Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 - SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2024/179 - SEBI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 17th May, 2024 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION OF SHARES AND TAKEOVERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2024 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2024/179 ─ In exercise of the powers conferred under section 30 read with clause (h) of sub-section (2) of section 11 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 (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 , namely:- 1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024. 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 (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 , - I. in regulation 8 , after sub-regulation (16), the following new sub-regulation (17) shall be inserted, namely,- (17) The effect on the price of the equity shares of the target company due to material price movement and confirmation of reported event or information may be excluded as per the framework specified under sub-regulation (11) of regulation 30 of the listing regulations for determination of the offer price under this regulation. II. in regulation 9, after sub-regulation (5), the following new sub-regulation (6) shall be inserted, namely,- (6) The effect on the price of the listed equity shares, which are offered as consideration, due to material price movement and confirmation of reported event or information may be excluded as per the framework specified under sub-regulation (11) of regulation 30 of the listing regulations for determination of the price of such equity shares under this regulation. BABITHA RAYUDU, Executive Director [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./127/2024-25] Footnotes: 1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 were published in the Gazette of India on 23rd September, 2011 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2011 12/24/30181. 2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 were subsequently amended on: a) March 26, 2013 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Sharesand Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2012 13/36/7368. b) October 8, 2013 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing of Specified Securities on Institutional Trading Platform) Regulations vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2013-14/28/6720. c) May 23, 2014 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 vide Notification No. LAD-NRO/GN/2014-15/03/1089. d) March 24, 2015 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2014-15/28/542. e) May 5, 2015 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares andTakeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/OIAE/GN/2015-16/004. f) August 14, 2015 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide No. SEBI/LAD NRO/GN/2015-16/009. g) December 22, 2015 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2015-16/026. h) February 17, 2016 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2015-16/035. i) May 25, 2016 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide No. SEBI/ LAD-NRO/GN/2016-17/002. j) March 6, 2017 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide No. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016-17/037 read with notification dated March 29, 2017 vide No. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016-17/38. k) August 14, 2017 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2017-18/015. l) June 1, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/20. m) September 11, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations,2018 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/33. n) December 31, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Sharesand Takeovers) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/2018/55. o) March 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2019/06. p) July 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2019 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2019/27. q) April 17, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/10. r) June 16, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2020/14. s) June 22, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2020/19. t) July 1, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2020/20. u) May 5, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2021/19. v) August 3, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/30. w) August 13, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2021/46. x) December 6, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2021/60. y) November 9, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/98. z) February 7, 2023 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2023/121.