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RELATING TO
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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
I NTRODUCTION 4
1.G ENERAL INFORMATION 6
2.C ORPORATE ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE 6
3.M ANAGEMENT 9
4.S HARE CAPITAL AND OWNERSHIP 9
5.S ECRETARIAL AND REGULATORY 12
6.F INANCIAL ACCOUNTS [ UNLESS ALREADY PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH ACCOUNTING DILIGENCE ] 17
7.B ANKING FACILITIES / BORROWING FROM THIRD PARTIES , FINANCIAL GRANTS 19
8.T AXATION [ TO BE COVERED BY ACCOUNTING DILIGENCE ] 22
9.E MPLOYMENT MATTERS 22
10.P ROPERTY 25
11.B USINESS AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS – [ TO BE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL DURING DILIGENCE ] 27
12.C ONTRACTS 29
13.I NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 32
14.L EGAL PROCEEDINGS , DISPUTES AND INVESTIGATIONS 34
15.I NSURANCE POLICIES 35
16.E NVIRONMENTAL MATTERS 36
17.P RODUCT / SERVICE LIABILITIES 36
18.I MPENDING LEGISLATIVE CHANGES 37
S CHEDULE ONE
S CHEDULE TWO
S CHEDULE THREE
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LEGAL DUE DILIGENCE CHECKLIST
AND
PRELIMINARY ENQUIRIES
Introduction
The following list sets out the information and documents which are initially required in order to conduct the legal due
diligence in relation to the proposed investment in [●] by [●], by itself or through its affiliates (the “Investor”).
In this checklist:-
In this checklist, the relevant questions have been placed on the left hand side of the page. The responses to the
questions may be inserted in the response column on the right hand side of each question.
Instructions:
For ease of reference all questions should be answered, including, where appropriate, in the negative. In the
event any question requires a detailed response, the same may be separately annexed and referenced to the
right of the concerned question. Wherever the response to any question includes any documents, these may be
similarly annexed and referenced. Similarly, all answers and documents to which you refer should be clearly
marked with the section and question to which they relate. Where you provide documents, please provide in
your answer a brief identification (including identifying to which company the documents relate) where this is not
clear from the heading of the document itself. Unless otherwise specified, please provide all information with
reference to the Company as well as each Subsidiary.
Where the item requested does not exist or is otherwise inapplicable, please indicate so in the response column.
Please also state the reason why it is inapplicable. If in doubt, the questions should be answered according to
the spirit of information requested rather than merely the letter and too much information rather than too little
should be given. Where the same information and documents are to be supplied in response to two or more
different questions, there is no need to repeat your response provided all necessary cross-references are made.
When any specific foreign law, legislation or practice is not referred to in this document and the Company or any
Subsidiary operates or has operated in a foreign jurisdiction, each of the inquiries in this document shall apply to
such company or companies in relation to its foreign activities and presence as if, where the context admits or
requires, references to Indian law, practice and legislation were references to similar law practice or legislation
applicable in the relevant foreign jurisdiction in which such activities are or were performed.
After completing the response to the questions on each page, please initial each page before forwarding the
response to us.
Where documents are requested to be sent along with the response to this checklist, please provide copies
rather than originals. Please arrange to have originals provided at the time of physical verification by us. Further,
please ensure that all copies of documents provided, are certified as true copies by a person so authorised by
the Company. It would also be helpful if you would provide any documents requested in lever arch files with an
index correlating to the numbering system used in this list.
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Please ensure that all responses are, to the extent possible, complete. Further queries may need to be raised
depending on the content of the replies.
During the course of, or subsequent to, the completion of this due diligence exercise, you may be requested to
provide certificates as to the completeness and accuracy of the information provided. However, please note that
the answers to questions raised in these enquiries or the certificates mentioned above would not comprise
formal disclosures for the purposes of any representations or warranties sought by the Investor in the legal
documents. Any such formal disclosure will be required to be made in the legal documents and such disclosures
will be expected to be clear, concise, full and fair disclosures against the relevant warranties.
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1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.3 Briefly describe the history of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries, since their incorporation, including the details
of:
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groupings) held in any enterprise by any of the following:
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(v) Details of direct or indirect investments and
the reason for each direct and indirect
investment.
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2.8 Please provide a summary and all documentation and
correspondence in relation to any plans for merger or roll-
up of any of the Subsidiaries into the Company.
3. MANAGEMENT
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4.1 Please provide particulars of share capital of the Company
and the Subsidiaries, showing their authorised and issued
and paid up capital, and details of number and classes of
shares with their principal characteristics.
(ii) The types of shares not yet fully paid up, broken
down (where applicable) according to the extent
to which they have been paid up.
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Subsidiaries;
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control over the Company, including the particulars of the
proportion of their voting capital. (Please include details
of any lenders who hold charges over any shares in the
Company).
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amendments) together with copies of all resolutions
amending the Memorandum and Articles of Association (if
any) and consents required by law to be annexed thereto.
5.6 The Company and each Subsidiary are to confirm that all
the statutory registers, as required under the provisions of
the Companies Act, are being maintained by the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries respectively and are updated
to date, including the following registers in respect of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries:
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(viii) Register of Director’s shareholdings;
5.7 Meetings
(i) Shareholders;
(ii) Directors;
5.8 Reports:
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Company or any Subsidiary during the last 3 (three) years.
5.11 Please provide copies of any legal notices that have been
published by or in respect of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries during the last 3 (three) years.
5.14 Please provide copies of all documents filed with the RoC
(including those under the Companies Act, and all cash
receipts issued by the RoC) within the last 3 (three) years.
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agreements and correspondence.
5.19 Please provide a full list, together with full copies of, all
licences, permits or other authorisations issued to the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries by any government
agency and any related agreements and correspondence.
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(iv) Copies of internal competition compliance
programmes, if any; and
Listing
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(iii) Financial reports and related materials prepared for or
reviewed by the board of directors, or a committee
thereof, of the Company or any Subsidiary.
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6.15 In relation to the Company and each of the Subsidiaries,
please provide a schedule of dividends declared relative
to net profits.
Accounts
7.2 Borrowing
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borrowings by the Company and Subsidiaries and
details of all existing or anticipated breaches of
the terms of such agreements by the Company /
Subsidiaries together with copies of all extant
notices, demands or other communications from
the relevant lender to the Company /Subsidiaries;
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Future borrowings;
Negative pledges;
Issue of equity;
Change of management.
1 Note: This section does not relate to product or service warranties granted by the Company
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7.6 Please provide details of all loans made to or by the
Company, including all loans and indebtedness to
directors, officers, employees or shareholders of the
Company or Subsidiaries or any other companies in
which any such director, employee or shareholder is
interested, together with copies of all loan documentation:
9. EMPLOYMENT MATTERS
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(ii) Standard employment agreement;
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the Employees’ State Insurances Act, 1948;
the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965;
the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972;
the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947;and
the Contract Labour Act, 1970.
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10. PROPERTY
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by the Company or a Subsidiary.
11. BUSINESS AND OPERATIONAL MATTERS – [To Be Discussed In Detail during Diligence]
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11.1 Identify the critical technologies used or to be used by
the Company and the Subsidiaries in their respective
businesses (“Technologies”) including, but not limited
to:
(i) software;
(ii) hardware;
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(i) technical services agreements;
11.13 Provide a list of the major (i.e. more than 5% (five percent)
of goods or services supplied in any 6 (six) month period)
suppliers (identifying product or service) of the Company
and each Subsidiary.
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11.16 Please provide copies of any policies the Company has in
place to prevent corrupt practices, including any policies
designed to ensure compliance with the UK Anti-Bribery
Act and the US Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act.
12. CONTRACTS
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12.2 Copies of all licence, distribution, franchise, agency,
research and development, marketing, consulting and
management contracts granted to or by or entered into
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and all other
contracts:
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(iii) Special arrangement for any facility for the
business of company.
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13.1 Please provide a schedule of all patents, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, copyrights, know-how and
registered designs owned by or licensed to or by or used
by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries and all other
intellectual property of the Company and all Subsidiaries,
and copies of all relevant registrations, applications,
consents, licences and sub-licences.
13.12 Details of all contracts taken out by the Company and the
Subsidiaries relating to the maintenance of computer
hardware and software.
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13.13 Details of the security and backup arrangements put in
place by the Company and Subsidiaries to protect the
information maintained by computer and to retrieve
information in the event of a computer system shutdown,
and of the type and range of information stored by
computer.
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or foreign), including parties, damages and other
remedies sought, nature of action, details of any actual
or potential breaches of contract (all kinds of
contracts including those detailed in the Financial,
Business and operation matters, Intellectual property,
and other sections) or infringement of rights by or against
the Company, the Promoters and all Subsidiaries
including the following:-
ix. Others.
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15.1 Please provide details of all material insurance policies
taken out by or on behalf of the Company and all
Subsidiaries and also furnish copies of all contracts,
policies and certificates of insurance including the
following:-
i. Fire;
ii. Theft;
iii. Burglary;
v. Key employee.
15.6 Please complete Schedule III for the Company and each
Subsidiary
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(i) the Environmental Protection Act;
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18. IMPENDING LEGISLATIVE CHANGES
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SCHEDULE ONE
FINANCE1
Undrawn
Uncommitted4
Drawn
Undrawn
Undrawn
Uncommitted4
Drawn
Undrawn
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1. Include all forms of debt financing (e.g. loan facilities, issues of bonds, receivables financing, factoring
arrangements).
2. Please provide details of the term to run for each facility or loan.
3. Where the funds have already been received by the issuer or the issuer has an enforceable right to draw the
funds, subject only to fulfilling conditions which it is able to fulfill.
4. Date on which the underlying claim will be released (e.g. the debt guaranteed will be repaid)
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SCHEDULE TWO
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES 1
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2. Nature (e.g. “guarantee”), identity of beneficiary (e.g. “in favour of XYZ Bank”) and identity of person incurring the
underlying obligation (e.g. the person guaranteed).
4. Facilities where either the issuer has received the funds, but the lender can require payment on demand, or where
the issuer has no contractual right to drawn the funds.
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SCHEDULE THREE
INSURANCE
Name of Insurer Property / asset Insured Value Insured Details of Risk First Loss % of value
Insured insured
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