Companies will have to disclose all major regulatory actions and penalties along with details of price information of past issues handled by their merchant bankers along in the shortened five-sheet abridged prospectus for public issues, Sebi said on Friday.
They will also have to make all the important disclosures about its promoters and directors and objectives of the issue.
Sebi said that details of top five material outstanding litigations against the firm and amount involved, regulatory action taken by it or stock exchanges against the promoters and group firms in last five financial years need to be mentioned in the abridged prospectus.
Under the new norms that come into effect from December 1, the abridged prospectus including the application form can not exceed five sheets that would be printed on both sides, a maximum of 10 pages.
Currently, the full prospectus that companies file for their public offers including IPOs runs into 400-500 pages and it has often been felt that the investors find it difficult to get the key information from such bulky documents. It would also help in reducing the cost for firms.
