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Decree No. 08/2023/ND-CP dated March 05, 2023 of the Government amending, supplementing, and ceasing the effect of, a number of articles of the Decrees on private placement of corporate bonds and trading of privately placed corporate bonds on the domestic market and offering of corporate bonds to the international market
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Official number:08/2023/ND-CPSigner:Le Minh Khai
Type:DecreeExpiry date:Updating
Issuing date:05/03/2023Effect status:
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Fields:Enterprise , Finance - Banking , Securities

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Suspend the effect of some provisions of Decree 153/2020/ND-CP until the end of 2023

On March 05, 2023, the Government issues Decree No. 08/2023/ND-CP amending, supplementing and suspending effect of, a number of articles of Decrees on private placement of corporate bonds and trading of privately placed corporate bonds in the domestic market and offering of corporate bonds to the international market.

Accordingly, suspend effect of the following provisions of Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP until the end of December 31, 2023:

Firstly, provisions on identification of individual professional securities investor specified at Point d Clause 1 Article 8 of Decree No. 153/2020/ND-CP, which was amended under Clause 6 Article 1 of Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP.

Secondly, provisions on bond distribution period of each private placement/offering specified in Clause 7, Clause 8 Article 1 of Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP.

Thirdly, provisions on result of credit rating of the bond-issuing corporation specified at Point e Clause 2 Article 12 of Decree No. 153/2020/ND-CP, which was amended under Clause 9 Article 1 of Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP.

Besides, the Decree also amends provisions on responsibility to pay fully and on time bond interests and principals upon their maturity by bond-issuing corporations. Accordingly, for bonds privately placed/offered in the domestic market, if the bond-issuing corporation cannot pay fully and on time bond interests and principals in Vietnam dong according to the bond issuance plan announced to investors, the corporation may negotiate with the bondholders to pay bond interests and principals upon their maturity by other assets on the following principles: Complying with the civil law and relevant laws; Obtaining approval from the bondholders; The bond-issuing corporation must disclose extraordinary information and take full responsibility for the legal status of assets used to pay bond interests and principals in accordance with the law.

This Decree takes effect on the signing date.

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THE GOVERNMENT
 

No. 08/2023/ND-CP

THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness

Hanoi, March 5, 2023

 

DECREE

Amending, supplementing, and ceasing the effect of, a number of articles of the Decrees on private placement of corporate bonds and trading of privately placed corporate bonds on the domestic market and offering of corporate bonds to the international market

 

Pursuant to the June 19, 2015 Law on Organization of the Government; and the November 22, 2019 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Organization of the Government and the Law on Organization of Local Administration;

Pursuant to the June 22, 2015 Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents; and the June 18, 2020 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents;

Pursuant to the November 26, 2019 Law on Securities;

Pursuant to the June 17, 2020 Law on Enterprises;

At the proposal of the Minister of Finance,

The Government promulgates the Decree amending, supplementing, and ceasing the effect of, a number of articles of the Decrees on private placement of corporate bonds and trading of privately placed corporate bonds on the domestic market and offering of corporate bonds to the international market.

 

Article 1. To amend and supplement Clause 3, Article 34 of the Government’s Decree No. 153/2020/ND-CP of December 31, 2020, on private placement of corporate bonds and trading of privately placed corporate bonds on the domestic market and offering of corporate bonds to the international market (below referred to as Decree No. 153/2020/ND-CP) as follows:

“3. To pay fully and on time bond principals and interests upon their maturity and ensure the exercise of accompanied rights (if any) by bondholders under bond terms and conditions. For bonds privately placed on the domestic market, in case a bond-issuing corporation is unable to pay fully and on time bond principals and interests in Vietnam dong under the bond issuance plan notified to investors under Article 17 of this Decree, it may negotiate with bondholders to pay matured bond principals and interests with other assets in adherence to the following principles:

a/ Compliance with the civil law and relevant laws. For conditional business investment sectors or trades, compliance with regulations on such sectors or trades is also required.

b/ Consent of bondholders.

c/ Extraordinary information disclosure by the bond-issuing corporation that shall take total responsibility for the legal status of assets used for payment of bond principals and interests in accordance with law”.

Article 2. To amend and supplement Point b, Clause 3, Article 3 of the Government’s Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP of September 16, 2022, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 153/2020/ND-CP, on private placement of corporate bonds and trading of privately placed corporate bonds on the domestic market and offering of corporate bonds to the international market (below referred to as Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP) as follows:

“b/ Changes in bond terms and conditions must adhere to the following principles:

- Compliance with Clause 3, Article 1 of this Decree.

- In case of extension of the bond term, the extended term must not exceed 2 years compared to the original term stated in the bond issuance plan notified to investors.

- For bondholders who do not consent to changes in bond terms and conditions, the bond-issuing corporation shall negotiate with such bondholders in order to ensure interests of investors. In case there is a bondholder not consenting to the negotiation plan, the corporation shall fully perform its obligations toward such bondholder under the bond issuance plan notified to investors (even in case where the change in bond terms and conditions has been consented to by bondholders representing at least 65% of total bonds).”

Article 3. To cease the effect of the following provisions of Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP through December 31, 2023

1. The provision on determination of the status of individual professional securities investors specified at Point d, Clause 1, Article 8 of Decree No. 153/2020/ND-CP, which is amended under Article 1 of Decree 65/2022/ND-CP.

2. The provision on bond distribution period for each private placement specified in Clauses 7 and 8, Article 1 of Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP.

3. The provision on results of credit rating of a bond-issuing corporation specified at Point e, Clause 2, Article 12 of Decree No. 153/2020/ND-CP, which is amended under Clause 9, Article 1 of Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP.

Article 4. Implementation provisions

1. This Decree takes effect on the date of its signing.

2. Bond private placements/offerings for which information contents for disclosure prior to private placements/offerings are sent to the Stock Exchanges before the effective date of this Decree and the bond distribution has not been completed, may continue to comply with the provisions on period of bond distribution for each private placement of Clauses 7 and 8, Article 1 of Decree No. 65/2022/ND-CP.

3. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees; and Boards of Directors, Members’ Councils, and Directors General or Directors of bond-issuing corporations shall implement this Decree.-

On behalf of the Government

For the Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister

LE MINH KHAI

 

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