FAQs on e-OFS
Background:
Offer for Sale (OFS) mechanism has been introduced to facilitate promoters to dilute/offload their holding in listed companies. A separate window is being provided by the Exchange for the same.
Offer for sale (OFS) is a method used to reduce & reverse the concentration of stock ownership, making it more scattered and dispersed in the hands of many shareholders. It is a mechanism to transfer and distribute ownership of a company from the promoters/institutions to other investors in the stock market.
NSE e-OFS platform was available for placing orders in OFS w.e.f. Feb 20, 2020
No, the old NEAT based OFS platform shall be discontinued w.e.f. Feb 19, 2020 (end of business hours)
The URL for NSE e-OFS platform is https://eofs.nseindia.com
For information regarding date & timings of the OFS, you may refer to the circular issued by the exchange for that respective OFS.
No, this facility is only available to trading members of the exchange. All Investors can participate for placing bids through their registered Trading members.
The following are list of investor categories registered with NSE that can participate in OFS.
- Retail Investors
- NRIs
- Foreign Portfolio Investors
- Qualified Institutional Buyers
- Corporates
- Mutual Funds
- Insurance Companies
- Trusts & HUF
- An email shall be sent with Admin User credentials & password link on the email id as provided by the member.
- Member shall receive password & establish successful login after providing OTP received on Mobile/E-mail
- Members are requested to Login into Web based system using Admin User & thereafter create branch & user ids to place orders on NSE e-OFS platform.
All trading members registered with the exchange can access this platform.
Its architecture provides scalable operation and flexible deployment options while ensuring data integrity for improved performance. e-OFS is and web based platform as compared to the earlier NEAT system, so ease of accessibility.
Details of the OFS are declared by the seller to the exchange one day prior to the OFS. The details include the following information:
- Name of company issuing OFS
- Date & Time of the opening & closing of the offer
- Name of the exchange, it can be NSE, BSE or both. However one will designated Stock Exchange.
- Number of shares offered for sale
- Name of the broker on behalf of the seller
- Allocation methodology: Price priority or proportionate basis
- Any other information as provided by the seller along with the terms & conditions
The announcement will be disseminated by the Exchange on its website immediately to inform the market
Mock sessions are conducted only when a new functionality is released for testing to the registered members of the exchange.
Existing APIs for NNF shall be discontinued and only Web API shall be available.
The e-OFS web API document is available on the following link.
https://www.nseindia.com/trade/platform-services-neat-trading-system-protocols
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Member connecting via API are requested to create users and enable API access post receipt of Admin user credentials. Members are requested to provide Admin user creation request by providing the below details on ENIT portal on the path:
Membership > Enablement > eOFS
Member has to one time provide request on ENIT for Admin creation. Subsequently Admin has facility to create himself as many user and branches as per their requirement, unlike earlier in NEAT which was request based (Which used to take 24 hours)
Cut-Off price is the lowest price at which an investor is allocated shares during an OFS. This way, the investor can simply apply for shares at the cut-off price without worrying about price discovery at the time of bidding.
Floor price is the minimum price at which seller wants to sell his shares. However, this information is not declared to the market & is informed to the designated exchange one day prior to the day of OFS after the closure of the trading hours.
Shares are allotted by the designated stock exchange to the trading members on the basis of allocation methodology i.e. Proportionate basis or Price Time Priority basis
Yes the issuer of the OFS can withdraw his offer before the opening of the OFS
Yes, Circular number NSE/CMTR/43592 dated Feb 19, 2020 can be referred to which explains the revised operating guidelines & terms & conditions of OFS by NSEIL.
You can reach the Member Service Department at 1800 266 0050 (Option 1) or email us at msm@nse.co.in
Disclaimer:
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Updated on: 21/11/2023
