sebi:ORDER/AP/AS/2020-21/11064-11076

SEBI · SEBI · 2017-05-31 · Amit Pradhan, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Noticees found liable for violations; penalties imposed (specific amounts not fully stated in excerpt)

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 15
• s. 12A
• s. 11
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 28A
• s. 23I
• s. 21
• s. 23E
• s. 23A
• s. 73(2)

Regulations

• Reg. 4
• Reg. 3
• Reg. 13
• Reg. 57
• Reg. 200
• Reg. 64(1)
• Reg. 14(3)

Holding

Noticees No. 1 and 2 (Managing Director and Whole Time Director of THL) were held liable for violations of Section 12A(a) of the SEBI Act and Regulations 3(b), 4(1), 4(2)(f) of the PFUTP Regulations for defrauding investors in the THL IPO; Noticees No. 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12 were held liable for aiding and abetting THL in inflating purchase and sale figures; Noticee No. 13 (Merchant Banker) was held liable under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act for violation of Regulation 64(1) of ICDR Regulations and code of conduct under Schedule III of Merchant Banker Regulations.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of thirteen entities in the matter of IPO of Timbor Home Limited Page 2 of 42 under sections 23A(a) and 23E of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as “SCRA”) for the alleged violations of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating To Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 ( hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations”), SEBI (Issue Of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 ( since repealed) (hereinafter referred to as “ICDR Regulations”) and SEBI (Merchant Bankers) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “Merchant Banker Regulations”) and provisions of the Listing Agreement read with SCRA w.r.t. Mr. Anant Sureshchandra Maloo (Noticee No. 1), Mr. Manan Vidhyapati Patel (Noticee No. 2), Mr. Rakesh Surajkumar Bhagat (Noticee No. 3), Mr. Tejdeepsingh Harvindersingh Anand (Noticee No. 4), Mr. Rakesh Mohinder Puri (Noticee No. 5), M/s Wood Star (India) Private Limited (Noticee No. 6 or “Wood Star”), Mr. Rohit Babulal Patel (Noticee No. 7), Mr. Bhupesh Babulal Patel (Noticee No. 8), Mr. Sanjaybhai Babulal Patel (Noticee No. 9), Ms. Diptiben Rohitbhai Patel (Noticee No. 10), Mr. Ajay Sureshchandra Maloo (Noticee No. 11), Ms. Nina Ajay Maloo (Noticee No. 12) and M/s Corporate Strategic Allianz Limited (Noticee No. 13).

Adjudication Order in respect of thirteen entities in the matter of IPO of Timbor Home Limited Page 3 of 42 C. THL and its directors i.e. Noticees No. 1 – 5 employed an artifice to defraud investors in connection with securities listed on a recognized stock exchange by publishing false information which was not true and thus, they violated the provisions of Sections 12A (a), (b) and (c) of the SEBI Act and Regulations 3 (b), (c), (d), 4 (1) and 4(2)(f) of the PFUTP Regulations.

Adjudication Order in respect of thirteen entities in the matter of IPO of Timbor Home Limited Page 4 of 42 Purchase of Machinery 259.60 222.00 37.60 Establishment of new stores across India 400.00 135.18 264.82 Additional Working Capital Requirements 1318.25 1312.23 6.02 Public issue expenses 161.69 219.30 -57.61 General Corporate Purposes 185.16 0 185.16 Total 2324.70 1888.71 435.99

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