Indigo Airlines
Indigo Airlines
Indigo Airlines
Ujjawal Garg
Reshma Patil
Aman Dubey
Bhavesh Chawla
Suket Anand Pant
Rishabh Gupta
ABOUT THE COMPANY
IndiGo is India’s largest passenger airline with a market share of 47.8% as of July, 2019
They primarily operate in India’s domestic air travel market as a low-cost carrier with focus on offering low fares
and being on-time as the main objectives.
Born in 2006, it has grown into a large airlines with over 240 aircrafts in its fleet.
It has a huge Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, IndiGoReach focus on issues related to Children
and Education, Women Empowerment and Environment.
It was recognized as ‘Great Place to Work for in India’ for 8 years in a row (2008-15)
BOARD
Mr. M. Dr.Anupam
Damodaran Mr. Rahul
Khanna Bhatia
•Non-Executive
•Non-Executive
Independent •Director of the
Independent
Director and Company
Director
Chairman
Board of Directors
Chairman of BOD
CEO
IT HR
Ronojoy Dutta
Chief Executive Officer
Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Profit and Loss Statement
Income
30,000.00
Total Revenue 14,319.92 16,655.03 19,369.57 23,967.74 29,821.71
Expense
25,000.00
Total Expense 12,473.40 13,831.52 17,225.23 20,841.07 29,970.76
Profit
20,000.00
Profit/Loss for a Period 1,304.17 1,986.16 1,659.19 2,242.37 156.14
Total Revenue
10,000.00
5,000.00
0.00
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
COMMENT:
InterGlobe Aviation results, were that net profit for the January to March 2019
quarter rose 401% from a year ago. But, on an annual basis, IndiGo’s profit for
2018-19 was down 93%.
For the fiscal year 2018-19, IndiGo reported a profit of INR 157.25 crore, down
93% from INR 2242.32 crore in 2017-18..
IndiGo reported profit after tax of Rs 589.6 crore during January to March
quarter, up 401.2 per cent from Rs 117.6 crore a year ago.
IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta said, "Fiscal 2019 was a tough year for the
airline industry in India because of high fuel prices, weak rupee and
intense competitive environment. However, it is a tale of two halves for
IndiGo, with the first half of the year incurring losses and the second
half of the year experiencing a sharp recovery."Dutta added that he is
bullish about the future and sees plenty of opportunities for profitable
growth in our network and with a robust delivery stream of new
aircrafts.
FINANCIAL RATIOS
• Corporate Governance aims to balance the interests of the various parties involved.
• By balancing the interests of all the stakeholders- management, shareholders, consumers etc, it formulates ways
to attain company’s objectives.
• Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement by Securities Exchange Board of India elaborates on the issue of Corporate
Governance and prescribes the norms under which the Companies are mandated to operate.
• SEBI asked Indian firms above a certain size to implement Clause 49, a regulation that strengthens the role of
independent directors serving on corporate boards.
• On August 26, 2003, SEBI announced an amended Clause 49 ofthe listing agreement which every public
company listed on an Indian stock exchange is required to sign. The amended clauses come into immediate
effect for companies seeking a new listing.
A BRIEF ABOUT CLAUSE 49
VI. Affirmations
1 The composition of Board of Directors is in terms of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. - No
2 The composition of the following committees is in terms of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
4 The meetings of the board of directors and the above committees have been conducted in the manner as specified in SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015. - Yes
ISSUE / SCANDAL
It all started when Rakesh Gangwal wrote to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), asking it look into
violations of corporate governance rules and questionable related party transactions (RPTs). In response, Bhatia,
too, wrote to SEBI countering Gangwal’s allegations.
Gangwal alleged that the unusual rights available to the IGE Group, in conjunction with the lack of diversity and
paucity of independent directors on the board, may very well be at the root of why governance matters have
taken a back seat at IndiGo.
At present Indigo appoints an independent chairman which is a sophisticated way to circumvent SEBI rules and avoid the
requirement of designating such a chairman as non-independent, which would then have required IndiGo to have a
majority of directors to be independent.
RAHUL BHATIA’S RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGATIONS
Rahul Bhatia, claimed that he bore most of the financial risk to grow the once
fledgling airline, justifying the wider powers vested on him to run IndiGo.
IGE Group claimed that starting from financial year 2005-06 at a level of ₹143 crore
of personal guarantees by financial year 2009-10, the aggregate financial exposure of
IGE, Mr. Kapil Bhatia and Mr. Rahul Bhatia was well over ₹1,100 crore (consisting of
equity, non-convertible preference shares, and guarantees) while Mr. Gangwal was in
safe harbor with equity exposure of less than ₹15 crore; with no personal loans or
guarantees or any other financial obligations for IndiGo
PROPOSED SOLUTION
Board to be expanded to 10 directors from the present six. IGE group will continue to have the right to
nominate CEO, MD, and president. It will also nominate 4 directors. Gangwal will continue to be the only
representative from his side and will not nominate any director. In addition to this, there will be four
independent directors.
Appointment of an independent women director.
In order to ensure the independence of directors, a head hunting firm will be appointed by the board to
search for directors.
The IGE has assured in writing that it won't press for any policy change unless the complete board is
present. Gangwal has also ceded a little ground and accepted that any change brought out by a government
order would not need the Board's full strength.
On the related party transactions, the company's audit committee now needs to get the board's inputs for
any transaction that is above Rs 2 crore and a bidding process would be mandatory for those contracts.
The first right of refusal clause for buying each other’s shares will continue.
GOVERNANCE ETHICS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CERTIFICATE
Archival Policy
Corporate Social Responsibility Policy
Terms and Conditions of Appointment of Independent Directors
Nomination and Remuneration Policy
Policy on Diversity of Board of Directors
Whistle Blower Policy and Vigil Mechanism
Criteria for making payment to Non-Executive Directors
Dividend Distribution Policy
POLICY ON DEALING WITH RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Objective: The objective of the Policy is based on the premise that Related Party
Transactions are appropriate only if they are in the best interest of the Company and
its shareholders.
Approval of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Approval of the Shareholders of the Company
Disclosures : Every Director of the Company is required to disclose the entities in
which they or their Relatives are interested or deemed to be interested.
Related Party Transactions not approved under this policy are to be reviewed by the
Audit Committee.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT
DIRECTORS
Children and
Education
Women
Environment
Empowerment
6E
Heritage
Responsibility
REASON FOR NOT SPENDING THE PRESCRIBED AMOUNT