Description
Bloomsbury Professional India Sebi Listing Obligations And Disclosure Requirements A Handbook by Dr K R Chandratre
About the Book:
The book provides detailed analysis of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 which replaced the Listing Agreement and were notified on 2nd September 2015.
These Regulations impose considerable volume of compliance obligations on listed entities and every listed entity is obligated to comply with them. The volume of the Regulations and the pace at which they have been undergoing frequent changes makes the task of compliance a hard one for the compliance officers.
This book attempts to simplify the complex mass of the Regulations and bring in the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 so as to assist the compliance officers in their task of compliance.
These Regulations apply to the listed entity who has listed any of the following designated securities on recognised stock exchange(s):
(a) Specified securities listed on main board or SME exchange or institutional trading platform;
(b) Non-convertible debt securities, non-convertible redeemable preference shares, perpetual debt instrument, perpetual non-cumulative preference shares;
(c) Indian depository receipts;
(d) Securitised debt instruments;
(e) Security receipts;
(f) Units issued by mutual funds;
(g) Any other securities as may be specified by the Board.
It would be immensely useful for Company Secretaries, Law professionals & Chartered Accountants.
Key Highlights:
• Covering detailed analysis of provisions applicable for listing of specified securities on recognized stock exchange(s).
• Topics have been thoroughly explained using judicial pronouncements.
• Various concepts are explained using relevant sections and rules of Companies Act, 2013.
• Covers relevant Circulars, updated SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and Secretarial Standards - 1 & 2.
• Includes checklists for compliances under Chapter III, IV, V & VI of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
About the Author:
Dr K R Chandratre, Practising Company Secretary
• Dr Chandratre is a Practising Company Secretary at Pune.
• He has been in the profession of Company Secretary for over 30 years, before which he worked as a Lecturer in Commerce & Accountancy at R A Podar College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai for three years. After serving Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. for 15 years, his last position being Director (Legal, Secretarial & HR) & Company Secretary, Dr Chandratre entered the practice as Company Secretary.
• He has an impressive academic background. He holds Master’s degree in Commerce, Law degree and Doctorate degree from the University of Pune. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
• He has secured several academic and professional distinctions and honours. He was the President of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India during 1996 and the Vice-President two years, 1994 and 1995.
• He has copious published writings to his credit. He has so far authored over 1000 articles and 26 books on various subjects in the areas of Corporate Laws and Corporate Secretarial Practice. Many of his articles have bagged awards as best articles.
• He is an active participant in seminars, workshops, conferences and conventions, Dr Chandratre so far addressed more than 500 such programmes, besides contributing papers at the National & International levels.
• He was a member of the Working Group on Redrafting of the Companies Act, 1956 constituted by the Government of India in August 1996, to draft a new Companies Act to be substituted for the Companies Act, 1956.
• He was the Chairman of the Committee on ‘Delisting of Securities’ constituted by SEBI in March 1997. He was also a member of Advisory Committee on Primary Markets of SEBI during 1996.
• He was a SEBI-nominated Public Representative Director and Chairman of the Board and the President of the Pune Stock Exchange, during April 2004 to April 2005.
• He was a Member of the Expert Group constituted by SEBI in October 2004 under the Chairmanship of Justice Kania to suggest further amendments to the SEBI Act, 1992.
• He was the Chairman, Corporate Legislation Sub-committee of Mahratta Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Pune during 1997-98 and 1998-1999 and a member, Legal Affairs Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Bombay.
• He was a member Secretarial Standards Board and Chairman of the Core Group on Secretarial Audit of the ICSI. He was also the Chairman of the Expert Advisory Group of the ICSI for the past four years.
• He is a plain English activist and has been contributing to promote plain English in legal and business writing. He has written many articles and a book entitled Legal and Business Writing in Plain English.