The Members
We are delighted presenting the 16th Annual Report with Audited
Statements of Accounts for the yea ended 31st March 2011.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
(Rupees in Lakhs)
Particulars 2010-11 2009-10
(for 12 (for 12
months) months)
Gross Sales 7725.10 6445.22
Earnings before Interest,
Depreciation, and Tax 868.45 731.92
(EBIDT)
Finance Expenses 373.11 243.11
Depreciation 244.64 166.82
Profit Before Tax (PBT) 250.70 321.99
Provision for taxation including
deferred tax and fringe 36.33 77.77
benefit tax
Profit After Tax (PAT) 214.37 244.23
PERFORMANCE REVIEW:
During the year under review your Company achieved sales of Rs.77.25
Crores as against Rs.64.45 Crores in the previous year. The Company
made a net profit after tax of Rs.214.37 Lakhs as against Rs.244.23
Lakhs in the previous year. DIVIDEND:
Keeping the Company''s expansion and growth plans in mind, your
Directors have decided not to recommend dividend for the year.
ISO 9001: 2008:
Your Company continues to maintain its Certification as per
International Standards ISO 9001:20( Quality Management System and your
Company is fully committed to continually improve upon th implemented
QMS.
DIRECTORS:
Ms.P.Hymavathy, Mr.K.B.Prasanth Reddy and Mr. M.V.Rama Sastry have
resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company your Board of
Directors wishes to place on record its sincere appreciation for their
valuable services rendered during their tenure as Directors of the
company.
Mr.Omkareswar Ganganboina is appointed as Additional Director during
the year under review, further Mr.A.V.Ramaraju -Independent Director
office is liable to retirement by rotation at this Annual General
Meeting.
EXTENSION OF TO HOLD AGM:
The Board of Directors of your company inform you that your company has
been granted permission from the office of the Registrar of Companies,
Andhra Pradesh for extension of time of 1 month to hold Annual General
Meeting for the financial year2010-2011.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
In pursuance of Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Amendment Act, 2000
your directors confirm
i) That the directors in the preparation of the annual accounts the
applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper
explanations relating to material departures.
ii) That the directors had 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.
iii) That the directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safe guarding the assets of the company and
for preventing and deleting fraud and other irregularities.
iv) That the directors had prepared the annual accounts on the going
concern basis.
AUDITORS:
Members are informed that M/s. K. Prahlada Rao & Co., Chartered
Accountants firm was appointed as Statutory Auditors of the company and
are eligible for reappointment as statutory auditor for the financial
year 2011-2012. They have furnished a certificate to the effect that
their proposed re-reappointment, if made, would be within the limit
prescribed under section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956, and that
they are not disqualified for such re-appointment within the meaning of
Section 226 of the Companies Act, 1956. Your Board recommends their
appointment.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION SCHEME:
Farmax has introduced Employees Stock Option Scheme-2009 (Farmax ESOS -
2009) to enable the employees of the Company to participate in the
future growth and financial successes of the Company. As per the ESOS
scheme 80% of the options have been granted and vested during 2009-2010
and the balance 20% of options vesting &exercise period is due during
2011-2012.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANY:
Your company has a subsidiary company in the name of Farmax
International FZE in UAE, floated for the purpose to expand its
products in overseas market and the Consolidated Accounts of your
subsidiary are presented along with your company''s financials.
Vide General Circular.No: 2/2011, Dated: 8th February 2011, the
Ministry of Corporate Affairs, GOI has granted a general exemption to
companies from attaching the balancesheet, profit and loss account and
other documents referred to in section 212(1) of the Act in respect of
its subsidiary companies, subject to fulfillment of the conditions
mentioned therein. Accordingly, the said documents are not being
attached with the Balancesheet of the company. A gist of the financial
performance of the subsidiary company is contained in the report.The
Annual Accounts of the subsidiary company is open for inspection by any
member/ investor and the company will make availaible these documents/
details upon request by any member of the company or to any investor of
its subsidiary company who may be interested in obtaining the same.
Further , the Annual Accounts of the subsidiary company will be kept
open for inspection by any investor at the Companys registered office.
Consolidated Financial statements are attached as required under
listing agreement of the stock exchanges.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
No employee was in receipt of remuneration exceeding the limits
prescribed under section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 and the
rules framed there under, as amended to date.
PUBLIC DEPOSITS:
Your company has not accepted any deposits falling under Section 58A of
the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Acceptance of
Deposits) Rules 1975 during the year.
INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 217 (1) fe) OF THE COMPANIES (DISCLOSURE OF
PARTICULARS IN THE REPORT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS) RULES. 1988:
A. Conservation of Energy
Efforts are being made to control energy cost wherever possible even
though energy cost forms only negligible proportion of total cost of
manufacture of the products.
B. Technology absorption
1. Research & Development
Research & Development (R&D) center set-up in Hyderabad has been
concentrating in developing products and production process/ system to
improve the quality of the product at minimal cost. R&D enhancements,
innovative process and production technology bring additional value to
all our customers. R&D continually concentrate to improve products,
service and processes using the effective quality management system and
testing methodology, by implementing changes required to maintain the
quality standard.
2. Technology absorption, adaptation, and innovation
Efforts in brief, made towards technology absorption, adaptation and
innovation: Installation of sophisticated instrument for R&D, testing
and process control measures. Technology has been fully absorbed and
adapted for all types of products of the Company.
Benefits derived as a result of the efforts, e.g.: product improvement,
cost reduction, and product quality maintenance etc.
(a) Improvement of designs.
(b) Import Substitution.
(c) Cost Reduction.
(d) Product Quality Maintenance & Improvement.
(e) New products development.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
A separate section on Corporate Governance and a certificate from the
statutory auditors of the Company regarding compliance of the
conditions of corporate governance as stipulated in Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock Exchanges forms a part of
this Annual Report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:
A separate section on Management Discussion and Analysis as stipulated
under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement entered into with the Stock
Exchanges forms a part of this Annual Report.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Your Directors wishes to acknowledge the invaluable support extended to
the company by the Central Government, State Governments, Statutory
Authorities and Company''s Bankers . Your Directors also wish to place
on record their sincere thanks and appreciation for the continuing
support of Investors, Dealers, Business Associates and Employees in
successful performance of the company during the year.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
Hyderabad
27 September 2011. Sd/-
M. SRINIVASA REDDY
Chairman & Managing Director
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