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SEBI notifies -No preferential allotment to promoter for 1 year on warrant failure, Retail IPO Investment Limit upto 2 lakhs, Advertise filing of offer documents, Uniform allotment in IPO, Companies  to decide whether partly/fully paid shares SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION, , 12 November, 2010 Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of [...] Full Article

The higher the promoter stake in a company the more faith he has in the business. That is how the general belief goes. The same obviously holds true for the reverse as well. And this (lower promoter stake) is definitely something investors would not like. Full Article

A bill enabling the State Bank of India (SBI) to split its shares and issue bonus shares may be placed in the current winter session of Parliament. Besides, the amendments to the State Bank of India Act, 1955, envisage the preferential or private placement of shares. The SBI (Amendment) Bill also proposes to allow India’s No. 1 bank to bring down the government holding to 51 per cent, which is on a par with other nationalised banks. Full Article

The new Bill, which is likely to come up in the Budget session in 2010, proposes no cap on the remuneration of CEOs, letting the shareholders decide the issue. Thanks to the Companies Law Bill 2009, the expression ‘shareholders’ democracy’ is gaining in popularity. The Government argues that shareholders should have a say in deciding the managerial remuneration. But what does shareholders democracy actually mean? 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

Company Law Board Asks Il&FS To Appoint 4 Directors, Including Chairman, On The Board; Central Government To Have 2 Nominees On The Maytas Board. Full Article