The Directors have pleasure in presenting the sixteenth Annual Report
on business and operations of the Company together with the Audited
Statement of Accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2011.
(Rupees in Lakhs)
Particulars 2010–11 2009–10
Net Sales and other income 45,746.63 36,259.08
Interest & other Finance charges 1,678.69 887.49
Depreciation 1,726.58 1,791.03
Profit before tax 12,258.67 4633.85
Provision for taxation: Current 2684.85 754.43
Deferred 2446.87 23.75
Net Profit after Tax 8,040.40 4,595.21
Add : Prior year (expenses) / income 1,190.73 96.77
Excess / Short provision – IT 2,716.97 (58.02)
Less : Diminution in value of 20.54 11.66
investment
Profit available for appropriation 11,927.56 4,622.30
Earnings Per Share 10.63 4.12
Dividend:
The Board of Directors of the Company have recommended a dividend of
Rs. 1.50 (Rupees one and paise ffty only) (15%) per equity Share which
is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual
General Meeting of the Company. The total payment on account of
Dividend (including Dividend Tax) shall be Rs. 1963.43 lakhs. A sum of
Rs 894.57lakhs has been transferred to the General Reserve.
Share Capital:
There has been no changes in the share capital of the Company during
the year.
Operational Review & Future:
The financial year 2010-11 has been the year of unprec- edented events
viz. shaky European economy, mounting debt in Greece, Portugal, Spain
and even Italy which had rippling effect across the globe. The infation
rates spiralling to double digits in India, coupled with interest rate
hikes by the Reserve Bank of India, has impacted the growth of the
Indian Economy in general and the Real Estate sector in particular.
The performance of your Company has been encouraging despite the above
factors. The snapshot of the performance during the year is as follows:
Integrated Enclaves
Brigade Gateway:
The Residential blocks aggregating to 1.85 million square feet have
been completed during the year. Brigade Gateway is the most integrated
enclave in an urban centre anywhere in the country. The total
integration of the residential apart- ments with offces, retail, hotel,
hospital, educational and recreational facilities within the city, is
unprecedented. The convenience of living in such an environment will
truly be a great experience.
One of the most significant developments during the year is securing the
license to brand our offce space in Brigade Gateway as World Trade
Center Bangalore. This license is held by WTC Trades & Projects Private
Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. We join the elite
group of 29 to own WTC (World Trade Center) buildings worldwide and
only the second in India. WTC is the most recognized and sought-after
business address anywhere in the world. WTC Bangalore is the tallest
building in Bangalore (128 meters) with many unique features,
including—for the frst time in Bangalore—an observation deck. It is
designed to International A++ specifcations and would be an iconic
landmark in the Citys skyline.
WTC Bangalore would be operational in a few months and would be a proud
and positive development for us and for the city of Bangalore.
The Orion Mall, aggregating to more than 8,00,000 sft would be
operational in the financial year 2011-12. Your Company has already
leased 75% of the total area.
Brigade Metropolis:
The residential blocks, aggregating to about 1.44 million sft, have
been completed during the year. We are happy and pleased to inform you
that this project has won the award for the best Residential Property
South in the prestigious CNBC AWAAZ CRISIL CREDAI Real Estate Awards
2010 held in Singapore in May, 2011. The Commercial space is on the
verge of completion.
Brigade Palmsprings at J. P. Nagar, Bangalore, aggre- gating to around
0.82 million square feet comprising 216 apartments was completed during
the year.
Commercial:
During the year the Company monetized the following
commercial assets:
¾ Hospital Building of 0.14 million sft located at Brigade Gateway
Project at Malleswaram, Bangalore
¾ Brigade Seshmahal aggregating to 0.02 million sft located at
Basavangudi, Bangalore
A total of 0.98 million sft of commercial space was leased / sold
during the year
Hospitality Domain:
¾ Sheraton Bangalore Hotel: The construction of the 230 room Sheraton
Bangalore at Brigade Gateway has been completed and the operations have
commenced during the year.
¾ Grand Mercure: Grand Mercure (formerly known as Mercure Homstead
Residences) at Koramangala in Bangalore owned by the Company and
managed by Accor group has been breaking records in terms of its
performance.
Special Economic Zones—The construction work at the Special Economic
Zone at Kochi would commence shortly. The infrastructure works is being
undertaken by the concerned statutory authorities in the Special
Economic Zone at Mangalore. We will commence construction on completion
of the infrastructure works by the authorities.
Brigade Value Homes—The frst Brigade Value Homes project Brigade
Meadows will be launched in South Bangalore. About 1.3 million sft
will be launched as part of phase 1 in the second quarter of the
financial year 2011-12.
The second project of Brigade Value Homes will be launched in the North
Bangalore in the financial year 2011-12.
Company has fnalised the land and entered in to joint development
agreement for Brigade Value Homes to be launched in East Bangalore.
The following projects have been launched by the Company in 2010-11:
¾ Brigade Rhapsody at Bangalore is a premium residential project
aggregating to 0.03 million sft comprising 8 apartments
¾ Brigade Zenith, our premium residential project in Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad aggregating 0.18 million sft which would comprise 48
apartments.
¾ Orion Mall at Banaswadi, Bangalore aggregating to 0.25 million sft.
The ground breaking ceremonies for the following projects were
conducted during the year. These projects will be launched shortly
except a couple of them which have already been launched. ¾ Brigade
Zenith in the up market Banjara Hills, our
Premium Residential Project and maiden project in Hyderabad aggregating
to 0.18 million sft.
¾ Brigade Omega, our Luxury Residential Project in Thurahalli
Village, Uttarahalli, Bangalore South aggregating to 0.82 million sft.
¾ Our Hotel and Retail Project on Kempe Gowda Road, Bangalore
aggregating to 0.16 million sft.
¾ Brigade Palmgrove, our Premium Villa and Town House Project on
Bogadhi Main Road, Mysore aggre- gating to 0.27 million sft.
¾ Brigade Exotica on Old Madras Road, our Premium Luxury Residential
Apartment Project aggregating to 1.50 million sft.
¾ Brigade IRV Centre in Nallurahalli, Whitefeld, our proposed
Commercial Offce building Project aggre- gating to 0.26 million sft.
This is the 25th year of existence after the Group was initially
started as a partnership frm in 1986. To commemorate the 25 years, the
Company plans on launching 25 projects (big, medium and small), a few
of them have been recently launched and are listed above. As we look
back there is a certain amount of satisfaction which gives us the
deter- mination to work harder for a brighter future and to create a
better quality of life for our customers and other stake holders.
Company will be launching around 10 million square feet of built up
area in the financial year 2011-12. A total of around 40 projects across
residential, commercial and hospitality domains aggregating to 31
million square feet area in seven cities would be constructed and
delivered in the next 4 –5 years.
Subsidiaries:
Brigade Hospitality Services Limited (BHSL) as a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company runs and manages clubs, serviced residences
and convention centres. During the financial year 2010-11 BHSL has
registered income from operations amounting to Rs 4671 lakhs and Profit
after tax of Rs 136.29 lakhs. There has been a marked improvement in
the performance as compared to the previous year.
WTC Trades & Projects Private Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary
of the Company during the year. This company is the proud owner of the
licence World Trade Center for the city of Bangalore, awarded to it
by the World Trade Centers Association, U S A. (WTCA). The licence held
by WTC Trades entitles it to use the trade names, trade- marks and
goodwill associated with World Trade Center & Map Design Logo & WTC
in the City of Bangalore. The Company has rebranded its offce space at
its integrated enclave Brigade Gateway as World Trade Center which is
indicative of the international standards of construction quality.
Brigade Estates and Projects Private Limited and Brigade Properties
Private Limited are wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company with main
business in the feld of real estate development. Brigade Infrastructure
& Power Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary with its main
object in the feld of Infrastructure and power. These Companies are in
the process of being fully operational.
Brigade Tetrarch Private Limited (BTPL) is also a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company with its main business in the feld of
sports-related activities. BTPL has registered income from operations
amounting to Rs 5.12 lakhs and incurred a loss of Rs 14.36 lakhs.
Joint Venture:
BCV Developers Private Limited is a 50:50 joint venture between the
Company and Classic Valmark P. Limited for development of land of 120
acres in Devanahalli, Bangalore. Your Company has 50% representation
of the Board of this Company. Villas will be launched in the frst phase
of this mixed use project in the second quarter of the financial year
2011-12. Construction of the model villas is presently in progress.
Consolidated Financial Statements:
The Consolidated Financial statements have been prepared by the Company
pursuant to Clause 32 of the Listing Agreement entered with the Stock
Exchanges. The Consoli- dated Financial Statement and Auditors Report
thereon forms part of the Annual Report.
Fixed Deposits:
The Company has not accepted any fixed deposits during the year. There
are no deposits repaid during the year or any unclaimed deposits with
the Company.
Management Discussion & Analysis Report:
The Management Discussion and Analysis is annexed to this report.
Directors:
Mr M. R. Jaishankar and Ms Githa Shankar retire by rotation and being
eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.
None of the Directors of the Company are disqualifed under Section
274(1)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956.
Auditors:
M/s. Narayanan, Patil & Ramesh, Chartered Accountants, the Statutory
Auditors of the Company retire at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of
the Company and being eligible for re-appointment have offered
themselves for re-appointment.
M/s. Narayanan, Patil & Ramesh, Chartered Accountants have confrmed
that the appointment, if made, will be in accordance with the limits
prescribed under Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956.
Group
Pursuant to the intimation received from the Promoter(s), the names of
the promoters and entities forming part of Group is disclosed in the
Annual Report in accordance with Regulation 3(1)(e)(i) of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of
Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997.
Directors Responsibility Statement:
As per the provisions of Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956,
with respect to the Directors Responsibility Statement, it is hereby
confrmed that:
i. In the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable
Accounting Standards have 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 the Company at the end of the Financial Year and of the Profit and
loss of the Company for that period.
iii. The Directors have taken proper and suffcient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregu- larities.
iv. The Directors have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.
Report on Corporate Governance:
A detailed report on Corporate Governance has been included as an
attachment to this Report.
Particulars of Employees:
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended, the names and other particulars of employees are set out in
the annexure to the Directors Report. However, having regard to the
provisions of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the Companies Act, 1956, the
Annual Report excluding the aforesaid information is being sent to all
members of the Company and others entitled thereto. Any person
interested in obtaining such particulars may write to the Company
Secretary at the Corporate Offce of the Company.
Conservation of energy, technology absorption, Foreign Exchange
earnings and outgo:
The particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology
absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo pursuant to the
provisions of Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with
Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of
Directors) Rules, 1988, is contained in Annexure I.
Awards and Recognitions:
Brigade Metropolis, our integrated enclave on Whitefeld Road in
Bangalore has won the prestigious CNBC AWAAZ CRISIL CREDAI Real Estate
Awards 2010 for the best Residential Property South.
OCHRE, Architects, have won the award for the Best Hospitality
Architecture for Galaxy Club project @ Brigade Gateway Enclave in the
CNBC AWAAZ CRISIL CREDAI Real Estate Awards 2010.
The Companys Commercial Project World Trade Center, Bangalore @
Brigade Gateway, Malleswaram, Bangalore, has won the award for the
Best Commercial Project of the Year in the prestigious Property World
Awards for 2010.
The Company won the Best Commercial Developer of the Year Award at
the Realty Plus Excellence Awards 2011 (South).
This is the third consecutive year that we have received an award at
the Realty Plus Awards. On the earlier two occasions, the awards were
for the Regional Developer of the Year - South.
The Company won the award for the Best Developer in Residential
Infrastructure at the Construction Source India Awards 2010.
Mr M. R. Jaishankar, Chairman and Managing Director of the Company was
presented with the SENIOR BUILDER AWARD in appreciation and recognition
of his excellent contribution to Civil Engineering Construction on the
occasion of Builders Day celebration by the Builders Association of
India, Karnataka (Bangalore) Centre.
Acknowledgements:
The Board wishes to place on record its appreciation to all the
stakeholders for their continuous support, encour- agement and
patronage. We would like to thank the Briga- diers for their valuable
contribution and request them to keep up the good work. This is the
beginning of the journey to achieve the vision of becoming a world
class organisation in its products, processes, people and performance.
We require the whole-hearted co-operation of all stakeholders to
achieve this vision.
By Order of the Board
for Brigade Enterprises Limited
M. R. Jaishankar
Chairman and Managing Director
Place: Bangalore
Date: May 04, 2011
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