According to the Final Order in the matter of Future Retail Limited, The founder and co-founder of Future Group Mr. Kishore Biyani and Mr. Anil Biyani along with five others have been penalized by the SEBI for insider trading.
They have been prohibited from dealing in the securities market for a period of 12 months, barred from dealing with the securities of Future Retail Ltd, directly and indirectly for a period of 24 months.
Subsequently, they are liable to jointly disgorge an amount of Rs. 17.78 Crore with an interest of 12% per from the 20th of April of 2020 till the actual payment has been made.
The amount of 17.78 Crore is equal to the sum of undue profits made by Biyanis, FCRL and other notices that have been made through the trade of shares on the basis of the unpublished price sensitive information.
An additional amount of 2,75,68,650/- is required to be paid by the FCRL and FCRL Employee welfare Trust with an interest of 12% per annum from 20th of April 2020.
The market regulator has imposed a fine of another one crore rupees each owing to the Section 15 G of the SEBI Act 1992.
The current case is on the trade of shares between the 10th of March of 2017 to the 20th of April 2017 that was made holding information of unpublished price sensitive information, on the 20th of April 2017, FRL announced their demerger creating a positive impact on its shares.
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