DIRECTORS’ REPORT

Your Bank has a consistent dividend payment history. Your Bank’s Dividend Distribution Policy is based on the profitability and key financial metrics, capital position & requirements and the regulations pertaining to the payment of dividend. The Board of Directors has recommended a dividend of ₹ 8.00 per equity share for the year ended March 31, 2023.

The Bank has appropriated accumulated profit as follows:

1. The Bank had shifted certain securities from held-to-maturity (HTM) category to available-for-sale (AFS) category on May 3, 2017. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) through its order dated May 3, 2021 directed the Bank to appropriate the net profit made on sale of these investments during fiscal 2018 to capital reserve. Accordingly, an amount of ₹ 15.09 billion was transferred from balance in profit and loss account to capital reserve during fiscal 2022.

2. Represents an amount transferred to Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR) on net profit on sale of AFS and held-for-trading (HFT) investments during the period. The amount not less than the lower of net profit on sale of AFS and HFT category investments during the year or net profit for the year less mandatory appropriations is required to be transferred to IFR, until the amount of IFR is at least 2% of the HFT and AFS portfolio. The Bank can draw down balance available in IFR in excess of 2% of its AFS and HFT portfolio.

3. Represent dividend declared for previous financial year and paid in current financial year.

The Bank prepares its financial statements in accordance with the applicable accounting standards, RBI guidelines and other applicable laws/regulations. RBI, under its risk-based supervision exercise, carries out the risk assessment of the Bank on an annual basis. This assessment is undertaken for the position at March 31, 2023. As a part of this assessment, RBI separately reviews asset classification and provisioning of credit facilities given by the Bank to its borrowers. The divergences, if any, in classification or provisioning arising out of the supervisory process are given effect to in the financial statements in subsequent periods after conclusion of the exercise.

In terms of the RBI circular no. DBR.BP.BC.No.32/ 21.04.018/2018-19 dated April 1, 2019, banks are required to disclose the divergences in asset classification and provisioning consequent to RBI’s annual supervisory process in their notes to accounts to the financial statements, wherever either (a) the additional provisioning requirements assessed by RBI exceed 10% of the reported net profits before provisions and contingencies or (b) the additional gross NPAs identified by RBI exceed 15% of the published incremental gross NPAs for the reference period, or both. Based on the condition mentioned in the RBI circular, no disclosure on divergence in asset classification and provisioning for NPAs is required with respect to RBI’s supervisory process for fiscal 2022.

During the year under review, the Bank allotted 34,044,356 equity shares of ₹ 2.00 each pursuant to exercise of stock options under the ICICI Bank Employees Stock Option Scheme - 2000. For details refer to Schedule 1 of the financial statements.

Pursuant to Section 186(11) of the Companies Act, 2013, the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, except sub-section (1), do not apply to a loan made, guarantee given or security provided by a banking company in the ordinary course of business. The particulars of investments made by the Bank are disclosed in Schedule 8 of the financial statements as per the applicable provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

There was no change in the subsidiaries and associates of the Bank during fiscal 2023. The Bank does not have any joint venture company. As at March 31, 2023, your Bank had following subsidiaries (15) and associate (9) companies:

The performance of subsidiaries and associates and their contribution to the overall performance of the Bank as on March 31, 2023 is given in “Consolidated Financial Statements of ICICI Bank Limited - Schedule 18 - Note 12 - Additional information to consolidated accounts” of this Annual Report. A summary of key financials of the Bank’s subsidiaries is also given in “Statement Pursuant to Section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013” of this Annual Report.

The highlights of the performance of key subsidiaries are given as a part of Management’s Discussion & Analysis under the section “Consolidated financials as per Indian GAAP”.

The Bank will make available separate audited financial statements of the subsidiaries to any Member upon request. These documents/details will be available on the Bank's website at https://www.icicibank.com/about-us/ annual and will also be available for inspection by any Member or trustee of the holder of any debentures of the Bank. As required by Accounting Standard 21 (AS-21) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the Bank’s consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report incorporate the accounts of its subsidiaries and other consolidating entities.

There are no significant and/or material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status or future operations of the Bank.

There are no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Bank which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Bank to which the financial statements relate and the date of this Report.

Changes in the composition of the Board of Directors and other Key Managerial Personnel (KMP)

The Board at its Meeting held on April 23, 2022 and the Members at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on August 30, 2022 approved the appointment of Rakesh Jha as a Wholetime Director (designated as Executive Director) for a period of five years effective May 1, 2022 or the date of approval of his appointment by RBI, whichever is later. Rakesh Jha ceased to be the Group Chief Financial Officer effective May 1, 2022 and consequently KMP. RBI, through its letter dated September 2, 2022, communicated its approval for the appointment of Rakesh Jha as an Executive Director of the Bank for a period of three years from the date of its approval. Accordingly, Rakesh Jha assumed office as Executive Director and KMP effective September 2, 2022. The Board at its Meeting held on April 23, 2022 approved the appointment of Anindya Banerjee as the Group Chief Financial Officer and KMP of the Bank with effect from May 1, 2022.

The Board at its Meeting held on June 28, 2022 and the Members at the AGM held on August 30, 2022 approved the following:

The Board at its Meeting held on October 22, 2022, based on the recommendation of the Board Governance, Remuneration & Nomination Committee (BGRNC), approved the re-appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Bank for a period of three years with effect from October 4, 2023 to October 3, 2026, subject to the approval of Members and RBI. The re-appointment is being proposed in the Notice of the forthcoming AGM through item no. 13.

The Board at its Meeting held on May 28, 2023, based on the recommendations of the BGRNC, approved the following:

The resolutions for the above re-appointments are being proposed in the Notice of the forthcoming AGM through item nos. 6 to 8.

The Board also at its Meeting held on May 28, 2023 noted that the Members had approved the appointment of Sandeep Batra as Executive Director of the Bank for a period of five years effective from the date of approval of RBI. The effective date of the same was from December 23, 2020. The current tenure of Sandeep Batra as Executive Director of the Bank as per RBI approval, which was for three years, ends on December 22, 2023. Based on the recommendation of the BGRNC, the Board approved the re-appointment of Sandeep Batra as Executive Director of the Bank for a further period of two years with effect from December 23, 2023 to December 22, 2025, subject to the approval of RBI. This term of two years is within the five years term as previously approved by the Members.

Vishakha Mulye stepped down from her position as Executive Director with effect from May 31, 2022 consequent to her decision to pursue career opportunities outside the ICICI Group. Anup Bagchi ceased to be a Director of the Bank with effect from close of business hours on April 30, 2023 pursuant to his appointment as Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited with effect from June 19, 2023. To ensure a seamless transition, he assumed the office of Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited with effect from May 1, 2023. The Board acknowledges the valuable contribution and guidance provided by both the Directors.

The Board at its Meeting held on March 16, 2023, based on the recommendation of the BGRNC, approved the appointment of Prachiti Lalingkar as the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer and KMP of the Bank effective April 1, 2023 pursuant to the superannuation of Ranganath Athreya in July 2023. Ranganath Athreya ceased to be the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer and KMP of the Bank with effect from close of business hours on March 31, 2023.

As on the date of this report, in terms of Section 203(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, Sandeep Bakhshi, Managing Director & CEO, Rakesh Jha, Executive Director, Sandeep Batra, Executive Director, Anindya Banerjee, Group Chief Financial Officer and Prachiti Lalingkar, Company Secretary are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Bank.

Declaration of Independence

All Independent Directors have given declarations that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended and Regulation 16 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, as amended (SEBI Listing Regulations) which have been relied on by the Bank and were placed at the Board Meeting held on April 22, 2023. In the opinion of the Board, the Independent Directors fulfil the conditions specified in the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI Listing Regulations and are independent of the Management.

Retirement by rotation

In terms of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013, Sandeep Bakhshi would retire by rotation at the forthcoming AGM and, being eligible, offers himself for reappointment.

Statutory Auditors

At the AGM held on August 30, 2022, the Members approved the re-appointment of M/s M S K A & Associates, Chartered Accountants (hereinafter referred to as M S K A & Associates) and M/s KKC & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants (formerly M/s Khimji Kunverji & Co LLP), (hereinafter referred to as KKC & Associates LLP) as the joint statutory auditors to hold office from the conclusion of the Twenty-Eighth AGM till the conclusion of the Twenty-Ninth AGM. As per the RBI guidelines, the joint statutory auditors of the banking companies are allowed to continue for a period of three years, subject to fulfilling the prescribed eligibility norms. Accordingly, M S K A & Associates, Chartered Accountants and KKC & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants would be eligible for re-appointment at the conclusion of the forthcoming AGM. Based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board has proposed the re-appointment of M S K A & Associates, Chartered Accountants and KKC & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants as the joint statutory auditors for the year ending March 31, 2024 (fiscal 2024). The joint statutory auditors will hold office from the conclusion of the forthcoming AGM till the conclusion of Thirtieth AGM. Their re-appointment has been approved by RBI. The re-appointment of the joint statutory auditors is proposed to the Members in the Notice of the forthcoming AGM through item nos. 4 and 5.

There are no qualifications, reservation or adverse remarks made by the joint statutory auditors in the audit report.

Secretarial Auditors

The Board appointed M/s. Parikh Parekh & Associates, a firm of Company Secretaries in Practice to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Bank for fiscal 2023. The Secretarial Audit Report is annexed herewith as Annexure A. There are no qualifications, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made by the auditor in the report save and except disclaimer made by them in discharge of their professional obligation.

The Annual Secretarial Compliance Report for fiscal 2023 is available on the website of the Bank at https://www. icicibank.com/about-us/disclosures-to-stock-exchanges and on the websites of the stock exchanges i.e. BSE Limited (BSE) at www.bseindia.com and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) at www.nseindia.com.

Maintenance of Cost Records

Being a banking company, the Bank is not required to maintain cost records as specified by the Central Government under Section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013.

Reporting of Frauds by Auditors

During the year under review, there were no instances of fraud reported by the statutory auditors, branch auditors and secretarial auditor under Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 to the Audit Committee or the Board of Directors.

The statement containing particulars of employees as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is given in an Annexure and forms part of this report. In terms of Section 136(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the annual report and the financial statements are being sent to the Members excluding the aforesaid Annexure. The Annexure is available for inspection and any Member interested in obtaining a copy of the Annexure may write to the Company Secretary of the Bank.

The Bank has adequate internal controls and processes in place with respect to its financial statements which provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements. These controls and processes are driven through various policies, procedures and certifications. The processes and controls are reviewed periodically. The Bank has a mechanism of testing the controls at regular intervals for their design and operating effectiveness to ascertain the reliability and authenticity of financial information.

The Bank has obtained a certificate from its statutory auditors that it is in compliance with the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 provisions with respect to investments made in its consolidated subsidiaries and associates during fiscal 2023.

The Bank has a Board-approved Group Arm’s Length Policy which requires transactions with the group companies to be at arm’s length. All the related party transactions between the Bank and its related parties, entered during the year ended March 31, 2023, were on arm’s length basis and were in the ordinary course of business.

There were no related party transactions to be reported under Section 188(1) of the Companies Act 2013, in Form No. AOC-2, pursuant to Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

All related party transactions as required under Accounting Standard AS-18 are reported in note no. 46 of schedule 18 - Notes to Accounts of standalone financial statements and note no. 2 of schedule 18 - Notes to Accounts of consolidated financial statements of the Bank.

The Bank has a Board-approved Related Party Transactions Policy, which has been disclosed on the website of the Bank and can be viewed at (https://www. icicibank.com/about-us/other-policies).

The Annual Return in Form No. MGT-7 will be hosted on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/about-us/annual).

The Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report as stipulated under Regulation 34(2)(f) of the SEBI Listing Regulations will be hosted on the Bank’s website at (https://www.icicibank.com/about-us/annual) as part of the green initiative of the Bank. Any Member interested in obtaining a copy of the Report may write to the Company Secretary of the Bank.

The Bank has been releasing the Environmental, Social and Governance Report since fiscal 2020. The report for fiscal 2023 will be hosted on the Bank’s website at (https://www.icicibank.com/about-us/annual).

The Bank has adopted the principles of the International Integrated Reporting Framework as developed by the International Integrated Reporting Council in its Annual Report since fiscal 2019. For accessing the Report for fiscal 2023, please refer to the Integrated Report section of the Annual Report 2022-23.

The Bank’s risk management framework is based on a clear understanding of various risks, disciplined risk assessment & measurement procedures and continuous monitoring. The Board of Directors has oversight on all the risks assumed by the Bank. Specific committees have been constituted to facilitate focused oversight of various risks, as follows:

• The Risk Committee of the Board, reviews, inter alia, risk management policies of the Bank pertaining to credit, market, liquidity, operational and outsourcing risks and business continuity management. The Committee also reviews the Risk Appetite and Enterprise Risk Management frameworks, Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) and stress testing. The stress testing framework includes a range of Bank-specific market (systemic) and combined scenarios. The ICAAP exercise covers the domestic and overseas operations of the Bank, banking subsidiaries and non-banking subsidiaries. The Committee reviews setting up of limits on any industry or country, migration to the advanced approaches under Basel II and implementation of Basel Ill and the activities of the Asset Liability Management Committee. The Committee reviews the level and direction of major risks pertaining to credit, market, liquidity, operationaI, reputation, technology, information security, compliance, group and capital at risk as a part of the risk dashboard. In addition, the Committee has oversight on risks of subsidiaries covered under the Group Risk Management Framework. The Risk Committee also reviews the Liquidity Contingency Plan for the Bank and the various thresholds set out in the Plan.
• The Credit Committee of the Board, apart from sanctioning credit proposals based on the Bank’s credit approval authorisation framework, reviews developments in key industrial sectors (along with exposure to these sectors), the Bank’s exposure to large borrower accounts and borrower groups. The Credit Committee also reviews major credit portfolios, non-performing loans, accounts under watch, overdues, incremental sanctions, etc.
• The Audit Committee of the Board, provides direction to and monitors the quality of the internal audit function, oversees the financial reporting process and also monitors compliance with inspection and audit reports of RBI, other regulators and statutory auditors.
• The Asset Liability Management Committee provides guidance for management of liquidity of the overall Bank and management of interest rate risk in the banking book within the broad parameters laid down by the Board of Directors/Risk Committee.

Summaries of reviews conducted by these Committees are reported to the Board on a regular basis.

Policies approved from time to time by the Board of Directors/Committees of the Board form the governing framework for each type of risk. The business activities are undertaken within this policy framework. Independent groups and subgroups have been constituted across the Bank to facilitate independent evaluation, monitoring and reporting of various risks. These groups function independently of the business groups/subgroups.

The Bank has dedicated groups, namely, the Risk Management Group, Compliance Group, Corporate Legal Group, Internal Audit Group and the Financial Crime Prevention & Reputation Risk Management Group, with a mandate to identify, assess and monitor all of the Bank’s principal risks in accordance with well-defined policies and procedures. The Risk Management Group is further organised into Credit Risk Management Group, Market Risk Management Group, Operational Risk Management Group and Information Security Group. The Chief Risk Officer (CRO) reports to the Risk Committee constituted by the Board which reviews risk management policies of the Bank. The CRO, for administrative purposes, reports to an Executive Director of the Bank. The above mentioned groups are independent of all business operations and coordinate with representatives of the business units to implement the Bank’s risk management policies and methodologies.

The Internal Audit Group acts as an independent entity and is responsible to evaluate and provide objective assurance on the effectiveness of internal controls, risk management and governance processes within the Bank and suggest improvements. The Internal Audit Group maintains appropriately qualified personnel to fulfill its responsibilities. The Internal Audit and Compliance groups are responsible to the Audit Committee of the Board.

The Bank has a policy against sexual harassment and a formal process for dealing with complaints of harassment or discrimination. The said policy is in line with the requirements of ‘The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013’. The Bank has complied with provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Committee under the said Act.

The details pertaining to number of complaints during the year has been provided below:

• ¹ All complaints received during fiscal 2023 have been closed within the applicable turnaround time of 90 days.

The corporate governance framework at ICICI Bank is based on an effective independent Board, the separation of the Board’s supervisory role from the executive management and the constitution of Board Committees to oversee critical areas. At March 31, 2023, Independent Directors constituted a majority on most of the Committees and most of the Committees were chaired by Independent Directors.

• Philosophy of Corporate Governance

  At ICICI Bank, we are committed to maintain the highest standards of governance in the conduct of our business and continuously strive to create lasting value for all our stakeholders. We focus on maintaining comprehensive compliance with the laws, rules and regulations that govern our business and promote a culture of accountability, transparency and ethical conduct across the Bank.

  Group Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

  The Group Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Directors and employees of the ICICI Group aims at ensuring consistent standards of conduct and ethical business practices across the constituents of the ICICI Group. This Code is reviewed on an annual basis and the latest Code is available on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/managed-assets/docs/ personal/general-links/code_of_business_conduct_ ethics.pdf). Pursuant to the SEBI Listing Regulations, a confirmation from the Managing Director & CEO regarding compliance with the Code by all the Directors and senior management forms part of the Annual Report.

  Code of Conduct as prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015

  In accordance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, the Bank has adopted the Code on Prohibition of Insider Trading.

  Material Subsidiaries

  In accordance with the requirements of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Bank has formulated a Policy for determining Material Subsidiaries and the same has been hosted on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/about-us/other-policies).

  The Bank does not have any unlisted material subsidiary. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited is a material listed subsidiary of the Bank in terms of the provisions of the SEBI Listing Regulations. The additional details with regard to ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited are as follows:

  Date of	July 20, 2000
  incorporation
  Place of	Mumbai
  incorporation
  Statutory	B S R & Co. LLP
  Auditors	Chartered Accountants
  	Firm Registration No. 101248W/
  	W-100022
  	Date of Appointment: July 17, 2019
  	Walker Chandiok & Co. LLP
  	Chartered Accountants
  	Firm Registration No. 001076N/
  	N500013
  	Date of Appointment: June 25, 2021

  Familiarisation Programme for Independent Directors

  Independent Directors are familiarised with their roles, rights and responsibilities in the Bank as well as with the nature of the industry and the business model of the Bank through induction programmes at the time of their appointment as Directors and through presentations on economy & industry overview, key regulatory developments, strategy and performance which are made to the Directors from time to time. Additionally, Independent Directors also attend the programmes organised by reputed institutions. The details of the familiarisation programmes have been hosted on the website of the Bank at (https://www. icicibank.com/about-us/bod-1).

  Dividend Distribution Policy

  In accordance with Regulation 43A of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Dividend Distribution Policy is hosted on the website of the Bank and can be viewed at (https://www.icicibank. com/aboutus/other-policies.page?#toptitle).

  Whistle Blower Policy

  The Bank has formulated a Whistle Blower Policy which is periodically reviewed. The policy comprehensively provides an opportunity for any employee (including directors), secondees or stakeholders of the Bank to raise any issue concerning breaches of law, accounting policies or any act resulting in financial or reputation loss and misuse of office or suspected or actual fraud. The policy provides for a mechanism to report such concerns to the Audit Committee through specified channels. The policy has been periodically communicated to the employees and also posted on the Bank’s intranet. Issues raised under the Whistle Blower Policy or to senior management are investigated for appropriate action, including an assessment of the impact on financial statements, if any. The Whistle Blower Policy complies with the requirements of vigil mechanism as stipulated under Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The details of establishment of the Whistle Blower Policy/vigil mechanism have been disclosed on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/aboutus/other-policies?#toptitle).

  CEO/CFO Certification

  In terms of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the certification by the Managing Director & CEO and Chief Financial Officer on the financial statements and internal controls relating to financial reporting has been obtained.

  Details of utilisation of funds

  During the year under review, the Bank has not raised any funds through preferential allotment or Qualified Institutions Placement as specified under Regulation 32(7A) of the SEBI Listing Regulations.

  During the year under review, the Bank has raised ₹ 71,000.0 million through issue of senior unsecured redeemable long term bonds in the nature of debentures, in tranches, on private placement basis. There is no deviation in utilisation of the funds.

  Fees to statutory auditors

  The details of fees pertaining to services provided by the statutory auditors and entities in the network firm/network entity of which the statutory auditors are a part, to ICICI Bank Limited and its subsidiaries during the year ended March 31, 2023 are given in the following table:

   

  Nature of service	Amount in ₹1
  Audit	52,500,000
  Certification and other audit
  related services	10,960,000
  Total	63,460,000

  1. Excludes taxes and out of pocket expenses.

  Recommendations of mandatory committees

  All the recommendations made by the committees of the Board mandatorily required to be constituted by the Bank under the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI Listing Regulations were accepted by the Board.

  Skills/expertise/competence of the Board of Directors

  The Bank has identified the core skills/expertise/ competence of the Board of Directors as required under Section 10A(2)(a) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 in the context of its business(s) and the sectors(s) for it to function effectively and has been in compliance with the same.

  The details of the core skills/expertise/competence possessed by the existing directors of the Bank is detailed as under:

  Name of	Areas of expertise
  Director
  Girish Chandra	Agriculture and rural economy,
  Chaturvedi	Banking, Co-operation,
  	Economics, Finance, Small Scale
  	Industry, Human Resources,
  	Risk Management, Business
  	Management, Insurance
  Hari L. Mundra	Accountancy, Banking, Economics
  	Finance, Law, Human Resources,
  	Risk Management, Business
  	Management, Business and
  	Financial Strategy, Treasury
  	M&A, Business Restructuring and
  	Taxation
  S. Madhavan	Accountancy, Banking, Economics
  	Finance, Law, Information
  	Technology, Human Resources,
  	Risk Management, Business
  	Management, Strategy, Business
  	Operations, Governance, Taxation
  Neelam Dhawan	Banking, Information Technology,
  	Human Resources, Business
  	Management, Corporate
  	Governance and Business Strategy
  Radhakrishnan	Accountancy, Agriculture and Rural
  Nair	Economy, Banking, Co-operation,
  	Economics, Finance, Law, Small
  	Scale Industry, Payment and
  	Settlement Systems, Human
  	Resources, Risk Management,
  	Business Management, Insurance,
  	Securities, Treasury Management,
  	Foreign Exchange Management,
  	Information Technology, Investor
  	Protection
  B. Sriram	Banking, Finance, Small Scale Industry,
  	Information Technology, Payment and
  	Settlement Systems, Credit and Risk,
  	Treasury, Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  Uday Chitale	Accountancy, Banking, Finance,
  	Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR),
  	Auditing & Assurance, Securities
  Vibha Paul Rishi	Consumer Insight & Marketing,
  	Strategy, Accountancy, Agriculture and
  	rural economy, Economics, Finance,
  	Information Technology, Human
  	Resources, Risk Management, Business
  	Management
  Sandeep	Banking, Finance, Business
  Bakhshi	Management, Insurance
  Rakesh Jha	Banking, Business Management, Risk
  	Management, Finance, Accountancy,
  	Economics and Information Technology
  Sandeep Batra	Accountancy, Banking, Finance, Law,
  	Information Technology, Human
  	Resources, Risk Management, Business
  	Management, Insurance, Securities,
  	Governance, Economics

  
  

  Credit Rating as on March 31, 2023

  Foreign currency denominated instruments issued by the Bank

  Instrument type	Moody's	S&P
  Senior unsecured medium term
  notes	Baa3	BBB-
  Certificate of Deposits	P-3	-

  Rupee denominated instruments issued by the Bank

  Instrument type	CARE	ICRA	CRISIL
  Tier II bonds (Basel III)	CARE	[ICRA]
  	AAA	AAA	-
  Additional Tier 1 bonds	CARE	[ICRA]	CRISIL
  (Basel III)	AA+	AA+	AA+
  Unsecured redeemable	CARE	[ICRA]	CRISIL
  bonds	AAA	AAA	AAA
  Long term bonds issued	CARE	[ICRA]	CRISIL
  by erstwhile ICICI Limited	AAA	AAA	AAA
  Certificate of Deposits	CARE	[ICRA]
  	A1+	A1+	-
  Fixed deposits	CARE	[ICRA]
  	AAA	AAA	-

  Moody's: Moody's Investors Services
  S&P: S&P Global Ratings
  CARE: CARE Ratings Limited, India
  ICRA: ICRA Limited, India
  CRISIL: CRISIL Limited, India

  Notes:

  (1)

  In May 2022, Japan Credit Rating Agency, Limited withdrew ICICI Bank’s foreign currency long-term issuer rating of BBB+. The rating withdrawal was at the Bank’s request pursuant to the full repayment of bonds and subsequent delisting of the Tokyo Pro-bond Programme

  (2)

  In June 2022, ICRA Limited standardised its rating scale based on directions from SEBI, and accordingly revised the rating symbol for ICICI Bank’s fixed deposits programme from MAAA to [ICRA]AAA.

  Certificate from a Company Secretary in practice

  In terms of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Bank has obtained a Certificate from a Company Secretary in practice that none of the Directors on the Board of the Bank have been debarred or disqualified from being appointed or continuing as directors of companies by the Securities and Exchange Board of India/Ministry of Corporate Affairs or any such statutory authority. The Certificate of Company Secretary in practice is annexed herewith as Annexure B.

  Board of Directors

  ICICI Bank has a broad-based Board of Directors, constituted in compliance with the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI Listing Regulations and in accordance with good corporate governance practices. The Board functions either as a full Board or through various committees constituted to oversee specific operational areas.

  The Board of the Bank at March 31, 2023 consisted of twelve Directors, out of which eight were Independent Directors and four were Executive Directors.

  There were nine meetings of the Board during the year - April 23, June 28, July 23, September 16, October 22 and December 16 in 2022 and January 21, February 17-18 and March 16 in 2023.

  There were no inter-se relationships between any of the Directors.

  The names of the Directors, their attendance at Board Meetings during the year, attendance at the last AGM and details of other directorships and board committee memberships held by them at March 31, 2023 are set out in the following table:

  	Board	Attendance	Number of directorships			Number	Directorships in other listed
  	Meetings	at last AGM	of others
  				of other		of other	entity and category of
  Name of Director	attended	(August 30,	Indian public
  				Indian		committee	directorship
  	during	2022)	limited
  				companies		memberships1
  	the year
  			companies
  Independent Directors
  Girish Chandra	9/9	Present	1	-		2(1)	-
  Chaturvedi, Chairman
  (DIN: 00110996)
  Hari L. Mundra	9/9	Present	1	-		1(1)	-
  (DIN: 00287029)
  S. Madhavan	9/9	Present	4	3		6(3)	•  HCL Technologies Limited (ID)
  (DIN: 06451889)							•  Procter & Gamble Health Limited (ID)
  							•  Sterlite Technologies Limited (ID)
  							•  Transport Corporation of India
  							Limited (ID)
  Neelam Dhawan	9/9	Present	2	1		3(2)	-
  (DIN: 00871445)
  Radhakrishnan Nair	9/9	Present	6	1		7(2)	•  Geojit Financial Services Limited (ID)
  (DIN: 07225354)							•  ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
  							Company Limited (ID)
  							•  ICICI Securities Primary Dealership
  							Limited (ID)
  							•  Inditrade Capital Limited (ID)
  B. Sriram	9/9	Present	5	1		4(1)	•  Nippon Life India Asset Management
  (DIN: 02993708)							Limited (ID)
  							•  TVS Motor Company Limited (ID)
  Uday Chitale	9/9	Present	1	1		1(0)	•  ICICI Lombard General Insurance
  (DIN: 00043268)							Company Limited (ID)
  Vibha Paul Rishi	9/9	Present	5	-		6(3)	•  Asian Paints Limited (ID)
  (DIN: 05180796)							•  ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
  							Company Limited (ID)
  							•  Piramal Pharma Limited (ID)
  							•  Tata Chemicals Limited (ID)
  Executive Directors
  Sandeep Bakhshi	9/9	Present	-	-		-	-
  Managing Director &
  Chief Executive Officer
  (DIN: 00109206)
  Anup Bagchi	9/9	Present	3	-		-	•  ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
  (upto April 30, 2023)							Company Limited (NED)
  (DIN: 00105962)
  Rakesh Jha (w.e.f.)	6/6	N.A.	4	-		1(10)	•  ICICI Home Finance Company
  September 2, 2022)							Limited (NED)
  (DIN: 00042075)							•  ICICI Lombard General Insurance
  							Company Limited (NED)
  							•  ICICI Securities Limited (NED)
  Sandeep Batra	9/9	Present	4	-		3(0)	•  ICICI Lombard General Insurance
  (DIN: 03620913)							Company Limited (NED)
  							•  ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
  							Company Limited (NED)
  Vishakha Mulye	1/1	N.A	N.A	N.A		N.A	N.A.
  (Resigned with effect
  from May 31, 2022)
  (DIN: 00203578)
  Independent Director (ID)
  Non-Executive Director (NED)

  1. Includes only chairmanship/membership of Audit Committee and Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee of other Indian public limited companies. Figures in parentheses indicate committee chairpersonships.

  The profiles of the Directors can be viewed on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/aboutus/bod-1.page?#toptitle).

  The Board has constituted various committees, namely, Audit Committee, Board Governance, Remuneration & Nomination Committee, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Credit Committee, Customer Service Committee, Fraud Monitoring Committee, Information Technology Strategy Committee, Risk Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee and Review Committee for Identification of Wilful Defaulters/Non Co-operative Borrowers.

  The quorum of the Board Committees was increased from at least two members to at least three members with effect from June 30, 2019, to transact business at any Board Committee meeting and in case where the Committee comprises of two members only or where two members are participating, then any Independent Director may attend the meeting to fulfil the requirement of three members.

  The terms of reference of the Board Committees as mentioned above, their composition and attendance of the respective Members at the various Committee Meetings held during fiscal 2023 are set out hereinafter:

• Audit Committee

  Terms of Reference

  The Audit Committee provides direction to the audit function and monitors the quality of internal and statutory audit. The responsibilities of the Audit Committee include examining the financial statements and auditors’ report and overseeing the financial reporting process to ensure fairness, sufficiency and credibility of financial statements, review of the quarterly and annual financial statements before submission to the Board, review of management’s discussion & analysis, recommendation of appointment, terms of appointment, remuneration and removal of central and branch statutory auditors and chief internal auditor, approval of payment to statutory auditors for other permitted services rendered by them, reviewing and monitoring with the management the auditor’s independence and the performance and effectiveness of the audit process, approval of transactions with related parties or any subsequent modifications and utilization of loans and/or advances from/investment by the Bank in its subsidiaries. The Audit Committee also reviews the functioning of the Whistle-Blower Policy, adequacy of internal control systems and the internal audit function, compliance with inspection and audit reports and reports of statutory auditors, findings of internal investigations, management letters/letters on internal control weaknesses issued by statutory auditors/internal auditors, investment in shares and advances against shares. The Audit Committee responsibilities also include reviewing with the management the statement of uses/application of funds raised through an issue (public issue, rights issue, preferential issue, etc.), the statement of funds utilised for the purposes other than those stated in the offer document/prospectus/notice and the report submitted by the monitoring agency, monitoring the utilization of proceeds of a public or rights issue and making appropriate recommendations to the Board to take steps in this matter, discussion on the scope of audit with external auditors, examination of reasons for substantial defaults, if any, in payment to stakeholders, valuation of undertakings or assets, evaluation of risk management systems and scrutiny of inter-corporate loans and investments. The Audit Committee is also empowered to appoint/oversee the work of any registered public accounting firm, establish procedures for receipt and treatment of complaints received regarding accounting, internal accounting controls and auditing matters and engage independent counsel as also provide for appropriate funding for compensation to be paid to any firm/advisors. In addition, the Audit Committee also exercises oversight on the regulatory compliance function of the Bank. The Committee also considers and comments on rationale, cost-benefits and impact of schemes involving merger/demerger/ amalgamation etc., on the Bank and its shareholders. The Audit Committee is also empowered to approve the appointment of the Chief Financial Officer (i.e., the whole-time Finance Director or any other person heading the finance function or discharging that function) after assessing the qualifications, experience and background, etc. of the candidate.

  Composition

  There were thirteen Meetings of the Committee during the year - April 15, April 22, April 23, May 27, July 7, July 20, July 22, October 19, October 21 and December 15 in 2022 and January 18, January 20 and March 24 in 2023. The details of the composition of the Committee and attendance at its Meetings held during the year are set out in the following table:

  Name of Member	Number of meetings attended
  Uday Chitale, Chairman	13/13
  S. Madhavan	13/13
  Radhakrishnan Nair	13/13

• Board Governance, Remuneration & Nomination Committee

  Terms of Reference

  The functions of the Committee include recommending appointments of Directors to the Board, identifying persons who are qualified to become Directors and who may be appointed in senior management in accordance with the criteria laid down and recommending to the Board their appointment and removal, formulate a criteria for the evaluation of the performance of the wholetime/Independent Directors and the Board and to extend or continue the term of appointment of Independent Directors on the basis of the report of performance evaluation of Independent Directors, recommending to the Board a policy relating to the remuneration for the Directors, key managerial personnel and other employees, recommending to the Board the remuneration (including performance bonus and perquisites) to wholetime Directors and senior management personnel. The functions also include approving the policy for and quantum of bonus payable to the members of the staff including senior management and key managerial personnel, formulating the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a Director, framing policy on Board diversity, framing guidelines for the Employees Stock Option Scheme/Employees Stock Unit Scheme and decide on the grant of options/units to employees and wholetime Directors of the Bank and its subsidiary companies.

  Composition

  There were five Meetings of the Committee during the year - April 23, 2022, June 24, 2022, October 21, 2022, January 20, 2023 and March 16, 2023. The details of the composition of the Committee and attendance at its Meetings held during the year are set out in the following table:

  Name of Member	Number of meetings attended
  Neelam Dhawan, Chairperson	5/5
  Girish Chandra Chaturvedi	5/5
  B. Sriram	5/5

  Policy/Criteria for Directors’ Appointment

  The Bank with the approval of its Board Governance, Remuneration & Nomination Committee (Committee) has put in place a policy on Directors’ appointment and remuneration including criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a Director as well as a policy on Board diversity. The policy has been framed based on the broad principles as outlined hereinafter. The Committee evaluates the composition of the Board and vacancies arising in the Board from time to time. The Committee while recommending candidature of a Director considers the special knowledge or expertise possessed by the candidate as required under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The Committee assesses the fit and proper credentials of the candidate and the companies/ entities with which the candidate is associated either as a director or otherwise and as to whether such association is permissible under RBI guidelines and the internal norms adopted by the Bank. For the above assessment, the Committee is guided by the guidelines issued by RBI in this regard.

  The Committee also evaluates the prospective candidate for the position of a Director from the perspective of the criteria for independence prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 as well as the SEBI Listing Regulations. For a Non-Executive Director to be classified as Independent he/she must satisfy the criteria of independence as prescribed and sign a declaration of independence. The Committee reviews the same and determine the independence of a Director.

  The Committee based on the above assessments makes suitable recommendations on the appointment of Directors to the Board.

  Remuneration policy

  The Compensation Policy of the Bank is in line with the RBI circulars and in compliance with the requirements for the Remuneration Policy as prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013. The Policy is divided into the segments, Part A, Part B and Part C where Part A covers the requirements for wholetime Directors & employees pursuant to RBI guidelines, Part B relates to compensation to Non-Executive Directors (except part-time Non-Executive Chairman) and Part C relates to compensation to part-time Non-Executive Chairman. The Compensation Policy is available on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/aboutus/otherpolicies.page?#toptitle).

  The remuneration payable to Non-Executive/ Independent Directors is governed by the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, RBI guidelines issued from time to time and the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and related rules to the extent these are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949/RBI guidelines.

  The remuneration for the Non-Executive/Independent Directors (other than Government Nominee Director) would be sitting fee for attending each Meeting of the Committee/Board as approved by the Board.

  In addition to sitting fee, Non-Executive Directors (other than part-time Chairman and the Government Nominee Director) are entitled to a fixed remuneration of ₹ 2,000,000 per annum with effect from April 1, 2021 which has been approved by the Members at the Annual General Meeting held on August 20, 2021. For the Non-Executive Chairman, the remuneration, in addition to sitting fee includes such fixed payments as may be recommended by the Board and approved by the Members and RBI, maintaining a Chairman’s office at the Bank’s expense, bearing expenses for travel on official visits and participation in various forums (both in India and abroad) as Chairman of the Bank and bearing travel/halting/other expenses and allowance for attending to duties as Chairman of the Bank and any other modes of remuneration as may be permitted by RBI from time to time.

  All the Non-Executive/Independent Directors would be entitled to reimbursement of expenses for attending Board/Committee Meetings, official visits and participation in various forums on behalf of the Bank.

  Performance evaluation of the Board, Committees and Directors

  The Bank with the approval of its Board Governance, Remuneration & Nomination Committee and the Board has put in place a framework for evaluation of the Board, Directors, Chairperson and Committees.

  The evaluations for the Directors, the Board, Chairman of the Board and the Committees is carried out through circulation of different questionnaires, for the Directors, for the Board, for the Chairperson of the Board and the Committees respectively. The performance of the Board is assessed on select parameters related to roles, responsibilities and obligations of the Board, relevance of Board discussions, attention to strategic issues, performance on key areas, providing feedback to executive management and assessing the quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of information between the Company management and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably perform their duties.

  The evaluation criteria for the Directors is based on their participation, contribution and offering guidance to and understanding of the areas which were relevant to them in their capacity as members of the Board.

  The evaluation criteria for the Chairperson of the Board besides the general criteria adopted for assessment of all Directors, focuses on leadership abilities, effective management of meetings and preservation of interest of stakeholders.

  The evaluation of the Committees is based on assessment of the clarity with which the mandate of the Committee is defined, effective discharge of terms of reference of the Committees and assessment of effectiveness of contribution of the Committee’s deliberation/recommendations to the functioning/ decisions of the Board. The Bank has taken effective steps with regards to the action points arising out of performance evaluation process for fiscal 2022. The performance evaluation process for fiscal 2023 was conducted by an Independent External Agency and was completed to the satisfaction of the Board. The Board of Directors also identified specific action points arising out of the overall evaluation which would be executed as directed by the Board.

  The evaluation process for wholetime Directors is further detailed in note no. 51 of Schedule 18 of the financial statements.

  Details of Remuneration paid to Executive Directors

  The Board Governance, Remuneration & Nomination Committee determines and recommends to the Board the amount of remuneration, including performance bonus and perquisites, payable to the Managing Director & CEO and Wholetime Directors.

  The following table sets out the details of remuneration (including perquisites and retiral benefits) paid in fiscal 2023:

  Details of Remuneration (₹)

  	Sandeep	Anup	Sandeep	Rakesh	Vishakha
  	Bakhshi	Bagchi	Batra	Jha 1	Mulye2
  	2022-23	2022-23	2022-23	2022-23	2022-23
  Basic3	36,172,200	30,975,240	30,975,240	23,068,903	7,201,440
  Performance bonus paid in fiscal 20224	21,350,000	18,650,000	18,650,000	13,908,217	15,590,000
  Allowances and perquisites3,5	30,843,252	30,602,979	29,423,785	24,943,027	15,245,289
  Contribution to provident fund3	4,340,664	3,717,029	3,717,029	2,768,273	864,171
  Contribution to superannuation fund3	-	-	-	-	-
  Contribution to gratuity fund3	3,013,144	2,580,237	2,580,237	1,921,640	599,880
  Stock options6(Number)	317,800	249,100	249,100	249,100	-

  1. Rakesh Jha was appointed as Executive Director effective September 2, 2022. The above remuneration is his full year salary.

  2. Vishakha Mulye's last working day with the Bank was May 31, 2022. The above remuneration pertains to her period in the Bank during fiscal 2023.

  3. RBI approval for revision in fixed remuneration (Basic, allowances & retirals) for fiscal 2022 was received by the Bank on May 10, 2022. Hence the table above carries the arrear payments made during the fiscal 2023 which pertains to fiscal 2022 increments for Sandeep Bakhshi, Anup Bagchi, Sandeep Batra and Vishakha Mulye.

  4. Bonus amounts earned for fiscal 2022 were subject to deferment policy of the Bank in-line with the regulatory stipulations. The above table represent payouts of the non-deferred portion of the bonus amount pertaining to fiscal 2022. The balance amount shall be equally deferred over a period of three years. The amounts also include the deferred portion of the bonus amount approved in earlier years that was paid during fiscal 2023.

  5. Allowances and perquisites exclude stock option perquisites.

  6. Represents options granted during fiscal 2023.

  Perquisites (evaluated as per Income-tax rules, wherever applicable, and otherwise at actual cost to the Bank in other cases) such as the benefit of the Bank’s furnished accommodation, gas, electricity, furnishings, club fees, personal and group insurance, use of car, running and maintenance of cars including drivers, telephone/IT assets at residence or reimbursement of expenses in lieu thereof, payment of income-tax on perquisites by the Bank to the extent permissible under the Income-tax Act, 1961 and rules framed thereunder, medical reimbursement, leave and leave travel concession, education and other benefits, provident fund, superannuation fund, gratuity and other retirement benefits, in accordance with the scheme(s) and rule(s) applicable from time to time to retired wholetime Directors of the Bank or the members of the staff. In line with the staff loan policy applicable to specified grades of employees who fulfil prescribed eligibility criteria to avail loans for purchase of residential property, the Wholetime Directors are also eligible for housing loans. The stock options vest in a graded manner over a three-year period, with 30%, 30% and 40% of the grant vesting in each year, commencing from the end of 12 months from the date of the grant. The options so vested are to be exercised within 5 years from the date of vesting.

  The Bank does not pay any severance fees to its Managing Director & CEO or to its Wholetime Directors. The tenure of the office of Managing Director & CEO and the Wholetime Directors of the Bank is five years, subject to approval of RBI and the Members. The notice period for each of them, as specified in their respective terms of appointments is two months.

  Neither the Managing Director & CEO nor the Wholetime Directors received any remuneration or commission from any of the subsidiary companies. The Bank does not have any holding company.

  Remuneration disclosures as required under the RBI Guidelines

  The remuneration related disclosures as required under the RBI Guidelines on Compensation of Whole Time Directors/Chief Executive Officers/Material Risk Takers and Control Function staff are disclosed in note no. 51 of Schedule 18 of the financial statements.

  Details of Remuneration paid to Non-Executive Directors

  The Bank pays sitting fee of ₹ 100,000 to Non-Executive Directors for attending each Meeting of the Board, Audit Committee, Credit Committee and Risk Committee.

  The Board at its Meeting held on April 23, 2022 approved revision in sitting fee from ₹ 50,000 to ₹ 100,000 for each Meeting of Board Governance, Remuneration & Nomination Committee, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Customer Service Committee, Fraud Monitoring Committee, Information Technology Strategy Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee and Review Committee for Identification of Wilful Defaulters/Non Co-operative Borrowers effective April 24, 2022.

  Information on the total remuneration paid to each Non-Executive Director during fiscal 2023 is set out in the following table:

  		Amount (₹)
  Name of Director	Sitting Fees	Remuneration
  Girish Chandra	2,900,000	3,500,000
  Chaturvedi
  Hari L. Mundra	4,450,000	2,000,000
  S. Madhavan	3,750,000	2,000,000
  Neelam Dhawan	2,150,000	2,000,000
  Radhakrishnan Nair	3,100,000	2,000,000
  B. Sriram	4,800,000	2,000,000
  Uday Chitale	3,100,000	2,000,000
  Vibha Paul Rishi	2,150,000	2,000,000

  Disclosures required with respect to Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013

  The ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median employee’s remuneration and such other details in terms of Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 and as amended from time to time.

  (i)

  The ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the employees of the company for the financial year;

  Independent Directors1
  Girish Chandra Chaturvedi,	11.20:1
  Chairman
  Hari L. Mundra	11.29:1
  S. Madhavan	10.06:1
  Neelam Dhawan	7.26:1
  Radhakrishnan Nair	8.93:1
  B. Sriram	11.90:1
  Uday Chitale	8.93:1
  Vibha Paul Rishi	7.26:1

  Executive Directors
  Sandeep Bakhshi,	119:1
  Managing Director & CEO
  Anup Bagchi	103:1
  Rakesh Jha2	103:1
  Sandeep Batra	103:1

  (ii)

  The percentage increase in remuneration of each director, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Company Secretary or Manager, if any, in the financial year;

  Sandeep Bakhshi,	6%
  Managing Director & CEO
  Anup Bagchi	6%
  Executive Director
  Rakesh Jha,	6%
  Executive Director3
  Sandeep Batra,	6%
  Executive Director
  Anindya Banerjee,	7%
  Group Chief Financial Officer4
  Ranganath Athreya,	8%
  Company Secretary

  (iii)

  The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year; The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year was around 11%

  (iv)

  The number of permanent employees on the rolls of company; The number of employees, as mentioned in the section on ‘Management’s Discussion & Analysis’ is 129,020. Out of this, the employees on permanent rolls of the Bank is 126,660 including employees in overseas locations.

  (v)

  Average percentile increase already made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year and its comparison with the percentile increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point out if there are any exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration; The average percentage increase made in the salaries of total employees other than the Key Managerial Personnel for fiscal 2023 was around 13%, while the average increase in the remuneration of the Key Managerial Personnel was in the range of 6%- 8%³.

  (vi)

  Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the company. Yes

  Notes:

  1. The Independent Directors of the Bank including Chairman receive sitting fees for attending each Meeting of the Board/Committee as approved by the Board. The Chairman receives remuneration of ₹ 3,500,000 per annum as approved by the Members and RBI. The Independent Directors other than Chairman receive fixed remuneration of ₹ 2,000,000 per annum as approved by the Members with effect from April 1, 2021.
     The ratio of remuneration as stated in point (i) above is calculated after considering sitting fees and fixed remuneration paid during fiscal 2023.

  2. The ratios are computed on annualized remuneration in the capacity of a Director, which was effective September 2, 2022 for Rakesh Jha.

  3. Rakesh Jha ceased to be the Group Chief Financial Officer of the Bank effective May 1, 2022. He was appointed as Executive Director of the Bank effective September 2, 2022 with the salary increase of 49%.

  4. Anindya Banerjee was appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer of the Bank effective May 1, 2022. His full year salary has been considered for the percentage calculation as stated in point (ii) above.

  5. Vishakha Mulye's last working day with the Bank was May 31, 2022. The ratio of her annualised remuneration to the median remuneration of the employees was 103:1 and the percentage increase in her remuneration was 6%.

Particulars of Senior Management Personnel as on March 31, 2023

Ajay Gupta (Head - Retail & Business Credit, Policy & Debt Service Management), Anindya Banerjee (Group Chief Financial Officer), Anish Madhavan (Group Chief Internal Auditor and Head Financial Crime Prevention), Anubhuti Sanghai (Head - Operations & Customer Service), Anuj Bhargava (Head - Customer 360, Branch Banking, Marketing & Alliances, Self Employed Segment and Small & Medium Enterprises), Atul Arora (Business Head - North & East 1), Balaji V.V. (Chief Technology Officer), Bijith Bhaskar (Head - Digital Channels & Partnership), G Srinivas (Chief Risk Officer), Hitesh Sachdev (Head - Start Up Engagement and Investments), Nilanjan Sinha (General Counsel), Partha Dey (Head – Services Sector; Retail Structure Finance & Financial Institutions Group), Pranav Mishra (Head - Global Clients Group, MNC, PSU and Advisory), Prasanna Balachander (Group Head - Global Markets - Sales, Trading and Research), Pravendra Shah (Chief of Internal Vigilance), Rajesh Iyer (Head - Wealth, Private Banking & Loans Against Securities), Rajesh Nair (Head - Mid Corporate Group), Rajesh Rai (Business Head - West & South), Ranganath Athreya (Company Secretary), Sanjay Singhvi (Head - Secured Assets, Personal & Education Loan), Saurabh Singh (Head - TASC & Government Business Group), Sidharatha Mishra (Business Head - East 2, APT), Sriram Hariharan (Head-International Banking Group, Global Remittances and NRI Services), Subir Saha (Group Chief Compliance Officer), Sudipta Roy (Head - Credit Cards, Payment Solutions & Merchant Ecosystem), Sujit Ganguli (Head - Corporate Brand and Communications), Sumit Sanghai (Head - Large Clients Group, Capital Markets, Transaction Banking, Construction Realty & Funding, Asset Evaluation & Monetization, Supply Chain Finance, Custody & Financial Sponsor), T K Srirang (Group Chief Human Resources Officer and Head Infrastructure Management), Vandana Jogani (Head - Process Optimisation & Key Initiatives), Vikas Agarwal (Head - Financial Sponsors & Syndications), Vishal Batra (Business Head - Defence & Armed Force Eco System), Vyom Upadhyay (Head - Data Science & Analytics).

During the year, Anindya Banerjee and Pravendra Shah were included in the list of senior management based on the eligibility criteria approved by the Board. Avijit Saha, Drupad Shah, Hitesh Sethia, Kadayam Rajaram, Pankaj Gadgil, Pramod Rao, Prashant Verma, Raghav Singhal, Sunir Ramchandani, Vikash Sharma and Viral Rupani were excluded from the list of senior management either owing to their exit from the Bank or changes in organization structure. Rakesh Jha was a senior management personnel for a period till September 1, 2022.

IV. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

Terms of Reference

The functions of the Committee include review of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives undertaken by the ICICI Group and the ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth, formulation and recommendation to the Board of a CSR Policy indicating the activities to be undertaken by the Bank and recommendation of the amount of expenditure to be incurred on such activities, identifying the focus, from among the themes specified in Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013, for initiatives to be undertaken by the Bank, reviewing and recommending the annual CSR plan to the Board with details of projects and schedule of implementation, making recommendations to the Board with respect to the CSR initiatives, policies and practices of the ICICI Group, monitoring the CSR activities, implementation and compliance with the CSR Policy, reviewing the submissions to be made to the Board with respect to implementation of the annual CSR action plan including the disbursement of funds for the purposes and manner as approved, implementation of on-going projects as per approved timelines and year-wise allocation of funds, any modifications to be suggested to on-going projects, earmarking unspent CSR amount, if any, in subsequent periods as prescribed in the Companies Act, 2013 and suggest deployment of any amount spent in excess of the requirement for set-off in subsequent years, reviewing impact assessment of projects, and reviewing and implementing, if required, any other matter related to CSR initiatives as recommended/suggested by RBI or any other body.

Composition

There were four Meetings of the Committee during the year - April 22, 2022, July 21, 2022, October 19, 2022 and January 18, 2023. The details of the composition of the Committee and attendance at its Meetings held during the year are set out in the following table:

The Board at its Meeting on April 22, 2023 reconstituted the Committee to induct Rakesh Jha, Executive Director as a Member of the Committee with effect from May 1, 2023 in place of Anup Bagchi.

Details about the policy developed and implemented by the Bank on CSR initiatives taken during the year

ICICI Bank has a long-standing commitment towards socio-economic development. The Bank’s CSR activities are in the areas of healthcare, environment, societal development, sustainable livelihoods, rural development and related activities including financial inclusion and financial literacy, social awareness and other activities as may be required towards fulfilling the CSR objectives. The activities are largely implemented either directly or through the ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth.

The CSR policy has been hosted on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/about-us/ corporate-social-responsibility).

The Annual Report on the Bank’s CSR activities is annexed herewith as Annexure C.

V. Credit Committee

Terms of Reference

The functions of the Committee inter alia includes review of developments in key industrial sectors, major credit portfolios and approval of credit proposals as per the authorisation approved by the Board.

Composition

There were thirty Meetings of the Committee during the year - April 6, April 19, April 29, May 9, May 18, June 10, June 21, June 24 (held jointly with Risk Committee), June 29, July 8, July 19, August 11, August 29, September 20, September 29, October 11, October 20, November 1, November 11, November 25, December 7, December 19 and December 30 in 2022 and January 13, January 25, February 10, February 28, March 13, March 20 and March 29 in 2023. The details of the composition of the Committee and attendance at its Meetings held during the year are set out in the following table:

1. chaired the meetings held on January 25, 2023 and February 28, 2023 in the absence of Sandeep Bakhshi

The Board at its Meeting on April 22, 2023 reconstituted the Committee to induct Rakesh Jha, Executive Director as a Member of the Committee with effect from May 1, 2023 in place of Anup Bagchi.

VI. Customer Service Committee

Terms of Reference

The functions of this Committee include review of customer service initiatives, overseeing the functioning of the Standing Committee on Customer Service (Customer Service Council) and evolving innovative measures for enhancing the quality of customer service and improvement in the overall satisfaction level of customers.

Composition

There were five Meetings of the Committee during the year - May 12, 2022, June 28, 2022, August 26, 2022, November 17, 2022 and February 15, 2023. The details of the composition of the Committee and attendance at its Meetings held during the year are set out in the following table:

VII. Fraud Monitoring Committee

Terms of Reference

The Committee monitors and reviews all the frauds involving an amount of ₹ 10.0 million and above with the objective of identifying the systemic lacunae, if any, that facilitated perpetration of the fraud and put in place measures to rectify the same. The functions of this Committee include identifying the reasons for delay in detection, if any, and reporting to top management of the Bank and RBI on the same. The progress of investigation and recovery position is also monitored by the Committee. The Committee also ensures that staff accountability is examined at all levels in all the cases of frauds and action, if required, is completed quickly without loss of time. The role of the Committee is also to review the efficacy of the remedial action taken to prevent recurrence of frauds, such as strengthening of internal controls.

Composition

There were four Meetings of the Committee during the year - April 13, 2022, July 15, 2022, October 10, 2022 and January 11, 2023. The details of the composition of the Committee and attendance at its Meetings held during the year are set out in the following table:

VIII. Information Technology Strategy Committee

Terms of Reference

The functions of the Committee are to approve strategy for Information Technology (IT) and policy documents, ensure that IT strategy is aligned with business strategy, review IT risks, ensure proper balance of IT investments for sustaining the Bank's growth, oversee the aggregate funding of IT at Bank-level, ascertain if the management has resources to ensure the proper management of IT risks, review contribution of IT to business, oversee the activities of Digital Council, review technology from a future readiness perspective, overseeing key projects progress & critical IT systems performance, review of special IT initiatives, review cyber risk, consider the RBI inspection report/directives received from time to time by the Bank in the areas of information technology and cyber security and to review the compliance of various actionables arising out of such reports/directives as may be deemed necessary from time to time.

Composition

There were five Meetings of the Committee during the year - April 14, 2022, July 14, 2022, July 22, 2022 (held jointly with Risk Committee), October 13, 2022 and January 12, 2023. The details of the composition of the Committee and attendance at its Meetings held during the year are set out in the following table:

The Board at its Meeting on April 22, 2023 reconstituted the Committee to induct Rakesh Jha, Executive Director as a Member of the Committee with effect from May 1, 2023 in place of Anup Bagchi.

IX. Risk Committee

Terms of Reference

The functions of the Committee are to review ICICI Bank’s risk management policies pertaining to credit, market, liquidity, operational, outsourcing, reputation risks, business continuity plan and disaster recovery plan and approve Broker Empanelment Policy and any amendments thereto. The functions of the Committee also include setting limits on any industry or country, review of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework, Risk Appetite for the Bank, stress testing framework, Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) and framework for capital allocation; review of the Basel framework, risk dashboard covering various risks, outsourcing activities and the activities of the Asset Liability Management Committee. The Committee has oversight on risks of subsidiaries covered under the Group Risk Management Framework. The Committee also carries out Cyber Security risk assessment. The appointment, removal and terms of remuneration of the Chief Risk Officer is subject to review by the Committee. The Committee keeps the Board of Directors informed about the nature and content of its discussions, recommendations and actions to be taken. The Committee coordinates its activities with other committees, in instances where there is any overlap with activities of such committees, as per the framework laid down by the Board of Directors.

Composition

There were twelve Meetings of the Committee during the year April 22, May 10, June 10, June 24, June 24 (held jointly with Credit Committee), July 22, July 22 (held jointly with Information Technology Strategy Committee), October 21, November 24 in 2022 and January 20, February 14 and March 24 in 2023.

The details of the composition of the Committee and attendance at its Meetings held during the year are set out in the following table:

X. Stakeholders Relationship Committee

Terms of Reference

The functions of the Committee inter alia includes approval and rejection of transmission of shares, bonds, debentures, issue of duplicate certificates, allotment of securities from time to time, redressal and resolution of grievances of security holders, delegation of authority for opening and operation of bank accounts for payment of interest/dividend.

Composition

There were four Meetings of the Committee during the year - April 22, 2022, July 22, 2022, October 21, 2022 and January 21, 2023. The details of the composition of the Committee and attendance at its Meetings held during the year are set out in the following table:

The Company Secretary of the Bank acts as the Compliance Officer in accordance with the requirements of the SEBI Listing Regulations. 340 investor complaints received in fiscal 2023 were processed. At March 31, 2023, no complaints were pending.

XI. Review Committee for Identification of Wilful Defaulters/Non Co-operative Borrowers

Terms of Reference

The function of the Committee is to review the order of the Committee for identification of wilful defaulters/ non co-operative borrowers (a Committee comprising wholetime Directors and senior executives of the Bank to examine the facts and record the fact of the borrower being a wilful defaulter/non co-operative borrower) and confirm the same for the order to be considered final.

Composition

The Managing Director & CEO is the Chairman of this Committee and any two independent Directors comprise the remaining members. Two Meetings of the Committee were held during the year. The Meetings held on July 12, 2022 and January 19, 2023 were attended by Sandeep Bakhshi, Uday Chitale and Radhakrishnan Nair.

XII. Separate Meeting of Independent Directors

During the year, the Independent Directors met on April 23, 2022 inter alia to review the matters statutorily prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI Listing Regulations.

XIII. Other Committees

In addition to the above, the Board has from time to time constituted various committees, namely, Committee of Executive Directors, Executive Investment Committee, Asset Liability Management Committee, Committee for Identification of Wilful Defaulters/Non Co-operative Borrowers, Committee of Senior Management (comprising certain wholetime Directors and Executives) and Committee of Executives, Compliance Committee, Process Approval Committee, Outsourcing Committee, Operational Risk Management Committee, Vigilance Committee, Product Governance Forum and other committees (all comprising Executives). These committees are responsible for specific operational areas like asset liability management, approval/renewal of credit proposals, approval of products and processes and management of operational risk, under authorisation/ supervision of the Board and its committees.

XIV. General Body Meetings

The details of General Body Meetings held in the last three years are given below:

The details of the Special Resolutions passed at the Annual General Meetings held in the year 2022 and 2020 are given below:

No Special Resolution was passed at the Twenty-Seventh Annual General Meeting held on Friday, August 20, 2021.

Postal Ballot

No resolution was passed through postal ballot during the financial year ended March 31, 2023. At present, no special resolution is proposed to be passed through postal ballot.

XV. Disclosures

• There are no materially significant transactions with related parties i.e., directors, management, subsidiaries, or relatives conflicting with the Bank’s interests. The Bank has no promoter.
• Details of non-compliance by the Bank, penalties or strictures imposed on the Bank by stock exchanges or SEBI or any statutory authority, on any matter relating to capital markets, during the last three years are detailed as under:

  (i)

  BSE and NSE had levied a fine of ₹ 11,800 each for delay in submitting the notice of record date in one instance under Regulation 60(2) of the SEBI Listing Regulations. The Bank paid fines to both the stock exchanges and filed for waiver of the fine. BSE and NSE vide its communication dated March 31, 2023 and May 15, 2023 respectively, waived the fine.

  (ii)

  SEBI issued an administrative warning on March 2, 2023 for collection of registration fees in advance before submission of Common Application Form and collection of balance fees in case of re-categorization of Foreign Portfolio Investors category and non-updation of operational manual with specific section to deal with specific entities. The Bank has submitted its action taken report to SEBI. Further, the Board of Directors noted the steps taken by the Bank and advised to ensure timely compliance with the instruction issued by SEBI. The same was informed to SEBI.

  (iii)

  SEBI issued an administrative warning on October 14, 2022 for failure to transfer amounts pertaining to written off securities to the Investor Protection and Education Fund within prescribed timelines and delay in updation of Operational Manual after issuance of Regulations/Guidelines. The Bank placed the same alongwith corrective measures before the Board and also submitted the responses to SEBI.

  (iv)

  SEBI issued an Adjudication Order on September 12, 2019, imposing a penalty of ₹ 500,000 each (totalling to ₹ 1.0 million) under Section 15HB of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 and Section 23E of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 on the Bank for delayed disclosure of an agreement made on May 18, 2010 relating to merger of erstwhile Bank of Rajasthan with the Bank. The Bank had filed an appeal against SEBI’s Order with the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) and SAT vide its order converted the monetary penalty imposed on the Bank to warning.
  Subsequently, SEBI had filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of India (Supreme Court) against the SAT order pertaining to the Bank. Separately, the Bank had also filed an appeal with the Supreme Court against the SAT order. The matter was heard by the Supreme Court wherein the Supreme Court directed an interim stay on the operation of the SAT orders. The Bank subsequently filed counter affidavit before the Supreme Court. To bring closure to the matter, the Bank filed the settlement application on January 6, 2021, under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Settlement Proceedings) Regulations, 2018 pursuant to which the Bank has paid the settlement amount to SEBI. The Bank filed the applications seeking for disposal of the civil appeal matters pending before the Supreme Court which were heard on January 4, 2022 and Supreme Court vide its order dated January 4, 2022 disposed off all the appeals in view of the settlement between the parties. SEBI vide their email dated May 12, 2022 has communicated that in view of the Order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the matter stands settled in respect of the appeals as mentioned in the said order.

  (v)

  SEBI issued an administrative warning on December 3, 2021 with regard to erroneous submission of monthly Assets Under Custody data to National Securities Depository Limited. The communication received from SEBI and additional corrective action taken by Bank was placed before the Board of Directors of the Bank. The Board took note of the controls implemented and advised to follow the same diligently and the same was informed to SEBI.

  (vi)

  SEBI vide letter dated November 11, 2020 had issued an administrative warning and advisory letter for two deficiencies/discrepancies i.e. non-disclosure of the track record and non-submission of demarcation of responsibilities statement to SEBI, observed during the inspection for merchant banking activity. The Bank placed SEBI’s letter alongwith corrective measures before the Board and informed the same to SEBI.

• In terms of the Whistle Blower Policy of the Bank, no employee of the Bank has been denied access to the Audit Committee.
• Being a banking company, the disclosures relating to deposits as required under Rule 8(5)(v) and (vi) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, read with Sections 73 and 74 of the Companies Act, 2013, are not applicable to the Bank.
• There is no application or proceeding pending against the Bank under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 during the year under review.
• There was no instance of one-time settlement by the Bank with any other bank or financial institution during the year under review.

XVI. Means of Communication

It is ICICI Bank’s belief that all stakeholders should have access to information regarding its position to enable them to accurately assess its future potential. ICICI Bank disseminates information on its operations and initiatives on a regular basis. ICICI Bank‘s website (www.icicibank.com) serves as a key awareness facility for all its stakeholders, allowing them to access information at their convenience. It provides comprehensive information on ICICI Bank’s strategy, financial performance, operational performance and the latest press releases.

ICICI Bank’s investor relations personnel respond to specific queries and play a proactive role in disseminating information to both analysts and investors. In accordance with SEBI and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) guidelines, all information which could have a material bearing on ICICI Bank’s share price is released through leading domestic and global wire agencies. The information is also disseminated to the NSE, BSE, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), SEC, Singapore Stock Exchange, Japan Securities Dealers Association and SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd. from time to time.

The financial and other information and the various compliances as required/prescribed under the SEBI Listing Regulations are filed electronically with NSE/BSE and are also available on their respective websites in addition to the Bank’s website.

ICICI Bank’s quarterly financial results are published in Financial Express and Vadodara Samachar. The financial results, official news releases, earnings call transcripts, audio recording and presentations are also available on the Bank’s website.

The Management’s Discussion & Analysis forms part of the Annual Report.

The bonds issued in domestic market comprised privately placed bonds as well bonds issued via public issues which are listed on BSE/NSE.

ICICI Bank has paid annual listing fees for the relevant periods to BSE and NSE where its equity shares/ bonds are listed and NYSE where its ADSs are listed.

Listing of other securities

The bonds issued overseas are issued either in public or private placement format. The listed bonds are traded on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, 2 Shenton Way, #02-02, SGX Centre 1, Singapore 068804 or India International Exchange (IFSC) Limited (India INX), 1^st Floor, Unit No. 101, The Signature, Building No. 13B, Road 1C, Zone 1, GIFT SEZ, GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382355 or SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd, Pfingstweidstrasse 110, P.O. Box 1758, CH-8021 Zurich, Switzerland.

Market Price Information

The reported high and low closing prices and volume of equity shares of ICICI Bank traded during fiscal 2023 on BSE and NSE are set out in the following table:

The reported high and low closing prices and volume of ADSs of ICICI Bank traded during fiscal 2023 on the NYSE are given below:

The performance of ICICI Bank equity shares relative to the S&P BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex), S&P BSE Bank Index (Bankex) and NYSE Financial Index during the period April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 is given in the following chart:

Share Transfer System, Dematerilisation of Shares and Liquidity

As per the SEBI mandate, securities of listed companies can be transferred/traded only in dematerialised form. In view of this and to eliminate all risks associated with physical shares and for ease of portfolio management, Members holding shares in physical form are requested to consider converting their holdings to dematerialised form. The Bank’s equity shares are actively traded on the stock exchanges.

As required under Regulation 40(9) of the SEBI Listing Regulations, a certificate is obtained from a practicing Company Secretary and filed with BSE and NSE, where the equity shares of ICICI Bank are listed.

In terms of Regulation 76 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 2018 and SEBI Circular No. D&CC/FITTC/CIR-16/2002 dated December 31, 2002, as amended vide Circular No. CIR/MRD/DP/30/2010 dated September 6, 2010 an audit is conducted on a quarterly basis, for the purpose of, inter alia, reconciliation of the total admitted equity share capital with the depositories and in the physical form with the total issued/paid up equity share capital of ICICI Bank. Audit Reports issued in this regard are placed before the Stakeholders Relationship Committee and filed with BSE and NSE, where the equity shares of ICICI Bank are listed.

Registrar and Transfer Agents

The Bank has appointed KFin Technologies Limited as its Registrar & Transfer Agent (R & T Agent) for equity shares in place of 3i Infotech Limited with effect from April 1, 2022. Investor services related queries/requests/grievances for equity shares may be directed to C Shobha Anand at the following address:

KFin Technologies Limited
Unit : ICICI Bank Limited
Selenium Building, Tower-B
Plot No. 31 & 32, Financial District
Nanakramguda, Serlingampally
Hyderabad 500 032, Rangareddy
Telangana, India
Tel. No.: +91-040-6716 2222
Fax No.: +91-040-2342 0814
Toll free No.: 1800309 4001
WhatsApp No.: +91 910 009 4099
E-mail: einward.ris@kfintech.com
Website: https://ris.kfintech.com
Investor Support Centre: https://ris.kfintech.com/ clientservices/isc

Details of other Service Centers of KFin Technologies Limited, R & T Agent for equity shareholders can be viewed at https://www.icicibank.com/about-us/investor-contact

3i Infotech Limited is the R & T Agent for the bonds/ debentures issued by the Bank. Investor services related queries/requests/grievances for bonds/ debentures may be directed to Vijay Singh Chauhan at the following address:

3i Infotech Limited
International Infotech Park, Tower # 5, 3^rd Floor
Vashi Railway Station Complex, Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400 703, Maharashtra, India
Tel. No.: +91-22-7123 8034/35
Fax No.: +91-22-6792 8099
Toll free No.: 18601207777
E-mail: investor@icicibank.com
Website: https://www.3i-infotech.com/investors/

Queries relating to the operational and financial performance of ICICI Bank may be addressed to:

Anindya Banerjee/Abhinek Bhargava
ICICI Bank Limited
ICICI Bank Towers
Bandra-Kurla Complex
Mumbai 400 051
Tel. No.: +91-22-2653 6173
E-mail: ir@icicibank.com

Debenture Trustees

Pursuant to Regulation 53 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, the names and contact details of the debenture trustees for the public issue bonds and privately placed bonds of the Bank are given below:

The details are available on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/Personal-Banking/investments/icici-bank-bonds/index.page).

Bank’s Customer Service

The Bank enables customers to avail of services through multiple channels.

• Customer care: Connect with us on 1800 1080. To know more, visit https://www.icicibank.com/customer-care?ITM=nli_cms_CONTACT_US_customer_care_menu_navigation
• Branch: Visit our branch for resolution.
• Website: Register a request on the Bank’s website. For details, https://www.icicibank.com/personal-banking/ insta-banking/internet-banking/list-of-service-requests
• Email: Write to us at customer.care@icicibank.com
• iMobile: Seek resolution using the IPAL chat bot.

Information on Shareholding

Shareholding pattern of ICICI Bank at March 31, 2023

Shareholders of ICICI Bank with more than one percent holding (PAN based) at March 31, 2023

^*Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas holds equity shares of ICICI Bank as depositary for ADS holders.

Distribution of shareholding of ICICI Bank at March 31, 2023

Details of shares held in Demat and Physical form at March 31, 2023

Details of shares/convertible instruments held by Non-Executive Directors

As on March 31, 2023, S. Madhavan and Vibha Paul Rishi (as joint holder) held 4,000 and 330 equity shares of ₹ 2.00 each respectively.

Disclosure with respect to shares lying in suspense account

The Bank has been transferring the shares lying unclaimed to the eligible shareholders as and when the request for the same has been received after proper verification. During the fiscal 2023, no shares were transferred from the suspense account. The Bank had 93,438 equity shares held by 467 shareholders lying in suspense account at the beginning and at the end of the fiscal 2023.

The voting rights on the shares lying in suspense account are frozen till the rightful owner of such shares claims the shares.

Transfer of unclaimed dividend and shares to Investor Education & Protection Fund (IEPF)

Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 124 and 125 of the Companies Act, 2013, during fiscal 2023, dividend amount of ₹ 59.7 million remaining unclaimed for a period of seven years from the date of its transfer to the Unpaid Dividend Accounts of the Bank has been transferred to the IEPF.

Pursuant to Section 124(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Investor Education & Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer & Refund) Rules, 2016, during fiscal 2023, 689,814 equity shares in respect of which the dividend has not been claimed for seven consecutive years have been transferred to the designated demat account of the IEPF Authority.

The unclaimed dividend and the equity shares transferred to IEPF can be claimed by making an application in the prescribed form available on the website of IEPF at (www.iepf.gov.in).

Members who have not yet encashed their dividend warrant(s) for the financial year ended March 31, 2017 and/or subsequent years are requested to submit their claims to KFin Technologies Limited without any delay.

The details of Nodal Officer and Deputy NodaI Officers appointed under the provisions of IEPF are available on the website of the Bank at: (https://nli.icicibank. com/NewRetailWeb/showUnclaimedForm.htm).

Outstanding GDRs/ADSs/Warrants or any Convertible instruments, conversion date and likely impact on equity

ICICI Bank has 667.6 million ADS (equivalent to 1,335.2 million equity shares) outstanding, which constituted 19.12% of ICICI Bank’s total equity capital at March 31, 2023. There are no other convertible instruments outstanding as on March 31, 2023.

Commodity price risk or foreign exchange risk and hedging activities

The foreign exchange risk position including bullion is managed within the net overnight open position (NOOP) limit approved by the Board of Directors. The foreign currency assets of the Bank are primarily floating rate linked assets. Wholesale liability raising for foreign currencies takes place in USD or other currencies through bond issuances, bilateral loans and syndicated/club loans as well as refinance from Export Credit Agencies (ECA) which may be at a fixed rate or floating rate linked. In case of fixed rate long-term wholesale fund raising in USD, the interest rate risk is generally hedged through interest rate swaps wherein the Bank effectively moves the interest payments to a floating rate index in order to match the asset profile. In case of fund raising in non-USD currencies, the foreign exchange risk is hedged through foreign exchange swaps or currency interest rate swaps.

The extant RBI guidelines do not allow AD Category I Banks to take any market positions in commodity related activities. However, the extant guidelines allows Bank to import gold and silver in line with the RBI license and selling of imported gold/silver on outright basis to domestic clients or providing gold metal loan to jewellery manufacturers. ICICI Bank provides pricing and hedging of Gold Metal Loan to jewellery customers and such exposures are covered on a back-to-back basis with gold suppliers.

In view of the above, the disclosure pursuant to the SEBI Circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/ 2018/0000000141 dated November 15, 2018 is not required to be given.

Plant Locations – Not applicable

Address for Correspondence

Prachiti Lalingkar
Company Secretary
ICICI Bank Limited
ICICI Bank Towers
Bandra-Kurla Complex
Mumbai 400 051
Tel. No.: +91-22-2653 8900
Fax No.: +91-22-2653 1230
E-mail: companysecretary@icicibank.com

The Bank is in compliance with requirements specified in Regulations 17 to 27 and clauses (b) to (i) and (t) of sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 46 of the SEBI Listing Regulations.

The Bank has also complied with the discretionary requirements such as maintaining a separate office for the Chairman at the Bank’s expense, ensuring financial statements with unmodified audit opinion, separation of posts of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and reporting of internal auditor directly to the Audit Committee.

Analysis of Customer Complaints

The required details as per the RBI Circular No. CEPD.CO.PRD.Cir.No.01/13.01.013/2020-21 dated January 27, 2021 are disclosed in note no. 53 of Schedule 18 of the financial statements.

ICICI Bank has annexed to this Report, a certificate obtained from the statutory auditors regarding compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in the SEBI Listing Regulations.

ICICI Bank has an Employees Stock Option Scheme - 2000 (Scheme 2000) which was instituted in fiscal 2000 to enable the employees and Wholetime Directors of ICICI Bank and its subsidiaries to participate in future growth and financial success of the Bank. The Scheme 2000 aims at achieving the twin objectives of aligning employee interest to that of the shareholders and retention. Through employee stock option grants, the Bank seeks to foster a culture of long-term sustainable value creation. The Scheme 2000 is in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 (the SEBI SBEB & SE Regulations). The options are granted by the Board Governance, Remuneration & Nomination Committee and noted/approved by the Board as the case maybe.

The Scheme was initially approved by the Members at their meeting held on February 21, 2000 and amended from time to time.

The Bank has upto March 31, 2023 granted 612.29 million stock options from time to time aggregating to 8.77% of the issued equity capital of the Bank at March 31, 2023. As per the Scheme 2000, as amended from time to time, the maximum number of options granted to any employee/Director in a year is limited to 0.05% of ICICI Bank’s issued equity shares at the time of the grant, and the aggregate of all such options is limited to 10% of ICICI Bank’s issued equity shares on the date of the grant (equivalent to 698.28 million shares of face value ₹ 2.00 each at March 31, 2023).

Particulars of options granted by ICICI Bank as on March 31, 2023 are given below:

1. options granted less exercised less lapsed

Till March 31, 2021, the Bank recognised cost of stock options granted under Scheme 2000, using intrinsic value method. Pursuant to RBI clarification dated August 30, 2021, the cost of stock options granted after March 31, 2021 is recognised based on fair value method. The cost of stock options granted up to March 31, 2021 continues to be recognised on intrinsic value method. The Bank uses Black-Scholes model to fair value the options on the grant date and the inputs used in the valuation model include assumptions such as the expected life of the share option, volatility, risk free rate and dividend yield. The diluted earnings per share (EPS) pursuant to issue of shares on exercise of options calculated in accordance with Accounting Standard 20 (AS-20) for the year ended March 31, 2023 was ₹ 44.89 compared to basic EPS of
₹ 45.79.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the key assumptions used to estimate the fair value of options granted.

The weighted average fair value, based on Black-Scholes model, of options granted under Scheme 2000 during the year ended March 31, 2023 was ₹ 291.15 (year ended March 31, 2022: ₹ 227.75) and the weighted average exercise price of options granted during the year ended March 31, 2023 was ₹ 747.92 (year ended March 31, 2022: ₹ 570.43).

Risk free interest rates over the expected term of the option are based on the government securities yield in effect at the time of the grant. The expected term of an option is estimated based on the vesting term as well as expected exercise behavior of the employees who receive the option. Expected exercise behavior is estimated based on the historical stock option exercise pattern of the Bank. Expected volatility during the estimated expected term of the option is based on historical volatility determined based on observed market prices of the Bank's publicly traded equity shares. Expected dividends during the estimated expected term of the option are based on recent dividend activity.

The Board of Directors of ICICI Bank at its Meeting held on June 28, 2022, approved the adoption of Employees Stock Unit Scheme - 2022 (Scheme 2022). The Scheme 2022 was approved by the Members at the Annual General Meeting held on August 30, 2022.

The key objectives of the Scheme 2022 are to deepen the co-ownership amongst the (i) mid level and front-line managers, and (ii) employees of Bank’s select unlisted wholly owned subsidiaries with the following key considerations:

• to enable employees’ participation in the business as an active stakeholder to usher in an ‘Owner-Manager’ culture and to act as a retention mechanism;
• to enhance motivation of employees; and
• to enable employees to participate in the long term growth and financial success of the Bank.

The Scheme 2022 is in compliance with the SEBI SBEB & SE Regulations

Maximum of 100,000,000 Units, shall be granted in one or more tranches over a period of 7 years from the date of approval of the Scheme 2022 by the shareholders, which shall entitle the Unit holder one fully paid-up equity share of face value of ₹ 2.00 of the Bank (as adjusted for any changes in capital structure of the Bank) against each Unit exercised and accordingly, up to 100,000,000 equity shares of face value of ₹ 2.00 each shall be allotted to all eligible employees taken together under the Scheme 2022.

Units granted under the Scheme 2022 shall vest not later than the maximum vesting period of 4 years. Exercise price shall be the face value of equity shares of the Bank i.e. ₹ 2.00 for each unit (as adjusted for any changes in capital structure of the Bank).

No units were granted under the Scheme 2022 during fiscal 2023.

The detailed disclosures as stipulated under Regulation 14 of the SEBI SBEB & SE Regulations will be hosted on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/ about-us/other-policies).

The Bank has undertaken various initiatives for energy conservation at its premises. A detailed write up is given in the Environmental, Social and Governance Report of fiscal 2023 which will be available on the website of the Bank at (https://www.icicibank.com/aboutus/annual.html) and in the Natural Capital chapter in the Integrated Report section of the Annual Report 2022-23. The Bank has used information technology extensively in its operations; for details refer to the chapter Our Business Strategy in the Integrated Report section of the Annual Report 2022-23.

Your Bank is in compliance with the Secretarial Standard on Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS-1) and Secretarial Standard on General Meetings (SS-2) for the financial year ended March 31, 2023.

The Directors confirm:

• that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed, along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
• that they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Bank at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the Bank for that period;
• that they have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records, in accordance with the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Bank and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
• that they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
• that they have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Bank and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
• that they have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

ICICI Bank is grateful to the Government of India, Reserve Bank of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India and overseas regulators for their continued co-operation, support and guidance. ICICI Bank wishes to thank its investors, the domestic and international banking community, rating agencies, depositories and stock exchanges for their support.

ICICI Bank would like to take this opportunity to express sincere thanks to its valued clients and customers for their continued patronage. The Directors express their deep sense of appreciation to all the employees whose outstanding professionalism, commitment and initiative have made the organisation’s growth and success possible and continues to drive its progress. Finally, the Directors wish to express their gratitude to the Members for their trust and support.