sebi:WTM/SR/SEBI/CIS-NRO/42/08/2016
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Facts / Headnote
Rejection of the repayment proposal submitted by HBN
Provisions invoked
- s. 11A
- s. 19
- s. 12
- s. 232
- s. 237
Regulations
- Reg. 3
Parties
- HBN Dairies & Allied Limited
- Mr. Harmender Singh Sran
- Mr. Amandeep Singh Sran
- Ms. Manjeet Kaur Sran
- Ms. Jasbeer Kaur
Holding
SEBI's Whole Time Member rejected the repayment proposal submitted by HBN Dairies & Allied Limited, which envisaged setting up a Special Purpose Entity (SPE) to repay investors, finding it a deliberate ploy to delay repayment.
Full text
Page 2 of 14 realization of its assets. The said proposal/ schedule was examined by SEBI and a detailed procedure for making repayments was forwarded to HBN vide SEBI’s letter dated January 06, 2014, for necessary compliance. The procedure, inter alia, required as under: HBN to provide the details about its investors/ customers to SEBI.
Page 3 of 14 Government approved valuer. Such valuer may be appointed by HBN after receiving the due approval of SEBI. After appointment of RTA, the independent valuer and the concurrent auditor, the details of procedure/ modalities of repayment of money to the investors are required to be finalized in consultation with the RTA, concurrent auditor and SEBI.
Page 4 of 14 escrow account was opened on April 29, 2014. HBN vide its letter dated May 13, 2014, intimated SEBI that Rs.193.73 crores have been repaid to 2,00,517 investors. It is clear that such repayments, if done were apparently not made through the escrow account. As on December 18, 2014, HBN had claimed to have repaid Rs.242.17 crores to 2,36,307 investors again not from the escrow account. Payments to the investors were being made from the bank accounts other than the escrow account (which was opened for the purposes of repayment to the investors) and without the involvement of RTA, i.e. in complete disregard to the repayment procedure.
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