The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 26th Annual Report on
business and operations of your Company along with the audited fi
-nancial statements for the year ended 31 March 2011.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(Rs.in Million)
Consolidated Standalone
2010-11 2009-11 2010-11 2009-10
Income from Operations 10,912.29 8,469.81 5,155.92 4,179.52
Other Income 155.76 89.38 142.59 85.78
Variation in Inventory 444.44 95.64 107.84 138.34
Expenses 8,793.86 6,578.82 3,886.04 3,041.99
Profit Before tax 2,718.62 2,076.00 520.31 1,361.65
Less: Provision for tax
(current) 447.35 332.27 262.13 221.72
Provision for tax (deferred) 21.17 21.50 21.17 21.50
Profit after Tax 2,250.11 1,722.24 1,237.01 1,118.43
Add: Balance B/F from
Previous Year 3,832.94 2,301.07 2,12404 1,195.98
Excess/Short Provision for
Earlier years (5.65) (5.65)
Profit Available for
appropriations 6,083.05 4,01766 3361.05 2,308.76
Debenture Redemption
Reserve 0.35 0.35
Transfer to General Reserve 125.00 112.00 125.00 112.00
Proposed Dividend 65.49 62.16 65.49 62.16
Provision for Taxes on
Dividends 13.05 10.56 13.05 10.56
Balance C/F to Balance
Sheet 5,879.16 3,832.94l 3,157.16 2,124.04
Overview:
The growth during the year under review was satisfactory. On a
consolidated basis, your Company achieved a Total Operating Income of Rs.
10,912.29 million registering a growth of 28.84% as compared to Rs.
8,469.81 million during the previous financial year. Similarly, Profit
Before Tax was Rs. 2,718.62 million with a growth of 30.95% as compared
to Rs. 2,076.00 million during the previous financial year. Profit After
Tax was Rs. 2,250.11 million with a growth of 30.65% as compared to Rs.
1,722.24 million during the previous financial year.
Dividends & Appropriations:
Your Company follows a policy of paying stable dividend linked to
consistent performance, while at the same time keeping in view the need
to f nance growth plans through internal accruals. Your Directors are
pleased to recommend a dividend of 30% of the paid up capital i.e. Re.
0.60 per equity share, subject to the approval of the members to be
paid:
(i) to those benef cial owners, holding shares in electronic form,
whose name appear in the statement of benef cial owners furnished by
the Depositories to the Company as at the close of business hours on 3
August 2011.
(ii) to those Equity Shareholders, holding shares in physical form,
whose names appear on the Register of Members of the Company at the
close of business hours on 3 August 2011 after giving effect to all
valid transfers in physical form lodged with the Company or its
Registrar and Share Transfer Agent till 3 August 2011.
The dividend above, if approved by the members would involve a cash
outf ow of Rs. 66.28 million (as on the date of this report) and dividend
tax of Rs. 13.05 million.
The Register of Members shall be closed from 4 August 2011 to 11 August
2011 (both days inclusive), for the purposes of payment of dividend and
for the Annual General Meeting proposed to be held on 11 August 2011.
Transfer to Reserves:
The Company proposes to transfer Rs. 125.00 million. (Previous year Rs.
112.00 million) to the General Reserve. An amount of Rs. 5,879.16
million (Previous year Rs. 3832.94 million) has been proposed to be
retained in the Profit and Loss Account on consolidated basis.
OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Domestic Operations:
ICT@CORE
A major milestone in the history of the Company was
recorded by bagging one of the largest education
projects valued approximately Rs. 2,950 million from the
State of Haryana for implementing ICT (Information &
Communication Technology) covering 2,622 schools.
The Company achieved yet another milestone by bagging one of the
largest ICT implementation project in Haryana valuing approximately Rs.
2,950 million which will benef t 5 million students across
21 districts in that State. This project is expected to augment the
focus of the Government to improve the quality of education in
schools by ushering in enhanced use of technology. The project
envisages use of computers and bio-metric devices to enhance
delivery of quality education in the schools and to monitor student
and teacher performances. We will also develop software to support
monitoring and evaluation of teachers and students for the States
Education Department including asset and maintenance management
system and help desk facility at the State level.
Our Company has also bagged a contract from the Govt. of Maharashtra
under the ICT@Schools Phase 2 program covering 947 schools across the
three districts of Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur. The contract, which will
extend over a period of 5 years from the date of its commencement, is
valued at Rs. 1,200 million.
We also successfully commissioned the ICT project with the State of
Nagaland.
Another project with the Government of Gujarat was signed for
implementing Computer Aided Learning (CAL) for 645 Schools valued at
about Rs. 264 million covering 645 schools across south Gujarat for a
period of 5 years. This project involves setting up Computer Aided
Learning in Secondary and Higher Secondary schools and supply of
hardware, software, manpower services including Teachers Training and
maintenance of systems.
We also signed a contract for providing Child Tracking System (CTS)
with the Assam State Government under the Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan
Mission. The project includes providing bi-lingual CTS application and
supply of ICR survey forms, household survey training,
converting the data digitally and providing support and maintenance for
1 year.
Similarly, we have entered into a contract with the Government of
Tripura to provide a Learning Management System (LMS) and for
developing 100 hours of content in English and Bengali.
CORE K12 Schools
We are initiating many activities under this domain with many small
projects being implemented with quality products and solutions. This is
a major step for the Company to create its niche in the domestic
market, by leveraging its overseas experience and expertise. We have
undertaken a pilot project for implementing school ERP and maintenance
for Navodaya Vidhyalaya Samiti, under the Ministry of HRD, Department
of Education.
We are commissioning a pilot project for Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
for implementing Quality Improvement Programs and School ERP products,
implementing Assessment Centre and providing e-learning contents for 25
Kendriya Vidyalayas. Similar products and services are also provided to
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, under the Ministry of HRD covering 64
schools.
We plan to establish a chain of CORE K12 schools in next few years.
These schools will be established in accordance with existing
regulations and aff liated to various streams like IB, ICSE, CBSE, etc.
These schools would aim to provide quality education clubbed with
special focus on sports, arts and other activities, which would not
only enable the students for preparing themselves for better prospects
in their career but also to explore the students hidden talent.
CORE Higher Education
We were awarded a contract by the National Project Implementation Unit
(NPIU), under the ministry of HRD for providing MIS for monitoring
technical education quality improvement program for 200 Engineering
Colleges, setting up data center for hosting MIS, provide MIS training
for 1,200 users and maintenance for 5 years.
Similar to the schools, we also plan to establish private universities
for Management Studies, Engineering & Technical. With the passing of
Private Universities Bill by some States, we believe, this would be
another big opportunity for CORE to help the students to imbibe
quality higher education.
CORE Skill Development: Vocational Training:
Vocational Training is another area gaining thrust worldwide with
several ministries coming out with various schemes in vocational
training for unemployment remediation and meeting the industrys needs
for skilled man-power. This is another important area of focus for CORE
as we move forward.
Under the vocational training initiatives, your Company received a
mandate to assist the Delhi Police to equip its personnel with latest
IT Skills for approximately 2000 policemen with the basics of IT. This
initiative will be a part of Crime & Criminal Tracking Network & System
(CCTNS) program which Delhi Police has undertaken to curb crime in the
city. The CCTNS is a comprehensive system designed to facilitate
collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, transfer and sharing of data
and information between police stations and the State and Central
Police Organisation.
The Company also signed MOU with Gujarat Knowledge Society to impart
job-oriented skill up- gradation courses to students from various
disciplines in colleges across Ahmedabad and Surat districts. This is a
signif cant step towards educating and enhancing the employment
potential of youth in Gujarat. The courses will be offered across 18
verticals covering 400 colleges to cater to a student population of
about 100,000. We also received approval from the Ministry of Higher &
Technical Education, Maharashtra, for establishing Industrial Training
Center (ITC) in Navi Mumbai. This initiative will focus towards skill
capacity building and plans to address the challenges of skilled
manpower in the country by producing trained workforce through a
delivery mechanism for industry relevant training programs. The
courses to be provided will follow the National Council for Vocational
Training (NCVT) in accordance with the guidelines issued by the
respective Governments.
Teachers Training, Capacity Building: Your Company has already signed
a MOU with the University of Oxford for enabling Teachers Capacity
Building and for Training Teachers in India. This path breaking
collaboration with the University of Oxford is very critical and
crucial for the success of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA), the
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan (RMSA) and the Model Schools
Programs, the main initiatives for improving education in the country,
by the Government of India. This enables your Company to have a f rst
mover advantage to tap a signif cant market share which is stated to be
USD one billion. This collaboration with Oxford University is the f rst
ever private sector initiative in the f eld of teacher enablement in
India. The Company has already commenced leveraging this association in
the domestic market and will see more developments in this regard in
the immediate future.
OVERSEAS OPERATIONS:
USA Operations
During the year under review, CORE Education & Consulting Solutions
Inc., USA, one of our main wholly owned subsidiarIes in the US reported
a turnover of USD 125.87 (Rs. 5,725.33 million) showing an increase of
19.65% over the previous year. Profit After Tax was USD 16.95 million
(Rs. 771.07 million) showing an increase of 41.40% over the previous
year.
ACQUISITIONS
Acquisition of TSI:
Going ahead with the trend of inorganic growth, during the year under
review the Company through its subsidiaries in the US acquired
Technical Systems Integrators LLC (TSI), a Georgia based Education
Solutions Company and Keenan, Keenan & Associates Inc., and a New York
based Education Consulting Company.
TSI, in operation since 2002, provides Education Solutions and IT
services, with primary focus on the sales, delivery, installation and
management of advanced technology assets towards the K-12 and Higher
Education markets. TSI assists customers in Cloud Computing,
Virtualization, selecting systems, designing networks, integrating with
educational infrastructure, planning and managing networks and other
infrastructure projects from concept to completion.
The Company is also into providing Asset Recovery and Disaster Recovery
Solutions to the Education sector. The delivery of world class
solutions is enabled by TSIs partnerships and alliances with companies
like Cisco, Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Nortel and Montana State
University. TSI is also certif ed with Solution Providers like J D
Edwards, SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft, enabling seamless delivery of
solutions across the entire functional spectrum of its customers. TSI
is both a reseller of hardware products and a major provider of
services to Dell and Dell clients. TSI has been a major part of the
foundation for our strategy.
TSIs focus on the K-12 and Higher Education markets covers 100
districts across 25 States in the US, including California, Florida,
Maine, Montana, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia. From the University
of Georgia, to Kaplan University in eight states, to the state of
Oregon school system, the customer base exceeds 500 educational
institutions and companies.
Acquisition of Keenan & Keenan Group: Keenan, Keenan & Associates Inc.,
based in New York, and operating under the business name The
Employment Store, together with Partners4Growth Inc., provides highly
skilled and specialized resources, with primary focus on providing
trained consultants and staff to educational institutions. The Company
offers a range of services such as Project Management, High Technology
Services, Business Consulting, Process Re-engineering, Special
Education Consulting, Para Professional Consulting and Adjunct Services
like Logistics, Transportation Management and Nutrition Management.
In operation since 1981, the f rm supervises the activities of as many
as 500 active consultants in a wide range of K-12 and Higher Education
Institutions and other business corporations. Prominent Education
Clients of Keenan Group includes University of Rochester, Eastman
School of Music, University of Rochester School of Medicine and
Dentistry, Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical
Institute for the Deaf, State University of New York Geneseo, Rochester
City School District, VWR International (The USs leading distributor
of scientif c supplies, lab ware and educational aids to K12 and Higher
Ed). KKG also serves a number of key clients in other verticals, such
as healthcare and pharmaceuticals.
UK OPERATIONS
During the year under review, CORE Educaton & Consulting Solutions Inc,
UK, one of our main Wholly Owned Subsidiaries in the UK, reported a
turnover of GBP 6.87 million (Rs. 488.15 million) showing an increase of
9.31% over the previous year. Profit After Tax was GBP 1.33 million (Rs.
94.42 million) showing an increase of 36.13% over the previous year.
Acquisitions:
In May 2011, the UK subsidiary acquired ITN Mark Education Ltd.; a UK
based Education Solutions Company which is a national provider of
supply teachers and teaching assistants. It contributes towards the
ultimate goal of making teaching globally competitive in each and every
sector and is focused on imparting industry relevant training to the
teachers. ITN is one of the leading providers of supply teachers and
teaching assistants in England & Wales to primary and secondary
schools. It also provides educational consulting services to academies
and local authorities. It is 8th largest in size with a 5% market
share of a total market of GBP 430 million (supply teachers and
teaching assistant business). It also has a specialized Educational
Consultancy Services division that works with larger client groups such
as education authorities, school clusters, academies, private sector
education providers and a range of other educational institutes.
ITN Mark was acquired from Ochre House Limited, the recruitment
outsourcing and talent management business backed by NBGI Private
Equity.Changes in Capital Structure
Authorised Share Capital:
The Authorised share capital of the Company was increased from Rs. 300
million (comprising of 150 million equity shares of Rs. 2 each) to Rs. 500
million (comprising of 250 million equity shares of Rs. 2 each) at the
previous Annual General Meeting.
Allotment of equity shares against conversion of Warrants:
Pursuant to the approval received from the members at the Extra
Ordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 31 October 2009, the
Company in accordance and compliance with the Securities & Exchange
Board of India Issue of Capital and Disclosure Regulation, 2009, issued
and allotted on preferential basis, 1,00,00,000 (One crore) Warrants to
CORE Infrapower Limited, forming the part of Promoter Group entitling
the Warrant-holder to apply for equivalent number of equity shares of Rs.
2/- each at a price of Rs. 185/- per share (including a premium of Rs.
183/- per share) to be exercised over a period of 18 months from the
date of its allotment. In the previous year 2009-10, 48,00,000 shares
of Rs. 2/- each were allotted on exercise of the equivalent number of
Warrants and during the year under review, the balance Warrants
constituting 52,00,000 were exercised and equivalent number of shares
of Rs. 2/- each were allotted, to the said entity. With this all the
outstanding warrants were fully exercised and against which equivalent
number of equity shares were allotted.
Allotment of equity shares against conversion of Foreign Currency
Convertible Bonds (FCCBs): The Company had issued USD 80 million Zero
Coupon Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) vide offering
circular dated 8 April 2007. As on 1 April 2010,
out of the total issue of USD 80 Million Zero Coupon FCCBs bonds worth
USD 10 million were outstanding for conversion. During the year under
review the entire outstanding FCCBs aggregating USD 10 million were
converted and the Company allotted 4,926,380 equity shares of Rs. 2 each
at a premium of Rs. 80.86 per equity share. With this allotment, the
entire issue of USD 80 million Zero Coupon Foreign Currency Convertible
Bonds, were fully converted.
Pursuant to the approval received from the Members at the 24th AGM held
on 24 September 2009. The company had launched and priced the issue of
USD 60 Million 7% Convertible Bonds with an upsize option of USD 15
million, convertible into ordinary / equity shares of the Company. The
issue was fully subscribed and closed on 6 May 2010, with an aggregate
issue of USD 75 million. The Bonds mature over a period of 5 years and
1 day with the maturity date 7 May 2015. The Bonds carry YTM and
coupon of 7% p.a. The initial conversion price of the said bonds, was f
xed at 10% premium over the reference share price of Rs. 247.09
calculated in accordance with the applicable rule and regulations
governing the issue, under the guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of
India and the Securities and Exchange Board of India in this regard,
which works out to Rs. 271.80. The f xed exchange rate for the issue was
USD 1 = Rs. 44.43. During the year under review, bonds worth USD 217,000
were converted against which the Company had allotted 35,472 equity
shares of Rs. 2 each at a premium of Rs. 269.80 per equity share. As on 31
March 2011 the end of the year,USD 74,783,000 bonds were outstanding
for conversion. However during the period from 1 April 2011 till the
date of this report the Company had further allotted 1,209,645 equity
shares of Rs. 2 each against the conversion of USD 7,400,000 bonds at the
applicable premium with bonds worth USD 67,383,000 outstanding as on
the date of this report.
CORE Employee Stock Option Scheme: The Company introduced and
implemented the CORE Employee Stock Option Scheme (the Scheme) in CORE
ESOS 2007 and CORE ESOS 2009, in accordance with the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Stock
Purchase Scheme) Guidelines,1999 (the Guidelines). The detailed
disclosure required under the
relevant guidelines is attached herewith and forms part of this report.
During the year, 272,173 equity shares under CORE ESOS 2007 and 115,320
equity shares under CORE ESOS 2009, were allotted to the eligible
employees/ Director.
Considering all the allotments above, during the year 2010 – 2011, the
paid-up share capital of your Company stands increased from Rs.
197,192,582/- comprising 98,596,291 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each to Rs.
218,291,272/- comprising 109,145,636 equity shares of Rs. 2/- each.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES AND PARTICULARS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 212 OF THE
COMPANIES ACT, 1956
Being a global corporate entity, your Directors believe that the
Consolidated Results represent the performance of the Company in a more
comprehensive manner as compared to the stand alone operations. In view
of that and also as required under the Listing Agreements with the
Stock Exchanges, a Consolidated Financial Statement of the Company and
all its subsidiaries are attached and forms part of this report. The
Consolidated Financial Statement has been prepared in accordance with
applicable Accounting Standards issued by The Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. Details of the subsidiary companies are discussed
in the Management Discussion & Analysis, forming part of this report.
As per the provisions of Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956 (herein
after referred to as the Act), your Company is required to attach the
Directors Report, Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and other
information of the subsidiaries to its Balance Sheet. Government of
India (Ministry of Corporate Affairs), vide General Circular 2/2011
dated 8 February 2011 has granted general exemption to all the
companies from attaching to its Balance Sheet, the individual Annual
Reports of all its subsidiary companies, as required under Section 212
of the Act, subject to Board approval and fulf llment of certain other
conditions.
Your Directors believe that the audited Consolidated Accounts present a
full and fair picture of the state of affairs and financial conditions
of the Company and its subsidiaries, as is done globally. A statement
pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956 relating to the
Companys interest in subsidiaries is attached to the financial
statement and forms part of this Report. The annual accounts of these
subsidiaries and the related detailed information will be made
available to any Member of the Company seeking such information and are
also available for inspection by any Member of the Company at the
Registered office of the Company.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
As mandated by the Board, Mr. Sanjeev Mansotra, accepted greater
responsibilities as the Chairman & Global CEO of the CORE Group and
stepped down from the post of Managing Director of the Company, with
effect from 1 April, 2011, which will entail and necessitate extensive
travel across the Middle East, Asia- Pacif c and the African region and
other continents to explore business opportunities. Mr Mansotra
continues to be the Chairman of the Board.
Prof. Nigavekar was appointed as an Additional Director by the Board on
15 April, 2011. At the recommendation of the Remuneration /
Compensation Committee, the Board approved appointment of Prof. Arun
Nigavekar as an Executive Director of the Company, at the Board meeting
held on 26 May, 2011. Resolutions proposing appointment of Prof.
Nigavekar as an Executive Director of the Company and the terms of his
appointment have been included in the notice convening the 26th Annual
General Meeting of the Company for your Consideration.
Ms. Maya Sinha is in association with the company since 14 May, 2010.
At the recommendation of Remuneration / Compensation Committee, the
Board approved appointment of Ms. Maya Sinha, as an Executive Director
of the Company, at the Board meeting held on 10 June, 2011. Resolution
proposing her appointment as an Executive Director of the Company and
the terms of her appointment has been included in the notice convening
the 26th Annual General Meeting of the Company for your Consideration.
We believe that the Company will be immensely benef tted with the
appointment of Prof. Nigavekar and Ms. Maya Sinha as Executive
Directors of the Company with their expertise in the areas of their
operations.
Mr. K C Ganjwal, was appointed as an Additional Director in the
Category of Non-executive Independent Director with effect from 26
June, 2011. A notice in writing under Section 257 of the Companies Act,
1956, has been received from a shareholder signifying the intention to
propose Mr. K C Ganjwal, as a candidate for the office of Director. The
proposed resolution has been included in the notice convening the 26th
Annual General Meeting of the Company for your consideration.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Articles of
Association of your Company, Mr. Harihar Iyer & Mr. Naresh Sharma,
Directors of your Company, are retiring by rotation at the ensuing
Annual General Meeting of the Company and being eligible offer
themselves for re-appointment, at the said Meeting.
Brief resume of the Directors proposed to be appointed, reappointed,
nature of his expertise in specif c functional areas and names of
companies in which they hold directorships and
memberships/chairmanships of Board Committees, as stipulated in Clause
49 of the Listing agreement with the stock exchanges are provided in
the report on Corporate Governance forming part of the annual report.
Directors Responsibility Statement: Pursuant to the requirement under
section 217(2AA) of the Act, with respect to Directors Responsibility
Statement, it is hereby conf rmed:
(a) that in preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed and that no material departures
have been made from the same;
(b) that they 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 of the
Company for the year;
(c) that they have taken proper and suff cient 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;
(d) that they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT:
COREans are the key resources of our company. The company has been able
to create and continuously improve a favorable work environment that
keeps engaging employees across levels.
Our HR is also actively involved in organizing other signif cant and
well received employee engagement initiatives viz. CORE Cricket Premium
League, CORE Football Tournament, CORE Annual Table Tennis and Carrom
Tournament. We also celebrate Cultural event on various occasion on
Independence Day – Colours of India, Picnics, Womens Day
Celebrations etc.
To connect our employees in the CORE family across the globe, we
started and launched CORE Connect, a bi-monthly magazine to share
experience and other happenings across all our offices. This is an
exciting platform that connects all the COREans on the latest
happenings in CORE across the globe.
As the journey continues, COREs HR policies and processes continues to
be aligned to effectively drive its expanding businesses at a global
level and make inroads into emerging opportunities. Initiatives further
planned at reaching out to employees across levels as well as locations
through training and engaging initiatives. Ourhuman resources
management process continuously keeps in pace with our
business and we keep attracting and retaining high caliber employees.
With the aim of creating a sense of ownership among the employees
within the organization, the Company has been introducing Employee
Stock Option Scheme from time to time to reward the employees. The f
rst scheme was introduced in 2007 and in 2009 another such scheme was
introduced. The schemes are in accordance with the existing guidelines
issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India as amended from
time to time.
Credit Ratings:
Company has been assigned A1 rating by ICRA for short term borrowings
indicating highest credit quality. The Company was also rated CARE A+
by Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. (CARE) for long term
borrowings/debts.
BEST PRACTICES:
Your Company continues to be an ISO 9001:2008 organization and also
maintains CMMi Level 3 certif cation and is upgrading itself for CMMi 5
level certif cation.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The Company endeavors to attain highest values of Corporate Standards.
The Company has adhered to the requirements set out by the Securities
and Exchange Board of Indias Corporate Governance practices and has
implemented all the stipulations prescribed, in the Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges. The Report on Corporate
Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement
forms part of the Annual Report.
The Chairmans declaration regarding compliance with CPTL Code of
Conduct for Directors and Senior Management personnel forms part of
report on Corporate Governance.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:
Management Discussion and Analysis for the year under review, as
stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges is presented as a separate section forming part of this
Annual Report.
AUDITORS AND AUDITORS REPORT:
M/s Chaturvedi & Shah, Chartered Accountants and M/s Asit Mehta &
Associates, Chartered Accountants, the Joint Statutory Auditors of the
Company, hold office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
The Company has received conf rmations from the auditors to the effect
that their re-appointment, if made would be within the prescribed
limits under Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 and that they
are not disqualif ed for such reappointment within the meaning of
Section 226 of the said Act.
The notes to Accounts referred to in the Auditors Report are
self-explanatory and therefore do not call for any further Comments.
FIXED DEPOSITS:
The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the
meaning of Section 58A of the Act and as such, no amount of principal
or interest was outstanding on the date of the Balance Sheet.
EMPLOYEE PARTICULARS:
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Act, read with
(Particulars of Employees) Rules 1975 as amended, the names and other
particulars of employees forms part of the Directors Report.
However, having regard to the provisions of Section 219(1) (b) (iv) of
the said Act, the Annual report excluding the aforesaid information is
being sent to all the members of the Company and others entitled
thereto. Any member interested in obtaining such particulars may write
to the Company Secretary at the registered office of the Company.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUT GO:
The particulars relating to energy conservation, technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required under Section 217(1)(e)
of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Disclosure of
particulars in the report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 are
provided in the Annexure I to this report.
TRANSFER OF UNPAID / UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS TO INVESTOR EEDUCATION PROECTION
FUND (IEPF):
During the year there were no amounts which remained unpaid / unclaimed
for a period of 7 years and which were required to be transferred by
the Company to the Investor Education and Protection Fund established
by the Central Government pursuant to Section 205C of the Companies
Act, 1956.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
We thank our customers, investors, bankers and other stakeholders for
their continued support during the year. We place on record our sincere
appreciation of the contribution made by employees at all levels. Our
consistent growth was made possible by their hard work, solidarity,
cooperation and support and look forward to their continued support.
For and on behalf of the Board
Place: Mumbai Sanjeev Mansotra
Date: 10 June 2011 Chairman
|