SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2022 - SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/100 - SEBI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 9th November, 2022 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2022 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/100.- In exercise of the powers conferred under section 30 read with sections 11 and 12 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 (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014 , namely: - 1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022. 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 (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014 , I. in regulation 11 , i. sub-regulation (3) shall be substituted with the following sub-regulation, - (3) The sponsor(s) and sponsor group(s) shall collectively hold a minimum of fifteen percent of the total units of the REIT for a period of at least three years from the date of listing of such units pursuant to initial offer on a post-issue basis: Provided that any holding of the sponsor(s) and sponsor group(s) exceeding the minimum holding, shall be held for a period of atleast one year from the date of listing of such units. ii. after sub-regulation (3), following sub-regulation shall be inserted, (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any contract or agreement, the sponsor(s) and the sponsor group(s) shall continue to be liable to the REIT, trustees and unit holders for all acts of commission or omission, representation or covenants related to the formation of the REIT and the sale or transfer of assets or holdco or SPV to the REIT. MADHABI PURI BUCH, Chairman [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./374/2022-23] Footnotes: 1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014 was published in the Gazette of India on September 26, 2014 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2014/15/11/1576. 2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014 was subsequently amended by the a. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016, vide No. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016-17/022, with effect from November 30, 2016; b. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2017-18/022, with effect from December 15, 2017. c. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/06, with effect from April 10, 2018. d. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2019/09, with effect from April 22, 2019. e. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/06, with effect from March 02, 2020. f. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/10, with effect from April 17, 2020. g. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/16 with effect from June 16, 2020. h. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/28 with effect from July 30, 2021. i. SEBI (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/30 with effect from August 03, 2021.