sebi:EAD/BJD/NJMR/154-155/2017-18

SEBI · SEBI · 2017-07-17 · B J Dilip, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Alleged violations upheld against both Noticees; monetary penalty imposed (amount not specified in excerpt)

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15I
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 7
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 9

Parties

• J V Stock Broking Pvt Ltd (JVSL) - Noticee 1
• SPFL Securities Ltd (SPFL) - Noticee 2

Holding

Noticee 1 (JVSL) was found to have violated Regulation 3 (a) (b) (c) (d) read with Regulation 4 (1), 4 (2) (a) and (g) of SEBI (PFUTP) Regulations, 2003 by executing self-trades that created false and misleading appearance of trading without change in beneficial ownership. Noticee 2 (SPFL) was found to have violated Clause A (2) of the Code of Conduct for Stock Brokers read with Regulation 7 (Regulation 9 – post amendment) of SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations by failing to exercise due diligence.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of Mindvision Capital Ltd., Page 2 of 27 exercise due diligence as a Stock Broker, which resulted in execution of self- trades resulting in no change of beneficial ownership in respect of such trades and thereby violated the provisions of Clause A (2) of the Code of conduct for Stock Brokers as specified in Schedule II read with Regulation 7 (Regulation 9 – post amendment) of SEBI (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992.

Adjudication Order in the matter of Mindvision Capital Ltd., Page 3 of 27 Entity Name Broker On Both Buy & Sell Side Total Self- Trade Volume Total Self- Trade Count No of days on which self- trades done % Of Self- Traded Qty. To Market Vol. Net LTP contribution by self- trades J V Stock Broking Pvt Ltd SPFL Securities Ltd. 7323 19 12 0.12% 6.80 It was observed from the above table that JVSL had dealt in 7,323 shares through self-trades in 19 trades in 12 days. The volume of self-trades executed by JVSL was 0.12% of the total market volume during the period of investigation, which contributed to net Last Traded Price (LTP) of ` 6.80. It was alleged that JVSL by executing repeated self-trades in the scrip of MCL, created false and misleading appearance of trading in the scrip of MCL without the intention of change of ownership of shares. Therefore, it was alleged that JVSL had violated the provisions of Regulation 3 (a) (b) (c) (d) read with Regulation 4 (1) 4 (2) (a) and (g) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003. It was also observed that broker and counter party broker in respect of self-trades executed by JVSL was Noticee 2 i.e., SPFL. It was alleged that SPFL had failed to exercise due diligence as stock broker which resulted in execution of self-trades by JVSL, resulting in no change of beneficial ownership in respect of such trades. Therefore, it was alleged that SPFL had violated the provisions of Clause A (2

Adjudication Order in the matter of Mindvision Capital Ltd., Page 4 of 27 doing share business on our behalf. From the enclosed details of trading done in the scrip of MCL during the period of investigation, it is quite clear that traders / jobbers / arbitragers of ours have purely done trading / jobbing / arbitrage in the scrip of MCL and that we did not had any malafied intention whatsoever while trading / jobbing / arbitrage in the scrip of MCL.

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