sebi:Order/MC/HP/2021-22/15787

SEBI · SEBI · 2013-07-31 · Maninder Cheema, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty imposed

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 12A
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3(b)
• Reg. 13

Parties

• Keynote Commodities Limited

Holding

The Noticee, Keynote Commodities Limited, was held to have violated Section 12A(b) of the SEBI Act and Regulations 3(b),(c),(d), 4(1) and 4(2)(c) of the PFUTP Regulations and a penalty of Rs.2,00,000 was imposed under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Adjudication Order in the matter of Emmbi Polyarns Limited Page 2 of 30 adjudge under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act the aforesaid alleged violations by the Noticee. Subsequently, Shri Peeyush Gupta was appointed as Adjudicating Officer in the instant matter. Adjudication Order dated July 31, 2013 was passed by the Adjudicating Officer imposing a penalty of Rs.25,00,000/- on the Noticee. This order was appealed before the Hon’ble Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) by the Noticee vide Appeal No. 182 of 2013. Hon’ble SAT vide its Order dated October 10, 2014, remanded the matter to the file of the Adjudicating Officer for afresh consideration.

Adjudication Order in the matter of Emmbi Polyarns Limited Page 3 of 30 309/310, third Floor, Kuber Complex, New Link Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai - 400053. The promoters of the company were Makrand Moreshwar Appalwar, Mrs. Rinku Makrand Appalwar and Mitravinda Moreshwar Appalwar at the relevant time. The composition of the Board of the company at the relevant time were as under:

Adjudication Order in the matter of Emmbi Polyarns Limited Page 4 of 30 change in style & preference of the consumer may pose a serious challenge to the company. Moreover the industry in which the company operates is highly fragmented with different types of packaging products thereby lacking pricing power & on the flip side it is highly prone to petroleum products prices. The company is asking close to 30x post issue multiple which looks a bit expensive considering the growth of the industry.  S. P. Tulsian (www.premiuminvestments.in): Financial performance and health of the company does not justify this size of issue, as its net worth is just at Rs. 9 cr, as on 30/09/2009, with debt equity ratio of 2:40:1, taking total debt of the company, of Rs. 21.69 cr. Financial year had top line of just Rs. 38 cr with a meagre PAT of 1.36 cr.  Further, the company is into manufacture of jumbo bags and woven sacks with a capacity of 5,000 TPA, which is now being raised to 17,8000 TPA. The company has estimated total cost of expansion at Rs. 36 cr and planning to source it from IPO and internal accruals. When the company already has such a high gearing and reserves of just Rs. 1.22 cr. on 30/09/2009, anything coming in from internal accruals is ruled out. On top of it, the company had the courage to issue 3 bonus shares for every 2 shares held, ahead of this IPO. Due to this, book value per share fell to 11.50, on pre-IPO equity base. Even post IPO, paid up equity will sharply rise fro

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