The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 24th Annual Report
together with the audited statement of accounts for the financial year
ended 31st March, 2011.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
The financial performance of the Company, for the financial year ended
March 31, 2011 is summarized below:
(Rs. in Lacs)
Particulars F.Y. ended F.Y. ended
2010-2011 2009-2010
Turnover 508.55 830.51
Profit / (Loss) before Interest,
Depreciation and Tax (1,474.66) (721.31)
Interest 232.02 239.32
Depreciation 919.34 1,136.29
Profit / (Loss) before Tax (2,626.02) (2,096.92)
Provision for Tax
-Deferred tax - (711.57)
- Deferred tax Assets Reversed 2,155.12
Net Profit / (Loss) after Tax (4,781.14) (1,385.35)
Operational Review
During the year under review, your Company attained a gross turnover of
Rs. 508.55 Lacs as against Rs. 830.51 Lacs during the previous year.
The Net Loss after Tax during the year under review was Rs. 4,781.14
lacs as against Rs. 1,385.35 lacs for the previous year, due to loss
arising out of foreign exchange fluctuation on account of re-statement
of foreign exchange assets and liabilities of Rs. 235.33 lacs during
the current year as against gain of Rs. 1533.89 lacs in the previous
year and also due to reversal of deferred tax assets in excess of
deferred tax.liability of Rs. 2155.12 lacs.
Your Company has the largest subscriber base of IPTV customers in South
East Asia and with a view to further consolidate its market position as
well as ensure a steady and stable growth, the Company is expanding its
IPTV under the brand iControl in the cities of Delhi and Mumbai and
with BSNL in 20 cities of North India, viz. State of Jammu & Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh , Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and U.P.(West). Your
Company is also offering host of ad-on services viz, Time Shift TV
(Chill & Cool), Video on Demand (VoD), A-Tube (Video Yellow pages -
Pull advertising), iControl Mall (on line shopping) and TV messaging.
The Company is the pioneer in the FTTH {Fibre -To- The- Home) space and
has more consolidated its spot by starting its FTTH services in Jaipur,
Ajmer, Faridabad, and Ambala.
The Company is operating its VoIP services under the brand Pigeon in
the cities of Delhi & Mumbai in association with MTNL. The brand has
been well established in the market and people have started using
Pigeon VoIP as an effective tool for getting connected with their near
and dear ones living abroad.
Future Outlook
With the growth of infrastructure and look out of new revenue streams
beyond data and voice services, it is predicted that the demand of IPTV
is slated to grow upto 109 mn by 2014, with the global revenue rising
to US$ 41bn by 2014. As per the industry reports the number of IPTV
subscribers is expected to increase in the markets where FTTH
deployments are powering ahead. Further, with the increased demand of
infrastructure, technology advancements and consumer shift from linear
to non linear TV viewing, demand of IPTV is set to surge ahead in
India. To tap the growing IPTV market, your Company is offering
various interactive and educative services through its IPTV platform
which is well accepted and appreciated by the subscribers.
The Company is also tapping international markets for gaining foothold
in IPTV business. For the same purposes, the Company has incorporated a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary (WoS) namely AOL-FZE in the Sharjah Airport
Free Zone, Sharjah (U.A.E.). The purpose is to explore new business
ventures which can be operated with the present line of business,
enlarge its present business operations and the like. DIVIDEND
In the absence of profits, your Directors are unable to recommend any
Dividend for the period under review.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
During the year under review, the Company has incorporated one Wholly
Owned Overseas Subsidiary namely AOL-FZE incorporated in SAIF Zone,
Sharjah, Dubai (U.A.E).
During the year under review, the Company applied for winding-up of its
three wholly owned subsidiaries i.e. Aksh Net Tel Limited, Spyk
Global Limited, Aksh Infratel Limited under Section 560 of the
Companies Act, 1956 which have accordingly been dissolved.
As on date the Company has two Indian Subsidiaries, viz., APAKSH
Broadband Limited, Aksh Technologies Limited and One Wholly Owned
Overseas Subsidiary, viz. AOL-FZE, incorporated in SAIF Zone, Sharjah
Dubai (U.A.E).
The Statement pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956 is
annexed herewith. The Audited Statements of Accounts along with the
Report of the Board of Directors and Auditors Report thereon on the
Subsidiary Companies have not been annexed in terms of general
exemption granted by the Ministry of Company Affairs vide its circular
no. 2/2011 dated 08.02.2011. The relevant documents of the Subsidiary
Companies will be made available to any member of the Company who may
be interested in obtaining the same. The annual accounts of the
Subsidiary Companies will be available for inspection during business
hours at the Registered Office of the Company.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
As provided in the Accounting Standard (AS-21) issued by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on consolidated financial
statements the consolidated financial statements are attached which
form part of the Annual Report.
FIXED DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted any fixed deposits during the year under
review.
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENT (QIP)
During the year under review, the Company made a QIP Issue aggregating
Rs. 22.5 Crore (approx.) and allotted 11,550,000 Equity Shares to
eligible Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) under the qualified
institutions placement under Chapter VIM of the Securities and Exchange
Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2009.
GLOBAL DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS (GDR) ISSUE
The Company came out with a GDR issue of US$ 25 Mn in September, 2010.
The issue comprised of 1,165,750 GDRs underlying 58,287,500 Equity
Shares of Rs. 5 each, one GDR equivalent to 50 paid up Equity Shares of
the Company.
LISTING
The Equity Shares of the Company continue to be listed at The Bombay
Stock Exchange Ltd and The National Stock Exchange Ltd. FCCBs and GDRs
are listed at the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The Listing Fee has been
paid to all the stock exchanges.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to provisions of Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956,
the Board of Directors hereby state:
i. That in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial
year ended 31st March 2011, the accounting standards as issued by ICAI
have been followed and there are no material departures ;
ii. That the Directors have selected such accounting policies
consulting the Statutory Auditors and has
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 and of the
profits of the Company for the year;
iii. That 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
your Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities. There are however, inherent limitations, which should
be recognized while relying on any system of internal control and
records;
iv. That the Annual Accounts have been prepared on a going concern
basis.
DIRECTORS
In accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act, 1956 and the
Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. B.R. Rakhecha and Mr. P.F.
Sundesha, Directors will retire by rotation, and being eligible, have
offered themselves for re-appointment.
Mr. Chetan Choudhari has been appointed as an Additional Director of
the Company w.e.f. 01.09.2010. Mr. Amrit Nath has been appointed as an
Additional Director w.e.f. 17.09.2010. Both the Directors hold office
up to the date of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the
Company. Taking into consideration their knowledge and experience, the
Board commends their appointment as Directors of the Company, liable to
retire by rotation.
On 01.09.2010, in accordance with the provisions of Section 269 of the
Companies Act, 1956 Mr. Chetan Choudhari has been appointed as Whole
Time Director of the Company for a period of 03 (Three) years with
effect from September 01, 2010 till 31st August, 2013. Taking into
consideration his knowledge and experience, the Board commends his
appointment as Whole-time Director of the Company.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the following are
annexed to this report:
i. Report on the Corporate Governance and a Certificate from the
Auditors of your Company regarding compliance of the conditions of
Corporate Governance;
ii. Management Discussion and Analysis Report
INFORMATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 217 (2A)
Not applicable, since no employee falls under the provisions of Section
217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS & OUTGO
The information pursuant to Section 217(1) (e) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report
of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, relating to the Conservation of
Energy, Technology
Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo are given in
Annexure to this report.
AUDITORS REPORT
The observation of Auditors and their report read with the relevant
Notes to Accounts are self-explanatory and therefore do not require
further explanation.
AUDITORS
M/s P. C. Bindal & Co., Chartered Accountants, hold the office as
Auditors of your company till the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual
General Meeting and have expressed their willingness to be
re-appointed. Their appointment, if made, would be within the limits
specified under Section 224 (1) (B) of the Companies Act, 1956.
EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE SCHEME
During the year under review no shares have been granted, hence there
was no vesting of Shares.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors take this opportunity to place on record their
appreciation to the contribution made by the employees to the working
of the company.
Your Directors also express gratitude to the Customers, Suppliers,
Shareholders, Banks, Trade Partners, Service Partners and Investors for
the confidence reposed in your Company and for their continued
co-operation during the year under Report.
For & on behalf of the Board of Directors
Kailash S. Choudhari Chetan Choudhari
Chairman Whole-Time Director
Place : New Delhi
Date : 21.05.2011
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