finkurve financial services ltd Directors report


To,

The Members,

Finkurve Financial Services Limited

Your directors take the pleasure in presenting the 39th Annual Report together with Audited Financial Statements of the Company along with Auditors Report thereon for the financial year ended 31st March, 2023.

1. FINANCIAL SUMMARY

The summary of the Companys financial performance, for the financial year ("FY") 2022-23 and FY 2021-22 is given below:

(As per IND-AS)

(? in Lakhs.)

Particulars 2022-23 2021-22
Total Revenue 5062.78 2269.80
Less: Total Expenses 3103.17 1659.32
Add: Share of Profit/ (Loss) of Associates - -
Profit/ (Loss) before taxation 1959.60 2705.70
Less: Tax Expense 527.28 544.82
Profit/ (Loss) After Tax 1432.32 2160.88
Other Comprehensive Income 4.88 (2.05)
Total comprehensive income for the year 1437.20 2158.84

2. BUSINESS OVERVIEW:

Your Company has been classified as a Loan Company in providing long term and short-term loans to other corporate/ firms. Your Company is also in the business of providing educational Loans, loan against gold jewellery and other forms of consumer loans and the Board is in constant search for new business avenues which can be taken with the existing business.

3. BUSINESS PERFORMANCE:

During the year under review, your Company earned a Total Revenue of ? 5062.78 lakhs as against ? 2269.80 lakhs in the previous year. The Profit before Tax was ? 1959.60 lakhs as against ? 2,705.70 lakhs in the previous year. The Net profit of ? 1432.32 lakhs has been carried to the Balance Sheet. Your directors expect a better performance in the coming years.

4. SHARE CAPITAL:

The Authorized Share Capital is ? 13,00,00,000/- and Paid-Up Share Capital is ? 12,68,58,198/- of ? 1/- each. There has been no change in the Authorized and Paid-Up Share Capital of the Company during the year under review.

5. EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTIONS:

The Company has implemented an ESOP scheme called Finkurve ESOP Plan (Finkurve ESOP 2018) in accordance with Secuities Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employees Benefits), 2014 for grant of stock options to its eligible employees of the Company. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, inter alia, administers and monitors the Employee Stock Options Scheme of the Company. During the year under review, the Company has not granted any fresh options under Employee Stock Options Plan.

The ESOP Schemes are in compliance with the Act and SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 and the disclosures relating to the ESOP Schemes as required under the abovementioned SEBI Regulations are available on the Companys website, https://www.arvog.com/investors.html.

6. CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS:

During the year under review, there has been no change in the nature of business of the Company.

7. NUMBER OF MEETING OF BOARD:

During the year 15 (Fifteen) Board Meetings were held i.e on 05th April, 2022, 18th April, 2022, 05th May, 2022, 16th May, 2022, 09th May, 2022, 30th May, 2022, 07th June, 2022, 08th August, 2022, 12th August, 2022, 28th September, 2022, 14th November, 2022, 13th December, 2022, 19th January, 2023, 10th February, 2023, 21st March, 2023.

The particulars of attendance of Directors are as under:

Sr. Name of Director No. Number of Board Meetings attended
1 Mr. Ketan Bhawarlal Kothari 15 out of 15
2 Mr. Priyank Rakesh Kothari 15 out of 15
3. Mr. Narendra Champalal Jain 15 out of 15
4. Mr. Nishant Tolchand Ranka 15 out of 15
5. Mrs. Riddhi Kamlesh Tilwani 15 out of 15
6. *Mr. Dharmesh Trivedi 8 out of 8

*During the year under review, Mr. Dharmesh Lalitkumar Trivedi (DIN: 03619491) was appointed as Additional Non-Executive, Independent Director of the Company with effect from 07th June, 2022, further appointed as a Non-Executive, Independent Director of the Company with effect from 05 th September, 2022.

8. DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

Pursuant to the requirement under Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 with respect to Directors Responsibility Statement, it is hereby confirmed that:

a) In preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b) The directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the Financial Year and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period;

c) The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and

d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts for the Financial Year on a "Going Concern" basis;

e) The directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively and

f) The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

9. DETAILS IN RESPECT OF FRAUDS REPORTED BY AUDITORS OTHER THAN THOSE WHICH ARE REPORTABLE TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT UNDER SECTION 143(12):

During the year under review, the Statutory Auditor and Secretarial Auditor have not reported any instances of frauds committed in the Company by its Officers or Employees, to the Audit Committee under Section 143 (12) of the Act, the details of which need to be mentioned in this report.

10. A STATEMENT ON DECLARATION GIVEN BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS UNDER SECTION 149(6):

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 149 of the Act, the Independent Directors have submitted declarations that each of them meets the criteria of independence as provided in Section 149(6) of the Act along with Rules framed thereunder and Regulation 16(1)(b) of the SEBI Listing Regulations.

11. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES AND REMUNERATION:

The information required pursuant to Section 197 read with Rule 5 of The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 and Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 in respect of employees of the Company and directors have been appended as "Annexure - I" to this report.

12. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN

Pursuant to the Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 extract of the Annual Return is annexed to this report as "Annexure - II". The Annual Return of the Company for the financial year 2022-23 as required under Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 is available on the website of the Company and can be accessed on the Companys website https://www.arvog.com/investor/.

13. LOANS, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS:

Pursuant to Section 186 of Companies Act, 2013 and Schedule V of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("Listing Regulations"), disclosure on particulars relating to loans, advances, guarantees and investments are provided as part of the financial statements.

14. CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES:

During the year under review, all related party transactions entered into by the Company, were approved by the Audit Committee and were at arms length and in the ordinary course of business. Prior omnibus approval is obtained for related party transactions which are of repetitive nature and entered in the ordinary course of business and on an arms length basis. The Company did not have any contracts or arrangements with related parties in terms of Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013.

Accordingly, the disclosure of related party transactions as required under Section 134(3)(h) of the Act in Form AOC-2 is not applicable to the Company for FY2022-23 and hence does not form part of this report.

Details of related party transactions entered into by the Company, in terms of Ind AS-24 have been disclosed in the notes to the standalone financial statements forming part of this Annual Report 2022-23. To identify and monitor significant Related Party Transactions, the Company has also framed a policy on the Related Party Transactions and the same is available on the Companys website i.e., www.arvog.com.

15. DIVIDEND:

With a view to conserve the reserves of the Company, your directors are not recommending any payment on account of dividend.

16. TRANSFER TO RESERVES:

The Board of Directors recommend to transfer 20% of profit to the reserve fund during the year under review as per Section 45IC of The RBI Act, 1934. Further, the balance amount of profit for the year under review has been carried forward to the Statement of Profit and Loss.

17. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITEMENT, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY:

No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company occurred from the end of the previous financial year till the date of this report.

18. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO:

The Company being engaged in the financial services does not have any energy utilization or technology absorption. The Company during the year under consideration has not earned or spent any foreign exchange.

19. STATEMENT CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY OF THE COMPANY

The risk management and minimization procedure adopted and followed by the Company is adequate in relation to the nature and size of the business. The same is reviewed periodically for improvement.

20. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:

The Company is adhering to good Corporate Governance practices in every sphere of its operations. The Company has taken adequate steps to comply with the applicable provisions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. A report on Corporate Governance is annexed to this report as "Annexure III".

21. AUDITORS:

A. STATUTORY AUDITORS AND AUDITORS REPORT:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules made there under, the current Auditors of the Company, M/s. P. D. Saraf & Co., Chartered Accountants having FRN: 109241W were appointed by the Members at the 36th Annual General Meeting convened on 30th September, 2020, to hold office until the conclusion of the 41st Annual General Meeting to be held in the year 2025.

STATUTORY AUDITORS QUALIFICATION:

There is no qualification, reservation or adverse remarks made in the Statutory Auditors Report.

B. INTERNAL AUDIT AND INTERNAL AUDITORS REPORT:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules made there under, the current Internal Auditors of the Company, M/s. Aadesh Shah & Associates, Chartered Accountants having FRN: 138515W were appointed by the Board in the Meeting held on 30th May, 2022, for the Financial Year 2022-23.

C. SECRETARIAL AUDITOR & SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT:

Pursuant to provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 9 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules 2014, your Company engaged the services of Mr. Mayank Arora, proprietor of M/s. Mayank Arora & Co., Company Secretaries, Mumbai (Membership. No. F10378 and COP No.: 13609) to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for the Financial year ended 31st March, 2023.

SECRETARIAL AUDITORS QUALIFICATION:

The qualification in the Secretarial Compliance Report and Secretarial Audit Report for the year ended 31st March, 2022 and the reply of the Board of Directors to such qualifications are as under:

Sr. Qualification/ Observation in the Secretarial No. Compliance Report and Secretarial Audit Report Reply to the qualifications/ observations by the Board
1 The numbers of Directors were less than six from 1st April 2021 till 19th May 2021. The Company was in constant search for the prospective candidate for the position of Independent Director during such period and the Company was able to appoint the Director on 19th May, 2021. The Board took the note of the same and affirmed that the qualification/ observation raised in the Secretarial Compliance Report shall be taken care of in the future.
Further, due to the resignation of one of the Independent Director w.e.f. 09th March 2022, the Board of the Company currently comprises of less than six Directors and the Company is in process to fill such intermittent vacancy.
2. Mr. Rakesh Mehta (Independent Director) resigned w.e.f. 09th March 2022, however, the Company made disclosure to the Stock Exchange on 30th March 2022 after accepting the resignation letter in the Board Meeting held on 30th March, 2022.

The report of the Secretarial Auditor for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2022 is appended as "Annexure - IV".

22. ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE BOARD ON ITS OWN PERFORMANCE AND OF THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES

On the advice of the Board of Directors, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company formulated the criteria for evaluation of the performance of the Board of Directors & its Committees, Independent Directors, Non-Independent Directors and the Managing Director of the Board. Based on that, performance evaluation has been undertaken. The Independent Directors of the Company have also convened a separate meeting for this purpose.

23. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:

a. During the year under review, Mr. Dharmesh Lalitkumar Trivedi (DIN: 03619491) was appointed as Additional Non-Executive, Independent Director of the Company with effect from 07th June, 2022 and further appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company in the Annual General Meeting of the Company convened on 05th September, 2022.

b. In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Priyank Kothari (DIN: 07676104), Director of the Company who retires by rotation and being eligible, offer himself for re-appointment.

Key Managerial Personnel:

During the year under review, Mr. Amit Shroff (PAN: BKGPS8629N) has been appointed as a Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO) of the Company on 13th December, 2022.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Key Managerial Personnel of the company are as follows:

Sr Name No. Designation
1. Mr. Narendra Jain Wholetime Director
2. Mr. Amit Shroff Chief Executive Officer
3. Mr. Aakash Jain Chief Financial Officer
4. Mr. Sunny Parekh Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

24. STATEMENT REGARDING OPINION OF THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO INTEGRITY, EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE (INCLUDING THE PROFICIENCY) OF THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS APPOINTED DURING THE YEAR:

The Board of Directors have evaluated the Independent Directors appointed during the year 2022-23 and opined that the integrity, expertise and experience (including proficiency) of the Independent Directors is satisfactory.

25. SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES & JOINT VENTURES:

The Company does not have any subsidiary, associate or joint venture.

26. PUBLIC DEPOSITS:

The Company has not accepted or renewed any amount falling within the purview of provisions of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 2014 during the year under review. Hence, the requirement for furnishing details of deposits which are not in compliance with the Chapter V of the Act is not applicable.

27. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS:

There are no significant material orders passed by the Regulators/Courts/Tribunals which would impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.

28. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR):

Pursuant to the applicability of the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility) Rules, 2014, the Board at its meeting held on 15th September, 2020 constituted the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Company. In terms of the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the CSR Rules, the Annual Report on CSR activities under the format prescribed in "Annexure V" of the CSR Rules is annexed to this Report.

29. ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS WITH REFERENCE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

The Company has put in place proper systems and procedures to detect and protect the Organizational resources both tangible and intangible. The Company has also put in place the following to ensure the adequacy of internal financial controls.

The Company has appointed Internal Auditors to check the Internal Controls and also check whether the workflow of the Organization is in accordance with the approved policies of

Financial Statements, Internal Auditors present to the Audit Committee, the Internal Audit Report and Management Comments on the Internal Audit observations.

The Directors and Management confirm that the Internal Financial Controls (IFC) are adequate with respect to the operations of the Company. A report of Auditors pursuant to Section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013 certifying the adequacy of Internal Financial Controls is annexed with the Auditors Report.

30. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:

Pursuant to Regulation 34(2) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) (LODR) Regulation, 2015 with the Stock Exchanges, the Management Discussion & Analysis Report for the year under review is given under a separate section as "Annexure VI".

31. MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS AS MANDATED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 148(1) of the Companies act, 2013 read with Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014, the Company was required is not required to maintain cost records.

32. DISCLOSURE UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013

The Company has been employing women employees in various cadres within the Office premises. The Company has complied with the provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

The Internal Complaints Committee was re- constituted by the Board of Directors through its resolution dated 10th February, 2023 as per the following:

1. Ms. Bharti Solanki - Presiding Officer
2. Ms. Brisa Shah - Member
3. Mr. Aakash Nemi chand Jain - Member
4. Ms. Saily Ambavkar - External Member

There was no complaint received from any employee during the financial year 2022-23 and hence no complaint is outstanding as on 31.03.2023 for redressal.

33. THE DETAILS OF APPLICATION MADE OR ANY PROCEEDING PENDING UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016 (31 OF 2016) DURING THE YEAR ALONGWITH THEIR STATUS AS AT THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR:

The Company has initiated proceedings against M/s. Rao Edusolutions Private Limited (CIN: U80301MH2013PTC247740) in the capacity of Financial Creditor before the Honble National Company Law Tribunal (‘NCLT).

The Honble National Company Law Tribunal (‘NCLT) has ordered the Commencement of a Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (‘CIRP) on July 3, 2023.

34. AUDIT COMMITTEE

The details pertaining to the composition of the Audit Committee are included in the Corporate Governance Report, which is a part of this report.

35. NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY:

Pursuant to Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 the Board of Directors of your Company has, on recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee, framed and adopted a policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Senior Management and their remuneration.

36. LISTING FEES:

The Equity Shares of the Company is listed on BSE Limited. The Listing fees for the Financial Year 2023-24 for BSE Limited has been paid by the Company.

37. ESTABLISHMENT OF VIGIL MECHANISM FOR DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES:

The Whistle Blower Policy is formulated to encourage all employees and directors of the Company to report any unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Code of the Company and to provide a secure environment to such employees acting in good faith and safeguarding them from any adverse action by the management. This policy is in line with the requirements of the Listing Regulations of the Stock Exchange and the provisions of Sub Section 9 of Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 which stipulated that every listed Company shall establish a "Vigil Mechanism".

38. RISK MANAGEMENT:

Pursuant to Section 134(3)(n) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Regulations, the Company has constituted a Risk Management Committee and it has framed and adopted a policy on Risk Management of the Company, to identify the elements of risk which may threaten the existence of the Company and possible solutions to mitigate the risk involved.

At present the Company has not identified any element of risk which may threaten the existence of the Company.

39. CODE OF CONDUCT:

The Code of Conduct for the directors and Senior Management Personnel of the Company have been laid by the Board and necessary declaration has been obtained from them. The Company has adopted amended ‘Code of Conduct (including code of conduct of Independent Directors) and the terms & conditions for appointment of Independent Directors of the Company in the meeting of Board of Directors held on 12th November, 2014.

A declaration signed by the Executive Director of the Company to this effect is contained at the end of this report. The said Code is posted on the website of the Company i.e. www.arvog.com.

40. AUCTIONS HELD DURING THE YEAR:

During the Financial Year under review, the Company had auctions. The details of auctions required to be furnished in the Annual Report of the Company as per Master Direction - NonBanking Financial Company - Non-Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are stated under:

Date of Auction Number of loan accounts Outstanding amounts (in INR) Value fetched Whether any of its sister concerns participated in the auction
04-Jul-22 1 14,622 16,700 No
05-Jul-22 2 341,513 350,000 No
02-Aug-22 3 370,208 388,310 No
09-Aug-22 2 165,319 182,700 No
21-Sep-22 1 219,939 225,000 No
13-Dec-22 4 204,268 234,274 No
18-Jan-23 10 2,108,994 2,388,335 No
16-Feb-23 7 302,420 335,962 No
21-Feb-23 1 195,164 216,537 No
24-Feb-23 1 22,345 24,720 No
27-Feb-23 2 44,803 41,454 No
28-Feb-23 1 12,949 14,420 No
01-Mar-23 1 14,323 15,000 No
10-Mar-23 6 675,464 769,721 Yes
14-Mar-23 1 67,126 77,765 No
24-Mar-23 8 178,552 235,912 Yes
51 49,38,010 55,16,809

41. SECRETARIAL STANDARDS

The Company complies with all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

42. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

As on March 31, 2023, the Board had Seven committees:

The Audit Committee, The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, The Nomination and Remuneration Committee, The Risk Management Committee, The Stakeholders Relationship Committee, The Internal Compliant Committee and The Asset- Liability Committee (‘ALCO).

The Board, at its meeting held on 10th February, 2023, constituted Asset- Liability Committee (‘ALCO).

During the year, all recommendations made by the committees were approved by the Board.

A detailed note on the composition of the Board and its committees is provided in the Corporate Governance report.

43. BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY REPORT:

Pursuant to Regulation 34 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 as amended from time to time, top 1000 Listed entities in terms of market capitalization are required to furnish a Business Responsibility Report in the Annual Report. The Company is not required to furnish Business Responsibility Report since the Company does not form a part of top 1000 Listed entities in terms of market capitalization for the Financial Year under review.

44. CREDIT RATING:

During the year under review, the Credit Rating agencies have reaffirmed/ assigned the below credit ratings:

Rating Agency Instrumen t Type Size of Issues (? Crore) Rating/Outloo k (September 16, 2022) Rating/Outloo k (April 25, 2023) Rating Action
Infomerics Valuation and Rating Private Limited ("INFOMERICS" ) Long term Bank Facilities- NCD 7.50 IVR BBB-/ Stable (IVR Triple B Minus with Stable Outlook) IVR BBB/Stable (IVR Triple B with Stable Outlook) Revise d
Infomerics Valuation and Rating Private Limited ("INFOMERICS" ) Short term Bank Facilities - Overdraft 17.00 (Reduced from Rs. 17.50 Crore) IVR A3 (IVR A Three) IVR A3+ (IVR A Three Plus) Revise d
Infomerics Valuation and Rating Private Limited ("INFOMERICS" ) Long Term/ Short Term Bank Facilities - Proposed facility 75.50 (Increase d from Rs. 25 Crore) IVR BBB-/ Stable; IVR A3 (IVR Triple B Minus with Stable Outlook; IVR A Three) IVR BBB/ Stable; IVR A3+ (IVR Triple B with Stable Outlook; IVR A Three Plus) Revise d

The above ratings indicate a very strong degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial obligations.

45. OTHER DISCLOSURES:

(i) Compliance:

The Company had uploaded the Financial Results on BSE Listing Center within stipulated timeline as per Companies- SOP. However, it was later observed that the page containing the Consolidated Cash Flow statement in the Financial Statements of the Company uploaded on the BSE Listing Center was erroneously missed. In order to correct the flaw, the Company chose to upload amended Financial Statement for the quarter and Year ended 31st March, 2022 with the inclusion of the Consolidated Cash Flow Statements. In addition to that, the Company has paid the fine of Rs. 5,900/- in response to the correspondence it received from the BSE Listing Centre.

(ii) Whistle Blower Policy:

In line with the best Corporate Governance practices, the Company has in place a system through which the directors and employees may report concerns about unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Companys Code of Conduct & Ethics without fear of reprisal. The employees and directors may report to the Compliance Officer and have direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Whistle-Blower Policy is placed on the website of the Company.

(iii) Prevention of Insider Trading Code:

As per SEBI (Prevention of Insider Trading) Regulation, 1992, as amended, the Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading. All the directors, employees at senior management and other employees who could have access to the unpublished price sensitive information of the Company are governed by this code. The trading window is closed during the time of declaration of results and occurrence of any material events as per the Code. The Compliance Officer is responsible for setting forth procedures and implementation of the code for trading in Company securities. During the year under review there has been due compliance with the said code.

(iv) Material Subsidiary Policy:

The Company has framed policy for determining "Material Subsidiaries" to ensure that Board of Directors has overall supervision of functioning of subsidiaries of the Company and to provide the governance framework for such subsidiaries. The policy has been uploaded on the website of the Company i.e. www.arvog.com/reports-policies/.

(v) CEO/ CFO Certification:

The certificate certifying that the financial statements do not contain any materially untrue statement and these statements represent a true and fair view of the Companys affairs is annexed and forms part of the Annual Report.

46. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Your Company and its Directors wish to extend their sincerest thanks for the co-operation received from shareholders, bankers and other business constituent during the year under review. Your directors also wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the commitment displayed by all employees of the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Sd/-
Ketan Kothari
Place: Mumbai Chairman
Date: 30th August, 2023 DIN:00230725