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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.

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1Source: http://www.mca.gov.in/MinistryV2/competitionact.html

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