sebi:CO/103/ISD/08/2003

SEBI · SEBI · 2000-07-12 · G.N. Bajpai, Chairman, SEBI

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Facts / Headnote

M/s.Harsh Pranav Securities Pvt. Ltd. prohibited from buying, selling and dealing in securities, in any manner, directly or indirectly, for a period of five years with immediate effect.

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M/s.Harsh Pranav Securities Pvt Ltd. created a false and misleading appearance of trading in the scrip of Zodiac Clothing Company Ltd. in violation of Regulation 4(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to securities market) Regulations, 1995 and was therefore prohibited from dealing in securities for five years.

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4. It was also noted that HPSPL had entered into following Off Market Deals with its group company namely VFSL : 3.5 From the above, it is observed that HPSPL bought 8,10,381 shares from the market and sold 6,92,025 shares in off market transactions to its another group company - VFSL. This indicates that HPSPL was a net buyer of 1,18,356 shares of Zodiac. 3.6 From the details gathered during the investigations, it was observed that HPSPL alongwith VFSL and NFSPL had common directors and are thus associate entities and therefore stated hereinabove as one group. 3.7 Following are the details of trading done by HPSPL, VFSL and NFSPL as a group : Sr. No. Date Name of the Company Rate (Rs.) Purchase Qty Sale Qty 1 31/7/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 73.00 0 59500 2 22/8/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 78.00 0 16600 3 29/8/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 90.00 0 25900 4 29/9/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 78.50 0 44974 5 11/10/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 72.05 0 42300 6 18/10/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 71.05 0 7000 7 9/11/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 81.30 0 50000 8 10/11/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 84.50 0 16870 9 23/11/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 78.00 0 7000 10 30/11/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 76.00 0 48500 11 7/12/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 78.00 0 17075 12 20/12/2000 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 76.25 0 62500 13 4/1/2001 Vivenasri Financial Services Ltd 80.00 0 29986 14 11/1/

3.8 From the price-volume data, it was noted that total market volume traded on NSE and BSE in Zodiac during the relevant period was 18,60,702 shares (4,05,551 shares on BSE and 14,55,151 shares on NSE). Out of this, HPSPL alongwith NFSPL and VFSL had purchased on BSE and NSE a total number of 17,96,093 shares which account for 96.53% of shares traded on BSE and NSE and sold 17,00,507 shares of the said scrip which account for 91.39% shares traded on BSE and NSE. As a matter of fact your group accounted for 93.96% of the gross turnover of NSE and BSE in Zodiac.

these, 23750 shares were traded by way of Structured deal. NFSPL your group company was a seller through Canara Securities Ltd. ( member NSE) while your company HPSPL was a buyer through Shalibhara Securities Ltd. The deals took place @ Rs. 73.40- Rs.73.50 as shown below.

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