The Reserve Bank of India has today notified that the foreign share holding through Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)/Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)/Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)/American Depository Receipt (ADR)/Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) in The South Indian Bank Limited have gone below the prescribed threshold caution limit stipulated under the extant FDI policy. Hence the restrictions placed on the purchase of shares of the above company are withdrawn with immediate effect.

It may also be noted that all the approvals received against the said scrip are duly cancelled. Equity shares of The South Indian Bank Limited can now be purchased through primary market and stock exchanges.

Ajit Prasad

Assistant General Manager

Foreign shareholding threshold restored below limit; restrictions on share purchases withdrawn and prior approvals cancelled. Foreign shareholding in The South Indian Bank Limited fell below the prescribed caution threshold, leading to removal from the caution list and immediate withdrawal of restrictions on share purchases; all prior approvals for the scrip were cancelled and equity shares may now be purchased in the primary market and on stock exchanges.