Insolvency Professionals Has to Compulsorily Adhere the Listing Company Formalities while carrying out the Insolvency proceedings for Listed companies. Any Fines levied for non-compliance will have to be paid by Insolvency Professionals from their Personal Funds

Insolvency Professionals Has to Compulsorily Adhere the Listing Company Formalities while carrying out the Insolvency proceedings for Listed companies. Any Fines levied for non-compliance will have to be paid by Insolvency Professionals from their Personal Funds

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India Circular No. IP/002/2018 3 rd January, 2018

Sub: Insolvency professional to ensure compliance with provisions of the applicable laws.

A corporate person undergoing insolvency resolution process, fast track insolvency resolution process, liquidation process or voluntary liquidation process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) needs to comply with provisions of the applicable laws (Acts, Rules and Regulations, Circulars, Guidelines, Orders, Directions, etc.) during such process. For example, a corporate person undergoing insolvency resolution process, if listed on a stock exchange, needs to comply with every provision of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, unless the provision is specifically exempted by the competent authority or becomes inapplicable by operation of law for the corporate person. 

2. It is hereby directed that while acting as an Interim Resolution Professional, a Resolution Professional, or a Liquidator for a corporate person under the Code, an insolvency professional shall exercise reasonable care and diligence and take all necessary steps to ensure that the corporate person undergoing any process under the Code complies with the applicable laws. 

3. It is clarified that if a corporate person during any of the aforesaid processes under the Code suffers any loss, including penalty, if any, on account of non-compliance of any provision of the applicable laws, such loss shall not form part of insolvency resolution process cost or liquidation process cost under the Code. 

It is also clarified that the insolvency professional will be responsible for the non-compliance of the provisions of the applicable laws if it is on account of his conduct.

 4. This circular is issued in exercise of powers under section 196 read with section 208 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

Sub: Insolvency professional to use Registration Number and Registered Address in all his communications.

 It has been observed that a few insolvency professionals are using different addresses and emails while communicating with the stakeholders, despite repeated advice from the Insolvency Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) to use the addressees and emails registered with the IBBI in all their communications.

2. It is hereby directed that in all his communications, whether by way of public announcement or otherwise to a stakeholder or to an authority, an insolvency professional shall prominently state: (i) his name, address and email, as registered with the IBBI, (ii) his Registration Number as an insolvency professional granted by the IBBI, and (iii) the capacity in which he is communicating (Example: As Interim Resolution Professional of XYZ Limited, As Resolution Professional of ABC Limited, etc.).

3. Additionally, an insolvency professional may use a process (Example: CIRP, Liquidation, etc.) specific address and email in its communications, if he considers it necessary subject to the conditions that:

(i) the process specific address and email are in addition to the details required in Para 2 above, and

(ii) the insolvency professional continues to service the process specific address and email for at least six months from conclusion of his role in the process.

4. This circular is issued in exercise of powers under section 196 read with section 208 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.