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SMC Global Securities CEO, MD, chairman, board of directors and AGM

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Last close ₹95.62down ₹6.34 (6.22%)BSE ₹95.59

Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹101.96.

52-week range of traded prices to 23 Oct 2026
₹54.44Low, 30 Mar 2026₹124.00High, 9 Oct 2026
Market cap
₹2,002 Cr1,283rd largest listed
P/E
18.4
P/B
1.5
Dividend yield
1.26%
ROE
8.6%
ROCE
10.8%
Debt to equity
1.53
Volume, NSE
18,64,86534.1% delivered

SMC Global Securities 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 directorSubhash Chand Aggarwal
  • Managing directorMahesh Chand Gupta
  • Chief executiveAjay Garg
  • Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerSUMAN KUMAR

14 directors7 independent5 executive2 non-executive

  • Subhash Chand Aggarwal · Chairperson and managing directorExecutive · joined Dec 1994 · reappointed Jan 2025 · 1 listed board
  • Mahesh Chand Gupta · Managing directorExecutive · joined Sep 2007 · reappointed Sep 2022 · 1 listed board
  • Ajay Garg · Chief executiveExecutive · joined Mar 2009 · reappointed May 2018 · 1 listed board
  • Anurag BansalExecutive · joined Mar 2009 · reappointed Mar 2024 · 1 listed board · 1 committee seat
  • Shruti AggarwalExecutive · joined Jun 2017 · reappointed Aug 2023 · 1 listed board
  • Himanshu GuptaNon-executive · joined Feb 2018 · reappointed Feb 2018 · 1 listed board
  • Pranay AggarwalNon-executive · joined Feb 2025 · reappointed Feb 2025 · 1 listed board
  • Naveen ND GuptaIndependent · joined Jan 2018 · reappointed Jan 2023 · 101 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 1 committee seat
  • Narendra KumarIndependent · joined Sep 2022 · reappointed Sep 2022 · 45 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats, 1 as chair
  • Gobind Ram ChoudharyIndependent · joined Jun 2023 · reappointed Jun 2023 · 36 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent
  • Dinesh Kumar SarrafIndependent · joined Aug 2023 · reappointed Aug 2023 · 34 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats, 1 as chair
  • Hemant BhargavaIndependent · joined Aug 2023 · reappointed Aug 2023 · 34 months as independent · 3 listed boards · 3 as independent · 3 committee seats, 2 as chair
  • Neeru AbrolIndependent · joined Mar 2024 · reappointed Mar 2024 · 27 months as independent · 5 listed boards · 5 as independent · 5 committee seats, 1 as chair
  • Sarita KapurIndependent · joined Feb 2025 · reappointed Feb 2025 · 16 months as independent · 2 listed boards · 2 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

    • 2 May 202614 of 14 present7 independent · 88 days in between
    • 2 Feb 202613 of 14 present6 independent
  • Audit Committee

    Chair Dinesh Kumar Sarraf

    Hemant Bhargava, Naveen ND Gupta, Narendra Kumar, Pranay Aggarwal, Himanshu Gupta

    • 1 May 20264 of 4 present4 independent · 44 days in between
    • 17 Mar 20264 of 4 present4 independent · 42 days in between
    • 2 Feb 20264 of 4 present4 independent
  • Nomination and remuneration committee

    Chair Gobind Ram Choudhary

    Dinesh Kumar Sarraf, Naveen ND Gupta

    • 1 May 20263 of 3 present3 independent · 88 days in between
    • 1 Feb 20262 of 3 present2 independent
  • Stakeholders Relationship Committee

    Chair Narendra Kumar

    Dinesh Kumar Sarraf, Anurag Bansal

    • 1 May 20263 of 3 present2 independent
    • 1 Feb 20263 of 3 present2 independent
  • Risk Management Committee

    Chair Anurag Bansal

    Hemant Bhargava, Himanshu Gupta, Ajay Garg, Yashpal Chopra, Shruti Aggarwal

    • 1 Feb 20265 of 5 present1 independent
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

    Chair Subhash Chand Aggarwal

    Mahesh Chand Gupta, Dinesh Kumar Sarraf

    • 1 May 20263 of 3 present1 independent
    • 1 Feb 20263 of 3 present1 independent

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.C. Bindal & 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.

SMC Global Securities 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.SMC Global Securities dividend history

Annual general meeting, 26 Jun 2026

25,737 shareholders on the register on 19 Jun 2026; present: 17 promoters and 98 others; votes counted by Arvind Kumar Roy / A.K.ROY & ASSOCIATES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. ADOPTION OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 68.45% · promoters 99.47% · institutions 78.30% · other public 1.24%

  2. DECLARATION OF FINAL DIVIDEND
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 68.45% · promoters 99.47% · institutions 78.30% · other public 1.24%

  3. REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. AJAY GARG (DIN: 00003166), DIRECTOR & CEO WHO RETIRES BY ROTATION
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 68.45% · promoters 99.47% · institutions 78.30% · other public 1.24%

  4. REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. ANURAG BANSAL (DIN: 00003294), WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR WHO RETIRES BY ROTATION
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 68.45% · promoters 99.47% · institutions 78.30% · other public 1.24%

  5. APPROVAL FOR RAISING FUNDS BY WAY OF BORROWING AND ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 68.45% · promoters 99.47% · institutions 78.30% · other public 1.24%

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, 3 Dec 2025, 1 resolution

26,980 shareholders on the register on 24 Oct 2025; votes counted by Arvind Kumar Roy / A.K. Roy & Associates.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Alteration in Object Clause of Memorandum of Association of the Company
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 69.88% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 89.39% · other public 1.29%

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.

Postal ballot, 25 Oct 2025, 1 resolution

26,574 shareholders on the register on 19 Sep 2025; votes counted by Arvind Kumar Roy / A.K. Roy & Associates.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. APPROVE ISSUE OF BONUS EQUITY SHARES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 69.89% · promoters 99.90% · institutions 88.48% · other public 1.56%

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 Jun 2025, 9 resolutions

28,359 shareholders on the register on 21 Jun 2025; present: 16 promoters and 88 others; votes counted by Arvind Kumar Roy / A.K.ROY & ASSOCIATES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. ADOPTION OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 69.85% · promoters 99.90% · institutions 81.71% · other public 1.36%

  2. DECLARATION OF FINAL DIVIDEND
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 69.89% · promoters 99.90% · institutions 83.28% · other public 1.36%

  3. REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. SHRUTI AGGARWAL (DIN: 06886453), WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR WHO RETIRES BY ROTATION
    Ordinary
    99.98% for0.02% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.51% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 69.89% · promoters 99.90% · institutions 83.28% · other public 1.36%

  4. APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARIAL AUDITOR
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 69.89% · promoters 99.90% · institutions 83.28% · other public 1.36%

  5. APPROVAL FOR REVISION IN TERMS OF REMUNERATION OF MR. ANURAG BANSAL (DIN: 00003294) AS WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    97.37% for2.63% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 81.47% · other public 0.02%

    Turnout: all 69.65% · promoters 99.55% · institutions 83.28% · other public 1.36%

  6. APPROVAL FOR REVISION IN TERMS OF REMUNERATION OF MR. AJAY GARG (DIN: 00003166) AS DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE COMPANY
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%

    Turnout: all 69.09% · promoters 98.71% · institutions 83.28% · other public 1.36%

  7. APPROVAL FOR REVISION IN TERMS OF REMUNERATION OF MRS. SHRUTI AGGARWAL (DIN: 06886453) AS WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    96.82% for3.18% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 81.47% · other public 0.02%

    Turnout: all 57.63% · promoters 81.68% · institutions 83.28% · other public 1.36%

  8. APPROVAL FOR INCREASE IN REMUNERATION OF MR. ANUJ KANSAL, HEAD- HFT OF THE COMPANY, WHO IS APPOINTED IN OFFICE OR PLACE OF PROFIT IN THE COMPANY
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    97.05% for2.95% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 81.47% · other public 0.04%

    Turnout: all 62.16% · promoters 88.41% · institutions 83.28% · other public 1.36%

  9. APPROVAL FOR RAISING FUNDS BY WAY OF BORROWING AND ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES
    Special
    97.38% for2.62% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 81.47% · other public 0.00%

    Turnout: all 69.89% · promoters 99.90% · institutions 83.28% · other public 1.36%

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.

Postal ballot, 6 Mar 2025, 2 resolutions

29,971 shareholders on the register on 31 Jan 2025; votes counted by Arvind Kumar Roy / A.K. Roy & Associates.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. Appointment of Ms. Sarita Kapur (DIN: 08848507) as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.07%

    Turnout: all 60.34% · promoters 85.72% · institutions 84.04% · other public 1.37%

  2. Appointment of Mr. Pranay Aggarwal (DIN: 07827697) as a Non-Executive Director of the Company
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.07%

    Turnout: all 43.31% · promoters 60.40% · institutions 84.04% · other public 1.37%

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, 5 Sep 2024, 1 resolution

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

  1. Appointment of Mrs. Aditi Aggarwal, Additional Director of Moneywise Finvest Limited (Wholly Owned Subsidiary) and a relative of Mr. Subhash Chand Aggarwal, Chairman and Managing Director and Mrs. Shruti Aggarwal, Whole Time Director of the Company to hold office as a “Head Banking Relations & Trading Tools i.e., ‘Office or Place of Profit’ in SMC Global Securities Limited.MoreLess
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    96.88% for3.12% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 100.00% · other public 0.17%

    Turnout: all 52.29% · promoters 74.62% · institutions 95.85% · other public 1.48%

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, 22 Jun 2024, 12 resolutions

Present: 12 promoters and 101 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)

  1. ADOPTION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 68.82% · promoters 99.94% · institutions 73.27% · other public 1.36%

  2. DECLARATION OF FINAL DIVIEND
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 68.86% · promoters 99.94% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

  3. REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. HIMANSHU GUPTA (DIN: 03187614) NON- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO RETIRES BY ROTATION
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.05%

    Turnout: all 51.85% · promoters 74.65% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

  4. APPOIMENT OF STATUTORY AUDITORS OF THE COMPANY AND TO FIX THEIR REMUNERATION
    Ordinary
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 68.86% · promoters 99.94% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

  5. APPOIMENT OF MS. NEERU ABROL ( DIN: 01279485) AS AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY
    Special
    99.75% for0.25% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 13.97% · other public 0.05%

    Turnout: all 68.86% · promoters 99.94% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

  6. REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. SUBHASH CHAND AGGARWAL (DIN: 00003267) AS THE CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR PF THE COMPANY
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.05%

    Turnout: all 47.24% · promoters 67.79% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

  7. APPROVAL FOR REVISION IN TERM OF REMUNERATION OF MR. MAHESH C GUPTA (DIN: 00003082) AS THE VICE 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 0.06%

    Turnout: all 51.85% · promoters 74.65% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

  8. APPROVAL FOR PAYMENT OF REMUNERATION TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITS PRESCRIBED UNDER REGULATION 17(6)€ OF SEBI (LODR) REGULATION, 2025
    SpecialPromoters have an interest in it
    100.00% for0.00% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.06%

    Turnout: all 68.86% · promoters 99.94% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

  9. APPROVAL FOR INCREASE IN REMUNERATION OF MRS. NIDHI BANSAL , REGIONAL DIRECTOR- WEST OF THE COMPANY AND OCCUPYING OFFICE OR PLACE OF PROFIT IN THE COMPANY
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    98.79% for1.21% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 68.65% · other public 0.06%

    Turnout: all 68.63% · promoters 99.58% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

  10. APPROVAL FOR INCREASE IN REMUNERATION OF MRS. REEMA GRAG, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER OF THE COMPANY AND OCCUPYING OR PLACE OF PROFIT
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    98.73% for1.27% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 68.65% · other public 0.06%

    Turnout: all 65.02% · promoters 94.22% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

  11. APPROVAL FOR INCREASE IN REMUNERATION OF MR. AYUSH AGGARWAL, FUND MANAGER OF THEE COMPANY AND OCCUPYING OFFICE OR PLACE OF PROFIT IN THE COMPANY
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    98.20% for1.80% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 95.85% · other public 0.05%

    Turnout: all 64.24% · promoters 93.07% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

  12. APPROVAL FOR RAISING FUNDS BY WAY BORROWING AND ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES
    Special
    100.00% for0.00% against

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

    Turnout: all 68.86% · promoters 99.94% · institutions 75.94% · other public 1.36%

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.

Postal ballot, 14 Dec 2023, 1 resolution

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

  1. Approval for the appointment of Mrs. Shweta Aggarwal, Non-Executive Director of SMC Capitals Limited and a relative of Mr. Subhash Chand Aggarwal, Chairman and Managing Director and Mrs. Shruti Aggarwal, Whole Time Director of the Company to hold office as a Consultant i.e., ‘Office or Place of Profit’ in SMC Capitals Limited, Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company.MoreLess
    OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it
    97.94% for2.06% against

    Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 100.00% · other public 1.89%

    Turnout: all 48.48% · promoters 69.87% · institutions 93.18% · other public 1.34%

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.

Fines

Reported in the filing for the quarter to Jun 2026.

  • Fine or penaltyNational Stock ExchangeSince 17 Apr 2026

    Penalties levied as per Exchange Enforcement Department for 1. Member did not send the intimation including the details about the transfer of funds via electronic mode to clients by SMS and email at the time of running account settlement of funds

    Operational issues identified by the exchanges while conducting inspections
  • Fine or penaltyNational Stock ExchangeSince 30 Apr 2026

    Penalties levied as per Exchange Enforcement Department for 1. Member has not returned funds to clients, who have credit balance and not done any transaction in the 30 calendar days since the last transaction, on the upcoming settlement dates of monthly running account settlement cycle w.e.f. the monthly settlement of February 2025.

    Operational issues identified by the exchanges while conducting inspections
  • Fine or penaltyNational Stock ExchangeSince 6 May 2026

    Penalties levied as per Exchange Enforcement Department for 1. Delay in issuance of Daily Margin Statement to clients in all 100 instances 2. Non-maintenance of appropriate evidence of orders placed

    Operational issues identified by the exchanges while conducting inspections
  • Fine or penaltyNational Stock ExchangeSince 14 May 2026

    Penalties levied as per Exchange Enforcement Department for 1. Pre-order placement evidence is not maintained or not provided. 2. Discrepancies in the retention statement sent to clients 3. Non-Settlement of client funds.

    Operational issues identified by the exchanges while conducting inspections
  • Fine or penaltyNational Stock ExchangeSince 14 May 2026

    Penalties levied by Tech Compliance Department for 1. Non-compliances reported in Algo MIS in System Audit Report for the period ending September 2025

    Operational issue identified by the exchanges Tech Compliance Department
  • Fine or penaltyNational Stock ExchangeSince 18 May 2026

    Penalties levied as per Investor Complaint Department for 1. Non-maintenance of appropriate evidence of orders placed

    Operational issues identified by the exchanges while handling Investor Grievance
  • Fine or penaltyNational Stock ExchangeSince 2 Jun 2026

    Penalties levied as per Exchange Enforcement Department for 1. Non-Settlement of client funds

    Operational issues identified by the exchanges while conducting inspections
  • Fine or penaltyNational Stock ExchangeSince 4 Jun 2026

    Penalties levied by Surveillance & Investigation Dept for 1. Purchase of Securities by client of SMC which was in the breach list regarding Monitoring of Foreign Investment limits in listed Indian companies

    Operational issues identified by the exchanges - Surveillance & Investigation Dept
2 more
  • Fine or penaltyNational Stock ExchangeSince 5 Jun 2026

    Penalties levied as per Exchange Enforcement Department for 1. Incorrect reporting of margin collection from clients.

    Operational issues identified by the exchanges while conducting inspections
  • Fine or penaltyNational Stock ExchangeSince 30 Jun 2026

    Penalties levied as per Exchange Enforcement Department for 1. Non-Settlement of client funds

    Operational issues identified by the exchanges while conducting inspections

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

None open at any 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
No
There was a cyber security incident in the quarter
No

The company's own answers in its filing.