Sub: Conditions of listing for issuers seeking listing on SME Exchange - Model SME Equity Listing Agreement In recognition of the need for making finance available to small and medium enterprises, SEBI has decided to encourage promotion of dedicated exchanges and/or dedicated platforms of the exchanges for listing and trading of securities issued by Small and Medium Enterprises (“SME”). Consequently, SEBI amended SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 (“SEBI (ICDR) Regulations”) by inserting a Chapter XA on “Issue of specified securities by small and medium enterprises”, through notification dated April 13, 2010. In continuation of the same and to facilitate listing of specified securities in the SME exchange, “Model Equity Listing Agreement” to be executed between the issuer and the Stock Exchange, to list/migrate the specified securities on SME Exchange, is specified through this circular.
SME listing agreement is same as Equity listing agreement. However, certain relaxations are provided to the issuers whose securities are listed on SME exchange in comparison to the listing requirements in Main Board (= other than SME Exchanges), which inter-alia include the following:
a. Companies listed on the SME exchange may send to their shareholders, a statement containing the salient features of all the documents [in abridged form], as prescribed in proviso to section 219(b)(iv) of the Companies Act, 1956, instead of sending a full Annual Report;
b. Periodical financial results may be submitted on “half yearly basis”, instead of “quarterly basis” under Clause 41 and
c. Every issuer listed under SME Exchange shall have their own website.
d. SMEs need not publish their financial results in newspapers, as required in the Main Board (= other than SME Exchanges) and can make it available on their website.
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Sub: Setting up of a Stock exchange/ a trading platform by a recognized stock exchange
A. A company desirous of being recognized as a SME exchange may apply to Market Regulation Department, SEBI, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act,1956 ( SCRA) read with the provisions of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 (the SCRR), subject to the applicant fulfilling the following conditions:
(i) It is a corporatised and demutualised entity and is compliant with requirements of maintaining public shareholding and shareholding restrictions in accordance with Chapters II and III of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Manner of Increasing and Maintaining Public Shareholding in Recognised Stock Exchanges) Regulations, 2006;
(ii) It has a balance sheet networth of atleast Rs. 100 crores;
(iii) It shall have nation wide trading terminals and an online screen-based trading system, a suitable Business Continuity Plan including a disaster recovery site;
(iv) It shall have an online surveillance capability which monitors positions, prices and volumes in real time so as to check market manipulation;
(v) It shall have adequate arbitration and investor grievances redressal mechanism operative from all the four regions of the country.
(vi) It shall have adequate inspection capability;
(vii) It shall have the same risk management system and surveillance system as are required for cash market segment of a recognised stock exchange;
(viii) Information about trades, quantities, and quotes shall be disseminated by the recognized stock exchange in real time to at least two information vending networks which are accessible to investors in the country;
(ix) The trading system of the stock exchange may be quote driven or a hybrid of quote driven and order driven. The settlement system in the stock exchange shall be the same as that of the cash market of a recognised stock exchange;
(x) The clearing function of the stock exchange shall be performed by a clearing corporation/ clearing house;
(xi) The minimum lot size for trading on the stock exchange shall be one lakh rupees.
B. The above eligibility criteria shall mutatis mutandis apply to recognised stock exchanges having nation wide trading terminals and which
desires to set up a trading platform for listing of the specified securities issued in terms of Chapter XA of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009. Such recognised stock exchange shall file an application demonstrating its compliance with the conditions mentioned in subpara (i) to (xi) of para 6 above alongwith the proposed Rules, Regulations and Byelaws for the SME platform. Such a platform can be operationalised by the recognised stock exchange only after obtaining prior approval of SEBI.
Source:
- Setting up of a Stock exchange/ a trading platform by a recognized
stock exchange having nationwide trading terminals for SME vide CIR/MRD/DSA/17/2010 dated 18th May 2010. - Conditions of listing for issuers seeking listing on SME Exchange - Model SME Equity Listing Agreement vide CIR/CFD/DIL/6/2010 dated May 17, 2010.
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