SEBI issued the final order on February 6
Brightcom Group's consolidated profit after tax tumbled 47 percent to Rs 186.28 crore in Q2 FY25.
'The resignations of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, following the SEBI order, had a material impact on our operations,' says Brightcom Group
The resignation letter said that the action was prompted by several significant issues and listed lack of required information, inadequate cooperation in providing essential information, absence of shareholder approval for appointment of auditors, and delay in quarterly reviews.
SEBI lifted the restrictions against veteran investor Shankar Sharma of not disposing of BCG shares he held directly or indirectly, on February 28.
For Q2 of the fiscal year 2024, Brightcom Group's revenue came in flat at Rs 112 crore while net profit rose marginally.
Trading suspended in Brightcom stock from June 14
Brightcom Group has been removed from Nifty Microcap 250 index, Nifty Total Market index and Nifty 500 Value 50 index. Ujjivan Financial Services was excluded from the Nifty Microcap 250 and Total Market index
SEBI had issued an interim order on August 22, 2023, and on February 28, the markets regulator issued a confirmatory order, confirming the directions it gave for 20 of the 25 noticees in the Brightcom Group case.
Of the directions given to 25 noticees in the interim order in August 2023, directions given to five stand changed in the final confirmatory order.
He was alluding to EKI Energy Services that had previously been in the news for queries raised by its former auditors.
While the order is an interim one, how frauds happen with regularity despite so many checks and balances is a puzzle. Cracking it is critical to shoring up investor confidence
Brightcom board has accepted the resignation of Suresh Reddy, who was serving as the Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the company, along with the resignation of Narayana Raju, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.
The market regulator has found that the company not only committed accounting fraud but also fabricated bank account statements
In November 2021, Sharma had called BCG a 4 AM stock. “The world is sleeping. But a faint bit of light is creeping up at the edges. That's the home run period,” he said
On August 22, Sebi passed an interim order on the company’s preferential allotment
The interim order was passed on August 22, because the regulator believes that an “urgent intervention” is warranted