sebi:Order/PM/SM/2021-22/12803
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Facts / Headnote
Adjudication proceedings initiated vide SCN dated May 04, 2018 disposed of as cannot be proceeded with, with no penalty imposed
Provisions invoked
- s. 11B
- s. 15
- s. 19
- s. 11(1)
- s. 15H
- s. 248
- s. 560
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 200
- Reg. 3(a)
Parties
- Ramdut Infraprojects Private Ltd.
Holding
The adjudication proceedings initiated against Ramdut Infraprojects Private Ltd. vide SCN dated May 04, 2018 cannot be proceeded with and are disposed of because the Noticee was struck off the Register of Companies and dissolved on June 09, 2017.
Full text
Adjudication Order in respect of Ramdut Infraprojects Private Ltd. in the matter of Rutron International Ltd. Page 2 of 17
Adjudication Order in respect of Ramdut Infraprojects Private Ltd. in the matter of Rutron International Ltd. Page 3 of 17 b) Investigation observed that 10,23,62,427 shares were traded in 33,479 trades over a period of 568 trading days during the investigation period with an average daily traded volume of 1,80,215 shares. The price of the scrip opened at Rs.5.25 on May 3, 2012, and reached a high of Rs.270 on March 22, 2013. The scrip has recorded highest closing price of Rs. 269.70 on September 10, 2013 and thereafter, price of scrip went down and closed at Rs.7.30 on November 28, 2014. Trading in the scrip was suspended as surveillance measure and the scrip last traded on August 26, 2015 and closed at Rs.1.30. c) From May 03, 2012 to Feb 11, 2013, there were single trades with volume of 5-10 shares were observed on all the trading days with few exceptions. Number of trades and trading volume in the scrip increased many fold on Feb 12, 2013 and afterwards. The average volume of the scrip increased to 46,192 shares per day till stock split i.e. Nov 22, 2013. d) There was a stock split of existing equity shares from one equity share of Rs.10/- each into ten equity shares of Rs.1/- each w.e.f. November 22, 2013. As a result of this, the scrip opened at Rs.24.70 on November 22, 2013 as against previous day close price of Rs.243/-. Based upon the price movement in the scrip, investigation period have been divided in following three patches: Patch 1: Price Rise (Rs.5.25 to Rs.214
Adjudication Order in respect of Ramdut Infraprojects Private Ltd. in the matter of Rutron International Ltd. Page 4 of 17 f) During investigation it was observed that the company registered negligible profit during the years ended March 2012, March 2013 and March 2015 and even recorded loss during year ended March 2014. It was also observed that there was virtually nil impact of the three major corporate announcements made by the company during the investigation period: (i) announcement of sale of logistic business on July 23, 2012, (ii) dividend declaration on May 31, 2013 and (iii) announcement regarding sub-division of face value of each Equity Shares of the Company from Rs. 10/- to Re. 1/- each on July 2, 2013. g) Investigation, based upon details available on MCA website, KYC details, off- market transaction details etc. observed that some connected entities have been trading in the scrip during investigation period. Based on above connections among several trading entities were observed and thus 99 entities were found to be part of 6 separate groups. There were 34, 25, 25, 7, 4 and 4 entities in Group-1 to Group-6 respectively. It was also observed that one of the entities i.e. Padma Impex Private Limited had multiple bank transactions with Rutron and had also received part of the proceeds of preferential allotments from the company and Padma Impex Private Limited was observed to be connected directly and indirectly to other entities. All these entities including Padma
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