sebi:WTM/ASB/IVD-1/ID11/30744/2024-25

SEBI · SEBI · 2021-05-31 · Ashwani Bhatia, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

SCN allegations of insider trading not sustained; proceedings against all Noticees disposed of without directions; interim/confirmatory directions vacated for Noticees 2 to 7; no fresh directions for Noticees 1 and 8 as interim and confirmatory orders already quashed by SAT.

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Holding

The Whole Time Member held that it was not proved that Pranshu Bhutra procured UPSI pertaining to Infosys financial results from Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar or Venkatasubramaniyam V.V. and communicated it onward, and therefore the insider-trading charges against Pranshu, Amit Bhutra and the connected partnership firms and partners could not be sustained and the proceedings were disposed of.

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_____________________________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of alleged insider trading activities of certain entities in the shares of Infosys Ltd. Page 2 of 57

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of alleged insider trading activities of certain entities in the shares of Infosys Ltd. Page 3 of 57 The grounds on which the said orders were quashed are discussed later in this

_____________________________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of alleged insider trading activities of certain entities in the shares of Infosys Ltd. Page 4 of 57 the date when the UPSI pertaining to the financial results came into existence. The said UPSI came to an end when INFY disseminated the quarterly financial results to the public through stock exchange announcements. Therefore, the start and end of the UPSI periods for the financial results for each quarter were as under:

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