Regulation 8 - Code of Fair Disclosure - Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015

CHAPTER IV CODES OF FAIR DISCLOSURE AND CONDUCT Code of Fair Disclosure. 8. (1) The board of directors of every company, whose securities are listed on a stock exchange, shall formulate and publish on its official website, a code of practices and procedures for fair disclosure of unpublished price sensitive information that it would follow in order to adhere to each of the principles set out in Schedule A to these regulations, without diluting the provisions of these regulations in any manner. NOTE: This provision intends to require every company whose securities are listed on stock exchanges to formulate a stated framework and policy for fair disclosure of events and occurrences that could impact price discovery in the market for its securities. Principles such as, equality of access to information, publication of policies such as those on dividend, inorganic growth pursuits, calls and meetings with analysts, publication of transcripts of such calls and meetings, and the like are set out in the schedule. (2) Every such code of practices and procedures for fair disclosure of unpublished price sensitive information and every amendment thereto shall be promptly intimated to the stock exchanges where the securities are listed. NOTE: This provision is aimed at requiring transparent disclosure of the policy formulated in sub-regulation (1).