THE GAZETTE OF INDIA
EXTRAORDINARY
PART – III – SECTION 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, December 15, 2017
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 15th December, 2017
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (ISSUE AND LISTING OF DEBT SECURITIES) (SECOND AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2017
No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2017-18/023.─ In exercise of the powers conferred under section 30 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 (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008, namely,–
1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2017.
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 (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008, in sub-regulation (1) of regulation (2), –
i. in clause (e), the existing definition of the term “debt securities” shall be substituted with the following definition, namely –
“(e) “debt securities” means non-convertible debt securities which create or acknowledge indebtedness and includes debentures, bonds and such other securities of a body corporate or a Trust registered with the Board as a Real Estate Investment Trust or an Infrastructure Investment Trust, or any statutory body constituted by virtue of a legislation, whether constituting a charge on the assets of the body corporate or not, but excludes bonds issued by Government or such other bodies as may be specified by the Board, security receipts and securitized debt instruments;”
ii. in clause (g), after the words “recognized stock exchange” and before the symbol “;”, the following words “and includes a Trust registered with the Board as a Real Estate Investment Trust or an Infrastructure Investment Trust and whose units are listed in recognized stock exchange(s)” shall be inserted.
Sd/-
AJAY TYAGI
CHAIRMAN
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
Footnote:
1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue And Listing Of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008, were published in the Gazette of India on 6th June, 2008 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2008/13/127878.
2. They were subsequently amended on –
(a) 12th October, 2012 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2012-13/19/5392.
(b) 31st January, 2014 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2013-14/43/207.
(c) 23rd May, 2014 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2014-15/03/1089.
(d) 24th March, 2015 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2014-15/25/539.
(e) 2nd September, 2015 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2015-16/013.
(f) 25th May, 2016 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities)(Amendment)Regulations, 2016 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2016-17/004.
(g) 6th March, 2017 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2016-17/037.
(h) 13th June, 2017 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2017-18/009.
