Shanmuga Hospital Limited appointed CS S Anuradha as its secretarial auditor for a five-year term starting FY27. The board approved the appointment during its sixth annual general meeting on September 18, 2026.

The engagement covers the period from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031. This move ensures continuity in compliance oversight for the Salem-based healthcare provider.

Appointment Details

The company filed the intimation with the Bombay Stock Exchange under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The filing references SEBI Master Circular No. HO/49/14/14(7)2025-CFD-POD2/I/3762/2026 dated January 30, 2026.

CS S Anuradha is a practicing company secretary based in Salem. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is an Associate Company Secretary with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Her profile indicates over 25 years of experience in corporate secretarial services, including corporate governance and statutory filings.

The filing confirms no relationships exist between the auditor and the company’s directors. Shanmuga Hospital Limited previously operated as Shanmuga Hospital Private Limited before its conversion to a public limited company.

Shanmuga Hospital shareholders overwhelmingly approved all eight resolutions at its sixth annual general meeting, with 99.98% of votes cast in favour across all items. The final scrutinizer report, submitted to BSE Limited on September 19, 2026, confirmed that promoters and public shareholders aligned closely on key structural changes.

The meeting, held via video conferencing on September 18, 2026, saw participation from 23 members representing 916 total shareholders on the record date of September 11, 2026. Of the 13,613,000 total shares outstanding, 10,199,000 shares were voted, reflecting a 74.92% turnout. Promoter group shareholders, holding 9,849,000 shares, cast their entire stake in favour of every resolution.

Voting Breakdown

Public non-institutional shareholders, holding 3,764,000 shares, participated with 350,000 votes polled. This segment showed near-unanimous support, with 348,000 votes in favour and only 2,000 votes against each resolution. No institutional public shareholders voted in the process.

Resolutions Passed

The unanimous backing covered both ordinary and special business items:

• Adoption of audited financial statements for FY26.
• Reappointment of Mrs. P. Jayalakshmi and Mr. K. Saravanan as directors retiring by rotation.
• Increase in authorized share capital and subsequent alterations to the Memorandum of Association (MoA).
• Amendment to the Main Object Clause of the MoA.
• Alteration of the Articles of Association.
• Grant of employee stock options under the "Shanmuga Hospital Limited Employee Stock Option Plan 2026".
• Appointment of CS Anuradha as Secretarial Auditor for five years, from 2026-27 to 2030-31.

Governance and Compliance

Statutory auditors PPN and Company and secretarial auditor Surya & Dinesh Associates LLP reported no qualifications for FY25-26. CS S. Anuradha served as the scrutinizer for the e-voting process, with results unblocked in the presence of two independent witnesses, Mr. N Dinesh and Ms. R Priyadarshini. Remote e-voting was conducted from September 15 to September 17, 2026, while venue e-voting remained open for 15 minutes post-meeting.

What the Numbers Show

The near-total alignment between promoter and public shareholders underscores strong confidence in management’s strategic direction. With promoters casting 100% of their 9,849,000 shares in favour, the structural changes—including the ESOP plan and capital hike—face minimal dissent, facilitating smoother execution of future expansion plans.