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Kapoor Steels Ltd, a listed company, has promoter shareholding of 58%. The promoter group wishes to pledge a large part of its shares to raise a personal loan. From a governance and ESG disclosure viewpoint, which reasoning is most sound?

Pledged promoter shares carry the risk that invocation by lenders could shift control and hit the share price, harming minority investors. Therefore such encumbrances must be disclosed to the stock exchanges and the board should monitor the exposure. It is not a private matter, nor a blanket prohibition.

  1. APledging is purely private, so no disclosure is needed to the stock exchange
  2. BPledging creates a risk that invocation may cause loss of control and share price volatility, so it needs disclosure to the exchanges and monitoring by the boardCorrect
  3. CPledging is prohibited for all promoters in every circumstance
  4. DPledging improves governance because it shows promoter confidence

Explanation

Encumbrance of promoter shares signals potential loss of control if the lender invokes the pledge, affecting minority investors, so disclosure under the SEBI takeover and listing rules is required and boards should monitor it. Pledging is not prohibited outright, and it does not indicate confidence. Treating it as private ignores the disclosure obligation.

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