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* India's SEBI Amends Disclosure & Investor Guidelines
To facilitate development of a vibrant primary market for corporate bonds in India, the Securities and Exchange Board of India has amended the provisions pertaining to issuances of corporate bonds under the SEBI (Disclosure and Investor Protection) (DIP) Guidelines, 2000 vide circular dated Dec. 3, 2007. The highlights of the amendments are:
1. For public/ rights issues of debt instruments, issuers will now need to obtain rating from only one credit rating agency instead of from two as required at present. This is with a view to reduce the cost of issuances.
2. To facilitate issuance of below investment grade bonds to suit the risk/ return appetite of investors, the stipulation that debt instruments issued through public/ rights issues will be of at least investment grade has been removed.
3. To afford issuers with desired flexibility in structuring of debt instruments, it has been decided that structural restrictions including those on maturity, put/call option, on conversion, etc. currently in place have been done away with.
The full text of the circular and the entire text of SEBI (DIP) Guidelines, including the amendments issued in the circular, are available on the Website at http://www.sebi.gov.in
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