(1) All the issuers making public issues of debt securities or seeking listing of debt securities issued on private placement basis, shall comply with conditions of listing including continuous disclosure and other requirements specified by the Board in general and those specified in Schedule V to these regulations.
(2) Where the issuer is corporate municipal entity, one-third of its Board shall comprise of independent directors, as defined in section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013.
(3) Every rating obtained by an issuer shall be periodically reviewed by the registered credit rating agency and any revision in the rating shall be promptly disclosed by the issuer to the stock exchange(s) where the debt securities are listed.
(4) In the event of credit rating being downgraded by two or more notches below the rating assigned at the time of issue, the issuer shall present to all bondholders, the reasons for fall in rating and the steps, if any, it intends to take to recover the rating.
(5) Any change in rating shall be promptly disseminated in such manner as the stock exchange where such securities are listed may determine from time to time.
(6) The issuer, the respective debenture trustees, wherever appointed, and stock exchanges shall disseminate all information and reports regarding debt securities including compliance reports filed by the issuers and the debenture trustees, if appointed, to the investors and the general public by placing them on their websites.
(7) The information referred to in sub-regulation (5) shall also be placed on the websites, if any, of the debenture trustee, the issuer and the stock exchanges.
Accounting and audit.
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