REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

   
   

11.

GENERAL SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION

  Stock Exchange related information
    i. Distribution of shareholding as on 31st March, 2013
      (ii) According to the number of Equity Shares held :    
     
No. of Equity Shares No. of
Shareholders
% of
Shareholders
No. of Shares % of Shares
1-100 63,502 84.70 19,66,649 4.30
101-200 5,341 7.13 8,33,107 1.82
201-500 3,600 4.80 12,47,669 2.73
501-1000 1,291 1.72 10,10,960 2.21
1001-5000 963 1.29 20,25,540 4.43
5001-10000 128 0.17 9,19,506 2.01
10001-above 145 0.19 3,77,37,649 82.50
Total : 74,970 100.00 4,57,41,080 100.00
       
    j. Dematerialisation and Rematerialisation :
      Requests for Dematerialisation and Rematerialisation should be sent either to the Company's Registrar and Share Transfer Agents or to the Share Department at Birla Building, 8th Floor, 9/1, R. N. Mukherjee, Road, Kolkata - 700 001.
       
    k. Dematerialisation of shareholding :
      The Company's Equity Shares are compulsorily traded in the dematerialised form. As on 31st March, 2013, 436.76 lakh Equity Shares of the Company representing 95.49% of the total Equity Shares issued were held in dematerialised form. Investors have an option to dematerialise their Equity Shares either with National Securities Depository Limited or Central Depository Services (India) Limited.
       
    l. Outstanding GDRs :
      70,41,875 Equity shares of the Company were held as Global Depository Receipts as on 31st March, 2013.
       
    m. Insider Trading :
      The Company's Code of Procedure & Conduct formulated as per the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992, as amended, is in full force and effect.