RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL OFFICE
MUMBAI-400 001
Notification No.FEMA. 294/2013-RB
Dated : November 12, 2013
Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a
Person Resident outside India) (Seventeenth Amendment) Regulations, 2013
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (3) of Section
6 and Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the
Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the following amendments in the Foreign
Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside
India) Regulations, 2000 (Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000),
namely:-
1. Short Title & Commencement:-
(i) These Regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or
Issue of Security by A Person Resident Outside India) (Seventeenth Amendment)
Regulations, 2013.
(ii) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the
Official Gazette.
2. Amendment to Regulation 5
In the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person
Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000, (Notification No.FEMA 20/2000-RB
dated 3rd May 2000), in Regulation 5, in sub-Regulation (1), in clause (i), the
following shall be added, namely:-
“Further, shares or convertible debentures containing an optionality clause but
without any option/right to exit at an assured price shall be reckoned as
eligible instruments to be issued to a person resident outside India by an
Indian company subject to the terms and conditions as specified in Schedule I .”
3. Amendment to Regulation 9
In Regulation 9, in sub-regulation 1, the following shall be added, namely:-
“Further, subject to minimum lock-in period of one year or minimum lock-in
period as prescribed under Annex-B of Schedule 1 whichever is higher, a person
resident outside India holding the shares or debentures of an Indian company
containing an optionality clause in accordance with these Regulations and
exercising the option/right, may exit without any assured return, subject to the
following conditions:
(i) In case of listed company, at the market price determined on the floor of
the recognised stock exchanges;
(ii) In case of equity shares of unlisted company, at a price not exceeding that
arrived on the basis of Return on Equity (RoE) as per latest audited balance
sheet. Any agreement permitting return linked to equity as above shall not be
treated as violation of FDI policy.
Explanation - RoE shall mean Profit After Tax / Net Worth; Net worth would
include all free reserves and paid up capital.
(iii) In case of Preference shares or debentures, at a price worked out as per
any internationally accepted pricing methodology at the time of exit, duly
certified by a Chartered Accountant or a SEBI registered Merchant Banker. The
guiding principle would be that the non-resident investor is not guaranteed any
assured exit price at the time of making such investment/agreements and shall
exit at the price prevailing at the time of exit, subject to lock-in period
requirement.”
(Rudra Narayan Kar)
Chief General Manager-in-Charge
Foot Note:-
The Principal Regulations were published in the Official Gazette vide G.S.R.
No.406 (E) dated May 8, 2000 in Part II, Section 3, sub-Section (i) and
subsequently amended as under:-
G.S.R.No. 158(E) dated 02.03.2001
G.S.R.No. 175(E) dated 13.03.2001
G.S.R.No. 182(E) dated 14.03.2001
G.S.R.No. 4(E) dated 02.01.2002
G.S.R.No. 574(E) dated 19.08.2002
G.S.R.No. 223(E) dated 18.03.2003
G.S.R.No. 225(E) dated 18.03.2003
G.S.R.No. 558(E) dated 22.07.2003
G.S.R.No. 835(E) dated 23.10.2003
G.S.R.No. 899(E) dated 22.11.2003
G.S.R.No. 12(E) dated 07.01.2004
G.S.R.No. 278(E) dated 23.04.2004
G.S.R.No. 454(E) dated 16.07.2004
G.S.R.No. 625(E) dated 21.09.2004
G.S.R.No. 799(E) dated 08.12.2004
G.S.R.No. 201(E) dated 01.04.2005
G.S.R.No. 202(E) dated 01.04.2005
G.S.R.No. 504(E) dated 25.07.2005
G.S.R.No. 505(E) dated 25.07.2005
G.S.R.No. 513(E) dated 29.07.2005
G.S.R.No. 738(E) dated 22.12.2005
G.S.R.No. 29(E) dated 19.01.2006
G.S.R.No. 413(E) dated 11.07.2006
G.S.R.No. 712(E) dated 14.11.2007
G.S.R.No. 713(E) dated 14.11.2007
G.S.R.No. 737(E) dated 29.11.2007
G.S.R.No. 575(E) dated 05.08.2008
G.S.R.No. 896(E) dated 30.12.2008
G.S.R.No. 851(E) dated 01.12.2009
G.S.R.No. 341 (E) dated 21.04.2010
G.S.R.No.821 (E) dated 10.11.2012
G.S.R.No. 606(E) dated 03.08.2012
G.S.R.No. 795(E) dated 30.10.2012
G.S.R.No. 796(E) dated 30.10.2012
G.S.R. No. 797(E) dated 30.10.2012
G.S.R. No.945(E) dated 31.12.2012
G.S.R. No.946(E) dated 31.12.2012
G.S.R. No.38(E) dated 22.01.2013
G.S.R.No.515(E) dated 30.07.2013,
G.S.R.No.532(E) dated 05.08.2013,
G.S.R. No.341(E) dated 28.05.2013
G.S.R.No.344(E) dated 29.05.2013
G.S.R. No.195(E) dated 01.04.2013
G.S.R.No.393(E) dated 21.06.2013,
G.S.R.No.591(E) dated 04.09.2013
G.S.R.No.596(E) dated 06.09.2013
G.S.R.No.597(E) dated 06.09.2013
G.S.R.No.681(E) dated 11.10.2013
G.S.R.No.682(E) dated 11.10.2013
G.S.R.No.______ dated ________
G.S.R.No.683(E) dated 11.10.2013
Published in the Official Gazette of Government
of India – Extraordinary – Part-II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) dated 30.12.2013-
G.S.R.No.805 (E)