Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2009. - LAD/NRO/GN/2008-09/34/154082 - SEBI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION MUMBAI, the 13th February, 2009 No. LAD/NRO/GN/2008-09/34/154082.- 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 amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997, namely:- 1. (i) These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2009. (ii) These regulations shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 (i) in regulation 25, after sub-regulation (2A) the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely: (2B) No public announcement for a competitive bid shall be made after an acquirer has already made the public announcement pursuant to relaxation granted by the Board in terms of regulation 29A. (ii) after regulation 29, following regulation shall be inserted, namely:- Relaxation from the strict compliance of provisions of Chapter III in certain cases. 29A. The Board may, on an application made by a target company, relax any or more of the provisions of this Chapter, subject to such conditions as it may deem fit, if it is satisfied that (a) the Central Government or State Government or any other regulatory authority has removed the board of directors of the target company and has appointed other persons to hold office as directors thereof under any law for the time being in force for orderly conduct of the affairs of the target company; (b) such directors have devised a plan which provides for transparent, open, and competitive process for continued operation of the target company in the interests of all stakeholders in the target company and such plan does not further the interests of any particular acquirer; (c) the conditions and requirements of the competitive process are reasonable and fair; (d) the process provides for details including the time when the public offer would be made, completed and the manner in which the change in control would be effected; (e) the provisions of this Chapter are likely to act as impediment to implementation of the plan of the target company and relaxation from one or more of such provisions is in public interest, the interest of investors and the securities market. C. B. BHAVE, Chairman [ADVT-III/4/69ZB/08-Exty.] Footnote: 1. The SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 (the said Regulations) were published in the Gazette of India on 20th February 1997, vide S.O. No. 124(E). 2. Subsequently a Corrigendum was published in the Gazette of India, Extra-Ordinary on 6th February 1998 vide S.O. No. 106(E). 3. The said Regulations were subsequently amended by (a) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 930(E) dated 28th October 1998. (b) SEBI (Appeal to the Securities Appellate Tribunal) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000, published in the Official Gazette vide S.O.278(E) dated 28th March 2000. (c) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 1178 (E) dated 30th December 2000. (d) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 791 (E) dated 17th August 2001. (e) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2001 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 875 (E) dated 12th September 2001. (f) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2001 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 1058 (E) dated 24th October 2001. (g) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 127(E) dated 29th January 2002. (h) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2002 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 954(E) dated 9th September 2002. (i) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2002 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O.1328 (E) dated 18th December, 2002. (j) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 982 (E) dated 30th August, 2004. (k) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2004 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 5 (E) dated 30th December, 2004 and effective from 03.01.05. (l) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 807 (E) dated 26th May, 2006. (m) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2006 published in the Official Gazette vide S.O. 1330 (E) dated 21st August, 2006. (n) SEBI (Manner of Service of Summons and Notices issued by the Board) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 published in the Official Gazette vide F.No. SEBI/LAD/DOP/2232/2007 dated 23rd April, 2007. (o) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 published in the Official Gazette vide F.No. No. 11/LC/GN/2007/2519 dated 28th May, 2007. (p) SEBI (Payment of Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 published in the Official Gazette vide F. No.11/LC/GN/2008/21669 dated 31st March, 2008. (q) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 published in the Official Gazette vide No. LAD-NRO/ GN/2008/26/142801 dated 31st October, 2008. (r) SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 published in the Official Gazette vide No. LAD-NRO/ GN/2008-2009/33/15022 dated 28th January, 2009.