sebi:WTM/PS/CFD/18/JULY/2013

SEBI · SEBI · 2013-05-31 · Prashant Saran, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Interim directions revoked with immediate effect; no action under paragraph 18 of interim order

Provisions invoked

• s. 19
• s. 12A

Parties

• Kampani Consultants Limited
• Directors of Kampani Consultants Limited
• Promoters of Kampani Consultants Limited
• Promoter group of Kampani Consultants Limited

Holding

The directions issued vide the interim order dated June 04, 2013 against Kampani Consultants Limited, its directors, promoters and promoter group are revoked with immediate effect, and no action as contemplated in paragraph 18 of the interim order is to be initiated.

Full text

Page 2 of 2 be discontinued from June 06, 2013 and the scrip would be delisted on June 13, 2013. It was also submitted that all public shareholders except three of them (holding 600 shares) had tendered their shares in the delisting offer of the promoter group and the consideration at the rate of
510/- per share was also paid to them before May 31, 2013. According to the Company, no trading could have taken place after May 31, 2013 in the equity shares of the Company. The Company has also submitted that, as per the information gathered, of the three public shareholders (who did not tender shares in the delisting offer), two of them had deceased and the other person was residing outside the country.

4. I have perused the BSE notice dated May 31, 2013 and inter alia note that the trading in the equity shares of the Company would be discontinued with effect from June 06, 2013. My attention was also brought to the BSE's letter dated June 18, 2013 wherein it has been confirmed by BSE that the Company has complied with the provisions of the Delisting Regulations and had completed all formalities required for the purpose of voluntary delisting of its equity shares prior to May 31, 2013. It was further stated therein that the Company was subsequently delisted from the stock exchange on June 13, 2013. In this regard, I would like to observe that delisting is a very long process involving more than a score steps and unforeseen delays can jeopardise the process. Ideally, the Company should have started the process well in advance so that the final step would have been completed before June 03, 2013. As the process had reached an irrevocable stage on May 31, 2013 when BSE issued a notice for delisting and the Company now stands delisted, I am of the opinion that the directions issued against the Company, its directors, promoters and promoter group, vide the interim order need not be continued. Further, considering the facts and circumstances of this case, I do not find it necessary to initiate any action as contemplated in paragraph 18 of the interim order against the Company, its directors, promoters and promoter group.

5. In view of the foregoing, I in exercise of the powers conferred upon me under section 19 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 read with sections 11(1), 11(2)(j), 11(4) and 11B thereof and section 12A of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, hereby revoke the

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