Policy on Preservation of Documents

Policy on Preservation of Documents

OBJECTIVE
Regulation 9 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations 2015 (Hereinafter called as “The Regulations”) requires every listed
Company to frame a policy on preservation of documents. This policy shall cover all business records of
the Company, including written, printed and recorded matter and electronic forms of records.

AIMS OF THE POLICY
Kumbhat Financial Services Limited aims at having a policy of preservation of documents, duly
approved by board of directors classifying them into two categories.
a) Documents whose preservation shall be of permanent nature.
b) Documents with preservation period of not less than eight years after computing relevant
transaction.

DEFINITIONS:
a) Act: Means the Companies Act, 2013
b) Board of Directors: Board of Directors of Kumbhat Financial Services Limited.
c) The Company: Means “Kumbhat Financial Services Limited” or “the Company” or
“Kumbhat Financial Services Limited ”
d) SS-1: Means Secretarial Standard-1 for the Board Meetings as notified by the ICSI
e) SS-2: Means Secretarial Standard-2 for the General Meeting as notified by the ICSI
f) SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015: Means SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosures
Requirements) Regulation, 2015
g) Compliance Officer: The Company Secretary and/or a Key Managerial Person
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company as the Compliance Officer for the
purpose of these regulations from time to time.
h) SEBI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India
i) Rules: Rules made under the Companies Act, 2013.
j) Regulation: Regulation made under SEBI Act.

DOCUMENTS WHOSE PRESERVATION SHALL BE PERMANENT IN NATURE:
The Board of Directors shall decide necessity of preservation of documents permanently from
time to time as required under the Act and Regulation. On reviewing the policy from time to time, the
board will be governed by the companies Act 2013,SEBI Act , rules and regulation, labour laws, tax laws
and all other applicable laws for the time being in force.

DOCUMENTS/RECORDS RELATED TO ACCOUNTS, SECRETARIAL DEPARTMENT:
Notwithstanding anything contained herein the Act, SS-1 and SS-2 the following documents/ records
maintained under the Act, Rules and Regulation shall be preserved permanently and hosted on the
website of the Company:-
a) Financial Statements, duly signed annual reports.
b) Annual Returns filed with the ROC.
c) Minutes of all the General Meetings.
d) Disclosures made under the SEBI Insider and Takeover Regulations and the SEBI (LODR)
Regulations, 2015 to the Stock Exchange from time to time.
e) Letter of Offer related to public issue, right issue, further issue, buyback offer, etc.
f) any others, if Board of Directors may deem thin fit.
g) Memorandum and articles of association, shall not be hosted in the website.

DOCUMENTS WITH PRESERVATION PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS COMPLETION OF THE RELEVANT TRANSACTION:

1. Notice of the Board meetings given to the Stock Exchange for considering matters relating to pre-
intimations required to be submitted to the Stock Exchange.

2. Date for the Book Closures and Record dates for various purposes as may be decided by the
Company from time to time.
3. Quarterly and half yearly and annual financial results of the Company;
4. Quarterly Shareholding Pattern including details for pledge of shares and any changes therein.
5. Results of the E-Voting, General Meetings, Postal Ballot etc.
6. List of Unpaid Dividend to the shareholders
7. Change in the constitution of the Board of directors, KMP, Compliance Officer, Auditors, Secretarial
Auditors, and Share Transfer Agent.
8. Agreement with the Share Transfer Agent, Depositories

9. Tax records should be retained for at least eight years from date of filling the returns or for such
period as prescribe under tax law whichever longer.
10. Employee records/ personal records shall be preserved in accordance with labour laws. Returns filled
under labour laws, government and statutory filling etc need to be maintained as per relevant stature.
11. Any price Sensitive Information given or provided to the Stock Exchange under Regulation 30 of the
SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015.
12. Recommendation and payment of dividend to the shareholders
13. Details of the Complaints received and resolved by the Company.
14. Corporate Governance Report submitted to the Stock Exchange on quarterly and annual basis.
15. Copy of the orders issued by the SEBI or Stock Exchanges relating to securities listed with the Stock
Exchanges.
16. Any document where preservation period is not prescribed under the governing law,shall be
preserved for eight years.
The above said documents shall be hosted by the Company on its website for a period at least 8 years.
The Board of Directors may decide the preservation period for any particular documents.

RESPONSIBILITY OF EMPLOYEES FOR PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS:
The Company Secretary and in absence thereof the Key Managerial Personal appointed by the
Board of directors of the Company are responsible for taking into account the potential impacts on
preservation of the documents in their work area and their decision to retain/preserve or destroy
documents pertaining to their area.

AUTHORIZED FOR MONITORING THE POLICY:
The Company Secretary or any one Key Managerial Personnel of the Company authorized by
Board of Directors shall be responsible for monitoring the Policy. The authorized person shall inform its
Board of Directors about the monitoring of the Policy.
The authorized person shall take necessary step to discharge his duty.

PRESERVATION PRINCIPLES:
It is only through preservation that continued availability and access to items in the collections
can be maintained. The following principles shall be kept in mind:-

  • Where possible, documents are preserved in their original format, respecting the physical integrity and authenticity of the original documents.
  • Active conservation is employed when appropriate to prevent further deterioration or damage to an item, or to enable access to be given.
  • Appropriate conservation measures will take into account the needs, value, significance, and usage of the item in question.
  • Surrogates shall be created where appropriate to protect the original, and to allow wider access to the content. Surrogates shall not replace the original, which will still need preservation.
  • All staff are made aware of the paramount importance of preservation, and are trained on safe handling of documents.

SECURITY OF DOCUMENTS:
The Board shall ensure that all the documents shall be kept in safe place in the Company premises. The Board may authorize a person for the security of documents, who shall be responsible for safe custody of documents.

SUSPENSION OF RECORD DISPOSAL IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION OR CLAIMS:
In case the Company is served with any notice for request of documents or any employee becomes aware of a governmental investigation or audit concerning of the Company or commencement of any litigation against the Company, such employee shall inform the Top Management and any further disposal of  documents shall be suspended until such time as the Top Management with the due advice from the legal counsel determine otherwise. The Top  Management in such case shall inform all the employee by mail under “User list” of the need to retain the documents and suspension of disposal of the
same.

DISPOSAL OF DOCUMENTS:
Disposal of documents after said period of 8 years (whose preservation shall not be permanent in
nature) shall be done in the presence of Authorized person in method prescribed by Board of Directors.
Before disposing a soft copy shall be taken for the record.

REVIEW OF THE POLICY:
The board of directors of the company shall review the policy on annual basis. The authorized
person shall provide regular assurance to board of directors on the effectiveness of the Policy.