Identifying Senior Managers: Listing rules may force companies to relook at the tag
Identification as a “senior management person” brings information needs as well as obligations
– Pammy Jaiswal and Mahak Agarwal
Background
The concept of Senior Management ( herein, ‘SM’, and senior management person or personnel as ‘SMP’ or ‘SMPs’) was not there under the regime of the Companies Act, 1956 and was first introduced under Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 (Act, 2013). The law requires the Nomination and Remuneration Committee to get into compensation policies of SMPs. The definition under the Listing Regulations has, over time, been aligned with that under the Act, 2013. These definitions have been around for almost 10 years now, and therefore, largely seem to have settled.
However, the LODR (2nd Amendment) Regulations[1] have introduced several new information requirements and obligations pertaining to SMPs, which has given rise to the need for relooking at the said position from a fresh perspective.
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