Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, Second Edition

GUIDE FOR INVESTORS/SHAREHOLDERS

To safeguard the rights and privileges of investors and to keep them aware of their responsibilities the SEBI in its guide titled A Reference Guide for Investors on Their Rights and Responsibilities describes the rights of a shareholder of a company (Box 8.1).

Box 8.1 SEBI’S GUIDELINES FOR INVESTORS

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Indian capital market regulator, in its guidelines to investors/shareholders, makes it known that a shareholder of a company enjoys the following rights:

Rights of a shareholder, as an individual

• To receive the share certificates on allotment or transfer as the case may be in due time.
• To receive copies of the Annual Report, the Balance Sheet and the Profit ...