Dear Members,
The Directors present herein the Twenty-Fourth Annual Report on the
operations of your Company and the Audited Statement of accounts for
the year ended 31st March 2011.
Financial Results (Rs. in Lakhs)
Year Year
Particulars Ended Ended
31.03.2011 31.03.2010
Gross Sales 85883.64 59667.62
Profit befor Interest
Depreciation and Tax 8161.20 12192.39
Interest and Finance Charges 5817.10 3326.96
Depreciation 2146.05 1398.00
Profit/(less) before Tax 198.05 7467.43
Amortization of USAID Grant 11.25 11.25
Income Tax /(MAT) Credit (102.30) 62.31
Deferred Tax Asset/(Liability) 251.81 (2978.09)
Profit/(Loss) After Tax 358.81 4562.90
Dividend - 380.85
Dividend Tax - 63.25
Transfer to General Reserve - 500.00
Carried forward from last year 4461.20 842.40
Balance carried forward 4820.01 4461.20
to Balance Steet
Product-wise performance
Sugar: During the year under review, the company has crushed 13.29 lakh
tonnes of cane as against 12.23 lakh tonnes of cane in the previous
year. The increase in cane crushing is mainly due to Sankarapuram unit
crushing for the full year. During the year, the Company has processed
90685 Tonnes of Raw Sugar as against 116215 Tonnes of Raw Sugar in the
previous year. The total sugar production was 20.10 lakh qtls as
against 21.30 lakh qtls in the previous year. The sugar recovery from
the cane was 8.93 % as against 8.49% in the previous year. The company
has sold 26.14 lakh qtls as against 18.83 lakh qtls in the previous
year. During the year the company has exported 8.90 lakh qtls of sugar.
The average realization for the year 2010-11 was Rs. 2801/qtl as
against Rs. 2678/qtl in the Previous year.
Power:
During this period, the total power generation was 2146.29 lakh units
as against 1214.29 lakh units in the previous year. The export to the
TNEB grid was 1535.04 lakh units as against 765.37 lakh units in the
previous year. Accordingly, the total value of the power exported to
the grid has increased to Rs.6992.18 lakhs as against Rs 3062.53 lakhs
in the previous year.
Industrial Alcohol:
The production of industrial Alcohol was 125.76 lakh litres as against
150.59 lakh litres in the previous year. The decrease in the production
was mainly on account of not operating the Sugar Plant for longer
duration from where steam for the distillery unit is supplied. The
Alcohol sale was 119.11 lakh litres as against 142.29 lakh litres in
the previous year. Consequent to this, the Alcohol sales has come down
to Rs.3435.54 lakhs as against Rs.4248.10 lakhs in the previous year.
The average realization was Rs. 28.81/ Itre as against Rs.29.80/ltre
in the previous year.
Financial Performance:
During the year, the company has achieved a record turnover of
Rs.858.84 crores as against Rs 596.67 crores in the previous year.
However, the Gross operating profit decreased to Rs. 81.61 crores from
Rs. 121.92 crores in the previous year. The reduction in the GOP was
mainly on account of reduced margin in 2010-11 as compared to the
previous year. After adjusting interest and depreciation, the
operations resulted in a net profit of Rs. 2.09 crores, as against the
profit of Rs. 74.79 crores in the previous year. Taking into account
the Deferred Tax Asset of Rs.2.51 crores and Tax of Rs.1.02 crores, the
net profit comes to Rs. 3.59 crores as against the profit of Rs. 45.63
crores in the previous year.
Dividend
Due to inadequate profit in the current year, the Board of Directors is
unable to recommend any dividend for the year 2010-11.
Reserves
No amount is being transferred to Reserves due to inadequate profit
during the year2010-11.
Fixed Deposits
A sum of Rs. 99.46 lakhs was collected as deposits during the year
2010-2011. Your Company has complied with the provisions of Section 58
(A) and 58 (AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules prescribed
there under. Your Company has no unpaid deposits which were due or
repayable as on 31st March 2011. Your Company has not defaulted in
repayment of the deposits on the due dates. As on the date of this
report, there are no unclaimed deposits.
Auditors
The Auditors of the Company M/s Srinivasan and Shankar, Chartered
Accountants, Chennai retire at the close of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and are eligible for reappointment. They have conveyed their
consent for reappointment and have furnished the required declaration
under Sec224 of the Companies Act.
Cost Audit
The Company has received the approval of the Central Government for
appointment of Mr. V Srinivasan, as Cost Auditor to carry out the Cost
AuditfortheFinancialYear2010-11.
Share Capital Audit Report
As part of the guidelines issued by Government of India for voluntary
adoption by all Companies, your Company appointed Mr M Damodaran,
Practicing Company Secretary, to conduct Share Capital Audit of the
Company. The Share Capital Audit Report for the financial year ended
31st March 2011, addressed to the Board of Directors of the Company, is
attached to the Annual Report. The Share Capital Audit Report confirms
that the Company has complied with all the applicable provisions of the
Companies Act,1956, Depositories Act, 1996, Listing Agreement with the
Stock Exchanges, Securities Contracts (Regulations) Act, 1956 and all
the Regulations of SEBI as applicable to the Company, including the
Securities and Exchange Board of India ( Substantial Acquisition of
Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 and the Securities and Exchange
Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992.
Directors
Shri P S Gopalakrishnan is retiring by rotation at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting and is eligible for reappointment.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement
In terms of Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 your Directors
confirm as follows.
(i) That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures.
(ii) That 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 or loss of the company for that period.
(iii) That the directors have taken proper and sufficient 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 irregularities.
(iv) That the directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going
concern basis.
Corporate Governance
A report on Corporate Governance and a management discussion and
analysis report, in line with SEBI prescribed format incorporated in
the Listing Agreement, are attached herewith. A certificate from the
Statutory Auditors on compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance
has been obtained and copy enclosed to this report.
Particulars of Employees
Under the provisions of Section 217 2(A)(a) of the Company''s Act 1956
read with Companies (particulars of employees) Rules, 1975 as amended,
the names and other particulars of employees are set out below:
(A) Employed throughout the year ended 31 March, 2011 and was in
receipt of remuneration aggregating not less than Rs.60,00,000
Name/Age Designation Remuneration Qualification
the Employee/ Experience
Nature of Duties (Rs.) (Years)
Dr. Palani G Executive 65.15 lakhs MA., MA.,
Periasamy Chairman Ph.D (USA)
(73 years) (24 Years)
Name/Age Date of Previous
commencement Employment
of Employment
Dr, Palani G 04 06 1987 Professor of
Periasamy Economics, USA.
Financial
Consultants
Industrialist
(B) Employed for part of the year ended 31 March, 2011 and was in
receipt of remuneration aggregating not less than Rs. 5,00,000 per
month - NIL
1. The nature of employment of all employees above is contractual. The
appointment is for a period of 5 years from 25.06.2009 to 24.06.2014
2. Remuneration as shown above includes salary, allowances, leave
travel assistance, plus commission @3%ofthe net profit.
3. Remuneration as shown above does not include amount attributable to
compensated absences as actuarial valuation is done for the company as
a whole only.
4. He is not related to any Director of the Company.
Energy, Technology and Foreign Exchange
Information relating to the conservation of energy, technology
absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required to be
furnished under 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 given as Annexure I to this
report.
Acknowledgments
The Board of Directors places on record its appreciation of the
support, assistance and co-operation received from the Central
Government, Government of Tamil Nadu, various governmental agencies,
ICICI Bank Limited, IREDA, the Company''s bankers, Indian Bank, State
Bank of India, The South Indian Bank Limited, Bank of India, Central
Bank of India, The Federal Bank Limited, Union Bank of India, IDBI Bank
Ltd and Indian Overseas Bank.
The Board of Directors also wishes to place on record its appreciation
for the cane growers, without whose help and support it could not have
achieved the progress that has been made so far. With our encouragement
and their initiative, we hope for improved cane availability for the
ensuing years.
Your Directors are thankful to the employees of the Company for their
wholehearted co-operation and unstinted dedication to duty leading to
cordial industrial relations during the year under review.
The Board is thankful and grateful for the continuing co-operation to
the management from the shareholders family since inception and is
confident that this partnership will sustain forever.
for and on behalf of the Board of Directors
DR PALANI G PERIASAMY
Executive Chairman
Place: Chennai-34
Date: 24th May 2011
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