Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company CEO, chairman, board of directors and AGM
NSE: GILLANDERSBSE: 532716DiversifiedSmall Cap
Share price at the NSE close on 30 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹96.40.
30 Oct: open ₹95.60, high ₹97.99, low ₹94.00
- Next results date: the board meets on 13 Nov 2026 to consider: financial results. The notice · Results calendar
- 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. Market capitalisation: how it is worked out
- ₹201 Cr2,426th 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. Price to earnings, trailing: how it is worked out
- 11.51
- 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. Price to book: how it is worked out
- 0.78
- 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.
- 6.9%
- 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.
- 4.7%
- 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.
- 0.58
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day. Volume in the glossary
- 3,649
Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company's chairperson is ARUN KUMAR KOTHARI and its managing director and CEO MAHESH SODHANI, as filed for the quarter to Sep 2026. Its latest annual general meeting was on 3 Jul 2026.
Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company 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
- ChairpersonARUN KUMAR KOTHARIRelated to the promoter
- Managing director and CEOMAHESH SODHANI
- Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerNeha Singh
6 directors3 independent1 executive2 non-executive
- ARUN KUMAR KOTHARI · ChairpersonNon-executive · joined Aug 1985 · reappointed Aug 1985 · 2 listed boards · 4 committee seats
- PRABHAWATI DEVI KOTHARINon-executive · joined Mar 2010 · reappointed Mar 2010 · 2 listed boards · 2 committee seats
- ARVIND BAHETIIndependent · joined Mar 2018 · reappointed Mar 2023 · 102 months as independent · 2 listed boards · 2 as independent · 1 committee seat, 2 as chair
- MAHESH SODHANI · Managing director and CEOExecutive · joined Apr 2018 · reappointed Apr 2024 · 1 listed board · 1 committee seat
- KOTHANETH ASHOKIndependent · joined May 2019 · reappointed May 2024 · 88 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats
- CHARUDATTA RAGHVENDRA PRAYAGIndependent · joined May 2019 · reappointed May 2024 · 88 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.
Committees and meetings
Who sits on each, and how often they met.Board meeting notices and outcomes
Board
- 7 Aug 20266 of 6 present3 independent · 87 days in between
- 11 May 20266 of 6 present3 independent
Audit Committee
Chair ARVIND BAHETI
ARUN KUMAR KOTHARI, KOTHANETH ASHOK, CHARUDATTA RAGHVENDRA PRAYAG
- 7 Aug 20264 of 4 present3 independent · 87 days in between
- 11 May 20264 of 4 present3 independent
Nomination and remuneration committee
Chair KOTHANETH ASHOK
PRABHAWATI DEVI KOTHARI, CHARUDATTA RAGHVENDRA PRAYAG
No meeting listed in the filing.
Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Chair CHARUDATTA RAGHVENDRA PRAYAG
ARUN KUMAR KOTHARI, PRABHAWATI DEVI KOTHARI, MAHESH SODHANI
No meeting listed in the filing.
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Chair CHARUDATTA RAGHVENDRA PRAYAG
ARVIND BAHETI, KOTHANETH ASHOK
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.
- Ms. JKVS and Co., Chartered AccountantsPeer-review certificate valid to Nov 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.
Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company 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.Gillanders Arbuthnot & Company dividend history
Annual general meeting, 3 Jul 2026
10,193 shareholders on the register on 26 Jun 2026; present: 9 promoters and 61 others; votes counted by CS ASHOK DAGA / ASHOK DAGA & ASSOCIATES.
To consider and adopt the Audited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2026, along with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.MoreLess
Ordinary99.99% for0.01% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 44.01%
Turnout: all 69.07% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.06%
- To appoint a Director in place of Smt. Prabhawati Devi Kothari (DIN: 00051860), who retires by rotation at this Annual General Meeting, and being eligible, offers herself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 44.01%
Turnout: all 68.75% · promoters 99.54% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.06%
- To declare and approve payment of dividend on the 7.75% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares (CRPS) of the Company for the financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20.Ordinary99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 42.84%
Turnout: all 69.07% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.06%
- Ratification of Remuneration of Cost Auditor.Ordinary99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 44.01%
Turnout: all 69.07% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.06%
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, 27 Jun 2025, 6 resolutions
10,574 shareholders on the register on 20 Jun 2025; present: 9 promoters and 67 others; votes counted by CS ASHOK DAGA / ASHOK DAGA & ASSOCIATES.The company's voting result
To consider and adopt the Audited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2025, along with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.MoreLess
Ordinary100.00% for0.00% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.72%
Turnout: all 69.09% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- To appoint a Director in place of Mr. Arun Kumar Kothari (DIN: 00051900), who retires by rotation at this Annual General Meeting, 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 0.90%
Turnout: all 68.17% · promoters 98.67% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- To declare and approve payment of dividend on the 7.75% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares (CRPS) of the Company for the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.90%
Turnout: all 69.09% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- To re-appoint the Statutory Auditors of the Company.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.90%
Turnout: all 69.09% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Ratification of Remuneration of Cost Auditor.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.72%
Turnout: all 69.09% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Appointment of Secretarial Auditor of the Company.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.71%
Turnout: all 69.09% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
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 2024, 6 resolutions
Present: 10 promoters and 65 others.
- Adoption of the audited financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2024, the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.Ordinary99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 30.58%
Turnout: all 69.13% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.17%
- Appointment of Smt. Prabhawati Devi Kothari (DIN: 00051860), who retires by rotation, and being eligible, offers herself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 30.58%
Turnout: all 67.62% · promoters 97.81% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.17%
- Ratification of remuneration payable to Cost Auditors of the Company for the financial year 2024-2025.Ordinary99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 45.35%
Turnout: all 69.11% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.11%
- Re-appointment of Mr. Kothaneth Ashok (DIN: 02272068) as an Independent Director of the Company.Special99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 45.35%
Turnout: all 69.11% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.11%
- Re-appointment of Mr. Charudatta Raghvendra Prayag (DIN: 08463106) as an Independent Director of the Company.Special99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 45.35%
Turnout: all 69.11% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.11%
- Re-appointment and re-designation of Mr. Mahesh Sodhani (DIN: 02100322), as Managing Director & CEO of the Company.Special99.95% for0.05% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 63.15%
Turnout: all 69.13% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.17%
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, 23 Jun 2023, 7 resolutions
Present: 10 promoters and 85 others.
- Adoption of Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2023, the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.Ordinary99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 9.19%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Re-aapointment of Mr. Arun Kumar Kothari (DIN: 00051900), who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 9.17%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Ratification of remuneration payable to Cost Auditor of the Company for the Financial Year ending on 31st March, 2024.Ordinary99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 10.41%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Acceptance of Deposits from Members of the Company and Public.Ordinary99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 9.24%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Re-appointment of Mr Arvind Baheti (DIN: 08094824) as Independent Director of the Company.Special99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 9.23%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Payment of Managerial Remuneration to Mr. Mahesh Sodhani DIN: 02100322), Managing Director of the Company.Special99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 9.24%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Payment of Managerial Remuneration to Mr. Manoj Sodhani (DIN: 02267180), Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company.Special99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 9.24%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
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, 12 Aug 2022, 5 resolutions
Present: 10 promoters and 53 others.
- Adoption of Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2022, the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.Ordinary99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 42.05%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Re-aapointment of Smt. Prabhawati Devi Kothari (DIN: 00051860), who retires by rotation and being eligible offers herself for re-appointmentOrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 42.05%
Turnout: all 68.80% · promoters 99.54% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Ratification of remuneration payable to Cost Auditor of the Company for the Financial Year ending on 31st March, 2023Ordinary99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 42.05%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Appointment of Branch Auditor of Engineering (MICCO) Division of the Company.Ordinary99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 42.05%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
- Acceptance of Deposits from Members of the Company and Public.Ordinary99.98% for0.02% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 42.05%
Turnout: all 69.12% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.13%
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, 13 Aug 2021, 5 resolutions
Present: 10 promoters and 51 others.
- Adoption of Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2021, the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.Ordinary99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 16.66%
Turnout: all 69.08% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.10%
- Re-aapointment of Mr Manoj Sodhani (DIN: 02267180), who retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for re-appointmentOrdinary99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 21.54%
Turnout: all 69.08% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.10%
- Ratification of remuneration payable to Cost Auditor of the Company for the Financial Year ending on 31st March, 2022Ordinary99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 16.66%
Turnout: all 69.08% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.10%
- Re-appointment of Mr. Mahesh Sodhani (DIN: 02100322), as Managing Director of the CompanySpecial99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 21.05%
Turnout: all 69.08% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.10%
- Re-appointment of Mr. Manoj Sodhani (DIN: 02267180) as Executive Director & CEO of the CompanySpecial99.99% for0.01% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 21.05%
Turnout: all 69.08% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.10%
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, 21 Sep 2020, 1 resolution
- Approval for strategic patnership / sell / transfer / dispose off / divestment of North India Spinning Mill Unit, Akbarpur, PunjabSpecial99.91% for0.09% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 18.62%
Turnout: all 69.07% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.25%
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, 14 Aug 2020, 5 resolutions
Present: 10 promoters and 46 others.
- To consider and adopt the audited financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2020, the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.Ordinary99.95% for0.05% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 60.03%
Turnout: all 68.80% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.20%
- To appoint a Director in place of Mr. Mahesh Sodhani (DIN 02100322), who retires by rotation at this Annual General Meeting, and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.Ordinary99.95% for0.05% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 60.00%
Turnout: all 68.80% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.20%
Appointment of M/s. JKVS & Co. (FRN: 318086E), Chartered Accountant, as Auditor of the Company, for a period of 5 (Five) consecutive years from the conclusion of the 86th Annual General Meeting until the conclusion of the 91st Annual General Meeting of the Company.MoreLess
Ordinary99.95% for0.05% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 60.00%
Turnout: all 68.80% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.20%
- To approve the remuneration of the Cost Auditors for the financial year ending on 31st March, 2021Ordinary99.95% for0.05% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 60.00%
Turnout: all 68.80% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.20%
- To approve invitation or offer to subscribe to Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures on private placementSpecial99.95% for0.05% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 60.03%
Turnout: all 68.80% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.20%
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.
Tax disputes
Reported in the filing for the quarter to Sep 2026.
- Tax disputeAssessment Unit, Income Tax DepartmentSince 27 Mar 2026The Company has filed an appeal to the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeal) and the same is pending for disposal.At the filing before: Notice of demand under Section 156 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for assessment year 2017-18 has been given. As per the notice a sum of ₹ 1,24,85,560/- has been raised.
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
- No
- 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.