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Executive Summary
12 November 2014
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Glossary
MPPL
WOS
MIPL
NCD
RPS
NBFC
ROC
Income Tax Act
Companies Act
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Shares of MPPL are primarily held by the resident Indian promoters of the Maini Group
The Maini Group proposes to refinance debt which had been raised by the promoters of the Maini
Group in respect of MPPL
The promoter had raised this debt in order to finance the purchase of 25.3% of the shares in MPPL from a
third-party investor
We understand that the promoter had raised this debt from an Indian corporate
Further, we understand that MPPL is considering a business reorganization under which the auto
division would be spun-off into Maini Global Aerospace Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary
of MPPL (WOS).
In this context, the Maini Group has identified mechanisms for structuring the debt refinance in
two separate scenarios
In both scenarios, the alternative of MPPL subscribing to NCDs in MIPL instead of RPS is also being evaluated
This slide deck lays out a summary of the implications to MPPL, MIPL and the Promoter from the
transactions envisaged in the above scenarios
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Objective
This slide deck lays out a summary of the implications to MPPL, MIPL and the Promoter from the
transactions envisaged in the scenarios identified
Applicable corporate law [Companies Act, 2013 and Companies Act, 1956 where applicable]
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Step 1 - The entire Auto business would be transferred by MPPL to WOS for a lump-sum
consideration. The consideration would remain outstanding.
Where the sale consideration for the business does not exceed the cost of acquisition of the
assets in the hands of MPPL, no taxable income should arise to MPPL
For normal tax provisions, the Income Tax Written Down Value of fixed assets, and carrying value of other
assets and liabilities as per books of account would be relevant
For MAT purposes, the carrying value of the assets / liabilities in the books of MPPL would be relevant
Transfer of the business to WOS would not be subject to the transfer pricing provisions
No VAT should apply, so long as the business is sold as a going concern for a lump-sum
consideration (as against transfer of identified assets / liabilities)
Since no immoveable property is being transferred under the business transfer, possibility of
structuring the business transfer in a manner which does not attract stamp duty as Conveyance
need to discuss with the lawyers
Approval of the shareholders of MPPL would potentially be required for the transfer of the auto
business, as a related party transaction under section 188 of the Companies Act
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Step 2 Promoter transfers equity shares representing 25.3% shareholding in MPPL to MIPL.
As consideration, the debt borrowed by Promoter from Lender would be assigned to MIPL.
Any gains arising to the Promoter from the transfer of MPPL shares to MIPL would be taxable as
capital gains . For this purpose, capital gains would be computed as Capital gains = Value of the liability transferred ( - ) Cost of acquisition of the MPPL shares
Any such capital gains would be taxable at 20%* if held for a period of more than 36 months prior
to the transfer; a higher rate of 30% would apply in other cases.
No taxable income would arise to the Promoter if the value of the liability transferred to MIPL does
not exceed the cost of acquisition of the MPPL shares in the hands of the Promoter
Where the sale consideration for the shares (i.e. value of the liability transferred to MIPL) is
higher than their fair value, no taxable income arises to the MIPL on the share transfer
For this purpose, the fair value of the shares is to be computed on the basis of a prescribed formula**
which is based on the Net Asset Value of the company, as on the date of the share transfer
The share transfer would be subject to stamp duty at 0.25% on the consideration
The stamp duty on the share transfer would be mitigated if the shares are held in dematerialized form prior
to the share transfer
Applicability of stamp duty to the assignment of the loan from Promoter to MIPL to be discussed
with the lawyers
Approval of the shareholders of MIPL would potentially be required for the transfer of the shares
from the Promoter to MIPL, as a related party transaction under section 188 of the Companies
Act
Need to obtain approval of the Lender for assignment of the loan from the Promoter to MIPL
Since the Lender is an Indian company, post assignment, the loan would not be treated as a
public deposit for MIPL.
Under the principal business tests, MIPL should not be treated as an NBFC, so long as either of
the following tests are met
Financial assets constitute not more than 50 per cent of the total assets; or
Income from financial assets constitute not more than 50 percent of the gross income.
Given that MIPL would continue to carry out its manufacturing operations, it is unlikely that MIPL
would be classified as an NBFC
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Step 3 - WOS would raise debt from a New lender (New Lender); proceeds would be used to
settle the purchase consideration for the business transfer
No specific implications for WOS on raising debt from New Lender, and utilizing the proceeds to
settle the purchase consideration for the business transfer
WOS can potentially claim the interest arising on the debt raised from New Lender as a deduction
in respect of its business income
(Post the business transfer, WOS would house the auto business)
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Step 4 - MPPL would utilize the sale consideration received from MPPL to subscribe to RPS in
MIPL, at par value
The payment made by MPPL to MIPL towards subscription to RPS should not be treated as a
deemed dividend, since the payment is not by way of a advance or a loan
The relevant deemed dividend provisions* are attracted only where the payment is by way of an advance or a
loan
As an additional defence against the application of the deemed dividend provisions, MPPL can
also consider capitalizing its entire accumulated profits by issue of bonus shares to its existing
shareholders
The relevant deemed dividend provisions* apply only where the company has accumulated profits. For this
purpose, accumulated profits which have been capitalized by issue of bonus shares are excluded.
Issue of bonus shares does not have any Income Tax implications for the shareholders and MPPL
The provisions relating to taxation of share premium** would not apply to MIPL, so long as MPPL
has subscribed to the RPS at face value
In order to facilitate the subscription to RPS, MIPL would need to increase its authorized capital
Stamp duty and ROC fees associated with the increase in authorized capital of MIPL to be kept in mind
Section 19 of the Companies Act places certain restrictions on a subsidiary company holding
shares in its holding company. For this purpose, a company shall be treated as a subsidiary of
the other if
In the present case, MIPL should not be characterized as a subsidiary of MPPL since
MPPL would not be holding any Equity Shares or Convertible Preference Shares in MIPL; and
The Articles of Association of MIPL would provide that holders of redeemable preference shares (such as
MPPL) would not have the right to appoint directors on its Board**
It must be noted that the holders of RPS (i.e. MPPL) are not entitled to voting rights in a General
Meeting of MIPL unless the preference dividend has not been paid for two years or more
Further, MIPL would not be treated as a holding company of MPPL, since it holds less than 50%
of MPPLs equity share capital
* Section 2(87) of the Companies Act read with Rule 2(1)(r) of the Companies (Specification of Definitions Details) Rules, 2014
** Necessary amendments may be required to be made to the Articles of Association of MIPL in this regard
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Under Section 67(2) of the Companies Act, a public company is restricted from providing financial
assistance to any person in connection with a purchase of any shares in that company
The above restrictions only apply to a public company; these restrictions do not apply to a private
company as such
Given that MIPL and MPPL are both private companies, the restriction set-out under section 67(2)
of the Companies Act should not apply
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Step 5 - MIPL would utilize the funds received through issue of RPS to repay the debt raised
from Lender.
No specific implications in the event MIPL repays the debt raised from Lender
It is likely that any interest paid by MIPL on the debt from Lender would not be available as a
deduction in the hands of MIPL
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Step 1 Promoter transfers equity shares representing 25.3% shareholding in MPPL to MIPL.
As consideration, the debt borrowed by Promoter from Lender would be assigned to MIPL.
Any gains arising to the Promoter from the transfer of MPPL shares to MIPL would be taxable as
capital gains . For this purpose, capital gains would be computed as Capital gains = Value of the liability transferred ( - ) Cost of acquisition of the MPPL shares
Any such capital gains would be taxable at 20%* if held for a period of more than 36 months prior
to the transfer; a higher rate of 30% would apply in other cases.
No taxable income would arise to the Promoter if the value of the liability transferred to MIPL does
not exceed the cost of acquisition of the MPPL shares in the hands of the Promoter
Where the sale consideration for the shares (i.e. value of the liability transferred to MIPL) is
higher than their fair value, no taxable income arises to the MIPL on the share transfer
For this purpose, the fair value of the shares is to be computed on the basis of a prescribed formula**
which is based on the Net Asset Value of the company, as on the date of the share transfer
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The stamp duty on the share transfer would be mitigated if the shares are held in dematerialized form prior
to the share transfer
Applicability of stamp duty to the assignment of the loan from Promoter to MIPL to be discussed
with the lawyers
Approval of the shareholders of MIPL would potentially be required for the transfer of the shares
from the Promoter to MIPL, as a related party transaction under section 188 of the Companies
Act
Need to obtain approval of the Lender for assignment of the loan from the Promoter to MIPL
Since the Lender is an Indian company, post assignment the loan would not be treated as a
public deposit for MIPL.
Under the principal business tests, MIPL should not be treated as an NBFC, so long as either of
the following tests are met
Financial assets constitute not more than 50 per cent of the total assets; or
Income from financial assets constitute not more than 50 percent of the gross income.
Given that MIPL would continue to carry out its manufacturing operations, it is unlikely that MIPL
would be classified as an NBFC
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Step 2 - MPPL would raise debt from a new lender (New Lender)
No specific implications for MPPL on raising debt from New Lender, and utilizing the proceeds to
settle the purchase consideration for the business transfer
Where the proceeds of the debt would be used to subscribe to Redeemable Preference Shares in
MIPL, it is likely that the interest on the debt would not be available as a deduction against MPPLs
business income (due to operation of section 14A of the Income Tax Act)
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Step 3 - MPPL would utilize the proceeds from the debt raised in Step 2 to subscribe to RPS in
MIPL, at par value
The payment made by MPPL to MIPL towards subscription to RPS should not be treated as a
deemed dividend, since the payment is not by way of a advance or a loan
The relevant deemed dividend provisions* are attracted only where the payment is by way of an advance or a
loan
As an additional defence against the application of the deemed dividend provisions, MPPL can
also consider capitalizing its entire accumulated profits by issue of bonus shares to its existing
shareholders
The relevant deemed dividend provisions* apply only where the company has accumulated profits. For this
purpose, accumulated profits which have been capitalized by issue of bonus shares are excluded.
The provisions relating to taxation of share premium** would not apply to MIPL, so long as MPPL
has subscribed to the RPS at face value
In order to facilitate the subscription to RPS, MIPL would need to increase its authorized capital
Stamp duty and ROC fees associated with the increase in authorized capital of MIPL to be kept in mind
Section 19 of the Companies Act places certain restrictions on a subsidiary company holding
shares in its holding company. For this purpose, a company shall be treated as a subsidiary of
the other if
In the present case, MIPL should not be characterized as a subsidiary of MPPL since
MPPL would not be holding any Equity Shares or Convertible Preference Shares in MIPL; and
The Articles of Association of MIPL would provide that holders of redeemable preference shares (such as
MPPL) would not have the right to appoint directors on its Board**
It must be noted that the holders of RPS (i.e. MPPL) are not entitled to voting rights in a General
Meeting of MIPL unless the preference dividend has not been paid for two years or more
Further, MIPL would not be treated as a holding company of MPPL, since it holds less than 50%
of MPPLs equity share capital
* Section 2(87) of the Companies Act read with Rule 2(1)(r) of the Companies (Specification of Definitions Details) Rules, 2014
** Necessary amendments may be required to be made to the Articles of Association of MIPL in this regard
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Under Section 67(2) of the Companies Act, a public company is restricting from providing
financial assistance to any person in connection with a purchase of any shares in that company
The above restrictions only apply to a public company; these restrictions do not apply to a private
company as such
Given that MIPL and MPPL are both private companies, the restriction set-out under section 67(2)
of the Companies Act should not apply
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Step 4 - MIPL would utilize the funds received through issue of RPS to repay the debt raised
from Lender.
No specific implications in the event MIPL repays the debt raised from Lender
There is a possibility that any interest paid by MIPL on the debt from Lender would not be available
as a deduction in the hands of MIPL
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( 1 / 2)
Under the deemed dividend provisions*, an advance or a loan made by a company can
potentially be treated as a taxable dividend in certain conditions
However, the relevant deemed dividend provisions* apply only where the company has
accumulated profits. For this purpose, there is technical comfort that accumulated profits which
have been capitalized by issue of bonus shares are to be excluded.
Consequently, in the event the entire accumulated profits of MIPL are capitalized by issue of bonus
shares, any payment made by MIPL towards NCD subscription / inter-corporate loan should not
attract the deemed dividend provisions
Section 186(7) of the Companies Act mandates that no company shall give a loan at a rate of
interest lower than the prevailing yield of government securities of a similar tenor
Possibility of adopting a position that the provisions of section 186(7) do not apply to subscription
of NCDs - to be discussed with the lawyers
In the event the provisions of section 186(7) do not apply, no minimum interest rate would apply to the NCDs
the NCDs can carry a coupon / interest rate mutually agreed between the parties
Procedural compliances for issue of NCDs to be kept in mind. Further, the security etc for the NCDs would
need to be discussed with the lawyers
Stamp duty and ROC fees in connection with increase in authorized capital and issue of shares to
be kept in mind
( 2 / 2)
Interest received by MPPL on the MIPL NCDs / inter-corporate loan would likely be taxable at
normal rates of tax, as Income from Other Sources
However, MPPL can potentially claim the interest paid to New Lender as an expenditure against
the interest received from MIPL.
It is possible that the interest paid by MIPL on the NCDs / inter-corporate loan would not be
available as a deduction in its hands
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Scope Limitations
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Scope Limitations
The slide deck is in summary form and would need to be read with our detailed comments
Our comments are based on the interpretation of the provisions of the relevant and applicable
laws as in force on the date of our analysis and not binding on any regulatory or tax authorities.
Therefore, there can be no assurance that the regulatory or tax authorities will not take a position
contrary to our comments.
EY LLP has not undertaken any verification/audit of the information provided to us and have relied
on the information / documents provided to us by MPPL.
The comments provided are solely for internal discussion purposes by MPPL and is not to be relied
upon by any other person or entity. Hence, if you wish to disclose a copy of our presentation to
any other person or entity, you must inform them that they may not rely upon our comments for
any purpose without our prior written consent.
Our comments on corporate law, stamp duty and other legal matters are subject to confirmation of
legal counsel.
EY LLP has no responsibility to update this presentation for events or circumstances occurring
after the date of this presentation, unless specifically requested.
While our advice may be a factor to be taken into account, when deciding whether or not to
proceed with a particular course of action, our suggestions are only recommendatory and we will
not be responsible for any commercial decisions taken.
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