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Creative Newtech MD, chairman, board of directors and AGM

NSE: CNLBSE: 544631Commercial Services & SuppliesSmall Cap

Formerly Creative Peripherals and Distribution
Last close ₹1,033.00up ₹16.60 (1.63%)BSE ₹1,020.65

Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹1,016.40.

52-week range of traded prices to 23 Oct 2026
₹525.00Low, 30 Mar 2026₹1,328.00High, 31 Aug 2026
Market cap
₹1,551 Cr1,492nd largest listed
P/E
Owners' profit not stated
P/B
4.3
Dividend yield
0.05%
ROCE
13.7%
Debt to equity
0.84
Volume, NSE
14,30851.3% delivered

Creative Newtech board of directors

At the end of the quarter to Jun 2026, as the company filed it; changes since are in its announcements.Their trades in its shares

  • Chairperson and managing directorKETAN CHHAGANLAL PATEL
  • Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerTejas Doshi

6 directors4 independent2 executive

  • KETAN CHHAGANLAL PATEL · Chairperson and managing directorExecutive · joined Sep 2004 · 1 listed board
  • VIJAY ADVANIExecutive · joined Jan 2006 · reappointed Apr 2025 · 1 listed board
  • MIHIR MAHENDRA SHAHIndependent · joined Nov 2017 · reappointed Sep 2022 · 101 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats
  • SURESH BHAGAVATULAIndependent · joined Oct 2019 · reappointed Oct 2024 · 79 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats, 1 as chair
  • KURIAN PALLATHUSERIL CHANDYIndependent · joined Feb 2020 · reappointed Feb 2025 · 72 months as independent · 3 listed boards · 3 as independent · 4 committee seats, 3 as chair
  • PRACHI KAMLESH JAINIndependent · joined Jul 2022 · reappointed Sep 2022 · 45 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats

An independent director has no business or family tie to the company, its promoters or its managers beyond the seat. Listed boards counts the boards of listed companies the director sits on, this one included, and "as independent" how many of those seats are independent ones. Committee seats are audit and stakeholder committee seats across those companies. Months as independent is filed for independent directors only, whose terms the rules cap. Disqualified is the company's own mark that a director may not serve under company law.

1 director who left
  • PURVI KETAN PATEL, left 11 Aug 2025: Others

Committees and meetings

Who sits on each, and how often they met.Board meeting notices and outcomes

  • Board

    • 14 May 20266 of 6 present4 independent · 97 days in between
    • 5 Feb 20266 of 6 present4 independent
  • Audit Committee

    Chair KURIAN PALLATHUSERIL CHANDY

    SURESH BHAGAVATULA, MIHIR MAHENDRA SHAH, PRACHI KAMLESH JAIN

    • 14 May 20264 of 4 present4 independent · 97 days in between
    • 5 Feb 20264 of 4 present4 independent
  • Nomination and remuneration committee

    Chair MIHIR MAHENDRA SHAH

    KURIAN PALLATHUSERIL CHANDY, SURESH BHAGAVATULA, PRACHI KAMLESH JAIN

    • 14 May 20264 of 4 present4 independent
  • Stakeholders Relationship Committee

    Chair SURESH BHAGAVATULA

    MIHIR MAHENDRA SHAH, KURIAN PALLATHUSERIL CHANDY, PRACHI KAMLESH JAIN

    No meeting listed in the filing.

  • Risk Management Committee

    Chair KETAN CHHAGANLAL PATEL

    VIJAY ADVANI, KURIAN PALLATHUSERIL CHANDY

    • 14 May 20263 of 3 present3 independent · 97 days in between
    • 5 Feb 20263 of 3 present3 independent
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

    Chair KETAN CHHAGANLAL PATEL

    VIJAY ADVANI, MIHIR MAHENDRA SHAH

    No meeting listed in the filing.

Meetings in the quarter filed and the one before it. The days in between are as the company files them, neither meeting's day counted; the rules allow at most 120. A quorum is the least number of members who must attend for the meeting to decide anything.

Statutory auditor

Named in the results for the quarter to Jun 2026.

  • Gupta Raj & Co.Peer-review certificate valid to Jul 2028

A statutory auditor checks the company's accounts and signs its results. Peer review is the accountants' institute's check of an audit firm's own work, which a listed company's auditor must hold a valid certificate of.

Creative Newtech AGM and shareholder votes

Each resolution, how the votes went, and how institutions voted apart from the promoters. A postal ballot is a vote by post or online, held without a meeting.Creative Newtech dividend history

Annual general meeting, 30 Sep 2026

10,315 shareholders on the register on 23 Sep 2026; present: 3 promoters and 64 others; votes counted by Satyajit Mishra / Satyajit Mishra & Co..The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements (including audited consolidated financial statements) of the Company for the Financial Year ended 31st March 2026 and the reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.MoreLess
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 57.27% · promoters 99.96% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.65%

  2. To Declare Final Dividend @ Re. 0.50/- per equity share
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 57.27% · promoters 99.96% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.65%

  3. To appoint Ketan Patel (DIN: 00127633), as Director, liable to retire by rotation, and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 0.67% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.65%

  4. Approval for Related Party Transactions with Secure Connection Limited (Hong Kong) for up to Rs. 750 crores.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 0.67% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.65%

  5. Approval for implementation of Creative Employee Stock Option Scheme 2026
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 57.27% · promoters 99.96% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.65%

  6. To approve extension of benefits of the Creative ESOP Scheme 2026 to the eligible employees of the group companies including holding, subsidiary and associate companies of the Company
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 57.27% · promoters 99.96% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.65%

  7. Revision of Remuneration of Mr. Ketan Patel (DIN 00127633) Chairman and Managing Director of the Company
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 0.67% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.65%

  8. Revision of Remuneration of Mr. Vijay Advani (DIN: 02009626) Whole-time Director of the Company
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 57.27% · promoters 99.96% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.65%

  9. Revision of Remuneration of Mrs. Purvi Ketan Patel, Chief Strategy Officer of the Company
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 0.67% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.65%

For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.

Tax disputes

Reported in the filing for the quarter to Jun 2026.

  • Tax disputeIncome Tax Department (Assessment Year 2008-09)Since 13 Jul 2009
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: Outstanding Tax demand
  • Tax disputeIncome Tax Department (Assessment Year 2008-09)Since 13 Jul 2009
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: Interest Demand
  • Tax disputeIncome Tax Department (Assessment Year 2009-10)Since 1 Feb 2017
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: Penalty & Interest demand
  • Tax disputeIncome Tax Department (Assessment Year 2018-19)Since 13 Nov 2019
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: Outstanding Tax demand
  • Tax disputeIncome Tax Department (Assessment Year 2020-21)Since 20 Dec 2021
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: Outstanding Tax & Interest demand
  • Tax disputeDirectorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI)Since 8 Aug 2022
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: GST - DGGI Assessment
  • Tax disputeGST Department (New Delhi 2017-2022)Since 12 Apr 2023
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: GST Audit demand
  • Tax disputeVAT & CST Department (Gujrat)Since 23 Mar 2020
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: VAT & CST Demand
3 more
  • Tax disputeGST Department (West Bengal 2018-19)Since 24 Jan 2023
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: GST Audit demand
  • Tax disputeGST Department (West Bengal 2019-20)Since 31 Mar 2023
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: GST Audit demand
  • Tax disputeGST Department (Telangana 2020-21)Since 15 Mar 2025
    Ongoing
    At the filing before: GST Audit demand

In the company's own words, from its latest governance filing.

Investor complaints and compliance

Quarter by quarter.

Investor complaints received and resolved, the company's own count

  • Received
  • Resolved

Open at the quarter's end

At most 1 complaint open, quarter to Dec 2025.
The board is made up as the listing rules require
Yes
The board has a regular chairperson
Yes
The company has a risk management committee
Yes
The chair is related to the managing director
Yes
The filing has a part on fines and penalties
No
The filing has a part on tax disputes
Yes
There was a cyber security incident in the quarter
No

The company's own answers in its filing.

How money raised was used

Reported for the quarter to Mar 2025. The company's results filing for the quarter to Jun 2026 says no statement of how money raised was used applies to it.

RaisedAmount raisedForSet asideSpentSpent elsewhereReason and comments
OthersJan 2025, checked by CRISIL16.88––NoAudit committee: No adverse Comments, funds utilised for the purpose they have raisedAuditors: No adverse Comments, funds utilised for the purpose they have raised
OthersJan 2025, checked by CRISIL9.28––NoAudit committee: No Adverse Comments, funds utilised for the purpose they have raisedAuditors: No Adverse Comments, funds utilised for the purpose they have raised
₹ crore. Checked by is the agency appointed to monitor how the money is used. The reason and the comments are the company's, its audit committee's and its auditors' own words.