Dear Members
The directors are pleased to present the Twenty Third Annual Report of
the company together with the Audited Financial Statement for the year
ended on 31st March, 2015, as follows:
FINANCIAL SUMMARY: (Rs. In Lacs)
Particulars As at As at
31.03.2015 31.03.2014
Revenue from operations 19,545.77 24,220.11
Other Income 170.22 319.08
Total Operational Cost 19,334.16 23,693.61
Finance Cost 162.00 159.59
Depreciation 13.35 15.02
Tax Provision 66.28 219.29
Net Profit (Loss) 140.20 455.91
Paid-up share capital 596.84 596.84
Net surplus in Profit & Loss 411.91 362.68
Total Reserves & Surplus 574.69 514.95
STATEMENT OF COMPANY'S AFFAIRS / COMPANY'S WORKING:
Being an agricultural commodity based Export Company, your company is
exposed to a lot of factors both at national and international level.
During the year under review the company witnessed slow demand of
Indian agricultural commodities in the international market. The total
exports from India for both service and commodity sector decreased in
comparison to the previous year.
Despite all stiff competition, your company did fairly well in sales-
domestic as well as exports. The revenue of the company stood at Rs.
19,545.77 lacs as at 31.03.2015 as against Rs. 24220.11 lacs at at
31.03.2014.
In exports, your company entered into third country exports from
Bangladesh and is planning to explore the opportunities from other
countries also. The management of your company will continue making its
efforts towards the sound growth of the company and hope to do fairy
well in FY 2015-16, except the unforeseen circumstances being usual in
export business.
The domestic sales registered a growth this year as well despite
several unfavorable market conditions. However, it shall energise the
efforts to expand the consumer base in local market during the current
year.
DIVIDEND:
With your whole hearted support and considering your Company's
profitability & cash flow despite the adverse market situations, your
Directors are pleased to recommend a Dividend of 10% i.e. Rs. 1/- per
equity share on a face value of Rs. 10/- each on 59,53,000 equity
shares fully paid-up. The proposed dividend, if approved by the members
at the Annual General Meeting, will absorb a sum of Rs. 59.53 lakhs
(excluding Dividend Tax) for the year ended 31st March, 2015.
RESERVES:
Your Directors proposes to transfer Rs. 10.52 Lacs to the general
reserve during the year 2014-15.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS:
During the year under review no loans or guarantees given or investment
made, covered under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013. For details
about past transactions, please refer the note No. 13 to the financial
statement provided in this Annual Report.
PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH RELATED PARITES:
Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred
to in Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013, in the prescribed form
AOC-2, is appended as Annexure 1 to the Board's Report.
DEPOSITS:
The company has not invited/accepted any public deposit whether covered
under Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013 or not and, as such, no
amount of principal or interest remained unpaid or unclaimed as at the
Balance Sheet date.
QUALIFICATIONS, RESERVATON OR ADVERSE REMARK OF DISCLOSURE IN AUDIT
REPORTS:
There is no adverse remark or qualification or any disclaimer remark
against the Company by
(a) The statutory auditor in its report.
(b) By the company secretary in practice in the secretarial audit
report.
CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS:
The main activity of the company is export of agri commodities, spices,
feed meals etc., but to strengthen the domestic market and as a part of
diversification of business, company started importing of pulses during
the year.
EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
There are no such changes/ commitments/events or material changes
occurred affecting the financial position of the Company between the
end of the financial year (i.e. 31.03.2015) and the date of this
report.
SIGNIFICANT & MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS:
The Company has not received any significant/material orders from the
statutory regulatory bodies/courts/tribunals impacting the going
concern status and company's operations in future.
DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARY/JOINT VENTURES/ASSOCIATE COMPANIES:
No Company became or ceased to be subsidiary, joint venture or
associate company of Unique Organics Limited during the year.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE/ FINANCIAL POSITION OF SUBSIDIARIES/ ASSOCIATE
COMPANIES/ JOINT VENTURES:
There is no Subsidiary company/ Associate company/ Joint venture
associated with the Company.
DETAILS OF ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS:
Company is both ethically and professionally managed. It has developed
an internal structure with proper hierarchy, delegation of authority
and ethical values so that assets are safeguarded and the transactions
are properly authorized and recorded. With reference to the financial
statements, the Company has a continuous monitoring mechanism through
Audit Committee, Internal Audit and multistage checking of vouchers and
documents which enables the organization to maintain with the same
standard of the control systems and helps them in managing any default
on timely basis because of strong reporting mechanism followed by the
company. The Internal Audit System of the company helps to bring out a
systematic and disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the
effectiveness of internal financial control.
LISTING OF SHARES:
The company's equity shares continued to be listed with Bombay Stock
Exchange (BSE) which has nationwide trading terminals.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
Your company has proactively been following the best practices adopted
by good corporates in India. The report on Corporate Governance forms a
part of this report. The Auditor's certificate on the compliance of
Corporate Governance embodied in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is
attached as Annexure 2 and forms a part of this report.
All board members have affirmed compliance with Code of Conduct under
Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement and Code of Conduct on Insider
Trading on annual basis.
BOARD MEETINGS:
The Board of Directors met 12 (twelve) times during the financial year
2014-15, on 21.04.2014, 07.05.2014, 23.05.2014, 12.07.2014, 02.08.2014,
30.09.2014, 20.10.2014, 21.11.2014, 28.01.2015, 02.02.2015, 16.02.2015
and 24.03.2015. The intervening gap between any two meetings was within
the period prescribed by the Companies Act, 2013 read with rules
thereunder and Listing Agreement.
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS:
The Board has seven committees: Audit Committee, Nomination &
Remuneration Committee, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee,
Stakeholders Relationship Committee, Risk Management Committee, and
Share Transfer Committee & Internal Complaint Committee (ICC). All
committees are formed as per prevailing laws and have proper
combinations of independent and non-independent directors in
composition.
A detailed note on the Board and its committees is provided under the
Corporate Governance Report section in this Annual Report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
Particulars of employees in accordance with the provisions of Section
197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is
appended in Annexure 3 to the Board's Report.
DISCLOSURE UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMAN AT WORKPLACE
(PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013.
The Company has in place an Anti Sexual Harassment Policy in line with
the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Woman at the workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. Internal Complaint
Committee (ICC) has been setup to redress complaints received regarding
sexual harassment. All employees (permanent, contractual, temporary,
trainees) are covered under this policy.
The following is a summary of complaints regarding workplace sexual
harassment, received and disposed off during the year under review:
No. of complaints received: NIL
No. of complaints disposed off: N.A.
POLICY ON DIRECTORS' APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION:
Company has constituted Nomination and Remuneration Committee (Details
of which is part of Corporate Governance Report in this Annual Report)
and adopted Nomination and Remuneration Policy formulated in compliance
with Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rules thereunder
and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement. The said policy includes
criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes,
independence of directors and other matters provided under Sub Section
3 of the Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013. The said policy is
appended as Annexure 4 to this Report and also available on Company's
website on below web-link:
http://www.uniqueorganics.com/UploadFile/1435309815-
Nomination%20and%20Remuneration%20Policy.pdf
DIRECTORS:
a) Changes in Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
* Mr. Sanjay Sharma was appointed as independent director in the board
meeting held on 07.05.2014 and regularized in the 22nd Annual General
Meeting held on 16th July, 2014.
* Mrs. Vinita Mishra was appointed as additional director (non-
executive non independent) on the board, in Board meeting held on
08.07.2015.
* During the year, Mrs. Varnita Mathur resigned from the post of
Company Secretary and Compliance Officer and Ms. Aayushi Singh was
appointed as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer in her place
w.e.f. 07.05.2014.
* Mr. Harish Panwar (Manager Accounts) appointed as Chief Financial
Officer of the Company w.e.f. 23.05.2014.
b) Declaration by an Independent Director(s)
* Company received declarations from its independent directors Shri
Amardeep Singh Ahluwalia, Shri Dilip Kumar Joshi and Shri Sanjay Sharma
under sub section (7) of section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013
confirming that they meet the criteria as laid down in Section 149(6)
of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rules thereunder and Clause 49 of
the Listing Agreement with Stock Exchange.
c) Performance Evaluation of Board and re- appointment
The company has developed and implemented a policy for formal annual
evaluation. The Committee/Board shall evaluate the performance of
Board, its Committees, and its individual directors including
Chairman/Managing Director and Independent Directors of the Company
with reference to the authority under the Policies of the Company
framed in accordance with the relevant provisions of Companies Act,
2013 read with rules thereunder, Listing Agreement and based on their
functions and the criteria for the evaluation of the performance as
prescribed in the policy. Evaluation of Independent Directors shall be
carried on by the entire Board in the same way as it is done for the
Executive Directors/Non- Independent Directors of the Company except
the Director getting evaluated keeping in view the inputs provided by
Nomination & Remuneration Committee. The Policy on Annual Performance
Evaluation of the Board, its Committee's and individual directors is
appended as Annexure 5 to this report and also available on Company's
wesite at below web-
link:
http://www.uniqueorganics.com/UploadFile/1435385585-
Policy%20for%20Evaluation%20of%20the%20Performanc
e%20of%20the%20Board%20Its%20Committee%20and%
20Individual%20Directors.pdf
Mrs. Madhu Kanodia, Director of the Company, retires at the ensuing
Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offers herself for
re-appointment, in terms of provisions of Articles of Association of
the Company. The Board recommends her re-appointment.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to provisions of clause (c) of sub-section (3) of section 134
of the Companies Act, 2013, your directors hereby state that:
a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to
material departures;
b) the directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the
company for the year ended on that date;
c) the directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
d) the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis; and
e) the directors, laid down internal financial controls to be followed
by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate
and are operating effectively.
f) the directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with
the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are
adequate and operating effectively.
STATUTORY AUDITORS:
M/s A.K. Meharia & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Kolkata,
Statutory Auditors of the Company, hold office until the conclusion of
the ensuing annual general meeting and, they being eligible, offer
themselves for re-appointment. The Audit Committee and Board of
Directors of the company have recommended the re-appointment of M/s.
A.K. Meharia & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Kolkata, as Statutory
Auditors of the company to hold office for five years tenure from the
conclusion of this AGM upto the conclusion of 28th AGM (F.Y 2015-16 to
F.Y. 2019-20), subject to ratification by members at every Annual
General Meeting of the Company. The company has received a letter from
them to the effect that their appointment, if made, would be within the
limit prescribed under Section 141(3)(g) of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Rules thereunder and other provisions, if any, and that they
are not disqualified for re-appointment.
SECRETARIAL AUDITOR AND REPORT:
M/s Ruchi Jain & Associates, Company Secretaries, B-37, Ahinsha Marg,
Jai Jawan Colony-I, Tonk Road, Jaipur (Raj.) were appointed as
Secretarial Auditor to conduct the secretarial audit of the company for
the financial year 2014-15, as required under Section 204 of the
Companies Act, 2013 and Rules thereunder.
The secretarial audit report for the financial year 2014-15 forms part
of the Report as an Annexure 6.
AUDIT COMMITTEE:
In compliance of the provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act,
2013 read with Rules thereunder and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement,
company has an audit committee comprising Shri Amardeep Singh
Ahluwalia, independent director as Chairman of the Committee, Shri J.P
Kanodia, managing director & Shri. Dilip Kumar Joshi, independent
director as members. The Committee functions with the powers and
responsibilities as specified in the Companies Act, 2013 read with
rules thereunder, Listing Agreement and other applicable law, if any.
VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY:
In compliance of the provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act,
2013 and Clause 49 of Listing Agreement, Company has established a
Vigil (Whistle Blower) Mechanism and formulated a Policy in order to
provide a framework to the directors and employees of the company a
responsible and secure whistle blowing/vigil mechanism to report
genuine concerns to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. And that
Company hereby affirms that no personnel have been denied access to the
audit committee. More details about the policy and procedure are stated
in Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Annual Report.
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY/PLAN:
The Company has developed and established a risk management policy for
the Company which sets out a framework for identification of elements
of Risk, if any which in the opinion of the Board may threaten the
existence of the Company and has devised a proper system of risk
management and internal compliance and control through its Board, Audit
Committee, KMP's and other Senior personnel of the Company.
SHARE CAPITAL:
There was no change in the Share Capital during the year under review
as under:
a) Issue of equity shares with differential rights :
The company didn't issue any equity shares with differential rights or
other securities during the year under review.
b) Issue of sweat equity shares :
The company didn't issue any Sweat equity shares during the year under
review.
c) Issue of employee stock options :
The company didn't issue any ESOP during the year under review.
d) Provision of money by company for purchase of its own shares by
employees or by trustees for the benefit of employees :
Company didn't make any Scheme or Provision of money for purchase of
its own shares by employees or by trustees for the benefit of employees
during the year under review.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR):
Company has constituted the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Committee of Directors in accordance with the provisions of Section 135
of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Corporate Social
Responsibility) Rules, 2014. The brief outline of the CSR Policy,
including overview of the programs/activities undertaken, the
composition of the CSR
Committee, average net profit of the Company for the past three
financial years, prescribed CSR expenditure and details of amount spent
on CSR activities during the year have been disclosed in Annexure 7 to
this Report, as mandated under the said Rules. Details about the CSR
Policy and initiative taken by the Company during the year are
available on Company's website on investor page under CSR menu.
http://www.uniqueorganics.com/spices/csr.php
EXTRACTS OF ANNUAL RETURN:
In accordance with Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, an
extract of the annual return in prescribed format (MGT- 9) is appended
as Annexure 8 to the Board's Report.
PARTICULARS OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING AND OUTGO:
Being focused on trading for the year under review, energy cost
constituted a small proportion of the total cost and there is not much
scope for energy conservation. However, pursuant to section 134 of the
Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014,
the requisite particulars are furnished at Annexure 9 given hereto
forming part of this Report. Foreign exchange earnings and outgo are
furnished as under:
DEPOSITORY SYSTEM:
In order to keep pace with the changing technology and to provide the
benefits of electronic trading to our members, your company's shares
are tradable compulsorily in electronic form and it established
connectivity with depositories, viz. National Securities Depositories
Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL).
The company also has common agency for transfer of shares both in demat
and in physical form.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Your directors express their sincere thanks to Central and State
Government departments, Banks, foreign buyers and customers for their
cooperation and encouragement they always extended to the company and
look forward for their continued support. For the continuous support
and meticulous efforts of Dealers, Business Associates and employees in
ensuring an all round improved operational performance, your directors
wish to place on record their sincere thanks and appreciation.
For & on behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: Jaipur
Date: 08.07.2015
J.P. Kanodia
Chairman & Managing Director
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