Section 230 — Power to compromise or make arrangements with creditors and members

(1) Where a
compromise or arrangement is proposed—

(a) between a company and its creditors or any class of them; or
(b) between a company and its members or any class of them,
the Tribunal may, on the application of the company or of any creditor or member of the company, or in
the case of a company which is b eing wound up, of the liquidator, 1[appointed under this Act or under the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), as the case may be,] order a meeting of the creditors
or class of creditors, or of the members or class of members, as the case may be, to be called, held and
conducted in such manner as the Tribunal directs.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub -section, arrangement includes a reorganisation of the
company’s share capital by the consolidation of shares of different classes or by the division of shares into
shares of different classes, or by both of those methods.
(2) The company or any other person, by whom an application is made under sub -section (1), shall
disclose to the Tribunal by affidavit—
(a) all material facts relating to the company, such as the latest financial position of the company,
the latest auditor’s report on the accounts of the company and the pendency of any investigation or
proceedings against the company;
(b) reduction of share capital of the company, if any, included in the compromise or arrangement;
(c) any scheme of corporate debt restructuring consented to by not less than seventy-five per cent.
of the secured creditors in value, including—
(i) a creditor’s responsibility statement in the prescribed form;
(ii) safeguards for the protection of other secured and unsecured creditors;
(iii) report by the auditor that the fund requirements of the company after the corporate debt
restructuring as approved shall conform to the liquidity test based upon the estimates provided to
them by the Board;
(iv) where the company proposes to adopt the corporate debt restructuring guidelines specified
by the Reserve Bank of India, a statement to that effect; and
(v) a valuation report in respect of the shares and the property an d all assets, tangible and
intangible, movable and immovable, of the company by a registered valuer.
(3) Where a meeting is proposed to be called in pursuance of an order of the Tribunal under sub-
section (1), a notice of such meeting shall be se nt to all the creditors or class of creditors and to all the
members or class of members and the debenture -holders of the company, individually at the address
registered with the company which shall be accompanied by a statement disclosing the details of the
compromise or arrangement, a copy of the valuation report, if any, and explaining their effect on creditors,
key managerial personnel, promoters and non-promoter members, and the debenture-holders and the effect
of the compromise or arrangement on any material interests of the directors of the company or the debenture
trustees, and such other matters as may be prescribed:
Provided that such notice and other documents shall also be placed on the website of the company, if
any, and in case of a listed company, these documents shall be sent to the Securities and Exchange Board
and stock exchange where the securities of the companies are listed, for placing on their website and shall
also be published in newspapers in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided further that where the notice for the meeting is also issued by way of an advertisement, it shall
indicate the time within which copies of the compromise or arrangement shall be made available to the
concerned persons free of charge from the registered office of the company.
(4) A notice under sub-section (3) shall provide that the persons to whom the notice is sent may vote in
the meeting either themselves or through proxies or by postal ballot to the adoption of the compromise or
arrangement within one month from the date of receipt of such notice:

1. Ins. by Act 31 of 2016, s. 255 and the Eleventh Schedule (w.e.f. 15-11-2016).

Provided that any objection to the compromise or arrangement shall be made only by persons holding
not less than ten per cent. of the shareholding or having outstanding debt amounting to not less than five
per cent. of the total outstanding debt as per the latest audited financial statement.
(5) A notice under sub-section (3) along with all the documents in such form as may be prescribed shall
also be sent to the Central Government, the income-tax authorities, the Reserve Bank of India, the Securities
and Exchange Board, the Registrar, the respective stock exchanges, the Official Liquidator, the Competition
Commission of India established under sub -section (1) of section 7 of the Competition Act, 2002 (12 of
2003), if necessary, and such other sectoral regulators or authorities which are likely to be affected by the
compromise or arrangement and shall require that representations, if any, to be made by them shall be made
within a period of thirty days from the d ate of receipt of such notice, failing which, it shall be presumed
that they have no representations to make on the proposals.
(6) Where, at a meeting held in pursuance of sub -section (1), majority of persons representing three -
fourths in value of the creditors, or class of creditors or members or class of members, as the case may be,
voting in person or by proxy or by postal ballot, agree to any compromise or arrangement and if such
compromise or arrangement is sanctioned by the Tribunal by an order, the s ame shall be binding on the
company, all the creditors, or class of creditors or members or class of members, as the case may be, or, in
case of a company being wound up, on the liquidator 1[appointed under this act or under the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), as the case may be,] and the contributories of the company.
(7) An order made by the Tribunal under sub -section (6) shall provide for all or any of the following
matters, namely:—
(a) where the compromise or arrangement provides for conversion of preference shares into equity
shares, such preference shareholders shall be given an option to either obtain arrears of dividend in cash
or accept equity shares equal to the value of the dividend payable;
(b) the protection of any class of creditors;
(c) if the compromise or arrangement results in the variation of the shareholders’ rights, it shall be
given effect to under the provisions of section 48;
(d) if the compromise or arrangement is agreed to by the creditors under sub -section ( 6), a ny
proceedings pending before the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction established under
section 4 of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (1 of 1986) shall abate;
(e) such other matters including exit offer to dissenti ng shareholders, if any, as are in the opinion
of the Tribunal necessary to effectively implement the terms of the compromise or arrangement:
Provided that no compromise or arrangement shall be sanctioned by the Tribunal unless a certificate
by the company's auditor has been filed with the Tribunal to the effect that the accounting treatment, if any,
proposed in the scheme of compromise or arrangement is in conformity with the accounting standards
prescribed under section 133.
(8) The order of the Tribunal shall be filed with the Registrar by the company within a period of thirty
days of the receipt of the order.
(9) The Tribunal may dispense with calling of a meeting of creditor or class of creditors where such
creditors or class of creditors, having at least ninety per cent. value, agree and confirm, by way of affidavit,
to the scheme of compromise or arrangement.
(10) No compromise or arrangement in respect of any buy-back of securities under this section shall be
sanctioned by the Tribunal unless such buy-back is in accordance with the provisions of section 68.
(11) Any compromise or arrangement may include takeover offer made in such manner as may be
prescribed:
Provided that in case of listed companies, takeover offer shall be as per the regulations fram ed by the
Securities and Exchange Board.
(12) An aggrieved party may make an application to the Tribunal in the event of any grievances with
respect to the takeover offer of companies other than listed companies in such manner as may be prescribed
and the Tribunal may, on application, pass such order as it may deem fit.

1. Ins. by Act 31 of 2016, s. 255 and The Eleventh Schedule (w.e.f. 15-11-2016).