NISM Series-III-B: Issuers Compliance Certification Examination
Unit 1 : Introduction to Indian Capital Market
1.1 Understand the Capital Market Structure in India and Role of Capital Market
1.1.1 Capital Market Structure in India
1.1.2 Role of Capital Market in the Economy
1.1.3 Some Important Terms
1.1.4 Market Participants
1.2 Discuss the Regulatory Framework in India
1.2.1 Financial Market Regulators
Unit 2 : Capital Market Regulations
2.1 SEBI Act, 1992
2.2 Companies Act 1956,
2.3 Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956
2.4 Listing Agreement
2.5 Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA)
2.6 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA)
2.7 The Competition Act, 2002
2.8 SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 (SEBI(ICDR))
2.9 SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011
2.10 SEBI (Buy Back of Securities) Regulations, 1998
2.11 SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992
2.12 SEBI (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008
2.13 SEBI (Delisting of Equity shares), Regulations, 2009
2.14 SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999
2.15 Companies (Issue of Indian Depository Receipts) Rules, 2004 (IDR Rules)
2.16 SEBI (Issue of Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2002
Unit 3 : Compliance Officer
3.1 Appointment of Compliance Officer
3.2 Role of Compliance Officer
3.3 Responsibilities of a Compliance Officer
3.3.1 Internal stakeholders
Board of Directors
Employees
Shareholders
Lenders/Creditors
3.3.2 External stakeholders
General Public
Associations
Government
Customers
Suppliers
3.4 Reporting requirements
3.4.1 Mandatory Reporting
3.4.2 Exception Reporting
Unit 4 : Raising Capital from the market
4.1 Why raise money from the market
4.2 Evolution of Public Issues
4.3 Raising money:
4.3.1 Share Capital
Initial Public Offer (IPO)
Further Public Offer (FPO)
Public Issue
Rights Issue
Private Placement
Depository Receipts
4.3.2 Debt
Convertible Debentures
Non-Convertible Debentures
4.3.3 Others
Venture Capital
Angel Funding
Private Equity
Unit 5 : Role of Compliance Officer in IPO
5.1 Planning an IPO
5.1.1 Steps and applicable laws involved in Planning an IPO
Eligibility
Decide on the Funds Required
Listing and Approval for the Memorandum of Association
Board Resolution/Shareholder Resolution
Deciding the timeline
Decide on the Promoter’s Contribution
Due diligence
• Define due diligence and due diligence report
• Applicable laws for appointment of persons conducting the due diligence
• Areas of due diligence
Interaction with the Statutory Auditors of the Company
Interaction with the Legal Advisors of the Company
Corporate Governance
Policy on Insider Trading
Common Conditions to be complied with
Minimum Offer to Public
Reservation on Competitive basis
Appointment of other Advisors and Intermediaries
• Advisors and intermediaries required to be appointed
• Role of each of the intermediary vis-à-vis the company
• Eligibility criteria for the appointment of the intermediaries
reparation of the Offer Document
Filing of Offer Document with SEBI
• Nomenclatures of offer document
IPO Grading
5.2 General Obligations during Public Issue
5.3 Marketing the Issue
5.3.1 Road Show Process
5.3.2 SEBI Advertisement Code
5.3.3 Compliances during the Issue Period
5.4 Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA)
5.4.1 ASBA Process
5.5 Allotment of Shares
5.5.1 Allotment Process
5.5.2 Process of Refund
5.5.3 Allotment and Refund to Non-resident Indians (NRI) and Foreign Institutional Investors (FII)
5.6 Listing with Stock Exchanges
5.6.1 Process of Listing
5.7 Post Issue Compliances
5.7.1 Regulations pertaining to Post-issue Compliances
Unit 6 : Role of Compliance Officer in other public Issues
6.1 Further Public Offer
6.2 Rights Issue
6.2.1 Regulations
6.2.2 Due Diligence Process
6.2.3 Preparation of the Offer Document
6.2.4 Other Procedures
6.2.5 Time Schedule
6.3 Bonus Issue
6.4 Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP)
6.5 Sweat Equity
6.6 Private Placement
6.6.1 Preferential Issue
6.6.2 Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP)
6.6.3 Institutional Placement Programme (IPP)
6.7 Indian Depository Receipts (IDR)
Unit 7 : Raising money from foreign market
7.1 American Depository Receipt (ADR) / Global Depository Receipt (GDR)
7.1.1 Related Regulations
7.1.2 Two-way Fungibility Scheme
7.1.3 Sponsored ADR/GDR issue
7.1.4 Reporting of ADR/GDR issues
7.1.5 Participants in the Issue
7.1.6 Procedure
7.2 Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB)
7.2.1 Foreign Currency Exchangeable Bond (FCEB)
Unit 8 : Corporate Actions
8.1 Related laws and process
8.1.1 Split/Consolidation
8.1.2 Mergers and Acquisition
8.1.3 Takeover
8.1.4 Buy-back
8.1.5 Demerger
8.1.6 Delisting
Unit 9 : Ongoing Compliance Requirements
9.1 Reports to be submitted as per Listing Agreements
9.2 Compliances under the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011
9.3 Compliances under the SEBI ( Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992
9.4 Appellate Tribunal
9.5 Scores system for investor grievance
