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Firstsource Solutions Ltd. Board/Management Information 2023

Sep 1, 2023

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01[st] September 2023

To:

National Stock Exchange of India Limited (Scrip Code: FSL) Exchange Plaza, Plot no. C/1, G Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 051

BSE Limited (Scrip Code: 532809 ) Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai - 400 001

Dear Madam/ Sir,

Ref – Disclosure under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“SEBI Listing Regulations”), we wish to inform you the following:

  1. Mr Vipul Khanna (DIN: 00889710), MD & CEO of Firstsource Solutions Limited (“the Company”) has tendered his resignation as a Director and from the post of MD & CEO, effective from the close of business hours on 31[st] August, 2023. The Board place on record their appreciation for the contribution made by Mr. Vipul Khanna during his tenure with the Company.

Disclosure of information pursuant to Regulation 30 is attached as Annexure A. Further, copy of the resignation letter is attached as Annexure B.

  1. Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, we wish to inform you that based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors, at its meeting held on 01 September, 2023, appointed Mr. Ritesh Mohan Idnani (DIN: 06403188) as an Additional Director-the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, subject to all applicable approvals, with effective from September 01, 2023.

Disclosure of information pursuant to Regulation 30 is attached as Annexure C.

  1. Re-appointment of Mr. Sunil Mitra (DIN: 00113473) as an Independent Director of the Company for a second term with effect from 1st April, 2024 for a period of three years.

Disclosure of information pursuant to Regulation 30 is attached as Annexure D.

  1. Appointment of Mr. T. C. Suseel Kumar (DIN: 06453310) as an Additional Director-(NonExecutive, Independent Director) of the Company with effect from 01[st] September, 2023, subject to all the applicable approvals.

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Disclosure of information pursuant to Regulation 30 is attached as Annexure E.

  1. Appointment of Ms. Rekha Sethi (DIN: 06809515) as an Additional Director-(Non-Executive, Independent Director) of the Company with effect from 01[st] September 2023, subject to all the applicable approvals.

Disclosure of information pursuant to Regulation 30 is attached as Annexure F.

You are requested to take the above on your records

Thanking you,

For Firstsource Solutions Limited

POOJA SURESH Digitally signed by POOJA SURESH NAMBIAR NAMBIAR Date: 2023.09.01 12:39:53 +05'30'

Pooja Nambiar Company Secretary

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Annexure A

Disclosure of information pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Sr.
No
Particulars Details
1 Reason
for
change
viz.
appointment,
resignation,
removal, death or otherwise
Resigned due to personal reasons
A copy of Resignation along with a detailed reason for
Resignation is givenasAnnexureB
2 Date ofCessation 31StAugust, 2023 (close ofbusinesshours)
3 Brief
Profile
(in
case
of
appointment)
Not Applicable
4 Disclosure
of
Relationships
between Directors (in case of
appointment of a Director)
Not Applicable

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Annexure B

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Annexure C

Disclosure of information pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Sr.
No
Particulars Details
1 Reason
for
change
viz.
appointment,
resignation,
removal, death or otherwise
Appointment
2 Date of Appointment 01st September2023
3 Term of Appointment The Board has appointed Mr. Ritesh Mohan Idnani as
an Additional Director and the MD & CEO of the
Company to hold office for a term of 5(five) years w.e.f.
01stSeptember 2023, subject to all applicable
approvals.
4 Brief
Profile
(in
case
of
appointment)
Mr. Ritesh Mohan Idnani is an accomplished industry
executive with more than 28 years of experience in
both public and private enterprises in technology and
technology-enabled services. He brings expertise in
enterprise B2B across both services (applications,
infrastructure, and business process) and products
(SaaS/ BPaaS/PaaS/ AI and ML).
Most recently, Mr. Idnani was with Uniphore, an
enterprise grade, AI native company where he was the
Chief Revenue Officer. During his time there, he
partnered with the founders to help grow the
business more than 2.5x and established Uniphore
as the market leader in conversational AI.
Prior to Uniphore, Mr. Idnani was with Tech
Mahindra where he was the President of a $1.4 billion
portfolio of businesses (BPS, Software Products &
Platforms and Experience Design), which he grew at
7-8 times the industry growth rate at industry leading
margins. Ritesh has also worked both as CEO and
advisor in VC/ private equity backed portfolio
companies in the financial services, healthcare and
technology verticals. He was part of the leadership
team at Infosys where he helped scale the business
from $100 million to $8 billion in revenue. Mr. Idnani
spent his formative years in Citigroup and PwC.

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5 Disclosure
of
Relationships
between Directors (in case of
appointment of a Director)
Not related to any of the Directors of the Company.
6 Information
as
required
pursuant to BSE Circular
with
ref
no.
LIST/COMP/14/2018-19
Mr. Ritesh Mohan Idnani is not debarred from
holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI
order or any other such authority.

Annexure D

Disclosure of information pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Sr.
No
Particulars Details
1 Reason
for
change
viz.
appointment,
resignation,
removal, death or otherwise
Re-Appointment
2 Date of Appointment 01stApril, 2024
3 Term of Appointment The Board has re-appointed Mr. Sunil Mitra as an
Independent Director, not liable to retire by rotation,
to hold office for a term of 3(three) years w.e.f. 01st
April 2024, subject to all applicable approvals.
4 Brief
Profile
(in
case
of
appointment)
Mr. Sunil Mitra retired in June 2011 from the office
of Revenue & Finance Secretary, Government of
India. In his public service career spanning over three
and a half decades, he successfully spearheaded
important policy initiatives in public finance at the
national level, including a new disinvestment policy
and far-reaching taxation reforms.
During his earlier appointments under the West
Bengal Government, he is credited with the design
and implementation of significant public policy
reforms in the State-owned Public Sector Enterprises
and in restructuring the State’s power sector.
5 Disclosure
of
Relationships
between Directors (in case of
appointment of a Director)
Not related to any of the Directors of the Company.

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6 Information
as
required
pursuant to BSE Circular
with
ref
no.
LIST/COMP/14/2018-19
Mr. Sunil Mitra is not debarred from holding the office
of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other
such authority.

Annexure E

Disclosure of information pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Sr.
No
Particulars Details
1 Reason
for
change
viz.
appointment,
resignation,
removal, death or otherwise
Appointment
2 Date of Appointment 01st September, 2023
3 Term of Appointment The Board has appointed Mr. T. C. Suseel Kumar as
an Additional Director-Independent Director to hold
office for a term of 5(five) years w.e.f. 01stSeptember.
2023, subject to all applicable approvals.
4 Brief
Profile
(in
case
of
appointment)
Quite strong at analytics and interpretation of data,
he had authored the business strategies of the
Corporation aligning the short and long term goals to
regain the market share. During his stewardship in
Marketing, LIC of India crossed many a milestone
with all time high First Year Premium Income and
consolidated its market leadership with appreciable
growth.
With his rich experience and expertise in the field of
insurance and finance behind his name, he held
position in the Board of many important companies
viz. National Mutual Fund- Mauritius, 21 LIC Lanka
Limited, LIC HFL AMC Limited, LIC Pension Fund,
LIC Mutual Fund Trustee Company, National
Insurance Academy. His contribution as Board
member was significant as companies derived rich
benefitsfrom his crossfunctionalexpertise.
5 Disclosure
of
Relationships
between Directors (in case of
appointment of a Director)
Not related to any of the Directors of the Company.
6 Information
as
required
pursuant to BSE Circular
with
ref
no.
Mr. T. C. Suseel Kumar is not debarred from holding
the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or
any other such authority.

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LIST/COMP/14/2018-19

Annexure F

Disclosure of information pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Sr.
No
Particulars Details
1 Reason
for
change
viz.
appointment,
resignation,
removal, death or otherwise
Appointment
2 Date of Appointment 01st September2023
3 Term of Appointment The Board has appointed Ms. Rekha Sethi as an
Additional Director-Independent Director to hold
office for a term of 5(five) years w.e.f. 01stSeptember,
2023, subject to all applicable approvals.
4 Brief
Profile
(in
case
of
appointment)
Ms Rekha Sethi is the Director General of the All India
Management Association (AIMA), the apex body for
management in India working closely with industry,
government, academia and students to further the
cause of the management profession in India. Ms.
Sethi took charge of AIMA in June 2008. It is now the
preferred platform for discussions and debate on
management related diverse issues. AIMA attracts
India’s top industry leaders and policy makers on its
platform.
Ms. Sethi has rich and varied experience in field of
promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and, her
appointment will be in the best interest of the
Company.
5 Disclosure
of
Relationships
between Directors (in case of
appointment of a Director)
Not related to any of the Directors of the Company.
6 Information
as
required
pursuant to BSE Circular
with
ref
no.
LIST/COMP/14/2018-19
Ms. Rekha Sethi is not debarred from holding the
office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any
other such authority.

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