Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Study the following case/situation and express your opinion:
A company stated in its prospectus that it has been making profits since the last 5 years. However, Mr. X. an investor found out that two years back the company had not made any profit. The prospectus was filed with the ROC on 1 st Jan 2017 and was issued to the public on 10th Feb 2018.
a) Can Mr. X state that there was a misstatement in the prospectus?
b) If found guilty which two types of liability will the company and its officers face?
c) Can the prospectus be valid for issue to the public on 10th Feb 2018?
Advertisements
Solution
(a) Mr. X can state that there was a misstatement in the prospectus.
(b) If found guilty the company and its officers will face civil liability and criminal liability for misstatement in the prospectus.
(c) Prospectus cannot be valid for the issue to the public on 10th February 2018.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
______ describes the relationship between company and outsiders.
Select the correct answer from the option given below and rewrite the sentence.
The ______ Clause describes the range of activities a company can undertake
Select the correct answer from the option given below and rewrite the sentence.
_________ clause states the amount of Authorised capital with which the company is registered.
Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement:
Document which contains rules and regulations for internal management.
Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement:
Term used for acts beyond the scope of Memorandum of Association.
Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement:
Clause which describes the main activities a company can undertake.
Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement:
Clause which describes the extent of liability of members.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Every subscriber who signs the Memorandum must also sign the Articles.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Every company has to issue shelf prospectus every time it offers shares to the public.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
Letter of offer is issued at the time of Rights Issue.
Find the odd one.
Complete the sentence.
Any act done by the company which goes beyond the powers of Memorandum of Association will be calledas _________
Complete the sentence.
The document which is subordinate to the Memorandum of Association is called _________
Select the correct option from the given options:
| Group A | Group B |
| ___________ | Memorandum of association. |
Select the correct option from the given options:
| Group A | Group B |
| Liability clause | ___________ |
Select the correct option from the given options:
| Group A | Group B |
| ___________ | Establishes relation between company and its member |
Arrange in proper order.
a) Subscription clause.
b) Name clause.
c) Object clause.
Explain the following term/concept.
Liability clauses
Explain the following term/concept.
Capital clauses
Study the following case/situation and express your opinion:
A Company plans to offer Rights Issue.
a) Which document must it send to its shareholders for offering the Rights Issue?
b) Instead of Rights Issue, if the company wants to issue shares to the public, which document must it issue for inviting the public to subscribe for it?
c) Name the document which is called as incomplete prospectus.
