Securities And Exchange Board Of India (Substantial Acquisition Of Shares And Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009. - LAD-NRO/GN/2008-09/33/15022 - SEBI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 28 th January, 2009 F.NO. LAD - NRO/GN/2008-09/33/15022.- 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) (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) after regulation 8, the following regulation shall be inserted, namely :- 8A. Disclosure of pledged shares.-( 1) A promoter or every person forming part of the promoter group of any company shall, within seven working days of commencement of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009, disclose details of shares of that company pledged by him, if any, to that company. (2) A promoter or every person forming part of the promoter group of any company shall, within 7 working days from the date of creation of pledge on shares of that company held by him, inform the details of such pledge of shares to that company. (3) A promoter or every person forming part of the promoter group of any company shall, within 7 working days from the date of invocation of pledge on shares of that company pledged by him inform the details of invocation of such pledge to that company. Explanation - For the purposes of sub-regulations (1), (2) and (3) the term promoter and promoter group shall have the same meaning as is assigned to them under clause 40A of the Listing Agreement. (4) The company shall discloses the information received under sub-regulations (1), (2) and (3) to all the stock exchanges, on which the shares of company are listed, within 7 working days of the receipt thereof, if during any quarter ending March, June, September and December of any year,- (a) aggregate number of pledged shares of a promoter or every person forming part of promoter group taken together with shares already pledged during that quarter by such promoter or persons exceeds twenty five thousand; or (b) aggregate of total pledged shares of the promoter or every person forming part of promoter group along with the shares already pledged during that quarter by such promoter or persons exceeds one per cent of total shareholding or voting rights of the company,- whichever is lower. C.B. BHAVE, Chairman [ADVT.III/4/69 ZB/08-Exty.]