sebi:BM/AO-26/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Proceedings disposed of without imposition of penalty; allegations not established
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 12A
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 3(a)
Parties
- Mahesh H Mistry
Holding
The Adjudicating Officer held that the allegations against the Noticee of violating regulations 3(a), 3(c), 4(1) and 4(2)(e) of the PFUTP and section 12A of the SEBI Act were not established, and no penalty under section 15HA of the SEBI Act was imposed.
Full text
Page 2 of 10 2. Investigation observed that BEPL made certain announcements pertaining to acquisition of Uniword Telecom Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “UTL”). These announcements prima facie appeared to be misleading. It was observed that before the announcements were made by the company the promoters of the company transferred the shares held by them in BEPL in physical form to certain entities. These entities in turn after dematerializing the shares transferred to other entities or sold in the market.
Page 3 of 10 4(1) of the Rules to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be held against the Noticee and penalty be not imposed on the Noticee under section 15HA of SEBI Act for the alleged violation specified in the said SCN.
Page 4 of 10 CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES AND FINDINGS 8. I have carefully examined the SCN and the documents available on record. The allegations against the Noticee are as follows: i. The company made certain misleading announcements in December 2004 and January 2005 pertaining to acquisition of stake in UTL and improvement in profit and income as on December 2004. ii. Before the corporate announcement the Noticee along with other entities received shares in the offmarket from the promoters/directors of BEPL. iii. The Noticee dematerialized the shares and offloaded them in the market. In view of the above it has been alleged that the Noticee has violated the provisions of regulations 3(a), 3 (c) and 4 (1) and 4 (2) (e) of the PFUTP.
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