Coporate Governanace for 2012:
(Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement)
Corporate Philosophy on Code of Governance:
Responsible
corporate conduct is integral to the way we do our business. Our
actions are governed by our values and principles, which are emphasized
at all levels within the Company. In line with this philosophy Creative
Eye Limited is committed to enhance shareholders value through
level of efficiency, integrity, innovation and excellence in everything
it does. The Company will enhance shareholders value by harmonizing the
needs and interest of all its stakeholders, viz., customers, employees,
lenders, governments and community at large.
The Company strongly believes that good Corporate Governance ultimately leads to growth and competitive strength, and the corporate governance norms are the foundations of procedure at the Board and operational levels.
Board of Directors:
The
Chairman & Managing Director of the Company is Executive &
Promoter Director. The Board consists of total Five (5) Directors out
of which Two (2) are Executive Directors and Three (3) are Independent
& Non Executive Directors.
Details as on date, of the
composition of the Board, category of the Directors and their
attendance at the Board meetings and the last Annual General Meeting,
their Directorship in other companies and Membership and Chairmanship
on the committees of other companies are as under:
Name
of Directors |
Category |
Attendance Particulars |
Number of other Directorships and Committee Member / Chairpersonships |
|||
|
|
Board Meetings |
Last AGM |
Other Directorship (Excluding the alternate directorships &
directorship in Pvt. Ltd. Companies) |
Committee Memberships (Excluding the Company) |
Committee Chairpersonships (Excluding the Company) |
Mr.
Dheeraj Kumar Chairman
& Managing Director |
CMD |
4 |
Yes |
1 |
Nil |
Nil |
Mrs. Zuby Kochhar Whole-time
Director |
E.D |
3 |
No |
1 |
Nil |
Nil |
Mr. M.R. Sivaraman Director |
I.N.E.D |
3 |
Yes |
1 |
Nil |
Nil |
Mr. Shiv S. Sharma Director |
I.N.E.D |
4 |
Yes |
1 |
Nil |
Nil |
Mr. T.K. Choudhary Director |
I.N.E.D |
3 |
Yes |
0 |
Nil |
Nil |
Chairman & Managing Director, E.D - Executive Director, I.N.E.D – Independent Non-Executive Director.
The
Board meetings are scheduled well in time and Board members are given
notice well in advance before the meeting date. The Board members are
provided with well structured and comprehensive agenda papers. All
major agenda items are backed by in-depth background information and
analysis, wherever possible, to enable the Board to take appropriate
and informed decisions.
During the year Four (4) Board Meetings were
held on 25th May, 2011, 11th August, 2011, 12th November, 2011 and 31st
January, 2012.
Audit Committee The Board of Directors constituted an
Audit Committee. The Audit Committee of the Company comprises of
Independent Non-Executive Directors only. All the members of the
Committee have the relevant experience in financial matters.
The Audit Committee of the Company is entrusted with the responsibility to supervise the Company’s internal Control and Financial Reporting process. The composition of the Audit Committee and the attendance of each member of the committee is given below:
Name of the Members |
Designation |
Category
# |
Committee Meetings |
|
Held |
Attended |
|||
Mr. T. K. Choudhary |
Chairman |
I.N.E.D |
4 |
3 |
Mr. M. R. Sivaraman |
Member |
I.N.E.D |
4 |
3 |
Mr.
Shiv S. Sharma |
Member |
I.N.E.D |
4 |
4 |
# I.N.E.D – Independent Non-Executive Director
The
Managing Director, Mr. Dheeraj Kumar is a permanent invitee to the
meetings of the Audit Committee. The Company Secretary acts as
Secretary of the Audit Committee. The meetings of the Audit Committee
were also attended by the Statutory Auditors,Internal
Auditors and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company to provide information and
answer the queries raised by the Committee members.
The
powers and role of the Audit Committee are as per Guidelines set out in
Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the BSE & NSE and Section
292A of the Companies Act, 1956. The salient features of powers and
role of the Audit Committee are:
The Audit Committee is vested with the necessary powers as follows:
l.To investigate any activity of the Company;
lI.To seek and obtain any information and explanation;
lII.To achieve its objectives.
The terms of reference of Audit Committee are briefly described as follows:
l.Meeting once in every quarter to review performance of the Company along with the financial results of the Company.
lI.Reviews
with the management, statutory auditors and internal audit system, the
adequacy and the compliances of internal control systems.
lII.Reviewing the Company’s financial and risk management policies.
IV.The
Chairman of the Audit Committee was present at the 25th Annual General
Meeting of the Company held on 26th September, 2011.
Remuneration Committee:
Board of Directors has constituted Remuneration Committee. The Committee is empowered to approve remuneration of Directors of the Company and to ensure compliance of the Companies Act, 1956, Listing Agreement, etc. In this regard, One Meeting of the members of Remuneration Committee was held on 25th May, 2011 and all Members of the committee attended the meeting. The present composition of Remuneration Committee is given below:
Name |
Designation |
Category # |
Mr.
M. R. Sivaraman |
Chairman |
I.N.E.D |
Mr.
Shiv S. Sharma |
Member |
I.N.E.D |
Mr.
T. K. Choudhary |
Member |
I.N.E.D |
# I.N.E.D – Independent Non-Executive Director.
The Company Secretary of the Company acts as the Secretary of the Committee.
Remuneration policy and details of remuneration paid:
The remuneration structure comprises of sitting fees to Non-Executive Directors and Salary & Perquisites paid to Executive Directors within the limit approved by the Members.
The
Non-Executive Directors are paid sitting fees. The same is decided
broadly on the basis of meetings attended by the Non-Executive
Directors and their respective contribution to the Company. Apart from
receiving sitting fees,there is no pecuniary transaction by the Company
with the Non-Executive Directors.
Details of the remuneration to the Directors for the year ended 31st March, 2012:
Name |
Designation |
Remuneration for
2011-12 (in Rs.) |
No. of shares
held |
|||
|
|
Salary |
Sitting fees |
Employer
contribution to provident fund |
Total |
|
Mr. Dheeraj Kumar |
Chairman & Managing Director |
3409250 |
Nil |
188820 |
3598070 |
3901290 |
Mrs. Zuby Kochhar |
Whole-time Director |
1703000 |
Nil |
94320 |
1797320 |
7140150 |
Mr. M.R. Sivaraman |
Director |
Nil |
21000 |
Nil |
21000 |
Nil |
Mr. Shiv S. Sharma |
Director |
Nil |
28000 |
Nil |
28000 |
Nil |
Mr. T. K. Choudhary |
Director |
Nil |
21000 |
Nil |
21000 |
Nil |
The Company does not have any scheme for grant of stock options.
Share Transfer & Investors’ Grievances Committee:
During
the year Three (3) Share Transfer & Investors’ Grievances Committee
meetings were held namely on 25.05.2011, 11.08.2011 & 31.01.2012
respectively. There is no transfer of shares in physical form. The
present composition of the Share Transfer & Investors’ Grievances
Committee is as follows:
Name |
Designation |
Category # |
Committee Meetings |
|
|
|
|
Held |
Attended |
Mr.
M. R. Sivaraman |
Chairman |
I.N.E.D |
3 |
3 |
Mr.
Shiv S. Sharma |
Member |
I.N.E.D |
3 |
3 |
# I.N.E.D – Independent Non-Executive Director
The Company Secretary of the Company acts as the Secretary of the Committee.
The
Company Secretary,being the Compliance Officer,is entrusted with the
responsibility, to look into the redressal of the shareholders
and investors complaints and report the same to Share Transfer &
Investors’ Grievances Committee. All the investor complaints that are
not settled by the Registrar and Transfer Agents and / or the
Compliance Officer are required to be forwarded
to this committee for final settlement.
During
the year under review, all requests/ complaints were attended promptly
and resolved to the satisfaction of the shareholders.
No request for transfer and no request for dematerialization were pending for approval as on 31st March, 2012.
1.General Body Meetings
Location and time of last three Annual General Meetings:
Year |
Location |
Date |
Time |
Special
Resolutions |
Postal Ballot |
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 |
“GMS Community Centre
Hall”, Sitladevi Complex, 1st
Floor, D. N. Nagar, Opp. Indian Oil Nagar, “GMS Community Centre Hall”, Sitladevi Complex, 1st Floor, D. N. Nagar, Opp.
Indian Oil Nagar, Link Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai 400053 “GMS Community Centre Hall”, Sitladevi Complex, 1st Floor, D. N. Nagar, Opp.
Indian Oil Nagar, Link Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai 400053 |
22.09.2009 24.09.2010 26.09.2011 |
10.30 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 10.30 a.m. |
Nil Nil 1 |
N. A. N.A. N.A. |
None of the
resolutions proposed to be passed at the ensuing 26th Annual General
Meeting requires to be put through postal ballot.
2.Disclosures
a)Related
parties transactions There are no materially significant related party
transactions made by the Company with its Promoters,
Directors or
Management, etc. that may have potential conflict with the interest of
the Company at large. Transactions with related parties are disclosed
in Note No. 26 in ‘Notes to the Accounts’ in the Annual Report of the
year and the same are not in conflict
with the interest of the Company.
b)Compliances by the Company
The
Company has complied with all the requirements of the Listing Agreement
entered into with the Stock Exchanges as well as the regulations and
guidelines of SEBI. Consequently, there were no penalties /strictures
imposed on the Company by the Stock Exchanges or SEBI or any statutory
authority, for anynon-compliance on any matter relating to capital
markets, during the last three years.
c)Whistleblower policy
Employees
of the Company may report violations of laws, rules, regulations and
unethical conduct of their immediate supervisor. The reports received
from employees will be reviewed by the Audit Committee.The Directors
and Management Personnel are obliged
to maintain confidentiality of
such reporting and ensure that the whistle blowers are not subjected to
any discriminatory practices.
d)Code of conduct
The Board of Directors has laid down the Code of Conduct for Board Members and Senior Management of the Company.Requisite
annual
affirmations of compliance with the respective Codes have been made by
the Directors and Senior Management of the Company. Copy of Code of
conduct is available on Company’s website. A declaration signed by
Managing Director affirming the
compliance of code of conduct by Board Members and senior management executives is also annexed separately in this
Annual Report.
3.Means of Communication
Information
like quarterly, half-yearly and yearly financial results and press
releases on significant developments in the Company has been made
available from time to time to the Press and has been submitted to the
Stock Exchanges to enable them to put them on their web sites. The
Financial Results are published in The Free Press Journal (English) and
Navshakti (Marathi) newspapers. The Company has its own website and all
the vital information relating to the Company is displayed on the said
website. The address of the website is www.creativeeye.com.
4.General Shareholder Information:
A. Annual General Meeting: Date: Time: Venue: |
26th Annual General Meeting 29th September,
2012 10.30
a.m. “GMS Community Centre Hall”, Sitladevi Complex, 1st Floor, D. N. Nagar, Opp. Indian Oil Nagar, Andheri
(West), Mumbai 400 053 |
B. Financial Calendar: |
2012-2013
(Tentative) |
Adoption
of Quarterly Results |
|
Ist Quarter
|
Within
45 days of the end of June, 2012 |
IInd
Quarter |
Within
45 days of the end of September, 2012 |
IIIrd
Quarter |
Within
45 days of the end of December, 2012 |
IVth
Quarter |
Within
60 days of the end of March, 2013 |
AGM for
the year ending 31st March, 2013 |
September,
2013 |
C. Book Closure Dates: |
22nd September,
2012 to 29th September, 2012 (both days inclusive) |
D. Listing on Stock Exchanges: |
Bombay
Stock Exchange Limited The
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd |
E. Trading Symbol at
National Stock Exchange |
Scrip
Code – 532392 Scrip
ID - CREATIVE Scrip
Symbol - CREATIVEYE |
F. Demat ISIN Number (NSDL & CDSL) |
INE230B01021 |
Annual listing fees for the year 2012-2013 have been paid to all the Stock Exchanges where the Company’s shares are listed.
G.Stock Market Data:
Month |
(BSE) In (Rs.) |
National Stock Exchange (NSE) In (Rs.) |
||
Month’s High Price |
Month’s Low Price |
Month’s High Price |
Month’s Low Price |
|
April,
2011 May, 2011 June,
2011 July,
2011 August,
2011 September,
2011 October,
2011 November,
2011 December,
2011 January,
2012 February,
2012 March,
2012 |
6.25 6.40 6.25 6.18 6.34 5.80 5.75 5.40 5.55 5.65 6.40 5.65 |
5.15 5.08 5.05 5.26 4.91 5.00 4.85 4.65 3.25 3.65 4.60 3.40 |
6.85 6.50 6.40 6.25 6.85 6.00 5.75 5.50 5.50 5.80 6.40 5.40 |
4.65 4.60 4.15 5.35 4.55 5.00 4.90 4.00 3.20 3.60 4.05 3.20 |
H.Registrar and Transfer Agents:
M/s. Karvy Computershare Pvt. Ltd.
(Unit: Creative Eye Limited)
Karvy House, 46, Avenue 4, Street No.1,
Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034
Phone No. 040-23312454
I.Share Transfer System
Share
transfer is normally affected within one month from the date of
receipt, if the documents are clear in all respects. The Share Transfer
Committee meets as often as required. There were no share transfers in
physical form during 2011 -12 and no share transfer pending as on 31st
March, 2012.
J.Dematerialisation of equity shares
The
trading in Company’s Shares is mandatory in demat form only through the
two depositories NSDL and CDSL. The status of dematerialisa tion as on
31st March, 2012 was as under:
Particulars |
No. of Shares |
% to Capital |
NSDL |
17711400 |
88.30 |
CDSL |
2211473 |
11.03 |
Total Shares under Demat Physical |
19922873 135377 |
99.33 0.67 |
Total Capital |
20058250 |
100.00 |
L.Shareholding Pattern as on 31st March, 2012:
Category of Shareholders |
Holding % |
Promoters
/ Directors/Relatives – Indian International
Investors (FIIs/NRIs/OCBs) Bodies
Corporates Resident
Indians Others |
57.73 0.18 6.25 35.73 0.11 |
Total |
100.00 |
M.Address for Investors Correspondence:
(For transfer/dematerialisation of Shares
and any other query)
(Unit: Creative Eye Ltd.)
M/s. Karvy Computershare Pvt. Ltd
Karvy House, 46, Avenue 4,
Street No.1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad 500 034
Email Id for investor’s correspondence:investorscel@yahoo.com
N.Any query on Annual Report:Registered Office of the Company
On behalf of
the Board of Directors of
Creative Eye Limited
Sd/-
Mumbai
Dheeraj Kumar
30th May, 2012
Chairman & Managing
Director