sebi:EAD-6/PM-AB/73/2018-19

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

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of Rs. 7,00,000 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. 4(1)
• 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 violated Regulations 3(a), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by executing non-genuine reversal trades in illiquid stock options at BSE, and a monetary penalty of Rs. 7,00,000 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 16 Regulation 4(1), 4(2) (a) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trading Practices 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 16 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 32 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 ADPW15JUL26.00PEW4 0.90 752000 0.05 752000 38% 68% 2 ALBK15JUL85.00CEW3 8.70 272000 4.25 272000 100% 100% 3 ALBK15SEP70.00CEW3 7.00 52000 3.50 52000 50% 54% 4 ANBK15JUL60.00PE 1.84 352000 0.10 352000 64% 28% 5 ANBK15SEP70.00PE 9.00 44000 6.00 44000 25% 15% 6 DISH15AUG115.00PEW3 2.40 128000 0.05 128000 50% 74% 7 FEDB15AUG50.00CEW3 18.20 140000 11.00 140000 33% 34% 8 FEDB15SEP55.00CEW1 8.00 140000 4.37 140000 50% 56% 9 GMRI15AUG12.00PEW3 0.45 507000 0.05 507000 18% 43% 10 IBRL15AUG50.00PEW1 2.49 408000 0.07 408000 54% 46% 11 IDBI15AUG80.00PEW3 20.41 92000 11.16 92000 40% 29% 12 IFCI15SEP26.00PE 6.60 192000 4.00 192000 30% 20% 13 INCM15SEP80.00PEW2 9.00 68000 5.30 68000 33% 25% 14 INCM15SEP85.00PEW2 15.20 52000 11.

Adjudication Order in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at the BSE Page4 of 16 e) By indulging in execution of aforesaid non-genuine reversal trades, the Noticee has violated Regulations 3(a),(b),(c),(d) and 4(1), 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, text of which is reproduced as under: “SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trading Practices Related to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003

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