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Clarity on the methodology to be adopted for calculating of the relevant assets and turnover of the target when only a portion or segment or business of one enterprise is being combined with another
As per the 1Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification No S.O. 988(E) and S.O. 989(E) issued on March 27, 2017:
v “The Central Government, in public
interest, hereby exempts the enterprises being parties to–
(a) any acquisition referred to in clause (a) of section
5 of the Competition Act;
(b) acquiring of control by a person over an enterprise
when such person has already direct or indirect control over another enterprise
engaged in production, distribution or trading of a similar or identical or
substitutable goods or provision of a similar or identical or substitutable service,
referred to in clause (b) of section 5 of the Competition Act; and
(c) any merger or amalgamation, referred to in clause (c)
of section 5 of the Competition Act,
where the value of assets being acquired, taken control
of, merged or amalgamated is not more than rupees three hundred and fifty
crores in India or turnover of not more than rupees one thousand crores in
India, from the provisions of section 5 of the said Act for a period of five
years from the date of publication of this notification in the official
gazette.
2. Where a portion of an enterprise or division or
business is being acquired, taken control of, merged or amalgamated with
another enterprise, the value of assets of the said portion or division or
business and or attributable to it, shall be the relevant assets and turnover
to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the thresholds under
section 5 of the Act. The value of the said portion or division or business
shall be determined by taking the book value of the assets as shown, in the
audited books of accounts of the enterprise or as per statutory auditor’s
report where the financial statement have not yet become due to be filed, in
the financial year immediately preceding the financial year in which the date
of the proposed combination falls, as reduced by any depreciation, and the
value of assets shall include the brand value, value of goodwill, or value of
copyright, patent, permitted use, collective mark, registered proprietor,
registered trade mark, registered user, homonymous geographical indication,
geographical indications, design or layout design or similar other commercial
rights, if any, referred to in sub-section (5) of section 3. The turnover of
the said portion or division or business shall be as certified by the statutory
auditor on the basis of the last available audited accounts of the company.”
v “The Central Government, in public
interest, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the
Ministry of Corporate Affairs, S.O. 674(E), dated the 4th March, 2016,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (ii), dated the 4th March, 2016, except as respects things done or
omitted to be done before such rescission.”
Through
this notification the Central Government aims to provide clarity on the
applicability of exemption limits to all the types of acquisitions referred
under Section 5 of the Act and further a clarity on the methodology to be
adopted for calculating the relevant assets and turnover of the target when
only a portion or segment or business of one enterprise is being combined with
another.
However acquisitions falling within the threshold limits would not require to be filed before the Competition Commission of India. This reform is in pursuance of the Government’s objective of promoting ease of Doing Business in the country and is expected to make India a more attractive destination for Foreign Direct Investment.
However acquisitions falling within the threshold limits would not require to be filed before the Competition Commission of India. This reform is in pursuance of the Government’s objective of promoting ease of Doing Business in the country and is expected to make India a more attractive destination for Foreign Direct Investment.
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1Source: http://www.mca.gov.in/MinistryV2/competitionact.html
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The post on this blog is not a professional advice and is shared for academic and knowledge sharing purpose only.
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