheme of Amalgamation has been placed on record. Learned counsel for the applicants has submitted that the proposed amalgamation would result in business synergy and consolidation of these companies into one large company with a stronger asset base. It is further claimed that the proposed amalgamation will result in usual economies of a centralized and a large company including elimination of duplicate work, reduction in overheads, better and more productive utilization of human and other resource and enhancement of overall business efficiency. 9. It is further claimed that the proposed amalgamation will result in usual economies of a centralized and a large company including elimination of duplicate work, reduction in overheads, better and more productive utilization of human and other resource and enhancement of overall business efficiency. 9. So far as the share exchange ratio is concerned, the Scheme provides that, upon coming into effect of this Scheme, the transferee company shall issue and allot equity shares to the shareholders of the transferor company in the following ratio: “01 equity share of Rs.10/- each of the transferee company for every 04 equity shares of Rs.10/- each held by the shareholders in the transferor company.” 10. It has been submitted by the applicants that no proceedings under Sections 235 to 251 of the Companies Act, 1956 and the corresponding provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 are pending against the applicant companies. 11. The Board of Directors of the transferor and transferee companies in their separate meetings held on 27th March, 2015 have unanimously approved the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation. Copies of the Resolutions passed at the meetings of the Board of Directors of the transferor and transferee companies have been placed on record. 12. The transferor company has 03 equity shareholders and 14 unsecured creditors. All the equity shareholders and all the unsecured creditors have given their consents/no objections in writing to the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation. Their consents/no objections have been placed on record. They have been examined and found in order. In view thereof, the requirement of convening the meetings of the equity shareholders and unsecured creditors of the transferor company to consider and, if thought fit, approve, with or without modification, the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation is dispensed with. There is no secured creditor of the transferor company, as on 5th March, 2015. 13. The transferee company has 06 equity shareholders, 01 secured creditor and 21 unsecured creditors. All the equity shareholders, the sole secured creditor and all the unsecured creditors have given their consents/no objections in writing to the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation. Their consents/no objections have been placed on record. They have been examined and found in order. In view thereof, the requirement of convening the meetings of the equity shareholders and unsecured creditors of the transferee company to consider and, if thought fit, approve, with or without modification, the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation is dispensed with. 14. Their consents/no objections have been placed on record. They have been examined and found in order. In view thereof, the requirement of convening the meetings of the equity shareholders and unsecured creditors of the transferee company to consider and, if thought fit, approve, with or without modification, the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation is dispensed with. 14. The Application stands allowed in the aforesaid terms.