sebi:Order/AP/VS/2019-20/7269
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Facts / Headnote
Violation established; monetary penalty imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15I
- s. 15J
- s. 15F
- s. 28A
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 2(1)(c)
- Reg. 3(a)
Parties
- Ms. Anandi Bhupendrabhai Vekaria
Holding
The Noticee violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by executing 153 non-genuine reversal trades in 32 illiquid Stock Option contracts at BSE, and is liable to a monetary penalty of Rs. 6,40,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.
Full text
_______________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Ms. Anandi Bhupendrabhai Vekaria in the matter of Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 2 of 13 further observed that the Noticee, by executing non genuine trades during the relevant period, registered a negative close out difference of ₹1,19,45,750/- approx. The trades entered by the Noticee were reversed on the same day within a very short span of time with same counterparty at a substantial price difference without any basis for significant change in the contract price which indicates that these trades are artificial and are non-genuine in nature. The summary of dealings of Noticee in such 32 Stock Options contracts is as follows:
_______________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Ms. Anandi Bhupendrabhai Vekaria in the matter of Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 3 of 13 S. No. Contract Name Avg. Buy Rate (₹) Total Buy Volume (no. of units) Avg. Sell Rate (́₹) Total Sell Volume (no. of units) % of Non Genuine trades of Noticee in the contract to Noticee’s Total trades in the Contract % of Non Genuine trades of Entity in the contract to Total trades in the Contract % of Artificial Volume generated by Noticee in the contract to Noticee’s Total Volume in the Contract % of Artificial Volume generated by Noticee in the contract to Total Volume in the Contract 25 UNIT15FEB10.00CE 8.40 171000 5.00 171000 100% 18% 100% 39% 26 UNIT15FEB12.00CE 6.37 81000 3.75 81000 100% 11% 100% 12% 27 UNIT15FEB12.00CEW2 4.00 9000 2.25 9000 100% 7% 100% 2% 28 UNIT15FEB14.00CEW2 2.10 36000 1.05 36000 100% 7% 100% 10% 29 UNIT15FEB20.00PEW2 3.60 198000 2.20 198000 100% 100% 100% 100% 30 UNIT15FEB22.00PEW2 5.52 117000 3.56 117000 100% 100% 100% 100% 31 UNIT15FEB24.00PEW2 7.50 72000 4.60 72000 100% 100% 100% 100% 32 UNIT15MAR12.00CEW1 6.40 45000 3.75 45000 100% 10% 100% 10%
_______________________________________________________________________________ Adjudication order in respect of Ms. Anandi Bhupendrabhai Vekaria in the matter of Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 4 of 13
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