HIGH COURT OF DELHI
LMS India Engineering Solutions Private Limited – Appellant
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... – Respondent
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI
COMPANY PETITION NO. 430/2015
Reserved on 8th December, 2015
Date of pronouncement: 23rd December, 2015
In the matter of
The Companies Act, 1956 & the Companies Act, 2013 (to the extent
applicable):
And
Petition under Sections 391 to 394 of the
Companies Act, 1956
Scheme of Amalgamation of:
LMS India Engineering Solutions Private Limited
Non-Petitioner/Transferor Company
WITH
Siemens Industry Software (India) Private Limited
Petitioner/Transferee Company
Through Mr. Sharad Vaid, 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 petition has been filed under Sections 391 to 394 of the
Companies Act, 1956 by the petitioner/transferee company seeking
sanction of the Scheme of Amalgamation of LMS India Engineering
Solutions Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as the transferor
company) with Siemens Industry Software (India) Private Limited
(hereinafter referred to as the petitioner/transferee company).
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2. The registered office of the petitioner/transferee company is
situated at New Delhi, within the jurisdiction of this court. However, the
registered office of the transferor company is situated at Chennai, Tamil
Nadu, outside the jurisdiction of this Court. Learned counsel for the
petitioner submits that a separate petition has been filed by the transferor
company in the court of competent jurisdiction seeking sanction of the
Scheme of Amalgamation in respect of the transferor company.
3. The petitioner/transferee company was originally incorporated
under the Companies Act, 1956 on 8th June, 1998 with the Registrar of
Companies, NCT of Delhi & Haryana at New Delhi under the name and
style of SDRC India Private Limited. The company changed its name to
UGS India Private Limited and obtained the fresh certificate of
incorporation on 9th January, 2006. The company again changed its
name to Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software (India) Private
Limited and obtained the fresh certificate of incorporation on 8th May,
2008. The company finally changed its name to Siemens Industry
Software (India) Private Limited and obtained the fresh certificate of
incorporation on 22nd December, 2010.
4. The present authorized share capital of the petitioner/transferee
company is Rs.12,50,00,000/- divided into 1,25,00,000 equity shares of
Rs.10/- each. The issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the
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company is Rs.12,10,64,020/- divided into 1,21,06,402 equity shares of
Rs.10/- each.
5. Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
transferor and transferee companies have been filed on record with the
application, being CA(M) 99/2015, earlier filed by the petitioner. The
audited balance sheets, as on 31st March, 2014, along with the reports of
the auditors, and the unaudited financial statements, as on 28th February,
2015, of the transferor and transferee companies, had also been filed.
6. 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 petitioner that the proposed amalgamation will result in rationalization
of Siemens group structure in India because the businesses of providing
test and mechatronic simulation software and product lifecycle
management software shall be combined in one legal entity, instead o