CIN: U66010MH2005PLC157108
Registered office address: Unit No. 1902, 19
th
floor, Parinee Crescenzo,
Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai Mumbai - 400051
Tel No.: +91 22 4030 6300 Fax: +91 22 4030 6347
website: www.bharti-axalife.com
BHARTI AXA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Transcript of 01/2022-23 Extra-Ordinary General Meeting”
16 May 2022
at 11.00 a.m. IST
CORPORATE PARTICIPANTS:
Bharat S. Raut
Independent Director
Jitender Balakrishnan
Independent Director
Parag Raja
CEO & Managing Director
Vinod D’souza
Head Compliance and Company Secretary
Nilesh Kothari
CFO
Shareholders, Statutory Auditors, Secretarial Auditors and Scrutinisers
WELCOME ADDRESS:
Vinod D’souza, Company Secretary:
Good morning everyone. I invite all the participants to the 1
st
Extra-ordinary general
meeting of the Company for the Financial Year 2022-23. I invite Mr. Bharat S. Raut,
Chairman of Board Audit and Compliance Committee and Board Nomination and
Remuneration Committee, Mr. Jitender Balakrishnan, Chairman of the Policyholders’
Protection Committee and Mr. Parag Raja, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing
Director of the Company to this Meeting. Other than that, we have the Statutory Auditors
represented by Ms. Siddhali Shyete, authorised representative, from M/s. M.P. Chitale &
Co. and Ms. Isha Koradia, authorised representative of M/s. CNK & Associates. We have
Mr. Mahesh Soni, Partner, M/s. GMJ & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries and
CIN: U66010MH2005PLC157108
Registered office address: Unit No. 1902, 19
th
floor, Parinee Crescenzo,
Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai Mumbai - 400051
Tel No.: +91 22 4030 6300 Fax: +91 22 4030 6347
website: www.bharti-axalife.com
Mr. Manoj Dhamal from M/s. Rathi & Associates who are scrutinisers for the Meeting. In
terms of members we have myself, Vinod D’souza, Head - Compliance and Company
Secretary, Member and Authorized Representative of AXA India Holdings, Mr. Nilesh
Kothari - Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Manoj Jaju who is a Member and Authorised
representative of Bharti Life Ventures Private Limited.
Due to preoccupation, other than Mr. Bharat S. Raut, Mr. Jitender Balakrishnan and
Mr. Parag Raja, other directors could not attend this meeting. We have received 2
corporate representations representing 100.00% of the Equity Share Capital of the
Company.
I wish to inform you that this meeting is held in accordance with the various Circulars
issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs permitting companies to hold Annual General
Meetings through Video Conferencing or Other Audio Visual Means, accordingly the
meeting has been conducted through Video Conference.
We have necessary quorum and members present for the meeting. I request Mr. Bharat S.
Raut to chair the meeting.
Bharat S. Raut:
Thank you Vinod. A warm welcome to everybody at this Extra-Ordinary General Meeting of
Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Limited. I received information from the Company
Secretary of the Company that the requisite quorum is present at the meeting, and I call the
meeting to order. The notice of 01/2022-23 Extra-Ordinary General Meeting has been
circulated to all the members. I would now request Mr. Vinod D’souza to deal with the
further proceedings.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING:
Vinod D’souza:
Thank you so much sir. I wish to inform the members that pursuant to the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs General Circular No. 14/2020 dated 8
th
April, 2020, General Circular No.
17/2020 dated 13
th
April, 2020 and 02/2021 dated 13 January 2021 and subsequent
circulars, the members have to cast their vote on the resolution proposed in the Extra-
Ordinary General Meeting only by sending email on the designated email-id of the
Company through their email address which is registered with the Company.
CIN: U66010MH2005PLC157108
Registered office address: Unit No. 1902, 19
th
floor, Parinee Crescenzo,
Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai Mumbai - 400051
Tel No.: +91 22 4030 6300 Fax: +91 22 4030 6347
website: www.bharti-axalife.com
Also, as per the requirement of Article 109 of the Article of Associations of the Company,
the voting by the shareholders for all the matters at the General Meeting shall be in the
form of the poll and not by show of hands.
I would further like to inform the members that in compliance with the applicable provisions
of the Companies Act, 2013, M/s. Rathi & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries are
appointed as the scrutinizers of this meeting to ensure a fair and transparent process.
With your due permission we will continue with the agenda for the meeting.
Bharat S. Raut:
Yes please.
Vinod D’souza:
1. Agenda No. 1 of the Notice: Amendment to Articles of Association of the Company
Vinod D’souza:
We have one agenda item today to discuss which is Amendment to Articles of
Association of the Company. The Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment)
Amendment Rules, 2021 (‘Rules’) notified on 19
th
May 2021 and IRDAI (Indian
Insurance Companies) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 stated that in case of an
Insurance Company having any FDI, Compliances with following provisions should be
ensured within 1 year of notification of the rules / regulation:
a) a majority of its directors,
b) a majority of its Key Management Persons, and
c) at least one among the chairperson of its Board, its managing director and its Chief
Executive Officer:
shall be Resident Indian Citizens.
Accordingly, the proposal for amendment to Articles of Association of the Company is
being proposed to the shareholders for their consideration.
I request the members now to cast their vote by giving their assent or dissent to the
proposal made under agenda item no. 1 by sending an e-mail on the designated e-mail
id of the Company which is compliance.life@bhartiaxa.com
and also to the scrutinisers at
[email protected]. And I would request Manoj Dhamal to check if he has
received the e-mails.
CIN: U66010MH2005PLC157108
Registered office address: Unit No. 1902, 19
th
floor, Parinee Crescenzo,
Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai Mumbai - 400051
Tel No.: +91 22 4030 6300 Fax: +91 22 4030 6347
website: www.bharti-axalife.com
After completion of voting time given to members;
Vinod D’souza:
Manoj Dhamal, have you received all the mails?
Manoj Dhamal:
Yes. Shall I announce the results?
Vinod D’souza:
Yes, if you have received all mails, you can announce.
Manoj Dhamal:
Based on the details and the votes received and reviewed by me, I hereby declare that
the resolution as set out in the notice has been passed unanimously.
Vinod D’souza:
Thank you so much Manoj. Since that was the only agenda item today, I thank all the
participants and the Chairman for participating in this meeting. I request the members to
now log off.
Bharat S. Raut:
Thank you Vinod and everyone. Have a lovely day.
Disclaimer: Please note that this transcript has been edited for the purpose of clarity and better
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