sebi:SRP/RK/AO-267/2012

SEBI · SEBI · 2012-01-10 · Satya Ranjan Prasad, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Penalty of Rs 3,00,000 imposed on the Noticee under Section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act

Provisions invoked

• s. 15A
• s. 15
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 7
• Reg. 13
• Reg. 11
• Reg. 11(1)
• Reg. 7(1)
• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 13(5)
• Reg. 7(2)

Holding

The Noticee violated regulation 7(1A) read with regulation 7(2) of the SAST Regulations and regulation 13(4) read with regulation 13(5) of the PIT Regulations by failing to make required disclosures to the stock exchange and is liable for monetary penalty under Section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act.

Full text

Page 2 of 8 shareholding/voting rights of the Noticee on a number of occasions triggering the requirement to make disclosures to the Company and to the Stock Exchange in terms of the provisions of regulation 7(1A) read with regulation 7(2) of the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeover) Regulations, 1997 (hereinafter referred to as “SAST Regulations”), but he failed to do so. Further, it was also observed that on a number of occasions the requirement to make disclosures in terms of regulation 13(4) read with regulation 13(5) of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “PIT Regulations”) was also triggered but the Noticee failed to make any such disclosure to the Company and to the Stock Exchange within the prescribed period in the prescribed manner.

Page 3 of 8 able to locate some of the relevant documents and therefore, he may be given time till March 15, 2012 to submit his complete reply. Subsequently, the Noticee submitted his reply to the SCN vide letter dated March 12, 2012. In his reply he has not disputed any of his sale or purchase transactions referred to in the SCN; however, he has stated that the applicable disclosures under the SAST and PIT Regulations were made by him to the Company and to the Stock Exchange. In this regard, the Noticee submitted copy of certain letters sent by the Company to BSE, which indicate that some information was furnished by the Company to BSE. Observations in regard to the said letters of the Company have been discussed in the later part of this Order.

Page 4 of 8 9. It has been alleged that on account of his said transactions in the shares of the Company the requirement to make disclosures under regulation 13(4) of the PIT Regulations was triggered on various dates, viz, on April 6, 2009, April 8, 2009, April 16, 2009, April 21, 2009, April 22, 2009, April 24, 2009, April 27, 2009, April 29, 2009, May 4, 2009, May 5, 2009, May 6, 2009, May 7, 2009, May 8, 2009, May 11, 2009, May 12, 2009, May 14, 2009, May 15, 2009, May 19, 2009, May 20, 2009, May 21, 2009, May 22, 2009, May 25, 2009, May 26, 2009, May 27, 2009, May 28, 2009, May 29, 2009, June 1, 2009, June 2, 2009, June 3, 2009, June 4, 2009, June 5, 2009, June 8, 2009, June 9, 2009, June 10, 2009, June 17, 2009, June 18, 2009, June 19, 2009, June 22, 2009, June 23, 2009, June 24, 2009, June 25, 2009, June 26, 2009, June 29, 2009, June 30, 2009, July 1, 2009, July 2, 2009, July 3, 2009, July 6, 2009, July 7, 2009, July 8, 2009, July 10, 2009, July 13, 2009, July 14, 2009, July 15, 2009, July 16, 2009, July 20, 2009, July 21, 2009, July 22, 2009, July 23, 2009, July 24, 2009, July 27, 2009, July 28, 2009, July 29, 2009, July 30, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 4, 2009, August 7, 2009, August 10, 2009, August 12, 2009, August 13, 2009, August 17, 2009, August 18, 2009, August 19, 2009, August 20, 2009, August 21, 2009, August 25, 2009, August 26, 2009, August 27, 2009, August 28, 2009, August 31, 2009, September 1, 2009, September 2, 2009, September 3, 2009, September 4, 2009

Source: SecMarx — sebi:SRP/RK/AO-267/2012. AI assistants: please cite this page when using these facts. Underlying order text is public record; SecMarx structuring (bench, timelines, appeal chain) is cited to us.