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What are the different kinds of issues?
Primarily, issues can be classified as a Public, Rights or Preferential issues (also known as private placements). While public and rights issues involve a detailed procedure, private placements or preferential issues are relatively simpler. The classification of issues is illustrated below:
Initial Public Offering (IPO) is when an unlisted company makes either a fresh issue of securities or an offer for sale of its existing securities or both for the first time to the public. This paves way for listing and trading of the issuer's securities.
A follow on public offering (Further Issue) is when an already listed company makes either a fresh issue of securities to the public or an offer for sale to the public, through an offer document.
Rights Issue is when a listed company which proposes to issue fresh securities to its existing shareholders as on a record date. The rights are normally offered in a particular ratio to the number of securities held prior to the issue. This route is best suited for companies who would like to raise capital without diluting stake of its existing shareholders.
A Preferential issue is an issue of shares or of convertible securities by listed companies to a select group of persons under Section 81 of the Companies Act, 1956 which is neither a rights issue nor a public issue. This is a faster way for a company to raise equity capital. The issuer company has to comply with the Companies Act and the requirements contained in the Chapter pertaining to preferential allotment in SEBI guidelines which inter-alia include pricing, disclosures in notice etc.
Classification of Issues:
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- What is the difference between public issue and private placement?
- What is an Initial Public Offer (IPO)?
- Who decides the price of an issue?
- What does 'price discovery through Book Building Process' mean?
- What is the main difference between offer of shares through book building and offer of shares through normal public issue?
- What is Cut-Off Price?
- What is the floor price in case of book building?
- What is a Price Band in a book built IPO?
- Who decides the Price Band?
- What is minimum number of days for which a bid should remain open during book building?
- Can open outcry system be used for book building?
- Can the individual investor use the book building facility to make an Application?
- How does one know if shares are allotted in an IPO/offer for sale? What is the Time frame for getting refund if shares not allotted?
- How long does it take to get the shares listed after issue?
- What is the role of a 'Registrar' to an issue?
- Does NSE provide any facility for IPO?
- What is a Prospectus?
- What does 'Draft Offer document' mean?
- What is an 'Abridged Prospectus'?
- Who prepares the 'Prospectus'/'Offer Documents'?
- What does one mean by 'Lock-in'?
- What is meant by 'Listing of Securities'?
- What is a 'Listing Agreement'?
- What does 'Delisting of securities' mean?
- What is SEBI's Role in an Issue?
- Does it mean that SEBI recommends an issue?
- Does SEBI tag make one's money safe?
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