Sebi May Modify Minimum Public Shareholding Norms For Large IPOs
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed a reduction in the equity dilution requirement for initial public offers (IPOs) exceeding ₹ 10,000 crore. Companies with a post-issue capital above ₹ 10,000 crore will be required to initially sell only 5 per cent to the public, as against 10 per cent mandated earlier, the market regulator said in a consultation paper issued on Friday. The consultation paper will be open for public feedback till December 7.
“It has been represented that such large issuers already have investments by PE / other strategic investors who are classified as public shareholders postlisting and therefore, mandating minimum 10 per cent of post issue MCap at the time of IPO leads to unnecessary dilution of holding of the promoter/ existing shareholder and is therefore a constraining factor for listing”, Sebi said in its consultation paper.
SEBI has also proposed to increase the timeline for maintaining minimum public shareholding at 95 per cent from 3 years to 5 years for IPOs with more than ₹ 10,000 crore as post-issue capital.
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