ABC Ltd. issued a prospectus for the subscription of its shares for Rs.500 crores in 2008. The issue was oversubscribed by 20times. The company issued shares to all the applicants on a pro-rata basis. Later SEBI inspected the prospectus and found some misleading statement about the management of the company in it. SEBI imposed a penalty of Rs.5 crores and banned its three executive directors for dealing in the securities market for three years. Identity the function.
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