disclosure requirements

Clarification on amendments to clause 41 of the Equity Listing Agreement.Securities and Exchange Board of India [SEBI] had, on 5 April 2010, directed Stock Exchanges to amend the Equity Listing Agreement [LA]. One of the amendments to Clause 41 of the LA relates to inter alia timelines for submission, disclosure and publication of quarterly and annual financial results. As per the amended Clause 41, listed entities shall disclose: Full Article

On 5th March,2010, SEBI announced that it would be mandatory for `Qualified Institutional Buyers’ (QIBs) to put in 100 per cent of the application money towards subscription of shares in capital issues through offers. This would come into force from 1st May, 2010. Presently, QIBs are required to pay just 10 per cent of the share value on application and Anchor investors are required to pay 25 per cent on application and balance payment is required to be paid on al.. Full Article

Companies listed on the SME exchanges would be exempted from the eligibility norms applicable for IPOs and FPOs prescribed in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 (ICDR). Full Article

1. Background SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards (SCODA) is the standing Committee of SEBI that advises on matters relating to disclosures and accounting standards. As part of a review of the extant norms relating to disclosure requirements and accounting standards for listed entities, the Committee has deliberated on certain issues, the details of [...] Full Article

A comparison between Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 vis-à-vis the SEBI (Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000 The Securities and Exchange Board of India is turning a stricter eye on company promoters who have been issued preferential warrants, saying that they will have to forfeit the upfront payment [...] Full Article

The Securities and Exchange Board of India is turning a stricter eye on company promoters who have been issued preferential warrants, saying that they will have to forfeit the upfront payment made on unexercised warrants.This is contained in its recently notified Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements (ICDR) Regulations 2009, which SEBI made public on [...] Full Article

Amendments to the SEBI (Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000 – Amendment to Chapter VIA concerning general and disclosure requirements pertaining to IDR issues Circular No. SEBI/CFD/DIL/ DIP/37/2009/ 31/07, dated 31-7-2009 1. In order to align the disclosure requirements pertaining to issuance of Indian Depository Receipts (IDRs) with the recent amendments made to the Companies [...] Full Article

PR No.58/2009 SEBI Board Meeting SEBI makes it mandatory to disclose details of shares pledged by the promoters To enhance the disclosure requirements, SEBI Board, in its meeting held today, decided to make it mandatory on the part of promoters (including promoter group) to disclose the details of pledge of shares held by them in [...] Full Article