In The Matter Of Akj Estates Private Limited v.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
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IN THE MATTER OF
AKJ ESTATES PRIVATE LIMITED .... Transferor Company/ Applicant No. 1 AND MODEST PRINT PACK PRIVATE LIMITED .....Applicant No. 2/Transferee Company Through: Mr.Ashish Middha, Adv.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SHAKDHER
O R D E R
% 01.04.2016 1.
This is a first motion (joint) application filed by AKJ Estates Private Limited (i.e. transferor company/applicant no. 1) and Modest Print Pack Private Limited (i.e. transferee company/applicant no. 2) under section 391 & 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 (in short the Act) for approval of the scheme of amalgamation (hereafter referred to as the scheme). A copy of the scheme is enclosed with the application.
1.1 The transferor company and the transferee company, as referred to above, will hereafter be collectively referred to as the applicants. The registered office of the applicants are located in Delhi and, therefore, within the territorial jurisdiction of this Court.
3.
The transferor company was incorporated on 21.02.2005, in consonance with the provisions of the Act.
3.1 The transferee company, on the other hand, was incorporated prior in point of time. i.e. on 19.06.1998, under the provisions of the Act. 4.
The details with respect to the authorized, issued, subscribed and paidup capital of the applicants are set out in part II of the scheme.
5. Copies of Memorandum and Articles of Association as well as the latest audited annual accounts as on 31.03.2015 have been filed by the applicants. 6.
The scheme has been approved by the respective Board of Directors (BOD) of the applicants. Copies of the BOD resolutions of even date i.e. 05.11.2015, whereby the scheme has been approved, are filed with the application.
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The applicants further aver that there are no proceedings pending against them, under Sections 235 to 251 of the Act.
8. The position with regard to the equity shareholders and creditors (i.e. secured and unsecured) of the applicants and the consents obtained from them (wherever applicable) qua the scheme, is as follows: No.
of equity Sharehol ders No.
of Unsecured creditors Consents Given No.
of secured creditors Consent given Consent given Company Transferor Company All Nil N.A.
All 2(84% in value and 66.66% in number ) All Transferee Company All
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A prayer has been made to dispense with the requirement of convening the meetings of the shareholders and unsecured creditors of the applicants. The letters of consent submitted by the shareholders have been seen and examined. They are found in order. Similarly, letters of consent of unsecured creditors have been seen and found in order. 9.1 Given the fact, that all shareholders and unsecured creditors of the applicants have given their consent and/or No-objection (NOC) to the scheme, there shall be no requirement to convene their meetings. 10.
In so far as the secured creditors of the transferee company are concerned, two (2) out of three(3) have given their consent. The percentage of consent, in terms of value and number, is as follows: 84% in value and 66.66% in number.
10.1 Accordingly, the prayer made for dispensing with the requirement of convening meeting of the secured creditors of the transferee company is also allowed. The reason for allowing the prayer made for dispensation of the requirement of convening meeting of the secured creditors of the transferee company, is that, the percentage of consent given, in value, in this case is above 75%.
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The joint application stands disposed of, in the aforesaid terms.
13. Dasti.
RAJIV SHAKDHER, J APRIL 01, 2016