National Stock Exchange of India
Circular Ref No: NSE/CML/2022/39 | Date: August 02, 2022
The Company Secretary
All Listed Companies
Subject: Circular on use of digital signature certificate for announcements submitted by listed companies
Dear Sir/ Madam,
In accordance with Regulation 10 of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (LODR), all listed companies are required to file the reports, statements, documents, filings and any other information with the recognized Stock Exchange(s) on the electronic platform as specified by the Board or the recognized Stock Exchange(s). Accordingly, the Exchange has provided electronic platform viz. National Stock Exchange Electronic Application Processing System (NEAPS) and the Digital Portal for listed companies to file the above documents. The Exchange has provided unique User Id and Password to listed companies to access the said electronic portals.
In wake of covid-19 pandemic, Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) vide its circulars listed below permitted the use of digital signature certification for authentication / certification of filings / submissions made to Stock Exchanges:
Circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/2020/63 dated April 17, 2020
Circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/P/CIR/2021/556 dated April 29, 2021
Circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/2020/145 dated July 31, 2020
The aforesaid measure has been received well by the market participants. Considering the advantages of using digital signature certifications for authentication of documents / filings, Stock Exchanges, in consultation with each other and SEBI, have decided to make it mandatory to file announcements under various SEBI Regulations using digital signature certification to the Stock Exchange except for following disclosures/events:
- Outcome of Board meeting which includes only financial result.
- Any disclosure in which document(s) issued by entity/ies other than listed company is/are
included (For e.g., Auditors certificate, NCLT / other court’s order, Credit Rating, etc.); - Newspaper advertisement.
- Any other disclosure(s) as specified by Stock Exchanges from time to time.
The circular shall be effective from September 01, 2022.
Yours faithfully,
For National Stock Exchange of India Limited
Lokesh Bhandari
Chief Manager – Listing
