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HEG Ltd. AGM Information 2023

Aug 31, 2023

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HEG/SECTT/2023

31[st] August, 2023

BSE Limited
P J Towers
Dalal Street
MUMBAI - 400 001.
Scrip Code : 509631
National Stock Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor
Plot No.C/1, G Block, Bandra - Kurla Complex
Bandra (E), MUMBAI - 400 051.
Scrip Code : HEG

Sub: Proceedings of 51[st] Annual General Meeting of the Company pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Dear Sirs,

In compliance with Regulation 30 read with Schedule III of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, please find enclosed the summary of the proceedings of the 51[st] Annual General Meeting of HEG Limited held today i.e. 31[st] August, 2023 through Video Conferencing/Other Audio Visual Means (“VC/OAVM”), without physical presence of members at the AGM venue as an Annexure-1. The venue of the AGM is deemed to be the Registered Office of the Company at Mandideep (Near Bhopal), Distt. Raisen - 462 046, Madhya Pradesh.

The results of voting will be announced/ displayed through the website of the Company (www.hegltd.com) and the website of NSDL (www.evotingindia.com) within 48 hours from the conclusion of meeting and the results shall also be intimated to BSE Ltd and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. It shall also be displayed on the notice board at the Registered Office and Corporate Office of the Company.

Details of the Directors who were seeking appointment/re-appointment in the above meeting is attached as Annexure-2.

You are requested to kindly take above information on your records.

Thanking You,

Yours faithfully, For HEG Limited

VIVEK Digitally signed by VIVEK CHAUDHARY CHAUDHARY Date: 2023.08.31 15:37:35 +05'30'

(Vivek Chaudhary) Company Secretary M.No. A-13263 [email protected]

Encl: as above

Annexure-1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 51[ST] ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF HEG LIMITED HELD ON THURSDAY, 31[ST] AUGUST, 2023.

The 51[st] Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company was held today i.e. Thursday, the 31[st] August, 2023 at 11:30 A.M. (IST) through Video Conferencing/Other Audio Visual Means ("VC/OAVM"), without physical presence of members at the AGM venue in compliance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and relevant circulars issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs read with General Circular Nos. 20/2020 dated 5[th] May, 2020, and latest being General Circular No. 10/2022 dated 28[th] December, 2022 (“MCA Circulars”) and SEBI Circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/PoD-2/P/CIR/2023/4 dated 5[th] January 2023. The venue of the AGM is deemed to be the Registered Office of the Company at Mandideep (Near Bhopal), Distt. Raisen - 462 046, Madhya Pradesh.

The following Directors, KMP’s, Group CFO and Auditors were present in the meeting through video conferencing (VC) from their respective locations:

  • a. Shri Ravi Jhunjhunwala (DIN: 00060972), Chairman, Managing Director & CEO and member of Stakeholder Relationship Committee and Chairman of CSR Committee of the Company.

  • b. Shri Riju Jhunjhunwala (DIN: 00061060), Vice Chairman of the Company and Chairman of Stakeholders Relationship Committee of the Company.

  • c. Dr. Kamal Gupta (DIN: 00038490), Independent Director of the Company and Chairman of Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Member of Audit Committee & Stakeholders Relationship Committee of the Company.

  • d. Shri Satish Chand Mehta (DIN: 02460558), Independent Director of the Company and Chairman of Audit Committee and member of CSR Committee of the Company.

  • e. Shri Shekhar Agarwal (DIN: 00066113), Director & Member of Audit Committee.

  • f. Shri Jayant Davar (DIN: 00100801), Independent Director of the Company.

  • g. Smt. Vinita Singhania (DIN: 00042983), Director and Member of CSR Committee.

  • h. Smt. Ramni Nirula (DIN: 00015330), Independent Director and Member of Nomination & Remuneration Committee.

  • i. Shri Manish Gulati (DIN: 08697512), Executive Director of the Company.

  • j. Shri O.P Ajmera, Group Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

  • k. Shri Gulshan Kumar Sakhuja, Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

  • l. Shri Vivek Chaudhary, Company Secretary of the Company.

  • m. Shri Sanjiv Mohan representing M/s. SCV & Co LLP, Statutory Auditors of the Company and

  • n. Shri Saket Sharma a Practicing Company Secretary (FCS 4229) (C.P. No. 2565), Partner of GSK & Associates, representing Secretarial Auditors of the Company as well appointed as the Scrutinizer to scrutinize the remote e-voting process and voting at Annual General Meeting in a fair and transparent manner.

The Company Secretary informed that in compliance of Section 108 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”), read with Rule 20 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 (as amended), Secretarial Standard-2 and Regulation 44 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Remote e-voting facility was provided to the Members to cast their votes electronically on all the resolutions set out in the Notice commenced at 9.00 a.m. (IST) on Sunday, 27[th] August, 2023 and ended at 5:00 p.m. (IST) on Wednesday, 30[th ] August, 2023 . The Company had also provided e-voting facility during the AGM to enable Members to cast their vote who have not done through remote e-voting.

The Company Secretary also informed that all the documents referred to in the accompanying Notice and Explanatory Statements were available for inspection on the website of the Company till the date of this Annual General Meeting.

Further during the AGM, the Register of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel and their Shareholding maintained under Section 170 of the Act, the Register of Contracts or arrangements in which Directors are interested under Section 189 of the Act were open for inspection during the continuance of the meeting.

The Company Secretary also informed the members that pursuant to provisions of Articles of Association of the Company, the Chairperson of the Board shall preside as Chairperson at every general meeting of the Company.

Shri Ravi Jhunjhunwala, Chairman, Managing Director & CEO of the Company being interested in the item no. 3 and 5 of the notice. Therefore, Dr. Kamal Gupta, Independent Director of the Company was elected to take the chair with the permission of all the members present, when those items were taken up.

Shri Ravi Jhunjhunwala, Chairman & Managing Director and CEO, Chaired the meeting.

The Chairman informed that all the Directors of the Company were present except Shri. Davinder Kumar Chugh, Independent Director due to his preoccupation and had sent his good wishes/ greetings to all the Directors/KMP’s and members present in the meeting.

The requisite quorum being present, the Chairman called the meeting to order. The quorum was present throughout the meeting.

The Company’s performance was covered in the Board's Report and the Annual Report for FY 2022-2023. Thereafter, the Chairman read the Chairman statement as mentioned in the Annual Report.

The Chairman also informed the members that the Notice dated 22[nd] May, 2023 of 51[st] AGM, Report of Board of Directors and the Financial Statements for the financial year 2022-23 were taken as read as the same had already been circulated to the Members. There were no qualifications, reservation and adverse remarks in the Auditor's Report and the report of Secretarial Auditor of the Company and accordingly they were not required to be read.

Thereafter Chairman informed that Members would raise query through the Chat Box facility provided by NSDL at the AGM. Further the members who had registered themselves as speakers, were invited to express their views/ queries in the AGM.

All the queries of the members including queries received through chat box were replied suitably by the Chairman at the AGM.

The Chairman briefed the Shareholders about each item set out in the Notice calling the 51[st] Annual General Meeting.

The items transacted and voted by members were as under:

Sl. No. Details of Resolutions Resolution type
ORDINARY BUSINESS
1 To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of
the Company for the Financial Year ended 31stMarch, 2023, the
Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon and Audited
Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the Financial
Year ended 31stMarch, 2023 and the Report of Auditors thereon.
Ordinary
2 To declare a Final Dividend of Rs.42.50 per Equity Share of the face
value of Rs.10 each, for the Financial Year 2022-23.
Ordinary
3 To appoint a Director in place of Shri Riju Jhunjhunwala
(DIN: 00061060), who retires by rotation in terms of Section 152(6) of
the Companies Act, 2013 and being eligible, offers himself for
re-appointment.


Ordinary
4 To appoint a Director in place of Shri Shekhar Agarwal
(DIN: 00066113), who retires by rotation in terms of Section 152 (6) of
the Companies Act, 2013 and being eligible, offers himself for
re-appointment.


Ordinary
SPECIAL BUSINESS
5 To approve the Re-appointment and fixation of remuneration of
Shri Ravi Jhunjhunwala (DIN: 00060972), as Managing Director of the
Company, not liable to retire by rotation with effect from
13thFebruary, 2024 upto 12thFebruary, 2029.


Special
6 To
approve
the
Re-appointment
of
Smt.
Ramni
Nirula
(DIN: 00015330), as an Independent Director of the Company for a
second term of five consecutive years from 31stOctober, 2023
upto 30thOctober, 2028.


Special
7 To ratify the remuneration of Cost Auditors for the Financial Year
ending 31stMarch, 2024.
Ordinary

The Chairman announced that the combined results of e-voting and voting at the AGM will be announced/ displayed through the website of the Company (www.hegltd.com) and the website of NSDL (www.evoting.nsdl.com) within 48 hours from the conclusion of meeting and the results shall also be intimated to BSE Ltd and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. It shall also be displayed on the notice board at the Registered Office & Corporate Office of the Company.

The Chairman thanked all the members for their participation in the meeting. The meeting concluded at 12:34 P.M. The E-voting facility was kept open for next 30 minutes to enable the Shareholders to cast their vote.

Annexure-2

Details of Directors eligible for appointment/re-appointment pursuant to Regulation 36(3) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and Secretarial Standards-2.

Name of Director Shri Ravi Jhunjhunwala Shri Riju Jhunjhunwala Shri Shekhar Agarwal Smt. Ramni Nirula
DIN 00060972 00061060 00066113 00015330
Category of
Directorship
Chairman, Managing
Director& CEO
Promoter Non-Executive Promoter Non-Executive Independent Director
Date of Birth 28.10.1955 13.01.1979 09.10.1952 27.05.1952
Age 67 Years 44 Years 70 Years 71 Years
Date of Appointment on
the Board
08.09.1979 30.04.2009 15.07.1996 31.10.2018
Qualification B.Com. (Hons), MBA Graduate in Business
Management Studies from
University of Bradford, UK
B. Tech (Mech), IIT Kanpur,
Master of Science Degree in
Industrial & Systems
Engineering from Illinois
Institute of Technology,
Chicago, USA
B. Com(H), MBA
Experience Shri
Ravi Jhunjhunwala,
age 67 years, is the Chairman,
Managing Director and CEO
of HEG Limited, which is
one of the entities of LNJ
Bhilwara
Group.
LNJ
Bhilwara
Group is
a
diversified conglomerate with
interests in Textiles, Graphite
Electrodes, Power and IT
enabled services. Shri Ravi
Jhunjhunwala holds a B.Com
(Hons.) Degree (1976 batch)
from Hindu College and
Masters
in
Business
Administration
(Corp.
Finance) from
the
Centre
D'etudes Industrielles (CEl),
Geneva (1980-81).
He
is
Director on Board of various
Companies,
mostly
listed
entities. He is alsoIndependent
Director on Board of two listed
entities outside thegroup. Shri
Ravi Jhunjhunwala has been
associated with the Company
since 1979 when he was
inducted in the Board of the
Company.
Shri
Ravi
Jhunjhunwala
became
the
Managing Director of the
Company in 1989 and took
overas Chairman of the
Company in 1996. He has
taken Company to greater
heights since his association
with the Company.














Shri Riju Jhunjhunwala is
an
Industrialist
with
diversified
business
experience in Textile, Power,
IT, Skill Development and
Graphite Electrodes.
He
is
the
Chairman,
Managing
Director
of
RSWM
Limited
and
Managing
Director
of
Bhilwara Energy Ltd.
He is also active in industry
andsocial associations.
He has been the past
president
of
the
EntrepreneursOrganization
(Delhi
Chapter)
among
some others.
He is an avid reader of
historyand biographies and
has a keeninterest in general
affairs and politics.
Shri Shekhar Agarwal, with
nearly 42 years’ experience
in the textiles industry, is
the Chairman and Managing
Director of Maral Overseas
Ltd. and Bhilwara Technical
Textiles Ltd. He is also the
Chairman of BMD Pvt. Ltd.
Shri
Shekhar
Agarwal
obtained
his
B.Tech.
(Mechanical
Engineering)
from IIT, Kanpur in 1975
and went on to get his
Master of Science Degree in
Industrial
&
Systems
Engineering in 1976 from
Illinois
Institute
of
Technology, Chicago,USA.
He worked as a Senior
Industrial
&
System
Engineer with Rego Co.,
Chicago
from
December
1976 to May 1980, having
trained & practiced MOST,
the
Maynard
Operations
Sequencing Technique for
manufacturing high quality
valves & regulators for the
LPG
& Compressed gas
industries.
He is a former Chairman of
the Confederation of Indian
Textile
Industry
(CITI)
(formerly ICMF), the apex
body for the total textile
industry in India and former
President of Northern India
Textile
Mills
Association
(NITMA).
Smt.
Ramni
Nirula,
retired as Senior General
Manager of ICICI Bank
Limited. She had more
than
4
decades
of
experience in the financial
services sector, beginning
her
career
with
the
erstwhile ICICI Limited in
the
project
appraisal
division. Since then she
had
held
various
leadership positions in the
areas of Project Financing,
Strategy,
Planning
&
Resources and Corporate
Banking.
1) Kirloskar Brothers
Limited
2) Usha Martin Limited
3) DCM Shriram Limited
Nil
Nil
(i) DCM Shriram Limited-
Member
(ii) Kirloskar
Brothers
Limited-
Member
Nil
1. PI Industries Limited
2. CG Power and
Industrial Solutions
Limited
Nil
3/4
Independent Director,
not liable to retire by
rotation.
See Note given below
No relationship with
other Director, Manager
and
Key Managerial
Personnel.
As per Explanatory
Statementof Notice of
AGM.
No. of other
Directorships in
Public Limited
Companies
1) Malana Power
CompanyLimited
2) RSWM Limited
3) Maral Overseas Limited
4) Bhilwara Energy Limited
5) AD Hydro Power
Limited
6) BSL Limited
7) India Glycols Limited
8) JK Laxmi Cement
Limited
9) TACC Limited

1) Bhilwara Energy Limited
2) RSWM Limited
3) Bhilwara
Infotechnology
Limited
4) Bhilwara Technical
TextilesLimited
5) NJC Hydro Power
Limited
6) Chango Yangthang
HydroPower Limited
7) TACC Limited
1) RSWM Limited
2) Maral Overseas Limited
3) BSL Limited
4) Bhilwara Technical
TextilesLimited
1) Kirloskar Brothers
Limited
2) Usha Martin Limited
3) DCM Shriram Limited
Chairman/Member of the Committees of the Board of Directors of the Companies. #
Audit Committee Nil Nil Member Nil
Stakeholders
Relationship
Committee
Member Chairman Nil Nil
Chairman/Member of the Committees of the Board of Directors of the other Companies. #
Audit Committee (i) AD Hydro Power
Limited-
Chairman
(ii) India Glycols Limited
-Member
(iii) JK Lakshmi Cement
Limited-
Member
(iv) Bhilwara Energy
Limited-Chairman
Nil (i) BSL Limited- Member (i) DCM Shriram Limited-
Member
(ii) Kirloskar
Brothers
Limited-
Member
Stakeholders
Relationship
Committee
(i) BSL Limited- Member (i) Bhilwara Technical
Textiles Limited-
Member
(i) RSWM Limited- Member
(ii) Maral Overseas
Limited-Member
Nil
Listed Entities from
which the Director
has resigned in the
past three years
Nil Nil Nil 1. PI Industries Limited
2. CG Power and
Industrial Solutions
Limited
No of Equity Shares
held in the Company
as on 31stMarch,
2023.
719 1,356 Nil Nil
Number of Board
Meetings attended
during the year
4/4 4/4 4/4 3/4
Terms and conditions of
appointment/
re-appointment

Chairman, Managing
Director & CEO – Not
Liable to retire by rotation
Non-Executive Director,
liableto retire by rotation.
Non-Executive Director,
liableto retire by rotation.
Independent Director,
not liable to retire by
rotation.
Remuneration
soughtto be paid
and the
remuneration last
drawn
Mentioned in the item
no- 5 of the Notice of
AGMand explanatory
Statementtherein.
See Note given below See Note given below See Note given below
Relationship with
other Directors,
Manager
and Key
Managerial
Personnel
Shri Ravi
Jhunjhunwala is
relative of Shri Riju
Jhunjhunwala
Shri Riju
Jhunjhunwala is
relative of Shri Ravi
Jhunjhunwala.
No
relationship
with
other Director, Manager
and
Key
Managerial
Personnel.
No relationship with
other Director, Manager
and
Key Managerial
Personnel.
Justification for
choosingthe
Independent Director
Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable As per Explanatory
Statementof Notice of
AGM.
Skills and capabilities
required for the role
and the manner in
which the proposed
person meets such
requirements
Refer point no. 2 (iii) of
Corporate Governance
Report
Refer point no. 2 (iii) of
Corporate Governance
Report
Refer point no. 2 (iii) of
Corporate Governance
report
Refer point no. 2 (iii)
of
Corporate
Governance Report.

Audit Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee have been considered.

Note: The Non-Executive Directors (including Independent Directors) are paid sitting fee for attending meetings of Board of Directors, Independent Directors and various Committee of Directors etc. in accordance with Nomination and Remuneration Policy of the Company.