| Dear Members
The Directors hereby present their 52ndAnriual Report on the business,
operations and state of affairs of the Company together with the
audited financial statement for the year ended March 31st, 2015:
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Financial Results of the Company for the year 2014-15 are summarized
as under:
Current Year Previous Year
Particulars (Rs) (Rs.)
Gross Total Revenue 131053.00 2416015.00
Profit / (Loss) before Tax (694357.22) 529331.71
Less: Tax Expenses
1. Current Tax 0.00 443288.00
2. Short Provision of earlier years 25278.00 43646.71
3. Deferred Tax 0.00 0.00
Net Profit/ (Loss) after Tax (719635.22) 42397.00
Add: Amount brought forward (25781001.96) (25823398.96)
from Last Year
Appropriations:
Proposed Dividend NIL NIL
Tax on Proposed Dividend NIL NIL
Transfer to General Reserve NIL NIL
Balance carried forward to (26645005.18) (25781001.96)
Balance Sheet
DIVIDEND:
Due to accumulated losses occurred for past years, the Directors do not
recommend any dividend for the Financial Year ended on March 31,2015.
TRANSFER TO RESERVE
During the financial year 2014-15 the Company has not transferred any
amount to General Reserve. ,
STATE OF COMPANY'S AFFAIRS
The Company has ceased to be a manufacturing Company since July 1986.
During the year, the Company earned income from interest on fixed
deposits only.
Trading in the equity shares by Bombay Stock Exchange remained
suspended throughout the year.
CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS:
There has been no change in the nature of the business of the company
during the financial year.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS
There has been no material changes occurred subsequent to the close of
the financial year of the company to which the financial statements
relates and the date of the report.
SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR
TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY'S OPERATIONS
IN FUTURE
There has been no significant and material order passed by any
Regulators, Courts, Tribunal which has impacted the going concern
status and future operations of the company. However the Company had
received an interim order WTM/PS/08/CFD/June/2013 dated 04.06,2013 from
Securities Exchange Board of India (SEB!) in reference to Compliance
with the minimum Public shareholding. In this regard a personal hearing
was held on July, 08 2015 with SEBI. No further communication has been
received from SEBI.
INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS WITH REFERENCE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The Company has in place adequate internal financial control with
reference to financial statement.
DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARY. JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES
As on March 31, 2015, the Company does not have any subsidiary, Joint
Venture and Associate company.
PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL POSITION OF SUBSIDIARY / JOINT VENTURE /
ASSOCIATE COMPANY
As the company does not have any subsidiary or Joint Venture or
Associate company, disclosure requirements of information about its
performance and financial position is not applicable.
DEPOSITS
During the financial year 2014-15, your Company has not accepted any
deposit within the meaning of Sections 73 and 74 of the Companies Act,
2013 read together with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules,
2014.
SHARE CAPITAL
The Company has not issued any equity share with differential rights;
Sweat Equity Shares, Employees Stock Options, Stock Purchase and
therefore, disclosure requirements are not applicable.
EXTRACT OF THE ANNUAL RETURN
The Extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT-9 as required under
Section 92 (3) and Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and
Administration) Rules, 2014 is appended as an "ANNEXURE - A" to this
Report.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS. GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS UNDER SECTION 186
The company has not given any Loan, or Guarantee or provided any
security in respect of any loan or made any investment during the
financial year.
PARTICULARS OF ENERGY CONSERVATION. TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN
EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
Additional information on conservation of energy and technology
absorption as required to be disclosed in terms of Section 134(3) (m)
of the Act read with the Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,
2014 is not applicable as the Company has stopped manufacturing
operations with effect from 25.07.1986. However, your company has made
necessary efforts to conserve the energy and have taken remedial
measures, wherever necessary at regular intervals.
There has been no foreign exchange earnings antf outgo during the
financial year.
DETAILS OF EMPLOYEES REMUNERATION
There were no employees during the financial year ended 31st March,
2015 who were in receipt of remuneration exceeding the prescribed limit
pursuant to section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1)
of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014.
PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES
There were no contracts or arrangements entered into by the Company in
accordance with the Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Accordingly, the disclosure of Related Party Transactions as required
under section 134 (3) (h) of the Companies Act, 2013 in Form AOC 2 is
not applicable
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
Changes in composition of the Board - .
* The Company has designated Mr. Sukhraj A. Singhvi (DIN: 00246136) as
a Whole Time Director fora period of 5 ponsecutive years commencing
from 28th March, 2015.
* Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and in terms of
SEBI circular, the Company has inducted Mrs. Kamladevi P. Jain (DIN:
07139242) as a women Director with effect from 28th March, 2015.
* Mr. Mukesh K. Chaudhary (DIN: 02775378) resigned as an Independent
Director of the Company with effect from 31st March, 2015. The Board
places on record its deep appreciation for the valuable contribution
made by him during his tenure as Director of the Company.
* Mr. Rajkumar Gupta (DIN: 02616025) was appointed as an Additional
Director (Independent) for a period of 5 consecutive years with effect
from 25lh April, 2015, subject to consent by the Members of the Company
at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Meetings of the Board
The Board of Directors of your Company met 5 times during the year to
deliberate on various matters. .
independent Director's Statement
Independent Director's on your Company's Board have given declarations
that they meet the criteria of independence as provided in Section
149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement.
Key Managerial Personnel
Mr. Mitesh Singh Chauhan was appointed as Chief Financial Officer with
effect from 28"' March, 2015.
In terms of provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr.
Sukhraj A. Singhvi, Whole Time Director; and Mr. Mitesh Singh Chauhan,
Chief Financial Officer are the Key Managerial Personnel of your
Company.
BOARD EVALUATION
The board of directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own
performance, Board committees and individual directors pursuant to the
provisions ot the Act The performance of the Boaid was evaluated by the
Board after seeking puts from at the directors on the basis of the
criteria such as the Board compositive and software effectivensss of
board processes, information and functioning, etc. The performance of
the committees was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs from the
committee members on the basis of the criteria such as the composition
of committees, effectiveness of committee meetings, etc. The Board and
the Nomination- and Remuneration Committee ("NRC") reviewed the
performance of the individual directors on the basis of the criteria
such as the contribution of the individual director to the Board and
committee meetings like preparedness on the issues to be discussed,
meaningful and constructive contribution and inputs in meetings, etc. in
addition, the Chairman was also, evaluated on the key aspects of his
role, in a separate meeting of independent Directors, performance of
non-independent directors, performance of the board as a whole and
performance of the Chairman was evaluated, taking into account the views
of executive directors and non-executive directors. The same was
discussed in the board meeting that followed the meeting of the
independent Directors, at which the performance of the Board, its
committees and individual directors was also discussed.
DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 134 of the Act, the Directors 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, if any;
(b) Appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied
consistently and have 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 Company as at March 31,2015 and of the loss of the Company for
the year ended March 31,2015.
(c) Proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(d) The annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
(e) Proper internal financial controls were followed by the Company and
such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating
effectively.
(f) Proper systems are devised to ensure compliance with the provisions
of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and
operating effectively.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:
Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 with respect to requirements of
constituting a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee and
formulating and recommending a CSR Policy to the Board does not apply
to your Company, as your Company does not come under the threshold
limits stipulated under Section 135(1) of the Act.
The Company is not required to constitute a Corporate Social
Responsibility Committee as it does not fall within the purview of
Section 135(1) of the Companies Act, 2013. Consequently, it is also not
required to formulate a policy on corporate social responsibility.
RISK MANAGEMENT:
The Company has devised and implemented a mechanism for risk management
and has framed a Risk Management Policy. The Policy provides for
constitution of a Risk Committee, which will work towards identifying
internal and external risks and implementing risk mitigation steps.
Your Company has identified key risks such as operational, compliance,
financial, which could be a constraint towards reviving the affairs of
your Company.
PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY
The Company has in place a Prevention of Sexual Harassment policy in
line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. There were
no cases reported during the year ended March 31, 2015 under the Policy
NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
The Company's policy on director's appointment and remuneration
including criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes,
independence of a director and recommend to the Board a policy,
relating to the remuneration for the directors, key managerial
personnel and other employees has been attached as "AN NEXU RE-B" to
this report.
AUDIT COMMITTEE:
The Audit Committee of the Board pursuant to Section 177(2) of the
Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 6 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and
its Powers) Rules, 2014 comprises following members as on 31st March,
2015:-
1. Shri. Harish K. Notani., Independent Director, Chairman.
2. Shri. Parasmal M. Jain, Director.
3. Mukesh K. Chaudhary, Independent Director.
VIGIL MECHANISM:
Your Company has in place a vigil mechanism for directors and employees
to report concerns about unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud
or violation of your Company's Code of Conduct. Adequate safeguards are
provided against victimisation to those who avail of the mechanism and
direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee in exceptional
cases is provided to them. The vigil mechanism is overseen by the Audit
Committee.
AUDITORS
M/s Khimji Kunverji & Co, Chartered Accountants, hold office till the
conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for
re-appointment. They have confirmed that their appointment, if made,
would be in conformity with the provisions of the Act and they are not
disqualified for re-appointment. The Audit Committee and Board
recommends the re- appointment of M/s Khimji Kunverji & Co, Chartered
Accountants as Auditors for the financial year ending 31st March, 2016.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
There are no qualifications, reservation or adverse remark or
disclaimer made by the auditor in their report, except Note 20(1) and
20(2) mentioned under the head "OPINION" in the Auditors' Report, which
are self-explanatory. *
(a) SECRETARIAL AUDITOR
The Board has appointed M/s. Ratan Kapadia & Associates as Company
Secretaries, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the financial year
2014-15. The Secretarial Audit report for the financial year ended
March 31,2015 is annexed herewith as "ANNEXURE C".
SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT
Your Directors provide the following explanations and comments on the
qualification or reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer mentioned
in the Secretarial Audit Report:-
The Company is required to maintain minimum public shareholding as per
the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA) and the Rules
made thereunder and Clause 40 of Listing Agreement read with Rule 19(2)
and Rule 19A of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957
The manner/method in which the minimum public shareholding requirement
can be met is through:-
I) Issuance of shares to public through prospectus
II) Offer for sale of shares held by promoters to public through
prospectus
III) Sale of shares held by promoters through secondary market i.e OFS
through stock exchange.
IV) Institutional Placement Program (IIP)
V) Right Issues to Public shareholders, with promoters / promoters
group shareholders with promoters / promoters group shareholders
forgoing their rights entitlement.
VI) Bonus issues to public shareholders, with promoters / promoter
group shareholders forgoing their bonus entitlement.
VII) Any other method as may be approved by SEBI, on a case to case
basis.
With substantial erosion of Net worth of the Company, negligible
operations, discontinuance of manufacturing activities, current
financial health and considering a very small number of public
shareholders in the Company, your directors feel that none of the above
methods would generate any interest and therefore the Company would not
be able to meet the criteria of minimum 25% public holding.
The Company has not provided the demat facility as required under the
Depositories Act 1996 and the Regulations and Bve-te.ws frame thereunder
and The Company has not appointed Registrars and Shar-j Transfer Agents
as required under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Registrars
to an Issue and Share Transfer Agents) Regulations. 1993 regarding the
Companies Act and dealing with client)
Due to various reasons stated above, your Directors did not find it
feasible to dematerialize the equity shares of the Company and appoint
Registrars and Share Transfer Agents.
Since the trading in equity snares is suspended, appointment of
Depositories as well as Registrars and Share Transfer Agents and
dematerialization of shares would not have any benefit to the
shareholders.
Further the number of shareholders Is small and there is no request
from any shareholders to dematerialize or transfer any shares.
Members of the Company were not provided e-voting facility to vote on
all the resolutions passed at the saidAGM
There are only 163 public shareholders holding 39640 equity shares
constituting of 1.18% of the total shareholding of the Company. All
these shares are held in physical form and the concerned shareholders
have not provided their e-mail id to the Company. Under the
circumstances, the Company could not provide the E-voting facility to
the members of the Company at the Annual General Meeting.
The Company has not appointed Company Secretary as required under the
provisions of section 203 of Companies Act 2013
The Company has discontinued manufacturing operation since July, 1986.
Considering the size of the operations and earnings of the Company it
is not possible to attract qualified Company Secretary. Accordingly
Company could not appoint a Company Secretary.
The Company has not redeemed 200000. 9.5% Redeemable Cumulative
Preference Shares as required under the Companies Act. 2013.
The redeemable preference shares can be redeemed only out of
I) Profits of the Company
II) Proceeds of the fresh issue of shares
The Company has not generated adequate profits due to the closure of
the manufacturing activities since July, 1986. Further as stated
earlier the Company is not in a position to issue fresh capital. In
view of the same, the preference shares could not be redeemed.
However all the preference shares are held by the promoters and their
associates only.
Non-Compliance of various clauses of the Listing Agreement such as
non-intimation of certain events to the stock exchange, publication of
certain information, payment of listing fees and maintenance of
website.
In the absence of a qualified Company Secretary and Compliance Officer
certain provisions of the listing agreement could not be complied with
However, such non-compliance were technical and the same were not
material and had no adverse impact concerning the interest of the
shareholders.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Board wishes to place on record their appreciations of the whole
hearted and sincere co- operation received by the Company during the
year from the employees, bankers and various Government authorities at
all levels.
On behalf of Board of Directors
Sukhraj A. Singhvi Parasmal M. Jain
Place: Adipur-Kutch Director Director
Dated: 25th August, 2015 DIN : 00246136 DIN : 00486508
Registered Office:
Spinning Mill Building
P.O.: Adipur (Kutch) - 370 205.
Gujarat State
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