sebi:CO/201/ISD/02/2004
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Facts / Headnote
Directions issued debarring the company and promoters from accessing the capital market for ten years, directing buy-back of shares at issue price, and directing delisting of the scrip.
Provisions invoked
- s. 11B
- s. 4(3)
- s. 11
- s. 63
- s. 69
- s. 77
Regulations
- Reg. 11
- Reg. 44
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 4(a)
- Reg. 11(2)
- Reg. 199
Parties
- Ritesh Polyster Limited
- Ritesh Exports Ltd.
- Sh. Surendra Kumar Agarwal
- Smt. Roop Rekha Agarwal
- Sh. Ritesh Agarwal
- Sh. Deepak Agarwal
Holding
The Chairman of SEBI directed Ritesh Polyster Limited and its promoters to disassociate from capital market activities for ten years, to buy back shares from allottees at the issue price (Rs.15/- fully paid or Rs.7.50/- partly paid), and to delist the scrip from stock exchanges.
Full text
2 by the promoters and others to bail out the issue and to manipulate the price of the scrip. 4. After submission of the Investigation Report by the Investigating Authority, a Show cause notice dated 28.01.2003 was issued to Ritesh and its promoters, in light of the facts mentioned therein, to show cause as to why suitable directions under Section 11B of SEBI Act, 992 read with regulation 11 of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 1995, including
3 applications are excluded the level of subscription was only 49% as on the 60th day after the closure of the issue. Thus, it was found that the issue did not receive the minimum subscription even after the devolvement period. Moreover, Sh.Surendra Kumar Aggarwal one of the promoters of Ritesh misrepresented that the issue received the minimum subscription by arranging for finance (in the garb of subscription) from Sh.Pawan Kumar Aggarwal and family (financiers)
4 Capital Ltd. who in turn paid the money to Sh.Pawan Kumar Aggarwal and family to buy back the shares from them. V. Ritesh Polyster claimed that they had given the amount to Pratha Investments and Ritesh Capital as short term loan. However, it was found that this amount was actually given by Ritesh Polyster to buy back the shares from Sh.Pawan Kumar Aggarwal and family (in the name of Pratha Investments and Ritesh Capital) because the company cannot buy back their own shares as prohibited under Section 77 of Companies Act, 1956.
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