sebi:EAD/AO/BJD/VS/2019-20/3844

SEBI · SEBI · 2014-04-10 · B J Dilip, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 imposed under Section 15HB of SEBI Act, 1992

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 28A
• s. 18

Parties

• Indian Products Limited

Holding

The Noticee, being a listed company until its fresh incorporation as a private limited company on March 13, 2015, violated SEBI Circular No. CIR/OIAE/1/2013 dated April 17, 2013 by failing to obtain SCORES user ID and password, and is liable for monetary penalty under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992, with penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 imposed.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Indian Products Limited Page 2 of 17 Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI Act, 1992”).

Adjudication Order in respect of Indian Products Limited Page 3 of 17 Limited” with the approval of the Registrar of Companies, Karnataka and the certificate of incorporation dated March 13, 2015 was enclosed therewith. Further, the extract from ROC website indicating that the Noticee’s company was an unlisted company was also enclosed.

Adjudication Order in respect of Indian Products Limited Page 4 of 17 “…… A. Our Company was incorporated on 08th May, 1980, as a public limited company and was listed only at Calcutta Stock Exchange and was availing the listing facility since 1980 upto 2005. In the year 2005, the Company's capital was 4,00,000 shares of Rs.10 each held by 25 shareholders. In our case majority shares were closely held by the promoters & their relatives. Further, shareholdings of Body Corporate fell under the category of "Promoters & Persons acting in concert", as majority shares of Body Corporate were also held by the same promoters and their relatives. It is pertinent to note that, even now, the company has a close shareholding. The shareholders holding 99.55% of share capital had advised in writing to delist the shares of the Company from the Calcutta Stock Exchange where it was listed and had expressed their desire to continue to be shareholders without an exit option.

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