sebi:SPL/AO/SKS/SG/DCR/02/2010
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty imposed on the noticee for failure to disclose shareholding beyond 5% under Takeover and PIT Regulations
Provisions invoked
- s. 15A
- s. 15
- s. 19
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 7(1)
- Reg. 13
- Reg. 13(1)
Parties
- Shri. Bharat R Shah
Holding
The noticee, Shri. Bharat R Shah, violated Regulation 7(1) & (2) of the Takeover Regulations and Regulation 13(1) of the PIT Regulations by failing to disclose his shareholding of 6.16% in SPL beyond the 5% threshold within the prescribed time. A consolidated penalty of Rs. 1,00,000 was imposed under Section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act, 1992.
Full text
Page 2 of 9 same has not been disclosed to both the company and exchanges by which the noticee has violated the Regulation 7(1) & (2) of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997(hereinafter referred to as the ‘Takeover Regulations’) and Regulation 13(1) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘PIT Regulations’).
Page 3 of 9 hearing before the undersigned on December 17, 2009. But, noticee vide letter dated December 24, 2009 requested for grant of extension of time for the personal hearing.
Page 4 of 9 Regulation 7(1) & (2) of Takeover Regulations 7. (1) Any acquirer, who acquires shares or voting rights which (taken together with shares or voting rights, if any, held by him) would entitle him to more than five per cent or ten per cent or fourteen per cent [or fifty four per cent or seventy four per cent] shares or voting rights in a company, in any manner whatsoever, shall disclose at every stage the aggregate of his shareholding or voting rights in that company to the company and to the stock exchanges where shares of the target company are listed.
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