sebi:CO/242/ISD/03/2004

SEBI · SEBI · 1999-12-22 · G. N. Bajpai, Chairman

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Facts / Headnote

Direction issued restraining Shri Ashok Agarwal from associating with any corporate body in accessing the securities market and prohibiting him from buying, selling or dealing in securities for a period of five years with immediate effect.

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 4(3)
• s. 11
• s. 113
• s. 56

Parties

• Shri Ashok Agarwal

Holding

SEBI directed that Shri Ashok Agarwal, being the chairman of Trident Steels Ltd at the relevant time, be restrained from associating with any corporate body in accessing the securities market and be prohibited from buying, selling or dealing in securities for a period of five years with immediate effect.

Full text

Home » Enforcement » Orders » Orders of Chairman/Members Enforcement Enforcement▼ BACKGROUND Prior to the public issue Rs. 75,00,000 Divided into 7,50,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each held by present and erstwhile directors and their friends / relatives.

undertaking to the Bank of Baroda for non – disposal of their shares which formed part of the above mentioned 7,50,000 share. But the same was not disclosed by the company in its prospectus, while filing it with SEBI for the purpose of coming out with a public issue. Therefore, this fact was not reported by the BSE in its notice issued to the members at the time of granting listing permission to the shares of the company. As a result, the complainant, who was a member of the BSE, had sold the shares of the company which included some shares forming part of the above mentioned 7,50,000 shares bearing distinctive nos. from 1 to 7,50,000. The complainant also stated that he had made payments to his clients who had delivered the above mentioned shares. Subsequently, objections were raised by the company and Bank of Baroda stating that the above mentioned shares formed part of the undertaking for non disposal given by the directors of the company at the time of taking loans from the bank. Therefore, the complainant alleged that the company had violated SEBI’s guidelines for disclosure and investor protection by hiding an important aspect of its capital structure and thus misguided the investors.

DIRECTIONS UNDER SECTION 11B READ WITH SECTION 11 OF SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA, ACT, 1992 AGAINST SHRI ASHOK AGARWAL IN THE MATTER OF TRIDENT STEELS LTD G. N BAJPAI Date: March 31, 2004 CHAIRMAN

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