sebi:WTM/PS/35/MRD/DSA/SEPT/2014
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Facts / Headnote
BSE censured; directed to engage independent consultant to review OFS bid-acceptance processes and report to Board under intimation to SEBI; SEBI directed to conduct detailed probe into confirmation of bids by Citibank N.A.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12A
- s. 11
Parties
- Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Holding
BSE violated SEBI's OFS Circular CIR/MRD/DP/18/2012 by accepting confirmation of bids for 4.55 crore NMDC shares from Custodian Citibank N.A. when funds reached the clearing corporation's bank account only at 05:09:36 PM and bids were confirmed between 06:22 PM and 06:30 PM, well after the permitted half-hour post-close deadline of 04:00 PM.
Full text
Page 2 of 11 Upon noticing the difference of about 4.55 crore shares between the two figures, SEBI vide its letter dated December 13, 2012, sought clarification from BSE.
Page 3 of 11 2013 and requested for an opportunity of personal hearing. Accordingly, an opportunity of personal hearing was granted to the BSE on September 06, 2013. However, BSE vide its letter dated August 21, 2013, sought for an adjournment. The request of BSE was
Page 4 of 11 contain the bids for 4.55 crore shares received from the Custodian, Citibank N.A. due to the inadvertent human error of failure to input the collateral details, by the reason of heavy volume of bids received towards the end of the trading day. Thereafter, BSE had sent another email at 07:04 PM to SEBI informing thereby that the final cumulative bids by it were 34,46,72,625 shares which included the confirmed bid for 4.55 crore equity shares. f. BSE had considered that the submitted bids of Custodian, Citibank N.A. were not, at any time, uncovered by margins and hence there was no compromise on the risk management. It had rejected several institutional bids which were received from brokers prior to 03.30 PM (normal trading cut-off time) on account of non-availability of collateral in time from the custodians. g. The bid in question is an institutional bid and clause 5(d)(iii) of the SEBI OFS circular bearing number CIR/MRD/DP/18/2012 dated July 18, 2012 would apply. The SEBI OFS circular does not expressly prohibit the deposit of funds in the clearing corporation within the permitted cut-off time and therefore the deposit of funds at 05:09PM (after the permitted cut-off time) is also permissible. h. In the case of institutional bids in an OFS, members/custodian make requests for updation of collateral (cash) to their respective clearing bank. The member’s/custodian’s clearing bank blocks the amount in the member’s/custodian’s bank account and confirms the same to
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