sebi:WTM/SR/SEBI/EFD/145/07/2015
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Facts / Headnote
Strong warning issued to the Noticee; Show Cause Notice disposed of
Provisions invoked
- s. 11
- s. 19
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 3(b)
- Reg. 11(1)
Parties
- Zigma Software Ltd (ZSL)
Holding
The WTM issued a strong warning to the Noticee (ZSL) to be careful and cautious in making corporate announcements and their implementation, and disposed of the Show Cause Notice, without imposing any monetary penalty.
Full text
Page 2 of 11 4. As per the SCN, it was inter alia alleged against the Noticee that – i. The announcement made by ZSL pertaining to bonus issue, Real estate project at Bangalore and the preferential issue of shares were not implemented. ii. The audited figure of the Noticee for year ended March 2006 shows a net profit of Rs. 3.13 crores after tax on a total income of Rs. 27.36 crore and the difference between the audited and unaudited results was more than 20%. The Noticee did not give any explanation for the variation in the quarterly results to the BSE in this regard as required under clause 41 of the Listing Agreement. iii. The total shareholding of the Noticee as on Mach 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005 was 1,48,18,800 shares of face value of Rs. 10 each and became 14,81,88,000 shares of face value Re.1 each as on September 30, 2005 on account of stock split from Rs. 10 to Re 1 per share. It is alleged that the promoter entity-G R Magnets Limited and associate company of the Noticee - JRP Holdings Limited offloaded substantial shares in the market by the end of the investigation period to innocent investors inducing them to purchase the same by attractive announcements which were totally misleading and the same were not implemented by the Noticee. iv. Therefore, it is alleged that the Noticee facilitated promoter and its associated entities to dump shares of the Noticee by inducing uninformed investors to invest in shares of the Noticee. In view of the various actions and omissi
Page 3 of 11 6. Thereafter, the Noticee was granted opportunities of personal hearings on January 14, 2015 and February 04, 2015. The Noticee vide e-mail dated February 04, 2015 sought extension of time upto 4 weeks to prepare for the hearing. The same was allowed and vide hearing notice dated March 04, 2015 the Noticee was granted another opportunity of hearing on April 15,
Page 4 of 11 investors. Our sincere efforts to successfully implement all the announcements made are apparently visible through all our correspondences/annexures attached for your ready reference.
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