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TMI BlogSetting up of a Stock exchange/ a trading platform by a recognized stock exchange having nationwide trading terminals for SMEX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... olicy for issue, listing and trading of the securities issued by the SMEs, necessary amendments have been made in the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009, SEBI (Merchant Bankers) Regulations, 1992, SEBI (Foreign Institutional Investors) Regulations, 1995, SEBI (Venture Capital Funds) Regulations, 1996, SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 and SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992. Complete text of the said amendments is available on the SEBI website, www.sebi.gov.in. Salient features of those amendments are as under: (a) An issuer whose post -issue face value capital does not exceed ten crore rupees shall make Initial Public Offer of specified securiti ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... g to issue further capital pursuant to which their post -issue face value capital may increase beyond ₹ 25 crore shall migrate to the main board, subject to obtaining in-principle approval of the main board before issue of such securities. (h) An issuer making issue of specified securities in terms of Chapter XA of the ICDR Regulations shall file the offer document with SEBI and SME exchange, in respect of proposed issue, through the merchant banker. No observations would be issued by SEBI on the offer documents filed by the Merchant Banker/s. The offer document shall be made available on the websites of SEBI, the issuer, the merchant banker/s and the SME exchange. (i) The issue made in terms of Chapter XA of the ICDR Regulatio ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ption, be represented on the board of the issuer subject to agreement with the issuer in this regard. (m) The issuer shall stipulate in the offer document, the minimum application size in terms of number of specified securities which shall not be less than one lakh rupees per application. (n) A minimum number of 50 (fifty) investors is required at the IPO stage only. There shall be no continuous requirement of minimum number of shareholders. (o) A stock broker of the Main Board need not obtain fresh registration for trading on SME platform of such Main Board. Further, no fresh registration needs to be obtained by a sub-broker, where such registered sub-broker is affiliated to stock broker who is eligible to trade on SME platform. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e also been issued through separate circular no. CIR/CFD/DIL/6/2010 dated May 17, 2010. Complete text of the model listing agreement is available on the SEBI website, www.sebi.gov.in. 6. In view of the above policy decisions, it has been decided to make certain changes in the framework for recognition and supervision of SME exchanges/platforms prescribed on November 05, 2008. Accordingly, in supercession to earlier framework of November 05, 2008, the following framework in hereby specified. A. A company desirous of being recognized as a SME exchange may apply to Market Regulation Department, SEBI, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act,1956 ( SCRA) read with the provisions of the Securities C ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... and order driven. The settlement system in the stock exchange shall be the same as that of the cash market of a recognised stock exchange; (x) The clearing function of the stock exchange shall be performed by a clearing corporation/ clearing house; (xi) The minimum lot size for trading on the stock exchange shall be one lakh rupees. B . The above eligibility criteria shall mutatis mutandis apply to recognised stock exchanges having nation wide trading terminals and which desires to set up a trading platform for listing of the specified securities issued in terms of Chapter XA of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009. Such recognised stock exchange shall file an ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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