The Members of EMCO Limited,
The Directors take pleasure in presenting their 46th Annual Report on
the business and operations of the Company and statement of accounts
for the year ended 31st March 2011.
Financial Results
During the year the performance of the Company was as under:
Rs in lakhs
Current Year Previous Year
2010-11 2009-10
Total Income 105,106.90 110,656.65
Profit Before Taxation (6 ,561.14) 18,328.97
Less: Provision for Tax - Current - 4,480.00
Deferred Tax (2,114.57) 275.38
Earlier Year Tax (23.30) 193.93
Profit After Taxation (4,423.27) 13,379.66
Add: Balance brought forward
from previous year 24,114.61 13,566.60
Profit Available For
Appropriation 19,691.34 26,946.26
APPROPRIATIONS:
General Reserve - 1,400.00
Debenture Redemption Reserve - 417.33
Proposed Dividend 130.27 866.98
Tax on Dividend 17.79 147.34
Balance carried to Balance Sheet 19,543.28 24,114.61
TOTAL APPROPRIATION: 19,691.34 26,946.26
Review of Operations
During the year under review, Income from Sales and Services was
104,947 lakhs against 97,855 lakhs in the previous year registering
growth of 7.24%.
The Company has incurred a net loss of Rs 4,423 lakhs in current
financial year against the net profit of Rs 13,379 lakhs in previous
financial year. The profit of previous financial year includes
extra-ordinary item of Rs 12,735 lakhs which was arising out of sale of
investment in EMCO Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company.
The Company''s performance was adversely affected due to Project -
Sub-station business where we have experienced execution challenges
which include designs, drawings and estimations for lump sum items and
also had cost overrun due to delay and quantity variation coupled with
from prices at the time of project closure. Further Transformers
Industry is passing through a tough time due to competition as a result
of excess capacity within the country which leads to pressure on
margin.
The Company is focusing on commissioning of the projects which will
release the retention money and reduce the interest cost. The Company
has also taken necessary corrective actions and effective measures to
improve the performance of the Company.
Dividend
Considering the past performance of the Company and to maintain the
consistent track record of dividend your Directors are pleased to
recommend for your approval, a dividend of 10% i.e. Re. 0.20/- per
share (previous year 70% i.e. Rs 1.40 per share) on face value of Rs
2/- each for the financial year 2010-11 out of the accumulated profits
of the previous years.
Subsidiaries
The Company had three direct subsidiaries in the year under review,
namely:- a) EMCO Power Limited,
b) EMCO Renewable Energy Limited*,
c) EMCO Overseas Pte Limited, Singapore And four step-down
subsidiaries, namely
a) East West Power Generation Company Limited,
b) EMCO Infrastructure Limited
c) EMCO Edison Transformer (Pty) Limited, South Africa
d) PT Setenco Investa Niaga, Indonesia
*The name of the Company is changed from EMCO Power Infrastructure
Limited to “EMCO Renewable Energy Limited” on December 23, 2010.
In terms of general circular issued by the Ministry of Corporate
Affairs, Government of India under section 212 (8) of the Companies
Act, 1956, a copy of Statement of Accounts along with the reports of
the Board of Directors and Auditors Report of the above subsidiary
companies are not being attached with the Annual Report of the Company.
The Company will make available Annual Accounts of the subsidiary
companies and related information to any members who may be interested
in obtaining the same. The Annual Accounts of subsidiary companies will
also be kept open for inspection at the Registered Offce of the Company
and that of the respective subsidiary companies between 10:00 A.M. and
12:00 Noon on any working day of the Company and its subsidiaries.
The Consolidated Financial Statements presented by the Company includes
the financial results of the subsidiary companies.
Fixed Deposit
During the year under review the Company has neither invited nor
accepted any fixed deposits from the public.
Directors
Mr. Ajay Kumar Dhagat has been appointed as Managing Director of the
Company at the Board Meeting held on April 19, 2010 and his terms of
appointment including remuneration was Confirmed by the Members of the
Company at their Annual General Meeting held on August 25, 2010.
In accordance with Section 256 of the Companies Act, 1956 and the
Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Rajesh S. Jain and Mr.
Shailesh S. Jain, Directors of the Company, are liable to retire by
rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible,
offer themselves, for reappointment.
Further the tenure of Mr. Rajesh S. Jain and Mr. Shailesh S. Jain as
Whole Time Director will cease on October 19, 2011 and October 18, 2011
respectively. The Remuneration, Nomination and Selection Committee of
the Board of Directors of the Company has recommended the Board for the
re-appointment of Mr. Rajesh S. Jain and Mr. Shailesh S. Jain as Whole
Time Director designated as Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively for
a period of three years subsequent to the date of cessation of their
current tenure. The Board has approved the same and recommended to the
members for their approval at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Mr. Anil Kumar Sardana ceased to be a Director of the Company with
effect fro m January 14, 2011. The Board places on record its
appreciation for the contribution made by Mr Anil Kumar S ardana during
his tenure as Independent Director of the Company.
Mr. R.S. Shah ceased to be a Director of the Company with effect from
April 19, 2010 on expiry of his term as Director-Technical of the
Company. The Board places on record its appreciation for the services
rendered by Mr R.S. Shah during his tenure as Director- Technical of
the Company.
The above appointments/re-appointments forms part of the Notice of the
46th Annual General Meeting. The profle of these Directors as required
under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered with the Stock
Exchange(s), are given in the notice of the 46th Annual General
Meeting.
Management Discussion and Analysis
The Management Discussion and Analysis forms part of the Directors''
Report is annexed hereto.
Corporate Governance Report
As required by clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock
Exchange(s), a report on Corporate Governance and a certificate
confirming compliance with requirement of Corporate Governance forms
part of this report.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the requirement of Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act,
1956, with respect to the Directors'' Responsibility Statement, it is
hereby confirmed:
(i) that in the preparation of the accounts for the financial year
ended on 31st March, 2011, the applicable accounting standards have
been followed along with proper explanation relating to material
departures, if any;
(ii) that the Directors had selected such accounting policies and
applied them consistently and made judgements and estimates that were
reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state
of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2011 and of the profit /
loss of the Company for the year ended on that date;
(iii) that the Directors had taken proper and sufficient 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; and
(iv) that the Directors had prepared the accounts for the financial
year ended on 31st March, 2011 on a ''going concern'' basis.
Employee Stock Option Scheme (ESOS)
Your Company has always worked on the idea that the greatest strength
is its human resources and it is this resource, which makes your
Company a force to reckon with in the highly competitive environment.
With this view your Company has an Employee Stock Option Scheme 2006,
for the employees. The details of options under the said Scheme as
required under ESOP Disclosures to be made under Clause 12.1 of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme
and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999 are given below:
Sr. Particulars Particulars
No.
1. Options Granted 325,850 Options
2. Pricing formula Options have been granted
at the closing market price
of the Equity Shares of the
Company one day prior
to the date of grant.
3. Options vested 177,025 Options
4. Options exercised 38,000 Options
5. Total number of Ordinary
shares arising out of the Options 190,000 Shares
6. Options lapsed 243,650 Options
7. Variation of terms of Options N.A.
8. Money realized by exercise of
the Options Rs 171 lakhs
9. Total number of options in
force 44,200 Options
10. i). Detail of option granted
to senior management personnel Ajay Kumar Dhagat 5,000
options
Parag Paranjpe 10,000
options
Ajay Prasad 5,000 options
Satish Gupta 2,000 options
Sunil Rustagi 1,200 options
N.K. Mukherjee 2,000 options
Sanjay Badve 2,000 options
Deepak Khandelwal 4,000
options
ii). Any employee who receives in
any one year of grant of options Ajay Kumar Dhagat
amounting to 5% or more of options
granted during the year (2010-11) Parag Paranjpe
Ajay Prasad
iii). Employees who were granted
options during any one year, equal to NIL
or exceeding 1% of the issued capital
of the Company at the time of the
grant.
11 . Diluted EPS calculated in
accordance with Accounting Standard 20 Rs (7.05) per share
issued by per share ICAI for the year
ended 31st March 2011
12. i) Method of calculation of
employee compensation Cost. N.A.
ii) Difference between the
employee compensation cost N.A.
so compared at (i) above and the
employee compensation cost that
shall have been recognised if fair
value of options had been used.
iii) The impact of the difference on
profits and EPS of the Company for N.A.
the year ended 31st March, 2011 had
fair value of options had been used for
accounting employee Options.
13. Weighted average exercise price N.A.
and weighted average fair value of
options granted during the year whose
exercise price equals market price of
stock on the grant date.
(there are no options granted whose
exercise price either exceeds or
less than the market price of the
stock on the date of grant).
14. A description of the method and N.A.
significant assumptions used to
estimate the fair values of options,
including the following
weighted average information:
(i) Risk Free Interest Rate
(ii) Expected Life
(iii) Expected volatility
(iv) Expected Dividends
The Price of the underlying share in market at the time of option
granted
Note: In view of the Sub division of the shares and in terms with the
relevant provisions of ESOS - 2006 the Options stand adjusted along
with entitlement to apply for 5 equity share of Rs 2/- each instead of
one Equity shares of Rs 10/- each.
Particulars of Employees
In terms of the provisions of Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act,
1956, read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended, the names and other particulars of employees are required to
be set out in the annexure to the Directors'' Report. However as per 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.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange
Earnings & Outgo
Information as required under the provisions of Section 217(1)(e) of
the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Disclosure of
Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 is annexed
to and forms part of this report.
Cost Accounting Records
Your Company is required to maintain cost accounting records in respect
of manufacture of power transformers and generation of electricity from
Wind Mill (Power) pursuant to the Cost Accounting Records (Engineering
Industries) Amendment Rules, 2001. The Company has complied with the
above requirement for the year ended 31st March 2011.
Auditors
The Company''s Auditors, M/s. P. Raj & Co., Chartered Accountants hold
offce up to the conclusion of the forthcoming 46th Annual General
Meeting and being eligible offer themselves for re-appointment. The
Company has received letter from them giving their consent to act as
Auditors of the Company and stating that their re-appointment, if made,
would be within the prescribed limits under Section 224(1-B) of the
Companies Act, 1956. Your Directors recommend their re-appointment.
Insurance
All the assets of the Company are adequately insured.
Acknowledgement
Your Directors would like to express their grateful appreciation for
the assistance, support and co-operation received from the Financial
Institutions, Banks, Government Authorities and Shareholders during the
year under review. Your Directors would also like to take this
opportunity to express their appreciation to the dedicated and
committed employees for the contribution in trying to achieve the
Company''s vision to “To Build A World Class Company Through Reliability
And Be A Great Place To Work”.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
For EMCO LIMITED
Sd/-
Rajesh S. Jain
Chairman
Mumbai
May 30, 2011
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