Flock blog
Reading regulatory filings, sourced and dated.
Plain-English guides to the public filings Flock tracks: 13F reports, NSE and BSE shareholding patterns, bulk and block deals, and FII/DII flows. Every claim links to its source. Research, not advice.
What is a Form S-8 filing? Employee share plans
A Form S-8 filing registers shares a company offers employees under a benefit plan with the SEC. Who can use it, what it does, and when. Not investment advice.
S-1 vs S-8: IPO vs employee share registration
S-1 vs S-8: an S-1 registers shares for a public capital raise, an S-8 registers shares offered to employees under a benefit plan. How they differ. Not advice.
What is a Form N-CEN filing? Fund census report
A Form N-CEN filing is the annual census a registered fund files with the SEC on how it is organized and who services it. What it covers and when. Not advice.
N-PORT vs N-CEN: fund holdings vs census
N-PORT vs N-CEN: the N-PORT reports a registered fund's portfolio holdings, the N-CEN reports how the fund is organized. How they differ. Not advice.
How to read material event disclosures (LODR 30)
How to read material event disclosures: where a listed Indian company files Regulation 30 events on NSE and BSE, and how to check the timeline. Not advice.
What is a Structured Digital Database (SDD)?
What is a Structured Digital Database? The tamper-proof UPSI log SEBI PIT Regulation 3(5) requires: who must keep it, the 2 day entry rule, 8 year retention.
What is a corporate governance report? SEBI LODR
A corporate governance report is the quarterly compliance report a listed Indian company files with the exchanges under SEBI LODR Regulation 27. Not advice.
What is a Rule 10b5-1 plan? Insider trading (2026)
A Rule 10b5-1 plan lets a company insider pre-schedule stock trades as a defense to insider-trading claims. How it works and the cooling-off rule. Not advice.
What is UPSI? SEBI insider-trading rules (2026)
UPSI is unpublished price sensitive information under SEBI's insider-trading rules. What counts as UPSI, the price test, and the trading bar. Not advice.
What is a red herring prospectus? India IPO (2026)
A red herring prospectus (RHP) is the offer document filed before a book-built IPO opens. What it contains and how it differs from the draft. Not advice.
What is a 424B prospectus? SEC final prospectus (2026)
A 424B prospectus is the final prospectus a company files with the SEC after its registration statement. What it shows and its subtypes. Not advice.
Rule 10b5-1 plan vs Form 144: how they differ
Rule 10b5-1 plan vs Form 144: the plan is the pre-arranged trading defense; Form 144 is the affiliate's pre-sale notice. One sale can involve both. Not advice.
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