Corporate Governance Code

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Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Commission Bhaban
E-6/C Agargaon
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Administrative Area
Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
NOTIFICATION
3 June 2018
Corporate Governance Code
No. BSEC/CMRRCD/2006-158/207/Admin/80:Whereas, the Bangladesh Securities and
Exchange Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”) deems it fit that the consent
already accorded by the Commission, or deemed to have been accorded by it, or to be accorded
by it in future, to the issue of capital by the companies listed with any stock exchange in
Bangladesh, shall be subject to certain further conditions, i.e., Corporate Governance Code in
order to enhance corporate governance in the interest of investors and the capital market;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the power conferred by section 2CC of the Securities and
Exchange Ordinance, 1969 (XVII of 1969), the Commission hereby repeals its earlier
Notification No. SEC/CMRRCD/2006-158/134/Admin/44 dated 07 August 2012, published in
the official gazette on 30 August 2012 and the relevant Notification(s) on the same matter and,
imposes the following further conditions, i.e., Corporate Governance Code to the consent already
accorded by it, or deemed to have been accorded by it, or to be accorded by it in future, to the
issue of capital by the companies listed with any stock exchange in Bangladesh:
Provided, however, that these conditions or Code are imposed on ‘comply’ basis; the companies
listed with any stock exchange in Bangladesh shall comply with these conditions or Code in
accordance with the condition No. 9.
The Conditions, i.e., Corporate Governance Code:
1. Board of Directors.-
(1) Size of the Board of Directors
The total number of members of a company’s Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to
as “Board”) shall not be less than 5 (five) and more than 20 (twenty).
(2) Independent Directors
All companies shall have effective representation of independent directors on their
Boards, so that the Board, as a group, includes core competencies considered relevant in

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the context of each company; for this purpose, the companies shall comply with the
following:-
(a) At least one-fifth (1/5) of the total number of directors in the company’s Board shall
be independent directors; any fraction shall be considered to the next integer or whole
number for calculating number of independent director(s);
(b) For the purpose of this clause “independent director” means a director-
(i) who either does not hold any share in the company or holds less than one
percent (1%) shares of the total paid-up shares of the company;
(ii) who is not a sponsor of the company or is not connected with the company’s
any sponsor or director or nominated director or shareholder of the company
or any of its associates, sister concerns, subsidiaries and parents or holding
entities who holds one percent (1%) or more shares of the total paid-up shares
of the company on the basis of family relationship and his or her family
members also shall not hold above mentioned shares in the company:
Provided that spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, brother, sister, son-in-law
and daughter-in-law shall be considered as family members;
(iii) who has not been an executive of the company in immediately preceding 2
(two) financial years;
(iv) who does not have any other relationship, whether pecuniary or otherwise,
with the company or its subsidiary or associated companies;
(v) who is not a member or TREC (Trading Right Entitlement Certificate) holder,
director or officer of any stock exchange;
(vi) who is not a shareholder, director excepting independent director or officer of
any member or TREC holder of stock exchange or an intermediary of the
capital market;
(vii) who is not a partner or an executive or was not a partner or an executive
during the preceding 3 (three) years of the concerned company’s statutory
audit firm or audit firm engaged in internal audit services or audit firm
conducting special audit or professional certifying compliance of this Code;
(viii) who is not independent director in more than 5 (five) listed companies;
(ix) who has not been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction as a defaulter
in payment of any loan or any advance to a bank or a Non-Bank Financial
Institution (NBFI); and
(x) who has not been convicted for a criminal offence involving moral turpitude;
(c) The independent director(s) shall be appointed by the Board and approved by the
shareholders in the Annual General Meeting (AGM);
(d) The post of independent director(s) cannot remain vacant for more than 90 (ninety)
days; and
(e) The tenure of office of an independent director shall be for a period of 3 (three)
years, which may be extended for 1 (one) tenure only:
Provided that a former independent director may be considered for reappointment
for another tenure after a time gap of one tenure, i.e., three years from his or her
completion of consecutive two tenures [i.e. six years]:

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Provided further that the independent director shall not be subject to retirement by
rotation as per the কা ানী আইন, ১৯৯৪ (১৯৯৪ সেনর ১৮নং আইন)(Companies Act, 1994).
Explanation: For the purpose of counting tenure or term of independent director,
any partial term of tenure shall be deemed to be a full tenure.
(3) Qualification of Independent Director.-
(a) Independent director shall be a knowledgeable individual with integrity who is able to
ensure compliance with financial laws, regulatory requirements and corporate laws and
can make meaningful contribution to the business;
(b) Independent director shall have following qualifications:
(i) Business Leader who is or was a promoter or director of an unlisted company
having minimum paid-up capital of Tk. 100.00 million or any listed company or a
member of any national or international chamber of commerce or business
association; or
(ii) Corporate Leader who is or was a top level executive not lower than Chief
Executive Officer or Managing Director or Deputy Managing Director or Chief
Financial Officer or Head of Finance or Accounts or Company Secretary or Head
of Internal Audit and Compliance or Head of Legal Service or a candidate with
equivalent position of an unlisted company having minimum paid up capital of
Tk. 100.00 million or of a listed company; or
Explanation: Top level executive includes Managing Director (MD) or Chief
Executive Officer (CEO), Additional or Deputy Managing Director (AMD or
DMD), Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Company
Secretary (CS), Head of Internal Audit and Compliance (HIAC), Head of
Administration and Human Resources or equivalent positions and same level or
ranked or salaried officials of the company.
(iii) Former official of government or statutory or autonomous or regulatory body in
the position not below 5th Grade of the national pay scale, who has at least
educational background of bachelor degree in economics or commerce or
business or law; or
(iv) University Teacher who has educational background in Economics or Commerce
or Business Studies or Law; or
(v) Professional who is or was an advocate practicing at least in the High Court
Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court or a Chartered Accountant or Cost and
Management Accountant or Chartered Financial Analyst or Chartered Certified
Accountant or Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Management Accountant
or Chartered Secretary or equivalent qualification;

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(c) The independent director shall have at least 10 (ten) years of experiences in any field
mentioned in clause (b);
(d) In special cases, the above qualifications or experiences may be relaxed subject to prior
approval of the Commission.
(4) Duality of Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Managing Director or Chief
Executive Officer.-
(a) The positions of the Chairperson of the Board and the Managing Director (MD)
and/or Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company shall be filled by different
individuals;
(b) The Managing Director (MD) and/or Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a listed
company shall not hold the same position in another listed company;
(c) The Chairperson of the Board shall be elected from among the non-executive
directors of the company;
(d) The Board shall clearly define respective roles and responsibilities of the
Chairperson and the Managing Director and/or Chief Executive Officer;
(e) In the absence of the Chairperson of the Board, the remaining members may elect
one of themselves from non-executive directors as Chairperson for that particular
Board’s meeting; the reason of absence of the regular Chairperson shall be duly
recorded in the minutes.
(5) The Directors’ Report to Shareholders
The Board of the company shall include the following additional statements or
disclosures in the Directors’ Report prepared under section 184 of the Companies Act,
1994 (Act No. XVIII of 1994):-
(i) An industry outlook and possible future developments in the industry;
(ii) The segment-wise or product-wise performance;
(iii) Risks and concerns including internal and external risk factors, threat to
sustainability and negative impact on environment, if any;
(iv) A discussion on Cost of Goods sold, Gross Profit Margin and Net Profit Margin,
where applicable;
(v) A discussion on continuity of any extraordinary activities and their implications
(gain or loss);
(vi) A detailed discussion on related party transactions along with a statement
showing amount, nature of related party, nature of transactions and basis of
transactions of all related party transactions;
(vii) A statement of utilization of proceeds raised through public issues, rights issues
and/or any other instruments;
(viii) An explanation if the financial results deteriorate after the company goes for
Initial Public Offering (IPO), Repeat Public Offering (RPO), Rights Share Offer,
Direct Listing, etc.;
(ix) An explanation on any significant variance that occurs between Quarterly
Financial performances and Annual Financial Statements;

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(x) A statement of remuneration paid to the directors including independent directors;
(xi) A statement that the financial statements prepared by the management of the
issuer company present fairly its state of affairs, the result of its operations, cash
flows and changes in equity;
(xii) A statement that proper books of account of the issuer company have been
maintained;
(xiii) A statement that appropriate accounting policies have been consistently applied in
preparation of the financial statements and that the accounting estimates are based
on reasonable and prudent judgment;
(xiv) A statement that International Accounting Standards (IAS) or International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as applicable in Bangladesh, have been
followed in preparation of the financial statements and any departure there from
has been adequately disclosed;
(xv) A statement that the system of internal control is sound in design and has been
effectively implemented and monitored;
(xvi) A statement that minority shareholders have been protected from abusive actions
by, or in the interest of, controlling shareholders acting either directly or indirectly
and have effective means of redress;
(xvii) A statement that there is no significant doubt upon the issuer company’s ability to
continue as a going concern, if the issuer company is not considered to be a going
concern, the fact along with reasons there of shall be disclosed;
(xviii) An explanation that significant deviations from the last year’s operating results of
the issuer company shall be highlighted and the reasons thereof shall be
explained;
(xix) A statement where key operating and financial data of at least preceding 5 (five)
years shall be summarized;
(xx) An explanation on the reasons if the issuer company has not declared dividend
(cash or stock) for the year;
(xxi) Board’s statement to the effect that no bonus share or stock dividend has been or
shall be declared as interim dividend;
(xxii) The total number of Board meetings held during the year and attendance by each
director;
(xxiii) A report on the pattern of shareholding disclosing the aggregate number of shares
(along with name-wise details where stated below) held by:-
(a) Parent or Subsidiary or Associated Companies and other related parties
(name-wise details);
(b) Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Company Secretary, Chief Financial
Officer, Head of Internal Audit and Compliance and their spouses and minor
children (name-wise details);
(c) Executives; and
(d) Shareholders holding ten percent (10%) or more voting interest in the
company (name-wise details);
Explanation: For the purpose of this clause, the expression “executive” means
top 5 (five) salaried employees of the company, other than the Directors, Chief
Executive Officer, Company Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and Head of
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(xxiv) In case of the appointment or reappointment of a director, a disclosure on the
following information to the shareholders:-
(a) a brief resume of the director;
(b) nature of his or her expertise in specific functional areas; and
(c) names of companies in which the person also holds the directorship and the
membership of committees of the Board;
(xxv) A Management’s Discussion and Analysis signed by CEO or MD presenting
detailed analysis of the company’s position and operations along with a brief
discussion of changes in the financial statements, among others, focusing on:
(a) accounting policies and estimation for preparation of financial statements;
(b) changes in accounting policies and estimation, if any, clearly describing the effect on
financial performance or results and financial position as well as cash flows in
absolute figure for such changes;
(c) comparative analysis (including effects of inflation) of financial performance or
results and financial position as well as cash flows for current financial year with
immediate preceding five years explaining reasons thereof;
(d) compare such financial performance or results and financial position as well as cash
flows with the peer industry scenario;
(e) briefly explain the financial and economic scenario of the country and the globe;
(f) risks and concerns issues related to the financial statements, explaining such risk and
concerns mitigation plan of the company; and
(g) future plan or projection or forecast for company’s operation, performance and
financial position, with justification thereof, i.e., actual position shall be explained to
the shareholders in the next AGM;
(xxvi) Declaration or certification by the CEO and the CFO to the Board as required under
condition No. 3(3) shall be disclosed as per Annexure-A; and
(xxvii) The report as well as certificate regarding compliance of conditions of this Code as
required under condition No. 9 shall be disclosed as per Annexure-B and
Annexure-C.
(6) Meetings of the Board of Directors
The company shall conduct its Board meetings and record the minutes of the meetings as
well as keep required books and records in line with the provisions of the relevant
Bangladesh Secretarial Standards (BSS) as adopted by the Institute of Chartered
Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) in so far as those standards are not inconsistent with any
condition of this Code.
(7) Code of Conduct for the Chairperson, other Board members and Chief Executive
Officer
(a) The Board shall lay down a code of conduct, based on the recommendation of the
Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC) at condition No. 6, for the
Chairperson of the Board, other board members and Chief Executive Officer of the
company;

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(b) The code of conduct as determined by the NRC shall be posted on the website of the
company including, among others, prudent conduct and behavior; confidentiality;
conflict of interest; compliance with laws, rules and regulations; prohibition of insider
trading; relationship with environment, employees, customers and suppliers; and
independency.
2. Governance of Board of Directors of Subsidiary Company.-
(a) Provisions relating to the composition of the Board of the holding company shall be
made applicable to the composition of the Board of the subsidiary company;
(b) At least 1 (one) independent director on the Board of the holding company shall be
a director on the Board of the subsidiary company;
(c) The minutes of the Board meeting of the subsidiary company shall be placed for
review at the following Board meeting of the holding company;
(d) The minutes of the respective Board meeting of the holding company shall state
that they have reviewed the affairs of the subsidiary company also;
(e) The Audit Committee of the holding company shall also review the financial
statements, in particular the investments made by the subsidiary company.
3. Managing Director (MD) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer
(CFO), Head of Internal Audit and Compliance (HIAC) and Company Secretary (CS).-
(1) Appointment
(a) The Board shall appoint a Managing Director (MD) or Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), a Company Secretary (CS), a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a Head of
Internal Audit and Compliance (HIAC);
(b) The positions of the Managing Director (MD) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
Company Secretary (CS), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Head of Internal Audit
and Compliance (HIAC) shall be filled by different individuals;
(c) The MD or CEO, CS, CFO and HIAC of a listed company shall not hold any
executive position in any other company at the same time;
(d) The Board shall clearly define respective roles, responsibilities and duties of the CFO,
the HIAC and the CS;
(e) The MD or CEO, CS, CFO and HIAC shall not be removed from their position
without approval of the Board as well as immediate dissemination to the Commission
and stock exchange(s).
(2) Requirement to attend Board of Directors’ Meetings
The MD or CEO, CS, CFO and HIAC of the company shall attend the meetings of the
Board:

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Provided that the CS, CFO and/or the HIAC shall not attend such part of a meeting of
the Board which involves consideration of an agenda item relating to their personal
matters.
(3) Duties of Managing Director (MD) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief
Financial Officer (CFO)
(a) The MD or CEO and CFO shall certify to the Board that they have reviewed financial
statements for the year and that to the best of their knowledge and belief:
(i) these statements do not contain any materially untrue statement or omit any
material fact or contain statements that might be misleading; and
(ii) these statements together present a true and fair view of the company’s affairs and
are in compliance with existing accounting standards and applicable laws;
(b) The MD or CEO and CFO shall also certify that there are, to the best of knowledge
and belief, no transactions entered into by the company during the year which are
fraudulent, illegal or in violation of the code of conduct for the company’s Board or
its members;
(c) The certification of the MD or CEO and CFO shall be disclosed in the Annual Report.
4. Board of Directors’ Committee.-
For ensuring good governance in the company, the Board shall have at least following sub-
committees:
(i) Audit Committee; and
(ii) Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
5. Audit Committee.-
(1) Responsibility to the Board of Directors.
(a) The company shall have an Audit Committee as a sub-committee of the Board;
(b) The Audit Committee shall assist the Board in ensuring that the financial statements
reflect true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and in ensuring a good
monitoring system within the business;
(c) The Audit Committee shall be responsible to the Board; the duties of the Audit
Committee shall be clearly set forth in writing.
(2) Constitution of the Audit Committee
(a) The Audit Committee shall be composed of at least 3 (three) members;
(b) The Board shall appoint members of the Audit Committee who shall be non-
executive directors of the company excepting Chairperson of the Board and shall
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(c) All members of the audit committee should be “financially literate” and at least 1
(one) member shall have accounting or related financial management background
and 10 (ten) years of such experience;
Explanation: The term “financially literate” means the ability to read and
understand the financial statements like statement of financial position, statement of
comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and cash flows statement
and a person will be considered to have accounting or related financial management
expertise if he or she possesses professional qualification or Accounting or Finance
graduate with at least 10 (ten) years of corporate management or professional
experiences.
(d) When the term of service of any Committee member expires or there is any
circumstance causing any Committee member to be unable to hold office before
expiration of the term of service, thus making the number of the Committee
members to be lower than the prescribed number of 3 (three) persons, the Board
shall appoint the new Committee member to fill up the vacancy immediately or not
later than 1 (one) month from the date of vacancy in the Committee to ensure
continuity of the performance of work of the Audit Committee;
(e) The company secretary shall act as the secretary of the Committee;
(f) The quorum of the Audit Committee meeting shall not constitute without at least 1
(one) independent director.
(3) Chairperson of the Audit Committee
(a) The Board shall select 1 (one) member of the Audit Committee to be Chairperson of the
Audit Committee, who shall be an independent director;
(b) In the absence of the Chairperson of the Audit Committee, the remaining members may
elect one of themselves as Chairperson for that particular meeting, in that case there
shall be no problem of constituting a quorum as required under condition No. 5(4)(b)
and the reason of absence of the regular Chairperson shall be duly recorded in the
minutes.
(c)Chairperson of the Audit Committee shall remain present in the Annual General
Meeting (AGM):
Provided that in absence of Chairperson of the Audit Committee, any other member
from the Audit Committee shall be selected to be present in the annual general meeting
(AGM) and reason for absence of the Chairperson of the Audit Committee shall be
recorded in the minutes of the AGM.
(4) Meeting of the Audit Committee
(a) The Audit Committee shall conduct at least its four meetings in a financial year:
Provided that any emergency meeting in addition to regular meeting may be
convened at the request of any one of the members of the Committee;
(b) The quorum of the meeting of the Audit Committee shall be constituted in presence
of either two members or two third of the members of the Audit Committee,
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(5) Role of Audit Committee
The Audit Committee shall:-
(a) Oversee the financial reporting process;
(b) monitor choice of accounting policies and principles;
(c) monitor Internal Audit and Compliance process to ensure that it is adequately
resourced, including approval of the Internal Audit and Compliance Plan and
review of the Internal Audit and Compliance Report;
(d) oversee hiring and performance of external auditors;
(e) hold meeting with the external or statutory auditors for review of the annual
financial statements before submission to the Board for approval or adoption;
(f) review along with the management, the annual financial statements before
submission to the Board for approval;
(g) review along with the management, the quarterly and half yearly financial
statements before submission to the Board for approval;
(h) review the adequacy of internal audit function;
(i) review the Management’s Discussion and Analysis before disclosing in the
Annual Report;
(j) review statement of all related party transactions submitted by the management;
(k) review Management Letters or Letter of Internal Control weakness issued by
statutory auditors;
(l) oversee the determination of audit fees based on scope and magnitude, level of
expertise deployed and time required for effective audit and evaluate the
performance of external auditors; and
(m) oversee whether the proceeds raised through Initial Public Offering (IPO) or
Repeat Public Offering (RPO) or Rights Share Offer have been utilized as per the
purposes stated in relevant offer document or prospectus approved by the
Commission:
Provided that the management shall disclose to the Audit Committee about the
uses or applications of the proceeds by major category (capital expenditure, sales
and marketing expenses, working capital, etc.), on a quarterly basis, as a part of
their quarterly declaration of financial results:
Provided further that on an annual basis, the company shall prepare a statement of
the proceeds utilized for the purposes other than those stated in the offer
document or prospectus for publication in the Annual Report along with the
comments of the Audit Committee.
(6) Reporting of the Audit Committee
(a) Reporting to the Board of Directors
(i) The Audit Committee shall report on its activities to the Board.
(ii) The Audit Committee shall immediately report to the Board on the following
findings, if any:-
(a) report on conflicts of interests;

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(b) suspected or presumed fraud or irregularity or material defect identified
in the internal audit and compliance process or in the financial
statements;
(c) suspected infringement of laws, regulatory compliances including
securities related laws, rules and regulations; and
(d) any other matter which the Audit Committee deems necessary shall be
disclosed to the Board immediately;
(b) Reporting to the Authorities
If the Audit Committee has reported to the Board about anything which has material
impact on the financial condition and results of operation and has discussed with the
Board and the management that any rectification is necessary and if the Audit
Committee finds that such rectification has been unreasonably ignored, the Audit
Committee shall report such finding to the Commission, upon reporting of such
matters to the Board for three times or completion of a period of 6 (six) months from
the date of first reporting to the Board, whichever is earlier.
(7) Reporting to the Shareholders and General Investors
Report on activities carried out by the Audit Committee, including any report made to the
Board under condition No. 5(6)(a)(ii) above during the year, shall be signed by the
Chairperson of the Audit Committee and disclosed in the annual report of the issuer
company.
6. Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC).-
(1) Responsibility to the Board of Directors
(a) The company shall have a Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC) as a sub-
committee of the Board;
(b) The NRC shall assist the Board in formulation of the nomination criteria or policy for
determining qualifications, positive attributes, experiences and independence of
directors and top level executive as well as a policy for formal process of considering
remuneration of directors, top level executive;
(c) The Terms of Reference (ToR) of the NRC shall be clearly set forth in writing
covering the areas stated at the condition No. 6(5)(b).
(2) Constitution of the NRC
(a) The Committee shall comprise of at least three members including an independent
director;
(b) All members of the Committee shall be non-executive directors;
(c) Members of the Committee shall be nominated and appointed by the Board;
(d) The Board shall have authority to remove and appoint any member of the
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(e) In case of death, resignation, disqualification, or removal of any member of the
Committee or in any other cases of vacancies, the board shall fill the vacancy within
180 (one hundred eighty) days of occurring such vacancy in the Committee;
(f) The Chairperson of the Committee may appoint or co-opt any external expert and/or
member(s) of staff to the Committee as advisor who shall be non-voting member, if
the Chairperson feels that advice or suggestion from such external expert and/or
member(s) of staff shall be required or valuable for the Committee;
(g) The company secretary shall act as the secretary of the Committee;
(h) The quorum of the NRC meeting shall not constitute without attendance of at least an
independent director;
(i) No member of the NRC shall receive, either directly or indirectly, any remuneration
for any advisory or consultancy role or otherwise, other than Director’s fees or
honorarium from the company.
(3) Chairperson of the NRC
(a) The Board shall select 1 (one) member of the NRC to be Chairperson of the
Committee, who shall be an independent director;
(b) In the absence of the Chairperson of the NRC, the remaining members may elect
one of themselves as Chairperson for that particular meeting, the reason of absence
of the regular Chairperson shall be duly recorded in the minutes;
(c) The Chairperson of the NRC shall attend the annual general meeting (AGM) to
answer the queries of the shareholders:
Provided that in absence of Chairperson of the NRC, any other member from the
NRC shall be selected to be present in the annual general meeting (AGM) for
answering the shareholder’s queries and reason for absence of the Chairperson of
the NRC shall be recorded in the minutes of the AGM.
(4) Meeting of the NRC
(a) The NRC shall conduct at least one meeting in a financial year;
(b) The Chairperson of the NRC may convene any emergency meeting upon request by
any member of the NRC;
(c) The quorum of the meeting of the NRC shall be constituted in presence of either
two members or two third of the members of the Committee, whichever is higher,
where presence of an independent director is must as required under condition No.
6(2)(h);
(d) The proceedings of each meeting of the NRC shall duly be recorded in the minutes
and such minutes shall be confirmed in the next meeting of the NRC.
(5) Role of the NRC
(a) NRC shall be independent and responsible or accountable to the Board and to the
shareholders;
(b) NRC shall oversee, among others, the following matters and make report with
recommendation to the Board:
(i) formulating the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and
independence of a director and recommend a policy to the Board, relating to

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the remuneration of the directors, top level executive, considering the
following:
(a) the level and composition of remuneration is reasonable and sufficient to
attract, retain and motivate suitable directors to run the company
successfully;
(b) the relationship of remuneration to performance is clear and meets
appropriate performance benchmarks; and
(c) remuneration to directors, top level executive involves a balance between
fixed and incentive pay reflecting short and long-term performance
objectives appropriate to the working of the company and its goals;
(ii) devising a policy on Board’s diversity taking into consideration age, gender,
experience, ethnicity, educational background and nationality;
(iii) identifying persons who are qualified to become directors and who may be
appointed in top level executive position in accordance with the criteria laid
down, and recommend their appointment and removal to the Board;
(iv) formulating the criteria for evaluation of performance of independent
directors and the Board;
(v) identifying the company’s needs for employees at different levels and
determine their selection, transfer or replacement and promotion criteria; and
(vi) developing, recommending and reviewing annually the company’s human
resources and training policies;
(c) The company shall disclose the nomination and remuneration policy and the
evaluation criteria and activities of NRC during the year at a glance in its annual
report.
7. External or Statutory Auditors.-
(1) The issuer company shall not engage its external or statutory auditors to perform the
following services of the company, namely:-
(i) appraisal or valuation services or fairness opinions;
(ii) financial information systems design and implementation;
(iii) book-keeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial
statements;
(iv) broker-dealer services;
(v) actuarial services;
(vi) internal audit services or special audit services;
(vii) any service that the Audit Committee determines;
(viii) audit or certification services on compliance of corporate governance as required
under condition No. 9(1); and
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(2) No partner or employees of the external audit firms shall possess any share of the
company they audit at least during the tenure of their audit assignment of that company;
his or her family members also shall not hold any shares in the said company:
Provided that spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, brother, sister, son-in-law and
daughter-in-law shall be considered as family members.
(3) Representative of external or statutory auditors shall remain present in the Shareholders’
Meeting (Annual General Meeting or Extraordinary General Meeting) to answer the
queries of the shareholders.
8. Maintaining a website by the Company.-
(1) The company shall have an official website linked with the website of the stock
exchange.
(2) The company shall keep the website functional from the date of listing.
(3) The company shall make available the detailed disclosures on its website as required
under the listing regulations of the concerned stock exchange(s).
9. Reporting and Compliance of Corporate Governance.-
(1) The company shall obtain a certificate from a practicing Professional Accountant or
Secretary (Chartered Accountant or Cost and Management Accountant or Chartered
Secretary) other than its statutory auditors or audit firm on yearly basis regarding
compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance Code of the Commission and
shall such certificate shall be disclosed in the Annual Report.
Explanation:“Chartered Accountant” means Chartered Accountant as defined in the
Bangladesh Chartered Accountants Order, 1973 (President’s Order No. 2 of 1973);
“Cost and Management Accountant” means Cost and Management Accountant as
defined in the Cost and Management Accountants Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No.
LIII of 1977); “Chartered Secretary” means Chartered Secretary as defined in the
চাটাড সে টারীজ আইন, ২০১০ (২০১০ সেনর ২৫নং আইন) (Chartered Secretaries Act, 2010).
(2) The professional who will provide the certificate on compliance of this Corporate
Governance Code shall be appointed by the shareholders in the annual general
meeting.
(3) The directors of the company shall state, in accordance with the Annexure-C
attached, in the directors’ report whether the company has complied with these
conditions or not.

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Annexure-A
[As per condition No. 1(5)(xxvi)]
Name of the company ( ……….. Ltd.)
Declaration by CEO and CFO
Date: ……………………….
The Board of Directors
………………….. Limited
…………………………
…………………
………..
Subject: Declaration on Financial Statements for the year ended on…………..
Dear Sirs,
Pursuant to the condition No. 1(5)(xxvi) imposed vide the Commission’s Notification No.
………………………. Dated ……… under section 2CC of the Securities and Exchange
Ordinance, 1969, we do hereby declare that:
(1) The Financial Statements of …………………….. Limited for the year ended on
…………………… have been prepared in compliance with International Accounting
Standards (IAS) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as applicable in
the Bangladesh and any departure there from has been adequately disclosed;
(2) The estimates and judgments related to the financial statements were made on a prudent
and reasonable basis, in order for the financial statements to reveal a true and fair view;
(3) The form and substance of transactions and the Company’s state of affairs have been
reasonably and fairly presented in its financial statements;
(4) To ensure above, the Company has taken proper and adequate care in installing a
system of internal control and maintenance of accounting records;
(5) Our internal auditors have conducted periodic audits to provide reasonable assurance
that the established policies and procedures of the Company were consistently followed;
and
(6) The management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the
financial statements is appropriate and there exists no material uncertainty related
to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern.
In this regard, we also certify that: -
(i) We have reviewed the financial statements for the year ended on …………….and that to
the best of our knowledge and belief:

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(a) these statements do not contain any materially untrue statement or omit any material
fact or contain statements that might be misleading;
(b) these statements collectively present true and fair view of the Company’s affairs and
are in compliance with existing accounting standards and applicable laws.
(ii) There are, to the best of knowledge and belief, no transactions entered into by the Company
during the year which are fraudulent, illegal or in violation of the code of conduct for the
company’s Board of Directors or its members.
Sincerely yours,
(Name and Signature with date) (Name and Signature with date)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

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Annexure-B
[Certificate as per condition No. 1(5)(xxvii)]
Report to the Shareholders of ……………………………… Limited on compliance on the
Corporate Governance Code
We have examined the compliance status to the Corporate Governance Code by
…………………. Limited for the year ended on ……………………… This Code relates to the
Notification No. ………………………… dated ……………….. of the Bangladesh Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Such compliance with the Corporate Governance Code is the responsibility of the Company. Our
examination was limited to the procedures and implementation thereof as adopted by the
Management in ensuring compliance to the conditions of the Corporate Governance Code.
This is a scrutiny and verification and an independent audit on compliance of the conditions of
the Corporate Governance Code as well as the provisions of relevant Bangladesh Secretarial
Standards (BSS) as adopted by Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) in so far
as those standards are not inconsistent with any condition of this Corporate Governance Code.
We state that we have obtained all the information and explanations, which we have required,
and after due scrutiny and verification thereof, we report that, in our opinion:
(a) The Company has complied with the conditions of the Corporate Governance Code as
stipulated in the above mentioned Corporate Governance Code issued by the
Commission or not complied (if not complied, specify non-compliances);
(b) The company has complied with the provisions of the relevant Bangladesh Secretarial
Standards (BSS) as adopted by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh
(ICSB) as required by this Code or not complied (if not complied, specify non-
compliances);
(c) Proper books and records have been kept by the company as required under the
Companies Act, 1994, the securities laws and other relevant laws or not complied (if not
complied, specify non-compliances); and
(d) The governance of the company is highly satisfactory or satisfactory or not satisfactory.
Place: For………………….(Name of the firm)
Dated: ----------------(Signature with name and designation)

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Annexure-C
[As per condition No. 1(5)(xxvii)]
Status of compliance with the conditions imposed by the Commission’s Notification
No.SEC/CMRRCD/2006-158/207/Admin/80 dated 3 June 2018 issued under section 2CC of the
Securities and Exchange Ordinance, 1969:
(Report under Condition No. 9)
Condition No. Title Compliance Status
(Put √ in the appropriate column)
Remarks
(if any)
Complied Not complied
1(1)
1(2) (a)
1(2)(b)(i)
1(2)(b)(ii)
1(2)(b)(iii)
1(2)(b)(iv)
1(2)(b)(v)
1(2)(b)(vi)
1(2)(b)(vii)
1(2)(b)(viii)
1(2)(b)(ix)
1(2)(b)(x)
1(2)(c)
1(2)(d)
1(2)(e)
1(3)(a)
1(3)(b)(i)
1(3)(b)(ii)
1(3)(b)(iii)
1(3)(b)(iv)
1(3)(b)(v)
1(3)(c)
1(3)(d)
1(4)(a)
1(4)(b)
1(4)(c)
1(4)(d)
1(4)(e)
1(5)(i)
1(5)(ii)
1(5)(iii)
1(5)(iv)
1(5)(v)
1(5)(vi)

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Remarks
(if any)
1(5)(vii)
1(5)(viii)
1(5)(ix)
1(5)(x)
1(5)(xi)
1(5)(xii)
1(5)(xiii)
1(5)(xiv)
1(5)(xv)
1(5)(xvi)
1(5)(xvii)
1(5)(xviii)
1(5)(xix)
1(5)(xx)
1(5)(xxi)
1(5)(xxii)
1(5)(xxiii)(a)
1(5)(xxiii)(b)
1(5)(xxiii)(c)
1(5)(xxiii)(d)
1(5)(xxiv)(a)
1(5)(xxiv)(b)
1(5)(xxiv)(c)
1(5)(xxv)(a)
1(5)(xxv)(b)
1(5)(xxv)(c)
1(5)(xxv)(d)
1(5)(xxv)(e)
1(5)(xxv)(f)
1(5)(xxv)(g)
1(5)(xxvi)
1(5)(xxvii)
1(6)
1(7)(a)
1(7)(b)
2(a)
2(b)
2(c)
2(d)
2(e)
3(1)(a)
3(1)(b)

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Remarks
(if any)
3(1)(c)
3(1)(d)
3(1)(e)
3(2)
3(3)(a)(i)
3(3)(a)(ii)
3(3)(b)
3(3)(c)
4(i)
4(ii)
5(1)(a)
5(1)(b)
5(1)(c)
5(2)(a)
5(2)(b)
5(2)(c)
5(2)(d)
5(2)(e)
5(2)(f)
5(3)(a)
5(3)(b)
5(3)(c)
5(4)(a)
5(4)(b)
5(5)(a)
5(5)(b)
5(5)(c)
5(5)(d)
5(5)(e)
5(5)(f)
5(5)(g)
5(5)(h)
5(5)(i)
5(5)(j)
5(5)(k)
5(5)(l)
5(5)(m)
5(6)(a)(i)
5(6)(a)(ii)(a)
5(6)(a)(ii)(b)
5(6)(a)(ii)(c)
5(6)(a)(ii)(d)

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Remarks
(if any)
5(6)(b)
5(7)
6(1)(a)
6(1)(b)
6(1)(c)
6(2)(a)
6(2)(b)
6(2)(c)
6(2)(d)
6(2)(e)
6(2)(f)
6(2)(g)
6(2)(h)
6(2)(i)
6(3)(a)
6(3)(b)
6(3)(c)
6(4)(a)
6(4)(b)
6(4)(c)
6(4)(d)
6(5)(a)
6(5)(b)(i)(a)
6(5)(b)(i)(b)
6(5)(b)(i)(c)
6(5)(b)(ii)
6(5)(b)(iii)
6(5)(b)(iv)
6(5)(b)(v)
6(5)(b)(vi)
6(5)(c)
7(1)(i)
7(1)(ii)
7(1)(iii)
7(1)(iv)
7(1)(v)
7(1)(vi)
7(1)(vii)
7(1)(viii)
7(1)(ix)
7(2)
7(3)

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Remarks
(if any)
8(1)
8(2)
8(3)
9(1)
9(2)
9(3)
This Notification shall be complied within 31 December 2018.
By order of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission
Dr. M. Khairul Hossain
Chairman.

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