Sundram Fasteners Ltd. — Audit Report / Information 2024

May 30, 2024

Sundram Fasteners Limited REGISTERED & CORPORATE OFFICE

Email: investorshelpdesk@sR.co.in

98.A. VII FLOOR DR. RADHAKRISHNAN SALAI. MYWORE, CHENNAI . 600 004. INDIA TELEPHONE , +91 . 44 . 28478500 PAN : AAACS8779D CIN : L3S999TN 1962PLCO04943 WEBSITE : www.su11dram.com

May 30, 2024

National Stock Exchange of India Limited

Symbol - SUNDRMFAST Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor, Plot No. C/1, G Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 051

BSE Limited

Scrip Code - 500403 Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers DalaI Street, Mumbai - 400 001

By NEAPS

By Listing Centre

Dear Sir / Madam,

Sub: Annual Secretarial Compliance Report for the year ended March 31, 2024 pursuant to Regulation 24A of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Pursuant to Regulation 24A of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, as amended, please find attached the Annual Secretarial Compliance Report issued by M/s S Krishnamurthy & Co., Company Secretaries for the financial year 2023-2024.

Ttle report will also be hosted on the Company's website at www.sundram.com

Please take the above information on record.

Thanking you,

Yours truly,

For SUNDRAM FASTENERS LIMITED

G Anand Babu Senior Manager - Finance & Company Secretary

S. Krishnamurthy & Co., Company Secretaries

Secretarial Compliance Report of

SUNDRAM FASTENERS LIMITED

for the year ended 31st March 2024

[Pursuant to Regulation 24A (2) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 read with SEBI Circular No. CIR/CFD/CMD1/27/2019 dated February 08, 2019]

To

SUNDRAM FASTENERS LIMITED

[CIN:L35999TN1962PLC004943] 98-A, VII Floor, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai – 600004.

A. We, S. KRISHNAMURTHY & CO., Company Secretaries, have examined the following:

• (a) all the documents and records made available to us and explanations / representations provided by SUNDRAM FASTENERS LIMITED ('the listed entity');
• (b) the filings/ submissions made by the listed entity to the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and BSE Limited (BSE), where its equity shares are listed;
• (c) website of the listed entity; and
• (d) other relevant documents/filings which have been relied upon to make this report

to ascertain the listed entity's compliance with the provisions of the following for/ during the year ended 31st March 2024 ('the year'/ 'review period'):

• (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').
• B. The Specific Regulations, whose provisions and the circulars/ guidelines issued thereunder, have been examined are:
• (a) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("SEBI LODR");
• (b) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011;
• (c) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015; and
• (d) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018;

KRISHNAMURTHY Digitally signed by KRISHNAMURTHY SRIRAM Date: 2024.05.30 13:21:31 +05'30'

SRIRAM

"SHRESHTAM", Old No.17, New No.16, Pattammal Street, Mandaveli, Chennai–600 028. (044) 42074012/ 24611440 sriram.krishnamurthy@rediffmail.comskco.cs@gmail.com

• C. Based on our above examination and the information, explanations and representations provided to us by the listed entity, its officers, agents and authorised representatives during such examination, we hereby report that, during the review period:
• (a) The listed entity has generally complied with the provisions of the above Regulations and circulars/ guidelines issued thereunder.
• (b) The listed entity has maintained proper records under the provisions of the above Regulations and circulars/ guidelines issued thereunder insofar as it appears from our examination of those records.
• (c) The listed entity was not required to take any action during the year to comply with the observations made in the previous year's report.
• (d) The following SEBI Regulations were not applicable to the listed entity during the review period:
  • (i) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021;
  • (ii) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations 2021;
  • (iii) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018; and
  • (iv) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buyback of Securities) Regulations, 2018.
• D. The terms of appointment of Statutory Auditors of the listed entity are in compliance with the provisions of Para 6(A) and Para 6 (B) of SEBI Circular CIR/CFD/CMD1/114/2019 dated 18th October 2019. The listed entity does not have any material subsidiaries.
• E. In terms of NSE Circular numbers NSE/CML/2023/21 dated 16th March 2023 and NSE/CML/2023/30 dated 10th April 2023 and BSE circular numbers 20230316-14 dated 16th March 2023 and 20230410-41 dated 10th April 2023, the compliance status of the listed entity during the year is as stated below:

Sr. No.	Particulars	Compliance Status (Yes/No/NA)	Observations/ Remarks by PCS
1.	Secretarial Standards: The compliances of the listed entity are in accordance with the applicable Secretarial Standards (SS) issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries India (ICSI), as notified by the Central Government under Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 and mandatorily applicable.	Yes	Generally complied

Sr. No.	Particulars	Compliance Status (Yes/No/NA)	Observations/ Remarks by PCS
2.	Adoption and timely updation of the Policies:
	• All applicable policies under SEBI Regulations are adopted with the approval of board of directors of the listed entities	Yes	Nil
	• All the policies are in conformity with SEBI Regulations and have been reviewed & updated on time, as per the regulations/ circulars/ guidelines issued by SEBI	Yes	Nil
3.	Maintenance and disclosures on Website:
	• The Listed entity is maintaining a functional website	Yes	Nil
	• Timely dissemination of the documents/ information under a separate section on the website	Yes	Nil
	• Web-links provided in annual corporate governance reports under Regulation 27(2) are accurate and specific which re-directs to the relevant document(s)/section of the website	Yes	Nil
4.	Disqualification of Director
	None of the Director(s) of the Company is/are disqualified under section 164 of Companies Act, 2013 as confirmed by the listed entity.	Yes	Nil
5.	Details related to Subsidiaries of listed entities have been examined w.r.t.:
	(a) Identification of material subsidiary companies	NA	No material subsidiary
	(b) Disclosure requirement of material as well as other subsidiaries	Yes	Nil
6.	Preservation of Documents:
	The listed entity is preserving and maintaining records as prescribed under SEBI Regulations and disposal of records as per Policy of Preservation of Documents and Archival policy prescribed under SEBI LODR Regulations, 2015.	Yes	Generally complied with

Sr. No.	Particulars	Compliance Status (Yes/No/NA)	Observations/ Remarks by PCS
7.	Performance Evaluation:
	The listed entity has conducted performance evaluation of the Board, Independent Directors and the Committees at the start of every financial year as prescribed in SEBI Regulations.	Yes	Conducted once during the year
8.	Related Party Transactions:
	(a) The listed entity has obtained prior approval of Audit Committee for all related party transactions;	Yes	Nil
	(b) In case no prior approval has been obtained, the listed entity has provided detailed reasons along with confirmation whether the transactions were subsequently approved/ratified/rejected by the Audit Committee.	NA	Nil
9.	Disclosure of events or information:
	The listed entity has provided all the required disclosure(s) under Regulation 30 along with Schedule III of SEBI LODR Regulations, 2015 within the time limits prescribed thereunder.	Yes	Nil
10.	Prohibition of Insider Trading:
	The listed entity is in compliance with Regulations 3 (5) and 3(6) of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015	Yes	Nil
11.	Actions taken by SEBI or Stock Exchange(s), if any:
	No action(s) has been taken against the listed entity/its promoters /directors/subsidiaries either by SEBI or by Stock Exchanges (including under the Standard Operating Procedures issued by SEBI through various circulars) under SEBI Regulations and Circulars/ Guidelines issued thereunder except as provided under separate paragraph herein.	Yes	No actions taken

Sr. No.	Particulars	Compliance Status (Yes/No/NA)	Observations/ Remarks by PCS
12.	Resignation of Statutory Auditors from the listed entity or its material subsidiaries:
	In case of resignation of Statutory Auditor from the listed entity or any of its material subsidiaries during the financial year, the listed entity and / or its material subsidiary (ies) has / have complied with paragraph 6.1 and 6.2 of section V-D of Chapter V of the Master Circular on compliance with the provisions of the LODR Regulations by listed entities.	NA	No such resignation
13.	Additional non-compliances, if any: No additional non-compliance observed for any SEBI Regulation/Circular/Guidance Note etc.	Yes	Nil

This report has to be read along with our submissions in Annexure "A" hereto.

For S Krishnamurthy & Co., Company Secretaries, [Firm Unique Identification No. P1994TN045300]

(Peer Review Certificate No. 739/2020)

KRISHNAMURTHY SRIRAM

Digitally signed by KRISHNAMURTHY SRIRAM Date: 2024.05.30 13:24:19 +05'30'

K Sriram,

Partner.

Membership No: F6312 Certificate of Practice No:2215 UDIN: F006312F000496824

Date: 30th May 2024 Place: Chennai

Annexure – A to Secretarial Compliance Report of even date

To

SUNDRAM FASTENERS LIMITED

[CIN:L35999TN1962PLC004943] 98-A, VII Floor, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai – 600004.

Our Secretarial Compliance Report of even date for the year ended 31st March 2024 is to be read along with this letter

1. Management's Responsibility:

The Company's management is responsible for ensuring compliance with the provisions of applicable laws, rules, regulations and standards, making the statutory/ regulatory disclosures/ filings and also ensuring the authenticity of records, documents and information furnished to us for the purpose of this Report.

2. Our Responsibility:

Our responsibility is to report based upon our examination of the relevant records, documents and information provided to us.

• 1. We have followed such practices and processes as we considered appropriate to obtain reasonable assurance about the correctness of the contents of the records and our verification was conducted in accordance with applicable auditing standards issued by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Those Standards require that we comply with statutory and regulatory requirements and plan and perform the verification to obtain reasonable assurance about compliance with applicable laws and maintenance of records.
• 1. While forming an opinion on compliance and issuing this report, we have also considered compliance related action taken by the Company after 31st March 2024 but before the issue of this report.
• 1. We have considered compliance related actions taken by the Company based on independent legal/ professional opinion obtained as being in compliance with law.
• 1. We have verified the records furnished to us on a test basis to see whether the correct facts are reflected therein. We also examined the compliance procedures followed by the Company on a test basis. We believe that the processes and practices we followed provide a reasonable basis for our report.
• 1. We have not verified the correctness and appropriateness of financial statements, financial records and books of accounts of the Company.
• 1. We have obtained the Management's representation about compliance of laws, rules and regulations and happening of events, wherever required.

KRISHNAMURTHY SRIRAM Digitally signed by KRISHNAMURTHY SRIRAM Date: 2024.05.30 13:24:44 +05'30'

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• 1. Our Secretarial Compliance Report is neither an assurance as to the future viability of the Company nor of the efficacy or effectiveness with which the management has conducted the affairs of the Company.
• 1. Due to the inherent limitations of an audit including internal, financial and operating controls, there is an unavoidable risk that some mis-statements or material non-compliances may not be detected, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with the Auditing Standards.

For S Krishnamurthy & Co., Company Secretaries, [Firm Unique Identification No. P1994TN045300] (Peer Review Certificate No. 739/2020)

KRISHNAMURTHY SRIRAM

Digitally signed by KRISHNAMURTHY SRIRAM Date: 2024.05.30 13:25:20 +05'30'

K Sriram, Partner. Membership No: F6312 Certificate of Practice No:2215 UDIN: F006312F000496824

Date: 30th May 2024 Place: Chennai