president & cfo - UB Group

Corporate Governance Report (Contd.)7. DISCLOSURESDuring the financial year ended March 31, 2009, therewere no materially significant related party transactionswith its promoters, the Directors or the management,their subsidiaries or relatives, etc. that may havepotential conflict with the interests of the Company atlarge. Details of related party transactions forms part ofNotes on Accounts.The Company has complied with all the statutoryrequirements comprised in the Listing Agreements/Regulations/Guidelines/Rules of the Stock Exchanges/SEBI/other statutory authorities.There were no instances of non-compliance by theCompany nor have any penalties, strictures been imposedby Stock Exchanges or SEBI or any other statutoryauthority since incorporation of the Company on anymatter related to capital markets.Code of ConductIn compliance with Clause 49 of the Listing Agreementwith the Stock Exchanges, the Company has adopteda Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for its BoardMembers and Senior Management Personnel, acopy of which is available at the Company’s website,www.unitedspirits.in. All the members of the Boardand the senior management personnel had affirmedcompliance with the Code for the year ended March 31,2009 and a declaration to this effect signed by the CEO isforming part of this report.Pursuant to the requirements of SEBI (Prohibition ofInsider Trading) Regulations, 1992, the Company hasadopted a “Code of Conduct for prevention of InsiderTrading”. This Code is applicable to all the Directors anddesignated employees of the Company.8. MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONThe unaudited quarterly and half-yearly results aresent to all the Stock Exchanges where the shares of theCompany are listed. The results are normally publishedin “Business Standard” (English Daily) and “KannadaPrabha” (Kannada Daily). The results are displayed onthe Company’s Website www.unitedspirits.in.The required disclosures to the extent applicableincluding results were also posted in the portalwww.corpfiling.co.in, which is jointly owned, managedand maintained by Bombay Stock Exchange Limited andNational Stock Exchange of India LimitedThe Company has designated an exclusive Email id viz.uslinvestor@ubmail.com to enable the investor to posttheir grievances and monitor its redressal.9. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORTManagement Discussion & Analysis Report is appendedand forms an integral part of this Annual Report.10. GENERAL SHAREHOLDER INFORMATIONa) AGM Date, Time andVenueWednesday, September 30, 2009at 2.00 p.m. at Good ShepherdAuditorium, Opposite St. Joseph’sPre-University College,Residency Road,Bangalore – 560 025.b) Financial Year April 1 to March 31First Quarterly Results By July 31Second Quarterly Results By October 31Third Quarterly Results By January 31Fourth quarterly Results By April 30c) Date of Book Closure Thursday, September 24, 2009 toWednesday, September 30, 2009(both days inclusive)d) Dividend payment date After September 30, 2009e) Listing on StockExchanges:The shares of the Company arelisted on the following StockExchanges:1.2.3.Bangalore Stock ExchangeLimited (BgSE)Bombay Stock ExchangeLimited, (BSE)National Stock Exchange ofIndia Limited (NSE)The listing fees for the years 2008-09 and 2009-10 havebeen paid to all the Stock Exchanges.Company’s Equity Shares were delisted from Delhi StockExchange Limited during the year 2008-09. The EquityShares of your Company continue to remain listedon Bangalore Stock Exchange Limited, Bombay StockExchange Limited and National Stock Exchange of IndiaLimited.f) Stock CodeBSE Demat 532432 Physical 32432NSESYMBOL - McDOWELL-NBgSEMcDowellg) ISIN No. INE854D01016h) Market price data As per Annexure A17 15