Category: Isha Shah
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SEBI vs Hindenburg: Separating The Law From The Noise
SEBI issues show-cause notice to Hindenburg, alleges violation of securities laws and fraud Hindenburg in its public response calls SEBI’s notice as ‘non-sense’ and lacking substance ….
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The Road To Take-Private In India: What’s The Most Efficient Route For Deal-Making?
Fixed price delisting debuts as an alternative to RBB, but lackluster in the absence of counter-offer ability Reverse Book Building (RBB) made a bit more palatable with easing of counteroffer mechanics, yet route continues to remain inadequate ….
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Public M&A: New Delisting Norms – What is the Excitement Really About?
SEBI’s Consultation Paper proposes a comprehensive review of counter-offer mechanism, counter-offer price discovery mechanism, fixed price mechanism, floor price and reference date Fixed price delisting, largely regarded as a welcome move, fails to excite us and appears lackluster against the present reverse book building mechanism due to absence of a counter-offer mechanism
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Public M&A: Does SEBI’s Market Rumour Proposal Offer the Much-Needed Price Protection?
In June 2023, SEBI introduced “rumour verification requirements” requiring listed companies to address market rumours; trigger for “materiality” pegged to “expected impact”on turnover, net worth, or value of profit/loss after tax SEBI’s December 2023 Consultation Paper now proposes to (a) peg materiality…