The Members,
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting their 30th Annual Report together with the
Audited Financial Statements for the year ended March 31,2015.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
(Rs. in crores)
|
Year ended 31.03.2015 |
Year ended 31.03.2014 |
Net Sales and Other Income |
423.45 |
463.90 |
Profit before tax |
13.96 |
15.72 |
Less: Tax expense (Deferred tax) |
(2.68) |
1.65 |
Profit for the year after tax |
16.64 |
14.07 |
Balance Brought forward from previous year |
197.18 |
183.11 |
Balance carried to Balance sheet |
213.82 |
197.18 |
OPERATIONS
The net turnover for the year has been Rs. 417.93 crores as against Rs. 459.33 crores
in previous year and net profit after tax Rs. 16.64 crores as against Rs. 14.07 crores in
previous year. Overall turnover for the year has been lower from previous year mainly due
to lower turnover of Yam Division on account of adverse market conditions.
Keeping in view the need to conserve the Company's resources for meeting the enhanced
working capital requirement and balancing the manufacturing equipments, your directors
deemed it prudent not to recommend any dividend for the year.
Insulators Division
The division has achieved a net turnover of Rs. 288.68 crores during the year and
profit before interest & depreciation of Rs. 40.19 crores as against Rs. 273.91 crores
and Rs. 37.75 crores respectively of previous year. Various factors have contributed for
sustained performance of the division interalia balancing of plant & machinery,
continuous efforts for production of better quality product and manufacturing of higher
value-added Insulators. Company's vision to broaden the scope of manufacturing of all
kinds of extra high voltage insulators for electrical equipments has borne fruits,
witnessed by the performance of the company during the year under review.
Yarn Division .
The turnover of this division has been Rs. 129.25 crores as against Rs. 185.42 crores
in previous year and profit before interest & depreciation has been Rs. 1.82 crores as
against Rs. 8.20 crores in previous year. Turnover and profitability has been lower due to
adverse market conditions and low production/sales due to shut down of plant for about
forty days .
EXPORTS
The company is one of the .major exporter of H.T. Porcelain Insulators from India. The
Company has achieved export turnover of Rs. 55 crores during the year under review as
compared to Rs. 79 crores in previous year. Lower exports were mainly due to stiff
competition from China as well as lower demands from Russian/European countries, because
of slow down. The company possesses the ability to cater to diverse needs of global
customers and is concentrating to strengthen its presence in all comers of global market.
This would help the company in getting optimum utilization of its productive resources.
Your company is a regular supplier to all the major multinational OEMs for their world
wide requirements of quality porcelain insulators. The company is also focusing to save
cost effectively with R&D activities and better process control so that products of
the insulator division remain competitive in terms of quality and price in the
international market.
Major focus on approvals in OEMs and utilities worldwide will further enhance export
business. These steps taken by the company will help export turnover to increase
substantially in 2015-16.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
Your Company continues to be a leader in the manufacture of High Voltage Insulators in
the country. Despite stiff competition buyers show interest in your company's product for
its quality & timely delivery and hence your directors are confident of achieving
better working results in the coming years. Your Company has a well equipped R&D
laboratory recognized by Govt, of India, Ministry of Science & Technology which takes
care of the stringent quality requirements of customers and ensures quality and
reliability in each and every product manufactured. In-house R&D activities have a
thrust on development to replace expensive input raw material & to further bring
consistency in quality of the products under manufacture. The future of the Insulator
industry looks promising due to major thrust on power sector reforms and speedier
implementation of new power projects. The Government of India has given emphasis to
upgrading the transmission system in the country along with plans for construction of new
power transmission lines like the green corridor project connecting renewable power
projects across various states as well as upgradation of transmission infrastructure in
the North East Region.
Major Railway electrical projects as well as the Dedicated Freight Corridor project
will increase demand for railway insulators. Further, the Imposition of anti dumping duty
on imports from China for a period of 5 years will provide sustainable relief to domestic
manufactures.
In view of this & looking to the present scenario in power sector, the business
prospects for Insulator Industry in general and for your Company in particular are
encouraging.
The company is diversifying its business by way of expanding capacity of foundry which
at present is fulfilling company's major captive requirement of SGI and Aluminum Castings.
This will give further boost to the revenue of the company in coming years.
AMALGAMATION OF MODERN TERRY TOWELS LIMITED WITH THE COMPANY
Modem Terry Towels Limited has filed revised DRS with the Operating Agency for its
amalgamation with your Company by taking deemed date of amalgamation as 01.01.2008 (as
envisaged in original scheme). The same is under consideration for circulation and
thereafter for sanction by Honble BIFR.
DEMERGER OF YARN DIVISION OF THE COMPANY
As reported earlier, a scheme of Demerger under section 391 to 394 of the Companies
Act, 1956 has been filed before the Honble High Court of Rajasthan at Jaipur to
demerge the Yam Division of the Company which is under consideration for approval of
Hon'ble High Court. The demerger would result in benefit to the shareholders, creditors,
employees and general public.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS
The Company has not given any guarantees covered under the provisions of Section 186 of
the Companies Act, 2013. The details of the loans and investments made by Company are
given in the notes to the Financial Statements.
CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES
All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on
ami's length basis and were in the ordinary course of business. There were no materially
significant related party transactions which may have a potential conflict with the
interests of the Company at large. Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related
parties under the provisions of section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 are annexed
herewith in the prescribed form AOC-2 as Annexure-A.
SUBSIDIARY. JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES
The Company has one Subsidiary Company i.e. Motile Power Trade Pvt. Ltd. and does not
have any Joint Ventures & Associate Companies during the year. The Statement
containing salient features of die financial statement of its Subsidiary Company is
attached with the Audited Financial Statements in Form AOC-1.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
In terms of Section 135 and Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of
Directors of your Company has constituted a CSR Committee which comprises Shri Sachin
Ranka (Chairperson), Shri R. Raniwala and Shri H.L. Sharma (Members). The Committee is
responsible for formulating and monitoring die CSR policy of the Company.
The CSR Committee has formulated and recommended to the Board, a Corporate Social
Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy) indicating the activities to be undertaken by the
company, which has been approved by the Board. During the year, the Company has spent Rs.
39.52 Lacs (around 2% of the average net profits of last three financial years) on
approved CSR Activities. The Company has contributed funds for medical relief, health care
and educational activities. The Company will also undertake other need based initiatives
in compliance with Schedule VII to the Act. The Annual Report on CSR activities is annexed
herewith as Annexure-B.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
During the year under review, Shri S.B.L. Jain and Shri R. Raniwala were appointed as
an Independent Directors of the Company for a period of five consecutive years upto 31 st
March, 2019 and Shri P.K. Rao was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company with
effect from 19th June, 2014 for a period of five consecutive years upto 18th June, 2019.
Smt. Meenu Sacheti was appointed as an Additional Director in die category of
Non-Executive Director ofthe Company with effect from 31st March, 2015.
In accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, Shri D.B. Deshpande,
Executive Director retires by rotation and being eligible offers himself for
re-appointment. Shri D.B. Deshpande, Executive Director of the Company whose term will
expire on 31 st December, 2015 and his terms & conditions of the re-appointment anjl
payment of remuneration has been revised by the Board of Directors. Shri H.L. Sharma,
Executive Director of the Company whose term expires on 30th June, 2015 and reappointed by
the Board of Directors for a period of 2 years with remuneration. The Board of Directors
of the Company has revised the terms & conditions of the payment of remuneration to
Shri Sachin Ranka, Chairman & Managing Director of the Company for his remaining
period of appointment i.e. from 01.04.2015 to 31.03.2017. Appropriate resolutions for the
appointment/re-appointment of the aforesaid Directors and for revised terms &
conditions of the payment of remuneration to Shri Sachin Ranka are being moved at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting, which the Board recommends for your approval.
Shri S.D. Gupta was appointed as President (Commercial) & Chief Financial Officer
of the Company from 1st July, 2014 and has resigned from the post of Chief Financial
Officer of the Company from 30th June, 2015. Shri D.S. Singhvi has been appointed as Vice
President (Finance) & Chief Financial Officer of the Company with effect from 1st
July, 2015.
Shri A.K. Sharma, Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the Company has
resigned from 13th June, 2015 and Shri Gaurav Goyal has appointed as Company Secretary
& Compliance Officer of the Company from 29th June, 2015.
The Company has received declarations from all the Independent directors of the Company
that they meet the criteria of independence as laid down under section 149(6) of die
Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.
Policy on Directors' Appointment and Remunerations
The Board has, on die recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee,
framed and adopted a policy for nomination, remuneration and evaluation of Directors, Key
Managerial Personnel (KMP) and other employees of the Company.
Criteria for Selection/Appointment
The Non-Executive/Whole-time/Managing Director, Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) and
other employees shall be of requisite qualification, high integrity and should have
relevant expertise and experience.
In case of appointment of Independent Directors, the Committee shall satisfy itself
with regard to the independent nature of the Directors and also ensure that the candidate
identified for appointment as an Independent Director is not disqualified for appointment
under Section 149 and 164 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Remuneration Policy
The Whole tune Director/Managing Director/Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) and other
employees shall be entitled to receive remuneration/ compensation/consession etc. as per
the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made there under or any other
enactment for the time being in force.
The Non Executive Directors and Independent Directors shall be entitled to receive
remuneration by way of sitting fees, reimbursement of expenses for participation in the
Board meetings within the overall limits prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 and
rules made there under or any other enactment for the time being in force.
Board Evaluation
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement, the Board has carried out the annual performance evaluation of its own
performance, the Directors individually as well as the evaluation of the working of its
Audit Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders Relationship
Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. Standard parameters were prepared
after taking into consideration various aspects of the Board functioning such as adequacy
of the composition of the Board and its Committees, Board culture, execution and
performance of specific duties, obligations and governance.
A separate exercise was carried out to evaluate the performance of individual Directors
including the Chairman of the Company, who were evaluated on parameters such as level of
engagement and contribution, independence of judgment, safeguarding the interest of the
Company and its minority shareholders etc. The performance evaluation of the Independent
Directors was carried out by the entire Board and the performance evaluation of die
Chairman and the Non Independent Directors of the Company was carried out by the
Independent Directors who have expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.
Number of Board Meetings
The Board of Directors duly met four times during the financial year from 1 st April,
2014 to 31 st March, 2015 i.e. 19th June, 2014,27th September, 2014,26th December, 2014
and 20th March, 2015. The intervening gap between the meetings was within the period
prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Board of Directors of the Company has constituted the Audit Committee of Directors
to act in accordance with the terms of reference specified by the Board as stipulated in
Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013. The details of Committee members are as follows:-
S.No. |
Name of Director |
Designation |
Category |
1. |
Shri R. Raniwala |
Chairman |
Independent Director |
2. |
Shri S.B.L. Jain |
Member |
Independent Director |
3. |
Shri H.L. Sharma |
Member |
Executive Director |
D1RECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the directors would like to
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 have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently
and made judgments and estimates that were 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 and loss of the Company for that period;
(c) The directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate
accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this 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 had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the
Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating
effectively;
(f) The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions
of all applicable laws and that such system were adequate and operating effectively.
AUDITORS AND AUDITORS' REPORT
Statutory Auditors
M/s B.L. Verma & Co. (Firm Registration No. 001064C), Chartered Accountants were
appointed as Statutory Auditors of tile Company at the last Annual General Meeting held on
27th September, 2014 for a period of three years subject to ratification by members at
every consequent Annual General Meeting. Accordingly, the appointment of M/s B.L. Verma
& Co. Chartered Accountants, as statutory auditors of the Company, is placed for
ratifications by the shareholders. In this regard, the Company has received a certificate
from the auditors to the effect that if they are reappointed, it would be in accordance
with the provisions of Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013.
The observations made in the Auditors' Report read together with relevant notes thereon
are self explanatory and hence, do not call for any further comments under Section 134 of
the Companies Act, 2013.
Secretarial Auditors
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company has
appointed M/s JAKS & Associates, Company Secretaries, Jaipur to undertake the
Secretarial Audit of the Company. The Secretarial Audit report is annexed herewith as
Annexure-C.
The observations in Secretarial Audit Report which pertains mainly to listing agreement
requirements, stock exchange compliances etc., it is clarified that the company will take
necessary action after approval of amalgamation of Modem Terry Towels Limited with the
Company and ensures that all the provisions will be complied to the fullest extent.
EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN
In accordance with Section 134 (3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, an extract of the
annual return in the prescribed format (MGT-9) is annexed herewith as Annexure-D to the
Board's Report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The information required pursuant to Section 197 read with rule 5 of the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 in respect of employees
of the Company, will be provided upon request. In terms of Section 136 of the Act, the
reports and accounts are being sent to the members and others entitled thereto, excluding
the information on employees' particulars which is available for inspection by the members
at the Registered office of the company during business hours on working days of the
Company up to the date of ensuing Annual General Meeting. If any member is interested in
inspecting the same, such member may write to the Company Secretary in advance.
ENERGY CONSERVATION, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange
earnings and outgo stipulated under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with
Rule, 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, is annexed herewith as Annextire-E.
INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY
The Company has an Internal Control System, commensurate with the size, scale and
complexity of its operations to safeguard and protect from loss, unauthorized use or
disposition of its assets. The Internal Auditor ensure and evaluates the efficacy and
adequacy of internal control system of the Company, its compliance with operating systems,
accounting procedures and policies at all locations of the Company. The Company is
following all the applicable Accounting Standards in respect of maintenance of books of
accounts and reporting financial statements. All the transactions are properly authorized,
recorded and reported to the Management of the Company. Significant audit observations and
recommendations along with corrective actions taken by the management thereon are
presented to the Audit Committee meetings and thereafter Board Meetings.
BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT
In accordance with Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Board of Directors of the
Company formally adopted a policy i.e. Risk Management Policy for framing, implementing
and monitoring the risk management plan of the Company. The main objective of this policy
is to ensure sustainable business growth with stability and to promote a pro-active
approach in reporting, evaluating and resolving risks associated with the business. The
policy establishes a structured and disciplined approach to Risk Management. In the
challenging and competitive environment, strategies for mitigating inherent risks in
accomplishing the growth plans of the Company are imperative. The common risks of the
Company inter alia are competition, technology obsolescence, raw material availability,
retention of talent and statutory and regulatory compliances etc. As a matter of policy,
these risks are assessed and appropriate steps are taken to mitigate the same.
CODE OF CONDUCT
The Company has a Code of Conduct which is applicable to the Board of Directors, Key
Managerial Personnel and all other employees in the course of day to day business
operations of the Company. The Code lays down the standard procedure of business conduct
which is expected to be followed by the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and all other
designated employees of the Company in their business dealings and in particular on
matters relating to integrity in the work place, business practices and dealing with
stakeholders. The Code gives guidance through examples on the expected behavior from an
employee in a given situation and the reporting structure.
VIGIL MECHANISM
Pursuant to the provision of Section 177 (9) and (10) of the Companies Act, 2013, the
Company has adopted Vigil Mechanism, which also incorporates a whistle blower policy for
Directors and employees to report genuine concerns about unethical behavior,, actual or
suspected fraud and violation of the Company's code of conduct and ethics. The Company has
also provided adequate safeguards against victimization of employees and Directors who
express their concerns.
GENERAL
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. Details relating to deposits covered under the Provisions of Companies Act, 2013.
2. Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.
3. No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company
occurred between the end of the financial year to which this financial statement relate
and the date of this report.
. 4. 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.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Your Directors wish to extend their sincerest thanks to die Members of the Company,
Bankers, State Government, Local Bodies, Customers, Suppliers, Executives, Staff and
Workers at all levels for their continuous cooperation and assistance.
|
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD |
Place: Mumbai |
(Sachin Ranka) |
Date : 29th June, 2015 |
Chairman & Managing Director |