M/s X & Company, a firm of practicing company secretaries is appointed as a Lead Manager (LM) to the issue of ABC Limited. State the disclosures which X & Company is required to make in the draft offer document a

Regulation 24 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 states the following:- The draft offer document and offer document shall contain all material disclosures which are true and adequate to enable the applicants to take an informed investment decision. Without prejudice to the generality of sub-regulation (1), the red-herring prospectus, and prospectus shall contain: (a) disclosures specified in the Companies Act, 2013 and; (b) disclosures specified in Part A of Schedule VI. The lead manager(s) shall exercise due diligence and satisfy themselves about all aspects of the issue including the veracity and adequacy of disclosure in the draft offer document and the offer document. The lead manager(s) shall call upon the issuer, its promoters and its directors or in case of an offer for sale, also the selling shareholders, to fulfil their obligations as disclosed by them in the draft offer document and the offer document and as required in terms of these regulations. The lead manager(s) shall ensure that the information contained in the draft offer document and offer document and the particulars as per restated audited financial statements in the offer document are not more than six months old from the issue opening date.