The Members of
ALLLIED DIGITAL SERVICES LIMITED
We are delighted to present the Directors'' Report on our business and
operations together with the audited statement of accounts for the year
ended March 31st 2011.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(Rs. in Lacs)
PARTICULARS 2010-11 2009-10
Total Operational Income 52,190.79 47,051.06
Other Income 695.32 421.55
Total Income 52,886.11 47,472.61
Less: Operating Expenditure 43,978.89 34,642.76
Profit before Interest, Depreciation,
Amortization Tax & Exceptional Item 8,907.22 12,829.85
Less: Interest 722.00 363.11
Less: Depreciation 1,176.14 656.58
Profit before Tax 7,009.08 11,810.16
Less: Provision for Taxation (Net) 888.19 2,008.90
Less: Deferred Tax Liability 511.31 137.21
Net Profit for the year 5,609.58 9,664.05
Add: Balance brought forward
from the Previous Year 23,308.47 14,686.42
Amount Available for Appropriation 28,918.05 24,350.47
Less: Transfer to General Reserve - 500.00
Proposed Dividend Including Dividend Tax 271.60 542.00
Short Provision of Tax of earlier years
(Net) 659.67 -
Balance carried to Balance Sheet 27,986.78 23,308.47
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Your Company is an IT Infrastructure Management and Technical Support
Services Outsourcing Company with an objective to provide end to end IT
Solutions, outcomes of which have always resulted into a positive
change in the organization. Your Company is an experienced entity
having sufficient knowledge of the local market which assists them in
organizing manpower for diverse tasks and contractual works It has over
more than two decades of experience in enterprise IT Infrastructure,
Management and Implementation and Consulting on complex IT Solutions
for different Business Verticals.
The Company''s gross income for the financial year ended March 31st 2011
increased to Rs. 528.86 crore, from Rs. 474.72 crore in the previous year,
registering a growth of over 11 per cent. The operating profit (PBDIT)
of the Company decreased to Rs. 89.07 crore during the year, from Rs.
128.30 crore in the previous year. Interest and Depreciation was at Rs.
18.98 crore as against Rs. 10.20 crore in the previous year. The
provision for taxation during the year was Rs. 13.99 crore which includes
Deferred Tax Liability for the year. The net profit for the year
decreased by 42 per cent to Rs. 56.10 crore from Rs. 96.64 crore in the
previous year. This was mainly on account of increase in
Administrative, Sales and Other Expenses. The Company''s Net worth as on
March 31st 2011, stood at Rs. 686.06 crore, as against Rs. 635.13 crore
last year.
Your Company provide credible, high class and customer oriented
services and solutions to clients, actively participate to fulfill the
needs and preferences of the customers, their requirements in a
dedicated manner. We seek long - term partnership with clients while
addressing their IT requirements. Our customer - centric approach has
resulted in high levels of client satisfaction and retention. Moreover
we encourage a warm and cordial environment in our organisation which
will add to the skilled workforce and also improve the work culture.
APPROPRIATIONS:
a. DIVIDEND:
In recognition of the fact that the economy is recovering and in view
of the Company''s profitable performance the Directors recommend a
Dividend of Rs. 0.50 per Equity Share of Rs. 5/- each (last Year Rs. 1/- on
the paid up value of equity share of Rs. 5/- each) of the Company for the
financial year 2010-2011.
LIQUIDITY:
Your Company maintains sufficient cash to meet its strategic
objectives. As on March 31st 2011, your Company has liquid assets
including investment in mutual funds of Rs. 82.09 Crore as against Rs. 217
crore at the previous year end. These funds are lying in current bank
accounts, fixed deposits with banks and in mutual funds.
DIRECTORS:
a. RE-APPOINTMENT
In accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company and
provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 at least two-thirds of our
Directors shall be subject to retirement by rotation. One- third of
these retiring Directors must retire from office at each Annual General
Meeting of the Shareholders. The retiring Directors are eligible for
re-election.
As stipulated under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered into
with the stock exchanges, brief resumes of the Directors proposed to be
appointed / reappointed, nature of their expertise in specific
functional areas and the names of companies in which they hold
directorships and membership / chairmanship of Board Committees, are
provided in the Report on Corporate Governance forming part of the
Annual Report.
The Board recommends to the members the resolutions for appointment and
re - appointment of the Directors mentioned above.
SUBSIDIARIES
Your Company has Seven subsidiaries and one Joint Venture:
1. Allied Digital Services, LLC. (USA)
2. Allied Digital, INC. (USA)
3. Allied Digital Singapore Pte. Limited
4. Allied Digital Asia Pacific Pty Limited (Australia)
5. Digicomp Complete Solutions Limited
6. En Pointe Technologies India Private Limited.
7. E-cop surveillance (India) Private Limited.
8. Digicomp Electronics Testing Services (Dets) Pte. Ltd. (50:50 Joint
venture of Digicomp Complete Solutions Limited and TES-AMR PTE. LTD.).
Pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956 (the Act), the
Company is required to attach to its Annual Report, the Balance Sheet,
Profit and Loss Account, Directors'' Report and the Report of the
Auditors (collectively refereed to as the accounts and reports''), of
its subsidiaries for the year ended March 31st 2011. Since the Company
presents audited consolidated financial statements in its Annual Report
and the Board of Directors in their meeting has given their consent for
not attaching the accounts and reports of its subsidiaries to the
Annual Report under the provisions of Section 212 of the Companies Act,
1956. Hence, the accounts and reports of the subsidiary companies are
not attached to the Annual Report.
The Company will make available the accounts and related information of
the subsidiary companies upon request by any member / investor of the
Company or its subsidiaries. The accounts and related information of
the subsidiary companies will also be kept open for inspection by any
member, at its corporate office and that of the subsidiary companies
concerned. The Company shall furnish a hard copy of the details of
accounts of subsidiaries to any shareholder on demand.
The statement containing the list of subsidiaries along with brief
financial details of the subsidiaries is given on page numbers 77 of
the Annual Report.
UTILISATION OF FUNDS RAISED THROUGH QIP AND ISSUE OF SHARE WARRANTS:
The Company has raised funds through the issue of shares to the
Qualified Institutional Buyers pursuant to Qualified Institutional
Placement and Issue of Share Warrants to Bennett Coleman and Company
Limited. Out of the above issues proceeds as on March 31st 2011 the
company is having balance of Rs. 46.35 crores pending for deployment.
HUMAN RESOURCES:
Employees are vital and valuable assets of the Company. We understand
that the Company''s success depends largely upon the quality and
competence of its management team and key personnel. A failure to
attract and retain talented professionals, or the resignation or loss
of key management personnel, may have an adverse impact on the
Company''s business, its future financial performance and the price of
its equity shares. We have created a favorable work environment that
encourages innovation and meritocracy. We have also set up a scalable
recruitment and human resources management process, which enables us to
attract and retain high caliber employees. Attracting and retaining
talented professionals is therefore a key element of the Company''s
strategy and a significant source of competitive advantage. Therefore
the Company has created a healthy and productive environment to
encourage excellence. The Company''s HR policies and processes are
aligned to effectively drive its expanding business and emerging
opportunities.
Our model of recruiting the best and brightest talent from top academic
institutions across the country and providing intense training has
contributed greatly in differentiating Allied Digital in the
marketplace. Our culture of harmonious and constructive relations
between the management and employees helped us to maintain a cordial
work atmosphere and achieve business growth. Our training initiative
offers the best and latest in technology, domain expertise and
leadership.
We added 255 employees, taking the total strength to 2230 up from 1975
at the end of the previous year. We compete in a dynamic and evolving
industry in which value and differentiation are defined at each turn by
the Company''s most precious asset, i.e., its human capital.
QUALITY & CERTIFICATION:
We continue our excellence in journey with a critical focus on Quality
and Processes with significant investment in efforts and in Quality
Processes. Pursuant to our ISO 9001 certification experience since last
12 years, we continued further certifications for our other activities.
We have upgraded this certification to ISO 9001:2008 3 years ago. Your
company''s Remote Management Services (RMS) centre at Navi Mumbai has
got ISO 27001:2005 certification in year 2007 and has gone through two
successful surveillance audits thereafter. By this certification, we
have protected our IT infrastructure by means of right infrastructure
and process deployment so the customers we service are in safe hands.
We have further completed certification of this RMS by ISO 20000-1:2005
which is certification for excellence in IT service management and has
gone through one successful surveillance audit. The IT services that we
thus provide from this RMS are certified to be one of the best in the
world meeting requirements of that standard. We have further initiated
movements towards Green IT and offer Green Data Center consultancy to
our prospects. In this initiative we intend to voluntarily reduce
energy consumption of hardware and offer consultancy to our prospects
to reduce energy consumption of their Data Centers thus improving
carbon footprint and one more step towards precious energy
conservation. We have registered for getting our software activities
certified under CMMI certification level 3 which is expected to be
completed in a year''s time.
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES:
We believe that growth and progress can only be measured in terms of
the legacy we have behind for those who follow. Our focus is to provide
technology, services and solutions that enhance the sustainability of
our clients. Our constant endeavor is to transcribe our core value into
our work, ensuring transparent stakeholder engagement at all levels.
We are responsible for the services and products we offer to our
clients and our steady Customer Satisfaction scores over an increasing
customer base. Our business offerings continue to provide sustainable
solutions for our customers, crafting a paradigm within which we
operate at the highest levels of efficiency. We enable employees to
educate themselves to achieve personal skills, engage in the business
through various initiatives and seek to create awareness regarding
diversity and inclusivity with specific aim to enhance awareness among
our employees.
INVESTMENTS
The investments of the Company as on March 31st 2011 were to the tune
of Rs. 171.94 crore as compared to the last year''s investment of Rs. 305.11
crore.
The Book value of the quoted investments for the year under review was
Rs. 42.71 crore (previous year Rs. 186.64 crore) and the realizable value
as at March 31st 2011 for this investments was same as book value.
FIXED DEPOSITS
In terms of the provisions of Section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit Rules), 1975, the
Company has not accepted any fixed deposits during the year and as
such, no amount of Principal or Interest was outstanding as of the
Balance Sheet date.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION
The information on Conservation of Energy required under Section 217
(1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Rule 2 of the Companies
(Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules,
1988 are not applicable to the Company. The Company requires minimum
energy consumption and endeavor has been made to ensure the optimal
utilization of energy, avoid wastage and conserve energy.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
The information required under Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended are set out as under. The Department of Company Affairs has
amended the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 to the
effect that particulars of employees of companies engaged in the
information technology sector posted and working outside India, not
being directors or their relatives, drawing more than Rs. 60 Lacs per
financial year or Rs. 5 Lacs per month, as the case may be, need not be
included in the statement under Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act,
1956, but such particulars shall be furnished to the Registrar of
Companies. . In terms of Section 219(1) (b) (iv) of the Act, the Report
and Accounts are being sent to the shareholders excluding the aforesaid
Annexure. Any Shareholder interested in obtaining a copy of the same
may write to the Company Secretary.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the
information and explanation obtained by them, your Directors make the
following statements in terms of Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act,
1956, that:
a) in the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended March
31st 2011, the applicable accounting standards have been followed
along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any.
b) 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 March 31st 2011
and of the profit of the Company for that year.
c) 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.
d) The Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts for the year ended
March 31st 2011, on a going concern basis.
STATUTORY AUDITORS
M/s. K. M. Kapadia & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai,
Statutory Auditors of your Company hold office till the conclusion of
the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company. He has signified
his willingness to accept office, if re-appointed. The Company has also
received his eligibility under Section 224 (1B) of the Companies Act,
1956.
COST AUDIT
The Company is not required to undertake the Cost Audit as required
under Section 233 B of the Companies Act, 1956.
INTERNAL AUDITORS:
Your Company has appointed HNT & Co. as the Internal Auditor for
conducting the Internal Audit.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP):
At present the Company has two Option plans for its employees, ESOP
2007 & ESOP 2010.
The Company had granted total 4,96,600 options under ESOP 2007 to the
eligible employees in tranches out of total 5,00,000 grants allocated
under the ESOP scheme. The employees has exercised 1,03,850* Options
under Growth plan during the year. Each option entitles the holder
thereof to apply for and be allotted Equity Shares of the Company upon
payment of the exercise price during the exercise period.
ESOP 2010, was approved by the members at their meeting held on 29th
September 2010, till the financial year ended March 31st 2011 no
options were granted to employee or Directors of the Company or it''s
Subsidiary.
The exercise prices of ESOP 2007are as follows:
During the year there were no options vested below the fair market
value of the shares, and hence no expenses have been provided on the
account of Employee Stock Option cost.
* The Company had passed a resolution on September 23rd, 2009 at its
fifteenth Annual General Meeting for sub - division of the Equity
Shares of Rs. 10 each of the Company into Equity Shares of Rs. 5 each.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company has taken appropriate steps and measures to comply with all
the applicable mandatory provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement entered with the Stock Exchanges and section 292A of the
companies Act 1956. The Company''s governance practices are described
separately in the Corporate Governance section from pages 17 to 32 of
this Annual Report. We have obtained certification from a Practicing
Chartered Accountant on our compliance with Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement with Indian Stock Exchanges, described in the separate
section forming a part of this Annual Report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as
stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchange in India, is presented in a separate section forming a part of
this Annual Report.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
During the year, the Company has received various awards and
recognitions. The awards are listed below:
1. Channel world Premier 100-2010 Award;
2. MSP of the year 2010;
3. Best VAR- Mumbai'' Award 2010; 4.'' Top Solution Provider''-Silver;
5. Solution Champ (Security)'' -Gold;
6. Best under a Billion Dollar Company.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Your Directors take this opportunity to thank the Company''s customers,
vendors, investors and bankers for their continued support during the
year. We also wish to thank the Government of India, Ministry of
Communication and Information Technology, the State Governments,
various government agencies and the Government of United States of
America where we have operations, for their immense support.
Your Directors also place on record their deep sense of appreciation
for the excellent contribution made by employees of the Company through
their co-operation, commitment, competence with the view to achieve
consistent growth for the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
sd/- sd/-
Nitin D. Shah Prakash D. Shah
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer and
Managing Director Whole Time Director
Mumbai
August 22, 2011
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