sebi:WTM/GM/EFD-1/DRA-III/04/2021-22
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Facts / Headnote
Violations established against Company; Noticee nos. 1 to 9 & 12 directed to jointly and severally refund with 15% p.a. interest within 180 days; proceedings against Noticee no. 10 dropped; proceedings against Noticee no. 11 abated on death
Provisions invoked
- s. 11
- s. 19
- s. 81
- s. 73
- s. 4A
- s. 45
- s. 67(3)
- s. 67
- s. 73(2)
- s. 73(1)
- s. 64
- s. 56(1)
- s. 42
- s. 75
- s. 73(3)
- s. 42(7)
- s. 456(2)
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 58
- Reg. 200
- Reg. 57
- Reg. 25
- Reg. 6
- Reg. 32
- Reg. 5
- Reg. 49
- Reg. 4(2)(d)
- Reg. 36
- Reg. 46
- Reg. 63
- Reg. 4(2)(e)
- Reg. 301
- Reg. 47
Parties
- BRD Securities Limited
- Surendran Thazhathpurakkal Krishnan
- Chanayil Gopalan Surendran
- William Verghese Chungath Cheru
- Gigy Verghese Pulikkottil
- Prasad Punnoose
- Porathur Devassy Antony
- Mary Williams
- Cheruvathoor Kuriappan
- Jojo Njezhuvinkel Joseph
- Arimpilly Vishnu Bhattathirippad
- Thomas Augustine
Holding
The 8 allotments of equity shares to a total of 3534 persons from October 06, 2001 to November 25, 2010 were public issues in violation of Sections 56, 60 and 73 read with Section 67 of the Companies Act, 1956 and DIP/ICDR requirements, and Noticee nos. 1 to 9 & 12 are jointly and severally liable to refund with 15% interest.
Full text
___________________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of BRD Securities Limited Page 1 of 27 WTM/GM/EFD-1/DRA-III/04/2021-22
___________________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of BRD Securities Limited Page 2 of 27 violations of various laws pertaining to public issue of securities. On examination of various documents including information from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) database and submissions made by the Company, it was inter alia observed that the Company had made equity allotments since Financial Year 2000-01 onwards on various occasions. The details of the said equity share allotments (excluding instances of bonus issue and rights issue and issues made to less than 49 persons) are as follows:
___________________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of BRD Securities Limited Page 3 of 27 available for subscription or purchase by persons other than those receiving the offer or invitation; or (b) otherwise as being a domestic concern of the persons making and receiving the offer or invitation. However, the first proviso in Section 67(3) provides that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply in a case where the offer or invitation to subscribe for shares or debentures is made to fifty persons or more. Even further, the second proviso in Section 67(3) provides that nothing contained in the first proviso shall apply to the non- banking financial companies or public financial institutions specified in section 4A of the Companies Act, 1956.
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