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January 2018

From Published Accounts

By Himanshu V. Kishnadwala
Chartered Accountant
Reading Time 7 mins

Accounting
for Demerger in the books of demerged company and resulting company (both
companies following Ind AS)

 

Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (31-3-2017) (demerged company)

 

From
Notes to Accounts

 

54G  Demerger
of Power Business

        The
Board of directors of the Company on 18th May 2015 approved the
Scheme of Arrangement under sections 391 – 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 (“the
Scheme’) between Sterlite Technologies Limited (‘STL’ of Demerged company),
Sterlite Power Transmission Limited (‘SPTL’ or Resulting company’) and their respective
shareholders and creditors for the demerger of power products and solutions
business (including the investments of STL in power transmission infrastructure
subsidiaries i.e. Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Limited and East North
interconnection Company Limited into SPTL with the appointed date of 1st
April 2015. The Scheme was approved by the Hon’ble Bombay High Court vide
Order dated 22nd April 2016 and it became effective from 23rd
May 2016 (being the date of filing with Registrar of Companies).

 

        As
a result of the demerger, the opening balance sheet as at 1st  April 2015 and the financial  statements of the Company as at and for the
year ended 31st March 2016, do not include the operations of the
demerged undertaking.

 

        As per the Scheme, STL shall reduce the book
values of assets and liabilities pertaining to the demerged undertaking (i.e.
Power Business) as on the appointed date from its books of account.
Accordingly, the following assets and liabilities pertaining to Power Business
have been reduced from the books of account of STL as on April 1st
2015.

 

Particulars

( Rs in crores)

Assets

 

Non-current
assets

 

Property,
plant & equipment

238.94

Capital
work-in-progress

2.98

Other
intangible assets

0.07

Investment
in subsidiaries

1,198.11

Financial
assets

 

   Loans

9.20

   Other non-current financial assets

1.47

Other
non-current assets

1.10

 

1,451.87

Current
assets

 

Inventories

236.65

Financial
assets

 

   Trade receivables

413.06

   Cash and cash equivalents

0.51

   Other current financial assets

76.50

Other
current assets

23.01

 

749.73

Total
(A)

2,201.60

Liabilities

 

Non-current
liabilities

 

Financial
Liabilities

 

Borrowings

562.84

Employee
benefit obligations

2.28

Deferred
tax liabilities (net)

5.75

 

570.86

Current
liabilities

 

Financial
liabilities

 

   Borrowings

228.25

   Trade payables

586.09

   Other financial liabilities

160.39

Net
employee defined benefit liabilities

1.41

 

1,064.95

Total
(B)

1,635.82

Excess
of book value of assets over the book value of liabilities (A-B)

565.78

 

 

Further, as per the Scheme,
the excess of book value of assets over the book value of liabilities of the
demerged undertaking shall be adjusted against the securities premium account
and balance, if any, shall be first adjusted against the general reserve account
and thereafter against profit and loss account of the demerged company. Also,
the investment of STL in SPTL of Rs. 0.05 crore has been cancelled and adjusted
against surplus in the statement of profit and loss as per the Scheme,
Accordingly, the following adjustments have been made in the opening reserves
as at 1st April 2015:

 

Particulars

 Rs. in
crores

Excess
of book value of assets over the book value of liabilities

565.78

Adjusted
against:

 

Securities
premium

197.26

General
reserve

99.97

Surplus
in the statement of profit and loss

268.55

Total

565.78

 

 

The resulting company shall
reimburse the demerged company for all liabilities incurred by the demerged
company in so far as such liabilities relate to period prior to the appointed
date i.e. 1st April 2015 in respect of the demerged undertaking as
per the Scheme.

 

Sterlite Power Transmission Ltd. (31-3-2017) (resulting company)

 

From
Notes to Accounts

 

NOTE 45:
DEMERGER OF POWER BUSINESS FROM STERLITE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

 

A.    The
Board of directors of the Sterlite Technologies Limited on 18th May,
2015 approved the Scheme of Arrangement under sections 391 – 394 of the
Companies Act, 1956 (‘the Scheme’) between Sterlite Technologies Limited (‘STL’
or ‘Demerged company’), Sterlite Power Transmission Limited (‘SPTL’ or
‘Resulting company’ or ‘Company’) and their respective shareholders &
creditors for the demerger of power products and solutions business (including
the investments of STL in power transmission infrastructure subsidiaries i.e.
Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Limited and East North Interconnection Company
Limited) into the Company with the appointed date of 1st April,
2015. The Scheme was approved by the Hon’ble Bombay High Court vide
Order dated 22nd April, 2016 and it became effective from 23rd
May, 2016 (being the date of filing with Registrar of Companies).

 

        The
Company was incorporated on 5th May, 2015 with the object of
carrying out business of power products and solutions under the name Sterlite
Power Transmission Limited. As per the Scheme, power products and solutions
business (including the investments of STL in power transmission infrastructure
subsidiaries i.e. Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Limited and East North
Interconnection Company Limited) has been transferred into the Company with the
appointed date of 1st April, 2015.

 

B.    The
Scheme inter alia provides for issue by SPTL, at the option of the
shareholder of STL, of either one equity share of face value of INR 2 or one
redeemable preference share of face value of INR 2 issued at a premium of INR
110.30 per share for every 5 fully paid up equity shares of INR 2 each of the
Demerged company and redeemable on expiry of eighteen months from the date of
allotment at a premium of INR 123.55 per share for eligible members other than
non-residents. In case of non-residents, one equity share of face value of INR
2 for every 5 fully paid up equity shares of INR 2 each of the Demerged company
and all such equity shares shall be purchased by the promoters of the Demerged
Company and/or their affiliates or any other person and/or entity identified by
them, in accordance with the scheme.

 

C.    As
per the option exercised by the shareholders of STL 61.18 million equity shares
and 17.09 million redeemable preference shares were issued on 22nd
August, 2016.

 

D.    Further,
as per the Scheme, the investment of STL in SPTL of INR 0.05 crore has been
cancelled w.e.f. 1st April, 2015.

 

E.    As
per the Scheme, the following assets and liabilities pertaining to Power Business
were transferred from STL to SPTL w.e.f. 1st April, 2015:

 

Particulars

INR in millions*

ASSETS

 

Non-current
assets

 

Fixed
assets

 

   Tangible assets

2,389.36

   Intangible Assets

0.73

   Capital work-in-progress

29.81

 

2,419.90

Non-current
investments

11,981.08

Long-term
loans and advances

117.75

Other
non-current assets

4.20

 

14,522.93

Current
assets

 

Inventories

2,366.52

Trade
receivables

4,130.64

Cash
and bank balances

5.10

Short-term
loans and advances

981.05

Other
current assets

17.98

 

7,501.30

TOTAL
(A)

22,024.23

LIABILITIES

 

Non-current
liabilities

 

Long-term
borrowings

5,632.50

Deferred
tax liabilities (net)

57.50

Long-term
provisions

22.75

 

5,712.75

Current
liabilities

 

Short-term
borrowings

2,286.54

Trade
payables

5,860.98

Other
current liabilities

2,492.04

Short-term
provisions

14.12

 

10,653.68

TOTAL
(B)

16,366.43

Excess
of book value of assets over the book value of liabilities (A – B)

5,657.79

Total
consideration payable by the Company to equity share holders of STL

8,880.92

Goodwill

3,223.09

 

*These figures are as per Indian GAAP.

 

        As
per the Scheme, difference between total consideration payable by the Company
to equity share holders of Sterlite Technologies Limited and excess of book
value of assets over the book value of liabilities transferred from Sterlite
Technologies Limited is recognised as Goodwill and amortised over a period of
five years as required under the Scheme.

 

F.     As
per the Scheme, the resulting company shall reimburse the demerged company for
all liabilities incurred by the demerged company in so far as such liabilities
relate to period prior to the appointed date i.e. 1st April, 2015 in
respect of the demerged undertaking. The management does not expect any cash
outflow in respect of the above.

 

From
Auditors’ Report

 

Emphasis
of Matter

 

        We
draw attention to Note 45 to the standalone Ind AS financial statements which
describes the accounting for merger which has been done as per the Scheme of
arrangement approved by the High Court. Our opinion is not qualified in respect
of this matter. _

 

 

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