sebi:EAD-12/SM/61/2018-19
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty of Rs. 2,00,000 imposed under Section 15A(b) for violation of Regulation 29(1) read with 29(3) of SAST 2011 and Regulation 13(1) of PIT 1992; allegations of violation of Regulation 29(2) read with 29(3) and Regulation 13(3) read with 13(5) dropped
Provisions invoked
- s. 15A
- s. 15
- s. 15J
- s. 15F
Regulations
- Reg. 13
- Reg. 199
- Reg. 13(1)
- Reg. 7(1)
- Reg. 29(2)
- Reg. 29
- Reg. 201
- Reg. 29(1)
Parties
- Paresh Ramjibhai Chauhan
Holding
The Noticee violated Regulation 29(1) read with 29(3) of SAST 2011 and Regulation 13(1) of PIT 1992 by failing to disclose crossing 5% shareholding on January 2, 2015, and is liable to a consolidated monetary penalty of Rs. 2,00,000 under Section 15A(b).
Full text
In the matter of Super Domestic Machines Ltd. Page 2 of 8 6. It was alleged that shareholding of Noticee had crossed 5 % on January 2 2015 and his shareholding had changed twice more than 2% and hence made him liable to make disclosure under Regulation 29(1), 29(2) read with 29(3) of SAST and Regulation 13(1), 13(3) read with 13(5) of PIT 1992.
In the matter of Super Domestic Machines Ltd. Page 3 of 8 more than 2% after crossing threshold limit of 5%. SEBI has not provided any document evidencing the change of shareholding of the noticee. c. I submit that I am a retail non-promoter shareholder and somehow came to hold the abovementioned quantity of shares. I being lay investor was not aware about disclosure to be made by retail investors. Neither the company nor the trading member made me aware or drew my attention to it. d. It is pertinent to mention that the company SDML in its quarterly disclosures for the quarter ended December 2014 disclosed my holding as 5.22% which was subsequently reduced to 3.91% in the quarter ending March 2015. e. I reiterate that I being a retail investor was not aware about any disclosure provision applicable to me at the relevant time. I verily believed that I being a non-promoter group entity and my purchases of SDML shares on a recognized Stock Exchange being delivery based (out of investment) does not require any further action on my part. The Noticee states that neither his broker nor the Stock Exchange / Depository Participant /Depository pointed out the requirement of disclosure at the relevant time. f. Already filed relevant disclosures with the exchange on November 19, 2016 with the company on November 22, 2016. g. In the circumstances, I say that the lapses were unintentional, inadvertent – the non- disclosures were technical as the corporate / stock market world knew about th
In the matter of Super Domestic Machines Ltd. Page 4 of 8 b. Does the violation, if any, on the part of Noticee attract monetary penalty under Section 15A (b) of the Act?
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