Four Soft holds its Investors in high esteem and attaches great importance to investor relations. We have constituted the Investors Grievance Committee of the Board, consisting of independent Directors and represented by a Compliance Officer, to examine and redress shareholders and investors concerns / grievances.
For matters relating to shares transferred in physical form, share certificates, dividends, change of address, etc., shareholders should communicate with the Compliance Officer of the Company or Karvy Computershare Pvt. Ltd., the company's Registrar and Share Transfer Agent.
I. Investor Rights and Services
As a shareholder in a Company, you enjoy certain rights, which are as follows:
- to receive the share certificates, on allotment or transfer as the case may be, in due time.
- to receive copies of the abridged annual report, the balance sheet and the profit and loss account and the auditor's report.
- to participate and vote in General meetings either personally or through proxies.
- to receive dividends in due time once approved in general meetings.
- to receive corporate benefits like, rights, bonus, etc., once approved.
- to apply to Company Law Board (CLB) to call or direct the Annual General Meeting.
- to inspect the minute books of the General meetings and to receive copies thereof.
- to proceed against the company by way of civil or criminal proceedings.
- to apply for the winding-up of the Company.
- to receive the residual proceeds.
You may not that the above mentioned rights may not necessarily be absolute. For example, the right to transfer securities is subject to the company's right to refuse transfer as per statutory provisions.
Yours Responsibilities
While you may have so many rights as a stakeholder in the company, that should not lead you to complacency; because you have also certain responsibilities to discharge. To be specific,
- to remain informed
- to be vigilant
- to participate and vote in general meetings
- to exercise your rights on your own or as a group.
II. Depository and Dematerialisation
Shares are traditionally held in physically or paper form. This method has its own inherent weakness like loss/theft of certificates. Forged / fake certificates, cumbersome and time consuming procedure for transfer of shares etc., Therefore, to eliminate these weakness, a new system called Depository System has been established.
A depository is a system which holds your shares in the form of electronic accounts in the same way a bank holds your money in a savings account.
Depository system provides the following advantages to an investor.
- Your shares cannot be lost or stolen or mutilated.
- You never need to doubt the genuineness of your shares i.e; whether they are forged or fake.
- Share transactions like transfer, transmission etc., can be effected immediately.
- Transactions costs are usually lower than on the physical segment.
- There is no risk of bad delivery.
- Bonus/rights shares allotted to you will be immediately credited to your account.
- You will receive the statement of accounts of your transactions/holdings periodically.
When you decided to have your shares in electronic form, you should approach a Depository participant (DP) who is an agent of the depository and open an account who is an agent of the depository and open an account. Share transactions (like sale or purchase and transfer / transmission) in the electronic form can be effected in a much simpler and faster way. All you need to do is that after confirmation of sales/purchase transaction by your broker, you should approach your DP with a request to debit/credit your account for the transaction. The depository will immediately arrange to complete the transaction by updating your account. There is no need for separate communication to the company to register the transfer.
III. Grievance Redressal
Four Soft Ltd., follows up with the Depository Registrar and Transfer Agent on all complaints and enquiries received from shareholders regarding the Initial Public Offer and the transfer of shares with a view to resolving them quickly. For further assistance in this regard, shareholders are urged to contact:
P.Subramanyam
Four Soft Ltd.
5Q1 A3, 5th Floor, Cyber Towers
Hitec city, Madhapur
Hyderabad - 500 033.
Tel: 040-2310 0600 / 01
Fax: 040-2310 0602
e-mail: investorinfo@four-soft.com
Depository Registrars and Share Transfer Agents of the Company
Mr. Subba Reddy
Karvy Consultants Ltd.
Karvy House, 46, Avenue 4,
Street No.1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500 034.
Tel: (+91-40) 2331 2454, 2332 0251
Fax: (+91-40) 2331 1968
e-mail: karvyhyd@karvy.com |