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Dated: December 30, 2016
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CIRCULAR
CIR/IMD/DF/136/2016
December 19, 2016
To
All Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
All Parties to REITs
All Stock Exchanges
All Merchant Bankers
Dear Sir / Madam,
Sub: Guidelines for public issue of units of REITs
1. SEBI (Real
Estate Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014 (“REIT Regulations”) provides as
under:
a)
Regulation 14(24) states that ‘The Board may specify by issue of guidelines or
circulars any other requirements, as it deems fit, pertaining to issue and
allotment of units by a REIT.’
b)
Regulation 15(5) states that 'The advertisements shall be in accordance with
the offer document and any circulars or guidelines as may be specified by the
Board in this regard.’
2.
In line with the aforesaid Regulations, the detailed guidelines as placed at
Schedule-A shall be applicable to public issue of units of REITs.
3.
This Circular is issued in exercise of powers conferred under Section 11(1) of
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 read with Regulation 33 of
REIT Regulations.
4. This Circular is available on SEBI
website at www.sebi.gov.in under the categories “Legal Framework” and under the
drop down “Circulars”.
Yours faithfully,
Richa G. Agarwal
Deputy General Manager
Investment Management Department
Tel No.022-2644 9596
Email id - richag@sebi.gov.
Trading
Members & Listed Companies are requested to take note of the aforesaid
guidelines of SEBI and act accordingly.
This Circular
along with “Guidelines for public issue of units of REITs” Annexure are
available on CSE website at www.cse-india.com
& SEBI website at www.sebi.gov.in
M.A.V. Raju
General Manager