Essen Speciality Films MD, chairman, board of directors and AGM
NSE: ESFLConsumer Durables
Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹110.35.
- Market capMarket capitalisation. Share price times the number of shares: what the whole company is worth at the day's price.
- ₹275 Cr
- P/EPrice to earnings, trailing. Market cap divided by the profit of the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, after the share of the other owners of its subsidiaries: what investors pay for each rupee of a year's profit.
- Lossover the last 12 months
- P/BPrice to book. Market cap divided by the net worth that belongs to the company's own shareholders, its assets less everything it owes and less the other owners' share of its subsidiaries, on its latest balance sheet. The filing of 20 Oct 2026
- 1.9
- Dividend yieldDividend yield. Dividends paid per share in the twelve months to the day, as a percentage of the day's share price.
- Nonein the last 12 months
- ROEReturn on equity. Profit over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, as a percentage of their net worth, the money they have in the business. Net worth is the average of the latest balance sheet and the one a year before it. The filing of 20 Oct 2026
- −7.2%
- ROCEReturn on capital employed. Operating profit after depreciation (revenue less operating expenses and depreciation, without other income and one-off items) as a percentage of all the money the business runs on: the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included, plus borrowings. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. The profit is over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly); net worth and borrowings are on the latest balance sheet. The filing of 20 Oct 2026
- −6.9%
- Debt to equityDebt to equity. Borrowings divided by the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included: rupees borrowed for each rupee of equity in the business. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. From the balance sheet at the end of Sep 2026. The filing of 20 Oct 2026
- 0.41
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day; delivery is the part buyers kept rather than sold again the same day.
- 5,76093.8% delivered
Essen Speciality Films 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
- ChairpersonPallav Kishorbhai Doshi
- Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerSunny D. Mamtora
8 directors4 independent4 executive
- Pallav Kishorbhai Doshi · ChairpersonExecutive · joined Nov 2011 · reappointed Feb 2023 · 1 listed board
- Kruti Rajeshbhai DoshiExecutive · joined Mar 2009 · reappointed Feb 2023 · 1 listed board
- Karishma Rajesh DoshiExecutive · joined Feb 2023 · 1 listed board
- Utkarsh Rajeshbhai DoshiExecutive · joined Nov 2024 · 1 listed board
- Kirit Ratanashi VachhaniIndependent · joined Jan 2023 · 42 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats, 1 as chair
- Pratik Rajendrabhai KothariIndependent · joined Jan 2023 · 42 months as independent · 2 listed boards · 1 as independent · 4 committee seats, 2 as chair
- Shital Bharatkumar BadshahIndependent · joined Feb 2023 · 40 months as independent · 2 listed boards · 2 as independent · 4 committee seats
- Clayton Roy ThompsonIndependent · joined Nov 2024 · 19 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent
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.
Committees and meetings
Who sits on each, and how often they met.Board meeting notices and outcomes
Board
- 27 Jun 20266 of 8 present2 independent · 62 days in between
- 25 Apr 20266 of 8 present2 independent · 84 days in between
- 30 Jan 20267 of 8 present3 independent
Audit Committee
Chair Pratik Rajendrabhai Kothari
Kirit Ratanashi Vachhani, Shital Bharatkumar Badshah
- 25 Apr 20262 of 3 present2 independent · 84 days in between
- 30 Jan 20262 of 3 present2 independent
Nomination and remuneration committee
Chair Kirit Ratanashi Vachhani
Pratik Rajendrabhai Kothari, Shital Bharatkumar Badshah
- 27 Jun 20262 of 3 present2 independent · 62 days in between
Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Chair Kirit Ratanashi Vachhani
Pratik Rajendrabhai Kothari, Shital Bharatkumar Badshah
No meeting listed in the filing.
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Chair Kirit Ratanashi Vachhani
Pratik Rajendrabhai Kothari, Shital Bharatkumar Badshah
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 Mar 2026.
- M/s. Rushabh R Shah and Co.Peer-review certificate valid to Dec 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.
Essen Speciality Films 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.Essen Speciality Films dividend history
Annual general meeting, 29 Sep 2026
3,537 shareholders on the register on 22 Sep 2026; present: 16 promoters and 11 others; votes counted by CS Janvi N Davda / CS Janvi N Davda.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statement of the Company for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2026 and Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereonOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 71.40% · promoters 99.98% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.25%
- To appoint a Director in place of Mr. Utkarsh Rajeshbhai Doshi (DIN: 07234144), who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointmentOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 71.40% · promoters 99.98% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.25%
- To ratify the remuneration payable to M/s. Sagar M. Kapadiya & Co., Cost Accountants, Cost Auditors of the Company, for the financial year ending March 31, 2027Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 71.40% · promoters 99.98% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.25%
- To approve the remuneration payable to Mr. Pallav K. Doshi, Chairman and Wholetime Director of the CompanySpecial100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 71.40% · promoters 99.98% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.25%
- To approve the remuneration payable to Ms. Kruti R. Doshi, Executive Director of the CompanySpecial100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 71.40% · promoters 99.98% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.25%
- To approve the remuneration payable to Ms. Karishma R. Doshi, Executive Director of the CompanySpecial100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 71.40% · promoters 99.98% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.25%
- To approve the remuneration payable to Mr. Utkarsh R. Doshi, Executive Director of the CompanySpecial100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 71.40% · promoters 99.98% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.25%
- To appoint CA Jinal Hasmukhbhai Rupani (DIN: 11029766) as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company for a term of 5 (Five) consecutive yearsSpecial100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 71.40% · promoters 99.98% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.25%
- To appoint Mrs. Hetal Bhavesh Dobariya (DIN: 11914224) as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company for a term of 5 (Five) consecutive yearsSpecial100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 71.40% · promoters 99.98% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.25%
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.
Postal ballot, 30 Jul 2026, 1 resolution
3,814 shareholders on the register on 26 Jun 2026; votes counted by CS Janvi N Davda / CS Janvi N Davda.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- Approval for Migration of Listing/Trading of Equity Shares of the Company from Emerge Platform to Main Board of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.Special100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 72.40% · promoters 99.98% · institutions 0.00% · other public 5.36%
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 disputeState Goods and Service Tax Authority, GujaratSince 2 Nov 2025Under TribunalAt the filing before: Under Appeal
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
- 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
- No
- The chair is related to the managing director
- No
- 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 Sep 2026 says no statement of how money raised was used applies to it.
| Raised | Amount raised | For | Set aside | Spent | Spent elsewhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public IssuesJul 2023 | 50.28 | Offer expenses in relation to the Fresh Issue | 10.07 | 10.07 | No |
| Public IssuesJul 2023 | 50.28 | Prepayment or repayment of all or a portion of certain outstanding borrowings | 3.54 | 3.54 | No |
| Public IssuesJul 2023 | 50.28 | Funding the working capital requirements of our Company | 29.00 | 29.00 | No |
| Public IssuesJul 2023 | 50.28 | General corporate purposes | 7.68 | 7.68 | No |