Trilegal advised on the first-ever proposed public issuance of zero-coupon-zero-principal instruments (ZCZP) to be listed on the social stock exchange segments of National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and BSE Limited (Social Stock Exchanges) by SGBS Unnati Foundation (Unnati). Considering the pioneering nature of the transaction, it involved significant regulatory analysis of the capital raising framework.
Unnati is a Bangalore-based not-for-profit organisation (
The proceeds from the ZCZP issuance are proposed to be deployed towards Unnati’s learning and empowerment program, which is expected to impact the lives of approximately 10,000 young individuals in their final year in government colleges.
The Trilegal team advising on the matter was led by our Capital Markets Partner, Richa Choudhary, and comprised lawyers Maitreya Rajurkar, Senior Associate, and Aayush Khandelwal and Urmil Shah, Associates. Partners Rahul Matthan, Nishant Parikh and Sridhar Gorthi also provided strategic inputs on the transaction.
Trilegal was the sole counsel on the transaction, and Unitus Capital Private Limited was an advisor.
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