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DIRECTOR REPORT
DIRECTOR REPORT COMPANIES ACT, 2013
GOYAL DIVESH & ASSOCIATES,
Practicing Company Secretary
SeriesSeries- 33

SERIES
NO- 33

Report of Board of Directors should be ATTACHED to the Balance Sheet laid before
the AGM.
A directors report is intended to explain to shareholders, the companys affairs,
including its subsidiaries and the nature and scope of companys business. The report is
a summation of activities of the company in the relevant financial year and an idea
about possible future developments.
In previous law there was a separate section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956. The
whole section was related to the Report of Directors.
But in the Companies Act, 2013, a lot of sections make mandate to disclose the facts in
the Director Report.

Provisions Relating to Directors Report:Report:A. Applicability of Provision of Section-134 of Director Report:

The provision of Director Report (u/s 134) is applicable only to financial year
commencing on or after 1st April, 2014.
B. Signing of Directors Report:
As per Section 134(6) Board Report and annexure thereto shall be signed by

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its CHAIRPERSON if he is authorized by Board of director; Where he is not so

authorized by,
At least 2 (Two) Director, one of whom shall be a Managing Director.
If there is no Managing Director then by Two Directors.
C. Basis of Board Report:
The Boards Report shall be prepared based on STAND ALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
OF THE COMPANY
COMPANY
But the Boards Report shall contain a Separate section wherein a report on the
performance and financial position of each:
Subsidiary
Associate
Joint venture companies, including in the consolidated financial statement is
presented.
D. Approval of Board Report:
Approval of Boards Report shall be done in Meeting of the Board of Director
Only. {179(3)}
Approval of Boards Report shall not be done by Circulation Resolution, or by
Committee. {179(3)}
Meeting of Board of directors cant be done by Video Conferencing.
E. E-filling of Resolution for approving Board report:
The Board resolution for approval of Board Report required being file with ROC in form
MGTMGT-14 within 30 days of passing of Board Resolution.

CONTENT OF BOARD REPORT:

As per Section 134(3) of Companies Act, 2013 Director Report shall include:
I.

Extract of Annual Return: [As per Section 32(3)]: Boards Report required to attach
extract of Annual Return of company in form MGT-9.

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II.

No. of Board Meeting: There is required to mention No. of Boards Meeting in Director
Report

III.

Comment on Auditor Report:

Report Explanations or comments by the Board on every
qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made by auditors in auditor
report.

IV.

Comment on Secretarial Audit Report:

Report Explanations or comments by the Board on every
qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made Company Secretary in
Practice in Secretarial Audit Report.

V.

Particular of Loan & Investment: Directors There is required to disclose by director in

Boards Report that, the company have complied with the proviso ions of Section 186 of
companies Act, 2013 in relation to Loan, Investment & Guarantee given by the company
during the financial.

VI.

Disclosure of Related Party Transaction : There is required to disclose by director in

Boards Report all the related party transaction entered by the company during
financial year.
For this disclosure Related Party Transactions means following transactions (Section
188(1): Such disclosure in form AOCAOC-2
NATURE OF RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION
For Every Transaction
Sale, purchase or supply of any goods or materials directly or through appointment of
agents (or)
Selling or otherwise disposing of, or buying, property of any kind directly or through
appointment of agents (or)
Leasing of property of any kind (or)
Availing or rendering of any services directly or through appointment of agents (or)
Appointment to any office or place of profit in the company, its subsidiary company or
associate company (or)
Remuneration for underwriting the subscription of any securities or derivative
Appointment to any office or place of profit in the company, its subsidiary company or its
associate company

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VII.

Dividend Recommended:
Recommended If any dividend was declared by the company during the
financial year the financial year. Directors required disclosing in Board Report
regarding status payment of same.

VIII.

Post Balance Sheet Events: Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the
financial position of the company which have occurred between the end of the
financial year of the company to which the financial statement relate and the date of
report. Generally there is gap of 4 to 5 month between financial year ending and
preparation of report of Board of Directors. If the yearend is 31st March, report of
board of Directors commitments affecting the financial position of company between
this period.

IX.

Risk Management Policy: A statement indicating development and implementation of a

risk management policy for the company including identification therein of elements of
risk, if any, this in the opinion of the Board may threaten the existence of the company.

X.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Responsibility (CSR):

Directors required to disclose in the Board

Report the details about the policy developed and implemented by the company on
Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives taken during the year.
XI.

Report on performance of subsidiaries, associates

associates companies and joint ventures:
The Boards Report shall be prepared based on STAND ALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
OF THE COMPANY
COMPANY
But the Boards Report shall contain a Separate section wherein a report on the
performance and financial position of each:
Subsidiary
Associate
Joint venture companies, including in the consolidated financial statement is
presented.

XII.

Secretarial Audit Report:

Every listed company and a company belonging to other class of companies as may
be prescribed shall annex with its Boards Report, a Secretarial audit report.

The Board of Directors, in their report shall explain in full any qualification or
observation or other remarks made by the Company Secretary in practice in his
secretarial audit report.

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The following class of companies shall be required to Annex Secretarial Audit Report with
Director Report, namely:a) All Listed Companies
b) Every Public Company having a PaidPaid-Up Share Capital of Rs.. 50 Crore (fifty
crore rupees) or more
c) Every Public Company having a Turnover of Rs. 250 Crore (two hundred fifty
crore rupees) or more
XIII.

Disclosure about cost Audit:

Full particular of cost auditor, along with due date and actual filling of cost audit report
by the cost auditor.

XIV.

Disclosure of Board Report: As per Secretarial Standard of ICSI

SSSS-I- The Annual report of company should disclose the number of meetings of Board
and Committees held during the year, indicating number of meetings attended by each
director.
SSSS-IIII- An- nual return should disclose particulars of General meeting held during last
three year.

XV.

Disclosure where company is required to constitute Nomination and Remuneration

committee: The director will disclose in Director Report followings:
The policy of qualification
The remuneration of directors as, formulated under section 178(3)

XVI.

Disclosure if MD/WTD is receiving remuneration or commission from a MD/WTD or

subsidiary Company: As per Section 197(14) of the Act, 2013
A MD/WTD of company can receive remuneration or commission from any holding
company or subsidiary company of such company. This should be disclosed by the
company in Boards Report.

XVII.

Disclosure of Vigil Mechanism in board Report: If provisions of vigil Mechanism apply

on company, then directors required to disclose in Boards report establishment of Vigil
Mechanism.

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XVIII.

Disclosure of composition of Audit committee and their recommendations not accepted:

SectionSection- 117(8)
Composition of Audit Committee shall be disclosed in Boards Report of the
Company.
If the board doesnt recommendation of Audit Committees, it shall be disclosed
along with reason in Boards report.

XIX.

Declaration by Independent Director:

Director will disclose the statement on declaration given by Independent Director.

XX.

Details Relating to Deposit:

Details of deposits which are not in compliance with the requirement of chapter
V of the Act.
Deposit Accepted during the year.
Unpaid and unclaimed deposit at the end of the year.
If there is any default in repayment of deposit or payment of interest thereon
during the year then; Number of such cases and total amount involved
- At the beginning of the year
- Maximum during the year
- At the end of the year

XXI.

Details of Director and KMP: There should be disclosure in the Directors Report about:

Directors & KMP appointed during the Year.

Directors & KMP appointed Resigned the Year

XXII.

General Disclosures:
 Name of retiring directors and whether or not they offer themselves for reappointment.
 Casual vacancies in the Board filled during the year.
 Re-appointment.
 Casual vacancy in the Board filed during the year

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 Changes in Board during the year, by change of nominees, appointment of

additional directors, death, resignation or any other reason
 Details, if anyone is contesting for election as director/ small shareholder
director.
XXIII.

Disclosure about ESOP and Sweat Equity Share:

Director report shall disclose following about Sweat Equity Shares: .[Rule 7 of Unlisted
Companies (Issue of Sweat Equity Share] Rules, 2003
Number of Share issued Condition of issue of shares.
Pricing formula
Total Sweat equity share issued.
Money realized and benefit accrued
Diluted EPS pursuant to issue of sweat equity shares.
If ESOP has been given, its details are to be disclosed.

XXIV.

Statement of affairs of the Company:

Company: Generally following information is given about
current year and pervious year:

Turnover

Profit

Production of year

XXV. Director Perception of Future of Company:

Company: In this report directors perception of future
of company given in consideration of ;

Market Competition

Production constraints

Government Policies etc.

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XXVI. Order of Court:

The details of significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or
tribunals impacting the going concern status and companys operation in future.
XXVII. Details of employees drawing salary above prescribed limits: (LISTED)
Every listed company shall disclose in the Boards Report the ratio of the remuneration
of each director to the median employees remuneration and such other details as may
be prescribed. [197(12)]. The disclosures are summarized as below:

Comparison between remuneration managerial personnel and remuneration to
employees.

Details of employees drawing salary of Rs. 500,000/- or more per month.

Details of remuneration to person holding 2% or more equity shares

Details of employees (who are not directors or relatives) posted outside India.
XXVIII. Conservation of energy, technology absorption & foreign exchange dealing: Rule8(3)
The report of the Board shall contain the following information and details, namely:(A) Conservation of energyenergy
(i) the steps taken or impact on conservation of energy;
(ii) the steps taken by the company for utilising alternate sources of energy;
(iii) the capital investment on energy conservation equipments;
(B) Technology absorptionabsorption(i) the efforts made towards technology absorption;
(ii) the benefits derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product
development or import substitution;
(iii) in case of imported technology (imported during the last three years reckoned
from the beginning of the financial year)(a) the details of technology imported;
(b) the year of import;
(c) whether the technology been fully absorbed;
(d) if not fully absorbed, areas where absorption has not taken place, and the
reasons thereof; and

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(iv) the expenditure incurred on Research and Development.

(C) Foreign exchange earnings and OutgoOutgoThe Foreign Exchange earned in terms of actual inflows during the year and the
Foreign Exchange outgo during the year in terms of actual outflows.
XXIX. Director Responsibility statement 134(5)
The DirectorsResponsibility Statement referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (3)
shallState that
(a) in the 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;
(d) the directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; and
(e) the directors, in the case of a listed company, had laid down internal financial
controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are
adequate and were operating effectively.
Explanation.For the purposes of this clause, the term internal financial controls
means the policies and procedures adopted by the company for ensuring the orderly
and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to companys policies, the
safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the
accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of
reliable financial information;
(f) the directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions.
XXX.

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a) The names of Companies which have become or ceased to be its Subsidiaries,

Joint ventures or associated company during the year.
b) The change in the nature of business, if any;
c) The financial summary or highlights;
d) The details in respect of adequacy of internal financial controls with reference to
the financial Statements.
e) Major evens concerning the company are highlighted.

(Author CS Divesh Goyal, GOYAL DIVESH & ASSOCIATES Company Secretary in

Practice from Delhi and can be contacted at csdiveshgoyal@gmail.com)
Disclaimer: The entire contents of this document have been prepared on the basis
of relevant provisions and as per the information existing at the time of the
preparation. Though utmost efforts has made to provide authentic information, it
is suggested that to have better understanding kindly cross-check the relevant
sections, rules under the Companies Act, 2013. The observations of the author

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