SEBI has issued a Master Circular for Bankers to an Issue on June 03, 2024. In respect of the registration applications pursuant to transfer of business (SEBI regulated business activity) from one legal entity, which is a SEBI registered Intermediary (transferor), to other legal entity (transferee), it is clarified that the transferee shall obtain fresh registration from SEBI in the same capacity before the transfer of business if it is not registered with SEBI in the same capacity.
SEBI shall issue new registration number to transferee different from transferor’s registration number in the following scenario: “Business is transferred through regulatory process (pursuant to merger/ amalgamation / corporate restructuring by way of order of primary regulator/govt. / NCLT, etc.) or non-regulatory process (as per private agreement /MOU pursuant to commercial dealing / private arrangement) irrespective of transferor continues to exist or ceases to exist after the said transfer.”
