Prepare a checklist to be submitted to your Executive Director containing disclosure(s) to stock exchange after conclusion of board meeting and notice of book closure as a procedural step for declaration and payment of f
CS Executive · Company Law · PYQS · June 2024
Prepare a checklist to be submitted to your Executive Director containing disclosure(s) to stock exchange after conclusion of board meeting and notice of book closure as a procedural step for declaration and payment of final dividend of Silence Ltd., a quoted company.
Answer & Explanation:
Disclosure(s) to stock exchange after the conclusion of a board meeting by Silence Ltd. a listed company - In the case of a listed company, not later than 30 minutes of the closure of the Board meeting, intimate the stock exchanges with regard to the Board's decision about the declaration and payment of dividends [Regulations 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 read with Schedule III]. Notice of book closure: Rule 10 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 mentions to publish notice of book closure in a newspaper circulating in the district in which the registered office of the company is situated and at least once in English language in an English newspaper circulating in that district and having wide circulation in the place where the registered office of the company is situated and publish the notice on the website as may be notified by the Central Government and on the website, if any, of the Company at least seven days before the date of commencement of book closure and in such manner as may be specified by Securities and Exchange Board of India In case of listed companies: To give notice in advance of at least 7 working days (excluding the date of intimation and the record date) or as many days as the stock exchange may prescribe, before the closure of transfer books or record date, specifying the purpose of Record Date [Regulation 42 of the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015]. The company shall recommend or declare all dividend at least five working days (excluding the date of intimation and the record date) before the record date fixed for the purpose. Time gap between two book closures would be at least 30 days [Regulation 42(4) of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015].
Topics: Dividend and Corporate Governance
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