The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
IBBI (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016
Chapter-IX Insolvency Resolution Process Costs
Regulation 34B: Fee to be paid to interim resolution professional and resolution professional.
1[34B. (1) The fee of interim resolution professional or resolution professional, under regulation 33 and 34, shall be decided by the applicant or committee in accordance with this regulation.
(2) The fee of the interim resolution professional or the resolution professional, appointed on or after 1st October 2022, shall not be less than the fee specified in clause 1 for the period specified in clause 2 of Schedule-II:
Provided that the applicant or the committee may decide to fix higher amount of fee for the reasons to be recorded, taking into consideration market factors such as size and scale of business operations of corporate debtor, business sector in which corporate debtor operates, level of operating economic activity of corporate debtor and complexity related to process.
(3) After the expiry of period mentioned in clause 2 of Schedule-II, the fee of the interim resolution professional or resolution professional shall be as decided by the applicant or committee, as the case may be.
(4) For the resolution plan approved by the committee on or after 1st October 2022, the committee may decide, in its discretion, to pay performance-linked incentive fee, not exceeding five crore rupees, in accordance with clause 3 and clause 4 of Schedule-II or may extend any other performance-linked incentive structure as it deems necessary.
(5) The fee under this regulation may be paid from the funds, available with the corporate debtor, contributed by the applicant or members of the committee and/or raised by way of interim finance and shall be included in the insolvency resolution process cost.]
References
1. Inserted by IBBI (CIRP) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2022 vide Notification No. IBBI/2022-23/GN/REG091 dated 13th September, 2022, w.e.f. 13.09.2022.
2. Regulation 34B of CIRP Regulations does not apply to an IP, which is an IPE, Refer Circular IBBI/IPE/64/2024 dated 01.02.2024.
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