Decks cleared for end of Satyam
Hyderabad: Drawing curtains to the controversy on the merger of Satyam Computers with Tech Mahindra, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday approved the amalgamation of two IT companies, holding that it is in the interest of all stakeholders.
While approving the scheme of amalgamation and arrangement with effect from April, 1, 2011, Justice N.R.L. Nageswar Rao said that “On a comprehensive assessment of the claims, this court feels that the scheme of amalgamation is in the interest of the public and the shareholders and the interest of the workmen is also protected.”
The judge observed that “There is no attempt to defeat any provision of law with regard to pending of future prosecutions or liabilities. There is also no escaping of the liability with regard to disputed creditors in case they are found to be true.”
He held that the scheme as a whole was also found to be just, fair and reasonable form the point of view of prudent men of business taking a commercial decision beneficial to the class represented by them for whom the scheme was meant.
The judge said that this court by applying the provisions under Section 391 and 394 of the Companies Act satisfactorily found that the scheme of merger was bona fide and has to be allowed by imposing some conditions.
While allowing the petition seeking approval of the scheme, the judge ruled that the pending prosecutions and investigations against the former chairman and others will continue and if any future prosecutions and investigations are to be laid against Satyam Computer Services (petitioner-company), Tech Mahindra Ltd, the transferee company, will be liable.
The judge directed that Tech Mahindra will furnish all the information which is required by SFIO and the attachments ordered by the enforcement directorate will continue till they are varied or vacated.
Source : DC
IBM starts layoffs as part of restructuring plan
International Business Machines (IBM), the world's largest computer services provider, began cutting US jobs on Thursday as part of a global restructuring plan announced in April, a person familiar with the move said.
The reduction targets employees with a range of seniority , from rank-and-file staff to executives, said the person, who asked not to be named because the information is private. Some US workers began to receive notifications of the cuts last night, according to Lee Conrad, a coordinator for Alliance@IBM, an employee group. The restructuring will cost $1 billion worldwide, including severance expenses.
IBM announced the jobcutting effort after releasing disappointing first-quarter results in April. The Armonk, New York-based company posted profit of $3 a share in the period, missing the $3.05 predicted by analysts -- the first earnings shortfall since 2005, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. IBM said at the time that the job reduction would be concentrated overseas and mostly complete by the end of June.
The company is probably cutting 6,000 to 8,000 jobs globally, based on the $1 billion cost figure, said Laurence Balter, an analyst at Oracle Investment Research in Fox Island, Washington.
That would represent less than 2% of IBM's total workforce of 434,246 as of Dec. 31.
'Workforce remix'
Alliance@IBM said on its website that 121 employees were cut from a unit within IBM's Systems and Technology group, the hardware division that saw revenue drop 17% last quarter.
IBM also has been cutting hours of its contract employees. CDI Corp, a Philadelphia-based provider of staffing and outsourcing services, told its staff working for IBM to limit their hours in May.
Source : TOI
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