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Corporate Governance Practices in India

Ekta Selarka
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 Corporate Governance Practices in India
Ekta Selarka
Abstract
This paper provides the overview of corporate governance practices in India
by providing the institutional background that paved the way for recent
corporate governance reforms and practices since early 2000. We present the
current status of various dimensions of corporate governance structure by
using a sample of CNX 500 companies which are top listed companies of
Indian corporate sector trading on National Stock Exchange. The paper
explores the features of corporate governance practices in Indian firms by
focusing specifically on ownership structure and concentration, board of
directors and its practices, corporate social responsibility, market for
corporate control and finally relationship between corporate governance and
firm performance. The paper aims to provide our readers an overall picture of
corporate governance and starting points for future research in different
facets of corporate governance.

Key words: corporate governance, India, ownership structure, board of

directors, firm performance
JEL Codes: G30, G32

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 Acknowledgement
I would like to thank the editors and Virtus Interpress to compile and
publish “Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies: Theory and
Practice” where the revised version of the paper is published. Usual
disclaimer applies.

Ekta Selarka

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 INTRODUCTION

With 20 million shareholders India is one of the largest emerging

markets. The concern of corporate governance in India was coupled with
industrial reforms in 1991. Trade and other structural reforms in the
country are manifestations of desire of policymakers to put efficient
allocation and use of resources at the heart of economic activity. Among
other things, this depends upon whether a firm‟s management can be
induced to use resources efficiently and this is why corporate governance
as an issue becomes important. Majority of large corporations are
controlled by wealthy families and business houses. Family control
through cross-shareholdings further separates control from cash flow
rights. Controlling owners hold control over the management through
persons acting in concert which are usually private companies controlled
by controlling owners called promoters – a person or group that is in
control of a company 1. In such a way a divergence between ownership
and control is present in most of the family controlled companies. This
divergence generates incentives for expropriation of minority
shareholders‟ wealth. Therefore, the issue of corporate governance in
India is primarily that of regulating the controlling shareholder and
protecting the rights of small investors. Having realized this, ongoing
corporate sector reforms are aimed towards encouraging the
participation by other equity holders‟ like domestic and foreign
institutional investors and increasing the awareness of small investors.
Development financial institutions (DFI) play an important role as a
provider of long-term finance and commercial banks play an important
role as a provider of short-term working capital. These DFIs were
privatised since 2000 to help reforming the efficiency of corporate

1
For SEBI’s formal definition of a promoter see paragraph 2(1)(h) of the Takeover Code. Also see
Section 8 of listing agreement Clause 35 and Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements
Regulations, 2009
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financing in India. In addition to, since liberalization foreign investors and
private corporate bodies have emerged as large-block shareholders.2

Companies Act provides the basic framework for regulation of all

the companies. Certain provisions were incorporated in the Act to
highlight checks and balances over powers of board and empower
shareholders to appeal in case of oppression or mismanagement. 3
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was further empowered
through SEBI Act 1992 to prescribe conditions for listing. In light of
increasing globalisation and openness in trade following the liberalisation
reform in India, initiative of good corporate governance came from the
industrial association of India – the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) which drafted the country‟s first Code for Desirable Corporate
Governance in 1998. Large corporations of India responded positively
and adopted the recommendations of the CII code. Later in 2000, India‟s
capital market regulator, Securities of Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
subsequent to the global emergence of code of best corporate
governance practices (like Cadbury Greenbury and Hampel Committee
reports), formulated the country‟s first code of best practices in
corporate governance. The CII and SEBI codes have emphasized the
independence of board, specified the structure of audit and remuneration
committees, and outlined the accounting standards for financial
reporting. The objective of corporate governance reforms in India seem
to have largely relied upon the stewardship theory being the focus of

2
Sarkar and Sarkar (2000) provide an informative study on India’s financial and banking sector
development. Goswami (2002); Chakrabarti et. al. (2007) presents the state of corporate
governance pre- and post-reforms.
3
Among other provisions include: Loan to directors or relatives or associated entities (need CG
3
Among other provisions include: Loan to directors or relatives or associated entities (need CG
permission) (Sec 295); Interested contract needs Board resolution and to be entered in register
(Sec 297) ; Interested directors not to participate or vote (Sec 300) ; Appointment of director or
relatives for office or place of profit needs approval by shareholders. If the remuneration exceeds
prescribed limit, CG approval required (Sec 314); Audit Committee for Public companies having
paid-up capital of Rs. 5 Crores (Sec 292A).
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such codes in the developed countries. 4 The recommendations of the
code were instituted through a new Clause 49 in the listing agreement.
Positive effect of passage of the Clause reflected in stock market gains
for large and medium sized firms (Black and Khanna 2007, Roe et. al.
2006). 5 Since 1997, SEBI has modified the existing takeover code to
facilitate an efficient market for corporate control.

Since 2000 there has been a series of revisions introduced in

Clause 49 to incorporate the recommendations of committees such as
Naresh Chandra Committee (2002) and Narayan Murthy Committee
(2003). Following the corporate scandals of the US, the Department of
Corporate Affairs (DCA), government of India set up the Naresh Chandra
Committee to examine corporate governance issues focusing on role of
auditors and audit committee. Many recommendations of the report are
incorporated in the Companies Act 2013. Later in 2004, Narayan Murthy
committee was constituted by SEBI to review the performance of
corporate governance in the country as well as to determine the role of
companies in responding to rumour and other price sensitive information
circulating in the market in order to enhance the transparency and
integrity of the market (SEBI 2003). Based on the recommendations of
these committees and public comments received, amendments were
made in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement and revised Clause 49 came
into effect since 2005 which formulates the corporate governance in new
and existing companies listed on the stock exchanges of India. The
Clause 49 revises the requirements of board structure and conduct
significantly by defining independent director and board independence
explicitly for the first time since the reforms. In addition,
recommendations about the code of conduct and formation of audit
committee were mandated through this Clause. The issue of corporate

4
The Indian code of corporate governance has been developed from on the international codes of UK
and OECD.
5
SeeVarrotti (2010) available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=163482 for a detailed evaluation of
Voluntary guidelines of 2009. In a related context, Afsharipour (2010) provides an overview and
assessment of the effectiveness of corporate governance reforms in India.
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governance in India is primarily that of regulating the dominant
shareholder and protecting the rights of small investors. Having realized
this, ongoing reforms are aimed towards encouraging the participation by
other equity holders‟ like foreign institutional investors and increasing the
awareness of small investors. However, on the other hand, Takeover
Regulations relating to creeping acquisitions provide routes, which could
be potentially used by companies to raise promoter shareholding, which
could lead to increased concentration of shareholdings in the hands of
insiders. Most recently, since the enactment of new Companies Act 2013,
the listing agreement with the stock exchanges is now replaced by the
SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
conforming to the new companies act making the Clause 49 erstwhile.
Table 1 summarises the evolution of corporate governance regulations
over two decades in the country.

The Table 1 shows the timeline of corporate governance reforms

and regulations that were implemented as a result of such reform
process.

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 Table 1: Chronology of Corporate Governance Regulations
Year Authority Outcome
1997 SEBI Substantial Acquisitions of Shares and
Takeovers (SAST)
1998 CII Desirable Corporate Governance: A Code
2000 SEBI Clause 49 of Listing Agreement. Mandatory
disclosure along with Annual Report.
2002 Department of Naresh Chandra Committee Report.
Company Affairs Recommendations about Audit Committee
(DCA) functions and responsibilities
2004 SEBI Revision of Clause 49
2004 Ministry of New companies bill draft
Corporate Affairs
(MCA)
2011 SEBI Revised Substantial Acquisitions of Shares
and Takeovers (SAST) 2011
2013 MCA Companies Act 2013
2014 SEBI Revised Clause 49 conforming the New
Companies Act 2013
2015 SEBI Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements 2015. Clause 49 becomes
erstwhile
Source: Author‟s compilation from various sources.

To draw on the trends of corporate governance structure and

practices among Indian firms we employ a sample of SandP CNX 500
companies. These are the largest companies based on the market
capitalization and most traded firms on National Stock Exchange of India
(NSE). These firms represent about 96 percent of total market
capitalization and about 93 percent of the total turnover on the NSE. The
SandP CNX 500 covers 72 industries broadly classified as manufacturing
and allied activities, banking and financial services and other non-
financial services. Table 1 describes the distribution of this sample. As
highlighted earlier in this section Indian corporate landscape is dominated
by business group affiliated firms which further shapes some of the
regulations which are specific to this observation. Indian standalone firms
are privately held firms which may still be founded by individual or a
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group of individuals but are not affiliated to a business group. Firm
specific information on group-affiliation, ownership structure, board of
directors etc is being sourced from PROWESS which is maintained by
Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). The database is widely
used in well cited papers on India (for example see Khanna and Palepu
2000, Gopalan et. al. 2007, Sarkar and Sarkar 2009).

The Table 2 indicates the distribution of CNX 500 firms that are
listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE) across four ownership groups.
Indian business group firms are firms that are affiliated to a parent
business group. Indian standalone firms are private owned companies.
Foreign firms are either foreign firms that are listed on NSE as a
subsidiary of foreign business group or operate as a standalone entity.
Others include government controlled and joint sector companies.

Table 2: Distribution of Companies Across Major Ownership

Groups
No of Percentage of
Companies Companies
Major Ownership Groups
Indian business groups 261 52
Indian stand alone 110 22
Foreign firms 59 12
Government owned and 70 14
cooperatives
Major Industries
Manufacturing and other 423 86.60
non-financial firms
Banking and finance 77 15.40
services
Source: Author‟s calculations based on data from CMIE database PROWESS.

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 OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND CONCENTRATION
Concentration of ownership in the hands of families is a dominant feature
of several countries including India. Family control through pyramids and
cross shareholdings generates a Type II agency problem that is not
generally the case in widely held firms. This is the inter-corporate
transfer of resources among firms to advantage the controlling
shareholder which becomes detrimental to shareholder value if at least
one of the firms involved is a listed company. 6 In India controlling
owners are wealthy families who use control pyramids and cross
shareholdings to exert control over the management. Since 2001, all the
listed companies are required to disclose the shareholding pattern in
accordance with Clause 35 of Listing Agreement. The Clause mandates
the disclosure along two major classes of owners – promoters and non-
promoters respectively. Promoters are controlling shareholders who are
either individuals or corporate bodies. In case promoters are individuals
these are directors and relatives holding who are in control of the firm.
Non Promoters are non-controlling shareholders. These are Institutional
Investors, corporate bodies and investors from public. Institutional
investors are classified among domestic institutional investors - Banks
and Financial Institutions, Mutual Funds, Insurance Companies and
Foreign Institutional Investors respectively. Corporate bodies include
venture capitalists, Indian companies registered outside India. Public
shareholding includes shareholding by Indian public. Table 2 presents the
ownership structure across major owners between a time period of 2008-
2016. It can be observed that Indian corporate ownership remains
concentrated with controlling shareholders retaining full control over
management by virtue of their ownership. Relatively smaller shareholding
by non-controlling outsiders makes the issue of shareholder activism in
India questionable.

6
For detailed discussion on Tunnelling see Johnson et. al. 2000.
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 The Table 3 describes the average percentage of voting rights
held by controlling and no-controlling owners of CNX 500 firms in India
that are listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Controlling owners
are individuals as well as corporate entities that are in control of
management and non-controlling owners are outsiders with no control
over the management decisions other than voting rights. Non-controlling
shareholding is further classified into shareholdings of banks, financial
institutions other than banks, mutual funds, insurance companies and
foreign institutional investors. Finally non-controlling public shareholding
includes high net worth individuals and other small investors from Indian
Public.

Table 3: Year-wise Distribution of Ownership Structure of Firms

in India
Year Controlling Non-controlling institutions Public
Owners Banks and Mutual Insurance Foreign
Other Funds Companies Institutional
Financial Investors
Institutions
2008 53.77 1.27 4.91 3.45 10.69 14.4
2009 54.48 1.38 4.85 3.76 8.68 14.97
2010 54.50 1.47 5.24 3.48 10.05 14.17
2011 54.97 1.46 4.78 3.25 11.18 13.54
2012 55.25 1.56 4.63 3.11 11.28 13.45
2013 55.26 1.55 4.29 2.94 12.36 13.14
2014 55.22 1.41 3.90 2.78 13.32 12.90
2015 54.72 1.22 5.00 2.62 13.68 12.43
2016 54.48 1.17 5.59 2.78 13.74 12.51
Source: Author‟s calculations based on data from CMIE database PROWESS

Among the institutional investors foreign institutional investors

hold significantly larger shares followed by mutual funds, insurance
companies and banks and domestic financial institutions. One reason is
the regulatory limit of equity holding by banks and insurance companies.
Second, due to less developed capital markets, firms especially older and
business group firms rely on relationship financing through banks and

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financial institutions which limits the use of voice or exit as governance
system.

Another interesting feature of ownership structure among Indian

companies is the phenomenon of cross-shareholdings which facilitates 1)
wedge between control and direct cash flow rights of controlling owners
and 2) inter-corporate transfers. Such characteristics are more prominent
among group firms as illustrated in Figure1 that describes the controlling
ownership structure of a business group firm. The figure shows that out
of 46.53 percent shareholding by promoters a small number of
individuals who are mostly the members and relatives of founding family
hold significantly smaller amount of 0.68 percent (lower cash flow rights)
as a direct ownership and most of the control is retained through as
many as 47 privately owned entities. The wedge is the divergence
between control rights and cash flow rights which is computed as the
difference between total promoter ownership and direct ownership of
individuals and other controlling owners. With respect to the RIL as of
March 2016, the wedge is 3.79 percent. On an average the wedge
between insiders‟ direct ownership (cash flow rights) and total control
(through Persons Acting in Concert) is 10 percent (Selarka 2005, Sarkar
and Sarkar 2008). This is due to the mandate that such reporting of
ownership is necessary only if a single owner holds 1 percent or more
voting rights. There is another type of opacity which is prevalent among
business groups. The dotted line with question mark shows this point. It
is not clear who are the ultimate owners of private companies which hold
significantly large block together. Another interesting feature is cross-
shareholding. For example in Figure 1 RIL holds directly 43.43 percent of
total shareholdings of RIIL which is belong to the same group. The
ultimate owner can exercise control through controlling the private
companies.

The Figure 1 shows the concentrated ownership structure by

illustrating the pattern of shareholdings of the controlling owners of one
of the largest group affiliated firm Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL). RIL is
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one of the oldest group affiliated firms in India and is the most valuable
company on NSE with market capitalisation of Rs. 50,00,00 Million. The
figure reports both number of shareholders in each category and their
respective per cent shareholding.

Figure 1: Illustration of Concentration of Ownership Structure in

a Business Group

Trust (n:%)
2016- 1:3.83%

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)

Reliance Non
43.43% Total promoter ownership
Industrial controlling
46.53%
Infrastructure Ltd stake
(RIIL)

? Publicly traded companies

Individuals (n:%) Private companies (n:%) (n:%)
2016 - 6:0.68% 2016 - 47: 38.23% 2016 - 3:3.79%

Source: Author‟s calculations based on Shareholding Pattern obtained from the stock
exchange as of March 2016.

This distinguishing feature of ownership concentration is

persistent as described in Table 3 which presents the ownership structure
of two types of firms namely business group affiliated and standalone
firms. Even though the aggregate ownership in hands of controlling
owners is similar in these two types of firms (Table 2), such
concentration of control is exercised through corporate bodies in group
affiliated firms and through individuals in standalone firms. Such a picture
demonstrates the manifestation of the conjecture by researchers in

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corporate governance literature that poor enforcement and weak
protection to small investors in developing and emerging economies are
the main arguments in the literature for concentrated shareholding and
control in hands of few dominant investors, in mitigating classical7 agency
problems between managers and shareholders (Shleifer and Vishny
1997). Type II agency problem identified in concentrated ownership
structure is that between outside shareholders and the controlling
shareholder(s), which can expropriate corporate resources via
transactions between other corporations controlled by shareholder(s)
(Villalonga and Amit 2006). Among non-controlling owners, institutional
investors held significantly larger stake in group-affiliated firms. However,
the difference has reduced over a period of time especially since the
enactment of new Companies Act 2013 which came into effect in April
2013. Public shareholding remains marginally higher for standalone firms.

The table 4 describes the distinguishing features of ownership

structures of group affiliated firms and standalone firms that are drawn
from SandP CNX 500 listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
Controlling owners are individuals as well as corporate entities that are in
control of management and non-controlling owners are outsiders with no
control over the management decisions other than voting rights. Non-
controlling shareholding is further classified into shareholdings of banks,
financial institutions other than banks, mutual funds, insurance
companies and foreign institutional investors. Finally non-controlling
public shareholding includes high net worth individuals and other small
investors from Indian Public.

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Separation of ownership and control is the basis of corporate governance literature referenced in the
thesis by Jensen and Meckling (1976).
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 Table 4: Distinguishing Features of Ownership Structure of Group Affiliates and Standalone Firms
in India

Year Controlling Owners Controlling Owners Non-Controlling Non-Controlling Non-Controlling

Individuals Corporate Bodies Owners Owners Owners
Domestic Foreign Public
Institutions Institutional
Investors
Business Stand- Business Stand- Business Stand- Business Stand- Business Stand-
groups alone groups alone groups alone groups alone groups alone
2008 11.17 34.85 36.82 15.27 10.21 6.59 12.05 10.07 14.69 18.37
2009 11.33 34.03 37.27 16.49 10.45 6.49 10.10 7.86 15.53 18.83
2010 10.74 33.65 38.24 16.70 10.56 7.44 12.04 7.95 14.38 18.33
2011 10.88 31.95 38.23 18.43 9.78 6.81 13.10 9.76 13.90 17.76
2012 11.15 30.84 38.91 19.14 9.19 6.93 13.17 10.03 13.86 17.61
2013 10.83 30.75 39.25 16.82 8.49 7.65 14.20 11.81 13.73 16.62
2014 11.03 30.60 39.25 16.85 7.60 6.68 15.34 13.18 13.56 16.08
2015 10.16 30.51 39.52 16.62 8.18 8.26 15.53 14.24 13.20 14.81
2016 10.34 33.11 38.25 15.47 9.01 8.46 15.93 14.43 13.32 14.17
Source: Author‟s calculations based on data from CMIE database PROWESS.

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 Under concentrated ownership structure which is a norm rather
than a rule (LaPorta et. al. 1999) outside block holders may exercise
effective governance by presenting a potential threat for takeover
(Holderness et. al. 1999). Even if the block holding for separate investors
is less, a takeover threat can be erected through co-ordination among
large block holders. For example, Companies Act in India empowers
shareholders with 10 percent voting rights to appeal in case of
oppression or mismanagement. To explore the status of outside block-
holding, we identify non-controlling investors who hold at least 5 percent
and report the average ownership of such block-holdings in Table 4. We
also report the minimum and maximum number of blockholders to
understand if possibility of co-ordination exists in India.

The Table 5 describes the block-holdings of non-controlling

investors across four major ownership categories in SandP CNX 500 firms
listed on National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). A block-holder is a
single investor holding at least 5 percent of total share ownership. Block-
holding is calculated as sum of shareholdings of individual blocks. Indian
business group firms are firms that are affiliated to a parent business
group. Indian standalone firms are private owned companies. Foreign
firms are either foreign firms that are listed on NSE as a subsidiary of
foreign business group or operate as a standalone entity. Others include
government controlled and joint sector companies. Values in parentheses
indicate the minimum and maximum number of block-holders.

Table 5: Year-wise Distribution of Block-Holdings by Non-

Controlling Investors
Year Indian Business Indian Foreign Others
Groups Standalone
2008 8.97 (1,5) 8.66 (1,4) 9.91 (1,3) 10.11 (1,4)
2009 9.15 (1,5) 8.96 (1,4) 10.16 (1,3) 10.00 (1,4)
2010 8.76(1,5) 8.58(1,3) 9.58 (1,3) 10.13 (1,3)
2011 8.54 (1,5) 8.11 (1,4) 9.11 (1,4) 9.95 (1,3)
2012 8.47 (1,6) 7.88 (1,4) 9.12 (1,3) 10.21(1,3)
2013 8.41 (1,6) 8.46 (1,5) 9.13 (1,3) 10.20 (1,3)
2014 8.50 (1,5) 8.30 (1,5) 9.14 (1,3) 10.22 (1,3)
2015 8.58(1,3) 7.71(1,3) 8.93 (1,7) 10.80 (1,3)
2016 8.42 (1,5) 7.70 (1,4) 8.56 (1,3) 12.05 (1,2)
Source: Author‟s calculations based on data from CMIE database PROWESS
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 Table shows that Indian group and standalone firms have smaller
blockholding compared to their foreign counterparts. The dispersion of
these blocks is relatively higher in Indian private firms compared to
foreign firms. It is interesting to note that neither business groups nor
standalone firms have average block-holding exceeding 10 percent which
allows shareholders to appeal against mismanagement. In this context,
as reported by Selarka (2005) factors as different types of first and
second largest blockholders pose potential barriers to exercise joint
block-holding which in turn has a significant impact on firm performance.

MARKET FOR CORPORATE CONTROL

Along with several recommendations on internal corporate governance

mechanisms the stock market regulator SEBI introduced the Substantial
Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers Regulation in 1997 (Takeover Code,
1997) to facilitate profitable exit opportunities for minority shareholders
as well as to provide protection to minority shareholders in the event of
change in control through creeping acquisitions. Very recently the
Takeover Code 1997 has been amended in 2011 which revises the trigger
for mandatory open offer to minority shareholders to 25 percent unlike
15 percent in earlier regulation of 1997. This is defined as substantial
acquisition of shares or voting rights which entitles an acquirer along with
persons acting in concert to exercise 25 percent or more. Such
[substantial] acquisition can be executed through mandatory open offer
bid to minority shareholders. The new Takeover code allows stronger
toehold by an outside acquirer as well as mandates promoters or
controlling owners to acquire from public limiting engagement into
private dealings. Such an open offer is required to be made for at least
26 percent from the shareholders of the target company.

Acquisition to Change in Control

Irrespective of existing shareholdings in a target company, an acquirer
can acquire direct or indirect control over a target company through a
public announcement of open offer to acquire at least 26 percent.
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Creeping Acquisitions
Creeping acquisitions are the acquisitions made by promoters of a firm
who own or control between 15 percent and 75 percent to acquire upto
5 percent every financial year without requiring to make a public
announcement for open offer. This route allows any individuals as well as
promotes to increase their shareholdings without purchasing shares from
the stock market.

Consolidation of Shareholdings
Any acquirer (including promoters) who is holding more than 25 percent
but less than 75 percent of voting rights in a firm is required to make a
mandatory open offer bid to shareholders to acquirer more than 5
percent of shares. Such an open offer is required to be made for at least
26 percent.

Voluntary offer
A concept of voluntary offer has been introduced in the Takeover
Code of 2011, by which an acquirer who owns more than 25 percent but
less than 75 percent, is entitled to voluntarily make a public
announcement of an open offer for acquiring additional shares subject to
their aggregate shareholding after completion of the open offer not
exceeding the maximum permissible non-public shareholding. Such
voluntary offer would be for acquisition of at least such number of shares
as would entitle the acquirer to exercise an additional 10 percent of the
total shares of the target company. This would facilitate the substantial
shareholders and promoters to consolidate their shareholding in a
company.

Figure 2 presents the trends in the number of successful tender

offers between 2001 and 2016 across three types of acquisition
categories. Acquisitions to change in control of the management
dominate the market for corporate control followed by consolidation of
shareholdings. Open offers to acquire substantial acquisitions of more
than 5 percent are relatively insignificant compared to the former two
types of acquisitions.
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 The Figure 2 presents the frequency distribution of tender offers
completed between March 2001 and March 2016. These tender offers are
classified across three types based on their objective as stated in the
offer letter – change in control, consolidation of ownership and
substantial acquisition – respectively. Change in control leads to change
in management of target firm irrespective of the pre-offer ownership of
the acquirer. Consolidation of ownership is triggered when acquirer who
is already in control of the management or owns between 25 percent and
75 percent, bids to buy shares from public to further consolidate
shareholdings. Substantial acquisition is triggered when acquirer makes
an open offer to increase shareholding in target firm upto 25 percent or
more.

Figure 2: Trends in Distribution of Tender Offers by objectives of

acquirer

Year-wise frequency of types of tender offers

90
80
Number of tender offers

70
60 Change in
50 control
40
30
Consolidatio
20 n of
10 ownership
0
2004-05

2007-08

2015-16
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04

2005-06
2006-07

2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15

Years
Source: Author‟s compilation of data from various issues of SEBI Bulletins and Handbook
of Statistics

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 When we look at the value of these three types of acquisitions
consolidation of shareholding, even few in numbers, are significantly
large transactions followed by change in management (Figure 3). This
shows the takeover premium which is expected to be higher when
acquirer is already in control and or bidding to consolidate further.
Among the acquirers making an open offer for consolidation mostly
include foreign and high promoter-ownership firms towards consolidating
their ownership in their listed subsidiaries.

The figure 3 shows the year-wise value of tender offers completed

between March 2001 and March 2016 across the three types of
objectives as required by the Takeover Regulations in India (SAST 2011).
These objectives are change in management, consolidation of ownership
and substantial acquisitions respectively. Change in control leads to
change in management of target firm irrespective of the pre-offer
ownership of the acquirer. Consolidation of ownership is triggered when
acquirer who is already in control of the management or owns between
25 percent and 75 percent, bids to buy shares from public to further
consolidate shareholdings. Substantial acquisition is triggered when
acquirer makes an open offer to increase shareholding in target firm upto
25 percent or more.

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Figure 3: Trends in Value of Tender Offers According to Objectives

Year-wise value of tender offers

4.01
change
3.51 in
manage
Value in Rs. Mn ('000)

3.01
ment
2.51 consolid
ation
2.01

1.51 substan
1.01 tial
acquisiti
0.51 ons
0.01
2004-05
2005-06

2013-14
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04

2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13

2014-15
2015-16

Years

Source: Author‟s compilation of data from various issues of SEBI Bulletins and Handbook
of Statistics.

Automatic Exemptions
Inter-se transfers among immediate relatives, subsidiaries, holding
company, promoters and persons acting in concert are exempted from
mandatory bid. In addition, increase in shareholdings through rights issue
is exempted subject to the conditions highlighted in the Takeover Code
2011. Figure 4 indicates that number of exemptions is significantly higher
but their value is significantly lower than that in tender offers. Since the
advent of new Takeover Code in 2011 SEBI evaluates exemptions on
case basis.

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 Figure 4 shows the year-wise distribution of tender offers
completed between March 2001 and March 2016. Automatic exemptions
are provided by SEBI to allotment of inter-se or preference shares. Since
2011, SEBI does not provide statistics on automatic exemptions and
provide case by case details. Primary axis shows the value of tender
offers and automatic exemptions. Secondary axis on the right side shows
the number of tender offers and automatic exemptions.

Figure 4: Trends in Value and Distribution of Tender Offers and

Automatic Exemptions

Year-wise distribution of tender offers and

automatic exemptions

5 450
4.5 Value of
Number of offers and exemptions
400
tender
4 350 offers
Value in Rs. Mn ('000)

3.5
300
3 Value of
250
2.5 automatic
200 exemption
2
s
150
1.5
No of
1 100 tender
0.5 50 offers
0 0
No of
automatic
exemption
Years s

Source: Author‟s compilation of data from various issues of SEBI Bulletins and Handbook
of Statistics

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 Since the maximum permissible non-public shareholding in a listed
company is 75 percent consolidation of shareholdings might result in
eventual delisting of shares if most of the minority shareholders trade in
their shares. Most recently, SAST Regulations 2015 have been amended
by SEBI to introduce Delisting offers to provide a way to acquirers to
delist the company by declaring the intention to delist at the time of
public announcement. Such a delisting will be triggered in accordance
with the provisions of SEBI Delisting regulations 2009. One of such
provision is when public shareholding reduces below 10 percent through
consolidation.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS – STRUCTURE AND PRACTICES

Dominance of concentrated ownership structure among Indian
companies has resulted into unique board structure and composition
compared to developed and other emerging markets. Indian boards have
presence of promoter-directors, non-executive directors who are affiliated
to promoter group with high extent of multiple directorships held by
directors. Table 5 describes the year-wise trends in board structure and
composition of SandP CNX 500 firms. Average board size remains
between 9 and 10 with around 27 percent of the board position occupied
by executive or inside directors. Over the sample period proportion of
board positions held by non-executive or outside directors has reduced
from 74 percent to 73 percent. Proportion of independent directors has
increased from 43 percent to 49 percent post enactment of Companies
Act 2013 which formally includes regulations about duties of such
directors.

The table 6 describes the structure and composition of board of

directors across our sample of CNX 500 listed on National Stock
Exchange (NSE) of India. Other than the board size all other variables are
reported as proportion of the board size. Board size is total number of
directors in the board. Inside directors are the executive directors.
Outside directors are the non-executive directors. Grey directors are non-

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executive directors who belong to the promoter group which is by
definition controlling owner group that can exercise control over the
management by virtue of their ownership. Independent directors are the
directors who are independent as per the revised definition of
independent directors in the Listing Agreement Clause 49. Nominee
directors are the representative directors of institutional investors.

Table 6: Trends in Board Structure and composition

Year Board Inside Outside Grey Independent Nominee
size directors directors directors directors directors
(nos) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent)
2008 9.76 26.30 73.70 30.92 42.78 3.07
2009 9.82 25.82 74.18 27.85 46.33 3.23
2010 9.85 26.21 73.79 25.13 48.66 3.03
2011 9.80 26.14 73.86 24.70 49.16 3.05
2012 9.76 26.14 73.86 24.72 49.14 2.41
2013 9.68 26.24 73.76 23.69 50.08 2.66
2014 9.68 26.40 73.60 23.88 49.73 3.90
2015 9.60 27.68 72.32 24.54 47.78 3.93
2016 9.77 27.29 72.71 32.69 49.02 4.17
Source: Author‟s calculations based on data from CMIE database PROWESS

Board independence in the Listing Agreement Clause 49 as well as

Companies Act 2013 is stipulated on listed firms as per the board chair.
Specifically:
(a) If the chairman of the board is a non-executive director, at least
one-third of the board must comprise of independent directors.
(b) If the company does not have a regular non-executive chairman,
at least half of the board must comprise of independent
directors.
(c) If the regular non-executive chairman is a promoter of the
company, or is related to any promoter or person occupying a
management position at board level or at one level below the
board, at least one-half of the board must consist of independent
directors.

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 Table 6 reports the distribution of companies and average
percentage of independent directors across types of board chair. The
table shows that most of the CNX 500 firms have appointed an executive
chairman of the board but do not maintain 50 percent of the board
independence. On the other hand, board independence exceeds 50
percent where promoter occupies the board chair position. Also, overall
board independence has increased since 2008 irrespective of board chair
positions.

The table 7 describes the number of companies and proportion

of independent directors across different types of board chair for a
sample of SandP CNX 500 companies where information on board of
directors is available.

Table 7: Year-wise Distribution of Companies and Average Board

Independence by Type of Board Chair
Year No Executive Non-executive Promoter Chairman-CEO
of chairman chairman chairman duality
firms No Board No Board No Board No Board
of indepen- of indepen- of indepen- of indepen-
firms dence firms dence firms dence firms dence
(percent) (percent) (percent) (percent)
2008 445 194 45.67 239 41.94 142 52.26 152 44.22
2009 441 182 46.41 236 46.86 129 54.13 145 45.35
2010 450 188 47.90 245 49.57 132 55.86 146 47.45
2011 461 188 49.12 249 49.71 141 56.68 149 48.30
2012 465 201 49.88 241 50.47 146 56.57 158 48.91
2013 469 263 49.87 242 51.84 147 56.16 154 49.50
2014 472 214 50.02 243 50.95 151 55.21 157 48.95
2015 459 204 48.66 235 49.58 133 54.50 150 47.09
2016 498 217 49.62 256 49.48 166 53.32 158 48.40
Source: Author‟s calculations based on data from CMIE database PROWESS

Board independence can be an outcome variable of concentrated

ownership where by virtue of their voting rights, promoters can appoint
directors to retain control over board. Given the nature of such
concentrated ownership is different among group-affiliated firms and
standalone firms, we document the board independence under different
board chairs across these two types of firms (Table 7). The table shows
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that on an average standalone firms have lower board independence
compared to group-affiliated firms even though both types of firms
maintain at least 50 percent board independence since 2012. This is
consistent across all types of board chair. Also, reader should note that
average board independence (Table 6) is less than 50 percent due to
presence of other companies like government and foreign.

The table 8 describes the year-wise pattern in the board

independence across Indian business groups and standalone firms. These
subsamples are drawn from CNX 500 firms which are the largest and
most traded on National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India. Board
independence is measured as proportion of independent directors in the
board. The three categories of exercise of board control is by
documenting the chairperson of the board – executive, non-executive
and promoter. The last two columns also report the board independence
across group and standalone firms when the board chair is also the CEO
of the firm.

Table 8: Board Independence Across Different Categories of

Board Chair
Year Executive Non-executive Promoter Chairman-CEO
chairman chairman chairman duality
Group Stand- Group Stand- Group Stand- Group Stand-
firms alone firms alone firms alone firms alone
2008 55.94 48.24 46.40 38.38 53.23 53.93 56.18 50.69
2009 55.09 50.04 50.41 47.11 55.49 52.66 55.07 51.80
2010 54.55 48.90 53.23 47.15 56.40 56.36 54.34 51.67
2011 55.93 53.09 53.47 43.78 56.73 56.82 56.44 54.98
2012 57.01 51.48 53.52 50.19 56.93 56.79 57.54 52.65
2013 57.17 52.08 54.45 54.56 56.99 55.74 59.33 53.94
2014 56.05 55.28 51.99 54.47 55.58 55.15 57.55 55.83
2015 55.52 54.58 50.86 53.76 55.22 54.70 56.11 54.52
2016 54.58 52.52 52.32 50.31 54.00 52.13 54.34 53.02
Source: Author‟s calculations based on data from CMIE database PROWESS

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Directors' Remuneration Practices
Executive directors‟ remuneration is governed under Companies Act of
India. Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 prescribed the maximum
ceiling for payment of managerial remuneration by a public company to
its managing director whole-time director and manager which shall not
exceed 11 percent of the net profit of the company in that financial year
computed in accordance with section 198 except that the remuneration
of the directors shall not be deducted from the gross profits. A director
may receive remuneration by way of fee for attending the
Board/Committee meetings or for any other purpose as may be decided
by the Board with maximum ceiling prescribed in the Companies Act
2013. Listing Agreement Clause 49 made a recommendation of
constitution of nomination and remuneration committee (NRC) to
formulate the nomination and remuneration policy and recommend such
policy to the board. All members of NRC are recommended to be non-
executive directors, with the chairperson and at least 50 percent of such
directors being independent directors.8 Table 8 provides a striking
picture that until very recently, most of the India‟s largest companies
lacked nomination committee.

The table 9 reports the number of SandP CNX 500 companies

that reported to have a nomination and remuneration committee (NRC)
in years 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2016 respectively. 2011 was the year of
companies bill, 2014 is post companies act 2013 enactment and 2016 is
most recent year of observation.

8
Section 178 (1) of Companies Act 2013 prescribes the following: The Board of Directors of every
listed company and such other class or classes of companies, as may be prescribed shall constitute
the Nomination and Remuneration Committee consisting of three or more non-executive directors
out of which not less than one-half shall be independent directors: Provided that the chairperson of
the company (whether executive or non-executive) may be appointed as a member of the
Nomination and Remuneration Committee but shall not chair such Committee.
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 Table 9: Number of companies with Nomination and
Remuneration Committee with Independent directors
Year No. of companies
2008 43
2011 63
2014 211
2016 468
Source: Author‟s calculations based on data from CMIE database PROWESS

Empirical evidence on executive remuneration is divided among

two types namely, firm specific and governance determinants of
executive remuneration and sensitivity of executive remuneration to firm
performance. Large firms on an average pay higher remuneration to
executive directors (Subramanian 2013, Chakrabarti et. al. 2011) With
respect to profitability and market performance of firms the pay-
peformance relationship is significant only for large standalone firms but
not in group-affiliated and other small firms (Raithatha and Komera ,
2016). Among corporate governance factors promoter-CEOs receive
higher pay compared to non-promoter CEOs (Parthsarathy et. al. 2006,
Jaiswall and Firth 2007), CEOs pay increases with promoter shareholding
in business group firms (Chakrabarti et. al. 2006) and presence of
institutional ownership and board independence are ineffective in
determining executive compensation (Kotha and Sridhar 2015).

SHAREHOLDERS’ ACTIVISM
Minority shareholder‟s rights were protected from Oppression and
Mismanagement in the Indian Companies Law. Recently, the new
Companies Act 2013 has specifically added two provisions to empower
minority shareholders against the controlling shareholders.
1. Introduction of Class Action that allows minority shareholders to
institute a class action against the company as well as against
the auditors of the company. 9

9
For more details see Section 245 of Companies Act 2013
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 2. Any related-party transaction that is not done in the ordinary
course of business and is not at an arm‟s length will need
approval of minority shareholders by way of a special resolution.
In addition to, the shareholders who are related or interested
parties in the aforementioned transaction are not permitted to
vote in resolutions relating to payment of brand fees or
management fees to majority shareholders. 10

Since 2012, to increase the participation by minority shareholders

in the activities listed under Companies Act, capital market regulator SEBI
mandated the large listed companies to provide e-voting and postal
ballots facilities. To further protect the rights of minority shareholders
SEBI has set up a centralized online system for lodging and tracking
investor complaints. (http://scores.gov.in).

With the advent of continuous initiatives by capital market

regulator and MCA to implement an effective corporate governance
system in the country, there have been incidences of shareholder
activism in India. Even though such incidences are negligible compared
to developed countries it is observed that the incidence of
shareholder activism in India is more than that in other Asian countries
(BNP Paribas Asia Strategy). The impact of ongoing legal changes is
visible in India where large companies have seen shareholder activism.
Since 2008, shareholders have voiced their dissent in cases of related
party transactions by promoters and increasing remuneration of chief
executive officer.11 One of the Indian corporate sector biggest scandal
came in light after institutional investors forced Satyam Computers to call
off is $1.6 million to acquire two real estate firms controlled by Satyam
promoters. Very recently, shareholder activism came in light against the
professional management where postal ballot results showed promoter

10
See Section 188 of Companies Act 2013
11
Few examples include the following: In 2014, 94 percent of non-promoter shareholders voted
against related party transactions of Panacea Biotec with PanEra Biotec. In 2014, shareholders
voted against the excessive remuneration of former managing director of Tata Motors.
26
dissent as only 23.57 percent percent of promoter votes were cast in
favour of the resolution reappointing Mr. Vishal Sikka as managing
director and CEO of Infosys Ltd and increasing his compensation.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE

The empirical literature investigating corporate governance and firm
performance can be divided into two major groups. First set of studies
investigated impact of ownership structure and concentration on firm
performance and second set of studies explored the impact of board
structure, composition and activities on firm performance.

Among the first set of studies include Khanna and Palepu (2000),
Sarkar and Sarkar (2001), Selarka (2005) and Pant and Pattanayak
(2007). In general the accepted evidence is that there is non-linear
relationship between ownership concentration and firm performance
which is driven by trade-off between entrenchment by insiders and
alignment with outsiders. There is also an argument that large
institutional investors do not co-ordinate even if they form a block
together (Black et. al. 1994). Selarka (2005) explores this issue of
coordination between top two outsiders in Indian companies and finally if
the effect depends on whether these outside shareholders are
institutional investors, financial institutions, foreign investors or other
corporations. She includes a wider set of mechanisms, such as identity
and ownership of outside block shareholders holding at least 5 percent of
total equity of the firm. The study provides a closer look at the role of
institutional investors to see if these investors align their interests to
constrain the insiders from expropriating corporate resources especially
when these investors hold significant voting rights. These studies
demonstrate the benefits of concentrated ownership over expropriation
effects associated with high insider stakes. 12

12
For more details on concentrated ownership and firm performance see Chapter 4 in Sarkar and
Sarkar (2012)
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 Using a sample of MandA, Bhaumik and Selarka (2012) examine
the impact of mergers, takeover and acquisitions on firm performance
and draws conclusions about the impact of concentrated ownership and
entrenchment of owner-managers in an emerging market context.
Finally, to understand the role of differing governance structures of
business groups and standalone firms, Chacar and Vissa find that
business group affiliation results in greater persistence in poor
performance than standalone firms.

With respect to the role of outside directors on firm performance,

Ghosh (2006) finds no statistically significant effect for a sample of large
listed firms from manufacturing sector. In similar vein, Sarkar et. al.
(2008) do not find any effect of board independence on opportunistic
earnings management for a sample of 500 large companies for the years
2003 and 2004. Instead, earnings management is found to be positively
influenced by the quality of boards as captured in terms of diligence of
independent directors, negatively by both CEO duality and the presence
of controlling shareholders on board. Analysis of the effect of multiple
directorships on firm value for 2003 (Sarkar and Sarkar 2009) finds that
multiple directorships of independent directors correlate positively with
firm value.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Concept of CSR is not new to India as large business groups like Tata
and Birla have been imbibing the case for social good in their operations
for decades long before CSR become a popular cause. The new
Companies Act 2013 formally specifies the CSR activities and
implementation through board committees. Indeed India has become the
first country to make CSR mandatory through following:

1. The new Companies Act 2013 mandates 2 percent of profit to be

spent on CSR. This is applicable on the companies with more
than Rs. 5000 Million net worth. However, the Companies Act

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 2013 does not define the CSR but provides the list of activities
that can be included by companies in their CSR activities.
2. Along with other committees, CSR committee should be formed
and chaired by an Independent Director. In addition, the
Companies Act 2013 also revises the definition of independent
director and the board independence requirement.
3. SEBI‟s mandate for listed companies, starting with the top 100
firms, to describe measures taken by them along the key
principles enunciated in the „National voluntary guidelines on
social, environmental and economic responsibilities of business,'
framed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).

Given the specific nature of corporate governance problem of

disciplining dominant shareholders who are in control of the management
and most of the times serve on the board because of concentrated
nature of their ownership, the fiduciary duties of board in general can be
questioned. Existing research on India supports the evidence that large
outside shareholders and mergers and acquisitions are not quite effective
as corporate governance mechanisms. In such a scenario, mandating
CSR may lead to curb the expropriation activities and increased
reputational effects that would force managers to use resources
efficiently and constraint private benefits of control.13
Bhaduri and Selarka (2016) analyze the interaction between
quality of governance and its effect of CSR activities undertaken by firms
in India. The authors find significant positive relationship between CSR
and proportion of controlling shareholders which implies that founding
families or government are driven by strategic decision of investing into
CSR related activities. This is also in line with the positive relationship
between insiders‟ control over board and CSR. In contrast, after
controlling for firm-specific controls the authors find that fraction of

13
For detailed discussion about the evolution of CSR and development of legal framework see
Bhaduri and Selarka (2016). The book presents exhaustive study on evolution of CSR practices in
India and also provides a comprehensive study of development of legal framework recognising
CSR as an economic issue.
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independent directors does not affect the CSR even though univariate
analysis suggests that firms with higher proportion of independent
directors spend on an average more on CSR activities.

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