sebi:WTM/SR/ERO/BLO/67/03/2015

SEBI · SEBI · 2014-08-13 · S. Raman, Whole Time Member

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Facts / Headnote

Interim directions that MVL cease fresh mobilisation via RPS or other securities, that MVL and its directors/promoters not issue prospectus/advertisement, not access or deal in securities market, not dispose/alienate/encumber assets acquired via Offer of RPS, not divert funds, provide full inventory of assets and information sought within 21 days, with show cause why joint and several refund with interest and further debarment should not be imposed; effective immediately until further orders.

Provisions invoked

• s. 11
• s. 55A
• s. 22
• s. 73
• s. 4A
• s. 67(3)
• s. 67
• s. 56
• s. 67(1)
• s. 67(2)
• s. 73(1)
• s. 2(36)
• s. 60
• s. 73(2)
• s. 56(1)
• s. 56(3)

Parties

• Morningstar Ventures Limited
• Shri Chakrapani Sarangi
• Shri Bhabani Satapathy
• Shri Sujit Mohapatra
• Shri Deepak Ranjan Samant
• Shri Himanshu Bhusan Nayak
• Shri Kumar Saheb Padma Bhusan Pradhan
• Mrs. Swarna Lata Devi

Holding

SEBI prima facie held MVL's issuance of 56,25,650 Redeemable Preference Shares to 1,224 investors raising Rs 5,62,56,500 during 2009-10 to 2011-12 was a deemed public issue violating Sections 56, 60 and 73 of the Companies Act, 1956, and issued interim restraints and a show-cause for joint and several refund with interest.

Full text

Page 2 of 13 d. Details regarding the number of applications received; e. Details regarding the number of allottees and list of such allottees; f. Number of debentures/preference shares allotted and value of such allotment against each allottee's name. g. Details regarding subscription amount raised; h. Date of allotment of the debentures/preference shares; i. Copies of the minutes of Board/Committee meeting in which the resolution has been passed for allotment of debentures/preference shares; j. Date of dispatch of debentures/preference shares certificates etc.; k. Details of the total number of applicants for each of its scheme besides the list of final allottees; l. Copies of application forms, pamphlets, advertisements and other promotional material circulated for issuance of debentures/preference shares; m. Terms and conditions of the issue of debentures/preference shares; vi. Other information in respect of schemes launched for raising funds.

Page 3 of 13 information obtained from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs' website i.e. 'MCA21 Portal'. On an examination of the same, it is observed that –

Page 4 of 13 Sr. No Date of Allotment No. of Allotees No of Redeemable Preference Shares Alloted Value of Allotment (
) 1 11-Nov-2009 2 60000 600000 2 18-Nov-2009 1 10000 100000 3 11-Dec-2009 6 26900 269000 4 22-Dec-2009 29 95200 952000 5 05-Feb-2010 27 214500 2145000 6 22-Mar-2010 63 338900 3389000 7 20-May-2010 113 403500 4035000 8 02-Aug-2010 40 183500 1835000 9 14-Aug-2010 40 213300 2133000 10 16-Aug-2010 33 98850 988500 11 18-Oct-2010 40 157300 1573000 12 20-Oct-2010 40 198300 1983000 13 22-Oct-2010 35 148000 1480000 14 18-Dec-2010 40 133800 1338000 15 20-Dec-2010 40 108500 1085000 16 22-Dec-2010 28 264500 2645000 17 27-Jan-2011 40 214400 2144000 18 29-Jan-2011 40 121300 1213000 19 31-Jan-2011 40 204600 2046000 20 02-Feb-2011 40 233500 2335000 21 04-Feb-2011 13 40,300 403000 22 09-Mar-2011 39 171500 1715000 23 10-Apr-2011 40 173350 1733500 24 11-Apr-2011 40 113150 1131500 25 12-Apr-2011 40 115500 1155000 26 13-Apr-2011 40 135500 1355000 27 14-Apr-2011 36 170650 1706500 28 20-Jun-2011 40 177000 1770000 29 22-Jun-2011 19 115200 1152000 30 06-Sep-2011 40 113500 1135000 31 09-Sep-2011 40 131150 1311500 32 12-Sep-2011 20 138500 1385000 33 14-Sep-2011 40 333000 3330000 34 28-Sep-2011 40 268500 2685000 Total 1,224 56,25,650 5,62,56,500

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