Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 - SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/66 - SEBI

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 24th January, 2022 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (LISTING OBLIGATIONS AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2022 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2022/66. -In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 , sub-section (2) of section 11A and section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) read with section 31 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956) , the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 , namely:- 1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022. 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 (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ,- I. in regulation 17 , (a) in sub-regulation (1C), after the words Board of Directors the words or as a manager shall be inserted. (b) in sub-regulation (1C), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely, - Provided that the appointment or a re-appointment of a person, including as a managing director or a whole-time director or a manager, who was earlier rejected by the shareholders at a general meeting, shall be done only with the prior approval of the shareholders: Provided further that the statement referred to under sub-section (1) of section 102 of the Companies Act, 2013, annexed to the notice to the shareholders, for considering the appointment or re-appointment of such a person earlier rejected by the shareholders shall contain a detailed explanation and justification by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Board of directors for recommending such a person for appointment or re-appointment. II. in regulation 32 , in sub-regulation (7), the words an annual basis shall be substituted with the words a quarterly basis . III. In regulation 39 , in sub-regulation (2), the word issue shall be substituted with the words effect issuance of and before the words within a period the words and symbol , in dematerialized form shall be inserted. IV. In regulation 40 , (a) in sub-regulation (1), the existing proviso shall be substituted with the following, namely Provided that requests for effecting transfer of securities shall not be processed unless the securities are held in the dematerialised form with a depository: Provided further that transmission or transposition of securities held in physical or dematerialised form shall be effected only in dematerialised form. (b) in sub-regulation (3), in the first proviso, the words for securities held in dematerialized mode and physical mode and the words and twenty one days respectively shall be omitted. V. In Schedule VI , in clause D, in sub-clause (1), (a) the words and symbols , or deliver the physical certificates after re-materialising the same, depending on what has been opted for by the allottee: shall be omitted. (b) the proviso shall be omitted. AJAY TYAGI, Chairman [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./599/2021-22] Footnotes: 1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 were published in the Gazette of India on 2nd September 2015 vide No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2015-16/013. 2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, were subsequently amended on: a) December 22, 2015 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2015-16/27. b) May 25, 2016 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/ 2016-17/001. c) July 8, 2016 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2016-17/008. d) January 4, 2017 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2016-17/025. e) February 15, 2017 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016-17/029. f) March 6, 2017 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide Notification No. LAD-NRO/GN/2016- 17/037 read with March 29, 2017 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016-17/38. g) May 9, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/10. h) May 30, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2018/13. i) June 1, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LADNRO/GN/2018/21. j) June 8, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LADNRO/GN/2018/24. k) September 6, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2018/30. l) November 16, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LADNRO/ GN/2018/47. m) March 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2019/07. n) May 7, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2019/12. o) June 27, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2019/22. p) July 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2019/28. q) December 26, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2019/45. r) January 10, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD-NRO/GN/2020/02. s) April 17, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 vide no. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/10. t) August 5, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2020/25. u) October 8, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2020/33. v) January 8, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD-NRO/GN/2021/02. w) May 5, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2021/22. x) August 3, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide notification no. No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2021/30. y) August 3, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2021/35. z) August 13, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2021/42. aa) September 7, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/GN/2021/47. bb) November 9, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LADNRO/ GN/2021/55.