Securities and Exchange Board of India
CIRCULAR
CIR/IMD/DF/6/2015 September 15, 2015
To,
All Recognised Stock Exchanges
All Registered Merchant Bankers
All Credit Rating Agencies
All NBFCs through stock exchanges, where they are listed.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Disclosures to be made by NBFCs in the Offer Documents for public issue of Debt Securities under the SEBI (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008.
1. SEBI, vide circular no. CIR/IMD/DF/12/2014 dated June 17, 2014, interalia, prescribed additional disclosures to be provided for public issue of debt securities by NBFCs.
2. Based on the feedback from market participants on disclosures in offer document by NBFCs, after due deliberations, it has been decided to align the disclosures made in the offer documents to be in line with the stipulations as required by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
3. In line with the above, the following modifications are being made to the additional disclosures to be provided for public issue of debt securities by NBFCs, as mentioned in SEBI circular CIR/IMD/DF/12/2014 dated June 17, 2014
a) Point 4 (I)(d) (iv) of the Circular shall be modified as follows: Aggregated exposure to the top 20 borrowers with respect to the concentration of advances, exposures to be disclosed in the manner as prescribed by RBI in its guidelines on Corporate Governance for NBFCs, from time to time.
b) Point 4 (I)(d) (v) of the Circular shall be modified as follows: Details of loans, overdue and classified as non-performing in accordance with RBI guidelines.
4. NBFCs are frequent issuers of debt securities and amongst other things, generally also utilize the issue proceeds for onward lending. Thus, there may be a possibility that such onward lending may be made to such persons, which are connected to the NBFCs or are a part of its “Group”.
Given this, it is imperative that adequate disclosures are provided for, to keep the investors informed with regards to such onward lending to “Group” entities.
Therefore, it has been decided that in case any of the borrower(s) of the NBFCs form part of the “Group” as defined by RBI, then appropriate disclosures shall be made in the following format:
S No.,Name of the Borrower (A),Amount of Advances /exposures to such borrower (Group)(Rs. Crore) (B),Percentage of Exposure (C)= B/Total AUM
5. Further, in order to allow investors to better assess the NBFC issue, it has been decided that the following additional disclosures shall be made by NBFCs in their offer documents: –
i. A portfolio summary with regards to industries/ sectors to which borrowings have been made by NBFCs.
ii. Quantum and percentage of secured vis-Ã -vis unsecured borrowings made by NBFCs.
iii. Any change in promoter™s holdings in NBFCs during the last financial year beyond a particular threshold. At present, RBI has prescribed such a threshold level at 26%. The same threshold shall be applicable or as may be prescribed by RBI from time to time.
6. NBFCs may provide disclosures on the basis of the draft template, as far as possible, as provided in Annexure I of this Circular.
7. The provisions of this circular shall be applicable for the draft offer document for issuance of debt securities, issued by NBFCs, filed with the designated stock exchange on or after November 01, 2015.
8. This circular is issued in exercise of powers conferred under Section 11(1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate the securities markets.
9. This circular is available on SEBI website at www.sebi.gov.in.
Yours faithfully,
Barnali Mukherjee
Chief General Manager
Investment Management Department
Tel No.022-2644 9660
Email Id – barnalim@sebi.gov.in
