ICICI Prudential Interval Fund-II Quarterly Interval Plan F (A Debt Oriented Interval Scheme) Offer Document
New Fund Offer of Units of Face Sponsors: ICICI Bank Limited (erstwhile ICICI Limited), Regd. Office: Landmark, Race Course Circle, Vadodara 390 007, India; and Prudential plc (formerly Value of Rs.10 per unit. known as Prudential Corporation Holdings Limited), Laurence Pountney Hill, London EC4ROHH, UK.
New Fund Offer opens on December 24, 2007 Investment Manager: ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited New Fund Offer closes on December 26, 2007* Corp. Office: 8th Floor, Peninsula Tower, Peninsula Corporate Park, Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Off Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400 013. Earliest Closing on December 26, 2007 Regd. Office: 12th Floor, Narain Manzil, 23 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi 110 001.
* The Trustee reserves the right to extend the closing date by suitable Trustee: ICICI Prudential Trust Limited notification subject to the condition that the New Fund Offer shall not Corp. Office: 12th Floor, Narain Manzil, 23 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi 110 001. be kept open for more than 30 days.
The particulars of ICICI Prudential Interval Fund-II - Quarterly Interval Plan F, the mutual fund Scheme offered under this Offer Document, have been prepared in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, as amended till date, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and the Units being offered for public subscription have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India nor has the Securities and Exchange Board of India certified the accuracy or adequacy of the Offer Document. This Offer Document contains information necessary for an investor to make an informed investment decision in the Scheme described herein. Investors should carefully read the Offer Document prior to making an investment decision and retain the Offer Document for future reference. Investors may note that this Offer Document remains effective until a material change occurs. Material changes shall be filed with SEBI and circulated to all Unit holders or may be publicly notified by advertisements in the newspapers subject to the applicable regulations. The offer document sets forth concisely; the information about the scheme that a prospective investor ought to know before investing.
SMS INVEST to 58558 CALL 1800 22 2273 Or, apply online at www.icicipruamc.com IMPORTANT NOTICE
Investing in mutual fund schemes involves certain risks and considerations associated generally with making investments in securities. The value of the Scheme’s investments may be affected generally by factors affecting financial markets, such as price and volume, volatility in interest rates, currency exchange rates, changes in regulatory and administrative policies of the Government or any other appropriate authority (including tax laws) or other political and economic developments. Consequently, there can be no assurance that the Scheme offered in this Offer Document would achieve the stated objectives. The NAV of the Units of the Scheme may fluctuate and can go up or down. Past performance of the schemes managed by the Sponsors or their affiliates or the Asset Management Company is not indicative of the future performance of the Scheme nor will the performance of the Scheme, following the commencement of the operations, be indicative of the Scheme’s future performance.
Prospective investors are advised to review this Offer Document carefully and in its entirety and consult their legal, tax and financial advisors to determine possible legal, tax and financial or any other consequences of subscribing to, purchasing or holding Units under the Scheme, before making an application to subscribe or purchase the Units. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (the Fund) and ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited (the AMC), have not authorized any person to give any information or make any representations, either oral or written, not stated in this Offer Document in connection with issue of Units under the Scheme. Prospective investors are accordingly advised not to rely upon any information or representations not incorporated in this Offer Document. Any subscription, purchase or sale made by any person on the basis of statements or representations which are not contained in this Offer Document or which are inconsistent with the information contained herein shall be solely at the risk of the investor.
Unitholders / investors are requested to read and understand the Offer Document, Key Information Memorandum and risk factors furnished with the scheme in which they seek to make investments or in which they have invested. Unitholders / Investors are urged not to rely upon or be mislead by any oral promises or statements made by the distributors / intermediaries of the Mutual Fund and it is brought to the special attention of investors that the AMC / Mutual Fund will not be liable for mis-statement or communication by agents / distributors which are not previously expressly authorized / approved by the AMC / Mutual Fund.
AMC, Trust and the Fund shall not be responsible for any claims made by the Unitholders / Investors based on such oral promises made by the distributors / intermediaries.
The current Regulations impose certain restrictions and conditions on the AMC for entering into transactions with the Sponsors and their associates on behalf of the Fund. These restrictions include: a) Purchase or sale of securities through any broker associated with the Sponsors or through a firm which is an associate of the Sponsor(s) shall not exceed an average of 5% of the aggregate purchases and sale of securities made by the Fund in all its Schemes in a block of any three months. b) Utilization of the services of the Sponsors or any of their associates, for the purpose of any securities transactions and distribution and sale of securities shall be made only if a disclosure to this effect is made in the Offer Document and the brokerage or commission paid is also disclosed in the half yearly annual accounts of the mutual fund. c) The Mutual Fund Scheme shall not make any investment in: 1. any unlisted security of an associate or group company of the Sponsor; or 2. any security issued by way of private placement by an associate or group company of the Sponsor; or 3. the listed securities of group companies of the Sponsor which is in excess of 25% of its net assets.
In this Offer Document, all references to “$” are to United States of America Dollars, “£” to Pound Sterling of United Kingdom and “Rs.” to Indian Rupees. The Reference Exchange Rate between the United States Dollar and the Indian Rupee has been taken at $1 = Rs.45.76 and UK£ and Indian Rupee at 1£=Rs.84.82.
This Offer Document is dated December 20, 2007.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Highlights...... 6 2. Risk Factors and Special Considerations...... 8 3. Due Diligence Certificate ...... 16 4. Definitions...... 17 5. Summary – ICICI Prudential Interval Fund II - Quarterly Interval Plan F...... 19 6. Constitution of the Mutual Fund ...... 21 a) The Sponsors...... 21 b) The Trustee Company ...... 22 i. Directors...... 23 ii. Rights and Obligations of the Trustee...... 24 iii. Trusteeship Fees...... 27 c) Management of Asset Management Company (AMC)...... 27 i. Board of Directors of the AMC...... 28 ii. Powers, Duties & Responsibilities of the AMC...... 32 iii. Key Employees of AMC & relevant experience...... 33 iv. Fund Manager 45 v. Compliance Officer...... 45 vi. Investor Relations Officer ...... 45 d) Auditors...... 45 e) Registrar...... 45 f) Custodian...... 45 7. Investment Objectives & Policies...... 46 Fundamental Attributes of the Scheme...... 46 a) Type of the Scheme...... 46 b) Investment Objective...... 46 c) Investment Pattern & Investment Policies...... 46 d) Asset Allocation Pattern ………………………………………………………………………………………...47 e) Change in Investment Pattern...... 47 f) Terms of the Scheme...... 47 g) Change in Fundamental Attributes...... 49 h) Investment Strategy ...... 49 i) Position of debt market in India ………………………………………………………………………………..49 j) Portfolio Turnover...... 50 k) Procedure followed for investment decisions…………………………………………………………………..51 l) Exposure to Derivatives ...... 51 m) Investment Restrictions for the Scheme ...... 52 n) Underwriting by the Fund ...... 54 o) Computation of Net Asset Value...... 54 p) Accounting Policies & Standards...... 56 8. Units & The New Fund Offer ...... 58 General Information ...... 58 a) Minimum Subscription Amount...... 58 b) Offer Price ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….58 c) New fund offer period ...... 58 d) New Fund Offer Expenses ...... 58 e) Options and Investment plans offered under the Scheme ...... 58 f) Pledge of Units for Loans ...... 58 g) How to Switch...... 59
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h) Who can Invest?...... 59 i) How to Apply? ...... 59 i. New Fund Offer ...... 59 ii. Resident Investors - Mode of Payment ...... 60 iii. NRIs & FIIs...... 60 iv. Mode of Payment on Repatriation Basis...... 60 v. Mode of Payment on Non-Repatriation Basis...... 61 vi. Investments of the minor Investor on attaining Majority …………………………………………………..61 vii. Application under Power of Attorney/Body Corporate/Registered Society/Partnership...... 61 viii. Joint Applicants...... 65 ix. Nomination Facility ...... 65 j) Issuance of Units/Refund ...... 65 k) Account Statements...... 65 l) Refunds...... 65 m) Redemption of Units ...... 66 i. Redemption Price...... 66 ii. Applicable NAV...... 66 iii. Cooling off period for web based transactions ……………………………………………………………..67 iv. How to Redeem?...... 67 v. Payment of Proceeds...... 67 vi. Non receipt of email communication by investor …………………………………………………………..68 vii. Redemption by NRIs/ FIIs ...... 68 viii Effect of Redemptions...... 68 ix Fractional Units...... 68 x Signature mismatch cases …………………………………………………………………………………..68 xi Right to Limit Redemptions...... 69 xii. Suspension of Sale and Redemption of Units ...... 69 xiii. Permanent Account No. …………………………………………………………………………………...69 xiv. Dormant Account Locking …………………………………………………………………………………70 xv. Unique Identification Number ……………………………………………………………………………..70 o) Purchase of Units after the New fund offer period...... 70 i. Purchase Price ...... 70 ii. How to Purchase?...... 70 iii. Purchase by NRIs...... 71 iv. Applicable NAV...... 71 p) Prevention of Money Laundering ……………………………………………………………………………….71 q) Pan Based KYC Process ……………………………………………………………………………………….72 9. Load Structure, Fees and Expenses ...... 73 a) Load Structure of the Scheme ...... 73 b) Fees and Expenses of the Scheme...... 73 1. Expenses of initial Issue ……………………………………………………………………………………73 2. Estimated Recurring Expenses...... 73 ii) Fees and Expenses of the Existing Scheme...... 73 i. New Fund Offer Expenses of the past scheme...... 74 ii. Condensed Financial Information ...... 74 10. Unitholders Rights and Services ...... 102 a) Investors Services...... 102 b) Ease of Transactions...... 102 i. Customer Service Centers in major metros...... 102 ii. Process transactions in a timely manner...... 102 4
c) Problem Resolution...... 102 d) NAV Information ...... 103 e) Disclosure of information under the Regulations...... 103 f) Rights of Unitholders of the Scheme...... 103 g) Duration of the Scheme/Winding up...... 104 h) Procedure and manner of Winding up...... 104 i) Tax Benefits ...... 105 1) To the Mutual Fund………………………………………………………………………………………..105 2) To the Unitholders...... 105 2.1 Income received from mutual fund ……………………………………………………… ...... 105 2.2 Long term capital gains on transfer of units………………………………………………………………..105 i. For Individuals and HUFs…………………………………………………………………………...105 ii. For Partnership Firms, Non-Residents, Indian Companies/Foreign Companies …………………. 105 iii. For Non-resident Indians ………………………………………………………………………….. 105 iv. For Overseas Financial Organisations and Foreign Institutional Investors fulfilling conditions laid down under section 115AB (Offshore Fund)...... 106 2.3 Short term capital gains on trasfer of units ……………………………………………………………..106 2.4 Capital Losses ……………………………………………………………………………………………106 3. Tax deduction at source……………………………………………………………………………………….108 4. Exemption from tax on capital gains arising on transfer of units held for more than 12 months…………….108 5. Investments by charitable and religious trusts in the plan…………………………………………………….108 6. Wealth Tax Sec. 2 (ea)…………………………………………………………………………………………108 j) Unclaimed redemption amount ...... 108 11. Other Matters a) Unitholders Grievances Redressal Mechanism ...... 109 b) Associate Transactions...... 111 c) Details of Investment in Companies that hold more than 5% ………………………………………………130 of NAV of Schemes managed by the AMC d) Penalties and Pending Litigations ...... 138 e) Borrowing by the Mutual Fund ...... 159 f) Stock Lending by the Mutual Fund...... 159 g) Inter-Scheme Transfers ...... 159 h) General Information ...... 159 • Power to make Rules...... 159 • Power to remove Difficulties ...... 159 • Scheme to be binding on the Unitholders...... 159 • Documents available for Inspection ...... 159
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Highlights The Sponsors of the Fund are Prudential plc of the United Kingdom (UK) and ICICI Bank Limited (erstwhile ICICI Limited).
Prudential plc is a leading international financial services group providing retail financial products and services and fund management to many millions of customers worldwide. As a group Prudential plc has, as of December 31, 2006, over GBP251 billion of funds under management, more than 20 million customers and over 23,000 employees worldwide as of December 31, 2006.
Securities and Exchange Board of India, vide its letter no. MFD/PM/567/02 dated June 4, 2002, has accorded its approval in recognizing ICICI Bank Ltd. as a co-sponsor consequent to the merger of ICICI Ltd. with ICICI Bank Ltd.
ICICI Bank is India's second-largest bank with total assets of about Rs. 344,658 crores as at March 31, 2007 and profit after tax of Rs. 3,110 crores for the year ended March 31, 2007 (Rs. 2,540 crores for the year ended March 31, 2006). ICICI Bank has a network of about 710 branches and 45 extension counters and over 3,271 ATMs. ICICI Bank offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and through its specialised subsidiaries and affiliates in the areas of investment banking, life and non-life insurance, venture capital and asset management. ICICI Bank set up its international banking group in fiscal 2002 to cater to the cross border needs of clients and leverage on its domestic banking strengths to offer products internationally. ICICI Bank currently has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Russia and Canada, branches in Singapore, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Dubai International Finance Centre and representative offices in the United States, United Arab Emirates, China, South Africa and Bangladesh. UK subsidiary of ICICI Bank has established a branch in Belgium. ICICI Bank is the most valuable bank in India in terms of market capitalisation. (Source: Overview at www.icicibank.com).
ICICI Bank was originally promoted in 1994 by ICICI Limited, an Indian financial institution, and was its wholly owned subsidiary. ICICI's shareholding in ICICI Bank was reduced to 46% through a public offering of shares in India in fiscal 1998, an equity offering in the form of ADRs listed on the NYSE in fiscal 2000, ICICI Bank's acquisition of Bank of Madura Limited in an all-stock amalgamation in fiscal 2001, and secondary market sales by ICICI to institutional investors in fiscal 2001 and fiscal 2002. ICICI was formed in 1955 at the initiative of the World Bank, the Government of India and representatives of Indian industry. Pursuant to the Scheme of Amalgamation effective March 30, 2002, among ICICI, ICICI Personal Financial Services, ICICI Capital Services and ICICI Bank, sanctioned by the High Court of Gujarat and the High Court of Judicature at Bombay and approved by the Reserve Bank of India, ICICI, ICICI Personal Financial Services and ICICI Capital Services were merged with ICICI Bank in an all-stock merger. ICICI Bank is the surviving legal entity in the amalgamation.