Sebi asks companies to improve quality of disclosure
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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has directed stock exchanges to beef up their surveillance system to ensure the disclosure standard of listed companies is accurate and adequate.
The move is aimed at ensuring complete and timely information reaches investors to enable them take informed decisions.
Sebi is of the view that the disclosure standards by companies and the monitoring by exchanges at present is not up to the mark.
“The contents of the disclosures made by such companies are not adequate and accurate. Therefore, investors are unable to take informed investment decisions based on such disclosures,” Sebi said in a circular today.
“The current monitoring mechanism of sock exchanges to ascertain the adequacy and accuracy of disclosures made in compliance with the Listing Agreement need to be made more effective,” it added.
A listing agreement is a contract between stock exchange and a listed company. It comprises more than 50 clauses ---that deal with corporate governance and information-based disclosures such as filing of results, shareholding data---which listed companies have to follow.
The market watchdog has asked exchanges to to set up separate monitoring cells, with adequate man power, to effectively monitor the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures made by listed companies. A framework to detect non-compliance by companies will also have to be set up by bourses.
At an event last week, U K Sinha, chairman, Sebi had expressed displeasure over non-compliance of various clauses of listing agreement by large number of listed companies.
“You will be perhaps shocked to know that today there are 1,100 plus listed companies which are non-compliant for the requirement of clause 35 of the listing agreement...And there are 900 companies which are non-compliant on the requirement of corporate governance- clause 49….I am sure you will accept that this can’t be allowed to go on,” he had said.
It has also asked exchanges to treat inadequacy and inaccuracy of disclosure as non-compliance and submit an 'exception report' with details companies that don't respond on clarifications sought by exchanges.
Sebi has also asked exchanges to have details of promoters, directors and other key personnel, who will be responsible for ensuring compliance at listed companies.
The regulator has also asked exchanges to enhance 'quality and substantive' compliance of various clauses of the listing agreement.
For instance, exchanges will have to keep a tab on the various developments of listed companies across media platforms and “ensure that any important information has not been omitted to be disclosed by the company." (Business Standard)
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