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Schedule 03 [See Regulation 5(3)] - Purchase/ Sale of Capital Instruments of a listed Indian company on a recognised stock exchange in India by Non-Resident Indian (NRI) or Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) on repatriation basis - Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2017Extract Schedule 3 [See Regulation 5(3)] Purchase/ Sale of Capital Instruments of a listed Indian company on a recognised stock exchange in India by Non-Resident Indian (NRI) or Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) on repatriation basis 1. Purchase/sale of capital instruments A Non-resident Indian (NRI) or an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) may purchase or sell Capital Instruments of a listed Indian company on repatriation basis, on a recognised stock exchange in India, subject to the following conditions: (1) NRIs or OCIs may purchase and sell Capital Instruments through a branch designated by an Authorised Dealer for the purpose; (2) The total holding by any individual NRI or OCI shall not exceed 5 percent of the total paid-up equity capital on a fully diluted basis or should not exceed 5 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 NRIs and OCIs put together shall not exceed ten percent of the total paid-up equity capital on a fully diluted basis or shall not exceed ten percent of the paid-up value of each series of debentures or preference shares or share warrants; Provided that the aggregate ceiling of 10 percent may be raised to 24 percent if a special resolution to that effect is passed by the General Body of the Indian company. 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 Non-Resident External (NRE) account maintained in accordance with the Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2016. (2) The NRE account will be designated as an NRE (PIS) Account and the designated account shall be used exclusively for putting through transactions permitted under this Schedule. 3. Remittance of sale proceeds The sale proceeds (net of taxes) of the capital instruments may be remitted outside India or may be credited to NRE (PIS) account of the person concerned. 4. Saving Any account designated as NRO (PIS) shall be re-designated as NRO account.
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