- Emmbi Industries manufactures technical textiles and polymer-based packaging products. It has experienced strong sales growth over the past decade.
- In 2010, Emmbi's IPO received poor response on the first day and was at risk of failing. Entities connected to the broker Keynote Commodities subscribed to most of the IPO shares using funds from Keynote in order to ensure the IPO's success.
- After listing, Emmbi's share price fell 37% from the issue price, and the connected entities who subscribed incurred heavy losses by immediately selling their allotted shares. Sebi later fined Keynote Commodities for fraudulent practices related to Emmbi's 2010