sebi:Order/SR/PP/2019-20/6807/166

SEBI · SEBI · 2019-01-28 · Sangeeta Rathod, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Violation established; penalty of Rs. 9,00,000 imposed under section 15A(b) of SEBI Act, 1992

Provisions invoked

• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 15J
• s. 28A

Regulations

• Reg. 13
• Reg. 13(5)
• Reg. 12(2)

Parties

• Redmond Investments Limited

Holding

The Noticee, being a promoter of Ybrant Digital Limited, violated regulation 13(4A) r/w regulation 13(5) of PIT Regulations, 1992 by failing to disclose change in shareholding exceeding 25,000 shares to the company and BSE, and is liable to a monetary penalty of Rs. 9,00,000 under section 15A(b) of SEBI Act, 1992.

Full text

Adjudication Order in respect of Redmond Investments Limited in the matter of Ybrant Digital Limited Page 2 of 11 APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER

Adjudication Order in respect of Redmond Investments Limited in the matter of Ybrant Digital Limited Page 3 of 11 4. Details of the SCN are given as under: OD of SEBI conducted examination in the scrip of YDL for the period between January 01, 2013 to March 19, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as Examination Period / IP) and observed that the shareholding pattern of Noticee changed by more than 25000 shares several times from February 2013 to December 2014. The Noticee was one of the promoters of YDL on the date of the alleged transaction. OD observed following instance on which Noticee has allegedly violated the provisions of regulation 13(4A) r/w regulation 13(5) of PIT Regulations, 1992 as tabulated below- Table-I Sl. no. Date Debit / Credit No. of shares violation 1 28/02/2013 credit 4300000 Regulation 13(4A) r/w 13(5) of PIT Regulations, 1992 2 02/03/2013 debit 4000000 3 14/03/2013 debit 100000 4 15/03/2013 debit 150000 5 05/04/2013 debit 50000 6 14/01/2014 credit 4300000 7 17/01/2014 debit 4300000 8 26/09/2014 credit 7000000 9 31/12/2014 credit 368509 10 31/12/2014 debit 6722335

Adjudication Order in respect of Redmond Investments Limited in the matter of Ybrant Digital Limited Page 4 of 11 alternate address of the Noticee was sought from the OD for serving the notices. OD had provided the alternate address vide note dated November 19, 2019. Further, vide email dated December 05, 2019 NSDL, CDSL and YDL were also advised to provide the Noticee’s address available in their records. Thereafter, NSDL vide email dated December 23, 2019 and CDSL vide email dated December 11, 2019 provided alternate addresses of the Noticee. Thereafter, vide hearing notice dated January 10, 2020, Noticee was advised to file reply to the SCN by February 07, 2020 and also granted an opportunity of hearing on February 12, 2020. The said hearing notice was served upon the Noticee at “C/o First Island Trust Co. Ltd., Suite 308, St. James Court, St. Denis Street, Port Louis, Mauritius”. Proof of delivery as downloaded from India Post website is on record. However, the Noticee has neither filed a reply to the SCN nor availed of opportunity of hearing fixed on the stipulated date. In view of the above reasons, I am compelled to proceed further in the matter on the basis of facts/material available on record.

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