sebi:EAD-6/PM-AB/74/2018-19

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

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty of Rs. 25,00,000 imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act for violation of Regulations 3(a), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations

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's 299 reversal trades in 86 illiquid BSE Stock Options contracts were non-genuine and fraudulent, violating Regulations 3(a), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, warranting a monetary penalty of Rs. 25,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at the BSE Page 2 of 17 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 Page 3 of 17 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 86 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 ALBK15JUL75.00CEW4 17.10 30000 9.60 30000 50% 17% 2 AMBC15AUG225.00PEW2 2.40 407000 1.05 407000 100% 100% 3 ANBK15AUG80.00PEW3 4.08 228000 1.90 228000 33% 45% 4 APLT15AUG195.00CEW3 3.33 166000 0.25 166000 60% 83% 5 APLT15AUG200.00PEW3 5.75 288000 3.52 262000 100% 95% 6 ARVI15AUG280.00CEW3 9.26 85000 3.90 85000 100% 100% 7 AXIS15JUL360.00CEW4 235.10 2000 135.10 2000 100% 100% 8 AXIS15JUL440.00CEW3 160.20 5500 87.50 5500 100% 100% 9 BHEL15JUL225.00CEW4 54.50 10000 36.50 10000 100% 100% 10 BHEL15JUL255.00CEW3 20.05 67000 11.10 67000 50% 62% 11 BHRT15AUG380.00CEW3 4.40 230000 1.80 230000 100% 100% 12 BHRT15JUL410.00CEW2 27.00 144000 11.70 144000 100% 100% 13 BIOC15AUG460.00CEW1 6.55 122000 1.00 122000 100% 100% 14

Adjudication Order in the matter of dealing in Illiquid Stock Options at the BSE Page 4 of 17 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 CRGL15AUG165.00CEW1 19.75 98000 11.55 98000 100% 100% 20 CRGL15AUG180.00CEW2 3.20 450000 1.40 450000 100% 100% 21 CRGL15AUG185.00CEW3 3.98 186000 1.25 186000 100% 100% 22 CRGL15AUG190.00PEW3 3.79 318000 1.55 318000 67% 83% 23 CRGL15JUL160.00CE 16.80 66000 10.75 66000 100% 100% 24 DABU15AUG300.00CEW2 8.98 132000 5.20 132000 100% 100% 25 DABU15AUG300.00PEW3 3.80 341000 1.33 341000 100% 100% 26 DABU15AUG310.00PEW2 9.99 244000 5.90 244000 6% 30% 27 DABU15AUG310.00PEW3 8.98 104000 4.10 104000 100% 100% 28 DISH15AUG100.00CEW1 16.40 108000 9.90 108000 33% 87% 29 DISH15AUG110.00CEW2 4.50 472000 2.55 472000 100% 100% 30 DISH15AUG120.00PEW3 4.00 244000 1.95 244000 50% 84% 31 DISH15JUL90.00CEW3 18.64 84000 8.40 84000 60% 27% 32 DLFL15AUG120.00CEW2 7.61 124000 3.55 124000 60% 69% 33 DLFL15AUG125.00CEW3 4.00 232000 1.85 232000 50% 83% 34 EXID15AUG130.00CEW1 18.90 88000 9.90 88000 100% 100% 35 EXID15JUL130.00CE 12.20 80000 7.20 80000 50% 58% 36 EXID15JUL140.00CEW4 12.86 66000 7.65 66000 67% 83% 37 FEDB15AUG70.00PEW3 2.89 428000 1.47 428000 46% 69% 38 GAIL15AUG330.00CEW3 5.14 107000 2.00 107000 6

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