The Board of Directors of your Company has pleasure in presenting the
22nd Annual Report on the business and operations, including the
financial statements for the year-ended September 30, 2010.
Financial Results
(Rs. in lakhs
For the Year For the Period
ended 30th ended 30th
September 2010 September 2009
(for 12 months) (for 11 months)
Gross Revenue
(including Excise Duty) 7903.36 7043.26
Profit before depreciation 487.11 325.57
Less: Depreciation 160.18 152.25
Net Profit for the year
before Taxation 326.93 173.32
Provision for Taxation 114.65 64.98
Profit after tax 212.28 108.34
Add: Profit brought
forward from
previous year 4006.64 3984.44
Profit available for
Appropriation 4218.92 4092.78
Appropriations
Dividend Proposed 69.00 69.00
Tax on Dividends 11.46 11.72
Transfer to General
Reserve 10.61 5.42
Profit retained in
Profit & Loss Account 4127.851 4006.64
During the year the Company changed its name to ADC India
Communications Limited with effect from February 18, 2010. An important
event that occurred in July 2010 was the announcement of Tyco
Electronics intention to acquire ADC globally. The acquisition process
is aggressively progressing and to the best of our knowledge is
expected to be completed before December 2010.
Despite strong subscriber additions, fresh capex investments in the
telecom sector were grossly depleted on account of various internal
issues. It is in this scenario that your Company posted a marginal
revenue growth of 2.7% on an annualized basis. However, the Company
registered an impressive growth in profit after tax in comparison to
the previous year on an annualized basis.
The Enterprise business witnessed robust growth thanks to the recovery
in the technology sector and success with key accounts in the IT / ITES
segment. However the carrier business was severely impacted on account
of security concerns which stalled all new infrastructure roll-outs and
the sector focused more on sweating the existing infrastructure rather
than investing in new capex. An important event was the finalization
of the 3G spectrum which was awarded to several operators. This is
bound to result in new infrastructure investments in the carrier
segment. The communications sector is also poised for large investments
in core fibre and we hope to see progress in this area during the
coming year. However, the sector is currently clouded in controversies
pertaining to 2G spectrum allocation and it will be well into the
second half of 2011 before new infrastructure gets deployed.
ADC value proposition in the Enterprise market with larger clients
stands uniquely differentiated from competition and therefore provides
a high level of opportunity and recognition in the technology sector.
The Company also leveraged a group competence in fibre and expanded its
fibre portfolio to opportunities in the domestic market.
Dividend
Your Directors recommend a dividend of 15% (Rs.1.50 per equity share of
Rs. 10/-) for the year ended September 2010 subject to the approval by
the shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
Directors Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act 1956, your Directors
confirm that:
a. in the preparation of annual accounts the applicable accounting
standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to
material departures;
b. accounting policies have been selected and applied consistently and
made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to
give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the
end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Company for
that period ;
c. proper and sufficient care has been taken 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 annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Strategy & Operations
In the Carrier segment with the expected intense roll-out of 3G and the
governments initiative to promote wire-line broadband, we will
continue our strategic efforts to localize and design India specific
fibre connectivity products. We will also leverage on the competence of
ADCs entity in China to be able to successfully address such
opportunities. The Company is working closely with the Telecom
Engineering Centre to develop a FTTX specification which will provide
the Company a first mover advantage. Your Company will continue to
focus on the Government segment and Data Centre Market, which are two
strong segments in the Enterprise sector.
We intend to build local assembly and testing capabilities for the
Enterprise connectivity products to achieve competitiveness and retain
leadership in this segment
From an Operations perspective, focus will be on inventory management,
lean processes and output optimization to achieve higher productivity
efficiencies.
Directors
Mr. Bodapati Bhaskar retires by rotation and being eligible offers
himself for re-appointment.
We are glad to invite Mr. C.P. Rangachar to the Board who became an
Additional Director with effect from January 22, 2010.
Corporate Governance
As required under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, a report on
Corporate Governance and Auditors Certificate confirming compliance
thereof are made a part of this Annual Report.
Particulars of Employees
Information as per Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with
the Rules framed there under forms a part of this Report. However, as
per the provisions of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the Companies Act, 1956,
the Report and Accounts are being sent to all shareholders of the
Company excluding the statement of particulars of employees under
Section 217(2A) of the Act. Any shareholder interested in obtaining a
copy of this statement may write to the Company Secretary at the
Corporate Office or e-mail to: ganesh.r@adc.com
Auditors
The Auditors - M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Associates retire at the conclusion
of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and offer themselves for
re-appointment.
Acknowledgements
The Directors wish to place on record their gratitude to the Companys
customers, vendors, bankers, shareholders, channel partners and
distributors for their continued support and co-operation. The
Directors also place on record their sincere thanks to ADC for their
continued support during the year.
The Directors express their sincere appreciation to all the staff
members for their commitment and support during the year under review.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
K. Balachandran
Chairman & Managing Director
Place: Bangalore
Date: November 17, 2010
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