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System driven disclosures under Reg. 7(2) of SEBI (PIT) Regulations, 2015

System driven disclosures under Reg. 7(2) of SEBI (PIT) Regulations, 2015

Overview

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) vide notification / Circular No. SEBI/HO/ISD/ISD/CIR/P/2020/168 issued and publish dated 09th September, 2020, has published – Automation of Continual Disclosures under Regulation 7(2) of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 – System driven disclosures.” in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 11(1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 read with regulations 4(3) and 11 of the PIT Regulations.

Purpose behind this notification

To protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate the securities market.

Previous circulars reference:

  1. SEBI has further amended SEBI  (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 (PIT Regulations) Vide Gazette Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/23 dated July 17, 2020.
  2. SEBI has implemented the system driven disclosures in phases, under SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 and PIT Regulations vide circular no. CIR/CFD/DCR/17/2015 dated December 01, 2015, FD/DCR/CIR/2016/139 dated December 21, 2016 and SEBI/HO/CFD/DCR1/CIR/ P/2018/85 dated May 28, 2018,

New Norms Prescribed

Sl. Compliance particulars Timelines
1 the disclosures pertaining to PIT Regulations are disseminated on the websites of respective stock exchanges Applicable w.e.f. 01.10.2020
2 entities shall continue to independently comply with the disclosure obligations under PIT Regulations as applicable to them  

Till 31.03.2021

3 the disclosures generated through the system shall be displayed separately from the regular disclosures filed with the exchanges. current system (no change)

 

Kindly note that: To begin with, the system driven disclosures shall pertain to trading in equity shares and equity derivative instruments i.e. Futures and Options of the listed company (wherever applicable) by the entities.

Key points regarding steps required to be taken for implementation OF System driven disclosures:

  1. Listed company shall provide the information including PAN number of Promoter(s) including member(s) of the promoter group, designated person(s) and director(s) (hereinafter collectively referred to as entities) as per PIT Regulations to the designated depository.
  2. The designated depository shall share the information received from the listed company with other depository.
  3. IN CASE OF ANY CHANGE / UPDATE IN ENTITITY’S DETAILS

Listed entity shall update the same with designated depository on same day (EVENT DATE) and then designated depository will intimate the other depository on the day of receipt from the listed company

4. In case of PAN exempt entity, respective depository shall share the Demat account number(s) details with the stock exchanges.

5. The depositories shall provide the following data pertaining to the tagged Demat account(s) separately to the stock exchanges on daily basis:

6. On consolidation of the transactions, if the disclosure is triggered under Regulation 7(2) of PIT Regulations, the stock exchanges shall disseminate the same on their websites. The transaction(s) carried out on T day shall be disseminated on T+2 day basis.

Disclaimer:

IN NO EVENT THE AUTHOR SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGE RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS INFORMATION.

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