Corporate Governance <strong>Report</strong>Philosophy on Corporate Governance at <strong>Brigade</strong>Enterprises Limited<strong>The</strong> Philosophy on Corporate Governance at <strong>Brigade</strong>Enterprises Limited is:a) To ensure highest levels of integrity and quality.b) To ensure observance of highest standards andlevels of transparency, accuracy, accountability andreliability in the organisation.c) To ensure protection of wealth and other resourcesof the Company for maximising the benefits to thestakeholders of the Company.<strong>The</strong> Corporate Governance <strong>Report</strong> of the Company for theyear ended 31st March 20<strong>11</strong> is as follows:Board of Directors<strong>The</strong> Board of Directors of the Company comprises8 Directors as on 31st March, 20<strong>11</strong> who have expertise inthe different aspects of business of the Company. <strong>The</strong>composition and category of the Directors are as follows:Category Name of Director DesignationExecutivePromoterDirectorsMr M. R. JaishankarMs Githa ShankarChairman& Managing DirectorWhole-time DirectorNo. ofDirectors% to totalnumber ofDirectors2 25Category Name of Director DesignationNon-ExecutiveDirectorsIndependentNon-ExecutiveDirectorsMr M. R. GurumurthyMr M. R. ShivramMr P. V. MaiyaMr P. M. ThampiDr A. RamakrishnaDr K. R. S. MurthyDirectorDirectorDirectorDirectorDirectorDirectorNo. ofDirectors% to totalnumber ofDirectors2 254 50Total 8 100Board Meetings<strong>The</strong> details of the Board Meetings held in the financial year<strong>2010</strong>-20<strong>11</strong> are as follows:Sl. No.Date1 Wednesday, 5th May, <strong>2010</strong>2 Thursday, 17th June, <strong>2010</strong>3 Friday, 23rd July, <strong>2010</strong>4 Tuesday, 9th November, <strong>2010</strong>5 Thursday, 3rd February, 20<strong>11</strong><strong>The</strong> attendance of the Directors in Board Meetings, previous <strong>Annual</strong> General Meeting, Directorships and committee positionsheld by them in other Companies are as follows:Name of DirectorBoard Meetings attendedin the financial year<strong>2010</strong>-<strong>11</strong>Attendance in the 15th<strong>Annual</strong> General Meetingheld on23rd July <strong>2010</strong>No. of Directorshipsin other Public LimitedCompaniesNo. of Committee positions held in otherPublic Limited Companies as:ChairmanMemberMr M. R. Jaishankar 5 Yes Nil Nil NilMs Githa Shankar 5 Yes Nil Nil NilMr M. R. Gurumurthy 5 Yes Nil Nil NilMr M. R. Shivram 4 No Nil Nil NilMr P. V. Maiya 5 Yes 2 Nil 2Mr P. M. Thampi 5 Yes 2 Nil 2Dr A. Ramakrishna 4 Yes <strong>11</strong> 1 8Dr K. R. S. Murthy 5 Yes 3 1 2Code of Conduct for Board Members and SeniorManagement<strong>The</strong> Board of Directors of the Company have laid downa Code of Conduct for all Board Members and SeniorManagement of the Company. Board Members and SeniorManagement of the Company have affirmed complianceto the Code for the financial year ended 31st March 20<strong>11</strong>.A declaration to this effect by the Chairman and ManagingDirector of the Company is annexed to this report. <strong>The</strong> Codeof Conduct has also been posted on the website of theCompany.Audit Committee<strong>The</strong> Audit Committee of the Company was constitutedon 20th July 2007. <strong>The</strong> constitution of the Committee is inaccordance with Section 292A of the Companies Act, 195618FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, UPGRADE TO BRIGADE
and Clause 49 (II) (A) of the Listing Agreement entered withthe Stock Exchanges.<strong>The</strong> terms of reference of the Audit Committee shall include:1. Overseeing the Company’s financial reportingprocess and disclosure of its financial information.2. Recommending to the Board the appointment,re-appointment, and replacement of the StatutoryAuditor and the fixation of audit fee.3. Approval of payments to the Statutory Auditors forany other services rendered by them.4. Reviewing, with the Management, the annualFinancial Statements before submission to the Boardfor approval, with particular reference to:a. Matters required to be included in the Directors’Responsibility Statement to be included inthe Board’s report in terms of Clause (2AA) ofSection 217 of the Companies Act, 1956.b. Changes, if any, in accounting policies andpractices and reasons for the same.c. Major accounting entries involving estimatesbased on the exercise of judgment byManagement.d. Significant adjustments made in the FinancialStatements arising out of audit findings.e. Compliance with listing and other legal requirementsrelating to Financial Statements.f. Disclosure of any related party transactions.g. Qualifications in the draft audit report.5. Reviewing, with the Management, the quarterly,half-yearly and annual Financial Statements beforesubmission to the Board for approval.6. Reviewing, with the Management, the performance ofstatutory and internal auditors, and adequacy of theinternal control systems.7. Reviewing the adequacy of internal audit function,if any, including the structure of the internal AuditDepartment, staffing and seniority of the officialheading the department, reporting structure coverageand frequency of internal audit.8. Discussion with Internal Auditors on any significantfindings and follow up there on.9. Reviewing the findings of any internal investigationsby the Internal Auditors into matters where there issuspected fraud or irregularity or a failure of internalcontrol systems of a material nature and reporting thematter to the Board.10. Discussion with Statutory Auditors before the auditcommences, about the nature and scope of audit aswell as post-audit discussion to ascertain any area ofconcern.<strong>11</strong>. To look into the reasons for substantial defaults inthe payment to the depositors, debenture holders,shareholders (in case of nonpayment of declareddividends) and creditors.12. Reviewing the functioning of the whistle blowermechanism, in case the same is existing.13. Review of Management discussion and analysisof financial condition and results of operations,statements of significant related party transactionssubmitted by management, management letters/letters of internal control weaknesses issued by theStatutory Auditors, Internal audit reports relating tointernal control weaknesses, and the appointment,removal and terms of remuneration of the ChiefInternal Auditor.14. Ensuring compliance with applicable accountingstandards.15. Reviewing the Company’s financial and riskmanagement policies16. Carrying out any other function as is mentioned in theterms of reference of the Audit Committee.17. Reviewing, with the management, the statement ofuses / application of funds raised through an issue(public issue, rights issue, preferential issue, etc.), thestatement of funds utilised for purposes other thanthose stated in the offer document/prospectus/noticeand the report submitted by the monitoring agencymonitoring the utilisation of proceeds of a public orrights issue, and making appropriate recommendationsto the Board to take up steps in this matter.<strong>The</strong> powers of the Audit Committee shall include the power:1. To investigate activity within its terms of reference.2. To seek information from any employee.3. To obtain outside legal or other professional advice.4. To secure attendance of outsiders with relevantexpertise, if it considers necessary.During the year the Audit Committee meetings were held on5th May, <strong>2010</strong>, 23rd July, <strong>2010</strong>, 9th November, <strong>2010</strong> and 3rdFebruary, 20<strong>11</strong>.<strong>The</strong> composition and attendance of the members for theCommittee meetings are as follows:Sl. No. Name Position Attendance1 Mr P. V. Maiya Chairman 42 Mr P. M. Thampi Member 43 Mr M. R. Gurumurthy Member 44 Mr A. Ramakrishna Member 3Company Secretary is the Secretary of the Committee.Compensation CommitteeBoard of Directors of the Company constituted a CompensationCommittee on 20th July 2007.BRIGADE ENTERPRISES LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>11</strong> 19