, SEBI (DELISTING OF EQUITY SHARES)(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2016 ~ CS GAURAV SHARMA

January 16, 2016

SEBI (DELISTING OF EQUITY SHARES)(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2016


No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2015-16/30.-In exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 read with section 21A of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956), section 30, sub-section (1) of section 11 and sub-section (2) of section 11A 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 (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009, namely:-

1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of
Equity Shares) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016.



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 (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations,
2009,-

(I)     in  regulation  27,  in  sub-regulation  (1),  for  clause  (b),  the  following  shall  be substituted, namely-

"(b) the number of equity shares of the company traded on each such recognised stock exchange during the twelve calendar months immediately preceding the date of board meeting referred to in sub-regulation (1B) of regulation 8 is less than ten per cent of the total number of shares of such company:

Provided that where the share capital of a particular class of shares of the company is not identical throughout such period, the weighted average of the shares of such class  shall  represent  the  total  number of shares  of such  class  of shares  of the company; and"


(II)    in  regulation  27,  in  sub-regulation  (3),  for  clause  (b),  the  following  shall  be substituted, namely-


"(b) the exit price offered to the public shareholders shall not be less than the floor price determined in terms of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 15 of these regulations read with clause (e) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 8 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011;"


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