(1) Research analyst or research entity shall not publish or distribute research report or research analysis or make public appearance regarding a subject company for which he has acted as a manager or co-manager at any time falling within a period of:
(a) Forty days immediately following the day on which the securities are priced if the offering is an initial public offering; or
(b) Ten days immediately following the day on which the securities are priced if the offering is a further public offering:
Provided that research analyst or research entity may publish or distribute research report or research analysis or make public appearance within such forty day and ten Page 15 of 35 day periods, subject to prior written approval of legal or compliance personnel as specified in the internal policies and procedures.
(2) A research entity who has agreed to participate or is participating as an underwriter of an issuer's initial public offering shall not publish or distribute a research report or make public appearance regarding that issuer before expiry of twenty five days from the date of the offering.
Explanation.- For the purposes of sub-regulations (1) and (2), the date of the offering refers to the first date on which the security was offered to the public.
(3) Research analyst or research entity who has acted as a manager or co-manager of public offering of securities of a company shall not publish or distribute a research report or make a public appearance concerning that company within fifteen days prior to date of entering into and fifteen days after the expiration/waiver/termination of a lock-up agreement or any other agreement that the research analyst or research entity has entered into with a subject company that restricts or prohibits the sale of securities held by the subject company after the completion of public offering of securities:
Provided that research analyst or research entity may publish or distribute research report or research analysis or make public appearance regarding that company within such fifteen dayssubject to prior written approval of legal or compliance personnel as specified in the internal policies and procedures.
(4) Research analyst or individuals employed as research analyst by research entity shall not participate in business activities designed to solicit investment banking or merchant banking or brokerage services business, such as sales pitches and deal road shows.
(5) Research analyst or individuals employed as research analyst by research entity shall not engage in any communication with a current or prospective client in the presence of personnel from investment banking or merchant banking or brokerage services divisions or company management about an investment banking services transaction.
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(6) Investment banking or merchant banking or brokerage services division’s personnel of research entity shall not direct the individuals employed as research analyst to engage in sales or marketing related to an investment bankingor merchant banking or brokerage services and shall not direct the research analyst to engage in any communication with a current or prospective client about such division’s transaction:
Provided that sub-regulations (4) to (6) shall not prohibit research analyst or research entity from engaging in investor education activities including publication of pre-deal research and briefing the views of the research analyst on the transaction to the sales or marketing personnel.
(7) Research analyst or research entity shall have adequate documentary basis, supported by research, for preparing a research report.
(8) Research analyst or research entity shall not provide any promise or assurance of favourable review in its research report to a company or industry or sector or group of companies or business group as consideration to commence or influence a business relationship or for the receipt of compensation or other benifits.
(9) Research analyst or research entity shall not issue a research report that is not consistent with the views of the individuals employed as research analyst regarding a subject company.
(10) Research entity shall ensure that the individuals employed as research analyst are separate from other employees who are performing sales trading, dealing, corporate finance advisory or any other activity that may affect the independence of its research report:
Provided that the individual employed as research analyst by research entity can receive feedback from sales or trading personnel of brokerage division to ascertain the impact of research report.
Disclosures in research reports.
19. A research analyst or research entity shall disclose all materialinformation about itself including its business activity, disciplinary history, the terms andconditions on Page 17 of 35 which it offers research report, details of associates and such other information as is necessary to take an investment decision, including the following:
(i) Research analyst or research entity shall disclose the following in research report and in public appearance with regard to ownership and material conflicts of interest:
(a) whether the research analyst or research entity or his associate or his relative has any financial interest in the subject company and the nature of such financial interest;
(b) whether the research analyst or research entity or its associates or relatives, have actual/beneficial ownership of one per cent. or more securities of the subject company, at the end of the month immediately preceding the date of publication of the research report or date of the public appearance;
(c) whether the research analyst or research entity or his associate or his relative, has any other material conflict of interest at the time of publication of the research report or at the time of public appearance;
(ii) Research analyst or research entity shall disclose the following in research report with regard to receipt of compensation:
(a) whether it or its associates have received any compensation from the subject company in the past twelve months;
(b) whether it or its associates have managed or co-managed public offering of securities for the subject company in the past twelve months;
(c) whether it or its associates have received any compensation for investment banking or merchant banking or brokerage services from the subject company in the past twelve months;
(d) whether it or its associates have received any compensation for products or services other than investment banking or merchant banking or brokerage services from the subject company in the past twelve months;
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(e) whether it or its associates have received any compensation or other benefits from the subject company or third party in connection with the research report.
(iii) Research analyst or research entity shall disclose the following in public appearancewith regard to receipt of compensation:
(a) whether it or its associates have received any compensation from the subject company in the past twelve months;
(b) whether the subject company is or was a client during twelve months preceding the date of distribution of the research report and the types of services provided:
Provided that research analyst or research entity shall not be required to make a disclosure as per sub-clauses (c), (d) and (e) of clause (ii) or sub-clauses (a) and (b) of clause (iii) to the extent such disclosure would reveal material non-public information regarding specific potential future investment banking or merchant banking or brokerage services transactions of the subject company.
(iv) whether the research analyst has served as an officer, director or employee of the subject company;
(v) whether the researchanalystor research entity has been engaged in market making activity for the subject company;
(vi) Researchanalyst or research entityshall provide all other disclosures in research report and public appearance asspecified by the Board under any other regulations.
Contentsofresearch report.