The SEBI has notified SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021 to amend the existing SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 which shall come into force from 1st April, 2022.
| Sr. No. | Amendment | Comments |
| 1 | Substitution: Regulation 29(1)
Any acquirer, together with persons acting in concert with him acquiring shares or voting rights in a target company, which taken together aggregates to five per cent or more of the shares of such target company, shall disclose their aggregate shareholding and voting rights in such target company in such form as may be specified. |
The Board has removed certain disclosure obligations for the acquirers/promoters, etc. pertaining to acquisition or disposal of shares aggregating to 5% and any change of 2% thereafter, annual shareholding disclosure and creation/invocation/release of encumbrance registered in depository systems under Takeover Regulations. These relaxations have been given on account of implementation of the System Driven Disclosures (SDD). |
| 2 | Substitution: Regulation 29(2)
the words “Any person, who together” shall be substituted with the words, “Any person together”. |
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| 3 | Omission: Regulation 30 (Continual Disclosure) | |
| 4 | Insertion: Regulation 31(1) proviso
Provided that the aforesaid disclosure requirement shall not be applicable where such encumbrance is undertaken in a depository. |
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| 5 | Insertion: Regulation 31(2) proviso
Provided that the aforesaid disclosure requirement shall not be applicable where such encumbrance is undertaken in a depository. |
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 13th August, 2021
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION OF SHARES AND TAKEOVERS) (SECOND AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2021
No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/46.—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 (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011, namely: –
1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021.
2. They shall come into force from April 1, 2022.
3. They shall come into force from April 1, 2022. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011, –
I. in regulation 29,
(a) sub-regulation (1), shall be substituted with the following, namely,-
“(1) Any acquirer, together with persons acting in concert with him acquiring shares or voting rights in a target company, which taken together aggregates to five per cent or more of the shares of such target company, shall disclose their aggregate shareholding and voting rights in such target company in such form as may be specified.”
(b) in sub-regulation (2), the words “Any person, who together” shall be substituted with the words, “Any person together”.
II. regulation 30 shall be omitted.
III. in regulation 31,
(a) in sub-regulation (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely, –
“Provided that the aforesaid disclosure requirement shall not be applicable where such encumbrance is undertaken in a depository”.
(b) in sub-regulation (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely, –
“Provided that the aforesaid disclosure requirement shall not be applicable where such encumbrance is undertaken in a depository”.
AJAY TYAGI, Chairman
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./203/2021-22]
Footnotes:
1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 were published in the Gazette of India on 23rd September, 2011 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2011 12/24/30181.
2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 were subsequently amended on:
a) March 26, 2013 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2012 13/36/7368.
b) October 8, 2013 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing of Specified Securities on Institutional Trading Platform) Regulations, 2013 vide No. LAD-NRO/GN/2013-14/28/6720.
c) May 23, 2014 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 vide Notification No. LAD-NRO/GN/2014-15/03/1089.
d) March 24, 2015 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide No. LAD- NRO/GN/2014-15/28/542.
e) May 5, 2015 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/OIAE/GN/2015-16/004.
f) August 14, 2015 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide No. SEBI/LAD NRO/GN/2015-16/009.
g) December 22, 2015 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2015-16/026.
h) February 17, 2016 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2015-16/035.
i) May 25, 2016 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide No. SEBI/ LAD-NRO/GN/2016-17/002.
j) March 6, 2017 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide No. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016-17/037 read with notification dated March 29, 2017 vide No. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016-17/38.
k) August 14, 2017 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2017-18/015.
l) June 01, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide No. SEBI/LAD NRO/GN/2018/20.
m) September 11, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial
Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/33.
n) December 31, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2018/55.
o) March 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2019/06.
p) July 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2019 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2019/27.
q) April 17, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/10.
r) June 16, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2020/14.
s) June 22, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2020/19.
t) July 1, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2020/20.
u) May 5, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2021/19.
v) August 3, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/30.
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