sebi:EAD-2/AO/48/2013-14
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Facts / Headnote
Violation established; penalty imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15A
- s. 15
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 13(4)
- Reg. 13(5)
Parties
- Shri Subash Chandran
Holding
The Noticee violated Regulation 13(4) read with Regulation 13(5) of the PIT Regulations by failing to disclose his dependant wife's sale of 6400 shares of SCSL and is liable to a monetary penalty of Rs 50,000 under Section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act.
Full text
Page 2 of 7 SCSL on August 28, 2012 for a value of ` 6,16,381/-. Since, the said transaction exceeded ` 5,00,000 lakhs in value, the Noticee is mandated to make the necessary disclosure to the company / SCSL and the stock exchanges where the shares of the company were listed as prescribed under Regulation 13(4) read with Regulation 13(5) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the PIT Regulations). However, the Noticee failed to do so.
Page 3 of 7 6. In view of the above, I am proceeding with the inquiry taking into account the reply of the Noticee and the documents and material as available on record.
Page 4 of 7 is the wife of the Noticee and is also a dependant of him. On August 28, 2012, Mrs. Neeta Subash Chandran had sold 6400 shares of SCSL for a value of ` 6,16,381/- constituting 0.0003% of the issued capital. As per the disclosure requirement prescribed under Regulation 13(4) of the PIT Regulations, any person who is a director or officer of a listed company has to disclose to the company and the stock exchanges, the total number of shares or voting rights held and change in shareholding or voting rights of such person and his dependants, if there has been a change in such holdings which exceeds ` 5 lakhs in value or 25000 shares or 1% of total shareholding or voting rights, whichever is lower. The said transaction value exceeded ` 5 lakhs in value and therefore, the Noticee was required to make the necessary disclosures which he failed to do. SEBI vide e-mail dated October 17, 2012 sought information from SCSL as to whether disclosures were made by the Noticee for the said transaction. SCSL vide its reply dated October 25, 2012 stated that no such disclosures were made.
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