Can trading account be opened for person’s resident outside India who had been allotted shares under ESOP scheme?
Listed Indian companies are allowed to issue shares under the Employees Stock Option Scheme (ESOPs), to its employees or employees of its joint venture or wholly owned subsidiary abroad who are resident outside India, other than to the citizens of Pakistan. In such a case, Trading account can be opened for the person resident outside India only for the sole objective of selling of shares acquired under ESOP Scheme.
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