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Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the
“Code”) sets forth legal and ethical
standards
of conduct for directors, officers and employees
of Intelligroup, Inc. (the “Company”).
This Code is
intended to deter wrongdoing and to promote
the conduct of all Company business in accordance
with high standards of integrity and in compliance
with all applicable laws and regulations. This
Code applies to the Company and all of its subsidiaries
and other business entities controlled by it
worldwide.
If you have any questions regarding this Code
or its application to you in any situation,
you
should contact your supervisor or the General
Counsel.
Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations
The Company requires that all employees, officers
and directors comply with all laws, rules and
regulations applicable to the Company wherever
it does business. You are expected to use good
judgment and common sense in seeking to comply
with all applicable laws, rules and regulations
and to ask for advice when you are uncertain
about them.
If you become aware of the violation of any
law, rule or regulation by the Company, whether
by its officers, employees, directors, or any
third party doing business on behalf of the
Company, it is your responsibility to promptly
report the matter to your supervisor or to the
General Counsel. While it is the Company’s
desire to address matters internally, nothing
in this Code should discourage you from reporting
any illegal activity, including any violation
of the securities laws, antitrust laws, environmental
laws or any other federal, state or foreign
law, rule or regulation, to the appropriate
regulatory authority. Employees, officers and
directors shall not discharge, demote, suspend,
threaten, harass or in any other manner discriminate
or retaliate against an employee because he
or she reports any such violation, unless it
is determined that the report was made with
knowledge that it was false. This Code should
not be construed to prohibit you from testifying,
participating or otherwise assisting in any
state or federal administrative, judicial or
legislative proceeding or investigation.
Conflicts of Interest
Employees, officers and directors must act
in the best interests of the Company. You must
refrain from engaging in any activity or having
a personal interest that presents a “conflict
of interest.” A conflict of interest occurs
when your personal interest interferes, or appears
to interfere, with the interests of the
Company. A conflict of interest can arise whenever
you, as an officer, director or employee, take
action or have an interest that prevents you
from performing your Company duties and responsibilities
honestly, objectively and effectively.
Insider Trading
Employees, officers and directors who have material
non-public information about the
Company or other companies, including our suppliers
and customers, as a result of their relationship
with the Company are prohibited by law and Company
policy from trading in securities of the Company
or such other companies, as well as from communicating
such information to others who might trade on
the basis of that information. To help ensure
that you do not engage in prohibited insider
trading and avoid even the appearance of an
improper transaction, the Company has adopted
an Insider Trading Policy and a Corporate Communications
Policy.
If you are uncertain about the constraints on
your purchase or sale of any Company securities
or the securities of any other company that
you are familiar with by virtue of your relationship
with the Company, you should consult with the
General Counsel before making any such purchase
or sale.
Confidentiality
Employees, officers and directors must maintain
the confidentiality of confidential information
entrusted to them by the Company or other companies,
including our suppliers and customers, except
when disclosure is authorized by a supervisor
or legally mandated. Unauthorized disclosure
of any confidential information is prohibited.
Additionally, employees should take appropriate
precautions to ensure that confidential or sensitive
business information, whether it is proprietary
to the Company or another company, is not communicated
within the Company except to employees who have
a need to know such information to perform their
responsibilities for the Company.
Third parties may ask you for information concerning
the Company. Subject to the exceptions
noted in the preceding paragraph, employees,
officers and directors (other than the Company’s
authorized spokespersons) must not discuss internal
Company matters with, or disseminate internal
Company information to, anyone outside the Company,
except as required in the performance of their
Company duties and after an appropriate confidentiality
agreement is in place. This prohibition applies
particularly to inquiries concerning the Company
from the media, market professionals (such as
securities analysts, institutional investors,
investment advisers, brokers and dealers) and
security holders. All responses to inquiries
on behalf of the Company must be made only by
the Company’s authorized spokespersons.
If you receive any inquiries of this nature,
you must decline to comment and refer the inquirer
to your supervisor or one of the Company’s
authorized spokespersons. The Company’s
policies with respect to public disclosure of
internal matters are described more fully in
the Company’s Disclosure Policy, which
is available at the Company’s principal
offices.
You also must abide by any lawful obligations
that you have to your former employer. These
obligations may include restrictions on the
use and disclosure of confidential information,
restrictions on the solicitation of former colleagues
to work at the Company and non-competition obligations.
Honest and Ethical Conduct and Fair Dealing
Employees, officers and directors should endeavor
to deal honestly, ethically and fairly with
the Company’s suppliers, customers, competitors
and employees. Statements regarding the Company’s
products and services must not be untrue, misleading,
deceptive or fraudulent. You must not take unfair
advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment,
abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation
of material facts or any other unfair-dealing
practice.
Protection and Proper Use of Corporate Assets
Employees, officers and directors should seek
to protect the Company’s assets. Theft, carelessness and waste have a direct impact
on the Company’s financial performance.
Employees,
officers and directors must use the Company’s
assets and services solely for legitimate business
purposes of the Company and not for any personal
benefit or the personal benefit of anyone else.
Employees, officers and directors must advance
the Company’s legitimate interests when
the
opportunity to do so arises. You must not take
for yourself personal opportunities that are
discovered through your position with the Company
or the use of property or information of the
Company.
Gifts and Gratuities
The use of Company funds or assets for gifts,
gratuities or other favors to employees or
government officials is prohibited, except to
the extent such gifts are in compliance with
applicable
law, insignificant in amount and not given in
consideration or expectation of any action by
the
recipient.
Employees, officers and directors must not accept,
or permit any member of his or her
immediate family to accept, any gifts, gratuities
or other favors from any customer, supplier
or other person doing or seeking to do business
with the Company, other than items of insignificant
value. Any gifts that are not of insignificant
value should be returned immediately and reported
to your supervisor. If immediate return is not
practical, they should be given to the Company
for charitable disposition or such other disposition
as the Company, in its sole discretion, believes
appropriate.
Common sense and moderation should prevail in
business entertainment engaged in on behalf
of the Company. Employees, officers and directors
should provide, or accept, business entertainment
to or from anyone doing business with the Company
only if the entertainment is infrequent, modest
and intended to serve legitimate business goals.
Bribes and kickbacks are criminal acts, strictly
prohibited by law. You must not offer, give,
solicit or receive any form of bribe or kickback
anywhere in the world.
Accuracy of Books and Records and Public
Reports
Employees, officers and directors must honestly
and accurately report all business transactions.
You are responsible for the accuracy of your
records and reports. Accurate information is
essential to the Company’s ability to
meet legal and regulatory obligations.
All Company books, records and accounts shall
be maintained in accordance with all applicable
regulations and standards and accurately reflect
the true nature of the transactions they record.
The financial statements of the Company shall
conform to generally accepted accounting rules
and the Company’s accounting policies.
No undisclosed or unrecorded account or fund
shall be established for any purpose. No false
or misleading entries shall be made in the Company’s
books or records for any reason, and no disbursement
of corporate funds or other corporate property
shall be made without adequate supporting documentation.
It is the policy of the Company to provide full,
fair, accurate, timely and understandable
disclosure in reports and documents filed with,
or submitted to, the Securities and Exchange
Commission and in other public communications.
Concerns Regarding Accounting or Auditing
Matters
Employees with concerns regarding questionable
accounting or auditing matters or complaints
regarding accounting, internal accounting controls
or auditing matters may confidentially, and
anonymously if they wish, submit such concerns
or complaints in writing to the Company’s
Chief
Executive Officer, General Counsel, Chairman
of the Board of Directors or Chair of the Audit
Committee at the Company’s principal offices
or may use the toll-free telephone number distributed
regularly. See “Reporting and Compliance
Procedures.” All such concerns and complaints
will be forwarded to the Audit Committee of
the Board of Directors, unless they are determined
to be without merit by the General Counsel and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company. In any
event, a record of all complaints and concerns
received will be provided to the Audit Committee
each fiscal quarter.
The Audit Committee will evaluate the merits
of any concerns or complaints received by it
and authorize such follow-up actions, if any, as
it deems necessary or appropriate to address
the substance of the concern or complaint.
The Company will not discipline, discriminate
against or retaliate against any employee who
reports a complaint or concern, unless it is
determined that the report was made with knowledge
that it was false.
Dealings with Independent Auditors
No employee, officer or director shall, directly
or indirectly, make or cause to be made a
materially false or misleading statement to
an accountant in connection with (or omit to
state, or cause another person to omit to state,
any material fact necessary in order to make
statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading
to, an accountant in connection with) any audit,
review or examination of the Company’s
financial statements or the preparation or filing
of any document or report with the SEC. No employee,
officer or director shall, directly or indirectly,
take any action to coerce, manipulate, mislead
or fraudulently influence any independent public
or certified public accountant engaged in the
performance of an audit or review of the Company’s
financial statement.
Waivers of this Code of Business Conduct
and Ethics
While some of the policies contained in this
Code must be strictly adhered to and no
exceptions can be allowed, in other cases exceptions
may be appropriate. Any employee or officer
who believes that an exception to any of these
policies is appropriate in his or her case should
first
contact the General Counsel. If the General
Counsel agrees that an exception is appropriate,
the
approval of the Board of Directors must be obtained.
The Board of Directors shall be responsible
for maintaining a record of all requests for
exceptions to any of these policies and the
disposition of such requests.
Any executive officer or director who seeks
an exception to any of these policies should
contact the General Counsel. Any waiver of this
Code for executive officers or directors or
any
change to this Code that applies to executive
officers or directors may be made only by the
Board of Directors of the Company and will be
disclosed as required by law or stock market
regulation.
Reporting and Compliance Procedures
Every employee, officer and director has the
responsibility to ask questions, seek guidance,
report suspected violations and express concerns
regarding compliance with this Code. Any employee,
officer or director who knows or believes that
any other employee or representative of the
Company has engaged or is engaging in Company-related
conduct that violates applicable law or this
Code should report such information to the General
Counsel at the Company’s principal offices.
You may report such conduct openly or anonymously
without fear of retaliation. The Company will
not discipline, discriminate against or retaliate
against any employee who reports such conduct,
unless it is determined that the report was
made with knowledge that it was false, or who
cooperates in any investigation or inquiry regarding
such conduct. Upon receipt of a report, the
General Counsel must immediately inform the
Board of Directors.
You may report violations of this Code, on a
confidential or anonymous basis, by contacting
the Company’s General Counsel by fax,
mail or e-mail at the Company’s principal
offices. In addition, the Company has established
a toll-free telephone number which it distributes
regularly where you can leave a recorded message
about any violation or suspected violation of
this Code. While we prefer that you identify
yourself when reporting violations so that we
may follow up with you, as necessary, for additional
information, you may leave messages anonymously
if you wish.
If the General Counsel receives information
regarding an alleged violation of this Code,
he or
she shall, as appropriate, (a) evaluate such
information, (b) if the alleged violation involves
an executive officer or a director, inform the
Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors
of the alleged violation, (c) determine whether
it is necessary to conduct an informal inquiry
or a formal investigation and, if so, initiate
such inquiry or investigation and (d) report
the results of any such inquiry or investigation,
together with a recommendation as to disposition
of the matter, to the Board of Directors or
the Qualified Legal Compliance Committee for
action. Employees, officers and directors are
expected to cooperate fully with any inquiry
or investigation by the Company regarding an
alleged violation of this Code. Failure to cooperate
with any such inquiry or investigation may result
in disciplinary action, up to and including
discharge.
The Company shall determine whether violations
of this Code have occurred and, if so, shall
determine the disciplinary measures to be taken
against any employee who has violated this Code.
In the event that the alleged violation involves
an executive officer or a director, the Chief
Executive Officer and the Board of Directors,
respectively, shall determine whether a violation
of this Code has occurred and, if so, shall
determine the disciplinary measures to be taken
against such executive officer or director.
Failure to comply with the standards outlined
in this Code will result in disciplinary action
including, but not limited to, reprimands, warnings,
probation or suspension without pay, demotions,
reductions in salary, discharge and restitution.
Certain violations of this Code may require
the Company to refer the matter to the appropriate
governmental or regulatory authorities for investigation
or prosecution. Moreover, any supervisor who
directs or approves of any conduct in violation
of this Code, or who has knowledge of such conduct
and does not immediately report it, also will
be subject to disciplinary action, up to and
including discharge.
Dissemination and Amendment
This Code shall be distributed to each new employee,
officer and director of the Company
upon commencement of his or her employment or
other relationship with the Company and shall
also be distributed annually to each employee,
officer and director of the Company, and each
employee, officer and director shall certify
that he or she has received, read and understood
the Code and has complied with its terms. The
Company reserves the right to amend, alter or
terminate this Code at any time for any reason.
The most current version of this Code can be
found in at the Company’s principal offices.
This document is not an employment contract
between the Company and any of its employees,
officers or directors.
Certification
I, ______________________________ do hereby
certify that:
(Print Name Above)
- I have received and carefully read the Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics of
Intelligroup, Inc.
- I understand the Code of Business Conduct
and Ethics.
- I have complied and will continue to comply
with the terms of the Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics.
Date: ________________
__________________________________
(Signature)
EACH EMPLOYEE, OFFICER AND DIRECTOR IS REQUIRED
TO SIGN, DATE AND
RETURN THIS CERTIFICATION TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL
WITHIN THIRTY
(30) DAYS OF ISSUANCE. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT
IN DISCIPLINARY
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