Code of Conduct
This code of conduct is applicable to the Directors and Senior Management personnel which includes executives who are in the grade of General Manager and above; all executives directly reporting to the Managing Director and Compliance officer.
In performing their functions, the Directors and senior Management of the company shall:
In addition, in performing their Board and Board Committee functions, their directors shall:
This code embodies the belief that acting always with the Company's legitimate interest in mind and being aware of the Company's responsibility towards it's stakeholders is an essential element of the Company's long term excellence. All directors and senior management personnel shall affirm compliance with this code on an annual basis.
CODE OF CONDUCT TO REGULATE, MONITOR AND REPORT TRADING BY INSIDERS
1.Introduction: This code aims to define and establish:
2.Objective
To elucidate and inform to all connected or any deemed connected persons to the Company, that, they have the responsibility and duty to preserve the confidentiality of all price sensitive information obtained in the course of his or her day to day operations and association with the company.
3.Definitions:
“Company” means Neelamalai Agro Industries Ltd.
“Compliance Officer” means Company Secretary or any other senior officer, who may be designated as ‘Compliance Officer’ for this purpose and who is financially literate and is capable of appreciating requirements for legal and regulatory compliance under these regulations designated so by the Board and reporting to the Board of Directors and who shall be responsible for compliance of policies, procedures, maintenance of records, educating the employees, monitoring adherence to the rules for the preservation of unpublished price sensitive information, monitoring of trades and the implementation of the codes specified in these regulations under the overall supervision of the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Connected Person” means any person who
“Designated Persons” shall include:
“Director” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Employee” means every employee of the Company including the Directors in the employment of the Company.
“Immediate Relative” means a spouse of a person, and includes parent, sibling, and child of such person or of the spouse, any of whom is either dependent financially on such person, or consults such person in taking decisions relating to trading in securities.
"Takeover regulations" means the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 and any amendments thereto;
"Trading or Trade" means and includes subscribing, buying, selling, dealing, or agreeing to subscribe, buy, sell, deal in any securities, and "trade" shall be construed accordingly.
"Insider" means any person who is:
i) a connected person; or
ii) in possession of or having access to unpublished price sensitive information;
“Trading Day” means a day on which the recognized stock exchanges are open for trading;
"Unpublished Price Sensitive Information" means any information, relating to a company or its securities, directly or indirectly, that is not generally available which upon becoming generally available, is likely to materially affect the price of the securities and shall, ordinarily including but not restricted to, information relating to the following: –
(i) Financial results;
(ii) Dividends;
(iii) Change in capital structure;
(iv) Mergers, de-mergers, acquisitions, delisting, disposals and expansion of business and such other transactions;
(v) Changes in key managerial personnel; and
(vi) Material events in accordance with the listing agreement
“Insider Trading” means when insiders use unpublished price sensitive information to arrive at securities trading/dealing (including buying as well as selling) decisions, the action is referred to as insider trading.
The Compliance Officer shall be responsible for:
2.Preservation of “Unpublished Price Sensitive Information”
3.Prohibition on dealing, communication or counseling on matters relating to insider trading:No insider when in possession of unpublished price sensitive information shall:
Chinese Wall – Norms & Processes :
The Company shall adaptthe following Chinese Walls procedures, and processes for permitting any designated person to “cross the wall;
4.TradingPlan
5.Restrictions and procedures for Directors, Officers and designated persons while dealing in company securities
6.Reporting Requirements for transactions in securities
All directors/officers/designated persons of the listed company shall be required to forward following details in Prescribed Forms as applicable, of their securities transactions including the statement of dependent family members to the Compliance Officer:
7.Contravention of code of conduct
Ins T FORM # 2
Annual Disclosure
Date:
To
The Compliance Officer
Name of the company: Neelamalai Agro Industries Limited
No. 60, Rukmani Lakshmipathy Salai, Egmore, Chennai,
Tamilnadu- 600008
1. Statement of shareholding of Directors /Officers / Designated Employees
2. Details of shares held by dependent family members
Signature……………………………….
REQUEST FOR PRE-CLEARANCE – Sale or Purchase of SharesIns T FORM # 3
To,
The Compliance Officer
Name of the company: Neelamalai Agro Industries Limited
No. 60, Rukmani Lakshmipathy Salai, Egmore, Chennai,
Tamilnadu- 600008
With reference to the Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading of the Company, I, theundersigned, seek your approval to sell / buy _______Equity Shares of the Company, aggregating in value Rs.__________.
STATEMENT OF HOLDINGS AT THE TIME OF PRE-CLEARENCE
I. DETAILS OF SHAREHOLDING OF DIRECTOR/ OFFICER/ DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES HELD IN THEIR OWN NAME
II. *DETAILS OF SHARES HELD BY DEPENDANTS
Please tick the appropriate case:
**I/We hereby declare that the shares to be sold have been held by me/us for a minimum period of 6 months (or)The Shares to be dealt in are allotted under ESOP Scheme of the company and are not subject to lock in period of 6 month.
Signature_______________
**In case the sale of securities is necessitated by personal emergency, Director/ Officer /Designated Employees shall specify the reasons.
Reasons:_________________________________________________________________________
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
PRE CLEARANCE ORDER
This is to inform you that your request for dealing in __________(nos.) ________ Shares /Debentures / Other Securities of the Company is approved.Please note that the said transaction must be completed within 7 days from the date of this order.
For Neelamalai Agro industries Limited
Chairman
Date:
Ins T FORM # 3A
‘Undertaking by Employee’
To be given at the time of applying for permission for trading
Date:
The Company Secretary
Name of the company: Neelamalai Agro Industries Limited
No. 60, Rukmani Lakshmipathy Salai, Egmore, Chennai,
Tamilnadu- 600008
Dear Sir/Madam,
In regard to the my request for trading in security dated ________by letter/mail I ,_________(name of the employee) S/o/D/o________________aged ______years residing at _____________________________hereby undertake that:
Regards
_________________
Signed:
Employee Name:
Quarterly Disclosure T FORM # 4
Date:
To
The Compliance Officer
Name of the company: Neelamalai Agro Industries Limited
No. 60, Rukmani Lakshmipathy Salai, Egmore, Chennai,
Tamilnadu- 600008
I. Quarterly Statement of Shareholding of Directors / Officers / Designated Employees
II. DETAILS OF SHARES HELD BY DEPENDANTS
I/We hereby declare that I/We have complied with the requirement of the minimum holding period of 6 months with respect of the shares sold.
Signature_________________