1.
Board Meeting to decide to prepare
a scheme of amalgamation. Decision to appoint a Professional Consultant.
Authority to Director to take necessary action.
2.
Preparation of Scheme of
Amalgamation by the professional consultant. The Scheme will include following
important points :
Appointed
Date.
Effective
Date.
Capital
Structure of the transferor and transferee companies.
Share
exchange ratio.
Transfer
of undertaking and liabilities of transferor company to
transferee company from the appointed date.
Transferor
company to carry on business on
behalf of transferee company between appointed
date and effective date.
Main
objects of the transferor company be become main objects of the transferee
company.
Conditions
of Scheme.
3.
Next Board Meeting to consider and approve the scheme of amalgamation as
prepared by the professional consultant. Authority to make application to Court,
sign documents and take all steps.
4. Inform
the Stock Exchanges as per the Listing Agreements, where the shares of the
Company are listed.
5.
Application to the High Court (in
Form No. 33 supported by affidavit in Form No. 34) for an order for
calling/conducting and holding meeting of shareholders and
creditors.
6. Send
a copy of the Application to the concerned Regional Director, DCA and also to
the ROC.
7. Obtain
order of the High Court in Form No. 35, which includes all about the meeting.
Here High Court has power to dispense the Meeting of Creditors of the Company on
the condition that individual notice is sent to all the creditors inviting
objections, if any.
8. Sending
of Notice to the Shareholders (this will include the resolution u/s 81(1A) in
case of Transferee Company only). If meeting of the creditors is also
directed by the court, due to the receipt of any objection by the Creditors,
then notice of meeting to creditors under Form 36 (for both).
9.
Publish in the newspapers notice
of the meeting, as directed by the Court, in Form No. 38 at least 21 days before
the meeting.
10.
Send to the SEs three copies
of the published notice under the Listing Agreements.
11. Filing
of Affidavit by the Chairman with the High Court regarding compliance of sending
individual notice and publishing it, at least 7 days before the
meeting.
12. Conduct
of Shareholders/Creditors Meeting to approve the scheme. Also follow the
instructions as given by the High Court for conduct of Meeting and results of
voting by poll.
13. Reporting
by the Chairman of the Meeting to the High Court about the proceedings at the
meeting within 7 days in Form No. 39.
14.
Inform Stock Exchanges about the
proceedings of the Meeting and reporting to the High Court.
15.
Petition in Form No. 40 to the
High Court for Order of Amalgamation as per the Scheme, within 7 days of
filing the Report by the Chairman under Form No. 39.
16.
Send a copy to the concerned RD.
17. On
the date of preliminary hearing the court will fix the date of final hearing,
which is to be published in the same newspaper at least 10 days before the date
of hearing.
18. Filing
of affidavit with the High Court regarding publishing of notice, at least 7 days
before the date of final hearing.
19. Pursuant
to the High Court order, issue notice to the Central Govt.(Regional Director),
CLB, ROC and OL of the High Court.
20.
Scrutiny of books of accounts by
CA as appointed by OL.
21.
Reporting by Regional Director,
CLB, ROC and Official Liquidator about the state of affairs of company.
22.
Final hearing and passing of order
by the Court.
23.
Inform Stock Exchanges under
Listing Agreements.
24.
Obtaining certified copy of the
order of High Court.
25.
Filing of certified copy of order
of High Court with ROC within 30 days of the date of order.
26.
In case of Listed company, the Transferee Company will be required to fix a
record date by giving 42 days notice (in case of physical mode) to SEs.
Determination of the shareholders of transferor company(s) who will be requested
to surrender their share certificates and to whom the certificates of new shares
of the transferee company will be issued.
27. Issue
of Share Certificate consequent of the Amalgamation & Record Date by the
Transferee Company. RBI Approval in case of issue of shares to NRI.
28. Filing
of Form No. 2.
29. Updation
of Register of Members and other required Statutory Registers.
30. Apply
to the SEs for listing for its new shares issued consequent to amalgamation.