sebi:Order/AN/RG/2024-25/31349

SEBI · SEBI · 2024-03-21 · Amar Navlani, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Adjudication proceedings against the Noticee initiated vide SCN dated April 22, 2024, stand disposed of without imposition of any monetary penalty.

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15J
• s. 151

Regulations

• Reg. 7(1)
• Reg. 2(e)
• Reg. 23
• Reg. 30
• Reg. 4
• Reg. 30(4)
• Reg. 4(1)(c)
• Reg. 30(4)(i)(b)
• Reg. 30(4)(i)(a)

Parties

• Genus Power Infrastructures Limited

Holding

The alleged violation by Genus Power Infrastructures Limited in respect of non-disclosure of the spread-over period of the LOA contract was not established, and the adjudication proceedings were disposed of without any monetary penalty.

Full text

Adjudication order in the matter of Genus Power Infrastructures Limited Page 2 of 31 conferred under Section 19 of SEBI Act, 1992 read with Section 15-I of the SEBI Act, 1992 and Rule 3 of SEBI (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter also referred as ‘SEBI Rules’), the Competent Authority appointed the undersigned as Adjudicating Officer (“AO”) vide order dated March 21, 2024 to inquire into and adjudicate under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992, for the aforesaid alleged violations of the Noticee. The said proceedings of appointment were communicated to the undersigned vide Communique dated March 21, 2024.

Adjudication order in the matter of Genus Power Infrastructures Limited Page 3 of 31 Infrastructure Service Provider” (AMISP) contracts and had received 16 such orders till December 2023. This being the core business of the Company, the AMISP contracts forms part of ordinary course of business of Company and therefore, said information is not UPSI. Subsequently, Company clarified that generation of income and recognition of revenue from said orders is booked / spread over a long period of around 8-10 years as per the terms & conditions of the awarded AMISP contract/order, in the books of accounts and therefore, not reflected immediately on the revenue/net profit of the Company. 4.2. It was observed that at the time of announcement made by Company on August 31, 2023, the terms and conditions of the awarded AMISP contract was not finalized therefore, the said information was not part of the announcement made on August 31, 2023. However, subsequently, Company signed contract with North Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd on November 14, 2023, which evidenced the spread over period of the contract over 111 months from February 13, 2023. However, from the Exchange (NSE & BSE) website, it is observed that the Company had not disclosed this information on November 14, 2023 nor thereafter. 4.3. With regard to above, it may be stated that for a Company, whose consolidated annual revenue from operations was around 685 crores (FY ended 2022) to 808 crores (FY ended 2023) and consolidat

Adjudication order in the matter of Genus Power Infrastructures Limited Page 4 of 31 4(1)(d) of the LODR Regulations, is respectfully addressed in this submission to your esteemed office. In the SCN, it has been alleged by your good office that in the instant case, investors did not have access to complete information relating to the LOA received by wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and alleged that the disclosure made by the Company was misleading. 13) The Company received the LOA on August 30, 2023 at 7:56 PM via email from Metering Cell, NBPD and on August 31, 2023 at 5:59 PM, the Company issued a disclosure to the stock exchanges in the form of a press release or media release, informing that its step-down wholly owned subsidiary had been awarded a LOA valued at Rs. 2,247.37 crore (net of taxes). This award pertains to the appointment of AMISP, which includes the design of an AMI system along with the supply, installation, and commissioning of 24.18 Lakh smart prepaid meters including system meters, including OT Meters, with corresponding energy accounting under the DBFOOT model (HYBRID Model, CAPEX Plus OPEX). It was further disclosed that its total

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