Bid
A bid is the demand for a security that can be entered by the syndicate/sub-syndicate members in the system. The two main components of a bid are the price and the quantity.

Bidder
The person who has placed a bid in the Book Building process.

Book Running Lead Manager
A Lead Merchant Banker who has been appointed by the Issuer Company as the Book Runner Lead Manager. The name of the Book Runner Lead Manager is mentioned in the offer document of the Issuer Company.

Floor Price
The minimum offer price below which bids cannot be entered. The Issuer Company in consultation with the Book Running Lead Manager fixes the floor price.

Merchant Banker
An entity registered under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Merchant Bankers) Regulations, 1999.

Syndicate Members
Syndicate Members are the intermediaries registered with the Board and permitted to carry on activity as underwriters. The Book Running Lead Managers to the issue appoints the Syndicate Members.

Order Book
It is an ‘electronic book’ that shows the demand for the shares of the company at various prices.

Delisting Exchange
Delisting Exchange means the exchange from which the securities of the company are proposed to be delisted in accordance with these Guidelines.

Exchange
Exchange means any stock exchange, which has been granted recognition under section 4 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956.

Promoter
Promoter means a promoter as defined in clause (h) of sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 2 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of shares and Takeovers) Regulation, 1997 and includes a person who is desirous of getting the securities of the company delisted under these Guidelines.

Public Shareholding
Public Shareholding means the shareholding in a company held by persons other than the promoter, the acquirer or the persons acting in concert with him as defined in regulation 2(1)(j) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of shares and Takeovers) Regulation, 1997 and the term ‘public holders of securities’ shall be construed accordingly;

Voluntary Delisting
It means delisting of securities of a body corporate voluntarily by a promoter or an acquirer or any other person other than the stock exchange(s).