1. SEBI’s Proposal to introduce an umbrella Regulation governing the listing norms for varied class of securities

   SEBI with the objective of bringing the basic framework governing the regime of Listed Entities in line with the Companies Act, 2013 and at the same time compiling all the mandates of varied SEBI Regulations governing Equity as well as Debt segments of capital market under the ambit of a single document, has proposed to introduce SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations and accordingly, floated an Approach Paper on Draft Listing Regulations for soliciting suggestions from Public.

2. SEBI’s move towards ensuring lucidity in Delisting Regulations

   With the intent to plug all the ambiguities in the regulatory framework to ensure perspicuity on one hand and to rebuild investors’ confidence in the Capital Market on the other, the Capital Market Regulator, SEBI has deliberated the proposal of reworking on the extant Delisting Regulations and accordingly floated a discussion paper for seeking public comments. The Discussion Paper contains a detailed analysis of the Delisting issues that have come in since 2009 and also attempts to throw light on the issues and challenges involved in Delistings under the extant Regulations.

Considering the importance and impact of the Draft Listing Regulations & the Delisting of Companies on the public at large, SEBI has invited inputs and suggestions from the Public latest by 30th May, 2014.