Kothari Fermanatation & Biochem MD, chairman, board of directors and AGM
BSE: 507474Food ProductsSmall Cap
Share price at the BSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹40.25.
- Market capMarket capitalisation. Share price times the number of shares: what the whole company is worth at the day's price. The rank is by average market value over the six months to Jun 2026, among listed companies.
- ₹58 Cr3,281st largest listed
- 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.
- Earlier quarters restated in the year
- 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 29 May 2026
- 1.1
- 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
- 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 13 Aug 2026
- 0.5%
- 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 Mar 2026. The filing of 29 May 2026
- 0.89
- Volume, BSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day.
- 230
Kothari Fermanatation & Biochem 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 directorPramod Kumar KothariRelated to the promoter
- Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerShivani
6 directors3 independent3 executive
- Pramod Kumar Kothari · Chairperson and managing directorExecutive · joined Dec 1990 · 1 listed board · 1 committee seat
- Kavita Devi KothariExecutive · joined Apr 2013 · 1 listed board
- Siddhant KothariExecutive · joined Aug 2020 · 1 listed board
- Hemendra Patsingh DugarIndependent · joined Nov 2018 · reappointed Nov 2023 · 94 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats
- Piyush Kumar GoelIndependent · joined Sep 2019 · reappointed Sep 2024 · 84 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent
- Varun KumarIndependent · joined Aug 2025 · reappointed Aug 2025 · 13 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 1 committee seat, 1 as chair
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
- Rajiv Agarwal, left 13 Aug 2025: Others
Committees and meetings
Who sits on each, and how often they met.Board meeting notices and outcomes
Board
- 13 Aug 20266 of 6 present3 independent · 75 days in between
- 29 May 20266 of 6 present3 independent · 50 days in between
- 8 Apr 20266 of 6 present3 independent
Audit Committee
Chair Piyush Kumar Goel
Hemendra Patsingh Dugar, Varun Kumar
- 13 Aug 20263 of 3 present3 independent · 75 days in between
- 29 May 20263 of 3 present3 independent
Nomination and remuneration committee
Chair Piyush Kumar Goel
Hemendra Patsingh Dugar, Varun Kumar
- 13 Aug 20263 of 3 present3 independent · 126 days in between
- 8 Apr 20263 of 3 present3 independent
Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Chair Varun Kumar
Hemendra Patsingh Dugar, Pramod Kumar Kothari
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.
- Kothari Kuldeep & Co.Peer-review certificate valid to Jul 2027
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.
Kothari Fermanatation & Biochem 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.Kothari Fermanatation & Biochem share news and announcements
Annual general meeting, 30 Sep 2026
11,473 shareholders on the register on 23 Sep 2026; present: 3 promoters and 56 others; votes counted by MS. DEEPIKA JAIN / NOT APPLICABLE.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To receive, consider, and adopt the audited financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended on March 31, 2026, and the reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.Ordinary99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.52%
Turnout: all 71.22% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.54%
- To approve the appointment of Mr. Pramod Kumar Kothari (00086145), who retires by rotation in terms of Section 152(6) of the Companies Act, 2013, and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.Ordinary99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.52%
Turnout: all 71.22% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.54%
- To approve the revision in the remuneration of Mr. Pramod Kumar Kothari, Chairman and Managing Director of the Company.Special98.56% for1.44% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 43.67%
Turnout: all 71.22% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 7.54%
- To approve the revision in the remuneration of Mrs. Kavita Devi Kothari, the Whole-Time Director of the CompanySpecial98.56% for1.44% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 43.67%
Turnout: all 71.22% · promoters 100.00% · 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.
Fines and tax disputes
Reported in the filing for the quarter to Sep 2026.
- Fine or penaltyElectricity Distribution Division, Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL)Since 29 Jun 2026
A penalty of Rs. 52,17,724/- was levied due to alleged delay in renewal/submission of renewed Bank Guarantees towards Additional Security Deposit.
Due to the delay in the renewal/submission of Bank Guarantees, a penalty was levied. The company has disputed the alleged penalty and is of the view that the requisite Bank Guarantees have already been renewed/submitted and the underlying requirement stands duly complied with.MoreLess
- Tax disputeIncome Tax DepartmentSince 30 Mar 2015The matter could not be heard on September 10, 2026, and the next date for the hearing is November 30, 2026.At the filing before: Stay of demand granted by Hon'ble High Court, Delhi
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
- Yes
- The filing has a part on fines and penalties
- Yes
- 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.