To the Members,
The Directors present their 14th Annual Report of the Company together
with its Audited Profit and Loss Account for the year ended March 31,
2011 and the Balance Sheet as on that date:
I FINANCIAL RESULTS
Consolidated Financials of the Company and its subsidiaries:
Rs.. in crore
Particulars Year ended Year ended
March 31, 2011 March 31, 2010
Total Revenue 424.85 337.70
Profit before interest, depreciation
and tax 90.28 71.23
Less: Interest and Finance Charges 4.46 2.57
Less: Depreciation and amortization 26.55 22.20
Profit before tax 59.27 46.46
Less: Provision for taxation (including
Current Tax, 9.31 5.96
Deferred tax, and Tax adjustments of
earlier years)
Net Profit after tax 49.96 40.50
Minority Interest 0.11 -
Profit after Tax and Minority Interest 50.07 -
Add: Surplus brought forward from
previous year 114.51 77.88
Effect on account of merger/amalgamation (0.44) -
Add: Prior period adjustments (1.61) 0.40
Amount available for Appropriation 162.97 18.78
Appropriations:
Transfer to General Reserve & Statutory
Reserve 1.46 0.36
Proposed dividend on Equity Shares 3.51 2.96
Corporate tax on dividend 0.58 0.50
Statutory Reserve 2.14 -
Balance carried to Balance Sheet 155.28 114.95
Total Income increased to Rs.424.85 crore from Rs. 337.70 crore in the
previous year, at a growth rate of 25.81 %. The profit before tax at
Rs.59.27 crore as against Rs. 46.46 crore in the previous year
represents a increase by 27.57% over the previous year.
Financials of the Company on a standalone basis: Rs. in crore
Particulars Year ended Year ended
March 31, 2011 March 31, 2010
Total Revenue 117.31 53.38
Profit before interest, depreciation and
tax 36.15 20.89
Less: Interest and Finance Charges 8.13 10.55
Less: Depreciation arid amortization 8.43 6.97
Profit before tax 19.59 3.37
Less: Provision for taxation (including
Current Tax, 4.99 -0.24
Deferred tax, and Tax adjustments of
earlier years)
Net Profit after tax 14.60 3.61
Add: Surplus brought forward from
previous year 38.93 39.14
Effect on account of merger/amalgamation 1.09 -
Amount available for Appropriation 54.52 42.75
Appropriations:
Transfer to General Reserve 1.46 0.36
Proposed dividend on Equity Shares 3.51 2.96
Corporate Tax on dividend 0.58 0.50
Balance carried to Balance Sheet 48.97 38.93
2. DIVIDEND
The directors recommend for consideration of the shareholders at the
ensuing annual general meeting, payment of a dividend of Rs. 2.20 per
share, (22%) for the year ended March 31, 2011. The amount of dividend
and the tax thereon aggregates to Rs. 0.58 crore.
3. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
We propose to transfer Rs. 1.46 crore to the general reserve. An amount
of Rs. 48.97 crore is proposed to be retained in the Profit and Loss
Account.
4. OPERATIONS
Growth during aution Pro''s 2010-2011 fiscal year was achieved
consistently across all geographies and all Practices. Much of the
success was due to a number of key hires and organizational changes,
subsidiary consolidation proceedings, and dynamic activities with our
strategic Partners.
Employee Additions & Organizational Changes
Several key individuals were added to the aurionPro management team
over the course of the year. Mr. Banesh Prabhu joined as the global CEO
for the aurionPro Group of companies and as Chairman of the Board for
aurionPro Solutions Ltd. Banesh brings 25 years of global experience to
his roles, previously serving as the International Head of Consumer
Operation for Citigroup Operations and Technology where he led Banking
operations for more than 50 countries. Also joining aurionPro this past
year was Sam Harp, an Enterprise Content Management Industry Veteran,
to lead the Imaging and Process Management Business. Sam brings over
20 years of experience to his role with aurionPro, 12 of which were
spent at Oracle/Stellent where he held a variety of Management and
Executive roles across their Engineering, Consulting, and Alliances
organizations.
Significant organizational changes were also made in order to increase
aurionPro''s visibility in the market while maintaining the highest
level of customer satisfaction. The Company streamlined its Corporate
Marketing function to improve the consistency and effectiveness of how
aurionPro positions and messages its capabilities across customer,
prospect, partner, employee, recruiting, and investment communities.
Jonathan Bank, previously the Global Head of aurionPro''s Web
Solutions/ECM Practice, is leading this new corporate function as the
Executive Vice President and Group Director- Marketing. Similarly, a
Global Customer Satisfaction and Delivery Group has been formed to
deliver the highest level of customer satisfaction to our Clients. Mr.
Shafi Shaikh has been appointed as the chair of this team, to which he
will bring more than 20 years of experience in global service delivery
and operational best practices.
Partnership Initiatives
aurionPro was extremely active with our Partner community in 2010-201 I
and dozens of co-marketing events, conferences, and client round tables
were completed together. Highlights include co-hosting a client round
table with Microsoft on the topic of the Real-Time Enterprise, being
invited to be a key speaker at the inaugural Cloud Security Alliance
meeting in Boston and leading and participating in a number of Oracle,
IBM, Microsoft, Open Text, Misys and EMC conferences and webinars over
the course of the year.
aurionPro''s SENA Systems business, a Gold Level Oracle Partner, was
recognized as one of the most respected partners in Oracle''s network by
being awarded an Honorable Mention for the Oracle 2010 North American
Titan Award for Excellence in Security and Identity Management.
Oracle''s Titan Awards recognize leading partners in North America,
honoring solutions delivered in 2010. This is the third consecutive
year that SENA has featured in the Oracle Titan Awards, this year being
recognized for its Oracle Entitlement Solution implementation with a
major global financial institution.
aurionPro added to its stable of partnerships by entering into a global
partner agreement through E2E Infotech (India) Pvt Ltd, (now merged
with the company) a wholly owned subsidiary, with CameronTec, the
financial industry''s leading provider of FIX infrastructure and
connectivity solutions. The terms of this agreement gives E2E specific
CameronFIX Reseller rights for the Middle East and Indian markets.
5. FINANCIAL RESOURCES
A) ESOP
The Board of Directors at their Board Meeting held on September 04,
2008 and the members at the 11th Annual General Meeting held on
September 30, 2008, approved the issue of 14,64,941 equity shares under
Employees Stock Option Scheme - 2008 to eligible permanent employees
including Directors of the Company and its subsidiary companies to
participate in the future growth of the Company. The Company has
received in-principal approval from Stock Exchanges for issue and
allotment of 10,00,000 equity shares under the said Scheme.
The Remuneration/Compensation Committee in its meeting held on June 01,
2009 approved the grant of 10,00,000 options. The exercise price for
the purpose of the grant of options was taken as the market price i.e.
available closing price prior to the date of the grant as quoted on
National Stock Exchange.
Accordingly in accordance with ESOS of the Company, the employees as on
date have been offered options as per eligible criteria fixed under the
scheme. Against each of the above, eligible employee is entitled to
acquire one equity share of Rs. 10/- each of the company at a price
mentioned against the option. The minimum vesting period shall be one
year from the date of grant. Against each option, 20% can be exercised
by the end of first year from the date of grant of options i.e. after
May 31, 2010, 30% can be exercised at the end of second year from the
date of grant of the options i.e. after May 31, 2011 and balance 50%
can be exercised at the end of third year from the date of grant of the
options i.e. after May3l,20l2.
Pursuant to ESOS, company has issued and allotted to the eligible
employees 47,200 equity shares and 6849 equity shares of the company on
January 04,2011 and June 21,2011 respectively.
Further the Company have obtained in-principal approval for 10,00,000
options as per the ESOP Scheme viz, The ASL ESOS - 2010. The Company
have granted 5,00,000 options on 06th April, 2011.
Details as on March 31, 2011 as per SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme
and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999:
Sr.
No Description Details
I Total number of options granted
underthe Scheme- 10,00,000 options
TheASLESOS-2008
2 Options Granted During the year Nil
3 The Pricing Formula Exercise Price (the price to
acquire one equity share of the
Company upon exercise of option)
shall mean the market price;
i.e. the latest available
closing price prior to the date
of the grant as quoted on The
National Stock Exchange of
India Limited or as determined
by the compensation committee
and payable by the Grantee for
exercising the option granted
to him in pursuance of ESOS,
but in any case the exercise
price shall not be less than
Rs. 90/- per option.
4 Options vested 2,00,000
5 Options Exercised 47200
6 Total No. of shares arising as a
result of exercise 47200
of options
7 Options lapsed Nil
8 Variations of terms of options No variations made
9 Money realised by exercise of
options 66,90,600
10 Total no. of options in force 9,52,800
II Employee wise details of options granted to:
i) Senior managerial personnel:
Mrs. Kashmira Bhayani - Practice Head, Cash
Management (30000 options)
Mr. Nitin Patel - Delivery Head( 17000 options)
Mr. Sanjay Parchani - VP- Operations (15000 options)
Mr. Umesh Ikhe - Practice Head, Treasury Market (30000 options)
Mrs. Deepa Nair - AVP - HR (I0000 options)
Mr. Mehul Raval - Company Secretary (2000 options)
ii) Any other employee who receives a grant in any one year of option
amounting to 5% or of option granted during that year: Nil
iii) Identified employees who were granted option, during any one year,
equal to or exceeding I % of the issued capital (excluding outstanding
warrants and conversions) at the time of grant: Nil
12 Diluted earning per share (EPS) pursuant to issue of shares on
exercise of option calculated in accordance with Accounting Standard
(AS) 20. Rs. 8.96
13 Options whose exercise price either equals or exceeds or is less
than the market price of the stock, Weighted average exercise prices
Rs. 141.75/-
weighted average fair value of options Rs. 63.06/-
14 A description of the method and significant assumptions used during
the year to estimate the fair values of options, including the
following weighted average information:
i) Risk free interest rate Estimated to be from 4.71 % to 6.07%
ii) Expected life upto 3.50 years
iii) Expected volatility Estimated to be from 63.65% to 75.17%
iv) Expected dividends 20%
v) The price of the underlying share in market at the time of option
grant. Rs. 141.75/-
Note: In respect of options granted above, the accounting value of
option is nil, as market price of the share on the date of grant of the
option is equivalent to grant price so there is a no charge of
compensation to Profit & loss Account in respect of ESOS scheme -2008.
B) Loan Funds -
During the year, the Company availed Cash Credit facility of Rs. 23.63
crore from the Axis Bank, which were utilized for working capital
requirements of the Company.
6. SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
The Ministry of Corporate affairs vide its General Circular No. 02/201
I dated February 08,2011 provided general exemption to the companies
from the provision of Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956 which
require companies to attach Directors Report, Balance Sheet and Profit
and Loss account of the subsidiaries.
Accordingly Annual Report 2010-11 does not contain the financial
statement of our subsidiaries.
The Audited annual accounts and related information will be made
available upon request by any member of the Company interested in
obtaining the same. The annual accounts of the subsidiary companies
will also be kept open for inspection by any investor at the Registered
Office of the Company and that of the respective subsidiary companies.
However, as directed by the Central Government, the financial data of
the subsidiaries has been furnished under ''Details of Subsidiary
Companies'' forming part of the Annual Report.
A Statement containing particulars pursuant to the provisions of
Section 212( I )(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, in respect of the above
subsidiaries forms part of this Annual Report.
In compliance with Clause 32 of the Listing Agreement, audited
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
also form part of this Annual Report.
7. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Report on Corporate Governance as per the requirements of Clause 49
of the Listing Agreement forms part of the Annual Report.
The requisite Certificate from M/s. Milind Nirkhe & Associates, Company
Secretaries, confirming the compliance with the conditions of Corporate
Governance as per the requirements of Clause 49 is annexed to this
Report.
8. MANAGEMENT''S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT (MDA)
Management''s Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review,
as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges in India, is presented in a separate section forming part of
the Annual Report.
9. DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2AA) of the Act, your
Directors confirm that:
i) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to
material departures;
ii) 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 your Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of
your Company for that year;
iii)The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of your Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and
iv)The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a ''going concern''
basis.
10. DIRECTORS
In terms of Article 151 of the Articles of Association of the Company,
Mr. Prem Rajaniand Dr. Nikunj Kapadia, Directors, retire by rotation
and being eligible, for reappointment at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting.
At the last Annual General Meeting held on September 30,2010 members
appointed Mr. Vishwanath Prabhu as a Director of the Company, liable to
retire by rotation.
Further during the year Mr. Vishwanath Prabhu was appointed as Global
CEO of aurionPro Group and Non Executive Chairman of the Company w.e.f
December 22,2010.
Brief resume of the Directors, nature of their expertise in specific
functional areas and names of Companies in which they are directors and
members/ Chairman of committees, as stipulated by Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement are provided in the Corporate Governance Report
forming part of the Annual Report. Further, there are no inter-se
relationships between the Board members.
11. NEW DEVELOPMENT AMONG SUBSIDIARIES:
Several milestones were completed over the course of the year focused
on streamlining operational overhead through the consolidation of
subsidiary entities. Silicon Tech Corp, USA and SENA Systems Inc, USA
were both merged with aurionPro Solutions Inc, USA with effect from
April 01,2010 and July 01,2010 respectively.
Further pursuant to order of the Bombay High Court dated June 10,2011
E2E Infotech (India) Pvt Ltd and Kairoleaf Analytic Pvt Ltd got merged
with aurionPro Solutions Ltd.
12. FIXED DEPOSITS-
The Company has not accepted fixed deposits.
13. AUDITORS
M/s. Chokshi &Chokshi, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, Statutory
Auditors of the Company retires at the conclusion of the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
14. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had notified Companies (Particulars
of Employees) Amendment Rules, 2011 vide GSR 289 (E) dated 31.03.2011
raising the limit of employee''s salary to be disclosed in Directors''
Report from Rs. 2,00,000/- per month to Rs.5,00,000 per month.
Further the Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide General Circular No.
23/2011 dated 03.05.2011 gave Clarification regarding effective date of
Companies (Particulars of Employees) Amendment Rules, 2011. It was
clarified that the said notification shall be applicable to all
Directors'' reports under Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956
approved by the Board of Directors on or after 01.04.2011,
irrespective of the accounting year of the annual account being
approved by the Board.
The Company has no employees of the specified categories under Section
217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies
(Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended up to date.
I5.CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNING AND OUTGO
In terms of section 217( I )(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with
the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of the Board of
Directors) Rules, 1988, the Directors furnish herein below the required
additional information:
- Conservation of Energy:
Although the operations of the Company are not energy intensive
operations, it continues to adopt energy conservation measures at all
operational levels. The requirement of disclosure of particulars in the
prescribed format with respect to conservation of energy as prescribed
in Section 217( I )(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the
Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of
Directors) Rules, 1988, is not applicable to the Company and hence not
provided.
- Research & Development (R&D):
Your Company is predominantly a service provider and therefore has not
set up a formal R&D unit, however continuous research and development
is carried out at various development centers as an integral part of
the activities of the Company.
- Technology Absorption:
Your Company has not imported any technology during the year under
review.
- Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo:
Rs.. in crore
Particulars 2010-11 2009-10
Earning in foreign Currency (on accrual
basis):
Software Services 44.56 29.47
Expenditure in foreign Currency (on accrual
basis):
Staff Cost 0.41 0.15
Software development & other expenses 1.83 2.63
Bank Interest 2.09 1.07
16. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Directors express their appreciation for the sincere co-operation
and assistance of statutory authorities, bankers, customers and
business associates. Your directors acknowledge with gratitude the
encouragement and support extended by our valued shareholders.
The Directors also thank the Government of India and various other
countries, the concerned State Government, Government Departments and
agencies for their co-operation.
Last but not the least your directors would like to appreciate the
efforts put by the auriontees to make organization successful.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Amit Sheth Mahendra Mehta
Managing Director Director
Mumbai, August 31, 2011
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