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Communication or procurement of unpublished price sensitive information

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..... his provision is intended to cast an obligation on all insiders who are essentially persons in possession of unpublished price sensitive information to handle such information with care and to deal with the information with them when transacting their business strictly on a need-to-know basis. It is also intended to lead to organisations developing practices based on need-to-know principles for treatment of information in their possession. (2) No person shall procure from or cause the communication by any insider of unpublished price sensitive information, relating to a company or securities listed or proposed to be listed, except in furtherance of legitimate purposes, performance of duties or discharge of legal obligations. NOTE: This pr .....

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..... ansaction that would:- (i) entail an obligation to make an open offer under the takeover regulations where the board of directors of the 4[listed] company is of informed opinion that 5[sharing of such information] is in the best interests of the company; NOTE: It is intended to acknowledge the necessity of communicating, providing, allowing access to or procuring UPSI for substantial transactions such as takeovers, mergers and acquisitions involving trading in securities and change of control to assess a potential investment. In an open offer under the takeover regulations, not only would the same price be made available to all shareholders of the company but also all information necessary to enable an informed divestment or retention d .....

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..... f sub-regulation (3), and shall not otherwise trade in securities of the company when in possession of unpublished price sensitive information. 11[(5) The board of directors or head(s) of the organisation of every person required to handle unpublished price sensitive information shall ensure that a structured digital database is maintained containing the nature of unpublished price sensitive information and the names of such persons who have shared the information and also the names of such persons with whom information is shared under this regulation along with the Permanent Account Number or any other identifier authorized by law where Permanent Account Number is not available. Such database shall not be outsourced and shall be maintaine .....

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..... 018 w.e.f. 01-04-2019 before it was read as "if it" 10. Inserted vide SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2018/59 Dated 31-12-2018 w.e.f. 01-04-2019 11. Substituted vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/23 dated 17-07-2020 before it was read as, "10[(5) The board of directors shall ensure that a structured digital database is maintained containing the names of such persons or entities as the case may be with whom information is shared under this regulation along with the Permanent Account Number or any other identifier authorized by law where Permanent Account Number is not available. Such databases shall be maintained with adequate internal controls and checks such as time stamping and audit trails to ensure non-tampering of the datab .....

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