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Sterling Tools Limited received a secretarial compliance report from Practicing Company Secretary Santosh Kumar Pradhan for FY 2025-26. The report identified three non-compliances: (1) Incorrect reporting of investor complaints under Regulation 13(3) for Q1 June 2025, attracting a fine of Rs 25,960 from both NSE and BSE - subsequently rectified with revised filing; (2) Company Secretary cum Compliance Officer position remained vacant for 18 days in Q1 (June 13-30, 2025) and 37 days in Q2 (July 1 - August 6, 2025) due to Mr. Abhishek Chawla's resignation, resulting in fines of Rs 21,240 and Rs 43,660 respectively - waiver applications were rejected; (3) Four prior year non-compliances from FY 2024-25 regarding board and committee composition were all resolved. The company eventually appointed Ms. Komal Malik as Compliance Officer from August 7, 2025. All other compliance areas including secretarial standards, policies, website maintenance, insider trading norms, and related party transactions were found satisfactory.
The repeated regulatory fines totaling Rs 90,860 for compliance gaps may create some negative sentiment, though the company has since appointed a compliance officer. The previous year governance issues were already addressed, showing improved board management. Overall impact on shareholders is minimal as the violations were procedural rather than fundamental.