Lock-in of sweat equity shares requires adherence to preferential issue lock-in periods and ICDR lock-in rules for public issues.

Lock-in of sweat equity shares is mandated to follow the lock-in period specified for preferential issues under the Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements regime, and where a company that has issued sweat equity shares subsequently makes a public issue, the lock-in provisions and the rules for computation of promoters' contribution in the Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements apply.

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