THE GAZETTE OF INDIA
EXTRAORDINARY
PART – III – SECTION 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI,May 25, 2016
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 25th May, 2016
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (ISSUE OF CAPITAL AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) (THIRD AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2016
No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2016-17/003.─In exercise of the powers conferred under section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the following Regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009, namely:-
1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2016.
2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
3. They shall be applicable to issuers filing offer documents with the Registrar of Companies on or after the date of commencement of these regulations.
4. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009:-
(I) In regulation 2, in sub-regulation (1),-
(1) in clause (zm), for the symbol “.”, the symbol “;” shall be substituted;
(2) after clause (zm), the following shall be inserted namely, –
“(zn) “wilful defaulter” means anissuer who is categorized asa wilful defaulter by any bank or financial institution or consortium thereof, in accordance with the guidelines on wilful defaulters issued by the Reserve Bank of India and includes an issuer whose director or promoter is categorized as such.”
(II) In regulation 4,-
(1) in sub-regulation (2), clause (c) shall be omitted;
(2) after sub-regulation (4), the following shall be inserted, namely, –
(5) No issuer shall make,
(a) a public issue of equity securities, if the issuer or any of its promoters or directors is a wilful defaulter; or
(b) a public issue of convertible debt instruments if,
(i) the issuer or any of its promoters or directors is a wilful defaulter, or
(ii) it is in default of payment of interest or repayment of principal amount in respect of debt instruments issued by it to the public, if any, for a period of more than six months.
(6) An issuer making a rights issue of specified securities, shall make disclosures as specified in Part G of Schedule VIII, in the offer document and abridged letter of offer, if the issuer or any of its promoters or directors is a wilful defaulter.
(7) In case of a rights issue of specified securities referred to in sub-regulation (6) above, the promoters or promoter group of the issuer, shall not renounce their rights except to the extent of renunciation within the promoter group.”
(III) In regulation 73, in sub-regulation (1), after clause (g) the following shall be inserted, namely, –
“(h) disclosures, similar to disclosures specified in Part G of Schedule VIII, if the issuer or any of its promoters or directors is a wilful defaulter.”
(IV) In regulation 84, in sub-regulation (1), after the words and numbers “Schedule XVIII”, the words, symbols and numbers “and disclosures similar to disclosures specified in Part G of Schedule VIII shall be made, if applicable” shall be inserted;
(V) In Schedule VIII,-
(1) in Part A, in para (2), in item (XI), in sub-item (E) the words “by Reserve Bank of India or other authorities” shall be omitted;
(2) in Part E, in para (5), in item (XV), in sub-item (D) the words “by Reserve Bank of India or such other authorities” shall be omitted;
(3) after Part F, the following shall be inserted, namely,-
“Part G
[See regulation 4(6)]
DISCLOSURES PERTAINING TO WILLFUL DEFAULTERS
(1) If the issuer or any of its promoters or directors is a wilful defaulter, it shall make the following disclosures:
(a) Name of the bank declaring the entity as a wilful defaulter;
(b) The year in which the entity is declared as a wilful defaulter;
(c) Outstanding amount when the entity is declared as a wilful defaulter;
(d)Name of the party declared as a wilful defaulter;
(e) Steps taken, if any, for the removal from the list of wilful defaulters;
(f) Other disclosures, as deemed fit by the issuer in order to enable investors to take informed decisions;
(g) Any other disclosure as specified by the Board.
(2) The fact that the issuer or any of its promoters or directors is a wilful defaulter shall be disclosed prominently on the cover page with suitable cross-referencing to the pages.
(3) Disclosures specified herein shall be made in a separate chapter or section distinctly identifiable in the Index / Table of Contents”
(VI) In Schedule XXI, in Part A, in Para (XIV), in item (C), the words “by Reserve Bank of India or such other authorities” shall be substituted with the words “in India or”.
U.K. SINHA
CHAIRMAN
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA