sebi:Order/KS/VC/2019-20/4061

SEBI · SEBI · 2019-06-07 · K Saravanan, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 imposed under Section 15A(b) of SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15J
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 7(2)
• Reg. 7(2)(a)
• Reg. 30

Parties

• Shri Anil Kumar Agarwal

Holding

The Noticee, a director of SCL, violated Regulation 7(2)(a) of PIT Regulations on 21 occasions by failing to disclose trades exceeding Rs. 10 lakh in value to the company, and is liable to a monetary penalty of Rs. 5,00,000 under Section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Page 2 of 13 Noticee had violated the provisions of PIT Regulations. In view of the above, adjudication proceedings were initiated against the Noticee under the provisions of section 15A(b) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Act’). APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER

Page 3 of 13 b. Further, vide email dated March 08, 2019, SCL submitted to SEBI that Noticee did not file disclosure/ information with the Company under PIT Regulations for the transaction done by him in the scrip of SCL during the IP. c. Thereafter, SEBI sought transaction statements of the Noticee from Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL) and National Securities Depositories Ltd. (NSDL). Vide email dated March 01, 2019, CDSL submitted details of demat accounts held in the name of the Noticee and details of transaction in the scrip of SCL by him. Further, vide Email dated March 06, 2019, NSDL submitted details of demat accounts held in the name of the Noticee and details of transaction in the scrip of SCL by him. Thereafter, SEBI also sought details of day wise transactions done by the Noticee in the Scrip of SCL from BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) during the IP. BSE and NSE, vide email dated March 26, 2019, provided day-wise trading details of the entity on respective exchanges. d. On the basis of above, a summary of the transactions of the entity (all on market and off market) is provided as below: Table 1 Sr No Transaction Type Date Buy quantity Sell quantity Buy Value (in Rs) Sell Value (in Rs) Disclosure required under regulation Date of Disclosure to company Date of Disclosure To Exchanges by company 1 On Market 21/03/2018 355391 0 6341953.65 0.00 7(2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 2 On Market 22/03/2018 1100000 0 20301774 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation

Page 4 of 13 10 Off Market 06/04/2018 0 203000 0.00 3988950.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 11 On Market 19/04/2018 530120 0 10457492.90 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 12 On Market 20/04/2018 322546 0 6366746.65 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 13 On Market 23/04/2018 387334 0 7645252.35 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 14 On Market 24/04/2018 266000 0 5290613.95 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 15 On Market 26/04/2018 180020 0 3318211.00 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 16 On Market 22/05/2018 100000 0 1360000.00 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 17 On Market 23/05/2018 100000 0 1389750.00 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 18 On Market 18/06/2018 100000 0 1395250.00 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 19 On Market 19/06/2018 100000 0 1350000.00 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 20 On Market 21/06/2018 100000 0 1359933.65 0.00 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation Not Disclosed NA 21 On Market 22/06/2018 3000 0 39600.00 0.00 NA NA NA 22 Off Market 29/06/2018 400000 0 4480000 0 7 (2)(a) PIT Regulation* Not Disclosed NA * -For the purpose of disclosure obligation in S. No. 22, the shareholding will be taken as combined of S. No. 21 and 22. Note: For calculating value of Off-market transaction mentioned at S. No 4, 5, 10 and 22 previous day closing price on NSE is considered e. In light of this, it is observed from pre-paragraphs that the Noticee had purchased 65,89,020

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