sebi:IVD-ID3/KBL/AO/DRK/AS/EAD-3/149/09-52/2010
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty of Rs. 30,00,000 imposed on Kolar Biotech Ltd. for violation of SEBI PFUTP Regulations, 2003
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
Parties
- Kolar Biotech Ltd.
Holding
Kolar Biotech Ltd. was found to have violated Regulations 3, 4(1), 4(2)(f), 4(2)(k), and 4(2)(r) of the SEBI PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by issuing false and misleading advertisements regarding bonus shares and GDR issues when no board meetings had actually taken place, and a penalty of Rs. 30,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.
Full text
Page 2 of 19 2. SEBI, vide its interim order dated September 30, 2004, had issued 11B directions restraining 58 entities who are either promoters, directors, major shareholders of KBL, Adam Comsof Ltd. (ACL) and Soundcraft Industries Ltd. (SIL) or major sellers in the said scrips and the entities related to them, from buying, selling or dealing in any other manner in the shares of KBL, ACL and SIL till the investigations are completed. The Chairman, SEBI passed order dated February 18, 2005 confirming earlier order dated September 30, 2004 and further directed that the order dated September 30, 2004 shall continue until further orders.
Page 3 of 19 2003 5. The trading in the shares of KBL is suspended at the stock exchanges with effect from October 11, 2004 for non-compliance of various clauses of listing agreement. Subsequent to the public issue, company had on February 28, 2002 split the shares from Rs 10/- per share to Re 1/- per share.
Page 4 of 19 Narayan Building, 2nd Floor, 23, L.N. Road, Dadar (E), Mumbai – 400 014 was sealed by the Office of the Special Recovery and Sales Officer of the Co-operative Department, Mumbai (Government of Maharastra) in the matter of recovery of advances given to SIL. However, it was observed that KBL vide its letter dated July 29, 2004 had intimated BSE that it would convene a Board Meeting on August 03, 2004, for considering various proposals interalia including considering issue of bonus shares. The letter was signed by Shri Vinod Hingorani, chairman of KBL. Again, KBL vide an unsigned letter dated August 03, 2004, sent to BSE with a copy of the audited results as on June 30, 2004 stated that board had decided to declare bonus shares in the ratio of 2:1, which was duly approved by the Board of Directors in their meeting held on August 03, 2004, at the registered office of the company and simultaneously issued an advertisement on August 04, 2004 in The Economic Times (ET) publishing the audited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.
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