All Regional Directors, All Registrar of Compar.ries, Al1 Stakeholders — THE LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP ACT, 2008

To, All Regional Directors, All Registrar of Compar.ries, Al1 Stakeholders gUL!:USC lf-word ,National, in the names of Companies or Limited Liabilitv Partnerships (LLPsl , JII, It has come to the knowledge of this Ministry that Companies / Limited Liability Partnerships are being registered with the word 'National' in their names. It is being intimated that no company should be allowed to be registered with the word .National' as part of its title unless it is a govemment company and the Central / State govemment(s) has a stake in it. This should be stringently enforced by all Registrar of Companies (ROCs) while registering companies. Similarly, the word ,Bank' may be allowed in the name of an entity only when such entity produces a .No Objection Certificate' from the RBI in this regard. By the same analogy the word,,stock Exchange" or "Exchange" should be allowed in name of a compary only where ,No Objection Certificate' fron SEBI in this regard is produced by the promoters. ll l' - ll - '\i.ll',! t ,,- ll l' - ll - '\i.ll',! t ,,- Kamna Sharma (Assistart Director) 23387263 lL. (' FNo.2l2l20l4*CL-Y Govemment of India Ministry of Coryorate Affairs 5'n Floor 'A' Wing, Shastri Bhawan, Dr RP Road, New Delhi -I l0 001. Dated the I 1'h February, 2014 lL. ('