IIFL Securities Notice
IIFL Securities Notice
CIN: L99999MH1996PLC132983
Regd. Office - IIFL House, Sun lnfotech Park, Road No. 16V, Plot No. B-23, MIDC, Thane Industrial Area, Wagle Estate, Thane - 400 604
Tel: (91-22) 3929 4000 / 4103 5000 / 62727000 • Fax: (91-22) 2580 6654
E-mail: secretarial@iifl.com • Website: www.indiainfoline.com
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE TWENTY FIFTH Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, and pursuant
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF IIFL to Regulation 16(1)(b) and other applicable provisions,
SECURITIES LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS INDIA if any, of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
INFOLINE LIMITED) (THE COMPANY) WILL BE HELD ON Requirements) Regulations, 2015, (“hereinafter called
TUESDAY, JUNE 30 2020, AT 2.00 P.M. THROUGH VIDEO “the Listing Regulation”), Mr. Shamik Das Sharma
CONFERENCE (“VC”) OR OTHER AUDIO VISUAL MEANS (DIN: 07779526), who was appointed as an Additional
(“OAVM”) TO TRANSACT THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS:- Independent Director by the Board of Directors, with
effect from January 14, 2020, who holds office up
ORDINARY BUSINESS: to the date of this Annual General Meeting, and has
1. To consider and adopt: submitted a declaration confirming that he meets the
criteria of independence as specified in the Act and
(a) The audited standalone financial statement(s) of
Listing Regulation, and who is eligible for appointment,
the Company for the financial year ended March
and in respect of whom the Company has received
31, 2020, together with the reports of the Board of
a notice in writing under Section 160 of the Act,
Directors and Auditors thereon; and
from a member, proposing his candidature for the
(b) The audited consolidated financial statement(s) office of Director, and whose appointment has been
of the Company for the financial year ended recommended by Nomination and Remuneration
March 31, 2020, together with Auditors report Committee and approved by the Board of Directors
thereon. of the Company, be and is hereby appointed as
Independent Director of the Company, not liable to
2. To appoint a Director in place of Mr. Mohan
retire by rotation and to hold office for a term of five
Radhakrishnan (DIN:00012070), who retires by rotation
consecutive years from January 14, 2020 to January
and being eligible, offers himself for reappointment
13, 2025.”
and in this regard, to consider and if thought fit, to
pass with or without modification(s), the following 4. To approve payment of remuneration by way of
resolution as an Ordinary Resolution: Commission to Non-Executive Directors including
Independent Directors up to 1% (one percent) of Net
“RESOLVED THAT Mr. Mohan Radhakrishnan
Profit of the Company and to consider and if thought
(DIN:00012070), who retires by rotation from the Board
fit, to pass, the following resolution as a Special
of Directors pursuant to the provisions of Section 152
Resolution:
of the Companies Act, 2013 and Articles of Association
of the Company, and being eligible offers himself for “RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of section
re-appointment, be and is hereby re-appointed as the 149, 197, 198 and other applicable provisions, if any,
Director of the Company.” of the Companies Act, 2013 (Act), as amended from
time to time, Regulation 17(6) and other applicable
SPECIAL BUSINESS Regulation, if any of the Securities and Exchange
3. To appoint Mr. Shamik Das Sharma (DIN: 07779526) as Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Independent Director of the Company and to consider Requirements) Regulations, 2015, (hereinafter called
and if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an “the Listing Regulation”), consent of the Company be
Ordinary Resolution: and is hereby accorded to the payment of remuneration
by way of commission to the sum not exceeding one
“RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of percent per annum of the net profits of the Company
Section 149, 152, 161 read with Schedule IV and other calculated in accordance with the provisions of section
applicable provisions, if any, of the Companies Act, 198 of the Act, be paid to and distributed amongst the
2013 (“the Act”) and the Companies (Appointment and Non-Executive Director including Independent Director
1. As you are aware, in view of the situation arising due 3. The Members can join the AGM in the VC/OAVM
to COVID-19 global pandemic, the general meetings mode 15 minutes before and after the scheduled time
of the companies shall be conducted as per the of the commencement of the Meeting by following
guidelines issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs the procedure mentioned in the Notice. The facility
(MCA) vide Circular No. 14/2020 dated April 8, 2020, of participation at the AGM through VC/OAVM will
Circular No.17/2020 dated April 13, 2020 and Circular be made available to at least 1000 members on first
no 20/2020 dated May 05, 2020 and SEBI Circular come first served basis. This will not include large
number SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/2020/79 dated Shareholders (Shareholders holding 2% or more
May 12, 2020. The forthcoming AGM will thus be held shareholding), Promoters, Institutional Investors,
through video conferencing (VC) or other audio visual Directors, Key Managerial Personnel, the Chairperson
means (OAVM) and not through physical presence of of the Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration
members at a common venue. Hence, Members can Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee,
attend and participate in the ensuing AGM through VC/ Auditors etc. who are allowed to attend the AGM
OAVM. without restriction on account of first come first served
basis.
2. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 108 of the
Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 20 of the 4. The attendance of the Members attending the AGM
Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, through VC/OAVM will be counted for the purpose
2014 (as amended) and Regulation 44 of SEBI (Listing of ascertaining the quorum under Section 103 of the
Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations Companies Act, 2013.
2015 (as amended), and MCA Circulars dated April 08, 5. Since this AGM is being held pursuant to MCA Circular
2020, April 13, 2020 and May 05, 2020 the Company No. 14/2020 dated April 08, 2020, the facility to appoint
is providing facility of remote e-voting to its Members proxy to attend and cast vote for the members is not
in respect of the business to be transacted at the available for this AGM and hence the Proxy Form
AGM. For this purpose, the Company has entered and Attendance Slip are not annexed to this Notice.
into an agreement with Central Depository Services However, in pursuance of Section 112 and Section
(India) Limited (CDSL) for facilitating voting through 113 of the Companies Act, 2013, representatives of
electronic means, as the authorised e-Voting’s agency. the members such as the President of India or the
The facility of casting votes by a member using remote Governor of a State or body corporate can attend the
e-voting as well as the e-voting system on the date of AGM through VC/OAVM and cast their votes through
e-voting.
22. Members holding shares in physical form, in identical 27. Additional information of Directors seeking
order of names, in more than one folio are requested to appointment/re-appointment at the ensuing Annual
send to the Company or RTA, the details of such folios General Meeting, as required under Regulation 26(4)
together with the share certificates for consolidating and 36(3) of SEBI Listing Regulation and 1.2.5 of SS-2,
their holdings in one folio. A consolidated share is annexed to the notice.
certificate will be issued to such Members after 28. Pursuant to Section 72 of the Companies Act, 2013,
making requisite changes. Members are entitled to make a nomination in respect
23. The DS envisages elimination of several problems of shares held by them. Members desirous of making
involved in the scrip-based system such as bad a nomination, pursuant to the Rule 19(1) of the
deliveries, fraudulent transfers, mutilation of share Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules,
certificates, etc. Simultaneously, DS offers several 2014 are requested to send their requests in Form
advantages like exemption from stamp duty on No. SH- 13, to the Registrar and Transfer Agent of the
transfer of shares, elimination of concept of market lot, Company. Further, Members desirous of cancelling/
elimination of bad deliveries, reduction in transaction varying nomination pursuant to the Rule 19(9) of the
costs, improved liquidity, etc. Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules,
For Members holding shares in Demat (xiii) Click on the “RESOLUTIONS FILE LINK” if you
Form and Physical Form wish to view the entire Resolution details.
PAN Enter your 10 digit alpha-numeric *PAN (xiv) After selecting the resolution you have decided
issued by Income Tax Department
to vote on, click on “SUBMIT”. A confirmation box
(Applicable for both demat shareholders
will be displayed. If you wish to confirm your vote,
as well as physical shareholders)
click on “OK”, else to change your vote, click on
• Shareholders who have not updated “CANCEL” and accordingly modify your vote.
their PAN with the Company/
Depository Participant are requested (xv) Once you “CONFIRM” your vote on the resolution,
to use the sequence number which is you will not be allowed to modify your vote.
printed on Attendance Slip indicated
(xvi) You can also take a print of the votes cast by
in the PAN field or if the same is
clicking on “Click here to print” option on the
not updated, member may send
an e-mail to RTA at rnt.helpdesk@ Voting page.
linkintime.co.in. (xvii) If a demat account holder has forgotten the
Dividend Enter the Dividend Bank Account Details changed login password then Enter the User
Bank or Date of Birth (in dd/mm/yyyy format) ID and the image verification code and click on
Account as recorded in your demat account or in
Forgot Password & enter the details as prompted
Details the company records in order to login.
by the system.
OR Date of • If both the details are not recorded
Birth (DOB) (xviii) Shareholders can also cast their vote using
with the depository or company
please enter the member id / folio CDSL’s mobile app m-Voting. The m-Voting app
number in the Dividend Bank details can be downloaded from respective Store. Please
field as mentioned in instruction (v). follow the instructions as prompted by the mobile
app while Remote Voting on your mobile.
After entering these details appropriately, click on
“SUBMIT” tab. (xix) Note for Non–Individual Shareholders and
(ix) Shareholders holding shares in physical form Custodians
will then directly reach the Company selection • Non-Individual shareholders (i.e. other than
screen. However, shareholders holding shares in Individuals, HUF, NRI etc.) and Custodian are
demat form will now reach ‘Password Creation’ required to log on to www.evotingindia.com
menu wherein they are required to mandatorily and register themselves in the Corporate
enter their login password in the new password module.
field. Kindly note that this password is also to • A scanned copy of the Registration Form
be used by the demat holders for voting for bearing the stamp and sign of the entity
resolutions of any other company on which they should be emailed to
are eligible to vote, provided that company opts
helpdesk.evoting@cdslindia.com.
for e-voting through CDSL platform. It is strongly
recommended not to share your password with • After receiving the login details a Compliance
any other person and take utmost care to keep User should be created using the admin login
your password confidential. and password. The Compliance User would
be able to link the account(s) for which they
(x) For shareholders holding shares in physical form,
wish to vote on.
the details can be used only for e-voting on the
resolutions contained in this Notice. • The list of accounts linked in the login should
be mailed to helpdesk.evoting@cdslindia.com
(xi) Click on the Electronic Voting Sequence Number
and on approval of the accounts they would be
(EVSN) of IIFL Securities Limited on which you
able to cast their vote.
choose to vote.
• A scanned copy of the Board Resolution and
(xii) On the voting page, you will see “RESOLUTION
Power of Attorney (POA) which they have
DESCRIPTION” and against the same the option
issued in favour of the Custodian, if any,
“YES/NO” for voting. Select the option YES or
should be uploaded in PDF format in the
NO as desired. The option YES implies that you
system for the scrutiniser to verify the same.
1. For Physical shareholders- please provide necessary 1. The procedure for e-Voting on the day of the AGM is
details like Folio No., Name of shareholder, scanned same as the instructions mentioned above for Remote
copy of the share certificate (front and back), PAN e-voting.
(self-attested scanned copy of PAN card), AADHAR 2. Only those shareholders, who are present in the AGM
(self-attested scanned copy of Aadhaar Card) by email through VC/OAVM facility and have not casted their
to RTA / Company email id at rnt.helpdesk@linkintime. vote on the Resolutions through remote e-Voting and
co.in or secretarial@iifl.com. are otherwise not barred from doing so, shall be eligible
2. For Demat shareholders - please provide Demat to vote through e-Voting system available during the
account details (CDSL-16 digit beneficiary ID or NSDL- AGM.
16 digit DPID + CLID), Name, client master or copy of 3. If any Votes are cast by the shareholders through the
Consolidated Account statement, PAN (self-attested e-voting available during the AGM and if the same
scanned copy of PAN card), AADHAR (self-attested shareholders have not participated in the meeting
scanned copy of Aadhar Card) to RTA / Company email through VC/OAVM facility, then the votes cast by such
id at rnt.helpdesk@linkintime.co.in or secretarial@iifl. shareholders shall be considered invalid as the facility
com. of e-voting during the meeting is available only to the
3. The company/RTA shall co-ordinate with CDSL and shareholders attending the meeting.
provide the login credentials to the above mentioned 4. Shareholders who have voted through Remote
shareholders. e-Voting will be eligible to attend the AGM. However,
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SHAREHOLDERS ATTENDING THE they will not be eligible to vote at the AGM.
AGM THROUGH VC/OAVM ARE AS UNDER: In case you have any queries or issues regarding
1. Shareholder will be provided with a facility to attend the e-voting, you may refer the Frequently Asked
AGM through VC/OAVM through the CDSL e-Voting Questions (“FAQs”) and e-voting manual available at
system. Shareholders may access the same at www.evotingindia.com, under help section or write
www.evotingindia.com under shareholders/members an email to helpdesk.evoting@cdslindia.com or call
login by using the remote e-voting credentials. The link 1800225533.
for VC/OAVM will be available in shareholder/members All grievances connected with the facility for voting
login where the EVSN of Company will be displayed. by electronic means may be addressed to Mr. Rakesh
2. Shareholders are encouraged to join the Meeting Dalvi, Manager, Central Depository Services (India)
through Laptops / IPads for better experience. Limited, A Wing, 25th Floor, Marathon Futurex, Mafatlal
Mill Compounds, N M Joshi Marg, Lower Parel (East),
3. Further shareholders will be required to allow Camera Mumbai - 400013 or send an email to helpdesk.
and use Internet with a good speed to avoid any evoting@cdslindia.com or call 1800225533.
disturbance during the meeting.
Members who need technical assistance before
4. Please note that participants connecting from Mobile or during the AGM can send an email to helpdesk.
Devices or Tablets or through Laptop connecting via evoting@cdslindia.com or call 1800225533.
Mobile Hotspot may experience Audio/Video loss due
Item No. 3 under the Companies Act 2013 and the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
The Company received a notice from a Member under
Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter called as the
Section 160 of the Companies Act, 2013, signifying his
Listing Regulation) coupled with the size, complexity and
intention to propose the candidature of Mr. Shamik Das
operations of the IIFL Securities and its group companies,
Sharma (DIN: 07779526) for the office of Independent
the role and responsibilities of the Board, particularly Non-
Director of the Company. The details of Mr. Shamik Das
Executive Director has become more onerous, requiring
Sharma in terms of Regulation 36(3) of the Securities and
greater time commitments, attention and a higher level of
Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
oversight.
Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter called as the
Listing Regulation) and Secretarial Standard-2 are provided In view of the above, the Board of Directors at its meetings
in this Notice. held on May 15, 2020 recommended and approved
payment of commission not exceeding 1% of the net profits
Mr. Shamik Das Sharma is not related to any Director of the
of the Company for Financial Year 2019-20 and onwards, in
Company. In terms of proviso to sub-section (5) of Section
terms of Section 197 of the Act, computed in accordance
152, the Board of Directors is of the opinion that Mr. Shamik
with the provisions of Section 198 of the Act or such
Das Sharma fulfills the conditions specified in the Act for his
other percentage as may be specified from time to time.
appointment as an Independent Director.
Regulation 17(6) of Listing Regulation authorises the Board
Mr. Shamik Das Sharma has given a declaration to the to recommend all fees and compensation, if any, paid to
Board that he meets the criteria of independence as Non-Executive Directors, including Independent Directors
provided in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and and the same would require approval of members in general
Regulation 16 of the Listing Regulation. The Company has meeting. This commission will be distributed amongst all or
also received:- (i) the consent in writing to act as Director some of the Non-Executive Directors including Independent
(ii) intimation that he is not disqualified under section Directors, taking into consideration various parameter
164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 and (iii) a declaration such as attendance at Board and Committee meetings,
to the effect that he is not debarred from holding the office contribution at or other than at meetings, etc. in accordance
of Director pursuant to any Order issued by the Securities with the directions given by the Board.
and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). A copy of the draft
The above commission shall be in addition to fees payable
letter for the appointment of Mr. Shamik Das Sharma as
to the Director(s) for attending meetings of the Board/
Independent Director setting out the terms & conditions
Committees or for any other purpose whatsoever as may
would be available for inspection for the members at the
be decided by the Board and reimbursement of expenses
Registered Office of the Company during business hours on
for participation in the Board and other meetings.
working days and through electronic means. Members can
request the same by sending an email to secretarial@iifl. Accordingly, members’ approval is sought by way of a
com till the Annual General Meeting. Special Resolution for payment of commission to the Non-
Executive Directors as set out in the said resolution.
After taking into consideration the recommendation of the
Nomination & Remuneration Committee, the Board is of None of the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel or their
the opinion that Mr. Shamik Das Sharma vast knowledge respective relatives, concerned or interested, financially
and varied experience will be of great value to the Company or otherwise, in the resolution set out at Item No. 4 of the
and has recommended the Resolution at Item No. 3 of Notice, except the Independent Directors and their relatives
this Notice relating to the appointment of Mr. Shamik Das to the extent of the shareholding and commission that may
Sharma as an “Independent Director”, not liable to retire by be received by them, including for Financial Year 2019-20.
rotation for a period of five consecutive years w.e.f. January
The Board accordingly recommends the Special Resolution
14, 2020 upto January 13, 2025, for the your approval.
as set out in Item No. 4 of the Notice for approval of the
None of the other Directors, Key Managerial Personnel or Members.
their relatives are concerned or interested in the Resolution
at Item No. 3 of the Notice, except Mr. Shamik Das Sharma Item No. 5
and his relatives.
As per Section 42 of the Act, read with the Rules framed
The Board accordingly recommends the Ordinary there under, a company offering or making an invitation
Resolutions set out at Item no. 3 of this Notice for approval to subscribe to Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) on
of the Members. a private placement basis is required to obtain the prior
approval of the Members by way of a Special Resolution.
Item No: 4 Such an approval can be obtained once a year for all the
offers and invitations made for such NCDs during the year.
With the enhanced Corporate Governance requirements
Roshan Dave
Company Secretary
ACS-26472
Regd. Office
IIFL House, Sun lnfotech Park, Road No. 16V, Plot No. B-23,
MIDC, Thane Industrial Area, Wagle Estate, Thane - 400 604
email - secretarial@iifl.com