The Directors are pleased to present their report on the business and
operations of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March 2011
1. Financial Results
Rs.Lacs
Axis-IT&T Ltd. Consolidated for the
Group
Year ended March31 2011 2010 2011 2010
Total income 3750.19 2027.27 16500.00 7818.16
Total expenditure (
before interest 2855.36 1715.00 14802.79 7017.69
& depreciation)
Profit/(Loss) before
interest, depreciation, 894.83 312.27 1697.21 800.47
amortization and extra
ordinary items
Interest&other finance
charges 166.41 78.74 337.46 152.06
Depreciation&amortization 105.76 91.84 374.50 183.59
Provision for diminutioninthe
value of
investments or Bad Advances
& Debts/ (Written Back)
Profit/ (Loss) before
Tax and 622.66 141.71 985.25 464.81
Extraordinary Items
Extra Ordinary Income/
(Expenses)
Profit/ (Loss) before Tax 622.66 141.71 985.25 464.81
Provision for Tax
Current & Deferred (0.01) (37.54) 86.75 (24.51)
Profit/(Loss) after Tax 622.67 179.25 898.51 489.32
Tax Earlier Years (30.42) (56.65)
Prior Period Expense
Adjustments/
(Income Adjustments)
Minority Interests 107.23 164.68
Profit/ (Loss) Brought
Forward (2036.76) (2216.02) (1225.39) (1550.03)
Balance Available for
appropriation (1414.09) (2036.76) (434.11) (1225.39)
Your company has shown, on a consolidated basis, growth of 111% in
revenue and 112% in profit before taxes during the year under review as
compared to the corresponding previous year.
2. Dividend
No dividends have been declared for the current year as the Company has
a carried forward loss of Rs. 1414.10 lacs on a standalone basis
3. Transfer to Reserves
No Reserve has been created during the year.
4. Business Activities
During the year the Company remained focused on Engineering Design &
till December 2010 on Software Development.
A. Engineering Design
In engineering design the company continued to focus on the Mechanical
Engineering domain and saw excellent growth in Revenues &
profitability. This resulted in increase in manpower strength of the
Axis-IT&T Ltd. & its subsidiaries from 700 employees to 1070 employees
during the year.
The Engineering Services offered by the company are:
1. CAD Design Services
- Concept Design
- Product Design
- 3D Modeling
- Detailing
- Tool Design
- Reverse Engineering
2. Simulation and F.E. Analysis
A comprehensive range of computer-aided engineering analysis services
including FEA, CFD and optimization are offered as given below:
- Linear Static Analysis - Non-linear Analysis
- Dynamic Analysis - Modal Analysis
- Fatigue Analysis - CFD
- Steady State and Transient Thermal Analysis
Caterpillar continues to be the most valuable client and the future
prospects of business from the client look to be promising.
Throughout the year, the engineering team successfully delivered high
quality solutions on time to its clients. Our team has shown the
ability to deliver engineering solutions that improve the quality,
safety and value of our clients activities.
Your Company offers diversified services in design and detailing using
Pro/Engineer, Inventor, Unigraphics and Solidworks. Ansys and other
such tools are used for carrying out structural and thermal analysis.
We have been successful in delivering tangible benefits to the customer
in the form of value engineering weight reduction and design
simplification. Our engineers have demonstrated their capability to
translate ideas into products.
The head Count at Axis Hyderabad Development Center (HDC) has increased
by nearly 60% during the year. This resulted in the need for Facility
expansion and therefore the center was moved to a new Facility in
February 2011.
B. Software Development
Your company had a contract for Software Development Services with
Intervioice Inc. Since the Company has continued to focus and grow its
core activities Engineering Design Services, it has exited its Software
development activities in December 2010.
C. Subsidiaries
AXIS Inc. :
AXIS- IT & T Limited has wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in the
US, namely AXIS Inc. AXIS Inc. has a wholly owned subsidiary AXIS EU
Ltd. in the UK.
Cades Digitech Pvt. Ltd. :
During the year your company made further investment in Cades Digitech
Pvt. Ltd. of Rs. 2,00,50,000. Due to a Preferential Issue made by
Cades Digitech Pvt. Ltd. during the year, the total stake of your
company stood at 51.10% in M/s Cades Digitech Pvt. Ltd. engaged in
rendering Engineering Design Services in the Aerospace & Automotive
domains. The Company is based in Bangalore. During the year a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Cades Digitech Pvt. Ltd. was incorporated in
Canada named as Cades Technology Canada Inc.
In terms of general approval granted by the Central Government under
Section 212(8) of the Companies Act, 1956, copies of Balance Sheet,
Profit and Loss Account, Report of the Board of Directors and the
Report of the Auditors of the subsidiary companies have not been
attached with the Balance Sheet of the Company. The Company will make
available these documents and related detailed information upon request
by any shareholder of the Company or subsidiary interested in obtaining
the same.
However, pursuant to Accounting Standard AS-21 issued by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India, Consolidated Financial Statements
presented by the Company include the financial statements of its
Subsidiaries. The Financial Statements of the subsidiary companies are
also available for inspection by the shareholders at the Registered
Office of the Company and also that of its respective subsidiaries. The
Financial Statements of each subsidiary shall also be available on
Companys website www.axisitt.com.
The following information in aggregate for each subsidiary has been
disclosed in the consolidated balance sheet (a) capital (b) reserves
(c) total assets (d) total liabilities (e) details of investment
(except in case of investment in subsidiaries) (f) turnover (g) profit
before taxation (h) provision for taxation (i) profit after taxation
(j) proposed dividend.
A statement of the holding companys interest in the subsidiary
companies is attached as Annexure A and form part of this report.
5. Major events Subsequent to the Balance Sheet Date
There were no other major events subsequent to the balance sheet date.
6. Group
Pursuant to an intimation from the Promoters, the names of the
Promoters and entities comprising group as defined under the Monopolies
and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Act, 1969 are furnished in the
Annual Report as Annexure B for the purpose of the SEBI (Substantial
Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997.
7. Corporate Governance
The company adheres to the SEBI prescribed corporate governance norms.
The Corporate Governance Report is attached as an Annexure to this
report.
The shares of the Company are listed on the following exchanges:
1. National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Exchange Plaza Bandra Kurla
Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai.
2. The Bombay Stock Exchange Mumbai Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal
Street, Fort, Mumbai.
8. Responsibility Statement of the Board of Directors
The Directors responsibility statement setting out the compliance with
the accounting and financial reporting requirements specified under
Section 217(2AA) of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000 in respect of
the financial statements is annexed to this report.
9. Directors
Mr. P.Hemanth Polavaram was appointed as an Additional Director on
29.01.11. He serves as an Independent Director. He is a qualified
chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India and qualified company secretary from the Institute of Company
Secretaries of India. He was awarded the prestigious V. Kumar Memorial
Award for scoring the highest marks in the Institute of Company
Secretaries tax law examinations. He is also a national rank holder in
company secretary examinations. He holds a Graduate in Law Degree and
Honors Degree in Commerce, both from Osmania University in Hyderabad,
India.
Mr.. Pradeep Maitra & Mr. Vinay Shankar resigned from the Directorship
w.e.f 17.07.2010 & 29.01.2011 respectively owing to their inability to
attend Board meetings and preoccupation with other affairs.
The Board puts on record its sincere appreciation for the support,
cooperation and dedicated work from both Mr. Pradeep Maitra & Mr. Vinay
Shankar during their tenure as Directors of the Company.
10. Auditors
The auditors M/s Walker Chandiok & Co. retire from office at the
ensuring Annual General Meeting and being eligible offer themselves for
re-appointment.
11. Auditors Report
The Auditors in para (x) of their CARO report on Standalone financials
of the company have mentioned about the dilution of the net worth of
the company.
The Company has made good progress during the year and Net worth has
improved by Rs. 622.67 lacs.
12. Conservation of Energy, Research & Development Technology
Absorption, Foreign Exchange earnings and Outgo
The particulars prescribed under Section (1) (e) of Section 217 of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Disclosure of particulars
in the report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, are as follows:
a. Conservation of Energy
The operations of your Company involve low energy consumption and are
not energy intensive. However, adequate measures have been taken to
minimize the consumption through improved operational methods and new
technologies. The company is using CFL bulbs to conserve its
electricity and energy consumption.
b. Research & Development
Since the requirements of the technology business are changing
constantly, your Company has sought to focus on critical technologies
and processes, which are likely to create value in the foreseeable
future.
c. Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgoings:
Activities relating to Exports, initiatives taken to increase exports,
development of new export markets for product and services, and export
plans:
Axis-IT&T is focused primarily on exports of its Engineering Design
Services. The company has a delivery centre in Noida which is
registered as an STP (Software Technology Park) Unit.
The company supplies its services to companies in the US, UK & Europe.
Axis-IT&T markets its services in the US & UK through Axis Inc. & Axis
EU respectively.
The marketing team in the US & UK are supported by a Business
Development Team.
The Business Development team does a search of companies that could
potentially require the services being offered by Axis-IT&T and
generates leads for the marketing teams based in the US & UK to follow
up on.
The Business Development & Marketing efforts have resulted in the
acquisition of new clients by the company and the company has a growing
pipeline of orders.
Axis-IT&T is also supplying engineering services to Caterpillar India,
Chennai, which is a registered STP and, therefore, the work done for it
falls under the category of deemed exports.
Foreign exchange earned and used:
S.
No. Particulars 2011 2010
(Rs. Lacs) (Rs. Lacs)
1. Foreign Exchange Earnings (accrual basis) 1896.71 870.44
2. Foreign Exchange Outgo (Including
Capital Goods 266.47 84.68
& Spares)
3. Deemed Exports 1720.26 1138.01
13. Particulars of Employees :
There were no employees covered under the provisions of Section 217(2A)
of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companys Particulars of
Employees Rules 1975 as amended from time to time.
Acknowledgement
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation of the
contribution made by employees at all levels. The Directors also thank
your companys Clients, Vendors, Investors and Bankers, along with
various government agencies, the Software Technology Park, NOIDA &
Hyderabad and other industry forums and agencies like NASSCOM, for the
support received during the year and look forward to their continued
support in the future.
For and on behalf of the Directors
Sd/- Sd/-
Pradeep Dadlani Kedar Nath Choudhury
Director Director
Place: NOIDA
Date: 25.05.2011
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