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Keynote Financial Services MD, chairman, board of directors and AGM

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Formerly Keynote Corporate Services
Last close ₹211.90down ₹10.88 (4.88%)BSE ₹219.75

Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹222.78.

52-week range of traded prices to 23 Oct 2026
₹205.00Low, 23 Oct 2026₹382.10High, 6 Nov 2025
Market cap
₹118 Cr2,570th largest listed
P/E
20.8
P/B
0.8
Dividend yield
0.47%
ROE
4.0%
ROCE
7.2%
Debt to equity
0.03
Volume, NSE
1,21975.6% delivered

Keynote Financial Services board of directors

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

  • Chairperson and managing directorVineet Suchanti
  • Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerSimran Kashela

6 directors3 independent2 executive1 non-executive

  • Vineet Suchanti · Chairperson and managing directorExecutive · joined Oct 1997 · reappointed Mar 2024 · 2 listed boards · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats, 1 as chair
  • Rinku SuchantiExecutive · joined Mar 2015 · reappointed Jul 2026 · 1 listed board · 1 committee seat
  • Rakesh ChoudhariNon-executive · joined May 2024 · 1 listed board
  • Ravindranath Cheerakuzhi Puthan MenonIndependent · joined Mar 2024 · 30 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 1 committee seat
  • Riaz Taher ThingnaIndependent · joined Mar 2024 · 30 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent
  • Pankaj JoshiIndependent · joined Mar 2025 · 18 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 1 committee seat

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

    • 13 Aug 20265 of 6 present3 independent · 75 days in between
    • 29 May 20266 of 6 present3 independent

  • Audit Committee

    Chair Riaz Taher Thingna

    Pankaj Joshi, Vineet Suchanti

    • 13 Aug 20263 of 3 present2 independent · 75 days in between
    • 29 May 20263 of 3 present2 independent

  • Nomination and remuneration committee

    Chair Ravindranath Cheerakuzhi Puthan Menon

    Riaz Taher Thingna, Pankaj Joshi

    • 29 May 20263 of 3 present3 independent

  • Stakeholders Relationship Committee

    Chair Ravindranath Cheerakuzhi Puthan Menon

    Vineet Suchanti, Rinku Suchanti

    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.

  • SMSR & Co LLPPeer-review certificate valid to Aug 2028
1 earlier auditor
  • SMSR &CO LLPNamed in the filing for the quarter to Dec 2025

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.

Keynote Financial Services 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.Keynote Financial Services dividend history

Annual general meeting, 28 Sep 2026

4,481 shareholders on the register on 21 Sep 2026; present: 7 promoters and 16 others; votes counted by MUKESH SARSWAT / M.K SARAWAT & ASSOCIATES, LLP.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. To consider and adopt the Standalone and Consolidated Audited Financial Statements for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2026, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditor's thereon.MoreLess
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 74.53% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.04%

  2. To declare dividend for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2026.
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 74.53% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.04%

  3. To appoint a director in place of Mr. Vineet Suchanti (DIN: 00004031), who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for reappointment
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.65% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.04%

  4. Appointment of Ms. V K Beswal and Associates, Chartered Accountants, (Firm Registration No. 101083W) as the Statutory Auditors of the Company.
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 74.53% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.04%

  5. To reappoint Mrs. Rinku Vineet Suchanti (Din- 00012903) as a Whole Time 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 2.65% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.04%

  6. To approve Material Related Party Transactions with Keynote Fincorp Limited.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.65% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.04%

  7. To approve Material Related Party Transactions between the Subsidiaries of the Company.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.65% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.04%

  8. To approve the Material Related Party Transactions between the Subsidiaries and an entity having common related parties
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.65% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.04%

  9. To approve investments, grant of loans, giving of guarantees and or providing of securities under section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013.
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.65% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.04%

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.

Annual general meeting, 26 Sep 2025, 7 resolutions

5,089 shareholders on the register on 19 Sep 2025; present: 8 promoters and 32 others; votes counted by Mr. Mukesh Saraswat / M. K. Saraswat & Associates LLP (Formerly known as M. K. Saraswat and Associates).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) for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2025 together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditor's thereon.MoreLess
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%

    Turnout: all 74.52% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.03%

  2. To declare a dividend for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2025
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%

    Turnout: all 74.52% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.03%

  3. To appoint a Director in place of Mr. Rakesh Choudhari (DIN:00009093), who retires by rotation and being eligible to offer himself for reappointment.
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%

    Turnout: all 74.52% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.03%

  4. To appoint Secretarial Auditors of the Company and to fix their remuneration.
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%

    Turnout: all 74.52% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.03%

  5. To approve Material Related Tralsactions of the Company.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%

    Turnout: all 2.64% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.03%

  6. To approve Material Related Party Transactions of the Subsidiaries of the Company.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%

    Turnout: all 2.64% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.03%

  7. To approve transactions under Section 185 of the Companies Act, 2013
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    99.99% for0.01% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%

    Turnout: all 2.64% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.03%

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, 8 May 2025, 1 resolution

5,228 shareholders on the register on 4 Apr 2025; votes counted by Mukesh Saraswat / M.K Saraswat & Associates.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Appointment of Mr. Pankaj Joshi (DIN-00937043) as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.03%

    Turnout: all 74.44% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 14.04%

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.

Annual general meeting, 26 Sep 2024, 6 resolutions

Present: 22 promoters and 0 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements (including AuditednConsolidated Financial Statements) for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2024ntogether with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditor’s thereon.MoreLess
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.05% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.42%

  2. To declare dividend for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2024
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.05% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.42%

  3. To appoint a director in place of Ms. Rinku Suchanti (DIN: 00012903), who retires bynrotation andbeing eligible offers herself for reappointment
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.05% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.42%

  4. To approve Material Related Party Transactions of the Company.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.05% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.42%

  5. To approve Material Related Party Transactions of the Subsidiaries of the Company.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.05% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.42%

  6. To approve transactions under Section 185 of the Companies Act, 2013.
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.05% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.42%

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, 7 Jun 2024, 2 resolutions

The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. SELECTIVE CAPITAL REDUCTION OF 14,51,702 EQUITY SHARES OF RS. 10/- EACH OF THE COMPANY HELD BY KEYNOTE TRUST
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.04% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.39%

  2. APPOINTMENT OF MR. RAKESH CHOUDHARI (DIN: 00009093) AS A NON-EXECUTIVE AND NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.04% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.40%

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, 4 May 2024, 4 resolutions

The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Reappointment of Mr. Vineet Suchanti (DIN- 00004031) as the Managing Director of thenCompany.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.08% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.50%

  2. To Ratify the Remuneration Paid to Mr. Vineet Suchanti, (Din00004031) ExecutivenDirector Who is Member of Promoter Group
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.08% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.50%

  3. Appointment of Mr. C.P. Ravindranath Menon (DIN- 01771043) as an IndependentnDirector of the Company.
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.08% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.50%

  4. Appointment of Mr. Riaz Thingna (DIN-00168391) as an Independent Director of thenCompany.
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.08% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.50%

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.

Annual general meeting, 29 Sep 2023, 9 resolutions

Present: 9 promoters and 19 others.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) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2023 together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditor’s thereon.MoreLess
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.08% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.51%

  2. To declare dividend for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2023.
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.08% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.51%

  3. To appoint a Director in place of Shri. Uday S. Patil (DIN: 00003978), who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for reappointment.n
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.04% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.40%

  4. To Re-Appoint Smt. Rinku Suchanti (Din- 000012903) as a Whole Time 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 58.85% · promoters 99.48% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.51%

  5. To Re-appoint Shri Uday S. Patil (Din- 00003978), as a 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 59.04% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.40%

  6. To ratify the remuneration paid to Smt. Rinku Suchanti Executive Director who is a member of Promoter Group.
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 58.85% · promoters 99.48% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.51%

  7. To approve Material Related Party Transactions of the Company.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.68% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.40%

  8. To approve Material Related Party Transactions of the Subsidiaries of the Company.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.68% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.40%

  9. To approve transactions under Section 185 of the Companies Act, 2013.
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.08% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.51%

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.

Annual general meeting, 28 Sep 2022, 6 resolutions

Present: 10 promoters and 33 others.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) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2022 together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditor’s thereon.MoreLess
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.09% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.54%

  2. To declare dividend for the financial year ended 31stMarch, 2022.
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 59.09% · promoters 99.88% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.54%

  3. To appoint a Director in place of Shri. Vineet Suchanti, (DIN: 00004031), who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for reappointment.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.73% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.54%

  4. Approval for change in designation of Shri. Vineet Suchanti (DIN: 00004031), Whole Time Director to “Managing Director”.
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.73% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.54%

  5. To approve the related party transactions which may exceed 10% of the annual consolidated turnover of the Company as per the Company’s last Audited Financial Statements within the financial year 2022-23.MoreLess
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.69% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.44%

  6. To ratify the remuneration paid to Executive Directors who are members of Promoter Group.
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 2.73% · promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.54%

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.

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

None open at any quarter's end.
The board is made up as the listing rules require
Yes
The board has a regular chairperson
No
The company has a risk management committee
No
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
No
There was a cyber security incident in the quarter
No

The company's own answers in its filing.