2025-09-03
The Securities and Exchange Board of India issued the Third Amendment Regulations, 2025, to modify the Infrastructure Investment Trusts Regulations, 2014. The amendments introduce mandatory quarterly valuations for InvITs with consolidated borrowings exceeding 49%, lower the minimum investment threshold for privately placed InvITs to twenty-five lakhs rupees, and align various reporting timelines with quarterly financial results. Additionally, the regulations clarify the definition of 'public' and permit holding companies to adjust negative distributable cash flows against underlying SPV cash flows with appropriate disclosures.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 1st September, 2025
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUSTS) (THIRD AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2025
F. No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2025/259.—In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 30 read with Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014, namely: –
These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2025.
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014, ─
(1) in regulation 2, in sub-regulation (1), clause (zq) shall be substituted with the following, namely, –
“(zq) “public” means any person other than: (i) the related party of the InvIT, its sponsor, investment manager or project manager; or (ii) any other person as may be specified by the Board: Provided that a person specified above, who is also a qualified institutional buyer in an offer, shall be considered as “public” for the purpose of these regulations: Provided further that the sponsor, sponsor group, investment manager and project manager of the InvIT shall not be considered as “public” for the purpose of these regulations.”
(2) in regulation 10, in sub-regulation (18), (a) in clause (a), after the words “status of development of under-construction projects, within”, the words “thirty days of end of such quarter” shall be substituted with the words “such time as may be specified by the Board for submission of quarterly financial results”; (b) in clause (b), (i) the words “as required under these regulations” shall be omitted; (ii) after the words “from the valuer”, the symbol “;” shall be substituted with the symbol “:”; (c) after clause (b), following proviso shall be inserted, namely, – “Provided that the valuation reports specified under sub-regulation (4), sub-regulation (5), and sub-regulation (5A) of regulation 21 of these regulations shall be submitted to the trustee simultaneously at the time of submission of such reports to the stock exchange(s) under regulation 21.”;
(3) in regulation 10, in sub-regulation (24), after the words “at least once every quarter within”, the words “thirty days of end of every quarter” shall be substituted with the words “such time as may be specified by the Board for submission of quarterly financial results”;
(4) in regulation 14, (a) after sub-regulation (1A), (i) the first proviso shall be omitted; (ii) in the second proviso, after the word “provided” and before the words “that any listed InvIT which has”, the word “further” shall be omitted; (b) in sub-regulation (2), (i) in clause (c), after the words “from any investor of rupees”, the words “one crore” shall be substituted with the words “twenty five lakhs”; (ii) after clause (c), the words and symbols “Notwithstanding the above, if such an privately placed InvIT invests or proposes to invest not less than eighty per cent of the value of the InvIT assets, in completed and revenue generating assets, the minimum investment from an investor shall be rupees twenty five crore;” shall be omitted;
(5) in regulation 18, in sub-regulation (6), in clause (ba), (a) in sub-clause (i), after the words “shall be distributed to the InvIT”, the word and symbol “; and” shall be substituted with the symbol “:”; (b) after sub-clause (i), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely, – “Provided that if the net distributable cash flow generated by the holdco on its own is negative; the holdco may adjust it against the cash flows received from its underlying SPVs provided that it makes appropriate disclosures in this regard to the unitholders in such form and manner as may be specified by the Board.”;
(6) in regulation 21, (a) after sub-regulation (4), the proviso shall be substituted with the following, namely, – “Provided that such full valuation shall be conducted as at the end of the financial year ending March 31st and the valuation report shall be submitted by the investment manager to the designated stock exchange(s) along with the annual financial results.”; (b) in sub-regulation (5), (i) after the words “conducted by the valuer” and before the words “the half-year ending September”, the word “for” shall be substituted with the words “as at the end of”; (ii) the words “prepared within one month from the date of end of such half year” shall be substituted with the words “submitted by the investment manager to the designated stock exchange(s) along with the quarterly financial results for the quarter ending September 30th.”; (c) after sub-regulation (5), the proviso shall be omitted. (d) after sub-regulation (5) and before sub-regulation (6), the following shall be inserted as sub-regulation (5A), namely, – “(5A) If the consolidated borrowings and deferred payments of an InvIT, in terms of regulation 20 of these regulations, exceeds forty nine per cent.; a quarterly valuation of the assets of InvIT shall be conducted by the valuer as at the end of the quarters ending June, September and December for incorporating any key changes from the previous quarter and such quarterly valuation report shall be submitted by the investment manager to the designated stock exchange(s) along with the quarterly financial results of the corresponding quarter: Provided that InvIT shall not be required to submit the quarterly valuation report for the quarter ending on September 30th if such InvIT has submitted half yearly valuation in terms of sub-regulation (5) of this regulation as at the end of half year ending September 30th.”; (e) in sub-regulation (6), after the words “from the receipt of such valuation reports”, the symbol “.” shall be substituted with “:”; (f) after sub-regulation (6), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely, – “Provided that the valuation reports specified under sub-regulation (4), sub-regulation (5), and sub-regulation (5A) of this regulation shall be submitted within the timelines as specified in these sub-regulations.”;
(7) in regulation 23, (a) in sub-regulation (4), (i) after the words “The investment manager of” and before the words “shall submit a half-yearly report”, the words “publicly offered InvIT” shall be inserted; (ii) after the words “to the designated stock exchange”, the words and symbol “within forty five days from the end of half year ending September 30th:” shall be substituted with the words and symbol “along with the quarterly financial results for the quarter ending September 30th.”; (b) after regulation (4), the proviso shall be omitted; (c) after sub-regulation (4) and before sub-regulation (5), the following shall be inserted as sub-regulation (4A), namely, –
“(4A) The investment manager of an InvIT shall submit a quarterly report to the designated stock exchange(s) along with the quarterly financial statements for the quarters ending June, September and December if the consolidated borrowings and deferred payments of such InvIT, in terms of regulation 20, is above forty nine per cent.”
BABITHA RAYUDU, Executive Director [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./335/2025-26]
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