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Buy-backs and Delisting · Control 7

Buy-backs and Delisting — Promoter dealing, holding freeze and information controls

Apply promoter dealing, freeze, UPSI and conflict controls from proposal through completion.

6 July 2026 / 3 September 2025Listed entities, promoters, boards, merchant bankers, exchanges and shareholdersProfessional workflow guide
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Finin2min Summary — in 2 Minutes

Decision: Apply promoter dealing, freeze, UPSI and conflict controls from proposal through completion.

Legal owner and source control

Principal legal ownerSEBI Buy-back Regulations, 2018 and Delisting Regulations, 2021
Source review6 July 2026 / 3 September 2025
Implementation layerCurrent SEBI circular and exchange implementation framework · 21 July 2026
Official sourcesRegulation record · Circular repository

Practical workflow

  1. Identify the exact promoter conduct and transaction date.
  2. Assign the legal, business and system owner for promoter conduct.
  3. Reconcile approvals, filing evidence and post-event monitoring for promoter conduct.

Who should sign off

board; promoters; merchant banker; compliance officer; exchange; escrow bank; RTA; shareholders

The responsible-person map must match the actual transaction, delegation, committee and system access—not only job titles.

Evidence checklist

  • promoter holding reconciliation
  • freeze and trading records
  • UPSI controls
  • Applicable legal version, circular and event date.
  • Maker-checker, exception, escalation and post-event reconciliation evidence.

Common failure

Avoid: Promoter or connected dealing during a restricted transaction window.

Portal and cross-law boundary

System route

stock exchange mechanism; RTA; depositories; escrow bank

Acknowledgement confirms submission or processing; it does not cure wrong applicability, authority, content or timing.

Other legal owners

Companies Act; LODR; SAST; PIT; tax; Depositories Act

Complete each approval and filing under its own legal regime.

Finin2min Q&A

What is the first document to prepare?

For Buy-backs and Delisting — Promoter dealing, holding freeze and information controls, prepare a dated decision memorandum identifying the entity, transaction or service, legal owner, applicable provision, current circulars, responsible persons and unresolved conditions.

Can the official portal decide legal eligibility?

No. The portal applies configured validations. Legal eligibility, facts, approvals, exceptions and evidence remain the responsibility of the regulated persons.

What changes after a later SEBI instrument?

For Buy-backs and Delisting, recheck the effective date, saved actions, open transactions, policies, agreements, forms, system rules, disclosures and client or investor communications affected by this control.