Tag: Disclosure Requirements
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SAT Order in the DLF IPO Case
As readers may recall, the adequacy of disclosures in the IPO prospectus pertaining to DLF Limited was called into question in a series of investigations by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The process culminated in SEBI passing an order on October 10, 2014 finding that the disclosures were inadequate and thereby restraining
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Penalty for Late Disclosure of Shareholding
Last week, an adjudicating officer of SEBI issued an order imposing an aggregate penalty of Rs. 50 lakhs (Rs. 5 million) on certain promoter entities of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) for delayed filing of disclosures regarding the shareholding of such entities under the SEBI takeover regulations. It came to SEBI’s notice that there were delayed
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Monitoring Secondary Market Disclosures
One of the concerns regarding the corporate disclosure regime is that while the primary market disclosure requirements (e.g. for a prospectus) are extensive and stringent, the secondary market disclosures by companies that are already listed on the stock exchanges are far from being elaborate. In order to bridge this gap, SEBI has been taking steps
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Further Order by SEBI on Shareholding Disclosures
(The following post is contributed by Yogesh Chande, an advocate practising in Mumbai) SEBI’s whole time member in an order dated 26 March 2012 (Order), has revoked the directions which were issued by an interim order dated 8 March 2010 (which has been discussed earlier) against the entities mentioned in paragraph 4 of the Order. One of the issues
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SAT on Disclosures Regarding “Promoters”
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has issued its decision overturning an order of SEBI’s adjudicating officer that had found Enam Securities to have violated securities laws in connection with the IPO of Yes Bank. One of the key issues in contention was whether Rabobank ought to have been disclosed as a “promoter” of Yes Bank.
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SEBI Order on Shareholding Disclosures
On March 8, 2010, SEBI passed an order in the case of Bank of Rajasthan (BoR). SEBI commenced investigation into the shareholding pattern of BoR following a reference received from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Pursuant to the RBI Guidelines on Ownership and Governance in Private Sector Banks dated February 28, 2005, the promoters