sebi:Order/VV/PSS/AK/2022-23/17429-17446
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Provisions invoked
- s. 11B
- s. 15
- s. 15H
- s. 15I
- s. 15J
- s. 28A
Regulations
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 4(1)
- Reg. 3(a)
Parties
- Greencrest Financial Services Limited (Noticee no. 12)
- Sunil Parakh (Noticee no. 13)
- Aditya Parakh (Noticee no. 14)
- Noticee no. 15
- Noticee no. 16
- Noticee no. 17 (Udayan Grover)
- Noticee no. 18
- Noticee no. 1
- Noticee no. 2
- Noticee nos. 3 to 11
Holding
The Adjudicating Officer concluded that Noticee no. 1 and Noticee no. 2 violated the PFUTP Regulations by engaging in non-genuine trades contributing to positive LTP, while Noticee no. 12 (Greencrest) and Noticees no. 13 and 14 (its Directors) could not be held liable for violations of PFUTP regulations as alleged in the SCN.
Full text
Adjudication order in the matter of Greencrest Financial Services Limited. Page 2 of 47 A. BACKGROUND 1. Greencrest Financial Services Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as 'Greencrest /Company') was incorporated in the year 1993. Securities and Exchange Board of India (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI”), had conducted an investigation in the matter of trading activites of certain entities in the scrip of Greencrest from March 01, 2012 to July 31, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Investigation Period'), to ascertain any possible violation of the provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI Act”) and rules and regulations made thereunder.
Adjudication order in the matter of Greencrest Financial Services Limited. Page 3 of 47 huge increase in trading volumes of the scrip of the Company. It was also revealed that before stock split, only 1336 shares were traded in 133 trades, between May 10, 2013 and June 04, 2014, whereas after the stock split on June 05, 2014 between June 6, 2014 and July 31, 2015, shares to the volume of 5,41,48,981 were traded in 53,590 trades. Price of the scrip also increased from Rs. 26.90 (post-split) on June 06, 2014 to a high of Rs. 69.85 (unadjusted split price was Rs. 698.50/- per share) on December 04, 2014. After December 04, 2014 the price of the scrip remained stable.
Adjudication order in the matter of Greencrest Financial Services Limited. Page 4 of 47 (hereinafter refer as “group entities”), with Noticee no. 1 & 2 on buying side and Noticee nos. 3 to 11 on the other side, effectively contributed 29.98% to the market positive LTP by placing repeatedly their buy and sell orders above the last traded price (LTP) in the scrip amongst themselves.
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