SEBI (LODR) (2nd Amendment) Regulations 2021. Secretarial compliance report mandatory for listed companies
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has amended the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (LODR Regulations) in short.
SEBI has notified the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021 which come into force from 6th May 2021.
The amendments have been made to the following regulations:
| Regulation 2 |
Definitions
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| Regulation 3 |
Applicability of the regulations
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| Regulation 4 | Principles governing disclosures and obligations |
| Regulation 6 | Compliance Officer and his Obligations |
| Regulation 7 | Share Transfer Agent. |
| Regulation 15 | Obligation of Listed Entity-Applicability |
| Regulation 17A |
Board of Directors
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| Regulation 18 | Audit Committee |
| Regulation 21 | Risk Management Committee to have minimum three members |
| Regulation 22 | Vigil mechanism |
| Regulation 24 |
Corporate governance requirements with respect to subsidiary of listed entity
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| Regulation 24A |
Secretarial Audit and Secretarial Compliance Report
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| Regulation 25 |
Obligations with respect to independent directors
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| Regulation 26 |
Obligations with respect to employees including senior management, key managerial persons, directors and promoters
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| Regulation 27 |
Other corporate governance requirements.
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| Regulation 29 | Proper Intimations |
| Regulation 30 |
Disclosure of events or information
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| Regulation 31A | Disclosure of Class of shareholders and Conditions for Reclassification |
| Regulation 32 |
Statement of deviation (s) or variation(s).
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| Regulation 33 |
Financial results
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| Regulation 34 | Annual Report |
| Regulation 36 |
Documents & Information to shareholders
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| Regulation 37 |
Draft Scheme of Arrangement & Scheme of Arrangement
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| Regulation 38 | Minimum Public Shareholding |
| Regulation 40 |
Transfer or transmission or transposition of securities
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| Regulation 43A | Dividend Distribution Policy |
| Regulation 44 | Meetings of shareholders and voting |
| Regulation 45 |
Change in name of the listed entity
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| Regulation 46 | Website |
| Regulation 47 | Advertisements in Newspapers. |
| Regulation 52 | Financial Results |
| Regulation 94 |
Draft Scheme of Arrangement & Scheme of Arrangement
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The following Schedules have been amended:
| Schedule II |
| Schedule III |
| Schedule IV |
| Schedule V |
| Schedule XI |
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