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Schedule 02 [See Regulation 5(2)] - Purchase/ Sale of capital instruments of a listed Indian company on a recognised stock exchange in India by Foreign Portfolio Investors - Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2017Extract Schedule 2 [See Regulation 5(2)] Purchase/ Sale of capital instruments of a listed Indian company on a recognised stock exchange in India by Foreign Portfolio Investors 1. Purchase/sale of capital instruments A Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) may purchase or sell capital instruments of an Indian company on a recognised stock exchange in India subject to the following conditions. (1) The total holding by each FPI or an investor group as referred in SEBI (FPI) Regulations, 2014, shall be less than 10 percent of the total paid-up equity capital on a fully diluted basis or less than 10 percent of the paid-up value of each series of debentures or preference shares or share warrants issued by an Indian company and the total holdings of all FPIs put together shall not exceed 24 percent of paid-up equity capital on a fully diluted basis or paid up value of each series of debentures or preference shares or share warrants. The said limit of 10 percent and 24 percent will be called the individual and aggregate limit, respectively. Provided the aggregate limit of 24 percent may be increased by the Indian company concerned up to the sectoral cap/ statutory ceiling, as applicable, with the approval of its Board of Directors and its General Body through a resolution and a special resolution, respectively. (2) In case the total holding of an FPI increases to 10 percent or more of the total paid-up equity capital on a fully diluted basis or 10 percent or more of the paid-up value of each series of debentures or preference shares or share warrants issued by an Indian company, the total investment made by the FPI shall be re-classified as FDI subject to the conditions as specified by Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Reserve Bank in this regard and the investee company and the investor complying with the reporting requirements prescribed in regulation 13 of these Regulations. (3) An FPI may purchase capital instruments of an Indian company through public offer/ private placement, subject to the individual and aggregate limits prescribed under this Schedule. Provided: (i) in case of Public Offer, the price of the shares to be issued is not less than the price at which shares are issued to residents, and (ii) in case of issue by private placement, the price is not less than (a) the price arrived in terms of guidelines issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, or (b) the fair price worked out as per any internationally accepted pricing methodology for valuation of shares on arm s length basis, duly certified by a Securities and Exchange Board of India registered Merchant Banker or Chartered Accountant or a practicing Cost Accountant, as applicable (4) An FPI may, undertake short selling as well as lending and borrowing of securities subject to such conditions as may be stipulated by the Reserve Bank and the Securities and Exchange Board of India from time to time. (5) Investments made under this schedule shall be subject to the limits and margin requirements prescribed by the Reserve Bank/ Securities and Exchange Board of India as well as the stipulations regarding collateral securities as specified by the Reserve Bank from time to time. 2. Mode of payment (1) The amount of consideration shall be paid as inward remittance from abroad through banking channels or out of funds held in a foreign currency account and/ or a Special Non-Resident Rupee (SNRR) account maintained in accordance with the Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2016. (2) The foreign currency account and SNRR account shall be used only and exclusively for transactions under this Schedule 3. Remittance of sale proceeds The sale proceeds (net of taxes) of the investments made under this schedule may be remitted outside India or may be credited to the foreign currency account or a SNRR account of the FPI. 4. Saving All investments made by deemed FPIs in accordance with the regulations prior to their registration as FPI shall be continued to be valid and taken into account for computation of aggregate limits.
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