Promoter voting rights acquisition temporarily permitted via preferential issue, enabling increased stake without triggering open offer requirements until specified deadline. The amendment authorises a promoter to acquire voting rights beyond the five percent threshold up to a temporary higher limit when the acquisition results from a preferential issue of equity shares by the target company for the financial year 2020-21, and clarifies that the relaxation in regulation 6's first proviso is available only until March 31, 2021.