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Code of
Conduct for Board Members and Senior
Management (Vide Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement)
1)
Applicability
This 'Code of Conduct' shall be applicable
to all Board Members and also to Senior
Management Staff immediately one level below
the Board Members.
2)
Conduct of
Business
The Board Members and the Senior Management
team shall conduct the Company's business in
an efficient and transparent manner and in
meeting its obligations to shareholders and
other stakeholders.
The Board Members and the Senior Management
team shall not be involved in any activity
that would have any adverse effect on the
objectives of the company or against
national interest. The corporate objectives
to be pursued shall be to sustain the
competitive edge of the company and not to
indulge in any activity, which is
detrimental to the society at large.
3)
Quality
Services
The Board Members and the Senior Management
team shall be committed to rendering
services of the highest quality standard as
per the requirements of the clients to
ensure their total satisfaction. The quality
standards shall be in consonance with
national/international standards.
4) Competition
The Board as well as the Senior Management
team shall ensure that the Company's
services are made available to the clients
freely and shall not make false/misleading
statements about the competitors' services
or indulge in any unfair trade practices.
5
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Wealth
Creation
The Board Members and the Senior Management
team shall constantly strive to enhance the
net wealth to the shareholders and shall
strictly comply with all regulations and
laws that govern shareholders' rights.
6)
Reporting to
the Board
A Board Member shall make proper, adequate
and timely disclosures to the Board as
required under the various provisions of the
Listing Agreement, Companies Act, 1956,
Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Rules and Regulations, issued from time to
time.
In case of any agreement or contract which
is or shall be entered into by and between
two corporate entities, in which a Director
is interested, the Director shall forthwith
draw the attention of the Board about the
fact and shall not participate in the
deliberations nor vote on the resolution
relating to the same.
7)
Conflict of
Interest
The Board Members and the Senior Management
team shall not engage in any activity or
enter into any pecuniary relationship, which
might result in conflict of interest, either
directly or indirectly. The Board Members
and the Senior Management team shall not
derive any personal benefit by influencing
any decision relating to any transaction or
involve in any dealing with the company's
promoters, its management or its
subsidiaries, suppliers, shareholders and
other stakeholders which, in the judgment of
the Board, may affect the independence of
judgment of the Director concerned.
8)
Protecting
Company's Assets
The Directors and the Senior Management team
shall not indulge or encourage any activity,
which would result in misuse of the
Company's tangible and intangible assets.
9)
Confidentiality
The Directors and the Senior Management team
shall ensure and take all reasonable
measures to protect the confidentiality of
non-public information about the Company,
its business, clientele and other materially
significant information obtained or created
in connection with any activities with the
Company and to prevent the unauthorized
disclosure of such information unless
required by applicable laws or regulations
or legal or regulatory process.
10)
Outside
Activities
All Board Members as well as the Senior
Management team shall be free to pursue any
kind of civil/political activities and can
become Members or Office Bearers of any
Trade Organization so long as it does not
adversely affect or is detrimental to the
business interests of the Company.
11)
Variation of
the Code and Waivers
The Code shall be reviewed from time to time
for updation thereof. Any variation in the
Code or any waivers from the provisions of
the Code shall be approved by the Board
Directors of the Company and shall be
disclosed on the Company’s website.
12)
Violation of
the Code
The Board of Directors of the Company shall
have the powers to take necessary action in
case of any violation of the code.
13)
Adoption and
Commencement
This Code of Conduct was adopted by the
Board of Directors by its Resolution dated
January 14, 2006 and shall be deemed to have
come into force with effect from 1st April,
2006.
15)
Acknowledgement of Receipt of Code of
Conduct
I have
received and read the Code of Conduct of the
Company and agree to comply with the same.
Signature
Name
Designation
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