SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2021


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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued the Fourth Amendment to the Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) Regulations, 2021. These amendments, effective from their publication date, introduce several changes to existing regulations. Notably, specific clauses in Regulation 52 are omitted, and Regulation 57 sees the insertion of "Intimations/" before "Other" in its heading, with sub-regulation (2) being omitted. Regulation 58 is also amended to remove "debt" and "and non-convertible preference shares" from its heading, and updates the method for distributing annual reports to holders of non-convertible securities.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION

Mumbai, the 13th August, 2021

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (LISTING OBLIGATIONS AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) (FOURTH AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2021

No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/42. - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11, subsection (2) of section 11A and section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of Indi ja 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) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2021.

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,-

I. in regulation 52,

a. in sub-regulation (4), clauses (a), (b), (d) and (e) shall be omitted.

II. in regulation 57,

a. in the heading, the word and symbol “Intimations/” shall be inserted before the word “Other”.

b. sub-regulation (2) shall be omitted.

III. in regulation 58,

a. in the heading, the words “debt” and “and non-convertible preference shares” shall be omitted.

b. in sub-regulation (1), clause (a) shall be substituted with the following, namely,-

c. “(a) Soft copies of t h e full annual reports to all the holders of non- convertible securities who have registered their email address(es) either with the listed entity or with any depository;”

d. in sub-regulation (1), in clause (b), the words “preference share” shall be substituted with the word “securities”.

e. in sub-regulation (1), in clause (c), the words “debt” and “and non convertible preference share” shall be omitted

f. in sub-regulation (1), clause (d) shall be omitted.

IV. in regulation 61,

a. in sub-regulation (1), the words “non-convertible debt securities and/or’ shall be inserted after the words “dividend of”.

b. in sub-regulation (1), the second proviso shall be omitted.

AJAY TYAGI, Chairman
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./199/2021-22]

Footnotes:

1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 were published in the Gazette of India on 2nd September 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/LADNRO/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/LADNRO/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. LAD-NRO/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 SEBI (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment)Regulations, 2020 vide no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/10.

t) August 05, 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 08, 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 08, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/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/LADNRO/GN/2021/22.

x) 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.

y) August 3, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide notification no. No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/30.

FAQ :

These regulations come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

In Regulation 52, sub-regulation (4), clauses (a), (b), (d), and (e) have been omitted.

In Regulation 57, the word and symbol "Intimations/" have been inserted before the word "Other" in the heading, and sub-regulation (2) has been omitted.

Regulation 58 now specifies that soft copies of full annual reports are to be sent to holders of non-convertible securities who have registered their email addresses. The terms "debt" and "and non-convertible preference shares" have also been omitted from the heading, and "preference share" has been substituted with "securities" in one instance.

Yes, in Regulation 61, sub-regulation (1), the words "non-convertible debt securities and/or" have been inserted after the words "dividend of", and the second proviso has been omitted.

 

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Notification No : SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/42
Published in Investments & Personal Finance
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