sebi:Order/KS/AA/2019-20/3224

SEBI · SEBI · 2018-04-03 · K Saravan, Chief General Manager & Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation found; penalty imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15H
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 28A
• s. 15I(1)

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Royal Touch Fablon Private Limited

Holding

The Noticee, Royal Touch Fablon Private Limited, was held to have violated Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations by executing non-genuine reversal trades in 35 stock options contracts on BSE, and a penalty of Rs. 6,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Page 2 of 26 crore units or 54.68% of the total market volume in stock options segment of BSE during the Investigation Period. It was observed that Royal Touch Fablon Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “Noticee”) was one of the various entities which indulged in execution of reversal trades in stock options segment of BSE during the Investigation Period. Such trades were observed to be non-genuine in nature and created false or misleading appearance of trading in terms of artificial volumes in stock options and therefore alleged to be manipulative, deceptive in nature. In view of the same, SEBI initiated adjudication proceedings against the Noticee for 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”).

Page 3 of 26 of the SEBI Act for the violations alleged to have been committed by the Noticee. 5. It was inter alia alleged in the SCN that the Noticee had 95 non genuine trades in 35 Stock Options contracts which resulted in artificial volume of total 3,03,84,000 units. The Noticee made a profit of approx. Rs. 4,45,17,500 by executing non genuine trades during the I.P. Summary of dealings of the Noticee in 35 Stock Options contracts, in which the Noticee allegedly executed non genuine trades during the I.P, is as follows: S. No. Contract Name Avg. Buy Rate (Rs.) 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 Noticee 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 1 ADPW15FEB45.00CE 6.70 432000 9.70 432000 100% 25% 100% 36% 2 ANBK15FEB95.00PE 4.25 324000 7.65 324000 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 ANBK15MAR85.00CE 0.75 328000 3.80 328000 100% 13% 100% 5% 4 ANBK15MAR90.00PEW2 1.80 752000 4.40 752000 100% 33% 100% 32% 5 BAJT15FEB2800.00PE 305.00 2250 532.00 2250 100% 50% 100% 42% 6 BOBL15FEB190.00PE 5.00 241250 11.20 241250 100% 50% 100% 50% 7 BOBL15MAR190.00CE 0.30 225000 4.30 225000 100% 7% 100% 7% 8 CARN15FEB255.00PE 0.90 250000 4.90 250000 100

Page 4 of 26 19 IDFC15MAR170.00PE 0.70 88000 3.50 88000 100% 8% 100% 9% 20 IFCI15FEB34.00CE 1.95 864000 3.10 864000 100% 13% 100% 50% 21 INCM15FEB100.00CE 5.54 758000 10.29 758000 100% 56% 100% 66% 22 JPPW15MAR14.00PEW2 1.00 1425000 1.70 1425000 100% 100% 100% 100% 23 JSWE15MAR115.00PE 1.00 124000 5.00 124000 100% 7% 100% 5% 24 JSWE15MAR120.00CEW2 0.20 748000 3.00 748000 100% 9% 100% 29% 25 LNTF15MAR65.00CEW2 2.35 1304000 4.28 1304000 100% 57% 100% 62% 26 NTPC15FEB130.00CE 8.50 288000 13.00 288000 100% 33% 100% 53% 27 ONGC15MAR330.00CE 0.40 140000 4.70 140000 100% 33% 100% 48% 28 PFCL15MAR270.00CE 6.00 125000 14.00 125000 100% 25% 100% 29% 29 PFCL15MAR280.00CEW3 1.04 312000 7.45 312000 100% 100% 100% 100% 30 PFCL15MAR280.00PE 0.30 244000 4.40 244000 100% 5% 100% 7% 31 PGCL15MAR155.00CE 1.30 312000 4.50 312000 100% 50% 100% 76% 32 SYND15FEB110.00CE 5.20 124000 9.60 124000 100% 50% 100% 64% 33 UCOB15FEB80.00PE 5.20 596000 8.90 596000 100% 50% 100% 67% 34 UCOB15MAR75.00PEW2 3.10 352000 5.90 352000 100% 100% 100% 100% 35 UNIT15FEB20.00PE 2.60 360000 4.80 360000 100% 25% 100% 11%

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