A Director has a duty to disclose his direct or indirect interest in relation to any contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement entered into or to be entered into by the Company. For this purpose, he is required to make a general disclosure of interest every year giving a list of companies and firms in which he shall be deemed to be interested indicating his nature of interest, with changes, if any, notified to the Board from time to time. In addition, except with the prior consent of the Board, a Director or a firm in which such Director is a partner, or a private company in which such Director is a member or Director, shall not enter into any contract with the Company having monetary implications.

Directors shall inform the Board of Directors of the Company before accepting any position of influence or of pecuniary interest including directorship in any other organisation whose business is in direct competition with that of the Company.

A Director is required to disclose his investments in the Company and in its holding company or subsidiary, if any, and changes therein, if any, from time to time. Directors shall not deal in the Company's securities on a short-term basis. They have to accept that they are not at all times free to deal in the Company's securities and they are bound by the Company's 'Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading'.

A Director shall not make any secret profit out of his position. If a Director receives information on a potential business opportunity in his capacity as a Director of the Company he shall not use that opportunity for his own purpose.

Directors shall keep confidential and not divulge directly or indirectly any information (except what is in the public domain) relating to the Company, its intellectual properties, its business and its customers/ vendors which they have become aware of in the course of their directorship either by knowledge derived in the course of participation in Board Meetings/ Committee Meetings or from papers circulated to them as Director. Directors shall not also make use of such information for any purpose other than for the benefit of the Company.

A Director shall not act on behalf of the Company with any party or commit himself on behalf of the Company in regard to any arrangement or contract of a binding nature, unless specifically authorised by the Board in that behalf.

When a Director exercises his voting right as a shareholder at any general meeting of the Company he is free to vote in his own best interest like any other shareholder. However, when a Director votes as a Director in any Board Meeting or Committee Meeting he does so in his fiduciary capacity and is bound to vote not in his own personal interest but in what he considers to be the best interest of the Company.

A Wholetime Director who is an employee of the Company shall, in addition to the above, be bound by the terms and conditions of his employment with the Company. He has to wholeheartedly devote his time and attention to the affairs and business of the Company within his remit and has to ensure all legal compliances on behalf of the Company in the area of work for which he has been made responsible.

The independent directors shall -

• 01undertake appropriate induction and regularly update and refresh their skills, knowledge and familiarity with the company;
• 02seek appropriate clarification or amplification of information and, where necessary, take and follow appropriate professional advice and opinion of outside experts at the expense of the company;
• 03strive to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the Board committees of which he is a member;
• 04participate constructively and actively in the committees of the Board in which they are chairpersons or members;
• 05strive to attend the general meetings of the company;
• 06where they have concerns about the running of the company or a proposed action, ensure that these are addressed by the Board and, to the extent that they are not resolved, insist that their concerns are recorded in the minutes of the Board meeting;
• 07keep themselves well informed about the company and the external environment in which it operates;
• 08not to unfairly obstruct the functioning of an otherwise proper Board or committee of the Board;not to unfairly obstruct the functioning of an otherwise proper Board or committee of the Board;
• 09pay sufficient attention and ensure that adequate deliberations are held before approving related party transactions and assure themselves that the same are in the interest of the company;
• 10ascertain and ensure that the company has an adequate and functional vigil mechanism and to ensure that the interests of a person who uses such mechanism are not prejudicially affected on account of such use;
• 11report concerns about unethical behaviour, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the company's code of conduct or ethics policy;
• 12acting within his authority, assist in protecting the legitimate interests of the company, shareholders and its employees;
• 13not disclose confidential information, including commercial secrets, technologies, advertising and sales promotion plans, unpublished price sensitive information, unless such disclosure is expressly approved by the Board or required by law.
• 14the independent directors of the company shall hold at least one meeting in a year, without the attendance of non-independent directors and members of management;
• 15all the independent directors of the company shall strive to be present at such separate meeting