Birla Cable Limited — AGM Information 2023

Sep 11, 2023

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Birla Cable Limited

Regd. Office & Works: Udyog Vihar, P.O.Chorhata, ,Rewa-486 006 Madhya Pradesh, India Telephone: +91 7662 400580, Fax: +91 7662 400680 Email: headoffice@birlacable.com; Website: www.birlacable.com PAN No. AABCB1380L CIN: L31300MP1992PLC00719 GSTIN: 23AABCB1380L1ZW

BCL/CS/23-24/ Reg.30 11 SEPT 2023

BSE Limited Corporate Relationship Department, 1[st] Floor, New Trading Ring, Rotunda Building, P.J.Towers, Dalal Street, Fort, MUMBAI-400 001

The Manager, Listing Department, The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd, Exchange Plaza, C-1, Block G, BandraKurla Complex, Bandra (E), MUMBAI-400 051

Company’s Scrip Code: 500060

Company’s Scrip Code: BIRLACABLE

Dear Sirs,

Sub: Proceedings of 31[st] Annual General Meeting held on 11[th] September, 2023

In accordance with the Regulation 30 read with Schedule III of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we are enclosing herewith the proceedings of 31[st] Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on 11[th] September, 2023 at 4.30 P.M at the registered office of the Company at Udyog Vihar, P.O. Chorhata, Rewa-486006 (M.P.).

The meeting concluded at 4.58 P.M.

This is for your information and records.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

For Birla Cable Limited

Nitin Digitally signed by Nitin Arora Arora Date: 2023.09.11 23:38:32 +05'30' (Nitin Arora) Company Secretary

Encl: As above

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 31[ST] ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF BIRLA CABLE LIMITED HELD ON 11[TH] SEPTEMBER, 2023

The 31[st] Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of the Company was held on 11[th] September, 2023 at 4.30 P.M. at the Registered Office of the Company at Udyog Vihar, P.O. Chorhata, Rewa - 486006 (M.P.).

Shri Harsh V. Lodha, Chairman of the Board of Directors took the Chair and presided over the Meeting in accordance with the Article 65 of the Articles of Association of the Company.

Shri Arun Kishore, Chairman of Audit Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee expressed his inability to attend the meeting due to certain unavoidable circumstances and other preoccupations. Therefore, he authorized Shri Harsh V. Lodha, Chairman of the Company to attend the Annual General Meeting on his behalf and answer shareholders’ queries, if any.

Shri R. Sridharan, Manager & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Shri Somesh Laddha, Chief Financial Officer, Shri Nitin Arora, Company Secretary of the Company were also present at the Meeting. Other Directors namely Shri D.R. Bansal, Dr. Aravind Srinivasan, Shri K. Raghuraman, Shri B.R. Nahar and Smt. Archana Capoor expressed their inability to attend the Meeting due to other prior commitments.

Shri Kishor Kumar Gupta, representative of Messrs R.K. Mishra & Associates, Secretarial Auditor of the Company was also present at the Meeting. As per the request made by the Statutory Auditors, an exemption was granted to Messrs V. Sankar Aiyar & Co. by the Board of Directors from attending this Meeting through its representative.

Total Sixty Three (63) members were present in the Meeting in person and/or through authorised representative/proxy. Since the Quorum was present, the Chairman called the Meeting to order.

The quorum was present at the commencement of the Meeting as well as at the time of consideration of each item of business. The Chairman confirmed the compliance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 as amended and rules made thereunder, Secretarial Standard on General Meetings (SS-2) issued under Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 with respect to calling, convening and conducting the Annual General Meeting.

The Register of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel and their shareholding maintained under Section 170 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 17 of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014; Register of Contracts or Arrangements in which Directors are interested maintained under Section 189 of the Companies Act, 2013; Register of Proxies; Audited Standalone Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended 31[st] March, 2023; Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended 31[st] March, 2023; Independent Auditors’ Report on the Audited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31[st] March, 2023; Directors’ Report on Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended 31[st] March, 2023; Secretarial Audit Report; Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company; Notice alongwith enclosures as received in writing pursuant to Section 160 of the Companies Act, 2013 from a member proposing the

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candidature of Mr. Shyamlal Kanti Chakrabarti for his appointment as Director on the Board of Directors of the Company; and Register of Members of the Company (in electronic mode) were open for inspection and accessible by the members having a right to attend the Meeting during the continuance of the Meeting.

The Chairman informed the members that in accordance with Section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 20 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, and Regulation 44 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Company has provided to its members the facility of Remote e-Voting to exercise their right to vote by electronic means on listed items of Ordinary and Special Businesses to be transacted at this Annual General Meeting. The Remote e-Voting commenced on 7[th] September, 2023 at 9:00 A.M. and ended on 10[th] September, 2023 at 5:00 P.M. Shri Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Practicing Company Secretary or failing him Shri Hemant Singh, Practicing Chartered Accountant were appointed as the Scrutiniser(s) to scrutinise the Remote e-Voting process in a fair and transparent manner.

The facility for voting through Ballot process by use of Ballot/Polling paper was made available in respect of all items of the business transacted at the 31[st] Annual General Meeting of the Company for all those members and/or their authorised representatives/ proxies who were present at the Meeting. Shri Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Practicing Company Secretary and Shri Hemant Singh, Practicing Chartered Accountant, were appointed and acted as Scrutiniser(s) to scrutinise the voting through Ballot/Poll process at the Meeting in fair and transparent manner.

The Chairman apprised the members about the performance of the Company during the financial year 2022-23, recent development on prospective business front, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) initiatives taken by the Company.

The Chairman then invited the Members to ask questions, if any, and/or otherwise offer their views/comments on the working of the Company. The queries/comments made by Members in the Meeting were duly and satisfactorily replied/addressed by the Management.

The Chairman then proceeded with the business of the Meeting as set out in Notice of the AGM dated 2[nd] May, 2023 read together with Addendum to the Notice of the AGM dated 10[th] August, 2023.

Attention of the shareholders was specifically drawn to the explanatory statement to Item No. 5, which explains the background of the proposal and the stand of Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as Board of Directors of the Company thereon. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as the Board of Directors of the Company did not recommend the Ordinary Resolution set out in Item No. 5 of the Addendum to the Notice of 31[st] AGM for approval of the Member keeping in view the best interest of the Company and its relevant stakeholders.

Shri Harsh V. Lodha, Chairman moved the following Resolution(s) No. 1(a), 1(b) and 2 for consideration and approval of the Members:

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ORDINARY BUSINESS:

Resolution No. 1(a): Ordinary Resolution

Consideration and adoption of the Audited Standalone Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31[st] March, 2023 and the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.

• “RESOLVED that the audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2023 and the Reports of the Board of Directors and Independent Auditors thereon, as circulated to the Members and laid before this Meeting, be and are hereby considered and adopted.”

Resolution No. 1(b): Ordinary Resolution

Consideration and adoption of the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2023 and the Report of Auditors thereon.

“RESOLVED that the audited consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2023 and the Report of Independent Auditors thereon, as circulated to the Members and laid before this Meeting, be and are hereby considered and adopted.”

Resolution No. 2: Ordinary Resolution

Declaration of Dividend on Equity Shares for the financial year ended 31[st] March, 2023.

“RESOLVED that a dividend at the rate of Rs. 2.50/- (Rupees Two and Fifty Paisa) only per equity share of face value of Rs.10/- (Rupees Ten) each fully paid-up of the Company, as recommended by the Board of Directors, be and is hereby declared for the financial year ended March 31, 2023 and the same be paid out of the profits of the Company to those shareholders who are entitled to receive payment of declared dividend and whose names appear on the Company’s Register of Beneficial Owners (as per details furnished by the Depositories in respect of equity shares held in electronic form) and Register of Members as of the close of business hours on 4[th] September, 2023 or to their Orders or to their Bankers.”

Shri Harsh V. Lodha, Chairman being interested in Resolution No. 3 pertaining to his re-appointment, he entrusted the conduct of the proceedings in respect of this item to Shri Deepan Gupta, a member of the Company (DP & Client ID: IN30154930524806) with the consent of all members present in the Meeting.

Shri Deepan Gupta accordingly took the Chair and then moved the following Resolution No. 3 for consideration and approval of the members:

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Resolution No. 3: Ordinary Resolution

Re-appointment of Shri Harsh V. Lodha as Director, who retires by rotation at this Meeting and being eligible has offered himself for re-appointment as a director of the Company.

“RESOLVED that in accordance with the provisions of Section 152 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, Shri Harsh V. Lodha (DIN: 00394094) Director of the Company, who retires by rotation at this Annual General Meeting, be and is hereby re-appointed as a Director of the Company, whose period of office shall be liable to determination by retirement of Directors by rotation.”

Shri Deepan Gupta then requested Shri Harsh V. Lodha, Chairman to resume the Chair for rest of the proceedings of the Meeting. Accordingly, Shri Harsh V. Lodha took the Chair and then moved the following Resolution No. 4 for consideration and approval of the members:

SPECIAL BUSINESS:

Resolution No. 4: Ordinary Resolution .

Ratification of remuneration to be paid to the Cost Auditors of the Company for the financial year ending 31[st] March, 2024.

“RESOLVED that pursuant to the provisions of Section 148 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory amendment(s), modification(s) or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force), the remuneration payable to Messrs D. Sabyasachi & Co., Cost Accountants (Registration No. 000369), appointed as the Cost Auditors by the Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, for conducting the audit of the cost accounting records of the Company for the financial year ending on March 31, 2024, amounting to Rs. 75,000/- (Rupees Seventy Five Thousand) only plus reimbursement of applicable Goods and Services Tax and actual out of pocket and travelling expenses incurred that may be incurred in connection with audit of cost accounting records of the Company, be and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Company be and is hereby authorised to do all acts, deeds, matters and things and take all such steps as may be necessary, proper or expedient to give effect to this Resolution.”

Shri Arun Kumar Jaiswal, a representative of The Punjab Produce and Trading Company Private Limited who served notice in writing under Section 160 of the Companies Act, 2013, then moved the following Resolution No. 5 for consideration and approval of the members:

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Resolution No. 5: Ordinary Resolution .

Appointment of Mr. Shyamal Kanti Chakrabarti (DIN: 08953661) as a NonExecutive Non-Independent Director of the Company pursuant to notice received from a member under Section 160 of the Companies Act, 2013.

“RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of Sections 149, 152, 160 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) and the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force), SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015 read with the governing provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Shyamal Kanti Chakrabarti (DIN: 08953661), in respect of whom the Company has received a notice dated July 24, 2023 from a member under Section 160 of the Act along with requisite deposit of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only), proposing his candidature for the office of a Director, be and is hereby appointed as a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of the Company, liable to retire by rotation.”

Thereafter, the Chairman ordered for a Poll to be taken at the Meeting on all the above Resolutions forming part of Ordinary and Special Businesses as set out in Item Nos. 1 to 5 of the Notice read together with Addendum to the Notice of 31[st] AGM as aforesaid for the members and/or their authorised representatives/proxies who were present at the Meeting. Before commencement of polling, the Chairman requested the Scrutiniser(s) to show the empty Ballot Box to the Members and then lock it appropriately. The Chairman then requested the Members and Proxies present in the Meeting to cast their vote(s) and put the Ballot/Polling Papers in the Ballot Box.

After completion of Poll process, the Chairman informed the members that the results of the voting on each resolution shall be determined by adding the votes cast through Poll during the AGM in favour or against a resolution with the vote cast through Remote e-Voting in favour or against the same resolution. Based on consolidated Scrutiniser’s Report, Shri R. Sridharan, Manager & CEO, failing him Shri Nitin Arora, Company Secretary be and are hereby authorised to declare the combined results of Remote e- Voting and voting through Ballot process (Poll) conducted at the Meeting on or before 13[th] September, 2023 at the Registered Office of the Company at Udyog Vihar, P.O. Chorhata, Rewa - 486006 (M.P.).

The meeting concluded at 4.58 P.M. with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

For Birla Cable Limited

Digitally signed by Nitin Arora Nitin Arora Date: 2023.09.11 23:38:57 +05'30' (Nitin Arora) Company Secretary

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