Dear Members
The Directors are pleased to present their 24th Annual Report of the
Company with the Audited financial statement for the financial year
ended 31st March 2015.
1. FINANCIAL RESULTS
The Company's financial performance, for the year ended March 31,2015
is summarised below:
PARTICULARS 2014-2015 2013-2014
Profit before Depreciation 1,54,03,617 1,24,85,117
Less: Depreciation 8,981 8,647
Less: Directors Remuneration NIL NIL
Profit after Depreciation & Before Tax 1,53,94,636 1,24,93,764
Less : Provision for Tax 21,55,000 37,54,000
Profit after Tax 1,32,39,636 37,39,764
Add : Profit brought forward (268,61,897) (356,01,661)
Balance transferred to Balance Sheet (136,22,261) (268,61,897)
Results of operations and the state of Company's affairs
The highlights of the Company's performance are as under:
* Revenue of the Company increased from Rs. 1,45,17,049.5 to Rs.
2,47.00,529/-
* Net Profit increased from Rs. 87,39,764/- to Rs. 1.32,39,764/-
No material changes and commitments have occurred after the close of
the year till the date of this Report, which affect the financial
position of the Company.
Dividend
After considering the financial results for the financial year, your
Directors are of the opinion that it is prudent that no dividend be
declared for the year under review so that the profits earned in the
financial year can be ploughed back and utilized towards various growth
and other expansion plans,
Management's Discussion and Analysis
In terms of the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the
Management's Discussion and Analysis is set out in this Annual Report.
Directors' Responsibility Statement
Your Directors state that:
a) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March
31, 2015. the applicable accounting standards read with requirements
set out under Schedule III to the Act, have been followed and there are
no material departures from the same;
b) the Directors have 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 as at March 31,2015 and of the loss 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;
e) the Directors have laid down interna! 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 ail applicable laws and that such systems are
adequate and operating effectively.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of corporate
governance and adhere to the corporate governance requirements set out
by SEBl.The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under the
Listing Agreement forms an integral part of this Report. The requisite
certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with
the conditions of corporate governance is attached to the report on
Corporate Governance.
RISK MANAGEMENT
In accordance with Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement the Board of
Directors of the Company are responsible for framing, implementing and
monitoring the Risk Management plans of the Company. The Company has a
defined "Risk Management Policy' and the same has been approved by the
Board of Directors of the Company. The Risk Management Policy is
available on the Company's website at www.kyralandscapes.com.
INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS
The Company has in place adequate internal financial controls with
reference to financial statements. During the year, such controls were
tested and no reportable material weakness in the design oroperations
were observed.
BOARD DIVERSITY
The Company recognises and embraces the benefits of having a diverse
Board to enhance the quality of its performance. The Board Diversity
Policy alms to set out the approach to achieve diversity on the board
of directors of the Company. The Board Diversity policy is available on
the Company's website at 'AAiVW.kyralandscapes.com.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
The Board met 5 times during the financial year, the details of which
are given in the Corporate Governance Report that forms part of this
Annual Report. The intervening gap between two meetings was within the
period prescribed by the Companies Act, 2013.
Extract of Annual Return
Extract of Annual Return of the Company is annexed herewith as Annexure
I to this Report.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
Mr Keyur P Shah and Mr. Paresh V Shah, Directors of your Company
resigned from the Board wef August 28, 2015. Your Board records its
deep appreciation for the services rendered by Mr Keyur P Shah and Mr,
Paresh V Shah as Directors of the Company. Further your Directors
hereby inform that there are no Directors liable to retire by rotation
at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Your Board at its Meeting held on August 28, 2015, appointed Mr. Ravi
Jabbar Sharma as an Additional Director to hold office till conclusion
of the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Company has
received a Notice as per the provisions of Section 160(1) of the
Companies Act, 2013, from a Member proposing the appointment of Mr.
Ravi Jabbar Sharma. Mr. Ravi Jabbar Sharma be also appointed as the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company for a term of 1 year wef August
28, 2015.
At its Meeting held on August 28, 2015, your Board appointed Mr.
Santosh Kumar as an Additional Director to hold office till conclusion
of the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Company has
received a Notice as per the provisions of Section 160(1) of the
Companies Act, 2013, from a Member proposing the appointment of Mr.
Santosh Kumar. The Company has received a confirmation from Mr. Santosh
Kumar stating that he meets the criteria of independence as provided
under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and in the opinion of
your Board he is a person of integrity and posses relevant expertise
and experience for being appointed as Independent Director.
The Company has received necessary declarations from ali the
independent Directors of the Company under section 149(7) of the
Companies Act, 2013 confirming that they meet the criteria of
independence as prescribed both under the Act and Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges.
Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement mandates that the Board shall
monitor and review the Board evaluation framework. The Companies Act,
2013 states that a formal evaluation needs to be made by the Board and
its own performance and that of its Committees and individual
directors. Schedule IV of the Companies Act, 2013 states that the
performance evaluation of Independent Directors shall be done by the
entire Board of Directors, excluding the director being evaluated.
Accordingly the Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation
of Independent Directors, Board, Committees and other individual
Directors which includes criteria for performance evaluation of the
non-executive directors and executive directors, On the basis of the
policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors, Board,
Committees and other individual Directors, a process of evaluation was
followed by the Board for its own performance and that of its
Committees and individual Directors.
Every new Independent Director of the Company attends a familiarisation
programme. The details of programmes for familiarisation of Independent
Directors with the Company, their roles, rights, responsibilities in
the Company, nature of the industry in which the Company operates,
business model of the Company and related matters are put up on the
website of the Company at: www.kyralandscapes.com.
The following policies of the Company are attached herewith marked as
Annexure 11A and Annexure I IB: a) Policy for selection of Directors
and determining Directors independence; and b) Remuneration Policy for
Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees.
Committees of the Board
Currently the Board has three committees viz. the Audit Committee, the
Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Stakeholders Relationship
Committee. A detailed note on the Board and its committees is provided
under the Corporate Governance report section in this annua! report.
The Composition of the Committees and compliances, as per the
applicable provisions of the Act and Rules are as follows:
Audit Committee:
The Audit Committee comprised of the following members - Mr.Narendra
DoshL Mr, Paresh Shah and Mr. Girish Sehgal. On resignation of Mr.
Paresh Shah, the Audit Commitee was reconstituted and comprises
Mr.Narendra Doshi, Mr. Santosh Kumar and Mr. Girish Sehgal. The terms
of referemce of the Audit Committee have been mentioned in the
Corporate Governance Report. All recommendations made by the audit
committee during the year were accepted by the Board.
Nomination and Remuneration Committee:
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee comprised of the following
members - Mr.Narendra Doshi, Mr. Paresh Shah and Mrs. Neeta Joshi. On
resignation of Mr. Paresh Shah, the Nomination and Remuneration
Commitee was reconstituted and comprises Mr. Narendra Doshi, Mr.
Santosh Kumar and Mrs. Neeta Joshi. The Nomination and Remuneration
Committee has framed the Nomination and Remuneration policy, A copy of
the policy is appended as Annexure IIB to the Board's Report,
Stakeholders' Relationship Committee:
The Stakeholders' Relationship Committee comprised of the following
Directors namely Mr.Narendra Doshi, Mr. Girish Sehgal and Mr. Paresh
Shah. On resignation of Mr. Paresh Shah, the Stakeholders' Relationship
Commitee was reconstituted and comprises Mr. Narendra Doshi, Mr.
Santosh Kumar and Mr. Girish Sehgal
VIGIL MECHANISM
The Company has adopted the Whistleblower mechanism for directors and
employees to report concerns about unethical behaviour, actual or
suspected fraud or violation of the Company's Code of Conduct and
Ethics.The Policy on vigil mechanism and whistle blower policy may be
accessed on the Company's website at www.kyralandscapes.com.
AUDITORS AND AUDITORS' REPORT
Statutory Auditors
M/s. Bhavik Sheth & Associates, Chartered Accountants, were appointed
as Statutory Auditors of the Company at the 23rd Annual General Meeting
held on September 30, 2014 to hold office till the conclusion of the
28th Annual General Meeting to be held in the calendar year 2018. In
terms of the first proviso to Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013,
the appointment of auditors shall be placed for ratification at every
Annual General Meeting. Accordingly the appointment of M/s.
BhavikSheth& Associates, Chartered Accountants, as Statutory Auditors
of the Company, is placed for ratification by the shareholders. In this
regard the Company has received a certificate from the auditors that if
they are re-appointed, it would be in accordance with the provisions of
Section 141 of the Companies Act. 2013.
Notes on financial statement referred to in the Auditors' Report are
self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments. The
Auditors' Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or
adverse remark.
Secretarial Auditor
The Board has appointed M/s. D.S. Momaya & Co., Practising Company
Secretary, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the financial year 2014-15,
as required under Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules
thereunder. The Secretarial Audit Report for thefinancial year ended
March 31, 2015 is annexed herewith marked as Annexure III to this
Report.
M/s. D.S. Momaya & Co,, Practising Company Secretary, the Secretarial
Auditors of the Company have made certain observations in their
Secretarial Audit Report. The Board comments in respect of the same as
under:
1. Observation : The Company has not filed form VIGT 10 pursuant to the
provisions of Secton 93 of the Companies Act. 2013 read with Rule 13 of
the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014.
Explanation: Due applicability of new Companies Act, 2013 and increased
burden of compliances and non-clarity in many provisions of the Act,
Company unintentionally missed out the compliances of filing of Form
MGT-10 but after such instance the company is very cautious about the
compliance of the provisions of the Act and has been regular in all
compliances within the time limit as may be prescribed in the Act.
2. Observation : The Company has not appointed a Company Secretary
pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013
and Complaince officer as required under the SEBI guidelines and
Listing Agreement.
Explanation: Company being responsible Corporate, definitely desires to
appoint a well- qualified Company Secretary in compliance of Section
203 of the Companies Act, 2013 and in this context company is trying to
search Company secretary from long duration. Due to deficiency in the
number of Company Secretaries, company is not able to appoint Company
Secretary pursuant to the provision of section 203 of the Act. Further
the Company has also taken an initiative to appoint a well-qualified
Company Secretary by approaching the Institute of Company Secretaries
of India and very soon, the Company will make suitable appointment to
comply with the provisions of section 203 of the Act.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange
Earnings and Outgo
The particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology
absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo, required to be
furnished pursuant to Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013,
read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, are as
under:
i. Part A and B of the Rules, pertaining to conservation of energy and
technology absorption, are not applicable to the Company.
ii. Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo:
Foreign Exchange Earned- Nil Foreign Exchange Used - Nil
Particulars of Employees and related disclosures
The Company has not paid any remuneration attracting the provisions of
Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) and (3)
of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules. 2014. Hence, no information is required to be appended to this
report in this regard.
Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in
respect of the following items as there were no transactions on these
items during the year under review:
1. Loans given, investment made, guarantees given and securities
provided.
2. Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.
3. Issue of employee stock options.
4. Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend,
voting or otherwise.
5. Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the
Company under any scheme.
6. The Company does not have any holding company or any subsidiary
hence neither the Managing Director nor the Whole-time Directors of the
Company receive any remuneration or commission from its holding company
or any of its subsidiaries.
7. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or
Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company's
operations in future.
8. There were no cases filed pursuant to the SexualHarassment of Women
at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
9. There were no cases of frauds that has to be reported to the Audit
Committee.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Board of Directors wishes to place on record their appreciation for
the continued support and cooperation extended by Banks, customers,
suppliers, financial institution, government authorities and other
stakeholders & investors. Your Directors would also like to take this
opportunity to express their appreciation for the dedicated efforts of
the employees of the Company.
By order of the Board
For Kyra Landscapes Limited
Mr. Girish Sehgal Mrs. Neeta Joshi
Managing Director Chairperson
DIN:03321530 DIN: 03268948
Place : Thane
Date August 28, 2015
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