Notice of EGM
Notice of EGM
Notice of EGM
Edelweiss Retail Finance Limited (“the Company”) will be held on Wednesday, November
3, 2021 at 3.00 PM at the Corporate Office of the Company situated at Edelweiss House, Off
C.S.T. Road, Kalina, Mumbai – 400 098 to transact the following business: -
SPECIAL BUSINESS
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:-
“RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of section 139 and 142 of the Companies Act,
2013 read with Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory
modification or amendment thereto or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force) and
all other applicable laws, if any, M/s. G. D. Apte & Co. (Firm Registration No.: 100515W), be
and are hereby appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company on such remuneration
and out of pocket expenses as may be determined by the Board, to fill the casual vacancy in
the office of Company’s Statutory Auditor caused due to resignation of the existing Statutory
Auditors, M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No.
100515W) and they shall hold the till the conclusion of 25th Annual General Meeting to be
held in the year 2022 and for a further period of two (2) years, from the conclusion of the 25th
Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of the 27th Annual General Meeting of the
Company to be held in the year 2024.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Board of Directors of the Company be and are hereby
authorized to do all such acts, deeds and things including fixing the remuneration in
consultation with the Statutory Auditors, which may be deemed necessary and expedient to
give effect to this resolution.”
Jignesh Gaglani
Company Secretary
Place: Mumbai
Date: 01/11/2021
4. Members / Proxies should fill in the attendance slip for attending the Meeting.
Proxies form as prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 is enclosed.
6. The route map showing directions to reach the venue of the General meeting
is annexed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 139, 141, 142 and other applicable provisions, if any, of
the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) and the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as
amended, M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration
No.:301003E/E300005) was appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company by the
Members at the 21st Annual General Meeting for a term of 5 (Five) years i.e. from the
conclusion of 21st (Twenty fist) Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of 26th Annual
General Meeting of the Company.
Further, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) issued a Notification RBI/2021-22/25 Ref. No. DoS.
CD.ARG/SEC.01/08.91.001/2021-22 dated 27th April 2021 (‘Notification’) for appointment of
Statutory Central Auditors (SCAs)/Statutory Auditors (“Statutory Auditors") of Commercial
Banks (excluding RRBs), UCBs and NBFCs (including HFCs) (“RBI Guidelines”).
As per the requirement of the aforesaid guidelines, the Company can appoint Statutory
Auditors for a continuous period of maximum three years, subject to the firms satisfying the
eligibility norms on a continuous basis. Further, the Audit Firms completing tenure of three
financial years in the NBFC are not eligible to continue to hold office as Statutory Auditors of
the NBFC. Since the RBI Guidelines are being implemented for the first time for NBFCs from
Financial Year 2021-22 and in order to ensure that there is no disruption, the RBI has given
flexibility to NBFCs to appoint new Statutory Auditors in the second half of the financial year
ending March 31, 2022.
M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, the existing Statutory Auditors of the Company have already
completed audit for a continuous period of three years and are now ineligible to continue as
Statutory Auditors of the Company in terms of the RBI Guidelines for the financial year
ending 31st March 2022. M/s. S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP has vide letter dated August 3, 2021
informed their ineligibility to continue as the Statutory Auditors of the Company in terms of
the aforesaid RBI Guidelines and have accordingly resigned.
To comply with the aforesaid RBI Guidelines and the provisions of Act, the Board of Directors
have appointed M/s. G. D. Apte & Co., Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No.
100515W) as the Statutory Auditor of the Company, subject to shareholders approval, to hold
the office till the conclusion of 25th Annual General Meeting to be held in the year 2022 and
for a further period of two (2) years, from the conclusion of the 25th Annual General Meeting
till the conclusion of the 27th Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in the year
2024.
The change / appointment of Statutory Auditors of the Company is to comply with RBI
Guidelines and for no other reasons.
Brief profile and credentials of M/s. G. D. Apte & Co. are as under
G.D. Apte & Co., Chartered Accountants is one of the oldest and most reputed Audit and
Advisory firms in India with offices in Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. The firm celebrated 2017-
18 as its Diamond Jubilee Year. Team GDA comprises more than 200 professionals comprising
of Chartered Accountants, Legal Experts, Banking Experts, Management Graduates and
Company Secretaries, amongst others as well as 40+ Associate Technical
Consultants with extensive experience across various industries. The firm is involved in
carrying out professional assignments in the areas of Auditing & Assurance - including
Statutory & Internal Audits, Direct Taxation, Indirect Taxation, Forensic Audits. The Firm is
empaneled with Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG), Reserve Bank of India (RBI),
Securities & Exchange Board of India, Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority
(IRDA), Indian Banks’ Association (for Forensic Audit and as Agency for Specialised
Monitoring {ASM}) and Department of Co-opearion Maharashtra.
None of the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel of the Company and their relatives are, in
any way, concerned or interested, financially or otherwise, in the Resolution, as set out at Item
No. 1 of the Notice.
Jignesh Gaglani
Company Secretary
Place: Mumbai
Date: 01/11/2021
I hereby record my presence at the Extra Ordinary General Meeting of the Company to
be held on November 3, 2021 at 3.00pm at Corporate Office of the Company at Edelweiss
House, Off C.S.T. Road, Kalina, Mumbai - 400 098, India.
I/ We, being the member(s) holding _______ Equity Shares of the above named Company
hereby appoint:
1. Name: _________________________________ Email Id: _____________________ Address:
_____________________________________________________________ Signature:
_________________________________________ or failing him/her
as my/our proxy to attend and vote (on a poll) for me/us and on my/our behalf at the
Extra Ordinary General Meeting of the Company to be held on November 3, 2021 at
3.00pm at Corporate office of the Company at Edelweiss House, Off C.S.T. Road, Kalina,
Mumbai - 400 098, India and at any adjournment thereof in respect of such resolution as
indicated below:
ROAD MAP FOR THE VENUE OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF EDELWEISS RETAIL
FINANCE LIMITED
EGM Venue - Edelweiss House, Off. C.S.T Road, Kalina, Mumbai- 400 098