STAKEHOLDERS RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE - tradecareer
STAKEHOLDERS RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE (SRC)
SRC provisions under Companies Act, 2013 [Section 178(5) of the Companies Act,
2013]
Constitution: A company has to constitute a "Stakeholders Relationship Committee"
where such company has more than 1000 shareholders, debenture-holders, deposit-
holders and any other security holders at any time during a financial year.
Note: The provisions of this section are not at all clear regarding the constitution of
Stakeholders Relationship Committee.
Chairperson: The Chairperson of a Stakeholders Relationship Committee shall be a
non-executive director or other member of the Board. This committee considers and
resolves the grievances of security holders of the company.
Note: The Chairperson of each of the committees or in his absence, any other member
of the committee duly authorised by him, shall attend the general meetings of the
company.
SRC provisions under SEBI (Listing Obligation Disclosure Requirements), 2015
[Regulation 20 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015]
The listed entity shall constitute a Stakeholders Relationship Committee to specifically
look into the mechanism of redressal of grievances of shareholders, debenture holders
and other security holders.
Members: The company shall set up an SRC which shall comprise at least 3 directors,
atleast one of whom shall be independent.
Chairperson: The Chairperson of this committee shall be a non-executive director. The
Chairman of the SRC shall present at the AGM and answer the shareholders' queries in
this regard.
Meeting: Members of the Stakeholders Relationship Committee shall meet atleast once
in a year.
Additional Role of SRC under LODR
=> Resolving the grievances of the security holders of the listed entity including
complaints related to transfer/transmission of shares, non-receipt of annual report,
non-receipt of declared dividends, issue of new/duplicate certificates, general
meetings, etc.
=> Review of measures taken for effective exercise of voting rights by the shareholders.
=> Review of adherence to the service standards adopted by the listed entity in respect
of various services being rendered by the Registrar & Share Transfer Agent.
=> Review of the various measures and initiatives taken by the listed entity for
reducing the quantum of unclaimed dividends.
=> Ensuring timely receipt of dividend warrants/Annual Reports/statutory notices by
the shareholders of the company.
Compliance: A listed entity is required to comply both with the Companies Act, 2013 as
well as SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. Whereas, other entities who need to constitute
Stakeholders Relationship Committee will comply with Companies Act, 2013.
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