Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 - LAD-NRO/GN/2014-15/24/538 - SEBI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 24th March, 2015 Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 No LAD-NRO/GN/2014-15/24/538.- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009, namely:- 1. These regulations may be called the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015. 2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 3. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009, (i) in regulation 4, in sub-regulation (3), - A. in clause (a), the word twelve shall be substituted with the word eighteen ; B. in clause (b), the symbol . shall be substituted with symbol ; ; C. after clause (b), the following new clauses shall be inserted, namely:- (c) the price or conversion formula of the warrants shall be determined upfront and at least 25% of the consideration amount shall also be received upfront; (d) in case the warrant holder does not exercise the option to take equity shares against any of the warrants held by him, the consideration paid in respect of such warrant shall be forfeited by the issuer. (ii) in regulation 54, in sub-regulation (7), in the proviso, the words, numbers and symbol the part payment on application shall not be less than 25% of the issue price and shall be inserted after the word and symbol investors, . U. K. SINHA, Chairman [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./69-ZB/347/14] Footnote: 1. The SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 were published in the Gazette of India on 26th August, 2009 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2009- 10/15/174471. 2. The SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 were subsequently amended on:- (a) 11th December, 2009 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2009- 10/23/186926. (b) 1st January, 2010 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2009- 2010/25/189240. (c) 8th January, 2010 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2010 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2009- 10/26/190146. (d) 13th April, 2010 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2010 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2010-11/03/1104. (e) 12th November, 2010 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2010 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2010-11/19/26456. (f) 29th April, 2011 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 vide F. No. LAD-NRO/GN/2011-12/05/13907. (g) 23rd September, 2011 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2011-12/24/30181. (h) 23rd September, 2011 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2011 vide F. No. LAD-NRO/GN/2011-12/25/30309. (i) 30th January, 2012 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2011-12/34/2499. (j) 7th February, 2012 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2012 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2011-12/35/3186. (k) 21st May, 2012 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2012-13/04/11262.