sebi:WTM/PS/46/CFD/NOV/2014
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Facts / Headnote
Application dated January 16, 2012 and supplementary representation dated September 12, 2013 disposed without granting any relief; Acquirer and Merchant Banker reprimanded and advised to comply with disclosure requirements
Regulations
- Reg. 10
- Reg. 12
- Reg. 22(9)
Parties
- IndiaSTAR (Mauritius) Limited
- HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Private Limited
Holding
The applicant's request for a fresh open offer at the same price plus interest and other punitive action was rejected and his application was disposed without any relief, while the Acquirer and the Merchant Banker were reprimanded for failing to reach the standards of disclosure expected under the SEBI Circular dated March 08, 2004.
Full text
Page 2 of 30 OCDs"). This acquisition resulted in the increase in the shareholding of the Acquirer from 12.07% to 20.42% of the paid-up voting equity share capital of the Target Company triggering regulation 10 of the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 ("the Takeover Regulations").
Page 3 of 30 (iii) The Acquirer and the Manager to the Open Offer did not make full disclosures as required under the Takeover Regulations and on the contrary have withheld material information, which resulted in projecting a clean image of the Acquirer because of which many investors like the applicant took a decision not to tender their equity shares in the Open Offer. Had the Acquirer and the Manager disclosed true and correct information, which were required to be disclosed in the Letter of Offer ("the LOF"), the decision of the Acquirer would have been different.
Page 4 of 30 by Sycamore Management Corporation located in Princeton, New Jersey. Copy of the above data was enclosed. (ii) On a perusal of the information available on the website of Sycamore Ventures, it is found that 'indiaStar Fund' is one of the funds of Sycamore Ventures and the Acquirer was in fact controlled by Sycamore Ventures. Copy of the data was enclosed.
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