sebi:WTM/SM/IVD/ID4/23864/2022-23
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Facts / Headnote
Held Noticees no. 1, 2 and 10 violated securities laws and issued restraint directions with freezing of existing holdings; proceedings qua Noticees no. 4, 5, 6 and 9 disposed of without liability; proceedings qua Noticees no. 3, 7 and 8 abated.
Provisions invoked
- s. 11(4)
- s. 19
- s. 12A
- s. 21
- s. 23E
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 13
- Reg. 2
- Reg. 25
Holding
Aftek Limited (Noticee no.1) through its Account Charge Agreement and Credit Agreements fraudulently facilitated subscription to its GDRs by pledging GDR proceeds as security for loans to subscribers Kendo and Highgrove and concealing the arrangement, violating Section 12A of SEBI Act read with PFUTP Regulations; Noticees no.2 and 10 are liable as authorizing/executing directors, while proceedings against Noticees no.4,5,6,9 were disposed of and against no.3,7,8 abated.
Full text
Order in the matter of Aftek Limited Page 2 of 60 BACKGROUND 1. Securities and Exchange Board of India (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI”) conducted an investigation into the issue of Global Depository Receipts (hereinafter referred to as “GDR”) by Aftek Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Aftek/ Company/ Noticee no. 1”).
Order in the matter of Aftek Limited Page 3 of 60 mentioned credit agreements shall together be referred to as the “Credit Agreements”. It was also observed that the aforesaid loans were provided by Banco Bank to Kendo and Highgrove to subscribe to the GDR issued by Aftek.
Order in the matter of Aftek Limited Page 4 of 60 investors about the arrangement so made by it to ensure the successful issuance/subscription/allotment of the GDR by facilitating a loan to Subscribers in terms of the aforesaid Credit Agreements. Instead of disclosing the details of the arrangement so made with the Banco Bank to facilitate the subscribers to make a successful GDR issuance, the Company has concealed the above facts from the public including the information that the proceeds of GDR would be kept as security with the Banco Bank and would not be made available for the Company’s immediate use. The concealment of above material facts from shareholders of the Company and investors of the securities market have adversely prevented them from taking an informed decision about the investment in the Company. The above acts of concealing material facts and further providing partial and distorted information to the public about issuance of GDR by the Company have been observed to be as acts falling in the category of fraudulent acts on the part of the Noticees to mislead the shareholders/investors at large. SHOW CAUSE NOTICE, REPLY AND HEARING:
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