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October 19, 2011

Clause 40A of the listing agreement

Clause 40A

Clause 40A of the Listing Agreement contains the condition for minimum public float to be adhered to by a listed company. The Government in June 2010 through the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2010 (a copy of which is available here), had mandated listed companies to achieve at a 25 percent public shareholding in the next three years. This amendment had also prescribed annual floors of 10%/ 5% by which the listed companies should reach the 25% public shareholding. However, there was a further amendment in August 2010 vide Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2010 (notification no. GSR662(E) dated 9th August 2010 available at MANU/EAF/0142/2010), whereby the 25% requirement was reduced to 10% for public sector enterprises and flexibility was provided to the listed companies to attain the 25%(10% for public sector enterprises) within three years without any annual floor.

Clause 40A has now been amended to bring it in alignment with this second amendment to the Securities Contract (Regulation) Rules, 2010 (the “Rules”). The amended clause 40A now specifically provides that a listed company has to comply with the requirements of the Rules and can reach the required level of public shareholding by issuance of shares to public through prospectus/offer of promoters’ shares to public through prospectus/sale of promoters’ shares through secondary market.

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