UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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SCHEDULE 14A
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May 3, 2007
INTELLIGROUP, INC.
499 Thornall Street
Edison, New Jersey 08837
To Our Shareholders:
You are most cordially invited to attend the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Intelligroup, Inc. at 10:00 A.M., local time, on June 8, 2007, at the Sheraton at Woodbridge Place, 515 Route One South, Iselin, New Jersey.
The Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement on the following pages describe the matters to be presented to the meeting.
It is important that your shares be represented at this meeting to ensure the presence of a quorum. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we hope that you will have your shares represented by signing, dating and returning your proxy card in the enclosed envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States, as soon as possible. Also, registered and most beneficial shareholders may vote by telephone or over the Internet. Instructions for using these convenient services are set forth on the enclosed proxy. I urge you to vote your proxy as soon as possible. In this way, you can be sure your shares will be voted at the meeting. Your shares will be voted in accordance with the instructions you have given in your proxy.
Thank you for your continued support.
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INTELLIGROUP, INC.
499 Thornall Street
Edison, New Jersey 08837
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held June 8, 2007
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of INTELLIGROUP, INC., a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), will be held at 10:00 A.M., local time, on June 8, 2007, at the Sheraton at Woodbridge Place, 515 Route One South, Iselin, New Jersey, for the following purposes:
(1) | To elect six directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified; |
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(2) | To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2007; |
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(3) | To approve the amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the maximum number of authorized shares of the Company’s capital stock, from 50,000,000 authorized shares, to 65,000,000 authorized shares; and |
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(4) | To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof. |
Holders of Common Stock of record at the close of business on April 13, 2007 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting, or any adjournment or adjournments thereof. A complete list of such shareholders will be open to the examination by any shareholder for ten (10) days prior to the Meeting at the Company’s corporate headquarters at 499 Thornall Street, 11th Floor, Edison, NJ 08837 and at the Meeting. The Meeting may be adjourned from time to time without notice other than by announcement at the Meeting.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES YOU MAY HOLD. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AND MAIL IT PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE. ALSO, REGISTERED AND MOST BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS MAY VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR OVER THE INTERNET. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THESE CONVENIENT SERVICES ARE SET FORTH ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YOUR PROXY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IN THIS WAY, YOU CAN BE SURE YOUR SHARES WILL BE VOTED AT THE MEETING. THE PROMPT RETURN OF PROXIES WILL ENSURE A QUORUM AND SAVE THE COMPANY THE EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION. EACH PROXY GRANTED MAY BE REVOKED BY THE SHAREHOLDER APPOINTING SUCH PROXY AT ANY TIME BEFORE IT IS VOTED. IF YOU RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE PROXY CARD FROM THE COMPANY BECAUSE YOUR SHARES ARE REGISTERED IN DIFFERENT NAMES OR ADDRESSES, EACH SUCH PROXY CARD SHOULD BE SIGNED AND RETURNED TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF YOUR SHARES WILL BE VOTED.
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Edison, New Jersey
May 3, 2007
The Company’s 2006 Annual Report accompanies the Proxy Statement.
PROXY STATEMENT
INTELLIGROUP, INC.
499 Thornall Street
Edison, New Jersey 08837
PROXY STATEMENT
This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of Intelligroup, Inc. (the “Company”) of proxies to be voted at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held on June 8, 2007 (the “Meeting”) at 10:00 A.M., local time, at the Sheraton at Woodbridge Place, 515 Route One South, Iselin, New Jersey, and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof. Holders of record of shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value (“Common Stock”), as of the close of business on April 13, 2007 will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and any adjournment or adjournments thereof. As of that date, there were 41,932,857 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote on any matter presented at the Meeting.
In this Proxy Statement, “Intelligroup”, “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Intelligroup, Inc.
PROPOSALS
If proxies in the accompanying form are properly executed and returned, the shares of Common Stock represented thereby will be voted in the manner specified therein. If not otherwise specified, the shares of Common Stock represented by the proxies will be voted:
(1) | FOR the election of the six nominees named below as Directors; |
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(2) | FOR the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2007; |
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(3) | FOR the proposal to amend our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the maximum number of authorized shares of the Company’s capital stock, from 50,000,000 authorized shares, to 65,000,000 authorized shares; and |
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(4) | In the discretion of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy, on any other proposals which may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof. |
Any stockholder who has submitted a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is voted at the Meeting, (i) by written notice addressed to and received by our Secretary, (ii) by submitting a duly executed proxy bearing a later date or (iii) by electing to vote in person at the Meeting. The mere presence at the Meeting of the person appointing a proxy does not, however, revoke the appointment.
This Proxy Statement, together with the related proxy card, is being mailed to the shareholders of the Company on or about May 3, 2007. The Company’s Annual Report to shareholders of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2006, including financial statements (the “Annual Report”), is being mailed together with this Proxy Statement to all shareholders of record as of April 13, 2007. In addition, the Company has provided brokers, dealers, banks, voting trustees and their nominees, at the Company’s expense, with additional copies of the Annual Report so that such record holders may supply such materials to beneficial owners as of April 13, 2007.
REQUIRED VOTE
The presence, in person or by proxy, of holders of the shares of Common Stock having a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at the Meeting shall constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote by the holders of a plurality of the shares of Common Stock represented at the Meeting is required for the election of Directors (Proposal 1), provided a quorum is present in person or by proxy. All actions proposed herein other than the election of Directors (Proposals 2, 3 and 4) may be taken upon the affirmative vote of shareholders possessing a majority of the shares of Common Stock represented at the Meeting, provided a quorum is present in person or by proxy.
Abstentions are included in the shares present at the Meeting for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. Abstentions with respect to the election of directors will not affect the outcome of voting on Proposal 1 because only affirmative votes count for purposes of determining a plurality. Abestentions with respect to Proposals 2, 3, and 4 will be counted as a vote against a proposal for purposes of determining whether a proposal is approved. Broker non-votes (when shares are represented at the Meeting by a proxy specifically conferring only limited authority to vote on certain matters and no authority to vote on other matters) are included in the determination of the number of shares represented at the Meeting for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present but are not counted for purposes of determining whether a proposal has been approved and thus have no effect on the outcome.
PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
At the Meeting, six Directors are to be elected (which number shall constitute the entire Board of Directors of the Company) to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.
It is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy to vote the shares of Common Stock represented thereby, unless otherwise specified in the proxy, for the election as Directors of the persons whose names and biographies appear below. All of the persons whose names and biographies appear below are at present Directors of the Company. In the event any of the nominees should become unavailable or unable to serve as a Director, it is intended that votes will be cast for a substitute nominee designated by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that the nominees named will be unable to serve if elected. Each of the nominees has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and to serve if elected.
The current members of the Board of Directors who are also nominees for election to the Board are:
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Vikram Gulati |
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Ravi Adusumalli |
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Ajit Isaac |
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Babar Khan |
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Srinivasa Raju |
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Sandeep Reddy |
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The principal occupations and business experience, for at least the past five years, of each director is as follows:
Vikram Gulati. Vikram Gulati was appointed to the Board of Directors and to the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 4, 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Gulati held a number of positions in business development and business management with Wipro Limited (“Wipro”) from 1988 through 2005. Mr. Gulati most recently served as the head of Wipro’s Global Enterprise Application Solutions Group.
Ravi Adusumalli. Ravi Adusumalli was initially appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in September 2004 in accordance with the terms of the Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated September 29, 2004 by and between the Company, SB Asia Infrastructure Fund LP, and Venture Tech Assets Ltd., which allowed SB Asia Infrastructure Fund LP and Venture Tech Assets Ltd. to collectively designate five directors to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Adusumalli joined Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) in early 2002 and is currently a General Partner and Head of SAIF’s India Operations. Prior to joining SAIF, Mr. Adusumalli was an Associate Partner with Mobius Venture Capital, a $1.25 billion early stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He previously worked at Credit Suisse First Boston as an Associate and with Wasatch Funds, a mutual fund with over $9 billion in assets that specialized in small cap and micro cap companies listed on US and international exchanges. Mr. Adusumalli graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and Government. Mr. Adusumalli serves on the board of directors of SAIF’s investments in VisualSoft Technologies, Jindal Polyfilm, IL&FS Investsmart Limited and Intelligroup.
Ajit Isaac. Ajit Isaac was initially appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in September 2004 in accordance with the terms of the Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated September 29, 2004 by and between the Company, SB Asia Infrastructure Fund LP, and Venture Tech Assets Ltd., which allowed SB Asia Infrastructure Fund LP and Venture Tech Assets Ltd. to collectively designate five directors to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Isaac is an industry specialist on human capital related issues in India. Mr. Isaac founded and is Managing Director of PeopleOne Consulting (I) Pvt. Ltd., which was recently acquired by Adecco, SA. Prior to founding PeopleOne Consulting in June 2000, Mr. Isaac worked with Essar Group, one of India’s largest business conglomerates, in various leadership roles. Mr. Isaac is a gold medalist in his post graduate program in personnel management from the Madras School of Social Work. A British Chevening Scholar, he has also completed a Manager’s for Leadership Program from Leeds University. Mr. Isaac is presently on the Board of Adecco PeopleOne India Limited. Mr. Isaac is the Director of POC ME FZ LLC at Middle East and the Chairman of Cornell International in India.
Babar Khan. Babar Khan was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company effective November 15, 2006. Mr. Khan joined Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF Partners) in March 2006. Prior to joining SAIF Mr. Khan worked as consultant, and then as Engagement Manager, at McKinsey & Company at their India office. During his 6 year stint at McKinsey, Mr Khan had significant experience across a variety of sectors including IT/BPO services, minerals and metals, industrials, and consumer products/services. His articles on topics in these sectors have been published in the McKinsey Quarterly. Prior to that, Mr Khan worked as a Software Engineer at Network Programs Inc. Mr Khan graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi with a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering. He has received his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Srinivasa Raju. Srinivasa Raju was initially appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in September 2004 in accordance with the terms of the Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated September 29, 2004 by and between the Company, SB Asia Infrastructure Fund LP, and Venture Tech Assets Ltd., which allowed SB Asia Infrastructure Fund LP and Venture Tech Assets Ltd. to collectively designate five directors to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Raju currently serves as the Chairman of iLabs Capital Pvt. Ltd., an investment advisory services business. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Raju was Chairman of iLabs, a private venture capital fund which invested in the domains of intellectual property in life sciences, telecommunications and technology based products and services. Prior to founding iLabs, from 1992 until 2003, Mr. Raju served as a Director of Satyam Computer Services, Ltd. and also served as Chief Operating Officer of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. from 1992 until 2000. Additionally, Mr. Raju was the founding Chief Executive Officer and Director of Satyam Enterprise Solutions Ltd. From 1994 until 1996, Mr. Raju held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Dun & Bradstreet. Satyam Software Ltd. (now known as Cognizant Technology Solutions). Mr. Raju graduated with honors from R.E.C., Kurukshetra with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and from Utah State University with a master’s degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Sandeep Reddy. Mr. Reddy was initially appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company in September 2004 in accordance with the terms of the Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated September 29, 2004 by and between the Company, SB Asia Infrastructure Fund LP, and Venture Tech Assets Ltd., which allowed SB Asia Infrastructure Fund LP and Venture Tech Assets Ltd. to collectively designate five directors to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Reddy currently serves as Chairman of iLabs Management, LLC, a fund management company. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Reddy served as Vice Chairman of iLabs, a private venture capital fund which invested in the domains of intellectual property in life sciences, telecommunications and technology based products and services.
All Directors hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. There are no family relationships among any of the executive officers, Directors and key employees of the Company.
The Board of Directors recommends that Shareholders vote FOR each of the nominees for the Board of Directors.
PROPOSAL 2: RATIFY APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors has, subject to shareholder approval, retained Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) as the new independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2007. Neither the accounting firm nor any of its members has any direct or indirect financial interest in or any connection with the Company in any capacity other than as public registered accounting firm.
One or more representatives of E&Y are expected to attend the Meeting and to have an opportunity to make a statement and/or respond to appropriate questions from shareholders.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM.
PROPOSAL 3: AMEND AND RESTATE THE
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED
Description of Proposal
The Board of Directors has adopted, subject to shareholder approval, an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of its common stock from fifty million (50,000,000) to sixty-five million (65,000,000), each share of common stock having a par value of $.01 (“Common Stock”). A copy of the proposed Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Annexure A . The additional Common Stock to be authorized by adoption of the amendment would have rights identical to the currently outstanding Common Stock. Adoption of the amendment and issuance of the Common Stock would not affect the rights of the holders of currently outstanding Common Stock, except, to the extent the additional authorized shares are issued, for effects incidental to increasing the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, such as dilution of earnings per share and voting rights of current holders of Common Stock. If the amendment is adopted, it will become effective upon the filing of a certificate of amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation with the New Jersey Secretary of State.
The increase in the authorized shares of common stock by fifteen million (15,000,000) shares is expected to create capital liquidity to permit and enhance opportunities for future growth. The Board of Directors believes that with the current level of authorized capital stock, the Company is constrained in its ability to pursue strategic growth opportunities and to enhance shareholder value. The Board of Directors believes that the availability of the additional shares for such purposes, without delay or the necessity for a special stockholders’ meeting, would be beneficial to the Company. The Board of Directors considers the proposed increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock desirable and in the best interests of the Company because it would give the Company the necessary flexibility to issue Common Stock in connection with stock dividends and splits, mergers or acquisitions, equity financings and for other general corporate purposes. The Company currently has no oral or written plans, arrangements or understandings for the issuance of the additional shares of Common Stock to be authorized pursuant to this proposal.
The amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation will ensure that the Company will continue to have an adequate number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock available for future use. As is the case with the shares of Common Stock which are currently authorized but unissued, if this amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation is adopted by the shareholders, the Board of Directors will only have authority to issue the additional shares of Common Stock from time to time without further action on the part of shareholders to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or by the rules of any stock exchange or market on which the Company’s securities may then be listed or authorized for quotation.
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Potential Anti-Takeover Effect
The additional number of authorized shares could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third-party to take over the Company in a transaction not approved by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors could use the additional shares to resist or frustrate a third-party transaction by providing an above-market premium that is favored by a majority of independent shareholders. For example, it could implement a rights plan or similar arrangement pursuant to which shares of common stock would be issued to the other stockholders on highly-dilutive terms if the party seeking to take the Company over has purchased a substantial amount of Common Stock. At present, the Company does not have any such rights plan or other anti-takeover arrangement in place, nor does the Company have plans or proposals to adopt other provisions or enter into other arrangements that may have material anti-takeover consequences. However, two of the Company’s shareholders, SAIF and Venture Tech, together hold more than 50% of the Company’s Common Stock, and so any attempt by a third party to enter into a takeover transaction, including one involving an above-market premium favored by a majority of independent shareholders, would have to be approved by both SAIF and Venture Tech, or by either of them in addition to a substantial number of independent shareholders. Shareholders do not have any preemptive or other rights to subscribe for any shares of Common Stock which may in the future be issued by the Company.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT.
PROPOSAL 4: OTHER MATTERS
As of the date of this proxy statement, we know of no business that will be presented for consideration at the Meeting other than the items referred to above. If any other matter is properly brought before the meeting for action by shareholders, the person or persons voting your shares pursuant to instructions by proxy card, by Internet or by telephone will vote your shares in accordance with best judgment on such matters. The chairman of the Meeting may refuse to allow presentation of a proposal or a nominee for the Board of Directors if the proposal or nominee was not properly submitted.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
General
We believe that good corporate governance is important to ensure that we are managed for the long-term benefit of our shareholders. Our Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and charters for our Nominating, Corporate Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance Committee, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. You can access our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics on our Web site located at www.intelligroup.com or by writing to our Secretary at our offices at 499 Thornall Street, 11th Floor, Edison, NJ 08837.
Determination of Independence
Under NASDAQ rules, a Director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of our Board of Directors, that person does not have a relationship which would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a Director. Our Board of Directors has determined that none of our Directors qualify as an “independent director” as defined under Rule 4200(a)(15) of the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. Marketplace Rules.
Nominating Process
The Board of Directors formed a Corporate Governance, Nominating and Qualified Legal Compliance Committee primarily to: (i) recommend to the Board of Directors the persons to be nominated for election as directors at any meeting of shareholders; (ii) develop and recommend to the Board of Directors a set of corporate governance principles applicable to the Company; (iii) oversee the evaluation of the Board of Directors; and (iv) to receive, review, investigate and respond to reports from attorneys (both in-house and law firm counsel) reporting evidence of a material violation in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated under Section 307 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and adopted as Part 205 of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and regulations (the “Rules”). Our Board of Directors has adopted a charter for the Corporate Governance, Nominating and Qualified Legal Complian ce Committee (“Nominating Committee”). A copy of the Nominating Committee charter is not currently available on the Company’s website.
The Board of Directors appoints members of the Nominating Committee. The Board of Directors may remove members of the Nominating Committee from such committee, with or without cause. The Nominating Committee currently consists of Messers. Reddy (chair) and Adusumalli. Each of these Directors is affiliated with a shareholder who owns in excess of ten percent (10%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock and therefore the Board of Directors has determined that neither Director serving on the Nominating Committee is independent as defined under NASDAQ rules.
The Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending to the Board of Directors the nominees for election as directors at any meeting of shareholders and the persons to be elected by the Board to fill any vacancies on the Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee may decide to retain a search firm to identify potential director nominees.
Shareholders may recommend individuals to the Nominating Committee for consideration as potential Director candidates by submitting their names, together with appropriate biographical information and background materials and a statement as to whether the stockholder or group of stockholders making the recommendation has beneficially owned more than 5% of Common Stock for at least a year as of the date such recommendation is made, to Nominating Committee, c/o Corporate Secretary, Intelligroup, Inc., 499 Thornall Street, 11th Floor, Edison, NJ 08837. Assuming that appropriate biographical and background material has been provided on a timely basis, the Nominating Committee will evaluate shareholder-recommended candidates by following substantially the same process, and applying substantially the same criteria, as it follows for candidates submitted by others.
The Board of Director’s criteria for selecting directors are set forth in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines (the “Guidelines”). A copy of the Corporate Governance Guidelines is attached as Annexure B. The Nominating Committee is required to use such criteria and the principles set forth in such Guidelines to guide its director selection process. The Nominating Committee is responsible for reviewing with the Board of Directors, on an annual basis, the requisite skills and criteria for new Board members as well as the composition of the Board of Directors as a whole. The Nominating Committee may adopt, and periodically review and revise as it deems appropriate, procedures regarding director candidates proposed by shareholders.
Communication with the Board and Nominating Committee
Shareholders who wish to communicate with the Board of Directors or the Nominating Committee should address their communications to Srinivasa Raju, who serves as Chairman of the Board, via electronic mail at leaddirector@intelligroup.com or via first class mail at Intelligroup, Inc., 499 Thornall Street, 11th Floor, Edison, NJ 08837. The Chairman of the Board, with the assistance of the Corporate Secretary, is responsible for collecting the written communications from the shareholders and presenting the communications, or summaries thereof, to the Board as appropriate under the circumstances.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
We have adopted a written Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our Directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, controller or persons performing similar functions. We have posted the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics on our Web site, which is located at www.intelligroup.com. In addition, we intend to post on our Web site all disclosures that are required by law or NASDAQ stock market listing standards concerning any amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
Attendance by Members of the Board of Directors at Meetings
There were three meetings of the Board of Directors during 2006. Each Director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of all meetings of the Board of Directors held during the period in which he or she served as a Director and the total number of meetings held by the committee on which he or she served during the period, if applicable.
The Company encourages, but does not require, Board members to attend the annual meeting of shareholders. Last year Mr. Gulati attended the annual meeting of shareholders.
Committees of the Board
The Board of Directors has established three standing committees—Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating, Corporate Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance Committee—each of which operates under a charter that has been approved by our Board of Directors. Current copies of each committee’s charter are attached hereto as Annexure C, D and E respectively.
The Board of Directors has determined that none of the members of each of the Board’s three standing committees are independent as defined under the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, including, in the case of all members of the Audit Committee, the independence requirements contemplated by Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include:
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• | overseeing the work of our independent registered public accounting firm, including through the receipt and consideration of certain reports from the independent registered public accounting firm; |
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• | reviewing and discussing with management and the independent registered public accounting firm our annual and quarterly financial statements and related disclosures; |
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• | monitoring our internal control over financial reporting, disclosure controls and procedures and code of business conduct and ethics; |
• | discussing and assessing our risk management policies; |
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• | establishing policies regarding hiring employees from the independent registered public accounting firm and procedures for the receipt and retention of accounting related complaints and concerns; |
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• | meeting independently with our independent registered public accounting firm and management; and |
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• | preparing the audit committee report required by SEC rules (which is included on page 9 of this proxy statement). |
Pursuant to the Audit Committee Charter, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006 with our management and independent registered public accounting firm. Additionally, the Audit Committee has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required by Statement of Auditing Standards (“SAS”) 61, has received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by the Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence. Based in part on the foregoing, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 audited by JH Cohn LLP be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. Adusumalli and Isaac. During 2006, Messrs. Adusumalli and Isaac were the only members of the Audit Committee. Currently, the Company is not listed on a national exchange and does not have any independent directors on its Audit Committee to meet the requirements set forth in SEC Rule 10A-3 for listed companies. In addition, the Company currently lacks an “audit committee financial expert.” The Company is in the process of trying to identify potential director nominees who would meet the independence requirements of a national securities exchange and qualify as an audit committee financial expert under SEC Rule 10A-3. Prior to applying for listing on a national securities exchange, the Company plans to recruit one or more individuals to serve on the Board of Directors, including an individual who would meet the qualifications for an “audit committee financial expert,” and to reconstitute its Audit Committee to include three (3) independent directors in accordance with the requirements of SEC Rule 10A-3. The Audit Committee was established in 1996 and met four times during 2006.
Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee, which is comprised of Messrs. Adusumalli, Isaac and Reddy, is responsible for the administration of all salary and incentive compensation plans for our officers and key employees, including bonuses. In addition, our Compensation Committee has the following principal duties:
• | annually reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation; |
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• | determining our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation; |
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• | reviewing and approving, or making recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to, the compensation of our other executive officers; |
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• | overseeing an evaluation of our senior executives; |
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• | overseeing and administering our equity incentive plans and reviewing and approving cash incentive plans; and |
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• | reviewing and making recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to Director compensation. |
The Compensation Committee administers the Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Award Plan and approves salaries and certain incentive compensation for the Chief Executive Officer and other named executives of the Company. The Compensation Committee currently consists of Messrs. Adusumalli, Isaac and Reddy. The Compensation Committee was established in June 1996 and met two times during 2006.
Corporate Governance, Nominating and Qualified Legal Compliance Committee (“Nominating Committee”)
The primary functions of the Nominating Committee include:
• | considering, recommending and preparing a slate of nominees to stand for election as directors at each of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders; |
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• | developing and recommending to the Board of Directors a set of corporate governance principles applicable to the Company; |
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• | oversee the evaluation of the Board; and |
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• | receiving, reviewing, investigating and responding to reports from attorneys (both in-house and law firm counsel) reporting evidence of a material violation in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated under Section 307 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and adopted as Part 205 of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and regulations (the “Rules”) developing and recommending to the Board of Directors corporate governance principles. |
In addition, among other things, the Nominating Committee is authorized to consider nominees that are recommended by shareholders of the Company. The Nominating Committee currently consists of Messrs. Adusumalli and Reddy. The Nominating Committee was established in October 2004 when the Board determined to combine the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Company’s Qualified Legal Compliance Committee to form a single Committee. The Nominating Committee acted solely by written resolution in 2006 and did not hold any meetings in 2006.
Report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
The Audit Committee has furnished the following report:
To the Board of Directors of Intelligroup, Inc.:
The Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors is currently composed of two (2) members and acts under a written charter as amended and approved on November 29, 2005. A copy of the current charter is attached hereto as Annexure C. The Company’s securities are not currently listed on a national securities exchange. Neither of the Audit Committee Members are independent directors as defined in NASDAQ Rule 4200(a) (15). The current members of the Audit Committee possess the financial sophistication required by such charter and rules. The Audit Committee currently lacks an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. The Audit Committee held four meetings during 2006.
Management is responsible for the preparation of the Company’s financial statements and for maintaining an adequate system of disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting for that purpose. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for performing an independent audit of the Company’s annual financial statements. The Audit Committee is responsible for providing independent, objective oversight of these processes.
The Audit Committee has reviewed the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and has discussed these financial statements with management and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has also received from, and discussed with, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm various communications that such independent registered public accounting firm is required to provide to the Audit Committee, including the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standard 61 (Communication with Audit Committees). SAS 61 requires the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to discuss with the Audit Committee, among other things, the following:
• | methods used to account for significant unusual transactions; |
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• | the effect of significant accounting policies in controversial or emerging areas for which there is a lack of authoritative guidance or consensus; |
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• | the process used by management in formulating particularly sensitive accounting estimates and the basis for the conclusions of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding the reasonableness of those estimates; and |
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• | disagreements with management over the application of accounting principles, the basis for management’s accounting estimates and the disclosures in the financial statements. |
The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm also provided the Audit Committee with the written disclosures and the letter required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees). Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 requires auditors annually to disclose in writing all relationships that, in the auditor’s professional opinion, may reasonably be thought to bear on independence, confirm their perceived independence and engage in a discussion of independence. In addition, the Audit Committee discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm its independence from Intelligroup. The Audit Committee also considered whether the independent registered public accounting firm’s provision of certain other non-audit related services to the Company is compatible with maintaining such firm’s independence.
Based on its discussions with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, and its review of the representations and information provided by management and the independent registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
| By the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Intelligroup, Inc. |
| Ravi Adusumalli |
| Ajit Isaac |
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Other Matters
Audit Fees
Audit fees consist of fees for the audit of our financial statements, the review of the interim financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, services rendered in connection with SEC registration statements and other professional services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. To date, JH Cohn LLP (“JH Cohn”) has billed the Company $659,395 in audit fees for the year ended December 31, 2006.
For the year ended December 31, 2005, JH Cohn billed the Company an aggregate of $911,000 in audit fees. JH Cohn billed the Company $777,000 in fees for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the most recent fiscal year and the reviews of the consolidated financial statements included in each of the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q during the last fiscal year. JH Cohn billed the Company $134,000 in fees for professional services rendered in connection with the year-end audit of the Company’s India subsidiary.
Audit Related Fees
To date, JH Cohn has billed the Company an aggregate of $95,762 in fees for professional services rendered in connection with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for the year ended December 31, 2006.
For the year ended December 31, 2005, JH Cohn billed the Company an aggregate of $713,000 in fees for professional services rendered in connection with reviewing the Company’s local audit of the Company’s Puerto Rico operations, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and audit of the Company’s 401(k) retirement plan.
Tax Fees
To date, JH Cohn billed the Company an aggregate of $22,716 for tax fees for the year ended December 31, 2006.
No fees were billed during the year ended December 31, 2005.
All Other Fees
During the year ended December 31, 2006, JH Cohn billed the Company an aggregate of $15,585 in other fees. Such fees related review the Company’s of registration statements, services rendered in connection with the liquidation of the Company’s subsidiary in Sweden, and travel costs.
No other fees were billed during the year ended December 31, 2005.
The Audit Committee has sole and direct responsibility for setting the compensation of the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee pre-approves all audit services to be provided to the Company, whether provided by the principal auditor or other firms, and all other services (review, attest and non-audit) to be provided to the Company by the independent auditor; provided, however, that de minimis non-audit services may instead be approved in accordance with applicable SEC rules. The Audit Committee approved the services described above under audit-related fees rendered in connection with the audit of the Company’s 401(k) retirement plan, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and assisting with Company’s local audit of Puerto Rico operations.
Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountants.
On April 12, 2007, the Company’s Audit Committee appointed Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2007 effective immediately with the review of the Company’s interim period ended March 31, 2007.
On April 12, 2007, the Company’s Audit Committee decided not to re-appoint J.H. Cohn LLP (“JH Cohn”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2007.
The reports of JH Cohn on the Company’s financial statements for the past two fiscal years did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period through the date of this report, there were no disagreements with JH Cohn on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of JH Cohn, would have caused JH Cohn to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period through the date of this report, there were no “reportable events” as such term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation of S-K, except that JH Cohn informed the Audit Committee that the following material weaknesses existed as of December 31, 2006:
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| • | The Company did not have sufficient review of the selection and application of US GAAP to significant non-routine and complex matters such as expected term and vesting period calculations in accordance with FAS123R. Also, there was inadequate review and improper application of FAS 52 to the realization of the cumulative translation adjustments resulting from the liquidation of the Swedish subsidiary and inadequate review of the calculation of the fair value of equipment acquired in connection with an outsourcing agreement; and |
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| • | The Company did not have personnel with sufficient accounting and financial reporting expertise resulting in insufficient oversight review of account analyses, transactions and preparation of the financial statements in accordance with US GAAP and SEC rules, specifically with regard to the classification of account balances such as short-term investments and allowance for doubtful accounts, foreign income taxes and fixed assets. |
Such material weaknesses were disclosed in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Compensation of Directors
Directors who are our employees or employees of our subsidiaries receive no cash remuneration for serving as Directors. All non-employee Directors, other than our Chairman and Committee Chairmen, receive an annual retainer of $5,000 for their service on the Board of Directors (with no additional fees paid for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors). Our Chairman and Committee Chairmen receive an annual retainer of $20,000 (with no additional fees paid for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or Committee meetings).
Other than the non-employee directors, who were compensated pursuant to such policies in 2005, Directors do not otherwise receive cash compensation for board service.
Members of the Board of Directors, including non-employee Directors, also are eligible to receive option grants pursuant to the 2004 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “2004 Plan”). On March 1, 2006 Mr. Isaac received options to purchase 160,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under the 2004 Plan at an exercise price of $1.50 per share.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), requires our directors, executive officers and Stockholders who beneficially own more than 10% of any class of our equity securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”) to file initial statements of beneficial ownership of securities and statements of changes in beneficial ownership of securities with respect to our equity securities with the SEC. All Reporting Persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all reports that such Reporting Persons file with the SEC pursuant to Section 16(a). Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by us and upon written representations of the Reporting Persons received by us, we believe that there has been compliance with all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to such Reporting Persons.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table identifies our current executive officers(1):
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Vikram Gulati |
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| President and Chief Executive Officer |
| 2005 |
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Alok Bajpai(2) |
| 41 |
| Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| 2006 |
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Ramakrishna Karanam(3) |
| 31 |
| Global Controller (Acting Chief Financial Officer for part of 2006) |
| 2005 |
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Ranjit Prithviraj(4) |
| 38 |
| Chief Operating Officer, Intelligroup Asia |
| 2005 |
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Satish Subramaniam(5) |
| 39 |
| Vice President |
| 2006 |
(1) | Madhu Poomalil served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer through July 21, 2006. Therefore Mr. Poomalil is listed as a “Named Executive” in the beneficial owners table included herein, but is not included in the above table since he does not currently serve as an Executive Officer. |
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(2) | Alok Bajpai is a rank holder Chartered Accountant from India, Certified Public Accountant from the US and a Management Graduate from Manchester Business School, UK. Prior to Intelligroup, Mr. Bajpai served as Associate Vice President, F&A at Infosys Limited from April 2004 to September 2006 and managed their global accounts function. Prior to Infosys, from 1999 to 2004, Mr. Bajpai worked at Port Fish Private Limited, a Canadian company, as their Controller. He started his career with HCL in 1988 and worked with ICIM and Pepsico Restaurants in India before moving to Nigeria to work with a Belgian Organization. Mr. Bajpai then moved to Canada and worked as Head of Finance at the aforementioned Canadian company for about 5 years. In these various organizations Mr. Bajpai has been in senior management positions and has played operational, as well as, strategic roles. |
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(3) | Ramakrishna Karanam joined Intelligroup Asia in 1999. During his seven year tenure with Intelligroup and its subsidiaries, he has held a variety of operations and finance roles. Mr. Karanam served as Acting Chief Financial Officer during from July 21, 2006 to September 7, 2006. Since January 2005 he has served as the Company’s global controller. |
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(4) | Ranjit Prithviraj joined the Company in 1997 and was formally appointed to the position of Chief Operating Officer of Intelligroup Asia, effective July 1, 2005. Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Prithviraj held a variety of roles with the Company. Most recently, he served as the Company’s Senior Vice President for the Global Management Services organization. Mr. Prithviraj also serves on the Board of Directors for the Company’s subsidiaries, Intelligroup Asia and Intelligroup Europe. Mr. Prithviraj holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics from Bangalore University, India. |
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(5) | Satish Subramaniam joined the Company in 2005 and became the Vice President – India Practices effective May 2006. Prior to joining Intelligroup, from 2001 to 2005 Mr. Subramaniam held various positions at Wipro Limited, most recently he held the position Global Practice head – SAP Practice. |
None of our executive officers is related to any other executive officer or to any of our Directors. Our executive officers are elected annually by the Board of Directors and serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The disclosure required by Item 402 shall be provided in the Company’s definitive proxy statement under the heading “Executive Compensation.”
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT
COMMON STOCK
There are, as of April 13, 2007, approximately 72 holders of record and approximately 2,497 beneficial holders of the Company’s Common Stock. The following table sets forth certain information, as of June 15, 2007, with respect to holdings of the Company’s Common Stock by (i) each person known by the
Company to beneficially own more than 5% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of such date, (ii) each of the Company’s Directors (which includes all nominees), (iii) each of the Company’s Named Executives, and (iv) all Directors and executive officers as a group. This information is based upon information furnished to the Company by each such person and/or based upon public filings with the SEC. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for the individuals below is that of the Company address.
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| Vikram Gulati |
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| Alok Bajpai |
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| Ramakrishna Karanam |
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| Ranjit Prithviraj |
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(1) | Except as set forth in the footnotes to this table and subject to applicable community property law, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by such shareholder. |
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(2) | Applicable percentage of ownership is based on 41,932,857 shares of Common Stock outstanding on April 13, 2007, plus any presently exercisable stock options held by each such holder, and options which will become exercisable within sixty (60) days after April 13, 2007. |
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(3) | The address for SB Asia Infrastructure Fund L.P. (“SAIF”) is Ugland House, P.O. Box 309, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. SB Asia Pacific Partners LP is the sole general partner of SAIF. The address for SB Asia Pacific Partners LP is Ugland House, P.O. Box 309, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. SB Asia Pacific Investments Limited is the sole general partner of SB |
| Asia Pacific Partners LP. The address for SB Asia Pacific Investment Limited is Ugland House, P.O. Box 309, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Asia Infrastructure Investments Limited is the sole shareholder of SB Asia Pacific Investment Limited. The address for Asia Infrastructure Investments Limited is Ugland House, P.O. Box 309, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. SB First Singapore Pte. Ltd. is the voting shareholder of Asia Infrastructure Investments Limited that exercises control with respect to Asia Infrastructure Investments Limited’s interest in SB Asia Pacific Investments Limited. The address for SB First Singapore Pte. Ltd. is 8 Cross Street, #11-000 PwC Building, Singapore, 048424. SOFTBANK Corp. is the sole shareholder of SB First Singapore Pte. Ltd. The address for SOFTBANK Corp. is 24-1, Nihonbashi-Hakozakicho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8501. |
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(4) | Represents 15,098,038 shares of Common Stock held by SAIF and an aggregate of 10,849,084 shares of Common Stock held by Venture Tech Assets Ltd. (“Venture Tech”). SB Asia Infrastructure Fund, L.P. (“SAIF”) is a party to (i) a Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2004, as amended March 21, 2005 (the “2004 Purchase Agreement”), by and among Intelligroup, Inc. (the “Company”), SAIF and Venture Tech and (ii) a Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2006, by and among the Company, SAIF and Venture Tech (the “2006 Purchase Agreement,” and together with the 2004 Purchase Agreement, the “Purchase Agreements”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreements, Venture Tech acquired an aggregate of 9,215,687 shares of Common Stock. In addition, Venture Tech has disclosed that in June 2005 it acquired an aggregate of 1,633,397 shares of Common Stock in an open market purchase. The Purchase Agreements provide for, under certain conditions, the designation by SAIF and Venture Tech of up to five members of the board of directors of the Company. By virtue of the Purchase Agreements, SAIF may be deemed a group with Venture Tech within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Act, and as a result, to have beneficial ownership of the 10,849,084 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Venture Tech. SAIF disclaims such beneficial ownership. SAIF has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 15,098,038 shares of Common Stock. Because of its position as the sole general partner of SAIF, SB Asia Pacific Partners LP has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 15,098,038 shares of Common Stock. Because of its position as sole general partner of SB Asia Pacific Partners LP, SB Asia Pacific Investment Limited has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 15,098,038 shares of Common Stock. Because of its position as the sole shareholder of SB Asia Pacific Investment Limited, Asia Infrastructure Investments Limited has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 15,098,038 shares of Common Stock. Because of its position as the voting shareholder of Asia Infrastructure Investments Limited (which exercise control with respect to Asia Infrastructure Investment Limited’s interest in SB Asia Pacific Investments Limited), the sole shareholder of SB Asia Investments Limited, the sole general partner of SB Asia Pacific Partners, LP, and the sole general partner of SAIF, SB First Singapore Pte. Ltd. has the sole power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of 15,098,038 shares of Common Stock. |
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(5) | The address for Venture Tech is 4 Whitcome Mews, Richmond TWP 4BT, United Kingdom. |
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(6) | Represents 10,849,084 shares of Common Stock held by Venture Tech and 15,098,038 shares of Common Stock held by SB Asia Infrastructure Fund, L.P. (“SAIF”). Venture Tech is a party to (i) a Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2004, as amended March 21, 2005 (the “2004 Purchase Agreement”), by and among Intelligroup, Inc. (the “Company”), SAIF, and Venture Tech and (ii) a Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2006, by and among the Company, SAIF and Venture Tech (the “2006 Purchase Agreement,” and together with the 2004 Purchase Agreement, the “Purchase Agreements”). The Purchase Agreements provide for, under certain conditions, the designation by SAIF and Venture Tech of up to five members of the board of directors of the Company. By virtue of the Purchase Agreements, Venture Tech may be deemed a group with SAIF within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Act, and as a result, to have beneficial ownership of the 15,098,038 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by SAIF. Venture Tech disclaims such beneficial ownership. |
(7) | Represents 450,000 shares of Common Stock underlying options granted to Mr. Gulati, which are exercisable as of April 15, 2007 or sixty (60) days after such date. Excludes 450,000 shares of Common Stock underlying options which become exercisable over time after such period. |
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(8) | Represents 10,849,084 shares of Common Stock held by Venture Tech. Due to Mr. Reddy’s position as shareholder and sole director of Venture Tech, Mr. Reddy may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Venture Tech. |
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(9) | Previously the Company had reported that Mr. Raju may be deemed an indirect beneficial owner of the 10,849,084 shares of Common Stock held by Venture Tech because Mr. Raju's minor child was a shareholder of Venture Tech. However, such child is no longer a minor and does not live with Mr. Raju. Therefore, Mr. Raju is no longer deemed a beneficial owner of such shares. |
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(10) | Represents 160,000 shares of Common Stock owned of record held by Mr. Isaac. |
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(11) | Represents 37,500 shares of Common Stock underlying options granted to Mr. Bajpai, which are exercisable as of April 15, 2007, or sixty (60) days after such date. Excludes 162,500 shares of Common Stock underlying options, which become exercisable over time after such period. |
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(12) | Represents 14,843 shares of Common Stock underlying options granted to Mr. Karanam, which are exercisable as of April 15, 2007, or sixty (60) days after such date. Excludes 22,657 shares of Common Stock underlying options, which become exercisable over time after such period. |
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(13) | Represents 191,220 shares of Common Stock underlying options granted to Mr. Prithviraj, which are exercisable as of April 15, 2007, or sixty (60) days after such date. Excludes 100,000 shares of Common Stock underlying options granted to Mr. Prithviraj, which become exercisable over time after such period. |
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(14) | Represents 20,625 shares of Common Stock underlying options granted to Mr. Subramaniam, which are exercisable as of April 15, 2007, or sixty (60) days after such date. Excludes 39,375 shares of Common Stock underlying options granted to Mr. Subramaniam, which become exercisable over time after such period. |
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(15) | The information on the table is based solely upon data derived from a Form 4 filed by Mr. Poomalil on June 6, 2005. |
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Effective August 1, 2005, Intelligroup Asia Pvt. Ltd. (“IGA”) entered into an agreement to lease certain premises for certain of the Company’s India operations from ILABS Hyderabad Technology Center Pvt. Ltd. (“iLabs”), a party with which two members of the Company’s Board of Directors, Srinivasa Raju and Sandeep Reddy are affiliated. The terms of the lease agreement provide for, among other things: (1) a minimum lease period of five years with an option for two three-year renewal periods; (2) payment of a security deposit in the amount of 15,282,000 Indian rupees (approximately $352,000); (3) payment of monthly lease fees in the amount of 1,698,000 Indian rupees (approx. $40,000), subject to yearly five percent (5%) escalation; and (4) monthly operations and maintenance fees of 283,000 Indian rupees (approximately $7,000). Prior to entering into this lease, the Company’s Board of Directors reviewed the proposed lease and determined that the terms and conditions were no less favorable to the Company than could be obtained from unrelated third parties.
The Board of Directors of the Company adopted a policy in 2003 requiring that any transactions between the Company and its officers, directors, principal shareholders and their affiliates be on terms no less favorable to the Company than could be obtained from unrelated third parties. In addition, New Jersey law requires that any such transactions be approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Company’s Board of Directors.
SHAREHOLDERS’ PROPOSALS
Shareholders who intend to have a proposal considered for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials for presentation at the Company’s 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act must submit the proposal to the Secretary of the Company at its offices at 499 Thornall Street, Edison, New Jersey 08837, in writing not later than January 7, 2008.
Shareholders who intend to present a proposal at the Meeting without inclusion of such proposal in the Company’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act are required to provide advance notice of such proposal to the Secretary of the Company at the aforementioned address not later than May 8, 2007.
If the Company does not receive notice of a shareholder proposal within this timeframe, the Company’s management will use its discretionary authority to vote the shares it represents as the Board of the Company may recommend.
The Company reserves the right to reject, rule out of order, or take other appropriate action with respect to any proposal that does not comply with these or other applicable requirements.
HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS
The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries such as brokers to satisfy delivery requirements for proxy statements with respect to two or more shareholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement addressed to those shareholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as “householding,” potentially provides extra convenience for shareholders and cost savings for companies. The Company and some brokers household proxy materials, delivering a single proxy statement to multiple shareholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected shareholders. Once you have received notice from your broker or us that they or we will be householding materials to your address, householding will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in householding and would prefer to receive a separate proxy statement, please notify your broker if your shares are held in a brokerage account or us if you hold registered shares. You can notify us by sending a written request to Intelligroup, Inc., 499 Thornall Street, Edison, New Jersey 08837, Attn: Corporate Secretary.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors is not aware of any matter to be presented for action at the Meeting other than the matters referred to above and does not intend to bring any other matters before the Meeting. However, if other matters should come before the Meeting, it is intended that holders of the proxies will vote thereon in their discretion.
GENERAL
The accompanying proxy is solicited by and on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company, whose notice of meeting is attached to this Proxy Statement, and the entire cost of such solicitation will be borne by the Company.
In addition to the use of the mails, proxies may be solicited by personal interview, telephone and telegram by Directors, officers and other employees of the Company who will not be specially compensated for these services. The Company will also request that brokers, nominees, custodians and other fiduciaries forward soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of shares held of record by such brokers, nominees, custodians and other fiduciaries. The Company will reimburse such persons for their reasonable expenses in connection therewith.
Certain information contained in this Proxy Statement relating to the occupations and security holdings of Directors and officers of the Company is based upon information received from the individual Directors and officers.
INTELLIGROUP, INC. WILL FURNISH, WITHOUT CHARGE, A COPY OF ITS REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006, INCLUDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES THERETO BUT NOT INCLUDING EXHIBITS, TO EACH OF ITS SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORD ON APRIL 13, 2007 AND TO EACH BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDER ON THAT DATE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST MADE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY. A REASONABLE FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR COPIES OF REQUESTED EXHIBITS.
PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE IN THE ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE. A PROMPT RETURN OF YOUR PROXY CARD WILL BE APPRECIATED, AS IT WILL SAVE THE EXPENSE OF FURTHER MAILINGS. ALSO, REGISTERED AND MOST BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS MAY VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR OVER THE INTERNET. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THESE CONVENIENT SERVICES ARE SET FORTH ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YOUR PROXY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IN THIS WAY, YOU CAN BE SURE YOUR SHARES WILL BE VOTED AT THE MEETING.
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Annexure A
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF INTELLIGROUP, INC.
The undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment under Section 14A:9-2(4) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act for the purpose of amending its Certificate of Incorporation.
1. | NAME |
The name of this Corporation is Intelligroup, Inc.
2. | AMENDMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION |
The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended in the following respects:
The first paragraph of Article Three of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to read:
| The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is seventy million (70,000,000) shares. The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock designated as “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock,” respectively. The total number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued by the Corporation is sixty-five million (65,000,000), each such share of Common Stock having a par value of $.01. The total number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized to be issued by the Corporation shall be five million (5,000,000), each such share of Preferred Stock having a par value of $.01, all of which is undesignated. |
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3. | DATE OF ADOPTION BY THE SHAREHOLDERS |
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The amendments of the Certificate of Incorporation were adopted by the Shareholders of this Corporation on [June 8, 2007]. | |
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| At the time of such adoption, 41,932,857 shares were entitled to vote thereon, and the vote was as follows: |
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4. | EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT |
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The amendments of the Certificate of Incorporation become effective on the day that this Certificate of Amendment is filed in the office of the New Jersey Secretary of State. | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby certify that the information set forth in this Certificate of Amendment is true and complete. |
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Annexure B
Intelligroup, Inc.
Corporate Governance Guidelines
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Intelligroup, Inc. (the “Company”) has adopted the following Corporate Governance Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) to assist the Board in the exercise of its duties and responsibilities and to serve the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. The Guidelines should be applied in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and the Company’s charter and bylaws, each as amended and in effect from time to time. The Guidelines provide a framework for the conduct of the Board’s business. The Board may modify or make exceptions to the Guidelines from time to time in its discretion and consistent with its duties and responsibilities to the Company and its shareholders.
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| 1. | Oversee Management of the Company. The principal responsibility of the directors is to oversee the management of the Company and, in so doing, serve the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. This responsibility includes: | |
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| • | Reviewing and approving fundamental operating, financial and other corporate plans, strategies and objectives. |
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| • | Evaluating the performance of the Company and its senior executives and taking appropriate action, including removal, when warranted. |
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| • | Evaluating the Company’s compensation programs on a regular basis and determining the compensation of its senior executives. |
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| • | Requiring, approving and implementing senior executive succession plans. |
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| • | Evaluating whether corporate resources are used only for appropriate business purposes. |
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| • | Establishing a corporate environment that promotes timely and effective disclosure (including robust and appropriate controls, procedures and incentives), fiscal accountability, high ethical standards and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. |
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| • | Reviewing and approving material transactions and commitments not entered into in the ordinary course of business. |
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| 2. | Exercise Business Judgment. In discharging their fiduciary duties of care, loyalty and candor, directors are expected to exercise their business judgment to act in what they reasonably believe to be the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. | |
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| 3. | Understand the Company and its Business. Directors have an obligation to become and remain informed about the Company and its business, including the following: | |
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| • | The principal operational and financial objectives, strategies and plans of the Company. |
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| • | The results of operations and financial condition of the Company and of significant subsidiaries and business segments. |
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| • | The relative standing of the business segments within the Company and vis-à-vis competitors. |
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| 4. | Establish Effective Systems. Directors are responsible for determining that effective systems are in place for the periodic and timely reporting to the Board on important matters concerning the Company, including the following: | |
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| • | Current business and financial performance, the degree of achievement of approved objectives and the need to address forward-planning issues. |
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| 5. | Board, Shareholder and Committee Meetings. Directors are responsible for attending Board meetings, meetings of committees on which they serve and the annual meeting of shareholders, and devoting the time needed, and meeting as frequently as necessary, to discharge their responsibilities properly. | |
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| 6. | Reliance on Management and Advisors; Indemnification. The directors are entitled to rely on the Company’s senior executives and its outside advisors, auditors and legal counsel, except to the extent that any such person’s integrity, honesty or competence is in doubt. The directors are also entitled to Company-provided indemnification, statutory exculpation and directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. | |
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| 1. | Independence. Except as may otherwise be permitted by NASDAQ rules, a majority of the members of the Board shall be independent directors. To be considered independent: (1) a director must be independent as determined under the applicable rules of the national exchange upon which the Company’s securities are listed and (2) in the Board’s judgment, the director must not have a material relationship with the Company that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. | |
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| 2. | Size of the Board. The Board currently has 7 members. The Board believes this is an appropriate size given the Company’s present circumstances, but that a smaller or larger Board may be appropriate at any given time, depending on circumstances and changes in the Company’s business. | |
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| 3. | Other Directorships. A director shall limit the number of other public company boards on which he or she serves so that he or she is able to devote adequate time to his or her duties to the Company, including preparing for and attending meetings. Directors should advise the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in advance of accepting an invitation to serve on another public company board. Service on boards and/or committees of other organizations shall comply with the Company’s conflict of interest policies. | |
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| 4. | Tenure. The Board does not believe it should establish term limits. Term limits could result in the loss of directors who have been able to develop, over a period of time, increasing insight into the Company and its operations and an institutional memory that benefit the entire membership of the Board as well as management. As an alternative to term limits, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall review each director’s continuation on the Board at least once every three years. This will allow each director the opportunity to conveniently confirm his or her desire to continue as a member of the Board and allow the Company to conveniently replace directors who are no longer interested or effective. |
| 5. | Retirement. Any director who reaches the age of 70 while serving as a director will retire from the Board effective at the end of his or her then current term, unless the Board or its Nominating Committee specifically recommend that the director in question shall continue in service. | |
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| 6. | Lead Director. In the event that the Chairman of the Board is not an independent director, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may nominate an independent director to serve as “Lead Director,” who shall be approved by a majority of the independent directors. | |
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| 7. | Separation of the Offices of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Board does not have a policy on whether the offices of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer should be separate and, if they are to be separate, whether the Chairman of the Board should be selected from among the independent directors or should be an employee of the Company. | |
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| 8. | Selection of New Director Candidates. Except where the Company is legally required by contract, bylaw or otherwise to provide third parties with the ability to nominate directors, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be responsible for (i) identifying individuals qualified to become Board members, consistent with criteria approved by the Board, and (ii) recommending to the Board the persons to be nominated for election as directors at any meeting of |
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| 9. | Extending the Invitation to a New Director Candidate to Join the Board. The invitation to join the Board should be extended by the Chairman of the Board, on behalf of the Board, and the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, on behalf of such Committee. Unauthorized approaches to prospective directors can be premature, embarrassing and harmful. | |
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| 10. | Former Chief Executive Officer’s Board Membership. The Board believes that the continuation of a former Chief Executive Officer of the Company on the Board is a matter to be decided in each individual instance by the Board, upon recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Accordingly, when the Chief Executive Officer ceases to serve in that position, he or she will be expected to resign from the Board if so requested by the Board, upon recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. | |
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| 3. | Advance Distribution of Materials. Information and data that are important to the Board’s understanding of the business to be conducted at a Board or committee meeting should generally be distributed in writing to the directors before the meeting, and directors should review these materials in advance of the meeting. The Board acknowledges that certain items to be discussed at a Board or committee meeting may be of an extremely confidential or time-sensitive nature and that the distribution of materials on these matters prior to meetings may not be appropriate or practicable. Presentations made at Board meetings should do more than summarize previously distributed Board meeting materials. | |
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| 2. | Assignment and Rotation of Committee Members. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be responsible for recommending to the Board the directors to be appointed to each committee of the Board. Except as otherwise permitted by the applicable rules of the national exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed, each member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be an “independent director” as defined by such rules. | |
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| 3. | Committee Charters. In accordance with the applicable rules of the national exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed, the charters of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Qualified Legal Compliance Committee shall set forth the purposes, goals and responsibilities of the committees as well as qualifications for committee membership, procedures for committee member appointment and removal, committee structure and operations and committee reporting to the Board. The Board shall, from time to time as it deems appropriate, review and reassess the adequacy of each charter and make appropriate changes. | |
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| 4. | Selection of Agenda Items. The chairman of each committee, in consultation with the committee members, shall develop the committee’s agenda or shall delegate such function to other directors or to management. At the beginning of the year each committee shall establish a schedule of subjects to be discussed during the year (to the extent practicable). The schedule for each committee meeting shall be furnished to all directors. |
| 5. | Frequency and Length of Committee Meetings. The chairman of each committee, in consultation with the committee members, shall determine the frequency and length of the committee meetings consistent with any requirements set forth in the committee’s charter. Special meetings may be called from time to time as determined by the needs of the business and the responsibilities of the committees. | |
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| 1. | Role of Board and Compensation Committee. The form and amount of director compensation shall be determined by the Compensation Committee in accordance with the policies and principles set forth below. The Compensation Committee shall conduct an annual review of the compensation of the Company’s directors. The Compensation Committee shall consider that questions as to directors’ independence may be raised if director compensation and perquisites exceed customary levels, if the Company makes substantial charitable contributions to organizations with which a director is affiliated or if the Company enters into consulting contracts or business arrangements with (or provides other indirect forms of compensation to) a director or an organization with which the director is affiliated. | |
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| 2. | Form of Compensation. The Board believes that directors should be incentivized to focus on long-term shareholder value. Including equity as part of director compensation helps align the interest of directors with those of the Company’s shareholders. |
| 3. | Amount of Consideration. The Company seeks to attract exceptional talent to its Board. Therefore, the Company’s policy is to compensate directors at least competitively relative to comparable companies. The Company’s management shall, from time to time, present a comparison report to the Board, comparing the Company’s director compensation with that of comparable companies. The Board believes that it is appropriate for the Chairman of the Board and the chairmen and members of the committees to receive additional compensation for their services in those positions. | |
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| The Board believes that the Chief Executive Officer and his or her designees speak for the Company. Individual Board members may, from time to time, meet or otherwise communicate with various constituencies that are involved with the Company. It is, however, expected that Board members would do so with the knowledge of and, absent unusual circumstances or as contemplated by the committee charters, only at the request of the Company’s senior executives. | ||
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| The Board will give appropriate attention to written communications that are submitted by shareholders and other interested parties, and will respond if and as appropriate. Absent unusual circumstances or as contemplated by the committee charters, the Chairman of the Board (if an independent director), or the Lead Director (if one is appointed), or otherwise the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall, subject to advice and assistance from the General Counsel, (1) be primarily responsible for monitoring communications from shareholders and other interested parties, and (2) provide copies or summaries of such communications to the other directors as he or she considers appropriate. | ||
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Annexure C
Intelligroup, Inc.
Audit Committee Charter
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| 5. | Compensation. The compensation of Audit Committee members shall be as determined by the Board of Directors. No member of the Audit Committee may receive, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than fees paid in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board. |
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| 2. | Independence. The Audit Committee shall take, or recommend that the full Board of Directors take, appropriate action to oversee the independence of the independent auditor. In connection with this responsibility, the Audit Committee shall obtain and review a formal written statement from the independent auditor describing all relationships between the auditor and the Company, including the disclosures required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1. The Audit Committee shall actively engage in dialogue with the auditor concerning any disclosed relationships or services that might impact the objectivity and independence of the auditor. |
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| 8. | Audit Committee Report. The Audit Committee shall prepare an annual committee report for inclusion where necessary in the proxy statement of the Company relating to its annual meeting of security holders. |
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| 2. | Subcommittees. The Audit Committee may form and delegate authority to one or more subcommittees (including a subcommittee consisting of a single member), as it deems appropriate from time to time under the circumstances. Any decision of a subcommittee to preapprove audit, review, attest or non-audit services shall be presented to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. |
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Annexure D
Intelligroup, Inc.
Compensation Committee Charter
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| 7. | Compensation Committee Report on Repricing of Options/SARs. If during the last fiscal year of the Company (while the Company was a reporting company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Exchange Act”)) any adjustment or amendment was made to the exercise price of any stock option or stock appreciation right previously awarded to a “named executive officer” (as such term is defined from time to time in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K), the Compensation Committee shall furnish the report required by Item 402(i) of Regulation S-K. |
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| 6. | Independent Advisors. The Compensation Committee shall have the authority, without further action by the Board of Directors, to engage such independent legal, accounting and other advisors as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities. Such independent advisors may be the regular advisors to the Company. The Compensation Committee is empowered, without further action by the Board of Directors, to cause the Company to pay the compensation of such advisors as established by the Compensation Committee. |
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Annexure E
Intelligroup, Inc.
Nominating, Corporate Governance and
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