Meeting Details
- Date: Tuesday, 4th August, 2026
- Time: 03:00 PM
- Location: Conducted through Video Conferencing (VC)/Other Audio Visual Means (OAVM)
- Type of Meeting: 57th Annual General Meeting
Proposed Resolutions and Implications
The AGM considered five resolutions:
Ordinary Business:
1. Adoption of Audited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements for year ended 31st March 2026
2. Declaration of dividend
3. Re-appointment of Shri A B Parekh (DIN: 00035317) as Director retiring by rotation
4. Re-appointment of Shri Kavinder Singh (DIN: 06994031) as Director retiring by rotation
Special Business:
5. Approval for ratification of payment of remuneration to M/s. V J Talati & Co., Cost Auditors for financial year ending 31st March 2027
Voting Process and Methods
The Company provided multiple voting facilities:
- Remote e-voting: Available from Friday, 31st July 2026 at 9:00 AM to Monday, 3rd August 2026 at 5:00 PM through NSDL platform
- E-voting at AGM: Available during the meeting for shareholders who hadn't voted remotely
- Voting platform: NSDL e-voting system
- Voting closure: 15 minutes after meeting conclusion at 4:00 PM
- Record date: 28th July 2026
- Total shareholders on record date: 521,369
Key Voting Outcomes
Overall Participation
- Total outstanding shares: 1,017,787,907
- Total votes polled: 883,536,909 shares (86.8095% of outstanding shares)
- No physical attendance: Meeting conducted entirely virtually
- VC attendance: 33 Promoter group members, 64 Public shareholders
Resolution-wise Results:
Resolution 1: Adoption of Financial Statements
- Total votes: 883,536,909 shares (86.8095% participation)
- In favor: 881,799,431 shares (99.8033%)
- Against: 1,737,478 shares (0.1967%)
- Invalid: 0 shares
Resolution 2: Declaration of Dividend
- Total votes: 883,657,301 shares (86.8214% participation)
- In favor: 883,642,757 shares (99.9984%)
- Against: 14,544 shares (0.0016%)
- Invalid: 0 shares
Resolution 3: Re-appointment of Shri A B Parekh
- Total votes: 883,655,338 shares (86.8212% participation)
- In favor: 858,199,285 shares (97.1192%)
- Against: 25,456,053 shares (2.8808%)
- Invalid: 0 shares
Resolution 4: Re-appointment of Shri Kavinder Singh
- Total votes: 883,655,258 shares (86.8212% participation)
- In favor: 880,012,921 shares (99.5878%)
- Against: 3,642,337 shares (0.4122%)
- Invalid: 0 shares
Resolution 5: Ratification of Cost Auditor Remuneration
- Total votes: 883,655,430 shares (86.8212% participation)
- In favor: 882,493,492 shares (99.8685%)
- Against: 1,161,938 shares (0.1315%)
- Invalid: 0 shares
Category-wise Voting Breakdown:
Promoter and Promoter Group (704,738,560 shares)
- Participation: 97.4609% across all resolutions
- Unanimous support (100%) for all resolutions
Public Institutions (219,043,089 shares)
- Participation: 88.9050-88.9599% across resolutions
- High approval rates (86.9373-99.9939%) varying by resolution
Public Non-Institutions (94,006,258 shares)
- Participation: 2.0763-2.0767% across resolutions
- Very high approval rates (99.6510-99.8888%) across all resolutions
Scrutinizer's Role and Findings
- Scrutinizer: Mitesh Dhabliwala of Parikh & Associates, Practising Company Secretaries
- Appointment: By Board of Directors of Pidilite Industries Limited
- Responsibilities: Scrutiny of remote e-voting and electronic voting at AGM
- Findings: All resolutions passed with requisite majority
- Conclusion: Voting process complied with Section 108 of Companies Act 2013 and Rule 20 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules 2014
Compliance Confirmation
The meeting was conducted in accordance with:
- Companies Act 2013 and Rules thereunder
- SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015
- MCA circulars and SEBI circulars including Circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/CFD-PoD-2/P/CIR/2024/133 dated October 03, 2024
- Master Circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD-PoD2/CIR/P/0155 dated November 11, 2024
Additional Information
- Live webcast of proceedings was available on NSDL portal
- All Directors, Committee Chairpersons, CFO, and Auditors were present virtually
- 8 shareholders raised queries during the meeting which were addressed by management
- Necessary registers and documents were available for inspection as per notice dated 7th May 2026
- Results available on company website (www.pidilite.com) and NSDL website (www.evoting.nsdl.com)