Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2018

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

NOTIFICATION

Mumbai, the 6 th December, 2018

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (MUTUAL FUNDS)

(THIRD AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2018

No. SEBI/LAD-NRO /GN/ 2018/50 – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 read with clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 11 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, namely –

1. These Regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2018.

2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

3. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, –

a. in regulation 7B, after sub-regulation (3), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely, –

“Provided that in the event of a merger, acquisition, scheme of arrangement or any other arrangement involving the sponsors of the mutual funds, shareholders of the asset management companies or trustee companies, their associates or group companies which results in the incidental acquisition of shares, voting rights or representation on the board of the asset management companies or trustee companies, this regulation shall be complied with within a period of one year of coming into force of such an arrangement.”

Sd/-

AJAY TYAGI

CHAIRMAN

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA