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Vardhman Group To Consolidate Its Operations
M & A Critique

Vardhman Group To Consolidate Its Operations

The proposed merger will help consolidation of entities and may have tax benefits for Vardhman Textiles.

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November 2019
Hinduja Group Restructures Media & Communications Business
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Hinduja Group Restructures Media & Communications Business

The Hinduja Group via its main holding company Hinduja Ventures had originally started with the communication business and now has multiple businesses via its subsidiaries and investments.

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November 2019
Phoenix Mills Limited Merges Its Subsidiary Company
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Phoenix Mills Limited Merges Its Subsidiary Company

The Phoenix Mills Limited (PML), India's largest retail-led mixed-use developer and operator has announced a scheme of amalgamation of its subsidiary company, Phoenix Hospitality Company Private Limited (PHCPL) with PML. Over a period, PML used PHCPL as a holding company for the number of its projects. Part of PHCPL is owned by the promoters of PML directly.

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October 2019
Titagarh Wagons Ltd Moves Ahead With Consolidation Of Three Entities
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Titagarh Wagons Ltd Moves Ahead With Consolidation Of Three Entities

Titagarh Wagons Limited (TWL) is in the business of manufacturing of rail rolling stock including railway wagons, passenger coaches, steel castings of various configurations, shipbuilding, bridges and special projects for defence establishment of India and other heavy engineering equipment/ product.

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October 2019
Dus Ka Char: Government To Merge 10 PSU Banks Into Four
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Dus Ka Char: Government To Merge 10 PSU Banks Into Four

In order to create large-size state-owned banks, the government has decided to merge 10 public sector banks into four.

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October 2019
Whether serial acquisitions helped camouflage losses and diversion of funds?
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Whether serial acquisitions helped camouflage losses and diversion of funds?

CG power and Industrial Solutions Ltd (“CG Power”), which makes power equipment - electrical switchgears have tumbled 70% in the last 3 months on the stock exchanges with news of serious accounting lapses at the company.

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September 2019
Sterling Biotech Promoters Gets A Breather As NCLAT Halts Liquidation Process.
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Sterling Biotech Promoters Gets A Breather As NCLAT Halts Liquidation Process.

In a landmark ruling, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has set aside National Company Law Tribunal NCLT order to liquidate Sterling Biotech.

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September 2019
RIL Sells Stake To Saudi Aramco, Signs JV With BP Plc
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RIL Sells Stake To Saudi Aramco, Signs JV With BP Plc

In one of the largest foreign investments ever to be made in India, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has decided to sell 20% stake in its oil business to Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company producing one in every eight barrels of crude oil globally.

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September 2019
Implications Of Appointed Date In The Scheme Of Merger
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Implications Of Appointed Date In The Scheme Of Merger

Section 232(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 states that the appointed date with respect to a scheme of merger and amalgamation means the date from which the scheme becomes effective.

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September 2019
Impact Analysis Of Bhushan Steel Resolution Plan
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Impact Analysis Of Bhushan Steel Resolution Plan

Bhushan Steel was under Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) and on May 15, 2018, resolution plan was approved by the NCLT.

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September 2019
Ebix Acquires Yatra To Consolidate Its Position
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Ebix Acquires Yatra To Consolidate Its Position

US software Arm Ebix has acquired Nasdaq-listed Yatra Online Inc to boost its India travel ventures at an enterprise value of $336 million, or Rs 2,350 crore in an all-stock deal.

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August 2019
NCLT Approves Dalmia Cement's Plan To Revive Murli Industries
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NCLT Approves Dalmia Cement's Plan To Revive Murli Industries

Murli Industries operations came to a stand-still during FY 15-16

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August 2019
MPS Limited Another Year Of Steady Growth
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MPS Limited Another Year Of Steady Growth

MPS Limited (“MPS”), a listed pure-play publishing services company, provides platforms and services for content creation, full service production, and distribution to the world's leading publishers, learning companies, corporate institutions, libraries, and content aggregators.

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April 2018
List And Divest: Centre's Idea Behind Merger Of Three General Insurers
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List And Divest: Centre's Idea Behind Merger Of Three General Insurers

In order to make government-owned general insurance companies profitable and achieve economies of scale, finance minister Arun Jaitley in this year's budget announced a plan to merge three insurers – National Insurance, United India Insurance and Oriental Insurance.

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April 2018
Stamp Duty On High Court/NCLT Orders Of Amalgamations Of Companies In Different States
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Stamp Duty On High Court/NCLT Orders Of Amalgamations Of Companies In Different States

There have been lot of mergers/amalgamations over the years where the transferor and transferee companies are registered in different states and have assets in different states.

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May 2019
Merger Of Four Loss-Making PSU Banks On The Cards
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Merger Of Four Loss-Making PSU Banks On The Cards

To order to bring in efficiency in the functioning of loss-making public sector banks (PSBs), the government is considering merging at least four such banks because of rising bad loans.

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July 2018
Godrej Group Second Step Towards Value Creation In Agro-chemical Business
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Godrej Group Second Step Towards Value Creation In Agro-chemical Business

The Godrej Group company had first acquired a stake in Astec in August 2015 and increased its holding later that year.

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November 2018
L&T Attempts Hostile Takeover Of Mindtree
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L&T Attempts Hostile Takeover Of Mindtree

The country's largest engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has now been cast as an avaricious acquirer after it made hostile bid to take over Bengalure-based I-T services company Mindtree.

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April 2019
Ranbaxy Becomes Sun Pharma's Albatross
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Ranbaxy Becomes Sun Pharma's Albatross

One of the key objectives behind this merger was to accelerate growth & create value for the stakeholders.

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April 2019
Airtel: Creating Numero Uno Position In VSAT Business
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Airtel: Creating Numero Uno Position In VSAT Business

Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) provides satellite-based telecommunication and internet access to companies and individuals with applications from your direct TV at our homes, ATMs, in-flight services to military usage in the remotest of the location.

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August 2019
Amarjyot-Valiant Organics:Consolidation to Grow
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Amarjyot-Valiant Organics:Consolidation to Grow

Amarjyot-Valiant Organics:Consolidation to Grow.

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June 2018
Shares With Superior Voting Rights
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Shares With Superior Voting Rights

Tech company shareholders

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August 2019
EYE On Stakeholders: MAX India Group Sells Various Firms To PE Players.
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EYE On Stakeholders: MAX India Group Sells Various Firms To PE Players.

Max India sold its entire 51% stake in Max Bupa Health Insurance Co Ltd to private equity firm True North Fund for over Rs 510 crore.

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April 2019
Will Group Restructuring Do The Trick For Indiabulls?
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Will Group Restructuring Do The Trick For Indiabulls?

In a contradictory move to separate two unrelated business & merging other unrelated business, Indiabulls Integrated services announced a group restructuring involving 11 companies by demerging and transferring its Infrastructure Solution Business to the new company.

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April 2019
Income Tax Dues Are Operational Debts Under IBC
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Income Tax Dues Are Operational Debts Under IBC

The Center has set up National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on June 1, 2016 to look in to cases relating to insolvency and bankruptcy of companies, especially those that have a huge bank debt.

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April 2019
Indian Companies Look At South East Asia For M&As
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Indian Companies Look At South East Asia For M&As

Indian companies are increasingly looking at South East Asian countries for business and mergers and acquisitions (M&As) because there is a good strategic and cultural fit with companies in the region.

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April 2019
Centre Merges Bank Of Baroda, Dena Bank And Vijaya Bank
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Centre Merges Bank Of Baroda, Dena Bank And Vijaya Bank

The government has decided to merger three banks Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank andVijayaBank -- to reduce the amount of capital it needs to put into these banks and help clean their balance sheets.

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October 2018
Tata Global Beverages Acquires All Branded Food Businesses From Tata Chemicals
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Tata Global Beverages Acquires All Branded Food Businesses From Tata Chemicals

In a major corporate restructuring, Tata Global Beverages Ltd shall acquire all the branded consumer food businesses from Tata Chemicals Ltd. in an all-stock transaction that is aimed at creating a consumer business company.

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June 2019
RIL's E-Commerce Push: Will Reliance Retail Be The Next Jio?
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RIL's E-Commerce Push: Will Reliance Retail Be The Next Jio?

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is a Fortune 500 company and the largest private sector corporation in India.

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June 2019
West Coast Paper Mills Limited
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West Coast Paper Mills Limited

West Coast Paper Mills buys majority stake in International Paper APPM

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June 2019