sebi:Order/BM/GN/2023-24/27580
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Facts / Headnote
Violation established; penalty of ₹5,00,000 imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 11B
- s. 11
- s. 15
- s. 19
- s. 15H
- s. 15J
- s. 15F
- s. 28A
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 3(a)
- Reg. 26
Parties
- NLM Trading Private Limited
Holding
The Adjudicating Officer held that NLM Trading Private Limited violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing 16 non-genuine reversal trades in 8 illiquid stock option contracts at BSE, and imposed a penalty of ₹5,00,000 under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.
Full text
Adjudication Order in respect of NLM Trading Private Limited in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE P a g e | 2 of 18 therefore were alleged to be manipulative, deceptive in nature. In view of the same, SEBI initiated adjudication proceedings against the Noticee for alleged violation of the provisions of Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “PFUTP Regulations, 2003”).
Adjudication Order in respect of NLM Trading Private Limited in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE P a g e | 3 of 18 S. N o. Contract Name Avg. Buy Rate (Rs) Total Buy Volum e (No. of units) Avg. Sell Rate (Rs) Total Sell Volum e (No. of units) % of Non Genui ne trades of Notic ee in the contr act to Notic ee's Total trades in the Contr act % of Non Genui ne trades of Notic ee in the contr act to Total trades in the Contr act % of Artifici al Volum e genera ted by Notice e in the contra ct to Notice e's Total Volum e in the Contra ct % of Artificial Volume generate d by Noticee in the contract to Total Volume in the Contract 1 ARBL15JUL 660.00CEW4 219. 95 1500 129. 95 1500 100 100 100 100 2 DHFL15JUL 330.00CEW4 124. 05 22500 74.0 5 22500 100 100 100 100 3 ICIC15JUL40 0.00PEW4 81.1 5 1000 49.1 5 1000 100 100 100 100 4 LNTF15JUL9 5.00PEW4 22.6 4000 14.3 5 4000 100 100 100 100 5 SAIL15JUL4 0.00PEW4 1.05 20000 0.05 20000 100 100 100 100 6 SOIB15JUL3 4.00PEW4 12 9000 6.65 9000 100 100 100 100 7 YESB15JUL 1060.00PEW 4 237. 05 1000 137. 05 1000 100 100 100 100 8 ZEEL15JUL4 20.00PEW4 42 1000 40 1000 100 100 100 100
Adjudication Order in respect of NLM Trading Private Limited in the matter of trading in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE P a g e | 4 of 18 market in said contract was 100%. Therefore, the Noticee allegedly generated artificial volume in the above contracts.
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