SEBI (ISSUE OF CAPITAL AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) GUIDELINES,

2009

IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS

Applications Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA) means -

i. an application for subscribing to a public issue or a rights issue

ii. along with an authorisation to Self Certified Syndicate Bank to block the
application money in a bank account [Reg. 2(d)]

Book Building means a process undertaken -

i. to elicit demand and

ii. to assess the price for determination of the quantum or value of specified
securities or Indian Depository Receipts, as the case may be, in
accordance with these regulations. [Reg.2(f)]

Convertible security means a security -

i. which is convertible into or exchangeable with equity shares of the issuer

at a later date, with or without the option of the holder of the security
and

ii. includes convertible debt instrument and convertible preference shares.

[Reg.2(k)]

Designated Stock Exchange means a recognised stock exchange in which –

i. the securities of an issuer are listed or proposed to be listed and

ii. which is chosen by the issuer as a designated stock exchange for the
purpose of a particular issue of specified securities.

Note:-

1. Where one or more such stock exchanges have nationwide trading terminals,
the issuer shall choose one of them as a designated stock exchange

2. The issuer may choose a different designated stock exchange for any
 subsequent issues of specified securities. [Reg.2(l)]

Green shoe option means an option of allotting equity shares in excess of the equity
shares offered in the public issue as a post-listing price stabilising mechanism [Reg.2
(o)]

Offer Document means

i. In case of public issue -> a red herring prospectus, prospectus or shelf

prospectus and information memorandum as contained in section 60A of the
Companies Act, 1956.

ii. In case of rights issue -> a letter of offer. [Reg.2 (x)]

Promoter includes-

i. the person or persons who are in control of the issuer;

ii. the person or persons who are instrumental in the formulation of a plan or
programme pursuant to which specified securities are offered to public;

iii. the person or persons named in the offer document as promoters. [Reg.
2(za)]

Provisos to Section 2(za)

a) A director or officer of the issuer or a person acting in his professional

capacity shall not be deemed as a promoter.

b) A financial institution, a scheduled bank, foreign institutional investor and

mutual fund shall not be deemed to be a promoter merely because ten
percent or more of the equity capital of the issuer is held by such person.

c) However, the institutions mentioned in (b) shall be treated as a promoter

for the subsidiaries or companies promoted by them or for the mutual funds
sponsored by them.

Promoter Group includes –

i. the promoter;

ii. an immediate relative of the promoter and

iii. in case the promoter is a body corporate -

A. A subsidiary or holding company of such body corporate;

B. Any body corporate in which the promoter holds ten percent or more
of the equity share capital or which holds ten percent or more of the
equity share capital of the promoter;

C. Any body corporate in which group of individuals or companies or

combinations thereof which hold twenty percent or more of the equity
share capital in that body corporate also holds twenty percent or more
of the equity share capital of the issuer and

iv. in case the promoter is an individual –

A. Any body corporate in which ten percent or more of the equity share
capital is held by -

• the promoter or

• an immediate relative of the promoter or

• firm or

• Hindu Undivided Family

- in which the promoter or any or more of his immediate

relative is a member

B. Any body corporate in which a body corporate as provided in (A)

above holds ten percent or more of the equity share capital;

C. Any Hindu Undivided Family or firm in which the aggregate

shareholding of the promoter and his immediate relatives is equal to
or more than ten percent of the total and

v. all persons whose shareholding is aggregated for the purpose of disclosing in

the prospectus under the heading “shareholding of the promoter group”[Reg.
2(zb)]

Provisos to Reg. 2(zb)

a. A financial institution, a scheduled bank, foreign institutional investor and

mutual fund shall not be deemed to be a promoter group merely because ten
percent or more of the equity capital of the issuer is held by such person.

b. However, the institutions mentioned in (a) shall be treated as promoter

group for the subsidiaries or companies promoted by them or for the mutual
 funds sponsored by them.

Qualified Institutional Buyer means –

i. A mutual fund, venture capital fund and foreign venture capital investor
registered with SEBI;

ii. A FII and sub-account (other than a sub-account which is a foreign corporate or
foreign individual) registered with the SEBI;

iii. A public financial institution defined u/s 4A of the Companies Act, 1956;

iv. A Scheduled Commercial bank;

v. A multilateral and bilateral development financial institution;

vi. A state industrial development corporation;

vii. An insurance company registered with the IRDA;

viii. A provident fund with minimum corpus of Rs. 25 crores;

ix. A pension fund with minimum corpus of Rs. 25 crores;

x. National Investment Fund set up by the Government of India;

xi. Insurance funds set up and managed by army, navy or air force of the Union of
India. [Reg. 2(zd)]

APPLICABILITY The regulations apply to the following viz.,

• a public issue;

• a rights issue where the aggregate value of the specified securities offered is
Rs.50 lakhs or more;

• a preferential issue;

• an issue of bonus shares by a listed issuer;

• a qualified institutions placement by a listed issuer;

• an issue of Indian Depository Receipts.

COMMON CONDITIONS FOR PUBLIC ISSUES AND RIGHTS ISSUES [ CHAPTER II]

General conditions (Regulation 4)

 1) An issuer issuing securities through public issue or rights issue is required to
satisfy the prescribed conditions at the time of filing the draft offer document
with the SEBI and at the time of registering or filing the final offer document
with the Roc or designated stock exchange, as the case may be.

2) No issuer shall make a public issue or rights issue of specified securities –

a) if the issuer, any of its promoters, promoter group or directors or persons in

control of the issuer are debarred from accessing the capital market by SEBI;

b) if any of its promoters, directors or persons in control of the issuer was or

also is a promoter, director or person in control of any other company which
is debarred from accessing the capital market under any order or direction
made by SEBI;
c) if the issuer of any convertible debt instruments is in the list of wilful
defaulters published by the RBI or 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 6 months;
d) unless it has made an application to one or more recognised stock
exchanges for listing of specified securities and has chosen one of them as
the designated stock exchange;
e) unless it has entered into an agreement with a depository for the
dematerialization of specified securities already issued or proposed to be
issued;
f) unless all existing partly paid-up equity shares of the issuer have either been
fully paid-up or forfeited;
g) unless firm arrangements of finance through verifiable means have been
made towards 75% of the stated means of finance, excluding the amount to
be raised through the proposed public issue or rights issue or through
existing identifiable internal accruals

Appointment of Merchant Banker (Regulation 5)

1) The issuer shall appoint one or more merchant bankers, at least one of whom
shall be the lead merchant banker to carry out the obligations relating to the
issue.

2) The issuer, in consultation with the lead MB, shall appoint one or more
intermediaries to carry out the obligations relating to the issue.

3) The issuer shall appoint only such intermediaries who are registered with SEBI.
 4) Where the issue is managed by more than one MB, the rights and
responsibilities relating inter alia to disclosures, allotments, refund and
underwriting obligations, if any, of each MB shall be predetermined and
disclosed in the offer document in the manner specified in Schedule I.

5) The lead MB shall assess the individual capacities of the intermediaries before
advising the issuer on the appointment of the latter.

6) The issuer shall enter into an agreement with the lead MB in the format set out
in Schedule II and with the other intermediaries as per the respective
regulations.

7) An issuer shall –

a. in case of issue through book building process – appoint syndicate

members and

b. in case of any other issue – appoint bankers to the issue

- at all mandatory collection centres as specified in Schedule

III and such other collection centres as it may deem fit.

8) The issuer shall appoint a registrar who has connectivity with all the
depositories.

9) Where the issuer itself is a registrar to an issue registered with the Board, then
another RTI shall be appointed as RTI.

10) The lead MB shall not act as a Registrar to the issue in which it is also
handling post issue responsibilities.

Filing of offer documents (Regulation 6)

1) Filing of draft offer document with the SEBI is mandatory in the following cases –

• public issue

• rights issue where aggregate value of specified securities offered is Rs.50

lakhs or more

2) The draft offer document shall be filed through the lead merchant banker, at
least 30 days prior to –

• registering the prospectus, red herring prospectus or shelf prospectus

and information memorandum with the RoC or

• filing the letter of offer with the designated stock exchange, along with
 fees as prescribed in Schedule IV.

3) The Board may specify changes or observations, if any, on the draft offer
document within 30 days from the later of the following dates:

• date of receipt of draft offer document;

• date of receipt of satisfactory reply from the lead MB;

• date of receipt of clarification or information sought from any other

regulator or agency;

• date of receipt of a copy of in-principle approval letter issued by the

recognized stock exchanges

4) The issuer shall carry out the changes cited by the SEBI, if any, before
registering the offer document with the RoC or designated stock exchange, as
the case may be.

5) The issuer shall, simultaneously file a copy of the offer document with the SEBI
through the lead merchant banker.

6) The lead merchant banker shall file a copy of the offer document with the
registered stock exchanges where the securities are proposed to be listed.

7) The issuer shall also furnish a soft copy of the offer document to SEBI in the
manner specified in Schedule V.

In-principle approval from recognized stock exchanges (Regulation 7)

a. In case of an initial public offer -> from all the recognized stock exchanges
where the securities are proposed to be listed

b. In case of further public offer or rights issue ->

i. where the specified securities are listed only on recognized stock

exchanges having nationwide trading terminals –> from all such
stock exchanges .

ii. where the specified securities are not listed on any recognized
stock exchange having nationwide trading terminals –> from all
the recognized stock exchanges where the securities are proposed to be
listed.

iii. where the specified securities are listed both on recognized

stock exchanges having nationwide terminals and those not
 having nationwide trading terminals -> from all recognized stock
exchanges having nationwide trading terminals.

Documents to be submitted by the lead merchant bankers before the

opening of the issue, together with the offer documents [Regulation 8]

1. Documents to be submitted together with the offer document by the lead MB -

a. A copy of the agreement entered into between the issuer and the lead merchant
bankers;

b. A copy of the inter se allocation of responsibilities of each MB, in case the issue
is managed by more than one merchant banker;

c. A due diligence certificate;

d. A due diligence certificate from the debenture trustee, in case of issue of

convertible debt instruments;

e. A certificate confirming the compliance of the prescribed conditions.

2. Where the SEBI has suggested changes in the offer document, then the lead MBs
shall submit the following:

i. a statement certifying that all changes, suggestions and observations made by

the board have been incorporated in the offer document;

ii. a due diligence certificate in the prescribed form at the time of registering the
prospectus with the Registrar of Companies;

iii. a copy of the board resolution for allotting specified securities to the promoters
towards the amount received against promoters’ contribution, before opening of
the issue;

iv. a certificate from a CA, before the opening of the issue, certifying that
promoters’ contribution has been received in accordance with these regulations
together with the -

• names and addresses of the promoters who have contributed to the

promoters’ contribution and

• the amount paid by each of them towards such contribution;

v. a due diligence certificate in prescribed form immediately before the opening of

the issue certifying that necessary corrective action, if any, has been taken;

vi. a due diligence certificate in prescribed form after the issue has opened but
 before it closes for subscription.

3. The issuer is required to submit the PAN, bank account number and passport
number of its promoters to each of the recognized stock exchanges where the
securities are proposed to be listed, at the time of filing the draft offer document

Draft offer document to be made public [Regulation 9]

1. The draft offer document filed with the SEBI shall be made public, by publishing
it on the websites of SEBI and recognized stock exchanges where the securities
are proposed to be listed, for at least 21 days from the date of filing the same
with the SEBI.

2. The lead MBs shall file a statement of comments received on the offer
document and the changes, if any, carried thereon with the SEBI after the expiry
of the said 21 days.

Fast Track Issue [Regulation 10]

1. The provisions of Regulations 6, 7 and 8 shall not apply to a public issue or a rights
issue if the issuer satisfies the following conditions:-

• the equity shares of the issuer have been listed on any recognized stock
exchange having nationwide trading terminals for a period of at least 3 years
immediately preceding the reference date;

• the average market capitalization of public shareholding of the issuer is

at least Rs.5000 crores;

• the annualised trading turnover of the equity shares of the issuer during
6 calendar months immediately preceding the month of the reference date
has been at least 2% of the weighted average number of equity shares
listed during such 6 months’ period;

 Note: for issues where public shareholding is less than 15% of

the issued equity capital, the annualised trading turnover has
been at least 2% of the weighted average number of equity
shares available as free float during 6 months’ period

• the issuer has redressed at least 95% of the complaints received from the
investors till the end of the quarter immediately preceding the month of the
reference date;
 • the issuer complies with the equity listing agreement for at least 3 years
immediately preceding the reference date;

 Note:- It shall be deemed that the issuer has complied with the
conditions if –

 the issuer has not complied with the equity listing

agreement relating to composition of board of directors,
for any quarter during the 3 years immediately preceding
the reference date; but

 complies with the provisions at the time of filing the offer

document with the RoC or designated stock exchange, as
the case may be; and

 adequate disclosures are made in the offer document

regarding such non-compliances.

• the impact of the auditor’s qualifications, if any, on the audited accounts of the
issuer of the financial years disclosed in the offer document does not exceed 5%
of the net profit/loss after tax of the issuer for the respective years;

• no show cause notices have been issued or prosecution proceedings have been
initiated or pending against the issuer or its promoters or its whole time
directors as on the reference date;

• the entire shareholding of the promoter group is in DEMAT form as on the

reference date.

2. The issuer shall file the offer document with the board and the recognised stock
exchanges in accordance with Regulation 6 and pay the prescribed fees.

3. The lead MBs shall submit to the Board along with the offer document –

• a due diligence certificate as per Form A of Schedule VI including additional

confirmations as specified in Form F of Schedule VI;

• in case of FTI of convertible debt instruments, a due diligence certificate from

the debenture trustee as per Form B of Schedule VI.

4. Reference date means –

• in case of a public issue by a listed issuer -> the date of registering the red
herring prospectus (in case of book built issue) or prospectus (in case of fixed
price issue) with the RoC.
 • in case of a rights issue by a listed issuer -> the date of filing the letter of
offer with the designated stock exchange

Opening of an issue [Regulation 11]

1. A public issue or a rights issue may be opened:

a. within 12 months from the date of issuance of observations by SEBI; or

b. within 3 months of the expiry of the stipulated period under Reg.6, if SEBI
has not issued any observations.

2. In case of a fast track issue, the issue shall open in accordance with the
provisions of Section 60 of the Companies Act, 1956.

3. In case of a shelf prospectus, the first issue shall open within 3 months of
issuance of observations by SEBI.

4. The issuer is required to file a statement highlighting the changes made in the
offer document with the SEBI before registering the red herring
prospectus/prospectus/letter of offer with the RoC/designated stock exchanges.

5. Where changes are carried out in the offer document, the updated or new offer
document should be filed with the SEBI along with prescribed fee.

Underwriting arrangements [Regulation 13]

1. The issuer making a public issue or rights issue shall enter into agreement with
the underwriters and appoint them in accordance with the SEBI (Underwriters)
Regulations, 1993.

2. In case of public issue through book building, underwriting should be done by

book runners or syndicate members.

3. Underwriting of issue is not allowed if 50% of net offer to the public is

compulsorily allotted to QIBs for complying with eligibility conditions given in
Reg.26 and 28.

4. In case public issue is made with at least 10% public offer, the said 50% shall be
substituted by 60%.

5. The issuer shall enter into underwriting agreement with the book runner, who in
turn shall enter into underwriting agreement with syndicate members,
indicating the number of specified securities which they shall subscribe to at the
predetermined price in the event of under-subscription of the issue.
 6. The lead book runner shall fulfil the underwriting obligations if the syndicate
members fail to do so.

7. The book runners and syndicate members shall not subscribe to the issue in any
manner other than fulfilling their underwriting obligations.

8. A copy of the syndicate agreement shall be filed with the SEBI before the
opening of bids.

9. The lead MB or lead book runner shall undertake minimum underwriting

obligations as per the SEBI (Merchant Bankers) Regulations, 1992, in case of
every underwritten issue.

10.Where 100% of the offer is underwritten, the underwriting obligations shall be

for the whole 100% and not restricted to the minimum subscription level.

Minimum subscription and over Subscription [Regulations 14 and 15]

1. At least 90% of the offer through offer document should be received as

minimum subscription.

2. In the event of non-receipt of minimum subscription, the application money

shall be refunded not later than:

a. in case of non-underwritten issue -> 15 days of the closure of the

issue;

b. in case of underwritten issue where minimum subscription

together with underwriters’ devolvement is not received within
60 days of the closure of the issue -> 70 days of the closure of the
issue.

3. The offer document shall contain adequate disclosure as regards minimum

subscription.

4. The provisions of Regulation 14 shall not apply to:

a. offer for sale of specified securities;

b. public issue by infrastructure companies provided disclosure regarding

alternate sources of funding of the objects of the issue are made in the
offer document.

5. No allotment shall be made by the issuer in excess of the specified securities

offered through the offer document. [Reg.15]

6. In case of oversubscription, an allotment of not more than 10% of the net

 offer to public may be made for the purpose of making allotment to minimum
lots. [Reg.15]

Monitoring agency [Regulation 16]

1. If the issue size exceeds Rs.500 crores, the issuer is required to appoint a
monitoring agency to monitor the use of the proceeds of the issue.

2. The monitoring agency may a public financial institution or one of the scheduled
commercial banks named in the offer document as bankers of the issuer.

3. The monitoring agency shall submit a half yearly report on the utilisation of
proceeds to the issuer, the proceeds are utilised, in the prescribed form.

4. The above provisions do not apply to an offer for sale or an issue of specified
securities made by a bank or a financial institution.

Calls, allotment, refund, payment of interest and further issue of capital

[Regulations 17, 18, 19]

1. If the issuer proposes to receive subscription monies in calls, the outstanding

money should be called within 12 months of the date of allotment.

2. If any applicant fails to pay the call money within the said 12 months, the equity
shares on which calls are in arrear along with subscription monies already paid
shall be forfeited.

3. Where the issuer has appointed a monitoring agency, then the outstanding
money need not be called within 12 months.

4. The specified securities shall be allotted and/or application moneys are refunded
within 15 days from the date of closure of the issue.

5. Where the allotment is not made or application moneys are not refunded within
the said 15 days, the issuer shall pay interest at such rate and within such time
as specified in the offer document.

6. Restriction on further issue of capital [Reg.19]

No further issue of specified securities shall be made by way of:

• public issue;

• rights issue;

• preferential issue;
 • qualified institutions placement;

• issue of bonus shares or otherwise, in the following cases:

In case of fast track issue -> during the period between the date of
registering the red herring prospectus/prospectus with the RoC or filing the LOO
with the designated stock exchange and the listing of the specified securities
offered through the offer document or refund of application money.

In case of other issues -> during the period between the date of filing the
draft offer document with the SEBI and the listing of the specified securities
offered through the offer document or refund of application money.

- unless full disclosures are made in the offer document as regards

 the total number of securities offered and

 the amount to be raised from such further issue.

Additional requirements for issue of convertible debt instruments

[Regulation 20]

To issue convertible debt instruments, the issuer has to comply with the following
conditions:

1. it has to obtain credit rating from one or more credit rating agencies;

2. it has appointed one or more debenture trustees as per Section 117B of the
Companies Act, 1956 and SEBI(Debenture Trustees) Regulations, 1993;

3. it has created a debenture redemption reserve in accordance with Section

117C of the Companies Act, 1956;

4. in case the issuer proposes to create charge or security on the assets, it has
to ensure that:

• such assets are sufficient to discharge the principal amount at all

times;

• such assets are free from any encumbrance;

• the consent of the bank/FI/lessor for a second or pari passu charge on

the assets is obtained, if security is already created on such assets in
favour of the said institutions. The consent is to be given to the
debenture trustee before the opening of the issue;

• the security/asset cover shall be arrived at after reducing the liabilities

 having first/prior charge, in case the convertible debt instruments are
secured by a second or subsequent charge.

5. The issuer shall redeem the convertible debt instruments in terms of the
offer document.

Roll over of the non-convertible portion of partly convertible debt

instruments [Regulation 21]

1. The non-convertible portion can be rolled out subject to the following

conditions:

i. 75% of the holders of the convertible debt instruments should

approve the roll over through a resolution passed by postal ballot;

ii. the issuer should send the following with the notice to all holders:

iii. auditor’s certificate on the cash flow of the issuer and

iv. auditor’s comments on the liquidity position of the issuer.

v. the issuer has undertaken to redeem the non-convertible portion of

the holders who have not agreed to the resolution;

vi. credit rating has been obtained from at least one credit agency
registered with SEBI within 6 months prior to the due date of
redemption and has been communicated to the holders before the
roll over.

2. The issuer need not create fresh security and execute fresh trust deed if
the existing trust deed or security document provides for the continuance
of the security till the redemption of the secured convertible debt
instruments.

3. The debenture trustee shall decide whether the issuer is required to

create fresh security and to execute fresh security deed or not.

Conversion of optionally convertible debt instruments into equity

share capital [Regulation 22]

1. Conversion of optionally convertible debt instruments into equity share

capital by the issuer is allowed only if the holders of such instruments
convey the positive consent to the former.

2. Non-receipt of reply to any notice sent to the holders shall not be

 considered as consent for conversion of any convertible debt
instruments.

3. Where –

a. the value of the convertible portion exceeds Rs.50 lakhs; and

b. the issuer has not determined the conversion price at the time of
making the issue;

- the holders of such convertible instruments shall be given the

option of not converting the convertible portion into equity shares.

4. However, where the upper limit on the price of conversion and

justification thereon is determined and disclosed to the investors at the
time of making the issue, then such option need to be given to convert
the convertible portion into equity shares within the said upper limit.

5. Where –

a. an option is given to the holders to convert the convertible portion;

and

b. if one or more of the holders do not exercise the option, at a price

determined in the general meeting of the shareholders,

- the issuer shall redeem that part of the instruments –

• within 1 month from the last date by which the option is to

be exercised; and

• at a price which shall not be less than its face value.

6. The provisions of regulation (3) shall not apply if the redemption is in

terms of the disclosures made in the offer document.

PROVISIONS AS TO PUBLIC ISSUE [CHAPTER III]

PART I – ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Conditions for initial public offer [Regulation 26]

An issuer may make an IPO if:

a. it has net tangible assets of at least Rs.3 crores in each of the

preceding 3 full years, of which not more than 50% are held in
monetary assets;

Note: - If more than 50% are held in monetary assets, the issuer should make
 firm commitments to utilise the excess in its business or project.

b. it has distributable profits (as set in S.205 of the Companies Act, 1956)
in at least 3 of the immediately preceding 5 years;

c. it has a net worth of at least Rs.1 crore in each of the preceding 3

full years;

d. the aggregate issue size of the proposed issue and all previous
issues made in the same financial year does not exceed 5 times its pre-
issue net worth as per the audited balance sheet of the preceding financial
year;

e. it has changed its name within the last one year, at least 50% of the
revenue for the preceding one year has been earned by it from the
activity indicated by the new name.

2. An issuer, not satisfying the above conditions, may make an IPO if:

a.

• the issue is made through the book building process; and

• the issuer undertakes to allot at least 50% of the net offer to the
public to QIBs and to refund full subscription monies if it fails to make
allotment to the QIBs.

OR

• at least 15% of the cost of the project is contributed by scheduled

commercial banks or public financial institutions;

• of which not less than 10% shall come from the appraisers; and

• the issuer undertakes to allot at least 10% of the net offer to the
public to QIBs and to refund full subscription monies if it fails to make
allotment to the QIBs.

b.

• the minimum post-issue face value capital of the issuer is Rs.10

crores.

OR

• the issuer undertakes to provide market-making for at least 2 years

from the date of listing of the specified securities, subject to the
following:
  the market makers –

 offer buy and sell quotes for a minimum depth of 300 specified
securities and

 ensure that the bid-ask spread for their quotes does not, at any
time, exceed 10%

 the inventory of the market-makers shall be at least 5% of the

proposed issue, as on the date of allotment of the specified securities.

3. An issuer may make an IPO of convertible debt instruments without making a

prior public issue of its equity shares and listing thereof

4. An issuer shall not make an allotment pursuant to a public issue if the

number of prospective allottees is less than 1000.

5. No issuer shall make an IPO if there are any outstanding convertible securities
or any other right which would entitle any person any option to receive equity
shares after the IPO.

6. Equity shares may be offered for sale to public if such equity shares have been
held by the sellers for a period of at least 1 year prior to the filing of draft
offer document with SEBI.

7. No issuer shall make an IPO unless he obtains IPO grading from at least one
credit rating agency registered with SEBI.

8. The requirement of holding equity shares for a period of 1 year mentioned in (6)
shall not apply:

a. in case of offer for sale of specified securities of a Government company

or statutory authority or corporation or any special purpose vehicle set up
and controlled by one or more of them, which is engaged in infrastructure
sector;

b. if the specified securities offered for sale were acquired pursuant to a

scheme approved by High Court u/s 391 to 394 of the Companies Act,
1956, in lieu of business and invested capital which existed for a period of
more than 1 year prior to such approval.

PART-II - PRICING IN A PUBLIC ISSUE

1. An issuer may determine the price of the specified securities, the coupon rate
and conversion price of convertible debt instruments -
 a. in consultation with the lead merchant banker or

b. through the book building process. [Reg.28]

2. The issuer may adopt differential pricing subject to the following as per
Regulation 29:

a) .

• retail individual investors or retail individual shareholders or

• employees of the issuer entitled for reservation made under regulation

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- making an application for value not more than Rs.1 lakh may be
offered specified securities at a price lower than the price at which
the net offer is made to other categories of applicants, with the
difference not more than 10% of the price at which specified
securities are offered to other categories of applicants.

b) in case of a book built issue, the price offered to an anchor investor shall
not be lower than the price offer to other applicants.

c) in case of a composite issue, the price offered in the public issue may be
different from that offered in rights issue and justification for such
difference shall be given in the offer document.

Price and price bank [Regulation 30]

1) The issuer may mention –

a. a price or price band in the draft prospectus (for a fixed price issue)
and

b. floor price or price bank in the red herring prospectus (for a book
built issue) and

- determine the price at a later date before registering the

prospectus with the RoC.

2) However the prospectus shall contain only one price or the specific
coupon rate, as the case may be.

3) If the floor price or price band is not mentioned in the red herring
prospectus, the issuer shall announce the floor price or price band -

a. at least 2 working days prior to opening of the bid in case of

 an IPO and

b. at least 1 working day prior to opening of the bid in case of a

FPO,

- in all the newspapers in which the pre-issue advertisement was

released.

4) The advertisement shall contain -

a. relevant financial ratios computed for both upper and lower end of
the price band and

b. a statement drawing the attention of the investors to the section

titled “basis of issue price” in the prospectus.

5) The cap on the price band shall be less than or equal to 120% of the
floor price.

6) The floor price or the final price shall not be less than the face value of
the specified securities.

Face Value of equity shares [Regulation 31]

1) The issuer may determine the face value of equity shares in the following
manner:

a. if the issue price is Rs.500 or more, the issuer shall have the option
to determine the face value at less than Rs.10 per equity share but
not less than Re.1 per equity share.

b. if the issue price is less than Rs.500, the face value of the equity
shares shall be Rs.10 per equity share.

2) The above provisions do not apply to an IPO made by a Government company or

statutory authority or corporation or any special purpose vehicle set up by any
of them, which is engaged in infrastructure sector.

3) The disclosure about the face value of the equity shares shall be made in the
advertisements, offer documents and application forms in identical font size as
that of the issue price or price band.

PROMOTERS' CONTRIBUTION [PART III]

Minimum promoters' contribution [Regulation 32]

1) In case of a public issue -> The promoters' contribution shall be :-

a) in case of a FPO -> either to the extent of 20% of proposed issue size or to
the extent of 20% of the post – issue capital

b) in case of an IPO -> not less than 20% of the post-issue capital

c) in case of a composite issue -> either to the extent of 20% of the

proposed issue size or to the extent of 20% of the post – issue capital
excluding the rights issue component.

2) In case of a public issue or a composite issue of convertible securities,

the promoters' contribution shall be as follows:-

a. The promoters shall contribute 20% as stipulated in regulation (1) above

either by way of -

i. equity shares or

ii. subscribing to the convertible securities.

Note: Where the price of the equity shares allotted pursuant to the
conversion is not determined and not disclosed in the offer document,

• the promoters shall contribute only by way of subscription to the

convertible securities and

• shall give an undertaking in writing to subscribe to the equity

shares pursuant to the conversion of the securities

b. In case of issue of convertible securities convertible or exchangeable at

different dates and if the promoters' contribution is by way of equity
shares (conversion price pre-determined), such contribution shall not
be at a price lower than the weighted average price of the equity
share capital arising out of such conversion

c. In case of an IPO of convertible debt instruments without a prior public

issue of equity shares, the promoters shall contribute at least 20%
of the project cost by way of equity shares. At least 20% of the
issue size should be contributed from the own funds by way of equity
shares.

3) In case of a further public offer or composite issue, where the promoters

contribute more than the stipulated minimum limit, the allotment with respect
to the excess contribution shall be made at a price determined as per
Regulation 76 or issue price, whichever is higher.
 4) The promoters shall satisfy the requirements of this regulation at least one
day prior to the date of opening of the issue.

5) The promoters' contribution shall be kept in an escrow account with a scheduled

bank and shall be released to the issuer along with the issue proceeds.

6) Where the promoters' contribution has already been brought in and utilised, the
issuer shall give a cash flow statement disclosing the use of such funds in the
offer document.

7) Where the minimum promoters' contribution is more than Rs.100 crores -

• the promoters shall bring in at least Rs.100 crores before the date of opening
of the issue and

• the remaining may be brought on pro rata basis before calls are made to the
public.

Securities ineligible for minimum promoters’ contribution [Regulation 33]

1. The following are ineligible for the computation of minimum promoters’

contribution:

a. Specified securities acquired during the preceding 3 years, if they are:

• acquired for a consideration other than cash and

• revaluation of assets or capitalization of intangible assets is

involved in such transaction or

• resulting from a -

 bonus issue by utilisation of revaluation reserves or

 unrealised profits of the issuer or

 bonus issue against equity shares which are ineligible for

minimum promoters’ contribution.

b. Specified securities acquired by promoters during the preceding one year

at a price lower than the price at which they are offered to public in the
IPO.

Note: The provisions of clause (1) do not apply –

 if the promoters pay to the issuer, the difference between the price at
which the securities are offered to the public in the IPO and the price
 at which they were acquired by them

 if the securities are acquired under a scheme of amalgamation u/s

391-394 of the Companies Act, 1956 as approved by a High Court in
lieu of business and invested capital which had been in existence for a
period of more than one year prior to such approval

 to an IPO by a Government company, statutory authority or

corporation or any SPV set up by any of them, which is engaged in
infrastructure sector.

c. Specified securities allotted to promoters during the preceding 1 year or

at a price less than the issue price, against funds brought in by them
during the period, where –

• the issuer is formed by conversion of one or more partnership

firms;

• the partners of the erstwhile firms are the promoters of the issuer;
and

• there is no change in the management

d. Specified securities pledged with any creditor.

2. Specified securities specified in clause (1) above are eligible for minimum
promoters’ contribution if they are acquired pursuant to a scheme of
amalgamation approved by the High Court u/s 391-394 of the Companies Act,
1956.

Minimum promoters’ contribution not applicable in the following cases

[Regulation 34]

a) an issuer which does not have any identifiable promoter;

b) a further public offer,

• where equity shares of the same class which are proposed to be allotted
pursuant to conversion or exchange of convertible securities offered
through the offer or are proposed to be allotted in the offer have been
listed and

• are not infrequently traded in a recognized stock exchange for a period of

at least 3 years and

• the issuer has a track record of dividend payment for at least

 immediately preceding 3 years

c) a rights issue.

LOCK-IN PERIOD OF PROMOTERS’ CONTRIBUTION ETC. [PART IV]

Date of commencement of lock-in [Regulation 35]

1. The specified securities held by promoters and persons other than promoters
shall not be transferable from the date of allotment of the specified securities in
the proposed public issue.

2. The certificates of the “locked-in” securities shall contain the inscription “non-
transferable” and the lock-in period and in case they are dematerialized, the
issuer shall ensure that lock-in is recorded by the depository.

3. Where –

• the securities subject to lock-in are partly paid up and

• the called-up amount thereon is less than that on the securities offered to
the public,

- the lock-in shall end only on the expiry of 3 years after the said
securities have become pari passu with the securities issued to the public

Lock-in period of specified securities held by promoters [Regulation 36]

1) Minimum promoters’ contribution shall be locked-in for a period of 3 years

from the date of commencement of commercial production or date of
allotment in the public issue, whichever is later.

2) Promoters’ holding in excess of minimum promoters’ contribution shall be

locked-in for a period of 1 year.

3) Excess promoters’ contribution stipulated in proviso (b) to regulation 34 shall

not be subject to lock-in.

Lock-in period of specified securities held by persons other than promoters

[Regulation 37]

1) In case of an IPO, the entire pre-issue capital shall be locked-in for a period of
one year

2) The regulation does not apply to –

 • equity shares allotted to employees under an ESOS or ESPS of the issuer
prior to the IPO;

• equity shares held by a venture capital fund or a foreign venture capital

investor for a period of at least one year prior to the date of filing the draft
prospectus with the Board.

Lock-in period of specified securities lent to the stabilising agent

[Regulation 38]

a) The lock-in provisions do not apply to the securities lent to the stabilising agent
for the purpose of green shoe option, during the period starting from the date of
lending and ending on the date on which they are returned to the lender.

b) The securities shall be locked-in for the remaining period from the date they are
returned to the lender.

Transferability of locked-in securities [Regulation 40]

Subject to the provisions of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeover)

Regulations, 1997, -

1) the locked-in securities held by promoters may be transferred to another

promoter or any person or any promoter group or a new promoter or a person in
control of the issuer and

2) the locked-in securities held by persons other than the promoters may be
transferred to any other person holding the specified securities locked-in along
with the specified securities proposed to be transferred.

3) The lock-in on such securities shall continue for the remaining period with the
transferee.

4) Such transferee shall not be eligible to transfer them till the lock-in period has
expired.

MINIMUM OFFER TO PUBLIC [PART IV]

Minimum offer to the public [Regulation 41]

1) The net offer to the public shall be –

a. in case of an initial public offer -> at least 10% or 25% of the post-
 issue capital, as the case may be.

b. in case of a further public offer -> at least 10% or 25% of the issue
size as the case may be.

2) The above provisions do not apply if the issuer is:

a. a Government company, statutory authority or corporation or any SPV set

up by any of them, which is engaged in infrastructure sector.

b. an infrastructure company fulfilling the following conditions:

i. its project has been appraised by one or more public financial

institutions;

ii. not less than 50% of the project cost is financed by one or more
such institutions, jointly or severally, by way of loan or subscription
to equity shares or by both, whether they appraise the project or
not.

Reservation on competitive basis [Regulation 42]

1) In case of a book built issue, the issuer can make reservation on competitive
basis out of the issue size excluding promoters’ contribution and net offer to
public in favour of the following categories of persons:

a. employees of the issuer including employees of promoting companies in

case of a new issuer;

b. shareholders (other than promoters) of:

i. listed promoting companies, in case of a new issuer;

ii. listed group companies, in case of an existing issuer;

Note: - If the promoting companies are designated FIs or state and

central FIs, shareholders of such companies are not eligible for
reservation on competitive basis.

c. persons associated with the issuer, as on the date of filing the draft offer
document with the Board, as depositors, bondholders or subscribers to
the services of the issuer making an IPO.

Note: - The issuer cannot make reservation to the:

• issue management team

• syndicate members, their promoters, directors and

 employees and

• group or associate companies of (a) and (b).

2) In case of an issue other than book built issue, can make reservation on
competitive basis out of the issue size excluding promoters’ contribution and
net offer to public in favour of the following categories of persons:

a. employees of the issuer including employees of promoting companies in

case of a new issuer;

b. shareholders (other than promoters) of:

i. listed promoting companies, in case of a new issuer;

ii. listed group companies, in case of an existing issuer;

Note: - If the promoting companies are designated FIs or state and

central FIs, shareholders of such companies are not eligible for
reservation on competitive basis.

3) In case of an FPO other than a composite issue, the issuer can make reservation
on competitive basis out of the issue size excluding promoters’ contribution and
net offer to public in favour of retail individual shareholders of the issuer.

4) Conditions for making reservations on competitive basis:

a. the aggregate of reservations for employees shall not exceed 5% of the

post issue capital of the issuer;

b. reservation for shareholders shall not exceed 10% of the issue size;

c. reservation for persons associated with the issuer, as on the date of filing
the draft offer document with the Board, as depositors, bondholders or
subscribers to the services of the issuer making an IPO shall not exceed
5% of the issue size;

d. no further application for subscription in the net offer to the public

category shall be entertained from any person except an employee and
retail individual shareholder in favour of whom reservation on competitive
basis is made;

e. any unsubscribed person in any reserved category may be added to any

reserved category and the unsubscribed portion, if any, after such inter
se adjustments among the reserved categories shall be added to the net
offer to the public category;

f. in case of under-subscription in the net offer to the public category, spill-

 over to the extent of under-subscription shall be permitted from the
reserved category to the net offer to the public category;

g. value of allotment to any employer in pursuance of reservation under (1)

and (2) above shall not exceed Rs.1 lakh.

5) In case of reserved categories, a single applicant in the reserved category may

make an application for a number of specified securities which exceeds the
reservation.

Allocation in net offer to public [Regulation 43]

1) No person shall make an application in the net offer to public category for that
number of specified securities which exceeds the number of specified securities
offered to public.

2) Allocation in case of a book built issue shall be as follows:

a. not less than 35% to retail individual investors;

b. not less than 15% to non-institutional investors;

c. not more than 50% to qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), of which 5%

shall be allocated to mutual funds.

3) In case of issue made under Regulation 26(2)(a)(i), at least 50% of the net offer
to public shall be allotted to QIBs.

4) Where the issuer is required to allocate 60% of the net offer to public to QIBs,
allocation to retails individual investors and non-institutional investors shall be
30% and 10% respectively.

5) In addition to the 5% allocation, mutual funds are eligible for allocation under
the balance available for QIBs.

6) In an book built issue, the issuer may allocate up to 30% of the portion available
for allocation to QIBs to an anchor investor subject to the relevant conditions
specified in Schedule XI.

7) Allocation in case of an issue other than book built issue shall be as follows:

a. minimum 50% to retail individual investors;

b. remaining to:

i. individual applicants other than retail individual investors and

ii. other investors including corporate bodies or institutions,

 irrespective of the number of specified securities applied for;

iii. the unsubscribed portion in either of the above cases may be

allocated to applicants in the other category.

Price stabilisation through green shoe option (GSO) [Regulation 45]

1) The issuer may provide green shoe option for stabilising the post listing price of
its specified securities subject to the following:

a) the issuer has been authorised by a resolution passed in the general

meeting of the shareholders approving the public issue, to allot specified
securities to the stabilising agent (SA), if required , on the expiry of the
stabilising period;

b) the issuer has appointed a merchant banker or book runner, as the case may
be, from amongst the MBs appointed by the issuer as SA, who shall be
responsible for the price stabilisation process;

c) the issuer and the SA have entered into an agreement, before filing the draft
offer document with SEBI, stating all the terms and conditions relating to the
GSO including fees charge and expenses to be incurred by the SA for
discharging his responsibilities;

d) the SA has entered into an agreement with the promoters or pre-issue

shareholders or both, before filing the offer document with the SEBI, for
borrowing specified securities from them, specifying the maximum number
of securities that may be borrowed for the purpose of allotment of allocation
of specified securities in excess of the issue size (over allotment) which shall
not exceed 15% of the issue size;

e) the lead MB or lead book runner, in consultation with the SA, shall determine
the amount of specified securities to be over-allotted in the public issue;

f) the draft and final offer documents shall contain all material disclosures
about the GSO;

g) i) in case of an IPO, pre-issue shareholders and promoters and

ii) in case of a FPO, pre-issue shareholders holding more than 5% specified

securities and promoters

- may lend specified securities to the extent of the proposed over-

allotment.
 h) the specified securities borrowed shall be in DEMAT form and these
securities shall be allocated on pro rata basis to all successful applicants.

2) The SA shall determine the relevant aspects including the timing of buying the
securities, quantity to be bought and the price at which the securities are to be
bought at the market, for stabilising of post-listing securities.

3) The stabilisation process shall be available for a period not exceeding 30 days
from the date on which trading permission is given by the recognized
stock exchanges in respect of the specified securities allotted in the public
issue.

4) The SA shall open –

• a special account, distinct from the issue, with a bank, for crediting the
monies received from the applicants against the over-allotment and

• a special account with a depository participant or crediting specified

securities to be bought from the market during the stabilisation period
out of the monies credited in the special bank account.

5) The specified securities bought from the market and credited in the special
account with the DP shall be returned to the promoters or pre-issue
shareholders immediately, in any case not later than 2 working days after
the end of the stabilisation period.

6) If on the expiry of the stabilisation period, the SA is not able to buy securities
from the market to the extent of over-allotment,

• the issuer shall allot specified securities at issue price in dematerialized

form to the extent of the shortfall to the special account with the DP
within 5 days of the closure of the stabilisation period and

• such stabilising agent shall return such specified securities to the

promoters or pre-issue shareholders in lieu of the specified securities
borrowed from them and the account with the DP shall be closed
thereafter.

7) The issuer shall make a listing application to all the recognized stock exchanges
where the specified securities offered in the public issue are listed, in respect of
the further specified securities offered.

8) The SA shall remit the monies with respect to the further specified securities
allotted, to the issuer from the special bank account.

9) Any monies remaining in the special bank account after –

 • remittance of monies to the issuer and

• deduction of expenses by the SA

- shall be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund

established by the Board and the special bank account shall be closed
thereafter.

10) The SA shall submit a daily report to the stock exchange during the
stabilisation period and a final report in the prescribed form.

11) The SA shall maintain a register for a period of at least 3 years from the
date of end of the stabilisation period containing the following particulars:

• the names of the promoters and pre-issue shareholders from whom the
specified securities were borrowed and the number of specified securities
borrowed from each of them;

• the price, date and time in respect of each transaction effected in the
course of the stabilisation process; and

• the details of allotment made by the issuer on expiry of the stabilisation

process.

Period of subscription [Regulation 46]

• A public issue shall be kept open for at least 3 working days but not more
than 10 working days including the days for which the issue is kept open in
case of revision of price band.

• In case of a book built issue, where the price band is revised, the
bidding period disclosed in the red herring prospectus shall be extended for
a minimum period of 3 working days.

• The total bidding period shall not exceed 10 working days

Advertisement [Regulations 47 and 48]

1) The issuer shall, after registering the red herring prospectus / prospectus with
the RoC, issue a pre-issue advertisement in the prescribed format, in –

 one English national daily newspaper with wide circulation;

 one hindi national daily newspaper with wide circulation; and

  one regional language newspaper with wide circulation at the place where
the registered office of the issuer is situated.[Reg.47]

2) The issuer may issue advertisements for issue opening and issue closing in the
prescribed formats. [Reg.48]

Minimum application value [Regulation 49]

1) The issuer shall stipulate in the offer document, the minimum application size in
terms of number of specified securities.

2) The minimum application size shall fall within the minimum application value of
Rs.5000 to Rs.7000.

3) The issuer shall invite applications in multiples of the minimum application

value.

4) The minimum sum payable on application shall not be less than 25% of the
issue price.

5) In case of an offer for sale, the issue price payable for each specified security
shall be brought in at the time of application.

Allotment procedure and basis of allotment [Regulation 50]

a) The allotment of specified securities to applicants other than anchor investors

shall be on a proportionate basis within the specified investor categories.

b) The number of securities allotted shall be rounded off to the nearest integer.

c) The minimum allotment shall be equal to the minimum application size as

determined and disclosed by the issuer.

d) The value of specified securities allotted in pursuance of reservation to

employees of the issuer including employees of the promoting companies shall
not exceed Rs.1 lakh.

e) The executive director or managing director of the designated stock exchange

along with the post-issue lead merchant bankers and registrars to the issue
shall ensure that the basis of allotment in finalised in a fair and proper manner
in accordance with the prescribed allotment procedure in Schedule XV.

RIGHTS ISSUE [CHAPTER IV]

Record Date [Regulation 52]

1) A listed issuer making a rights issue shall announce a record date for
determining the eligibility of shareholders to apply for specified securities in the
proposed rights issue.

2) The issuer shall not withdraw the rights issue after the announcement of the
record date.

3) If the issuer withdraws the rights issue after the announcement of the record
date, it shall not make application for listing of any of its specified securities on
any recognized stock exchange for a period of 12 months from the record date.

4) The issuer may seek listing of equity shares allotted pursuant to conversion or
exchange of convertible securities issued prior to the announcement of the
record date, on the recognized stock exchange where its securities are listed.

Restriction on rights issue [Regulation 53]

1) No issuer shall make a rights issue of equity shares if it has outstanding fully or
partly convertible debt instruments at the time of making rights issue unless –

- it has made reservation of equity shares of the same class in favour of the
holders of such outstanding convertible debt instruments in proportion to the
convertible part thereof.

2) The equity shares reserved for the holders of fully or partially convertible debt
instruments shall be issued at the time of conversion of such convertible debt
instruments on the same terms on which the equity shares offered in the rights
issue were issued.

Letter of offer, abridged letter of offer, pricing and period of subscription

[Regulation 54]

1. The abridged letter of offer, along with the application form, shall be
dispatched through registered post or speed post to all the existing
shareholders at least 3 days before the date of opening of the issue.

2. The shareholders who have not received the application form may apply in
writing on a plain paper, along with the requisite application money.

3. The shareholders making application otherwise than on the application form

 shall not –

a. renounce their rights and

b. utilise the application form for any purpose including renunciation even if
it is received subsequently.

4. Where any shareholder makes an application both on application form and plain
paper, the application is liable to be rejected.

5. The issue price shall be decided before determining the record date which shall
be determined in consultation with the designated stock exchange.

6. A rights issue shall be open for subscription for a minimum period of 15 days
and for a maximum period of 30 days.

Pre-issue advertisement for rights issue [Regulation 55]

1) The issuer shall disclose the following in the advertisement for rights issue:

a. the date of completion of dispatch of abridged letter of offer and the

application form;

b. the centres other than the registered office, where the application forms
are available so that the shareholders or persons entitled to rights, who
have not received the same, may obtain;

c. a statement that if the shareholders entitled to received rights

entitlements have neither received the original application form nor they
are in a position to obtain the duplicate forms, they may make an
application in writing on a plain paper to subscribe to the rights issue;

d. a format so as to enable the shareholders to make the application on a

plain paper specifying therein the prescribed particulars;

e. a statement that the applications can be directly sent by the entitled

shareholders through registered post together with the application
moneys to the issuer’s designated official at the address given in the
advertisement;

f. a statement to the effect that if the shareholder makes an application

both on application form and plain paper, the application is liable to be
rejected at the option of the issuer.

2) The advertisement shall be made, at least 3 days before the date of the
issue, at least in -
 • one English national daily newspaper with wide circulation;

• one hindi national daily newspaper with wide circulation; and

• one regional language newspaper with wide circulation at the place

where the registered office of the issuer is situated.

MANNER OF DISCLOSURES IN THE OFFER DOCUMENT [CHAPTER V]

Manner of disclosures in the offer document [Regulation 57]

1) The offer document shall contain all material disclosures which are true and
adequate so as to enable the applicants to take an informed investment
decision.

2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-regulation (1) above –

a) the red herring prospectus / prospectus shall contain –

i. the disclosures specified in Schedule II of the Companies Act, 1956;

and

ii. the disclosures specified in Part A of Schedule VIII, subject to the

provisions of Part B and Part C thereof.

b) The letter of offer shall contain disclosures as specified in Part E of Schedule

VIII.

Abridged prospectus, abridged letter of offer and ASBA [Regulation 58]

1) The abridged prospectus shall contain the disclosures prescribed u/s 56(3) of
the Companies Act, 1956 and the additional disclosures set out in Part D of
Schedule VIII.

2) The abridged letter of offer shall contain shall contain the disclosures as set out
in Part F of Schedule VIII.

3) The abridged prospectus and the abridged letter of offer shall not contain any
matter extraneous to the contents of the offer document.

4) Every application form including ASBA form distributed by the issuer or any
other person in relation to an issue shall be accompanied by a copy of the
abridged prospectus or abridged letter of offer, as the case may be.
 5) The issuer shall provide ASBA facility in all book built public issues and rights
issues, where not more than one payment option is given to the retail
individual investors, in accordance with the procedure specified by the SEBI.

6) An application through ASBA form may be made:

a) in a public issue, by an applicant who:

i. is a resident retail individual investor;

ii. is bidding at cut-off, with single option as the number of shares bid for;

iii. is applying through blocking of funds in a bank account with self certified
syndicate banks (SCSBs);

iv. has agreed not to revise his lot;

v. is not bidding under any of the reserved category;

b) in a rights issue, by an applicant who:

i. holds, the shares of the issue in dematerialised form as on the record

date and applies for rights entitlements and/or additional equity shares in
dematerialised form;

ii. has not renounced his entitlements in full or in part;

iii. is not a renounce;

iv. who is applying through blocking of funds in a bank account with the
SCSB

GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF ISSUER ADN INTERMEDIARIES WITH RESPECT TO

PUBLIC ISSUE AND RIGHTS ISSUE [CHAPTER VI]

No person connected with the issue shall offer any incentive, whether direct or
indirect, in any manner, whether in cash or kind or services or otherwise, to any
person for making an application for allotment of specified securities [Reg.59]

Public communications, publicity materials, advertisements etc. [Regulation

60]

1. Any public communications, publicity materials etc issued by the issuer or any
intermediary concerned with the issue or its associates shall contain only
factual information and shall not contain any matter extraneous to the contents
of the offer document;

2. All public communications and publicity material issued or published in any

 media during the period commencing from the date of the Board meeting
in which the public issue or rights issue was approved till the date of
filing draft offer document with SEBI shall be consistent with its past
practice

3. All public communications and publicity material issued or published in any

media during the period commencing from the date of filing draft offer
document with SEBI till the date of allotment of securities offered in
the issue, shall disclose that:

4. the issuer is proposing to make a public issue or rights issue of the specified
securities;

5. the issuer has filed a draft offer document with the Board or has filed the red
herring prospectus or the prospectus with the RoC or the letter of offer with the
designated stock exchange, as the case may be;

6. the draft offer document, red herring prospectus or final offer document, as the
case may be, is available on the websites of the Board, lead MBs or lead book
runners.

7. The issuer shall make prompt, true and fair disclosure of all material
developments which take place in relation to its business and securities and
also to it group companies, associates, subsidiaries etc., during the following
period:

• in case of public issue -> between the date of registering final

prospectus / prospectus and the date of allotment of the specified
securities.

• in case of rights issue -> between the date of filing the letter of offer
and the date of allotment of the specified securities.

8. The issuer shall disclose the above by issuing public notice in all the
newspapers in which pre-issue advertisement was issued.

9. The issuer shall not issue any information not contained in the offer document,
directly or indirectly, in any conference or at any other time.

10.The issuer shall obtain approval from the lead MBs responsible for marketing
the issue in respect of all public communications, issue advertisements and
publicity materials.

11.The issuer shall also make copies of all issue related materials available with the
lead MBs at least till the allotment is completed.
12. Compliances for advertisement or research report: - Any advertisement
or research report issued by the issuer shall comply with the following:

a. it shall be truthful, fair and shall not be manipulative or deceptive or

distorted and it shall not contain any statement, forecast or promise
which is untrue or misleading;

b. if it reproduces or purports to reproduce any information contained in an

offer document, it shall reproduce such information in full and disclose all
relevant facts and shall not be restricted to select extracts relating to that
information;

c. it shall be set forth in a clear, concise and understandable language;

d. it shall not include any issue slogans or brand names for the issue except
the normal commercial name of the issuer or commercial brand name of
the products already in use;

e. if it presents any financial data, data for the past 3 years shall also be
included along with particulars relating to sales, gross profit, net profit,
share capital, reserves, EPS, dividends and the book values;

f. no advertisement shall use extensive technical, legal terminology or

complex language and excessive details which may distract the investor;

g. no issue advertisement shall contain statements which promise or

guarantee rapid increase in profits;

h. no issue advertisement shall display models, celebrities, fictional

characters, landmarks, caricatures or the likes;

i. no issue advertisement shall appear in the form of crawlers on television;

j. in any issue advertisement on television screen, the risk factors shall not
be scrolled on the television screen and the advertisement shall advise
the viewers to refer to the offer document for details;

k. no issue advertisement shall contain slogans, expletives or non-factual

and unsubstantiated titles;

l. if an advertisement or research report contains highlights, it shall also

contain risk factors with equal importance in all respects including print
size of not less than point seven size;

m. an issue advertisement displayed on a billboard shall not contain

information other than those specified in Parts A, B and C of Schedule XIII,
as applicable;
 n. an issue advertisement containing information other than the specified
information shall contain risk factors;

13.No advertisement shall give the impression that the issue has been fully
subscribed or oversubscribed during the period the issue is open for
subscription.

14. An announcement regarding closure of issue shall be made only after the lead
MB(s) is satisfied that at least 90% of the offer through offer document
has been subscribed and a certificate has been obtained to that effect from
the Registrar to the issue (RTI). Further such announcement shall not be
made before the date on which the issue is to be closed.

15.No advertisement or distribution material with respect to the issue shall contain
any offer of incentives, whether direct or indirect, in any manner, whether in
cash or kind or services or otherwise.

16. No product advertisement shall contain any reference, directly or indirectly, to

the performance of the issuer during the period commencing from the date of
the Board Resolution approving the public issue or rights issue till the
date of allotment of the specified securities offered in the issue.

17.A research report may be prepared only on the basis of information disclosed to
the public by the issuer by updating the offer document or otherwise.

18.No selective or additional or extraneous information shall be given by the issuer

or issue management team or its member(s) or syndicate to the investors in
any manner whatsoever including road shows, presentations, in research or
sales reports or at bidding centres.

Copies of offer documents to be available to public [Regulation 61]

1. The issuer and the lead MBs shall ensure that the contents of the offer
document hosted on the websites as required and those in the copies
distributed to the public are one and the same.

2. The lead MBs and recognized stock exchanges shall provide copies of the draft
offer document and final document to the public as and when requested.

3. The lead MBs or the recognized stock exchanges may charge a reasonable sum
for providing the copy of the offer document.

Redressal of investor grievances, appointment of compliance officer and due

diligence [Regulations 62, 63 and 64]

1) The post-issue lead MBs shall actively engage themselves with post-issue
activities such as allotment, refund, dispatch and giving instructions to
syndicate members, SCSBs and other intermediaries and shall regularly monitor
Redressal of investor grievances arising there from.[Reg.62]

2) The issuer shall appoint a compliance officer who shall be responsible for
monitoring the compliance of the securities laws and for Redressal of investor
grievances.[Reg.63]

3) Due diligence [Reg.64]

a) The lead merchant bankers shall exercise due diligence and satisfy himself
about all the aspects of the issue including the veracity and adequacy of
disclosures in the offer document.

b) The lead MB shall call upon the issuer, its promoters or directors or in case of
an offer for sale, the selling shareholders, to fulfil their obligations as
disclosed by them in the offer document and as required in terms of these
regulations.

c) The post – issue MB shall continue to be responsible for post-issue activities,

till –

i. the subscribers have received the securities certificates/credit to their

demat account or refund of application money and

ii. the listing agreement is entered into by the issuer with the stock
exchange and listing/trading permission is obtained.

d) The lead MB shall continue to be responsible even after the completion of

issue process.

Post-issue reports and post-issue advertisement [Regulations 65 and 66]

• The lead MB shall submit post-issue reports to the Board as under:

 initial post-issue report within 3 days of closure of the issue;

 final post-issue report within –

 15 days of the date of finalisation of the basis of allotment or

 15 days of refund of money in case of failure of issue.

• The lead MB shall submit a due diligence certificate in the specified format
 along with the final post-issue report. [Reg.65]

• The post-issue MB shall ensure that the post-issue advertisement containing the
prescribed particulars is released with 10 days from the date of completion of
various activities in at least -

 one English national daily newspaper with wide circulation;

 one hindi national daily newspaper with wide circulation; and

 one regional language newspaper with wide circulation at the place

where the registered office of the issuer is situated. [Reg.66]

PREFERENTIAL ISSUE [CHAPTER VII]

Applicability [Regulation 70]

1. The provisions of this chapter are not applicable in case of a preferential issue of
equity shares:

a. pursuant to conversion of loan or option attached to convertible debt

instruments as per Sections 81(3) and 81(4) of the Companies Act, 1956;

b. pursuant to a scheme approved by a High Court u/s 391-394 of the

Companies Act, 1956;

c. in terms of rehabilitation scheme approved by the BIFR under the Sick

Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985.

- However the provisions relating to lock-in period shall apply to

preferential issue.

2. The provisions of this Chapter relating to pricing and lock-in period shall not
apply to allotment of equity shares to any financial institution within the
meaning of S. 2(h) of the Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial
Institutions Act, 1993.

3. The provisions of Regulations 73 and 76 shall not apply to a preferential issue of

equity shares and compulsorily convertible debt instruments, whether fully or
partly, where

a. the board has granted relaxation to the issuer in terms of Regulation 29A
of the SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 1997 and

b. adequate disclosures about the plan and process proposed to be followed

for identifying the allottees are given in the explanatory statement to
 notice for the general meeting of shareholders.

Relevant Date [Regulation 72]

Relevant Date means:

a) in case of preferential issue of equity shares - > the date 30 days prior
to the date on which the meeting of shareholders is held to consider
the proposed preferential issue.

Note: - in case of preferential issue of equity shares pursuant to

a Corporate Debt Restructuring scheme approved by the RBI ->
the date of approval of the CDR package

b) in case of preferential issue of convertible securities -> either the

relevant date referred to in clause (a) or a date 30 days prior to the
date on which the holders of the convertible securities become entitled
to apply for the equity shares.

Conditions for preferential issue [Regulation 72]

1) A listed issuer may make a preferential issue of specified securities, if:

a. a special resolution has been passed by its shareholders;

b. all the equity shares, if any, held by the proposed allottees in the issuer
are in dematerialised form;

c. the issuer complies with the conditions for continuous listing of equity
shares as specified in the listing agreement with the recognized stock
exchange where the equity shares of the issuer are listed;

d. the issuer has obtained the PAN of the proposed allottees;

2) The issuer shall not make preferential issue of specified securities to any person
who has sold any equity shares of the issuer during the 6 months preceding the
relevant date.

Note: - The SEBI may grant relaxation from the requirements of sub-regulation
(2), in case of preferential issue of equity shares and compulsorily convertible
debt instruments, if the SEBI has granted relaxation in terms of regulation 29A
of the Takeover code to such preferential allotment.
Disclosures [Regulation 73]

1) In addition to the disclosures required u/s 173 of the Companies Act, 1956, the
issuer shall disclose the following in the explanatory statement to the notice for
the General Meeting proposed for passing the special resolution:

a) the objects of the preferential issue;

b) the proposal of the promoters, directors or key management personnel of

the issuer to subscribe to the offer;

c) the shareholding pattern of the issuer before and after the preferential issue;

d) the time limit for completing the preferential issue;

e) the identity of the proposed allottees, the percentage of post preferential

issue capital that may be held by them and change in control, if any, in the
issuer consequent to the preferential issue;

f) an undertaking that the issuer shall re-compute the price of the specified
securities in terms of the provisions of this regulation where it is required to
do so;

g) an undertaking that if the amount payable on account of the re-computation

of price is not paid within the time stipulated in these regulations, the
specified securities shall continue to be locked-in till the time such amount is
paid by the allottees.

h) The issuer shall place a copy of the certificate of its statutory auditor before
the general meeting of the shareholders, considering the proposed
preferential issue, certifying that the issue is made in accordance with the
requirements of this regulation.

2) Where -

a) specified securities are issued on a preferential basis to promoters, relatives,

associates and related entities for consideration other than cash,

b) the valuation of the assets in consideration for which equity shares are
issued shall be done by an independent qualified issuer, which shall be
submitted to the recognized stock exchanges where the equity shares of the
issuer are listed.

3) The special resolution shall specify the relevant date on the basis of which price
of the equity shares to be allotted on conversion or exchange of convertible
securities shall be calculated.
Allotment pursuant to special resolution [Regulation 74]

• Allotment pursuant to special resolution shall be completed within a period of

15 days from the date of passing such resolution.

• If the allotment is not completed within 15 days from the date of special
resolution, a fresh special resolution shall be passed and the relevant date shall
be taken as the date of the latter resolution.

• The requirement of allotment of within 15 days shall not apply to:

 allotment of securities on a preferential basis under CDR scheme

specified by RBI.

 cases where SEBI has granted relaxation in terms of Regulation 29A of

the Takeover Code.

Tenure of convertible securities [Regulation 75]

The tenure of the convertible securities of the issuer shall not exceed 18 months
from the date of their allotment.

Pricing of equity shares [Regulation 76]

1. If equity shares of the issuer have been listed on a recognized stock exchange
for a period of 6 months or more as on the relevant date, the price of the
shares shall be not less than higher of the following:

a. the average of the weekly high and low of the closing prices of the
related equity shares quoted on the recognized stock exchange during
the 6 months preceding the relevant date; or

b. the average of the weekly high and low of the closing prices of the
related equity shares quoted on a recognized stock exchange during the
2 weeks preceding the relevant date.

2. If equity shares of the issuer have been listed on a recognized stock exchange
for a period of less than 6 months as on the relevant date, the equity shares
shall be allotted at a price not less than the higher of the following:

a. the price at which equity shares were issued by the issuer in its
IPO or the value per share arrived at in a scheme of arrangement
 u/s 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956, pursuant to which equity
shares were allotted, as the case may be; or

b. the average of the weekly high and low of the closing prices of the
related equity shares quoted on the recognized stock exchange during
the period the shares have been listed preceding the relevant
date; or

c. the average of the weekly high and low of the closing prices of the
related equity shares quoted on a recognized stock exchange during the
2 weeks preceding the relevant date.

3. Where the price of the equity shares is determined in terms of sub-regulation

(2), such price shall be recomputed by the issuer on completion of 6 months
from the date of listing on a recognized stock exchange –

a. with reference to the average of the weekly high and low of the closing
prices of the related equity shares quoted on the recognized stock
exchange during these 6 months and

b. if such recomputed price is higher than the price paid on allotment, the
difference shall be paid by the allottees to the issuer.

4. Any preferential issue of specified securities, to QIBs not exceeding 5 in

number, shall be made at a price not less than the average of the weekly
high and low of the closing prices of the related equity shares quoted on a
recognized stock exchange during the 2 weeks preceding the relevant
date.

Payment of consideration [Regulation 77]

1) Full consideration of specified securities other than warrants issued under this
Chapter shall be paid by the allottees at the time of allotment of such specified
securities. In case of preferential issue under CDR scheme, the consideration
shall be paid as per the terms of the scheme.

2) An amount equal to at least 25% of the consideration determined as per

regulation 76 shall be paid against each warrant on the date of allotment of
warrants.

3) The balance 75% shall be paid at the time of allotment of equity shares
pursuant to exercise of option against each such warrant by the warrant holder.

4) In case the warrant holder does not exercise the option, the consideration paid
 thereon shall be forfeited by the issuer.

Lock-in of specified securities [Regulation 78]

1. In case of –

 specified securities allotted to promoter or promoter group on a preferential

basis and

 equity shares allotted pursuant to exercise of options attached to warrants

issued to promoter or promoter group on a preferential basis

- the lock-in period shall be 3 years from the date of allotment of

the abovementioned securities.

2. Not more than 20% of the total capital of the issuer shall be locked-in for
a period of 3 years from the date of allotment.

3. Equity shares issued in excess of the said 20% shall be locked-in for a period of
1 year from the date of allotment pursuant to exercise of options or
otherwise, as the case may be.

4. In case of –

 specified securities allotted to persons other than promoter or promoter

group on a preferential basis and

 equity shares allotted pursuant to exercise of options attached to warrants

issued to such persons

- the lock-in period shall be 1 year from the date of allotment.

5. The lock-in of equity shares allotted pursuant to conversion of convertible

securities other than warrants issued on preferential basis shall be reduced to
the extent the convertible securities have already been locked-in.

6. Equity shares issued on a preferential basis pursuant to the CDR scheme shall
be locked-in for 1 year from the date of allotment.

7. Partly paid-up equity shares shall be locked in from the date of allotment and
the lock-in shall end on the expiry of 1 year from the date when such
equity shares become fully paid-up.

8. Where the amount payable by the allottees on recalculation of price as per

regulation 76(3) is not paid till the expiry of lock-in period, the equity shares
shall continue to be locked-in till such amount is paid by the allottee.
 9. The entire pre-preferential allotment shareholding of the allottees, if any, shall
be locked-in from the relevant date up to a period of 6 months from the
date of preferential allotment.

QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONS PLACEMENT [CHAPTER VIII]

Applicability [Regulation 80]

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to a qualified institutions placement made
by a listed issuer.

Definitions [Regulation 81]

a) Eligible securities include equity shares, non-convertible debt instruments

along with warrants and convertible securities other than warrants.

b) Qualified institutions placement means allotment of eligible securities by a

listed issuer to qualified institutional buyers on a private placement basis in
terms of these regulations.

c) Relevant date means –

• in case of allotment of equity shares -> the date of the meeting in

which the board of directors of the issuer or the committee of directors duly
authorised by the board of directors of the issuer decides to open the
proposed issue.

• in case of allotment of eligible convertible securities -> EITHER the

date of the meeting in which the board of directors of the issuer or the
committee of directors duly authorised by the board of directors of the issuer
decides to open the issue of such convertible securities OR the date on
which the holders of such convertible securities become entitled to apply for
the equity shares.

Conditions for a qualified institutions placement [Regulation 82]

a) A special resolution approving the qualified institutions placement has been

passed by its shareholders

b) The equity shares of the same class, which are proposed to be allotted -

• through qualified institutions placement or

• pursuant to conversion or exchange of eligible securities offered through

 qualified institutions placement,

- have been listed on a recognized stock exchange having nationwide

trading terminal for a period of at least 1 year prior to the date of
issuance of notice to its shareholders for convening the meeting to pass the
special resolution.

Note: - In case the issuer being a transferee company in a scheme of

amalgamation or arrangement sanctioned by the High Court u/s 391 to
394 of the Companies Act, 1956, the period for which the equity shares of
the same class of the transferor company were listed on a stock exchange
having nationwide trading terminals shall also be considered for the purpose of
computing the period of 1 year.

c) The listed issuer complies with the requirement of minimum public shareholding
specified in the listing agreement with the stock exchange.

d) In addition to other relevant matters, the following shall also be specified in the
special resolution:

• that the allotment is proposed to be made through qualified institutions

placement; and

• the relevant date referred to in Regulation 81(b)(ii).

Appointment of Merchant Banker [Regulation 85]

1) A qualified institutions placement shall be managed by merchant banker(s)

registered with SEBI who shall exercise due diligence.

2) The MB shall furnish a due diligence certificate to each stock exchange on which
the same class of equity shares of the issuer are listed, while seeking in-
principle approval for listing of the securities under qualified institutions
placement.

3) The due diligence certificate shall state that the eligible securities are being
issued under qualified institutions placement and that the issuer complies with
the requirements of this Chapter.

Placement Document [Regulation 86]

1) The qualified institutions placement shall be made based on the placement

document which shall contain all material information including those specified
 in Schedule XVIII.

2) The placement document shall be serially numbered and copies shall be

circulated only to select investors.

3) The issuer shall, while seeking in-principle approval from the recognized stock
exchange, furnish a copy of the placement document and a certificate
confirming compliance with the provisions of this Chapter, along with any other
documents required by the stock exchange.

4) The placement document shall also be placed on the website of the concerned
stock exchange and of the issuer with a disclaimer to the effect that it is in
connection with a qualified institutions placement and that no offer is being
made to the public or to any other category of investors.

5) A copy of the placement document shall be filed with the SEBI for its record
within 30 days of the allotment of eligible securities.

Pricing [Regulation 85]

1) The placement shall be made at a price not less than the average of the
weekly high and low of the closing prices of the equity shares of the same
class quoted on a recognized stock exchange during the 2 weeks preceding
the relevant date.

2) Where eligible securities are convertible into or exchangeable with equity

shares of the issuer, the issuer shall determine the price of such equity shares
allotted pursuant to such conversion or exchange taking the relevant date as
decided and disclosed by it while passing the special resolution.

3) The issuer shall not allot partly paid-up eligible securities.

4) The prices determined shall be subject to appropriate adjustments if the issuer:

• makes an issue of equity shares by way of capitalization of profits or

reserves, other than by way of a dividend on shares;

• makes a rights issue of equity shares;

• consolidates its outstanding equity shares into a smaller number of

shares;

• divides its outstanding equity shares including by way of stock split;

• re-classifies any of its equity shares into other securities of the issuer;
 • is involved in such other similar events or circumstances, which in the
opinion of the concerned stock exchange, requires adjustments.

Restrictions on allotment [Regulation 86]

1) Following conditions must be satisfied for allotment under the qualified

institutions placement:

a. Minimum of 10% of eligible securities shall be allotted to mutual

funds. If the mutual funds do not subscribe to the minimum percentage
or any part thereof, such minimum portion or part thereof may be allotted
to other qualified institutional buyers.

b. No allotment shall be made, directly or indirectly, to any QIB who

is a promoter or any person related to promoters of the issuer.
However, a QIB who does not hold any shares in the issuer and who has
acquired the said rights as a lender shall not be deemed to be a person
related to promoters.

2) In a placement of non-convertible debt instrument along with warrants, an

investor can subscribe to the combined offering of non-convertible debt
instruments with warrants or to the individual securities i. e., either non-
convertible debt instruments or warrants.

3) The applicant shall not withdraw their bids after the closure of the issue.

Explanation to Sub-regulation (1) (b): - A QIB who has any of the following rights
shall be deemed to be a person related to the promoters of the issuer:

• rights under a shareholders’ agreement or voting agreement entered into with

promoters or persons related to the promoters;

• veto rights; or

• right to appoint any nominee director on the board of the issuer.

Minimum number of allottees [Regulation 87]

1. The minimum number of allottees shall not be less than:

• two, where the issue size is less than or equal to Rs.250 crores;

• five, where the issue size is greater than Rs.250 crores.

- No single allottee shall be allotted more than 50% of the issue

 size.

2. The QIBs belonging to the same group or who are under same control shall be
deemed to be a single allottee.

Validity of special resolution, restrictions on amount raised, tenure and

transferability [Regulations 88 to 91]

1. Allotment pursuant to the special resolution shall be completed within 12

months from the date of passing the resolution. [Reg.88]

2. The issuer shall not make any subsequent qualified institutions placement until
the expiry of 6 months from the date of the prior qualified institutions
placement made pursuant to one or more special resolutions. [Reg.88]

3. The aggregate of the proposed qualified institution placement and all previous
qualified institution placements made by the issuer in the same financial year
shall not exceed 5 times the net worth of the issuer as per the audited
balance sheet of the previous financial year. [Reg.89]

4. The tenure of the convertible or exchangeable eligible securities issued through

qualified institutions placement shall not exceed 60 months from the date of
allotment. [Reg.90]

5. The eligible securities allotted under qualified institutions placement shall not
be sold by the allottee for a period of 1 year from the date of allotment,
except on a recognized stock exchange. [Reg.91]

BONUS ISSUE [CHAPTER IX]

Conditions for bonus issue [Regulation 92]

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, a listed issuer may issue bonus
shares to its members if:

• it is authorised by its AoA to issue bonus shares, capitalisation of reserves etc

else the AoA shall be amended through a resolution in its general meeting so as
to provide for capitalisation of reserves.

• it has not defaulted in payment of interest or principal in respect of fixed

deposits or debt securities issued by it;

• it has sufficient reason to believe that it has not defaulted in respect of the
payment of statutory dues of the employees such as contribution to PF, gratuity
 and bonus;

• the partly paid shares, if any, outstanding on the date of allotment are made
fully paid-up.

Restriction on bonus issue [Regulation 93]

1. No issuer shall make a bonus issue –

• if it has outstanding fully convertible or partly convertible debt

instruments at the time of making the bonus issue and

• unless it has made reservation of equity shares of the same class in

favour of the holders of such outstanding convertible debt instruments in
proportion to the convertible part thereof.

2. The equity shares reserved for the holders of fully or partly convertible debt
instruments shall be issued at the time of conversion of such convertible debt
instruments on the same terms or same proportion on which the bonus shares
were issued.

Bonus shares only against reserves etc. if capitalised in cash [Regulation 94]

 The bonus issue shall be made only out of free reserves built out of the genuine
profits or securities premium collected in cash only.

 Reserves created by revaluation of fixed assets shall not be capitalised for the
purpose of bonus issue.

 The bonus shares shall not be issued in lieu of dividend.

Completion of bonus issue [Regulation 95]

1) An issuer, announcing a bonus issue –

• after the approval of its board of directors and

• not requiring shareholders’ approval for capitalisation of profits or

reserves for making the bonus issue,

- shall implement the bonus issue within 15 days from the date of
approval of the issue by its board of directors.

2) Where the issuer is required to seek shareholders’ approval for capitalisation of

 profits or reserves for making the bonus issue, the bonus issue shall be
implemented within 2 months from the date of the board meeting wherein the
decision to announce the bonus issue was taken subject to shareholders’
approval.

3) Once the decision to make a bonus issue is announced, the issue cannot be
withdrawn.

ISSUE OF INDIAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS [CHAPTER X]

Eligibility [Regulation 97]

An issuing company making an issue of IDRs shall satisfy the following criteria:

• the issuing company is listed in its home country;

• the issuing company is not prohibited by any regulatory body to issue

securities;

• the issuing company has track record of compliance with securities market
regulations in its home country.

Conditions for issue of IDR [Regulation 98]

An issue of IDR is subject to the following conditions:

1) issue size shall not be less than Rs.50 crores;

2) procedure to be followed by each class of applicant for applying shall be

mentioned in the prospectus;

3) minimum application money shall be Rs.20,000;

4) at least 50% of the IDR issued shall be allotted to QIBs on proportionate basis;

5) the balance 50% may be allocated among the categories of non-institutional

investors and retail individual investors including employees at the discretion of
the issuer and the manner of allocation shall be disclosed in the prospectus.
Allotment to investors within a category shall be on a proportionate basis;

Note: -

 At least 30% of the said 50% IDR issued shall be allotted to retail
individual investors

 In case of under-subscription in retail individual investors category, spill

 over to the extent of under-subscription shall be permitted to other
categories.

6) At any given time, there shall be only one denomination of IDR of the issuing
company.

Minimum subscription [Regulation 99]

1. For non-underwritten issues: -

• If –

 the issuing company does not receive the minimum subscription of 90%
of the offer through offer document on the date of closure of the issue; or

 the subscription level falls below 90% after the closure of issue on
account of cheques having returned unpaid or withdrawal of applications,

- the issuing company shall refund the entire subscription

money received.

• If the issuing company fails to refund the entire subscription amount within
15 days from the date of the closure of the issue, it is liable to pay the
amount with interest to the subscribers at the rate of 15% per annum
for the period of delay.

2. For underwritten issues: -

If the issuing company does not receive the minimum subscription of 90% of
the offer through offer document including devolvement of underwriters within
60 days from the date of the closure of the issue –

- the issuing company shall refund the entire

subscription money together with interest to the subscribers at the rate of 15%
per annum for the period of delay beyond 60 days.

Filing of draft prospectus, due diligence certificate, payment of fees and

issue advertisement for IDR [Regulation 101]

1. The issuing company shall enter into an agreement with a merchant banker as
per the specified format.

2. Where the issue is managed by more than one merchant banker, the rights,
obligations and responsibilities, inter se, shall be determined as per the format
specified in Schedule I.
 3. The issuer company shall file a draft prospectus with the SEBI through a
merchant banker together with requisite fee as prescribed in Companies (Issue
of Indian Depository Receipts) Rules, 2004.

4. A soft copy of the draft prospectus filed shall also be forwarded to the SEBI.

5. The lead merchant banker(s) shall:

 submit a due diligence certificate in the prescribed format to the SEBI

along with draft prospectus;

 certify that all amendments, suggestions or observations made by the

SEBI have been incorporated in the prospectus;

 submit a fresh due diligence certificate in the prescribed format at the

time of filing the prospectus with the Registrar of Companies;

 furnish a certificate in the prescribed format immediately before the

opening of the issue, certifying that no corrective action is required on its
part;

 furnish a certificate in the prescribed format after the issue has opened
but before it closes for subscription.

6. The issuing company shall make arrangements for mandatory collection centres
as specified in Schedule III.

7. The issuing company shall issue an advertisement in –

 one English national daily newspaper with wide circulation and

 one Hindi national daily newspaper with wide circulation,

8. The advertisement shall be given soon after receiving final observations, if any,
on the publicly filed prospectus with the SEBI. The advertisement shall be on the
prescribed format and shall contain minimum disclosures as given in Part A of
Schedule XIII.

Disclosures in prospectus and abridged prospectus [Regulation 103]

1. The prospectus shall contain all material disclosures which are true, correct and
adequate so as to enable the applicants to take an informed investment
decision.

2. The prospectus shall contain:

a) the disclosures specified in the Schedule to the Companies (Issue of

 Indian Depository Receipts) Rules, 2004; and

b) the disclosures in the manner as specified in Part A of Schedule XIX.

3. The abridged prospectus for the issue of IDRs shall contain the disclosures as
specified in Part B of Schedule XIX.

Post-issue reports [Regulation 104]

The merchant banker shall submit the post-issue reports to the Board as under:

• initial post-issue report on the lines of Parts A and B of Schedule XVI, within 3
days of closure of the issue;

• final post issue report on the lines of Parts C and D of Schedule XVI, within 15
days of the date of finalisation of basis of allotment or within 15 days
of the refund of money in case of failure of issue.

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