Secretarial Audit - A Mandatory as well as essential compliance for Listed and other bigger public Companies, Introduced by the Companies Act 2013, ‘Secretarial Audit’ is a process to check compliances made by the Company under Corporate Law & other laws, rules, regulations, procedures etc. It is a mechanism to monitor compliance with the requirements of stated laws and processes. Secretarial Audit is important activity our firm carries on to ensure due compliance by Corporates and avoiding penalties / prosecution to Owners / Directors also protecting various stakeholder interests.
Undertaking Corporate Governance Compliance Audit as required under SEBI (LODR);
Undertaking Audit as required by SEBI under Depositories and Participants Regulation: a).Reconciliation of share Capital Audit; b).Share Transfer Audit.
Undertaking specific audits to ensure compliance of the SEBI Takeover Code, SEBI Insider Trading Regulations, etc.;
Secretarial Compliance Certification;
Certificate for Preferential issue of Shares, Buy-back, FC-GPR etc.;
Verification of Secretarial Data and Annual Returns of listed Companies and Certification of the correctness and compliances of the contents by exhaustive audit of each provisions of the Companies Act;
Certification of E-Forms which are required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies through web portal of Ministry of Corporate of Affairs;
Other Miscellaneous Certificates that may be required to be issued under various other Acts like FEMA, SEBI Listing Obligation (Disclosure and Requirements) Regulations etc.;
Filing of Annual Return/Forms (including XBRL);
Providing Inspection facility and Search and Status Report;
Scrutinizer Report with respect to General Meetings, Postal Ballot Meetings, Court Convened Meetings, etc.