Kothari Sugars and Chemicals MD, chairman, board of directors and AGM
NSE: KOTARISUGAgricultural Food & other ProductsSmall Cap
Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹24.53.
- Delivery only: shares bought must be paid for in full, with no selling on the same day.
- Next results date: the board meets on 5 Nov 2026 to consider: financial results.
- 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.
- ₹197 Cr2,367th 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. The filing of 13 Aug 2026
- 36.1
- P/E without one-offsPrice to earnings without one-off items. Market cap divided by core profit: 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, less one-off items (exceptional items and the result of businesses sold or closed). Shown where the one-off items move that profit by more than a tenth. The last twelve months' profit includes ₹28 crore of one-off items, the largest of them in the quarter to Dec 2025.
- 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 4 May 2026
- 0.7
- 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 13 Aug 2026
- 1.9%
- ROE without one-offsReturn on equity without one-off items. Core profit, 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 less one-off items (exceptional items and the result of businesses sold or closed), as a percentage of the same net worth as the return on equity. Shown where the one-off items move that profit by more than a tenth. The last twelve months' profit includes ₹28 crore of one-off items, the largest of them in the quarter to Dec 2025.
- −7.6%
- 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
- −10.3%
- 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 4 May 2026
- 0.24
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day.
- 33,034
Kothari Sugars and Chemicals 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
- ChairpersonNina Bhadrashyam KothariRelated to the promoter
- Managing directorArjun Bhadrashyam Kothari
- Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerR. Prakash
6 directors3 independent2 executive1 non-executive
- Nina Bhadrashyam Kothari · ChairpersonNon-executive · joined May 2014 · 2 listed boards · 1 committee seat, 1 as chair
- Arjun Bhadrashyam Kothari · Managing directorExecutive · joined Apr 2015 · reappointed Sep 2025 · 2 listed boards · 2 committee seats
- Mariathangam Silvester GoldwinExecutive · joined Aug 2018 · reappointed Aug 2024 · 1 listed board
- Raju Chettiar MohanIndependent · joined Nov 2023 · reappointed Nov 2023 · 34 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats, 1 as chair
- Sitharaman SundarramanIndependent · joined Nov 2023 · reappointed Nov 2023 · 34 months as independent · 2 listed boards · 2 as independent · 3 committee seats, 2 as chair
- Abdul Kareem SaitIndependent · joined Jun 2025 · reappointed Jun 2025 · 15 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
- Krishnan Venkatakrishnan Coimbatore, left 27 Jun 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 · 85 days in between
- 19 May 20266 of 6 present3 independent · 14 days in between
- 4 May 20266 of 6 present3 independent
Audit Committee
Chair Sitharaman Sundarraman
Raju Chettiar Mohan, Abdul Kareem Sait
- 13 Aug 20263 of 3 present3 independent · 85 days in between
- 19 May 20263 of 3 present3 independent · 14 days in between
- 4 May 20263 of 3 present3 independent
Nomination and remuneration committee
Chair Sitharaman Sundarraman
Raju Chettiar Mohan, Abdul Kareem Sait
- 15 May 20263 of 3 present3 independent
Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Chair Raju Chettiar Mohan
Arjun Bhadrashyam Kothari, Abdul Kareem Sait
- 17 Jun 20263 of 3 present2 independent · 32 days in between
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.
- P. Chandrasekar LLPPeer-review certificate valid to Mar 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.
Kothari Sugars and Chemicals 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 Sugars and Chemicals dividend history
Annual general meeting, 13 Aug 2026
63,931 shareholders on the register on 6 Aug 2026; present: 4 promoters and 60 others; votes counted by K Jamuna / SJN & Associates.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, the Report of the Auditors thereon and Report of the Board of Directors.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 74.60% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 23.32% · other public 3.54%
- To appoint a director in the place of Mr. Arjun B Kothari, (DIN: 07117816) who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 74.60% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 23.32% · other public 3.54%
- Ratification of Remuneration to Mr. K. Suryanarayanan, Cost Auditor of the Company.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 74.60% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 23.32% · other public 3.54%
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.
Annual general meeting, 6 Aug 2025, 6 resolutions
70,199 shareholders on the register on 30 Jul 2025; present: 4 promoters and 59 others; votes counted by D. SARAVANAN / Alagar & Associates LLP.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2025, the Report of the Auditors thereon and Report of the Board of DirectorsOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.04%
Turnout: all 75.38% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 45.52% · other public 5.14%
- To appoint a director in the place of Mrs. Nina B. Kothari, (DIN: 00020119) who retires by rotation and being eligible offers herself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.05%
Turnout: all 75.38% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 45.52% · other public 5.14%
- Ratification of Remuneration to Mr. K. Suryanarayanan, Cost Auditor of the Company.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.04%
Turnout: all 75.38% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 45.52% · other public 5.14%
- To consider and approve the Re-appointment of Mr. Arjun B. Kothari, (DIN: 07117816) as Managing Director of the CompanySpecialPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.04%
Turnout: all 75.38% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 45.52% · other public 5.14%
- Appointment of Mr. Abdul Kareem Sait (DIN : 03265300) as an Independent Director of the CompanySpecial100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.08%
Turnout: all 75.38% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 45.52% · other public 5.14%
- To consider and approve the appointment of Secretarial AuditorOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.06%
Turnout: all 75.38% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 45.52% · other public 5.14%
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 Jul 2024, 5 resolutions
Present: 4 promoters and 71 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2024, the Reports of the Auditors thereon and Report of the Board of Directors.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 75.98% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 48.96% · other public 7.18%
- To appoint a director in the place of Mr. M. Silvester Goldwin, (DIN: 08145634) who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re-appointment.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 75.98% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 48.96% · other public 7.18%
- Ratification of Remuneration to Mr. K. Suryanarayanan, Cost Auditor of the CompanyOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 75.98% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 48.96% · other public 7.18%
- To consider and approve the payment of commission to Mrs. Nina B. Kothari, (DIN: 00020119) Non-Executive Chairperson of the CompanySpecialPromoters have an interest in it99.15% for0.85% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 100.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 75.98% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 48.96% · other public 7.18%
- To consider and approve the Re-appointment of Mr. M. Silvester Goldwin, (DIN: 08145634) as Whole Time Director of the Company.Special100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 75.98% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 48.96% · other public 7.18%
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 Dec 2023, 2 resolutions
The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- Appointment of Mr. M. R. Mohan (DIN: 10289673) as an Independent Director of the Company.Special100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.11%
Turnout: all 75.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.20%
- Appointment of Mr. S. Sundarraman (DIN: 01032768) as an Independent Director of the CompanySpecial100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.05%
Turnout: all 75.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.20%
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, 10 Aug 2023, 5 resolutions
Present: 4 promoters and 72 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- Consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2023, the Reports of the Auditors thereon and Report of the Board of DirectorsOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 76.26% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 42.05% · other public 8.34%
- Re-appointment of Mr. Arjun B. Kothari (DIN: 07117816) who retires by rotationOrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 76.26% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 42.05% · other public 8.34%
- Declaration of Final Dividend for the financial year 2022 - 2023Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 76.26% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 42.05% · other public 8.34%
- Ratification of Remuneration to Cost AuditorOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.07%
Turnout: all 76.26% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 42.05% · other public 8.34%
- Consider and approve the payment of commission to Mrs. Nina B. Kothari (DIN:00020119), Non-Executive Chairperson of the Company for the financial year 2023 - 2024SpecialPromoters have an interest in it99.87% for0.13% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 4.53%
Turnout: all 73.02% · promoters 95.60% · institutions 42.05% · other public 8.34%
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, 3 Aug 2022, 6 resolutions
Present: 4 promoters and 63 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To Consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2022, the Reports of the Auditors thereon and Report of the Board of Directors.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 75.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 30.62% · other public 5.58%
- To appoint a Director in the place of Mrs. Nina B. Kothari (DIN: 00020119) who retires by rotation and being eligible offers herself for re-appointmentOrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it99.03% for0.97% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 100.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 72.34% · promoters 95.60% · institutions 30.62% · other public 5.58%
- Re-appointment of Statutory Auditors for a second term of five yearsOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 75.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 30.62% · other public 5.58%
- Ratification of Remuneration to Cost AuditorOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 75.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 30.62% · other public 5.58%
- Re-appointment of Mr. Arjun B. Kothari (DIN: 07117816) as Managing Director of the CompanySpecialPromoters have an interest in it99.07% for0.93% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 100.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 75.51% · promoters 99.91% · institutions 30.62% · other public 5.58%
- To Consider and approve the Re-appointment of Mr. C V Krishnan (DIN: 01606522) as on Independent Director of the CompanySpecial100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 75.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 30.62% · other public 5.58%
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, 30 Jul 2021, 5 resolutions
Present: 4 promoters and 78 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2021, the Report of the Auditors thereon and Report of the Board of Directors.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.03%
Turnout: all 75.55% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.30%
- To appoint a Director in the place of Mr. M. Silvester Goldwin, (DIN: 08145634) who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re-appointment.Ordinary99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.55%
Turnout: all 75.55% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.29%
- Ratification of Remuneration to Cost AuditorOrdinary99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.54%
Turnout: all 75.55% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.29%
- to consider and approve the re-appointment of Mr. M. Silvester Goldwin as Whole time director of the companySpecial99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.62%
Turnout: all 75.55% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.29%
- To adopt a new set of Articles of Association of the company in line with companies act, 2013Special100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 75.55% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.29%
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, 11 Aug 2020, 3 resolutions
Present: 4 promoters and 76 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2020, the Report of the Auditors thereon and Report of the Board of DirectorsOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 75.54% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.45%
- To appoint a Director in the place of Mr. Arjun B. Kothari (DIN:07117816) who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 75.47% · promoters 99.91% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.45%
- Ratification of Remuneration to Cost AuditorOrdinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 75.54% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 8.45%
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 Sep 2026.
- Tax dispute(a) State of Tamil Nadu, Energy Department, (b) Electrical Inspector Electricity Dept., Govt. of Tamil Nadu and (c) TNEBSince 20 Aug 2008Pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court for final hearing. Expected financial implications Rs. 4.34 Crores.
At the filing before: Challenging the Tamil Nadu electricity validation Act 2007 which ratifies the imposing of tax on consumption of self-generated electricity as well as sale of electricity. Pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court for final hearing. Expected financial implications Rs.4.34 crores.MoreLess
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
- 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.