Summary of Key Information:
Reporting Period (Quarter/Year): Not Applicable (Corporate Action)
Nature of Filing / Announcement: Outcome of Board Meeting under SEBI LODR Regulations 30 and 37
Audit Opinion:
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Auditor’s Comment:
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Key Financial Highlights:
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Standalone Results:
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Consolidated Results:
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Segment-wise Performance:
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Corporate Actions:
1. Scheme of Amalgamation:
- Approved amalgamation of Dealskart Online Services Private Limited (Transferor Company No. 1) and Lenskart Eyetech Private Limited (Transferor Company No. 2) with and into Lenskart Solutions Limited (Transferee Company)
- Transferor Companies are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Lenskart Solutions Limited
- Appointed Date: April 1, 2026
- Scheme falls under category exempt from obtaining No-Objection Letter from Stock Exchanges per SEBI Master Circular SEBI/HO/CFD/POD-2/P/CIR/2023/93 dated June 20, 2023
- No shares will be issued as consideration since subsidiaries are wholly-owned
Rationale for Amalgamation:
- Simplify and rationalize group's corporate structure
- Eliminate multiple entities and consolidate business operations under single corporate entity
- Reduce multiplicity of legal and regulatory compliances
- Streamline record-keeping and generate cost efficiencies through reduction of overheads
- Achieve more streamlined and strategic management framework
- Achieve greater integration and financial strength
- Optimal utilization of resources
- Increase competitiveness through pooling of managerial, technical and financial resources
2. Joint Venture Approval:
- Approved incorporation of Joint Venture Company in India with Mingfeng Glassesworld Limited, China (MGL)
- JV Name: Lenskart Metalframes Private Limited (subject to MCA approval)
- Business: Manufacturing metal spectacle frames in India
- Shareholding: Lenskart Solutions Limited - 80%, MGL - 20%
- Initial Investment: Lenskart to invest INR 80,000 for 8,000 equity shares of INR 10 each; MGL to invest INR 20,000 for 2,000 equity shares
- Government Approval: Requisite approval under Press Note 3 already obtained
Objectives of JV:
- Strengthen Company's manufacturing capabilities
- Enhance supply chain efficiencies
- Promote localisation of manufacturing
- Reduce dependence on imports of metal frames
- Facilitate technology collaboration
- Support backward integration strategy
Other Significant Information:
Accounting Treatment:
- Amalgamation will be accounted using Pooling of Interest Method under Ind AS 103 (Business Combinations of entities under common control)
- All assets and liabilities will be recorded at carrying values as appearing in standalone financial statements of Transferor Companies
- Reserves of Transferor Companies will be preserved and recorded in same form
- Inter-company balances will stand cancelled
- Investments in shares of Transferor Companies will stand cancelled
Employee Protection:
- All employees of Transferor Companies will become employees of Transferee Company without break in service
- Terms and conditions not less favorable than those currently applicable
- Past services with Transferor Companies will be considered for terminal benefits
- Existing employee benefit funds will be maintained or merged with Transferee Company's funds
Tax Treatment:
- Scheme designed to comply with "amalgamation" under Section 2(6) of Income Tax Act, 2025
- Brought forward tax losses and unabsorbed depreciation of Transferor Companies will be available for set-off against profits of Transferee Company
- All tax benefits, incentives, and credits of Transferor Companies will transfer to Transferee Company
Effective Date:
- Date when certified copies of NCLT Order sanctioning Scheme are filed with Registrar of Companies