Your Directors take pleasure in presenting the 26th Annual Report on the business and operation of your Companytogether with the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2024:
The Key highlights of the Audited Financial Statements of your Company for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2024and comparison with the previous Financial Year ended March 31, 2023 are summarizedbelow:
Particulars
2023-24
2022-23
Income from Operations
38,90,21,159
35,97,87,051
Other Income
0
Total Revenue
Less: Total Expenditure (Excl. Dep. & Int.)
38,22,35,879
35,24,37,544
Profit and (Loss) before Depreciation and Tax
67,85,280
73,49,507
Less: Depreciation
15,89,829
24,47,401
Interest
Profit Before Tax
51,95,451
49,02,106
Less: Provision for Tax
- Current Tax
6,62,055
14,45,741
- Deferred Tax
8,34,174
1,71,193
- Excess provision of earlier year written back
- Adjustment of MAT
Profit And (Loss) After Tax
36,99,222
36,27,559
Earnings Per Share (EPS)1. Basic EPS
0.28
0.27
2. Diluted EPS
• Revenue from operations for the year under reference has shown an Increase of around 51.95 %Vis- a-vis thepreceding financial year.
• The bottom line has also shown considerable improvement. Profit for the year (before tax) has shown Rs.51,95,451/- as compared to profit last year of Rs. 49,02,106/-. Further, there are no significant and material eventsimpacting the going concern status and Company's operations in future.
In order to conserve the resources for the business requirement, your Board of Directors do not recommend dividendfor the Financial Year 2023-24
Your Directors do not propose to transfer any amount to General Reserves for the Financial Year 2023- 24.
During the year under review was is no change in the nature of the Business or any activity of business of the Company.SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES
During the year under review, the Company does not have any Subsidiary, Associate Companies and Joint Ventures.
After the closure of financial year 2023-24, the Company on 29th July, 2024 on Allotment of 1,15,20,000 equity sharesof the Company of face value of Rs. 10/- each (“Equity Shares”), on Preferential allotment basis, to the shareholders ofForever Business Solutions Private Limited ("FBSPL") at a price of Rs. 12/- (including premium of Rs. 2/-), forconsideration other than cash (share swap basis), being discharge of total purchase consideration of Rs. 13,82,40,000/-(Rupees Thirteen crores Eighty-Two Lacs Forty Thousand Only) ("Purchase Consideration") for the acquisition of28,80,000 equity shares ("Sale Shares") of Forever Business Solutions Private Limited ("FBSPL") from the ProposedAllottees at a price of Rs.48/- (Rupees Forty-Eight Only) per equity share of FBSPL,
As a result of preferential allotment on share swap basis, Forever Business Solutions Private Limited ("FBSPL") becomesa Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company w.e.f. 29th July, 2024.
A separate statement containing the salient features of financial statements of Subsidiary Company of your Companyforms part of Annual Report in the prescribed Form AOC-1 as Annexure I in compliance with Section 129 and otherapplicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Financial Statements of the Wholly Owned Subsidiary company and related information are available for inspectionby the Members at the Registered Office of the Company during the business hours on all days except Saturdays,Sundays and public holidays up to the date of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) as required under Section 136 of theCompanies Act, 2013.
During the year under review, No changes was done in Authorized and Paid up Capital of Company.
As on 31st March, 2024 the Authorized and Paid up Share Capital of the Company is Rs. 60,00,00,000 (Rupees SixtyCrores Only) and Rs. 13,39,10,000/- (Rupees Thirteen Crores Thirty Nine Lakhs Ten Thousand Only) respectively.
However, after the closure of financial year and pursuant to allotment of Equity Shares on Share swap basis the Paid-up capital of the Company is increased from Rs. 13,39,10,000/- (Rupees Thirteen Crores Thirty-Nine Lakhs TenThousand Only) to Rs. 24,91,10,000/- (Rupees Twenty Four Crores Ninty one lacs Ten thousand only).
During the year under review, there were no applications made or proceedings pending in the name of the companyunder the Insolvency Bankruptcy code, 2016
During the year under review, there has been no one time settlement of loans taken from banks and Financialinstitutions.
Pursuant to the amendments to Section 134(3)(a) and Section 92(3) of the Act read with Rule 12 of Companies(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the Annual Return (Form MGT-7) for the Financial Year 2023-24 hasbeen appended as Annexure II to this Report and is available on the Company's website www.ianuscorporation.in.
Pursuant to Section 134 (3) (c) read with Section 134 (5) of the Act, on the basis of information placed before them, theDirectors state that:
1. In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along withproper explanation relating to material departures, if any;
2. Appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently, and the judgments and estimatesthat have been made are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Companyas at 31st March, 2024 and of the Loss of the Company for the said period;
3. Proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordancewith the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud andother irregularities;
4. The annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis;
5. The internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls areadequate and were operating effectively; and
6. There is a proper system to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systemswere adequate and operating effectively.
There was no major event in the company during the financial year.
I. Board of Directors:
As on March 31, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company comprises of 6 (Six) Directors, of which 3 (Three) areNon-Executive Directors, 1(One) is Non-executive Non-Independent Director and 2(Two) is Executive Director. TheConstitution of the Board of the Company is in accordance with Section 149(6) ofthe Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation17 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The details are as follow:
Sr. No.
Name
Designation
1.
Jitendra Bharat Parmar *
Managing Director
2.
Mahesh Keshav Kamble
Non-Executive Independent Director
3.
Mangesh Kashinath Kamble
4.
Manisha Sadashiv Bobade
5.
Datta B Kamble
Non-Executive Non-Independent
6.
Vijay Baburao Mane
Executive Director
7.
Sachin Bhimrao Puri$
Note: * Appointed w.e.f. 31.07.2023$ Change in designation from MD to ED w.e.f. 06.09.2023
On the basis of the written representations received from the Directors, none of the above directors are disqualifiedunder Section 164 (2) of the Companies Act, 2013 and are also not debarred by SEBI or any other statutory authorityfor holding office of a Director.
During the year under review, Ms. Niharika Kothari resigned from the post of Company Secretary cum Compliance Officerfrom March 01, 2024
Further, as per the provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Key Managerial Personnel of the Companyas on March 31, 2024 were as under:
Sr.
No.
Jitendra Bharat Parmar
Rajatmohan Gopalmohan Sinha
Chief Financial Officer
Niharika Kothari
Company Secretary (resigned w.e.f. 01-03-2024)
No Director, who is liable to retire by rotation in the Financial Year 2023-24.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 149, 152 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Schedule IV and other applicableprovisions, if any, and the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, the IndependentDirectors are appointed for a term of 5 years and are not liable to retire by rotation.
Further, the Company has received the declarations from the Independent Directors confirming that they meet with thecriteria of Independence as prescribed under the amended provisions of Regulation 16(1)(b) of the SEBI (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and the same has been taken on the records of theCompany in the Board meeting and there has been no change in the circumstances affecting their status as IndependentDirectors of the Company.
During the year under review, the Non-Executive Directors of the Company had no pecuniary relationship ortransactions with the Company, other than receiving the Sitting fees, Commission, if any, and reimbursement ofexpenses incurred by them for the purpose of attending meetings of the Board / Committees of the Company.
The Board meets at regular intervals to discuss and decide on the company's policies and strategy apart from otherBoard matters. The intervening gap between the two consecutive meetings did not exceed 120 days as prescribed underthe Companies Act, 2013.
During the year under reference, Board of Directors met 8 (Eight) times, the details of which is as follows;
Date of the Meeting
Number of Director Present
1
03/04/2023
6/6
2
31/05/2023
3
31/07/2023
4
06/09/2023
7/7
5
18/09/2023
6
11/11/2023
7
29/01/2024
8
11/03/2024
During the year under review, 1 (one) meeting of Independent Directors of the Company was held on 27/03/2024.
The object of Independent Meeting was to review the performance of Non- Independent Director and the Board as awhole including the Chairperson of the Company.
The Board of Directors of your Company have formed various Committees, as per the provisions of the Companies Act,2013 and as per SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015and as a part of the bestCorporate Governance practices, the terms of reference and the constitution of those committees is in compliance withthe applicable laws.
In order to ensure focused attention on business and for better governance and accountability, the Board has constitutedthe following committees;
I. Audit Committee
II. Nomination and Remuneration Committee
III. Stakeholders' Relationship Committee
Name of the Director
Nature of Directorship
Chairman
Member
Sachin Bhimrao Puri
The Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company was the Secretary to the Audit Committee.
During the year under review, 4(Four) Audit Committee meetings were held dated 30/05/2023, 31/07/2023,
06/09/2023 and 11/11/2023 properly convened & held.
1. Oversight of the Issuer's financial reporting process and disclosure of its financial information toensure that thefinancial statement is correct, sufficient and credible;
2. Recommending to the Board, the appointment, re-appointment, replacement, remuneration and terms ofappointment of the statutory auditors and fixation of audit fee;
3. Approval of payments to the statutory auditors for any other services rendered by statutoryauditors;
4. Reviewing, with the management, the annual financial statements and auditor's report thereon beforesubmission to the board for approval, with particular reference to:
a. Matters required to be stated in the Director's Responsibility Statement to be included in theBoard's report interms of clause (c) of sub-section 3 of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013;
b. Changes, if any, in accounting policies and practices and reasons for the same;
c. Major accounting entries involving estimates based on the exercise of judgment by management;
d. Significant adjustments made in the financial statements arising out of audit findings;
e. Compliance with listing and other legal requirements relating to financial statements;
f. Disclosure of any related party transactions; and
g. Qualifications and Modified opinions in the draft audit report.
5. Reviewing, with the management, the half yearly financial statements before submission to the board forapproval;
6. Reviewing, with the management, the statement of uses / application of funds raised through an issue (publicissue, rights issue, preferential issue, etc.), the statement of funds utilized for purposes other than those stated inthe offer document/prospectus/notice and the report submitted by the monitoring agency monitoring theutilization of proceeds of a public or rights issue, and making appropriate recommendations to the Board to takeup steps in this matter;
7. Review and monitor the auditor's independence and performance, and effectiveness of audit process;
8. Approval or any subsequent modification of transactions of the company with related parties;
9. Scrutiny of inter-corporate loans and investments;
10. Valuation of undertakings or assets of the company, wherever it is necessary;
11. Evaluation of internal financial controls and risk management systems;
12. Reviewing, with the management, the performance of statutory and internal auditors and adequacyof the internalcontrol systems;
13. Reviewing the adequacy of internal audit function, if any, including the structure of the internal audit department,staffing and seniority of the official heading the department, reporting structure coverage and frequency ofinternal audit;
14. Discussion with internal auditors any significant findings and follow up thereon;
15. Reviewing the findings of any internal investigations by the internal auditors into matters where there issuspected fraud or irregularity or a failure of internal control systems of a material nature and reporting thematter to the board;
16. Discussion with statutory auditors before the audit commences, about the nature and scope of audit as well aspost-audit discussion to ascertain any area of concern;
17. Approval of appointment of CFO (i.e., the whole-time Finance Director or any other person headingthe financefunction or discharging that function) after assessing the qualifications, experience & background, etc. of thecandidate; and
18. Carrying out any other function as is mentioned in the terms of reference of the Audit Committee.
Independent Director
Sachin Puri
During the year, 3 Nomination and Remuneration Committee meeting were held dated, 03/05/2023 and30/05/2023
and 31/07/2023 respectively.
a) identify persons who are qualified to become directors and who may be appointed in senior management inaccordance with the criteria laid down, recommend to the Board their appointment and removal and shallcarryout evaluation of every director's performance;
b) formulate the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director andrecommend to the Board a policy, relating to the remuneration for the directors, keymanagerial personnel andother employees
c) while formulating the policy under (b) above, ensure that
• the level and composition of remuneration is reasonable and sufficient to attract, retain and motivate directors ofthe quality required to run the Company successfully;
• Relationship of remuneration to performance is clear and meets appropriate performance benchmarks; andremuneration to directors, key managerial personnel and senior management involves a balancebetween fixedand incentive pay reflecting short and long-term performance objectives appropriate to the working of the
company and its goals:
d) such other functions / activities as may be assigned / delegated from time to time by the Board of Directors of theCompany and / or pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Meetings ofBoard and its Powers) Rules, 2014 (as amended) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, to the extent applicable from time to time to theCompany.
e) formulation of criteria for evaluation of performance of independent directors and the board of directors;
f) devising a policy on diversity of board of directors;
g) identifying persons who are qualified to become directors and who may be appointed in senior management inaccordance with the criteria laid down, and recommend to the board of directorstheir appointment and removal.
h) Whether to extend or continue the term of appointment of the independent director, on the basisof the report ofperformance evaluation of independent directors.
i) Recommend to the board, all remuneration, in whatever form, payable to senior management.
The Board has framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Senior Managementand their remuneration.
The details of this policy are given in Annexure III to this Report.
During the year under review, 3 Stakeholder's Relationship Committee meeting were held on06/09/2023, 18/09/2023and 11/03/2024 respectively.
The terms of reference of the Stakeholder's Relationship Committee include the following:
1. Considering and resolving grievances of shareholder's, debenture holders and other securityholders;
2. Redressal of grievances of the security holders of our Company, including complaints inrespect of transfer ofshares, non-receipt of declared dividends, balance sheets of our Company etc.;
3. Allotment of Equity Shares, approval of transfer or transmission of Equity Shares, debentures or any othersecurities;
4. Issue of duplicate certificates and new certificates on split/ consolidation/ renewal etc.;
5. Overseeing requests for dematerialization and rematerialization of Equity Shares; and
6. Carrying out any other function contained in the Equity Listing Agreement as and whenamended from time totime.
In terms of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014. M/s.Choudhary Choudhary & Co, (FRN: 002910C), Chartered Accountant was appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the
Company to hold office for Second term of 5 years Commencing from the F.Y. 2024-2025 to 2028-2029.
There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks or disclaimers made by M/s. Choudhary Choudhary & Co.,Chartered Accountants (FRN: 002910C), Statutory Auditors, in their Report on the accounts of the Company for the yearunder review. The observations made by them in their Report are self- explanatory and do not call for any furtherclarifications from the Board.
Pursuant to Section 204(1) read with Section 134(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Rule 9 of Companies(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company has appointed M/s. Brajesh Gupta& Co., Company Secretary in Practice, to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company for the financial year 2023-24.The Secretarial Audit Report in the prescribed Form No. MR-3 is attached as “Annexure-IV” and forms a part of thisReport. _
Secretarial audit report except what have been specifically mentioned the Report which is self- explanatory followingqualifications, reservations or adverse remarks or disclaimers made by Secretarial Auditors:
1. The company has not filed DIR 12 for Mr. Shirish Mungantiwar Avinash for cessation as Directordue to death upto the signing date of this report to ROC.
2. The Company has not filed ADT -1 for appointment of M/s. Choudhary Choudhary & Co. as StatutoryAuditor of theCompany.
3. The Company has regularized appointment of two directors from additional director to director in its Annual GeneralMeeting held on 25th September, 2020, However DIR-12 not filed for regularization.
4. The company has delayed, filing of form AOC-4 XBRL and MGT-7 for F.Y. 2022-2023 and some other e-Forms withadditional fees toROC.
5. During the year under review, some of the E-forms filed with additional filing fees.
The management comments and notes on the Observations of Secretarial Auditors are as follows:
With reference to the non-filing of form MR-1, DIR 12 and ADT-1, it was given to the professional for filing but due tosome non-avoidable reason it could not be file and it was not informed by him to us about non filing of forms, hence thisnon-filing event was taken placed, the management of the company has formulated a strong compliance team withprofessionals for matching timelines of compliance and having a better system and insure that in future there will beno delay in compliances and filings.
The Company has robust internal audit system for assessment of audit findings and its mitigation. The Internal Auditfunction covers all the labs, inventory audit, stock takes, audit for project related accounts, corporate accounts etc.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, andon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, M/s. Shailesh Pandey & Co., Chartered Accountant, were appointed bythe Board of Directors to conduct internal audit reviews ofthe Company and the Internal Auditor directly reports to theAudit Committee for functional matters.The Audit Committee in its quarterly meetings reviews the internal audit andcontrols reports. The Company's internal controls are commensurate with the size and operations of the business.Continuous internal monitoring mechanism ensures timely identification and redressal of issues.
The Board of Directors of the Company here confirmed that according to the Companies working and business thecompany does not required to appoint the Cost Auditor as per the Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under Regulation 34 of the(Listing Obligations Disclosures Requirements), Regulations, 2015 is presented in a separate section and forms part of
the Annual Report of the Company.
As per the Guideline and direction of the SEBI & Stock Exchange accordingly the company has been adhering to thedirections and guideline, as required and if applicable on the company's size and type (as per the Regulations 15 of SEBI(LODR), Regulation, 2015 and rules the Corporate Governance is not applicable on SME Listed Companies).
The Company has practice of conducting familiarization programme for Independent Directors of theCompany.
Every new independent director of the Board attended an orientation program. To familiarize the new inductees withthe strategy, operations and functions of our Company, the executive directors/senior managerial personnel makepresentations to the inductees about the Company's strategy, operations, product and service offerings, markets,software delivery, organization structure, finance, human resources, technology, quality, facilities and riskmanagement.
The Company has organized the following workshops for the benefit of Directors and Independent Directors:
(a) a program on how to review, verify and study the financial reports;
(b) a program on Corporate Governance;
(c) provisions under the Companies Act, 2013; and
(d) SEBI Insider Trading Regulation, 2015.
Further, at the time of appointment of an independent director, the Company issues a formal letter of appointmentoutlining his/her role, functions, duties and responsibilities as a director.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board has carried out an annual evaluation of its ownperformance, the directors individually, as well as the evaluation of the working of its Committees. The Company hasdevised a questionnaire to evaluate the performances of each of Executive and Independent Directors. Such questionsare prepared considering the business of the Company and the expectations that the Board have from each of theDirectors. The evaluation framework for assessing the performance of Directors comprises of the following key areas:
i. Attendance of Board Meetings and Committee Meetings;
ii. Quality of contribution to Board deliberations;
iii. Strategic perspectives or inputs regarding future growth of the Company and its performance;
iv. Providing perspectives and feedback going beyond information provided by the management.
During the year under review there is no change in the Registered Office of the Company.
There are no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company which have occurredbetween the end of the financial year of the Company to which the financial statements relate and the date of thereport.
During the year under review, the Statutory Auditors have not reported any fraud under Section 143 (12) of theCompanies Act, 2013.
The details of Loans given, Investments made and guarantees given and securities provided under the Section 186of the Companies Act, 2013 have been provided in the notes to the Financial Statements.
All contracts / arrangements / transactions entered by the Company during the financial year with related parties werein the ordinary course of business and on an arm's length basis. During the year, the Company had not entered into anycontract / arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material in accordance with thepolicy of the Company on materiality of related party transactions. Accordingly, the disclosure of Related PartyTransactions as required under Section 134(3) of the Companies Act in Form AOC-2 is not applicable. Attention of themembers is drawn to the disclosuresof transactions with the related parties is set out in Notes to Accounts forming partof the financial statement.
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo pursuantto Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Rule 8(3) of The Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is asfollows:
A
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
i)
Steps taken or impactonconservation of energy
Your Company accords highest priority to energy conservation and is committedfor energy conservation measures including regular review of energyconsumption and effective control on utilization of energy. The Company hasdesigned its facilities keeping in view the objective of minimum energy loss. TheCompany has taken all steps to conserve Energy in the work placesby educatingand training the employees to conserve energy.
The Company has installed invertor AC in areas which are operatingextended hoursEnergy saving LED lights are installed at various laboratories and collectioncenters.
ii)
Steps taken by theCompany for utilizingalternate sources ofenergy
The Company being in the service industry does not have any power generationunits and did not produce/generate anyrenewable or conventional power
iii)
Capital investmentonenergy conservationequipment
The Capital investment on energy conservation equipment isinsignificant.
B
TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION
Efforts made towardstechnology absorption
The Company being in Service Sector has adopted all newtechnology in terms onew software and hardware and latest machinery with automated processesavailable in the current
Techno-environment and commensurate to the size, scale and complexity of itsoperations.
Benefits derived fromtechnology absorption
Technology absorption has helped the Company to provide betterand moreaccurate service to the Customers.
Details of Importedtechnology(last three years)
- Details of technologyimported
Nil
- Year of Import
N.A.
- Whether technologybeing fully absorbed
- If not fully absorbed,areas where absorptionhas not taken place andreasons thereof
iv)
Expenditure incurredonResearch anddevelopment
C
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO (? in Lakhs)
Foreign Exchangeinflow
Foreign Exchangeoutflow
The Company has laid down a well-defined Risk Management Policy covering the risk mapping, trend analysis, riskexposure, potential impact and risk mitigation process. A detailed exercise is being carried out to identify, evaluate,manage and monitoring of both business and non-business risk. The Board periodically reviews the risks and suggestssteps to be taken to control and mitigate the same through a properly defined framework.
Although, market conditions are likely to remain competitive, future success will depend upon offering improvedproducts through technology innovation and productivity. The Company continues to invest in these areas.
The Company has the risk management and internal control framework in place commensurate with the size of theCompany. However, Company is trying to strengthen the same. The details of the risks faced bythe Company and themitigation thereof are discussed in detail in the Management Discussion and Analysis report that forms part of the AnnualReport.
During the year under review, the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with theCompanies(Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, are not applicable to the Company.
The Company has not accepted any public deposits and as such, no amount on account of principal or interest onpublic deposits was outstanding as on the date of the balance sheet.
During the year under review your Company has not accepted Deposits which are not in compliance with therequirements under Chapter V of Companies Act, 2013.
There are no significant material orders passed by the Regulators/Courts which would impact the going concern statusof the Company and its future operations.
Your Company has an Internal Financial Control System commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of itsoperations. The Audit Committee has in place a mechanism to identify, assess, monitor and mitigate various risks to keybusiness objectives. The Audit Committee has a process for timely check for compliance with the operating systems,accounting procedures and policies. Major risks identified by the businesses and functions are systematically addressedthrough mitigating action on continuing basis.
The Company has a Whistle Blower Policy in line with the provisions of the Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013.This policy establishes a vigil mechanism for directors and employees to report their genuine concerns actual orsuspected fraud or violation of the Company's code of conduct. The said mechanism also provides for adequate safeguardsagainst victimization of the persons who use such mechanism and makes provision for direct access to the chairperson ofthe Audit Committee. We confirm that during the financial year 2023-24, no employee of the Company was denied
access to the Audit Committee. The said Whistle Blower Policy is available on the website of the Company awww.januscorporation.in.
The Board of Directors has approved a Code of Conduct which is applicable to the Members of the Board and allemployees in the course of day to day business operations of the company. The Company believes in “Zero Tolerance”against bribery, corruption and unethical dealings / behaviours of any form and the Board has laid down the directivesto counter such acts. The Code has been posted on the Company's website www.januscorp.co.in.
The Code lays down the standard procedure of business conduct which is expected to be followed by the Directors andthe designated employees in their business dealings and in particular on matters relating to integrity in the work place,in business practices and in dealing with stakeholders. The Code gives guidance through examples on the expectedbehaviour from an employee in a given situation and the reporting structure.
All the Board Members and the Senior Management personnel have confirmed compliance with the Code. AllManagement Staff were given appropriate training in this regard.
Your Company is committed to creating and maintaining an atmosphere in which employees can work together, withoutfear of sexual harassment, exploitation and intimidation. Accordingly, the Company has in place an Anti-SexualHarassment Policy in line with the requirements of The Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention,Prohibition &Redressal) Act 2013. Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) was set up to redress complaints receivedregarding sexual harassment. All employees (Permanent, Contractual, temporary, trainees) are covered under thispolicy.
The following is a summary of sexual harassment complaints received and disposed of during the year:
No. of Complaints received
No. of Complaints disposed off
No Postal ballot was conducted by the company during the year 2023-24.
During the year under review, there were no Extra-Ordinary General Meeting were held;
However after the closure of Financial year 2023-2024, One Extra-Ordinary General Meeting was held on 10th May,2024 for approval of Shareholders for Issue and Allotment of 1,15,20,000 equity shares of the Company of face value ofRs. 10/- each (“Equity Shares”), on Preferential basis, to the shareholders of Forever Business Solutions Private Limited(''FBSPL'') at a price of Rs. 12/- (including premium of Rs. 2/-), for consideration other than cash (share swap basis),being discharge of total purchase consideration of Rs. 13,82,40,000/- (Rupees Thirteen crores Eighty-Two Lacs FortyThousand Only) ("Purchase Consideration") for the acquisition of 28,80,000 equity shares ("Sale Shares") of ForeverBusiness Solutions Private Limited ("FBSPL") from the Proposed Allottees at a price of Rs.48/- (Rupees Forty-EightOnly) per equity share of FBSPL.
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading with a view to regulate trading insecurities by the Directors and designated employees of the Company. The Code requires pre- clearance for dealing inthe Company's shares and prohibits the purchase or sale of Company shares by the Directors and the designatedemployees while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information inrelation to the Company and during theperiod when the Trading Window is closed. The Board is responsible for implementation of the Code.
All Board of Directors and the designated employees have confirmed compliance with the Code.
The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certification as required under Regulation 17(8) read with Part
B of Schedule II of the SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015 not applicable on the Company as theCompany is listed on the SMEplatform and the exemption is granted to the Companies listed on the SME platform under Regulation 15(2) of SEBI(LODR), Regulations, 2015
Disclosures with respect to the remuneration of Directors and employees as required under Section 197 of theCompanies Act and Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014has been appended as Annexure-V to this Report. There were no such employees of the Company for which theinformation required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) & (3) ofthe Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
The Company has devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the applicable Secretarial Standards issued by theInstitute of Company Secretaries of India and the Company complies with all the applicable provisions of the sameduring the year under review.
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation and sincere thanks to the State Governments, Governmentagencies, Banks & Financial Institutions, customers, shareholders, vendors and other related organizations, whothrough their continued support and co-operation have helped, as partners in your Company's progress. Your Directors,also acknowledge the hard work, dedication and commitment of the employees.
The Directors would also like to thank BSE Ltd. and our Registrar and Share Transfer Agent Big Share Services PrivateLimited for their co-operation.
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