ANNEXURE C

[Refer to paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1]

Return to be filed by an Indian company who has arranged issue of GDR/ADR

Instructions :

The form should be completed and submitted to the Reserve Bank of India, Foreign Investment Division, Central Office, Mumbai.

 

1.

Name of the Company

:

2.

Address of Registered Office

:

3.

Address for correspondence

:

4.

Existing Business (Please give the NIC Code of the activity in which the company is predominantly engaged)

:

5.

Details of the purposes for which GDRs/ADRs have been raised.

:

 

If funds are deployed for overseas investment, details thereof.

 

6.

Name and address of the Depository abroad

:

7.

Name and Address of the Lead/Manager Investment/Mer­chant Banker

:

8.

Name and addresses of the Sub-Managers to the issue

:

9.

Name and address of the Indian custodians

:

10.

Details of FIPB approval

:

 

(Please quote the relevant NIC Code if the GDRs are being issued under the Automatic Route)

 

11.

Whether any overall sectoral cap for foreign investment is applicable. If yes, please give details.

:

12.

Details of the Equity Capital

Before Issue

After Issue

 

(a) Authorised Capital

 

 

(b) Issued and Paid-up Capital

 

 

(i) Held by persons Resident in India

 

 

(ii) Held by foreign investors other than FIIs/NRIs/PIOs/OCBs (A list of foreign investors holding more than 10 per cent of the paid-up capital and number of shares held by each of them should be furnished)

 

 

(iii) Held by NRIs/PIOs/OCBs

 

 

(iv) Held by FIIs.

 

 

Total Equity held by non-residents

 

 

(c) Percentage of equity held by non-residents to total paid-up capital

 

13.

Whether issue was on private placement basis. If yes, please give details of the investors and ADRs/GDRs issued to each of them

:

14.

Number of GDRs/ADRs issued

:

15.

Ratio of GDRs/ADRs to under-lying shares

:

16.

Issue Related Expenses

:

 

(a) Fee paid/payable to Merchant Bankers/Lead Manager

 

 

(i) Amount (in US $ etc.)

 

 

(ii) Amount as percentage to the total issue

 

 

(b) Other Expenses

 

17.

Whether funds are kept abroad. If yes, name and address of the bank

:

18.

Details of the listing arrangement

:

 

Name of Stock Exchange

 

 

Date of commencement of trading

 

19.

The date on which ADRs/GDRs issue was launched

:

20.

Amount raised (in US $)

:

21.

Amount repatriated in (US $)

:

 

Certified that all the conditions laid down by Government of India and Reserve Bank of India have been complied with

 

Sd/-

Sd/-

Chartered Accountant

Authorised Signatory of the Company]

 

ANNEXURE D

[Refer to paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 1]

Quarterly Return

 

(To be submitted to the Reserve Bank of India, Foreign Investment Division, Central Office, Mumbai)

 

1.

Name of Company

:

2.

Address

:

3.

GDR/ADR issue launched on

:

4.

Total No. GDRs/ADRs issued

:

5.

Total amount raised

:

6.

Total interest earned till end of quarter

:

7.

Issue Expenses and commissions etc.

:

8.

Amount repatriated

:

9.

Balance kept abroad Details

:

(i)

Banks Deposits

 

(ii)

Treasury Bills

 

(iii)

Others (Please specify)

 

10.

No. of GDRs still outstanding

:

11.

Company’s share price at the end of the quarter

:

12.

GDR price quoted on overseas stock exchange as at the end of the quarter

:

 

Certified that funds raised through ADRs/GDRs have not been invested in stock market or real estate.

 

Sd/-

Sd/-

Chartered Accountant

Authorised Signatory of the Company]

 

ANNEXURE E

[See paragraph 6 of Schedule I]

List of 22 industries in respect of which dividend balancing is applicable

 

            1.         Manufacture of food and food products

            2.         Manufacture of dairy products

            3.         Grain mill products

            4.         Manufacture of bakery products

            5.         Manufacture and refining of sugar (vacuum pan sugar factories)

            6.         Production of common salt

            7.         Manufacture of Hydrogenated oil (Vanaspati)

            8.         Tea processing

            9.         Coffee

            10.       Manufacture of beverages, tobacco and tobacco products

11.       Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits, wine industries, malt liquors and malt, production of country liquors and toddy

12.       Soft drinks and carbonated water industry

            13.       Manufacture of cigar, cigarettes, cheroot and cigarette tobacco

            14.       Manufacture of wood and wood products, furniture and fixtures

            15.       Manufacture of leather and fur/leather products

            16.       Tanning, curing, finishing, embossing and japanning of leather

17.       Manufacture of footwear (excluding repair) except vulcanised for moulded rubber or plastic footwear

            18.       Manufacture of footwear made primarily of vulcanised or moulded products

            19.       Prophylactics (rubber contraceptive)

            20.       Motor cars

            21.       Entertainment electronics (VCRs, Colour TVs, CD Play­ers, Tape Recorders)

22.       White goods (Domestic Refrigerators, Domestic Dishwash­ing Machines, Programmable Domestic Washing Machines, Microwave Ovens, Air-conditioners).

 

SCHEDULE 2

[See Regulation 5(2)]

Purchase/sale of shares and/or convertible debentures of an Indian company by a registered Foreign Institutional investor under Portfolio Investment Scheme

 

Purchase/sale of shares and/or convertible debentures

1.         1 [(1) A registered Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) may pur­chase the shares and convertible debentures of an Indian company under Portfolio Investment Scheme.

(2)       The purchase of shares/convertible debentures under sub-paragraph (1) shall be made through registered broker on recog­nized stock exchange in India.]

(3)       The amount of consideration for purchase of shares/debentures shall be paid out of inward remittance from abroad through normal banking channels or out of funds held in an account maintained with the designated branch of an authorised dealer in India, in accordance with these Regulations.

(4)       The total holding by each FII/SEBI approved sub-account of FII shall not exceed 10% (ten per cent) of the total paid-up equity capital or 10% (ten per cent) of the paid-up value of each series of convertible debentures issued by an Indian company and the total holdings of all FIIs/sub-accounts of FIIs put together shall not exceed 24 per cent of paid-up equity capital or paid-up value of each series of convertible debentures :

 

2 [Provided that the limit of 24 per cent referred to in this paragraph may be increased up to the sectoral cap/statutory ceiling, as applicable, by the Indian company concerned by pass­ing a resolution by its board of directors followed by passing of a special resolution to that effect by its general body.]

 

Explanation - For arriving at the ceiling on holdings of FIIs, shares/convert­ible debentures acquired both through primary as well as second­ary market will be included. However, the ceiling will not in­clude investment made by FII through offshore Funds, Global Depository receipts and Euro-Convertible Bonds.

3 [(5)    A registered FII is permitted to purchase shares/convertible debentures of an Indian company through offer/private placement, subject to the ceiling specified in sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph and the Indian company is permitted to issue such shares:

 

Provided that—

(a)       in case of Public Offer, the price of the shares to be issued is not less than the price at which shares are issued to residents, and

(b)       in case of issue by private placement, the price is not less than the price arrived in terms of SEBI guidelines or guide­lines issued by erstwhile Controller of Capital Issues, as ap­plicable.]

Maintenance of account by a registered FII for routing transac­tions of purchase and sale of shares/convertible debentures.

2.         1 [A registered Foreign Institutional Investor may open a Foreign Currency Account and/or a Special Non-Resident Rupee Account with a designated branch of an authorized dealer for routing the re­ceipt and payment for transaction relating to purchase and sale of shares/convertible debentures under this Scheme, subject to the following conditions :

(i)         The Account shall be funded by inward remittance through normal banking channels or by credit of sale proceeds (net of taxes) of the shares/convertible debentures sold on stock exchange.

(ii)        The funds in the account shall be utilized for purchase of shares/convertible debentures in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Scheme or for remittance out­side India.

(iii)       The funds from Foreign Currency Account of the Registered FII may be transferred to Special Non-Resident Rupee account of the same FII and vice versa.]

Remittance of sale proceeds of shares/convertible debentures.

3.         The designated branch of an authorised dealer may allow remit­tance of net sale proceeds (after payment of taxes) or credit the net amount of sale proceeds of shares/convertible debentures to the foreign currency account or a Non-resident Rupee Account of the registered Foreign Institutional Investor concerned.

Investment by certain other investors.

4.         2 [(1) A domestic asset management company or portfolio manager, who is registered with SEBI as a foreign institutional investor for managing the fund of a sub-account may make investment under the Scheme on behalf of—

            (i)         a person resident outside India who is a citizen of a foreign state, or

            (ii)        a body corporate registered outside India :

Provided [that] such investment is made out of funds raised or collected or brought from outside through normal banking channel.]

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2 [(2)] Investments permitted to be made under sub-paragraph (1) shall not exceed 5% (five per cent) of the total paid-up equity capital or 5% (five per cent) of the paid-up value of each series of convertible debentures issued by an Indian Company, and shall also not exceed the over-all ceiling specified in sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule.

 

 


 [K1]Substituted by the FEM (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (First Amendment) Regula­tions, 2004, w.e.f. 1-1-2004. Prior to its substitution, it read as under :

        “(1) A registered Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) may, through the Securities and Exchange Board of India, apply to the Reserve Bank for permission to purchase the shares and converti­ble debentures of an Indian company under Portfolio Investment Scheme. The permission may be granted by Reserve Bank subject to such terms and conditions as may be considered necessary.

        (2) The registered FII permitted by the Reserve Bank under sub-paragraph (1), shall purchase the shares/convertible debentures of an Indian company through registered brokers on recognised stock exchanges in India.”

 

 [K2]Substituted by the FEM (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001, w.e.f. 20-9-2001. Prior to substitution, the proviso was amended by the FEM (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001, w.e.f. 2-3-2001.

 [K3]Substituted by the FEM (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2003, w.e.f. 18-6-2003. Prior to substitution, sub-paragraph (5) read as under :

        “(5) A registered FII may also be permitted to purchase shares/convertible debentures of an Indian company through private placement/arrangement, subject to the ceilings specified in sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph.”

 

 

 [K4]Substituted by the FEM (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (First Amendment) Regula­tions, 2004, w.e.f. 1-1-2004. Prior to its substitution, it read as under :

        “The Reserve Bank may, on application, permit a registered Foreign Institutional Investor to open a Foreign Currency Account and/or a Non-resident Rupee Account with a designated branch of an authorised dealer for routing the receipt of and payment for transactions relating to purchase and sale of shares/converti­ble debentures under this Scheme, subject to the following condi­tions :—

   (i)  The account shall be funded by inward remittance through normal banking channels or by credit of sale proceeds (net of taxes) of the shares/convertible debentures sold on stock exchange.

  (ii)  The funds in the account shall be utilised for purchase of shares/convertible debentures in accordance with the provi­sions of paragraph 1 of this Scheme or for remittance outside India.

(iii)  The funds from Foreign Currency Account of the registered FII may be transferred to Non-Resident Rupee account of the same FII and vice versa.

 

 [K5].  Substituted by the FEM (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (First Amendment) Regula­tions, 2004, w.e.f. 1-1-2004. Prior to its substitution, it read as under :

        “(1) Reserve Bank may, subject to such terms and conditions as it may consider necessary permit a domestic asset management company or portfolio manager who is registered with SEBI as a foreign institutional investor for managing the funds of a sub-account, to make investment under the Scheme on behalf of:—

   (i)  a person resident outside India who is a citizen of a foreign State, or

  (ii)  a body corporate registered outside India :

Provided such investment is made out of funds raised or collected or brought from outside India through normal banking channel.”

 

 [K6]Omitted by the FEM (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2004, w.e.f. 1-1-2004. Prior to its omission, it read as under :

        “(2) The application to Reserve Bank for permission under sub-paragraph (1) may be made through SEBI.”

 

 [K7]Existing sub-paragraph (3) shall be renumbered as sub-paragraph (2) by the FEM (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2004, w.e.f. 1-1-2004