"Circumstances or reasons that prompt or motivate Management to resort to Corporate Restructuring" - Briefly analyse the phrase giving or citing certain noted mergers or demergers during the last couple of years.

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"Circumstances or reasons that prompt or motivate Management to resort to Corporate Restructuring" - Briefly analyse the phrase giving or citing certain noted mergers or demergers during the last couple of years.

Answer & Explanation:

Broadly speaking, management is prompted to resort to corporate restructuring either for financial or other reasons. Financial reasons could be to reduce risk; increase operating efficiency; improve access to financial market; or to avail tax benefits. Other reasons could be to expand marketing and management capabilities; explore new products for development; avail synergistic benefits; or revive a sick company. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 has created one more window to submit resolution plan in a Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process. Restructuring aims at improving the competitive position of an individual business and maximizing its contribution to corporate objectives. It also aims at exploiting the strategic assets accumulated by a business i.e., monopolies, goodwill, exclusivity through licensing, etc. to enhance the competitiveness advantages. Thus, restructuring helps in bringing an edge over competitors. Prominent mergers/ demergers or acquisitions that took place recently are Flipkart acquiring Myntra, Asian Paints acquiring Ess Ess Bathroom products, RIL acquiring Network 18, Merck acquiring Sigma, Sun Pharma absorbing Ranbaxy; Tata Power acquiring PT Arutimin Indonesia, Reliance Industries demerger, Whitbread plc. demerged Costa Coffee and Sintex demerger.

Topics: Corporate Restructuring

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