Appendix 84
STANDARD LISTING AGREEMENT FORM WITH SCHEDULE OF LISTING FEES
Non‑Judicial
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Agreement made this
______________________________________________________ day of
_____________________ 19 ________ by _________________________________ a Company
duly formed and registered under the Indian Companies Act and having its
Registered Office in (hereinafter called "the Company") WITH THE
STOCK EXCHANGE OF MUMBAI (herein after called "the Exchange")
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS the Company has
filed with the Exchange an application for listing its securities more
particularly described in Schedule I annexed hereto and made a part hereof
AND WHEREAS it is a
requirement of the Exchange that there must be filed with the application an
agreement in terms hereinafter appearing to qualify for the admission and
continuance of the said securities upon the list of the Exchange
NOW THEREFORE in
consideration of the Exchange listing the said securities the Company hereby
covenants and agrees with the Exchange as follows:
1. The Company agrees
(a) that Letters of Allotment will be issued
simultaneously and that in the event of its being impossible to issue Letters
of Regret at the same time a notice to that effect will be inserted in the
press so that it will appear on the morning after the Letters of Allotment have
been posted;
(b) that Letters of Right will be issued simultaneously;
(c) that Letters of Allotment, Acceptance or
Right will be serially numbered, printed on good quality paper and examined and
signed by a responsible officer of the Company and that whenever possible they
will contain the distinctive numbers of the securities to which they relate;
(d) that Letters of Allotment and renounce
able Letters of Right will contain a provision for splitting and that when so
required by the Exchange the form of renunciation will be printed on the back
of or attached to the Letters of Allotment and Letters of Right;
(e) that Letters of Allotment and Letters of
Rights will state how the next payment of interest or dividend on the
securities will be calculated.
2. The Company will issue, when so
required, receipts for all the securities deposited with it whether for
registration, sub‑division, consolidation, renewal, exchange or for other
purposes.
3. The Company agrees-
(a) to have on hand at all times a
sufficient supply of certificates to meet the demands for transfer, sub‑division,
consolidation and renewal;
(b) to issue certificates or Pucca Receipts
within one month of the date of the expiration of any Right to Renunciation;
(c) to issue certificates within one month
of the date of lodgment for transfer, sub‑division, consolidation,
renewal, exchange or endorsement of calls/allotment monies or to issue within
fifteen days of such lodgment for transfer Pucca Transfer Receipts in
denominations corresponding to the market units of trading autographically
signed by a responsible official of the Company and bearing an endorsement that
the transfer has been duly approved by the Directors or that no such approval
is necessary;
(d) to issue without charge Balance Certificates, within one
month, if so required;
(e) to issue new certificates in replacement
of those which are lost within six weeks of notification of loss and receipt of
proper indemnity.
4. The Company agrees
(a) to issue, unless the Exchange otherwise
agrees and the parties concerned desire, Allotment Letters, Share Certificates,
Call Notices and other relevant documents in market units of trading and in the
case of share certificates issued pursuant to conversion of debentures or
shares allotted in respect of tradeable warrants or exercise of rights or bonus
issues or amalgamations which are not in market units of trading, in
denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50 shares;
(b) to split certificates, Letters of
Allotment, Letters of Right, and Split, Consolidation, Renewal and Pucca
Transfer Receipts of large denominations into smaller units;
(c) to consolidate certificates of small
denominations into denominations corresponding to the market units of trading;
(d) to issue within one week Split,
Consolidation and Renewal Receipts duly signed by an official of the Company
and in denominations corresponding to the market units of trading, particularly
when so required by the Exchange;
(e) to exchange 'Rights' or 'Entitled'
shares into Coupons or Fractional Certificates when so required by the
Exchange;
(f) to issue call notices and splits and
duplicates thereof in a standard form acceptable to the Exchange, to forward a
supply of the same promptly to the Exchange for meeting requests for blank
split and duplicate call notices, to make arrangements for accepting call
moneys at all centers where there are recognised stock exchanges in India and
not to require any discharge on call receipts;
(g) to accept the discharge of the members
of the Exchange on Split, Consolidation and Renewal Receipts as good and
sufficient without insisting on the discharge of the registered holders.
5. When documents are lodged for sub‑division,
consolidation or renewal through the Clearing House of the Exchange, the
Company agrees
(a) that it will accept the discharge of an
official of the Stock Exchange Clearing House on the Company's Split,
Consolidation and Renewal Receipts as good and sufficient without insisting on
the discharge of the registered holders;
(b) that when the Company is unable to issue
certificates or Split, Consolidation or Renewal Receipts immediately on
lodgment, it will verify whether the discharge of the registered holders on the
documents lodged for sub‑division, consolidation or renewal and their
signature on the relative transfers are in order.
6. The Company will, if so required by the
Exchange, certify transfers against Letters of Allotment, Certificates and
Balance Receipts and in that event the Company will promptly make on transfers
an endorsement to the following effect :
"Name of Company
___________________________
Certificate/Allotment Letter
No. ______________ for the within‑mentioned ________________ shares is
deposited in the Company's Office against this transfer No. _________________
Signature(s) of Official(s)
_____________________
Date ______________________
7. On production of the necessary
documents by shareholders or by members of the Exchange, the Company will make
on transfers an endorsement to the effect that the Power of Attorney or Probate
or Letters of Administration or Death Certificate or Certificate of the
Controller of Estate Duty or similar other document has been duly exhibited to
and registered by the Company.
8. The Company agrees that it will not make any charge
(a) for registration of transfers of its shares and debentures;
(b) for sub‑division and consolidation
of share and debenture certificates and for sub‑ division of Letters of
Allotment and Split, Consolidation, Renewal and Pucca Transfer Receipts into
denominations corresponding to the market unit of trading;
(c) for sub‑division of renounce able Letters of Right;
(d) for issue of new certificates in
replacement of those which are old, decrepit or worn out, or where the cages on
the reverse of recording transfers have been fully utilised;
(e) for registration of any Power of
Attorney, Probate, Letters of Administration or similar other documents.
9. The Company agrees that it will not
charge any fees exceeding those which may be agreed upon with the Exchange
(a) for issue of new certificates in
replacement of those that are tom, defaced, lost or destroyed;
(b) for sub‑division and consolidation
of share and debenture certificates and for sub‑ division of Letters of
Allotment and Split, Consolidation, Renewal and Pucca Transfer Receipts into
denominations other than those fixed for the market units of trading.
10. The Company will promptly verify the
signatures of shareholders on Allotment Letters, Split, Consolidation, Renewal,
Transfer and any other Temporary Receipts and transfer deeds when so required
by the shareholders or a member of the Exchange or by the Stock Exchange
Clearing House.
11. The Company agrees that it will
entertain applications for registering transfers of its securities when -
(a) the instrument of transfer is in any
usual or common form approved by the Exchange; and
(b) the transfer deeds are property executed
and accompanied either by certificates or by Letters of Allotment, pucca
Transfer Receipts or Split, Consolidation or Renewal Receipts duly discharged
either by the registered holders or, in the case of Split, Consolidation and
Renewal Receipts, by the members of the Exchange or an official of the Stock
Exchange Clearing House as provided herein.
12. On lodgment of the proper documents, the
Company agrees that it will register transfers of its securities in the name of
the transferee except
(a) when the transferee is, in exceptional
circumstances, not approved by the Directors in accordance with the provisions
contained in the Articles of Association of the Company, in which event the
President of the Exchange will be taken into confidence, when so required, as
to the reasons for such rejection;
(b) when any statutory prohibition or any
attachment or prohibitory order of a competent authority restrains the Company
from transferring the securities out of the name of the transferor;
(c) when the transferor objects to the
transfer provided he serves on the Company within a reasonable time a
prohibitory order of a Court of competent jurisdiction.
12A.
(1) The company agrees that when proper
documents are lodged for transfer and there are no aterial defects in the
documents except minor difference in signature of the transferor(s),
(i) then the company will promptly sent to
the first transferor an intimation of the aforesaid defect in the documents and
inform the transferor that objection, if any, of the transferor supported by
valid proof, is not lodged with the company within fifteen days of receipt of
the company's letter, then the securities will be transferred;
(ii) if the objection from the transferor
with supporting documents is not received within the stipulated period, the
company shall transfer the securities provided the company does not suspect
fraud or forge in the matter.
(2) The company agrees that when the
signature of transferor(s) is attested by a person authorised by the Department
of Company Affairs, u/s 108(1A) of the Companies Act, 1956, then it shall not
refuse to transfer the securities on the ground of signature difference unless
it has reason to believe that a forgery or fraud is involved.
13. The Company will promptly notify the
Exchange of any attachment or prohibitory orders restraining the Company from
transferring securities out of the names of the registered holdersand furnish
to the Exchange particulars of the number of securities so affected, the
distinctive numbers of stich securities and the names of the registered holders
thereof.
14. If, in view of the volume of the
business in the listed securities of the company, the Exchange so requires, the
Company will arrange to maintain
(a) a transfer register in the City of
Mumbai on which all securities of the Company that are listed on the Exchange
would be directly transferable; or
(b) a registry office or some other suitable
office satisfactory to the Exchange within the Fort Area of the City of Mumbai,
which will receive and redeliver all securities there tendered for the purpose
of transfer, sub division, consolidation or renewal.
15. The Company agrees that it will not
close its Transfer Books on such days (or, when the Transfer Books are not to
be closed, fix such date for the taking of a record of its shareholders or
debenture holders) as may be inconvenient to the Exchange for the purpose of
settlement of transactions, of which due notice in advance shall have been
given by the Exchange to the Company.
16. The Company agrees to close its transfer
books for purposes of declaration of dividend or issue of right or bonus shares
or issue of shares for conversion of debentures or of shares arising out of
rights attached to debentures or for such other purposes as the Exchange may
agree to or require and further agrees to close its transfer books at least
once a year at the time of the annual general meeting if they have not been
otherwise closed at any time during the year and to give to the Exchange the
notice in advance of at least forty‑two days, or of as many days as the
Exchange may from time to time reasonably prescribe, stating the dates of
closure of its transfer books (or, when the transfer books are not to be
closed, the date fixed for taking a record of its shareholders or debenture
holders) and specifying the purpose or purposes for which the transfer books
are to be closed (or the record is to be taken) and to send copies of such
notices to the other recognised stock exchanges in India.
The Company further agrees
that the minimum time gap between the two book closures and/or record dates
would be at least 30 days.
17. The Company will accept for registration
transfers that are lodged with the company upto the date of closure of the
Transfer Books (or when the Transfer Books are not closed, up to the record date)
and save as provided in Clause 12 will register such transfers forthwith; and
unless the Exchange agrees otherwise, the Company will defer, until the
Transfer Books have reopened, registration of any transfers which may be
received after the closure of the Transfer Books.
18. The Company will publish in a form
approved by the Exchange such periodical interim statements of its working and
earning as it shall from time to time agree upon with the Exchange.
19. The Company agrees ___________
(a) to give prior intimation to the Exchange
about the Board Meeting at which declaration/ recommendation of Dividend or
Rights or issue of convertible debentures or of debentures carrying a fight to
subscribe to equity shares or the passing over of dividend is due to be
considered at least 7 days in advance;
(b) to give notice simultaneously to the
Stock Exchanges in case the proposal for declaration of bonus is communicated
to the Board of Directors of the company as part of the agenda papers. (No
prior intimation to the Exchange is required about the Board Meeting in case
the declaration of Bonus by the Company is not on the agenda of the Board
Meeting);
(c) that it will recommend or declare all
dividend and/or cash bonuses at least five days before commencement of the
closure of its transfer books or the record date fixed for the purpose.
20. The Company will, immediately on the
date of the meeting of its Board of directors held to consider or decide the
same, intimate to the Exchange within 15 minutes of the closure of the Board
meetings by letter/fax, (or, if the meeting be held outside the city of Mumbai,
by fax/telegram)
(a) all dividends and/or cash bonuses
recommended or declared or the decision to pass any dividend or interest
payment;
(b) the total turnover, gross profit/loss,
provision for depreciation, tax provisions and net profits for the year (with
comparison with the previous year) and the amounts appropriated from reserves,
capital profits, accumulated profits of past years or other special source to
provide wholly or partly for the dividend, even if this calls for qualification
that such information is provisional or subject to audit.
21. The Company will fix and notify the
Exchange at least twenty‑one days in advance of the date on and from which
the dividend on shares, interest on debentures and bonds, and redemption amount
of redeemable shares or of debentures and bonds will be payable and will issue
simultaneously the dividend warrants, interest warrants and cheques for
redemption money of redeemable shares or of debentures and bonds, which shall
be payable at par at such centers as may be agreed to between the Exchange and
the Company and which shall be collected at par, with collection charges, if
any, being home by the Company, in any bank in the country at center's other
than the center's agreed to between the Exchange and the Company, so as to
reach the holders of shares, debentures or bonds on or before the date fixed
for payment of dividend, interest on debentures or bonds or redemption money,
as the case may be.
22. The Company will, immediately on the
date of the meeting of its Board of directors held to consider or decide the
same, intimate to the Exchange within 15 minutes of the closure of the Board
meetings by letter/fax, (or, if the meeting be held outside the City of Mumbai,
by fax/telegram)
(a) short particulars of any increase of
capital whether by issue of bonus shares through capitalisation, or by way of
fight shares to be offered to the shareholders or debenture holders, or in any
other way;
(b) short particulars of the reissue of
forfeited shares or securities, or the issue of shares or securities held in
reserve for future issue or the creation in any form or manner of new shares or
securities or any other fights, privileges or benefits to subscribe to;
(c) short particulars of any other alterations of capital,
including calls;
(d) any other information necessary to
enable the holders of the listed securities of the Company to appraise its
position and to avoid the establishment of a false market in such listed
securities.
23. The Company agrees
(a) to issue or offer in the first instance
all shares (including forfeited shares, unless the Exchange otherwise agrees),
securities, rights, privileges and benefits to subscribe to pro rata to the
equity shareholders of the Company unless the shareholders in the general
meeting decide otherwise;
(b) to close the Transfer Books as from such
date or to fix such record date for the purpose in consultation with the
Exchange as may be suitable for the settlement of transactions and to so close
the Transfer Books or fix the record date only after the sanctions subject to
which the issue or offer is proposed to be made have been duly obtained unless
the Exchange agrees otherwise;
(c) to make such issues or offers in a form
to be approved by the Exchange and unless the Exchange otherwise agrees to
grant in all cases the right of renunciation to the shareholders and to forward
a supply of the renunciation forms promptly to the Exchange;
(d) to issue, where necessary, coupons or
fractional certificates unless the Company in general meeting or the Exchange
agrees otherwise, and when coupons or fractional certificates are not issued,
to provide for the payment of the equivalent of the value, if any, of the
fractional rights in cash;
(e) to give to the shareholders reasonable
time, not being less than four weeks, within which to record their interest and
exercise their rights;
(f) to issue Letters of Allotment or Letters
of Right within six weeks of the record date or date of reopening of the
Transfer Books after their closure for the purpose of making a bonus or rights
issue and to issue Allotment Letters or certificates within six weeks of the
last date fixed by the Company for submission of letters of Renunciation or
applications of new securities.
24.
(a) The Company agrees to make an
application to the Exchange for the listing of any new issue of shares or
securities and of the provisional documents relating thereto.
(b) The company agrees to make true, fair
and adequate disclosure in the offer document draft prospectus / letter of
offer in respect of any new or further issue of shares / securities.
(c) The company agrees that it shall not
issue any prospectus/offer document/letter of offer for public subscription of
any securities unless the said prospectus/offer document/letter of offer has
been vetted by SEBI and an Acknowledgment Card obtained from SEBI through the
lead manager. Unless the regulation / guidelines of the Securities and Exchange
Board of India provide otherwise.
(d) The company further agrees that the
company shall submit to the Exchange the following documents to enable it to
admit/list the said securities for dealings on the Exchange, such as
(i) a copy of the Acknowledgment Card or
letter indicating the observations on draft prospectus/letter of offer/offer
documents by SEBI; unless the regulation/ guidelines of the Securities and
Exchange Board of India provide otherwise, and
(ii) a certificate from a Merchant Banker
acting as a lead manager to the issue reporting positive compliance by the
company of the Guidelines on Disclosure and Investor Protection issued by SEBI.
(e) In the event of non‑submission of
the documents as mentioned in sub‑clause (d) above by the company to the
Exchange or withdrawal of the Acknowledgment Card by SEBI at any time before
grant of permission of listing/admission to dealings of the securities, the
securities shall not be eligible for listing/dealing, as the case may be, and
the company shall be liable to refund the subscription monies to the respective
investors immediately.
25. In the event of the Company granting any
options to purchase any shares of the Company, the Company will promptly notify
the Exchange
(a) of the number of shares covered by such
options, of the terms thereof and of the time within which they may be
exercised;
(b) of any subsequent changes or cancellation or exercise of such
options.
26. Unless the terms of issue otherwise
provide, the Company will not select any of its listed securities for
redemption otherwise than pro‑rata or by lot and will promptly furnish to
the Exchange any information requested in reference to such redemption.
27. The Company will promptly notify the Exchange
(a) of any action which will result in the
redemption, cancellation or retirement in whole or in part of any securities
listed on the Exchange;
(b) of the intention to make a drawing of
such securities, intimating at the same time the date of the drawing and the
period of the closing of the Transfer Books (or the date of striking of the
balance) for the drawing;
(c) of the amount of security outstanding after any drawing has
been made.
28. The Company will not make any change in
the form or nature of any of its securities that are listed on the Exchange or
in the rights or privileges of the holders thereof without giving twenty one
days' prior notice to the Exchange of the proposed change and making an
application for listing of the securities as changed if the Exchange shall so
require.
29. The Company will promptly notify the
Exchange of any proposed change in the general character or nature of its
business.
30. The Company will promptly notify the Exchange
(a) of any change in the Company's directorate by death, resignation,
removal or otherwise;
(b) of any change of Managing Director, Managing Agents or
Secretaries and Treasures;
(c) of any change of Auditors appointed to audit the books and
accounts of the Company.
31. The Company will forward to the Exchange promptly and without
application
(a) six copies of the Statutory and
Directors Annual Reports, Balance Sheets and Profit and Loss Accounts and of
all periodical and special reports as soon as they are issued and one copy each
to all the recognised stock exchanges in India;
(b) six copies of all notices, resolutions
and circulars relating to new issue of capital prior to their despatch to the
shareholders;
(c) three copies of all the notices, call
letters or any other circulars at the same time as they are sent to the
shareholders or debenture holders or advertised in the Press;
(d) copy of the proceedings at all Annual
and Extraordinary General Meetings of the Company,
(e) three copies of all notices, circulars,
etc,, issued or advertised in the press either by the Company, or by any
company which the Company proposes to absorb or with which the Company proposes
to merge or amalgamate, or under orders of the court or any other statutory
authority in connection with any merger, amalgamation, re‑construction,
reduction of capital, scheme or arrangement, including notices, circulars, etc.
issued or advertised in the press in regard to meetings of shareholders or
debenture holders or creditors or any class of them and copies of the
proceedings at all such meetings.
32. The Company will supply a copy of the
complete and full balance sheet, profit and loss account and the directors'
report, to each shareholder and upon application to any member of the Exchange.
However, the
company may supply single copy of complete and full balance sheet and profit
& loss account and director's report to shareholders residing in one
household (i.e. having same address in the books of Company/registrars/share
transfer agents). Provided that the company on receipt of request shall supply
the complete and full balance sheet and profit & loss account and
director's report also to any shareholder residing in such household. Further,
the company will supply abridged balance sheet to all the shareholders in the
same household.
In case the company
has changed its name suggesting any new line of business (including soft. ware
business) after 1st January, 1998 or it changes the name hereafter,
then the company will disclose the turnover and income, etc., from such new
activities separately in the annual results for a period of three years from
the date of change in the name of the company.
The company will
also give a cash flow statement along with balance sheet and profit and loss
account. The cash flow statement will be prepared in accordance with the
Accounting Standard on Cash Flow Statement (AS‑3) issued by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India, and the cash flow statement shall be
presented only under the indirect method as given in AS‑3.]
33. The Company will forward to the Exchange
copies of all notices sent to its shareholders with respect to amendments to
its Memorandum and Articles of Association and will file with the Exchange six
copies (one of which will be certified) of such amendments as soon as they
shall have been adopted by the Company in general meeting.
34. The Company agrees
(a) that it will not exercise a lien on its
fully paid shares and that in respect of partly paid shares it will not
exercise any lien except in respect of moneys called or payable at a fixed time
in respect of such shares;
(b) that it will not decline to register or
acknowledge any transfer of shares on the ground of the transferor being either
alone or jointly with any other person or persons indebted to the Company on
any account whatsoever;
(c) that it will not forfeit unclaimed
dividends before the claim becomes barred by law and that such forfeiture, when
effected, will be annulled in appropriate cases;
(d) that if any amount be paid up in advance
of calls on any shares it will stipulate that such amount may carry interest
but shall not in respect thereof confer a right to dividend or to participate
in profits;
(e) that it will not give to any person the
call of any shares without the sanction of the shareholders in general meeting;
(f) that it will send out proxy forms to
shareholders and debenture holders in all cases, such proxy forms being so
worded that a shareholder or debenture holder may vote either for or against
each resolution;
(g) that when notice is given to its
shareholders by advertisement it will advertise such notice in at least one
leading Mumbai daily newspaper.
35. The Company agrees to file with the
exchange the shareholding pattern on quarterly basis within 15 days of end of
the quarter in the following form:
DISTRIBUTION OF
SHAREHOLDING AS ON QUARTER ENDING |
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A. Promoter's holding 1. Promoters* ‑Indian
promoters ‑Foreign
promoters 2. Persons acting in concert# |
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Sub‑total |
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B. Non‑promoters holding 3. Institutional investors (a)
Mutual funds and UTI (b)
Banks, financial institutions, insurance companies (Central/State Government
institutions/non government institutions) (c) FlIs |
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Sub‑total |
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4. Others (a) private corporate bodies (b) Indian public (c) NRIs/OCBs (d) Any other (please specify Sub-total |
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Grand total |
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* As defined in regulation
2(h) of SEBI (Substantial Ac4uisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations,
1997. The promoters' holding shall include all entities in the promoters group ‑
individual or body corporates.
# As defined in regulation
2(e) of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations,
1997.
Note 1 : Name and number of share held and percentage
shareholding of entities/persons holding more than 1 per cent of the shares of
the company be given under each head.
Note 2 : Total foreign shareholding in number of
shares and percentage shareholding be given as footnote including GDR and ADR
holdings.
Note 3 : The company shall also post this information
on its web site.
36. Apart from complying with all specific
requirements as above, the Company will keep the Exchange informed of events
such as strikes, lock‑outs, closure on account of power cuts, etc. both
at the time of occurrence of the event and subsequently after the cessation of
the event in order to enable the shareholders and the public to appraise the
position of the Company and to avoid the establishment of a false market in its
securities. In addition, the Company will furnish to the Exchange on request
such information concerning the Company as the Exchange may reasonably require.
The Company will also immediately inform the Exchange of all the events which
will have bearing on the performance/operations of the company as well as price
sensitive information. The material events may be events such as :
1 Change in the general character or nature of business:
Without prejudice to the
generality of Clause 29 of the Listing Agreement, the Company will promptly
notify the Exchange of any material change in the general character or nature
of its business where such change is brought about by the Company entering into
or proposing to enter into any arrangement for technical, manufacturing,
marketing or financial tie‑up or by reason of the Company, selling or
disposing of or agreeing to sell or dispose of any unit or division or by the
Company, enlarging, restricting or closing the operations of any unit or
division or proposing to enlarge, restrict or close the operations of any unit
or division or otherwise.
2 Disruption of operations due to natural calamity.
The Company will soon after
the occurrence of any natural calamity like earthquake, flood or fire
disruptive of the operation of any one or more units of the Company keep the
Exchange informed of the details of the damage caused to the unit thereby and
whether the loss/damage has been covered by insurance, and without delay
furnish to the Exchange an estimate of the loss in revenue or production
arising there from, and the steps taken to restore normalcy, in order to enable
the security holders and the public to appraise the position of the issue and
to avoid the establishment of a false market in its securities.
3 Commencement of Commercial Production/Commercial Operations
The Company will promptly
notify the Exchange the commencement of commercial/ production or the
commencement of commercial operations of any unit/division where revenue from
the unit/division for a full year of production or operations is estimated to
be not less than ten per cent of the revenues of the Company for the year.
4 Developments with respect to
pricing1realisation arising out of change in the regulatory framework.
The Company will promptly
inform the Exchange of the developments with respect to pricing of or in
realisation on its goods or services (which are subject to price or
distribution control/restriction by the Government or other statutory
authorities, whether by way of quota, fixed rate of return, or otherwise)
arising out of modification or change in Government's or other authority's
policies provided the change can reasonable be expected to have a material
impact on its present or future operations or its profitability.
5 Litigation/dispute with a material impact
The Company will promptly
after the event inform the Exchange of the developments with respect to any
dispute in conciliation proceedings, litigation, assessment, adjudication or
arbitration to which it is a party or the outcome of which can reasonably be
expected to have a material impact on its present or future operations or its
profitability or financials.
6 Revision in Ratings
The Company will promptly
notify the Exchange, the details of any rating or revision in rating assigned
to any debt or equity instrument of the Company or to any fixed deposit
programme or to any scheme or proposal of the Company involving mobilisation of
funds whether in India or abroad provided the rating so assigned has been
quoted, referred to, reported, relied upon or otherwise used by or on behalf of
the Company.
7 Any other information having bearing
on the operation/performance of the company as well as price sensitive
information which includes but not restricted to;
(i) Issue of any class of securities;
(ii) Acquisition, merger, de‑merger,
amalgamation, restructuring, scheme of arrangement, spin off or setting
divisions of the company, etc.
(iii) Change in market lot of the company's
shares, sub‑division of equity shares of company;
(iv) Voluntary delisting by the company from
the stock exchange(s);
(v) Forfeiture of shares;
(vi) Any action which will result alteration
in the terms regarding redemption/ cancellation/retirement in whole or in part
of any securities issued by the company;
(vii) Information regarding opening, closing of
status of ADR, GDR, or any other class of securities to be issued abroad;
(viii) Cancellation of dividend/rights/bonus,
etc.
The above
information should be made public immediately.
37. The Company agrees to permit the
Exchange to make available immediately to its members and to the Press any
information supplied by the Company in compliance with any of the listing
requirements provided that in cases where it is contended that such disclosure
might be detrimental to the Company's interest a special submission to that
effect may be made for the consideration of the Exchange when furnishing the
information.
38. The Company agrees that as soon as its
securities are listed on the Exchange, it will pay to the Stock Exchange an
Initial Listing Fee as prescribed in Schedule 11 hereto annexed and made a part
thereof, and that thereafter, so long as the securities continue to be listed
on the Stock Exchange, it will pay to the Exchange on or before the 30th April,
in each year an Annual Listing Fee computed on the basis of the capital of the
Company as on 31st March and worked out as provided in Schedule 11
hereto annexed. The company also agrees that it shall pay the additional Annual
Listing Fee, at the time of making application for listing of securities
arising out of further issue, as is computed in terms of Schedule 11 annexed
hereto for any addition in the capital after 31st March.
39. The Company agrees that in the event of
the application for listing being granted such listing shall be subject to the
Rules, By‑laws and Regulations of the Exchange which now are or hereafter
may be in force and the Company further agrees to comply within a reasonable
time with such further regulations as may be promulgated by the Exchange as a
general requirement for new listings.
40A. Conditions for continued listing
(i) The company agrees that in the event of
the application for listing being granted by the Exchange, the company shall
maintain on a continuous basis, the minimum level of non promoter holding at
the level of public shareholding as required at the time of listing.
(ii) Where the non‑promoter holding of
an existing listed company as on April .01, 2001 is less than the limit of
public shareholding as required at the time of initial listing, the company
shall within one year raise the level of non‑promoter holding to at least
10% in case the company fails to do so, it shall buy back the public share
holding in the manner provided in the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares
and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997.
(iii) The company agrees that it shall not make
preferential allotment or an offer to buy back its securities, if such
allotment or offer result in reducing the non‑promoter holding below the
limit of public shareholding specified under the SEBI (Disclosure and investor
Protection) Guidelines as applicable at the time of initial listing or the
limit specified in sub clause (ii) for the existing listed company, as the case
may be.
(iv) The conditions stipulated in sub‑clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) shall not apply to the companies referred to BIFR.
(v) The company agrees that the following shall also be the
condition for continued listing:
(a) When any person acquires or agrees to
acquire 5% or more of the voting rights of any securities, the acquirer and the
company shall comply with the relevant provisions of the SEBI (Substantial
Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997.
(b) When any person acquirers or agrees to
acquire any securities exceeding 15% of the voting rights in any company or if
any person who holds securities which in aggregate carries less than 15% of the
voting rights of the company and seeks to acquire the securities exceeding 15%
of the voting rights, such person shall not acquire any securities exceeding
15% of the voting rights of the company without complying with the relevant
provisions of the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers)
Regulations, 1997.
40B. Take over offer
A company agrees
that it is a condition for continued listing that whenever the take‑over
offer is made or there is any change in the control of the management of the
company, the person who secures the control of the management of the company
and the company whose shares have been acquired shall comply with the relevant
provisions of the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Take‑over)
Regulations, 1997.
41. The Company agrees that it will furnish
unaudited financial results on a quarterly basis with effect from the Quarter
ending on 31st March, 2000, in the following proforma within one month from the
end of quarter (Quarter means 3 months only) to the Stock Exchanges and will
make an announcement to the Stock Exchanges where the company is listed,
immediately within 15 minutes of the closure of the Board meeting or meeting of
a sub‑committee of Board of directors (consisting of not less than one
third of the directors), in which the unaudited financial results are placed
and also within 48 hours of the conclusion of the Board or its sub‑committee
meeting in at least one English daily newspaper circulating in the whole or
substantially the whole of India and in one news paper published in the
language of the region, where the registered office of the company is situated.
The Board of directors or its sub‑committee should take on record the
unaudited quarterly results which shall be signed by the managing
director/director. The Company shall inform the Stock Exchange where its
securities are listed about the date of the Board meeting at least 7 days in
advance and shall also issue immediately a press release in at least one
national newspaper and one regional language newspaper about the date of the
aforesaid Board or its sub‑committee meeting.
In case the
company had changed its name suggesting any new line of business (including
software business), after 1st January, 1998 or it changes the name
hereafter, then the company will disclose the turnover and income, etc., from
such new activities separately in the quarterly/annual results which are
submitted/published for a period of three years from the date of change in the
name of the company.
The unaudited
results should not substantially differ from the audited results of the
company. If the sum total of the first, second, third and fourth quarterly
unaudited results in respect of any item given in the same proforma varies by
20 per cent when compared with the audited results for the full year, the
company shall explain the reasons to the Stock Exchanges.
In addition, the Company shall prepare the half yearly result in the same proforma with effect from half year ending on 31st March, 2000 and the same shall be approved by the Board of directors and subjected to a limited review by the auditors of the company (or by any chartered accountant in the case of public sector undertakings) and a copy of the review report shall be submitted to the Stock Exchange within two months after the close of the half year. For the purpose of this review half year shall be construed as consisting of the first two quarters of the Company's financial year. If the sum total of First and Second quarterly unaudited results in respect of any item given in the same proforma format varies by 20 per cent or more from the respective half yearly results as determined after the 'limited review' by the auditors, the Company shall send a statement (approved by the Board of directors) explaining the reasons to the Stock Exchanges along with review report.
The review report of the
company (except banks) shall be in the following format:
"We have
reviewed the accompanying statement of unaudited financial results of _________
(name of the company) for the period ended
_________________
This statement
is the responsibility of the Company's management.
A review of
interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures
for financial data and making inquires of persons responsible for financial and
accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted
in accordance with the generally accepted auditing standards, the objective of
which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken
as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Based on our
review conducted as above, nothing has come to our notice that causes us to
believe that the accompanying statement of unaudited financial results has not
disclosed the information required to be disclosed in terms of clause 41 of the
Listing Agreement including the manner in which it is to be disclosed, or that
it contains any material misstatement."
The review report for banks
shall be in the following format:
"We have
reviewed the accompanying statement of unaudited financial results of
__________ (name of the company) for the period ended ______________ This
statement is the responsibility of the Company's management.
A review of
interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical
procedures for financial data and making inquires of persons responsible for
financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an
audit conducted in accordance with the generally accepted auditing standards,
the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial
statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
In the conduct
of our review we have relied on the review reports in respect of non performing
assets received from concurrent auditors of _____________________ branches,
inspection teams of the bank of _____________ branches specifically appointed
for this purpose. These review reports cover ______________ percent of the
advances portfolio of the bank. Apart from these review reports, in the
conduct of our review, we have also relied upon various returns received from
the branches of the bank.
Based on our
review conducted as above, nothing has come to our notice that causes us to
believe that the accompanying statement of unaudited financial results has not
disclosed the information required to be disclosed in terms of clause 41 of the
Listing Agreement including the manner in which it is to be disclosed, or that
it contains any material misstatement or that it has not been prepared in
accordance with the relevant prudential norms issued by the Reserve bank of
India in respect of income recognition, asset classification, provisioning and
other related matters."
In respect of the half
yearly results, if the company intimates in advance to the Stock Exchange/s
that it will publish audited half yearly financial results within two months of
the close of the half year, then in such a case unaudited results and limited
review need not be published/given to the Stock Exchange/s.
In respect of results for
the last quarter of the financial year, if the company intimates in advance to
the Stock Exchange/s that it will publish audited results within a period of
three months from the end of the last quarter of the financial year, in such a
case unaudited results for the last quarter need not be published/given to the
Stock Exchange/s.
The quarterly results shall
be prepared on the basis of accrual accounting policy and in accordance with
uniform accounting practices adopted for all the periods on quarterly basis.
The format for declaration
of unaudited quarterly results for Company (except bank) is as follows:
UNAUDITED
FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
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Corresponding 3 months in
the previous year |
Year to date figures for
current period |
Year to date figures for
previous year |
Previous Accounting year |
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3. Total expenditure (a)
Increase/decrease in stock in trade (b)
Consumption of law materials (c)
Staff cost (d)
Other expenditure (Any item exceeding 10 per
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4. Interest |
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5. Depreciation |
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6. Profit (=)/Loss (-) before Tax (1+2-3+4-5) |
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7. Provision for taxation |
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8. Net profit (+)/Loss (-) (6-7) |
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9. Paid-up equity share capital (face value of the
share shall be indicated) |
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10. Reserves excludi Valli ti n reserves (as per
balance sheet) or previous a counting year to be given in column(5) |
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11. Basic and diluted EPS for the period, for the
year to date and for the previous year (not to be annualised) |
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12. *Aggregate of non-promoter shareholding** - Number of shares - Percentage bf shareholding |
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The disclosure is applicable only for half yearly
financial results ending on or after 31st March, 2001. From the half year ending on or after 3 1 st
March, 2002, the companies shall also be required to disclose the
non-promoter shareholding at the end of the conesponding half year in the
previous year and at the end of the previous accounting
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** Non promoter shareholding as classified under
category B in the shareholding pattern in clause 35 of the Listing Agreement. |
Notes:
(a) Any event or transaction that is
material to an undertaking of the results for the quarter including completion
of expansion and diversification programmes, strike, lock‑outs, change in
management, change in capital structure, etc., shall be disclosed. Similar
material event or transactions subsequent to the end of the quarter, the effect
whereof is not reflected in the results for the quarter, shall also be
disclosed.
(b) All material non‑recurring/abnormal
income/gain and expenditure/loss and effect of all changes in accounting
practices affecting the profits materially must be disclosed separately.
(c) In
the case of companies whose revenues are subject to material seasonal
variations, they shall disclose the seasonal
nature of their activities and may also supplement their unaudited financial
results with information for 12 months periods ended at the interim date (last
day of the quarter) for the current and
preceding years on a rolling basis.
(d) Company shall give the following
information in respect of dividend paid or recommended for the year including
interim dividends declared:
(i) Amount of dividend distributed or
proposed distinguishing between different classes of shares and dividend per
share also indicating nominal value per share.
(ii) Where dividend is paid or proposed pro
rata for shares allotted during the year, the date of allotment, number of
shares allotted, pro rata amount of dividend per share and the aggregate amount
of dividend paid or proposed on pro rata basis.
(e) The effect of changes in composition of
the company during the quarter, including business combinations, acquisitions
or disposal of subsidiaries and long‑term investments, restructuring and
discontinuing operations shall be disclosed.
(f) If there is any qualifications by the
auditors in respect of the auaited accounts of the previous accounting year
which has a material impact on the profit disclosed in such accounts, then the
company shall disclose the same with the unaudited quarterly results and give
explanation as to how such qualifications have been addressed in the unaudited
financial results.
(g) If the company is yet to commence
commercial production, then instead of the quarterly results, the company
should give particulars of the status of the project, its implementation and
the expected date of commissioning of the project. Ile companies shall further
disclose the balance of unutilised monies raised by the issue and the form in
which such unutilised funds have been invested.
(h) The unaudited results sent to Stock
Exchangels, and published in newspapers should be based on the same set of
accounting policies as those followed in the previous year. In case there are
changes in the accounting policies, the results of previous year will be recast
as per the present accounting policies,
to make it comparable with current year results.
The format for
declaration of Unaudited Quarterly Results for banks is as follows:
UNAUDITED QUARTERLY
FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE
THREE MONTHS ENDED
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Corresponding 3 months in
the previous year |
Year to date figures for
current period |
Year to date figures for
previous year |
Previous Accounting yeare |
1.Interest earned (a) + (b) + (c) + (d) (a)
Interest/discount on advances/bills (b)
Income on investments (c)
Interest on balances with Reserve Bank of India and other inter bank
funds (d)
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4. Operating expenses (e) + (f) (e)
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6. Reserves excluding revaluation reserves (as per
balance sheet of previous accounting year) |
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7. Analytical ratios (i)
Percentage of shares held by Govt. of India (ii)
Capital adequacy ratio (iii)
Earning per share |
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* The disclosure is applicable only for half
yearly financial results'ending on or after 31st March, 2001. From the half year ending on or after 31st
March, 2002, the companies shall also be required to disclose the
non-promoter shareholding at the end of the corresponding half year in the previous year and at the end of the previous
accounting year. ** Non promoter shareholding as classified under
category B in the shareholding pattern in clause 35 of the Listing Agreement. |
Notes:
(a) Any event or transaction that is
material to an understanding of the results for the quarter including
completion of expansion and diversification programmes, strike, lock‑outs,
change in management, change in capital structure, etc., shall be disclosed.
Similar material event or transactions
subsequent to the end of the quarter, the effect whereof is not reflected
in the results for the quarter shall also be disclosed.
(b) All material non‑recurring/abnormal
income/gain and expenditure/loss and effect of all changes in accounting
practices affecting the profits materially must be disclosed separately.
(c) Company shall give the following
information in respect of dividend paid or recommended for he year including
interim dividends declared:
(i) Amount of dividend distributed or
proposed distinguishing between different classes of shares and dividend per
share also indicating nominal value per share.
(ii) Where dividend is paid or proposed pro
rata for shares allotted during the year, the date of allotment, number of
shares allotted, pro rata amount of dividend per share and the aggregate amount
of dividend paid or proposed on pro rata basis.
(d) The effect of changes in composition of
the company during the quarter, including business combinations, acquisitions
or disposal of subsidiaries and long‑term investments, restructuring and
discontinuing operations shall be disclosed.
(e) If there is any qualifications by the
auditors in respect of the audited accounts of the previous accounting year
which has a material impact on the profit disclosed in such accounts, then the
company shall disclose the same along with the unaudited quarterly results and
give explanation as to how such qualifications has been addressed in the
unaudited financial results.
(f) The unaudited results sent to Stock
Exchange/s and published in newspapers should be based on the same set of
accounting policies as those followed in the previous year. In case there are
changes in the accounting policies, the results of previous year will be
recast, as per the present accounting policies, to make it comparable with
current year results.
(g) Half yearly result which are required to
be subjected to the 'limited review' by the auditors shall be prepared for the
first two quarters.
If the period of the
financial year is more than 12 months and not exceeding 15 months, there will
be 5 quarters and if it is more than 15 months but not exceeding 18 months,
there will be 6 quarters and the financial results will be intimated to the
Exchange and published in the news papers accordingly. Half yearly result which
are required to be subjected to the 'limited review' by the auditors shall be
prepared for the first two quarters where the financial year does not exceed 15
months and for the first two quarters and also separately for the third and
fourth quarters where the financial year exceeds 15 months.)
42. The Company agrees that it shall be a
condition precedent for issuance of new securities that it shall deposit before
the opening of subscription fist and keep deposited with the Exchange (in cases
where the securities are offered for subscription whether through a prospectus,
letter of offer or otherwise) an amount calculated at the rate of 1% (one per
cent) of the amount of securities offered for subscription to the public and/or
to the holders of existing securities of the company, as the case may be for ensuring
compliance by the company, within the prescribed or stipulated period, of all
prevailing requirements of law and all prevailing listing requirements and
conditions as mentioned in, and refundable or forfeitable in the manner stated
in the Rules, Bye‑laws and Regulations of the Exchange for the time being
in force.
50% (fifty per
cent) of the above mentioned security deposit should be paid to the Exchange in
cash. The balance amount can be provided for by way of a bank guarantee. The
amount to be paid in cash is limited to Rs.3 crores.
43.
(1) The Company agrees that it will furnish
on a quarterly basis a statement to the Exchange indicating the variations
between projected utilisation of funds and/or projected profitability statement
made by it in its prospectus or letter of offer or object/s stated in the
explanatory statement to the notice for the general meeting for considering
preferential issue of securities, and the actual utilisation of funds and/or
actual profitability.
(2) The statement referred to in clause (1)
shall be given for each of the years for which projections are provided in the
prospectus/letter of offer/object/s stated in the explanatory statement to the
notice for considering preferential issue of securities and shall be published
in newspapers simultaneously with the unaudited/audited financial results as
required under clause 41.
(3) If there are material variations between
the projections and the actual utilisation/ profitability, the company shall
furnish an explanation therefore in the advertisement and shall also provide
the same in the Directors' Report."
44. The company agrees that
(a) as far as possible allotment of
securities offered to the public shall be made within 30 days of the closure of
the public issue;
(b) it shall pay interest @ 15% per annum if
the allotment has not been made and/or the refund orders have not been
despatched to the investors within 30 days from the date of the closure of the
issue.
45. The company agrees that
There will be at least 5
public shareholders for every Rs. 1 lakh of net capital offer made to the
public. In case of offer for sale there will be at least 10 public shareholders
for every Rs. 1 lakh of equity offered to the public.
Explanation.‑For the
purpose of this clause a public shareholder shall mean a person who is neither
a promoter nor does he hold more than 1 % equity capital of the company.
Provided that nothing in
this clause shall apply to the public issue made by an infrastructure company.
Explanation.‑For the
purpose of this proviso "infrastructure company" means the company as
defined under Section 10(23G) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, provided their
projects are appraised by a Developmental Financial Institution (DFI) or
Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) or Infrastructure Leasing
and Financial Services (IL&FS) and whose projects also have the
participation of minimum 5% of the project cost (in debt/or equity) by the
appraising institution".
46. The Company shall comply with the
provisions of SEBI Guidelines on Disclosure and Investor Protection issued by
SEBI from time to time.
47. The Company agrees
(a) to appoint the Company Secretary to act
as Compliance Officer who will be responsible for monitoring the share transfer
process and report to the Company's Board in each meeting. The compliance
officer will directly liaise with the authorities such as SEBI, Stock
Exchanges, Registrar of Companies, etc., and investors with respect to
implementation of various clauses, rules, regulations and other directives of
such authorities and investor service and complaints of related matter;
(b) to undertake a due diligence survey to
ascertain whether the Registrars and Share Transfer Agent/s (RTA) and/or In‑house
Share Transfer facility, as the case may be, are sufficiently equipped with
infrastructure facilities such as adequate manpower, computer hardware and
software, office, space, documents handling facility, etc., to serve the
shareholders.
(c) that it will ensure that the RTA and/or
the In‑house Share Transfer facility, as the case may be, produces a
certificate from a practicing Company Secretary within one month of the end of
each half of the financial year, certifying that all certificates have been
issued within one month of the date of lodgment for transfer, sub‑division,
consolidation, renewal, exchange or endorsement of calls/allotment monies and a
copy of the same shall be made available to the Exchange within 24 hours of the
receipt of the certificate by the Company;
(d) to furnish to the Exchange both by way
of floppy disks and printed details, within 48 hours of its getting information
regarding loss of share certificates and issue of the duplicate certificates;
(e) to maintain copies of Memorandum of
Understanding entered into with the RTA setting out their mutual
responsibilities, at the Registered Office of the Company for Public inspection
and the company further agrees to submit within 48 hours a copy of the same to
the Exchange for its records."
48. The company agrees to co‑operate
with the Credit Rating Agencies in giving correct and adequate information for
periodical review of the securities during lifetime of the rated
securities."
49. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
I. Board of Directors
A. The company agrees that the board of
directors of the company shall have an optimum combination of executive and non‑executive
directors with not less than fifty percent of the board of directors comprising
of non‑executive directors. The number of independent directors would
depend whether the Chairman is executive or non‑executive. In case of a
non‑executive chairman, at least one‑third of board should comprise
of independent directors and in case of an executive chairman, at least half of
board should comprise of independent directors.
Explanation.‑For the
purpose of this clause the expression 'independent directors' means directors
who apart from receiving director's remuneration, do not have any other
material pecuniary relationship or transactions with the company, its
promoters, its management or its subsidiaries which in judgement of the board
may affect independence of judgement of the director, Institutional directors
on the boards of companies should be considered as independent directors
whether the institution is an investing institution or a lending institution.
B. The company agrees that all pecuniary
relationship or transactions of the non executive directors viz‑a‑viz.
the company should be disclosed in the Annual Report.
II. Audit Committee
A. The company agrees that a qualified and
independent audit committee shall be set up and that :
(a) The audit committee shall have minimum
three members, all being non executive directors, with the majority of them
being independent, and with at least one director having financial and accounting
knowledge;
(b) The chairman of the committee shall be
an independent director;
(c) The chairman shall be present at Annual
General Meeting to answer shareholder queries;
(d) The audit committee should invite such
of the executives, as it considers appropriate (and particularly the head of
the finance function) to be present at the meetings of the committee, but on
occasions it may also meet without the presence of any executives of the
company. The finance director, head of internal audit and when required, a
representative of the external auditor shall be present as invitees for the
meetings of the audit committee;
(e) The Company Secretary shall act as the
secretary to the committee.
B. The audit committee shall meet at least
thrice a year. One meeting shall be held before finalisation of annual accounts
and one every six months. The quorum shall be either two members or one third
of the members of the audit committee, whichever is higher and minimum of two
independent directors.
C. The audit committee shall have powers
which should include the following
(a) to investigate any activity within its
terms of reference.
(b) to seek information from any employee.
(c) to obtain outside legal or other professional advice.
(d) to secure attendance of outsiders with
relevant expertise, if it considers necessary.
D. The company agrees that the role of the
audit committee shall include the following:
(a) Oversight of the company's financial
reporting process and the disclosure of its financial information to ensure
that the financial statement is correct, sufficient and credible.
(b) Recommending the appointment and removal
of external auditor, fixation of audit fee and also approval for payment for
any other services.
(c) Reviewing with management the annual
financial statements before submission to the board, focusing primarily on;
• Any changes in accounting policies
and practices.
• Major accounting entries based on
exercise of judgement by management.
• Qualifications in draft audit report.
• Significant adjustments arising out of audit.
• The going concern assumption.
• Compliance with accounting standards.
• Compliance with stock exchange and legal requirements
concerning financial statements
• Any related party transactions i.e.
transactions of the company of material nature, with promoters or the
management, their subsidiaries or relatives etc. that may have potential
conflict with the interests of company at large.
(d) Reviewing with the management, external
and internal auditors, the adequacy of internal control systems.
(e) Reviewing the adequacy of internal audit
function, 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.
(f) Discussion with internal auditors any
significant findings and follow up there on.
(g) 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.
(h) Discussion with external auditors before
the audit commences nature and scope of audit as well as have post‑audit
discussion to ascertain any area of concern.
(i) Reviewing the company's financial and
risk management policies.
(j) To look into the reasons for
substantial defaults in the payment to the depositors, debenture holders,
shareholders (in case of non payment of declared dividends) and creditors.
E. If the company has set up an audit
committee pursuant to provision of the Companies Act, the company agrees that
the said audit committee shall have such additional functions / features as is
contained in the Listing Agreement.
III. Remuneration of Directors
A. The company agrees that the remuneration
of non‑executive directors shall be decided by the board of directors.
B. The company further agrees that the
following disclosures on the remuneration of directors shall be made in the
section on the corporate governance of the annual report.
• All elements of remuneration package
of all the directors i.e. salary, benefits, bonuses, stock options, pension
etc.
• Details of fixed component and
performance linked incentives, along with the performance criteria.
• Service contracts, notice period, severance fees.
• Stock option details, if any ‑
and whether issued at a discount as well as the period over which accrued and
over which exercisable.
IV. Board Procedure
A. The company agrees that the board
meeting shall be held at least four times a year, with a maximum time gap of
four months between any two meetings. The minimum information to be made
available to the board is given in Annexure‑I.
B. The company further agrees that a
director shall not be a member in more than 10 committees or act as Chairman of
more than five committees across all companies in which he is a director.
Furthermore it should be a mandatory annual requirement for every director to
inform the company about the committee positions he occupies in other companies
and notify changes as and when they take place.
Explanation.‑ For the
purpose of considering the limit of the committees on which a director can
serve, all public limited companies, whether listed or not, shall be included
and all other companies (i.e. private limited companies, foreign companies and
companies of Section 25 of the Companies Act, etc.) shall be excluded. Further
only the three committees viz. the Audit Committee, the Shareholders' Grievance
Committee and the Remuneration Committee shall be considered for this purpose.
V. Management
A. The company agrees that as part of the
directors' report or as an addition there to, a Management Discussion and
Analysis report should form part of the annual report to the shareholders. This
Management Discussion & Analysis should include discussion on the following
matters within the limits set by the company's competitive position:
(a) Industry structure and developments.
(b) Opportunities and Threats.
(c) Segment‑wise or product‑wise performance.
(d) Outlook
(e) Risks and concerns.
(f) Internal control systems and their adequacy.
(g) Discussion on financial performance with
respect to operational performance.
(h) Material developments in Human Resources
/ Industrial Relations front, including number of people employed.
B. Disclosures should be made by the
management to the board relating to all material financial and commercial
transactions, where they have personal interest, that may have a potential
conflict with the interest of the company at large (for e.g. dealing in company
shares, commercial dealings with bodies, which have shareholding of management
and their relatives etc.)
VI. Shareholders
A. The company agrees that in case of the
appointment of a new director or reappointment of a director the shareholders
must be provided with the following information:
(a) A brief resume of the director;
(b) Nature of his expertise in specific
functional areas ; and
(c) Names of companies in which the person
also holds the directorship and the membership of Committees of the board.
B. The company further agrees that
information like quarterly results, presentation made by companies to analysts
shall be put on company's web‑site, or shall be sent in such a form so as
to enable the stock exchange on which the company is listed to put it on its
own web‑site.
C. The company further agrees that a board
committee under the chairmanship of a non‑executive director shall be
formed to specifically look into the redressing of shareholder and investors
complaints like transfer of shares, non‑receipt of balance sheet, non‑receipt
of declared dividends etc. This Committee shall be designated as
'Shareholders/Investors Grievance Committee'.
D. The company further agrees that to
expedite the process of share transfers the board of the company shall delegate
the power of share transfer to an officer or a committee or to the registrar
and share transfer agents. The delegated authority shall attend to share
transfer formalities at least once in a fortnight.
VII. Report on Corporate
Governance
The company
agrees that there shall be a separate section on Corporate Governance in the
annual reports of company, with a detailed compliance report on Corporate
Governance.
Non compliance of any
mandatory requirement i.e. which is part of the listing agreement with reasons
there of and the extent to which the non‑mandatory requirements have been
adopted shall be specifically highlighted. The suggested list of items to be
included in this report is given in Annexure‑2 and list of non‑mandatory
requirements is given in Annexure ‑ 3.
VIII. Compliance
The company agrees that it
shall obtain a certificate from the auditors of the company regarding
compliance of conditions of corporate governance as stipulated in this clause
and annexe the certificate with the directors' report, which is sent annually
to all the shareholders of the company. The same certificate should also be
sent to the Stock Exchanges along with the annual returns filed by the company.
Notes :
1. With regard to listed entities such as
banks financial institutions etc. which are incorporated under other statutes,
the requirements will apply to the extent they do not violate the existing
statutes or guidelines or directions issued by the relevant regulatory
authority.
2. As regards the non‑mandatory
requirements given in Annexure ‑ 3, they shall be implemented as per the
discretion of the company. However, the disclosures of the‑adoption /non‑adoption
of the non‑mandatory requirements shall be made in the section on
corporate governance of the Annual Report.
3. The clause 49 is to be implemented as under:
Schedule of Implementation:
• By all entities seeking listing for the first time, at the
time of listing.
• Within financial year 2000‑2001,but
not later than March 31, 2001 by all entities, which are included either in
Group 'A' of the BSE or in S&P CNX Nifty index as on January 1, 2000.
However to comply with the requirements, these companies may have to begin the
process of implementation as early as possible.
• Within financial year 2001‑2002,but
not later than March 31, 2002 by all the entities which are presently listed,
with paid up share capital of Rs. 10 crores and above, or net worth of Rs 25
crores; or more any time in the history of the company.
• Within financial year 2002‑2003,but
not later than March 31, 2003 by all the entities which are presently listed,
with paid up share capital of Rs.3 crores; and above.
ANNEXURE I
1. Annual operating plans and budgets and any updates.
2. Capital budgets and any updates.
3. Quarterly results for the company and its operating
divisions or business segments.
4. Minutes of meetings of audit committee and other committees
of the board.
5. The information on recruitment and
remuneration of senior officers just below the board level, including
appointment or removal of Chief Financial Officer and the Company Secretary.
6. Show cause, demand, prosecution notices and penalty notices
which are materially important.
7. Fatal or serious accidents, dangerous occurrences, any
material effluent or pollution problems.
8. Any material default in financial
obligations to and by the company, or substantial nonpayment for goods sold by
the company.
9. Any issue, which involves possible
public or product liability claims of substantial nature, including any
judgement or order which, may have passed strictures on the conduct of the
company or taken an adverse view regarding another enterprise that can have
negative implications on the company.
10. Details of any joint venture or collaboration agreement.
11. Transactions that involve substantial
payment towards goodwill, brand equity, or intellectual property.
12. Significant labour problems and their
proposed solutions. Any significant development in Human Resources/ Industrial
Relations front like signing of wage agreement, implementation of Voluntary
Retirement Scheme etc.
13. Sale of material nature, of investments,
subsidiaries, assets, which is not in normal course of business.
14. Quarterly details of foreign exchange
exposures and the steps taken by management to limit the risks of adverse
exchange rate movement, if material.
15. Non‑compliance of any regulatory,
statutory nature or listing requirements and shareholders service such as non‑payment
of dividend, delay in share transfer etc.
ANNEXURE
2
1. A brief statement on company's philosophy on code of
governance.
2. Board of Directors:
·
Composition
and category of directors for example promoter, executive, non executive,
independent non‑executive, nominee director, which institution
represented as Lender or as equity investor.
·
Attendance
of each director at the BoD meetings and the last AGM.
·
Number
of other BoDs or Board Committees he/she is a member or Chairperson of.
·
Number
of BoD meetings held, dates on which held.
3. Audit Committee.
·
Brief
description of terms of reference
·
Composition,
name of members and Chairperson
·
Meetings
and attendance during the year
4. Remuneration Committee.
·
Brief
description of terms of reference
·
Composition,
name of members and Chairperson
·
Attendance
during the year
·
Remuneration
policy
·
Details
of remuneration to all the directors, as per format in main report.
5. Shareholders Committee.
·
Name
of non‑executive director heading the committee
·
Name
and designation of compliance officer
·
Number
of shareholders complaints received so far
·
Number
not solved to the satisfaction of shareholders
·
Number
of pending share transfers
6. General Body meetings.
·
Location
and time, where last three AGMs held.
·
Whether
special resolutions
·
Were
put through postal ballot last year, details of voting pattern.
·
Person
who conducted the postal ballot exercise
·
Are
proposed to be conducted through postal ballot
·
Procedure
for postal ballot
7. Disclosures.
·
Disclosures
on materially significant related party transactions i.e. transactions of the
company of material nature, with its promoters, the directors or the
management, their subsidiaries or relatives etc. that may have potential
conflict with the interests of company at large.
·
Details
of non‑compliance by the company, penalties, strictures imposed on the
company by Stock Exchange or SEBI or any statutory authority, on any matter
related to capital markets, during the last three years.
8. Means of communication.
·
Half‑yearly
report sent to each household of shareholders.
·
Quarterly
results
·
Which
newspapers normally published in.
·
Any
website, where displayed
·
Whether
it also displays official news releases; and
·
The
presentations made to institutional investors or to the analysts.
·
Whether
MD&A is a part of annual report or not.
9. General Shareholder information
·
AGM:
Date, time and venue
·
Financial
Calendar
·
Date
of Book closure
·
Dividend
Payment Date
·
Listing
on Stock Exchanges
·
Stock
Code
·
Market
Price Data: High/Low during each month in last financial year
·
Performance
in comparison to broad‑based indices such as BSE Sensex, CRISIL index
etc.
·
Registrar
and Transfer Agents
·
Share
Transfer System
·
Distribution
of shareholding
·
Dematerialization
of shares and liquidity
·
Outstanding
GDRs/ADRs/Warrants or any Convertible instruments, conversion date and likely
impact on equity
·
Plant
Locations
·
Address
for correspondence
ANNEXURE 3
(a) Chairman of the Board
A non‑executive
Chairman should be entitled to maintain a Chairman's office at the company's
expense and also allowed reimbursement of expenses incurred in performance of
his duties.
(b) Remuneration Committee
(i) The board should set up a remuneration
committee to determine on their behalf and on behalf of the shareholders with
agreed terms of reference, the company' policy on specific remuneration
packages for executive directors including pension rights and any compensation
payment.
(ii) To avoid conflicts of interest, the
remuneration committee, which would determine the remuneration packages of the
executive directors should comprise of at le&, three directors, all of whom
should be non‑executive directors, the chairman committee being an
independent director.
(iii) All the members of the remuneration
committee should be present at the meeting.
(iv) The Chairman of the remuneration
committee should be present at the Annual General Meeting, to answer the
shareholder queries. However, it would be up to the Chairman to decide who
should answer the queries.
(c) Shareholder Rights
The half‑yearly
declaration of financial performance including summary of the significant
events in last six‑months, should be sent to each household of
shareholders.
(d) Postal Ballot
Currently, although the
formality of holding the general meeting is gone through, in actual practice
only a small fraction of the shareholders of that Company do or can really
participate therein. This virtually makes the concept of corporate democracy
illusory. It is imperative that this situation which has lasted too long needs
an early correction. In this context, for shareholders who are unable to attend
the meetings, there should be a requirement which will enable them to vote by
postal ballot for key decisions. Some of the critical matters which should be
decided by postal ballot are given below :
(a) Matters relating to alteration in the
memorandum of association of the company like changes in name, objects, address
of registered office etc;
(b) Sale of whole or substantially the whole
of the undertaking;
(c) Sale of investments in the companies,
where the shareholding or the voting rights of the company exceeds 25%;
(d) Making a further issue of shares through
preferential allotment or private placement basis;
(e) Corporate restructuring;
(f) Entering a new business area not germane
to the existing business of the company;
(g) Variation in rights attached to class of
securities;
(h) Matters relating to change in management
PROVIDED ALWAYS
AND THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES AND DECLARES THAT unless the Exchange
agrees otherwise the Company will not without the previous permission in
writing of the Central Government withdraw its adherence to this agreement for
listing its securities.
AND THE COMPANY
HEREBY FURTHER AGREES AND DECLARES THAT all or any of its securities listed on
the EXCHANGE shall remain on the list entirely at the discretion of the
EXCHANGE AND THAT, the Exchange may, in its absolute discretion, suspend or
remove the securities from the list at any time and for any reason whatsoever.
For the said suspended security to be re‑admitted to dealings on the
Exchange, the company shall pay to the Exchange such amount as re‑instatement
fees as may be prescribed by the Exchange from time to time.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF the Company has caused these presents to be executed and its Common
Seal to be hereunto affixed as of the day and year first above written.
The Common Seal of the above named
___________________________ was hereunto affixed pursuant to a resolution
passed at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on the ___________ day of
_____________ 19 __________ in the presence of
____________________________________
Director(s) of the Company.
___________________________
(Signature of the Director)
___________________________
(Signature of the Director)
Schedule I above referred to :
Kind of security (Shares) |
Number Issued |
Nominal Value per Share
Rs. |
Paid-up Value per Share
Rs. |
Total Nominal Value Rs. |
Total Paid-up Value Rs. |
Distinctive Numbers |
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Kind of security (Debentures) |
Amount Rs. |
Unit Rs. |
Rate of Interest Percent |
Interest-due Date |
Date of Redemption |
Distinctive Numbers |
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Schedule II above referred to:
1. INITIAL LISTING FEE |
Rs. 20,000 |
2. ANNUAL LISTING FEE (i)
Companies with paid‑up capital* upto Rs. 5 crores (ii)
above Rs.5 crores and upto Rs.10 crores (iii)
above Rs.10 crores and upto Rs.20 crores |
Rs. 10,000 Rs. 15,000 Rs. 30,000 |
3. Companies which have a paid‑up
capital* of more than Rs.20 crores pay additional fee of Rs.750/‑ for
every increase of Rs. 1 crore or part thereof.
4. In case of debenture capital (not
convertible into equity shares) of companies, the fees will be charged @25% of
the fees payable as per the above mentioned scales.
* includes equity share, preference
share, Fully Convertible Debenture, Partly Convertible Debenture capital and
any other security which win be converted into equity shares.
Note : The above Schedule of
Listing Fee is uniformly applicable for all the companies irrespective of
whether the Exchange is Regional or Non Regional.
COLLECTION OF LISTING FEES BY STOCK EXCHANGES (W.E.F. 28‑2‑2001)
Pursuant to the discussion in the meeting of all the
stock exchanges held on 17th January, 2001
the stock exchanges are
advised to implement the following:
Collection of Listing fees by Stock Exchanges.‑ Vide SEBI Circular No.
SMDRP/CIR‑14/98, dated 29th April, 1998, it was directed that the stock
exchanges shall collect three years listing fees upfront at the tiww of initial
listing and subsequently once in every three years and the amount so collected
was to be kept in an escrow account with the stock exchanges which may be drawn
periodically by the stock exchanges to the extent of its yearly annual listing
fees. As the exchanges have expressed difficulties in collecting the three year
listing fees upfront, the requirement of collection of three year listing fees
up‑front is being withdrawn and now the exchanges may collect the listing
fees in a manner as they deem fit. [SMDRP/Policy/Cir‑12/01, dated 28th
February 2001, issued by the SEBI, SM Department].
Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI) vide its letter FITTC/TO/NB/17172/99 dt. September 2,
1999 informed the Exchange that the following regulations of SEBI (Substantial
Acquisition of Shares & Takeovers) Regulations 1997 require acquirer/target
company to file certain information with Stock Exchanges where shares of target
company (term as defined in SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares & Takeovers)
Regulations 1997 are listed.
·
Regulation
3(3)
·
Regulation
7(3)
·
Regulation
8(3)
FORMAT FOR
FURNISHING INFORMATION TO Sts IN TERMS OF REGULATION 3(3)
Name of the Target Company (T.C) |
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Name of acquirer(s) along with PAC (referred
together as "acquirers" herein after) |
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Shareholding/voting rights of acquirer(s) in T.C |
Before the said
Acquisition |
Proposed after the said
Acquisition |
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No. of shares |
%(shares/ voting rights) |
No. of shares |
%(shares/ voting rights) |
Type of acquisition (By way of public/rights/
preferential allotment/inter-se-transfer) Please specify |
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In case, the acquisition is by way of inter-se
transfer as per regulations, disclose names of transferors and their
shareholding in T.C before transfer |
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No. and % of shares voting rights of T.C proposed
to be acquired through the acquisition |
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Acquisition price per share |
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Date of proposed acquisition |
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FORMAT FOR INFORMING DETAILS OF ACQUISITION TO STOCK EXCHANGES BY
TARGET COMPANY, IN TERMS OF REGULATION 7(3)
Name of Target Company (Reporting company) |
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Date of reporting |
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Name of Stock exchanges where shares of reporting
company are listed |
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Details of acquisition as
informed u/r/ 7(1) |
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Name of Acquirer(s) |
Date of Acquisition/ date
of receipt of intimation of allotment by acquirer |
Mode of acquisition
(market purchases/ inter se transfer/ public/rights/ preferential offer etc. |
No. & % of shares/ voting rights
acquired |
Share holding of acquirers stated at(A)
before acquisition (in terms of No. & % of shares/ VRs) |
Share holding of acquirer(s) stated at(A)
after acquisition (In terms No. & % of of shares/ VRs) |
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(A) |
(B) |
(C) |
(D) |
(E) |
(F) |
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FORMAT FOR INFORMING DETAILS OF SHAREHOLDING (OBTAINED U/R 8(1) &
8(2) FROM ACQUIRER(S)) BY TARGET COMPANY TO STOCK EXCHANGES, IN TERMS OF
REGULATION 8(3) OF SEBI (SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITION OF SHARES & TAKEOVERS)
REGULATIONS 1997
Name of the Target company (Reporting company) |
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Date of reporting |
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Name of Stock Exchanges where shares of reporting
company are listed |
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(1) Information about persons holding more than
15% shares or voting rights (VRs) |
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Names of persons holding more than 15% shares or
voting rights |
Details of shareholding/voting rights of persons
mentioned at (A) as informed u/r/ 8(1) to target company |
Names |
As on March 31 (Current year) |
As on March 31 (Previous year) |
Changes, if any between (A) & (B) |
As on record date for dividend (current
year). |
As on record date for dividend
(previous year) |
Changes, if any between (D) & (E) |
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(A) |
(B) |
(C) |
(D) |
(E) |
(F) |
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(II) Promoter(s) or every person having control
over a company and also persons acting in concert with him |
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Names of promoter(s) or
every person(s) having control over a company and persons acting in concert
with him |
Shareholding/Voting rights of persons mentioned at
(II) as informed to target company u/r 8(2) |
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Names |
As on March 31 (Current
year) |
As on March 31(Previous
year) |
Changes, if any between
(A) & (B) |
As on record date for
dividend (current year) |
As on record date for
dividend (previous year) |
Changes, if any between
(D) &(E) |
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(A) |
(B) |
(C) |
(D) |
(E) |
(F) |
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Signed by authorised
signatory
Place :
Date :
THE STOCK EXCHANGE, MUMBAI
(Please return this form
duly filled in to the Corporate Development Department ‑ Publication Section)
Name of the Company : ______________________________________________________
Financial Year Ending : ______________________________________________________
Shareholding Pattern as on : ______________________________________________________
A. Category |
Equity Shares |
% of Col.2 |
No. of Shareholders |
% of Col.4 |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
1. Promoters
·
Indian
Promoters
·
Directors
& Relatives
· Bodies Corporates (Holding Companies & Subsidiaries & Affiliates)
·
Foreign
Promoters
·
Foreign
Collaborators
Sub Total
(Names and addresses of
entire Promoter Group should be given as an Annexure)
2. Government Sponsored Financial Institutions/Indian Financial
Institutions
·
LIC
·
UTI
·
IFCI
·
IDBI
·
ICICI
·
GIC
& SUBS
·
BANKS
·
GOVT
COS
·
CENTRAL
GOVT.
·
STATE
GOVT
·
STATE
FINANCIAL CORPS.
·
MUTUAL
FUNDS
Sub Total
3. Foreign Holding
·
FII
·
NRI
·
OCB's
·
Foreign
Nationals
Sub Total
(Names and addresses of entire Foreign Holdings should be
given as an Annexure)
4. Other Bodies Corp.
(Names and addresses should
be given as an Annexure)
5. Indian Public
6. Any Other
(Please specify)
Grand Total
B. Names and addresses of top 50
Shareholders including telephone numbers, fax and email should be given
C. Fax Number and E mail address of Company Date:
AUTHORISED SIGNATORY.
NOTES:
1. Please submit this form in duplicate.
2. You may add new category of allottees under "any
other".
3. The information submitted in this form should be as latest
& current as possible.
4. Shareholding pattern for company's
other securities such as Fully Convertible Debentures/Partly Convertible
Debentures, Warrants etc. should be separately furnished in the above format.
For that purpose you may take xerox copy of this form, if required.
(By Companies not listed on
the Exchange)
Form: _____________
Date: __________
To,
The Secretary,
The Stock Exchange
__________________
Dear Sir,
In conformity
with the listing requirements of the Stock Exchange, we hereby apply for
admission of the following securities of the Company to dealings on the
Exchange :-
(1) ______________________________________________________________
(2)
_____________________
(3)
_____________________
(4)
_____________________
* The securities mentioned
at above are proposed to be issued by Prospectus/Offer for Sale/Circular after
vetting of the same by SEBI (conversion, exchange, rights, open offer,
capitalisation of reserves)/Placing full particulars of which are given in the
statement sent herewith (together with the reasons for the procedure proposed when
a Placing is intended).
** It is intended to make an
Offer for Sale/Placing of the securities mentioned at above which have been
already issued. We enclose a statement giving full particulars of when, how and
to whom the securities were issued and full details of the proposed Offer for
Sale/Placing (together with the reasons for the procedure proposed when a
Placing is intended).
We (send
herewith)/(undertake to send***) * the Listing Application and Agreement Form
and the Distribution Schedules,
duly completed. We also
forward the documents (or drafts thereof) as per list attached and undertake to
furnish such additional information and documents as may be required.
We further undertake to
submit to the Exchange a copy of the Acknowledgment card or letter indicating
the observation on draft prospectus/letter of offer/ offer documents by SEBI,
and a certificate from a Merchant Banker acting as a lead manager to the issue
reporting positive compliance by our company of the requirements on disclosure
and investor protection issued by SEBI.
We understand that in the
event of our failure to submit the above documents or withdrawal of
Acknowledgment card by SEBI, we shall forfeit the right of listing of the
securities and shall be liable to refund the subscription money to the
investors immediately.
Yours faithfully,
(Signature of Managing Director)
* Please enumerate separately shares which are not
identical in all respects. They are identical in all respects only if
(i) they
are of the same nominal value and the same amount per share has been called up;
(ii) they
are entitled to dividend at the same rate and for the same period, so that at
the next ensuing distribution the dividend payable on each share will amount to
exactly the same surn net and gross; and
(iii) they
carry the same rights in all other tespects.
** pplicable
only when securities for which application for admission to dealings is made
are proposed to be issued or having already been issued it is intended to make
a placing or an offer for sale. Please strike out where not applicable.
*** Applicable
to new companies only. Please strike out where not applicable.
1. Objectives
The objective of the Cash
Flow Statement (CFS) is to require reporting entities falling within its scope
to report on a standard basis their cash generation and cash absorption for a
period between two balance sheet dates. Standard headings have been devised for
assisting the users to assess the liquidity, viability and financial
adaptability of the reporting entity. This will ensure that cash flow
highlights the significant components of the cash flow and facilitates
comparison of the cash flow performance of different and varying natures of
business.
2. Applicability
The requirements shall be
mandatory for all the listed companies and other listed entities on the
recognised stock exchanges.
3. Scope
A company should prepare a
cash flow statement in accordance with this requirements and should present it
as an integral part of its financial statements for each period for which
financial statements are presented.
4. Benefits of Cash Flow
Information
A cash flow statement, when used in the conjunction with the rest of the financial statements, provides information that enables users to analyze the pattern of resource deployment in/out of assets, evaluate the changes in net assets of a company, its financial structure (including its liquidity and solvency) and its ability to affect the amounts and timing of cash flow in order to adapt to changing circumstances and opportunities. Cash flow information is useful in assessing the ability of the compatibly to generate cash and cash equivalents and enables users to develop models to assess and compare the present value of the future cash flows of different companies. It also enhances comparability of the reporting of operating Performance by different companies because it eliminates the effects of using different accounting treatments for the same transactions and events.
5. Historical cash flow information is often used as an
indicator of the amount, timing and certainty of future cash flows. It is also
useful in checking the accuracy of past assessments of future cash flows and in
examining the relationship between profitability and net cash flow and the
impact of changing prices.
6. Ground Rules for
preparation of the Cash Flow Statements
(i) The cash flow statement for a period
should be derived from the audited annual financial statements of the company.
This statement should be mandatory circulated by all listed companies along
with the annual report to the shareholders and will also be made available to
the stock exchanges and SEBI.
(ii) This will form part of the listing
agreement between the listed and other entities and the exchange and would come
into effect for all annual accounts approved by the shareholders after March
31, 1995.
(iii) The figure relating to change in the
working capital shall be supported by a statement giving an item wise break‑up
of the elements comprised therein.
(iv) Movements within the financing section of
the CFS or where several balance sheet amounts or part thereof have to be
combined, to permit a reconciliation sufficient details should be shown to
enable the movements to be understood.
(v) Comparative figures should be given in
the CFS and notes/supporting statements thereto.
(vi) The statement shall be issued under the
authority of the board and shall be signed by the managing director or the
chairman.
(vii) The statement shall be verified and
accompanied by a certificate of the statutory auditors.
7. Definitions
(i) Cash |
Cash in hand and deposits repayable on demand with
any bank or other financial institutions and body corporates. Cash includes
cash in hand and deposits denominated in foreign currencies. |
(ii)Cash
equivalents |
Are short term (three months or less) or highly
liquid investments that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash
and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. |
(iii) Cash
flow |
An increase or decrease in the amount of the cash
or cash equivalent resulting from a transaction. |
(iv)
Companies Act, 1956 |
Companies Act of 1956 and all amendments made
therein. |
(v)
Investments |
Assets held not for operational purposes or for
carrying on the business of the company will be‑ called investments.
However, in the case of a company where securities are stock‑in‑trade,
they shall be reckoned as inventory and not cash equivalents. |
(vi) Operating Activities |
Are the principal revenue‑producing
activities of the company and other activities that are not investing or
financing activities. |
(vii) Investing Activities |
Are the Acquisition and Disposal of Long‑term
Assets and other investments not included in cash equivalents. |
(viii) Financial
Activities |
Are activities that result in changes in the size
and composition of the equity capital and borrowings of the company. |
8. Cash and Cash
Equivalents
Cash equivalents
are held for the purpose of meeting short‑term cash commitments rather
than for investment or other purposes. For an investment to quality as a cash
equivalent it must be readily convertible to a known amount of cash and be
subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. Therefore, an investment
normally qualifies as a cash equivalent only when it has a short maturity of,
say, three months or less from the date of acquisition. Shares investments are
excluded from cash equivalents unless they are, in substance, cash equivalents,
for example in the case of preferred shares acquired within a short period of
their maturity and with a specified redemption date.
9. Bank borrowings are generally
considered to be financing activities. However, in some countries, bank
overdrafts which are repayable on demand form an integral part of a company's
cash management. In these circumstances, bank overdrafts are included as a
component of cash and cash equivalents. A characteristic of such banking
arrangements is that the bank balance often fluctuate from being positive to
overdrawn.
10. Cash flows exclude movements between
items that constitute cash or cash equivalents because these components are
part of the cash managements of a company rather than part of its operating,
investing and financing activities. Cash management includes the investment of
excess cash in cash equivalents.
11. Presentation of a Cash
Flow Statement
The cash flow
statement should report cash flows during the period classified by operating,
investing and financing activities.
12. A company presents its cash flows from
operating, investing and financing activities in a manner which is most
appropriate to its business. Classification by activity provides information
that allows users to assess the impact of those activities on the financial
position of the company and the amount of its cash equivalent. This information
may also be used to evaluate the relationships among these activities.
13. A single transaction may include cash
flows that are classified differently. For example, when the cash repayment of
a loan includes both interest and capital, the interest element may be
classified as an operating activity and the capital element is classified as a
financing activity.
14. Operating Activity
The amount of
cash flows arising from operating activities is a key indicator of the extent
to which the operations of the company have generated sufficient cash flows to
repay loans, maintain the operating capability of the company, pay dividends
and make new investments without recourse to external sources of financing.
Information about the specific components of historical operating cash flows is
useful, in conjunction with other information, in forecasting future operating
cash flows.
15. Cash flows from operating activities are
primarily derived from the principal revenue producing activities of the
company. Therefore, they generally result from the transactions and other
events that enter into the determination of net profit or loss. Examples of
cash flows from operating activities are:
(a) Cash receipts from the sale of goods and the rendering of
services;
(b) Cash receipts from royalties, fees, commissions and other
revenue;
(c) Cash payments to suppliers for goods and services;
(d) Cash payments to and on behalf of employees;
(e) Cash receipts and cash payments of an
insurance company for premiums and claims, annuities and other policy benefits;
(f) Cash payments or refunds of income taxes
unless they can be specifically idealitied with financing and investing
activities; and
(g) Cash receipts and payments from contracts held for dealing or
trading purposes.
16. Some transactions, such as the sale of
an item of plant, may give rise to a gain or loss which is included in the
determination of net profit or loss. However, the cash flows relating to such
transactions are cash flows from investing activities.
17. A company may hold securities and loans
for dealing or trading purposes, in which case they are similar to inventory
acquired specifically for resale. Therefore, cash flows arising from the
purchase and sale of dealing or trading securities are classified as operating
activities. Similarly, cash advances and loans made by financial institutions
are usually classified as operating activities since they relate to the main
revenue‑producing activity of that company.
18. Investing Activity
The enterprise
disclosure of cash flows arising from investing activities is important because
the cash flows represent the extent to which expenditure have been made for
resources intended to generate future income and cash flows. Examples of cash
flows arising from investing activities are:
(a) Cash payments to acquire property, plant
and equipment, intangible and other long‑term assets. These payments
include those relating capitalised development and self constructed property,
plant and equipment;
(b) Cash receipts from sale of property,
plant and equipment, intangible and other long‑term assets;
(c) Cash payments to acquire equity or debt
instruments of other company and interests in joint ventures (other than payments
for those instruments considered to be cash equivalents or those held for
dealing or trading purposes);
(d) Cash receipts from sales of equity or
debt instruments of other company and interests in joint ventures (other than
receipts for those instruments considered to be cash equivalents and those held
for dealing or trading purposes);
(e) Cash advances and loans made to other
parties (other than advances and loans made by a financial institution);
(f) Cash receipts from the repayment of
advances and loans made to other parties (other than advances and loans of a
financial institution);
(g) Cash payments for future contracts,
forward contracts, option contracts and swap contract except when the contracts
are held for dealing or trading purposes, or the payments are classified as
financing activities; and
(h) Cash receipts from future contracts,
forward contracts, option contracts and swap contracts except when the
contracts are held for dealing or trading purposes, or the receipts are
classified as financing activities.
19. When a contract is accounted for as an
identifiable position, the cash flows of the contracts are classified in the
same manner as the cash flows of the position being hedged.
20. Financing Activities
The purpose of
disclosure of cash flows arising from financing activities is important because
it is useful in predicting claims on future cash flows by providers of capital
of the company. Examples of cash flows arising from financing activities are:
(a) Cash proceeds from issuing shares or other equity
instruments;
(b) Cash payments to owners to acquire or
redeem the company's shares as may be permissible;
(c) Cash proceeds from issuing debentures,
loans, notes, bonds, mortgages and other short or long‑term borrowings;
(d) Cash repayments of amounts borrowed; and
(e) Cash payments by a lessee for the
reduction of the outstanding liability relating to a finance lease.
21. Reporting Cash Flows
From Operating Activities
A company should report cash
flows from operating activities,
22. Whereby net profit or loss is adjusted
for the effects of transactions of a non‑cash nature, and deferrals or
accruals of past or future operating cash receipts or payments, and items of
income or expense associated with investing or financing cash flows.
23. Under this method, the net cash flow
from operating activities is determined adjusting the net profit or loss for
the effects of:
(a) Changes during the period in inventories and operating
receivables and payables;
(b) Non‑cash items such as
depreciations, provisions, taxes, unrealised foreign currency gains and losses,
and
(c) All other items for which the cash effects are investing or
financing cash flows.
24. Reporting Cash Flows
from Investing and Financing Activities
A company should report
separately major classes of gross cash receipts and gross cash payments
arising from investing and
financing activities, except the extent that cash flows described in paragraphs
23 and 25 are reported on a net basis.
25. Reporting Cash Flows on
a Net Basis
Cash flows
arising from the following operating, investing or financing activities may be
reported on a net basis:
(a) Cash receipts and payments on behalf of
customers when the cash flows reflect the activities of the customer rather
than those of the company; and
(b) Cash receipts and payments for items in
which the turnover is quick, the amounts are large, and the maturities are
short.
26. Examples of cash receipts and payments
referred to in paragraph 23(a) are:
(a) The acceptance and repayment of demand deposits of a bank;
(b) Funds held for customers by an investment company; and
(c) Rents collected on behalf of, and paid over to, the owners of
properties.
27. Examples
of cash receipts and payments referred to in paragraph 23(b) are advances made
for, and the repayments of:
(a) Principal amounts relating to credit card customers;
(b) The purchase and sale of investments; and
(c) Other short‑term borrowings, for
example, those which have a maturity period of three months or less.
28. Cash
flows arising from each of the following activities of a financial institution
may be reported on a net basis:
(a) Cash receipts and payments for the
acceptance and repayment of deposits with a fixed maturity date;
(b) The placement of deposits with and
withdrawal of deposits from other financial institutions; and
(c) Cash
advances and loans made to customer and the repayment of those advances and
loans.
29. Foreign Currency Cash
Flows
Cash flows arising from transactions in a foreign currency should be recorded in company's reporting currency by applying to the foreign currency amount the exchange rate between the reporting currently and the foreign currency at the date of the cash flow.
30. The cash
flows of foreign subsidiary should be translated at the exchange rates between
the reporting currency at the dates of the cash flows.
31. Cash
flows denominated in foreign currency are reported in a manner as permitted
under the relevant accounting standard.
32. Unrealized
gain and losses arising from changes in foreign currency exchange rates are not
cash flows. However, the effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash
equivalent held or due in a foreign currency is reported in the cash flow
statement in order to reconcile cash and cash equivalents at the beginning and
the end of the period. This amount is presented separately from cash flows from
operating, investing and financing activities and includes the differences, if
any, had those cash flows been reported at the end of period exchanges rates.
33. Extra ordinary items
The cash flows
associated with extraordinary items should be classified as arising from
operating investing or financing activities as appropriate and separately
disclosed.
34. The cash flows associated
with extraordinary items are disclosed separately as arising from operating,
investing or financing activities in the cash flows statement, to enable users
to understand their nature and effect on the present and future cash flows of
the company,
35. Interest And Dividends
Cash flows from
interest and dividends received and paid should each be disclosed separately.
Each should be classified in a consistent manner from period to period as
either operating, investing or financing activities.
36. The
total amount of interest paid during the period is disclosed to the cash flow
statement whether it has been recognised as an expense in the income statement
or capitalised.
37. Interest paid and interest
and dividends received are usually classified operating cash flows for a
financial institution. However, there is no consensus on the classification of
these cash flows for other companies. Interest paid and interest and dividends
received may be classified as operating cash flows because they enter into the
determination of net profit or loss. Alternatively, interest paid and interest
and dividends received may be classified as financing cash flows and investing
cash flows respectively, because they are costs of obtaining financial
resources or returns on investments.
38. Dividends paid may be
classified as a financing cash flow because they are cost of obtaining
financial resources. Alternatively, dividends paid may be classified as a
component of cash flows from operating activities in order to assist users to
determine the ability of a company to pay dividends out of operating cash
flows.
39. Taxes on Income
Cash flows arising from
taxes on income should be separately disclosed and should be classified as cash
flows from operating activities unless they can be specifically identified with
financing and investing activities.
40. Taxes on income arise on
transactions that give rise to cash flows that are classified as operating,
investing or financing in a cash flow statement. While tax expense may be
readily identifiable with investing or financing activities, the related tax
cash flows are often impracticable to identify and may arise in a different
period from the cash flows of the underlying transactions. Therefore, taxes
paid are usually classified as cash flows from operating activities. However,
when it is practicable to identify the tax cash flow with an individual
transaction that gives rise to cash flows that are classified as investing or
financing activities the tax cash flow is classified as an investing or financing
activity as appropriate. When tax cash flows are allowed over more than one
class of activity, the total amount of taxes paid is disclosed.
41. Investment in
Subsidiaries, Associates & Joint Ventures
When accounting
for an investment in an associate or a subsidiary accounted for by the use of
equity or cost method, an investor restricts its reporting in the cash flow
statement to the cash flows between itself and the investee, for example, to
the dividends and advances.
42. A
company which reports its interest in jointly controlled entity using
proportionate consolidation, includes in its consolidates cash flow statement
its share of the jointly controlled entity's cash flows. A company which
reports such an interest using the equity method includes in its cash flow
statement the cash flows in respect of its investments in the jointly
controlled entity, and distributions and other payments or receipts between it
and the jointly controlled entity.
43. Acquisitions And
Disposals of Subsidiaries And other Business Units
The aggregate cash flows
arising from acquisition and from disposals of subsidiaries or other business
units should be presented separately and classified as investing activities.
44. A company should disclose,
in aggregate, in respect of both acquisition and disposal of subsidiaries or
other business units during the period each of the followings:
(a) The total purchase or disposal consideration;
(b) The portion of the purchase or disposal
consideration discharged by means of cash and cash equivalents;
(c) The amount of cash and cash equivalents
in the subsidiary or business unit acquired or disposed of; and
(d) The amount of the assets and liabilities
other than cash or cash equivalents in the subsidiary or business unit acquired
or disposed of, summarized by each major category.
45. The separate presentation of
the cash flow effects of acquisitions and disposals of subsidiaries and other
business units as single line items, together with the separate disclosure of
the amounts of assets and liabilities acquired or disposed of, helps to
distinguish those cash flows from the cash flows arising from the other
operating, investing and financing activities. The cash flow effects of
disposals are not deducted from those of acquisitions.
46. The aggregate amount of the
cash paid or received as purchase or sale consideration is reported in the cash
flow statement net of cash and cash equivalents acquired or disposed of.
47. Non‑cash
Transactions
Investing and
financing transactions that do not require the use of cash or cash equivalents
should be excluded from a cash flow statement. Such transactions should be
disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements in a way that provides all the
relevant information about these investing and financing activities.
48. Many investing and financing activities do not have a direct impact on current cash flows although they do affect the capital and asset structure of a company. The exclusion of non‑cash transactions from the cash flow statement is consistent with the objective of a cash flow statement as these items do not involve cash flows in the current period. Examples of non‑cash transactions are :
(a) The acquisition of assets either by
assuming directly related liabilities or by means of a finance lease;
(b) The acquisition of a company by means of an equity issue; and
(c) The conversion of debt to equity.
49. Components of Cash and
Cash Equivalents
An enterprise should
disclose the components of cash and cash equivalents and should present a reconciliation
of the amounts in its cash flow statement with the equivalent items reported in
the balance sheet.
50. Other Disclosures
A company should disclose,
together with a commentary by management, the amount of significant cash and
cash equivalent balances held by the company.
51. Additional
information may be relevant to users in understanding the financial position
and liquidation of a company. Disclosure of this information, together with a
commentary by management, is encouraged and may include:
(a) The amount of undrawn borrowing
facilities that may be available for future operating activities and to settle
capital commitments, indicating any restrictions on the use of these
facilities.
(b) The aggregate amount of cash flows that
represent increase in operating capacity separately from those cash flows that
are required to maintain operating capacity.
52. The separate disclosure of
cash flows that represent increases in operating capacity and cash flows are
required to maintain operating capacity is useful in enabling the user to
determine whether the company is investing adequately in the maintenance of its
operating capacity. A company that does not invest adequately in the
maintenance of its operating capacity may be prejudicing future profitability
for the use of current liquidity and distributions to owners.
ABC LTD.
A. Cash flow from operating activities:
Net profit before tax and
extraordinary items
Adjustments for
Depreciation
Foreign Exchange
Investments
Interest/Dividend
Operating profit before working capital changes
Adjustments for:
Trade and other receivables
Inventories
Trade Payables
Cash generated from operations
Interest paid
Direct taxes paid
Cash flow before extraordinary items
Extraordinary items
Net cash from operating activities
B. Cash flow from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed assets
Sale of fixed assets
Acquisitions of companies
(As per Annexure)
Purchase of Investments
Sale of Investments
Interest Received
Dividend Received
Net cash used in investing activities
C. Cash flow from financing activities:
Proceeds from issue of share
capital
Proceeds from long‑term borrowings
Repayment of finance lease liabilities
Dividends paid
Net cash used in financing activities
Net increase in cash and
cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents as at _______________
(Opening Balance)
Cash and cash equivalents as at _______________
(Closing Balance)