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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) ushered in a formal code of corporate governance (hereinafter “the Code”) through Clause 49 in the Listing Agreement executed by the Company with stock exchanges. Clause 49 lays down several corporate governance practices which listed companies are required to adopt. This report sets out the compliance status of the Company with the requirements of corporate governance, as set out in Clause 49, for the financial year 2010-11.
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Company’s Philosophy on Corporate Governance |
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The Company recognises that transparency, disclosure, financial controls and accountability are the pillars of any good system of corporate governance. It is the Company’s endeavour to attain highest level of governance to enhance the stakeholder’s value. |
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Composition of Board of Directors |
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The Board of Directors of our Company has an optimum combination of executive and non-executive Directors as envisaged in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement. Our Board has 6 Directors out of which 3 are independent directors in accordance with the requirement of clause 49 of the listing agreement of the Stock Exchanges. |
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Board of Directors |
Designation |
Category |
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Mr. Anant Sureshchandra Maloo |
Chairman & Managing Director |
Non – Independent and Executive Director |
| 2 |
Mr. Manan Vidhyapati Patel |
Director |
Non-Independent and Executive Director |
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Mr. Abhijeet Dwarkadas Daga |
Director |
Non-Independent and Executive Director |
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Mr. Rakesh Surajkumar Bhagat |
Director |
Independent and Non-Executive Director |
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Mr.Tejdeepsingh Harvindersingh Anand |
Director |
Independent and Non-Executive Director |
| 6 |
Mr. Rakesh MohinderKumar Puri |
Director |
Independent and Non-Executive Director |
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In terms of Clause 49 of Listing Agreement, our company has already appointed Independent Directors and constituted the following Committees of the Board:
- Audit Committee
- Remuneration Committee
- Share Holders/ Investors Grievance Committee.
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Audit Committee : |
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Our Board constituted an Audit Committee, pursuant to the provisions of Section 292A of the Companies Act. The constitution of the Audit Committee was approved at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 08.08.2010.
The terms of reference of Audit Committee comply with the requirements of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, which will be entered into with the Stock Exchanges in due course.
The committee consists of the following Directors :
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| Name of the Director |
Designation |
Nature of Directorship |
| Mr. Rakesh M. Puri |
Chairman |
Independent Director |
| Mr. Rakesh S. Bhagat |
Member |
Independent Director |
| Mr. Tejdeepsingh H. Anand |
Member |
Independent Director |
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Our Company Secretary, Ms. Akanksha Bijawat will act as the secretary of the Committee.
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The terms of reference of our Audit Committee are given below:
- Overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process and the disclosure of its financial information to ensure that the financial statement is correct, sufficient and credible.
- Recommending to the Board, the appointment, re-appointment and, if required, the replacement or removal of the statutory auditor and the fixation of audit fees.
- Approval of payment to statutory auditors for any other services rendered by the statutory auditors.
- Appointment, removal and terms of remuneration of internal auditors
- Reviewing, with the management, the annual financial statements before submission to the Board for approval, with particular reference to:
- Matters required to be included in the Director’s Responsibility Statement to be included in the Board’s report in terms of clause (2AA) of Section 217 of the Companies Act 1956;
- Changes, if any, in accounting policies and practices and reasons for the same;
- Major accounting entries involving estimates based on the exercise of judgment by management;
- Significant adjustments made in the financial statements arising out of audit findings;
- Compliance with listing and other legal requirements relating to the financial statements;
- Disclosure of any related party transactions;
- Qualifications in the draft audit report.
- Reviewing, with the Management, the quarterly financial statements before submission to the Board for approval.
- To monitor the utilisation of proceeds of the proposed initial public offering of the Company and any other issue of shares of the Company, reviewing the report submitted by monitoring agency,if any,and to make appropriate recommendations to the Board in this regard
- Monitoring the use of the proceeds of the proposed initial public offering of the Company.
- Reviewing, with the management, performance of statutory and internal auditors, and adequacy of the internal control systems.
- Reviewing the adequacy of internal audit function, if any, including the structure of the internal audit department, staffing and seniority of the official heading the department, reporting structure, coverage and frequency of internal audit.
- Discussions with internal auditors on any significant findings and follow up thereon.
- Reviewing internal audit reports and adequacy of the internal control systems.
- Reviewing management letters / letters of internal control weaknesses issued by the Statutory Auditors.
- Reviewing the findings of any internal investigations by the internal auditors into matters where there is suspected fraud or irregularity or a failure of internal control systems of a material nature and reporting the matter to the Board.
- Discussion with statutory auditors before the audit commences, about the nature and scope of audit as well as post-audit discussion to ascertain any area of concern.
- To look into the reasons for substantial defaults in the payment to the depositors, debenture holders, shareholders (in case of nonpayment of declared dividends) and creditors.
- To review the functioning of the whistle blower mechanism, when the same is adopted by the Company and is existing.
- Carrying out any other function as may be statutorily required to be carried out by the Audit Committee.
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Remuneration Committee
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The constitution of the Remuneration Committee was approved at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 08.08.2010.
The terms of reference of Remuneration Committee comply with the requirements of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, which will be entered into with the Stock Exchanges in due course. The committee consists of 3 independent Directors.
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| Name of the Director |
Designation |
Nature of Directorship |
| Mr. Tejdeepsingh H. Anand |
Chairman |
Independent Director |
| Mr. Rakesh S. Bhagat |
Member |
Independent Director |
| Mr. Rakesh M. Puri |
Member |
Independent Director |
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Our Company Secretary, Ms. Akanksha Bijawat will act as the secretary of the Committee. |
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The terms of reference of our Remuneration Committee are given below :
- To decide and approve the terms and conditions for appointment of executive directors and/ or whole time Directors and Remuneration payable to other Directors and matters related thereto.
- To recommend to the Board, the remuneration packages of the Company’s Managing/Joint Managing/ Deputy Managing/Whole time / Executive Directors, including all elements of remuneration package (i.e. salary, benefits, bonuses, perquisites, commission, incentives, stock options, pension, retirement benefits, details of fixed component and performance linked incentives along with the performance criteria, service contracts, notice period, severance fees etc.);
- To be authorised at its duly constituted meeting to determine on behalf of the Board of Directors and on behalf of the shareholders with agreed terms of reference, the Company’s policy on specific remuneration packages for Company’s Managing/Joint Managing/ Deputy Managing/ Whole-time/ Executive Directors, including pension rights and any compensation payment;
- To implement, supervise and administer any share or stock option scheme of the Company.
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Shareholders/ Investor’s Grievances Committee
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The Shareholders’ / Investors’ Grievance Committee has been formed by the Board of Directors at the meeting held on 08.08.2010 in compliance with Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.
The Shareholders’ / Investors’ Grievance Committee has been constituted with the following Directors : |
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| Name of the Director |
Designation |
Nature of Directorship |
| Mr. Tejdeepsingh H. Anand |
Chairman |
Independent Director |
| Mr. Rakesh S. Bhagat |
Member |
Independent Director |
| Mr. Anant S. Maloo |
Member |
Managing Director |
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Our Company Secretary, Ms. Akanksha Bijawat will act as the secretary of the Committee. |
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The terms of reference of our Shareholders’/ Investors Grievance Committee are given below :
“To allot the Equity Shares of the Company, and to supervise and ensure:
- Efficient transfer of shares; including review of cases for refusal of transfer transmission of shares and debentures;
- Redressal of.
- shareholder and investor complaints like transfer of shares, non-receipt of balance sheet, non-receipt of declared dividends etc;
- Issue of duplicate / split / consolidated share certificates;
- Allotment and listing of shares;
- Review of cases for refusal of transfer / transmission of shares and debentures;
- Reference to statutory and regulatory authorities regarding investor grievances; and to otherwise ensure proper and timely attendance and redressal of investor queries and grievances.”
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