Directors'' Report to the Members
The Directors have immense pleasure in presenting their report on the
business and operations of the Company for the year ended March 31,
2011.
Financial Highlights : (Rs. in Lacs)
The highlights of your Company''s financial results for the financial
year April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011 are as follows:
Particulars 31.03.2011 31.03.2010
Total Income 7,286.97 6079.38
Total Expenses 3,138.28 2812.87
Operating Profit (PBDIT) 4,148.69 3266.51
Interest 488.29 502.80
Depreciation 2,125.71 1645.54
Profit before Tax 1,534.69 1118.17
Provision for Income Tax including
Deferred Tax 331.87 190.59
Net Profit after Tax 1,202.82 927.58
Appropriation
Dividend 237.38 100.50
Dividend Tax 39.42 17.08
Transfer to General Reserve 100.00 100.00
Total Appropriations 376.80 217.58
Earning per Share: Basic and Diluted (in Rs.)
Considering Extraordinary Items 1.56 1.23
Without Considering Extraordinary Items 1.56 1.23
Results of Operations : Total revenues earned during the year amounted
to Rs. 7,286.97 Lacs compared to that of Rs. 6,079.38 Lacs in the
previous Financial Year. The profit before tax has increased from Rs.
1,118.17 Lacs in the previous Financial Year to Rs. 1,534.69 Lacs in
the current Financial Year. During the year under review, the income
from operations was Rs. 7,102.49 Lacs compared to Rs. 5,943.16 Lacs in
the previous Financial Year. This reflects an increase of Rs.1,159.33
Lacs, which is mainly due to the increase of income from learning
solution business segment.
The profit before interest, depreciation and tax during this period is
Rs. 4,148.69 Lacs as compared to the previous Financial Year PBIDT i.e.
Rs. 3,266.51 Lacs.
As required by AS- 21, Consolidated Financial Statements are provided
in the later section of the Annual Report.
Business Review :
(1) Software & E-Governance Services : During the year, the Company
focused on domestic Software services and E-Governance opportunities,
looking at the bleak scenario in USA. The revenue generated from the
software segment during the Financial Year 2010-11 was Rs. 804.04 Lacs
as against Rs. 985.24 Lacs during the last Financial Year. This reflect
a decrease of 18.39 % i.e. Rs. 181.20 Lacs. Decline in the overseas
business is due to slowdown in US Economy.
Profit earned from this segment amount to Rs. 358.52 Lacs as compared
to that of Rs. 477.95 Lacs during the previous Financial Year, which
has resulted a decrease of 25%. The ratio of the segmental profit to
the segmental revenue has decreased by 3.92 % from 48.51% to 44.59% as
compared to the previous Financial Year.
During the year end, JdVVNL has further extended their contract for
providing and operating IT enabled call center services at Bikaner city
for the next six months up to December 31, 2011 or till the
finalization of the new tender. JdVVNL has recently issued LOI to the
Company for Providing Manpower for operation of Customer Care Centre
under R-APDRP at Jodhpur and agreement for the same has been signed
with JdVVNL. This is a 3(Three) year project and total valuation of the
project is approx. Rs. 3.02 Crores. Compucom is also executing the
JVVNL order on BOOT basis of contract value of Rs. 11.38 Crores in
Jaipur city and at Kota city value of Rs. 4.81 Crores. Under this
contract your Company is providing the call center, fault rectification
and CSC services, which are running successfully and widely
appreciated.
(2) Learning Solutions : Company now has 6082 schools and 2 million
learners under its educational umbrella. The Company is successfully
implementing the two big educational projects, first is ICT Project by
secondary education department, Govt. of Rajasthan for providing
computer education on BOOT basis in 2292 schools of Rajasthan. The
second project is an IT Project on BOOT basis in 568 Government schools
of Delhi. Company has witnessed the successful implementation of the
Computer Aided Learning Program (CALP) project for imparting training
in 836 Govt. schools of Rajasthan worth Rs.10.68 Crores. We are
pleased to inform you that during the year under review your Company
has successfully implemented ICT-II project in 1550 Schools worth Rs.
77.77 Crores and CALP II project in 836 Schools worth Rs. 10.41 Crores.
The Company has massive plans for capturing the advantage of Indian
education expenditure planned through Govt. of India promoted PPP model
across India fueled by SSA (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan).
During the year under review revenue generated from learning solution
business amounts to Rs. 6107.62 Lacs while the revenue generated in the
previous Financial Year was Rs. 4761.16 Lacs, reflecting an increase of
Rs. 1346.46 Lacs i.e. 28.28%. The increase is mainly due to execution
of ICT II and CALP II projects of Govt. of Rajasthan. Profit earned
from this segment has increased by 107.37 % to Rs. 927.47 Lacs in
comparison to Rs. 447.25 Lacs in the previous Financial Year, which is
mainly due to execution of high profit margin projects like new
ICT/CALP II projects. In terms of ratio of segment profit to segment
revenue it has increased to 15.19 %. Profit generated from this segment
is 59.81% as compared to 38.69% of the previous Financial Year.
(3) Wind Power Generation : The Company owns four wind power generation
plants of 0.60 MW each, two at Jaisalmer and two at Sikar in Rajasthan.
Company also owns a 0.8 MW Plant at Krishna (Andhra Pradesh). The
Company has total installed Wind Power capacity of 3.2 MW. The
operation and maintenance of the wind power project has been out-
sourced to Enercon India Ltd. The revenue generated from this segment
amounted to Rs. 190.83 Lacs in the current year as compared to Rs.
196.76 Lacs during the previous year ended on March 31, 2010.
(4) Treasury Activities : Treasury income includes capital gains,
dividends from mutual funds and equity shares, interest on FDRs etc.
During the year, the revenue generated from treasury operations has
increased by Rs. 48.26 Lacs mainly due to increase in interest income
on FDRs. During the year most of the funds were invested in FDRs, where
returns were lower but safe in comparison to equity-oriented funds.
(5) Subsidiary Companies :
(a) ITneer Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Compucom Software
Limited. It has earned total revenue of US$ 4,28,492 during the
Financial Year 2010-11. This reflects a decrease of approx. 27.36% as
compared to the previous Financial Year. The Company has declared a net
profit of US$ 6,428 as compared to the loss of US$ 15,848 in the
previous Financial Year. The copy of the audited accounts together with
the independent Auditors'' Report is provided in a separate section of
this Annual Report.
(b) CSL Infomedia Pvt. Ltd. is another subsidiary of Compucom Software
Limited. It has earned total revenue of Rs. 24.55 Lacs during the
Financial Year 2010-11. The Company is mainly operating in Multimedia,
Content Development and Educational TV Segment. The copy of the audited
accounts together with the independent Auditors'' Report is provided in
a separate section of this Annual Report.
Employee Stock Options :
In 1999, the Company issued 1,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- face
value at par to Compucom Software Limited Employee Welfare Trust for
the benefit of the employees and created a stock option plan. These
shares have been irrevocably granted to the trust and are used for the
benefit of the employees. As on March 31, 2011 the Trust has the
ownership of 30,16,529 unutilized shares.
During the Financial Year 2010-11, the Company has not issued fresh
stock options.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement : Pursuant to Section 217 (2AA) of
the Companies Act, 1956, Directors state therein that:
(a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
Accounting Standards have been followed along with proper explanations
and disclosures relating to material departures.
(b) The relevant accounting policies are applied consistently and the
directors'' have 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 as on March 31, 2011 and of the profit of the Company for
the period.
(c) Proper and sufficient care has been taken in 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 annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
Dividend : In view of the Company''s profitable performance, your
Directors are pleased to recommend, for approval of the Members at
ensuing Annual General Meeting, a dividend @15% i.e. Rs. 0.30/- per
equity share of Rs. 2/- each for the Financial Year 2010-2011.
Dividend declared & paid during last 11 (Eleven) years
Financial Year Dividend Rate
1999-00 20%
2000-01 25%
2001-02 10%
2002-03 25%
2003-04 25%
2004-05 25%
2005-06 30%
2006-07 30%
2007-08** 15%
2008-09*** 10%
2009-10 10%
Book Value per Share : Details of book value during the last 12
(Twelve) years is as under:
Financial No. of Shares Face Value Book Value
Year per share Per share
(in Rs.)
1999-00 5,000,000 10 42.28
2000-01 5,025,000 10 55.74
2001-02 5,025,000 10 65.60
2002-03 5,025,000 10 69.00
2003-04 5,025,000 10 79.90
2004-05 5,025,000 10 90.79
2005-06 5,025,000 10 98.73
2006-07 5,025,000 10 105.89
2007-08** 25,125,000 2 (10) 22.79
2008-09*** 502,50,000 2 13.10
2009-10 502,50,000 2 14.47
2010-11**** 7,91,25,188 2 12.26
**Equity share of face value of Rs. 10 each subdivided into equity
share of Face value of Rs. 2/- each. Record date for the same was
October 15, 2007.
*** The Company granted bonus issue in the ratio of 1:1. Record date
for the same was December 26, 2008.
****The Company granted bonus issue in the ratio of 1:2. Record date
for the same was October 20, 2010.
**** Preferential issue of 37.50 Lacs Equity shares allotted on
November 4, 2010.
Fixed Deposits : During the Financial Year 2010-11, your Company had
not accepted any fixed deposits nor renewed any deposit, falling within
the definition of Section 58 A of the Companies Act, 1956.
Awards : The Govt. of Rajasthan has communicated that Company has been
selected for Excellence Award for Export Performance during the
Financial Year 2008-09.
Board of Directors : In accordance with the provisions of Articles of
Association of your Company, Mr. Ajay Kumar Surana and Mr. Rajeev
Sogani, Directors of the Company retire by rotation. Mr. Ajay Kumar
Surana being eligible offer himself for reappointment. The Board
recommends the reappointment of Mr. Ajay Kumar Surana. Mr. G. L.
Chaudhary was appointed as an Additional Director in the Board Meeting
held on August 9, 2011, sought to be appointed as a Director of the
Company. The Board recommends the appointment of Mr. G. L. Chaudhary as
a Director of the Company.
Issue of Bonus Shares : During the Financial Year 2010-11, the Company
had rewarded the shareholders by allotting bonus shares in the ratio of
1:2 and made an allotment of 2,51,25,188 bonus shares of Rs. 2/- (two)
each, to the eligible shareholders of the Company in the Board Meeting
held on October 21, 2010. The said Bonus issue was recommended by the
Board on July 31, 2010 and approved by the shareholders in the Annual
General Meeting held on September 18, 2010. Record date for the same
was October 20, 2010.
Preferential Issue : During the Financial Year 2010-11, the Board
issued 25,00,000 convertible warrants and 37,50,000 Equity Shares of
Rs. 2/- each, at an exercise price of Rs. 25.36/- in the Board Meeting
held on November 4, 2010 as per the Special Resolution passed by the
Company in its Extra Ordinary General Meeting held on October 25, 2010,
to the following allottees:
S.
No. NAME OF ALLOTTEE NO. OF EQUITY NO. OF CONVERTIBLE
SHARES ALLOTTED WARRANTS ALLOTTED
1. Compucom Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
(Promoter) 7,50,000 25,00,000
2. Rukmani Sales Pvt. Ltd.
(Non-Promoter) 30,00,000 -
Total 37,50,000 25,00,000
In-Principle Approval for the same was received from Bombay Stock
Exchange Ltd. on October 22, 2010. The above equity shares have been
listed on BSE on April 11, 2011 & trading approval has been received on
May 5, 2011.
Strategic Investment in Educational Broadcasting, T.V., Entertainment &
Media Segments : The Company made strategic investment of Rs. 3.25
Crores in the form of equity shares at par in CSL Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.,
making it a subsidiary , to venture into Educational, Television,
Entertainment and Media segments.
Auditors and Auditors'' Report : M/s S. Misra & Associates, Chartered
Accountants, Statutory Auditors of the Company, retires at the
forthcoming Annual General Meeting and confirmed their eligibility and
willingness to accept the office, if reappointed. The Board of
Directors in its meeting on August 9, 2011 has recommended the
appointment of M/s S. Misra & Associates as Statutory Auditors of the
Company at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Auditors'' Report is
self-explanatory and does not call for further explanation.
Conservation Of Energy, Research & Development, Technology Absorption,
Foreign Exchange Outgo : Disclosure under Section 217(1)(e) of the
Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars
in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules 1988 are given in the
Annexure A.
Particulars of Employees : As required by the provisions of Sub-Section
217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies
(Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, no employee had drawn
remuneration at or above the limits mentioned therein.
Human Resource Management and Employee Relation : Employees are vital
assets of the Company. The Company has created a favorable
work-environment that encourages innovation and nurturing of commercial
and managerial talents in its operations. The Company also provides
sharing of ownership of the Company through employee stock option
scheme, wherein stock options are granted based on the cadre of the
employees and the policy prevailing in the organization. The Company
continues to have cordial relation with its employees.
Quality Assurance : Your Company is an ISO 9001:2000 organization,
certified by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) since 1998. These standards
enable us to identify risks at the initial planning stage of the
project. The Company firmly believes in the pursuits of excellence to
compete in this emerging and growing software market. Our focus has
been on providing quality products and services to our customers.
Your Company achieved CMMI level-3 certification and continues to
implement the certification quality level in its operations.
Corporate Governance : As required under the Listing Agreement with the
Stock Exchange, a report on Corporate Governance is given in a separate
section in this Annual Report.
Acknowledgements : The directors sincerely appreciate the contributions
made by all the employees, associates and business partners who have
contributed towards the success of the Company. The directors are also
thankful for the cooperation, support and assistance received from
banks, investors, customers, central and state government departments,
local authorities, vendors, strategic alliance partners, stock
exchanges and all others associated with the activities of the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board
Surendra Kumar Surana R.P. Udawat
Managing Director & CEO Director
Jaipur, August 9, 2011
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