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Half Yearly Filing of Reconciliation Certificate by Unlisted Public Company :The Ministry of Corporate Affairs in its drive to enhance transparency, investor protection and corporate governance, has notified Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Third Amendment Rules, 2018 on 10 September 2018 effective from 02^ndOctober, 2018.:-
In accordance with the said rules, unlisted public companies need to dematerialize its existing securities and ensure that further issue of securities and transfers are only in dematerialised form.

Half Yearly Filing of Reconciliation Certificate by Unlisted Public Company

A. Compliance Requirement by Public Company:

After amendment w.e.f. 02nd October, 2018, Public Companies must have to compliance with the following below mentioned compliance:
A. Make timely payment of Fees (admission as well as annual).
B. Maintenance of Security deposit of 2 years Fees, as per agreement executed with the followings:

• Depository;
• Registrar to an issue;
• Share Transfer Agent

C. Comply with the regulations, guidelines or circulars, if any issued bythe Securities and Exchange Board or Depositoryfrom time to time.
D. Most Important: Audit Report provided under regulation 55A of the SEBI (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 1996 to be submitted on a half-yearly basis to the registrar, under whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is situated.

B.Legislative Requirement (Regulation 55A)

Under provision ofRegulation 55A of the SEBI (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 1996, listed companies arerequiredto submit

• Reconciliation of Share CapitalAudit Report on a Half Yearly basis to the stock exchanges audited by a qualified chartered accountant or a practicing company secretary, for the purpose of reconciliation of share capital held in depositories and in physical form with the issued / listed capital.

• The Reconciliation of Share Capital Audit Report is required to besubmitted to the stock Exchangewithin 30 days from the end of the Half Year.

Conclusion:

Before Amendment on 02^ndOctober, 2018 there was no such compliance requirement under Regulation 55A. However, after amendment w.e.f. 02.10.2018 every unlisted public Company is required to file Half yearly within 30 days of end of half year a report under Regulation 55A with SEBI.
First Half year for this compliance shall be over on 31^stMarch, 2019. One can opine till April 30, 2019 every unlisted public company is required to file reconciliation certificate with ROC in 55A.
(Author CS Divesh Goyal, GOYAL DIVESH & ASSOCIATES Company Secretary in Practice from Delhi and can be contacted at[email protected]).
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