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.... entered into with such shareholders or partners to that effect prior to investment in the SPV]: 5[Provided that the shareholders' agreement or partnership agreement shall provide for an appropriate mechanism for resolution of disputes between the REIT and the other shareholders or partners in the SPV: Provided further that the provisions of these regulations shall prevail in case of inconsistencies between such agreement(s) and the obligations cast upon a REIT under these regulations.] 6[(b) the manager, in consultation with the trustee, shall appoint atleast such number of nominees on the board of directors or the governing board of such SPVs, as applicable, which are in proportion to the shareholding or holding interest of the REIT in the SPV;] (c) the manager shall ensure that in every meeting including annual general meeting of the SPV, the voting of the REIT is exercised 7[****]. 8[(3A) The REIT may invest in properties through holdco subject 9[to] the following,- (a) the ultimate holding interest of the REIT in the underlying SPV(s) is not less than twenty six per cent; (b) no other shareholder or partner of the holdco or the SPV(s) shall 10[exercise] any rights....
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.... are a part of the existing income generating properties owned by the REIT which shall be held by the REIT for not less than three years after completion; (iii) completed and not rent generating properties which shall be held by the REIT for not less than three years from date of purchase; (b) listed or unlisted debt of companies or body corporate in real estate sector: Provided that this shall not include any investment made in debt of the 22[holdco and/or SPVs]; (c) mortgage backed securities; (d) equity shares of companies 23[which are] listed on a recognized stock exchange in India which derive not less than seventy five per cent. of their operating income from real estate activity as per the audited accounts of the previous financial year; 24[(da) unlisted equity shares of companies which derive not less than seventy five per cent. of their operating income from real estate activity as per the audited accounts of the previous financial year: Provided that the investments, made through unlisted equity shares of a company, in under construction properties and/or completed and not rent generating properties, shall be in compliance with clause (a) of this sub-r....
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....hall be followed; and E. the requirements applicable to the clients or users of interest rate derivatives, including those specified by the Reserve Bank of India, are complied with. (k) equity shares of a company exclusively holding common infrastructure subject to the condition that the REIT, its HoldCo(s) and/or SPV(s) shall own entire shareholding and interest in such company.] 25[(5A) The investment conditions as specified at sub-regulation (4) and (5) of regulation 18 shall be complied at the time of Offer document and thereafter.] 56[(5B) A REIT may, either directly or through its HoldCo(s) or SPV(s), invest in assets falling under the purview of infrastructure if holding of such infrastructure asset is to earn fixed rental income from leasing out of such asset without assumption of any risk or reward arising out of or related to the operation of such asset. Explanation: - The list of illustrative conditions to ensure conformity with the aforementioned principle have been specified in Schedule XI.] (6) Not less than 26[fifty one] per cent. of the 27[consolidated] revenues of the REIT 28[, holdco] and the SPV, other than gains arising from disposal of propert....
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....table cash flows that will be distributed and entitlement of the REIT to receive not less than pro rata distributions and mode for resolution of any disputes between the REIT and the other person(s). (16) With respect to distributions made by the REIT and the 36[holdco and/or] SPV,- (a) not less than ninety per cent. of net distributable cash flows of the SPV shall be distributed to the REIT 37[/holdco] in proportion of its holding in the SPV subject to applicable provisions in the Companies Act, 2013 or the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008; 38[(aa) with regard to distribution of net distributable cash flows by the holdco to the REIT, subject to applicable provisions in the Companies Act, 2013 or the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, the following shall be complied: (i) with respect to the cash flows received by the holdco from underlying SPVs, 100% of such cash flows received by the holdco shall be distributed to the REIT 58[:] 59[Provided that if the net distributable cash flow generated by the holdco on its own is negative; the holdco may adjust it against the cash flows received from its underlying SPVs provided that it makes appropriate disclosures in th....
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....on Fund in terms of sub-clause (f), may be claimed in such manner as may be specified by the Board.] (17) No schemes shall be launched under the REIT. (18) The Board may specify any additional conditions for investments by the REIT as it deems fit. **************** NOTES:- 1 Inserted by the SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016, w.e.f. 30.11.2016 2 Substituted for the word "have" by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 10.04.2018. 3 Inserted by the SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016, w.e.f. 30.11.2016 4 Substituted for the words "shall be" by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 10.04.2018. 5 Inserted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 10.04.2018. 6 Substituted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 10.04.2018. Prior to the substitution, the clause read as:, "(b) the manager, in consu....
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.... Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 10.04.2018. 24 Inserted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 10.04.2018. 25 Inserted by the SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016, w.e.f. 30.11.2016 26 Substituted for "seventy five" by the SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016, w.e.f. 30.11.2016 27 Inserted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 10.04.2018. 28 Inserted by the SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016, w.e.f. 30.11.2016 29 Omitted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 10.04.2018, before it was read as, "(7) Not less than seventy five per cent. of value of the REIT assets proportionately on a consolidated basis shall be rent generating." 30 Omitted by the SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, w.e.f. 15.12.2017. Prior to the omission, the sub-regulation read as follows:, "(8) A REIT shall hold at least....