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Introduction:-
Every Listed Company need to prepare Corporate Governance Report as a annexure to Board Report, In accordance with Regulation 34(3) and 36 read with schedule V of The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) listing regulation disclosures shall be made in the section on the corporate governance of the annual report. These disclosure requirements will serve as a check on the matters of governance and will go a long way in instilling a greater investor confidence in the market. Corporate governance reports reflect how corporations monitor the actions, policies, practices and decisions of the corporation, as well as the effect of their actions on their agents and affected stakeholders.
The following disclosures shall be made in the section on the corporate governance of the annual report:
| Sr. No. | Reference | Particulars | Notes | Reporting | ||
| 1 | Schedule V(C)(1) | Philosophy on code of governance | A brief statement on listed entity’s philosophy on strengthening good governance practices. In this section you can also add any initiative taken by company for best practices and governance | Mandatory | ||
| 2 | Schedule V(C)(2) Board of directors | Composition and category of directors | Disclosure of Board Composition and category of directors (e.g. promoter, executive, non-executive, independent non-executive, nominee director – institution represented and whether as lender or as equity investor) | Mandatory | ||
| Attendance of each director at BM and last AGM | Attendance of each director at the meeting of the board of directors during the financial year and the last annual general meeting held shall be reported. | Mandatory | ||||
| Number of other board of directors or committees in which a directors is a chairman / member. | Disclosure w.r.t number of other board of directors or committees in which a directors is a member or chairperson including separately the names of the listed entities where the person is a director and the category. | Mandatory | ||||
| Number of meetings of the board of directors held and dates on which held | Disclosure w.r.t. number of meetings of the board of directors held and dates on which held during the financial year including a statements that the gap between two Meetings did not exceed one hundred and twenty days | Mandatory | ||||
| Disclosure of relationships | Disclosure of relationships between directors inter-se shall be reported. | Mandatory | ||||
| A chart or a matrix setting out the skills/expertise/competence of the board of directors. | A chart or a matrix setting out the skills/ expertise/ competence of the board of directors specifying the names of directors who have such skills / expertise / competence shall be required to disclosed. | Mandatory | ||||
| Confirmation on independency of independent directors | A confirmation in the report is require that in the opinion of the board, the independent directors fulfill the conditions specified in these regulations and are independent of the management. | Mandatory | ||||
| Resignation of an independent director | A detailed reasons as may be specified by the regulation is to be given for the resignation of an independent director who resigns before the expiry of his/her tenure along with a confirmation by such director that there are no other material reasons other than those provided. | Mandatory | ||||
| 3 | Schedule V(C)(3) Audit Committee | Terms of reference | A brief description of terms of reference is required or weblink for the same is to be provided in report. | Mandatory | ||
| Composition | Composition, name of members and chairperson. | Mandatory | ||||
| Attendance | Meetings held and attendance by each members during the year. | Mandatory | ||||
| 4 | Schedule V(C)(4) Nomination Remuneration Committee | Terms of reference | A brief description of terms of reference is required or weblink for the same is to be provided in report. | Mandatory | ||
| Composition | Composition, name of members and chairperson. | Mandatory | ||||
| Attendance | Meetings held and attendance by each members during the year. | Mandatory | ||||
| Performance evaluation criteria for independent directors | Mandatory | |||||
| 5 | Schedule V(C)(5) Stakeholders Relationship Committee | Composition, attendance, terms of reference and details of Complaint | A brief description of terms of reference is required or weblink for the same is to be provided in report. | Mandatory | ||
| Name of the non-executive director heading the committee and name and designation of the compliance officer and attendance during the year | Mandatory | |||||
| Number of shareholders’ complaints received / not solved or pending during the financial year | Mandatory | |||||
| 5A | Schedule V(C)(5A) Risk management | Composition, attendance, terms of reference and details of Complaint | A brief description of terms of reference is required or weblink for Risk management policy is to be provided in report. | Mandatory | ||
| Composition, name of members and chairperson. | Mandatory | |||||
| Meetings held and attendance by each members during the year | Mandatory | |||||
| 6 | Schedule V(C)(6) Remuneration of directors | All pecuniary relationship with directors | all pecuniary relationship or transactions of the non-executive directors vis-à-vis the listed entity to be reported. | Mandatory | ||
| Criteria of making payments to nonexecutive directors | Criteria of making payments to non-executive directors. Alternatively, this may be disseminated on the listed entity’s website and reference drawn thereto in the annual report. | Mandatory | ||||
| Disclosures with respect to remuneration | disclosures with respect to remuneration: in addition to disclosures required under the Companies Act, 2013, the following disclosures shall be made:
1-all elements of remuneration package of individual directors summarized under major groups, such as salary, benefits, bonuses, stock options, pension etc 2-details of fixed component and performance linked incentives, along with the performance criteria 3-service contracts, notice period, severance fees 4-stock option details, if any and whether issued at a discount as well as the period over which accrued and over which exercisable |
Mandatory | ||||
| 7 | Schedule V(C)(7) General body meetings | Location and time, where last three annual general meetings held | Mandatory | |||
| Whether any special resolutions passed in the previous three annual general meetings | ||||||
| Whether any special resolution passed last year through postal ballot – details of voting pattern | ||||||
| Person who conducted the postal ballot exercise | ||||||
| Whether any special resolution is proposed to be conducted through postal ballot | ||||||
| Procedure for postal ballot | ||||||
| 8 | Schedule V(C)(8) Means of communication | Quarterly results | Mandatory | |||
| Newspapers wherein results normally published – any website, where displayed | ||||||
| Whether it also displays official news releases; and | ||||||
| Presentations made to institutional investors or to the analysts | ||||||
| Annual general meeting – date, time and venue | ||||||
| Financial year – generally April to march | ||||||
| Dividend payment date | ||||||
| The name and address of each stock exchange(s) at which the listed entity’s securities are listed and a confirmation about payment of annual listing fee to each of such stock exchange(s) | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 9 | Schedule V(C)(9) General shareholder information | In case the securities are suspended from trading, the directors report shall explain the reason thereof | Mandatory | |||
| Registrar to an issue and share transfer agents | ||||||
| Share transfer system | ||||||
| Distribution of shareholding | ||||||
| Dematerialization of shares and liquidity | ||||||
| Outstanding global depository receipts or American depository receipts or warrants or any convertible instruments, conversion date and likely impact on equity | ||||||
| commodity price risk or foreign exchange risk and hedging activities | ||||||
| Plant locations | ||||||
| Address for correspondence | ||||||
| List of all credit ratings obtained by the entity along with any revisions thereto during the relevant financial year, for all debt instruments of such entity or any fixed deposit programme or any scheme or proposal of the listed entity involving mobilization of funds, whether in India or abroad | ||||||
| Materially significant related party transactions | Disclosures on materially significant related party transactions that may have potential conflict with the interests of listed entity at large. | Mandatory | ||||
| Details of non-compliance | Details of non-compliance by the listed entity, penalties, strictures imposed on the listed entity by stock exchange(s) or the board or any statutory authority, on any matter related to capital markets, during the last three years | Mandatory | ||||
| Vigil mechanism whistle blower policy | Details of establishment of vigil mechanism whistle blower policy, and affirmation that no personnel has been denied access to the audit committee | Mandatory | ||||
| Details of compliance with mandatory requirements and adoption of the non-mandatory requirements | Mandatory | |||||
| Web link where policy for determining ‘material’ subsidiaries is disclosed | ||||||
| Web link where policy on dealing with related party transactions | ||||||
| Disclosure of commodity price risks and commodity hedging activities | ||||||
| Details of utilization of funds raised through preferential allotment or qualified institutions placement as specified under Regulation 32 (7A) | ||||||
| 10 | Schedule V(C)(10) Other Disclosures | Disclosure where board had not accepted any recommendation of any committee | Where the board had not accepted any recommendation of any committee of the board which is mandatorily required, in the relevant financial year, the same to be disclosed along with reasons thereof: Provided that the clause shall only apply where recommendation of / submission by the committee is required for the approval of the Board of Directors and shall not apply where prior approval of the relevant committee is required for undertaking any transaction under these Regulations | Mandatory | ||
| Total fees paid to the statutory auditor | Total fees for all services paid by the listed entity and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, to the statutory auditor and all entities in the network firm/network entity of which the statutory auditor is a part | Mandatory | ||||
| Disclosures in relation to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 | Disclosures in relation to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013: a. number of complaints filed during the financial year b. number of complaints disposed of during the financial year c. number of complaints pending as on end of the financial year.] | Mandatory | ||||
| Loans and advances in the nature of loans to firms/companies in which directors are interested | Disclosure by listed entity and its subsidiaries of ‘Loans and advances in the nature of loans to firms/companies in which directors are interested by name and amount Provided that this requirement shall be applicable to all listed entities except for listed banks | Mandatory | ||||
| Details of material subsidiaries of the listed entity | Details of material subsidiaries of the listed entity; including the date and place of incorporation and the name and date of appointment of the statutory auditors of such subsidiaries | Mandatory | ||||
| 11 | Schedule V(C)(11) | Non-compliance of any requirement of corporate governance report of sub-paras (2) to (10) above, with reasons thereof shall be disclosed | Mandatory | |||
| 12 | Schedule V(C)(12) | The corporate governance report shall also disclose the extent to which the discretionary requirements as specified in Part E of Schedule II have been adopted. | Mandatory | |||
| 13 | Schedule V(C)(13) | The disclosures of the compliance with corporate governance requirements specified in regulation 17 to 27 and clauses (b) to (i) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 46 shall be made in the section on corporate governance of the annual report | ||||
| 14 | Additional Point apart from LODR Schedule | Code of Conduct | Mandatory, if | |||
| Policy for NRC and CSR | Mandatory, if any | |||||
Note- Above list are not exhaustive companies can make disclosure in report on voluntarily basis as well, there is no restriction on reporting to stakeholders.
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