HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Signatureglobal Resources Private Limited – Appellant
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CO.PET.-380/2015
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI
COMPANY PETITION NO. 380/2015
Reserved on 10th 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, 392 & 394 of the
Companies Act, 1956
Scheme of Amalgamation of:
Signatureglobal Resources Private Limited
Petitioner/Transferor Company
WITH
Signatureglobal (India) Private Limited
Non-Petitioner/Transferee Company
Through
Mr.
Rishi
Sood
and
Mr.Ashutosh Gupta, Advocates 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, 392 & 394 of the
Companies Act, 1956 by the petitioner/transferor company seeking
sanction of the Scheme of Amalgamation of Signatureglobal Resources
Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as the petitioner/transferor
company) with Signatureglobal (India) Private Limited (hereinafter
referred to as the transferee company).
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2. The registered offices of the petitioner/transferor company and the
transferee company are situated at New Delhi, within the jurisdiction of
this Court.
3. The petitioner/transferor company was originally incorporated
under the Companies Act, 1956 on 15th February, 1995 with the
Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi & Haryana at New Delhi under the
name and style of Zee Dataline Private Limited. The company changed
its name to Signatureglobal Resources Private Limited and obtained the
fresh certificate of incorporation on 11th September, 2014.
4. The present authorized share capital of the petitioner/transferor
company is Rs.3,70,00,000/- divided into 37,00,000 equity shares of
Rs.10/- each. The issued, subscribed and paid-up share capital of the
company is Rs.3,68,50,000/- divided into 36,85,000 equity shares of
Rs.10/- each.
5. Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
petitioner/transferor company and the transferee company have been
filed on record. The audited balance sheets, as on 31st March, 2014, of
petitioner/transferor company and the transferee company, along with the
report of the auditors, have also been filed.
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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 submitted by
the petitioner that the transferor company is a wholly owned subsidiary of
the transferee company. It is claimed that the proposed amalgamation
will result in establishment of a larger company with larger resources, a
larger capital base and a greater capacity to raise funds for expansion,
modernization and development of the businesses of the companies
concerned. It is further claimed that the Scheme will result in economies
of scale, reduction in overheads and other expenses, reduction in
administrative and procedure work, and better and more productive
utilization of various resources.
7. So far as the share exchange ratio is concerned, the Scheme
provides that the transferor company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the
transferee company, and the entire equity share capital of the transferor
company is held by the transferee company. Therefore, the transferee
company shall not be required to issue any shares to the shareholders of
the transferor company and the shares so held by the transferee
company shall stand cancelled.
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