1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Entertainment Network
(India) Limited, as at March 31, 2011 and the related Profit and Loss
Account and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed
thereto, which we have signed under reference to this report. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company''s
Management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by Management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003, as
amended by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
(together the Order), issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of ''The Companies Act, 1956''
of India (the ''Act'') and on the basis of such checks of the books and
records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to
the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said
Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above, we report that:
(a) We have obtained all the information and explanations which, to the
best of our knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purposes of
our audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on March 31, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2011
from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-
section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said financial statements together
with the notes thereon and attached thereto give, in the prescribed
manner, the information required by the Act, and give a true and fair
view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in
India:
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
company as at March 31, 2011; (ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss
Account, of the profit for the year ended on that date; and (iii) in
the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
Annexure to Auditors'' Report
Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even date to the
members of Entertainment Network (India) Limited on the financial
statements for the year ended March 31, 2011
1. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets are physically verifed by the Management according
to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of
three years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the
programme, all addition of the fixed assets during the year has been
physically verifed by the Management and no material discrepancies
between the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed of
by the Company during the year.
2. (a) The Company has granted unsecured loans, to two companies
covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
The maximum amount involved during the year and the year-end balance of
such loans aggregates to Rs.6015 Lakhs and Rs. Nil respectively.
(b) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions
of such loans are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(c) In respect of the aforesaid loans, the parties are repaying the
principal amounts as stipulated and are also regular in payment of
interest, where applicable.
(d) In respect of the aforesaid loans, there is no overdue amount more
than Rupees One Lakh.
(e) The Company has taken unsecured loans, from two companies covered
in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act. The maximum
amount involved during the year and the year-end balance of such loans
aggregates to Rs. 693.10 Lakhs and Rs. Nil, respectively.
(f) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions
of such loans are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(g) In respect of the aforesaid loans, the Company is regular in
repaying the principal amounts as stipulated and is also regular in
payment of interest, where applicable.
3. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business for the
purchase of fixed assets and for the sale of services. Further, on the
basis of our examination of the books and records of the Company, and
according to the information and explanations given to us, we have
neither come across nor have been informed of any continuing failure to
correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.
4. (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred
to in Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register required
to be maintained under that section.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs in respect of
any party during the year have been made at prices which are reasonable
having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
5. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
there under.
6. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
7. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of
the Act for any of the products of the Company.
8. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the
Company is regular in depositing the undisputed statutory dues
including provident fund, investor education and protection fund,
income-tax, employees'' state insurance, wealth tax, service tax,
customs duty, cess and other material statutory dues as applicable with
the appropriate authorities in India. As informed to us, excise duty is
not applicable to the Company for the current year.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, there are no dues of income-tax,
wealth-tax, service-tax, customs duty and cess which have not been
deposited on account of any dispute.
9. The Company has no accumulated losses as at March 31, 2011 and it
has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
10. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any bank as at the balance sheet date.
11. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
12. The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund /
nidhi / mutual benefit fund / societies are not applicable to the
Company.
13. In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
14. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of the guarantees given by the
Company, for loans taken by others from banks during the year, are not
prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
15. The Company has not obtained any term loans.
16. On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of the
Company, in our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
basis which have been used for long-term investment.
17. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year.
18. The Company has not issued any debentures during the year.
19. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
20. During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the Management.
21. The other clauses (ii) of paragraph 4 of the Companies (Auditor''s
Report) Order 2003, as amended by the Companies (Auditor''s Report)
(Amendment) Order, 2004, is not applicable in the case of the Company
for the year, since in our opinion there is no matter which arises to
be reported in the aforesaid Order.
For Price Waterhouse & Co.
Firm Registration Number: 007567S
Chartered Accountants
Uday Shah
Mumbai Partner
May 23, 2011 Membership Number F-46061
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