2.18.40. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Pre-packaged Insolvency Resolution Process) Regulations, 2021

(1) The preliminary information memorandum shall provide details required under sub-regulation (2).

(2) The information memorandum shall contain the following details of the corporate debtor: –

(a) assets and liabilities with such description, as are generally necessary for ascertaining their values.

Explanation.- “Description” includes the details such as date of acquisition, cost of acquisition, remaining useful life, identification number, depreciation charged, book value, and any other relevant details;

(b) the latest annual financial statements;

(c) audited financial statements of the corporate debtor for the last two financial years and provisional financial statements for the current financial year.

(d) a list of claims containing the names of creditors, the amounts of their claims and the security interest, if any, in respect of such claims;

(e) particulars of a debt due from or to the corporate debtor with respect to related parties;

(f) details of guarantees that have been given in relation to the debts of the corporate debtor by other persons, specifying which of the guarantors is a related party;

(g) the names and addresses of the members or partners holding at least one per cent stake in the corporate debtor along with the size of stake;

(h) details of all material litigation and an ongoing investigation or proceeding initiated by Government and statutory authorities;

(i) the number of workers and employees and liabilities of the corporate debtor towards them; and

(j) other information, which the corporate debtor or resolution professional deems relevant to the committee.

(3) The resolution professional shall finalise the information memorandum with details under sub-regulation (2) and submit to members of the committee within fourteen days of the pre-packaged insolvency commencement after receiving an undertaking from a member of the committee to the effect that such member or resolution applicant shall maintain confidentiality of the information and shall not use such information to cause an undue gain or undue loss to itself or any other person.

(4) A member of the committee may request the resolution professional or corporate debtor for further information of the nature described in this regulation and the resolution professional or the corporate debtor, as the case may be, shall provide such information to all members within reasonable time if such information has a bearing on the resolution plan.