Preamble
Dividend is the payment made by a Company to its shareholders, usually in the form of distribution of its profits. The profits earned by the Company can either be retained in business and used for acquisitions, expansion or diversification, or it can be distributed to the shareholders. The Company may choose to retain a part of its profits and distribute the balance among its shareholders as dividend. This Policy aims to reconcile between all these needs.
The objective of this policy is to ensure a regular dividend income for the shareholders and long term capital appreciation for all stakeholders of the Company. The Company would ensure to strike the right balance between the quantum of dividend paid and amount of profits retained in the business for various purposes. The Board of Directors will refer to the policy while declaring/ recommending dividends on behalf of the Company. Through this policy, the Company would endeavor to maintain a consistent approach to dividend payout plans.
The Company believes that it operates in the high potential and fast growing internet segment. This offers huge investment opportunities. Therefore, the retention of surplus funds for future growth will over-ride considerations of returning cash to the shareholders. However, considering the consistent and impressive generation of profits year on year, there is a need to provide greater clarity on the dividend pay-out philosophy of the Company.
Process for approval of Payment of Final Dividend:
Declaration of Dividend
Subject to the provisions of the Regulations and the Act, Dividend shall be declared or paid to the Shareholders.
The Board may, at its discretion, declare a Special Dividend under certain circumstances such as extraordinary profits from sale of investments.
Factors to be considered while declaring Dividend
The decision regarding dividend pay-out is a crucial decision as it determines the amount of profit to be distributed among shareholders and amount of profit to be retained in business. The Board of Directors will endeavor to take a decision with an objective to enhance shareholders wealth and market value of the shares. However, the decision regarding pay-out is subject to several factors and hence, any optimal policy in this regard may be far from obvious.
The Dividend pay-out decision of any company depends upon certain external and internal factors.
External Factors:-
State of Economy-
In case of uncertain or recessionary economic and business conditions, Board will endeavor to retain larger part of profits to build up reserves to absorb future shocks.
Capital Markets-
When the markets are favorable, dividend pay-out can be liberal. However, in case of unfavorable market conditions, Board may resort to a conservative dividend pay-out in order to conserve cash outflows.
Statutory Restrictions-
The Board will keep in mind the restrictions imposed by the Act with regard to declaration of dividend.
Internal Factors:-
Apart from the various external factors aforementioned, the Board will take into account various internal factors while declaring Dividend, which inter alia will include-
Dividend Range
The Company stands committed to deliver sustainable value to all its stakeholders. The Company will strive to distribute an optimal and appropriate level of the profits earned by it in its business and investing activity, with the shareholders, in the form of dividend.
As explained in the earlier part of this Policy, determining the dividend pay-out is dependent upon several factors, both internal to a business and external to it. Taking into consideration the aforementioned factors, the Board will endeavor to maintain a Dividend pay-out in the range of 10%-50% of profits after tax (PAT) on standalone financials.
Review
This Policy will be reviewed periodically by the Board.
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