sebi:PKK/AO/54/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Charges not established; case disposed of
Provisions invoked
- s. 15
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 3(a)
Parties
- Rakesh Kumar
Holding
The Adjudicating Officer found that the charges leveled against the Noticee in the SCN do not stand established and the case is accordingly disposed of, concluding that the Noticee is not guilty of violating the PFUTP Regulations.
Full text
Page 2 of 7 details of off market transactions entered by and between various entities were provided to Noticee as an Annexure 1 to Show Cause Notice (SCN). It is alleged that Noticee transferred through off market 1,75,000 shares to one Mr. D Krishna on December 27, 2004 who in turn offloaded the same in the market after premature and misleading corporate announcement and the December 2004 quarter results. It is alleged that Noticee had offloaded the said shares in the market at higher prices through the said entity. The Noticee was thus alleged to have violated SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as PFUTP Regulations.
Page 3 of 7 and had been duly received by the Noticee. The Noticee has not submitted any reply to the SCN. 5. The AO considered the facts of the case and other materials available on record and decided to conduct an inquiry in the matter. The AO granted an opportunity of personal hearing to the Noticee and accordingly he was advised to attend the hearing on March 19, 2010. The authorized representatives of the Noticee appeared before the AO and submitted that an application under consent scheme could be filed by April 10, 2010. The consent application filed by the Noticee had seems been rejected by the High Powered Advisory Committee and another opportunity of personal hearing was granted to the Noticee on September 27, 2010. The representatives of the Noticee appeared before me and submitted that he would submit revised consent terms. As the revised terms were not acceptable, another opportunity of personal hearing was granted to the Noticee on February 23, 2011. The representatives of the Noticee appeared before me and made oral submissions followed by written submissions. The Noticee inter-alia submitted that “KEWL had denied that the statements made by it were misleading in any way. The carrying on of off-market transactions by Mr. Rakesh Kumar with the promoters/ directors of KEWL cannot by itself be a charge. In this regard, reliance is placed on the observation of the Hon’ble Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai, in the matter of Amrik Singh versus Securities and Exch
Page 4 of 7 quarterly results by KEWL, which shares were sold on January 18, 2005. The prices of the shares of KEWL remained in the range of Rs. 9.90 to Rs. 13.90 per share from January 1, 2005 to January 31, 2005. It is relevant to examine that, as alleged, the price of the shares of KEWL did not in any manner move abnormally from the date of the announcement of quarterly results by KEWL on January 11, 2005 upto January 18, 2005, as the price of shares of KWEL on the last said date was Rs. 13.40 per share. The price movement data of the shares of KEWL at Mumbai Stock Exchange during the period from January 1, 2005 to January 31, 2005 is set out in the attachment marked Annexure 2. The issued and paid up capital of KEWL is Rs. 1388.89 lacs divided into 138,88,900 fully paid by shares of Rs. 10 each. The sale of subject shares by Mr. Rakesh Kumar after the date of announcement of quarterly results by KEWL is a miniscule quantity of 61,100, which is a small fraction of 0.44% of total issued shares of KEWL, and it cannot be gainsaid that sale of 0.44% shares by Mr. Rakesh Kumar made in the course of an off-market transaction would have altered the liquidity of shares of KEWL already available in the market. Such numbers of shares sold after January 11, 2005, were insignificant in comparison to the trading volumes recorded in the stock exchanges. Without prejudice to the above submissions, it is further most humbly submitted that as is evident from the price movement data of shar
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