COMPLIANCE REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
A. Companys philosophy on code of governance:
Your Company believes in simple, moral, accountable, responsive and transparent
policies to attain the highest standards of Corporate Governance by ensuring transparency
in all its actions & operations and to maximise values of its stakeholders.
The Company recognizes its responsibility towards all its stakeholders and therefore
constantly endeavors to create and enhance their wealth and value by implementing its
business plans at appropriate times and thus taking maximum advantage of available
opportunities to benefit the Company, its stakeholders and society at large.
B. Board of Directors :
Board Meetings
The Board comprises six directors out of which three are executive directors and three
are non-executive directors. All non-executive directors are independent directors.
The Company places before the Board all the relevant and necessary information at their
meetings for the information of the Board. During the year from April 1, 2011 to March 31,
2012, Six Board Meetings were held on May 12, 2011, May 27, 2011, August 1, 2011, November
14, 2011, January 18, 2012 and February 14, 2012.
Composition and attendance of each director at the meetings of the Board and
the last AGM
Directors |
Category & Designation |
No. of Board meetings Held |
No. of Board meetings attended |
Last AGM attendance (Yes/No) |
Mr. Sampatraj L. Chowdhary |
Promoter/ Chairman |
6 |
6 |
Yes |
Mr. Ganpatraj L. Chowdhary |
Promoter/ Managing Director |
6 |
6 |
Yes |
Mr. Pramodkumar G. Zalani |
Independent Director |
6 |
3 |
Yes |
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Chowdhary |
Promoter/ Whole Time Director |
6 |
2 |
No |
Mr. R. Sathyamurthi |
Independent Director |
6 |
6 |
Yes |
Mr. Marc Roquette |
Independent Director |
6 |
0 |
No |
None of the non-executive directors of the company have any pecuniary
relationships or transactions with the company, except holding of shares in the company
The non-executive directors of the company are highly respected and accomplished
professionals in the corporate and academic worlds.
There is no compensation package for non-executive directors.
There is no nominee director on the board as on March 31, 2012
All the information required to be furnished to the Board was made available to
them along with detail agenda notes.
Remuneration of Directors |
|
|
|
(Rs. in lacs) |
Directors |
Salary |
Perquisites* |
Sitting Fees |
Total |
Mr. Sampatraj L. Chowdhary |
28.57 |
5.45 |
- |
34.02 |
Mr. Ganpatraj L. Chowdhary |
28.57 |
5.96 |
- |
34.53 |
Mr. Pramodkumar G.Zalani |
- |
- |
0.20 |
0.20 |
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Chowdhary |
20.00 |
3.93 |
- |
23.93 |
Mr.R.Sathyamurthi |
- |
- |
0.20 |
0.20 |
Total |
77.14 |
15.34 |
0.40 |
92.88 |
* Perquisites are valued inclusive of contribution to provident fund.
In respect of remuneration to Mr. Sampatraj L Chowdhary, Mr. Ganpatraj L Chowdhary and
Mukesh Kumar Chowdhary for the six months period October 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012 was
charged to RSCPPL, the resulting company on account of scheme of demerger and therefore
remuneration for the period April 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011 is shown in above table..
C. Audit Committee :
Company has formed audit committee comprising of two independent directors and a
managing director of the company. Mr. Pramod Kumar G. Zalani is the chairman and Mr. R.
Sathyamurthi, Mr. Ganpatraj L. Chowdhary are members of Audit Committee. Mr. Pramod Kumar
G. Zalani, Chairman of audit committee was present at last annual general meeting of the
Company.
The terms of reference and powers of the Audit Committee are in compliance with the
provisions of the Corporate Governance Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement and
Section 292(A) of the Companies Act, 1956. Minutes of the Committee meetings are
circulated and discussed at the Board meetings.
During the year four meetings of the Audit Committee were held on May 12, 2011, August
1, 2011, January 18, 2012 and February 14, 2012 and attendance of each member of Audit
Committee at Audit Committee Meetings are as mentioned below:
Name of Member |
Designation Meetings held |
No. of Audit Committee Meetings Attended |
No. of Audit Committee |
Mr. Pramodkumar G. Zalani |
Chairman |
4 |
3 |
Mr. R. Sathyamurthi |
Member |
4 |
4 |
Mr. Ganpatraj L. Chowdhary |
Member |
4 |
4 |
D. Remuneration Committee:
Composition, name of members
Company has formed Remuneration committee comprising of three independent directors of
the company.
Name of Directors |
Category |
Remarks |
Mr. Pramod Kumar G. Zalani |
Independent Director |
Chairman |
Mr. Marc Roquette |
Independent Director |
Member |
Mr. R. Sathyamurthi |
Independent Director |
Member |
E. Investor Grievance Committee:
Company has formed Investor Grievance Committee. The committee oversees the share
transfers as well as takes care of investor grievances.
The members of the companys investor grievance committee are: Mr. Ganpatraj L.
Chowdhary Mr. P.G. Zalani
Name and designation of compliance officer :
Mr. Mukesh R. Jain, General Manager (Finance & Accounts)
Number of shareholders complaints received, solved and pending complaints.
Nature of Complaints |
Received |
Solved |
Pending |
Non-receipt of share certificates/Refund / Demat / Non receipt of Dividend / Others |
12 |
12 |
- |
Stock Exchange |
2 |
2 |
- |
SEBI |
5 |
5 |
- |
The company has attended to the most of the investors grievances / correspondence
with in a period of 15 days from the date of the receipt of the same.
F. Share Transfer Committee
The Board of Directors has also constituted separately a Share Transfer Committee for
transfer of shares. The Executive Directors are members of the said Transfer Committee
Meeting. Mostly in every month there are two meetings and the shares are being transferred
to the transferees within a period of one month as stipulated in the Listing Agreement
with Stock Exchange.
G. General Body Meeting:
Location and time for the last three AGMs
Year Ending |
Date |
Venue |
Time |
No. of special resolutions passed |
March 31, 2011 |
September 28, 2011 |
ATMA Hall, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad |
10.00 A.M. |
Nil |
March 31, 2010 |
August 20, 2010 |
*Chapter of ICSI |
10.00 A.M. |
NIL |
March 31, 2009 |
September 29, 2009 |
ATMA Hall, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad |
2.00 P.M. |
3 |
* Ahmedabad Chapter of WIRC of ICSI at S-2, B- Tower, Chinubhai tower, Ashram Road,
Ahmedabad.
During the period under report the Company had not held any Extraordinary General
Meeting.
H. Disclosures:
Disclosures on materially significant related party transactions:
The related party transactions entered during the year are disclosed in the notes to
the accounts in this Annual Report.
Code of Conduct:
The Code of Conduct for all Board Members and Senior Management of the Company has been
prescribed by the company.
Certification under Clause 49 V:
The Managing Director of the Company has furnished the requisite certificate to the
Board of Directors under Clause 49 V of the Listing Agreement.
Cases of Non-compliance / Penalties:
There are no non-compliances by the Company on any matter related to capital markets,
during the last three years. Similarly, there are no penalties or strictures imposed on
the Company by Stock Exchanges, SEBI or any other statutory authorities on any matter
related to capital markets during the last three years.
I. Means of communication:
The Company normally publishes the quarterly and annual results in leading English
daily such as Business Standard, Economic Times, Business Lines and Jansatta in Vernacular
language.
The Company has its own website www.riddhisiddhi.co.in on which the quarterly results
are displayed.
Half yearly results are not sent to the shareholders.
J. General Shareholder Information:
1. Annual General Meeting:
Date : November 30, 2012
Time : 10.00 A.M.
2. Venue : ATMA Hall, Opp. City Gold Cinema, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad
3. Financial Calendar: [Tentative]
Financial Year |
: April-March |
First Quarter Results |
: Second week of November, 2012 |
Half yearly Results |
: Second week of November, 2012 |
Third Quarter Results |
: End January, 2013 |
Result for the year ending March 31, 2013 |
: End April/ June, 2013 |
4. Book Closure Date : (Both days Inclusive) November 23, 2012 to November
30, 2012
5. Dividend Payment Date:
December 5, 2012
6. Listing on Stock Exchange(s):
Your Companys Shares are listed on
Sr. No. |
Name of Stock Exchange |
Address of Stock Exchange |
1 |
Bombay Stock Exchange Limited |
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai -400 001. |
Notes:
1. Annual Listing fees for the year 2012 -13 have been duly paid to the stock exchange.
Stock Code:
a) |
Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd |
: 524480 |
b) |
ISIN with NSDL & CDSL |
: INE249D01019 |
7. Market Price Data & Stock Performance:
Market price data of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, Mumbai for the year 2011
2012 and Performance of share price in comparison to BSE Sensex is given below:
Month |
High |
Low |
BSE Sensex |
April 2011 |
350.00 |
280.00 |
19135.96 |
May 2011 |
379.50 |
316.20 |
18503.28 |
June 2011 |
355.00 |
285.40 |
18845.87 |
July 2011 |
378.85 |
310.00 |
18197.20 |
August 2011 |
375.00 |
289.05 |
16676.75 |
September 2011 |
319.25 |
256.50 |
16453.76 |
October 2011 |
285.50 |
253.00 |
17705.01 |
November 2011 |
289.95 |
222.50 |
16123.46 |
December 2011 |
287.70 |
222.00 |
15454.92 |
January 2012 |
279.90 |
239.95 |
17193.55 |
February 2012 |
261.90 |
221.15 |
17752.68 |
March 2012 |
238.50 |
201.95 |
17404.20 |
8. Registrars and Transfer Agents:
M/s Link Intime India Private Ltd. (Formerly known as M/s Intime Spectrum Registry
Limited) is the Share Transfer Agent for entire functions of share registry, both for
physical transfers as well as dematerialisation / rematerialisation of shares, issue of
duplicate / split / consolidation of shares etc.
Shareholders are requested to send their share transfer related requests at the
following address:
Link Intime India Private Ltd.,
303, Shoppers Plaza-V, Opp. Municipal Market, Off. C. G. Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad
380 009 Phone No. (079) 2646 5179 E-mail Address: ahmedabad@linkintime.co.in
9. Share Transfer Systems: Since the Companys shares are compulsorily
traded in the demat segment on stock exchanges, bulk of the transfers take place in the
electronic form.
10. Categories Of Shareholding Pattern as on March 31,2012
Sr. No. |
Category |
No. of Shares held |
% age of Shareholding |
1 |
Promoters |
4789632 |
42.99 |
2 |
Mutual Funds |
679 |
0.01 |
3 |
Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies |
- |
- |
4. |
Foreign Institutional Investor |
264728 |
2.38 |
5. |
Private Bodies Corporate |
2313413 |
20.76 |
6. |
Indian Public |
2039327 |
18.30 |
7. |
NRIs/ OCBs |
1733621 |
15.56 |
8. |
GDR / ADR |
- |
- |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
11141400 |
100.00 |
In terms of Scheme sanctioned by Honble High Court of Gujarat which became
effective from October 1,2011 and as per the provisions of Section 100 or any other
applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, the Issued, Subscribed and Paid up
Equity Share Capital of the Company has been reduced from 11,141,400 Equity shares of Rs.
10/- each to 9,478,300 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each by way of cancelling 1,663,100
Equity shares of Rs. 10/- each held by Roquette Freres. However the impact of the
cancellation of share is not given in the above table as it reflects the position as on
March 31,2012. The effect of cancellation of shares however has been given in the Annual
Account for the year ended on March 31,2012.
11 Distribution of Shareholding as on March 31, 2012:
No. of Equity Shares |
No. of Folio |
% to Total Folios |
No. of Shares |
% Share Holding |
Less than 500 |
7384 |
92.56 |
651651 |
05.85 |
501 to 1000 |
268 |
03.36 |
213688 |
01.92 |
1001 to 2000 |
142 |
01.78 |
214392 |
01.92 |
2001 to 3000 |
57 |
00.71 |
144625 |
01.30 |
3001 to 4000 |
23 |
00.29 |
82039 |
00.74 |
4001 to 5000 |
24 |
00.30 |
112098 |
01.00 |
5001 to 10000 |
24 |
00.30 |
185011 |
01.66 |
10001 & above |
56 |
00.70 |
9537896 |
85.61 |
Total |
7978 |
100.00 |
11141400 |
100.00 |
12. Dematerialisation of Shares and Liquidity:
The Companys shares are available for dematerialization on both the Depositories
viz. National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services Limited
(CDSL). Shares of the Company are compulsorily traded in the demat form on Stock Exchanges
by all investors. 9324035 shares amounting to 83.69% of the total number of shares have
been dematerialized by investors and bulk of the transfer takes place in the demat form.
13. Outstanding GDRs/ADRs/Warrants or any convertible instruments and conversion
date and likely impact on equity: Nil.
14. Plant Locations:
Wind farms as
a. |
Taluka : Alangulam /Tenkasi |
|
District : Tirunelveli (Tamilnadu) |
b. |
Site : KAS |
|
District : Satara (Maharastra) |
c. |
Village : Vandhiya |
|
District : Kutch (Gujarat) |
d.* |
Vazhudavoor Road, Iyyahkuttipalayam, Puduchery - 605009 |
|
* (Operation discontinued) |
{Pursuant to the scheme of arrangement sanctioned by Honble High Court of Gujarat
other manufacturing units of Company pertaining to Corn Wet Milling have been transferred
to RSCPPL with effect from October 1, 2011}
15. Address for Correspondence:
Shareholders may correspond with the Company at the Registered Office the Company.
The Secretarial Department
Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols Limited
701, Sakar I, Opp. Gandhigram Railway Station, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad 380
009.
CERTIFICATION FROM CEO OF THE COMPANY
To the Board of Directors Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols Limited, Ahmedabad
CERTIFICATE
I have reviewed the financial results and the cash flow statement of Riddhi Siddhi
Gluco Biols Limited for the financial year ended March 31, 2012 and certify that: (a)
These results and statements, to the best of my knowledge and belief:
(i) do not contain any materially untrue statement or omit any material fact or contain
statements that might be misleading;
(ii) present a true and fair view of the Companys affairs and are in compliance
with existing accounting standards, applicable laws and regulations.
(b) To the best of my knowledge and belief, there are no transactions entered into by
the Company during the year, which are fraudulent, illegal or violative of the
Companys Code of Conduct.
(c) I accept responsibility for establishing and maintaining internal controls and have
evaluated the effectiveness of the internal control systems of the Company and have
disclosed to the Auditors and the Audit Committee, deficiencies in the design or operation
of internal controls of which I am aware, and the steps taken and proposed to be taken to
rectify these deficiencies.
(d) I have also indicated to the Auditors and the Audit committee:
(i) Significant changes in the internal controls with respect to financial reporting
during the year;
(ii) Significant changes in accounting policies during the year and that the same have
been disclosed in the notes to the financial statements; and
(iii) To the best of my knowledge and belief, there are no instances of fraud involving
either the Management or employees having a significant Role in the Companys
internal control systems with respect to financial reporting.
|
Ganpatraj L. Chowdhary |
Ahmedabad, October 18, 2012 |
Managing Director & CEO |
CODE OF CONDUCT
The Board has laid down a code of conduct for all the Board Members and Senior
Management of the Company. All the Board Members and Senior Management Personnel have
affirmed compliance with the Code on an annual basis.
|
Ganpatraj L. Chowdhary |
Ahmedabad, October 18, 2012 |
Managing Director & CEO |
DECLARATION
As provided under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement signed with the Stock Exchanges,
the Board Members and the Senior Management personnel have confirmed compliance with the
code of conduct for the financial year ended March 31, 2012.
|
Ganpatraj L. Chowdhary |
Ahmedabad, October 18, 2012 |
Managing Director & CEO |
CERTIFICATE
The Members of Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols Limited
We have examined the compliance conditions of Corporate Governance by Riddhi Siddhi
Gluco Biols Limited for the year ended on March 31, 2012 as stipulated in
Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement of the said Company with stock exchanges.
The Compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance is the responsibility of the
management. Our examination was limited to review of the procedures and implementation
thereof, adopted by the Company for ensuring the compliance of the conditions of the
Corporate Governance. It is neither an audit nor an expression of opinion on the financial
statements of the Company.
As required by the guidance note issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India, we state that no investor grievances are pending unattended for a period exceeding
one month against the company as per the information and explanation given and records
maintained by the company.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to explanation given to
us, and the representation made by the Directors and the Management, we certify that the
company has materially complied with the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated
in Clause 49 of the above mentioned listing Agreement.
We further state that such compliance is neither an assurance as to the future
viability of the Company nor the efficiency or effectiveness with which the management has
conducted the affairs of the Company
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For Ravi Kapoor & Associates |
|
Company Secretaries |
|
Ravi Kapoor |
Ahmedabad |
Proprietor |
October 18, 2012 |
Membership No.2587 |