sebi:WTM/KMA/ERO/IVD/360/03/2011
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Facts / Headnote
Certificate of registration suspended for a period of five days, effective on expiry of twenty one days from the date of the Order
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 4(2)
- Reg. 28(2)
- Reg. 4(2)(a)
Parties
- M/s. Rajendra Prasad Shah [Registration No. INB 030054010], Member, The Calcutta Stock Exchange Limited
Holding
The broker was held guilty of violating Regulations 4(2)(a), (e) and (o) of the PFUTP Regulations and Clauses A(1) to A(4) and B(4)(a) of the Broker Code of Conduct, and its certificate of registration was suspended for five days.
Full text
Page 2 of 6 CSE during the investigation period. It was alleged that the trades of the Broker were in contravention of Regulation 4(2) (a), (e) and (o) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as the PFUTP Regulations) and Clauses A(1) to A(4) and B(4)(a) of the Code of Conduct specified for stock brokers under Schedule II of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers and Sub-brokers) Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the Broker Regulations). Thereafter, SEBI, vide Order dated February 18, 2007 read with subsequent Orders dated November 19, 2007 and November 18, 2009 appointed an Enquiry Officer under the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Procedure for Holding Enquiry by Enquiry Officer and Imposing Penalty) Regulations, 2002 (since repealed) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the Intermediaries Regulations) to enquire into the aforesaid violations allegedly committed by the Broker. The Designated Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Enquiry Officer) submitted the `Report dated May 4, 2010, recommending the suspension of the certificate of registration of the Broker for a period of fifteen days. Thereafter, a notice dated May 12, 2010 was issued by SEBI to the Broker, requiring it to show cause as to why the penalty as r
Page 3 of 6 also filed a written submission on behalf of the Broker during the course of the hearing. 2. I have considered the Enquiry Report, the oral and written submissions made on behalf of the Broker and other material available on record. According to the Enquiry Officer, the Broker was guilty of contravening Regulations 4(2)(a), (e) and (o) of the PFUTP Regulations and Clauses A(1) to A(4) and B(4)(a) of the Code of Conduct specified for stock brokers under Schedule II of the Broker Regulations. I note that the trades of the Broker accounted for 3.15% (1,11,340 shares) of the total volume of the shares of the Company at CSE. Out of the total of 1,11,340 shares traded by the Broker, 1,08,240 shares representing 97.21% were through cross deals. The details of such trades were mentioned in the Enquiry Report. The Broker was involved in cross deals for nine months. The share price had increased during such period and the same was also mentioned in the Enquiry Report. I note that the said increase was not supported by any fundamentals of the Company. For the years ended March 31, 2005, March 31, 2004 and March 31, 2003, the Company had incurred loss (before tax) of `0.51 lakh, `0.66 lakh and `0.17 lakh, respectively and that as on March 31, 2005, it had a negative Earning Per Share (EPS) of 0.05. In such a financial background, the share price of the Company could not have increased but for the manipulation as had happened in the present case where the Broker was a necessar
Page 4 of 6 its trades, the share price had increased as shown in Enquiry Report. Admittedly, the Broker had traded during the following period:- i. between February 11, 2004 and February 17, 2004 ii. between May 12, 2004 and July 9, 2004 iii. between November 24, 2004 and March 3, 2005
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