Code of conduct for Insider trading
CODE OF PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES FOR FAIR DISCLOSURE OF UNPUBLISHED PRICE SENSITIVE INFORMATION
The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") vide its Notification dated 15th January, 2015, has introduced SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulation, 2015 ("said Regulations"), to be effective from 15th May, 2015.
Regulation 8 of the said Regulations requires a listed company to formulate and publish on its official website a "Code of Practices and Procedures for Fair Disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information" (hereinafter referred to as the "Code"), in adherence to the principles set out in Schedule A to the said Regulations.
Accordingly, in compliance with the said Regulations, the Board of Directors of the Company has adopted the Code as enumerated below, in order to ensure timely and adequate disclosure of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information ("UPSI") and to prevent misuse of such information.
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Prompt Disclosure.
There shall be prompt public disclosure of UPSI that would impact price discovery, as soon as it has credible and concrete information, in order to make such information generally available to the public.
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Uniform and Universal Dissemination
The uniform and universal dissemination of unpublished price sensitive to avoid selective disclosure shall be ensured.
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Chief Investor Relations Officer
Unless otherwise decided, the Compliance Officer of the Company shall act as the Chief Investor Relations Officer for the purpose of dealing with dissemination of information and disclosure of UPSI to the Stock Exchanges, where the equity shares of the Company are
listed and also upload the same on the official website of the Company, from time to time. -
Prompt Dissemination
There shall be prompt dissemination of unpublished price sensitive information that gets disclosed selectively, inadvertently or otherwise to make such information generally available.
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Response to Queries
The Company shall ensure the appropriate fair and prompt response to all queries received from the Stock Exchanges including queries on news reports and requests for verification of market rumors by regulatory authorities.
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Sharing of information with Analyst and Research Personnel
The Company will ensure that information shared with analysts and research Personnel, if any, is not unpublished price sensitive information.
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Documentation of Disclosures made
The Company shall develop best practices to make transcripts or records of proceedings of meetings with Analysts and other investor relations conferences. As a good practice, transcripts thereof may be uploaded on the official website of the Company, which will
ensure that the information is generally available. -
Handling of UPSI
All UPSI shall be handled by the employees on a need-to-know basis i.e., the UPSI shall be disclosed only to those within the Company who need the information for legitimate purposes under legal obligation, to discharge the performance or duties and used only for
the purpose for which it is meant for. -
Disclosures
This Code shall be uploaded on the official website of the Company. This Code shall be intimated to the Stock Exchanges where the equity shares of the Company are listed.
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Amendment
This Code may be amended with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company from time to time to comply with the said Regulations as may be applicable for the time being in force.
Any amendment to the Code shall be promptly intimated to the Stock Exchanges, where the equity shares of the Company are listed and shall be uploaded on the official website of the Company.