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 4th August, 2022
Time 11.30 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
April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023
Tentative Financial Calendar
The Financial Calendar year is based on twelve months commencing from April, 2021 to March, 2022.
1st Quarter Ended 30th June, 2022 Second week of August, 2022
2nd Quarter Ended 30th September, 2022 Second week of November, 2022
3rd Quarter Ended 31st December, 2022 Second week of February, 2023
4th Quarter Ended 31st March, 2023 Within May, 2023
Book Closure dates
Day Date To Day Date
Friday 29th July, 2022 Thursday 4th August, 2022

Listing of Equity Shares / Debentures on Stock Exchanges

Equity Shares:

BSE Limited (BSE)
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers,
Dalal Street, Mumbai 400 001
Scrip Code : 538092

Payment of Listing Fees:

Annual listing fee for the year 2022-23
has been paid by the company
to BSE and CSE Limited.

Stock Market Performance

There were no transactions in the equity shares of the Company at The Calcutta Stock Exchange, hence there is no monthly high and low quotations and volume of shares traded on the Stock Exchange during the year. However, the month-wise high, low of the market price of the Company’s shares traded on BSE along with month-wise high, low of the BSE SENSEX are as under :

Months Stock Price at BSE BSE SENSEX
High Low High Low
April, 2021 122.95 102.10 50375.77 47204.50
May, 2021 131.00 110.30 52013.22 48028.07
June, 2021 156.75 118.55 53126.73 51450.58
July, 2021 146.35 118.25 53290.81 51802.73
August, 2021 147.00 106.30 57625.26 52804.08
September, 2021 130.50 110.00 60412.32 57263.90
October, 2021 129.30 101.30 62245.43 58551.14
November, 2021 134.50 106.50 61036.56 56382.93
December, 2021 224.00 103.10 59203.37 55132.68
January, 2022 193.20 121.05 61475.15 56409.63
February, 2022 129.50 94.50 59618.51 54383.20
March, 2022 104.70 82.05 58890.92 52260.82

Registrar And Share Transfer Agent

M/s. Maheshwari Datamatics Pvt. Ltd.

23, R.N. Mukherjee Road, 5th Floor,
Kolkata 700 001,
Phone: (033) 2248-2248
Fax No.:(033) 2248-4787
E-mail : mdpldc@yahoo.com

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.

Shareholding Pattern by Size as on March 31, 2022
CATEGORY NO. OF SHARES HELD % OF SHARE CAPITAL
A. PROMOTER’S HOLDING
1 Promoters
a. Indian Promoters 6204526 74.8941
Foreign Promoters - -
Sub Total 6204526 74.8941
B. NON-PROMOTER’S HOLDING
2 Institutional Investors
a. Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies 208407 2.5157
Sub Total 208407 2.5157
3 OTHERS
a. Bodies Corporate 110431 1.3330
b. Indian Public 1617046 19.5191
c. NRIs / OCBs 1668 0.0201
d. HUF 51261 0.6188
e. Foreign Nationals 14062 0.1697
f. IEPF 76022 0.9177
g. Clearing Member 739 0.0089
h. Custodian of enemy property 240 0.0029
Sub Total 1871469 22.5902
GRAND TOTAL 8284402 100
Shareholding Pattern by Size as on March 31, 2022
No. of Equity Shares Held No. of Shareholders % of Shareholders No. of Shares Held % of Shareholding
Upto 500 2974 91.4233 222147 2.6815
501 to 1000 120 3.6888 87062 1.0509
1001 to 2000 63 1.9367 8917 1.0733
2001 to 3000 17 0.5226 43716 0.5277
3001 to 4000 14 0.4304 47900 0.5782
4001 to 5000 10 0.3074 44654 0.5390
5001 to 10000 24 0.7378 181744 2.1938
10001 and above 31 0.9530 7568262 91.3556
GRAND TOTAL 3253 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 31st March, 2022 was as under:

Particulars No. of Shares % to Total Capital No. of Accounts
National Securities Depository Limited 4955202 59.82 1466
Central Depository Services (India) Limited 3213022 38.78 1099
Total Dematerialised 8168224 98.60 2565
Physical 116178 1.40 1008
Grand Total 8284402 100.0000 3573

Rights Issue

The Board of Directors at their meeting held on 14th July, 2020 had approved fund raising for an issue size of up to Rs. 24.90 crores, through a rights issue, in accordance with applicable law, including the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules made thereunder and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018.

Further, the Rights Issue Committee of the Board of Directors in their respective meetings held on 16th December, 2021 and 13th January, 2022 had approved the following terms of the issue:

a. Issue Price: Rs. 60/- per fully paid-up equity share (including a premium of Rs. 50/- per fully paid-up equity share over the face value of ` 10 per equity share).

b. Terms and payment of issue price: The full amount of issue price being Rs. 60/- per rights equity share payable on application.

c. Record date: The record date for the purpose of determining the eligibility of shareholders of the Company to apply in the Issue, was fixed as 22nd December, 2021, which was revised later as January 19, 2022, in consultation with and approval of BSE Ltd., Depositories NSDL & CDSL, Merchant Bankers and Registrars to the Issue.

d. Rights entitlement ratio: 1 Rights Equity Share for every 1 Equity Share held by the eligible shareholders of the Company on the record date.

e. Issue Opened on: Friday, February 4, 2022;

f. Issue Closing Date: Friday, February 18, 2022.

Further, the Rights Issue Committee at its meeting held on 28th February, 2022 approved the allotment of 41,42,201equity shares on rights basis.

Post rights issue, the paid-up share capital of the Company is Rs. 8,28,44,020 i.e. 82,84,402 equity shares of Rs. 10 each.

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, 2022 is attached to the Corporate Governance Report forming part of the Directors’ Report.

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 31st March, 2022.

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

Coffee

Cowcoody Estate
Somwarpet - 571236
Dist. Coorg, Karnataka
Chemoni, Pudukad & Ichipara Estate
P.O. Palapilly - 680304
Dist. Trichur, Kerala

Administrative Office

Cowcoody Chambers
234-A, Race Course Road
Coimbatore-641 018
Chemoni, Pudukad & Ichipara Estate
P.O. Palapilly - 680304
Dist. Trichur, Kerala

Address for Correspondence

Registrar & Share Transfer Agents

M/s. Maheshwari Datamatics Pvt. Ltd.

23, R.N. Mukherjee Road, 5th Floor,
Kolkata 700 001,
Phone: (033) 2248-2248
Fax No.:(033) 2248-4787
E-mail : mdpldc@yahoo.com

Registered Office

Joonktollee Tea & Industries Ltd.

21, Strand Road,,
Kolkata – 700 001,
Phone: 033-2230-9601
Fax No.:033-2210-6495
E-mail : info@joonktolleetea.in / investors@joonktollee tea.in

Credit Ratings

During the year under review, CARE has affirmed the rating of BB+/Stable for the bank facilities of the Company.

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 2013-14, had been transferred to the IEPF during FY 2021-22. Consequently, shares in respect of which dividend(s) remained unclaimed or unpaid from FY 2013-14 till FY 2020-21 were also transferred to IEPF. The details of the unclaimed dividends and shares so transferred are available on the Company’s website - http://joonktolleetea.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 http://joonktolleetea.in/unpaid_dividend.html

It may be noted that the unclaimed dividend for FY 2014-15 declared on September 22, 2015, along with underlying shares, are due to be transferred to the IEPF by September, 2022. Members who have not encashed the dividend warrant(s) from FY 2014-15, onwards may forward their claims to the Company’s Registrar and Transfer Agents before September 5, 2022, 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 there are no shares in the demat suspense account or 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, 2022 is attached to the Corporate Governance Report forming part of the Directors’ Report.

This Certificate will be forwarded to the Stock Exchanges alongwith the Annual Report of the Company.