Committees
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
” RESOLVED THAT pursuant to Section 177 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013 (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment thereof, for the time being in force) read with the rules framed there under (the “Companies Act”) and Regulation 18 and other applicable provisions, if any of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, each as amended
(“SEBI Listing Regulations“), the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, be and is hereby constituted as follows, with the terms of reference as set out below:
Composition of the Committee:
1. Mr. Yudhvir Gupta Independent Director (Chairperson)
2. Mr. Sushil Kumar Sharma Independent Director (Member); and
3. Mr. Sanjay Mehta [Managing Director] (Member)
Terms of Reference for the Audit Committee:
The Audit Committee shall be responsible for, among other things, as may be required by the stock exchange(s) from time to time, the following:
A. Powers of Audit Committee
The Audit Committee shall have powers, including the following:
(1) to investigate any activity within its terms of reference;
(2) to seek information from any employee;
(3) to obtain outside legal or other professional advice;
(4) to secure attendance of outsiders with relevant expertise, if it considers necessary; and
(5) such other powers as may be prescribed under the Companies Act and SEBI Listing Regulations.
B. Role of Audit Committee
The role of the Audit Committee shall include the following:
(1) oversight of financial reporting process and the disclosure of financial information relating to the Company to ensure that the financial statements are correct, sufficient and credible;
(2) recommendation for appointment, re-appointment, replacement, remuneration and terms of appointment of auditors of the Company and the fixation of the audit fee;
(3) approval of payment to statutory auditors for any other services rendered by the statutory auditors;
(4) formulation of a policy on related party transactions, which shall include materiality of related party transactions;
(5) reviewing, at least on a quarterly basis, the details of related party transactions entered into by the Company pursuant to each of the omnibus approvals given;
(6) examining and reviewing, with the management, the annual financial statements and auditor’s report thereon before submission to the Board for approval, with particular reference to:
a. Matters required to be included in the director’s responsibility statement to be included in the Board’s report in terms of clause (c) of sub-section 3 of section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013
b. Changes, if any, in accounting policies and practices and reasons for the same;
c. Major accounting entries involving estimates based on the exercise of judgment by management;
d. Significant adjustments made in the financial statements arising out of audit findings;
e. Compliance with listing and other legal requirements relating to financial statements;
f. Disclosure of any related party transactions; and
g. Modified opinion(s) in the draft audit report.
(7) reviewing, with the management, the quarterly, half-yearly and annual financial statements before submission to the Board for approval;
(8) reviewing, with the management, the statement of uses / application of funds raised through an issue(public issue, rights issue, preferential issue, etc.), the statement of funds utilized for purposes other than those stated in the Issue document / prospectus / notice and the report submitted by the monitoring agency monitoring the utilization of proceeds of a public or rights issue, and making appropriate recommendations to the Board to take up steps in this matter;
(9) reviewing and monitoring the auditor’s independence and performance, and effectiveness of audit process;
(10) approval of any subsequent modification of transactions of the Company with related parties and omnibus approval for related party transactions proposed to be entered into by the Company, subject to the conditions as may be prescribed;
(11) scrutiny of inter-corporate loans and investments;
(12) valuation of undertakings or assets of the Company, wherever it is necessary;
(13) evaluation of internal financial controls and risk management systems;
(14) reviewing with the management, performance of statutory and internal auditors, adequacy of the internal control systems;
(15) reviewing the adequacy of internal audit function, if any, including the structure of the internal audit department, staffing and seniority of the official heading the department, reporting structure coverage and frequency of internal audit;
(16) discussion with internal auditors of any significant findings and follow up there on;
(17) reviewing the findings of any internal investigations by the internal auditors into matters where there is suspected fraud or irregularity or a failure of internal control systems of a material nature and reporting the matter to the Board;
(18) discussion with statutory auditors before the audit commences, about the nature and scope of audit as well as post-audit discussion to ascertain any area of concern;
(19) recommending to the board of directors the appointment and removal of the external auditor, fixation of audit fees and approval for payment for any other services;
(20) looking into the reasons for substantial defaults in the payment to depositors, debenture holders, members (in case of non-payment of declared dividends) and creditors;
(21) reviewing the functioning of the whistle blower mechanism;
(22) monitoring the end use of funds raised through public offers and related matters;
(23) overseeing the vigil mechanism established by the Company, with the chairman of the Audit Committee directly hearing grievances of victimization of employees and directors, who used vigil mechanism to report genuine concerns in appropriate and exceptional cases;
(24) approval of appointment of chief financial officer (i.e., the whole-time finance Director or any other person heading the finance function or discharging that function) after assessing the qualifications, experience and background, etc. of the candidate;
(25) reviewing the utilization of loans and/or advances from / investment by the holding company in the subsidiary exceeding ₹ 1,000,000,000 or 10% of the asset size of the subsidiary, whichever is lower including existing loans / advances / investments existing;
(26) carrying out any other functions required to be carried out as per the terms of reference of the Audit Committee as contained in the SEBI Listing Regulations or any other applicable law, as and when amended from time to time;
(27) consider and comment on rationale, cost- benefits and impact of schemes involving merger, demerger, amalgamation etc., on the Company and its members; and
(28) to review compliance with the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, at least once in a financial year and shall verify that the systems for internal control under the said regulations are adequate and are operating effectively; and
(29) Such roles as may be prescribed under the Companies Act, SEBI Listing Regulations and other applicable provisions.
(30) Approve all related party transactions and subsequent material modifications
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Audit Committee shall mandatorily review the following information:
a) Management discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations;
b) Management letters / letters of internal control weaknesses issued by the statutory auditors;
c) Internal audit reports relating to internal control weaknesses;
d) The appointment, removal and terms of remuneration of the chief internal auditor;
e) Statement of deviations in terms of the SEBI Listing Regulations:
a) quarterly statement of deviation(s) including report of monitoring agency, if applicable, submitted to stock exchange(s) where the Equity Shares are proposed to be listed in terms of Regulation 32(1) of the SEBI Listing Regulations; and
b) annual statement of funds utilized for purposes other than those stated in the offer document/prospectus/notice in terms of Regulation 32(7) of the SEBI Listing Regulations.
f) review the financial statements, in particular, the investments made by any unlisted subsidiary.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the recommendations of the Audit Committee on any matter relating to financial management, including the audit report, shall be binding on the Board.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Audit Committee shall meet at least four times a year with maximum interval of 120 days between two consecutive meetings, and shall have the authority to investigate into any matter in relation to the items specified under the terms of reference or
such other matter as may be referred to it by the Board and for this purpose, shall have full access to information contained in the records of the Company and shall have power to seek information from any employee, obtain external professional advice, and secure attendance of outsiders with relevant expertise if necessary.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Chairperson of the Audit Committee shall be present at the annual general meeting of the Company to answer shareholder queries.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Audit Committee may invite such executives, as it considers appropriate (and particularly the head of the finance function) to be present at the meetings of the committee, but on occasions it may also meet without the presence of any executives of the Company.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the quorum for a meeting of the Audit Committee shall either be two members or one-third of the members of the Audit Committee, whichever is greater, with at least two independent directors present.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Company Secretary of the Company shall act as secretary to the Audit Committee.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT Mr. Sanjay Mehta, Managing Director and Mr. Puneet Pal Singh, Director be and are hereby severally authorized to do all such acts, things and deeds on behalf of the Company to effectively implement this resolution.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT certified copies of this resolution be provided to those concerned under the hands of a Director or Company Secretary wherever required.”