Question : COMPULSORY ROLLING FORMULA FOR SHARES



(a) the name of Public Limited Companies whose shares have been brought under daily compulsory rolling stock;

(b) the justification for this discriminatory treatment;

(c) whether the share value of these Companies have been slashed by 90 percent as a result of this compulsory rolling formula;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) the steps proposed to be taken to bring the shares of these companies under weekly settlement like others; and

(f) if not, the reasons therefor?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (BALASAHEB VIKHE PATIL)

(a) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has intimated that as on date, there are 163 scrips of public limited companies mandated for compulsory rolling settlement. Names of these companies are provided in the Annexure.

(b) SEBI has also intimated that the scrips included under rolling settlement have been identified by a Committee comprising the stock exchanges and market participants on the basis of parameters such as a reasonable degree of liquidity with a daily turnover of about Rs. 1 crore, compulsory dematerialised trading, connectivity with both depositories etc. According to SEBI, the coverage of scrips under rolling settlement will be increased in phases.

(c) & (d)There has been a fall in the market price of the scrips of these companies. However, the pricing of shares is market determined which is a function of the fundamentals of the company, and prevailing economic conditions. Thus the fall in the prices in the scrips cannot be wholly attributed to the introduction of the scrips in compulsory rolling settlement.

(e) & (f) SEBI is committed to introduction of the rolling settlement in all scrips in a phased manner in all the exchanges. At present, SEBI is not considering any proposal for shifting the scrips in compulsory rolling settlement to account period/weekly settlement.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO . 5277 FOR 22.12.2000 REGARDING COMPULSORY ROLLING FORMULA FOR SHARES.

SCRIPS FOR COMPULSORY ROLLING SETTLEMENT W.E.F. JANUARY, 2000


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