| THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE CARRIED OUT AN ANNUAL EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE INCLUDING VARIOUS COMMITTEES, AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2013. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD WAS EVALUATED BY THE BOARD INCLUDING INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AFTER SEEKING INPUTS FROM ALL THE DIRECTORS BASED ON VARIOUS CRITERIA SUCH AS BOARD COMPOSITION, PROCESS, DYNAMICS, QUALITY OF DELIBERATIONS, STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS, EFFECTIVE REVIEWS, COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION, GOVERNANCE REVIEWS ETC. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMMITTEES WAS EVALUATED BY THE BOARD AFTER SEEKING INPUTS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS BASED ON CRITERIA SUCH AS COMMITTEE COMPOSITION, PROCESS, DYNAMICS, DELIBERATION, STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS, EFFECTIVE REVIEWS ETC. THE BOARD AND THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS BASED ON THE CRITERIA SUCH AS CONTRIBUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS LIKE PREPAREDNESS ON THE ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED, MEANINGFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONTRIBUTION, INPUTS IN MEETINGS, ETC. IN ADDITION, THE CHAIRMAN WAS ALSO EVALUATED ON THE KEY ASPECTS OF HIS ROLE. IN A SEPARATE MEETING OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, PERFORMANCE OF NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN WAS EVALUATED, CONSIDERING THE VIEWS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. THE SAME WAS DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD MEETING THAT FOLLOWED THE MEETING OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, AT WHICH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEE AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS WAS ALSO DISCUSSED. |