ISIN-level promoter holding freeze governs buy-back periods while preserving tendering and pre-existing encumbrance invocation mechanisms.

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....Promoter, promoter-group and associate holdings must remain frozen at the ISIN level from the board or shareholder resolution approving a buy-back until the offer closes. The freeze permits tendering in tender-offer buy-backs and invocation of encumbrances created before the buy-back period; shares affected by an invocation or release remain subject to the freeze. Depositories must establish the operational framework, including listed-company instruction formats, freeze procedures, tendering processes, and system requirements, before August 1, 2026. Listed companies, stock exchanges, depositories, merchant bankers, RTAs and share transfer agents must comply immediately with the circular and depository framework.....