sebi:EAD-6/PM-AB/006/2019-20
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Facts / Headnote
Monetary penalty imposed on the Noticee
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 3(a)
Holding
The Noticee violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c) & (d) and 4(1), 4(2)(a) & (e) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by manipulating the price of Malabar scrip, and a monetary penalty of Rs. 8,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act was imposed.
Full text
Page 2 of 9 SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, REPLY AND PERSONAL HEARING 4. A Show Cause Notice dated March 27, 2018 (hereinafter be referred to as the “SCN”) was issued to the Noticee under Rule 4 of the AO Rules to show cause as to why an inquiry should not be initiated and penalty be not imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act for the allegations as detailed in the said SCN. The SCN alleged that during the investigation period, the price of the scrip of Malabar opened at Rs. 5.15 and closed at Rs. 13.5 with a high of Rs. 351.9 and a low of Rs. 5.15. A total of 33,01,711 shares were traded during the investigation period with the average daily traded volume of 8,296 shares. The price movement during the investigation period was examined in various patches. As per the trade data during the period June 18, 2014 to November 12, 2014 the scrip price of Malabar opened at Rs.68.4 and closed at Rs.345 i.e. contributing to net positive LTP of Rs.276.6. The summary of trading of the Noticee was as follows: Table 1: Summary of trading done by the Noticee
Page 3 of 9 6. From the trading of the Noticee, it was observed that the sell orders were placed for shares in the range of 10-50 shares when the respective buy order quantity was in the range of 75-1000 shares were already available in the system and on most days the trades of the Noticee were the only trades.
Page 4 of 9 e. The Noticee purchased only 300 shares of the company through a broker and the Noticee had no ulterior motive while executing these transactions. f. The Noticee is applying in IPO since 1991 and sells shares whenever she get good price. The Noticee is not aware of the reasons for increase in price of shares and the broker also doesn’t have time during market hours to tell about the reasons of price increase.
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