sebi:Order/SM/DD/2022-23/18388

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-03-02 · Soma Majumder, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 imposed on Noticee under Section 15A(b) of SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 11B
• s. 11
• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 19
• s. 15I
• s. 15J
• s. 15F
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 7(2)(a)

Parties

• Arpit Mathur

Holding

Noticee, an employee of Titan Company Ltd, violated Regulation 7(2)(a) of PIT Regulations on six occasions by failing to disclose trades exceeding Rs.10 lakh and was held liable for monetary penalty of Rs.1,00,000 under Section 15A(b) of SEBI Act.

Full text

Adjudication order in respect of Arpit Mathur in the matter of Titan Company Ltd P a g e | 2 Noticee under the provisions of Section 15A(b) of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as ‘SEBI Act’) for alleged violation of Regulation 7(2)(a) of PIT Regulations by Noticee.

Adjudication order in respect of Arpit Mathur in the matter of Titan Company Ltd P a g e | 3 was Rs 96,22,333/-. It was observed that on six (6) occasions in the aforesaid calendar quarter, Noticee’s traded value of securities in Titan exceeded rupees ten lakhs. Therefore, for the aforesaid transactions, which were in excess of the limit specified in Regulation 7(2)(a) of PIT Regulations, Noticee was required to make disclosure in terms of the aforesaid regulation. In this regard, in reply to a query by SEBI, TCL, vide email dated October 28, 2020, confirmed that it had not received any disclosures from Noticee.

Adjudication order in respect of Arpit Mathur in the matter of Titan Company Ltd P a g e | 4 b. He was a sales executive employed at the lower level of the company and was not aware of any important management decision taken at the top level of the company. c. He was got to know of the rules and regulations with restrictions for employee trading in its own company only in November 2020. d. He had no intention to break any rules laid down by SEBI and he was not aware of the same. e. He had incurred losses in the trading of shares Titan.

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