sebi:WTM/RKA/SRO/18/2015
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Facts / Headnote
FDMFL and its four directors directed jointly and severally to refund money collected from March 19, 2014 allotment with 15% p.a. interest within three months and restrained from accessing/dealing in securities market and associating with listed/public fundraising companies till refund is completed
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 73
- s. 621
- s. 4A
- s. 45
- s. 67(3)
- s. 67
- s. 56
- s. 29
- s. 2(36)
- s. 60
- s. 2(60)
- s. 73(2)
- s. 56(1)
- s. 73(1)
- s. 42
- s. 40
- s. 33
- s. 23
- s. 2(70)
Regulations
- Reg. 36
- Reg. 47
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 46
- Reg. 107
- Reg. 57
- Reg. 26
- Reg. 6
- Reg. 32
- Reg. 5
- Reg. 4(2)
- Reg. 9
- Reg. 49
- Reg. 8
- Reg. 4
- Reg. 63
Parties
- Fishermen Development Micro Finance Limited
- Mr. Mariadasan Ubald
- Mr. Loorduswamy Michaelangelus
- Mr. Anthony Pillai Kildos
- Mr. Peter Remigius
Holding
FDMFL's allotment of 51,995 equity shares to 3,410 persons on March 19, 2014 was a public issue in violation of the Companies Act, 1956/2013 and ICDR Regulations, and FDMFL and its four directors were directed to jointly and severally refund the Rs 5.20 crore collected with 15% interest and remain restrained from the securities market until refund.
Full text
_________________________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of Fisherman Development Micro Finance Limited Page 2 of 11 b. The details of the directors of FDMFL (as per MCA- 21 Portal) are as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of Fisherman Development Micro Finance Limited Page 3 of 11 (ii) directing FDMFL and its directors not to issue prospectus or any offer document or issue advertisement for soliciting money from the public for the issue of securities, in any manner whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, and (iii) directing FDMFL and other companies, in which its directors hold substantial or controlling interest, not to access the capital market for a particular period as well as to initiate prosecution proceedings under section 621 of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the relevant sections of the Companies Act, 2013.
_________________________________________________________________________________ Order in the matter of Fisherman Development Micro Finance Limited Page 4 of 11 d. Since the offer/allotment of shares by FDMFL (which is a NBFC) to more than 50 persons is not a public offer within the meaning of section 67 of the Companies Act, 1956, section 60 (requirement to file Prospectus) and section 73 (application to stock exchange to list) will not be applicable to the said issue. e. For the aforesaid reasons, the Noticees have not violated the provisions of section 56 (1) and 60 of the Companies Act, 1956, section 29, 33 (1) and 40 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 26, 32, 36, 37, 46, 47, 49, 57, 58 and 63 of the ICDR Regulations. f. Since FDMFL has not violated any provisions of the Companies Act, 1956/2013 and SEBI Regulations, action under sections 11(1), 11(4)(b), 11A(1)(b) and 11B SEBI Act, 1992 read with Regulation 107 of the ICDR Regulations is not warranted.
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