sebi:Order/PM/SM/2021-22/12543

SEBI · SEBI · 2018-04-03 · Prasanta Mahapatra, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of Rs 5,00,000 imposed under section 15HA

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3
• Reg. 2(1)(c)
• Reg. 3(a)
• Reg. 4(2)(a)
• Reg. 2(1)(c)(2)
• Reg. 2(1)(c)(7)
• Reg. 2(1)(c)(8)

Parties

• Nakamichi Securities Private Limited

Holding

The Noticee violated regulations 3(a), (b), (c), (d), 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by executing non-genuine reversal trades in illiquid stock options and is liable to monetary penalty of Rs 5,00,000 under section 15HA of the SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Nakamichi Securities Private Limited in the matter of dealings in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 2 of 16 related to Securities Markets) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter be referred to as, the PFUTP Regulations, 2003).

Adjudication Order in respect of Nakamichi Securities Private Limited in the matter of dealings in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 3 of 16 c) The trades entered by the Noticee were reversed on the same day with the same counterparties at a substantial price difference without any basis for significant change in the contract price, which indicates that these trades are artificial and are non-genuine in nature. d) A summary of dealings of the Noticee in the 17 Stock Options contracts in which the Noticee executed non-genuine reversal trades during the Investigation Period are as under: Table 1: Summary of trading of the Noticee in Illiquid Stock Options on BSE

Adjudication Order in respect of Nakamichi Securities Private Limited in the matter of dealings in Illiquid Stock Options at BSE Page 4 of 16 4(2)(a) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 text of which is reproduced as under:

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