sebi:Order/KS/AA/2019-20/6895

SEBI · SEBI · 2017-12-07 · K Saravan, Chief General Manager & Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Adjudication proceedings initiated vide Show Cause Notice dated January 15, 2018 disposed of without imposition of any monetary penalty

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 3(a)

Parties

• Sushma Agarwal

Holding

The Noticee did not manipulate the price in the scrip of Winsome Yarns Ltd. and did not violate Regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1), 4(2)(a) and 4(2)(e) of the PFUTP Regulations, so the adjudication proceedings were disposed of without any monetary penalty.

Full text

Page 2 of 20 Period Date Opening Price (volume) on first day of the period(Rs) Closing price (volume) on last day of the period (Rs.) Low price(volume) during the period (Rs.) / Date High Price(volume) during the period (Rs.) / Date Avg. Price / No. of (shares) traded daily during the period Pre-Invg. 30/06/2010 to 29/09/2010 Price 1.9 2.36 1.83 (12/07/2010) 2.99 (13/09/2010) 2.28 Volume 32260 299441 15209 (02/09/2010) 2454240 (23/07/2010) 357577 Investigation 30/09/2010 to 18/05/2011 (price rise) Price 2.41 4.87 1.9 (11/02/2011) 4.99 (18/05/2011) 2.69 Volume 47882 429217 302 (07/02/2011) 1508110 (14/01/2011) 150954 Investigation 19/05/2011 to 03/08/2011 (price fall) Price 4.98 3.43 3.18 (27/07/2011) 5.11 (23/05/2011) 3.79 Volume 280375 10645 5216 (23/06/2011) 350359 (27/06/2011) 111722 Investigation 25/08/2011 to 18/11/2011 (price fall) Price 36 17.5 17.5 (18/11/2011) 36 (25/08/2011) 24.58 Volume 1699 288 1 (26/10/2011) 70913 (22/09/2011) 778172 Investigation 21/11/2011 to 20/03/2012 (price rise) Price 18.35 31.95 17.25 (12/12/2011) 33.2 (15/03/2012) 23.76 Volume 21583 40200 1 (30/11/2011) 83229 (28/12/2011) 811891 Investigation 21/03/2012 to 21/02/2013 (price fall) Price 31 16 14.35 (11/01/2013) 32.5 (23/03/2012) 20.22 Volume 24661 401 1 (08/02/2013) 251999 (14/12/2012) 18158 Investigation 22/02/2013 to 29/04/2013 (price rise) Price 15.25 29.2 14.25 (08/03/2013) 29.3 (29/04/2013) 19.15 Volume 1624 259837 146 (15/04/2013) 259837 (29/04/2013) 35533 Investigation 30/04/2013 to

Page 3 of 20 3. SEBI observed from investigation that Sushma Agarwal (hereinafter referred to as ‘Sushma / Noticee’) was not acting as genuine buyer and had no bona fide intention to buy because in-spite of large disclosed quantity of available sell orders, the Noticee was placing small quantity buy orders by matching or placing orders and contributing to positive LTP. In view of the same, SEBI initiated adjudication proceedings against the Noticee under Section 15HA of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Act’) for the violation of Regulations 3 (a), (b), (c), (d), 4 (1), 4 (2) (a) and 4 (2) (e) of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as ‘PFUTP Regulations’). APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER

Page 4 of 20 Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Adjudication Rules’) to show-cause as to why an inquiry should not be initiated against the Noticee and penalty not be imposed upon ther under section 15HA of SEBI Act for the alleged violation of PFUTP Regulations. The details in respect of violation/ non-compliance by the Noticee as observed from the SCN are as given below: Patch 1 - Price rise patch from September 30. 2010 to May 18. 2011 (BSE) During this patch, the scrip price opened at Rs.2.41 and closed at Rs. 4.87 on BSE. The net rise in the scrip price is Rs. 2.46. For this price rise patch, buy side of the trades were analysed. On the basis of their net positive LTP contribution as buyers, the following top 10 entities were considered for further analysis on BSE:

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