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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI SUBJECT : COMPANIES ACT, 1956 Date of Judgment: 11th December, 2012 CO.APPL.(M) 150/2012 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL (INDIA) PVT LTD ..... Transferor Company No. 1 AND HONEYWELL CONTROLS AND AUTOMATION INDIA PVT. LTD. ..... Transferor Company No. 2 AND MATRIKON INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT. LTD. ..... Transferor Company No. 3 WITH HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL (INDIA) PVT. LTD. ..... Transferee Company Through Mr. N. Ganpathy, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDERMEET KAUR INDERMEET KAUR, J. (Oral) 1 This is a first motion application under Sections 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 filed by Honeywell International (India) Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Transferee Company” or “Applicant Company”) in respect of a Scheme of Amalgamation between Honeywell Controls and Automation India Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

SUBJECT : COMPANIES ACT, 1956

Date of Judgment: 11th December, 2012

CO.APPL.(M) 150/2012

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL

(INDIA) PVT LTD ..... Transferor

Company No. 1

AND

HONEYWELL CONTROLS AND

AUTOMATION INDIA PVT. LTD. ..... Transferor

Company No. 2

AND

MATRIKON INDUSTRIAL

SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT. LTD. ..... Transferor

Company No. 3

WITH

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL

(INDIA) PVT. LTD. ..... Transferee

Company

Through Mr. N. Ganpathy, Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDERMEET KAUR

INDERMEET KAUR, J. (Oral)

1 This is a first motion application under Sections 391 to 394 of the

Companies Act, 1956 filed by Honeywell International (India) Private

Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Transferee Company” or “Applicant

Company”) in respect of a Scheme of Amalgamation between Honeywell

Controls and Automation India Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as

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“Transferor Company No. 1”), Callidus Technologies India Private Limited

(hereinafter referred to as “Transferor Company No. 2”) and Matrikon

Industrial Solutions India Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as

“Transferor Company No. 3”), (hereinafter collectively referred to as

“Transferor Companies”) and the Applicant Company (hereinafter referred

to as “Scheme”). As per the Scheme, the Transferor Companies are proposed

to be merged in the Applicant Company and a copy of the proposed scheme

is enclosed as Annexure - A to the present application.

2 The registered office of the Applicant Company is situated at 2-‘A’

1st Floor, Malviya Nagar Corner Market, New Delhi 110 017, within the

jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court. The registered offices of the Transferor

Companies are situated in Mumbai, Maharashtra, within the jurisdiction of

the Hon’ble High Court of Judicature at Bombay. Respective petitions have

been made by each of the Transferor Companies to the Hon’ble High Court

of Judicature at Bombay. The Board of Directors of all the Transferor

Companies and the Transferee Company have passed resolutions approving

the proposed Scheme and the said resolutions have been attached along with

the present application.

3 Details with regard to the date of incorporation of the Transferor

Companies and the Transferee Company and their authorized, issued,

subscribed and paid up capital have been given in the present application.

4 Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the

Transferor Companies and the Transferee Company have also been enclosed

with the present application. The latest audited Annual Accounts of the

Transferor Companies and the Transferee Company for the year ended

March 31, 2011 and the unaudited Annual Accounts of the Transferor

Companies and the Transferee Company for the year ended March 31, 2012

have been enclosed with the present application.

5 It is submitted that the Transferor Company and the Transferee

Company have no proceedings under Section 235 to 251 of the Companies

Act, 1956 pending against them.

6 The status of equity shareholders and secured and unsecured creditors

of the Applicant Company and the consents obtained for the proposed

Scheme is as below:

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Company

No. of shareholders

Consents given

No. of Secured Creditors

Consents given

No. of Unsecured creditors

Consents given

Applicant Company

2

NIL

NIL

N.A.

243

79% in value and 64% in number

7 Consequently, I direct that the meeting of the Equity Shareholders of

the Applicant Company to be held on January 16, 2013 at the registered

office of the company at 2-‘A’ 1st Floor, Malviya Nagar Corner Market,

New Delhi 110 017 at 11.30 A.M.

8 Mr. Ali Mirza, Advocate, Cell no. 9899720944 is appointed as the

Chairperson and Mr.Ankur Mittal, Advocate, Cell no.9717266757 is

appointed as the Alternate Chairperson for the meeting of the Equity

Shareholders of the Applicant Company. They would be paid fees of

Rs.50,000/- each. Mr. Shiv Lal, Cell no. 9717741367 and Mr.Ganga Ram,

Cell no. 9810161230, shall provide secretarial assistance to the Chairperson

and the Alternate Chairperson and shall be paid fees of Rs.10,000/- each for

this purpose.

9 Notices for the meeting of the Equity Shareholders of the Appli a cant

Company shall be published in the Delhi editions of The Statesman

(English, Delhi edition) and Jan Satta (Hindi, Delhi edition). The said

notices shall be published a minimum 21 days in advance before the

scheduled date of the meeting.

10 Alternately, individual notices for the proposed meeting of the Equity

Shareholders of the Applicant Company would be sent by ordinary post

minimum 21 days in advance before the scheduled date of the meeting. The

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Chairperson shall ensure that the dispatch is made under his/her supervision

or his authorized representative.

11 The Quorum for the meeting of the Equity Shareholders of the

Applicant Company is fixed as follows:

Company

Equity Shareholders

Applicant Company

Number

%

2

100

12 It is also directed that if the Quorum is not present in the meeting,

then the meeting would be adjourned for 30 minutes and thereafter, the

persons present in the meeting would be treated as proper Quorum.

13 Voting by proxy is permitted provided that the proxy in the prescribed

form and duly signed by the person entitled to attend and vote in the

aforesaid meeting or by his authorized representative, is filed with the

company at its registered office, not later than 48 hours before the said

meeting.

14 The Chairperson and the Alternate Chairperson shall file their reports

within fifteen days of the conclusion of the said meeting.

15 Applicant Company does not have any Secured Creditor. Copy of the

certificate issued by a chartered accountant showing that the Applicant

Company does not have any Secured Creditor has been placed on record. In

these circumstances, no meeting of Secured Creditors of the Applicant

Company is required to be convened.

16 A prayer has been made for dispensation of the requirement of

convening a meeting of the Unsecured Creditors of the Applicant Company.

In view of the consent letters / board resolutions placed on record by the

Applicant Company, representing 79% in value and 64% in number of the

Unsecured Creditors of the meeting of the Unsecured Creditors of the

Applicant Company is dispensed with.

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17 The application stands allowed in the above terms.

18 Order Dasti.

Sd/-

INDERMEET KAUR, J

DECEMBER 11, 2012