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Part IV: Business and Society
A GUIDE FOR INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Indian
capital market regulator, in its recently published guidelines to
investors/shareholders, titled “A Quick Reference Guide for Inves-
tors”, makes it known that a shareholder of a company enjoys the
following rights:
Rights of a Shareholder as an Individual
To receive the share certifi cates on allotment or transfer as
the case may be in due time
To receive copies of the abridged Annual Report, the Bal-
ance Sheet and the Profi t and Loss Account and the Auditors’
Report
To participate and vote in general meetings either personally
or through proxies
To receive dividends in due time once approved ...