CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
&
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
&
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
SYNGENE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
SYNGENE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
[THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 &THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 (AS APPLICABLE)]
1. CONSTITUTION OF THE COMPANY
a) The regulations contained in table “F” of schedule I to the Companies Act, 2013 shall
apply only in so far as the same are not provided for or are not inconsistent with these
Articles.
b) The regulations for the management of the company and for the observance of the
members thereof and their representatives shall be such as are contained in these
Articles subject however to the exercise of the statutory powers of the company in
respect of repeal, additions, alterations, substitution, modifications and variations
thereto by special resolution as prescribed by the Companies Act, 2013
2. INTERPRETATION
A. DEFINITIONS
In the interpretation of these Articles the following words and expressions shall have the
following meanings unless repugnant to the subject or context.
a. Act means the (i) Companies Act, 2013, and the Rules and clarifications issued
thereunder to the extent in force pursuant to the notification of the Notified Sections;
and (ii) Companies Act, 1956, and the rules thereunder (without reference to the
provisions thereof that have ceased to have effect upon the notification of the Notified
Sections).
b. ADRs” shall mean American Depository Receipts representing ADSs.
c. Annual General Meeting” shall mean a General Meeting of the holders of Equity
Shares held in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Act.
d. “ADR Facility” shall mean an ADR facility established by the company with a depository
bank to hold any equity shares as established pursuant to a deposit agreement and
subsequently as amended or replaced from time to time.
e. “ADSs” shall mean American Depository Shares, each of which represents a certain
number of Equity Shares.
f. “Articles” shall mean these Articles of Association as adopted or as from time to time
altered in accordance with the provisions of these Articles and Act.
g. “Auditors” shall mean and include those persons appointed as such for the time being
by the company.
h. “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the company, as constituted from time to
time, in accordance with law and the provisions of these Articles.
i. “Board Meeting” shall mean any meeting of the Board, as convened from time to time
and any adjournment thereof, in accordance with law and the provisions of these
Articles.
j. “Beneficial Owner” shall mean beneficial owner as defined in Clause (a) of subsection
(1) of section 2 of the Depositories Act.
k. “Capital” or “share capital” shall mean the share capital for the time being, raised or
authorised to be raised for the purpose of the Company.
l. “Chairman” shall mean such person as is nominated or appointed in accordance with
Article 37 herein below.
m. “Companies Act, 1956” shall mean the Companies Act, 1956 (Act I of 1956), as may be
in force for the time being.
n. “Company” or “this company” shall mean SYNGENE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED.
o. “Committees” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Article 74.
p. “Debenture” shall include debenture stock, bonds, and any other securities of the
Company, whether constituting a charge on the assets of the Company or not.
q. “Depositories Act” shall mean The Depositories Act, 1996 and shall include any
statutory modification or re-enactment thereof.
r. “Depository” shall mean a Depository as defined in Clause (e) of sub-section (1) of
section 2 of the Depositories Act.
s. “Director” shall mean any director of the company, including alternate directors,
independent directors and nominee directors appointed in accordance with law and the
provisions of these Articles.
xi. “Dividend” shall include interim dividends.
xii. Equity Share Capitalshall mean the total issued and paid-up equity share capital of
the Company, calculated on a Fully Diluted Basis.
xiii. Equity Shares shall mean fully paid-up equity shares of the Company having a par
value of INR 10/- (Rupees Ten only) per equity share, and one vote per equity share or
any other issued Share Capital of the Company that is reclassified, reorganized,
reconstituted or converted into equity shares.
xiv. “Executor” or “Administrator” shall mean a person who has obtained probate or letters
of administration, as the case may be, from a court of competent jurisdiction and shall
include the holder of a succession certificate authorizing the holder thereof to negotiate
or transfer the Equity Share or Equity Shares of the deceased Shareholder and shall also
include the holder of a certificate granted by the Administrator-General appointed
under the Administrator Generals Act, 1963.
xv. “Extraordinary General Meeting” shall mean an extraordinary general meeting of the
holders of Equity Shares duly called and constituted in accordance with the provisions
of the Act;
xvi. Financial Year” shall mean any fiscal year of the Company, beginning on April 1 of each
calendar year and ending on March 31 of the following calendar year.
z. Fully Diluted Basis shall mean, in reference to any calculation, that the calculation
should be made in relation to the equity share capital of any Person, assuming that all
outstanding convertible preference shares or debentures, options, warrants and other
equity securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for equity shares of
that Person (whether or not by their terms then currently convertible, exercisable or
exchangeable), have been so converted, exercised or exchanged to the maximum
number of equity shares possible under the terms thereof.
aa. “GDRs” shall mean the registered Global Depositary Receipts, representing GDSs.
bb. “GDSs shall mean the Global Depository Shares, each of which represents a certain
number of Equity Shares.
cc. “General Meeting” shall mean a meeting of holders of Equity Shares and any
adjournment thereof.
dd. Independent Directorshall mean an independent director as defined under the Act
and under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.
ee. “India” shall mean the Republic of India.
ff. “Law” shall mean all applicable provisions of all (i) constitutions, treaties, statutes, laws
(including the common law), codes, rules, regulations, circulars, ordinances or orders of
any governmental authority and SEBI, (ii) governmental approvals, (iii) orders,
decisions, injunctions, judgments, awards and decrees of or agreements with any
governmental authority, (iv) rules of any stock exchanges, (v) international treaties,
conventions and protocols, and (vi) Indian GAAP or any other generally accepted
accounting principles.
gg. Listing Agreementmeans the agreement entered into with the stock exchanges in
India, on which a company’s shares are listed.
hh. Managing Director” shall have the meaning assigned to it under the Act.
ii. MCA” shall mean the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India.
jj. Memorandum shall mean the memorandum of association of the Company, as
amended from time to time.
kk. Notified Sectionsshall mean the sections of the Companies Act, 2013 that have been
notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, and are currently in
effect.
ll. “Office” shall mean the registered office for the time being of the Company.
mm. “Officer” shall have the meaning assigned thereto by Section 2(59) of the Act.
nn. “Ordinary Resolutionshall have the meaning assigned thereto by Section 114 of the
Act.
oo. Paid up” shall include the amount credited as paid up.
pp. Person shall mean any natural person, sole proprietorship, partnership, company,
body corporate, governmental authority, joint venture, trust, association or other entity
(whether registered or not and whether or not having separate legal personality).
qq. Promoter” shall mean Biocon Limited
rr. Register of Membersshall mean the register of shareholders to be kept pursuant to
Section 88 of the Act.
ss. Registrar” shall mean the Registrar of Companies, from time to time having jurisdiction
over the Company.
tt. Rules” shall mean the rules made under the Act and notified from time to time.
uu. Seal” shall mean the common seal(s) for the time being of the Company.
vv. SEBI shall mean the Securities and Exchange Board of India, constituted under the
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992.
ww. “Secretary” shall mean a company secretary within the meaning of clause (c) of sub-
section (1) of Section 2 of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 and includes any other
individual possessing the prescribed qualifications and appointed to perform the duties
which may be performed by a secretary under the Act and any other administrative
duties.
xx. Securitiesshall mean any Equity Shares or any other securities, debentures warrants
or options whether or not, directly or indirectly convertible into, or exercisable or
exchangeable into or for Equity Shares.
yy. “Share Equivalents” shall mean any Debentures, preference shares, foreign currency
convertible bonds, floating rate notes, options (including options to be approved by the
Board (whether or not issued) pursuant to an employee stock option plan) or warrants
or other Securities or rights which are by their terms convertible or exchangeable into
Equity Shares.
zz. Shareholder” shall mean any shareholder of the Company, from time to time.
aaa. Shareholders’ Meetingshall mean any meeting of the Shareholders of the Company,
including Annual General Meetings as well as Extraordinary General Meetings of the
Shareholders of the Company, convened from time to time in accordance with Law and
the provisions of these Articles.
aaa. “Special Resolutionshall have the meaning assigned to it under Section 114 of the Act.
bbb. “Transfer” shall mean (i) any, direct or indirect, transfer or other disposition of any
shares, securities (including convertible securities), or voting interests or any interest
therein, including, without limitation, by operation of Law, by court order, by judicial
process, or by foreclosure, levy or attachment; (ii) any, direct or indirect, sale,
assignment, gift, donation, redemption, conversion or other disposition of such shares,
securities (including convertible securities) or voting interests or any interest therein,
pursuant to an agreement, arrangement, instrument or understanding by which legal
title to or beneficial ownership of such shares, securities (including convertible
securities) or voting interests or any interest therein passes from one Person to another
Person or to the same Person in a different legal capacity, whether or not for value; (iii)
the granting of any security interest or encumbrance in, or extending or attaching to,
such shares, securities (including convertible securities) or voting interests or any
interest therein, and the word “Transferred” shall be construed accordingly.
ccc. Tribunal shall mean the National Company Law Tribunal constitutes under section
408 of the Act.
B. CONSTRUCTION
In these Articles (unless the context requires otherwise):
(i) References to a Party shall, where the context permits, include such Party’s respective
successors, legal heirs and permitted assigns.
(ii) The descriptive headings of Articles are inserted solely for convenience of reference and
are not intended as complete or accurate descriptions of content thereof and shall not
be used to interpret the provisions of these Articles and shall not affect the construction
of these Articles.
(iii) References to articles and sub-articles are references to Articles and Sub-articles of and
to these Articles unless otherwise stated and references to these Articles include
references to the articles and Sub-articles herein.
(iv) Words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, pronouns importing a
gender include each of the masculine, feminine and neuter genders, and where a word
or phrase is defined, other parts of speech and grammatical forms of that word or
phrase shall have the corresponding meanings.
(v) Wherever the words “include,” “includes,” or “including” is used in these Articles, such
words shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.
(vi) The terms “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto”, “hereunder” or similar expressions used in
these Articles mean and refer to these Articles and not to any particular Article of these
Articles, unless expressly stated otherwise.
(vii) Unless otherwise specified, time periods within or following which any payment is to be
made or act is to be done shall be calculated by excluding the day on which the period
commences and including the day on which the period ends and by extending the
period to the next Business Day following if the last day of such period is not a Business
Day; and whenever any payment is to be made or action to be taken under these
Articles is required to be made or taken on a day other than a Business Day, such
payment shall be made or action taken on the next Business Day following.
(viii) A reference to a Party being liable to another Party, or to liability, includes, but is not
limited to, any liability in equity, contract or tort (including negligence).
(ix) Reference to statutory provisions shall be construed as meaning and including
references also to any amendment or re-enactment for the time being in force and to
all statutory instruments or orders made pursuant to such statutory provisions.
(x) References to any particular number or percentage of securities of a Person (whether
on a Fully Diluted Basis or otherwise) shall be adjusted for any form of restructuring of
the share capital of that Person, including without limitation, consolidation or
subdivision or splitting of its shares, issue of bonus shares, issue of shares in a scheme
of arrangement (including amalgamation or de-merger) and reclassification of equity
shares or variation of rights into other kinds of securities.
(xi) References made to any provision of the Act shall be construed as meaning and
including the references to the rules and regulations made in relation to the same by
the MCA. The applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 shall cease to have
effect from the date on which the corresponding provisions under the Act have been
notified.
(xii) In the event any of the provisions of the Articles are contrary to the provisions of the
Act and the Rules, the provisions of the Act and Rules will prevail.
3. EXPRESSIONS IN THE ACT AND THESE ARTICLES
Save as aforesaid, any words or expressions defined in the Act shall, if not inconsistent with
the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles.
4. SHARE CAPITAL
(a) The authorised Share Capital of the Company shall be as stated under Clause V of the
Memorandum of Association of the Company from time to time.
(b) The Paid up Share Capital shall be at all times a minimum of Rs. 5,00,000 (Rupees five
lacs only only) as required under the Act.
(c) The Company has power, from time to time, to increase its authorised or issued and
Paid up Share Capital.
(d) The Share Capital of the Company may be classified into Equity Shares with differential
rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the Act, Rules, and Law, from time to time.
(e) Subject to Article 4(d), all Equity Shares shall be of the same class and shall be alike in
all respects and the holders thereof shall be entitled to identical rights and privileges
including without limitation to identical rights and privileges with respect to dividends,
voting rights, and distribution of assets in the event of voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.
(f) The Board may allot and issue shares of the Company as payment or part payment for
any property purchased by the Company or in respect of goods sold or transferred or
machinery or appliances supplied or for services rendered to the Company in or about
the formation of the Company or the acquisition and/or in the conduct of its business
or for any goodwill provided to the Company; and any shares which may be so allotted
may be issued as fully/partly paid up shares and if so issued shall be deemed as
fully/partly paid up shares. However, the aforesaid shall be subject to the approval of
shareholders under the relevant provisions of the Act and Rules.
(g) The amount payable on application on each share shall not be less than 5 per cent of
the nominal value of the share or, as may be specified by SEBI.
(h) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Directors from issuing fully paid up shares
either on payment of the entire nominal value thereof in cash or in satisfaction of any
outstanding debt or obligation of the Company.
(i) Except so far as otherwise provided by the conditions of issue or by these presents, any
Capital raised by the creation of new Equity Shares, shall be considered as part of the
existing Capital and shall be subject to the provisions herein contained with reference
to the payment of calls and installments, forfeiture, lien, surrender, transfer and
transmission, voting and otherwise.
(j) All of the provisions of these Articles shall apply to the Shareholders.
(k) Any application signed by or on behalf of an applicant for shares in the Company,
followed by an allotment of any Equity Shares therein, shall be an acceptance of shares
within the meaning of these Articles and every person who thus or otherwise accepts
any shares and whose name is on the Register of Members shall for the purposes of
these Articles be a Shareholder.
(l) The money, (if any), which the Board shall, on the allotment of any shares being made
by them, require or direct to be paid by way of deposit, call or otherwise, in respect of
any shares allotted by them, shall immediately on the insertion of the name of the
allottee, in the Register of Members as the name of the holder of such Equity Shares,
become a debt due to and recoverable by the Company from the allottee thereof, and
shall be paid by him accordingly.
5. BRANCH OFFICES
The Company shall have the power to establish one or more branch offices, in addition to the
Office, in such places at its Board may deem fit.
6. PREFERENCE SHARES
(a) Redeemable Preference Shares
The Company, subject to the applicable provisions of the Act and the consent of the
Board, shall have the power to issue on a cumulative or non-cumulative basis,
preference shares liable to be redeemed in any manner permissible under the Act and
the Directors may, subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, exercise such power
in any manner as they deem fit and provide for redemption of such shares on such
terms including the right to redeem at a premium or otherwise as they deem fit.
(b) Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares
The Company, subject to the applicable provisions of the Act and the consent of the
Board, shall have power to issue on a cumulative or non-cumulative basis convertible
redeemable preference shares liable to be redeemed in any manner permissible under
the Act and the Directors may, subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, exercise
such power as they deem fit and provide for redemption at a premium or otherwise
and/or conversion of such shares into such Securities on such terms as they may deem
fit.
7. PROVISIONS IN CASE OF PREFERENCE SHARES.
Upon the issue of preference shares pursuant to Article 6 above, the following provisions shall
apply:
(a) No such shares shall be redeemed except out of profits of the Company which would
otherwise be available for Dividend or out of the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares
made for the purposes of the redemption;
(b) No such shares shall be redeemed unless they are fully paid;
(c) The premium, if any, payable on redemption shall have been provided for out of the
profits of the Company or out of the Company’s securities premium account, before the
shares are redeemed;
(d) Where any such shares are proposed to be redeemed out of the profits of the
Company, there shall, out of such profits, be transferred, a sum equal to the nominal
amount of the shares to be redeemed, to a reserve, to be called the Capital
Redemption Reserve Accountand the applicable provisions of the Act relating to the
reduction of the Share Capital of the Company shall, except as provided by Section 55
of the Act, apply as if the Capital Redemption Reserve Account were Paid up Share
Capital of the Company;
(e) The redemption of preference shares under this Article by the Company shall not be
taken as reduction of Share Capital;
(f) The Capital Redemption Reserve Account may, notwithstanding anything in this part of
Articles , be applied by the Company, in paying up un-issued shares of the Company to
be issued to the Shareholders as fully paid bonus shares; and
(g) Whenever the Company shall redeem any redeemable preference shares or cumulative
convertible redeemable preference shares, the Company shall, within 30 (thirty) days
thereafter, give notice thereof to the Registrar of Companies as required by Section 64
of the Act.
8. SHARE EQUIVALENT
The Company shall, subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, compliance with Law and
the consent of the Board, have the power to issue Share Equivalents on such terms and in
such manner as the Board deems fit including their conversion, repayment, and redemption
whether at a premium or otherwise.
9. ADRS/GDRS
The Company shall, subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, compliance with all Laws
and the consent of the Board, have the power to issue ADRs or GDRs on such terms and in
such manner as the Board deems fit including their conversion and repayment. Such terms
may include at the discretion of the Board, limitations on voting by holders of ADRs or GDRs,
including without limitation, exercise of voting rights in accordance with the directions of the
Board.
10. ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL
Subject to these Articles and Section 61 of the Act, the Company may, by Ordinary Resolution
in General Meeting from time to time, alter the conditions of its Memorandum as follows,
that is to say, it may:
(a) increase its Share Capital by such amount as it thinks expedient;
(b) consolidate and divide all or any of its Share Capital into shares of larger amount than
its existing shares;
Provided that no consolidation and division which results in changes in the voting
percentage of shareholders shall take effect unless it is approved by the Tribunal on an
application made in the prescribed manner.
(c) convert all or any of its fully Paid up shares into stock and reconvert that stock into fully
Paid up shares of any denomination
(d) sub-divide its shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the
Memorandum, so however, that in the sub-division the proportion between the
amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as
it was in the case of the share from which the reduced share is derived; and
(e) cancel shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution in that behalf, have not
been taken or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its Share
Capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled. A cancellation of shares in pursuance
of this Article shall not be deemed to be a reduction of Share Capital within the
meaning of the Act.
11. REDUCTION OF SHARE CAPITAL
The Company may, subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, from time to time, reduce
its Capital, any capital redemption reserve account and the securities premium account in any
manner for the time being authorized by Law. This Article is not to derogate any power the
Company would have under Law, if it were omitted.
12. POWER OF COMPANY TO PURCHASE ITS OWN SECURITIES
Pursuant to a resolution of the Board, the Company may purchase its own Equity Shares or
other Securities, as may be specified by the MCA, by way of a buy-back arrangement, in
accordance with Sections 68, 69 and 70 of the Act, the Rules and subject to compliance with
Law.
13. POWER TO MODIFY RIGHTS
Where, the Capital, is divided (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares
of that class) into different classes of shares, all or any of the rights and privileges attached to
each class may, subject to the provisions of Section 48 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Law,
and whether or not the Company is being wound up, be modified, commuted, affected or
abrogated or dealt with by agreement between the Company and any Person purporting to
contract on behalf of that class, provided the same is affected with consent in writing and by
way of a Special Resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the issued shares
of that class. Subject to Section 107(2) of the Companies Act, 1956 and Law, all provisions
hereafter contained as to General Meetings (including the provisions relating to quorum at
such meetings) shall mutatis mutandis apply to every such meeting.
14. REGISTERS TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE COMPANY
(a) The Company shall, in terms of the provisions of Section 88 of the Act, cause to be kept
the following registers in terms of the applicable provisions of the Act
(i) A Register of Members indicating separately for each class of Equity Shares and
preference shares held by each Shareholder residing in or outside India;
(ii) A register of Debenture holders; and
(iii) A register of any other security holders.
(b) The Company shall also be entitled to keep in any country outside India, a part of the
registers referred above, called “foreign register” containing names and particulars of
the Shareholders, Debenture holders or holders of other Securities or beneficial owners
residing outside India.
(c) The registers mentioned in this Article shall be kept and maintained in the manner
prescribed under the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014.
15. SHARES AND SHARE CERTIFICATES
(a) The Company shall issue, re-issue and issue duplicate share certificates in accordance
with the provisions of the Act and in the form and manner prescribed under the
Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014.
(b) A duplicate certificate of shares may be issued, if such certificate:
i. is proved to have been lost or destroyed; or
ii. has been defaced, mutilated or torn and is surrendered to the Company.
(c) The Company shall be entitled to dematerialize its existing shares, rematerialize its
shares held in the depository and/or to offer its fresh shares in a dematerialized form
pursuant to the Depositories Act, and the rules framed thereunder, if any.
(d) A certificate, issued under the common seal of the Company, specifying the shares held
by any Person shall be prima facie evidence of the title of the Person to such shares.
Where the shares are held in depository form, the record of depository shall be the
prima facie evidence of the interest of the beneficial owner.
(e) If any certificate be worn out, defaced, mutilated or torn or if there be no further space
on the back thereof for endorsement of transfer, then upon production and surrender
thereof to the Company, a new certificate may be issued in lieu thereof, and if any
certificate is lost or destroyed then upon proof thereof to the satisfaction of the
Company and on execution of such indemnity as the Company deems adequate, being
given, a new certificate in lieu thereof shall be given to the party entitled to such lost or
destroyed certificate. Every certificate under the Articles shall be issued without
payment of fees if the Directors so decide, or on payment of such fees (not exceeding
Rupees two for each certificate) as the Directors shall prescribe. Provided that, no fee
shall be charged for issue of a new certificate in replacement of those which are old,
defaced or worn out or where there is no further space on the back thereof for
endorsement of transfer.
Provided that notwithstanding what is stated above, the Directors shall comply with the
applicable provisions of the Act and Law.
(f) The provisions of this Article shall mutatis mutandis apply to Debentures and other
Securities of the Company.
(g) When a new share certificate has been issued in pursuance of sub-article (e) of this
Article, it shall be in the form and manner stated under the Companies (Share Capital
and Debentures) Rules, 2014.
(h) Where a new share certificate has been issued in pursuance of sub-articles (e) or (f) of
this Article, particulars of every such share certificate shall be entered in a Register of
Renewed and Duplicate Certificates maintained in the form and manner specified under
the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014.
(i) All blank forms to be used for issue of share certificates shall be printed and the
printing shall be done only on the authority of a Resolution of the Board. The blank
forms shall be consecutively machinenumbered and the forms and the blocks,
engravings, facsimiles and hues relating to the printing of such forms shall be kept in
the custody of the Secretary or of such other person as the Board may authorize for the
purpose and the Secretary or the other person aforesaid shall be responsible for
rendering an account of these forms to the Board.
(j) The Secretary shall be responsible for the maintenance, preservation and safe custody
of all books and documents relating to the issue of share certificates including the blank
forms of the share certificate referred to in sub-article (i) of this Article.
(k) All books referred to in sub-article (j) of this Article, shall be preserved in the manner
specified in the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014.
(l) The details in relation to any renewal or duplicate share certificates shall be entered
into the register of renewed and duplicate share certificates, as prescribed under the
Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014.
(m) If any Share stands in the names of 2 (two) or more Persons, the Person first named in
the Register of Members shall as regards receipt of Dividends or bonus, or service of
notices and all or any other matters connected with the Company except voting at
meetings and the transfer of shares, be deemed the sole holder thereof, but the joint
holders of a share shall be severally as well as jointly liable for the payment of all
installments and calls due in respect of such shares, and for all incidents thereof
according to these Articles.
(n) Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as may be required by Law,
the Company shall be entitled to treat the Shareholder whose name appears on the
Register of Members as the holder of any share or whose name appears as the
beneficial owner of shares in the records of the Depository, as the absolute owner
thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognise any benami, trust or equity or
equitable, contingent or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other
Person whether or not he shall have express or implied notice thereof. The Board shall
be entitled at their sole discretion to register any shares in the joint names of any 2
(two) or more Persons or the survivor or survivors of them.
16. SHARES AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE DIRECTORS
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 62 and other applicable provisions of the Act, and
these Articles, the shares in the Capital of the Company for the time being (including
any shares forming part of any increased Capital of the Company) shall be under the
control of the Board who may issue, allot or otherwise dispose of the same or any of
them to Persons in such proportion and on such terms and conditions and either at a
premium or at par at such time as they may, from time to time, think fit.
(b) If, by the conditions of allotment of any share, the whole or part of the amount thereof
shall be payable by installments, every such installment shall, when due, be paid to the
Company by the person who, for the time being, shall be the registered holder of the
shares or by his executor or administrator.
(c) Every Shareholder, or his heirs, Executors, or Administrators shall pay to the Company,
the portion of the Capital represented by his share or shares which may for the time
being remain unpaid thereon in such amounts at such time or times and in such manner
as the Board shall from time to time in accordance with the Articles require or fix for
the payment thereof.
(d) In accordance with Section 56 and other applicable provisions of the Act and the Rules:
(i) Every Shareholder or allottee of shares shall be entitled without payment, to
receive one or more certificates specifying the name of the Person in whose
favour it is issued, the shares to which it relates and the amount paid up thereon.
Such certificates shall be issued only in pursuance of a resolution passed by the
Board and on surrender to the Company of its letter of allotment or its fractional
coupon of requisite value, save in cases of issue of share certificates against
letters of acceptance or of renunciation, or in cases of issue of bonus shares. Such
share certificates shall also be issued in the event of consolidation or sub-division
of shares of the Company. Every such certificate shall be issued under the Seal of
the Company which shall be affixed in the presence of 2 (two) Directors or
persons acting on behalf of the Board under a duly registered power of attorney
and the Secretary or some other person appointed by the Board for the purpose
and the 2 (two) Directors or their attorneys and the Secretary or other person
shall sign the shares certificate(s), provided that if the composition of the Board
permits, at least 1 (one) of the aforesaid 2 (two) Directors shall be a person other
than a Managing Director(s) or an executive director(s). Particulars of every share
certificate issued shall be entered in the Register of Members against the name of
the Person, to whom it has been issued, indicating the date of issue. For any
further certificate, the Board shall be entitled, but shall not be bound to prescribe
a charge not exceeding rupees two.
(ii) Every Shareholder shall be entitled, without payment, to one or more certificates,
in marketable lots, for all the shares of each class or denomination registered in
his name, or if the Directors so approve (upon paying such fee as the Directors
may from time to time determine) to several certificates, each for one or more of
such shares and the Company shall complete and have ready for delivery such
certificates within 2 (two) months from the date of allotment, or within 1 (one)
month of the receipt of instrument of transfer, transmission, sub-division,
consolidation or renewal of its shares as the case may be. Every certificate of
shares shall be in the form and manner as specified in Article 15 above and in
respect of a share or shares held jointly by several Persons, the Company shall
not be bound to issue more than one certificate and delivery of a certificate of
shares to the first named joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all such
holders.
(iii) the Board may, at their absolute discretion, refuse any applications for the sub-
division of share certificates or Debenture certificates, into denominations less
than marketable lots except where sub-division is required to be made to comply
with any statutory provision or an order of a competent court of law or at a
request from a Shareholder or to convert holding of odd lot into
transferable/marketable lot.
(iv) A Director may sign a share certificate by affixing his signature thereon by means
of any machine, equipment or other mechanical means, such as engraving in
metal or lithography, but not by means of a rubber stamp, provided that the
Director shall be responsible for the safe custody of such machine, equipment or
other material used for the purpose.
17. UNDERWRITING AND BROKERAGE
(a) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, the Company may at any time pay a
commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe
or procuring or agreeing to procure subscription, (whether absolutely or conditionally),
for any shares or Debentures in the Company in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014.
(b) The Company may also, on any issue of shares or Debentures, pay such brokerage as
may be lawful.
18. CALLS
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 49 of the Act, the Board may, from time to time,
subject to the terms on which any shares may have been issued and subject to the
conditions of allotment, by a resolution passed at a meeting of the Board, (and not by
circular resolution), make such call as it thinks fit upon the Shareholders in respect of all
money unpaid on the shares held by them respectively and each Shareholder shall pay
the amount of every call so made on him to the Person or Persons and Shareholders
and at the times and places appointed by the Board. A call may be made payable by
installments. Provided that the Board shall not give the option or right to call on shares
to any person except with the sanction of the Company in the General Meeting.
(b) 30 (thirty) days’ notice in writing at the least of every call (otherwise than on allotment)
shall be given by the Company specifying the time and place of payment and if payable
to any Person other than the Company, the name of the person to whom the call shall
be paid, provided that before the time for payment of such call, the Board may by
notice in writing to the Shareholders revoke the same.
(c) The Board of Directors may, when making a call by resolution, determine the date on
which such call shall be deemed to have been made, not being earlier than the date of
resolution making such call and thereupon the call shall be deemed to have been made
on the date so determined and if no date is determined, the call shall be deemed to
have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorising such call was
passed and may be made payable by the Shareholders whose names appear on the
Register of Members on such date or at the discretion of the Board on such subsequent
date as shall be fixed by the Board. A call may be revoked or postponed at the
discretion of the Board.
(d) The joint holder of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all instalments and
calls due in respect thereof.
(e) The Board may, from time to time at its discretion, extend the time fixed for the
payment of any call and may extend such time as to all or any of the Shareholders who,
from residence at a distance or other cause the Board may deem fairly entitled to such
extension; but no Shareholders shall be entitled to such extension save as a matter of
grace and favour.
(f) If any Shareholder or allottee fails to pay the whole or any part of any call or
installment, due from him on the day appointed for payment thereof, or any such
extension thereof as aforesaid, he shall be liable to pay interest on the same from the
day appointed for the payment thereof to the time of actual payment at such rate as
shall from time to time be fixed by the Board but nothing in this Article shall render it
obligatory for the Board to demand or recover any interest from any such Shareholder.
(g) Any sum, which by the terms of issue of a share or otherwise, becomes payable on
allotment or at any fixed date or by installments at a fixed time whether on account of
the nominal value of the share or by way of premium shall for the purposes of these
Articles be deemed to be a call duly made and payable on the date on which by the
terms of issue or otherwise the same became payable, and in case of non-payment, all
the relevant provisions of these Articles as to payment of call, interest, expenses,
forfeiture or otherwise shall apply as if such sum became payable by virtue of a call duly
made and notified.
(h) On the trial or hearing of any action or suit brought by the Company against any
Shareholder or his legal representatives for the recovery of any money claimed to be
due to the Company in respect of his shares, it shall be sufficient to prove that the
name of the Shareholder in respect of whose shares the money is sought to be
recovered appears entered on the Register of Members as the holder, or one of the
holders at or subsequent to the date at which the money sought to be recovered is
alleged to have become due on the shares; that the resolution making the call is duly
recorded in the minute book, and that notice of such call was duly given to the
Shareholder or his representatives so sued in pursuance of these Articles; and it shall
not be necessary to prove the appointment of the Directors who made such call nor
that a quorum of Directors was present at the Board at which any call was made, nor
that the meeting at which any call was made was duly convened or constituted nor any
other matters whatsoever; but the proof of the matters aforesaid shall be conclusive
evidence of the debt.
(i) Neither a judgment nor a decree in favour of the Company for calls or other money due
in respect of any share nor any part payment or satisfaction thereunder, nor the receipt
by the Company of a portion of any money which shall from time to time be due from
any Shareholder to the Company in respect of his shares, either by way of principal or
interest, nor any indulgence granted by the Company in respect of the payment of any
such money shall preclude the Company from thereafter proceeding to enforce a
forfeiture of such shares as hereinafter provided.
(j) The Board may, if it thinks fit (subject to the provisions of Section 50 of the Act) agree
to and receive from any Shareholder willing to advance the same, the whole or any part
of the money due upon the shares held by him beyond the sums actually called up, and
upon the amount so paid or satisfied in advance or so much thereof as from time to
time and at any time thereafter as exceeds the amount of the calls then made upon and
due in respect of the shares in respect of which such advance has been made, the
Company may pay interest, as the Shareholder paying such sum in advance and the
Board agree upon, provided that the money paid in advance of calls shall not confer a
right to participate in profits or dividend. The Directors may at any time repay the
amount so advanced.
(k) No Shareholder shall be entitled to voting rights in respect of the money(ies) so paid by
him until the same would but for such payment, become presently payable.
(l) The provisions of these Articles shall mutatis mutandis apply to the calls on Debentures
of the Company.
19. COMPANY’S LIEN:
i. On shares:
(a) The Company shall have a first and paramount lien:
(i) on every share (not being a fully paid share), for all money (whether
presently payable or not) called, or payable at a fixed time, in respect of
that share;
(ii) on all shares (not being fully paid shares) standing registered in the name
of a single person, for all money presently payable by him or his estate to
the Company
Provided that the Board may, at any time, declare any shares wholly or in
part to be exempt from the provisions of this Article.
(b) Company’s lien, if any, on the shares, shall extend to all Dividends payable and
bonuses declared from time to time in respect of such shares.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed, the registration of a transfer of shares shall operate as a
waiver of the Company’s lien, if any, on such shares. The fully paid up shares shall
be free from all lien and that in case of partly paid shares, the Company’s lien
shall be restricted to money called or payable at a fixed price in respect of such
shares.
(d) For the purpose of enforcing such lien, the Board may sell the shares, subject
thereto in such manner as they shall think fit, and for that purpose may cause to
be issued a duplicate certificate in respect of such shares and may authorise one
of their Shareholders to execute and register the transfer thereof on behalf of
and in the name of any purchaser. The purchaser shall not be bound to see to the
application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the shares be affected by
any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale.
Provided that no sale shall be made:
(i) unless a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable; or
(ii) until the expiration of 14 days after a notice in writing stating and
demanding payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the
lien exists as is presently payable, has been given to the registered holder
for the time being of the share or the person entitled thereto by reason of
his death or insolvency.
The net proceeds of any such sale shall be received by the Company and applied in
payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently
payable. The residue, if any, shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable
as existed upon the shares before the sale) be paid to the Person entitled to the shares
at the date of the sale.
(e) No Shareholder shall exercise any voting right in respect of any shares registered
in his name on which any calls or other sums presently payable by him have not
been paid, or in regard to which the Company has exercised any right of lien.
ii. On Debentures:
(a) The Company shall have a first and paramount lien:
(i) on every Debenture (not being a fully paid Debenture), for all money
(whether presently payable or not) called, or payable at a fixed time, in
respect of that Debenture;
(ii) on all Debentures (not being fully paid Debentures) standing registered in
the name of a single person, for all money presently payable by him or his
estate to the Company
Provided that the Board may, at any time, declare any Debentures wholly
or in part to be exempt from the provisions of this Article.
(b) Company’s lien, if any, on the Debentures, shall extend to all interest and
premium payable in respect of such Debentures.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed, the registration of a transfer of Debentures shall
operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien, if any, on such Debentures. The fully
paid up Debentures shall be free from all lien and that in case of partly paid
Debentures, the
Company’s lien shall be restricted to money called or payable at a fixed price in
respect of such Debentures.
(d) For the purpose of enforcing such lien, the Board may sell the Debentures,
subject thereto in such manner as they shall think fit, and for that purpose may
cause to be issued a duplicate certificate in respect of such Debentures and may
authorize the debenture trustee acting as trustee for the holders of Debentures
or one of the holder of Debentures to execute and register the transfer thereof
on behalf of and in the name of any purchaser. The purchaser shall not be bound
to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the
Debentures be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in
reference to the sale.
Provided that no sale shall be made:
(i) unless a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable; or
(ii) until the expiration of 14 days after a notice in writing stating and
demanding payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the
lien exists as is presently payable, has been given to the registered holder
for the time being of the Debenture or the person entitled thereto by
reason of his death or insolvency.
The net proceeds of any such sale shall be received by the Company and applied
in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is
presently payable. The residue, if any, shall (subject to a like lien for sums not
presently payable as existed upon the Debentures before the sale) be paid to the
Person entitled to the Debentures at the date of the sale.
(e) No holder of Debentures shall exercise any voting right in respect of any
Debentures registered in his name on which any calls or other sums presently
payable by him have not been paid, or in regard to which the Company has
exercised any right of lien.
20. FORFEITURE OF SHARES
(a) If any Shareholder fails to pay any call or installment or any part thereof or any money
due in respect of any shares either by way of principal or interest on or before the day
appointed for the payment of the same or any such extension thereof as aforesaid, the
Board may, at any time thereafter, during such time as the call or installment or any
part thereof or other money remain unpaid or a judgment or decree in respect thereof
remain unsatisfied, give notice to him or his legal representatives requiring him to pay
the same together with any interest that may have accrued and all expenses that may
have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment.
(b) The notice shall name a day, (not being less than 14 (fourteen) days from the date of
the notice), and a place or places on or before which such call or installment or such
part or other money as aforesaid and interest thereon, (at such rate as the Board shall
determine and payable from the date on which such call or installment ought to have
been paid), and expenses as aforesaid are to be paid. The notice shall also state that in
the event of non-payment at or before the time and at the place appointed, the shares
in respect of which the call was made or installment is payable, will be liable to be
forfeited.
(c) If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not be complied with, any share
in respect of which such notice has been given, may at any time, thereafter before
payment of all calls, installments, other money due in respect thereof, interest and
expenses as required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the
Board to that effect. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends declared or any other
money payable in respect of the forfeited share and not actually paid before the
forfeiture subject to the applicable provisions of the Act. There shall be no forfeiture of
unclaimed Dividends before the claim becomes barred by Law.
(d) When any share shall have been so forfeited, notice of the forfeiture shall be given to
the Shareholder on whose name it stood immediately prior to the forfeiture or if any of
his legal representatives or to any of the Persons entitled to the shares by transmission,
and an entry of the forfeiture with the date thereof, shall forthwith be made in the
Register of Members, but no forfeiture shall be in any manner invalidated by any
omission or neglect to give such notice or to make any such entry as aforesaid.
(e) Any share so forfeited shall be deemed to be the property of the Company and may be
sold; re-allotted, or otherwise disposed of either to the original holder thereof or to any
other Person upon such terms and in such manner as the Board shall think fit.
(f) Any Shareholder whose shares have been forfeited shall, notwithstanding the
forfeiture, be liable to pay and shall forthwith pay to the Company on demand all calls,
installments, interest and expenses and other money owing upon or in respect of such
shares at the time of the forfeiture together with interest thereon from the time of the
forfeiture until payment at such rate as the Board may determine and the Board may
enforce, (if it thinks fit), payment thereof as if it were a new call made at the date of
forfeiture.
(g) The forfeiture of a share shall involve extinction at the time of the forfeiture of all
interest in all claims and demands against the Company, in respect of the share and all
other rights incidental to the share, except only such of these rights as by these Articles
are expressly saved.
(h) A duly verified declaration in writing that the declarant is a Director or Secretary of the
Company and that a share in the Company has been duly forfeited in accordance with
these Articles on a date stated in the declaration, shall be conclusive evidence of the
facts therein stated as against all Persons claiming to be entitled to the shares.
(i) Upon any sale after forfeiture or for enforcing a lien in purported exercise of the powers
hereinbefore given, the Board may appoint some Person to execute an instrument of
transfer of the shares sold and cause the purchaser’s name to be entered in the Register
of Members in respect of the shares sold and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to
the regularity of the proceedings, or to the application of the purchase money, and
after his name has been entered in the Register of Members in respect of such shares,
the validity of the sale shall not be impeached by any person and the remedy of any
person aggrieved by the sale shall be in damages only and against the Company
exclusively.
(j) Upon any sale, re-allotment or other disposal under the provisions of the preceding
Articles, the certificate or certificates originally issued in respect of the relevant shares
shall, (unless the same shall on demand by the Company have been previously
surrendered to it by the defaulting Shareholder), stand cancelled and become null and
void and of no effect and the Board shall be entitled to issue a new certificate or
certificates in respect of the said shares to the person or persons entitled thereto.
(k) The Board may, at any time, before any share so forfeited shall have been sold, re-
allotted or otherwise disposed of, annul the forfeiture thereof upon such conditions as
it thinks fit.
21. FURTHER ISSUE OF SHARE CAPITAL
(a) Where at any time, the Company proposes to increase its subscribed capital by the
issue of further shares, such shares shall be offered
(i) to persons who, at the date of the offer, are holders of Equity Shares of the
Company in proportion, as nearly as circumstances admit, to the Paid up Share
Capital on those shares by sending a letter of offer subject to the following
conditions, namely:-
a. the offer shall be made by notice specifying the number of shares offered
and limiting a time not being less than 15 (fifteen) days and not exceeding
30 (thirty) days from the date of the offer within which the offer, if not
accepted, shall be deemed to have been declined;
b. the offer aforesaid shall be deemed to include a right exercisable by the
Person concerned to renounce the shares offered to him or any of them in
favour of any other Person; and the notice referred to in clause a. above
shall contain a statement of this right;
c. after the expiry of the time specified in the notice aforesaid, or on receipt
of earlier intimation from the Person to whom such notice is given that he
declines to accept the shares offered, the Board may dispose of them in
such manner which is not disadvantageous to the Shareholders and the
Company;
(ii) to employees under a scheme of employees’ stock option, subject to Special
Resolution passed by the Company and subject to the Rules and such other
conditions, as may be prescribed under Law; or
(iii) to any persons, if it is authorised by a Special Resolution, whether or not those
Persons include the Persons referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) above, either for
cash or for a consideration other than cash, if the price of such shares is
determined by the valuation report of a registered valuer subject to the Rules.
(b) The notice referred to in sub-clause a. of clause (i) of sub-article (a) shall be dispatched
through registered post or speed post or through electronic mode to all the existing
Shareholders at least 3 (three) days before the opening of the issue.
(c) Nothing in this Article shall apply to the increase of the subscribed capital of a Company
caused by the exercise of an option as a term attached to the Debentures issued or loan
raised by the Company to convert such Debentures or loans into shares in the
Company:
Provided that the terms of issue of such Debentures or loan containing such an option
have been approved before the issue of such Debentures or the raising of loan by a
Special Resolution passed by the Company in a General Meeting.
(d) The provisions contained in this Article shall be subject to the provisions of the Section
42 and Section 62 of the Act, the Rules and the applicable provisions of the Companies
Act, 2013.
22. TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
(a) The Company shall maintain a Register of Transfers” and shall have recorded therein
fairly and distinctly particulars of every transfer or transmission of any Share,
Debenture or other Security held in a material form.
(b) In accordance with Section 56 of the Act, the Rules and such other conditions as may be
prescribed under Law, every instrument of transfer of shares held in physical form shall
be in writing. In case of transfer of shares where the Company has not issued any
certificates and where the shares are held in dematerialized form, the provisions of the
Depositories Act shall apply.
(c) (i) An application for the registration of a transfer of the shares in the Company
may be made either by the transferor or the transferee within the time frame
prescribed under the Act
(ii) Where the application is made by the transferor and relates to partly paid shares,
the transfer shall not be registered unless the Company gives notice of the
application to the transferee in a prescribed manner and the transferee
communicates no objection to the transfer within 2 (two) weeks from the receipt
of the notice.
(d) Every such instrument of transfer shall be executed by both, the transferor and the
transferee and attested and the transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of
such share until the name of the transferee shall have been entered in the Register of
Members in respect thereof.
(e) The Board shall have power on giving not less than 7 (seven) days previous notice by
advertisement in a vernacular newspaper and in an English newspaper having wide
circulation in the city, town or village in which the Office of the Company is situated,
and publishing the notice on the website as may be notified by the Central Government
and on the website of the Company, to close the transfer books, the Register of
Members and/or Register of Debenture-holders at such time or times and for such
period or periods, not exceeding 30 (thirty) days at a time and not exceeding in the
aggregate 45 (forty-five) days in each year, as it may deem expedient.
(f) Subject to the provisions of Sections 58 and 59 of the Act, these Articles and other
applicable provisions of the Act or any other Law for the time being in force, the Board
may, refuse to register the transfer of, or the transmission by operation of law of the
right to, any securities or interest of a Shareholder in the Company. The Company shall,
within 30 (thirty) days from the date on which the instrument of transfer, or the
intimation of such transmission, as the case may be, was delivered to the Company,
send a notice of refusal to the transferee and transferor or to the person giving notice
of such transmission, as the case may be, giving reasons for such refusal.
Provided that, registration of a transfer shall not be refused 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 except where the Company has a lien on
shares.
(g) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act and these Articles, the Directors shall
have the absolute and uncontrolled discretion to refuse to register a Person entitled by
transmission to any shares or his nominee as if he were the transferee named in any
ordinary transfer presented for registration, and shall not be bound to give any reason
for such refusal and in particular may also decline in respect of shares upon which the
Company has a lien.
(h) Subject to the provisions of these Articles, any transfer of shares in whatever lot should
not be refused, though there would be no objection to the Company refusing to split a
share certificate into several scripts of any small denominations or, to consider a
proposal for transfer of shares comprised in a share certificate to several Shareholders,
involving such splitting, if on the face of it such splitting/transfer appears to be
unreasonable or without a genuine need. The Company should not, therefore, refuse
transfer of shares in violation of the stock exchange listing requirements on the ground
that the number of shares to be transferred is less than any specified number.
(i) In case of the death of any one or more Shareholders named in the Register of
Members as the joint-holders of any shares, the survivors shall be the only Shareholder
or Shareholders recognized by the Company as having any title to or interest in such
shares, but nothing therein contained shall be taken to release the estate of a deceased
joint-holder from any liability on shares held by him jointly with any other Person.
(j) The Executors or Administrators or holder of the succession certificate or the legal
representatives of a deceased Shareholder, (not being one of two or more joint-
holders), shall be the only Shareholders recognized by the Company as having any title
to the shares registered in the name of such Shareholder, and the Company shall not be
bound to recognize such Executors or Administrators or holders of succession
certificate or the legal representatives unless such Executors or Administrators or legal
representatives shall have first obtained probate or letters of administration or
succession certificate, as the case may be, from a duly constituted court in India,
provided that the Board may in its absolute discretion dispense with production of
probate or letters of administration or succession certificate, upon such terms as to
indemnity or otherwise as the Board may in its absolute discretion deem fit and may
under Article 22(a) of these Articles register the name of any Person who claims to be
absolutely entitled to the shares standing in the name of a deceased Shareholder, as a
Shareholder.
(k) The Board shall not knowingly issue or register a transfer of any share to a minor or
insolvent or Person of unsound mind, except fully paid shares through a legal guardian.
(l) Subject to the provisions of Articles, any Person becoming entitled to shares in
consequence of the death, lunacy, bankruptcy of any Shareholder or Shareholders, or
by any lawful means other than by a transfer in accordance with these Articles, may
with the consent of the Board, (which it shall not be under any obligation to give), upon
producing such evidence that he sustains the character in respect of which he proposes
to act under this Article, or of his title, as the Board thinks sufficient, either be
registered himself as the holder of the shares or elect to have some Person nominated
by him and approved by the Board, registered as such holder; provided nevertheless,
that if such Person shall elect to have his nominee registered, he shall testify the
election by executing in favour of his nominee an instrument of transfer in accordance
with the provisions herein contained and until he does so, he shall not be freed from
any liability in respect of the shares.
(m) A Person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or insolvency of a
Shareholder shall be entitled to the same Dividends and other advantages to which he
would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the shares, except that he shall
not, before being registered as a Shareholder in respect of the shares, be entitled to
exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company.
Provided that the Directors shall, at any time, give notice requiring any such Person to
elect either to be registered himself or to transfer the shares, and if such notice is not
complied with within 90 (ninety) days, the Directors may thereafter withhold payment
of all Dividends, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the shares until the
requirements of the notice have been complied with.
(n) Every instrument of transfer shall be presented to the Company duly stamped for
registration accompanied by such evidence as the Board may require to prove the title
of the transferor, his right to transfer the shares. Every registered instrument of
transfer shall remain in the custody of the Company until destroyed by order of the
Board.
Where any instrument of transfer of shares has been received by the Company for
registration and the transfer of such shares has not been registered by the Company for
any reason whatsoever, the Company shall transfer the Dividends in relation to such
shares to a special account unless the Company is authorized by the registered holder
of such shares, in writing, to pay such Dividends to the transferee and will keep in
abeyance any offer of right shares and/or bonus shares in relation to such shares.
In case of transfer and transmission of shares or other marketable securities where the
Company has not issued any certificates and where such shares or Securities are being
held in any electronic and fungible form in a Depository, the provisions of the
Depositories Act shall apply.
(o) Before the registration of a transfer, the certificate or certificates of the share or shares
to be transferred must be delivered to the Company along with a properly stamped and
executed instrument of transfer in accordance with the provisions of Section 56 of the
Act.
(p) No fee shall be payable to the Company, in respect of the registration of transfer or
transmission of shares, or for registration of any power of attorney, probate, letters of
administration and succession certificate, certificate of death or marriage or other
similar documents, sub division and/or consolidation of shares and debentures and sub-
divisions of letters of allotment, renounceable letters of right and split, consolidation,
renewal and genuine transfer receipts into denomination corresponding to the market
unit of trading.
(q) The Company shall incur no liability or responsibility whatsoever in consequence of its
registering or giving effect to any transfer of shares made or purporting to be made by
any apparent legal owner thereof, (as shown or appearing in the Register of Members),
to the prejudice of a Person or Persons having or claiming any equitable right, title or
interest to or in the said shares, notwithstanding that the Company may have had any
notice of such equitable right, title or interest or notice prohibiting registration of such
transfer, and may have entered such notice or referred thereto, in any book of the
Company and the Company shall not be bound or required to regard or attend or give
effect to any notice which may be given to it of any equitable right, title or interest or
be under any liability whatsoever for refusing or neglecting so to do, though it may
have been entered or referred to in some book of the Company but the Company shall
nevertheless be at liberty to regard and attend to any such notice, and give effect
thereto if the Board shall so think fit.
(r) There shall be a common form of transfer in accordance with the Act and Rules.
(s) The provision of these Articles shall subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, the
Rules and any requirements of Law. Such provisions shall mutatis mutandis apply to the
transfer or transmission by operation of Law to other Securities of the Company.
23. DEMATERIALIZATION OF SECURITIES
(a) Dematerialization:
Notwithstanding anything contained in this part of Articles, the Company shall be
entitled to dematerialize its existing Securities, rematerialize its Securities held in the
Depositories and/or to offer its fresh Securities in a dematerialized form pursuant to
the Depositories Act, and the rules framed thereunder, if any.
(b) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, either the Company or the investor may
exercise an option to issue, dematerialize, hold the securities (including shares) with a
Depository in electronic form and the certificates in respect thereof shall be
dematerialized, in which event the rights and obligations of the parties concerned and
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto shall be governed by the provisions
of the Depositories Act.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this part of Articles to the contrary, in the event
the Securities of the Company are dematerialized, the Company shall issue appropriate
instructions to the Depository not to Transfer the Securities of any Shareholder except
in accordance with these Articles. The Company shall cause the Promoter to direct the
respective Depository participants not to accept any instruction slip or delivery slip or
other authorisation for Transfer in contravention of these Articles.
(d) If a Person opts to hold his Securities with a Depository, the Company shall intimate
such Depository the details of allotment of the Securities and on receipt of the
information, the Depository shall enter in its record the name of the allottee as the
Beneficial Owner of the Securities.
(e) Securities in Depositories to be in fungible form:
All Securities held by a Depository shall be dematerialized and be held in fungible form.
Nothing contained in Sections 88, 89 and 186 of the Act shall apply to a Depository in
respect of the Securities held by it on behalf of the Beneficial Owners.
(f) Rights of Depositories & Beneficial Owners:
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Act or this part of
Articles, a Depository shall be deemed to be the Registered Owner for the
purposes of effecting transfer of ownership of Securities on behalf of the
Beneficial Owner.
(ii) Save as otherwise provided in (i) above, the Depository as the Registered Owner
of the Securities shall not have any voting rights or any other rights in respect of
the Securities held by it.
(iii) Every person holding shares of the Company and whose name is entered as the
Beneficial Owner in the records of the Depository shall be deemed to be a
Shareholder of the Company.
(iv) The Beneficial Owner of Securities shall, in accordance with the provisions of
these Articles and the Act, be entitled to all the rights and subject to all the
liabilities in respect of his Securities, which are held by a Depository.
(g) Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as may be required by Law
required and subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, the Company shall be
entitled to treat the person whose name appears on the Register as the holder of any
share or whose name appears as the Beneficial Owner of any share in the records of the
Depository as the absolute owner thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to
recognize any benami trust or equity, equitable contingent, future, partial interest,
other claim to or interest in respect of such shares or (except only as by these Articles
otherwise expressly provided) any right in respect of a share other than an absolute
right thereto in accordance with these Articles, on the part of any other person whether
or not it has expressed or implied notice thereof but the Board shall at their sole
discretion register any share in the joint names of any two or more persons or the
survivor or survivors of them.
(h) Register and Index of Beneficial Owners:
The Company shall cause to be kept a register and index of members with details of
shares and debentures held in materialized and dematerialized forms in any media as
may be permitted by Law including any form of electronic media.
The register and index of Beneficial Owners maintained by a Depository under the
Depositories Act shall be deemed to be a register and index of members for the
purposes of this Act. The Company shall have the power to keep in any state or country
outside India a register resident in that state or country.
(i) Cancellation of Certificates upon surrender by Person:
Upon receipt of certificate of securities on surrender by a person who has entered into
an agreement with the Depository through a participant, the Company shall cancel such
certificates and shall substitute in its record, the name of the Depository as the
registered owner in respect of the said Securities and shall also inform the Depository
accordingly.
(j) Service of Documents:
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act or this part of Articles to the contrary,
where Securities are held in a Depository, the records of the beneficial ownership may
be served by such Depository on the Company by means of electronic mode or by
delivery of floppies or discs.
(k) Transfer of Securities:
(i) Nothing contained in Section 56 of the Act or these Articles shall apply to a
transfer of Securities effected by transferor and transferee both of whom are
entered as Beneficial Owners in the records of a Depository.
(ii) In the case of transfer or transmission of shares or other marketable Securities
where the Company has not issued any certificates and where such shares or
Securities are being held in any electronic or fungible form in a Depository, the
provisions of the Depositories Act shall apply.
(l) Allotment of Securities dealt with in a Depository:
Notwithstanding anything in the Act or this part of Articles, where Securities are dealt
with by a Depository, the Company shall intimate the details of allotment of relevant
Securities thereof to the Depository immediately on allotment of such Securities.
(m) Certificate Number and other details of Securities in Depository:
Nothing contained in the Act or these Articles regarding the necessity of having
certificate number/distinctive numbers for Securities issued by the Company shall apply
to Securities held with a Depository.
(n) Register and Index of Beneficial Owners:
The Register and Index of Beneficial Owners maintained by a Depository under the
Depositories Act, shall be deemed to be the Register and Index (if applicable) of
Shareholders and Security-holders for the purposes of these Articles.
(o) Provisions of Articles to apply to Shares held in Depository:
Except as specifically provided in these Articles, the provisions relating to joint holders
of shares, calls, lien on shares, forfeiture of shares and transfer and transmission of
shares shall be applicable to shares held in Depository so far as they apply to shares
held in physical form subject to the provisions of the Depositories Act.
(p) Depository to furnish information:
Every Depository shall furnish to the Company information about the transfer of
securities in the name of the Beneficial Owner at such intervals and in such manner as
may be specified by Law and the Company in that behalf.
(q) Option to opt out in respect of any such Security:
If a Beneficial Owner seeks to opt out of a Depository in respect of any Security, he shall
inform the Depository accordingly. The Depository shall on receipt of such information
make appropriate entries in its records and shall inform the Company. The Company
shall within 30 (thirty) days of the receipt of intimation from a Depository and on
fulfillment of such conditions and on payment of such fees as may be specified by the
regulations, issue the certificate of securities to the Beneficial Owner or the transferee
as the case may be.
(r) Overriding effect of this Article:
Provisions of this Article will have full effect and force not withstanding anything to the
contrary or inconsistent contained in any other Articles.
24. NOMINATION BY SECURITIES HOLDERS
a) Every holder of Securities of the Company may, at any time, nominate, in the manner
prescribed under the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014, a Person
as his nominee in whom the Securities of the Company held by him shall vest in the
event of his death.
b) Where the Securities of the Company are held by more than one Person jointly, the
joint holders may together nominate, in the manner prescribed under the Companies
(Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014, a Person as their nominee in whom all the
rights in the Securities Company shall vest in the event of death of all the joint holders.
c) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Law for the time being in force or in
any disposition, whether testamentary or otherwise, in respect of the Securities of the
Company, where a nomination made in the manner prescribed under the Companies
(Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014, purports to confer on any Person the right
to vest the Securities of the Company, the nominee shall, on the death of the holder of
Securities of the Company or, as the case may be, on the death of the joint holders
become entitled to all the rights in Securities of the holder or, as the case may be, of all
the joint holders, in relation to such Securities of the Company to the exclusion of all
other Persons, unless the nomination is varied or cancelled in the prescribed manner
under the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014.
d) Where the nominee is a minor, the holder of the Securities concerned, can make the
nomination to appoint in prescribed manner under the Companies (Share Capital and
Debentures) Rules, 2014, any Person to become entitled to the Securities of the
Company in the event of his death, during the minority.
e) The transmission of Securities of the Company by the holders of such Securities and
transfer in case of nomination shall be subject to and in accordance with the provisions
of the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014.
25. NOMINATION FOR FIXED DEPOSITS
A depositor (who shall be the member of the Company) may, at any time, make a nomination
and the provisions of Section 72 of the Act shall, as far as may be, apply to the nominations
made in relation to the deposits made subject to the provisions of the Rules as may be
prescribed in this regard.
26. NOMINATION IN CERTAIN OTHER CASES
Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act and these Articles, any person becoming
entitled to Securities in consequence of the death, lunacy, bankruptcy or insolvency of any
holder of Securities, or by any lawful means other than by a transfer in accordance with these
Articles, may, with the consent of the Board (which it shall not be under any obligation to
give), upon producing such evidence that he sustains the character in respect of which he
proposes to act under this Article or of such title as the Board thinks sufficient, either be
registered himself as the holder of the Securities or elect to have some Person nominated by
him and approved by the Board registered as such holder; provided nevertheless that, if such
Person shall elect to have his nominee registered, he shall testify the election by executing in
favour of his nominee an instrument of transfer in accordance with the provisions herein
contained and until he does so, he shall not be freed from any liability in respect of the
Securities.
27. COPIES OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES TO BE SENT TO MEMBERS
Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and other documents
referred to in Section 17 of the Act shall be sent by the Company to every Shareholder at his
request within 7 (seven) days of the request on payment of such sum as prescribed under the
Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014.
28. BORROWING POWERS
(a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 73, 179 and 180, and other applicable provisions of
the Act and these Articles, the Board may, from time to time, at its discretion by
resolution passed at the meeting of a Board:
(i) accept or renew deposits from Shareholders;
(ii) borrow money by way of issuance of Debentures;
(iii) borrow money otherwise than on Debentures;
(iv) accept deposits from Shareholders either in advance of calls or otherwise; and
(v) generally raise or borrow or secure the payment of any sum or sums of money
for the purposes of the Company.
Provided, however, that where the money to be borrowed together with the money
already borrowed (apart from temporary loans obtained from the Company’s bankers
in the ordinary course of business) exceed the aggregate of the Paid-up capital of the
Company and its free reserves (not being reserves set apart for any specific purpose),
the Board shall not borrow such money without the consent of the Company by way of
a Special Resolution in a General Meeting.
(b) Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the payment or repayment of money
borrowed as aforesaid may be secured in such manner and upon such terms and
conditions in all respects as the resolution of the Board shall prescribe including by the
issue of bonds, perpetual or redeemable Debentures or debenturestock, or any
mortgage, charge, hypothecation, pledge, lien or other security on the undertaking of
the whole or any part of the property of the Company, both present and future.
Provided however that the Board shall not, except with the consent of the Company by
way of a Special Resolution in General Meeting mortgage, charge or otherwise
encumber, the Company’s uncalled Capital for the time being or any part thereof and
Debentures and other Securities may be assignable free from any equities between the
Company and the Person to whom the same may be issued.
(c) Any bonds, Debentures, debenture-stock or other Securities may if permissible in Law
be issued at a discount, premium or otherwise by the Company and shall with the
consent of the Board be issued upon such terms and conditions and in such manner and
for such consideration as the Board shall consider to be for the benefit of the Company,
and on the condition that they or any part of them may be convertible into Equity
Shares of any denomination, and with any privileges and conditions as to the
redemption, surrender, allotment of shares, appointment of Directors or otherwise.
Provided that Debentures with rights to allotment of or conversion into Equity Shares
shall not be issued except with, the sanction of the Company in General Meeting
accorded by a Special Resolution.
(d) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act and these Articles, if any uncalled Capital
of the Company is included in or charged by any mortgage or other security, the Board
shall make calls on the Shareholders in respect of such uncalled Capital in trust for the
Person in whose favour such mortgage or security is executed, or if permitted by the
Act, may by instrument under seal authorize the Person in whose favour such mortgage
or security is executed or any other Person in trust for him to make calls on the
Shareholders in respect of such uncalled Capital and the provisions hereinafter
contained in regard to calls shall mutatis mutandis apply to calls made under such
authority and such authority may be made exercisable either conditionally or
unconditionally or either presently or contingently and either to the exclusion of the
Board’s power or otherwise and shall be assignable if expressed so to be.
(e) The Board shall cause a proper Register to be kept in accordance with the provisions of
Section 85 of the Act of all mortgages, Debentures and charges specifically affecting the
property of the Company; and shall cause the requirements of the relevant provisions
of the Act in that behalf to be duly complied with within the time prescribed under the
Act or such extensions thereof as may be permitted under the Act, as the case may be,
so far as they are required to be complied with by the Board.
(f) Any capital required by the Company for its working capital and other capital funding
requirements may be obtained in such form as decided by the Board from time to time.
(g) The Company shall also comply with the provisions of the Companies (Registration of
Charges) Rules, 2014 in relation to the creation and registration of aforesaid charges by
the Company.
29. SHARE WARRANTS
(a) The Company may issue share warrants subject to, and in accordance with, the
provisions of Sections 114 and 115 of the Companies Act, 1956; and accordingly the
Board may in its discretion, with respect to any Share which is fully Paid-up, on
application in writing signed by the Persons registered as holder of the Share, and
authenticated by such evidence (if any) as the Board may, from time to time, require as
to the identity of the Person signing the application, and on receiving the certificate (if
any) of the Share, and the amount of the stamp duty on the warrant and such fee as the
Board may from time to time require, issue a share warrant.
(b) (i) The bearer of a share warrant may at any time deposit the warrant at the Office
of the Company, and so long as the warrant remains so deposited, the depositor shall
have the same right of signing a requisition for calling a meeting of the Company, and of
attending, and voting and exercising the other privileges of a Shareholder at any
meeting held after the expiry of 2 (two) clear days from the time of deposit, as if his
name were inserted in the Register of Members as the holder of the Share included in
the deposited warrant.
(ii) Not more than one person shall be recognised as depositor of the share warrant.
(iii) The Company shall, on 2 (two) days’ written notice, return the deposited share
warrant to the depositor.
(c) (i) Subject as herein otherwise expressly provided, no person shall, as bearer of a
share warrant, sign a requisition for calling a meeting of the Company, or attend, or
vote or exercise any other privileges of a Shareholder at a meeting of the Company, or
be entitled to receive any notices from the Company.
(ii) The bearer of a share warrant shall be entitled in all other respects to the same
privileges and advantages as if he were named in the Register of Members as the
Shareholder included in the warrant, and he shall be a Shareholder of the
Company.
(d) The Board may, from time to time, make rules as to the terms on which (if it shall think
fit) a new share warrant or coupon may be issued by way of renewal in case of
defacement, loss or destruction.
(e) The provisions contained under this Article shall cease to have effect post the
notification of section 465 of the Act which shall repeal the provisions of Companies
Act, 1956.
30. CONVERSION OF SHARES INTO STOCK AND RECONVERSION
(a) The Company in General Meeting may, by Ordinary Resolution, convert any Paid-up
shares into stock and when any shares shall have been converted into stock, the several
holders of such stock may henceforth transfer their respective interest therein, or any
part of such interests, in the same manner and subject to the same regulations as those
subject to which shares from which the stock arose might have been transferred, if no
such conversion had taken place or as near thereto as circumstances will admit. The
Company may, by an Ordinary Resolution, at any time reconvert any stock into Paid-up
shares of any denomination. Provided that the Board may, from time to time, fix the
minimum amount of stock transferable, so however such minimum shall not exceed the
nominal account from which the stock arose.
(b) The holders of stock shall, according to the amount of stock held by them, have the
same rights, privileges and advantages as regards Dividends, voting at meetings of the
Company, and other matters, as if they held the shares from which the stock arose, but
no such privileges or advantages, (except participation in the Dividends and profits of
the Company and in the assets on winding-up), shall be conferred by an amount of
stock which would not, if existing in shares, have conferred that privilege or advantage.
31. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Company shall in each year hold a General
Meeting specified as its Annual General Meeting and shall specify the meeting as such in the
notices convening such meetings. Further, not more than 15 (fifteen) months gap shall exist
between the date of one Annual General Meeting and the date of the next. All General
Meetings other than Annual General Meetings shall be Extraordinary General Meetings.
32. WHEN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD
Nothing contained in the foregoing provisions shall be taken as affecting the right conferred
upon the Registrar under the provisions of Section 96(1) of the Act to extend the time within
which any Annual General Meeting may be held.
33. VENUE, DAY AND TIME FOR HOLDING ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(a) Every Annual General Meeting shall be called during business hours, that is, between 9
A.M. and 6 P.M. on a day that is not a national holiday, and shall be held at the Office of
the Company or at some other place within the city, town or village in which the Office
of the Company is situated, as the Board may determine and the notices calling the
Meeting shall specify it as the Annual General Meeting.
(b) Every Shareholder of the Company shall be entitled to attend the Annual General
Meeting either in person or by proxy and the Auditor of the Company shall have the
right to attend and to be heard at any General Meeting which he attends on any part of
the business which concerns him as Auditor. At every Annual General Meeting of the
Company there shall be laid on the table, the Directors’ Report and Audited Statement
of Accounts, Auditors’ Report, (if not already incorporated in the Audited Statement of
Accounts), the proxy Register with proxies and the Register of Directors’
shareholdings which latter Register shall remain open and accessible during the
continuance of the Meeting. The Board shall cause to be prepared the Annual Return
and forward the same to the concerned Registrar of Companies, in accordance with
Sections 92 and 137 of the Act. The Directors are also entitled to attend the Annual
General Meeting.
34. NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
(a) Number of days’ notice of General Meeting to be given: A General Meeting of the
Company may be called by giving not less than 21 (twenty one) days clear notice in
writing or in electronic mode, excluding the day on which notice is served or deemed to
be served (i.e., on expiry of 48 (forty eight) hours after the letter containing the same is
posted). However, a General Meeting may be called after giving shorter notice if
consent is given in writing or by electronic mode by not less than 95 (ninety five)
percent of the Shareholders entitled to vote at that meeting.
The notice of every meeting shall be given to:
(a) every Shareholder, legal representative of any deceased Shareholder or the
assignee of an insolvent member of the Company,
(b) Auditor or Auditors of the Company, and
(c) all Directors.
(b) Notice of meeting to specify place, etc., and to contain statement of business: Notice of
every meeting of the Company shall specify the place, date, day and hour of the
meeting, and shall contain a statement of the business to be transacted thereat shall be
given in the manner prescribed under Section 102 of the Act.
(c) Contents and manner of service of notice and Persons on whom it is to be served: Every
notice may be served by the Company on any Shareholder thereof either personally or
by sending it by post to their/its registered address in India and if there be no registered
address in India, to the address supplied by the Shareholder to the Company for giving
the notice to the Shareholder.
(d) Special Business: Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, where any items of
business to be transacted at the meeting are deemed to be special, there shall be
annexed to the notice of the meeting a statement setting out all material facts
concerning each item of business including any particular nature of the concern or
interest if any therein of every Director or manager (as defined under the provisions of
the Act), if any or key managerial personnel (as defined under the provisions of the Act)
or the relatives of any of the aforesaid and where any item of special business relates to
or affects any other company, the extent of shareholding interest in that other
company of every Director or manager (as defined under the provisions of the Act), if
any or key managerial personnel (as defined under the provisions of the Act) or the
relatives of any of the aforesaid of the first mentioned company shall also be set out in
the statement if the extent of such interest is not less than 2 per cent of the paid up
share capital of that other company. All business transacted at any meeting of the
Company shall be deemed to be special and all business transacted at the Annual
General Meeting of the Company with the exception of the business specified in
Section 102 of the Act shall be deemed to be special.
(e) Resolution requiring Special Notice: With regard to resolutions in respect of which
special notice is required to be given by the Act, a special notice shall be given as
required by Section 115 of the Act.
(f) Notice of Adjourned Meeting when necessary: When a meeting is adjourned for 30
(thirty) days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an
original meeting in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Act.
(g) Notice when not necessary: Save as aforesaid, and as provided in Section 103 of the
Act, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to
be transacted at an adjourned meeting.
(h) The notice of the General Meeting shall comply with the provisions of Companies
(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014.
35. REQUISITION OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
(a) The Board may, whenever it thinks fit, call an Extraordinary General Meeting and it shall
do so upon a requisition received from such number of Shareholders who hold, on the
date of receipt of the requisition, not less than one-tenth of such of the Paid up Share
Capital of the Company as on that date carries the right of voting and such meeting
shall be held at the Office or at such place and at such time as the Board thinks fit.
(b) Any valid requisition so made by Shareholders must state the object or objects of the
meeting proposed to be called, and must be signed by the requisitionists and be
deposited at the Office; provided that such requisition may consist of several
documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists.
(c) Upon the receipt of any such valid requisition, the Board shall forthwith call an
Extraordinary General Meeting and if they do not proceed within 21 (twenty-one) days
from the date of the requisition being deposited at the Office to cause a meeting to be
called on a day not later than 45 (forty-five) days from the date of deposit of the
requisition, the requisitionists or such of their number as represent either a majority in
value of the Paid up Share Capital held by all of them or not less than one-tenth of such
of the Paid-up Share Capital of the Company as is referred to in Section 100 of the Act,
whichever is less, may themselves call the meeting, but in either case any meeting so
called shall be held within three months from the date of the delivery of the requisition
as aforesaid.
(d) Any meeting called under the foregoing sub-articles by the requisitionists, shall be
called in the same manner, as nearly as possible, as that in which a meeting is to be
called by the Board.
(e) The accidental omission to give any such notice as aforesaid to any of the Shareholders,
or the non-receipt thereof, shall not invalidate any resolution passed at any such
meeting.
(f) No General Meeting, Annual or Extraordinary, shall be competent to enter into, discuss
or transact any business which has not been mentioned in the notice or notices by
which it was convened.
(g) The Extraordinary General Meeting called under this article shall be subject to and in
accordance with the provisions contained under the Companies (Management and
Administration) Rules, 2014.
36. NO BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED IN GENERAL MEETING IF QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT
The quorum for the Shareholders’ Meeting shall be in accordance with Section 103 of the Act.
Subject to the provisions of Section 103(2) of the Act, if such a quorum is not present within
half an hour from the time set for the Shareholders’ Meeting, the Shareholders’ Meeting shall
be adjourned to the same time and place or to such other date and such other time and place
as the Board may determine and the agenda for the adjourned Shareholders’ Meeting shall
remain the same. If at such adjourned meeting also, a quorum is not present, at the expiration
of half an hour from the time appointed for holding the meeting, the members present shall
be a quorum, and may transact the business for which the meeting was called.
37. CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL MEETING
The Chairman of the Board shall be entitled to take the Chair at every General Meeting,
whether Annual or Extraordinary. If there is no such Chairman of the Board or if at any
meeting he shall not be present within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for holding such
meeting or if he is unable or unwilling to take the Chair, then the Directors present shall elect
one of them as Chairman. If no Director is present or if all the Directors present decline to take
the Chair, then the Shareholders present shall elect one of their member to be the Chairman
of the meeting. No business shall be discussed at any General Meeting except the election of a
Chairman while the Chair is vacant.
38. CHAIRMAN CAN ADJOURN THE GENERAL MEETING
The Chairman may, with the consent given in the meeting at which a quorum is present (and if
so directed by the meeting) adjourn the General Meeting from time to time and from place to
place within the city, town or village in which the Office of the Company is situate but no
business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished
at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
39. QUESTIONS AT GENERAL MEETING HOW DECIDED
(a) At any General Meeting, a resolution put to the vote of the General Meeting shall,
unless a poll is demanded, be decided by a show of hands. Before or on the declaration
of the result of the voting on any resolution by a show of hands, a poll may be carried
out in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Act or the voting is carried out
electronically. Unless a poll is demanded, a declaration by the Chairman that a
resolution has, on a show of hands, been carried or carried unanimously, or by a
particular majority, or lost and an entry to that effect in the Minute Book of the
Company shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, of passing of such resolution or
otherwise.
(b) In the case of equal votes, the Chairman shall both on a show of hands and at a poll, (if
any), have a casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which he may be entitled as
a Shareholder.
(c) If a poll is demanded as aforesaid, the same shall subject to anything stated in these
Articles be taken at such time, (not later than forty-eight hours from the time when the
demand was made), and place within the City, Town or Village in which the Office of the
Company is situate and either by a show of hands or by ballot or by postal ballot, as the
Chairman shall direct and either at once or after an interval or adjournment, or
otherwise and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the decision of the meeting
at which the poll was demanded. Any business other than that upon which a poll has
been demanded may be proceeded with, pending the taking of the poll. The demand
for a poll may be withdrawn at any time by the Person or Persons who made the
demand.
(d) Where a poll is to be taken, the Chairman of the meeting shall appoint two scrutineers
to scrutinise the votes given on the poll and to report thereon to him. One of the
scrutineers so appointed shall always be a Shareholder, (not being an officer or
employee of the Company), present at the meeting provided such a Shareholder is
available and willing to be appointed. The Chairman shall have power at any time
before the result of the poll is declared, to remove a scrutineer from office and fill
vacancies in the office of scrutineer arising from such removal or from any other cause.
(e) Any poll duly demanded on the election of a Chairman of a meeting or any question of
adjournment, shall be taken at the meeting forthwith. A poll demanded on any other
question shall be taken at such time not later than 48 hours from the time of demand,
as the Chairman of the meeting directs.
(f) The demand for a poll except on the question of the election of the Chairman and of an
adjournment shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any
business other than the question on which the poll has been demanded.
(g) No report of the proceedings of any General Meeting of the Company shall be
circulated or advertised at the expense of the Company unless it includes the matters
required by these Articles or Section 118 of the Act to be contained in the Minutes of
the proceedings of such meeting.
(h) The Shareholders will do nothing to prevent the taking of any action by the Company or
act contrary to or with the intent to evade or defeat the terms as contained in these
Articles.
40. PASSING RESOLUTIONS BY POSTAL BALLOT
(a) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this part of Articles, the Company may, and in
the case of resolutions relating to such business as notified under the Companies
(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, as amended, or other Law required to
be passed by postal ballot, shall get any resolution passed by means of a postal ballot,
instead of transacting the business in the General Meeting of the Company. Also, the
Company may, in respect of any item of business other than ordinary business and any
business in respect of which Directors or Auditors have a right to be heard at any
meeting, transact the same by way of postal ballot.
(b) Where the Company decides to pass any resolution by resorting to postal ballot, it shall
follow the procedures as prescribed under Section 110 of the Act and the Companies
(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, as amended from time.
41. VOTES OF MEMBERS
(a) No Shareholder shall be entitled to vote either personally or by proxy at any General
Meeting or meeting of a class of Shareholders either upon a show of hands or upon a
poll in respect of any shares registered in his name on which calls or other sums
presently payable by him have not been paid or in regard to which the Company has
exercised any right of lien.
(b) No member shall be entitled to vote at a General Meeting unless all calls or other sums
presently payable by him have been paid, or in regard to which the Company has lien
and has exercised any right of lien.
(c) Subject to the provisions of these Articles, without prejudice to any special privilege or
restrictions as to voting for the time being attached to any class of shares for the time
being forming a part of the Capital of the Company, every Shareholder not disqualified
by the last preceding Article, shall be entitled to be present, and to speak and vote at
such meeting, and on a show of hands, every Shareholder present in person shall have
one vote and upon a poll, the voting right of such Shareholder present, either in person
or by proxy, shall be in proportion to his share of the Paid Up Share Capital of the
Company held alone or jointly with any other Person or Persons.
Provided however, if any Shareholder holding Preference shares be present at any
meeting of the Company, save as provided in Section 47(2) of the Act, he shall have a
right to vote only on resolutions placed before the Meeting, which directly affect the
rights attached to his preference shares.
(d) On a poll taken at a meeting of the Company, a Shareholder entitled to more than one
vote, or his proxy, or any other Person entitled to vote for him (as the case may be),
need not, if he votes, use or cast all his votes in the same way.
(e) A Shareholder of unsound mind or in respect of whom an order has been made by any
court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll,
through a committee or through his legal guardian; and any such committee or
guardian may, on a poll vote by proxy. If any Shareholder be a minor his vote in respect
of his Share(s) shall be exercised by his guardian(s), who may be selected (in case of
dispute) by the Chairman of the meeting.
(f) If there be joint registered holders of any shares, any one of such Persons may vote at
any meeting or may appoint another Person, (whether a Shareholder or not) as his
proxy in respect of such shares, as if he were solely entitled thereto; but the proxy so
appointed shall not have any right to speak at the meeting and if more than one of such
joint-holders be present at any meeting, then one of the said Persons so present whose
name stands higher in the Register of Members shall alone be entitled to speak and to
vote in respect of such shares, but the other joint- holders shall be entitled to be
present at the meeting. Several Executors or Administrators of a deceased Shareholder
in whose name shares stand shall for the purpose of these Articles be deemed joint-
holders thereof.
(g) Subject to the provision of these Articles, votes may be given personally or by an
attorney or by proxy. A body corporate, whether or not a Company within the meaning
of the Act, being a Shareholder may vote either by a proxy or by a representative duly
authorised in accordance with Section 113 of the Act and such representative shall be
entitled to exercise the same rights and powers, (including the right to vote by proxy),
on behalf of the body corporate which he represents as that body could have exercised
if it were an individual Shareholder.
(h) Any Person entitled to transfer any shares of the Company may vote at any General
Meeting in respect thereof in the same manner as if he were the registered holder of
such shares, provided that forty-eight hours at least before the time of holding the
meeting or adjourned meeting, as the case may be, at which he proposes to vote, he
shall satisfy the Board of his right to such shares and give such indemnity (if any) as the
Board may require unless the Board shall have previously admitted his right to vote at
such meeting in respect thereof.
(i) Every proxy, (whether a Shareholder or not), shall be appointed in writing under the
hand of the appointer or his attorney, or if such appointer is a corporation under the
Common Seal of such corporation or be signed by an officer or an attorney duly
authorised by it, and any committee or guardian may appoint proxy. The proxy so
appointed shall not have any right to speak at a meeting.
(j) An instrument of proxy may appoint a proxy either for (i) the purposes of a particular
meeting (as specified in the instrument) or (ii) for any adjournment thereof or (iii) it
may appoint a proxy for the purposes of every meeting of the Company, or (iv) of every
meeting to be held before a date specified in the instrument for every adjournment of
any such meeting.
(k) A Shareholder present by proxy shall be entitled to vote only on a poll.
(l) An instrument appointing a proxy and a power of attorney or other authority (including
by way of a Board Resolution, (if any),) under which it is signed or a notarially certified
copy of that power or authority or resolution as the case may be, shall be deposited at
the Office not later than forty-eight hours before the time for holding the meeting at
which the Person named in the instrument proposes to vote and in default the
instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid. No instrument appointing a proxy shall
be valid after the expiration of 12 months from the date of its execution. An attorney
shall not be entitled to vote unless the power of attorney or other instrument or
resolution as the case may be appointing him or a notarially certified copy thereof has
either been registered in the records of the Company at any time not less than forty-
eight hours before the time for holding the meeting at which the attorney proposes to
vote, or is deposited at the Office of the Company not less than forty-eight hours before
the time fixed for such meeting as aforesaid. Notwithstanding that a power of attorney
or other authority has been registered in the records of the Company, the Company
may, by notice in writing addressed to the Shareholder or the attorney, given at least 48
(forty eight) hours before the meeting, require him to produce the original power of
attorney or authority or resolution as the case may be and unless the same is deposited
with the Company not less than forty-eight hours before the time fixed for the meeting,
the attorney shall not be entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board in their
absolute discretion excuse such non-production and deposit.
(m) Every instrument of proxy whether for a specified meeting or otherwise should, as far
as circumstances admit, be in any of the forms set out in the Companies (Management
and Administration) Rules, 2014.
(n) If any such instrument of appointment be confined to the object of appointing an
attorney or proxy for voting at meetings of the Company it shall remain permanently or
for such time as the Directors may determine in the custody of the Company; if
embracing other objects a copy thereof, examined with the original, shall be delivered
to the Company to remain in the custody of the Company.
(o) A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid
notwithstanding the previous death of the principal, or revocation of the proxy or of
any power of attorney under which such proxy was signed, or the transfer of the Share
in respect of which the vote is given, provided that no intimation in writing of the death,
revocation or transfer shall have been received at the Office before the meeting.
(p) No objection shall be made to the validity of any vote, except at the Meeting or poll at
which such vote shall be tendered, and every vote whether given personally or by
proxy, not disallowed at such meeting or poll shall be deemed valid for all purposes of
such meeting or poll whatsoever.
(q) The Chairman of any meeting shall be the sole judge of the validity of every vote
tendered at such meeting. The Chairman present at the taking of a poll shall be in the
sole judge of the validity of every vote tendered at such poll.
(i) The Company shall cause minutes of all proceedings of every General Meeting to
be kept by making within 30 (thirty) days of the conclusion of every such meeting
concerned, entries thereof in books kept for that purpose with their pages
consecutively numbered.
(ii) Each page of every such book shall be initialed or signed and the last page of the
record of proceedings of each meeting in such book shall be dated and signed by
the Chairman of the same meeting within the aforesaid period of 30 (thirty) days
or in the event of the death or inability of that Chairman within that period, by a
Director duly authorised by the Board for that purpose.
(iii) In no case the minutes of proceedings of a meeting shall be attached to any such
book as aforesaid by pasting or otherwise.
(iv) The Minutes of each meeting shall contain a fair and correct summary of the
proceedings thereat.
(v) All appointments of Directors of the Company made at any meeting aforesaid
shall be included in the minutes of the meeting.
(vi) Nothing herein contained shall require or be deemed to require the inclusion in
any such Minutes of any matter which in the opinion of the Chairman of the
Meeting (i) is or could reasonably be regarded as, defamatory of any person, or
(ii) is irrelevant or immaterial to the proceedings, or (iii) is detrimental to the
interests of the Company. The Chairman of the meeting shall exercise an absolute
discretion in regard to the inclusion or non-inclusion of any matter in the Minutes
on the aforesaid grounds.
(vii) Any such Minutes shall be evidence of the proceedings recorded therein.
(viii) The book containing the Minutes of proceedings of General Meetings shall be
kept at the Office of the Company and shall be open, during business hours, for
such periods not being less in the aggregate than two hours in each day as the
Board determines, for the inspection of any Shareholder without charge.
(ix) The Company shall cause minutes to be duly entered in books provided for the
purpose of: -
a) the names of the Directors and Alternate Directors present at each General
Meeting;
b) all Resolutions and proceedings of General Meeting.
(r) The Shareholders shall vote (whether in person or by proxy) all of the shares owned or
held on record by them at any Annual or Extraordinary General Meeting of the
Company called for the purpose of filling positions to the Board, appointed as a Director
of the Company under Sections 152 and 164(1) of the Act in accordance with these
Articles.
(s) The Shareholders will do nothing to prevent the taking of any action by the Company or
act contrary to or with the intent to evade or defeat the terms as contained in these
Articles.
(t) All matters arising at a General Meeting of the Company, other than as specified in the
Act or these Articles if any, shall be decided by a majority vote.
(u) The Shareholders shall exercise their voting rights as shareholders of the Company to
ensure that the Act or these Articles are implemented and acted upon by the
Shareholders, and by the Company and to prevent the taking of any action by the
Company or by any Shareholder, which is contrary to or with a view or intention to
evade or defeat the terms as contained in these Articles.
(v) Any corporation which is a Shareholder of the Company may, by resolution of the Board
or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its
representative at any meeting of the Company and the said person so authorised shall
be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he
represents as that corporation could have exercised if it were an individual Shareholder
in the Company (including the right to vote by proxy).
(w) The Company shall also provide e-voting facility to the Shareholders of the Company in
terms of the provisions of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules,
2014, the Listing Agreement or any other Law, if applicable to the Company.
42. DIRECTORS
Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, the number of Directors of the Company shall
not be less than 3 (three) and not more than 15 (fifteen). The Company shall also comply with
the provisions of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 and
the provisions of the Listing Agreement. The Board shall have an optimum combination of
executive and Independent Directors with at least 1 (one) woman Director, as may be
prescribed by Law from time to time.
43. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(a) The members of the Board shall elect any one of them as the Chairman of the Board.
The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board and the General Meeting of the
Company. The Chairman shall have a casting vote in the event of a tie.
(b) If for any reason the Chairman is not present at the meeting or is unwilling to act as
Chairman, the members of the Board shall appoint any one of the remaining Directors
as the Chairman.
44. APPOINTMENT OF ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
Subject to Section 161 of the Act, any Director (hereinafter called the Original Director”)
shall be entitled to nominate an alternate director (subject to such person being acceptable to
the Chairman) (the “Alternate Director”) to act for him during his absence for a period of not
less than 3 (three) months from India. The Board may appoint such a person as an Alternate
Director to act for a Director during the Original Director’s absence for a period of not less
than three months from India. An Alternate Director appointed under this Article shall not
hold office for a period longer than that permissible to the Original Director in whose place he
has been appointed and shall vacate office if and when the Original Director returns to the
State. If the term of the office of the Original Director is determined before he so returns to
the State, any provisions in the Act or in these Articles for automatic re-appointment shall
apply to the Original Director and not to the Alternate Director.
45. CASUAL VACANCY AND ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS
Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act and these Articles, the Board shall have the
power at any time and from time to time to appoint any qualified Person to be a Director
either as an addition to the Board or to fill a casual vacancy but so that the total number of
Directors shall not at any time exceed the maximum number fixed under Article 42. Any
Person so appointed as an addition shall hold office only up to the earlier of the date of the
next Annual General Meeting or at the last date on which the Annual General Meeting should
have been held but shall be eligible for appointment by the Company as a Director at that
meeting subject to the applicable provisions of the Act.
46. DEBENTURE DIRECTORS
If it is provided by a trust deed, securing or otherwise, in connection with any issue of
Debentures of the Company, that any Person/lender or Persons/lenders shall have power to
nominate a Director of the Company, then in the case of any and every such issue of
Debentures, the Person/lender or Persons/lenders having such power may exercise such
power from time to time and appoint a Director accordingly. Any Director so appointed is
herein referred to a Debenture Director. A Debenture Director may be removed from office at
any time by the Person/lender or Persons/lenders in whom for the time being is vested the
power under which he was appointed and another Director may be appointed in his place. A
Debenture Director shall not be bound to hold any qualification shares and shall not be liable
to retire by rotation or be removed by the Company. The trust deed may contain ancillary
provisions as may be arranged between the Company and the trustees and all such provisions
shall have effect notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this part of Articles.
47. INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
The Company shall have such number of Independent Directors on the Board of the Company,
as may be required in terms of the provisions of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 and
the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 or any other Law, as
may be applicable. Further, the appointment of such Independent Directors shall be in terms
of the aforesaid provisions of Law and subject to the requirements prescribed under Clause 49
of the Listing Agreement.
48. EQUAL POWER TO DIRECTOR
Except as otherwise provided in these Articles, all the Directors of the Company shall have in
all matters, equal rights and privileges and shall be subject to equal obligations and duties in
respect of the affairs of the Company.
49. NOMINEE DIRECTORS
Whenever the Board enters into a contract with any lenders for borrowing any money or for
providing any guarantee or security or for technical collaboration or assistance or enter into
any other arrangement, the Board shall have, subject to the provisions of Section 152 of the
Act the power to agree that such lenders shall have the right to appoint or nominate by a
notice in writing addressed to the Company one or more Directors on the Board for such
period and upon such conditions as may be mentioned in the common loan agreement/
facility agreement. The nominee director representing lenders shall not be required to hold
qualification shares and not be liable to retire by rotation. The Directors may also agree that
any such Director, or Directors may be removed from time to time by the lenders entitled to
appoint or nominate them and such lenders may appoint another or other or others in his or
their place and also fill in any vacancy which may occur as a result of any such Director, or
Directors ceasing to hold that office for any reason whatsoever. The nominee director shall
hold office only so long as any monies remain owed by the Company to such lenders.
The nominee director shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of other Directors
including the sitting fees and expenses as payable to other Directors but, if any other fees,
commission, monies or remuneration in any form are payable to the Directors, the fees,
commission, monies and remuneration in relation to such nominee director shall accrue to
the lenders and the same shall accordingly be paid by the Company directly to the lenders.
Provided that if any such nominee director is an officer of any of the lenders, the sittings fees
in relation to such nominee director shall also accrue to the lenders concerned and the same
shall accordingly be paid by the Company directly to that lenders.
Any expenditure that may be incurred by the lenders or the nominee director in connection
with the appointment or directorship shall be borne by the Company.
The nominee director so appointed shall be a member of the project management sub-
committee, audit sub-committee and other sub-committees of the Board, if so desired by the
lenders.
The nominee director shall be entitled to receive all notices, agenda, etc. and to attend all
general meetings and Board meetings and meetings of any committee(s) of the Board of
which he is a member and to receive all notices, agenda and minutes, etc. of the said meeting.
If at any time, the nominee director is not able to attend a meeting of Board or any of its
committees, of which he is a member, the lenders may depute an observer to attend the
meeting. The expenses incurred by the lenders in this connection shall be borne by the
Company.
50. NO QUALIFICATION SHARES FOR DIRECTORS
A Director shall not be required to hold any qualification shares of the Company.
51. REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
(a) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, the Rules, Law including the provisions
of the Listing Agreement, a Managing Director or Managing Directors, and any other
Director/s who is/are in the whole time employment of the Company may be paid
remuneration either by a way of monthly payment or at a specified percentage of the
net profits of the Company or partly by one way and partly by the other, subject to the
limits prescribed under the Act.
(b) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, a Director (other than a Managing
Director or an executive Director) may receive a sitting fee not exceeding such sum as
may be prescribed by the Act or the central government from time to time for each
meeting of the Board or any Committee thereof attended by him.
(c) The remuneration payable to each Director for every meeting of the Board or
Committee of the Board attended by them shall be such sum as may be determined by
the Board from time to time within the maximum limits prescribed from time to time
by the Central Government pursuant to the first proviso to Section 197 of the Act.
(d) All fees/compensation to be paid to non-executive Directors including Independent
Directors shall be as fixed by the Board and shall require the prior approval of the
Shareholders in a General meeting. Such approval shall also specify the limits for the
maximum number of stock options that can be granted to a non-executive Director, in
any financial year, and in aggregate. However, such prior approval of the Shareholders
shall not be required in relation to the payment of sitting fees to non-executive
Directors if the same is made within the prescribed limits under the Act for payment of
sitting fees with approval of Central Government. Notwithstanding anything contained
in this part of Articles, the Independent Directors shall not be eligible to receive any
stock options.
52. SPECIAL REMUNERATION FOR EXTRA SERVICES RENDERED BY A DIRECTOR
If any Director be called upon to perform extra services or special exertions or efforts (which
expression shall include work done by a Director as a member of any Committee formed by
the Directors), the Board may arrange with such Director for such special remuneration for
such extra services or special exertions or efforts either by a fixed sum or otherwise as may be
determined by the Board. Such remuneration may either be in addition, to or in substitution
for his remuneration otherwise provided, subject to the applicable provisions of the Act.
53. TRAVEL EXPENSES OF DIRECTORS
The Board may allow and pay to any Director, who is not a bona fide resident of the place
where the meetings of the Board/Committee meetings are ordinarily held; and who shall
come to such place for the purpose of attending any meeting, such sum as the Board may
consider fair compensation for travelling, lodging and/ or other expenses, in addition to his
fee for attending such Board / Committee meetings as above specified; and if any Director be
called upon to go or reside out of his ordinary place of his residence on the Company’s
business, he shall be entitled to be repaid and reimbursed travelling and other expenses
incurred in connection with the business of the Company in accordance with the provisions of
the Act.
54. CONTINUING DIRECTORS
The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but if, and so
long as their number is reduced below the minimum number fixed by Article 42 hereof, the
continuing Directors not being less than two may act for the purpose of increasing the
number of Directors to that number, or for summoning a General Meeting, but for no other
purpose.
55. VACATION OF OFFICE BY DIRECTOR
(a) Subject to relevant provisions of Sections 167 and 188 of the Act, the office of a
Director, shall ipso facto be vacated if:
(i) he is found to be of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(ii) he applies to be adjudicated an insolvent; or
(iii) he is adjudged an insolvent; or
(iv) he is convicted by a court of any offence involving moral turpitude and is
sentenced in respect thereof to imprisonment for not less than 6 (six)
months; or
(v) he fails to pay any calls made on him in respect of shares of the Company
held by him whether alone or jointly with others, within 6 (six) months from
the date fixed for the payment of such call, unless the Central Government
has by notification in the Official Gazette removed the disqualification
incurred by such failure; or
(vi) he absents himself from 3 (three) consecutive meetings of the Board or from
all Meetings of the Board for a continuous period of 3 (three) months,
whichever is longer, without obtaining leave of absence from the Board; or
(vii) he, (whether by himself or by any Person for his benefit or on his account), or
any firm in which he is a partner, or any private company of which he is a
director, accepts a loan, or any guarantee or security for a loan, from the
Company, in contravention of Section 185 of the Act; or
(viii) having been appointed a Director by virtue of his holding any office or other
employment in the Company, he ceases to hold such office or other
employment in the Company; or
(ix) he acts in contravention of Section 184 of the Act; or
(x) he becomes disqualified by an order of the court under Section 203 of the
Companies Act, 1956; or
(xi) he is removed in pursuance of Section 169 of the Act; or
(xii) he is disqualified under Section 164 of the Act.
Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, a Director may resign his office at any
time by notice in writing addressed to the Board and such resignation shall become
effective upon its acceptance by the Board.
56. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
(a) Except with the consent of the Board or the Shareholders, as may be required in terms
of the provisions of section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies
(Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014, no company shall enter into any
contract or arrangement with a ‘related party’ with respect to: :
i. sale, purchase or supply of any goods or materials;
ii. selling or otherwise disposing of, or buying, property of any kind;
iii. leasing of property of any kind;
iv. availing or rendering of any services;
v. appointment of any agent for purchase or sale of goods, materials, services or
property;
vi. such Director's or its relative’s appointment to any office or place of profit in the
company, its subsidiary company or associate company; and
vii. underwriting the subscription of any securities or derivatives thereof, of the
company:
without the consent of the Shareholders by way of a Special Resolution in
accordance with Section 188 of the Act.
(b) no Shareholder of the Company shall vote on such Special Resolution, to approve any
contract or arrangement which may be entered into by the Company, if such
Shareholder is a related party.
(c) nothing in this Article shall apply to any transactions entered into by the Company in its
ordinary course of business other than transactions which are not on an arm’s length
basis
(d) The Director, so contracting or being so interested shall not be liable to the Company
for any profit realised by any such contract or the fiduciary relation thereby established.
(e) The terms “office of profit” and “arm’s length basis” shall have the meaning ascribed to
them under Section 188 of the Act.
(f) The term ‘related party’ shall have the same meaning as ascribed to it under the
Companies Act, 2013
(g) The compliance of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 shall
be made for the aforesaid contracts and arrangements.
57. DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST
(a) A Director of the Company who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly concerned
or interested in a contract or arrangement, or proposed contract or arrangement
entered into or to be entered into by or on behalf of the Company, shall disclose the
nature of his concern or interest at a meeting of the Board in the manner provided in
Section 184 of the Act; Provided that it shall not be necessary for a Director to disclose
his concern or interest in any such contract or arrangement entered into or to be
entered into with any other company where any of the Directors of the company or two
or more of them together holds or hold not more than 2% (two per cent) of the Paid-up
Share Capital in the other company or the Company as the case may be. A general
notice given to the Board by the Director, to the effect that he is a director or member
of a specified body corporate or is a member of a specified firm and is to be regarded as
concerned or interested in any contract or arrangement which may, after the date of
the notice, be entered into with that body corporate or firm, shall be deemed to be a
sufficient disclosure of concern or interest in relation to any contract or arrangement so
made. Any such general notice shall expire at the end of the Financial Year in which it is
given but may be renewed for a further period of one Financial Year at a time by a fresh
notice given in the last month of the Financial Year in which it would have otherwise
expired. No such general notice, and no renewal thereof shall be of effect unless, either
it is given at a meeting of the Board or the Director concerned takes reasonable steps to
secure that it is brought up and read at the first meeting of the Board after it is given.
(b) No Director shall as a Director, take any part in the discussion of, vote on any contract
or arrangement entered into or to be entered into by or on behalf of the Company, if he
is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, concerned or interested in such contract or
arrangements; nor shall his presence count for the purpose of forming a quorum at the
time of any such discussion or vote; and if he does vote, his vote shall be void; provided
however that nothing herein contained shall apply to:-
(i) any contract or indemnity against any loss which the Directors, or any one or
more of them, may suffer by reason of becoming or being sureties or a surety for
the Company;
(ii) any contract or arrangement entered into or to be entered into with a public
company or a private company which is subsidiary of a public company in which
the interest of the Director consists solely,
1. in his being
I. a director of such company, and
II. the holder of not more than shares of such number or value
therein as is requisite to qualify him for appointment as a
Director thereof, he having been nominated as such
Director by this Company, or
2. in his being a member holding not more than 2 (two) per cent of its Paid-up
Share Capital.
Subject to the provisions of Section 188 of the Act and other applicable
provisions, if any, of the Act, any Director of the Company, any partner or relative
of such Director, any firm in which such Director or a relative of such Director is a
partner, any private company of which such Director is a director or member, and
any director or manager of such private company, may hold any office or place of
profit in the Company.
(c) The Company shall keep a Register in accordance with Section 189 of the Act and shall
within the time specified therein enter therein such of the particulars as may be. The
Register aforesaid shall also specify, in relation to each Director of the Company, the
names of the bodies corporate and firms of which notice has been given by him under
Article 57(a). The Register shall be kept at the Office of the Company and shall be open
to inspection at such Office, and extracts may be taken therefrom and copies thereof
may be required by any Shareholder of the Company to the same extent, in the same
manner, and on payment of the same fee as in the case of the Register of Members of
the Company and the provisions of Section 94 of the Act shall apply accordingly.
(d) A Director may be or become a Director of any Company promoted by the Company, or
on which it may be interested as a vendor, shareholder, or otherwise, and no such
Director shall be accountable for any benefits received as director or shareholder of
such Company except in so far as Section 188 or Section 197 of the Act as may be
applicable.
58. ONE-THIRD OF DIRECTORS TO RETIRE EVERY YEAR
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in every year, one third of such of
the Directors as are liable to retire by rotation for time being, or, if their number is not three
or a multiple of three then the number nearest to one third shall retire from office, and they
will be eligible for re-election. Provided nevertheless that the managing Director or whole-
time Director(s), appointed or the Directors appointed as a Debenture Director, or the
Directors appointed as Independent Director(s) under Articles hereto shall not retire by
rotation under this Article nor shall they be included in calculating the total number of
Directors of whom one third shall retire from office under this Article.
59. PROCEDURE, IF PLACE OF RETIRING DIRECTORS IS NOT FILLED UP
(a) If the place of the retiring Director is not so filled up and the meeting has not expressly
resolved not to fill the vacancy, the meeting shall stand adjourned till the same day in
the next week, at the same time and place, or if that day is a national holiday, till the
next succeeding day which is not a national holiday, at the same time and place.
(b) If at the adjourned meeting also, the place of the retiring Director is not filled up and
that meeting also has not expressly resolved not to fill the vacancy, the retiring Director
shall be deemed to have been reappointed at the adjourned meeting, unless:-
(i) at that meeting or at the previous meeting a resolution for the reappointment of
such Director has been put to the meeting and lost;
(ii) retiring Director has, by a notice in writing addressed to the Company or its Board
, expressed his unwillingness to be so reappointed;
(iii) he is not qualified or is disqualified for appointment; or
(iv) a resolution whether special or ordinary is required for the appointment or
reappointment by virtue of any applicable provisions of the Act.
60. COMPANY MAY INCREASE OR REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.
Subject to Article 42 and Sections 149, 152 and 164 of the Act, the Company may, by Ordinary
Resolution, from time to time, increase or reduce the number of Directors, and may alter their
qualifications and the Company may, (subject to the provisions of Section 169 of the Act),
remove any Director before the expiration of his period of office and appoint another
qualified in his stead. The person so appointed shall hold office during such time as the
Director in whose place he is appointed would have held the same if he had not been
removed.
61. REGISTER OF DIRECTORS ETC.
(a) The Company shall keep at its Office, a Register containing the particulars of its
Directors, Managing Directors, Manager, Secretaries and other Persons mentioned in
Section 170 of the Act and shall otherwise comply with the provisions of the said
Section in all respects.
(b) The Company shall in respect of each of its Directors also keep at its Office a Register, as
required by Section 170 of the Act, and shall otherwise duly comply with the provisions
of the said Section in all respects.
62. DISCLOSURE BY DIRECTOR OF APPOINTMENT TO ANY OTHER BODY CORPORATE.
Every Director shall in accordance with the provisions of Companies (Meeting of Board and its
Powers) Rules, 2014 shall disclose his concern or interest in any company or companies or
bodies corporate (including shareholding interest), firms or other association of individuals by
giving a notice in accordance with such rules.
63. MANAGING DIRECTOR(S)/ WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR(S) / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S)/ MANAGER
Subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act and of these Articles, the Board shall have
the power to appoint from time to time any full time employee of the Company as Managing
Director/ whole time director or executive director or manager of the Company. The
Managing Director(s) or the whole time director(s) manager or executive director(s), as the
case may be, so appointed, shall be responsible for and in charge of the day to day
management and affairs of the Company and subject to the applicable provisions of the Act
and these Articles, the Board shall vest in such Managing Director/s or the whole time
director(s) or manager or executive director(s), as the case may be, all the powers vested in
the Board generally. The remuneration of a Managing Director/ whole time director or
executive director or manager may be by way of monthly payment, fee for each meeting or
participation in profits, or by any or all those modes or any other mode not expressly
prohibited by the Act.
The person holding the office of Managing Director can also act as the Chairperson of the
Company.
64. PROVISIONS TO WHICH MANAGING DIRECTOR(S)/ WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR(S) / EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR(S)/ MANAGER ARE SUBJECT
Notwithstanding anything contained in this part of Articles, a Managing Director(s) / whole
time director(s) / executive director(s) / manager shall subject to the provisions of any
contract between him and the Company be subject to the same provisions as to resignation
and removal as the other Directors of the Company, and if he ceases to hold the office of a
Director he shall ipso facto and immediately cease to be a Managing Director(s) / whole time
director(s) / executive director(s) / manager, and if he ceases to hold the office of a Managing
Director(s) / whole time director(s) / executive director(s)/ manager he shall ipso facto and
immediately cease to be a Director.
65. REMUNERATION OF MANAGING DIRECTOR(S)/ WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR(S) / EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR(S)/ MANAGER
The remuneration of the Managing Director(s) / whole time director(s) / executive director(s)
/ manager shall (subject to Sections 196, 197 and 203 and other applicable provisions of the
Act and of these Articles and of any contract between him and the Company) be fixed by the
Directors, from time to time and may be by way of fixed salary and/or perquisites or
commission or profits of the Company or by participation in such profits, or by any or all these
modes or any other mode not expressly prohibited by the Act.
66. POWER AND DUTIES OF MANAGING DIRECTOR(S)/ WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR(S) / EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR(S)/ MANAGER
Subject to the superintendence, control and direction of the Board, the day-to-day
management of the Company shall be in the hands of the Managing Director(s)/ whole time
director(s) / executive director(s)/ manager(s) in the manner as deemed fit by the Board and
subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, and these Articles, the Board may by resolution
vest any such Managing Director(s)/ whole time director(s) / executive director(s)/ manager
with such of the powers hereby vested in the Board generally as it thinks fit and such powers
may be made exercisable for such period or periods and upon such conditions and subject to
the applicable provisions of the Act, and these Articles confer such power either collaterally
with or to the exclusion of or in substitution for all or any of the Directors in that behalf and
may from time to time revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of such powers.
67. POWER TO BE EXERCISED BY THE BOARD ONLY BY MEETING
The Board shall exercise the following powers on behalf of the Company and the said powers
shall be exercised only by resolutions passed at the meeting of the Board: -
(a) to make calls on Shareholders in respect of money unpaid on their shares;
(b) to authorise buy-back of securities under Section 68 of the Act;
(c) to issue securities, including debentures, whether in or outside India;
(d) to borrow money(ies);
(e) to invest the funds of the Company;
(f) to grant loans or give guarantee or provide security in respect of loans;
(g) to approve financial statements and the Board’s report;
(h) to diversify the business of the Company;
(i) to approve amalgamation, merger or reconstruction;
(j) to take over a company or acquire a controlling or substantial stake in another
company;
(k) fees/ compensation payable to non-executive directors including independent directors
of the Company; and
(l) any other matter which may be prescribed under the Companies (Meetings of Board
and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and the Listing Agreement.
The Board may, by a resolution passed at a meeting, delegate to any Committee of Directors,
the Managing Director, or to any person permitted by Law the powers specified in sub clauses
(d) to (f) above.
The aforesaid powers shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of the Companies
(Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and shall be subject to the provisions of
section 180 of the Act.
In terms of Section 180 of the Act, the Board may exercise the following powers subject to
receipt of consent by the Company by way of a Special Resolution:
(a) to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the whole or substantial part of the undertaking of
the Company;
(b) to borrow money; and
(c) any such other matter as may be prescribed under the Act, the Listing Agreement and
other applicable provisions of Law.
68. MAKING LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS UNLIMITED
The Company may, by Special Resolution in a General Meeting, alter its Memorandum of
Association so as to render unlimited the liability of its Directors or of any Director or
manager, in accordance with Section 323 of the Companies Act, 1956.
69. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(a) Board Meetings shall be held at least once in every 3 (three) month period and there
shall be at least 4 (four) Board Meetings in any calendar year and there should not be a
gap of more than 120 (one hundred twenty) days between two consecutive Board
Meetings. Meetings shall be held in Bengaluru, or such a place as may be decided by the
Board.
(b) The participation of Directors in a meeting of the Board may be either in person or
through video conferencing or other audio visual means, as may be prescribed, which
are capable of recording and recognising the participation of the Directors and of
recording and storing the proceedings of such meetings along with date and time.
However, such matters as provided under the Companies (Meetings of Board and its
Powers) Rules, 2014 shall not be dealt with in a meeting through video conferencing or
other audio visual means. Any meeting of the Board held through video conferencing or
other audio visual means shall only be held in accordance with the Companies
(Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014.
(c) The Company Secretary or any Director shall, as and when directed by the Chairman
convene a meeting of the Board by giving a notice in writing to every Director in
accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Companies (Meetings of Board and
its Powers) Rules, 2014.
(d) The Board may meet either at the Office of the Company, or at any other location in
India or outside India as the Chairman may determine.
(e) At least 7 (seven) days’ notice of every meeting of the Board shall be given in writing to
every Director for the time being at his address registered with the Company and such
notice shall be sent by hand delivery or by post or by electronic means. A meeting of the
Board may be convened in accordance with these Articles by a shorter notice in case of
any emergency as directed by the Chairman or the Managing Director or the Executive
Director, as the case may be, subject to the presence of 1 (one) Independent Director in
the said meeting. If an Independent Director is not present in the said meeting, then
decisions taken at the said meeting shall be circulated to all the Directors and shall be
final only upon ratification by one independent Director. Such notice or shorter notice
may be sent by post or by fax or e-mail depending upon the circumstances.
(f) At any Board Meeting, each Director may exercise 1 (one) vote. The adoption of any
resolution of the Board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors
present at a duly constituted Board Meeting.
70. QUORUM FOR BOARD MEETING
(a) Quorum for Board Meetings
Subject to the provisions of Section 174 of the Act, the quorum for each Board Meeting
shall be one-third of its total strength and the presence of Directors by video
conferencing or by other audio visual means shall also be counted for the purposes of
calculating quorum.
If any duly convened Board Meeting cannot be held for want of a quorum, then such a
meeting shall automatically stand adjourned for 7 (seven) days after the original
meeting at the same time and place, or if that day is a national holiday, on the
succeeding day which is not a public holiday to the same time and place. Provided
however, the adjourned meeting may be held on such other date and such other place
as may be unanimously agreed to by all the Directors in accordance with the provisions
of the Act.
(b) If in the event of a quorum once again not being available at such an adjourned
meeting, the Directors present shall constitute the quorum and may transact business
for which the meeting has been called.
71. QUESTIONS AT THE BOARD MEETINGS HOW DECIDED
(a) Questions arising at any meeting of the Board, other than as specified in these Articles
and the Act, if any, shall be decided by a majority vote. In the case of an equality of
votes, the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
(b) No regulation made by the Company in General Meeting, shall invalidate any prior act
of the Board, which would have been valid if that regulation had not been made.
72. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
(a) The Board may elect a chairman of its meeting and determine the period for which he is
to hold office.
(b) If no such chairman is elected, or at any meeting the chairman is not present within five
minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting the Directors present may
choose one among themselves to be the chairman of the meeting.
73. POWERS OF THE BOARD
Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, these Articles and other applicable provisions
of Law: -
(a) The Board shall be entitled to exercise all such power and to do all such acts and things
as the Company is authorised to exercise and do under the applicable provisions of the
Act or by the memorandum and articles of association of the Company.
(b) The Board is vested with the entire management and control of the Company, including
as regards any and all decisions and resolutions to be passed, for and on behalf of the
Company.
(c) Provided that the Board shall not, except with the consent of the Company by a Special
Resolution:-
i. Sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the whole, or substantially the whole, of the
undertaking of the Company, or where the Company owns more than one
undertaking, of the whole, or substantially the whole, of any such undertaking.
The term ‘undertaking and the expression ‘substantially the whole of the
undertaking’ shall have the meaning ascribed to them under the provisions of
Section 180 of the Act;
ii. Remit, or give time for repayment of, any debt due by a Director;
iii. Invest otherwise than in trust securities the amount of compensation received by
the Company as a result of any merger or amalgamation; and
iv. Borrow money(ies) where the money(ies) to be borrowed together with the
money(ies) already borrowed by the Company (apart from temporary loans
obtained from the Company’s bankers in the ordinary course of businesses), will
exceed the aggregate of the paid-up capital of the Company and its free reserves.
74. COMMITTEES AND DELEGATION BY THE BOARD
(a) The Company shall constitute such Committees as may be required under the Act,
applicable provisions of Law and the Listing Agreement. Without prejudice to the
powers conferred by the other Articles and so as not to in any way to limit or restrict
those powers, the Board may, subject to the provisions of Section 179 of the Act,
delegate any of its powers to the Managing Director(s), the executive director(s) or
manager or the chief executive officer of the Company. The Managing Director(s), the
executive director(s) or the manager or the chief executive officer(s) as aforesaid shall,
in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations that may from
time to time be imposed on them by the Board and all acts done by them in exercise of
the powers so delegated and in conformity with such regulations shall have the like
force and effect as if done by the Board.
(b) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, the requirements of Law and these
Articles, the Board may delegate any of its powers to Committees of the Board
consisting of such member or members of the Board as it thinks fit, and it may from
time to time revoke and discharge any such committee of the Board either wholly or in
part and either as to persons or purposes. Every Committee of the Board so formed
shall, in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations that may
from time to time be imposed on it by the Board. All acts done by any such Committee
of the Board in conformity with such regulations and in fulfillment of the purposes of
their appointment but not otherwise, shall have the like force and effect as if done by
the Board.
(c) The meetings and proceedings of any such Committee of the Board consisting of two or
more members shall be governed by the provisions herein contained for regulating the
meetings and proceedings of the Directors, so far as the same are applicable thereto
and are not superseded by any regulation made by the Directors under the last
preceding Article.
(d) The Board of the Company shall in accordance with the provisions of the Companies
(Meetings of the Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 or any other Law and the provisions
of the Listing Agreement, form such committees as may be required under such rules in
the manner specified therein, if the same are applicable to the Company.
75. ACTS OF BOARD OR COMMITTEE VALID NOTWITHSTANDING INFORMAL APPOINTMENT
All acts undertaken at any meeting of the Board or of a Committee of the Board, or by any
person acting as a Director shall, notwithstanding that it may afterwards be discovered that
there was some defect in the appointment of such Director or persons acting as aforesaid, or
that they or any of them were disqualified or had vacated office or that the appointment of
any of them had been terminated by virtue of any provisions contained in the Act or in these
Articles, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed, and was qualified to be a
Director . Provided that nothing in this Article shall be deemed to give validity to the acts
undertaken by a Director after his appointment has been shown to the Company to be invalid
or to have been terminated.
76. PASSING OF RESOLUTION BY CIRCULATION
No resolution shall be deemed to have been duly passed by the Board or by a Committee
thereof by circulation, unless the resolution has been circulated in draft form, together with
the necessary papers, if any, to all the Directors, or members of the Committee, as the case
may be, at their addresses registered with the Company in India by hand delivery or by post or
by courier, or through such electronic means as may be provided under the Companies
(Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and has been approved by majority of
Directors or members, who are entitled to vote on the resolution. However, in case one-third
of the total number of Directors for the time being require that any resolution under
circulation must be decided at a meeting, the chairperson shall put the resolution to be
decided at a meeting of the Board.
A resolution mentioned above shall be noted at a subsequent meeting of the Board or the
Committee thereof, as the case may be, and made part of the minutes of such meeting.
77. MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD
(a) The Company shall prepare minutes of each Board Meeting and the entries thereof in
books kept for that purpose with their pages consecutively numbered. Such minutes
shall contain a fair and correct summary of the proceedings conducted at the Board
Meeting.
(b) The Company shall circulate the minutes of the meeting to each Director within 7
(seven) Business Days after the Board Meeting.
(c) Each page of every such book shall be initialed or signed and the last page of the record
of proceedings of each meeting in such book shall be dated and signed by the Chairman
of the said meeting or the Chairman of the next succeeding meeting.
(d) In no case the minutes of proceedings of a meeting shall be attached to any such book
as aforesaid by pasting or otherwise.
(e) The minutes of each meeting shall contain a fair and correct summary of the
proceedings thereat and shall also contain: -
(i) all appointments of Officers;
(ii) the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Board;
(iii) all resolutions and proceedings of the meetings of the Board;
(iv) the names of the Directors, if any, dissenting from, or not concurring in, any
resolution passed by the Board.
(f) Nothing contained in sub Articles (a) to (e) above shall be deemed to require the
inclusion in any such minutes of any matter which in the opinion of the Chairman of the
meeting: -
(i) is or could reasonably be regarded as defamatory of any person;
(ii) is irrelevant or immaterial to the proceedings; or
(iii) is detrimental to the interests of the Company.
(g) The Chairman shall exercise absolute discretion in regard to the inclusion or non-
inclusion of any matter in the minutes on the ground specified in sub Article (f) above.
(h) Minutes of meetings kept in accordance with the aforesaid provisions shall be evidence
of the proceedings recorded therein.
(i) The minutes kept and recorded under this Article shall also comply with the provisions
of Secretarial Standard 3 issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India
constituted under the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 and approved as such by the
Central Government and applicable provisions of the Act and Law.
78. REGISTER OF CHARGES
The Directors shall cause a proper register to be kept, in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Act, of all mortgages and charges specifically affecting the property of the
Company and shall duly comply with the requirements of the applicable provisions of the Act
in regard to the registration of mortgages and charges therein specified.
79. CHARGE OF UNCALLED CAPITAL
Where any uncalled capital of the Company is charged as security or other security is created
on such uncalled capital, the Directors may authorize, subject to the applicable provisions of
the Act and these Articles, making calls on the Shareholders in respect of such uncalled capital
in trust for the person in whose favour such charge is executed.
80. SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNS OF UNCALLED CAPITAL
Where any uncalled capital of the Company is charged, all persons taking any subsequent
charge thereon shall take the same subject to such prior charges and shall not be entitled to
obtain priority over such prior charge.
81. CHARGE IN FAVOUR OF DIRECTOR FOR INDEMNITY
If the Director or any person, shall become personally liable for the payment of any sum
primarily due from the Company, the Board may execute or cause to be executed, any
mortgage, charge or security over or affecting the whole or part of the assets of the Company
by way of indemnity to secure the Directors or other persons so becoming liable as aforesaid
from any loss in respect of such liability.
82. OFFICERS
(a) The Company shall have its own professional management and such officers shall be
appointed from time to time as designated by its Board. The officers of the Company
shall serve at the discretion of the Board.
(b) The officers of the Company shall be responsible for the implementation of the
decisions of the Board, subject to the authority and directions of the Board and shall
conduct the day to day business of the Company.
(c) The officers of the Company shall be the Persons in charge of and responsible to the
Company for the conduct of the business of the Company and shall be concerned and
responsible to ensure full and due compliance with all statutory laws, rules and
regulations as are required to be complied with by the Company and/or by the Board of
the Company.
(d) Qualified experienced managerial and marketing executives and other officers shall be
appointed for the operation and conduct of the business of the Company.
(e) The Board shall appoint with the approval of the Chairman, the President and/or Chief
Executive Officer and/or Chief Operating Officer of the Company, as well as persons
who will be appointed to the posts of senior executive management.
83. THE SECRETARY
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, the Board may, from time to time,
appoint any individual as Secretary of the Company to perform such functions, which by
the Act or these Articles for the time being of the Company are to be performed by the
Secretary and to execute any other duties which may from time to time be assigned to
him by the Board. The Board may confer upon the Secretary so appointed any powers
and duties as are not by the Act or by these Articles required to be exercised by the
Board and may from time to time revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of them. The
Board may also at any time appoint some individual (who need not be the Secretary), to
maintain the Registers required to be kept by the Company.
(b) The Secretary shall be an individual responsible to ensure that there shall be no default,
non-compliance, failure, refusal or contravention of any of the applicable provisions of
the Act, or any rules, regulations or directions which the Company is required to
conform to or which the Board of the Company are required to conform to and shall be
designated as such and be the officer in default.
84. DIRECTORS’ & OFFICERS’ LIABILITY INSURANCE
Subject to the provisions of the Act and Law, the Company shall procure, comprehensive
directors and officers liability insurance for each Director which shall not form a part of the
remuneration payable to the Directors in the circumstances described under Section 197 of
the Act: -
(a) on such terms which includes each Director as a policyholder;
(b) is from a insurer of repute with first class rating; and
(c) for a coverage for claims of such amount as may be decided from time to time.
85. SEAL
(a) The Board shall provide a Common Seal for the purposes of the Company, and shall
have power from time to time to destroy the same and substitute a new Seal in lieu
thereof, and the Board shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal for the time being,
and the Seal shall never be used except by the authority of the Board or a Committee of
the Board, previously given.
(b) The Company shall also be at liberty to have an official Seal(s) in accordance with
Section 50 of the Companies Act, 1956, for use in any territory, district or place outside
India.
(c) Every deed or other instrument to which the Seal of the Company is required to be
affixed shall unless the same is executed by a duly constituted attorney, be signed by (i)
2 (two) Directors or (ii) by 1 (one) Director and the Secretary or (iii) by 1 (one) Director
and any other person as may be authorised by the Board for that purpose.
86. ACCOUNTS
(a) The Company shall prepare and keep at the Office books of accounts or other relevant
books and papers and financial statements for every financial year which give a true
and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company, including its branch office or
offices, if any, and explain the transactions effected both at the Office and its branches
and such books shall be kept on accrual basis and according to the double entry system
of accounting.
(b) Where the Board decides to keep all or any of the books of account at any place other
than the Office, the Company shall, within 7 (seven) days of the decision, file with the
Registrar, a notice in writing giving the full address of that other place. The Company
may also keep such books of accounts or other relevant papers in electronic mode in
accordance with the provisions of the Act.
(c) The Company shall preserve in good order the books of account relating to a period of
not less than eight years preceding the current year.
(d) When the Company has a branch office, whether in or outside India, the Company shall
be deemed to have complied with this Article if proper books of account relating to the
transactions effected at the branch office are kept at the branch office and proper
summarized returns made up to dates at intervals of not more than three months, are
sent by the branch office to the Company at its office or at the other place in India, at
which the Company’s books of account are kept as aforesaid.
(e) No Shareholder (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or
books or documents of the Company except specified under the Act and Law.
(f) In accordance with the provisions of the Act, along with the financial statements laid
before the Shareholders, there shall be laid a ‘Board’s report’ which shall include:
i. the extract of the annual return as provided under sub-section (3) of Section 92
of the Act;
ii. number of meetings of the Board;
iii. Directors’ responsibility statement as per the provisions of Section 134 (5) of the
Act;
iv. a statement on declaration given by Independent Directors under sub-section (6)
of Section 149 of the Act;
v. in the event applicable, as specified under sub-section (1) of Section 178 of the
Act, Company’s policy on directors’ appointment and remuneration including
criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a
director and other matters provided under sub-section (3) of Section 178 of the
Act;
vi. explanations or comments by the Board on every qualification, reservation or
adverse remark or disclaimer made-
1. by the auditor in his report; and
2. by the company secretary in practice in his secretarial audit report;
vii. particulars of loans, guarantees or investments under Section 186 of the Act;
viii. particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in sub-
section (1) of Section 188 in the prescribed form;
ix. the state of the company’s affairs;
x. the amounts, if any, which it proposes to carry to any reserves;
xi. the amount, if any, which it recommends should be paid by way of Dividends;
xii. material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial position of the
company which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the
company to which the financial statements relate and the date of the report;
xiii. the conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings
and outgo, in such manner as may be prescribed;
xiv. a statement indicating development and implementation of a risk management
policy for the company including identification therein of elements of risk, if any,
which in the opinion of the Board may threaten the existence of the company;
xv. the details about the policy developed and implemented by the company on
corporate social responsibility initiatives taken during the year;
xvi. in case of a listed company and every other public company having such paid-up
share capital as may be prescribed, a statement indicating the manner in which
formal annual evaluation has been made by the Board of its own performance
and that of its committees and individual directors; and
xvii. such other matters as may be prescribed under the Law, from time to time.
(g) All the aforesaid books shall give a fair and true view of the affairs of the Company or its
branch office, as the case may be, with respect to the matters herein and explain its
transactions.
87. AUDIT AND AUDITORS
(a) Auditors shall be appointed and their rights and duties shall be regulated in accordance
with Sections 139 to 147 of the Act and as specified under Law.
(b) Every account of the Company when audited shall be approved by a General Meeting
and shall be conclusive except as regards any error discovered therein within three
months next after the approval thereof. Whenever any such error is discovered within
that period the account shall forthwith be corrected, and henceforth shall be
conclusive.
(c) Every balance sheet and profit and loss account shall be audited by one or more
Auditors to be appointed as hereinafter set out.
(d) The Company at the Annual General Meeting in each year shall appoint an Auditor or
Auditors to hold office from the conclusion of that meeting until conclusion of the next
Annual General Meeting and every Auditor so appointed shall be intimated of his
appointment within 7 (seven) days.
(e) Where at an Annual General Meeting, no Auditors are appointed, the Central
Government may appoint a person to fill the vacancy and fix the remuneration to be
paid to him by the Company for his services.
(f) The Company shall within 7 (seven) days of the Central Government’s power under sub
clause (b) becoming exercisable, give notice of that fact to the Government.
(g) The Directors may fill any casual vacancy in the office of an Auditor but while any such
vacancy continues, the remaining auditors (if any) may act. Where such a vacancy is
caused by the resignation of an Auditor, the vacancy shall only be filled by the Company
in General Meeting.
(h) A person, other than a retiring Auditor, shall not be capable of being appointed at an
Annual General Meeting unless special notice of a resolution of appointment of that
person to the office of Auditor has been given by a Shareholder to the Company not less
than 14 (fourteen) days before the meeting in accordance with Section 115 of the Act,
and the Company shall send a copy of any such notice to the retiring Auditor and shall
give notice thereof to the Shareholders in accordance with provisions of Section 115 of
the Act and all the other provision of Section 140 of the Act shall apply in the matter.
The provisions of this sub-clause shall also apply to a resolution that a retiring auditor
shall not be re-appointed.
(i) The persons qualified for appointment as Auditors shall be only those referred to in
Section 141 of the Act.
(j) None of the persons mentioned in Section 141 of the Act as are not qualified for
appointment as auditors shall be appointed as Auditors of the Company.
88. AUDIT OF BRANCH OFFICES
The Company shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Act and the Companies (Audit
and Auditor) Rules, 2014 in relation to the audit of the accounts of branch offices of the
Company.
89. REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS
The remuneration of the Auditors shall be fixed by the Company as authorized in General
Meeting from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Companies
(Audit and Auditor) Rules, 2014.
90. DOCUMENTS AND NOTICES
(a) A document or notice may be given or served by the Company to or on any Shareholder
whether having his registered address within or outside India either personally or by
sending it by post to him to his registered address.
(b) Where a document or notice is sent by post, service of the document or notice shall be
deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting a letter
containing the document or notice, provided that where a Shareholder has intimated to
the Company in advance that documents or notices should be sent to him under a
certificate of posting or by registered post with or without acknowledgement due or by
cable or telegram and has deposited with the Company a sum sufficient to defray the
expenses of doing so, service of the document or notice shall be deemed to be effected
unless it is sent in the manner intimated by the Shareholder. Such service shall be
deemed to have effected in the case of a notice of a meeting, at the expiration of forty
eight hours after the letter containing the document or notice is posted or after a
telegram has been dispatched and in any case, at the time at which the letter would be
delivered in the ordinary course of post or the cable or telegram would be transmitted
in the ordinary course.
(c) A document or notice may be given or served by the Company to or on the joint-
holders of a Share by giving or serving the document or notice to or on the joint-holder
named first in the Register of Members in respect of the Share.
(d) Every person, who by operation of Law, transfer or other means whatsoever, shall
become entitled to any Share, shall be bound by every document or notice in respect of
such Share, which previous to his name and address being entered on the register of
Shareholders, shall have been duly served on or given to the Person from whom he
derives his title to such Share.
(e) Any document or notice to be given or served by the Company may be signed by a
Director or the Secretary or some Person duly authorised by the Board for such purpose
and the signature thereto may be written, printed, photostat or lithographed.
(f) All documents or notices to be given or served by Shareholders on or to the Company
or to any officer thereof shall be served or given by sending the same to the Company
or officer at the Office by post under a certificate of posting or by registered post or by
leaving it at the Office.
(g) Where a Document is sent by electronic mail, service thereof shall be deemed to be
effected properly, where a member has registered his electronic mail address with the
Company and has intimated the Company that documents should be sent to his
registered email address, without acknowledgement due. Provided that the Company,
shall provide each member an opportunity to register his email address and change
therein from time to time with the Company or the concerned depository. The
Company shall fulfill all conditions required by Law, in this regard.
91. SHAREHOLDERS TO NOTIFY ADDRESS IN INDIA
Each registered Shareholder from time to time notify in writing to the Company such place in
India to be registered as his address and such registered place of address shall for all purposes
be deemed to be his place of residence.
92. SERVICE ON MEMBERS HAVING NO REGISTERED ADDRESS
If a Shareholder does not have registered address in India, and has not supplied to the
Company any address within India, for the giving of the notices to him, a document advertised
in a newspaper circulating in the neighbourhood of Office of the Company shall be deemed to
be duly served to him on the day on which the advertisement appears.
93. SERVICE ON PERSONS ACQUIRING SHARES ON DEATH OR INSOLVENCY OF SHAREHOLDERS
A document may be served by the Company on the persons entitled to a share in
consequence of the death or insolvency of a Shareholders by sending it through the post in a
prepaid letter addressed to them by name or by the title or representatives of the deceased,
assignees of the insolvent by any like description at the address (if any) in India supplied for
the purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or (until such an address has been so
supplied) by serving the document in any manner in which the same might have been served
as if the death or insolvency had not occurred.
94. PERSONS ENTITLED TO NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act and these Articles, notice of General Meeting
shall be given:
(i) To the Shareholders of the Company as provided by these Articles.
(ii) To the persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death or insolvency of a
Shareholder.
(iii) To the Auditors for the time being of the Company; in the manner authorized by as in
the case of any Shareholder of the Company.
95. NOTICE BY ADVERTISEMENT
Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, any document required to be served or sent by
the Company on or to the Shareholders, or any of them and not expressly provided for by
these Articles, shall be deemed to be duly served or sent if advertised in a newspaper
circulating in the District in which the Office is situated.
96. DIVIDEND POLICY
(a) The profits of the Company, subject to any special rights relating thereto being created
or authorised to be created by the Memorandum or these Articles and subject to the
provisions of these Articles shall be divisible among the Shareholders in proportion to
the amount of Capital Paid-up or credited as Paid-up and to the period during the year
for which the Capital is Paid-up on the shares held by them respectively. Provided
always that, (subject as aforesaid), any Capital Paid-up on a Share during the period in
respect of which a Dividend is declared, shall unless the Directors otherwise determine,
only entitle the holder of such Share to an apportioned amount of such Dividend as
from the date of payment.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 123 of the Act the Company in General Meeting
may declare Dividends, to be paid to Shareholders according to their respective rights
and interests in the profits. No Dividends shall exceed the amount recommended by the
Board, but the Company in General Meeting may, declare a smaller Dividend, and may
fix the time for payments not exceeding 30 (thirty) days from the declaration thereof.
(c) (i) No Dividend shall be declared or paid otherwise than out of profits of the
Financial Year arrived at after providing for depreciation in accordance with
the provisions of Section 123 of the Actor out of the profits of the Company
for any previous Financial Year or years arrived at after providing for
depreciation in accordance with those provisions and remaining undistributed
or out of both provided that: -
1. if the Company has not provided for depreciation for any previous
Financial Year or years it shall, before declaring or paying a Dividend for
any Financial Year provide for such depreciation out of the profits of that
Financial Year or out of the profits of any other previous Financial Year
or years, and
2. if the Company has incurred any loss in any previous Financial Year or
years the amount of the loss or an amount which is equal to the amount
provided for depreciation for that year or those years whichever is less,
shall be set off against the profits of the Company for the year for which
the Dividend is proposed to be declared or paid or against the profits of
the Company for any previous Financial Year or years arrived at in both
cases after providing for depreciation in accordance with the provisions
of Section 123 of the Actor against both.
(ii) The declaration of the Board as to the amount of the net profits shall be
conclusive.
(d) The Board may, from time to time, pay to the Shareholders such interim Dividend as in
their judgment the position of the Company justifies.
(e) Where Capital is paid in advance of calls upon the footing that the same shall carry
interest, such Capital shall not whilst carrying interest, confer a right to participate in
profits or Dividend.
(f) (i) Subject to the rights of Persons, if any, entitled to shares with
special rights as to Dividend, all Dividends shall be declared and paid
according to the amounts paid or credited as paid on the shares in
respect whereof Dividend is paid but if and so long as nothing is Paid
upon any shares in the Company, Dividends may be declared and paid
according to the amount of the shares.
(ii) No amount paid or credited as paid on shares in advance of calls shall
be treated for the purpose of this regulation as paid on shares.
(iii) All Dividends shall be apportioned and paid proportionately to the
amounts paid or credited as paid on the shares during any portion or
portions of the period in respect of which the Dividend is paid, but if
any shares are issued on terms providing that it shall rank for Dividend
as from a particular date such shares shall rank for Dividend
accordingly.
(g) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act and these Articles, the Board may retain
the Dividends payable upon shares in respect of any Person, until such Person shall
have become a Shareholder, in respect of such shares or until such shares shall have
been duly transferred to him.
(h) Any one of several Persons who are registered as the joint-holders of any Share may
give effectual receipts for all Dividends or bonus and payments on account of Dividends
or bonus or sale proceeds of fractional certificates or other money(ies) payable in
respect of such shares.
(i) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Act, no Shareholder shall be entitled to
receive payment of any interest or Dividends in respect of his Share(s), whilst any
money may be due or owing from him to the Company in respect of such Share(s);
either alone or jointly with any other Person or Persons; and the Board may deduct
from the interest or Dividend payable to any such Shareholder all sums of money so due
from him to the Company.
(j) Subject to Section 126 of the Act, a transfer of shares shall not pass the right to any
Dividend declared thereon before the registration of the transfer.
(k) Unless otherwise directed any Dividend may be paid by cheque or warrant or by a pay
slip or receipt (having the force of a cheque or warrant) and sent by post or courier or
by any other legally permissible means to the registered address of the Shareholder or
Person entitled or in case of joint-holders to that one of them first named in the
Register of Members in respect of the joint-holding. Every such cheque or warrant shall
be made payable to the order of the Person to whom it is sent and in case of joint-
holders to that one of them first named in the Register of Members in respect of the
joint-holding. The Company shall not be liable or responsible for any cheque or warrant
or pay slip or receipt lost in transmission, or for any Dividend lost to a Shareholder or
Person entitled thereto, by a forged endorsement of any cheque or warrant or a forged
signature on any pay slip or receipt of a fraudulent recovery of Dividend. If 2 (two) or
more Persons are registered as joint-holders of any Share(s) any one of them can give
effectual receipts for any money(ies) payable in respect thereof. Several Executors or
Administrators of a deceased Shareholder in whose sole name any Share stands shall
for the purposes of this Article be deemed to be joint-holders thereof.
(l) No unpaid Dividend shall bear interest as against the Company.
(m) Any General Meeting declaring a Dividend may on the recommendation of the Board,
make a call on the Shareholders of such amount as the Meeting fixes, but so that the
call on each Shareholder shall not exceed the Dividend payable to him, and so that the
call will be made payable at the same time as the Dividend; and the Dividend may, if so
arranged as between the Company and the Shareholders, be set-off against such calls.
(n) Notwithstanding anything contained in this part of Articles, the dividend policy of the
Company shall be governed by the applicable provisions of the Act and Law.
(o) The Company may pay dividends on shares in proportion to the amount paid-up on
each Share in accordance with Section 51 of the Act.
97. UNPAID OR UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND
(a) If the Company has declared a Dividend but which has not been paid or the Dividend
warrant in respect thereof has not been posted or sent within 30 (thirty) days from the
date of declaration, transfer the total amount of dividend, which remained unpaid or
unclaimed within 7 (seven) days from the date of expiry of the said period of 30 (thirty)
days to a special account to be opened by the Company in that behalf in any scheduled
bank to be called the “Unpaid Dividend of Syngene International Limited”.
(b) Any money so transferred to the unpaid Dividend account of the Company which
remains unpaid or unclaimed for a period of 7 (seven) years from the date of such
transfer, shall be transferred by the Company to the Fund established under sub-
section (1) of Section 125 of the Act, viz. “Investors Education and Protection Fund”.
(c) No unpaid or unclaimed Dividend shall be forfeited by the Board before the claim
becomes barred by Law.
98. CAPITALIZATION OF PROFITS
The Company in General Meeting may, upon the recommendation of the Board, resolve:
(a) that it is desirable to capitalize any part of the amount for the time being standing to
the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts or to the credit of the Company’s
profit and loss account or otherwise, as available for distribution, and
(b) that such sum be accordingly set free from distribution in the manner specified herein
below in sub-article (iii) as amongst the Shareholders who would have been entitled
thereto, if distributed by way of Dividends and in the same proportions.
(c) The sum aforesaid shall not be paid in cash but shall be applied either in or towards:
(i) paying up any amounts for the time being unpaid on any shares held by such
Shareholders respectively;
(ii) paying up in full, un-issued shares of the Company to be allotted, distributed and
credited as fully Paid up, to and amongst such Shareholders in the proportions
aforesaid; or
(iii) partly in the way specified in sub-article (i) and partly in the way specified in sub-
article (ii).
(d) A share premium account may be applied as per Section 52 of the Act, and a capital
redemption reserve account may, duly be applied in paying up of unissued shares to be
issued to Shareholders of the Company as fully paid bonus shares.
99. RESOLUTION FOR CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES AND ISSUE OF FRACTIONAL CERTIFICATE
(a) The Board shall give effect to a Resolution passed by the Company in pursuance of this
regulation.
(b) Whenever such a Resolution as aforesaid shall have been passed, the Board shall:
(i) make all appropriation and applications of undivided profits (resolved to be
capitalized thereby), and all allotments and issues of fully paid shares or
Securities, if any; and
(ii) generally do all acts and things required to give effect thereto.
(c) The Board shall have full power:
i. to make such provisions, by the issue of fractional certificates or by
payments in cash or otherwise as it thinks fit, in the case of shares or
debentures becoming distributable in fraction; and
ii. to authorize any person, on behalf of all the Shareholders entitled thereto,
to enter into an agreement with the Company providing for the allotment to
such Shareholders, credited as fully paid up, of any further shares or
debentures to which they may be entitled upon such capitalization or (as the
case may require) for the payment of by the Company on their behalf, by the
application thereto of their respective proportions of the profits resolved to
be capitalised of the amounts or any parts of the amounts remaining unpaid
on the shares.
(d) Any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all such
shareholders.
100. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS IN SPECIE OR KIND UPON WINDING UP
(a) If the company shall be wound up , the Liquidator may, with the sanction of a special
Resolution of the company and any other sanction required by the Act divide amongst
the shareholders, in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the company,
whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not.
(b) For the purpose aforesaid, the Liquidator may set such value as he deems fair upon any
property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be
carried out as between the shareholders or different classes of shareholders.
101. DIRECTOR’S AND OTHER’S RIGHTS TO INDEMNITY
Subject to the provisions of Section 197 of the Act, every Director, Manager and other officer
or employee of the company shall be indemnified by the company against any liability
incurred by him and it shall be the duty of the Directors to pay out the funds of the company
all costs, losses and expenses which any director, Manager, officer or employee may incur or
become liable to by reason of any contact entered into by him on behalf of the company or in
any way in the discharge of his duties and in particular, and so as not to limit the generality of
the foregoing provisions against all liabilities incurred by him as such Director, Manager,
Officer or employee in defending any proceedings Whether civil or criminal in which
judgement is given in his favour or he is acquitted or in connection with any application under
section 463 of the Act in which relief is granted by the court and the amount for which such
indemnity is provided shall immediately attach as a lien on the property of the company and
have priority as between the shareholders over all the claims.
102. DIRECTOR’S ETC. NOT LIABLE FOR CERTAIN ACTS
Subject to the provision of section 197 of the Act, no Director, Manager, Officer or Employee
of the company shall be liable for the acts, defaults, receipts and neglects of any other
Director, Manager, Officer or employee or for joining in any receipts or other acts for the sake
of conformity or for any loss or expenses happening to the company through the insufficiency
or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the monies of the company shall be
invested or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortuous act of
any person with whom any monies, securities or effects shall be deposited or for any loss
occasioned by an error of judgement or oversight on his part , or for any other loss ,damage or
misfortune whatsoever which shall happen in the execution thereof unless the same shall
happen through negligence, default, misfeasance, breach of duty or breach of trust. Without
prejudice to the generality foregoing it is hereby expressly declared that any filing fee payable
or any document required to be filed with the registrar of the companies in respect of any act
done or required to be done by any Director or other officer by reason of his holding the said
office shall be paid and borne by the company.
103. INSPECTION BY SHAREHOLDERS
The register of charges, register of investments, register of shareholders, books of accounts
and the minutes of the meeting of the board and shareholders shall be kept at the office of
the company and shall be open, during business hours, for such periods not being less in the
aggregate than two hours in each day as the board determines for inspection of any
shareholder without charge. In the event such shareholder conducting inspection of the
abovementioned documents requires extracts of the same, the company may charge a fee
which shall not exceed Rupees ten per page or such other limit as may be prescribed under
the Act or other applicable provisions of law.
104. AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
(a) The shareholders shall vote for all the equity shares owned or held on record by such
shareholders at any annual or extraordinary General meeting of the company in
accordance with these Articles.
(b) The shareholders shall not pass any resolution or take any decision which is contrary to
any of the terms of these Articles.
(c) The Articles of the company shall not be amended unless (i) Shareholders holding not
less than 75% of the Equity shares (and who are entitled to attend and vote) cast votes
in favour of each such amendment/s to the Articles.
105. SECRECY
No shareholder shall be entitled to inspect the company’s work without permission of the
managing Director/Directors or to require discovery of any information respectively any
details of company’s trading or any matter which is or may be in the nature of a trade secret,
history of trade or secret process which may be related to the conduct of the business of the
company and which in the opinion of the managing Director/Directors will be inexpedient in
the interest of the shareholders of the company to communicate to the public.
106. DUTIES OF THE OFFICER TO OBSERVE SECRECY
Every Director, managing Directors, manager, Secretary, Auditor, Trustee, members of the
committee, officer, servant, agent, accountant or other persons employed in the business of
the company shall, if so required by the Director before entering upon his duties, or any time
during his term of office, sign a declaration pledging himself to observe secrecy relating to all
transactions of the company and the state of accounts and in matters relating thereto and
shall by such declaration pledge himself not to reveal any of such matters which may come to
his knowledge in the discharge of his official duties except which are required so to do by the
Directors or the Auditors, or by resolution of the company in the general meeting or by a court
of law and except so far as may be necessary in order to comply with any of the provision of
these Articles or Law. Nothing herein contained shall affect the powers of the Central
Government or any officer appointed by the government to require or to hold an investigation
into the company’s affair.
107. PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956 SHALL CEASE TO HAVE EFFECT
Notwithstanding anything contained in this part of Articles, the provisions of the Companies
Act, 1956, as are mentioned under these articles shall cease to have any effect once the said
provisions are repealed upon notification of the corresponding provisions under the Act.
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Names of the Subscribers
Addresses
Signature
No.
1.
Ms. KIRAN MAZUMDAR
874/1, 3RD BLOCK,
KORAMANGALA
BANGALORE - 560 034.
INDUSTRIALIST
D/O. MR. R.I. MAZUMDAR
Sd/-
2.
Mrs. KUMUD SAMPATH
38, MARUTI LAYOUT
WEST OF CHORD ROAD,
BANGALORE - 560 086.
W/O. Mr. S.M. SAMPATH
Sd/-
Dated this the Twenty Eighth day of October One thousand Nine hundred and ninety three
Signature of witness to the above signatures of subscribers with name, address, occupation
and descriptions.
Sd/-
(ARUN CHINTOPANTH)
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
No.4, II floor, Naina Terraces,
53, Richmond Road,
Bangalore - 560 025.
S/o. Mr. S. Chintopanth