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Promoters may have to buy 50% of public stake for delisting

PROMOTERS of listed Indian companies may have to acquire at least half the public shareholding in their firms to become eligible for delisting, going by a proposal being considered by capital markets regulator Sebi.

The proposed norms for delisting by companies, which is expected to be approved by the regulator shortly and then notified, will mean that promoters will have to buy at least half the non-promoter holding, keeping the threshold limit of 90% intact. The rules now in vogue allow a company to opt out from listing its shares on an exchange or delist if promoters acquire 90% of the share capital of the company. The new regulations being considered effectively implies that a promoter with a shareholding of over 80% will have to not just acquire another 10% to delist shares but an additional half of the remaining public holding after the 90% threshold limit. In other words, once the promoter has acquired control of the 90% of the share capital of a company, he will have to still buy out 5% of the remaining 10% public shareholding. However, for promoters holding up to 80%, the new rule will not make much of a change from the existing delisting rule, while those holding more than 80% will have to buy more shares to abide by the new rule. The new rules will, however, retain the two crucial criteria of the existing regulations — the minimum threshold level for opting out of listing on a exchange will continue to be 90% promoter holding and the price discovery through a reverse book building mechanism.

The new delisting norms will be introduced very soon. We have send the new proposed delisting norms to the law ministry for approvals, which is expected to come shortly. According to sources, under the new rules, the acquisition of shares by promoters for their companies to qualify for delisting is likely to hinge on their shareholding levels. Incidentally, this will ensuring that more shares will have to be obtained from public shareholders before delisting. Sebi has also decided to retain the present reverse book building exercise, rejecting an alternative price mechanism based on a fair value determined by a rating agency plus a premium of 25%.

The reverse book building method is followed only in India. Reverse book building allows shareholders to tender their shares at a price of their choice while providing the acquirer the freedom to accept or reject the offer. Once the reverse book building process is complete, the final price is determined as the price at which the maximum shares are tendered. According to the listing agreement, all companies are required to maintain a public holding of 25% for continuous listing. However, some companies have been allowed to maintain a public holding of minimum 10% if their market capitalisation is more than Rs 1,000 crore and their share capital is more than 2 crore shares or such companies which have diluted less than 25% of their equity at the time of their IPO. Under the current rules, the minimum promoter shareholding threshold for delisting a company is 90% and 75%.

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