AU Small Finance Bank Limited has disclosed the results of a postal ballot conducted pursuant to Regulation 44(3) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and Section 110 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 22 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014.
The resolution put to vote was:
Item No. 1: Ordinary Resolution - Appointment of Mr. Vivek Tripathi (DIN: 11510604) as the Director and Whole Time Director (designated as Executive Director) of the Bank and to approve the remuneration payable to him.
Key Dates
- Date of Postal Ballot Notice: May 12, 2026
- Cut-off date for determining shareholders entitled to vote: May 8, 2026
- Remote e-voting period: May 16, 2026 (9:00 AM) to June 14, 2026 (5:00 PM)
- Last date for receipt of postal ballot forms/e-voting: June 14, 2026
- Date of declaration of result: June 15, 2026
Shareholder Base
- Total number of shareholders on record date: 169,326
- Number of shareholders who received notice via email: 163,645
Voting Results
The resolution was passed with requisite majority. The detailed voting results are as follows:
Overall Results:
- Total outstanding shares: 74,85,55,611
- Total votes polled: 64,86,72,109 (86.6565% of outstanding shares)
- Votes in favor: 64,35,48,958 (99.2102% of votes polled)
- Votes against: 51,23,151 (0.7898% of votes polled)
Category-wise Breakdown:
Promoter and Promoter Group:
- Shares held: 17,02,98,412
- Votes polled: 17,02,98,412 (100.0000% of shares held)
- Votes in favor: 17,02,98,412 (100.0000%)
- Votes against: 0 (0.0000%)
Public Institutional Holders:
- Shares held: 51,33,85,785
- Votes polled: 45,67,84,283 (88.9749% of shares held)
- Votes in favor: 45,16,62,688 (98.8788% of votes polled)
- Votes against: 51,21,595 (1.1212% of votes polled)
Public Non-Institutional Holders:
- Shares held: 6,48,71,414
- Votes polled: 2,15,89,414 (33.2803% of shares held)
- Votes in favor: 2,15,87,858 (99.9928% of votes polled)
- Votes against: 1,556 (0.0072% of votes polled)
Scrutinizer Appointment and Process
Mr. Manoj Maheshwari (M. No.: FCS 3355) of V. M. & Associates Company Secretaries was appointed as the scrutinizer for the postal ballot process at the Board Meeting held on May 12, 2026.
The e-voting facility was provided by Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) through their website https://www.evotingindia.com. MUFG Intime India Private Limited (formerly Link Intime India Private Limited) serves as the Registrar and Share Transfer Agent (RTA) of the Bank.
An advertisement regarding the completion of dispatch of the notice of postal ballot was published in "Financial Express" (English) and "Seema Sandesh" (vernacular) newspapers on May 16, 2026.
Result Declaration
The scrutinizer confirmed that the ordinary resolution has been passed by the shareholders with requisite majority (99.2102% votes in favor). The resolution is deemed to be passed as of June 14, 2026 (the last date specified for receipt of remote e-voting).
All electronic data and relevant records relating to the e-voting have been handed over to the Company Secretary for preservation.