To,
The Members of
Agre Developers Limited
The Directors are pleased to present the Third Annual Report together
with the Audited statements of accounts for the financial year ended
31st March 2011.
Financial Highlights:
(Amount in Rs.)
Consolidated Standalone
Particulars Current Year Current Year
Ended 31.03.2011 Ended 31.03.2011
Income from Operations 1,04,13,73,576 24,34,49,175
Other Income 1,11,51,370 44,88,681
Total Income 1,05,25,24,946 24,79,37,856
Purchase 4,58,24,882 Nil
Personnel Cost 11,92,82,634 11,34,92,997
Operating and other expenses 74,63,75,162 12,59,13,244
Total Expenditure 91,14,82,678 23,94,06,241
Profit before Interest,
Depreciation and Tax 14,10,42,268 85,31,615
Less: Interest 45,07,697 51,767
Less: Depreciation 10,30,25,966 21,25,373
Profit before Taxation 3,35,08,606 63,54,475
Less: Provision for taxation 82,63,995 25,01,000
Less: Deferred fax 2,11,81,559 3,65,164
Profit after Taxation 40,63,052 34,88,311
Less: Prior Period Items Nil Nil
Profit After Tax 40,63,052 34,88,311
The Company did not have any business operations immediately before the
appointed date i.e 1st April 2010 under the scheme of Arrangement and
hence previous year figures are not provided.
Scheme of arrangement (Demerger):
Pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement (Scheme) under Sections 391 to 394
read with Sections 78 and 100 tol03 of the Companies Act, 1956 between
Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd (PRIL), the Company and Agre Properties
and Services Limited (Formerly known as Future Merchandising Limited)
and their respective shareholders and creditors, mall management
undertaking and project management undertaking of Pantaloon Retail
(India) Limited were demerged into the Company and the mall asset
management and food services business undertakings were demerged into
Agre Properties and Services Limited.
The said scheme has been approved by the Hon''ble High Court of
Judicature at Bombay on 24th August 2010 and filed certified copy of
the Order with Registrar of Companies on 28th August 2010, being the
effective date. The entire assets and liabilities of mall management
undertaking and project management undertaking of Pantaloon Retail
(India) Limited were transferred effective from 1st April 2010.
In terms of the Scheme 111,70,966 equity shares of Rs. 10/-each were
allotted to the eligible shareholders of PRIL on 23rd September 2010
and the same were listed on Bombay Stock Exchange Limited and National
Stock Exchange of India Limited on 31st December 2010.
Your Company through a Special Resolution passed on 9th June 2010,
approved reduction capital, and such reduction was confirmed by an
order dated 22nd October 2010 by the Hon''ble High Court of Bombay on
petition number 511 of 2010. Pursuant to the said order 50,000 fully
paid equity shares of Rs. 10/- each of the Company aggregating to Rs.
5,00,000/ - held by erstwhile holding Company viz. PRIL, prior to the
Scheme is reduced / cancelled.
Scheme of Amalgamation:
With a view to strengthen the asset base and financials of the Company
and presence in retail infrastructure and real estate development, the
Board at its meeting held on 26th May 2011 considered and approved a
Scheme of Arrangement with Future Realtors (India) Private Limited
(FRIPL), Prudent Vintrade Private Limited (Prudent) and AIGL
Holding & Investmetns Pvt. Ltd (AIGL) and their respective
shareholders and creditors (Scheme), and further subject to approval of
High Court and such other regulatory approvals as may be necessary, to
amalgamate FRIPL, Prudent and AIGL with the company.
FRIPL through its subsidiaries and associate companies is engaged in
the business of development and leasing of retail real estate
properties and development of integrated townships in India. Currently
FRIPL has ready leased and under development retail assets of 0.8 mn sq
ft and 0.3 mn sq ft leasable area respectively.
Prudent and AIGL through their associate companies hold 23% of the
equity share capital of Riverbank Developers Private Limited, a special
purpose vehicle that is developing an integrated township called
Calclutta Riverside at Batanagar in Kolkata. This township is spread
over an area of 262 acres and has been promoted by the Hiland and
Belani Groups in joint venture along with Kolkata Metropolitan
Development Authority.
Based on the valuation reports, the Board considered and proposed the
exchange ratio under the Scheme and accordingly shareholders of FRIPL,
AIGL and Prudent will receive 0.9499, 22.8112 and 804.3096 equity
shares ofRs. 10 each respectively in Company for every equity share of Rs.
10 each held in FRIPL, AIGL and Prudent respectively. The scheme of
amalgamation will be subject to approval from the Hon''ble High Court of
Bombay and other regulatory authorities as may be applicable.
Dividend:
With a view to conserve the resources and to meet the fund requirements
for your Company''s growth plans, your Directors do not recommend any
payment of Dividend for the year ended 2010-2011.
Subsidiaries:
Your Company has the following Subsidiaries as on 31st March 2011:
Sno. Name of the Subsidiary % of Holding
1 Agre Properties & Services Limited 100%
2 Precision Realty Developers Private Limited 100%
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, vide General
Circular No. 2 and 3 dated 8th February 2011 and 21st February 2011
respectively has issued directions under Section 212(8) of the
Companies Act, 1956 granting general exemption from applicability of
the provisions of Section 212 of Companies Act, 1956 in relation to the
subsidiary Companies, subject to fulfillment of the conditions
specified in the said circular.
Your Company has availed the benefit of general exemption provided by
the aforesaid circular and accordingly, the documents mentioned in
Section 212(1)(a) to (d) of the Companies Act, 1956 relating to
Company''s subsidiaries are not attached to the Balance Sheet of your
Company. Also, in terms of the said circular, your Directors shall
fulfill the prescribed conditions, make the requisite disclosures and
further undertake that the annual accounts of the subsidiary companies
and the related detailed information shall be made available to
shareholders of the Company and its subsidiary companies seeking such
information at any point of time. Further, the annual accounts of the
subsidiary companies shall also be kept for inspection by any
shareholders at the registered office of the Company and of the
respective subsidiary company concerned. The statement as required
under clause (iv) of the aforesaid circular is also attached to the
financial statements.
Share Capital:
During the year under review, your Company increased its authorized
share capital from the existing Rs. 5,00,000/ - divided into 50000 equity
shares of Rs. 10/ - each to Rs. 20,00,00,000/ - divided into 2,00,00,000
Equity Shares of Rs.10/ - each by creation of fresh 1,99,50,000 equity
shares of Rs. 10/ - each.
In terms of the Scheme 111,70,966 equity shares of Rs. 10/-each allotted
to the eligible shareholders of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited on
23rd September 2010 and the same were listed on Bombay Stock Exchange
Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited on 31st December
2010.
570 Equity shares of the Company are kept in abeyance and the said
shares will be allotted subsequent to completion of legal formalities
to allot the original shares in Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited which
are currently held in abeyance.
Change of name:
The Company was incorporated on March 10, 2008 under the Companies Act,
1956 in the State of Maharashtra as a public limited company and a
special resolution has been passed by the shareholders at an Extra
Ordinary General Meeting held on September 20, 2010 to change the name
of the Company to Agre Developers Limited. The Company obtained new
Certificate of Incorporation with new name on October 4, 2010.
Change in the Objects Clause of the Company:
The Company has obtained the approval of members through Postal Ballot
to, interalia, amend the main object clause of the Company to undertake
construction and development business. The postal ballot notice was
dispatched to all the shareholders on November 25, 2010 and the results
of the Postal Ballot were announced on December 30, 2010.
Consolidated Financial Statements:
In Compliance with the Accounting Standard 21 and the Listing Agreement
entered into with the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited and the National
Stock Exchange of India Limited, this Annual Report includes the
consolidated financial statements of the company for the financial year
2010-11.
Cash Flow Statement:
In Conformity with the provisions of clause 32 of the Listing Agreement
with the Stock exchanges, the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended
31st March, 2011 has been provided in the Annual Report and which forms
part of this report.
Fixed Deposits:
The Company has not accepted any deposits, within the meaning of
Section 58-A of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies
(Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 made there under.
Directors:
On 23rd September, 2010, the Board was reconstituted prior to listing
with Stock Exchange in conformity with Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement. Mr. Anil Baijal, Mr. P.L Agarwal and Mr. Rahul Saraf,
Independent Directors, Mr. K.K Rathi, and Mr. Rajesh Kalyani Non
Executive Directors were inducted in the Board. Further, Mr. Anil
Baijal, Independent Director, was appointed as the Non Executive
Chairman of the Board of Directors of your Company. The Board also
constituted various committees in compliance with Clause 49 of the
listing agreement.
Mr. Sumit Dabriwala, has been appointed as Managing Director of the
Company for a period of 3 years with effect from 21st September 2010.
The terms and conditions of his appointment including payment of
Managerial Remuneration has been approved by the Shareholders byway of
special resolution through postal ballot and the results of the Postal
Ballot was declared on 30th December 2010.
The Company made an application under Section 269 and other applicable
provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, to the Ministry of Corporate
Affairs in connection with payment of managerial remuneration to its
Managing Director as per the limits approved by the shareholders
through a Postal Ballot on 30th December 2010. The Ministry vide its
order dated 18th April 2011 approved the appointment of Mr. Sumit
Dabriwala as Managing Director of the Company with effect from
September 21, 2010 at an annual remuneration lower than the amount
approved by the shareholders. The Company filed an appeal against the
said Order of the Central Government on 9th May 2011 and the same is
under the consideration of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs,
Government of India.
Mr. Anil Baijal, Mr. P.L Agarwal, Mr. Rahul Saraf, Mr. Rajesh Kalyani
and Mr. K.K Rathi, who were appointed as Additional Directors on the
Board of your Company w.e.f 23rd September 2010. Notices have been
received from members pursuant to Section 257 of the Companies Act,
1956 together with necessary deposits proposing the appointments of Mr.
Anil Baijal, Mr. P.L Agarwal, Mr. Rahul Saraf, Mr. K.K Rathi, and Mr.
Rajesh Kalyani as Directors, liable to retire by rotation, on the Board
of the Company.
As required under clause 49(IV)(G) of the Listing Agreement, the
requisite information of Mr. Anil Baijal, Mr. P.L Agarwal, Mr. Rahul
Saraf, Mr. K.K Rathi, and Mr. Rajesh Kalyani inter alia, in the nature
of brief resume, nature of expertise, companies in which they holds
directorship / memberships of Board Committees is annexed to the Notice
of Annual General Meeting. The Board recommends their appointments.
Mr. Sanjay Rathi, Mr. Deepak Tanna, and Mr. Harsha Saksena, Nominee
Directors of erstwhile holding company Pantaloon Retail (India)
Limited, resigned as the Directors of the Company with effect from 24th
September 2010. The Board places on record its appreciation for the
valuable contribution made by them during their tenure as Directors of
the Company.
Group:
Pursuant to intimation received from the Promoter(s) and in accordance
with regulation 3(1 )(e) of the securities and Exchange Board of India
(Substantial Acquisition of shares and Takeovers) Regulations,
1997(SEBI Regulation) regarding identification of persons
constituting Group (within the meaning as defined in the Monopolies
and Restrictive trade Practices Act, 1969) are disclosed in this Annual
Report as separate disclosure.
Director''s Responsibility Statement:
As required under section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, it is
hereby confirmed that:
1. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed and that no material departures
have been made from same;
2. 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 at the end of the financial year ended 31st March, 2011
and of the profit of the Company for that period;
3. the directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, for safeguarding the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities; and
4. the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
Corporate Governance:
Report on Corporate Governance of the Company and Management Discussion
and Analysis Report for the year under review, as per the requirements
of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement(s), have been given under a
separate section and forms part of this Annual Report.
Listing:
The equity shares of the Company are listed on the Bombay Stock
Exchange Limited, Mumbai (BSE) and The National Stock Exchange of India
Ltd. (NSE) and the listing fee for the year 2011-12 has been paid.
The Company has entered into necessary agreements with the Central
Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) and National Securities
Depository Limited (NSDL) for availing the Depository services.
Auditors:
M/s NGS & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, Auditors of the Company,
bearing ICAI Registration Number 119850W retire at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
As required under the provisions of section 224(1 B) of the Companies
Act, 1956, the Company obtained a written certificate from the Auditors
to the effect that their appointment, if made, would be in conformity
with the limits specified in the said section. The Board recommends
their re-appointment.
Particulars of Employees under Section 217(2A):
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended, the names and other particulars of the employees are set out
in the annexure to the Directors'' Report.
However, having regard to the provisions of Section 219(l)(b)(iv) of
the said Act, the Annual Report excluding the aforesaid information is
being sent to all the members of the Company and others entitled
thereto. Any member interested in obtaining such particulars may write
to the Company Secretary at the registered office of the Company.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange
Earnings and Outgo:
Information in accordance with the provisions of Section 217 (l)(e) of
the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Disclosure of
Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 regarding
conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange
earnings and outgo is given in the Annexure forming part of this
report.
Acknowledgement:
Your Directors would like to acknowledge and place on record their
sincere appreciation to all stakeholders, Financial Institutions,
Banks, Central and State Governments, the Company''s valued investors
and all other business partners for their continued co-operation and
excellent support received during the year.
Your Directors recognize and appreciate the efforts and hard work of
all the employees of the Company and their continued contribution to
its progress.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Anil Baijal Sumit Dabriwala
Chairman Managing Director
Place: Mumbai
Date :26th May 2011
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