Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2022 - SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/103 - SEBI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 14th November, 2022 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (LISTING OBLIGATIONS AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) (SIXTH AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2022 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/103 .-In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 , sub-section (2) of section 11A and section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) read with section 31 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956), the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 , namely: 1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth 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 (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 , ─ (1) in regulation 25 , (a) in sub-regulation (2A), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely, - Provided that where a special resolution for the appointment of an independent director fails to get the requisite majority of votes but the votes cast in favour of the resolution exceed the votes cast against the resolution and the votes cast by the public shareholders in favour of the resolution exceed the votes cast against the resolution, then the appointment of such an independent director shall be deemed to have been made under sub-regulation (2A): Provided further that an independent director appointed under the first proviso shall be removed only if the votes cast in favour of the resolution proposing the removal exceed the votes cast against the resolution and the votes cast by the public shareholders in favour of the resolution exceed the votes cast against the resolution. (2) in regulation 32 , in sub-regulation (6) and in sub-regulation (7), the words public or rights issue shall be substituted with the words public issue or rights issue or preferential issue or qualified institutions placement . (3) in regulation 52, (a) in sub-regulation (1), (i) the following proviso shall be inserted before the existing proviso, namely, - Provided that for the last quarter of the financial year, the listed entity shall submit un-audited or audited quarterly and year to date standalone financial results within sixty days from the end of the quarter to the recognised stock exchange(s): (ii) in the existing proviso, A. after the word provided and before the words that in case of entities which have listed , the word further shall be inserted. B. the words the information is submitted to stock exchanges shall be deleted. (b) in sub-regulation (2), (i) under clause (d), the existing proviso shall be substituted with the following, namely Provided that issuers, which are required to be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India under applicable law, shall submit: (i) un-audited financial results along with the limited review report issued by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India or an auditor appointed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India or a Practising Chartered Accountant, to the stock exchange(s), within sixty days from the end of the financial year; and (ii) the financial results, audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, to the stock exchange(s), within nine months from the end of the financial year. (ii) clause (f) shall be omitted. (c) after sub-regulation (2) and before sub-regulation (3), the following shall be inserted, namely (2A) The listed entity shall submit a statement of assets and liabilities and statement of cash flows as at the end of every half year, by way of a note, along with the financial results. (d) sub-regulation (4) shall be substituted with the following, namely - (4) The listed entity, while submitting quarterly and annual financial results, shall disclose the following line items along with the financial results: (a) debt-equity ratio; (b) debt service coverage ratio; (c) interest service coverage ratio; (d) outstanding redeemable preference shares (quantity and value); (e) capital redemption reserve/debenture redemption reserve; (f) net worth; (g) net profit after tax; (h) earnings per share: (i) current ratio; (j) long term debt to working capital; (k) bad debts to Account receivable ratio; (l) current liability ratio; (m) total debts to total assets; (n) debtors turnover; (o) inventory turnover; (p) operating margin percent; (q) net profit margin percent: Provided that if the information mentioned in sub-regulation (4) above is not applicable to the listed entity, it shall disclose such other ratio/equivalent financial information, as may be required to be maintained under applicable laws, if any. (e) sub-regulation (7) shall be substituted with the following, namely - (7). The listed entity shall submit to the stock exchange(s), along with the quarterly financial results, a statement indicating the utilisation of the issue proceeds of nonconvertible securities, in such format as may be specified by the Board, till such proceeds of issue have been fully utilised or the purpose for which the proceeds were raised has been achieved. (f) sub-regulation (7A) shall be substituted with the following, namely - (7A). The listed entity shall submit to the stock exchange(s), along with the quarterly financial results, a statement disclosing material deviation(s) (if any) in the use of issue proceeds of non-convertible securities from the objects of the issue, in such format as may be specified by the Board, till such proceeds have been fully utilised or the purpose for which the proceeds were raised has been achieved. (g) in sub-regulation (8), (i) the word statement shall be substituted with the words the line items . (ii) the symbol . after the words substantially the whole of India shall be substituted with the symbol : . (h) under sub-regulation (8), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely - Provided that if the listed entity has submitted both standalone and consolidated financial results, to the stock exchange(s), it shall publish consolidated financial results along with the line items referred to in sub-regulation (4), in the newspaper. (4) after regulation 59 and before regulation 60 , the following regulation shall be inserted, namely, - Draft Scheme of Arrangement and Scheme of Arrangement. 59A. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 11, the listed entity that has listed nonconvertible debt securities or non-convertible redeemable preference shares, intends to undertake a scheme of arrangement or is involved in a scheme of arrangement under sections 230-234 and section 66 of the Companies Act, 2013, shall file the draft scheme of arrangement with the stock exchange(s), along with a non-refundable fee as specified in Schedule XI, for obtaining the No-objection letter, before filing of such scheme with the National Company Law Tribunal, in terms of the requirements specified by the Board or stock exchange(s) from time to time. (2) The listed entity shall not file any scheme of arrangement under sections 230-234 and section 66 of the Companies Act, 2013, with the National Company Law Tribunal unless it has obtained a No-objection letter from the stock exchange(s). (3) The listed entity shall place the No-objection letter of the stock exchange(s) before the National Company Law Tribunal at the time of seeking approval for the scheme of arrangement in the manner as may be specified by the Board from time to time: Provided that the validity of the No-objection letter of the stock exchange(s) shall be six months from the date of issuance, within which the draft scheme of arrangement shall be filed by the listed entity with the National Company Law Tribunal. (4) Upon sanction of the Scheme by the National Company Law Tribunal, the listed entity shall submit such documents, to the stock exchange(s), as may be specified by the Board and/ or stock exchange(s) from time to time. (5) The listed entity shall ensure compliance with such other requirements as may be specified by the Board from time to time. (6) The requirements as specified under this regulation and under regulation 94A of these regulations shall not apply to a restructuring proposal approved as part of a resolution plan by the National Company Law Tribunal under section 31 of the Insolvency Code, subject to the details being disclosed to the recognized stock exchanges within one day of the resolution plan being approved. (5) in regulation 61A , (a) in sub-regulation (3), the symbol . , after the words section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013 , shall be substituted with the symbol : . (b) under sub-regulation (3), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely, - Provided that for listed entities which do not fall within the definition of company under the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules made thereunder, any amount in the escrow account that remains unclaimed for seven years shall be transferred to the Investor Protection and Education Fund created by the Board in terms of section 11 of the Act. (6) in regulation 94 , in the heading after the words Draft Scheme of Arrangement and Scheme of Arrangement , the words in case of entities that have listed their specified securities shall be inserted. (7) after regulation 94 and before regulation 95 , the following shall be inserted, namely, - Draft Scheme of Arrangement Scheme of Arrangement in case of entities that have listed their non-convertible debt securities or non-convertible redeemable preference shares. 94A. (1) Upon receipt of the draft schemes of arrangement and the documents under sub-regulation (1) of regulation 59A, the designated stock exchange shall forward the same to the Board, in such manner as may be specified by the Board. (2) The stock exchange(s) shall submit to the Board its No-Objection Letter on the draft scheme of arrangement, after ascertaining whether the draft scheme of arrangement is in compliance with securities laws, within the timelines as may be specified by the Board from time to time. (3) The stock exchange(s), shall issue No-objection letter to the listed entity in the manner and within the timelines, as may be specified by the Board from time to time: Provided that the validity of the No-objection letter of stock exchanges shall be six months from the date of issuance. (4) The stock exchange(s) shall bring the objections to the notice of National Company Law Tribunal at the time of approval of the scheme of arrangement by the National Company Law Tribunal. (5) Upon sanction of the Scheme by the National Company Law Tribunal, the stock exchange shall forward its recommendations to the Board on the documents submitted by the listed entity in terms of sub-regulation (4) of regulation 59A. (8) in Schedule II, in Part C, in Paragraph A, in clause (6) , the words public or rights issue shall be substituted with the words public issue or rights issue or preferential issue or qualified institutions placement . (9) Schedule XI shall be substituted with the following, namely Schedule XI Fee in respect of draft scheme of arrangement [see regulations 37, 59A, 94 and 94A] 1. An entity with listed specified securities, or listed specified securities and listed nonconvertible debt securities or non-convertible redeemable preference shares, shall, along with the draft scheme of arrangement, remit a fee at the rate of 0.1% of the paid-up share capital of the listed/ transferee/ resulting company, whichever is higher, post the sanction of the scheme by the National Company Law Tribunal: Provided that the total amount of fees payable shall not exceed five lakh rupees. 2. An entity with only listed non-convertible debt securities or non-convertible redeemable preference shares, shall, along with the draft scheme of arrangement, remit a fee at the rate of 0.1% of the amount of outstanding debt of the listed/ transferee/ resulting company, whichever is higher, post the sanction of the scheme by the National Company Law Tribunal: Provided that the total amount of fees payable shall not exceed five lakh rupees. 3. The fees shall be paid by way of direct credit to the bank account of the Board through NEFT/ RTGS/ IMPS or any other mode allowed by RBI or by means of a demand draft in favour of Securities and Exchange Board of India payable at Mumbai. MADHABI PURI BUCH, Chairman [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./401/2022-23] Footnotes: 1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 were published in the Gazette of India on September 2, 2015 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2015-16/013. 2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, were subsequently amended on: a) December 22, 2015 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2015-16/27. b) May 25, 2016 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/ 2016-17/001. c) July 8, 2016 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2016-17/008. d) January 4, 2017 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide notification No. SEBI/ LAD-NRO/GN/2016-17/025. e) February 15, 2017 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016-17/029. f) March 6, 2017 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide Notification No. LADNRO/ GN/2016-17/037 read with March 29, 2017 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016-17/38. g) May 9, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/10. h) May 30, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/13. i) June 1, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/21. j) June 8, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/24. k) September 6, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/30. l) November 16, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/47. m) March 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2019/07. n) May 7, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2019/12. o) June 27, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2019/22. p) July 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2019/28. q) December 26, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2019/45. r) January 10, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/02. s) April 17, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/10. t) August 5, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/25. u) October 8, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification No. SEBI/ LAD-NRO/GN/2020/33. v) January 8, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/02. w) May 5, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/22. x) August 3, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/30. y) August 3, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/35. z) August 13, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/42. aa) September 7, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/47. bb) November 9, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/55. cc) January 24, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/66. dd) March 22, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2022, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/76. ee) April 11, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2022, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/79. ff) April 25, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2022, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/80. gg) July 25, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2022, vide modification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/88.