Foreign investment in Indian firms is all
set to get a boost as government has decided to move ahead with a
proposal to allow "put" and "call" options in share purchase agreements
to permit listed companies to buy or sell equity at a predetermined
price in future.Under the Securities Contracts (Regulations) Act
(SCRA), put and call options are treated as derivatives and are not
permitted outside stock exchanges. The unlisted companies, however, can
go for put and call options. "Strategic investors as well as private
equity funds will benefit from the decision," said Bhavin Shah, partner
KPMG India, while commenting on the decision of the Law Ministry to
approve the proposal which has been pending for the past several months.
According to Avinash Gupta, Leader, Financial Advisory Services,
Deloitte India "this will definitely create a positive sentiment among
investors... We will have to wait for notification to see the finer
points". The proposal to permit put and call options in the share
purchase agreement was cleared by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal within a
day of his assuming additional charge of the Law Ministry. The proposal
will come into force after approval by Finance Ministry and Securities
and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).
Sibal told reporters that he
cleared the proposal along with with Finance Ministry's request for
conciliation of tax dispute with British telecom giant Vodafone. "Put"
option gives shareholder the right to sell a certain amount of shares at
a specific price and within a given time-frame. In "call" option, the
buyer has the right to purchase specific amount of shares at a certain
price and specified time. The Law Ministry's nod to the proposal comes
at a time when the government takes steps to promote investments. Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who is travelling the world to sell
India's growth story, has been assuring the investors about India's
commitment to economic reforms. Once approved, Shah said, "put and call
options become enforceable contracts outside exchanges enabling the
companies to restructure merger and acquisition deals to suit the their
requirements." In view of the ambiguity, investors have been demanding
clarity over the issue with a view to facilitating merger and
acquisition operations. In recent times, there have been issues on put
and call options in share purchase agreements related to some mega deals
including United Spirits-Diageo and Cairn-Vedanta.
The ambiguity
over put and call options is also believed to be adversely impacting
overall investor sentiment. According to Gupta, the clarification would
encourage conservative investors to incorporate put and call options as
part of the share purchase agreements with regard to listed companies.
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