Corporate Updates – 05-11-2015

SEBI:

Pursuant to notification of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Listing Regulations”), as per clause (f) of sub regulation (2) of regulation 34 of Listing Regulations, the Annual Report shall contain a Business Responsibility Report describing the initiatives taken by the listed entity from an environmental, social and governance perspective, in the format as specified by the Board. Accordingly, listed entities shall be guided by the prescribed format. Further, those listed entities which have been submitting sustainability reports to overseas regulatory agencies/stakeholders based on internationally accepted reporting frameworks need not prepare a separate report for the purpose of these guidelines but only furnish the same to their stakeholders along with the details of the framework under which their BR Report has been prepared and a mapping of the principles contained in these guidelines to the disclosures made in their sustainability reports. This circular shall come into force with effect from 1st December, 2015 i.e 90 days of notifications of regulations.

SEBI:

As per Regulation 44(3) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as "Listing Regulations"), has prescribed that the listed entity shall submit to the stock exchange, within forty eight hours of conclusion of its General Meeting, details regarding the voting results in the format specified by the Board. Accordingly, a format for Voting Results to be furnished by the listed entities is being specified under circular, which shall come into force with effect from December 01, 2015.

SEBI:

In terms of sub regulation (1) of regulation 69 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Listing Regulations”), listed entity shall file with the stock exchange the Indian Depository Receipt (IDR) holding pattern on a quarterly basis within fifteen days of end of the quarter in the format specified by SEBI. Further, sub regulation (1) of regulation 72 of Listing Regulations requires the listed entity to comply with the corporate governance provisions as applicable in its home country and other jurisdictions in which its equity shares are listed and sub regulation (2) of regulation 72 requires such a listed entity to submit to the stock exchange, a comparative analysis of the corporate governance provisions that are applicable in its home country and in the other jurisdictions in which its equity shares are listed along with the compliance of the same vis-à-vis the corporate governance requirements applicable under regulation 17 to regulation 27, to other listed entities. Such information furnished by the listed entity to the stock exchanges in terms of sub regulation (1) of regulation 69 and sub regulation (2) of regulation 72 shall also be disclosed on the website of the such listed entity. This circular shall come into force with effect from 1st December, 2015 i.e 90 days of notifications of regulations.

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