sebi:WTM/TCN/49/ID/08/07
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Facts / Headnote
Direction restraining Tactfull Investments Ltd. from buying, selling or dealing in securities for six months; benefit of doubt given on the charge of funding/aiding and abetting artificial volume creation.
Provisions invoked
- s. 11B
- s. 11
Regulations
- Reg. 11
Parties
- Tactfull Investments Ltd.
Holding
SEBI directed Tactfull Investments Ltd. not to buy, sell or deal in securities, directly or indirectly, for a period of six months, finding that its associates traded in its shares with intent to manipulate price and that the company violated SEBI's debarment order by making a preferential allotment. SEBI gave TIL the benefit of doubt on the charge of funding or aiding and abetting the creation of artificial volume.
Full text
2 1.2 Based on the investigation of DSE, SEBI ordered a preliminary enquiry into the trading of the scrip during December 2001. During the course of preliminary enquiry, it was observed that the trading was concentrated amongst a few brokers. Also, some of the trading brokers and the trading clients were suspected to be associated with the company. In view of the above, SEBI conducted detailed investigation into the matter. 1.3 Investigations revealed that TIL was included in the list of vanishing companies based on the following criteria : (i) Company not responding to shareholders for a period of 2 years. (ii) Non-compliance of listing agreement (iii) Company is not available at the registered office 1.4 An analysis of broker wise trading details in the scrip from February 2, 2001 to June 28, 2001 revealed that the top four trading brokers accounted for 97% of the gross traded quantity and 100% of the net purchase quantity. The details of trading by various brokers in the scrip during the period is as under: Sr.No. Member Name Total Purchase Total Sale Gross Net
3 7. Option Securities Pvt. Ltd. 100 100 200 0 1.5 It was alleged that TIL along with their associates had traded in their shares with the intention of manipulating the price of the shares and thereby creating artificial volume in the scrip.
4 hearing, SEBI chairman confirmed that the name of the company would be removed from the list of vanishing companies. The name of the company been removed from the list of vanishing companies appearing on the website of DCA apparently indicates that the company was wrongly implicated as vanishing company.
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