Section 27 — Variation in terms of contract or objects in prospectus
(1) A company shall not, at any time,
vary the terms of a contract referred to in the prospectus or objects for which the prospectus was issued,
except subject to the approval of, or except subject to an authority given by the company in general meeting
by way of special resolution:
Provided that the details, as may be prescribed, of the notice in respect of such resolution to
shareholders, shall also be published in the newspapers (one in English and one in vernacular language) in
the city where the registered office of the company is situated indicating clearly the justification for such
variation:
Provided further that such company shall not use any amount raised by it through prospectus for buying,
trading or otherwise dealing in equity shares of any other listed company.
(2) The dissenting shareholders being those shareholders who have not agreed to the proposal to vary
the terms of contracts or objects referred to in the prospectus, shall be given an exit offer by promoters or
controlling shareholders at such exit price, and in such manner and conditions as may be specified by the
Related sections
- Section 23 — Public offer and private placement
- Section 24 — Power of Securities and Exchange Board to regulate issue and transfer of securities,
- Section 25 — Document containing offer of securities for sale to be d eemed prospectus
- Section 26 — Matters to be stated in prospectus
- Section 28 — Offer of sale of sha res by certain members of company
- Section 29 — Public offer of securities to be in dematerialised form
- Section 30 — Advertisement of prospectus
- Section 31 — Shelf prospectus
- Section 32 — Red herring prosp ectus
- Section 33 — Issue of application forms for securities
- Section 34 — Criminal liability for mis-statements in prospectus
- Section 35 — Civil liability for mis-statements in prospectus
- Section 36 — Punishment for fraudulently inducing persons to invest money
- Section 37 — Action by affected persons
- Section 38 — Punishment for personation for acquisition, etc., of securities
- Section 39 — Allotment of securities by company
- Section 40 — Securities to be dealt with in stock ex changes
- Section 41 — Global depository receip t