sebi:WTM/PS/38/CFD/SEPT/2013
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Facts / Headnote
Interim order dated June 04, 2013 revoked; no further action initiated; Company warned for delayed compliance
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12A
Parties
- Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited
- its directors, promoters and promoter group
Holding
The directions issued in the interim order dated June 04, 2013 against Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, its directors, promoters and promoter group are revoked with immediate effect, as the Company has achieved minimum public shareholding (MPS) compliance of 25.10% through a bonus issue, though belatedly.
Full text
Page 2 of 3 August 10, 2013 for the purposes of complying with the MPS norms. Consequently, the promoter holding was reduced from 77.21% to 74.90%. During the personal hearing, the representatives also submitted that the Company is now compliant with the MPS norms and requested SEBI to withdraw the directions issued in paragraph 17 of the interim order.
Page 3 of 3 the Company had started taking effective steps for compliance only from May, 2013. If it had taken those steps much earlier, it could have avoided the delay. The Company has definitely delayed its compliance with the MPS requirement when it was under notice for three years for achieving such compliance. Therefore, the Company is warned for its conduct and is advised to ensure compliance with all the applicable laws and regulations administered by SEBI, in letter and spirit. However, considering the fact that the Company has complied with the MPS norms, though belatedly, as observed above, I do not propose to initiate further action against the Company as contemplated in paragraph 18 of the
5. I have considered the reply and submissions made by the Company. The Company has submitted that it had examined various methods to comply with the MPS norms, starting from Offer for Sale (OFS) and sale of shares by the promoter and promoter group entities of the Company on the floor of the stock exchanges in the normal window after obtaining SEBI approval. It has been submitted by the Company that Tata Sons, one of the promoters of the Company had initiated the OFS on May 15, 2013. However, due to the poor response, the OFS was cancelled. Thereafter, on May 30, 2013, a second OFS was initiated and all valid bids aggregating to 68,771 shares of the Company were accepted. Simultaneously, Tata Sons sold about 9.8 million equity shares representing 0.52% of the share capital of the Company till June 03, 2013 on the floor of the exchanges. It has been said that due to the poor market response to both the OFSs, the Company considered the sale on the floor of the stock exchange as a feasible method for reducing the promoter holding. The company has submitted that the sale on the floor of exchange hampered by the generally low volumes in its stocks possibly due to low investor appetite in the telecom sector. Further, while Tata Sons was in the process of selling the shares on the floor of exchange, its brokers received a communication from NSE on June 05, 2013, directing them not to execute sale of the Company's shares. Accordingly, the sale on the floor of the stock exchange was
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