The Board presents the twenty-eighth Annual Report together with the
Audited statement of Accounts and the Auditors Report in respect of
the year ended 31st March, 2011.
the fnancial highlights are set out below :
Rupees in million
2010-11 2009-10
total Revenue 1,763.42 1,489.96
earnings before Interest, Depreciation,
taxes and Amortisations (eBIDtA) 561.05 472.21
Interest and Finance Charges 250.69 276.46
Depreciation 127.45 113.83
Proft before tax 182.91 81.92
Current tax 2.45 0.02
Deferred tax 60.29 29.02
Proft after tax 120.17 52.88
Dividend on equity shares 48.97 29.38
Dividend tax 7.94 4.88
transfer to General Reserve 22.98 5.00
Balance carried over 198.70 158.42
In accordance with the provisions of section 217(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956 (the Act) and, based on 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 such 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 Proft 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 Board recommends a Dividend of Rs. 2.50 per equity share of Rs. 10 in
respect of the Financial year 2010-2011.
the Dividend, if approved at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting,
will be paid on tuesday, 16th 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 boilers, occupancy sensors,
energy effcient LeD, fuorescent and IR lamps.
Measures planned include installation of heat pipes, additional
occupancy sensors, higher effciency air conditioning and more energy
effcient lighting systems.
During the Financial year 2010-2011, the Foreign exchange earnings of
the Company amounted to Rs. 875.16 million as against Rs. 744.37 million in
the previous year. the expenditure in Foreign exchange during the
Financial year was Rs. 25.08 million as compared to Rs. 20.83 million in
the previous year.
Mr. Rajesh Kapadia and Mr. sudipto sarkar are due to retire by rotation
at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and are eligible for
re-appointment.
Approval has been received from the Central Government under section
212(8) of the Act exempting the Company from attaching a copy of the
Report and Accounts of Island Hotel Maharaj Limited (IHML), its Wholly
owned subsidiary. In granting the exemption, the Central Government has
directed that specifed information on IHML be separately disclosed as a
part of the Consolidated Financial statements. this information has
been incorporated on Page 52 of this Annual Report.
subject to prior arrangement, the Audited Annual Accounts of IHML 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 IHML may write to the Company secretary at
the Registered offce.
the Auditors of the Company, Messrs. Ray & Ray, Chartered Accountants,
retire and are eligible for re-appointment.
During the Financial year 2010-2011, none of the employees of the
Company have received remuneration in excess of the limits prescribed
under section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the
Companies (Particulars of employees) Rules, 1975.
the Board takes this opportunity to thank all employees for their
commitment, dedication and co-operation.
For and on behalf of the Board
VIKRAM OBEROI P.R.S. OBEROI
Managing Director Chairman
Gurgaon
29th May, 2011
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