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.............................................................................................................................DescriptionA contemporary Reference book - Mergers and acquisitions are an integral part of the new economic Paradigm. With an explosive increase in the number of mergers and acquisitions, chartered accountants, Legal Advisors, Company Secretaries, Consultants are most often faced with a myriad Legal and Regulatory Complexities. A tiny Mishap bourn out of inexperience or in attention to detail can prove to be quire expensive in Executing a smooth merger, give a legion of complex and unresolved issues this can exist along after.Written by an expert in corporate restructuring, this is a complex reference on the legal, accounting and secretarial aspects necessary for mergers, demergers and slump sales. It is explains the law, procedures, parallel examples and legal commentaries for a host of cases. The book delves into the death of the subject and provides an answer to the critical question “how to go about mergers”Written with an artist’s eye for detail, a scientist’s skill to view fax with discernments and an accountant’s instinct for perfection, this book is replete with information, analysis and directions.The book would be a rich reservoir of ready reference to the exponent, a band-holder for the novice and a simple do-it-yourself manual for a person who wishes to start our on his own..............................................................................................................................ContentsChapter 1. Provisions of companies act dealing with corporate reorganisationChapter 2. Chapter v - compromise, arrangements and reconstructions analysis of section 390Chapter 3. Analysis of section 391Chapter 4. Analysis of section 392Chapter 5. Analysis of section 393Chapter 6. Analysis of section 394Chapter 7. Analysis of section 394aChapter 8. Analysis of section 395Chapter 9. Analysis of section 396Chapter 10. Analysis of section 396aChapter 11. Analysis of section 494 - another type of reconstructionChapter 12. Amalgamation and the sick industrial companies (special provisions) actChapter 13. Merger of investment companiesChapter 14. Demerger of companies through courtsChapter 15. Mergers derailedChapter 16. Takeover through mergersChapter 17. All about reverse mergersChapter 18. Mega mergers: their rationale and featuresChapter 19. Hiving off the business (sale of undertaking)Chapter 20. Legal and tax aspects of hiving off businessChapter 21. Tax aspects of amalgamationChapter 22. Tax consequences of demergerChapter 23. Merger of sick industries under section 72AChapter 24. Valuation of business - an accountant's approachChapter 25. Accounting for amalgamations (as 14): a critiqueChapter 26. Secretarial practice in relation to amalgamationChapter 27. Human dimensions of mergers and acquisitionsChapter 28. Merger of foreign companies with Indian companiesChapter 29. Reduction of share capital - an innovative toolChapter 30. Select facets of buy back law and the law dealing with arrangementChapter 31. Amalgamation of banking companies - the past, present & futureChapter 32. Multiple schemes - floating mergersChapter 33. Income-tax implications arising our of reduction of capital and on buyback of sharesChapter 34. Demerger of cement division by L&TChapter 35. Transformation of a financial institution to a universal bank-the ICICI storyChapter 36. Corporate debt restructuring (CDR)AppendicesAppendix 1 - Novel SchemesI. Scheme of Arrangement of DCM LimitedII. Scheme of Arrangement and Reconstruction of Apple Industries Ltd. and Aptech Information Systems Ltd.III. The Great Eastern Shipping Company LimitedAppendix 2 - Accounting for Amalgamation (As-14)Appendix 3 - Valuation GuidelinesAppendix 4 - The Companies (Court) Rules, 1959Appendix 5 - Poll Voting Paper.............................................................................................................................Author DetailsS. Ramanujam, Chartered AccountantExecutive Vice-President - Group Taxation, The TJB Group, BangaloreFaculty Member - Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Costs & Works Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts,Visiting Faculty - IIM, Bangalore, National Law Schools etc..............................................................................................................................