SEBI PIT

May 24, 2024

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

Foreword:

SEBI vide Notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2024/181 came up with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading)  (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board  of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015.

The SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Highlights:

The definition of “generally available information” now stands amended.

In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading)  Regulations, 2015, in Regulation 2, in sub-regulation (1), in clause (e), –

I. after the words “non-discriminatory basis” and before the symbol “;”, the words “and shall not include unverified event or information reported in print or electronic media” shall be inserted;

II . in the NOTE thereto, –

(1) after the words “appreciate what” and before the words “unpublished price”, the word ‘constitutes” shall be inserted;

(2) the word “is” appearing after the words “unpublished price sensitive information” and before the symbol “.” shall be omitted.

Consequent to amendment, Regulation 2(1) (e) to be read as:

 

Pre-amendment text Pre-amendment text
“generally available information”
means information that is accessible to
the public on a non-discriminatory
basis;NOTE: It is intended to define what
constitutes generally available information
so that it is easier to crystallize and
appreciate what unpublished price sensitive
information is. Information published on
the website of a stock exchange, would
ordinarily be considered generally
available.
“generally available information”
means information that is accessible to
the public on a non-discriminatory
basis and shall not include unverified
event or information reported in print
or electronic media;NOTE: It is intended to define what
constitutes generally available information
so that it is easier to crystallize and
appreciate what constitutes unpublished
price sensitive information. Information
published on the website of a stock
exchange, would ordinarily be considered
generally available.