Acquisition Pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement
Regulation 10 of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011 (SEBI Takeover Code) provides the provisions relating to automatic exemption to the acquirer from complying with the provisions of regulation 3 and 4 of the SEBI Takeover Code requiring Open Offer be made to the shareholders of the Target Company subject to the compliance of the conditions as prescribed thereunder. An analysis of the provision relating to exemption available in case of increase in voting rights pursuant to a scheme of arrangement as contained in regulation 10(1)(d) is detailed below: