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Sadhana Nitrochem Ltd. — Audit Report / Information 2021
Jun 30, 2021
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To,
Bombay Stock Exchange Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, 25th Floor, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai - 400001
Scrip Code: 506642
Subject: Annual Secretarial Compliance Report for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2021
Reference: SEBI Circular CIR/ CFD/ CMD1/ 27/ 2019 dated February 08, 2019 and Regulation 24A of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015
Dear Sir/Madam,
With reference to SEBI Circular CIR/CFD/CMD1/27/2019 dated February 08, 2019 and Regulation 24A of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, please find enclosed herewith Annual Secretarial Compliance Report of Sadhana Nitro Chem Limited, duly signed by Ms. Bhavisha Jewani, Partner of M/s. MMJB & Associates LLP, Practicing Company Secretaries for the financial year ended March 31, 2021.
This is for your information and record.
For SADHANA NITRO CHEM LIMITED
Digitally signed by NITIN RAMESHCHANDRA NITIN JANI DN: c=IN, o=Personal, postalCode=400104, st=Maharashtra, 2.5.4.20=845acf573bc16165491baaf66c1f4a9d RAMESHCHA 7bcf9a20ff14a9710278e0dd635f2c1a, serialNumber=003ce4275a32f8278907db7228 0e22fc49a292317ad27b15020444760b5dc700, NDRA JANI cn=NITIN RAMESHCHANDRA JANI Date: 2021.06.30 19:03:28 +05'30'
Nitin Rameshchandra Jani Company Secretary & Compliance Officer Membership No.: A4757
Address: Plot No. 177, Room No. 16, Jawahar Nagar Road No. 2, Goregaon (West) Mumbai - 400062
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Annual Secretarial Compliance Report of Sadhana Nitro Chem Limited For the Financial Year ended March 31, 2021
To
The Board of Directors,
Sadhana Nitro Chem Limited
Hira Baug, 1st Floor Kasturba Chowk (C.P. Tank) Mumbai 400004.
We, M/s. MMJB & Associates LLP., Practicing Company Secretaries, have examined:
(a) all the documents and records made available to us and explanation provided by Sadhana Nitro Chem Limited (“the listed entity”),
(b) the filings/ submissions made by the listed entity to the stock exchanges,
- (c) website of the listed entity,
(d) any other document/ filing, as may be relevant, which has been relied upon to make this certification,
for the financial year ended March 31, 2021 (“Review Period”) in respect of compliance with the provisions of:
(a) the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (“SEBI Act”) and the Regulations, circulars, guidelines issued thereunder; and
(b) the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (“SCRA”), rules made thereunder and the Regulations, circulars, guidelines issued thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”);
The specific Regulations, whose provisions and the circulars/ guidelines issued thereunder, have been examined, include:
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a) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015; (hereinafter called the “ Listing Regulations” )
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b) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018;
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c) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018
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d) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011;
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e) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buyback of Securities) Regulations, 2018; - (Not Applicable to the Company during the Audit Period)
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f) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014;
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g) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008; (Not Applicable to the Company during the Audit Period)
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h) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible and Redeemable Preference Shares) Regulations, 2013; (Not Applicable to the Company during the Audit Period)
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i) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015; (hereinafter called the “ PIT Regulations” )
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j) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Registrars to an Issue and Share Transfer Agents) Regulations, 1993 regarding the Companies Act and dealing with client;
and circulars/ guidelines issued thereunder and also SEBI Circular CIR/CFD/CMD1/114/2019 dated 18/10/2019 regarding Resignation of statutory auditors from listed entities and their material subsidiaries;
and based on the above examination, we hereby report that, during the Review Period:
(a) The listed entity has complied with the provisions of the above Regulations and circulars/guidelines issued thereunder, except in respect of matters specified below:
| Compliance Requirement (Regulations/ circulars / guidelines including specific **clause) ** |
Deviations | Observations/ Remarks of the Practicing Company Secretary |
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| Regulation 17 of the listing regulations. |
The Company, falling under top 1000 listed entities based on market capitalisation, failed to appoint independent woman director w.e.f. 1st April, 2020 |
The Board appointed Ms. Ayesha Patel as an Independent Woman Director w.e.f. 7th December, 2020, before which the composition of the Board was not in compliance with the Regulation from 1stApril, 2020 to 6thDecember,2020 |
| Regulation 24A of the listing regulations read with SEBI circular no dated 19thMarch, 2020 and 25thJune, 2020 |
The Company submitted the Annual Secretarial Compliance Report (ASCR) in delay. |
The company has submitted the ASCR on 7thAugust, 2020, which is beyond the prescribed time limit of SEBI Regulation and Covid 19 pandemic circular. |
| Regulation 30 read with Schedule III of Listing Regulation |
Delay in submission of outcome of Board Meeting to Stock Exchange |
The Company has submitted the outcome beyond the mandated period of 30 minutes from conclusion of Board Meeting. |
| Regulation 31 of the listing regulations. |
Shareholding pattern was filed by the Company later than the stipulated time under the listing regulations. |
The shareholding pattern for quarter ended June, 2020 was filed on 22ndJuly, 2020, beyond the prescribed time limit of SEBI Regulation. |
| Regulation 47 of the listing regulations. |
The Company has not given reference of link of the website in the newspaper. |
The Company has not given the reference of the link of the website in the newspaper publication where further details are available. |
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| As per PIT Regulations, the Board of Directors or head of the organisation of every person require to handle unpublished price sensitive information shall ensure that a structured digital database is maintained containing the names of such persons or entities as the case may be with whom information is shared under this regulation along with the Permanent Account Number. Such database shall not be outsourced and shall be maintained internally. |
The structural digital data base is not updated completely. |
The company has maintained the structured digital database and it is in the process of updating the same. |
| As per SEBI Circular SEBI/HO/ISD/ISD/CIR/P/20 20/135 dated 23rdJuly, 2020 in terms of clause 13 of Schedule B read with Regulation 9 of the PIT Regulations, the listed companies shall promptly inform the Stock Exchange(s) where the concerned securities are traded, regarding violations relating to Code of Conduct under PIT Regulations in such form and manner as may be specified by the Board from time to time. |
Non - Reporting of violation related to Code of Conduct to Stock Exchanges. |
In one instance Designated Employees of the Company has deviated the Code of Conduct w.r.t. trading during window closure, and the Company is in process of reporting the same to Stock Exchange(s) |
| As per the SEBI Circular SEBI/HO/ISD/ISD/CIR/P/20 20/168 dated 9thSeptember, 2020, the listed entity shall update the any change in the designated person(s) with the designated depository on the same day. |
Non – Reporting of change to designated depository. |
In one instance, the Company has not intimated to the designated depository about the cessation of the designated person. |
(b) The listed entity has maintained proper records under the provisions of the above Regulations and circulars/ guidelines issued there under in so far as it appears from our examination of those records.
(c) The following are the details of actions taken against the listed entity/ its promoters/ directors/ material subsidiaries either by SEBI or by Stock Exchanges (including under the
Standard Operating Procedures issued by SEBI through various circulars) under the aforesaid Acts/ Regulations and circulars/guidelines issued thereunder.
| Sr. | Actio | Details of | Details of action | Observation | Observation | ||||||||||
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| N | n | violation | taken E.g. fines, | s/ | |||||||||||
| o | taken | warning letter, | remarks of | ||||||||||||
| by | debarment, etc | the | |||||||||||||
| Practicing | |||||||||||||||
| Company | |||||||||||||||
| Secretary, if | |||||||||||||||
| any. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | BSE Limited | Non- | BSE has levied a fine of Rs. 9,38,100/- | - | |||||||||||
| compliance | to the Company | as per SEBI circular | |||||||||||||
| with the |
no. | ||||||||||||||
| requirement | SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD/CIR/P/2020/ | ||||||||||||||
| s pertaining | 12 dated 22ndJanuary, 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| to | |||||||||||||||
| Regulation | Further, the Company has applied for | ||||||||||||||
| 17 of Listing | the waiver and BSE by mail | dated 25th | |||||||||||||
| Regulation | June, 2021 has waived off the fine of | ||||||||||||||
| w.r.t. | Rs. 5,42,800/- | ||||||||||||||
| appointmen | |||||||||||||||
| t of |
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| independen | |||||||||||||||
| t woman | |||||||||||||||
| director | |||||||||||||||
| (d) The listed entity | has taken the following actions to comply with the observations made in | ||||||||||||||
| previous reports: | |||||||||||||||
| Sr. | Observations of the | Observations made | Actions | taken | Comments of | ||||||||||
| No | Practicing Company | in the secretarial | by the | listed | the Practicing | ||||||||||
| . | Secretary in the previous | compliance report | entity, if any | Company | |||||||||||
| reports | Secretary on | ||||||||||||||
| the actions | |||||||||||||||
| taken by the | |||||||||||||||
| listed entity | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | As per SEBI | (Prohibition of | With effect from | 1st | The | Company | - | ||||||||
| Insider | Trading) | April, 2019 |
the | has maintained | |||||||||||
| Regulations, | 2015, The |
Company is required | SDD | and is | in | ||||||||||
| board of | directors shall | to maintain |
the process | of | |||||||||||
| ensure that | a structured | structured digital |
updating | the | |||||||||||
| digital | database is |
database | in | same | |||||||||||
| maintained | containing the | accordance with | the | completely. | |||||||||||
| names of such persons or | regulation. | ||||||||||||||
| entities as the case may be | |||||||||||||||
| with whom | information is | However, the same | |||||||||||||
| shared under this regulation | is not inplace during |
| along with the Permanent Account Number. |
the year under review. |
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| 2 | As per SEBI Circular SEBI/HO/ISD/ISD/CIR/P /2019/82 dated 19thJuly, 2019, and in terms of Regulation 9(1) and 9(2) of PIT ((Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 the Board of Directors of every listed company and the Board of Director or head(s) of the organization of every intermediary and fiduciary are required to formulate a Code of Conduct for designated persons and their immediate relative and monitor its compliance and promptly inform SEBI about any violation of the Code of Conduct in accordance with Clause 13 of Schedule B |
In two instances Designated Employees of the Company has done Contra Trade and Trading under Window Closure period, which is a violation of Code of Conduct. The Company is in process of reporting the same to Securities and Exchange Board of India / Stock Exchange |
The Company has taken serious steps to avoid any violation to the Code of Conduct under the SEBI Regulations |
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| 3 | Regulation 27(2) of SEBI Listing Regulations “The listed entity shall submit a quarterly compliance report on corporate governance in the format as specified by the Board from time to time to the recognised stock exchange(s) within fifteen days from close of the quarter |
The Company has not submitted quarterly compliance report on corporate governance to the recognised stock exchange(s) within fifteen days for quarter ended 31st March, 2019 and 30th June,2019 |
The causes of delay have been identified and complied and suitable steps have been taken to avoid such delay. |
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For MMJB & Associates LLP Company Secretaries
BHAVIS Digitally signed by BHAVISHA HA RAVI RAVI JEWANI Date: 2021.06.30 JEWANI 22:11:33 +05'30'
Bhavisha Jewani Designated Partner FCS No. 8503 CP. No. 9346 UDIN: F008503C000556644 Peer Review No .: L2020MH006700 Place: Mumbai Date: 30[th] June, 2021