Garden Silk Mills is one of Indias leading man-made fibre-based textile companies. It is a vertically integrated manufacturer of a wide range of Polyester Chips, Polyester Filament Yarns (PFY), Preparatory Yarns, Woven (Grey) Fabric as well as Dyed and Printed Sarees and Dress Materials.
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Sub.: Approval of Resolution Plan of Garden Silk Mills Limited ("Company") pursuant to
the order of the Hon'ble National Company law Tribunal (NClT) under section 31
of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBe)
Disclosure pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirement) Regulations, 2015, as amended
("lODR Regulations")
This is in reference to and in furtherance of our earlier intimation dated 30th September, 2020
conveying approval of Resolution Plan submitted by Resolution Applicant ("RA") by the Committee
of Creditors ("CO(,,) of Garden Silk Mil ls Limited ("GSMl" or "Company") in terms of the provis ion of
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("IB(,,) and e-filing of the same with the NClT Ahmedabad
Bench on 28th Septem ber, 2020 for its subsequent approval thereupon.
In this regard, we hereby inform you that the Company (through its Resolution Professional, M r
Kuresh Khambati) has been informed by their legal counse l (Vaish Associates, Advocates ) t hat
pursuant t o t he Interlocutory Application No. 661 of 2020 filed for approval of the Reso lution Plan
before the Hon'ble NClT Ahmedaba d Bench ("NCLT")' the Hon'ble NClT wa s pleased to approve the
Resolution Plan submitted to the said Adjudicating Authority by MCPI Private Limited ("Resolution
Applicant"). The said Interlocutory Application No. 661 of 2020 was listed for 'Prono uncement of
Orders' on l slJanuary 2021, wherein the Hon'ble NClT was pleased to orally pronou nce its order of
approval of the Resolution Plan on that date. A copy of the written order approving t he Resolution
Plan of the Resolution Applicant, is yet to be uploaded on the website of the Hon' ble NClT. The
email received from t he legal counsel is reproduced herein below:
"Dear Sir,
The matter was listed at serial no 27 and 28 today for pronouncement of orders when we ha d req ted
counsel Mr Navin Pa hwa t o appear as per your instructions. The undersigned was also present.
The Hon'ble NClT was pleased to approve the Resolut ion Plan submitted by MCPI Private Limited
We wi ll forwa rd you a copy of the order as soon as it is uploaded .
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GARDEN SILK MILLS LIMITED
While we wait for the copy of the aforesaid Order to be uploaded on the NCL T Website/ made
available to us, we hereby,basis the aforesaid email, inform you that:
The Resolution Plan provides that any action proposed to be undertaken by the Resolution Applicant
for the implementat ion of the Resolution Plan, will be undertaken by MCPI Polyester Private limited
("SPV" ), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Resolution Applicant, as set out in the Resolution Plan.
The Resolution Plan, as approved by the NClT, shall be binding on the Company and all other
stakeholders of Company including but not limited to employees, members, creditors, guarantors,
Governmental Authorities, Resolution Professional and all other stakeholders who are involved in
the Resolution Plan and/or otherwise concerned or connecte d with the Corporate Debtor, as per the
provision of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("Code"), as amended .
Salient Features of the Resolution Plan:
Pursuant to Regulation 30 read with Para A of Part A of Schedule III of SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 regarding Approval of Resolution Plan under the
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 by the Hon'ble Adjudicating Authority, Natio nal Company law
Tribunal, Ahmedabad Bench,the salient features of the Resolution Plan are reproduced hereinbelow:
STEP 1: DELISTING OF EQUITY SHARES OF THE COMPANY
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As an integral part of the Resolution Plan and with effect from the date of the delisting prescribed by the BSE
limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited, the equity shares of the Corporate Debtor, shall be
delisted from BSE Lim ited and National Stock Exch ange of In dia Limited in accordance with the order of the
NClT read with Regulation 3(3) of the SEBI (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009. Upon such delisting
of stake of public shareholders and promoters, the Corporate Debtor sha ll stand converted to an unlisted
public limited company. For the avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that delisting would merely result in change
of the listing status of Corporate Debtor to that of an unlisted company and that there would be no change in
the shareholding pattern of the Corporate Debtor upon delisting.
(a) The Liquidation Value of the Corporate Debtor is not expected to be su fficient to cover debt of the
Financial Cred itors of the Corporate Debtor in full. Therefore, the l iquidation Value of the Equity
shareholder is Nil and therefore, they will not be entitled to receive any payment and hence no offer
will be made to any shareholder of the Corporate Debtor.
(b) Regulation 3(3) of the SEBI (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009 (as amended) provides the
following:
"Nothing in these regulations shall apply to any delisting of equity shares of a listed en tity made
pursuant to a resolution plan approved under section 31 of the In solvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, if
such plan:
(i) lays down any specific procedure to comple te the delisting of such share; or
(ii) provides an exit option to the existing public shareholders at a price specified in the
resolution plan:
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Provided that, exit to the shareholders should be at a price which shall not be less than the liquidation
value as determined under regulation 35 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency
Resolutian Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations 2016 after paying off dues in the order of
priority as defined under section 53 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016:
Provided further that, if the existing promoters or any other shareholders are proposed to be provided
an opportunity to exit under the resolution plan at a price higher than the price determined in terms of
the above proviso, the existing public shareholders shall also be provided an exit opportunity at a price
which shall not be less than the price, by whatever name called, at which such promoters or other
shareholders, directly or indirectly, are provided exit:
Provided also that, the details of delisting of such shares along with th e justification for exit price in
respect of delisting proposed shall be disclosed to the recognized stock exchanges within one aay of
resolution plan being approved under section 31 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016."
(e) The Corporate Debtor shall accordingly, ta ke the following steps for delisting of its eq uity shares in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity
Shares) Regulations, 2009, as amended from time to time, read togeth er with the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares) (Amend ment) Regulations, 2018 issued by the
SEBI on May 31, 2018 ("Delisting Regulations"):
(i) Upon approval of the Resolution Plan by the Adjudicating Authority, the Corporate Debtor shall
intimate the stock exchanges of (a) t he NClT order approving the Reso lution Plan which inter
alia lays down a specific procedure for delisting of the equity shares of the Corporate Debtor;
and (b) the Liquidation Value of the Equity shareholder is Nil and th erefore, they will not be
entitled to receive any payment and hence no offer will be made to any shareholder of the
Corporate Debtor.
(ii) The intimation shall be accompanied by a copy of the Resolution Plan as appl oved
by the NClT.
(iii) The Corporate Debtor w ill simultaneously issue a public notice informing its
sharehold ers about the delisting in one English newspaper having nationwide
circulation and in one vernacular newspaper having sta tewide circulation in the
registered office of the Corporate Debtor.
(d) Stock Exchanges shall take all necessa ry actions to delist the eq uity sha re s of the Company in
accordance with this Resolution Plan read with Regulation 3(3) of the SEBI (Delisting of
Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009 and shall pass necessary orders/ directions to this effect.
For avoidance of doubt, the approva l of the NClT to the Resolution Plan shal l be deemed to be the
consent of the Financial Creditor to the del isting and such delisting shall be in line with the SEBI
(Delisting of Equity Shares) (Amendment) Regu lations, 2018, and the aforesa id Approval shall be
disclosed to the stock exchanges within 1 (one) day of the Approval Date.
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The delisting of shares (a) shall be applicable to the shareholders of the Corporate Debtor; (b) shall be
pursuant to the NClT order approving the Resoluti on Plan and shall not require any other procedure as
required under the Companies Act or other Applicable Law, including under Section 66 of the Companies Act
or regulations of the SEBI ; and (c) shall not require the consent of any of the creditors or shareholders of the
Corporate Debtor (since the Resolution Plan upon being approved by the NCl T shall be binding on the
Corporate Debtor and its stakeholders (including its creditors and shareholders)).
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STEP 2: CAPITALISATION OF THE COMPANY
The SPV shall infuse amounts in one or more tranches into the Company either by way of equity or debt or a
combination of both, as may be deemed suitable in order to undertake the transactions contemplated in the
Resolution Plan .
STEP 3: CAPITAL REDUCTION OF THE SHARES OF THE COMPANY
Simultaneous upon issuance of the New Equity Sha res as contemplated above, and upon implementation of
Steps 1 and 2 above and as an integral part of the Resolution Plan the entire issued, subscribed and paid-up
equity share capital of the Company(excluding the new equity shares allotted to the SPV) shall stand
extinguished in full without payment of any consideration .
The approval of the Resolution Plan by the Hon'ble Adjudicating Authority shall be deemed to have waived al l
the procedural requirements in terms of Section 66 of CA 2013 and the NClT (Procedure for Reduction of
Share Capital), Rules 2016 and other Applicabl e laws including lODR (if then applicable).
The amount of reduction in the equity share capital of the Company shall be credited to the capital reserve of
the Company. The Resolution Applicant and/or SPV will comply with all the procedural requirements, as
required .
STEP 4: ASSIGNMENT OF FINANCIAL DEBT
The entire Claims and Admitted Debt of the Fin ancial Creditor shall stand sold, assigned, transferred and
released to and unto the SPV as the Assignee, including the Debt Collateral, by virtue of the Reso lution Plan
and in exchange for the FC Consideration paid by the SPV to the Financial Creditor on the date of assignment.
Upon payment of the Financial Creditors ("FC") Consideration, the entire Cl aims and Admitted Debt of FC
along with Debt Collateral shall stand assigned to the SPV and no further amounts shall be payable or action or
documentation (unless requested by the Resolut ion Applicant) sha ll be required for effectiveness of the
Assignment.
The payment of the FC Consideration to the Financial Creditor shall constitute full, final and complete
discharge of the obligation of the Resolution Applicant and/or SPV for the assignment to take effect.
STEP 5: MERGER OF SPV WITH THE COMPANY
Immediately upon implementation of the aforesaid steps and as an integral part of the Resolution Plan, the
SPV (transferor company) will merge with the Company (transferee company) as per scheme of amalgamation
annexed to the Resolution Plan. Further, as an integral part of the Resolution Plan, the Company shall stand
converted from a public limited company into a~vate limited company.
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The Resolution Appl ica nt w ill hold 100% of the total equity share capital of the Corporate Debtor (i.e. the
amalgamated entity) upon effectiveness of the Cap ital Reduction and the Merger.
STEP 6: CONVERSION OF CORPORATE DEBTOR INTO PRIVATE COMPANY
The Corporate Debtor shal l stand converted from a public limited company into a private limited company and
the Memorandum of Association and the Articles of Association of the Company shall be automatically,
without any further act or deed, be substituted and replaced with the form of memorandum of association
and articles of association (the "New Charter Documents").
It is clarified that the approval of the Adjudicating Authority pursuant to Section 31 of the IBC shall constitute
adequate approval for the adoption of the New Charter Documents, in accordance with al l provisions of
Applicable law. Accordingly, no further approval or consent shall be necessary from any other Person/
Governmental Authority in relation to either of these actions under any agreement, the existing constitution
documents of the Company or under any Appl icable law.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term under
the Resolution Plan .
The copy of NClT Order will be submitted once it is uploaded on the NClT we bsite/ made avai lable
to us, for your records.
Kindly note that it shall also be sim ultaneously made avai lable on the Company's website i.e.
www.gardenvarel i. com .
You are requested to take the above information on records and oblige.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For GARDEN SILK MILLS LIMITED
~ Kamlesh B. Vyas
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
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CIN: l17111GJ1979PlC003463 I Website: www.gardenvarelLcom