THE GAZETTE OF INDIA
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II SECTION 3 – SUB-SECTION (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 21st August 2006
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (BUY-BACK OF SECURITIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2006.
S.O. No. 1331 (E). In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) read with clause (f) of sub-section (2) of Section 77A of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) the Board hereby makes the following regulations to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buy-Back of Securities) Regulations, 1998, namely:-
1. These Regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buy-Back of Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006.
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 (Buy-Back of Securities) Regulations, 1998, in Schedule IV, for paragraph (1), the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-
“(1). Every merchant banker shall while submitting the offer document or a copy of the public announcement to the Board, pay fees as set out below:-
| Offer size | Fee (Rs.) |
| Less than or equal to one crore rupees | 1,00,000 |
| More than one crore rupees, but less than or equal to five crore rupees | 2,00,000 |
| More than five crore rupees, but less than or equal to ten crore rupees | 3,00,000 |
| More than ten crore rupees | 0.5% of the offer size” |
F.No. SEBILADDOP 2108 2006
M. DAMODARAN
CHAIRMAN
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
Footnotes:
1. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buy-back of Securities) Regulations, 1998, the principal regulations, were published in the Gazette of India on November 14, 1998; vide S.O. No. 975 (E).
2. It was subsequently amended –
(a) on September 21, 1999 by SEBI (Buy-Back of Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999 vide S.O. 776 (E).
(b) on November 28, 2001 by SEBI (Buy-Back of Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001 vide S.O. 1181(E).
(c) on June 18, 2004 by SEBI (Buy-Back of Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 vide S.O. 745 (E).
