The Board presents the Sixty-frst annual Report together with the
audited Statement of accounts and the auditors Report in respect of
the year ended 31st March, 2011.
The financial highlights are set out below:
Rupees in million
2010-2011 2009-2010
total Revenue 11,429.49 9,072.73
earnings before Interest, depreciation,
taxes, amortisations and exceptional
Items (eBIdta) 3,340.48 2,579.05
Interest and Finance Charges 1,551.94 1,008.85
depreciation 874.35 680.31
exceptional Income/(expenditure) (44.18) Nil
Profit before tax 870.01 889.89
Current tax 53.98 178.10
chennal
deferred tax 170.63 139.52
Profit after tax 645.40 572.27
dividend 514.41 471.54
dividend tax 71.39 76.16
transfer to General Reserve 128.08 100.00
Balance carried over 3,014.73 3,083.21
In accordance with the provisions of Section 217(2aa) of the Companies
act, 1956 (the act”) and, based upon representations from the
Management, the Board states that:
a) in preparing the annual accounts, applicable accounting Standards
have been followed and there are no material departures;
b) the directors have selected accounting policies, applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent 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) the directors have taken proper and suffcient care in maintaining
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and
detecting fraud and other irregularities;
d) the directors have prepared the annual accounts of the Company on a
going concern” basis.
the annexed Management discussion and analysis forms a part of this
Report and covers, amongst other matters, the performance of the
Company during the Financial year 2010-2011 as well as the future
outlook.
In accordance with the listing agreement with the Stock exchanges, the
following are attached:
1. Consolidated Financial Statements prepared in accordance with the
Companies (accounting Standards) Rules, 2006 along with the auditors
Report.
2. the Report on Corporate Governance in accordance with Clause 49 of
the listing agreement along with the auditors Certifcate.
the Company made a Rights Issue of 178,615,442 equity Shares of face
value Rs. 2 at a premium of Rs. 64 per equity Share (Issue Price of Rs. 66
per equity Share). the Rights Issue raised Rs. 11,788,619,172. the
proceeds will help the Company to substantially reduce debt, bring down
interest costs and enhance Profitability.
the Rights Issue opened for subscription on tuesday, 1st March, 2011
and closed on tuesday, 15th March, 2011. equity Shares were allotted to
eligible Shareholders, in consultation with the Bombay Stock exchange
limited, on Saturday, 26th March, 2011. Such equity Shares became
eligible for trading on the Stock exchanges effective wednesday, 30th
March, 2011.
out of the Rs. 11,788,619,172 raised through the Rights Issue, Rs.
357,230,884 was credited to Share Capital and Rs. 11,431,388,288 credited
to the Securities Premium account. Rights Issue expenses totalling Rs.
111,139,686 have been written off against the Securities Premium
account. therefore, the Companys equity Share Capital increased from Rs.
785,907,944 to Rs. 1,143,138,828. the Securities Premium account
increased from Rs. 1,053,159,297 to Rs. 12,373,407,899.
the Board thanks all Shareholders for their overwhelming support to the
Rights Issue.
the Board recommends a dividend of Rs. 0.90 per equity Share of Rs. 2 in
respect of the Financial year 2010-2011.
In view of the Rights Issue of equity Shares during the Financial year,
the number of equity Shares issued by the Company increased from
392,953,972 to 571,569,414. although the equity Shares were allotted on
Saturday, 26th March, 2011, the Shareholders are entitled to a full
dividend for the Financial year.
the dividend, if approved at the forthcoming annual General Meeting,
will be paid on wednesday, 10th august, 2011 to Shareholders whose
names appear on the Register of Shareholders at the close of business
on tuesday, 26th July, 2011. as per the Income tax act, 1961, the tax
on the dividend will be borne by the Company.
energy conservation and responsible environmental practices continue to
be an area of focus for the Company. New technology, equipment and
processes are evaluated and energy sources such as solar and wind
energy are under active evaluation and implementation. all hotels have
energy conservation committees and periodic energy audits.
energy conservation measures taken during the year include installation
of variable speed drives, high effciency chillers and cooling towers,
high effciency boilers, advance evaporative cooling systems, occupancy
sensors, energy effcient led, fuorescent and IR lamps.
Measures planned include installation of heat pipes, improved building
management systems, more water recycling and conservation devices.
during the Financial year 2010-2011, the Foreign exchange earnings of
the Company amounted to Rs. 4795.29 million as against Rs. 3149.09 million
in the previous year. the expenditure in Foreign exchange during the
Financial year was Rs. 897.26 million as compared to Rs. 716.05 million in
the previous year.
Mr. Rajan Raheja and Mr. l. Ganesh are due to retire by rotation at the
forthcoming annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
the Central Government has granted general exemption to companies
publishing audited Consolidated Financial Statements from attaching
copies of the Report and accounts of their Subsidiary Companies.
therefore, the Report and accounts of the Subsidiary Companies have not
been attached to this Report. the Central Government has, however,
prescribed specifed information on the Subsidiary Companies to be
disclosed as part of its Consolidated Financial Statements. this
information has been incorporated on Page 110 of this annual Report.
Subject to prior arrangement, the audited annual accounts of the
Subsidiary Companies will be available for inspection by any
Shareholder at the Companys Registered offce. Shareholders interested
in obtaining a copy of the audited annual accounts of the Subsidiary
Companies can write to the Company Secretary at the Registered offce.
the auditors of the Company, Messrs. Ray and Ray, Chartered
accountants, retire and are eligible for re-appointment.
the information required under Section 217(2a) of the act together with
the Companies (Particulars of employees) Rules, 1975, forms a part of
this Report. however, based on the provisions of Section 219(1)(b) of
the act, the Report and accounts that are being circulated to
Shareholders do not include the Statement of Particulars of employees
under Section 217(2a) of the act. any Shareholder interested in
obtaining a copy of the above Statement may write to the Company
Secretary at the Registered offce of the Company.
the Board takes this opportunity to thank all employees for their
commitment, dedication and co-operation.
For and on behalf of the Board
S. S. MUKHERJI
Vice Chairman
P. R. S. OBEROI
Chairman and Chief Executive
Gurgaon
30th May, 2011
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