sebi:WTM/PS/59/IVD/ID-05/DEC/10
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Facts / Headnote
Warning issued to the noticee to be cautious in future dealings; proceedings disposed of.
Provisions invoked
- s. 11B
- s. 11(4)
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 4(b)
- Reg. 13(2)
Parties
- Ms. Ushma P. Sheth
Holding
The noticee, Ms. Ushma P. Sheth, violated Regulations 4(b), 4(d) and 4(e) of the PFUTP Regulations, 1995 read with Regulation 13(2) of the PFUTP Regulations, 2003 by facilitating the creation of a false market in the scrip of Prudential. She was warned to be cautious in her future dealings as a securities market participant.
Full text
Page 2 of 7 2. During the period of investigation, the price of the scrip rose from Rs.11.85 on March 5, 2001 to Rs.21.25 on March 16, 2001. The price of scrip had gone up by more than 7% each day during the aforesaid period. Again, it went up from Rs.15.35 on May 28, 2001 to Rs.42.05 on June 15, 2001 and from Rs.44 on June 25, 2001 to Rs.55 on July 2, 2001. During the relevant period, the scrip traded with daily volume of over 1, 00,000 shares on 4 days i.e. on June 6, June 11, June 18 and June 26, 2001 with large quantities traded between only two brokers, namely, M/s SPS Share Brokers Pvt. Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “SPS”) & M/s Tropical Securities and Investments Pvt. Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Tropical”). Investigations further revealed Shri Vinod Baid, Chairman, Prudential and his group holding company Premier Fiscal Services Limited transferred 15,00,000 shares of Prudential. Out of these, Ushma P. Sheth received 3,00,000 shares. Ushma P. Sheth transferred the said 3,00,000 shares to one Ms. Aditi Dalal and Tropical which were used for the purpose of price/market manipulation. Thus, Ms. Ushma P. Sheth had aided and abetted Ms. Aditi Dalal and Tropical in creating a false market and indulged in acts calculated to create a false or misleading appearance of trading in the market in the scrip of Prudential.
Page 3 of 7 4. I note that despite repeated reminders, the noticee has not replied to the SCN. An opportunity of personal hearing was granted to Ms. Ushma P. Sheth on May 07, 2010 wherein Shri Pallav Sheth, husband of Ms. Ushma P. Sheth appeared before me and made
Page 4 of 7 Date of Purchase as per bill Quantity Rate (Rs.) Remarks 09.04.2001 6,17,400 15.30 Tropical vide bill no. GP49/249001 dated 14.04.2001 26.06.2001 1,00,000 45.22 Tropical vide bill no. GC74/374001 dated 30.06.2001
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