{"id":2627,"date":"2018-07-13T11:48:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T11:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/?p=2627"},"modified":"2025-06-30T07:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T07:29:31","slug":"companies-prospectus-allotment-amendment-rules-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/companies-prospectus-allotment-amendment-rules-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Amendment Rules, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mca.gov.in\">Ministry of Corporate Affairs<\/a><\/strong> (MCA) has issued several amendments in certain rules made under the Companies Act, 2013 on May 07, 2018. This Article attempted to analyze important <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mca.gov.in\/Ministry\/pdf\/DraftCompaniesProspectusSecuritiesRules2018_15022018.pdf\">changes in Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014<\/a>, which was last amended by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in\u00a0New Delhi dated 15.02.2018.<\/p>\n<p>Ministry of Corporate Affairs notified various Sections of the Companies Amendment Act, 2017 to further amend the Companies Act, 2013.\u00a0 Consequential amendment rules made are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Amendment Rules 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Companies (Audit and Auditors) Amendment Rules 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Amendment Rules 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Second Amendment Rules 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Second Amendment Rules 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Second Amendment Rules 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Companies (Specification of Definitions Details) Amendment Rules 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Amendment Rules, 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This article provides an overview of the\u00a0Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Amendment Rules, 2018. The Central Government made Amendment Rules, 2018<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to further amend the\u00a0Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014.\u00a0Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued a Notification in New Delhi, the 7th May 2018\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hja.legal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/MCA-Notf.dt_.7.5.18_Co.Prospctus-and-Allotmnt-of-Sec.Ammend.Rules2018.pdf\"><strong>G.S.R. 430 (E)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0The Amendment made is presented in a tabular form below:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 499px\" border=\"0\" width=\"721\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<colgroup span=\"3\" width=\"85\"><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\" height=\"32\"><strong>Existing Provision<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\"><strong>Provision Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Amendment<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\" height=\"47\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Rule 3<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Information to be stated in the Prospectus<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Omitted<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\" height=\"47\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Rule 4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Reports to be set out in the Prospectus<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Omitted<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\" height=\"62\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Rule 5<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Other matter and reports to be set out in the Prospectus<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Omitted<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\" height=\"92\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Rule 6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Period for which information to be provided in certain cases<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif\">Omitted<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For a summary of all the Rules notified by MCA read: <a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/companies-amendment-act-2017-rules-notified\/\">Companies Amendment Act 2017-Summary of Rules Notification<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Amendment Act, 2017 empowers SEBI to prescribe the contents of a prospectus. Accordingly, a public company is not required to provide certain details in the prospectus such as names and addresses of its registered office, dates of the opening and closing of the issue, its capital structure, and auditor&#8217;s report on the company&#8217;s profits\/losses and liabilities. Therefore, these clauses have been omitted through the Amendment Act, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Similar provisions have been removed from the Companies (prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our team is trained to support you with any kind of help regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/companies-amendment-act-2017-rules-notified\/\">Companies Amendment Act 2017<\/a> as well as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/private-limited-company-registration\/\">Private Limited\u00a0Company Registration<\/a><\/strong> of all kinds.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/llp-better-private-limited-company\/\">Why LLP is better than Private Limited Company<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has issued several amendments in certain rules made under the Companies Act, 2013 on May 07, 2018. 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