The Directors have pleasure in presenting 14th Annual Report on the
business and operations of the Company, together with the Audited
Accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2011.
1. FINANCIAL RESULTS
The financial results of the Company are given below:
(Rs. in Million)
Particulars Consolidated Standalone
for the year ended for the year ended
31-03-2011 31-03-2010 31-03-2011 31-03-2010
Income from
Operations 21987.02 19759.45 21366.57 19500.43
Other Income 51.73 64.00 57.48 63.37
Expenditure 21090.75 18349.20 20457.74 18083.06
Profit Before Tax 948.00 1474.27 966.31 1480.74
Less Provision for
Tax 357.40 503.96 337.52 490.76
Profit After Tax 469.09 915.92 507.28 935.61
Profit available for
Appropriation 2734.04 2604.23 2707.49 2564.80
Transfer to General
Reserves : 270.70 261.50 270.70 256.50
Equity Dividend_ 92.38 9238 92.38 92.38
Tax on Dividend 15.70 15.70 1570 15.70
Balance carried to
Balance Sheet 2355.25 2234.64 2328.70 2200.21
EPS (inRs.) 2.54 4.96 275 5.06
During the year under review, your Company has achieved a sales and
other income (standalone) of Rs. 21,424.05 Millions as compared to Rs.
19,563.80 Millions during year ended 31.03.2010. The standalone profit
after tax of the company during the year under review is Rs. 507.28
million as against Rs. 935.61 million for the year ended 31.03.2010.
The consolidated turnover of the company including its subsidiaries and
Joint Ventures amounts to Rs. 22,03875 Million during the year under
review as against Rs. 19823.45 million and the profit after tax on
consolidated basis comes to Rs. 469.09 Million during the year under
review as against Rs. 915.92 million for the year ended 31.03.2010.
2. DIVIDEND:
Keeping in mind the overall performance and the prospects for your
company, the Directors wish to maintain the dividend at Rs. 0.50 per
share of face value Rs. 2/-, entailing a payout of Rs. 92.38 Million.
The corporate dividend tax amounts to Rs. 15.70 Million. The dividend
if approved, would be paid to all the members whose names appear in the
list of members as of record date, i.e. 17th June 2011.
3. MANAGEMENT:
i) BOARD COMPOSITION
The Board lays emphasis on transparency in its activities, and quality
outputs. It ensures that the principles of good corporate governance
are adhered to strictly at all times. There were no changes in the
composition of the Board for the financial year ended 31st March, 2011.
Two of the directors, Mr. K. Kannan and Mr. P. Venkatesh, are retiring
by rotation in the ensuing Annual General Meeting and Mr. P. Venkatesh
being eligible, offers himself for reappointment. However, Mr. Kannan
is not offering himself for reappointment.
ii) CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:
As part of corporate social responsibility, a special coaching session
was conducted at Gopalapuram Hr. Secondary School, Chennai to improve
the academic performance of economically poor students in VI to X
Standard in various subjects. The Managements Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
was implemented in various projects sites during the current year. A
job fair was organized at Tirunelveli during July 2010.
On 15th August 2010, a blood donation camp was organized by the company
in association with Lions Club Hyderabad. A medical camp was organized
at Bangalore Region, New Delhi region, Chennai Airport expansion
Project site and Chennai Airport Cargo project site during the year.
iii) GROWTH PARAMETERS:
The orders on hand as of date is about Rs. 49,675.43 Million (2010:
33,916 Million). Some of the major orders are listed hereunder:.
i) Thermal Power Plant Nellore - 3540.00 Million
CCCL Ed ac Energy Limited
ii) Chennai Metro Rail - 2345.00 Million
Chennai Metro Rail Limited
iii) Airport Goa - 2047.00Million
Airport Authority of India,
New Delhi
iv) Kolkata Metro Rail - 1457.00 Million
Kolkata Metro Rail Limited
The above four orders put together is of worth Rs. 9389 Million.
4. DIRECTORS
Mr. P. Venkatesh and Mr. K. Kannan, Directors, retire by rotation at
the ensuing Annual General Meeting, and Mr. P. Venkatesh being
eligible, offers himself for reappointment. However, Mr. Kannan is not
offering himself for reappointment. The Board places on record its
sincere gratitude to Mr. Kannan for his immense contribution to the
Board and the Company in the fields of finance, taxation and
administration. The Board also wishes him a long and healthy life
ahead.
The profile of the retiring director Mr. P. Venkatesh is given in
Annexure -II
Your Directors recommend the reappointment of Mr. P. Venkatesh as
Director at the ensuing Annual General Meeting
5. AUDITORS
The Auditors, M/s. Murali Associates, Chartered Accountants, Chennai
who were reappointed as statutory auditors to hold office until the
conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting, have merged with
A.S.A. & Associates, New Delhi and are called A.S.A. & Associates with
effect from 01.02.2011. The members have approved the change in the
Audit Firm consequent to merger, through a postal ballot conducted in
March 2011. The audited accounts for the FY 2010-11 are being signed by
A.S.A & Associates. The
Board recommends that A.S.A & Associates be appointed as statutory
auditors for the FY 2011-12. A Certificate from the A.S.A & Associates,
has been received to the effect that their appointment, if made, would
be within the limits prescribed under Section 224(1 B) of the Companies
Act, 1956.
6. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
CCCL is committed to good corporate governance and it understands and
respects its fiduciary role in the corporate world. The Compliance
Report on Corporate Governance and a certificate from the Auditors of
the Company regarding compliance of the conditions of Corporate
Governance as stipulated under clause 49 of the listing Agreement with
the Stock Exchanges is furnished as part of Corporate Governance
Report.
Certificate of the CEO/CFO, inter alia, confirming the correctness of
the financial statements, compliance with Companys Code of Conduct,
adequacy of the Internal Control measures and reporting of matters to
the Audit Committee in terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with
the Stock Exchanges, is enclosed as a part of the Annual Report
elsewhere.
7. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES u/s217(2A)
The information as per Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read
with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Amendment Rules, 2011 forms
part of this Report. However, as per the provisions of Section
219(l)(b)(iv) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Report and the Accounts
are being sent to all shareholders, excluding the Statement of
Particulars of Employees under Section 217(2A). Any shareholder,
interested in obtaining a copy of this statement, may write to the
Company Secretary at the Registered Office of the Company.
8. DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
The Board of Directors hereby state under Section 217(2AA) of the
Companies Act,1956 that:
a) In the preparation of the Accounts for the year ended 31st March,
2011, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with
proper explanation relating to the material departures, if any;
b) The accounting policies have been consistently applied and such
judgments and estimates have been made 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;
c) Proper and sufficient care was taken 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;
d) The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
9. FIXED DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted or renewed any fixed deposit from the
public during the year under review.
10. DEPOSITORY SYSTEM:
As you are aware, the company has an agreement with the National
Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services
India Limited (CDSL) to enable the shareholders to hold shares in
dematerialized form. About 97% of the total equity shares have been
dematerialized with NSDL and CDSL asof 31stMarch2011 as detailed
hereunder:
Summary of Shareholding as on 31/03/2011
Category No. of Total %
Holders Shares to Equity
PHYSICAL 159 5885031 3.184933%
NSDL 12730 175977680 95.237755%
CDSL 4984 2914514 1.577312%
Total 17873 184777225 100.00%
12. EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN (ESOP) SCHEME
Of the vested options in the year 2007 (314000 shares out of options
granted 395000 shares), 94550 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each had been
transferred to the employees who had exercised their options during May
2010 as first installment of 35%. For second installment of 35%, of the
vested 108340 shares, 161 employees had exercised their options for
91225 shares of Rs. 2/- each in April 2011. The balance shares
available for grant with the Trust is 1064225 shares as of date. The
Company had allotted 1250000 shares to CCCL Employees Welfare Trust.
A certificate from the auditors stating that the scheme has been
implemented in accordance with the SEBI Guidelines and is in accordance
with the resolution passed by the Company in the General Meeting,
pursuant to Clause 14 of Part A of SEBI (ESOS and ESPS) Guidelines,
1999 is enclosed in the annexure to Corporate Governance Report.
A detailed disclosure pertaining to this Scheme is given in
Annexure-III.
13. SUBSIDIARIES:
As required under the provisions of Section 212 of the Companies Act,
1956, a statement of the holding companys interest in the subsidiary
companies is attached as Annexure-I and form part of this report.
In view of the general exemption granted by Central Government vide MCA
circular No.2/2011 dated 8th February 2011 under Section 212(8) of the
Companies Act, 1956, the required disclosures in respect of subsidiary
companies are not enclosed along with this Report. However, we
undertake that annual accounts of the subsidiary companies and the
related detailed information shall be made available to shareholders of
the holding and subsidiary companies seeking such information at any
point of time. The annual accounts of the subsidiary companies shall
also be kept for inspection by any shareholders in the Registered
Office of the company and of the subsidiary companies concerned.
14. REVIEW OF SUBSIDIARIES OPERATIONS
(i) M/s.Consolidated Interiors Ltd.:
During the year under review, the company has achieved a sales turnover
of Rs. 509.90 Millions compared to Rs. 217.06 Millions achieved during
the previous year registering an increase of about 135%. The PBT
variance from the previous year is 269%. On a paid up share capital of
Rs. 67.78 Millions, the EPS is Rs. 0.28 for the current year. The
orders expected are to the tune of Rs. 561 Millions.
(in Rs. Millions)
Sl. Particulars 31.03.2011 31.03.2010
1. Turnover 509.90 217.06
2. Profit Before Tax 8.16 2.21
3. Profit After Tax 1.89 1.15
4. Order Book 406.30 411.20
5. EPS (InRs.) 0.28 0.17
6. Paid up Equity- share
capital 67.78 67.78
(ii) Noble Consolidated Glazings Ltd.
During the year under review, the company has achieved a sales turnover
of Rs. 603.50 Millions compared to Rs. 583.42 Millions achieved during
the previous year registering an increase of about 3.44%. The PBT
variance from the previous year is
19.70%. On a paid up share capital of Rs. 16.47 Millions, the EPS is
Rs. 16.50 for the current year.
(in Rs. Millions)
Sl. Particulars 31.03.2011 31.03.2010
1. Turnover 603.50 583.42
2. Profit Before Tax 40.70 34.00
3. Profit After Tax 27.18 21.87
4. Order Book 254.00 396.85
5. EPS (InRs.) 16.47 13.26
6. Paid up Equity
share capital 16.50 16.50
(iii) CCCL Infrastructure Limited:
The company had been awarded Letter of Intent on 11th December 2010 by
NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), the Nodal agency designated by
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Following that, a Power
purchase Agreement (PPA) has been signed with NVVNL, New Delhi. The
project provides CCCL Infrastructure Ltd. an opportunity to set up a
grid connected 5 MW capacity solar power project at Tuticorin district,
Tamilnadu at a project cost of Rs. 60 crores. The power generated by
CCCL Infrastructure Ltd. under Build Operate Transfer basis will be
procured by NVVN for 25 years at Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission approved tariff. The applicable CERC approved tariff rate
for this project is Rs. 12.70 per unit. The project is expected to
produce 8 million units of power annually and generate a cash inflow of
Rs. 93.27 crores over the 25 year period.
iv) CCCL Pearl City Food Port SEZ Limited
This is a subsidiary of CCCL Infrastructure Limited. Enquiries are
being received from parties with interest to establish food processing
units like sea food, spices, tea, pulses and beverage concentrates. The
Company has signed quite a few Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) with
institutions to enable it to achieve a robust growth in the development
of SEZ at Tuticorin.
v) Delhi South Extension Car Park Limited
This subsidiary was formed exclusively to execute the Automatic Multi
Level Car Parking Project (BOT basis) in South Extension, New Delhi.
The
project cost envisaged is Rs. 270 crores. Pursuant to this, CCCL had
entered into a concession agreement with Municipal Corporation of Delhi
(MCD) on 14th March, 2011 to execute the above said project and
thereafter, vide Board Resolution passed by the Management Committee on
28th March, 2011, your Company has authorized Delhi South Extension Car
Park Limited to function independently to execute the above said
project.
vi) CCCL Power Infrastructure Limited
A separate subsidiary in the name of CCCL Power Infrastructure Services
Limited was incorporated on 04.06.2010 with a view to execute power
projects. During the year, there was a change in the name of the
Company from CCCL Power Infrastructure Services Limited to CCCL
Power Infrastructure Limited with effect from 31.12.2010. An associate
Company named CCCL Edac Energy Limited has also been promoted and the
same has received a BOP Package for thermal power plant for which your
Company has received the civil package
15. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS:
For detailed operational review kindly refer to Management Discussion
and Analysis and the Report on Corporate Governance, which forms part
of this Annual Report.
16. RESOLUTION BEFORE THE AGM
The Board places before the members a resolution for approval of a
limit upto USD 100 Million for borrowings by way of private placement,
issue of ADRs, GDRs, convertible and non convertible debentures, other
securities to firms, bodies corporate, NRIs, FIIs, financial
institutions, mutual funds etc. within the overall borrowing powers
under Section 293(l)(d) of the Companies Act, 1956. The Board
recommends the resolution.
17. DISCLOSURE U/S217(1)(E)
Technology absorption, adaptation and innovation
As the Company has not carried on any manufacturing activity, reporting
under sec 217(l(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies
(Disclosure of particulars in the Report of the Board of Directors)
Rules, 1988, with regard to conservation of energy and technology
absorption doesnt arise.
18. FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
(Rs.in Million)
Particulars 31.03.2011 31.03.2010
i) Earnings:
Foreign Exchange 5.05 0.92
ii)Outgo:
a) Travelling expenses 3.06 4.92
b) Import of Equipment 386.61 184.45
c) Professional charges 4.78 48.01
d) Subscription 0.07 0.01
e) License fee 0.96 Nil
f)JV Expenses 62.90 108.40
g) Overseas branch expenses 6.67 Nil
h) Reimbursement of expenses
to member of Herve Pomerleau
International CCCLJointVenture 5.05 9.17
Total 470.10 354.96
19. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors express their gratitude to the Bankers, Financial
Institutions, government authorities, Stock Exchanges, regulatory
agencies, and esteemed customers and suppliers for their co-operation,
and support. The company immensely thanks its investors for their
continued trust and patronage. The Board places on record its gratitude
to Herve Pomerleu Inc., Canada for their support and coordination in
execution of Airport Project at Chennai.
The Management is thankful to its employees for their contribution to
the company in tiding over difficult times and also for their unstinted
enthusiasm in delivering quality output.
For and on behalf of the Board
R.Sarabeswar
Chairman
Place: Chennai
Date : April 28, 2011
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