The directors present their fourth annual report and the audited
statements of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2011.
Financial results
The financial results of the company are elaborated in the annexed
Management Discussion and Analysis Report.
The highlights of the Standalone Financial Results are as under:
(Rs. In Lakh)
2011 2010
Income from Operations & other income 12,606 12,980
Gross profit before interest & depreciation 9,431 8,130
Interest — —
Depreciation 1,003 2,196
Gross Profit before exceptional item 8,428 5,934
Exceptional item-Surplus on pre-payment of
sales tax deferral incentive/loan 13,907 —
Profit before tax 22,335 5,934
Provision for tax 3,501 2,536
Profit after tax 18,834 3,398
Profit available for appropriation 19,066 2,939
Transfer to Reserve Fund under
section 45-IC (1)
of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 3,767 680
Transfer to General Reserve 1,883 340
Proposed dividend (inclusive of dividend tax) 1,809 1,687
Provision for Corporate
Dividend Tax written back (184) —
Balance carried to Balance Sheet 11,791 232
Earnings per share (Rs.) 13.0 2.3
The highlights of the Consolidated Financial Results are as under:
(Rs. In Lakh)
2011 2010
Gross Revenue:
i) Gross written premium
a) Life Insurance–
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co Ltd 960,995 1,141,971
b) General Insurance- Bajaj Allianz
General Insurance Co Ltd 312,937 272,489
ii) Interest & Finance Charges-Bajaj
Finance Ltd 110,939 —
iii) Income from windpower generation–
Bajaj Finserv Ltd 4,179 4,311
iv) Investment income (excluding
accretions on unit linked
Investment) 76,619 63,532
v) Others 5,514 4,336
Total 1,471,183 1,486,639
(Rs. In Lakh)
2011 2010
Income from Operations & other income 150,906 46,093
Amount transferred from the
Policyholders Account 93,551 52,448
Total Income 244,457 98,541
Gross profit before exceptional item 150,977 79,206
Exceptional item-Surplus on pre-payment of
sales tax deferral incentive/loan 13,907 —
Profit before tax 166,973 83,028
Provision for tax 17,820 9,875
Profit before minority interest 149,186 73,153
Minority interest 37,702 17,241
Profit for the year 111,484 55,912
Earnings per share (Rs.) 77.1 38.6
Dividend
The directors recommend for consideration of the shareholders at the
ensuing annual general meeting, payment of a dividend of Rs. 1.25 per
share (25 per cent) for the year ended 31 March 2011. The amount of
dividend is Rs. 1,809 lakh .
Dividend paid for the year ended 31 March 2010 was Rs. 1 per share (20
per cent). The amount of dividend and the tax thereon aggregated to Rs.
1,687 lakh.
Registration as a non-deposit taking NBFC
In response to the application made by the company to Reserve Bank of
India, the company has been registered on 30 October 2009 as a
Non-Banking Financial Institution (non-deposit taking). In terms of
provisions of Non-Banking Financial (Non-Deposit Accepting or Holding)
Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007, your
company is categorised as a systemically important non-deposit taking
non-banking financial company having total assets of Rs. 100 crore and
above. The company does not hold nor does it accept deposits from the
public.
Operations
Detailed information on the operations of the different business lines
of the company are covered in Management Discussion and Analysis
Report.
Conservation of energy
The company, being engaged in wind farm activities in addition to its
financial services activities, the subject of conservation of energy is
applicable to the company only with regard to its wind farm business.
Detailed information on this is contained in Management Discussion and
Analysis Report.
Foreign exchange earning & outgo
Total foreign exchange earned by the company was Nil during the year
under review as well as in previous year.
Total foreign exchange outflow during the year under review was Rs. 2
lakh, as against Rs. 4 lakh during the previous year.
Subsidiaries & Joint Venture
Following are the companies, which are the subsidiary & joint venture
companies of the company as at 31 March 2011:
Name of the Company % Shareholding of Status
Bajaj Finserv Limited
as on 31 March 2011
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Company Limited 74% Subsidiary
Bajaj Allianz General
Insurance Company Limited 74% Subsidiary
Bajaj Financial Solutions
Limited 100% Subsidiary
Bajaj Allianz Financial
Distributors Limited 50% Joint Venture
Bajaj Finance Limited 55.98% Subsidiary
Detailed information on the operations of each subsidiary of the
company are covered in Management Discussion and Analysis Report.
Corporate Social Responsibility
During the year 2010-11, Bajaj Group continued its Corporate Social
Responsibility initiatives in various fields. Activities in this area
are set out in greater detail in the annexed Corporate Social
Responsibility Report.
Directors
Naresh Chandra and Rajiv Bajaj retire from the board by rotation this
year and being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.
Madhur Bajaj appointed as director in casual vacancy on the board with
effect from 21 July 2010.
Directors responsibility statement
As required by sub-section (2AA) of section 217 of the Companies Act,
1956, directors state:
- that in the preparation of annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to
material departures.
- that the directors have selected such accounting policies and applied
them consistently and made judgements 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 profit of
the company for that period.
- that the directors have taken proper and suffcient 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.
- that the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Consolidated financial statements
The directors also present the audited consolidated financial
statements incorporating the duly audited financial statements of the
subsidiaries and joint ventures and as prepared in compliance with the
accounting standards and listing agreement as prescribed by SEBI.
Information in aggregate for each subsidiary company is disclosed in
consolidated balance sheet.
Statutory disclosures
The company made an application for an exemption from the Central
Government under section 212(8) of the Companies Act, 1956 with regard
to attaching of the balance sheet, profit and loss account and other
documents of five subsidiaries of the company for the year 2010-11 and
the approval for the same has been received. Also, the exemption is
available under Ministry of Corporate Affairs General Circular
no.2/2011 dated 8 February 2011. The summary of the key financials of
the companys subsidiaries is included in this annual report.
The annual accounts of the subsidiary companies and the related
detailed information will be made available to the members of the
company and its subsidiary companies, seeking such information at any
point of time. The annual accounts of the subsidiary companies will be
kept for inspection by any member of the company at its registered
office and also at the registered office of the concerned subsidiary
company.
As required under the provisions of sub-section (2A) of section 217 of
the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of
Employees) Rules 1975 as amended, particulars of the employees are set
out in an Annexure to the Directors Report. As per provisions of
section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the said Act, these particulars will be made
available to any shareholder on request.
The company, being by and large a financial services company, there are
no particulars regarding technology absorption required to be given
under section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 and Companies
(Disclosure of Particulars in the report of board of directors) Rules,
1988 for the year under review. Particulars required to be given
relating to conservation of energy in its wind energy generation
business and foreign exchange earning and outgo have been set out
separately in this report.
Directors Responsibility Statement as required by section 217(2AA) of
the Companies Act, 1956 appears in a preceding paragraph.
Certificate from auditors of the company regarding compliance of
conditions of corporate governance is annexed to this report as
Annexure 1.
Disclosures as prescribed by Non-Banking Financial (Non-Deposit
Accepting or Holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank)
Directions, 2007 and other NBFC regulations have been made in this
annual report.
A Cash Flow Statement for the year 2010-11 is attached to the balance
sheet.
Corporate governance
Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with stock exchanges, a
separate section titled Corporate has been included in this annual
report, along with the reports on Management Discussion and Analysis
and General Shareholder Information.
All board members and senior management personnel have affirmed
compliance with the code of conduct for the year 2010-11. A declaration
to this effect signed by the Managing Director/CEO of the company is
contained in this annual report.
The Managing Director/CEO and CFO have certified to the board with
regard to the financial statements and other matters as required in
clause 49 of the listing agreement and the said certificate is
contained in this annual report.
Secretarial standards of ICSI
Secretarial standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of
India from time to time are currently recommendatory in nature. Your
company is, however, complying with the same.
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 Act, 1969 are disclosed in
the Annual Report for the purpose of Regulation 3(1)(e) of the SEBI
(Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997.
Auditors report
The observations made in the Auditors Report, read together with the
relevant notes thereon are self-explanatory and hence, do not call for
any comments under section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Auditors
The directors recommend the appointment of Messrs Dalal & Shah,
Chartered Accountants as auditors for the period from the conclusion of
the ensuing annual general meeting till the conclusion of the next
annual general meeting and to fix their remuneration.
On behalf of the board of directors
Rahul Bajaj
Chairman
17 May 2011
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