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SONALI SINGH

Company Secretary
Noida

Summary

Company Secretary with 13+ years of experience in corporate secretarial functions, listing, corporate affairs and governance with an ability to make sound judgement for the benefits of the organization.

Proficient in managing day to day secretarial functions, compliances under the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI regulations & FEMA compliances.

Work History

Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

Bharat Rasayan Limited
  • Seeking approval for the board, shareholders with respect to related party transactions, liaising with consultants and arms’ length analysis of the transaction
  • Ensuring compliance of the Listing Agreement including filing of various reports and disclosures on online portal and the Companies Act, 2013 along with the secretarial standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India
  • Ensuring compliance of SEBI Takeover Regulations and SEBI Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations and
  • Member of POSH Committee
  • Handling stamp duty matter and making representation to appropriate authority
  • Framing of policies as required under the Companies Act
  • Handled work related to declaration and payment of interim and final dividend including co-ordination with bank and printer, approving of artwork etc
  • Dematerialization of Shares
  • Obtaining approval of shareholders by way of postal ballot, extraordinary general meeting & annual general meeting including e-voting process
  • Convening of meetings of the Board & its Committees including preparation of notices, agendas and taking minutes
  • Maintaining statutory records & registers, preparing, and filing necessary documents, forms and returns as required under the Companies Act and other Statutory Acts
  • Reorganization of company like change in authorized capital, reclassification & sub-division of shares, change of name, alteration in Memorandum of Association, & Articles of Association allotment of shares, change in object clause of the company etc
  • Liaising with Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Registrar of Companies, Stock Exchanges, Depositories, Statutory Auditors, Secretarial Auditors, and Legal Advisors etc
  • Preparation of annual report including notice, directors’ report and corporate governance report
  • Resolving grievance of shareholders
  • FEMA compliances.

Company Secretary

Eurocoustic Products Limited
  • Companies Act compliance
  • Liaising with Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Registrar of Companies, Stock Exchanges, Depositories, Statutory Auditors, Secretarial Auditors, and Legal Advisors etc
  • Convening of meetings of the Board & its Committees including preparation of notices, agendas and taking minutes
  • Assisted in convening Board meetings and the various committees of the Board including preparation of notices, drafting agendas and minutes
  • Maintaining statutory records & registers, preparing, and filing necessary documents, forms and returns as required under the Companies Act and other Statutory Acts
  • Raising of funds through QIP for one of the group company listed with the stock exchanges.

Deputy General Manager – Company Secretary

One 97 Communications Limited
02.2023 - Current
  • Acted as Interim Compliance Officer
  • Managing team of 15 qualified company secretaries and bucket of 40 + companies.
  • Handling Board & shareholders’ matters and ensuring statutory and regulatory compliances.
  • Implementation of SOP for disclosure of material events & other SEBI Listing Regulations, board meetings, SBO identification, press releases.
  • Managing Insider Trading compliances.
  • IESOPs management
  • Engaging with shareholders / proxy advisors to address their expectations on corporate governance and improving disclosures to the shareholders through statutory communications, engagement in meetings
  • Implementing automation of secretarial compliances across the group.
  • Coordination with Intra Departments, ensuring cohesiveness and necessary support on compliance / governance matters.

Senior Manager – Corporate Secretarial

InterGlobe Aviation Limited (‘IndiGo Airlines’)
2015.05 - 2022.10
  • Core team member - IPO and Further Issue
  • Handled show-cause notice issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs and SEBI and closure of the same without any penalty or fine on the Company
  • Handling of arbitration proceedings filed with London Court of Arbitration, liaising with lawyers, auditors and advisors and closure without any penalty or fine on the Company
  • Convening of meetings of the Board & its Committees including preparation of notices, agendas and taking minutes
  • Seeking approval for the board, shareholders with respect to related party transactions, liaising with consultants and arms’ length analysis of the transaction
  • Ensuring compliance of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 including filing of various reports and disclosures on online portal at NEAPS & BSE online and the Companies Act, 2013 along with the secretarial standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India
  • Ensuring compliance of SEBI Takeover Regulations, SEBI Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations and SEBI Share Based Employee Benefits Regulations
  • Digitalization of Insider Trading Compliances
  • Member of Implementation Committee for monitoring of utilization of Corporate social responsibility activities
  • Framing of policies as required under the Companies Act and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations
  • Secretarial Compliances of branch offices and foreign Subsidiaries of the Indian Company
  • Handled work related to declaration and payment of interim and final dividend including co-ordination with bank and printer, approving of artwork etc
  • Dematerialization of Shares
  • Obtaining approval of shareholders by way of postal ballot, extraordinary general meeting & annual general meeting including e-voting process
  • Maintaining statutory records & registers, preparing, and filing necessary documents, forms and returns as required under the Companies Act and other Statutory Acts
  • Reorganization of company like change in authorized capital, reclassification & sub-division of shares, change of name, alteration in Memorandum of Association, & Articles of Association allotment of shares, change in object clause of the company etc
  • Liaising with Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Registrar of Companies, Stock Exchanges, Depositories, Statutory Auditors, Secretarial Auditors, and Legal Advisors etc
  • Preparation of annual report including directors’ report, corporate governance report, management discussion & analysis report and business responsibility and sustainability report
  • Assisted in submitting clarifications to the authorities such as SEBI, stock exchanges and ROC
  • Resolving grievance of shareholders and managing complaints on SCORES
  • FEMA compliances such as FCGPR and FLA.

Education

LLB -

CCS University

Company Secretary (CS) - undefined

Institute of Company Secretaries of India

B. Com (Hons) - undefined

Delhi University

Pursuing Master of Business Laws from National School of Law, Pune. - undefined

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 10/14/87
  • Marital Status: Married

Timeline

Deputy General Manager – Company Secretary

One 97 Communications Limited
02.2023 - Current

Senior Manager – Corporate Secretarial

InterGlobe Aviation Limited (‘IndiGo Airlines’)
2015.05 - 2022.10

LLB -

CCS University

Company Secretary (CS) - undefined

Institute of Company Secretaries of India

B. Com (Hons) - undefined

Delhi University

Pursuing Master of Business Laws from National School of Law, Pune. - undefined

Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

Bharat Rasayan Limited

Company Secretary

Eurocoustic Products Limited
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