To the Members of K2 Infragen Limited
(Previously known as K2 Infragen Private Limited)
The directors are pleased to present the 9th Annual Report
on the business and operations of the Company together with the Audited Financial
Statements for the Financial Year ended March 31,2024.
1. FINANCIAL RESULTS
(Amount in Lakhs)
|
|
Standalone |
|
Consolidated |
|
Year ended 31-03-2024 |
Year ended 31-03-2023 |
Year ended 31-03-2024 |
Year ended 31-03-2023 |
Total Revenue |
10,871.82 |
6,655.41 |
10871.82 |
7479.08 |
Total Expenditure |
9,248.59 |
5,138.15 |
9,248.59 |
5,966.11 |
Share of profit / (loss) of an associate |
- |
- |
(4.80) |
8.58 |
Profit /(Loss) Before Tax |
1,676.31 |
1,528.26 |
1,671.51 |
1,532.55 |
Less: Current Tax |
545.13 |
462.30 |
545.13 |
462.30 |
Deferred Tax |
(119.02) |
(62.07) |
(119.02) |
(62.07) |
Profit /(Loss) after Taxation |
1,250.20 |
1,128.03 |
1,245.40 |
1,132.32 |
Earnings per Equity Share |
|
Basic |
13.81 |
1794 |
13.76 |
18.04 |
Diluted |
13.81 |
15.31 |
13.76 |
15.40 |
The Standalone Revenue from the operations (net) for the Financial Year
2023-24 was '10,871.82 Lakhs (Previous year '6,655.41 Lakhs). The company earned Net
Profit of '1,250.20 Lakhs (Previous Year '1,128.03 Lakhs). The Earning per share was
'13.81.
The Consolidated Revenue from the operations (net) for the Financial
Year 2023-24 was '10,871.82 Lakhs (Previous Year '7,479.08 Lakhs). The company earned
Consolidated Net Profit '1,245.40 Lakhs (Previous Year '1,132.32 Lakhs). The Consolidated
Earning per share was '13.76.
There was no change in the nature of business of the company during the
year.
The previous year figures have been restated, rearranged, regrouped and
consolidated, to enable comparability of the current year figures of accounts with the
relative previous year's figures.
During the year under review company has adopted Indian Accounting
Standards (Ind AS).
2. THE STATE OF THE COMPANY'S AFFAIRS:
The total income during the year has '10,924.90 Lakhs and Total
expenditure of the Company is '9,248.59 Lakhs. The Profit before provision of Tax is
'1,676.31 Lakhs. The Company Current Income Tax during the year is '545.13 Lakhs. Deferred
tax (including Tax related to earlier years) for the year under review is '119.02 Lakhs.
The net profit of the Company is '1,250.20 Lakhs for the year under review. Your directors
will assure to put their efforts for growth of the company.
3. SHARE CAPITAL AND OTHER CHANGES
During the Financial Year 2023-24, the capital structure of the company
is: -
Authorized Share Capital
The present Authorised Capital of the Company is '14,00,00,000/-
divided into 1,40,00,000 Equity Shares of '10/- each.
The Authorised Share Capital of the Company have been increased from
'4,00,00,000 (Rupees Four Crore
Only) consisting of 5,85,444 Preference Shares of '10/- (Rupees Ten
Only) each and 34,14,556 Equity Shares of '10/- (Rupees Ten Only) each to '14,00,00,000
(Rupees Forteen Crore Only) consisting of 5,85,444 Preference Shares of '10/- (Rupees Ten
Only) each and 1,34,14,556 Equity Shares of '10/- (Rupees Ten Only) each during the year.
But, in Extra-ordinary General meeting held on 28th September
2023, the preference shares were again reclassified as equity shares as there were no
subsisting preference share in the company.
Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital
The present Issued, Subscribed and Paid-up Capital of the Company is
'12,61,83,940/- divided into 1,26,18,394 Equity Shares of '10/- each.
As on March 31, 2024 issued Paid up capital is '12,61,83,940 consisting
of 1,26,18,394 Equity shares of '10 each. Further the Subscribed and Paid-up Capital of
the Company is '9,21,15,940 consisting of '10 each share.
The Company had come up with the Initial Public Offering (the
"IPO") of '40,54,09,200/- comprising of 34,06,800 shares @ '119/- per share
having Face Value '10/- per share and Securities Premium of '109/- per share on the Emerge
Platform of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited ("the NSE") on April 4,
2024. Prior to the IPO, the company had made a preferential allotment date August 07 2023
of 4,58,715 (Four Lakhs Fifty Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Fifteen) equity shares of '10
each @ premium of '109/-.
During the year under review the Company had also issued Equity Shares
by way of Bonus Issue to the existing shareholders in the ratio of 1:2.90 comprising of
65,08,551 (Sixty-Five Lakhs Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty One) number of Equity
Shares.
M/s Kfin Technologies Limited, duly registered under the Securities and
Exchange Board of India, has been appointed as the Registrar and Share Transfer Agent to
an Issue of the Company in accordance with the Regulation 7 of the Securities Exchange
Board of India (Listing and Obligations of Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
ALTERATION OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION:
Due to change share capital and change in name (from Private Limited to
Public Limited) the Company
had with the approval of the members adopted a new set of Memorandum of
Association. The Company has received approval of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to the
said alterations.
ALTERATION OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION:
Due to changes in the share capital and change in name (from Private
Limited to Public Limited) the Company had with the approval of the members adopted a new
set of Articles of Association. The Company has received approval of the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs to the said alterations.
A) ISSUE OF EQUITY SHARE WITH DIFFERENTIAL RIGHTS
The Company has not issued any Equity Shares with differential rights
during the year under review.
B) SWEAT EQUITY
The Company has not issued any Sweat Equity Shares during the year
under review.
C) BONUS SHARES
During the year under review the Company had also issued Equity Shares
by way of Bonus Issue to the existing shareholders in the ratio of 1:2.90 comprising of
65,08,551 (Sixty-Five Lakhs Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty One) number of Equity
Shares.
D) EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION
During the year under review there is no employee stock option scheme
approved.
E) DEBENTURES / BONDS / WARRANTS OR ANY NONCONVERTIBLE SECURITIES:
During the year under review, the Company has not issued any
debentures, bonds, warrants or any nonconvertible securities. As on date, the Company does
not have any outstanding debentures, bonds, warrants or any nonconvertible securities.
4. CONVERSION FROM PRIVATE LIMITED TO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
During the year, the Company has converted from Private Limited Company
to Public Limited Company for which the Company had sought approval of the Board and
Members vide their meetings dated 07th August, 2023 and 28th
September, 2023 respectively.
5. LISTING FEES & DEPOSITORY FEE
The Equity Shares of the Company are listed on SME Platform of National
Stock Exchange of India Limited
(NSE Emerge). The trading symbol of the Company is K2INFRA. The
Company has paid Listing fees for the financial year 2024-25 according to the prescribed
norms & regulations.
6. DEMATERIALIZATION OF EQUITY SHARES
During the year under review except 4,86,239 shares all shares were in
dematerialization form.
7. DEPOSITORY SYSTEM
As the Members are aware, the shares of your Company are trade-able
compulsorily in electronic form and your Company has established connectivity with both
the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and the Central Depository Services
(India) Limited (CDSL). The ISIN allotted to the Company's Equity shares is
INE0DEZ01013
8. WEBSITE
https://k2infra.com is the website of the company. All the requisite
details, policies are placed on the website of the company.
9. DIVIDEND
To conserve financial resources for future growth of the Company, the
Board does not recommend any dividend for the approval of the members at the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting. The Board is confident that plough back of profits into the
business of the Company will generate long term wealth for the members.
10. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
During the current financial year our Company incurred a profit of
'1,250.20 Lakhs and same amount transfer to reserve this year.
11. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENT IF ANY AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL
POSITION OF THE COMPANY OCCURRED BETWEEN THE END FINANCIAL YEARS
TO WHICH THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT RELATES AND THE DATE OF THE REPORT
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 relates and the date of this report.
12. DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, and Securities
and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,
2015, the directors would like to state that:
(a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed.
(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 of the Company for the year under review.
(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 a proper system to ensure compliance with
the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating
effectively.
13. COMPOSITION OF BOARD:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act 2013,
the Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) of the Company as on date of this report are as
follows:
S. No. |
Name |
Designation |
DIN |
Appointment Date |
1 |
Pankaj Sharma |
Managing Director |
03318951 |
14/02/2018 |
2 |
Priya Sharma |
Executive Director |
02743915 |
27/10/2016 |
3 |
Rajesh Tiwari |
Non-Executive Director |
06947965 |
05/03/2015 |
4 |
Neeraj Kumar Bansal |
Non-Executive Director |
02526757 |
27/05/2024 |
5 |
Ajai Kumar Singh Chauhan |
Independent Non-Executive
Director |
08863524 |
10/10/2023 |
S. No. |
Name |
Designation |
DIN |
Appointment Date |
6 |
Shipra Sharma |
Independent Non-Executive
Directoi |
r 08926052 |
10/10/2023 |
7 |
Sagar Bhatia |
Independent Non-Executive
Directoi |
r10366005 |
07/11/2023 |
8 |
Devender Kumar Valecha |
Additional Directors |
06847789 |
23/08/2024 |
9 |
Naresh Kumar |
Additional Directors |
09163376 |
23/08/2024 |
10 |
Priyanka Pareek |
CFO |
- |
27/09/2023 |
11 |
Jyoti Lakra |
Company Secretary |
- |
27/09/2023 |
All the KMPs were appointed during the financial year 2023-24 in
compliance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing
Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
A. CHANGE IN DESIGNATION OF DIRECTORS:
Mr. Pankaj Sharma (DIN: 03318951), was redesignated from Executive
Director to Managing Director of the Company w.e.f. September 01,2023.
Mr. Rajesh Tiwari (DIN: 06947965), was redesignated from Executive
Director to Non-Executive Director of the Company w.e.f. September 01,2023.
During the period under review; Mr. Ajai Kumar Singh Chauhan (DIN
08863524), was appointed as Additional Independent Non-Executive Director w.e.f. October
10, 2023.
Ms. Shipra Sharma (DIN 08926052) was appointed as Additional
Independent Non-Executive Director w.e.f. October 01,2023.
Mr. Sagar Bhatia (DIN 10366005) was appointed as Additional Independent
Non-Executive Director w.e.f. November 07, 2023.
14. BOARD MEETINGS:
During the financial year ended March 31,2024, 13 board meetings were
convened and held. The intervening gap between two board meetings was within the
stipulated period of 120 days prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR)
Regulations, 2015.
The Board of Directors and Member of various Committees were met during
the year on following dates:
A. Details of Meeting of Board of Directors of the company:
Sr. No |
Date of meeting |
Board Strength |
No. of Directors attended |
1 |
17-04-2023 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
03-07-2023 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
14-07-2023 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
20-07-2023 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
22-07-2023 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
07-08-2023 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
25-08-2023 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
27-09-2023 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
10-10-2023 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
07-11-2023 |
6 |
4 |
11 |
29-11-2023 |
7 |
4 |
12 |
29-02-2024 |
7 |
4 |
13 |
20-03-2024 |
7 |
3 |
I. Details of Meeting of members of Committees:
Sr. No |
Date of meeting |
Board Strength |
No. of Directors attended |
|
|
Audit Commitee |
|
1 |
29-11-2023 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
19-03-2024 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
20-03-2024 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Corporate Social
Responsibility Committee |
|
1 |
20-03-2024 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
IPO Committee |
|
1 |
21-12-2023 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
14-03-2024 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
19-03-2024 |
3 |
3 |
In respect of all above meetings, proper notices were given, and the
proceedings were properly recorded and the Minutes Book maintained for the purpose. All
the recommendations of the Committee meetings were duly accepted by the Board.
B. GENERAL MEETINGS
Following are the Details of meeting of Members of the Company
Sr. No. |
Date of Meeting |
Type of Meeting |
1 |
05-07-2023 |
Extra-Ordinary General
Meeting |
2 |
21-07-2023 |
Extra-Ordinary General
Meeting |
3 |
11-09-2023 |
Annual General Meeting |
4 |
28-09-2023 |
Extra-Ordinary General
Meeting |
5 |
20-09-2023 |
Extra-Ordinary General
Meeting |
6 |
29-11-2023 |
Extra-Ordinary General
Meeting |
15. RETIREMENT BY ROTATION
In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act,
2013 and in terms of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Rajesh Tiwari (DIN:
06947965), Non-Executive Director of the Company and Ms. Priya Sharma, (Din:02743915)
Executive Director of the company, are liable to retire by rotation and being eligible,
seeks reappointment at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company. Mr. Rajesh
Tiwari and Ms. Priya Sharma are not disqualified under Section 164(2) of the Companies
Act, 2013. The Board of Directors recommends their re-appointment in the best interest of
the Company.
16. SECRETARIAL STANDARDS
The Company has complied with all the applicable provisions of
Secretarial Standards on Meetings of Board of Directors (SS-1), Revised Secretarial
Standards on General Meetings (SS-2) issued by Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
17 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
All contracts or arrangements or transactions with related parties
during the year under review as referred to in Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013,
were in the ordinary course of business and on arms' length basis. Details of such
material contracts/ arrangement/ transactions with related parties which may have
potential conflict with the interest of the Company, has been disclosed in terms of
Section 134 of the Act in AOC-2 which is forming part of board's report as an Annexure-II.
As per the provisions of Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013,
approval of the Board of Directors is obtained for entering into related party
transactions by the Company.
During the financial year under review, all the Related party
transactions are disclosed in the notes provided in the financial statements which forms
part of this Annual Report.
18. PARTICULARS OF LOANS / GUARANTEES / INVESTMENT:
The details of loans and advances and investments, if any, are
specified in the notes to the Balance Sheet. The Company has not provided any guarantee or
provided any Security for the loans availed by others.
19. DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
The Company has complied with the definition of Independence according
to the provisions of Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The Company has also obtained
declarations from both the Independent Directors pursuant to Section 149(7) of the
Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015. Both the Independent Directors have provided declarations that they
meet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act,
2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
20. FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME FOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:
In accordance with the provisions of Regulation 25(7) of the SEBI
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Company has
conducted familiarization programme for its Independent Director The details of such
familiarization programme for Independent Directors have been disclosed on the website of
the Company at https://www.k2infra.com.
21. DISCLOSURE OF PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES AS REQUIRED UNDER RULE 5 (2)
OF THE COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL) RULES 2014:
During the year under review, there was no employee who has drawn
remuneration in excess of the limits set out under section 197 (12) of the Companies Act,
2013 read with rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial
Personnel) Rules, 2014 and Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as
required under Section 197 (12) of the Act read with rule 5 (1) of the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is attached as "Annexure-III'.
22. STATUTORY AUDITORS:
M/s S.N. Dhawan & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, Gurugram who were
appointed as the Auditors of the
Company by the Shareholders at their meeting held on 11th
September 2023, to hold office up to the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be
held for financial year 2027-28. Being eligible for appointment as Auditors, M/s S.N.
Dhawan & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, Gurugram have given their consent for
appointment as Auditors for a consecutive period of 5 years from the conclusion of the
Eight Annual General Meeting of the members of the Company.
23. EXPLANATION TO AUDITORS' REPORT:
The Auditors' Report to the Members for the year, under review,
does not contain any qualification(s) or observation(s). The Notes on Financial Statements
referred to in the Auditors' Report are self-explanatory and do not call for any
further comments.
Further, the Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud
to the Board of Directors of your Company during the year under review.
24. SECRETARIAL AUDITOR & SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013
and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the
Board was not required to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company during financial
year 2023-24.
25. INTERNAL AUDITOR:
Company has in place an adequate internal audit framework to monitor
the efficacy of internal controls with the objective of providing to the Audit Committee
and the Board of Directors, an independent and reasonable assurance on the adequacy and
effectiveness of the organization's risk management, internal control and governance
processes.
The framework is commensurate with the nature of the business, size,
scale and complexity of its operations with a risk based internal audit approach. The
Company was not required to appoint the Internal Auditor of the Company for the financial
year 2023-24.
26. DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8 (5) OF COMPANIES ACCOUNTS RULES, 2014:
a. Disclosure of financial Summary / Highlights :
As stated in financial Results of the Directors Report.
b. Disclosure of Change in Nature of Business :
There is no change in nature of Company Business.
c. Details of Directors / Key Managerial Personnel Appointed /
Resigned:
During the year under the review, following Directors / Key Managerial
Personnel were Appointed / resigned:
Name |
Designation |
DIN |
Appointment
Date |
Change In Designation |
Date of Change in
Designation |
Pankaj Sharma |
Director |
03318951 |
14-02-2018 |
Managing
Director |
01-09-2023 |
Rajesh Tiwari |
Executive Director |
06947965 |
05-03-2015 |
Non-Executive
Director |
01-09-2023 |
Ajai Kumar Singh Additional
Independent Chauhan Non-executive Director |
08863524 |
10-10-2023 |
- |
- |
Shipra Sharma |
Additional Independent
Non-executive Director |
08926052 |
10-10-2023 |
- |
- |
Sagar Bhatia |
Additional Independent
Non-executive Director |
10366005 |
07-11-2023 |
- |
- |
Priyanka Pareek |
CFO |
- |
27-09-2023 |
- |
- |
Jyoti Lakra |
Company Secretary |
- |
27-09-2023 |
- |
- |
d. Details of Subsidiary Companies / Joint Ventures / Associate
Companies:
The Company does not have any subsidiary company at the beginning or
any time during the year or at the end of the financial year 2023-24. However, the details
of the Associate company are disclosed in AOC-1 which is forming a part of board's
report as an Annexure-I.
e. Details regarding Deposit covered under Chapter V of the Companies
Act, 2013.
The Company has not invited any deposit other than the exempted deposit
as prescribed under the provision of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules framed there
under, as amended from time to time. Hence there are no particulars to report about the
deposit falling under Rule 8 (5) (v) and (VI) of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
f. Details of Deposit which are not in compliance with requirements of
Chapter V of the Act.
Not Applicable.
g. Details of Significant and Material Orders passed by Regulators or
Courts or Tribunals.
There was no regulatory or Court or Tribunal Order passed against the
Company.
h. Internal Financial Control System :
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 or operation was observed.
i. Details of application made or any proceeding pending under the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
There was no application made or any proceeding pending under the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016) during the year, under review.
j. Disclosure with respect to Maintenance of Cost Records
Pursuant to Section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the
Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 related to maintenance of cost records is
not applicable to the Company for the Financial Year 2023-24.
27. COMMITTEES OF BOARD:
During the year, the Board has constituted four Committees namely,
Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders Relationship
Committee, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and IPO Committee. All the
recommendations of the Committees of the Board which were mandatorily required, have been
accepted by the Board.
a) AUDIT COMMITTEE:
The Audit Committee was reconstituted on November 07, 2023. The
Constitution, composition
and functioning of the Audit Committee meets with the requirements of
Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013. All the recommendations of Audit Committee have
been accepted by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Audit Committee comprises of:
S. No. |
Name of the Director |
Designation |
Type of Member |
1. |
Mr. Ajai Kumar Singh Chauhan |
Independent
Director |
Chairman |
2. |
Ms. Shipra Sharma |
Independent
Director |
Member |
3. |
Mr. Rajesh Tiwari |
Non-Executive
Director |
Member |
b) STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE
The Stakeholder Relationship Committee was reconstituted on November
07, 2023. The Constitution, composition and functioning of the Stakeholder Relationship
Committee also meets with the requirements of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013. All
the recommendations of Stakeholder Relationship Committee have been accepted by the Board
of Directors of the Company. The Stakeholder Relationship Committee comprises of:
S. No. |
Name of th Director |
; Designation |
Type of Member |
1. |
Mr. Rajesh Tiwari |
Non-Executive
Director |
Chairman |
2. |
Mr. Pankaj Sharma |
Managing
Director |
Member |
3. |
Ms. Shipra Sharma |
Independent
Director |
Member |
iii) NOMINATION & REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
The Nomination & Remuneration Committee was reconstituted on
November 07 2023. The Constitution, composition and functioning of the Nomination &
Remuneration Committee also meets with the requirements of Section 178 of the Companies
Act, 2013. All the recommendations of Nomination & Remuneration Committee have been
accepted by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Nomination & Remuneration
Committee comprises of:
S. No. |
Name of the Director |
Designation |
Type of Member |
1. |
Ms. Shipra Sharma |
Independent
Director |
Chairman |
2. |
Mr. Ajai Kumar Singh Chauhan |
Independent
Director |
Member |
3. |
Mr. Rajesh Tiwari |
Non-Executive
Director |
Member |
iv) CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBITY COMMITTEE
The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee was reconstituted on
November 07, 2023. The Constitution, composition and functioning of the Corporate Social
Responsibility Committee also meets with the requirements of Section 135 of the Companies
Act, 2013. All the recommendations of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee have been
accepted by the Board of Directors of the Company. The detail reporting is made in Annexure-IV.
The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee comprises of:
S. No. |
Name of the Director |
Designation |
Type of Member |
1. |
Mr. Rajesh Tiwari |
Non-Executive
Director |
Chairman |
2. |
Mr. Pankaj Sharma |
Managing
Director |
Member |
3. |
Ms. Shipra Sharma |
Independent
Director |
Member |
v) IPO COMMITTEE
The IPO Committee was constituted on November 29, 2023. All the
recommendations of IPO Committee have been accepted by the Board of Directors of the
Company. The IPO Committee comprises of:
S. No. |
Name of th Director |
2 Designation |
Type of Member |
1 |
Mr. Pankaj Sharma |
Managing
Director |
Chairman |
2 |
Mr. Rajesh Tiwari |
Non-executive
Director |
Member |
3 |
Ms. Priya Sharma |
Director |
Member |
28. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS:
The Directors are pleased to report that the relations between the
workmen and the management continued to remain cordial during the year under review.
29. DISCLOSURE UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE
(PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013:
The Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace and
has adopted a policy on prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment at
workplace in line with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the rules thereunder for prevention
and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment at workplace. The Company has complied
with constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
The Composition of Internal Complaints Committee is as follows:
S. No. |
Name of the Director |
Status in Committee |
1. |
Ms. Jyoti Lakra |
Presiding Officer |
2 |
Ms. Priyanka Pareek |
Member |
3 |
Ms. Shipra Sharma |
Member |
4 |
Mr. Suresh Chand |
External Member |
The summary of the complaints received, resolved and pending for
redressal is as under:
1 Number of complaints of sexual harassment 0 received during the year
2 Number of complaints resolved during the 0 year
3 Number of complaints pending for redressal 0 during the year
30. VIGIL MECHANISM/ WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY:
The Company is committed to principles of professional integrity and
ethical behavior in the conduct of its affair. The Whistle-blower Policy provides for
adequate safeguards against victimisation of director(s) / employee(s) who avail of the
mechanism. It is affirmed that no person has been denied access to the Audit Committee.
The Compliance officer is mandated to receive the complaints under this policy. Whistle
Blower policy is available on the website of the Company at https://k2infra.com. The
Policy ensures
complete protection to the whistle-blower and follows a zero tolerance
approach to retaliation or unfair treatment against the whistle-blower and all others who
report any concern under this Policy. During the year under review, the Company did not
receive any complaint of any fraud, misfeasance etc. The Company's Whistle Blower
Policy (Vigil Mechanism) has also made employees aware of the existence of policies and
procedures for inquiry in case of leakage of Unpublished Price Sensitive Information to
enable them to report on leakages, if any.
31. RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
The Company is aware of the risks associated with the business. It
regularly analyses and takes corrective actions for managing or mitigating the same. The
Company periodically reviewed to ensure smooth operation and effective management control,
the key risks associated with the business and measures and steps in place to minimize the
same.
32. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:
The Board of Directors has adopted a Nomination and Remuneration Policy
in terms of the provisions of sub- section (3) of Section 178 of the Act dealing with
appointment and remuneration of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management
Personnel. The policy covers criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes,
independence and remuneration of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management
Personnel. The Nomination and Remuneration Policy of the Company is hosted on the
Company's website under the web link https://k2infra. com.
33. BOARD EVALUATION
The Company has devised a Board Evaluation Framework for performance
evaluation of Independent Directors, Board, Non-Independent Directors and Managing
Director of the Company. Pursuant to this framework, the Board has carried out the annual
evaluation of its own performance as well as the evaluation of the working of its
Committees and individual Directors, including Managing Director of the Board. This
exercise was carried out through a structured questionnaire prepared separately for Board,
Committee and individual Director. The questionnaire for Board evaluation was prepared
taking into consideration various aspects of the Board's functioning such as
understanding of Board members of their roles and responsibilities, time devoted by the
Board to Company's long-term strategic issues, quality and transparency of Board
discussions, quality, quantity and timeliness of the information flow between Board
members and management, Board's effectiveness
in disseminating information to shareholders and in representing
shareholder interests, Board information on industry trends and regulatory developments
and discharge of fiduciary duties by the Board.
The Board acknowledged certain key improvement areas emerging through
this exercise and action plans to address these are in progress.
Further, the Board has expressed its satisfaction and has been thankful
to all its Independent Directors for sharing their knowledge and expertise which has been
proved beneficial towards the progress of the Company.
34. EXTRACTS OF ANNUAL RETURN:
The Annual Return of the Company is displayed on website of the Company
i.e. https://k2infra.com.
35. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the financial year
2023-24, as stipulated under Regulation 34(2)(e) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is presented in a separate section forming part
of this Annual Report.
36. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO
In accordance with the requirements of Sub-section (3) Sub-clause (m)
of section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014,
particulars with respect to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign
exchange earnings and outgo are as follows:
(A) CONSERVATION OF ENERGY:
i. The steps taken or impact on conservation of energy:
a. Shutting off the lights and systems when not in use.
b. Minimizing the usage of papers.
c. Counsel employees on optimum utilization of air conditioning by
maintaining optimum temperature.
ii. The steps taken by the company for utilizing alternate sources of
energy:
The Company is not utilizing any alternate source of energy.
iii. The capital investment on energy conservation equipment:
The Company has not made any Capital Investment on energy conservation
equipments.
(B) TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:
The Company does not undertake any activities relating to technology
absorption.
(C) FOREIGN EXCHANGE OUTFLOW & INFLOW (ON ACCRUAL BASIS):
(Amount in ' Lakhs)
i. Foreign Exchange Earnings: Nil
ii. Foreign Exchange Outgo: Nil
iii. Advance to Supplier: Nil
37. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT:
The Company is covered under criteria of Regulation 15(2)(b) of
SEBI(Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, and is not
required to provide Report on Corporate Governance'.
38. OTHERS:
No Employee stock option was issued.
No Sweat Equity Shares were issued.
No Cost Audit was applicable during previous year under review.
Various policies required are disclosed on the website of the Company
namely https://k2infra.com/
Other Disclosures required to be made in the Directors Report are
either nil or not applicable.
39. MATERIAL EVENTS OCCURRING AFTER THE BALANCE SHEET DATE
After balance sheet date the company got listed on Emerge NSE portal on
April 08, 2024.
40. HUMAN RESOURCE
Employees are the most important assets of the organization. The human
resource policy of the company is designed with the objective to attract and retain best
talents available in the industry. The management conducts various training programs on a
frequent basis to enhance the skill sets of employees. The Company has a transparent
performance appraisal system which
tries to make an objective assessment of employees' performance
and requirement for further training. The objective of HR policy is to attract, motivate
and develop a competent talent pool, provide conducive environment to perform and to
ensure optimum utilization of human capital to become the best place to work. The policy
is designed to provide a balanced working environment and to promote diversity in work
force. The Company has designed a succession plan for future leadership roles emerging in
the organization.
41. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The Company understands and respects its fiduciary role and
responsibility towards its stakeholders and society at large and strives to serve their
interests, resulting in creation of value for all its stakeholder. The Company has been
listed on SME Emerge Platform of NSE and by virtue of Regulation 15 of SEBI (Listing
obligations and disclosure requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("LODR") the
compliance with the corporate governance provisions as specified in Regulation 17 to 27
and clauses (b) to (i) of sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 46 and Para C, D and E of
Schedule V are not applicable to the Company. Hence, the Corporate Governance Report does
not form part of this Annual Report.
42. STRUCTURED DIGITAL DATABASE
SEBI, vide SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Amendment)
Regulations, 2018, introduced the concept of Structured Digital Database which came into
effect from April 01, 2019. As per Regulation 3(5) of SEBI (PIT) Regulations, 2015, the
organisation is required to maintain Structured Digital Database.
As per Regulation 3(2A) of the PIT Regulations, 2015, an intermediary/
fiduciary /other entity shall maintain a separate Structured Digital Database internally,
for recording details of:
The UPSI shared and persons with whom such
' The UPSI shared and the persons who have shared
such UPSI with the intermediary/ fiduciary/ entity.
The company is maintaining the Structural Digital Database (SDD)
internally with adequate internal controls and checks such as time stamping and audit
trails to ensure non-tampering of the database in compliance with SEBI (PIT) Regulations,
2015.
43. REPORTING OF FRAUDS
During the year under review, the Statutory Auditor has not reported to
the Audit Committee under Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 any fraud.
44. ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY
The Company is conscious of the importance of environmentally clean and
safe operations. The Company's policy required to conduct operations in such a
manner, so as to ensure safety of all concerned compliances, environmental regulations and
preservation of natural resources.
45. APPRECIATION & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Your Directors wish to place on record their gratitude to Shareholders
for the confidence reposed by them and thank all the Clients, and other business
associates, regulatory and Government authorities for their continued support and
contribution to the Company's growth. The Directors also wish to express their
appreciation for the efficient and loyal services rendered by each and every employee,
without whose whole-hearted efforts, the overall satisfactory performance would not have
been possible. Your Board appreciates the precious support provided by the Auditors and
Consultants. The Company will make every effort to meet the aspirations of its
Shareholders.