Report of the Related Party Transactions Review Committee
We are pleased to present our report for the financial year ended 31 December 2017.
Composition of the Committee
The Committee comprise Non–Executive Directors whom two are independent. The members of the Committee are as follows;
- Ms Nilanthi Pieris – Chairperson
- Ms Lai Choon Foong
- Mr A R Desapriya (Appointed with effect from 3 October 2017)
Mr Chan Chee Beng stepped down as a member of the Committee with effect from 3 October 2017. Subsequent to the resignation from the Board, Ms Chandra Ekanayake and Mr Rohan De Silva, ceased to be members of the Committee with effect from 1 August 2017 and 19 December 2017 respectively.
The composition of the Committee met the requirements of the rule 9.2.2 of Listing Rules of the Colombo Stock Exchange.
The Company Secretary functions as the Secretary of the Committee.
Meetings of Committee
The Committee had four meetings during the financial year 2017 and the attendance at these meetings is showed in the Corporate Governance Report on page 99. The Group Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer attended all meetings by invitation.
The Chairperson of the Committee reported the proceedings and significant issues discussed at the Committee meeting to the Board after every Committee meeting. The minutes of the Committee meetings were circulated to the Board.
Objective of the Committee
The purpose of the Committee is to review all proposed related party transactions prior to being entered into or if the transaction is expressed to be conditional to such review, prior to the completion of the transactions except for transactions explicitly exempted in the Terms of Reference which is in conformity with the Listing Rules.
Policies and procedures
The members of the Board of Directors of the Company have been identified as Key Management Personnel. In accordance with the Related Party Transaction Policy, the declarations are obtained from each Key Management Personnel of the Company for the purpose of identifying parties related to them. Based on the information furnished in these declarations, the Company retrieves data on related party transactions from the data base of the Company.
Related party transactions during 2016
During the year 2016, there were no non- recurrent or recurrent related party transactions that exceeded the respective thresholds mentioned in the Listing Rules of the Colombo Stock Exchange.
Details of other related party transactions entered into by the Company during the above period is disclosed in Note 33 to the Financial Statements.
On behalf of the Related Party Transactions Review Committee
Nilanthi Pieris (Ms)
Chairperson
Related Party Transactions Review Committee
29 March 2018