sebi:WTM/KMA/ISD/353/02/2011
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Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12A
Regulations
- Reg. 13(1)
- Reg. 3(a)
- Reg. 7(1)
Full text
Page 2 of 64 Well Pack Papers and Containers Limited are also traded at the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (hereinafter referred to as NSE). Spectacle Infotek Limited was listed at NSE from March 9, 2010. The unusual price/volume movement noticed in the shares of the aforesaid companies is given in the table below: Table 1
Page 3 of 64 created through large scale trading amongst a particular group without change in ownership, it creates artificial demand leading to prices which are misleading and disadvantageous to the genuine investors in the securities market. In the above scrips, artificial volume was created by certain connected entities (the details of which are mentioned below) through large scale trading among themselves, without real change in ownership of shares traded among them, for the purpose of increasing volume of trading or influencing the price. It is observed that in all the scrips (except Spectacle) mentioned in this Order, prior to the period of examination, the Scrips had low liquidity, which increased substantially only after the group commenced their prima facie manipulative activities through creation of artificial volume. Even in Spectacle, the group contributed substantial artificial volume. Analysis of their trading activities leads to an inference that they have generated misleading signals in the securities market. The investors have relied and acted on these and invested in the Scrips, thereby becoming vulnerable to losses once the artificial and prima facie deceitful activities cease leading to a fall in the share price. The names of such entities and their inter-relationship have been brought out from the Know Your Client (KYC) documents maintained by the respective stock brokers and the depository participants. These details prima facie demonstrate the ease with
Page 4 of 64 as the Pabari-Parikh group in this Order. This group had prima facie carried out manipulative activities in the Scrips mentioned above and the details of their trading are mentioned in the succeeding paragraphs.
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