sebi:QJA/AA/IVD/ID15/30997/2024-25

SEBI · SEBI · 2022-02-21 · Dr. Anitha Anoop, Chief General Manager

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Provisions invoked

• s. 11
• s. 19
• s. 11(1)
• s. 12A
• s. 12
• s. 11A
• s. 15G
• s. 15J
• s. 15
• s. 11(5)
• s. 11B(2)
• s. 11B(1)

Regulations

• Reg. 2
• Reg. 4(1)
• Reg. 3(1)
• Reg. 13(1)
• Reg. 8(1)
• Reg. 2(1)(g)
• Reg. 30
• Reg. 2(1)(n)
• Reg. 2(1)(e)

Parties

• Maneesh Kumar Jain (Noticee No. 1)
• Noticee No. 2 (name not stated; former CFO of Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Limited)

Holding

The order treats information concerning the substantial acquisition of JPL shares as UPSI until it became generally available on February 22, 2022, and concludes that Noticee No. 2 was an insider. The supplied excerpt does not show a final determination on whether Noticee No. 2 communicated the UPSI, whether Noticee No. 1 traded while in possession of it, or the ultimate disposition.

Full text

Order in the matter of Insider Trading in the scrip of Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Limited Page 2 of 42 “This is to intimate that the company has received an open offer for acquisition of upto 68,11,480 (Sixty Eight Lakhs Eleven Thousand Four Hundred Eighty) fully paid- up equity shares of face value of ₹ 5 each (“equity shares”) representing 26.00% of the fully diluted voting equity share capital (“voting share capital”). The Public Announcement (“Pa” Or “Public Announcement”) is being issued by Centrum Capital Limited (“Manager to the Offer”) for and on behalf of the Acquirer and the PACS to the eligible public shareholders (As Defined Below in the enclosed PA) of the Target Company pursuant to and in compliance with, among others, Regulations 3(1) and 4 Read with Regulations 13(1), 14 and 15(1) of the SEBI (SAST) Regulations.” (emphasis supplied)

Order in the matter of Insider Trading in the scrip of Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Limited Page 3 of 42 One Hundred and Sixty Crores Six Lakhs Ninety-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred only) payable in cash through normal banking channels. 3.3 The news of substantial acquisition of shares was announced pre-market hours on February 22, 2022 (i.e. at 07:09:27 am). It was observed that the said news had impacted the price of the scrip of JPL as it registered a rise of around 20% on a close-to-close basis and rise of 5.96% on open-to-close basis. 3.4 Further, it was also observed that the scrip hit a new 52-week high price of Rs. 246.45/- on February 22, 2022. 3.5 Thus, the announcement dated February 22, 2022 made by JPL to NSE as regards substantial acquisition of shares under Regulations 3(1) and 4 read with Regulation 13(1), 14 and 15(1) of the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 was observed to be an UPSI under the provisions of Regulation 2(1)(n) of the PIT Regulations.

Order in the matter of Insider Trading in the scrip of Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Limited Page 4 of 42 the company and allegedly, communicated the said UPSI to Noticee No. 1 / Mr. Maneesh Kumar Jain. In view of the same, Noticee No. 2 is alleged to have violated the provisions of Regulation 3(1) of PIT Regulations and Section 12A(e) of SEBI Act, 1992. 5.2 Further, it is alleged that Noticee No. 1 procured the UPSI from Noticee No. 2 and traded in shares of JPL, while being in possession of UPSI related to substantial acquisition of shares in JPL, and made a profit of Rs. 31.39 Lakhs. Therefore, Noticee No. 1 had allegedly violated the provisions of Regulation 4(1) of the PIT Regulations and Sections 12A(d) and 12A(e) of the SEBI Act, 1992.

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