sebi:BM/AO-140-143/2013
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty imposed on all four Noticees for violation of Regulation 12(1) & (3) of the PIT Regulations, 1992
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
- s. 12
- s. 4A
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 6
- Reg. 12
Parties
- Mr. Ashish Patel
- Mr. Milan Patel
- Mr. Praful Patel
- Radhe Developers (India) Ltd
Holding
The Noticees (Radhe Developers (India) Ltd and its directors Mr. Ashish Patel, Mr. Milan Patel, and Mr. Praful Patel) violated Regulation 12(1) & (3) of the PIT Regulations, 1992 by framing a Model Code of Conduct that allowed trading during unpublished price sensitive information periods and set an unreasonably high cumulative threshold for pre-clearance of trades. Penalties of Rs. 7,00,000, Rs. 5,00,000, Rs. 5,00,000, and Rs. 5,00,000 were imposed respectively.
Full text
2 2008 to May 07, 2008 it was observed that the price of the scrip opened at `.47.25 on March 27, 2008 touched a high of `.165.35 on May 7, 2008 and closed at `. 157.70 on May 7, 2008.
3 employees of the company to trade in the shares during the time the price sensitive information is unpublished. 5. Investigation further observed from the Code of Conduct of the company of Radhe, that “directors/ officers/ designated employees were required to seek prior approval only if the cumulative dealings in any financial year exceeded 5,00,000 shares/securities”. Investigation observed that the equity base of the Company was 1,01,79,900 shares and the threshold limit set by the Company is around 5% of the Company’s equity base. Investigation alleged that the company set the threshold limit for pre-clearance of trade unreasonably high, further the company has prescribed the limit as cumulative instead of transaction wise limit as required under the regulation set by SEBI in this regard. It was alleged that the threshold limit criteria set by the Company is in total contradiction to the one set out in the regulation.
4 8. Consequently, the above violation of Regulation 12 (1) & (3) of the PIT Regulations, 1992 make the Noticees liable for monetary penalty under sections 15 HB of the SEBI Act, 1992.
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