SCHEDULE - III - CRITERIA FOR COMPULSORY DELISTING - Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009

SCHEDULE III [See regulation 22(4)] CRITERIA FOR COMPULSORY DELISTING 1. The recognised stock exchange shall take all reasonable steps to trace the promoters of a company whose equity shares are proposed to be delisted, with a view to ensuring compliance with sub-regulation (3) of regulation 23. 2. The recognised stock exchange shall consider the nature and extent of the alleged non-compliance of the company and the number and percentage of shareholders who may be affected by such non-compliance. 3. The recognised stock exchange shall take reasonable efforts to verify the status of compliance of the company with the office of the concerned Registrar of Companies. 4. The names of the companies whose equity shares are proposed to be delisted and their promoters shall be displayed in a separate section on the website of the recognised stock exchange for a brief period of time. If delisted, the names shall be shifted to another separate section on the website. 5. The recognised stock exchange shall in appropriate cases file prosecutions under relevant provisions of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 or any other law for the time being in force against identifiable promoters and directors of the company for the alleged non-compliances. 6. The recognised stock exchange shall in appropriate cases file a petition for winding up the company under section 433 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or make a request to the Registrar of Companies to strike off the name of the company from the register under section 560 of the said Act.