sebi:CO/51/IES/06/2003
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Facts / Headnote
Directions issued: NEAL and its promoter directors directed to dissociate themselves from the capital market for 5 years and not to deal in securities in any manner for 5 years, effective immediately.
Provisions invoked
- s. 4(3)
- s. 11
- s. 69
- s. 55A
- s. 73
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 11
- Reg. 6
- Reg. 5(1)
Parties
- Natural Expo Agro Industries Ltd. (NEAL)
- Shri Jayesh R. Thakkar
- Shri Sujay A. Amin
- Shri Sharad N. Raval
Holding
NEAL and its promoter directors were found to have violated Regulations 5(1) and 6 of the SEBI (PFUTP) Regulations, 1995, Section 69 and Section 73(3A) of the Companies Act, 1956, and SEBI's Disclosure and Investor Protection guidelines, and were directed to dissociate from the capital market and not deal in securities for 5 years.
Full text
a. NEAL did not receive the minimum required subscription to the public issue and the same was subscribed only to the extent of 14%.. b. In order to circumvent the requirement of minimum subscription, NEAL had entered into an arrangement through Galav Finance and Investments Pvt. Ltd. (‘GFIL) whereby they financed applications for the issue in order to ensure minimum subscription and NEAL purchased back the shares allotted. It was seen that NEAL transferred funds to GFIL which in turn transferred the funds to the applicants who later issued cheques to NEAL. Thus, NEAL did not receive any real consideration and also utilized the proceeds of the public issue for arranging subscription and for circumventing the requirement of minimum subscription. c. NEAL and its directors made allotments without receiving the minimum subscription in the Issue. d. The share certificates allotted to the applicants were not dispatched to them by NEAL, rather these shares were retained by the company. 6 Lakh shares which had arrears of call money were traded in the market through various brokers including GFIL. The prices of the scrip went up abnormally due to the cornering of shares coupled with artificial scarcity of stock through intentional delay in transfer of shares. 2.1 Show cause notice was issued to NEAL and the promoter directors on 28.9.02. The company did not submit any reply to the same, however, vide their letter dated 21.10.02 and 10.11.02 they have sought time to submit their replie
issue was subscribed to the extent of 90.61%. From the list of applicants and allotees, it was noted that the following six applicants had applied for and had been allotted 60 lakh shares i.e. approx. 86% of the total allotments.
members were regular clients of DCW. Shri Toophanmal Bhandari also stated that Shri. Avlani and Shri Doshi approached DCW for finance to the extent of Rs.300 lakhs to make 6 applications of Rs.50 lakhs each in the public issue of NEAL. Joint accounts were opened by DCW with the 6 applicants with Global Trust Bank (GTB) and 6 cheques for Rs.50 lakhs each were issued in favour of the said persons. Against these six cheques, GTB issued 6 stockinvests for Rs.50 lakhs each and 6 applications for 1 lakh shares each were made by the said persons with Shri Toophanmal Bhandari as the second applicant. 3.1.3 Summons was issued to the six applicants. Mr. Ketan Doshi and Mr. Piyush Avlani appeared on behalf of all the applicants. In his statement on oath recorded at SEBI on 24.2.98, Shri Ketan Doshi stated that one Kalpesh Chawalla approached him to apply for shares in the public issue of NEAL under Finance arrangement with M/s. Gallav Finance & Investments Pvt. Ltd. (GFIL). Corroborating the statement of Toophanmal Bhandari, he stated further that he then approached DCW to finance the application on his behalf and that joint applications were made by him alongwith Shri Toophanmal Bhandari. He also confirmed that he gave Power of Attorney to DCW Ltd. to operate the joint account opened with them at GTB for acquiring stockinvests. He also stated that interest was paid to him upfront either by GFIL or Mr. Kalpesh Chawalla, a stock broker of Ahmedabad Stock Exchange. Shri Doshi in his state
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