Companies Act, 2013
31.
Shelf
prospectus.
1. Any class or classes
of companies, as the Securities and Exchange Board may provide by regulations
in this behalf, may file a shelf prospectus with the Registrar at the stage of
the first offer of securities included therein which shall indicate a period
not exceeding one year as the period of validity of such prospectus which shall
commence from the date of opening of the first offer of securities under that
prospectus, and in respect of a second or subsequent offer of such securities
issued during the period of validity of that prospectus, no further prospectus
is required.
2. A company filing a
shelf prospectus shall be required to file an information memorandum containing
all material facts relating to new charges created, changes in the financial
position of the company as have occurred between the first offer of securities
or the previous offer of securities and the succeeding offer of securities and
such other changes as may be prescribed, with the Registrar within the
prescribed time, prior to the issue of a second or subsequent offer of
securities under the shelf prospectus:
Provided
that where a company or any other person has received applications for the
allotment of securities along with advance payments of subscription before the
making of any such change, the company or other person shall intimate the
changes to such applicants and if they express a desire to withdraw their
application, the company or other person shall refund all the monies received
as subscription within fifteen days thereof.
1.
2.
3. Where an information
memorandum is filed, every time an offer of securities is made under
sub-section (2 ), such memorandum together with the shelf prospectus
shall be deemed to be a prospectus.
Explanation.— For the purposes of
this section, the expression "shelf prospectus" means a prospectus in
respect of which the securities or class of securities included therein are
issued for subscription in one or more issues over a certain period without the
issue of a further prospectus.