Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2023 - SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2023/162 - SEBI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 21st December, 2023 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (ISSUE OF CAPITAL AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) (THIRD AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2023 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2023/162. In exercise of the powers conferred under 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, 2018 , namely: - 1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2023. 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, 2018 , - I. In regulation 292A , - a) in clause (f), the word Auditor appearing in the words and expression Social Auditor shall be substituted with the words Impact Assessor ; b) in clause (g),- 1. the word Audit appearing in the words and expression Social Audit Firm shall be substituted with the words Impact Assessment ; 2. the words Auditors shall be substituted with the words Impact Assessor(s) . II. In regulation 292C , - a) the word only appearing after the word accessible shall be omitted; b) the word and appearing after the words institutional investors and before the words and symbol non-institutional investors shall be substituted by the symbol , ; c) after the words non-institutional investors and before the symbol : , the words and retail investors shall be inserted; d) the symbol : shall be substituted with the symbol . ; e) the proviso shall be omitted. III. in regulation 292G , in clause (a), in sub-clause (i), the words and symbol institutional investors and/or non-institutional investors shall be substituted with the words eligible investors ; IV. the existing regulation 292K shall be substituted with the following regulation, namely- 292K. The procedure and other conditions in respect of public issuance of Zero Coupon Zero Principal Instruments by a Not for Profit Organization shall be as specified by the Board. ; V. the existing regulation 292M shall be substituted with the following regulation, namely- 292M. The contents of the fund raising document shall be as specified by the Board. ; VI. the existing regulation 292N shall be omitted. BABITHA RAYUDU, Executive Director [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./629/2023-24] Footnotes: 1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 was published in the Gazette of India on September 11, 2018, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2018/31. 2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 was subsequently amended on - (a) December 31, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2018/57. (b) March 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2019/05. (c) April 5, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2019/08. (d) July 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2019/29. (e) September 23, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2019/35. (f) December 06, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2019/42. (g) December 26, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2019/47. (h) January 01, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2020/01. (i) 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. (j) May 08, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/11. (k) June 16, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2020/17. (l) June 22, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2020/18. (m) July 1, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2020/21. (n) September 28, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2020/31. (o) January 8, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2021/03. (p) May 5, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2021/18. (q) 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. (r) August 13, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2021/45. (s) October 26, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2021/52. (t) January 14, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/ 2022/ 63. (u) April 27, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2022 vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2022/82. (v) July 25, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2022 vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2022/90. (w) November 21, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2022 vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2022/107. (x) January 13, 2023 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2023/114. (y) February 7, 2023 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2023/121. (z) May 23, 2023 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide notification No. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2023/130.