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1

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n a

nd

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mp

lia

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stru

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ma

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arr

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sin

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ep

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ab

sorb

ed

d

ep

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of

the

a

ma

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tin

g c

om

pa

ny

sha

ll b

e d

eem

edto

be

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of

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am

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om

pa

ny

for

the

pre

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us

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w

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h t

he

am

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atio

n is

ef

fect

ed

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ou

ld b

e in

th

e ‘b

usi

ne

ss’

in w

hic

h s

uch

ca

rry

fo

rwa

rd o

f lo

sse

s a

nd

UA

D

are

incu

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d•

a c

om

pa

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kin

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hip

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com

pa

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ba

nk

ing

co

mp

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y w

ith

a

sp

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d b

an

k;

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ne

or

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lic s

ect

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pa

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nie

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sim

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sin

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ma

nu

fact

ure

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ter

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wa

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trib

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of

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r fo

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din

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on

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on

dit

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s:

12

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as

be

en

en

ga

ge

d in

th

e b

usi

ne

ss, i

n

wh

ich

th

e a

ccu

mu

late

d lo

ss o

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rre

d

or

de

pre

cia

tio

n r

em

ain

s u

na

bso

rbe

d,

for

3 o

r m

ore

yea

rs;

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s h

eld

co

nti

nu

ou

sly

as

on

th

e d

ate

of

am

alg

am

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on

atl

ea

st 3

/4th

of

the

b

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k v

alu

e o

f fi

xed

ass

ets

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ld b

y it

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o y

ea

rs p

rio

r to

th

e d

ate

of

am

alg

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Amalgamated Company

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old

s co

nti

nu

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r a

min

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yea

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om

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ate

of

am

alg

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3/4

tho

f th

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f fi

xed

ass

ets

of

the

a

ma

lga

ma

tin

g c

om

pa

ny

acq

uir

ed

;

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nti

nu

es

the

bu

sin

ess

of

the

a

ma

lga

ma

tin

g c

om

pa

ny

fo

r a

min

imu

m

pe

rio

d o

f 5

ye

ars

fro

m t

he

da

te o

f a

ma

lga

ma

tio

n;

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hic

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wn

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n in

du

stri

al

un

de

rta

kin

g o

f th

e a

ma

lga

ma

tin

g c

om

pa

ny

by

wa

y o

f a

ma

lga

ma

tio

n,

sha

ll a

chie

ve t

he

leve

l of

pro

du

ctio

n o

f a

tle

ast

50

% o

f th

e in

sta

lled

ca

pa

city

of

the

un

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efo

re t

he

e

nd

of

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ea

rs f

rom

th

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ate

of

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an

d c

on

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ue

to

ma

inta

in

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f p

rod

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til

l th

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nd

of

5 y

ea

rs f

rom

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of

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on

;

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fu

rnis

h t

o A

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rm N

o.

62

du

ly

veri

fie

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y a

n C

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rom

th

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chie

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g f

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du

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n

up

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n o

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ars

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m t

he

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te

of

am

alg

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ati

on

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ase

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lati

on

of

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y c

on

dit

ion

s, t

he

se

t o

ff o

f B

L/U

AD

ava

iled

by

am

alg

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ate

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com

pa

ny

sh

all

be

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ed

to

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inco

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of

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d c

om

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ny

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r th

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ich

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co

nd

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no

t co

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bst

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are

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ldin

g

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r ?

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rry

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rd a

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t o

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rio

r to

th

e ye

ar

of

cha

ng

e in

sha

reh

old

ing

)a

ga

inst

fu

ture

inco

me

(p

ost

ch

an

ge

in s

ha

reh

old

ing

) sh

all

no

t b

e

ava

ilab

le,

if,

•th

ere

is c

ha

ng

e in

sh

are

ho

ldin

g o

f a

co

mp

an

y (

no

t b

ein

g a

co

mp

an

y i

n w

hic

h

pu

bli

c a

re s

ub

sta

nti

all

y i

nte

rest

ed

);

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ha

reh

old

ers

be

ne

fici

ally

ho

ldin

g n

ot

less

th

an

fif

ty-o

ne

pe

rce

nt

of

the

vo

tin

g

po

we

r o

n t

he

last

da

y o

f th

e y

ea

r(s)

in w

hic

h lo

ss w

as

incu

rre

da

re n

ot

the

sa

me

sha

reh

old

ers

be

ne

fici

ally

ho

ldin

g s

ha

res

carr

yin

g n

ot

less

th

an

fif

ty-o

ne

pe

rce

nt

of

the

vo

tin

g p

ow

er

on

th

e l

ast

da

y o

f th

e y

ea

r o

f se

t o

ff

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gg

er

for

S.7

9

14

S.

79

-D

ich

oto

my

in t

ho

ug

hts

Le

ga

l O

wn

ers

hip

Be

ne

fici

al

ow

ne

rsh

ip

•S

.79

sta

tes

tha

t sh

are

s ca

rry

ing

no

t le

ss t

ha

n 5

1% o

f

the

vo

tin

g p

ow

er

we

re b

en

efi

cia

lly h

eld

by

pe

rso

ns

wh

o b

en

efi

cia

lly

he

ldsh

are

s o

f th

e c

om

pa

ny

carr

yin

g n

ot

less

th

an

51%

of

voti

ng

po

we

r o

n t

he

last

da

y o

f th

e y

ea

r in

wh

ich

loss

incu

rre

d

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su

bsi

dia

ry i

s e

ffe

ctiv

ely

co

ntr

olle

d b

y it

s p

are

nt

com

pa

ny

; th

e p

are

nt

com

pa

ny

co

ntr

ols

th

e v

oti

ng

po

we

r o

f th

e c

om

pa

ny

•se

c. 7

9 is

no

t tr

igg

ere

d if

th

e b

en

efi

cia

l

sha

reh

old

ers

re

ma

in t

he

sa

me

, e

ven

if t

he

re is

cha

ng

e in

th

e im

me

dia

te s

ha

reh

old

ers

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ase

La

ws:

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mco

Po

we

r S

yst

em

s (I

TA

T B

an

ga

lore

; u

ph

eld

by

Ka

rna

tak

a H

C)

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ele

ct H

olid

ay

s R

eso

rts

(IT

AT

De

lhi)

iii.

Wa

dh

wa

& A

sso

. R

ea

lto

rs P

vt L

td.

(IT

AT

Mu

mb

ai)

•A

co

mp

an

y is

a d

isti

nct

leg

al e

nti

ty, a

nd

ha

s

an

exi

ste

nce

se

pa

rate

fro

m t

ha

t o

f it

s

sha

reh

old

ers

–a

sse

ts o

f th

e c

om

pa

ny

are

no

t a

sse

ts o

f th

e s

ha

reh

old

ers

•A

pe

rso

n c

an

be

a b

en

efi

cia

l o

wn

er

wh

en

sha

res

are

he

ld b

y s

om

eo

ne

els

e o

n h

is

be

ha

lf

•C

ha

ng

e in

re

gis

tere

d s

ha

reh

old

er

trig

ge

rs

sec.

79

•C

ase

La

ws:

i.Y

um

Re

sta

ura

nts

(D

elh

i HC

)

ii.A

cer

Co

mp

ute

r In

tern

ati

on

al L

imit

ed

(A

AR

)

iii.T

ain

wa

la T

rad

ing

an

d In

vest

me

nts

(IT

AT

Mu

mb

ai)

iv.J

ust

Lif

est

yle

(IT

AT

Mu

mb

ai)

15

S.

79

-E

xcl

usi

on

s

Ch

an

ge

in s

ha

reh

old

ing

o

f In

dia

n S

ub

Co

. as

a

resu

lt o

f m

erg

er/

de

me

rge

r o

f it

s ‘f

ore

ign

ho

ldin

g

com

pa

ny

•C

on

dit

ion

-5

1%

sh

are

ho

lde

rs o

f th

e

am

alg

am

ati

ng

/de

me

rge

d f

ore

ign

co

mp

an

y co

nti

nu

e

to b

e t

he

sh

are

ho

lde

rs o

f th

e

am

alg

am

ate

d o

r th

e r

esu

ltin

g f

ore

ign

co

mp

an

y

Ch

an

ge

in

sha

reh

old

ing

in c

ase

o

f e

ligib

le “

sta

rt-u

p”

com

pa

nie

s

•A

ll th

e s

ha

reh

old

ers

(i

n t

he

yea

r o

f in

curr

ing

th

e lo

ss)

ou

gh

t to

co

nti

nu

e

to h

old

sh

are

s a

s o

f th

e la

st d

ay

of

the

p

revi

ou

s ye

ar

in

wh

ich

th

e s

eto

ff is

to

be

cla

ime

d

•A

bo

ve e

xce

pti

on

a

pp

lica

ble

on

ly f

or

loss

es

incu

rre

d in

fi

rst

7 ye

ars

fro

m

inco

rpo

rati

on

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an

ge

pu

rsu

an

t to

re

solu

tio

n u

nd

er

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solu

tio

n p

lan

a

pp

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d u

nd

er

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In

solv

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cy a

nd

B

an

kru

ptc

y C

od

e,

20

16

Oth

ers

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ran

sfe

r o

f sh

are

s b

y w

ay

of

gif

t to

an

y re

lati

ve f

rom

th

e

sha

reh

old

er

•D

ea

th o

f sh

are

ho

lde

r

Wh

eth

er

sec.

79

ap

plie

s to

all

loss

es

incl

ud

ing

un

ab

sorb

ed

de

pre

cia

tio

n ?

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eth

er

sec.

72

A o

verr

ide

s se

c. 7

9 ?

16

�D

em

erg

ers

17

De

me

rge

r –

Ty

pic

al W

ay

s

Dem

erg

er o

f a

un

it f

rom

A C

o t

o B

Co

an

d

sha

res

issu

ed b

y B

Co

Dem

erg

er o

f a

un

it f

rom

A C

o t

o B

Co

an

d s

ha

res

issu

ed

by

Ho

ld C

o o

f B

Co

Th

e a

bo

ve

are

bro

ad

illu

stra

tiv

e s

cen

ari

os

Ca

nce

llati

on

of

de

me

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d C

o’s

sh

are

ho

ldin

g in

B C

o

No

n –

mir

ror

sha

reh

old

ing

de

me

rge

rM

irro

r sh

are

ho

ldin

g d

em

erg

er

–th

is is

ty

pic

all

y c

arr

ied

ou

t b

y t

he

list

ed

co

mp

an

y a

nd

pu

rsu

an

t to

de

me

rge

r th

e r

esu

ltin

g c

om

pa

ny

wil

l als

o g

et

list

ed

A C

o.

B C

o.

De

me

rge

r o

f U

nit

II

Sh

are

ho

lde

rsS

ha

reh

old

ers

Sh

are

s is

sue

d a

s co

nsi

de

rati

on

Un

it I

Un

it I

I

A C

o.

B C

o.

De

me

rge

r o

f U

nit

II

Sh

are

ho

lde

rsS

ha

reh

old

ers

Sh

are

s is

sue

d a

s co

nsi

de

rati

on

Un

it I

Un

it I

I

18

De

me

rge

r –

Ke

y c

on

dit

ion

s

Ta

x n

eu

tra

lity

co

nd

itio

ns

•T

ran

sfe

r o

f a

ll p

rop

ert

ies

& li

ab

iliti

es

rela

tab

leto

th

e u

nd

ert

ak

ing

be

ing

tra

nsf

err

ed

b

y t

he

de

me

rge

d c

om

pa

ny

to

th

e r

esu

ltin

g c

om

pa

ny

at

bo

ok

va

lue

;

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isch

arg

e o

f co

nsi

de

rati

on

by

th

e r

esu

ltin

g c

om

pa

ny

by

wa

y o

f is

sue

of

sha

res

on

p

rop

ort

ion

ate

ba

sis

(exc

ep

t w

he

re r

esu

ltin

g c

om

pa

ny

itse

lf is

a s

ha

reh

old

er

of

the

d

em

erg

ed

co

mp

an

y);

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sue

of

sha

res

to t

he

sh

are

ho

lde

rs h

old

ing

no

t le

ss t

ha

n 3

/4th

sha

res

(in

va

lue

) in

th

e

de

me

rge

d c

om

pa

ny

(oth

er

tha

n t

he

sh

are

s a

lre

ad

y h

eld

by

th

e r

esu

ltin

g c

om

pa

ny

of

its

no

min

ee

s o

f it

s su

bsi

dia

ry);

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ran

sfe

r o

f u

nd

ert

ak

ing

to

be

on

a ‘g

oin

g c

on

cern

ba

sis’

“De

me

rge

r” m

ea

ns

the

tra

nsf

er

of

on

e o

r m

ore

un

de

rta

kin

gs

by

th

e

de

me

rge

d c

om

pa

ny

to

an

y r

esu

ltin

g c

om

pa

ny

19

“Un

de

rta

kin

g”

me

an

s

Un

de

rta

kin

g”

sha

ll in

clu

de

an

y

pa

rt o

f a

n u

nd

ert

ak

ing

, o

r a

u

nit

or

div

isio

n o

f a

n

un

de

rta

kin

g o

r a

bu

sin

ess

a

ctiv

ity

ta

ken

as

a w

ho

le,

bu

t d

oe

s n

ot

incl

ud

e in

div

idu

al

ass

ets

or

lia

bil

itie

s o

r a

ny

co

mb

ina

tio

n t

he

reo

f o

r n

ot

con

stit

uti

ng

a b

usi

ne

ss

act

ivit

y

“Lia

bil

itie

s” m

ea

ns

the

lia

bili

tie

s d

ire

ctly

re

lata

ble

to

th

e u

nd

ert

ak

ing

;

spe

cifi

c lo

an

s o

r b

orr

ow

ing

s (i

ncl

ud

ing

de

be

ntu

res)

of

the

u

nd

ert

ak

ing

am

ou

nts

of

ge

ne

ral o

r m

ult

ipu

rpo

se b

orr

ow

ing

s o

n

pro

po

rtio

na

te b

asi

s

Va

lue

of

Pro

pe

rty

Re

valu

ati

on

am

ou

nt

to b

e

ign

ore

d

Str

ictl

y m

ea

ns

‘Bo

ok

Va

lue

De

me

rge

r –

Ke

y c

on

dit

ion

s

20

“De

me

rge

d C

om

pa

ny”

me

an

s th

e c

om

pa

ny

wh

ose

un

de

rta

kin

g is

tra

nsf

err

ed

to

a r

esu

ltin

g

com

pa

ny

pu

rsu

an

t to

de

me

rge

r

De

me

rge

d

Co

mp

an

y[s

ec.

2(1

9A

AA

)]

“Re

sult

ing

Co

mp

an

y” m

ea

ns

on

e o

r m

ore

co

mp

an

ies

(in

clu

din

g a

wh

olly

ow

ne

d s

ub

sid

iary

the

reo

f) t

o w

hic

h t

he

un

de

rta

kin

g o

f th

e d

em

erg

ed

co

mp

an

y is

tra

nsf

err

ed

in a

de

me

rge

r a

nd

,

the

re

sult

ing

co

mp

an

y in

co

nsi

de

rati

on

of

such

tra

nsf

er

of

un

de

rta

kin

g, i

ssu

e s

ha

res

to t

he

sha

reh

old

ers

of

the

de

me

rge

d c

om

pa

ny

an

d in

clu

de

s a

ny

au

tho

rity

or

bo

dy

or

loca

l au

tho

rity

or

pu

blic

se

cto

r co

mp

an

y o

r a

co

mp

an

y e

sta

blis

he

d, c

on

stit

ute

d o

r fo

rme

d a

s a

re

sult

of

de

me

rge

r [s

ec.

2(4

1A)]

Re

sult

ing

Co

mp

an

y [s

ec.

2(4

1A)]

De

me

rge

r –

Ke

y c

on

dit

ion

s

Wh

eth

er

wh

olly

ow

ne

d s

ub

sid

iary

incl

ud

es

ste

p d

ow

n w

ho

lly o

wn

ed

su

bsi

dia

ry a

lso

?

21

De

me

rge

r –

Ta

x Im

pli

cati

on

s

In t

he

ha

nd

s o

f T

ax

ab

ilit

y/

Tre

atm

en

t

Se

c.C

on

dit

ion

s /

Re

ma

rks

De

me

rge

dC

om

pa

ny

No

ca

pit

al

ga

ins

tax

on

tra

nsf

er

of

ass

ets

47(

vib

)R

esu

ltin

gco

mp

an

y s

ho

uld

be

an

Ind

ian

co

mp

an

y

Sh

are

ho

lde

rs o

f

De

me

rge

d C

om

pa

ny

No

ca

pit

al

ga

ins

tax

on

rece

ipt

of

sha

res

fro

m t

he

resu

ltin

g c

om

pa

ny

47(

vid

)

Co

sto

f A

sse

ts f

or

Re

sult

ing

Co

mp

an

y:

-D

ep

reci

ab

le A

sse

ts

-C

ap

ita

l Ass

et

= W

DV

of

de

pre

cia

ble

ass

et

to b

e t

he

sa

me

as

WD

V in

th

e h

an

ds

of

the

De

me

rge

d C

om

pa

ny

=N

o s

pe

cifi

c p

rovi

sio

n f

or

cost

of

Ca

pit

al A

sse

t

acq

uir

ed

-E

xpln

7A

to

43(

1)

-E

xpln

2B

to

43(

6)(

c)

-4

9(1

)

Re

sult

ing

co

mp

an

ysh

ou

ld b

e

an

Ind

ian

Co

mp

an

y

Co

st o

f a

cqu

isit

ion

of

sha

res

rece

ive

d o

n

de

me

rge

r b

y t

he

sha

reh

old

ers

= C

ost

of

acq

uis

itio

no

f

sha

res

in d

em

erg

ed

com

pa

ny

be

sp

lit o

n t

he

ba

sis

of

ne

t b

oo

k v

alu

e o

f

the

ass

ets

tra

nsf

err

ed

be

ari

ng

to

th

e N

et

Wo

rth

of

the

De

me

rge

d

Co

mp

an

y im

me

dia

tely

be

fore

su

ch d

em

erg

er

49

(2C

)

22

De

me

rge

r –

Ta

x Im

pli

cati

on

s

In t

he

ha

nd

s o

f T

ax

ab

ilit

y/ T

rea

tme

nt

Se

c.C

on

dit

ion

s /

Re

ma

rks

Pe

rio

d o

f h

old

ing

of

sha

res

rece

ive

d o

n d

em

erg

er

by

the

sh

are

ho

lde

rs

Incl

ud

es

pe

rio

d o

f h

old

ing

of

sha

res

he

ld in

th

e

de

me

rge

d c

om

pa

ny

Exp

ln 1

(i)(

g)

to s

ec.

2(4

2A

)

Pe

rio

d o

f h

old

ing

of

cap

ita

l a

sse

ts

Incl

ud

es

pe

rio

d o

f h

old

ing

of

cap

ita

l a

sse

ts h

eld

by

th

e

de

me

rge

d c

om

pa

ny

Exp

ln 1

(i)(

b)

to 2

(42

A)

r.w

.s.

49

(1)

an

d 4

7(vi

b)

23

De

me

rge

r –

Ta

x C

on

sid

era

tio

n

Co

st S

pli

t u

p in

th

e h

an

ds

of

sha

reh

old

ers

‘Co

st o

f a

cqu

isit

ion

of

sha

res

of

resu

ltin

gco

mp

an

y’ [

sec.

49

(2C

)]

=

X

‘Co

st o

f a

cqu

isit

ion

of

the

ori

gin

al

sha

res

by

th

e s

ha

reh

old

ers

in t

he

de

me

rge

d c

om

pa

ny

’ -

[se

c. 4

9(2

D)]

= C

ost

of

acq

uis

itio

n o

f sh

are

s in

de

me

rge

d c

om

pa

ny

–co

st o

f a

cqu

isit

ion

of

sha

res

of

resu

ltin

g c

om

pa

ny

arr

ive

d a

t u

nd

er

sec.

49

(2C

)

‘Ne

t w

ort

h’

is d

efi

ne

d a

s th

e a

gg

reg

ate

of

the

pa

id u

p s

ha

re c

ap

ita

l an

d g

en

era

l re

serv

es

as

ap

pe

ari

ng

in t

he

bo

ok

s

of

acc

ou

nt

of

the

de

me

rge

d c

om

pa

ny

imm

ed

iate

ly b

efo

re t

he

de

me

rge

r .

Ne

t b

oo

k v

alu

e o

f th

e a

sse

ts t

ran

sfe

rre

d i

n t

he

de

me

rge

r

Ne

t w

ort

h o

f th

e d

em

erg

ed

co

mp

an

y b

efo

re t

he

de

me

rge

r

Co

st o

f a

cqu

isit

ion

of

sha

res

in d

em

erg

ed

com

pa

ny

Wh

eth

er

de

fin

itio

n o

f N

etw

ort

h is

to

be

inte

rpre

ted

str

ictl

y t

o in

clu

de

on

ly ‘G

en

era

l

rese

rve

’ ?

Ho

w t

o c

om

pu

te t

he

co

st s

plit

in c

ase

of

de

me

rge

r o

f n

eg

ati

ve n

etw

ort

h u

nd

ert

ak

ing

?

24

S.7

2A

-C

om

pli

an

ce C

on

dit

ion

s:

24

Losses ‘Directly related’ E

nti

re a

mo

un

to

f‘d

ire

ctly

re

lata

ble

’bu

sin

ess

loss

es

an

d

un

ab

sorb

ed

de

pre

cia

tio

n is

a

llo

we

d t

o b

e c

arr

ied

fo

rwa

rd a

nd

se

t-o

ff in

th

e h

an

ds

of

the

re

sult

ing

co

mp

an

y

Losses ‘Not-directly related’

Th

e a

ccu

mu

late

d b

usi

ne

ss lo

ss a

nd

un

ab

sorb

ed

de

pre

cia

tio

n s

ho

uld

be

‘ap

po

rtio

ne

d’b

etw

ee

n t

he

resu

ltin

g c

om

pa

ny

an

d t

he

de

me

rge

d c

om

pa

ny

in t

he

ra

tio

of

the

ass

ets

tra

nsf

err

ed

to

th

e

resu

ltin

g c

om

pa

ny

an

d a

sse

ts

reta

ine

d b

y t

he

de

me

rge

d

com

pa

ny

an

d b

e a

llow

ed

to

be

carr

ied

fo

rwa

rd a

nd

se

t o

ff in

th

e

ha

nd

s o

f th

e d

em

erg

ed

co

mp

an

y

or

the

re

sult

ing

co

mp

an

y, a

s th

e

case

ma

y b

e

25

De

me

rge

r –

Oth

er

ke

y a

spe

cts

Ta

x H

oli

da

ys

•Ta

x in

cen

tive

s a

re e

ith

er

ba

sed

on

bu

sin

ess

(u/s

. 80

-IA

/ 8

0-I

B /

10B

) o

r a

rea

/ re

gio

n

ba

sed

(u

/s. 8

0-I

C /

10

A /1

0C

)

•C

on

tin

uit

y o

f u

ne

xpir

ed

p

eri

od

of

tax

ho

lida

y to

th

e

tra

nsf

ere

e c

om

pa

ny

in

am

alg

am

ati

on

/ d

em

erg

er

exc

ep

t u

/s. 8

0-I

A (

12A

)

MA

T C

red

it

•A

ll th

e s

ha

reh

old

ers

(in

th

e ye

ar

of

incu

rrin

g t

he

loss

)o

ug

ht

to c

on

tin

ue

to

ho

ld

sha

res

as

of

the

last

da

y o

f th

e p

revi

ou

s ye

ar

in w

hic

h

the

se

toff

is t

o b

e c

laim

ed

•A

bo

ve e

xce

pti

on

ap

plic

ab

le

on

ly f

or

loss

es

incu

rre

d in

fi

rst

7 ye

ars

fro

m

inco

rpo

rati

on

S.5

6(2

)(x

)

•N

o im

plic

ati

on

s o

n r

ece

ipt

of

pro

pe

rtie

s in

th

e h

an

ds

of

the

Tra

nsf

ere

e c

om

pa

ny

pu

rsu

an

t to

am

alg

am

ati

on

o

r d

em

erg

er

–C

lau

se (

IX)

to

the

pro

viso

of

sec.

56

(2)(

x)

26

�S

lum

p S

ale

27

Slu

mp

Sa

le -

Me

an

ing

•th

e t

ran

sfe

r o

f o

ne

or

mo

re

un

der

tak

ing

s

•a

s a

re

sult

of

sale

fo

r a

lum

p s

um

con

sid

era

tio

n

•w

ith

ou

t v

alu

es b

ein

g a

ssig

ned

to

ind

ivid

ua

l ass

ets

an

d li

ab

ilit

ies

in

such

sa

les

•E

xpla

na

tio

n –

De

term

ina

tio

n o

f va

lue

of

an

ass

et/

liab

ility

fo

r p

urp

ose

of

pa

yme

nt

of

sta

mp

du

ty, r

eg

istr

ati

on

fee

s sh

all

no

tb

e r

eg

ard

ed

as

ass

ign

me

nt

of

valu

es

to in

div

idu

al

ass

ets

or

liab

iliti

es

Me

an

ing

of

Slu

mp

Sa

le

[se

c. 2

(42

c)]

“Un

de

rta

kin

g”

sha

ll in

clu

de

an

y p

art

of

an

un

der

tak

ing

, or

a u

nit

or

div

isio

n o

f a

n

un

de

rta

kin

g o

r a

bu

sin

ess

act

ivit

y ta

ken

as

a w

ho

le, b

ut

do

es n

ot

incl

ud

e in

div

idu

al

ass

ets

or

lia

bil

itie

s o

r a

ny

co

mb

ina

tio

n t

her

eof

or

no

t co

nst

itu

tin

g a

bu

sin

ess

act

ivit

y

[Exp

lan

ati

on

1 t

o s

ec.

2(1

9A

A)]

Un

de

rta

kin

g

A C

o.

B C

o.

Slu

mp

Sa

le o

f U

nit

II

Sh

are

ho

lde

rsS

ha

reh

old

ers

Ca

sh c

on

sid

era

tio

n

Un

it I

Un

it I

I

Co

nce

pt

of

‘Go

ing

Co

nce

rn’ –

mo

st c

riti

cal

28

Slu

mp

Sa

le –

Ke

y t

ax

asp

ect

s

Co

mp

uta

tio

n o

f C

ap

ital G

ain

sIN

R

Full V

alu

e o

f Consid

era

tion

XX

Le

ss: T

ax

Ne

t-w

ort

ho

f th

e U

nd

ert

aki

ng

[R

efe

r T

ab

le b

elo

w]

(YY

)

Ta

xa

ble

Ca

pit

al G

ain

ZZ

Ta

x @

20

%*

(exc

lud

ing

su

rch

arg

e @

12%

an

dC

ess

@4

%)

ZZ

Z

*A

ssu

min

g t

he

Bu

sin

ess

is h

eld

fo

r 36

mo

nth

s o

r m

ore

. A

cco

rdin

gly

, th

e re

sult

an

t g

ain

is l

on

g t

erm

.

Els

e @

30%

plu

s su

rch

arg

e &

ces

s

Co

mp

uta

tio

n o

f C

ap

ital G

ain

sIN

R

Tax W

DV o

f D

epre

cia

ble

assets

X

Ad

d: B

oo

k V

alu

e o

f N

on

-de

pre

cia

ble

ass

ets

(exc

lud

ing

R

eva

lua

tio

n)

Y

Le

ss: B

oo

k V

alu

e o

f lia

bili

tie

s (e

xclu

din

g R

eva

lua

tio

n)

(Z)

Ta

x N

et-

wo

rth

YY

Co

mp

uta

tio

na

l Me

cha

nis

m

Wh

at

is T

ax

Ne

t-w

ort

h

No

tes:

•C

apital gain

will be r

egard

ed a

s s

hort

-term

if

the o

wners

hip

of

busin

ess is 3

6 m

onth

s o

r le

ss

•Benefit

of

Indexation is n

ot

available

in c

ase

of

slu

mp s

ale

•If

valu

e o

f liabilitie

s t

ransfe

rred is m

ore

than

the v

alu

e o

f assets

, i.e.

netw

ort

h o

f undert

akin

g is n

egative,

the d

iffe

rence m

ay

be a

dded t

o t

he v

alu

e o

f th

e c

onsid

era

tion f

or

tax p

urp

oses

•The c

urr

ent

year

tax b

usin

ess losses,

UAD

, b/f

capital lo

ss m

ay b

e s

et

off a

gain

st

the c

apital

gain

s a

risin

g o

n s

lum

p s

ale

−Long t

erm

Capital Loss m

ay b

e s

et

off

again

st

Long t

erm

capital G

ain

s

•Tax losses inclu

din

g U

AD

of

the identified

busin

ess w

ill not

be t

ransfe

rred in t

he h

ands

of

buyer. S

imilarly i

ncom

e t

ax b

ala

nces i.e

. Advance t

ax &

TD

S

als

o t

ypic

ally r

em

ain

with

the S

eller

29

Ta

x L

iab

ilit

y

•C

ap

ita

l Ga

ins

tax,

OR

•M

AT

pa

yab

le

•M

AT

pa

yab

le ,

if t

ax

on

bo

ok

pro

fits

* >

ca

pit

al

ga

ins

tax

+ c

orp

ora

te t

ax

−D

iffe

ren

ce b

etw

ee

n M

AT

pa

id a

nd

ca

pit

al

ga

ins

ava

ilab

le a

s M

AT

Cre

dit

fo

r ca

rry

forw

ard

a

nd

se

t o

ff u

p t

o s

ub

seq

ue

nt

15 y

ea

rs

−N

et

po

siti

on

(pro

fit

on

sa

le o

f b

usi

ne

ss a

nd

o

the

r ro

uti

ne

inco

me)

fo

r F

Y o

f cl

osi

ng

ne

ed

s to

be

ass

ess

ed

to

se

e if

lia

bili

ty u

nd

er

MA

T o

r n

orm

al t

ax

is p

aya

ble

−M

AT

cre

dit

, if

an

y, in

th

e b

oo

ks

of

Se

ller

as

on

th

e d

ate

of

tra

nsf

er

of

bu

sin

ess

will

no

t b

e

tra

nsf

err

ed

via

slu

mp

sa

le

•A

dvi

sab

le t

o c

on

firm

th

e a

cco

un

tin

g t

rea

tme

nt

wit

h t

he

Au

dit

ors

on

acc

ou

nt

of

imp

act

un

de

r In

dA

S

Se

con

da

ryri

sk–

pa

stta

xd

ue

s

•If

th

e S

elle

r fa

ils t

o p

ay

its

tax

du

es

-a

cqu

isit

ion

of

Bu

sin

ess

ma

y b

e c

on

sid

ere

d a

s vo

id

•B

uye

r m

ay

insi

st S

elle

r o

bta

inin

g a

Ta

x C

lea

ran

ce

Ce

rtif

ica

te f

rom

TA

Su

cce

ssio

n R

isk

•If

slu

mp

sa

le is

co

nsi

de

red

to

be

su

cce

ssio

n o

f b

usi

ne

ss:

−B

uye

r co

uld

be

he

ld li

ab

le f

or

an

y in

com

e t

ax

liab

iliti

es

of

Se

ller

pe

rta

inin

g t

o F

Y y

ea

r in

w

hic

h t

he

su

cce

ssio

n t

oo

k p

lace

up

to t

he

da

te

of

succ

ess

ion

an

d F

Y p

rece

din

g t

ha

t ye

ar.

Eg

: T

ran

sact

ion

co

mp

lete

d -

1 F

eb

20

18, B

uye

r’s

risk

-Ta

x lia

bili

ty o

f F.

Y. 1

6-1

7 a

nd

1 A

pri

l 17

till

31 J

an

18

.

−A

cco

rdin

gly

, Bu

yer

ma

y in

sist

fo

r in

de

mn

ity

as

a s

afe

gu

ard

.

Se

lle

rs P

ers

pe

ctiv

eB

uy

ers

pe

rsp

ect

ive

Slu

mp

Sa

le –

Ke

y t

ax

asp

ect

s

30

Ta

x D

ep

reci

ati

on

•In

th

e y

ea

r o

f tr

an

sfe

r -

−Seller

can c

laim

depre

cia

tion o

n a

ssets

in

ratio o

f num

ber

of

days t

he a

ssets

were

used

Wit

hh

old

ing

ob

lig

ati

on

s o

n t

ran

sfe

r o

f im

mo

va

ble

p

rop

ert

y

•M

ay

no

t b

e r

eq

uir

ed

–A

rgu

ab

ly, i

n c

ase

of

a s

lum

p

sale

, ‘b

usi

ne

ss’ i

s b

ein

g t

ran

sfe

rre

d a

nd

th

ere

is n

o

sta

nd

alo

ne

tra

nsf

er

of

imm

ova

ble

pro

pe

rty

•T

his

ne

ed

s to

be

te

ste

d w

ith

re

leva

nt

loca

l p

rop

ert

y re

gis

tra

tio

n o

ffic

e

Ta

x D

ep

reci

ati

on

•In

th

e y

ea

r o

f tr

an

sfe

r -

−B

uye

r ca

n c

laim

de

pre

cia

tio

n o

n a

sse

ts in

ra

tio

o

f n

um

be

r o

f d

ays

th

e a

sse

ts w

ere

use

d

−In

su

bse

qu

en

t ye

ars

, ta

x d

ep

reci

ati

on

ma

y b

e

ava

ilab

le o

n s

tep

pe

d u

p v

alu

e (a

s p

er

PP

A)

−B

uye

r co

uld

cla

im d

ep

reci

ati

on

on

ce

rta

in

inta

ng

ible

s re

cord

ed

ba

sis

PP

A s

uch

as

go

od

will

, kn

ow

-ho

w, p

ate

nts

, co

pyr

igh

ts, t

rad

e

ma

rks,

lice

nse

s, f

ran

chis

es

or

an

y o

the

r b

usi

ne

ss o

r co

mm

erc

ial r

igh

ts o

f si

mila

r n

atu

re

Se

lle

rs P

ers

pe

ctiv

eB

uy

ers

pe

rsp

ect

ive

Slu

mp

Sa

le –

Ke

y t

ax

asp

ect

s

31

Slu

mp

Sa

le –

Ke

y t

ax

asp

ect

s

Pa

rtic

ula

rs

Slu

mp

Sa

le v

ia S

che

me

Slu

mp

Sa

lev

ia B

TA

Invo

lvin

g g

ove

rnm

en

t co

ntr

act

so

r lic

en

se

tra

nsf

ers

or

oth

er

reg

ula

tory

ap

pro

vals

•P

refe

rab

le

•L

ess

pre

fera

ble

Pre

-qu

alif

ica

tio

ns

tra

nsf

er

en

visa

ge

d

•P

refe

rab

le•

Le

ss p

refe

rab

le

Tim

ein

volv

em

en

t•

Lo

ng

er

tim

elin

e•

Sh

ort

er

tim

elin

e

Re

gu

lato

ry a

pp

rova

ls•

Ma

nd

ato

ry a

pp

rova

ls o

f va

rio

us

au

tho

riti

es

un

de

r N

CLT

ro

ute

incl

ud

ing

a

n in

tim

ati

on

to

inco

me

ta

x a

uth

ori

tie

s

•L

ess

er

ap

pro

vals

re

qu

ire

d

Sta

mp

du

ty *

Co

uld

be

re

stri

cte

d t

o M

axi

mu

m s

tam

p

du

ty o

f th

at

pa

rtic

ula

r st

ate

; Eg

: M

ah

ara

shtr

a –

INR

25

crs

No

su

ch r

est

rict

ion

Inco

me

Ta

x / G

ST

Sa

me

tre

atm

en

t in

bo

th s

cen

ari

os

Slu

mp

Sa

le v

ia S

che

me

vs

Slu

mp

Sa

le v

ia B

TA

32

�It

em

ise

d S

ale

33

Ite

miz

ed

Sa

le –

Me

an

ing

an

d T

ax

Imp

lica

tio

ns

•N

ot

de

fin

ed

un

de

r IT

Act

•In

volv

es

ind

ivid

ua

l sa

le o

f a

sse

ts

•C

on

sid

era

tio

n is

ide

nti

fia

ble

ag

ain

st e

ach

ass

et

•B

uy

er

dis

cha

rge

s co

nsi

de

rati

on

to

th

e s

elle

r fo

r th

e a

sse

t a

cqu

ire

d

Me

an

ing

Ta

x Im

pli

cati

on

s

Na

ture

of

Ass

et

Na

ture

of

Inco

me

De

pre

cia

ble

Ass

ets

-P

rovi

sio

ns

of

S.5

0a

re a

pp

lica

ble

-

Sh

ort

te

rm c

ap

ita

l ga

ins

(if

the

con

sid

era

tio

n >

WD

V o

f th

e re

leva

nt

blo

ck o

f a

sset

)

No

n –

De

pre

cia

ble

Ass

ets

-S

ho

rt t

erm

ca

pit

al g

ain

s / L

on

g t

erm

ca

pit

al g

ain

s(D

ep

en

din

go

n t

he

pe

rio

d o

f h

old

ing

)

Cu

rre

nt

Ass

ets

Bu

sin

ess

pro

fits

34

Ite

miz

ed

Sa

le v

s S

lum

p S

ale

Pa

rtic

ula

rsIt

em

ize

d S

ale

Slu

mp

Sa

le

De

fin

itio

n u

nd

er

IT A

ctN

ot

spe

cifi

ed

De

fin

ed

spe

cifi

cally

Cri

teri

a o

f ‘U

nd

ert

ak

ing

’N

ot

req

uir

ed

to

be

co

mp

lied

wit

hR

eq

uir

ed

to

be

co

mp

lied

wit

h

Tra

nsf

er

of

‘Lia

bil

itie

s’F

lexi

bili

ty o

f n

ot

acq

uir

ing

th

e

liab

iliti

es

No

Fle

xib

ility

Co

nsi

de

rati

on

No

sp

eci

fic

con

dit

ion

sL

um

psu

mC

on

sid

era

tio

n

Ca

pit

al G

ain

s

com

pu

tati

on

me

cha

nis

mC

ap

ita

l ga

ins

to b

e c

om

pu

ted

fo

r e

ach

ite

m o

f ca

pit

al a

sse

tC

ap

ita

l ga

ins

to b

e c

om

pu

ted

fo

r ‘u

nd

ert

ak

ing

’ as

pe

r sp

eci

fie

d f

orm

ula

in

th

e IT

Act

Na

ture

of

ga

ins

/ lo

ss-

Fo

r d

ep

reci

ab

le a

sse

ts–

sho

rt

term

-F

or

no

n d

ep

reci

ab

le a

sse

ts–

de

pe

nd

s o

n t

he

pe

rio

d o

f h

old

ing

of

ass

ets

-D

ep

en

ds

on

th

e p

eri

od

of

ho

ldin

g o

f

the

un

de

rta

kin

g

-H

old

ing

pe

rio

d o

f in

div

idu

al

ass

ets

no

t

rele

van

t

Ind

exa

tio

n b

en

efi

tA

vaila

ble

(in

ca

se o

f n

on

de

pre

cia

ble

lon

g-t

erm

ass

ets

)

No

t A

vaila

ble

Pro

visi

on

s o

f se

c. 5

0C

Ap

plic

ab

leN

ot

Ap

plic

ab

le

35

�S

ha

re A

cqu

isit

ion

s

36

Sh

are

Acq

uis

itio

n –

Ma

jor T

ran

sact

ion

s

•W

alm

art

acq

uir

ed

a 7

7% s

tak

e in

Flip

ka

rt t

hro

ug

h a

SP

A f

or

~

US

D 1

6 b

nA

cqu

ire

r: W

alm

art

Se

lle

r: F

lipk

art

•IV

RC

L L

imit

ed

en

tere

d in

to a

SP

A t

o s

ell

its

two

su

bsi

dia

ry

com

pa

nie

s vi

z. S

ale

m T

ollw

ays

Lim

ite

d a

nd

Ku

ma

rap

ala

yam

T

ollw

ays

Lim

ite

d t

o C

HIP

L f

or

~ IN

R 7

26

Crs

Acq

uir

er:

Cu

be

Hig

hw

ay

s a

nd

In

fra

stru

ctu

re P

te.

Ltd

. (C

HIP

L)

Se

lle

r: IV

RC

L L

imit

ed

•R

elia

nce

Ind

ust

rie

s b

ou

gh

t ~

80

% e

qu

ity

sta

ke

in S

aa

vn M

ed

ia

(Sa

avn

Ind

ia)

for

~ IN

R 8

00

Crs

Acq

uir

er:

Re

lian

ce In

du

stri

es

Lim

ite

dS

ell

er:

Sa

avn

Me

dia

37

Sh

are

Acq

uis

itio

n –

Wh

en

su

ita

ble

vis

-à-v

is o

the

r m

od

es

Re

gu

late

d B

usi

ne

ss/

Lic

en

ses

Co

ntr

act

s w

ith

Go

ve

rnm

en

t/ P

Qs

Ass

et

he

av

y/

Infr

ast

ruct

ure

/ R

ea

l Est

ate

Co

mp

an

ies

Sp

eci

fic

tax

or

oth

er

com

me

rcia

l att

rib

ute

s

38

Sh

are

Acq

uis

itio

n –

Ke

y t

ax

ma

tte

rs in

de

al n

eg

oti

ati

on

s

Ke

y T

ax

dis

cuss

ion

po

ints

in

de

al s

itu

ati

on

s

De

al V

alu

e

Ad

just

me

nts

Esc

row

Ba

nk

Gu

ara

nte

e

De

ferr

ed

/Co

nti

ng

en

t co

nsi

de

rati

on

Ind

em

nit

y

Re

pre

sen

tati

on

s

Mo

de

s o

f p

rote

ctio

n f

rom

his

tori

cal r

isk

s in

clu

din

g f

ind

ing

s fr

om

du

e d

ilig

en

ce

an

d S

ect

ion

17

0 r

isk

Ta

x C

lea

ran

ce c

ert

ific

ate

(S

ect

ion

28

1)

39

Ta

x R

ep

rese

nta

tio

ns

-G

en

era

l

•C

om

plia

nce

wit

h t

ax

law

s a

nd

acc

ura

te p

ay

me

nts

of

taxe

s

•A

ccu

rate

ly a

nd

tim

ely

file

d a

ll ta

x re

turn

s

•A

ll w

ith

ho

ldin

g t

ax

pro

pe

rty

de

du

cte

d a

nd

du

ly d

ep

osi

ted

•N

o in

vest

iga

tio

n /

scr

uti

ny

pe

nd

ing

wit

h r

esp

ect

to

un

de

rta

kin

g c

on

cern

ed

•O

wn

ers

hip

is c

lea

r fr

om

inco

me

ta

x p

urp

ose

s

•T

ax

exe

mp

tio

ns/

be

ne

fits

/ h

olid

ay

s/ in

cen

tive

s a

re in

co

mp

lian

ce w

ith

an

d

ad

mis

sib

le u

nd

er

ap

plic

ab

le la

w

Sp

eci

fic

Wa

rra

nti

es

•W

arr

an

tie

s re

lati

ng

to

sp

eci

fic

du

e d

ilig

en

ce is

sue

s

Ta

x In

de

mn

itie

s

•T

ime

Fra

me

•C

ap

on

am

ou

nt

•G

ross

–u

ps

an

d e

scro

w/h

old

ba

cks

for

ind

em

nit

y p

ay

me

nts

•S

pe

cifi

c in

de

mn

ity

Sh

are

Acq

uis

itio

n –

Ke

y t

ax

ma

tte

rs in

de

al n

eg

oti

ati

on

s

40

�B

uy

Ba

ck

41

Bu

y-b

ack

of

sha

res

Ta

xa

bil

ity

pro

vis

ion

s [S

ec.

11

5Q

A]

•F

rom

1 J

un

e 2

013

, bu

y-b

ack

ta

x p

rovi

sio

ns

we

re in

tro

du

ced

on

un

liste

d c

om

pa

nie

s a

nd

exe

mp

tio

n w

as

pro

vid

ed

to

its

sha

reh

old

ers

, as

bu

y-b

ack

ta

x w

as

to b

e p

aid

by

the

Co

mp

an

y

•C

urr

en

tly,

bu

y-b

ack

of

sha

res

is t

axa

ble

@ 2

3.2

96

% o

n t

he

dif

fere

nce

be

twe

en

bu

y-b

ack

co

nsi

de

rati

on

an

d t

he

‘am

ou

nt

wh

ich

wa

s re

ceiv

ed

by

th

e C

om

pa

ny

’fo

r is

sue

of

such

sh

are

s

•B

uy-

ba

ck p

rovi

sio

ns

are

no

t a

pp

lica

ble

to

list

ed

co

mp

an

ies

so g

ain

s o

n b

uy-

ba

ck, i

f a

ny

are

ta

xab

le in

h

an

ds

of

sha

reh

old

er

of

the

list

ed

co

mp

an

y

Oth

er

pro

vis

ion

s

•In

ca

se o

f co

rpo

rate

sh

are

ho

lde

rs, M

AT

ma

y b

e a

pp

lica

ble

•N

o d

ee

me

d d

ivid

en

d im

plic

ati

on

s o

n b

uy-

ba

ck [C

lau

se (

iv)

to s

ect

ion

2(2

2)]

Bu

yba

ck o

f sh

are

s b

y A

ma

lga

ma

ted

Co

; wh

at

sha

ll b

e t

he

‘am

ou

nt

rece

ived

by

th

e C

om

pa

ny

’ ?

42

Bu

y-b

ack

of

sha

res

Ta

xa

bil

ity

in t

he

ha

nd

s o

f

Lis

ted

Sh

are

s

Un

list

ed

Sh

are

sB

uy

ba

ck t

hro

ug

h s

tock

exc

ha

ng

e m

ech

an

ism

(s

ub

ject

to

ST

T)

Bu

y b

ack

dir

ect

ly f

rom

sh

are

ho

lde

rs (n

ot

sub

ject

to

ST

T)

Eq

uit

y sh

are

sP

refe

ren

ce

sha

res

Eq

uit

y sh

are

sP

refe

ren

cesh

are

sE

qu

ity

sha

res

Pre

fere

nce

sha

res

Co

mp

an

y

Lia

bili

ty o

f b

uy

-ba

ck t

ax

No

No

No

No

Ye

sY

es

Sh

are

ho

lde

rs

He

ld m

ore

th

an

12

mo

nth

s

(lis

ted

sh

are

s) /

12

mo

nth

s

(un

liste

d s

ha

res)

10%

*

(ga

ins

exc

ee

din

g

INR

1 la

kh

s)

20

%*

(w

ith

ind

exa

tio

n)

10%

* (

wit

ho

ut

ind

exa

tio

n)

Exe

mp

t

He

ld u

pto

12

mo

nth

s (l

iste

d

sha

res)

/ 2

4m

on

ths

(un

liste

d s

ha

res)

15%

*A

sp

er

sla

b r

ate

s

* P

lus

ap

pli

cab

le s

urc

ha

rge

an

d c

ess

43

�C

ap

ita

lRe

du

ctio

n

44

Ca

pit

al

Re

du

ctio

n o

f sh

are

s –

Ta

x im

pli

cati

on

s

In h

an

ds

of

the

Co

mp

an

y

•D

istr

ibu

tio

n t

o s

ha

reh

old

ers

by

Co

mp

an

y o

n t

he

red

uct

ion

of

its

cap

ita

l is

de

em

ed

as

div

ide

nd

to

th

e

ext

en

t to

wh

ich

th

e

Co

mp

an

y p

oss

ess

es

acc

um

ula

ted

pro

fits

,

wh

eth

er

cap

ita

lize

d o

r n

ot

•D

ee

me

d d

ivid

en

d u

/s.

2(2

2)(

d)

is s

ub

ject

to

div

ide

nd

dis

trib

uti

on

ta

x u

/s.

115-

O o

f th

e IT

Act

In t

he

ha

nd

s o

f sh

are

ho

lde

rs

•R

ed

uct

ion

of

sha

re c

ap

ita

l by

a C

om

pa

ny

an

d p

ro-r

ata

dis

trib

uti

on

of

cash

/ a

sse

ts

to t

he

sh

are

ho

lde

rs a

mo

un

t

to t

ran

sfe

r a

nd

th

ere

fore

,

taxa

ble

as

cap

ita

l ga

ins

•F

or

de

term

inin

g t

he

am

ou

nt

liab

le t

o c

ap

ita

l ga

in t

ax,

fu

ll

valu

e o

f co

nsi

de

rati

on

is

red

uce

d b

y th

e a

mo

un

t,

wh

ich

ha

s b

ee

n r

eck

on

ed

as

div

ide

nd

Oth

er

pro

vis

ion

s

•C

ap

ita

l lo

ss o

n a

cco

un

t o

f

cap

ita

l re

du

ctio

n in

th

e

ha

nd

s o

f th

e s

ha

reh

old

ers

invo

lvin

g p

aym

en

t o

f a

ny

con

sid

era

tio

n c

an

no

t b

e

allo

we

d u

nd

er

the

pro

visi

on

s

of

the

IT A

ct. [

Ben

net

t

Co

lem

an

& C

o. L

td. v

s. A

dd

l

CIT

(IT

A. N

o.

3013

/MU

M/2

00

7)]

•A

pp

lica

bili

ty o

f se

c. 5

6(2

)(x)

pro

visi

on

s

45

Ca

pit

al

red

uct

ion

of

sha

res

Imp

act

of

sec.

50

CA

•S

ec.

50

CA

,as

intr

od

uce

d b

y t

he

Fin

an

ce A

ct, 2

017

, pro

vid

es

for

ad

op

tio

n o

f F

MV

(a

s

pre

scri

be

d in

Ru

le 1

1UA

A)

as

the

co

nsi

de

rati

on

fo

r tr

an

sfe

r o

f u

nq

uo

ted

sh

are

s o

f a

com

pa

ny,

wh

ere

act

ua

l co

nsi

de

rati

on

is lo

we

r th

an

FM

V

•T

he

dif

fere

nce

be

twe

en

FM

V a

nd

co

nsi

de

rati

on

sh

all

be

su

bje

ct t

o t

ax

in t

he

ha

nd

s o

f th

e

tra

nsf

ero

r u

nd

er

the

he

ad

“C

ap

ita

l Ga

ins”

•A

pp

lica

ble

to

tra

nsf

ero

r w

ho

ho

lds

sha

res

as

cap

ita

l ass

et

an

d n

ot

as

sto

ck-i

n-t

rad

e

•E

xte

nd

s to

an

y f

orm

of

sha

res

wh

eth

er

eq

uit

y o

r p

refe

ren

ce. B

ut

do

es

no

t co

ver

con

vert

ible

de

bt

inst

rum

en

t su

ch a

s C

CD

or

wa

rra

nts

or

rig

ht

en

titl

em

en

t

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ran

sact

ion

s w

hic

h a

re n

ot

like

ly t

o b

e c

ove

red

by

se

c. 5

0C

A in

clu

de

:

•C

ap

ita

l re

du

ctio

n w

ith

no

co

nsi

de

rati

on

•T

ran

sfe

r b

y w

ay

of

gif

t w

hic

h is

exe

mp

ted

u/s

. 47(

iii)

•A

ny

tra

nsf

er

wh

ich

ca

n q

ua

lify

fo

r e

xem

pti

on

u/s

. 47

or

un

de

r th

e t

rea

ty

•S

ec.

50

CA

is d

iffe

ren

t fr

om

se

c. 5

0D

as

taxa

tio

n u

/s. 5

0D

is t

rig

ge

red

on

ly w

he

n

con

sid

era

tio

n is

un

asc

ert

ain

ab

le w

hile

se

c. 5

0C

A is

in r

esp

ect

of

un

asc

ert

ain

ed

con

sid

era

tio

n w

hic

h is

less

th

an

pre

scri

be

d F

MV

46

�C

om

pli

an

ces

-Il

lust

rati

ve

47

Co

mp

lia

nce

s -

SE

BI /

Sto

ck E

xch

an

ge

s

Co

mp

lia

nce

re

qu

ire

d o

nly

if L

iste

d C

om

pa

ny

is in

vo

lve

d

•S

EB

I Cir

cula

r d

ate

d M

arc

h 1

0, 2

017

pro

vid

es

con

dit

ion

s a

nd

co

mp

lian

ces

by

liste

d e

nti

tie

s w

hile

un

de

rta

kin

g ‘S

che

me

of A

rra

ng

em

en

t’

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iste

d E

nti

tie

s to

co

mp

ly w

ith

Re

gu

lati

on

11,

37

an

d 9

4 o

f LO

DR

fo

r e

very

Sch

em

e o

f Arr

an

ge

me

nt

pro

po

sed

u/s

. 230

to

234

an

d s

ec.

66

of C

A 2

013

•F

ilin

g o

f S

che

me

of A

rra

ng

em

en

t b

y lis

ted

en

titi

es

wit

h N

CLT

on

ly p

ost

re

ceip

t o

f o

bse

rva

tio

n le

tte

r o

r

no

ob

ject

ion

lett

er

(‘L

ett

er’

) fr

om

SE

s

-S

uch

Le

tte

r to

be

pla

ced

be

fore

Tri

bu

na

l

-V

alid

ity

of

Le

tte

r is

6 m

on

ths

fro

m t

he

da

te o

f it

s is

sue

-S

ub

mis

sio

n o

f p

resc

rib

ed

do

cum

en

ts w

ith

SE

s p

ost

sa

nct

ion

of S

che

me

Me

rge

r o

f Wo

S in

to L

iste

d H

old

Co

–A

pp

rova

l of

SE

BI r

eq

uir

ed

?

48

Co

mp

lia

nce

s -

Co

mp

an

y L

aw

•S

ect

ion

230

-234

–g

ove

rns

all

“Arr

an

ge

me

nts

wit

h m

em

be

rs a

nd

cre

dit

ors

”; m

erg

ers

, de

me

rge

rs,

com

po

site

sch

em

es

etc

. la

ys

do

wn

the

fra

me

wo

rk/p

roce

ss

•S

ect

ion

66

–g

ove

rns

“ R

ed

uct

ion

of

Ca

pit

al”

Go

vern

ing

Se

ctio

ns

in

Co

s A

ct 2

013

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oa

rd o

f D

ire

cto

rs

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ha

reh

old

ers

; a

ll cl

ass

es

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en

de

rs a

nd

Cre

dit

ors

(S

ecu

red

an

d U

nse

cure

d)

•Ju

risd

icti

on

al N

CLT

•R

oC

, Re

gio

na

l Dir

ect

or,

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icia

l Liq

uid

ato

r

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com

e t

ax

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pe

cifi

ed

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tho

riti

es

in c

ert

ain

ca

ses

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T, R

BI e

tc)

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om

pe

titi

on

Co

mm

issi

on

of

Ind

ia (C

CI)

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pro

val

fro

m K

ey

sta

keh

old

ers

49

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win

g u

p o

f th

e

sch

em

e a

nd

re

late

d

do

cum

en

ts

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lua

tio

n p

roce

ss

1

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ng

pe

titi

on

w

ith

NC

LT

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pro

val b

y C

om

mit

tee

/ b

oa

rd o

f D

ire

cto

rs

of

all

the

co

mp

an

ies

2F

ilin

gs

wit

h N

CL

T

for

see

kin

g

dir

ect

ion

s fo

r m

ee

tin

gs

or

dis

pe

nsa

tio

n

5

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ara

nce

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m

reg

ula

tory

a

uth

ori

tie

s

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ost

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a

pp

rova

l p

roce

du

res

10

7

Ess

en

tia

l to

pla

n s

mo

oth

im

ple

me

nta

tio

n

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tain

dis

pe

nsa

tio

ns

fro

m

me

eti

ng

s w

he

rev

er

po

ssib

le,

inca

se o

f u

nli

ste

d c

om

pa

nie

s

Re

gu

lato

ry a

pp

rov

als

at

va

rio

us

sta

ge

s

NC

LT

a

pp

rova

l

9

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pic

al t

ime

fra

me

–1

0 –

12

mo

nth

s; m

ay

va

ry o

n c

ase

to

ca

se b

asi

s

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o 1

5 d

ays

5 d

ays

60

da

ys

15 d

ays

75 t

o 9

0 d

ays

60

da

ys30

da

ys

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ng

of

ap

plic

ati

on

wit

h

NC

LT

4

5 d

ays

Sh

are

ho

lde

rs a

nd

cre

dit

ors

a

pp

rova

l, a

dve

rtis

em

en

t,

no

tice

to

re

gu

lato

rs

6

45

to 5

0 d

ays

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tain

ing

Au

dit

or’

s ce

rtif

ica

te, F

air

ne

ss

Op

inio

n

Co

mp

lia

nce

s -

Bro

ad

ste

ps

for

me

rge

r/ d

em

erg

er

49

Fili

ng

s w

ith

SE

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an

d a

pp

rova

l fro

m

SE

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r L

iste

d C

os

on

ly)

3

75 d

ays

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mp

lia

nce

s -

Sta

mp

Du

ty

Sta

mp

Du

ty

•S

tam

pd

uty

is le

vie

do

n ‘I

nst

rum

en

ts’;

th

us,

a N

CLT

ord

er

is a

n ‘I

nst

rum

en

t’ a

nd

he

nce

lia

ble

to

sta

mp

d

uty

as

the

Ind

ian

Sta

mp

Act

•S

tam

p D

uty

is p

aya

ble

in t

he

Sta

tes

⁻W

he

re o

rde

r a

pp

rovi

ng

th

e s

che

me

is p

ass

ed

; an

d

⁻W

he

re t

he

pro

pe

rtie

s o

f tr

an

sfe

ror

com

pa

ny

are

loca

ted

•S

pe

cifi

c e

ntr

y in

th

e S

che

du

le le

vyin

g d

uty

on

NC

LT o

rde

r sa

nct

ion

ing

am

alg

am

ati

on

–M

ah

ara

stra

, G

uja

rat,

Ra

jast

ha

n, H

ary

an

a, K

arn

ata

ka

, An

dh

ra P

rad

esh

, Ta

mil

Na

du

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o s

pe

cifi

c e

ntr

y in

ca

se o

f st

ate

s o

the

r th

an

ab

ove

⁻D

ep

en

din

g o

n t

he

sta

te, i

t is

imp

era

tive

to e

valu

ate

the

sta

mp

du

ty e

xpo

sure

fo

r e

ach

tra

nsa

ctio

n.

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g: M

ah

ara

stra

Sta

mp

Act

Art

icle

25

(da

)–

Co

nve

yan

ce; i

nca

se o

f m

erg

er,

de

me

rge

r

10%

of

the

ma

rke

t va

lue

of

sha

res

issu

ed

as

con

sid

era

tio

n; s

ub

ject

to

hig

he

r o

f;

-5%

of

the

imm

ova

ble

pro

pe

rty

loca

ted

in M

ah

ara

shtr

a t

ran

sfe

rre

d p

urs

ua

nt

to t

he

Sch

em

e; o

r

-0

.7%

of

the

va

lue

of

the

sh

are

s is

sue

d a

s co

nsi

de

rati

on

Th

e m

axi

mu

m s

tam

p d

uty

pa

yab

le w

rt t

o t

his

Art

icle

is IN

R 2

5 c

rs.

Sta

mp

Du

ty –

On

e o

f m

ost

cri

tica

l asp

ect

s o

f a

ny

re

stru

ctu

rin

g e

xe

rcis

e

51

Co

mp

lia

nce

s -

Oth

er

La

ws

FE

MA

•Is

sue

of

sha

res

on

m

erg

er/

de

me

rge

r p

erm

itte

d u

nd

er

the

Au

tom

ati

c ro

ute

•F

ilin

gs

an

d r

ela

ted

co

mp

lian

ces

to b

e

ad

he

red

to

. Eg

; FC

-G

PR

RB

I

•R

est

ruct

uri

ng

s in

volv

ing

NB

FC

, ty

pic

ally

re

qu

ire

RB

I a

pp

rova

l

Co

mp

eti

tio

n

Co

mm

issi

on

of

Ind

ia

•A

pp

rova

l re

qu

ire

d

wh

ere

tra

nsa

ctio

n

bre

ach

es

spe

cifi

ed

th

resh

old

s a

nd

are

n

ot

exp

ress

ly

exe

mp

ted

Se

cto

ral R

eg

ula

tors

•D

oT

ap

pro

val

req

uir

ed

fo

r tr

an

sfe

r o

f te

leco

m

lice

nse

s

•M

inis

try

of

Pe

tro

leu

m a

nd

N

atu

ral G

as

req

uir

ed

fo

r tr

an

sfe

r o

f p

etr

ole

um

min

ing

ri

gh

ts

Illu

stra

tiv

e o

nly

–S

che

me

s a

pp

rov

als

are

ty

pic

all

y c

on

dit

ion

al

on

ap

pro

va

ls

fro

m s

ect

ora

l re

gu

lato

rs

52

&

Dis

cla

ime

r:T

he

vie

w/o

pin

ion

s, (

if a

ny

) e

xpre

sse

d h

ere

in a

re p

ers

on

al t

o t

he

au

tho

r o

f th

is p

rese

nta

tio

n a

nd

str

ictl

y o

f p

urp

ose

s o

f a

cad

em

ic d

iscu

ssio

ns.

53

Th

an

k Y

ou

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