Law and Regulation of Public Offering of Corporate Securities

Raghvendra K. Singh and Shailendera K. Singh are advocates practicing adversarial and transactional law in Delhi with specialization in taxation, securities, and commercial laws.

Foreword by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat; Preface; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation, Bills, and Provisions of the Constitution of India; Table of Delegated Legislation; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1: Foundational Terms and Concepts; The Company as a Business Organization; Capital Requirement of Companies; Concept of Securities; Form of Securities; Corporate Securities; Free Transferability
of Corporate Securities; Raising Capital by Issue of Securities; Securities Market; Securities Law; 2: Evolution of Regulation of Public Offerings; History of Company Law; Disclosure Philosophy; Regulation of Public Offering under the Company Law; Control over Capital
Issues; The Indian Securities Market and Its Regulation; 3: Public Offer and Prospectus; Reasons to Go Public; Prospectus; Principal Legal Requirements for a Prospectus; Functions of a Prospectus; Types of Prospectuses; Listing of Securities and Types of Public Offering; Proponents of Public Offer and Offer for Sale; Prospectuses of Companies Incorporated Outside India; 4: Regulatory Agencies; Regulatory Enforcement Styles; Securities and Exchange Board of
India; Registrar of Companies; Stock Exchanges; Reserve Bank of India; 5: Public Offering Programme: General; Choice of Trading Segment; Eligibility Criteria; Appointment of Intermediaries; Participants Other than Intermediaries; Initial
Considerations; Preparing the Prospectus; Limitations on Publicity, Research Reports, and Financial Assistance; 6: Public Offering Programme: Public Issue; Organizing the Prospectus; Issue of the Prospectus; Allotment and Listing of Securities; Life as a Listed Company; 7: Liabilities and Regulatory Actions; Civil Liability; Criminal Liability; Pecuniary Penalty; Regulatory Actions; Index; About the Authors