sebi:EAD-6/PM-AB/24/2019-20

SEBI · SEBI · 2018-04-03 · Prasanta Mahapatra, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of Rs. 20,00,000 imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15I
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 2(1)(c)
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 4(2)(a)
• Reg. 2(1)(c)(2)
• Reg. 2(1)(c)(7)
• Reg. 2(1)(c)(8)

Holding

The Noticee's 389 reversal trades in 83 illiquid BSE Stock Options contracts violated Regulations 3(a), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, and a monetary penalty of Rs. 20,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act was imposed.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at the BSE Page2 of 19 related to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter be referred to as, the “PFUTP Regulations”).

Adjudication Order in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at the BSE Page3 of 19 for significant change in the contract price which indicates that these trades are artificial and are non-genuine in nature. d) A summary of dealings of the Noticee in the 83 Stock Options contracts in which the Noticee executed non-genuine reversal trades during the Investigation Period are as under: Table 1: Summary of trading of the Noticee in Illiquid Stock Options on BSE S. No. Contract Name Avg. Buy Rate (Rs.) Total Buy Volume (no. of units) Avg. Sell Rate (Rs.) Total Sell Volume (no. of units) % of Artificial trades of the Noticee in the contract to Total trades in the contract % of Artificial Volume generated by Noticee in the contract to Total Volume in the Contract 1 ADPW14AUG50.00PE 0.35 776000 1.60 776000 57% 57% 2 ADPW14SEP48.00CEW3 2.70 240000 0.70 240000 100% 100% 3 ADPW14SEP50.00CEW3 1.75 336000 0.25 336000 100% 100% 4 ADPW14SEP50.00PEW2 1.95 344000 0.60 344000 33% 74% 5 ADPW15JUL22.00PE 1.42 616000 0.05 616000 100% 100% 6 ALBK14AUG125.00PE 5.00 116000 1.95 116000 100% 100% 7 ALBK14SEP120.00PE 0.80 180000 3.80 180000 36% 42% 8 ALLD14AUG38.00PE 0.82 396000 1.90 396000 100% 100% 9 ALLD15JUL75.00PE 2.35 144000 0.05 144000 100% 100% 10 ANBK14AUG75.00PE 3.30 1052000 1.15 1052000 100% 100% 11 ANBK14OCT85.00CE 1.70 332000 0.20 332000 100% 100% 12 ANBK14SEP75.00CE 2.60 160000 0.20 160000 20% 46% 13 AUPL15AUG640.00CEW1 51.00 15000 117.65 15000 100% 100% 14 CIPL15JUL600.00CE 100

Adjudication Order in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at the BSE Page4 of 19 S. No. Contract Name Avg. Buy Rate (Rs.) Total Buy Volume (no. of units) Avg. Sell Rate (Rs.) Total Sell Volume (no. of units) % of Artificial trades of the Noticee in the contract to Total trades in the contract % of Artificial Volume generated by Noticee in the contract to Total Volume in the Contract 19 DISH14SEP55.00PE 3.21 168000 0.30 168000 27% 30% 20 DISH15JUL85.00PE 2.93 312000 0.05 312000 100% 100% 21 EXID14JUL165.00PEW4 15.00 48000 6.70 48000 100% 100% 22 FEDB15JUL65.00PE 1.80 800000 0.27 800000 100% 100% 23 GLPL15AUG900.00CEW1 56.06 14000 127.50 14000 100% 100% 24 GLPL15JUL1110.00PE 43.50 17500 101.40 17500 100% 100% 25 GMRI14JUN28.00PEW3 1.25 55000 0.05 55000 20% 36% 26 GMRI15JUL18.00PE 3.40 624000 1.60 624000 100% 100% 27 HXTL15JUL240.00CE 35.98 56000 17.80 56000 100% 100% 28 IDBI14JUL100.00PEW4 9.20 64000 4.10 64000 33% 52% 29 IDBI14JUN90.00PEW3 3.27 308000 0.05 308000 100% 100% 30 IDBI14SEP80.00CE 0.25 400000 2.25 400000 25% 55% 31 IDBI15JUL55.00PE 1.05 224000 0.05 224000 7% 10% 32 IDFC14SEP140.00PE 1.50 502000 0.50 502000 100% 100% 33 IFCI14SEP34.00PE 1.23 180000 0.10 180000 30% 41% 34 IFCI15AUG22.00CEW1 3.81 928000 1.80 928000 100% 100% 35 IOBL14AUG60.00CE 7.95 448000 4.96 448000 100% 100% 36 IOBL14SEP60.00PEW1 2.95 32000 0.10 32000 100% 100% 37 IOBL14SEP60.00PEW2 3.09 680000 0.40 248000 9% 12% 38 IOBL14SEP65.00PE 0.25 288000 2.05 288000 100% 100% 39 JAIA14AUG55.00CE

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