HIGH COURT OF DELHI
AVL India Softwares Private Limited – Appellant
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COPET-251_2015
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI
COMPANY PETITION NO. 251/2015
Reserved on 16th December, 2015
Date of pronouncement: 23d December, 2015
In the matter of
The Companies Act, 1956 & the Companies Act, 2013 (to the extent
applicable):
And
Petition under Sections 391 and 394 of the
Companies Act, 1956
Scheme of Amalgamation of:
AVL India Softwares Private Limited
Petitioner/Transferor Company
WITH
AVL India Private Limited
Petitioner/Transferee Company
Through Mr. Kunal Juneja, Advocate
for the petitioners
Mr. Sanjay Bose, Dy. Registrar of
Companies for the Regional Director
Mr. Rajiv Bahl, Advocate for the
Official Liquidator
SUDERSHAN KUMAR MISRA, J.
1. This joint petition has been filed under Section 391 to 394 of the
Companies Act, 1956 by the petitioner companies seeking sanction of
the Scheme of Amalgamation of AVL India Softwares Private Limited
(hereinafter referred to as the transferor company) with AVL India 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.
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3. The transferor company was incorporated under the Companies
Act, 1956 on 10th July, 1990 with the Registrar of Companies, NCT of
Delhi & Haryana at New Delhi.
4. The transferee company was incorporated under the Companies
Act, 1956 on 28th April, 1984 with the Registrar of Companies, NCT of
Delhi & Haryana at New Delhi.
5. The present authorized share capital of the transferor company is
Rs.25,00,000/- divided into 25,000 equity shares of Rs.100/- each. The
issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the company is
Rs.1,00,000/- divided into 1,000 equity shares of Rs.100/- each.
6. The present authorized share capital of the transferee company is
Rs.1,50,00,000/- divided into 1,50,000 equity shares of Rs.100/- each.
The issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the company is
Rs.1,30,00,000/- divided into 1,30,000 equity shares of Rs.100/- each.
7. Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
transferor and transferee companies have been filed on record with the
joint application, being CA(M) 169/2014, earlier filed by the petitioners.
The audited balance sheets, as on 31st March, 2014, of the transferor
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and transferee companies, along with the report of the auditors, had also
been filed.
8. A copy of the Scheme of Amalgamation has been placed on record
and the salient features of the Scheme have been incorporated and
detailed in the petition and the accompanying affidavit. It is claimed by
the petitioners that the proposed amalgamation would result in synergy
and cost efficiencies and would prevent duplication of efforts in running
the business. Further, it shall provide significant impetus to the growth of
the transferor undertaking with focused operations, judicious utilization of
resources and operational efficiencies. It is further claimed that the
amalgamation will provide a larger asset base to the transferee company
and thereby enable it to raise resources for future growth and expansion
of the business and should also result in economies of scale and
optimum utilization of available resources.
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:-
“14 equity shares of Rs.100/- each of the trans