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Clarification on aspects related to day count convention for debt securities issued under the SEBI (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008
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....arification on aspects related to day count convention for debt securities issued under the SEBI (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008 1. SEBI vide circular no. SEBI/CBM/BOND/2/2007/13/04 dated April 13, 2007 had provided for the launch of trading platform for the corporate bond market. Further, SEBI, vide Circular no CIR/IMD/DF/18/2013 dated October 29, 2013 had clarified cert....
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....ies, multiple standards and different holiday calendars are considered for leap year calculations and payment of interest and maturity proceeds respectively. 3. Based on the discussions with different stakeholders, following clarifications are made: a) If the interest payment date falls on a holiday, the payment may be made on the following working day however the dates of the future coupon pay....
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....ry 01, 2017 were not a holiday. Also, the next dates of payment would remain July 01, 2017 and January 01, 2018 despite the fact that one of the interest payment was made on January 02, 2017. b) In order to ensure consistency for interest calculation, a uniform methodology shall be followed for calculation of interest payments in the case of leap year, which shall be as follows: In case of a l....
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....Actual), for payment of interest, in both the half year periods i.e. Jan 01, 2016 to Jul 01, 2016 and Jul 01, 2016 to Jan 01, 2017. c) In order to ensure uniformity for payment of interest/redemption with respect to debt securities, it has been decided that interest/redemption payments shall be made only on the days when the money market is functioning in Mumbai. 4. The provisions of this circu....