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Zuari Industries Limited M&A Activity 2022

Apr 25, 2022

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25 April 2022

To,

To, To, BSE Limited The National Stock Exchange of India Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, Dalal Street, Sandra- Kurla Complex, Sandra (East) Mumbai - 400 001 Mumbai - 400 051 BSE Scrip Code: 500780 NSE Symbol : ZUARIGLOB

Ref: Disclosure in terms of Regulation 30 and other relevant provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations. 2015

Dear Sir/ Madam,

In furtherance to the intimation dated 29 March 2022 and pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations, 2015, we hereby inform you that Hon'ble National Company Law Tribunal ("NCL T"), Mumbai Bench, vide its order dated 20 April 2022 as made available on the portal of the NCL T on 25 April 2022 has approved the Scheme of Amalgamation between Gobind Sugar Mills Limited ("GSML' / 'Transferor Company') and Zuari Global Limited ("ZGL" / 'Transferee Company') and their respective shareholders and creditors thereof. Please be informed that the said Scheme was already approved by the Hon'ble National Company Law Tribunal ("NCL T"), New Delhi Bench, vide its order dated 28 March 2022, and the same was already intimated to you vide our letter dated 29 March 2022.

The Board of Directors of the Company vide its meeting held on 25 April 2022 has also taken note of the Orders passed by Hon'ble Mumbai and New Delhi Benches as mentioned above.

The disclosures required, under Regulation 37(5) of the LODR Regulations read with SEBI Circular No. CFD/DIL3/CIR/2017/21 dated 10 March 2017, are as follows:

  1. Copy of the NCL T approving Scheme - Copy of the Order of the Hon'ble National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench dated 20 April 2022 as made available on the portal of the NCL T on 25 April 2022, is enclosed herewith as Annexure-A;

  2. Result of voting by shareholders for approving the Scheme - Pursuant to the Order dated 11 August 2021, passed by the Hon'ble National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, a meeting of equity shareholders of the Company was convened on 12 October 2021. In this regard, pursuant to Regulation 44(3) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we are enclosing herewith Consolidated Voting results for approving the scheme as Annexure-B;

  3. Statement explaining changes, if any, and reasons for such changes carried out in the Approved Scheme of arrangement vis-a-vis the Draft Scheme of arrangement - The Scheme of Amalgamation which was approved by the NCL T is same as the Draft Scheme of

ZUARI GLOBAL LIMITED

CIN No.: L65921GA1967PLC000157 Corp. Off: 5th Floor, Tower.., A, Global Business Park, M. G. Road, Sector 26, Gurugram -122 002, Haryana India

Tel: +91124 482 7800 / +91124 404 3572 Website : www.adventz.com, E-mail: [email protected] Regd. Off: Jai Kisaan Bhawan, Zuarinagar, Goa - 403726

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Amalgamation which was submitted with the stock exchange(s) for disclosure purposes vide letter(s) dated July 17, 2020 and February 13, 2021 i.e., there is no change in the approved and draft Scheme of Amalgamation;

  1. Status of compliance with the Observation Letter or No Objection Letter of the Stock -

Exchange(s) Pursuant to the application filed under Regulation 37 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, the Bombay Stock Exchange, vide its letter no. DCS/AMAL/BA/R37/1877/2020-21 dated January 15, 2021 and the National Stock Exchange of India, vide its letter no. NSE/LIST/24289_111 dated January 15, 2021, has directed the company that the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation between ZGL and GSML and their respective shareholders and creditors should specifically disclose that the 10.5% Non­ Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of the face value of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) proposed to be issued by ZGL to the equity shareholders of GSML pursuant to clause 5.1 (b) of the Scheme and 7% Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Share of the face value of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) to be issued by ZGL to the 7% Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shareholders of GSML pursuant to clause 5.5 of the Scheme, shall not be listed on any other stock exchange.

Accordingly, insertion of the following Clause No. 5.11 in the Scheme was approved in the meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 13, 2021:

The 10.5% Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of the face value of Rs. 10/­ (Rupees Ten) proposed to be issued by ZGL to the equity shareholders of GSML pursuant to clause 5. 1 (b) above and 7% Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Share of the face value of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) to be issued by ZGL to the to the 7% Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shareholders of GSML pursuant to clause 5.5 above shall not be listed on NSE, BSE or any other stock exchange(s).

Furthermore, pursuant to insertion of the above Clause, the existing Clauses 5.11 to 5.15 in the Scheme were renumbered as Clause 5.12 to 5.16.

  1. The application seeking exemption from Rule 19(2)(b) of SCRR, 1957, wherever -

applicable Not applicable;

  1. Report on Complaints as per Annexure Ill of Circular No. CFD/DILJICIR/2017I21 dated March 10, 2017 - No complaints were received.

Kindly take the above information on your records.

Thanking you,

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mited
Laxman Aggarwal
Company Secretary
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ZUARI GLOBAL LIMITED

CIN No.: L65921GA1967PLC000157

Corp. Off: 5th Floor, Tower - A, Global Business Park, M. G. Road, Sector 26, Gurugram - 122 002, Haryana India

Tel: +91124 482 7800 / +91124 404 3572 Website : www.adventz.com, E-mail: [email protected] Regd. Off: Jai Kisaan Bhawan, Zuarinagar, Goa - 403726

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Annexure - A

IN THE NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL COURT NO. V, MUMBAI BENCH

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In the matter of Sections 230 to 232 and other applicable provisions of Companies Act, 2013 read with rules framed thereunder

And

In the matter of Scheme of Amalgamation between Zuari Global Limited (Transferee Company or ZGL), Gobind Sugar Mills Limited (Transferor Company or GSML) and their respective shareholders and creditors

ZUARI GLOBAL LIMITED,

CIN: L65921GA1967PLC000157

Company/ Transferee Company

GOBIND SUGAR MILLS LIMITED,

CIN: L15421DL1952PLC354222

Non-Petitioner Company/ Transferor Company

Order delivered on: 20.04.2022

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Coram:

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Smt. Suchitra Kanuparthi, Member (Judicial) Smt. Anuradha Sanjay Bhatia, Member (Technical)

Appearances (via video conferencing):

For the Petitioners:

Mr. Gaurav Joshi, Senior Counsel a/w Mr. Hemant Sethi, Advocate a/w Ms Vidisha Poonja, Devanshi Sethi, Advocates, i/b Hemant Sethi & Co., Advocates

For the Regional Director: Ms. Rupa Sutar, (WR) Deputy Registrar, ROC i/b Office of the Regional Director, WR, MCA

Per: Anuradha Sanjay Bhatia, Member (Technical)

ORDER

  1. The Bench is convened by video conference.

  2. Heard Learned Counsel for the Petitioner Company. No objector has come before the Tribunal to oppose the petition and nor has any party controverted any averments made in the petition.

  3. The sanction of this Tribunal is sought under Sections 230 to 232 and other applicable provisions of Companies Act, 2013 and in the matter of Scheme of Amalgamation between Zuari Global Limited (Transferee Company or ZGL), Gobind Sugar Mills Limited (Transferor Company or GSML) and their respective shareholders and creditors

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  1. Learned Counsel for Petitioner Company states that shares of Petitioner Company are listed on National Stock Exchange of India Limited and BSE Limited

  2. Learned Counsel for Petitioner Company submits that Petitioner Company is engaged in real estate business, business of contractors, erectors, construction of buildings, houses, apartments, structures or residential complexes and offices, set up, develop and providing of infrastructure facilities and investment in listed and unlisted securities.

  3. Counsel for Petitioner Company further submits that rationale for the Scheme is as under:

This Scheme of Amalgamation (hereinafter called has been propounded under Sections 230 to 232 and other applicable provisions, if any, of Companies Act, 2013 and rules framed thereunder. Board of Directors of the companies considers that the Scheme of Amalgamation would benefit the respective companies and their respective stakeholders on account of the following reasons:

  • Streamlining and rationalization of the group structure through consolidation of Transferor Company with Transferee / Petitioner Company, leading to reduction in compliance and administrative cost of the group;

  • Imparting better management focus, facilitating administrative convenience and ensuring optimum utilization of various resources of the Companies.

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  • Bring about synergy in operations, economies in costs and other benefits resulting from the economies of scale;

  • The net worth and regular stream of revenue of the post-merger Transferee / Petitioner Company would facilitate requisite cost effective fund-raise for the future business operations of the Transferee / Petitioner Company; and

  • Proposed business re-alignment will create enhanced value for the stakeholders of both the Companies. This Scheme is not expected to be in any manner prejudicial to the interest of the concerned shareholders, members, creditors, employees or general public at large.

  • The Appointed Date, as defined in the Scheme is 1 April 2020.

  • Petitioner Company has approved the Scheme by passing its Board Resolutions dated July 17, 2020 and has approached the Tribunal for sanction of the Scheme.

  • Learned Counsel for Petitioner Company submits that the Petition has been filed in consonance with order dated August 11, 2021 passed by this Tribunal in CA(CAA)/139/MB-V/2021.

  • Learned Counsel for Petitioner Company states that Petitioner Company has complied with all requirements as per directions of this Tribunal.

  • Regional Director has filed his report dated 25 February, 2022 praying that this Tribunal may pass such orders as it thinks fit, save and except as stated in paragraphs IV (a) to (j). In response to observations

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made by Regional Director, Petitioner Company have also given necessary clarifications and undertakings vide their rejoinder affidavit dated 25 February 2022. Observations made by Regional Director, clarifications and undertakings given by Petitioner Company and response of the Regional Director in its Supplementary Report dated 10 March, 2022 are summarized in the table below:

Para No.
and Page
No. of RD
Report
RD
Report/
Observations
dated 25 Feb-
ruary, 2022
Response of Peti-
tioner Company
Response of
the Regional
Director in
its Supple-
mentary Re-
port
Para IV (a)
on page 32
In compliance of
AS-14 (IND AS-
103), the Peti-
tioner Companies
shall pass such
accounting
en-
tries which are
necessary in con-
nection with the
scheme to comply
with other appli-
cable Accounting
Standards such as
AS-5 (IND-AS 8)
etc.
The
Petitioner
Company under-
takes that it shall
pass such account-
ing entries which
are necessary in
connection
with
the
Scheme
to
comply with appli-
cable Accounting
Standards
The reply of
the Petitioner
Company is
satisfactory
Para IV (b)
on page 32
The
Petitioners
under provisions
of section 230(5)
of the Companies
Act, 2013 have to
serve notices to
The
Petitioner
Company
states
that it has duly
served
notices
upon the authori-
The reply of
the Petitioner
Company is
satisfactory

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concerned author-
ities which are
likely to be af-
fected by Com-
promise or Ar-
rangement. Fur-
ther, the approval
of the scheme by
this Hon'ble Tri-
bunal may not de-
ter such authori-
ties to deal with
any of the issues
arising after giv-
ing effect to the
scheme. The deci-
sion of such Au-
thorities is bind-
ing on the Peti-
tioner
Com-
pany(s)
ties concerned pur-
suant to Section
230(5) of the Com-
panies Act, 2013,
i.e. Regional Di-
rector, Registrar of
Companies,
In-
come tax Depart-
ment,
Securities
and
Exchange
Board of India,
BSE Limited, Na-
tional Stock Ex-
change of India
Limited and the
Real Estate Regu-
latory
Authority,
Goa.
The
Peti-
tioner
Company
further states that
the approval of the
Company Petition
by this Tribunal
will not deter the
authorities
con-
cerned to deal with
any of the issues
arising after giving
effect
to
the
Scheme and all de-
cisions of such au-
thorities will be
binding on the Pe-
titioner Company
in accordance with

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the provisions of
the applicable law
Para IV (c)
on page 32
The
Hon'ble
NCLT
may
kindly direct to
the Petitioners to
file an undertak-
ing to the extent
that the Scheme
enclosed to the
Company Appli-
cation and the
scheme enclosed
to the Company
Petition are one &
same and there is
no discrepancy or
deviation.
The
Petitioner
Company under-
takes
that
the
Scheme enclosed
to the Company
Application
and
the Scheme en-
closed to the Com-
pany Petition are
one and the same
and there is no dis-
crepancy/
devia-
tion
The reply of
the Petitioner
Company is
satisfactory
Para IV (d)
on page 32
As per Definition
of the Scheme,
"Appointed
Date"
means
April 1, 2020 or
such other date as
may be fixed or
approved by the
NCLT
or
any
other appropriate
authority
"Effective Date"
means the last of
the
dates
on
which
certified
copy(s) of the Or-
der of the NCLT
The
Petitioner
Company submits
that the Appointed
Date as contem-
plated
in
the
Scheme is in com-
pliance with the re-
quirements of cir-
cular no. F. No.
7/12/2019/Cl-1
dated 21.08.2019
issued by the Min-
istry of Corporate
Affairs.
As per the afore-
said
Circular,
where
the
'ap-
pointed date' is
The reply of
the Petitioner
Company is
satisfactory

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or any other ap-
propriate author-
ity under Sections
230 to 232 of the
Act
sanctioning
this Scheme are
filed with the re-
spective Registrar
of Companies.
"Record Date"
means date to be
fixed
by
the
Board of Direc-
tors of ZGL for
the purpose of de-
termining
the
shareholders
of
GSML to whom
shares will be al-
lotted pursuant to
this Scheme.
The
Appointed
Date
is
01.04.2020
which is ante-
dated more than
one year which
needs
to
be
changed.
Further, the Peti-
tioners may be
asked to comply
with the require-
chosen as a spe-
cific calendar date,
it cannot precede
the date of filing of
the application for
scheme of mer-
ger/amalgamation
in NCLT by more
than a year.
The first motion
application
was
filed
by
the
Transferor
Company before the
Tribunal at New
Delhi Bench, on 27
February, 2021, and
therefore,
the
proposed
Appointed Date of 1
April, 2020 is not
antedated. Further,
the
Petitioner
Company was able
to
obtain
the
consents
of
the
Secured
Creditors
to the Scheme of
Amalgamation
in
the
next
four
months
and
thereafter the first
motion application
was filed before this
Tribunal, Mumbai

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ments and clari-
fied vide circular
no.
F.
No.
7/12/2019/CL-I
dated 21.08.2019
issued
by
the
Ministry of Cor-
porate Affairs.
bench, on 3 June,
2021.
The Counsel for the
Petitioner
further
submits
although
the
Scheme was
filed before NCLT
bench
at
Delhi
within one year, the
MCA Circular in
any event does not
prohibit filing of
Application
after
the expiry of one
year on sufficient
grounds being given
.
Para IV (e)
on page 33
Petitioner Com-
pany have to un-
dertake to comply
with
section
232(3)(i) of Com-
panies Act, 2013,
where the trans-
feror company is
dissolved, the fee,
if any, paid by the
transferor
com-
pany on its au-
thorised
capital
shall be set-off
against any fees
payable by the
transferee
com-
The
Petitioner
Company under-
takes that the Peti-
tioner
Company
shall comply with
the provisions of
Section 232(3)(i)
of the Companies
Act 2013 and the
fees , if any, paid
by the Transferor
Company on its
authorised capital
shall be set-off
against any fees
payable by the Pe-
titioner Company
on its authorised
The reply of
the Petitioner
Company is
satisfactory

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pany on its au- capital sub sequent
thorised capital to the amalgama-
subsequent to the tion.
amalgamation
and therefore, pe-
titioners to affirm
that they comply
the provisions of
the section.
Para IV (f) Transferor Com- The Petitioner The reply of
on page 33 pany is having Company under- the Petitioner
registered office takes that the Company is
at Birla Mill Transferor Com- satisfactory
Complex, P.O. pany has filed a
Bir/a Lines, GT Petition with Tri-
Road, Near Clock bunal, New Delhi
Tower, Kam/a bench for obtain-
Nagar North ing approval of the
Delhi 110007, Scheme sepa-
hence approval rately.
from Hon'ble
NCL T, New
Delhi Bench shall
be obtained sepa-
rately.
Para IV (g) As per Clause 6 The Petitioner Com- The reply of
on page 33 of the Scheme, pany states that as the Petitioner
per Clause 6 of the Company is
Upon the Scheme Scheme of Amal- satisfactory
becoming effec- gamation, the Peti-
tive, ZGL shall tioner Company
account for the shall account for the
amalgamation of amalgamation of
GSML in its Transferor Company
books of accounts in its books of ac-
as per the' Pooling counts as per the
of Interest
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Method', in ac-
cordance with the
principles
laid
down in Appen-
dix C of Indian
Accounting
Standard
(IND
AS) - 103 "Busi-
ness
Combina-
tions", such that:
1.1 ZGL shall
record all the
assets, liabili-
ties and re-
serves
of
GSML, vested
in ZGL pursu-
ant
to
this
Scheme,
at
their existing
carrying
amounts.
1.2 The carrying
amount of in-
vestments in
the shares of
GSML as ap-
pearing in the
books of sub-
sidiaries
of
ZGL,
shall
stand
can-
celled.
1.3 All inter-cor-
porate
bal-
ances includ-
ance with the princi-
ples laid down in
Appendix C of In-
dian
Accounting
Standard (IND AS)
credit the surplus (if
any) or debit the def-
icit (if any) pursuant
to the Scheme of
Amalgamation to its
Capital Reserve Ac-
count. The Petitioner
Company further un-
dertakes that the sur-
plus / deficit shall be
credited to Capital
Reserve
Account
arising out of amal-
gamation and that re-
serves shall not be
available for distri-
bution of dividend.

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ing loans, ad-
vances,
amount
re-
ceivable
or
payable inter-
se
between
GSML
and
ZGL, if any,
appearing
in
the books of
GSML
and
ZGL
shall
stand
can-
celled,
and
there shall be
no further ob-
ligations/
rights in that
behalf.
1.4 The compara-
tive financial
information in
respect
of
prior periods
presented
in
the
financial
statements of
ZGL shall be
restated
for
the accounting
impact
of
amalgamation
as
stated
above, as if
the amalgam-
ation had oc-
curred
from

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the beginning
of such com-
parative
pe-
riod presented
in the finan-
cial
state-
ments.
1.5 The balance
of the retained
earnings
ap-
pearing in the
financial
statements of
the GSML is
aggregated
with the Gen-
eral
Reserve
balance
ap-
pearing in the
financial
statements of
ZGL.
1.6 The identity
of the reserves
shall be pre-
served
and
shall appear in
the
financial
statements of
ZGL in the
same form in
which
they
appeared
in
the
financial
statements of
GSML.

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1.7 ZGL shall
credit
its
'Share Capital
Account' with
the aggregate
face value of
the
equity
shares issued
and allotted to
the sharehold-
ers of GSML
as per Clause
5.1 (a) above.
1.8 ZGL shall
record
the
Non-Convert-
ible Redeema-
ble Preference
Shares issued
by ZGL pur-
suant
to
Clause 5.1 (b)
and Clause 5.5
as per the ac-
counting prin-
ciples set out
in the Indian
Accounting
Standards pre-
scribed under
section 133 of
the
Compa-
nies
Act,
2013.
1.9 The differ-
ence between
the
amount

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recorded
as
equity / pref-
erence
share
capital issued
as per clause
5.1 to 5.6 of
the
Scheme
and
the
amount
of
share capital
of GSML, af-
ter
adjusting
the impact of
cancellation
of investment
in equity share
capital
of
GSML as per
Clause 6.2 and
inter-com-
pany balances
as per Clause
6.3 above will
be transferred
to the Capital
Reserve
of
ZGL, and pre-
sented
sepa-
rately
from
other Capital
Reserve with
disclosure of
its nature and
purpose in the
notes to the fi-
nancial state-
ments of ZGL.

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1.10 In case of
any
differ-
ence in ac-
counting
policies be-
tween
GSML
and
ZGL, the ac-
counting
policies fol-
lowed
by
ZGL
will
prevail
and
impact of the
difference
will be quan-
tified and ad-
justed to the
reserves
of
ZGL to en-
sure that the
financial
statements of
ZGL reflect
the financial
position
on
the basis of
consistent
accounting
policies.
Petitioner Com-
panies have to un-
dertake that the
surplus / deficit
shall be credited

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to
Capital Re-
serve
Account
arising
out
of
amalgamation.
Further Petitioner
Companies have
to undertake that
reserves shall not
be available for
distribution
of
dividend.
Para IV (h)
on page 35
and
para
IV (i) on
page 36
ALTERATION
IN
NAME
CLAUSE
IN
MEMORAN-
DUM OF ASSO-
CIATION
1.1
Upon
the
Scheme be-
coming
ef-
fective, with-
out any fur-
ther act or
deed,
ZGL
shall be re-
named
as
'Zuari Indus-
tries Limited'
or such other
name as may
be
decided
by the Board
of Directors
of ZGL and
The
Petitioner
Company submits
that the same is a
mere reproduction
of
the
relevant
clauses
of
the
Scheme.
Since
there are no ex-
press
objections
taken, it does not
require
any
re-
sponse.
The reply of
the Petitioner
Company is
satisfactory

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approved by
the NCLT.
1.2 The approval
and consent
of
the
Scheme
by
the
share-
holders
of
GSML
and
ZGL shall be
deemed to be
the approval
of the share-
holders
by
way of spe-
cial
resolu-
tion
for
change
of
name
of
ZGL as con-
templated
herein under
Section 13 of
the Compa-
nies
Act,
2013.
The
sanction
of
this Scheme
by the NCLT
shall
be
deemed to be
compliance
of Section 13
of the Com-
panies Act,
2013
and

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other appli-
cable provi-
sions of the
Companies
Act, 2013.
MODIFICA-
TION
OF
CHARGE
Upon this Scheme
becoming effec-
tive, the secured
creditors
of
GSML shall be
entitled to the se-
curity only in re-
spect of the prop-
erties,
assets,
rights,
benefits
and interest of
GSML as existing
immediately prior
to the effective-
ness
of
this
Scheme and fu-
ture assets as may
be acquired by
ZGL for its sugar,
power and etha-
nol division. For
avoidance
of
doubt, it is clari-
fied that the assets
of
the
GSML
which are cur-
rentlynot encum-

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bered shall, sub-
ject to the appli-
cable laws, re-
main
free
and
available for crea-
tion of any secu-
rity; thereon in fu-
ture in relation to
new indebtedness
that may be in-
curred by ZGL in
accordance with
the provisions of
the
applicable
laws. Filing of the
certified copy of
the NCLT Order
with the respec-
tive Registrar of
Companies shall
be deemed to be
sufficient
for
making the requi-
site modification
of title / charge in
favour of the se-
cured
creditors
transferred
to
ZGL, as required
as per the provi-
sions
of
this
Scheme
Hon'ble Tribunal
may consider the
aforementioned

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and pass the or-
ders accordingly.
Para IV (j) STATUS OF The Regional Di-
on page 36 ROC REPORT: rector has pro-
- vided the follow-
ROC, Goa Report ing status of the
dated 15.12.2021, ROC Report:
has inter alia
ROC, Goa Report
mentioned that
dated 15.12.2021,
there is no prose-
has inter alia men-
cution, no tech-
tioned that there is
nical scrutiny, no
no prosecution, no
inquiry, no in-
technical scrutiny,
spection and no
no inquiry, no in-
complaints pend-
spection and no
ing against Peti-
complaints pend-
tioner Compa-
ing against Peti-
nies .
tioner Companies.
Para IV (j) Further men- The Petitioner As regards
(3) on page tioned that: - Company submits (j) of the re-
36, para IV that these are audi- port, the Pe-
(j) (4) on 3. As per the Di- tors titioner
page 37, rectors Report in the Annual Re- Company
para IV (j) 2020-21 of ZGL, port of the Peti- has not sub-
(3) (a) to M/s Walker tioner Company or mitted the re-
(m) on Chandiok & Co. a reproduction of ply of the
page 39 to LLP, Firm Regis- various provisions qualifica-
42 and tration No: of law and some tions re-
para IV (j) 001076N/ facts. There are no ported by the
(5) on page N500013), Char- express objections Auditors.
42 tered Account- taken by the Re- The Peti-
ants, tendered gional Director tioner Com-
their resignation and the manage- pany to sub-
vide their letter mit its reply.
dated 07th Sep- incorporated in the
tember 2020 and
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at their place M/s
V Sankar Aiyar
Co,
Chartered
Accountants,
Delhi (Firm Reg-
istration
Num-
ber:109208W),
are appointed as
the Statutory Au-
ditors of the Com-
pany till the con-
clusion
of
the
forthcoming An-
nual
General
Meeting (AGM)
of the Company.
4. As per the Inde-
pendent Auditors
Report, at Annex-
ure-1, the list of
Subsidiaries and
steps down sub-
sidiaries,
Joint
Ventures
and
Their Associates
Companies
are
mentioned: -
1. Zuari Infra-
world India
Limited
2. Zuari Infra
Middle
East
Limited,
a
subsidiary of
Zuari
Infra
va-
tions in accord-
ance with provi-
sions of section
134 of the Compa-
nies Act 2013.

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World
India
Limited
3. Zuari Infra-
world
SJM
Properties
LLC
(For-
merly Known
as
SJM
Elynium
Properties
LLC) a sub-
sidiary;
of
Zuari
Infra
Middle
East
Limited
4. Zuari Man-
agement Ser-
vices
Lim-
ited
5. Indian Furni-
ture Products
Limited
6. Simon India
Limited
7. Zuari Invest-
ments Lim-
ited
8. Zuari Finserv
9. Zuari Sugar
and
Power
Limited
10.
Gobind
Sugar
Mills
Limited,
a
subsidiary of
Zuari Invest-
ments Limited

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11. Zuari Insur-
ance Brokers
Limited,
a
subsidiary of
Zuari
Fin-
serv Limited.
Joint Ventures
12. Zuari Indian
Oil tanking
Private Lim-
ited, a Joint
Venture
of
Zuari Global
Limited
13. Forte Furni-
ture Products
India Private
Limited,
a
Joint venture
of
Zuari
Global Lim-
ited
14. Soundaryaa
IFPL Interi-
ors Limited,
a Joint Ven-
ture of In-
dian Furni-
ture Products
Limited
Associates
15. New EROS
Tradecom
Limited, an
associate of

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Zuari invest-
ments Lim-
ited
16. Zuari Agro
Chemicals
Limited, an
associate of
Zuari Global
Limited
17.
Mangalore
Chemicals
and Fertilis-
ers Limited,
a subsidiary
of
Zuari
Agro Chemi-
cals Limited.
18.
Adventz
Trading
OMCC
a
subsidiary of
Zuari
Agro
Chemicals
limited
19. Zuari Farm-
hub Limited,
a subsidiary
of
Zuari
Agro Chemi-
cals Limited.
20. Zuari Maroc
Phosphates
Private Lim-
ited, a joint
venture
of
Zuari
Agro

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Chemicals
Limited.
21. Paradeep
Phophates
Limited,
a
subsidiary;
of Zuari Ma-
roc
Phos-
phates
Pri-
vate Limited.
22. Zuari Yoma
Agri
Solu-
tions
Lim-
ited, an asso-
ciate of Pa-
radeep Phos-
phates Lim-
ited.
23.
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan Pri-
vate Limited,
an associate
of Zuari In-
fraworld In-
dia Limited
24. Pranati Ni-
ketan Private
Limited, an
associate of
Zuari Infra-
world India
Limited
25.
Darshan
Nirmaan Pri-
vate Limited,
an associate

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of Zuari In-
fraworld In-
dia Limited
26. Rosewood
Agencies
Private Lim-
ited, a sub-
sidiary
of
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan Pri-
vate Limited
27.
Neobeam
Agents Pri-
vate Limited,
a subsidiary
of
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan Pri-
vate Limited
28. Mayapur
Commercial
Private Lim-
ited, a sub-
sidiary
of
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan Pri-
vate Limited
29. Nexus Vin
trade Private
Limited,
a
subsidiary;
of
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan Pri-
vate Limited
30. Bahubali
Tradecomm

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Private Lim-
ited, a sub-
sidiary
of
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan Pri-
vate Limited
31.
Hopeful
Sales Private
Limited,
a
subsidiary of
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan Pri-
vate Limited
32. Divine Realde
Private
Lim
ited, a subsidi
ary
o
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan
Pri
vate Limited
33. Kushal Infrap
roperty Privat
Limited, a sub
sidiary
o
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan
Pri
vate Limited
34. Beatie Agen
cies
Privat
Limited, a sub
sidiary
o
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan
Pri
vate Limited
35. Suhana Proper
ties
Privat
v
-
-
f
-
-
e
-
f
-
-
e
-
f
-
-
e

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Limited, a sub
sidiary
o
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan
Pri
vate Limited
36. Saket Man
sions
Privat
Limited, a sub
sidiary
o
Brajbhumi
Nirmaan
Pri
vate Limited
Branch
37. Simon India
Limited
(KSA
Branch)
3. Qualifications
as per Independ-
ent Auditor Re-
view Report for
the
quarter
ended 30th, June
2021.
a. As per inde-
pendent Audi-
tor
Review
Report Point
No. 6 (a) Note
4 of the State-
ment
which
describes the
uncertainties
-
f
-
-
e
-
f
-

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due to the out-
break
of
Covid-19 pan-
demic and the
management's
evaluation of
the impact on
the
consoli-
dated
finan-
cial results of
the Group, its
associates and
joint venture
as at the re-
porting date.
The impact of
these
uncer-
tainties of the
Group's oper-
ations is sig-
nificantly de-
pendent on fu-
ture develop-
ments.
The
said
matter
has also been
reported
as
emphasis
of
matter in the
review reports
issued by in-
dependent
firm of Char-
tered
Ac-
countants on
the
consoli-

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dated
finan-
cial results of
an
associate
and a subsidi-
ary
for the
quarter ended
30 June 2021.
b. As per the In-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point No. 6
(b) one of the
subsidiaries of
ZGL,
had
filed an appli-
cation to the
Reserve Bank
of India (RBI)
for
registra-
tion
of
the
Company
as
Non-Banking
Financial
Company
(NBFC) under
the
category
of
Systemi-
cally
Im-
portant Core
Investment
Company
(CIC-ND-SI)
in the year
2018-19 and
the same is

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under process
during the fi-
nancial
year
under review.
However, the
impact of non-
registration is
not ascertaina-
ble but would
not be mate-
rial to the ac-
companying
financial
statements.
c. As per the In-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point No. 6
(c), in respect
of Zuari Infra
Middle
East
Limited, a for-
eign subsidi-
ary of Zuari
Infraworld In-
dia
Limited,
the
accumu-
lated
losses
exceed its net
worth as at the
end of the pe-
riod.
How-
ever, the Man-
agement
has
considered the

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Company as a
going concern
for the reasons
listed in the fi-
nancial state-
ment.
d. As per the In-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point
No.
6(d)(i), atten-
tion is drawn
to Note XX of
the accompa-
nying
finan-
cial results of
Zuari
Infra-
world
India
Limited,
a
subsidiary of
the
Holding
Company for
the
period
ended
30h
June 2021 re-
garding
ad-
vance
pay-
ments aggre-
gating to INR
639.61 Lakhs
made by the
Company un-
der the Devel-
opment Man-
agement

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agreement to
agencies
against which
the said agent-
initiated
In-
solvency reso-
lution
pro-
ceedings. The
management
does not ex-
pect any sig-
nificant effect
of the same on
carrying bal-
ance and ex-
pects to ad-
just/recover
the same in
full and ac-
cordingly no
adjustment is
considered
necessary
at
this stage.
e. As per the In-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point
No.
6(d)(ii), atten-
tion is also
drawn to re-
coverable ad-
vances paid to
a sub-contrac-

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tor aggregat-
ing to INR
2246.49 lakhs
including in-
terest accrued
to INR 33,72
lakhs.
The
management
is in negotia-
tion with that
party for its
recovery and
is
confident
that this ad-
vance will be
fully
recov-
ered. Hence in
the view of the
Management
no provision
is considered
necessary
at
this stage.
f. As per the In-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point
No.
6(d)(iii),
at-
tention
is
drawn to notes
XX to the ac-
companying
financial
re-
sults of Zuari

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Infraworld In-
dia
Limited,
regarding
non-carrying
out of valua-
tion of devel-
opment work
in progress by
an independ-
ent
profes-
sional valuer
for the reasons
mentioned in
the said note.
The
conse-
quent adjust-
ment, if any,
in the carrying
value of the
assets and eq-
uity
deficit
will be made
upon comple-
tion of valua-
tion as men-
tioned above.
g. As per Inde-
pendent Audi-
tor
Review
Report Point
No. 6(e), at-
tention
is
drawn to the
accompany-
ing
consoli-

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dated
finan-
cial
results,
which
states
in addition to
the net current
liability posi-
tion as at June
30,
2021,
there
are
events or con-
ditions which
indicate that a
material
un-
certainty ex-
ists that may
cast
signifi-
cant doubt on
the
Holding
ability to con-
tinue as a go-
ing concern. It
also describes
the mitigating
factors
con-
sidered by the
management
in its assess-
ment, in view
of which the
accompany-
ing
consoli-
dated
finan-
cial
results
have been pre-
pared
under

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the going con-
cern assump-
tion.
h. As per the In-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point
No.
6(f)(1),
the
consolidated
financial
re-
sults of the
ZACL, atten-
tion is drawn
wherein
the
Holding Com-
pany is carry-
ing a receiva-
ble of INR
19.49 Crores
in relation to
the subsidy in-
come accrued
during
the
year
ended
March
31,
2013.
Based
on the legal
opinion
ob-
tained by the
Holding Com-
pany,
the
management
believes that
the amount is

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fully recover-
able from the
department of
fertilisers.
Pending
set-
tlement of the
differential
subsidy
amount,
the
Holding Com-
pany has not
made any pro-
vision in this
regarding the
accompany-
ing financial
results.
i. As per the in-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point
No.
6(f)(ii), atten-
tion is also
drawn to GST
credit on input
services rec-
ognised by the
Holding Com-
pany,
which
the
manage-
ment has as-
sessed to re-
cover
based
on the legal
opinion bythe

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Holding Com-
pany.
The
Holding Com-
pany has also
filed a written
petition in the
High Court of
Bombay
at
Goa.
j. As per the In-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point
No.
6(f)(iii),
one
of the subsidi-
aries, MCFL,
has
recog-
nised
urea
subsidiary in-
come of INR
29.14
crores
considering
that
bench-
marking of its
cost of pro-
duction
of
urea
using
Naptha
with
that of gas-
based
urea
manufactur-
ing units is ar-
bitrary and for
which
the
MCFL
has

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filed a writ pe-
tition against
the Depart-
ment of Ferti-
lisers before
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High Court of
Delhi. Based
on legal opin-
ion obtained,
the
manage-
ment
of
MCFL
be-
lieves the cri-
teria
for
recognition of
subsidy reve-
nue is met.
k. As per the in-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point No. 7,
the independ-
ent
auditors
did not review
the interim fi-
nancial results
of four subsid-
iaries included
in the state-
ment, whose
financial
re-
sults
reflect
total revenues
of INR 986.29

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lakhs,
tota1
net loss after
tax of INR
479.93 lakhs
and total com-
prehensive in-
come of INR
1987.25
lakhs, for the
quarter ended
30 June 2021.
The Statement
also includes
the
Group's
share of net
loss after tax
of INR 20.00
lakhs and total
comprehen-
sive income of
INR
619.23
lakhs for the
quarter ended
30 June 2021.
In respect of
seven associ-
ates whose in-
terim financial
results
have
not been re-
viewed by the
Independent
Auditors.
These finan-
cial
results
have been re-
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by

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other auditors
whose review
reports
have
been
fur-
nished to the
Auditors
by
the
manage-
ment and their
conclusion in
so far as it re-
lates to the
amounts and
disclosures in-
cluded in the
respect
of
these subsidi-
aries/associ-
ates is based
solely on the
review reports
of such other
auditors.
l. As per the In-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point No. 8,
the statement
includes
in-
terim financial
information of
one subsidiary
and
one
branch of a
subsidiary in-
cluded in the

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Group, which
have not been
reviewed
by
their auditors,
whose interim
financial
re-
sults
reflect
total revenues
of INR 685.30
lakhs,
net
profit after tax
of INR 286.19
lakhs and total
comprehen-
sive income of
INR
283.58
lakhs, for the
quarter ended
30 June 2021.
The statement
also includes
the
Group's
share of net
loss after tax
of INR 286.27
lakhs and total
comprehen-
sive income of
INR
192.17
lakhs for the
quarter ended
30 June 2027
as considered
in the State-
ment in re-
spect of fif-

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teen
associ-
ates and three
joint ventures,
based on their
interim finan-
cial
infor-
mation, which
have not been
reviewed
by
their auditors,
and have been
furnished
to
the Independ-
ent
Auditors
by the Hold-
ing
Compa-
ny's Manage-
ment.
Inde-
pendent Audi-
tor's
conclu-
sion on the
Statement,
and their re-
port in terms
of Regulation
33 of the SEBI
(Listing Obli-
gations
and
Disclosure
Require-
ments) Regu-
lations, 2015
(as amended),
read
with
SEBI
Circu-
lar, in so far as
it relates to the

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subsidiary, as-
sociates, joint
ventures and
branch,
is
based
solely
on such un-re-
viewed
in-
terim financial
information.
According to
the
infor-
mation
and
explanations
given to the
Independent
Auditors
by
the
manage-
ment, the in-
terim financial
information is
not material to
the Group.
m. As per the In-
dependent
Auditor
Re-
view
Report
Point No. 9,
the unaudited
consolidated
financial
re-
sults of the
Company for
the
quarter
ended
30th
June,
2020
were reviewed

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by the prede-
cessor auditor
who
ex-
pressed an un-
modified
opinion
on
that financial
information
on 07th Sep-
tember 2020.
In conclusion,
the Independ-
ent
Auditor
Review
Re-
port on the
Statement
is
not modified.
5. Qualification
as per Independ-
ent
**Auditor's **
Report for the
year 2019-2020
As per Independ-
ent Auditor Re-
port 2019-20 the
on the consoli-
dated
financial
statements under
the lending Re-
port on other legal
and regulatory re-
quirements it has
been reported that
managerial remu-
neration in rela-
tion to Managing

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Director of one
associate com-
pany has been
paid in excess of
the limits pro-
vided in provi-
sions of section
197 read with
Schedule-V to the
Companies Act,
2013 by INR
81.00 lakhs which
is subject to ap-
proval of
banks/financial
institutions and
shareholders of
such associate
company by a
special resolution
as explained in
note 62(g) of the
consolidated fi-
nancial state-
ments and there-
fore, carried as a
recoverable from
managing direc-
tor as at 31 March
2020, in financial
statements of as-
sociate company.
Para IV (j) As per page 8 of The Petitioner
(5) on page 15 of the Scheme Company submits
43 of Amalgamation, that in Clause 3.2
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it is stated that the
Issued and Sub-
scribed
Equity
Share Capital of
Zuari
Global
Limited as on 31
March 2020 is
INR 294,406,040
consisting
of
29,440,604 equity
shares of the face
value of INR 10/-
each. However as
per form MGT-7
vide
SRN
R86667730 filed
for the year 2019-
2020 the Issued
Capital
is
dis-
closed as INR
294,486,550 con-
sisting
of
29,448,655 equity
shares of the face
value of INR 10/-
each and the Sub-
scribed Capital is
disclosed as INR
294,406,040 con-
sisting
of
29,440,604 equity
shares
of
INR
10/- each. The
Company has not
filed MGT- 7 for
the year ended
2020-21.
of the Scheme, the
Issued Capital is
disclosed as INR
294,486,550 con-
sisting
of
29,448,655 equity
shares of the face
value of INR 10/-
each and the Sub-
scribed Capital is
disclosed as INR
294,406,040 con-
sisting
of
29,440,604 equity
shares of INR 10/-
each. This is the
same as provided
in Form MGT-7
vide
SRN
R86667730
filed
for the year 2019-
2020.
Further, with re-
spect to the differ-
ence between the
Issued and Sub-
scribed
Capital,
the
Petitioner
Company submits
that 8,051 shares
were issued by the
Petitioner
Com-
pany 7 January,
1997, but are kept
in
abeyance.
Therefore,
such

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8,051 shares are
included in the Is-
sued Capital of the
Petitioner
Com-
pany, but are ex-
cluded in the Sub-
scribed Capital.
Further, with re-
spect to non-filing
of MGT-7 for the
year 2020-21, the
Petitioner
Com-
pany submits that
the due date of fil-
ing MGT 7 for
FY2020-21
was
extended upto 28
February
2022
vide MCA Circu-
lar No. 22/2021
dated 29 Decem-
ber 2021. How-
ever, the Company
has already filed
the form MGT-7
on 10th January
2021 vide MCA
Challan
No.
T71270532.
The
copy of said MCA
Challan was en-
closed with the re-
joinder
affidavit
filed on 25 Febru-
ary 2022.

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Para IV (j)
(6) on page
43
In the Director's
Report of Zuari
Global
Limited
for the year 2020-
21, the company
has stated that
during the year
there
were
no
complaints
re-
ceived from the
shareholders.
However, R. G.
Furtado has given
his representation
against the said
scheme of Amal-
gamation.
The
Petitioner
Company submits
that Mr. R.G. Fur-
tado
holds
50
shares consisting
of insignificant /
negligible percent-
age (0.00017%) in
the shareholding in
the
Petitioner
Company. As per
the proviso to Sec-
tion 230(4) of the
Companies
Act
2013, an objection
can be made only
by a shareholding
holding
atleast
10% of the share-
holding
in
the
Company.
Ac-
cordingly, the ob-
jection made by
Mr. R.G. Furtado
should not be sus-
tained. This view
can also be sub-
stantiated by the
order of National
Company
Law
Tribunal, Principal
bench, New Delhi
in the matter of
Scheme
of
Ar-
rangement
be-
tween Tata Tele-
Shri
R.K.
Furtado has
given
his
representa-
tion
on
06.08.2021
against
the
Scheme
of
Amalgama-
tion,
which
be heard in
the matter.

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services
(Maha-
rashtra)
Limited
and Bharti Airtel
Limited, wherein
an objection to the
Scheme raised by a
shareholder hold-
ing 9 shares, con-
stituting
0.000000460% of
the
total share-
holding, was not
considered by the
Tribunal. The or-
der of the Tribu-
nal,
Principal
bench, was en-
closed with the re-
joinder
affidavit
filed on 25 Febru-
ary 2022.
Para IV (j)
(7) on page
43, para IV
(j) (8) on
page
43
and
para
IV (j) (10)
on page 43
Compared to the
previous
year
2018-19,
the
profit of the trans-
feree
company
has drastically re-
duced from INR
4,027.70/-
(in
lakhs)
to
INR
1,292.41 /- (in
lakhs) in the cur-
rent year 2019-
20.
The
Petitioner
Company submits
that the same is a
mere reproduction
of some facts and
figures.
Since
there are no ex-
press objections on
the same, they do
not require any re-
sponse
The reply of
the Petitioner
Company for
para IV (j)
(7) and (8) is
satisfactory.
The
Peti-
tioner Com-
pany has not
submitted re-
ply in respect
of para no.
(iv) (j) (10)

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As per financial of the Direc-
statements filed
by the transferor dated
company it has 25.02.2022
incurred a loss of regarding ac-
INR 3582.47(In tive charges
Lakhs) for the fi- of the Peti-
nancial year tioner Com-
ended 31 pany. The
.03.2019 and the Petitioner
loss widened to Company to
INR 7456.06(In undertake to
Lakhs) during the honor those
financial year charges as
31.03.2020, How- per due
ever in the year dates.
2020-21 the com-
pany has made a
profit of INR
1314.35 (In
Lakhs).
Para IV (j) The Transferee The Petitioner
(9) on page Company has not Company submits
43 filed MGT-7 for that the form MGT
the financial year 7 for FY2020-21
ended 31st March has already been
2021. filed with MCA on
10 [th] January 2021
vide MCA Challan
No. T71270532.
Para IV (j) As per the Annual The Petitioner Com- The reply of
(11) on Report of the pany submits the fol- the Petitioner
page 45 Transferee Com- lowing: Company for
and para pany for the Fi- i. Required amount para IV (j) (12)
IV (j) (12) nancial year of CSR could not is satisfactory
on page 45 31.03.2020 the be spent during
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Total amount to
be spent by the
company towards
CSR should be
INR
49.87
(in
Lakhs). However
total
amount
spent during the
year is Nil.
As per the finan-
cial
statement
filed during the
year 31.03.2021
the total amount
transferred to un-
spent CSR Ac-
count
is
INR
103.63
(In
Lakhs). It has also
been shown that
the amount spent
on other than on-
going projects is
also INR 103.63
(In Lakhs).
2019-20 in view
of the fact that the
process of imple-
mentation of CSR
projects
where
the amount was
required to be
spent were halted
due to spread of
COVID-19 pan-
demic, followed
by
nationwide
lockdown
im-
posed in March
2020.
Accord-
ingly, the pro-
posed
activities
were scheduled to
be completed in
the next financial
year 2020-21.
ii. As disclosed in
the Annual Re-
port of the Com-
pany for financial
year 2020-21 un-
der CSR report,
the total CSR ob-
ligation of the
Company for fi-
nancial
year
2020-21 was Rs.
31.05
Lakhs.
However,
the
Company
spent
an amount of Rs.

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103.63 Lakh dur-
ing the year end-
ing
31.03.2021.
Out of the excess
spend
of
Rs.
72.58 Lakh, Rs.
26.93 Lakh per-
tains to the CSR
liability of FY
2019-20
Para IV (j)
on page 46
The income tax
authority has in-
formed aide its re-
ply
dated
28.04.2021
that
proceeding pend-
ing against the
Transferee Com-
pany.
The
Hon'ble Tribunal
may protect the
rights of the Rev-
enue.
The Petitioner Com-
pany submits that it
will continue to exist
post the Scheme if
effected, and there-
fore, there will be no
impact on the in-
come tax proceed-
ings of the Petitioner
Company post sanc-
tioning of scheme
and all tax issues
shall be met in ac-
cordance with law.

The reply of
the Petitioner
Company
is
satisfactory
  1. The response to the observations of the Regional Director in the supplementary report dated 10 March 2022 with respect to the Para (j) (3), (j) (4), (j) (3) (a) to (j) (3) (m) and (j) (5) of the Report of the Regional Director dated 25 February, 2022 has been filed by the Petitioner Company vide affidavit dated 15 March, 2022.

  2. As far as the observation made in para no. (iv) (j) (10) of the Report of the Regional Director is concerned, the Petitioner Company submits that the

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Petitioner Company will honor its obligations as per the terms and conditions of the respective facility agreements of the lenders and the corresponding charges created by it and shown on the MCA portal. It is also submitted that as per the provisions of Para 4.3 of the Scheme, all the debt of the Transferor Company will be transferred to the Transferee Petitioner Company and as per Para 20 of the Scheme, certified copy of the Order of the Tribunal shall be filed with the respective Registrar of Companies for making requisite modification of the charge in favour of the secured creditors transferred to the Transferee Petitioner Company.

  1. The Counsel for the Petitioner Company submits that the Petitioner Company has received letters dated 23 September, 2021 and 26 October, 2021 from the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Goa Goa contending that the Petitioner Company is promoter of a real estate project Rain F registered under its name, bearing registration no.

PRG004180144 with Goa Real Estate Regulatory Authority. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of Section 15 of The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, the Petitioner Company is required to obtain consent of two third allottees to the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation and to further update the records in the webpage of the promoter maintained by the Goa Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

The Counsel of the Petitioner Company submitted that as per the provisions of Section 2(zk) of The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016:

Promoter means:

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(i) a person who constructs or causes to be constructed an independent building or a building consisting of apartments, or converts an existing building or a part thereof into apartments, for the purpose of selling all or some of the apartments to other persons and includes his assignees; or

(ii) a person who develops land into a project, whether or not the person also constructs structures on any of the plots, for the purpose of selling to other persons all or some of the plots in the said project, whether with or without structures thereon; or

A person is defined in Section 2(zg) of The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 as follows:

" Person " includes, (i) an individual; (ii) a Hindu undivided family; (iii) a

In the instant matter, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(zk), read with Section 2(zg), the Petitioner, which is the promoter of the project rain is a company incorporated in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956.

The promoter, i.e. the Petitioner Company, in the proposed Scheme of Amalgamation, is the Transferee Company and therefore, post amalgamation, the Petitioner Company will continue to exist and there will be no change in the corporate status of the Petitioner Company, and the Project is not getting transferred to a third party through this Scheme of Amalgamation. Therefore, the provisions of aforesaid Section 15 should not be applicable to the Petitioner Company.

It is hereby further submitted that the construction of the rain project has been completed by the Petitioner Company, and it has received

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the completion certificates of all the units during the months of July and August 2019 (18 July 2019 and 1 August 2019) as well as occupancy certificate with respect to the said project on 04[th] June 2020.

As per Section 19 (10) of RERA Act under the heading Rights and Duties of Allottees, it is stated that allottee shall take physical possession

of the apartment, plot or building as the case may be, with in a period of two months of the occupancy certificate issued for the said apartment, plot or building, as the case may

In view of the above provision, it is mandatory on the part of the allottees to take possession of the respective units within 2 months from the date of issue of the occupancy certificate. In the instant case, the occupancy certificate of all the units were received on 4[th] June 2020, hence all the allottees should be deemed to have taken possession including the registration of the sale deeds by August 2020.

  1. The clarifications and undertakings given by Petitioner Company are accepted by this Tribunal.

  2. Counsel for Petitioner Company further submits that Transferee / Petitioner Company, shall, without any further application or deed, pay consideration to the extent indicated below, to equity shareholders of Transferor Company (except to Transferee / Petitioner Company or to subsidiaries of Transferee / Petitioner Company), or to such of their respective heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives or other successors in title as may be recognized by Board of Directors of Transferor Company and approved by them, whose names appear in the Register of Members on Record Date in the following manner:

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  • a. 100 (One Hundred) equity share(s) of the face value of Rs. 10/(Rupees Ten) each credited as fully paid up in the share capital of Transferee Company for every 285 (Two Hundred and Eighty-Five) fully paid up equity share(s) of the face value of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) each held in Transferor Company; or

  • b. 10,000 (Ten Thousand) 10.5% Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares of the face value of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) each credited as fully paid up in the share capital of Transferee Company for every 1,006 (One Thousand and Six) fully paid up equity share(s) of the face value of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) each held in Transferor Company.

at the option of the equity shareholder

The equity shareholders of GSML shall accordingly have the option to take either equity shares or 10.5% Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares as specified above, in ZGL. Accordingly, within 7 days of Record Date, ZGL shall send to the eligible equity shareholders of GSML an appropriate intimation and an option form requiring them to exercise their option as provided above, within 30 days from the date of dispatch of such option form by ZGL.

In case no written intimation for the exercise of option as provided above is received by ZGL from the equity shareholders of GSML in the manner and within the time specified above, such equity shareholders shall be issued 10.5% Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares in the proportion specified above.

Further, upon this Scheme becoming effective and in consideration for transfer and vesting of Transferor Company in Transferee / Petitioner Company, Transferee / Petitioner Company to pay consideration to the

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extent indicated below, to 7% Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shareholders of Transferor Company (except to Transferee / Petitioner Company or to subsidiaries of Transferee / Petitioner Company), or to such of their respective heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives or other successors in title as may be recognized by Board of Directors of Transferor Company and approved by them, whose names appear in the Register of Shareholders on Record Date in the following manner:

1 (One) 7% Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Share of the face value of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) each credited as fully paid up in the share capital of Transferee Company for every 1 (One) fully paid up 7% NonConvertible Redeemable Preference Share of the face value of Rs. 10/(Rupees Ten) each held in Transferor Company;

  1. From the material on record, the Scheme appears to be fair and reasonable and is not violative of any provisions of law and is not contrary to public policy.

  2. Since all requisite statutory compliances have been fulfilled, CP (CAA)/ 192/MB/2021 is made absolute in terms of the prayer clauses of said Company Scheme Petition.

  3. The Scheme is hereby sanctioned with Appointed Date of April 1, 2020.

  4. Petitioner Company is directed to file a copy of this Order along with a copy of the Scheme with the concerned Registrar of Companies, electronically along with e-form INC-28 within 30 days from the date of

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receipt of certified copy of Order by Petitioner Company. The Scheme will become effective on filing of the copy of this order with the concerned Registrar of Companies.

  1. Petitioner Company to lodge a copy of this Order along with the Scheme duly certified by Designated Registrar National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, with the concerned Superintendent of Stamps for the purpose of adjudication of stamp duty payable, if any, within 60 days from the date of receipt of certified Order from the Registry of this Tribunal.

  2. All concerned regulatory authorities to act on a copy of this Order along with Scheme duly certified by Designated Registrar, National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench.

  3. Any person interested is at liberty to apply to this Tribunal in above matters for any directions that may be necessary.

  4. Any concerned Authorities are at liberty to approach this Tribunal for any further clarification as may be necessary.

  5. Ordered accordingly.

Sd/-

Sd/-

Anuradha Sanjay Bhatia Suchitra Kanuparthi Member (Technical) Member (Judicial)

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Annexure-B

Date of Meeting - October 12, 2021

Total No. of Shareholders as on Record Date - 24938

No. of Shareholders present in the meeting either in person or through proxy - NA

Promoters and Promoter Group: NA Public: NA

No. of Shareholders attended the meeting through video conferencing -

Promoters and Promoter Group: 8 Public: 38

Public:38 Public:38 Public:38 Public:38 Public:38 Public:38 Public:38 Public:38 Public:38
Resolution Required : Majority of equity
shareholders representing three-furth in vlue
Whether promoter/ promoter group ar
in the agenda/resolution?
Category
Promoter and Promoter
Group
Moe of
Voting
E-Votlng
No. of vtes

polled
%of Votes Polled
on outstanding
shares
No. of Votes No. of Votes
- in favour
-Against

%of Votes in
%of Votes against
favour on votes
on votes plled
plled

[1] [2]
16720445
0
[3]={[2]/11}*100

99.8209

0.0000
[4]

16720445

0
[6]={[4V[2]*100 [7]={[5)2]}*100
16750445

100.0000

0.0000
Poll
0.0000
0.0000
Postl Ballot
Total

0

0.0000

0.0000
0.0000
16720445
99.8209

16720445
0

100.0000

0.0000
Public lnsmutions
Public Non lnstiMons
Total
E-Voting 765011
0
0.0000
0
0.0000

0
0.0000
0
0.0000

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

0.0000

0.0000
Poll
0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000
Postal Ballot
Toal
E-Voting

0.0000

0.0000
3708
0.0311
11
0.0001

0
0.0000

3708
0

100.0000

0.0000
Poll
Postl Ballot

0.0001

0.0000
11
0

0
0

100.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0312

3719

0
100.0000

0.0000

56.8065

16724164

0
100.0000

0.0000

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