Shareholders Information

Company Registration Details:

The Company is registered in the State of West Bengal, India. The Corporate Identity Number (CIN) allotted to the Company by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is L01132WB1900PLC000292.

Annual General Meeting
Day	Thursday
Date	21st August, 2025
Time	11.00 a.m.
Venue	AGM shall be held through Video Conferencing or Other Audio Visual Means in compliance with SEBI / MCA circulars without the physical presence of members at a common venue. The proceedings of the AGM shall be deemed to be conducted at the Registered office of the Company which shall be deemed venue of the AGM.

Financial Year
1st April to 31st March 2025

Financial Results for the quarter ending (tentative)
June 30, 2025	Second week of August, 2025
September 30, 2025	Second week of November, 2025
3December 31, 2025	Second week of February, 2026
March 31, 2026	Within May, 2026

Book Closure dates
Day	Date	To	Day	Date
Friday	15th August, 2025		Thursday	21st August, 2025

Listing of Equity Shares / Debentures on Stock Exchanges

ISIN No. for the Company’s Listed Securities:
	Equity Shares in Demat Form – BSE Limited	INE574G01013
	NCDs in Demat Form – BSE Limited	INE574G07010

Registrar And Share Transfer Agent

Share Transfer System

To enhance ease of dealing in securities markets by investors, SEBI has decided that listed companies shall henceforth issue the securities in dematerialized form only (vide Gazette Notification no. SEBI/LADNRO/GN/2022/66 dated January 24, 2022) while processing the service request mentioned in above notification (viz. Issue of duplicate securities certificates, Claim from Unclaimed Suspense Account, Transmission, Transposition, etc.). The transmission or transposition of shares are being processed by the Registrar and Share Transfer Agents, and approved by the Stakeholders Relationship Committee. After processing the service request, a letter of confirmation will be issued to the shareholder which shall be valid for a period of 120 days and within which the shareholder shall make a request to the Depository Participant for dematerializing those shares. In case the shareholder fails to submit the dematerialization request within 120 days from the date of issue of letter of confirmation, the Company shall credit those shares in the Suspense Escrow Demat Account held by the Company. Shareholders can claim these shares transferred to Suspense Escrow Demat Account on submission of necessary documents.

Online Dispute Resolution Portal (Smart ODR Portal)

SEBI vide Circular No. SEBI/HO/01AE/01AE_1AD-3/P/CIR/2023/195 dated July 31, 2023 (updated as on December 28, 2023) has issued a master circular on Online Dispute Resolution in the Indian Securities Market.

The dispute resolution process under the ODR Mechanism shall have two levels of resolution i.e. Conciliation and Arbitration. The said mechanism shall be applicable to all the investors who register and lodge their complaints / dispute through SMARTODR portal. The complaint / dispute lodged through SMARTODR portal shall mandatorily follow the process of Online Conciliation first and in case of unsuccessful conciliation, the same may be taken up for online Arbitration. In case the investor is assigned with the arbirtration award, it may file an appeal before a competent court of law under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

Shareholding Pattern as on March 31, 2025
	CATEGORY	NO. OF SHARES HELD	% OF SHARE CAPITAL
A.	PROMOTER’S HOLDING
1	Promoters
a.	Indian Promoters	6204526	74.8941
	Sub Total	6204526	74.8941
B.	NON-PROMOTER’S HOLDING
2	Institutional Investors
a.	Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies	189360	2.2857
	Sub Total	189360	2.2857
3	OTHERS
a.	Bodies Corporate	90225	1.0891
b.	Indian Public	1640314	19.8001
c.	Central Government	240	0.0029
d.	NRIs / OCBs	4814	0.0581
e.	HUF	45095	0.5443
f.	Foreign Nationals	14062	0.1697
g.	IEPF	95140	1.1484
h.	Clearing member	190	0.0023
i.	Domestic Corporate Unclaimed Shares Account	436	0.0053
	Total	1890516	22.8202
	GRAND TOTAL	8284402	100.0000

Distribution of Shareholding as on March 31, 2023:

Category	No. of Shareholders	% of Shareholders	No. of Shares Held	% of Shareholders
Upto 500	2663	90.7325	203250	2.4534
501 to 1000	114	3.8842	84330	1.0179
1001 to 2000	62	2.1124	87928	1.0614
2001 to 3000	19	0.6474	48999	0.5915
3001 to 4000	16	0.5451	54501	0.6579
4001 to 5000	8	0.2726	36578	0.4415
5001 to 10000	18	0.6133	139326	1.6818
10001 and above	35	1.1925	7629490	92.0946
GRAND TOTAL	2935	100.0000	8284402	100.0000

Dematerialisation of Shares And Liquidity

The trading in Company’s shares on the Stock Exchange is permitted only in dematerialized form. In order to enable the shareholders to hold their share in electronic form and to facilitate scripless trading, the Company has entered into agreements with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) whereby shareholders have the option to dematerialize their shares with either of the Depositories.

As stipulated by SEBI, a practicing Company Secretary carries out the Reconciliation of Share Capital Audit on quarterly basis to reconcile the total admitted capital with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) and the total issued and listed capital and the same is deposited with stock exchanges within the stipulated time period.

Status of Dematerialisation as on 31^st March, 2025 was as under:

Particulars	No. of Shares	% to Total Capital	No. of Accounts
National Securities Depository Limited	4948602	59.73	1354
Central Depository Services (India) Limited	3249066	39.22	1122
?Total Dematerialised	8197668	98.95	2476
Physical	86734	1.05	706
Grand Total	8284402	100.0000	3182

Outstanding GDRs / ADRs / Warrants or any Convertible Instruments, Conversion date and likely impact on Equity:

The Company did not have any outstanding GDRs / ADRs / Warrants or Convertible Instruments as on 31^st March, 2025.

Locations

Tea / Coffee/ Rubber Estates and Factories are located at

Tea

Joonktollee Tea Estate P.O. Barbam - 786 624 Dist. Dibrugarh, Assam	Jamirah Tea Estate P.O. Dibrugarh - 786 001 Dist. Dibrugarh, Assam

Shree Ganga Tea Estate P.O. Barbam - 786 624 Dist. Dibrugarh, Assam	Nilmoni Tea Estate P.O. Tinkhong - 786 112 Rajgarh, Assam

Goomankhan Tea Estate Hirebile P.O.577 121 Dist. Chikmagalur, Karnataka	Pullikanam Tea Estate Vagamon Post P.O. Pullikanam - 685 503 Dist. Idukki, Kerala

Kolahalmedu Tea Estate Vagamon Post P.O. Pullikanam - 685 503 Dist. Idukki, Kerala	Azizbagh Tea Estate Rajgarh - 786611 Dist. Dibrugarh, Assam

Coffee

Cowcoody Estate Somwarpet - 571236 Dist. Coorg, Karnataka

Rubber

Chemoni Rubber Estate P.O. Palapilly - 680304 Dist. Trichur, Kerala	Pudukad Rubber Estate P.O. Palapilly - 680304 Dist. Trichur, Kerala	Echipara Rubber Estate P.O. Palapilly - 680304 Dist. Trichur, Kerala

Administrative Office

Cowcoody Chambers 234-A, Race Course Road Coimbatore - 641 018 Tamil Nadu

Address for Correspondence

Credit Ratings

Credit Ratings obtained by the Company during the financial year 2024-25 are as follows:

Rating Agency	Amount (Rs. Crore)	Instrument / Facilities	Ratings	Date of Rating
Infomerics Valuation and Rating Pvt. Ltd.	33.00 17.00	Long Term Bank Facilities Short Term Bank Facility	IVR BB/ Stable IVR A4	17th September, 2024

Rating Agency	Size of Issue (million)	Instrument Type	Rating	Date of Rating
India Ratings & Research Pvt. Ltd.	50.00	Non-Convertible Debentures	IND B+/Stable	27th December, 2024

Debenture Trustee Details

Particulars	Debenture Trustee
Name of Organisation	Vardhman Trusteeship Pvt Ltd.
Name of Contact Person	Mr. Rushabh Desai
Designation / Department	Legal, Compliance & Operations
Address	The Capital, A Wing, 412A, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051
Tel No.	022 - 4264 - 8335
Email Address	corporate@vardhmantrustee.com
Website	vardhmantrustee.com

TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS / SHARES TO THE INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND (IEPF):

In accordance with the provisions of Sections 124, 125 of the Act, read with the IEPF (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as “IEPF Rules”) the amount of dividend or any other amount remaining unclaimed or unpaid for a period of seven years is required to be transferred to the IEPF. Further, all the shares in respect of which dividend remained unclaimed or unpaid for seven consecutive years or more, shall also be transferred to the Demat Account of the IEPF Authority.

In pursuance of the above, the dividend remaining unclaimed or unpaid in respect of dividends declared for FY 2016-17, had been transferred to the IEPF during FY 2024-25. Consequently, shares in respect of which dividend(s) remained unclaimed or unpaid from FY 2016-17 till FY 2023-24 were also transferred to IEPF. The details of the unclaimed dividends and shares so transferred are available on the Company’s website svpl.in

In the interest of the shareholders, the Company sends periodical reminders to the shareholders to claim their dividends to avoid the transfer of dividends/shares to the IEPF Authority. Notices in this regard are also published in the newspapers and the details of unclaimed dividends and shareholders whose shares are liable to be transferred to the IEPF Authority, are uploaded on the Company’s website unpaid dividend

It may be noted that the unclaimed dividend for FY 2017-18 declared on August 31, 2018, along with underlying shares, are due to be transferred to the IEPF by September, 2025. Members who have not encashed the dividend warrant(s) from FY 2017-18 onwards may forward their claims to the Company’s Registrar and Transfer Agents before September 20, 2025, to avoid any transfer of dividend or shares to the IEPF Authority.

The shares and unclaimed dividends transferred to the IEPF can however be claimed back by the concerned shareholders from IEPF Authority after complying with the procedure prescribed under the IEPF Rules. The Member/Claimant is required to make an online application to the IEPF Authority in e-Form No. IEPF - 5 (available on www.iepf.gov.in) and submit the required documents to the Company.

Mr. Sharad Bagree, Company Secretary is the Nodal Officer for IEPF related matters.

During the year under review 436 equity shares were credited in the unclaimed suspense account of the Company.

Corporate Governance Compliance Certificate:

Certificate from Ms. Sweety Kapoor, a practicing Company Secretary, confirming compliance with the relevant provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (‘Listing Regulations’) as referred in Regulation 15(2) of the Listing Regulations for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025 is attached to the Corporate Governance Report forming part of the Directors’ Report.