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Disclosure of Actual Exercise of Voting in AGM/EGMs etc of Investee companies across all schemes of Taurus Mutual Fund Summary of votes cast by Taurus Mutual Fund across all the investee companies Summary of Votes cast during the F.Y. 2018-2019 F.Y. Quarter Total no. of resolutions Break-up of Vote decision For Against Abstained 2018 -2019 Quarter - I (Apr 2018 to June 2018) 176 171 5 0 2018 -2019 Quarter - II Jul 2018 to Sep 2018) 1323 1182 141 0 2018 -2019 Quarter - III Oct 2018 to Dec 2018) 63 52 11 0 2018 -2019 Quarter - IV Jan 2019 to Mar 2019) 181 128 53 0 Grand Total 1743 1533 210 0 Details of Votes cast during April 2018 to March 2019 Type of meetings Proposal by Investee company’s Vote (For/ (AGM/EGM/POSTAL Management or Management Against/ Quarter Meeting Date Company Name BALLOT/ CCM) Shareholder Resolution # Proposal's description Recommendation Abstain)* Reason supporting the vote decision Quarter I 05-Apr-2018 K P I T TECHNOLOGIES LTD. EGM Management 1 Adoption of a new set of Articles of Association (AoA) of the company to remove provisions of Share Subscription For For The existing AoA of the company contain provisions of Share Subscription Agreement executed between Van Dyck and the Quarter I 15-Apr-2018 A C C LTD. Postal Ballot Management 1 Approve related party transactions with Ambuja Cements Limited under the Master Supply Agreement For Against ACC Limited and Ambuja Cements Limited, both part of the LafargeHolcim group of companies were proposed to be merged Quarter I 15-Apr-2018 AMBUJA CEMENTS LTD. Postal Ballot Management 1 Approve related party transactions with ACC Limited under the Master Supply Agreement For Against Ambuja Cements Limited and ACC Limited, both part of the LafargeHolcim group of companies were proposed to be merged Quarter I 17-Apr-2018 CRISIL LTD. AGM Management 1 Adoption of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 For For Normal. Quarter I 17-Apr-2018 CRISIL LTD. AGM Management 2 To declare final dividend of Rs.10 and confirm payment of three interim dividends aggregating Rs.18 per equity share For For The total dividend outflow including dividend tax for 2017 is Rs. 2. 3 bn. The dividend payout ratio is 97. 3%. Quarter I 17-Apr-2018 CRISIL LTD. AGM Management 3 Ratify Walker Chandiok & Co LLP as statutory auditors for one year and fix their remuneration For For The ratification is in line with our Voting Guidelines on Auditor (Re)appointments and with the requirements of Section 139 of Quarter I 17-Apr-2018 CRISIL LTD. AGM Management 4 Reappoint Ms. Martina Cheung (DIN: 07551069) as Director For For Ms. Martina Cheung is the Head of Risk Services at S&P. She retires by rotation and is eligible to seek reappointment. Her Quarter I 17-Apr-2018 CRISIL LTD. AGM Shareholder 5 Appoint Ewout Steenbergen (DIN 07956962) as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director For For Ewout Steenbergen (DIN 07956962) is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of S&P Global. He was Quarter I 17-Apr-2018 CRISIL LTD. AGM Shareholder 6 Appoint Girish Paranjpe (DIN 02172725) as an Independent Director with effect from 17 October 2017 until 16 For For Girish Paranjpe (DIN 02172725), 60, is an Operating Partner at Advent International (a Private Equity firm). He was appointed Quarter I 17-Apr-2018 CRISIL LTD. AGM Management 7 Increase inter-corporate transactions (loans, guarantee, etc) limit to Rs. 7.0 bn over and above 60% of paid up share For For As on 31 December 2017, the company had outstanding intercorporate transactions of Rs. 6. 9 bn, which nearly exhausts the Quarter I 19-Apr-2018 MAHINDRA C I E AUTOMOTIVE LTD. AGM Management 1 Adoption of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 For For Normal. Quarter I 19-Apr-2018 MAHINDRA C I E AUTOMOTIVE LTD. AGM Management 2 Reappoint Hemant Luthra (DIN: 00231420) as Director For For Hemant Luthra, 69, has been associated with Mahindra CIE for 13 years and is currently designated as a Non-Executive Non- Quarter I 19-Apr-2018 MAHINDRA C I E AUTOMOTIVE LTD. AGM Management 3 Reappoint Shriprakash Shukla (DIN: 00007418) as Director For For Shriprakash Shukla, 59, joined the board in April 2015. He is currently the CEO of Mahindra Aerospace, and a non-executive Quarter I 19-Apr-2018 MAHINDRA C I E AUTOMOTIVE LTD. AGM Management 4 Ratify appointment of Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP as statutory auditors for 2018 For For The ratification of Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP’s appointment is in line with our Voting Guidelines on Auditor Quarter I 19-Apr-2018 MAHINDRA C I E AUTOMOTIVE LTD. AGM Management 5 Approve remuneration of Rs. 1.2 mn for Dhananjay V Joshi & Associates as cost auditors for 2018 For For The total remuneration proposed is reasonable compared to the size and scale of the company’s operations. Quarter I 19-Apr-2018 MAHINDRA C I E AUTOMOTIVE LTD. AGM Management 6 Modify sub-limits of remuneration to 7% of net profits for Executive Directors and 4% of net profits for Non-Executive For For The proposed change in limits apply to the standalone financials. For Mahindra CIE, the consolidated business accounts for Quarter I 19-Apr-2018 MAHINDRA C I E AUTOMOTIVE LTD. AGM Management 7 Approve remuneration to Hemant Luthra as Non-Executive Chairperson of Rs. 28.0 mn per annum payable monthly for For Against Hemant Luthra’s role as a non-executive director will be to manage relationship with stakeholders, identify mergers, Quarter I 19-Apr-2018 MAHINDRA C I E AUTOMOTIVE LTD. AGM Management 8 To approve material related party transactions with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. upto Rs. 15.0 bn per annum For For Mahindra CIE is part of the Mahindra group and has several operational transactions with Mahindra and Mahindra Limited Quarter I 24-Apr-2018 KARUR VYSYA BANK LTD. Postal Ballot Management 1 Approve the Karur Vysya Employee Stock Option Scheme 2018 (KVB ESOS - 2018) under which is proposes to issue For For Overall dilution of the entire scheme is expected to be 1. 0% on the paid-up capital. Along with issuances from an existing Quarter I 25-Apr-2018 K S B PUMPS LTD. AGM Management 1 Adoption of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 For For Normal. Quarter I 25-Apr-2018 K S B PUMPS LTD. AGM Management 2 To declare dividend of Rs.6.0 (face value Rs.10) For For The total dividend outflow including dividend tax for 2017 is Rs. 0. 2 bn. The dividend payout ratio is 34%. Quarter I 25-Apr-2018 K S B PUMPS LTD. AGM Management 3 Reappoint G. Swarup (DIN: 00374298) as Director For For G. Swarup is the Chairperson. He retires by rotation and is eligible to seek reappointment. His reappointment is in line with all Quarter I 25-Apr-2018 K S B PUMPS LTD. AGM Management 4 Reappoint Dr. Stephan Bross (DIN: 00423114) as Director For For Dr. Stephan Bross (DIN: 00423114) is the Vice President of Services, KSB Group. He retires by rotation and is eligible to seek Quarter I 25-Apr-2018 K S B PUMPS LTD. AGM Management 5 Ratify Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP as statutory auditors for one year and fix their remuneration For For The ratification is in line with our Voting Guidelines on Auditor (Re)appointments and with the requirements of Section 139 of Quarter I 25-Apr-2018 K S B PUMPS LTD. AGM Shareholder 6 Appoint Dr. Matthias Schmitz (DIN 07884418) as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director For For Dr. Matthias Schmitz (DIN 07884418) is a member of the Management Board at KSB AG. He was appointed as Additional Quarter I 25-Apr-2018 K S B PUMPS LTD. AGM Management 7 Pay upto 1% of net profit as commission to Non-Executive Directors from 1 January 2018 For For The board is seeking approval of shareholders to fix payment of commission to nonexecutive directors at an amount not Quarter I 25-Apr-2018 K S B PUMPS LTD. AGM Management 8 Change name of the company to KSB Limited from KSB Pumps Limited For For The name is being changed as part of its corporate rebranding exercise. Quarter I 25-Apr-2018 K S B PUMPS LTD. AGM Management 9 To shift the registered office within the state of Maharashtra to Pune from Mumbai For For The company proposes to shift the registered office of the company from Mumbai to Pune within the state of Maharashtra. Quarter I 25-Apr-2018 K S B PUMPS LTD. AGM Management 10 Ratify remuneration of Rs. 485,000 (plus service tax and out of pocket expenses) for Dhananjay V. Joshi & Associates, For For The board has approved the appointment of Dhananjay V. Joshi & Associates as cost auditors for the year ending 31 Quarter I 02-May-2018 SUNDRAM FASTENERS LTD. Postal Ballot Management 1 Redesignate Arathi Krishna (DIN: 00517456) as Managing Director from Joint Managing Director, effective 20 April 20 For For Following Suresh Krishna’s retirement from an executive role effective 20 April 2018, Arathi Krishna will become Sundram Quarter I 02-May-2018 SUNDRAM FASTENERS LTD. Postal Ballot Management 2 Redesignate Arundathi Krishna (DIN: 00270935) as Joint Managing Director from Deputy Managing Director, effective For For Following Suresh Krishna’s retirement from an executive role, and Arathi Krishnan’s elevation to Managing Director, Quarter I 02-May-2018 SUNDRAM FASTENERS LTD.