TMI BlogMaster Circular on Surveillance of Securities MarketX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ized subject wise under various headings, viz., trading rules and shareholding in dematerialized mode, monitoring of unauthenticated news circulated by SEBI registered market intermediaries through various modes of communication and disclosure reporting under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015. This Master Circular shall come into force from the date of its issue. This Master Circular covers various circulars issued by the Integrated Surveillance Department (ISD) of SEBI and operational as on the date of issuance of this Master Circular. This Master Circular rescinds the circulars listed in Annexure 7. 3. Notwithstanding such rescission, a. anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken under the rescinded circulars including but not limited to any inspection, or enquiry or investigation or adjudication commenced, or show-cause notice issued under the rescinded circulars, prior to such rescission, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Master Circular; b. the previous operation of the rescinded circulars or anything duly done or suffered ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Debt Restructuring (CDR) packages by the CDR Cell of the RBI. 1.2.2. Securities that are being admitted to trading from another stock exchange by way of direct listing/MOU/securities admitted for trading under permitted category. 1.2.3. Where suspension of trading is being revoked after more than one year. 1.3. Further, in all cases, the stock exchange(s) shall ensure that before starting trading in scrips, the companies have complied with the disclosure requirements and the same is publicly disseminated on the website of the stock exchange(s) to enable investors to take informed decision. 2. Monitoring of unauthenticated news circulated by SEBI Registered Market Intermediaries through various modes of communication 2.1. It has been observed by SEBI that unauthenticated news related to various scrips are circulated through social media platforms/ instant messaging services/ VoIP/ blogs/chat forums/e-mail or any such medium by employees of Broking Houses/other intermediaries without adequate caution as mandated in the Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers and respective regulations of various intermediaries registered with SEBI. 2.2. It was also observed ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ompany in physical/electronic mode as per the prescribed format ( Annexure 1 ) Regulation 8 9 3.1.2. With reference to the requirements of the Regulation 8 (Code of Fair Disclosure) and Regulation 9 (Code of Conduct) of the Regulations, the companies shall also ensure that: 3.1.2.1. Code of practices and procedures for fair disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information (UPSI), formulated and published (on its official website), is confirmed to the stock exchanges, immediately. 3.1.2.2. A company deals with only such market intermediary / every other person, who is required to handle UPSI, who have formulated a code of conduct as per the requirements of PIT Regulations. 3.2. Reporting to Stock Exchanges regarding violations under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 relating to the Code of Conduct (CoC) 3.2.1. In terms of clause 13 of Schedule B (in case of listed companies) and clause 11 of Schedule C (in case of intermediaries and fiduciaries) read with Regulation 9 of PIT Regulations, the listed companies, intermediaries and fiduciaries shall promptly inform the stock exchange(s) where the concerned securities are traded, reg ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ity shares, equity derivative instruments i.e. Futures and Options of the listed company (wherever applicable) and listed debt securities of equity listed companies by the Entities. 3.3.4. The procedure for implementation of the system driven disclosures is provided at Annexure 3 . 3.3.5. The depositories and stock exchange(s) shall make necessary arrangements such that the disclosures pertaining to PIT Regulations are disseminated on the websites of respective stock exchange(s). 3.3.6. As currently done, the disclosures generated through the system shall be displayed separately from the regular disclosures filed with the stock exchange(s). 3.3.7. The listed companies who have complied with the aforesaid requirements under various provisions of 3.3, the manual filing of disclosures as required under Regulation 7(2) (a) (b) of PIT Regulations is no longer mandatory. 3.4. Trading Window closure 3.4.1 Allowing Offer for Sale (OFS) and Rights Entitlements (RE) transactions during trading window closure period 3.4.1.1. Clause 4 (3) (b) of Schedule B read with Regulation 9 of PIT Regulations, inter-alia, states that trading window restrictions ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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