Camlin Fine Sciences gets SEBI warning on shareholding pattern filings

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Blacklitt Research30 October 20262 min read

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Camlin Fine Sciences (NSE: CAMLINFINE) has received an administrative warning from the Securities and Exchange Board of India over its shareholding pattern filings, it said in a filing on 30 Oct 2026. The letter says two relatives of a promoter were shown as public shareholders in filings for quarters from June 2016 to March 2023.

Two relatives of a promoter were shown as public shareholders

SEBI says Radha Pandit, spouse of promoter Ashish Dandekar, and her father Anand Pandit fell within the promoter and promoter group category. The company had disclosed both as public shareholders in its shareholding pattern filings for the quarters ended 30 Jun 2016 to 31 Mar 2023.

The company says it later revised and rectified those filings retrospectively for the relevant quarters. SEBI found that the company violated Regulations 31(1) and 31(4) read with Regulations 4(1)(c) and 4(1)(e) of the LODR Regulations, and that it furnished inaccurate or misleading shareholding pattern disclosures to the stock exchanges.

A warning, with enforcement possible if compliance does not improve

The letter, dated 29 Oct 2026 and received by courier on 30 Oct 2026, warns the company and its Board of Directors to be careful in future and to improve compliance standards to avoid a repeat. It says appropriate enforcement action may be initiated in accordance with law if the company does not do so.

SEBI has asked the company to disclose the letter to the stock exchanges. As advised by SEBI, the letter will be placed before the Board of Directors for consideration at its ensuing meeting.

What the warning means for Camlin Fine Sciences' shareholders

The company says the matter had no impact on its financial, operational or other activities, quantifiable in monetary terms to the extent possible. The letter itself is an administrative warning, and it says enforcement may follow if the company does not improve its compliance standards.

The filing does not say whether any penalty has been imposed or what the reclassified holdings amount to. The next step is the Board's consideration of the letter at its ensuing meeting, and no date for that meeting is given.

At a glance

Item	Detail
Authority	Securities and Exchange Board of India, Corporation Finance Department (SEC-5)
Letter date	29 Oct 2026
Received	30 Oct 2026, by courier
Quarters covered	30 Jun 2016 to 31 Mar 2023
Persons reclassified	Radha Pandit and Anand Pandit, shown as public instead of promoter group
Provisions cited	Regulations 31(1), 31(4), 4(1)(c) and 4(1)(e) of the LODR Regulations
Financial impact	Company says no impact quantifiable in monetary terms

Reference: Original filing (PDF)

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